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VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
August 17, 2008 by Matt
He'd been hinting at it throughout his long, and sometimes meandering career as a filmmaker, but at last Woody Allen has laid his cards on the table: love, above all else, is life's greatest impossibility. As always, he's not averse to pursuing it, obsessing over it, and, if need be, even killing for it, but here we are, light years from "needing the eggs" (as he put it at the end of Annie Hall), and it remains humankind's most irrational pursuit. Bereft of logic, sense, and any hint of reason, love is more than a silly indulgence to keep us from jumping off the nearest bridge; it is the sum total of our miseries, anxieties, and futile gestures. It also happens to be the most wonderful experience in all of life, outpacing even the race for wealth and power. There's no argument that of all the subjects entertained by authors, painters, sculptors, directors, and musicians alike, love renders its nearest competitor an insignificant blip on the landscape. It will never be close.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody's latest (and wonderfully familiar) examination of this eternal dilemma, manages to elicit laughs along the way, but only the sort that are meant to keep at bay the realization that men and women, men and men, women and women, or whoever dares embark on this most tragic journey, are not meant to be together in this way, even if our very survival depends on it. As such, it's his most complete film in years, and certainly one of the most engaging. Again, Woody isn't taking a stab in the dark here, or sprinting out onto limbs of dash and daring, but unlike, say, Match Point or Cassandra's Dream, which wallow in man's base nature and essential greed, his latest effort wags no fingers of the accusatory moralist. Instead, there's a sadness afoot — a quiet, almost imperceptible resignation — that we are doomed to an almost unmitigated unhappiness, despite a near-warlike effort of attrition. The bed sheets, then, are where we seek a reprieve.
The story involves two friends on a two-month sojourn to Spain: Vicky (Rebecca Hall), an attractive, intelligent, and seemingly sane young woman, who has found love (her husband is stable, successful, and, needless to say, the epitome of drabness) and isn't about to fly across the ocean to find it, and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), a self-described romantic who has all the passion and need of an artist, only without a sliver of the talent. She's the eternal optimist in matters of love and lust, if only because she's failed so often that hope simply has to be around the corner. So when the two women are seduced at a restaurant by the impulsive, relentlessly charming Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), their respective attitudes about sex are laid bare. Juan is brutally honest: he wants to fly both women to a small Spanish town, show them the sights, and ravage each in turn (preferably together).
It is the sort of offer no one is bound to accept, but Cristina is delighted. After all, the man exudes an almost impossible degree of confidence, and is he not a respected painter? What we may forgive in the artistic temperament, we surely do not in the decidedly average. Vicky is horrified by the slick, obnoxious appeal, but as the sun sets and the wind blows, we also know that she is hiding a buried longing for just such a seduction, which might give rise to the charge that Woody is suggesting a female's subconscious desire to be raped. Ever the Freudian, that Woody. So off they march — Vicky under a feigned duress — and thus begins a weekend that will lead one woman to believe her need for predictability is a lie, while the other will find that the very opposite is fraught with as many, if not more, hazards and disappointments.
Several reviews have suggested that because Vicky's husband-to-be is such a drip, Woody is advocating a "free love" that has its most lasting roots in our hippie past, or perhaps the bohemian soils of Europe. America's crippling Puritanism, then, is to blame for the curse of monogamy and marriage. Undoubtedly, Woody continues to hold traditional relationships in utter contempt, but especially here, the untethered alternative holds about as much appeal as a house in the suburbs teeming with children. Sure, Vicky fucks Juan during that fateful weekend and never puts it behind her (thereby casting all kinds of doubt on her marriage), but Cristina's "prize" — quite literally Juan's body and soul — is little more than long stretches of lounging, interspersed with fawning, lovemaking, and reminders of inadequacy. Sounds good in the brochures, yes, but in reality, looking up at a talented lothario on his lofty perch rapidly wears thin, especially when every conversation relates to the artistic struggle. As portrayed by Bardem, Juan is an appealing sort (no one has to guess why he beds women at will), and even a pretty decent guy, but there's really nowhere to go after a lost weekend. A brief affair or a wild orgy on the beach at sunset? Absolutely. But built into the very definition of paradise is the understanding that, above all, it is temporary, and any attempts at permanence will result in the same tedium as the so-called drudgery of "real life."
Cristina moves in with Juan, of course, not out of any real love, but simply because she figures his rural retreat is the best way to hide from any sense of responsibility. Can't one write poetry into the night and still live the dream? Some appear to think so, even if the delusion is right there at the surface, rather than typically buried. Cristina has always told herself that while she doesn't know what she wants, she knows what she doesn't want, which sounds oddly like the typical American character, where's it's less about staking a claim for an idea than living eternally in opposition. It's what we do best, and something as ubiquitous as our political process would be impossible without it. In Cristina's case, it's her excuse for trying on as many hats as possible, all in some frantic pursuit for "meaning." Needless to say, such a life is also suffocating in its narcissism, as it assumes others are (and should be) willing to march before her as possible characters in some kind of vain play.
The life she thinks she has chosen is, from all appearances, a good one, that is until Juan's ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) shows up, at first in the form of a frantic phone call stating that she has just attempted suicide. Maria is asked to stay for a few months until she gets on her feet, which angers Cristina at first, as if she suddenly expected boundaries for a man who long ago sent them packing. In the days ahead, the three will exchange insults, shouts, come-hither glances, and eventually fluids, all with a curious lack of cheer. It seems impossible, but when Cristina and Maria make out in a dark room, it's not so much a fantasy made flesh as the last gasp of a dying idea. We'd all like to think we're so hearty and hip that we can live outside of the lines, but at the end of the day, we're damn near united by our fanatical adherence to the rules. How else has religion survived man's march through modernization?
As such, Maria is a can't-miss warning for all those flirting with the wild side. Unhinged, unpredictable, and bordering on insane, she's hot and sexy and insatiable, but where's she going to be when I need to pay the electric bill? Woody's far from using Maria as a reactionary symbol to save us from the lies of liberation, but there's little doubt that she is the necessary other side of the coin; a reminder that sex can be hot, but no scientist has yet to harness the six-hour orgasm. So little of life is spent in the throes of passion, so why on earth do we cede so much of that remaining time to such fleeting nonsense? Because it isn't nonsense, of course, and an orgasm beats a long commute any day of the week. It's essential because it's so brief. And when Cristina eventually recoils from the threesome, she isn't turning her back on sex or its pursuit, simply the idea that she can live in the moment. Then again, she's just as likely to go over the same ground in Paris, or London, or back home in New York. She's not about to make any plans, and she's prepared to live with the corresponding unease. And why not move on? A man like Juan needs more than attention: he needs to rotate the audience now and again lest he think he's resting on his laurels. Show me a contented artist and I'll show you idle hands. As with love, it's the essential contradiction of creativity. As all great loves are tempestuous in our memory, the only worthwhile artistic endeavors spring from turbulent times, both personal and societal. If we were satisfied, we'd die from boredom.
In Manhattan, Woody admitted that people invented phobias and neuroses in order to forestall larger, more significant matters of life and death from entering our unprepared minds. Throughout Vicky Cristina Barcelona, I couldn't help but think that we often do the same thing when faced with our personal, individualized sense of insignificance. I speak here of the stunning Spanish vistas and architecture, which, while crafted by man, surely dwarf his pitiful strut through life's bizarre ritual. These monuments to ingenuity, craft, and beauty are humbling, yes, but impossible to truly appreciate in our mediocrity. How funny indeed that we engage in our silly little games amidst their awesome elegance, and how often we simply ignore them entirely, except when obligated to pay them mind while on vacation. Why must we distinguish between sightseeing and daily life? I have to believe it's why Woody used such beautiful scenes for this story, for how else to communicate our trivial ramblings than by housing them in landscapes that will long outlast our last breath? Taking the film's title into consideration, it's not even a contest: we'll take the latter every time, no matter what names you place in front of it.
Here, it's described as "chronic dissatisfaction" (Woody's primary cinematic theme), but it could just as easily be our arrogant assumption that somehow, we're going to do it all differently. There isn't a situation yet devised we won't eventually tire of, though we need not be depressed by such a revelation. Vicky's unhappy and restless, Cristina's joyless and anxiety-ridden, Juan uses his paint brush to excuse a monstrous ego, and Maria's capacity for love and violence runs through the same bloodstream. And then there's Juan's father, an aging, isolated man who, out of rage, got back at the world by denying it his poetry. In the end, he may be the movie's true center. He remains "pure" by withdrawing from life, thereby avoiding the pain of rejection, while also denying himself the thrill of the arena. Even in victory, there are costs. And our choices leave us wanting. But make them we must.
Matt is the site's Longest Serving Critic and chief misanthrope. He divides his time between classics of cinema and the most ridiculous movies he can find on Redbox.
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Disability as identity: The next frontier of public health
Eric Rubenstein, PhD, ScM November 9, 2020
This summer, the US celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA. As with many landmark civil rights acts, the ADA is public health policy. The codification of anti-discrimination in employment and housing, plus coverage of auxiliary aides, such as interpreters and service animals, have altered many social determinants of health, resulting in improvement in the lives of many people with disabilities.
Based on 2014 Census data, 85.3 million Americans have a disability. As the law affirms, this substantial population should be given the same opportunities for health and happiness as non-disabled peers. There is still a way to go to reach true equity for people with disabilities and the field of public health will be on the forefront in achieving justice.
Shifting perspective to improve health
For too long, disability has been seen as something to prevent and cure. This framework diminishes the personhood and identity of people with disabilities*. A good example of this dehumanization is the use of Disability Adjusted Life Years, also known as DALYs. DALYs are a common population health measure used to calculate the burden of a disease or disorder. DALYs are determined by having a panel of healthcare professionals determine how much value one year of living with a disabling condition holds compared to living one year without a condition. In making this calculation, This metric begins with the assumption that a disabled life is worth less than a non-disabled life, a result of a lack of representation of people with disabilities on the panel that determines DALYs. While only one example, DALYs illustrate the need to acknowledge disability rights and personhood, rather than seeing disability as a burden on the population.
Public health as a field is beginning to acknowledge the humanity and value in people with disabilities, rather than use disability as a signifier of sickness and inadequacy. For many reasons, including aging baby boomers, COVID-19 related disability, and a strong disability rights movement, public health is shifting to a model of improving health, developing adaptations, and promoting inclusion to ensure the population with disabilities live their best lives. I would argue that it is time to consider disability as a fundamental topic of public health, not prevention of disability, but reducing disparity and ensuring equity.
With advances, challenges in achieving equity still remain
As an epidemiologist aiming to improve health and well-being of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), my work is built around the need to refocus the framework from prevention to equity when studying disability.
Survival in Down syndrome is a public health success story. Down syndrome, a trisomy of chromosome 21 and the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, was once a condition in which infants would rarely see adulthood. The estimated mean life expectancy for a person with DS in 1950 was 26 years old and median life expectancy was 4 years. With improvements in recognition and treatment of co-occurring conditions of Down syndrome, such as congenital heart defects, the estimated mean life expectancy in 2010 was 53 years and a median life expectancy of 58 years.
With a longer life expectancy, people with Down syndrome face health challenges across the life-course and are still dying too young. People with Down syndrome experience onerous health challenges from infancy through old age. Greater than 50% of children with Down syndrome have congenital heart defects and hearing and vision disorders are near universal. Compared to peers, children with Down syndrome have 26 times the risk of leukemia and are at greater risk of other developmental disabilities.
Development of chronic health conditions are inter-related and lead to additional illness and disability. Poor health impacts social inclusion, communication, quality of life, and leads to premature mortality; the mean lifespan for those with Down syndrome is still 20 years less than the US mean. This situation is not unique to DS; the advancement in medicine and science has improved lifespan for many disabilities but innovation and adaptation is crucial to ensuring health equity.
Health systems must meet the needs of people with IDD
Another example is the recognition of reproductive rights of women with intellectual development disorder (IDD). For decades, women with IDD were denied their reproductive rights through forced sterilization and institutionalization. Although attempts have been made to repudiate these past injustices, individuals with IDD often face stigmatization and healthcare inequity even though they have equal rights to reproductive and sexual freedom as their peers.
Women with intellectual disability face barriers to care, such as lack of provider training and experience, lack of sexual knowledge with limited opportunity for sex education, higher risk of sexual abuse and assault, and lack of dialogue around reproductive rights. For individuals with autism, pediatricians are less likely to discuss sexuality-related topics; women with high-functioning autism are more likely to have adverse sexual experiences and unforeseen challenges in romantic and sexual relationships than peers.
Given large cohorts of children with IDD will age into adulthood and exercise their reproductive rights, it is crucial to understand the current epidemiology of pregnancy in IDD, including occurrence, fertility rate, risk factors, and outcomes of pregnancy and parenthood in IDD. It is vital to prepare health systems to work with this population, as people with IDD will gain more reproductive freedom due to changes in legislation, medical practice, and a burgeoning neurodiversity movement aiming to reduce disparity and stigma for individuals with IDD.
My work aims to solve these problems and create a more equitable world. A lot needs to be done in this area, including a commitment to increasing inclusion in academia and the public and private sectors. Nevertheless, the disability population is a distinct and important public health constituency that will need unique and tailored programs, services, and products to ensure justice.
*There is an ongoing the debate about whether 'person-first' (people with disabilities) or 'identity first' (disabled people) should be the preferred term. This piece uses person first language but acknowledges that many in the disabled community prefer identity first language.
Eric Rubenstein, PhD, ScM, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University. His research focuses on improving health and well-being in the population with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across the life course. Dr. Rubenstein's research is motivated and continually inspired by his friends, Special Olympic athletes, and fellow advocates in the IDD community.
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Powder and Trinket jars, sold separately or as part of a Trinket Set, have always been a popular item. Walther sold a large range of such jars. Most designs were sold in one of a number of forms: either plain or with a knob, a figure of a woman, a clown or a cat on the lid.
The female figure was of a seated naked woman made in frosted flint glass and about 5.5cm high. The female form was frequently used in pressed glass designs in the 20s and 30s.
Walther also produced a large number of ashtrays in Oralit. These are very rare and no examples are known to exist.
Only one complete trinket set appears to have been produced in Oralit. This is the 'Milton' which was shown in great detail in their 1934 catalogue. They also produced the 'Roland' trinket/drinks tray in Oralit. At least two examples in Violet Cloud are known to exist.
Description A circular ashtray with support for 3 cigarettes.
Description: A rectangular cigarette box with star base. This style appears to only be sold with the figure.
Description A heart shaped ashtray. This is similar to the Davidson dish/ashtray.
Description A chunky ashtray with support for 4 cigarettes.
Description A horse-shoe shaped ashtray.
Description: A circular powder jar with an impressed deco design on 4 small rectangular feet. The lid is normally seen with the figure of a woman. The box was also sold without the figure or with a small round knob in place of the figure.
Description A shell shaped ashtray.
Description A circular ashtray with support for 4 for cigarettes.
Description An oval ashtray with support for 3 cigarettes.
Description A circular ashtray with support for 5 cigarettes.
Description An octagonal powder pot, the lid of which is flat. The base has an impressed star design.
Description A trinket or drinks tray. This tray is unlike any other piece of Roland style glass. It was sold separately and was not part of a trinket set.
Description: A circular box with a moulded scroll design. The lid is normally seen with the figure of a woman. The box was also sold without the figure or with a small round knob in place of the figure.


Like a free safety who gambles to shoot the gap on a hunch.
I'm left pacified dreaming wistfully for ignorance's bliss.
That doubles as my compulsive instinct for movement.
As if they'd been gathered in a butterfly net and listlessly dropped there by an attendant.
And gray skies mix the bitter cocktail of a mischievous angel's revenge.
But, alas, even with a parachute, engaging would not yield escape from this brutal isolation.
As if I'm traveling to oblivion with a stethoscope in my ears.
I'll be overjoyed to land and finally get back to the extrication of any place.


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Transfer gossip
Christian Pulisic: What happened in the last seven months is crazy
Stefan Buczko
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Christian Pulisic talked about his ascent of the past seven months in Ruhrnachrichten.
(PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Here is the translated Interview:
Christian Pulisic, you rejoined the team two weeks ago after the Copa America and your vacation. Are accustomed to the German language again?
"I'm slowly getting used to it again. When I returned to Dortmund from the United States, I struggled to find the right words. But it's getting better from day-to-day, the more I speak."
Your cousin Will is in goal of Dortmund's under 19. How much does it help in everyday life to have a caregiver by your side?
"It is great that Will is now in Dortmund, too. We always got along well, now we're living together in an apartment in DO-City."
How was it to play the Copa in your own country?
"It was incredible. My family and friends were in the stadiums and watched me play – an unforgettable experience."
Can you compare the atmosphere of games in the US and Europe?
"No, it's different — Which doesn't mean that it isn't loud in the States. It depends on the situation. It was a great feeling for me to play in front of so many of my fellow countrymen in the USMT-Shirt."
You have become a public figure in Germany. How is it in the USA?
"The fact that I'm still very young caught the attention of many people. I am obviously aware of that. They put their hopes in me, but I also have high expectations. I'm not letting that get to me or get carried away. I think that's normal when a young player suddenly plays for the national team. I simply want to stay focused and not get distracted"
Which role did US-Coach Jürgen Klinsmann play in your development
"A very big one. Klinsmann is doing a fine job in my opinion. He completely rebuilt the team in recent years."
Yet he is criticised, because of high expectations. What do you think is possible for the USMT in coming years?
"In america we say: "The Sky is the limit". We don't limit ourselves, but want to continue our great development. I think we can achieve a lot, if we continue going down the path of the past months."
Debut in the Bundesliga, first goal, first international cap, Copa, championship with BVB's U-19. Can you realise all that?
"No, not really yet. It all happened incredibly quickly. What happened in the last seven months is completely crazy, but it makes me insanely proud."
You missed the U-19 final due to the Copa America preparations. How hard was that for you?
"It was a tough decision, maybe the toughest so far in my career. Luckily the boys managed to win without me. Everything happened the way I wished for."
How happy are you with your first six months as a senior professional?
"Overall, I'm very happy with my displays. I had to make great strides. But my team-mates and coaches supported me well and made it easy for me. Everyone had my back In Dortmund as well as in the national team. I gained a lot of confidence and I feel ready for the next season."
Did you get any feedback from BVB-manager Tuchel?
"Yes, we talked briefly. He told me that I should carry on from what I did last season. Give my best in every training and in every match. Everything else would come on its own."
What expectations do you have for your first full year as senior professional?
"I'm excited and thrilled of anticipation. I can hardly wait for the start. I'm convinced that we will have a very strong team once again. I'm looking forward to fight for my place in this team."
It won't be easy. The competition in the squad grew.
"That is true. But I'm looking forward to train together with Mario Götze and André Schürrle. I can learn a lot from both, who have experienced many things in their careers. And they are simply very strong players."
What are your impressions of Emre Mor and Ousmane Dembele?
"They are absolutely fantastic. They are both insanely talented and incredibly fast."
Is it an advantage for you that the squad is rejuvenated?
"Yes, I find that great. It is normal that young players are looking for the company of other young players. Now we have a lot of them. All the new players make a nice impression. We will get along well quickly."
Will you act as a role model for the new signings? You already know Tuchel and the Bundesliga.
"I will surely be able to help them – even though I'm younger than Emre or Ousmane. But I can also learn a lot from both in training."
What was the biggest difference between U-19 and senior football?
"Definitely the pace of play. You don't have time to think of what to do next in the Bundesliga or in international games. You have to be focused at every moment and make your decisions instinctively."
Looking back to last season, you hadn't had much trouble to adapt.
"Yes, it went really well for me. But I can't rest on my laurels now."
Did you set any aims for the next season?
"No, not in the sense that I want to rack up a amount of games or be involved in a certain number of goals. The most important thing for me is that the team is successful. While I want to play as many minutes as possible."
What is your best position?
"I don't have any preferences. I can play on all offensive positions in midfield – like many other players in our squad."
Makes that flexibility the team stronger?
"This can be our advantage. We never have to play with the same eleven as in the week before, because of the vast amount of options the coach has. The depth of our team has improved compared to last season. We will be even harder to predict for opponents."
What can BVB achieve?
"Even though we didn't win any silverware, we had a great last season. Now integral players left the team, but we still want to continue where we left off – and ideally achieve even more."
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What a great day the girls had with their Aunt Sam. Steve and I were in an all day class for our adoption process (which was great, by the way) and so the girls spent the day having fun with the Symonds. Of course, fun is relative to the situation. Uncle Aaron did not find the scattering of salt fun, but to kids, it was like confetti. And Emma did not find a stomach virus at all fun, she had to miss out on the day. Oh my!
The celebration of Ocali Days focuses on primitive times and early floridian history. The girls learned so much. They ground corn into flour. They watched laundry being done by hand. Arrowheads being carved. A blacksmith at work. Baskets being woven. Cannons being shot. A primitive campsite. Talking with a "live" Indian. It was a great day. They gave their Aunt Sam a workout in making their spending money stretchhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Michael Buble has nothing to do with this day, but I put it on the video, and this song "Everything" is just one I love.
Looks like fun. I am sorry that Emma missed it. There is no better way to learn about history than to experience it first hand!
Good stuff (except for the virus bit).
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Juventus star: It would be great to play with Ronaldo
Speculation this week are not stooping and are becoming more real that Juventus Serie A champions are preparing a 120m-euro bid for Ronaldo with a salary 30m euros a year.
Matuid, who was in the World Cup press coenferene on Wednesday before the match agasint Uruguay for quarterfinals match, was asked about the chance of playing with Ronaldo at the Allianz stadium next season.
"I will not lie that it would only be great," he said.
"It would be great to have one of the best players in the world with Juventus in the same club that I am.
"It would be great for the club and for the Juventus players.
"However, today I'm a player of the French national team and we have bigger fish to fry, no?"
Cristiano Ronaldo's possible Juventus shirt has been leaked
Arsenal make contact with representatives of Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid target


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Times Forum
Crisis-control recipe
By Stephen Vines
What happens to a fast-food chain that specializes in chicken but has no chicken to sell? This sounds like a version of the "why did the chicken cross the road" joke but for KFC's U.K. subsidiary it's far from being a joke because distribution problems forced two thirds of its outlets to temporarily close as chicken supplies dried up.
The problem was that KFC's new distribution agent, DHL, somehow managed to cock things up, or as the company previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken ruefully explained in a tweet: "We've got the chicken, we've got the restaurants, but we just had issues getting them together."
KFC went further and in a mock Q&A answered its own question of how it ran out of chicken by saying "you had one job at KFC … fix it now."
The problem was eventually fixed but not before adding greatly to the sum of human gaiety. What was so impressive about KFC's response to this crisis was that not only did it participate in the gaiety but at no point tried to play down the problem or even shift the blame.
The way KFC handled things might become part of the textbook on crisis management adding to the well-established principle of quickly acknowledging failure by stipulating that it should be done with a deft light touch.
It's a fair bet that KFC will recover from its embarrassing glitch and that customers will remember the light touch it showed in dealing with its problems.
On a far smaller scale you can see how something like this has panned out in Hong Kong. When it was discovered that Huen Wong, chairman of the Communications Authority, had breached the rules by holding shares in a company regulated by the authority, he promptly resigned. Wong said he did so to preserve the credibility of the authority. It appears that this is exactly what was achieved and the controversy that bubbled for a couple of days quickly subsided leaving the regulator with no real residual problems.
Compare and contrast this with the unending saga of the Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah's illegal structure problems and the absence of a prompt and graceful response. The result is there for all to see. Not only has Cheng clung onto to her job but she has done so with the fulsome backing of her boss, the chief executive, thus bringing the whole administration into dubious territory. Even if, like the mighty Apple, officials try to bluff this one out, the problem will continue to fester and cause further damage.
People are not stupid; they understand that even the biggest companies and the most powerful individuals make mistakes. Indeed in some instances they like to see the mighty prove their fallibility, however, what sensible people do not like is arrogance and they understand that a price has to be paid by those who will not shoulder responsibility for mistakes.
The business world has long experience of how this works but it is surprising how frequently lessons are not learned. Apple may think it is pretty damn clever to shrug off the fallout from selling a phone that has problems receiving phone calls but the company's hubris comes with a price that has yet to be paid.
At the other end of the spectrum is United Airlines. Who does not remember images of a passenger being dragged off a plane so that a staff member could be seated? And who can forget how this incident was compounded by the disastrous way that United handled its aftermath. The residual consequences are that when passengers have a choice many have decided that United is the airline to avoid.
Stephen Vines runs companies in the food sector and moonlights as a journalist and a broadcaster. Copyright belongs to the South China Morning Post.


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The Equity Foundation, part of Equity Housing Group, will be officially launching in January 2013, but is has opened its Change Something grants programme which aims to help people make positive changes in their communities in Stockport, Trafford and South Manchester.
Community groups, registered charities, social enterprises or Community Interest Companies (CIC) can apply.
Manchester residents wanting to hold events to help their communities stand up to hate crime are being invited to apply for cash from the City Council.
Manchester City Council is encouraging residents to help them raise awareness of the problem and understand what they can do to report any incidents, as part of a hate crime awareness week being held early next year.
Groups who want to organise events helping residents celebrate their diversity and get to know each other better are now being invited to apply for grants of up to £200.
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text: THE FUTURE OF THE BQX Can the BQX streetcar be a viable transit option for Queens' future? Not without some big federal bucks BY MARK HALLUM As the Brooklyn-Queens Connector crawls closer to reality or bust, there is one snag a source sees in the $2.7 billion proposal by the de Blasio admin-istration to link the two boroughs by a north-south streetcar route. The project is dependent on the acquisition of $1.4 billion in federal funding to come through, and a former Federal Transit Administration official says this may be a forlorn hope for the transit project. "The odds are slim to none that the project will get out of the barn," Larry Penner, who worked in the FTA for 31 years, said. The project will rely on a grant through FTA New Starts program, but the March 2019 report from the agency for all projects does not include the BQX for fiscal year 2020. This is problematic, according to Penner, for the five years it takes for grant applications to make its way through the Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement approval process. How the streetcar would navigate Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal is still unclear. The latest route projection for the plan puts it closely shadowing and plac-ing its new southern terminus just block from that of the G train instead of mak-ing its way all the way to Red Hook as originally promised. And although the plan has morphed and shortened over the years since its 2015 inception, the cost assessment seems to be on a continuous rise. Not only that, but the streetcar route would eat 2,000 parking spaces. But advocates remain loyal to the promise of BQX, having rallied in front of City Hall in late May prior to a hear-ing in the Council chamber with the task force assigned to the streetcar's deployment as well as representatives from city agencies. Not all members of the task force are fully invested in the plan and question Economic Development Corporation and Department of Transportation officials how they plan to avoid fallbacks. Councilman Costa Constantinides wanted to know how they plan to avoid exasperating gentrification and roadway congestion on 21st Street in Astoria. The EDC said they have taken into account residents who are protected under rent control laws, which have not stopped gentrification in the past, and that busi-nesses will adapt to receive deliveries. With BQX proposal hardly making it past the environmental review stage four years into the game, city officials said the 20 JUNE 2019 I LIC COURIER I www.qns.com delay in kickstarting the streetcar project is not out of the ordinary when compared to other light rail efforts in other cities. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer expressed a dubious attitude toward the prospect of an agency now under the control of the Trump administration awarding any funds at all to New York City in the coming years at the May 30 hearing. Streetcars and light rails went extinct around the turn of the century with many cities opting instead for underground options for the versatility of buses and freedom from vehicular disruption for subways. But the 21st century has seen the reemergence of this technology with Cincinnati launching its Bell Connector on a 3.6 mile loop of the city in 2016. Phoenix, Arizona, known for its never-ending sprawl, even began its own service with the 26.3-mile Valley Metro Rail, for which construction began in 2005 and opened for busi-ness in 2008. According to the MTA, many of the bus routes across the city, including Queens, follow the old streetcar routes. A template they are attempting to break for a bus system the agency is hoping will serve the needs of modern riders. As part of the discussion in 2016 for the BQX, the changing needs of com-muters has entailed a demand to reach the Queens and Brooklyn waterfronts and highlighted the antiquated spoke and wheel design of subways centered around the Manhattan. The outer boroughs are now seeing the higher job growth than before and the G train simply does not cut it for north-south commuters who opt instead for schlepping through Manhattan Penner concluded in a recent email to QNS that the surest way to move people along the tech hubs of Queens and Brook-lyn would not be a light rail, but buses. Community News Courtesy Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector /www.qns.com /www.qns.com


After doing a brilliant job portraying the updated Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock, this guy deserves all of the accolades he can carry. So it's no surprise why Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for a Emmy for second time. But does Cumberbatch actually stand a chance of winning the Oustanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie category this year? That's a tough decision on the part of Emmy voters, but from where I sit, the ATAS should probably start preparing for hate mail from Sherlock fans. It's a fairly long shot to see Cumberbatch win the gold statue on Monday night's telecast.
But how on earth I can be so certain? The answer is simple: Fargo. The incredible FX miniseries starring Sherlock 's own Martin Freeman swept up a healthy chunk of nominations and it's almost impossible to think they won't clean up come time for the telecast. Many critics have already made their predictions over who will take the win in Cumberbatch's category on Monday night and the overwhelming response seems to point to Billy Bob Thornton winning for his portrayal of the hitman and all-around troublemaker Lorne Malvo. Freeman's Lester Nygaard is a very close second, of course.
Even though Cumberbatch is carrying the support of a rather rabid fan base, that doesn't change facts. I'm a huge Sherlock fan, and even I can admit that his Emmy chances are slim.
If you would have asked me who could beat Cumberbatch after watching the episode Sherlock submitted for consideration ("His Last Vow"), I would have said "Absolutely no one." But upon seeing the series premiere of Fargo, I knew my answer was about to change. Despite my undying love for the Sherlock Holmes 2.0 series, Fargo is a brilliant show featuring top-to-bottom incredible performances. It's undeniable.
And while most of the time the Emmys aren't great about nominating the right people and the right shows — Tatiana Maslany's name comes to mind over and over again — their recognition for Fargo and its main actors Thornton and Freeman (and let's not forget the kickass Allison Tolman), are spot on. I hate to say it, but Cumberbatch is probably going to have to wait another year or two to finally get his Emmy statue.


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Kicker Conspiracy
The whole trainers thing has surely been done to death now, yet it doesn't stop hundreds of bobble hat-clad, singing section types lining up outside Oi Polloi every 3 months to greet each dubious reissue of a so-called 'classic' pair of Adidas. Punters start queuing at 10pm the night before, get their picture snapped waving them above their heads for the MEN live blog and then rush home and stick them on eBay for £300 a pair. In truth, that was me to a certain extent a few years ago until I realised it was a) sad as fuck and b) at 40 I was too old to be wearing trainers.
I'd got to the stage where I was more bothered about owning certain trainers then actually wearing them… which is absolutely mental of course. That and the fact that Adidas became completely ubiquitous in the same way Stone Island did a few years previously. They became part of the uniform for clueless bellends who fancy themselves as football hooligans and who listen to Kasabian and Oasis. It's not a good look. Nobody in their right mind wants to be wearing what fat lads from Doncaster wear, basically.
Anyway, I'm losing my thread here as this is supposed to be a book review. Golden Kicks – The Shoes That Changed Sport by Jason Coles (Bloomsbury, £16.99) is aimed squarely at the footwear fetishist demographic, and very nice it is too. It comes in hardback, coffee table format and contains lots of nice pictures and a couple of hundred words of historical perspective on all the designs featured. The stories behind each shoe are revealed via insights from both the people who made them and the athletes who wore them.
A nice book then, that would make a good Christmas present for any trainer obsessive in your life. Oh and please note the use of 'trainers', ie they aren't 'sneakers' and they certainly aren't 'kicks'.
Copyright Red News – December 2016
This entry was posted in Books, Reviews, Style and tagged adidas, bobble hats, manchester, oasis, oi polloi, trainers on December 12, 2016 by carlosartorial.
Kicking Television
Whilst debate continues to rumble on amongst United fans about whether Wayne Rooney should be dropped in light of his ongoing lack of form, tv viewers were recently treated to an "unprecedented", behind-the-scenes profile of the man courtesy of the Beeb in Rooney: The Man Behind the Goals. As far as titles go, I might have plumped for 'Wayne's World', personally.
The programme was commissioned to mark the fact that Rooney has now reached 50 international goals – a landmark haul that Gary Lineker was careful to remind us of at least a dozen times. The footage shown of a teenage Rooney served as a reminder of what an utterly devastating player he was in his youth, completely at odds with the waning Wayne we see toiling away in 2015.
Disappointingly, despite promising much more, there was very little revealed about "the man behind the goals". Indeed, the most remarkable thing about this documentary was how little about Wayne Rooney we managed to learn over the course of an hour. Instead we were treated to about 20 minutes footage of Wazza playing with his kids, 10 minutes of him driving round Croxteth, 20 minutes of vox-pop plaudits from his fellow pros and 10 minutes of non-insightful musings from the man himself.
Rather than giving us stunning revelations such as "fatherhood has matured him" and "he's a great captain", I couldn't help feeling the whole thing was a giant missed opportunity. It would have been so much more illuminating if instead, Lineker had gone off-piste and started rummaging round his house 'Come Dine With Me'-style. Rather than simply teasing us with mentions of Wayne's love of live music and flair for writing poetry, it would have proved far more entertaining if they'd cracked open a couple of bottles of wine and got the karaoke machine out whilst Lineker went delving into Colleen's knicker drawer in search of said poems. Maybe next time.
It's been a been a while since there's been a reverential documentary detailing the life and times of Sir Alex Ferguson, so hot on the heels of exposing what makes Wayne Rooney tick, BBC1 followed up this up with Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success. This programme decided to forgo the already done-to-death biography format and instead went with the premise of Fergie's new-found status as one of the world's foremost thinkers in the field of management in business.
Post-retirement, Fergie has managed to swerve the £500 a night after-dinner speaking circuit so beloved of ex-pros. Instead, he finds himself invited to speak at educational institutions alongside Harvard professors. The format seems to be that the academics start the ball rolling by presenting their theories in lecture theatres full of graduate trainees, before Fergie takes to the mic and dismisses all conventional wisdom with his inimitable brand of icumfigovaness.
It's an incredible (and no doubt very lucrative) gig that Fergie has got for himself, and it doesn't seem to matter a jot that his pearls of wisdom are simply common sense methods familiar to any manager in any workplace the world over. Nevertheless, the sway that Fergie has in these circles shows no sign of abating any time soon. Everyone sits there totally enrapt in the presence of such a legendary figure, collectively ignoring the fact that his experiences in charge of a football club aren't in any way related to their own career aspirations of managing a team of 30 stockbrokers.
Out of all the usual faces lined up to pay homage to Ferguson and his greatness, only Tony Blair had the balls to admit that Fergie's "just get rid of them" mantra doesn't actually translate to a normal (not that 10 Downing Street can be considered normal) workplace. How utterly bizarre though, that the former Prime Minister actually sought out the opinions of a footballer manager whilst agonising over a proposed cabinet restructuring.
One of the comedic highlights of 2014 was BBC3's Football Fight Club, a 'hard-hitting' documentary exploring "some of the most active youth firms in the country." As far as hoolie porn goes, last year's effort was stone cold classic. We met Dante from Spurs, attempting to kick his habit by fighting trees in a forest pretending they were Chelsea; there was a chubby lad from Bury retiring from active service at 18 to become a sensitive singer-songwriter; and of course there was Carl, leader of City's 'infamous' Blazing Squad, memorably driving round Stockport with his 16 year old accomplices trying to arrange a "4 on 4" with West Ham.
The producers of Football Fight Club don't try to innovate, they instead stick rigidly with the tried and tested 'Danny Dyer format' that's become the standard for the hoolimentary genre. There are numerous shots of dogs roaming bleak-looking council estates, gangs of kids stood on street corners with their hoods pulled up and a voiceover from a sociology and media studies graduate, explaining in hushed tones about 'meets' and 'top boys' and 'banning orders'.
As well as catching up with Carl and Dante, this year's follow up film introduced some new aspiring Cass Pennants. First we met with Brogan (17) from Lanarkshire, unique due to being a girl and for having seen Nick Love's adaptation of 'The Firm' and taken it seriously. Unusually for a teenage wannabe hoolie, Brogan eschewed the pub as part of her pre-match routine. Instead she met up with her Hamilton Academical's youth firm cohorts (ages ranging from 9-16) on a piece of waste ground, where they jumped up and down singing songs in their impenetrable accent sharing a small bottle of Buckfast. I'm not making any of this up by the way.
Then we met Denny from Wolverhampton, invited by Dante to travel down to London to 'mob up' with Spurs in order to fulfil his long-held ambition of taking on a "top continental firm". Unfortunately, the game selected was Fiorentina at home, where clearly, nothing was ever likely to happen. By way of consolation, Denny travelled back home on the last train out of Euston gazing wistfully at footage of Feyenoord getting a kicking off the Italian plod the same night. What a pity the programme's meagre budget didn't extend to buying the lad a passport and sending him and the film crew out to Rome instead.
Blazing Squad Carl, meanwhile, was still holed up in his Bury flat bemoaning his misfortune of being off the scene due to serving a football banning order. Not really a surprising development when you consider he went on national television last year incriminating himself for an hour. Still, the end was in sight and Carl's ban was soon due to expire – his preparations for which, we discovered, comprised of getting a new tattoo and buying an Ellesse tracksuit top. Apparently, he was also "looking forward to Derby Day". Gulp. Be careful out there, reds.
Copyright Red News – October 2015
This entry was posted in Football, Media, Reviews and tagged bbc, casuals, hooliganism, manchester, manchester united, mufc, sir alex ferguson, television, wayne rooney on November 4, 2015 by carlosartorial.
Whilst the esteemed editor of this organ donned his #5 cap to mix it up with the D-list shitterati at Rio Ferdinand's book launch (see last month's issue), I was handed the task of reporting back from Roy Keane's gig at LCCC where he was appearing 'in conversation' with ghostwriter Roddy Doyle and Jim White of The Telegraph to promote his latest opus, The Second Half (Orion Publishing, £20).
The last one of these things I attended was Fergie's appearance at The Lowry a year ago where he was publicising his recently released autobiography. This promised to be a similar setup – a free signed copy of the book was on offer alongside the possibility of picking up some interesting tidbits that hadn't previously been made public. Unfortunately that night at the Lowry didn't really deviate from the carefully managed script, as Fergie didn't let his guard drop once under a very gentle grilling from the BBC's Dan Walker. An evening with Roy Keane, I was pleased to discover, proved to be far more interesting and enlightening.
Shortly after the publicised start time of 7pm, there he was. Looking as trim as he did in his playing days, with no discernible middle-aged paunch and remarkably fresh faced since the terrifying beard he'd been sporting in recent months had been removed. Jim White then did the introductions, throwing in the somewhat outlandish claim that Keane and Doyle were the authors of "not only the finest football book, but the finest book you'll read this year."
White then proceeded to ask the first question, "what was your motive for writing the book?", which in truth was his last meaningful input all evening as Keane needed little encouragement to talk….and talk and talk. He's passionate, forthright and a great storyteller – one was left with the impression that Roddy Doyle's task of transcribing Keane's thoughts into written form was fairly straightforward one, given the fact he's such a relaxed and candid interviewee.
The reason the book was so newsworthy, of course, was that it presented Keane with the opportunity to give a full and frank account of the events leading up to his departure from United. As anticipated, he doesn't shy away from giving his version of the facts. There were disagreements with Carlos Queiroz along the way, but things came to a head with the infamous, never aired MUTV interview and the subsequent 'airing of the grievances' meeting with the entire first team squad and coaching staff in attendance. Keane (sort of) accepts that he played a part in his own downfall, his main beef is that "stuff said afterwards irritated me" and his belief that Ferguson and David Gill "should have done better by me."
If Keane is bitter about anything, it's about the way he was portrayed as a single-minded, loose cannon who needed reining in. If he was so unprofessional and unapproachable, he argues, how could he have survived at a club like United for over 12 years? "Yes, there were personality clashes like in any workplace, but it was no big deal." It's hard not to have sympathy with his reasoning here. United/Ferguson, after all, were the beneficiaries of Keane's insane-level drive and will-to-win for many years. Put it this way: I very much doubt he'd have seen his contract terminated if the post-Boro blow-up had happened a few years earlier when he was in his prime as a player, and not the battle scarred veteran he'd become by 2005.
In spite of the acrimonious ending to his United career, Keane spoke very fondly about his time at the club and still has a lot of respect for Ferguson, describing him as a "great manager". He clearly has a lot of time for his former teammates, "top quality players", sharing a dressing room ethos where "there was no messing about… we wanted to win the match and to train properly". Understated, perhaps… but from the mouth of Roy Keane, this is high praise indeed.
Keane conceded that he made numerous mistakes during his time at the club, admitting when he first arrived in Manchester he was anything but the über-serious professional he was renowned as later in his career. He recalled a big fall out with Brian Kidd in the days between winning the league at Middlesborough and the '96 Cup Final, partaking in a week-long bender which resulted in him reporting for training each morning still suffering the effects of the night before. Then, after being named MOTM on the Saturday, greeting a disbelieving Kiddo at the bar during the post match celebrations whilst getting stuck into the Bacardi.
There are regrets too, particularly some of the things he said in the heat of the moment. "Maybe this team needs to be broken up" post-Bayern in 2001 was, on reflection, a misguided attempt to elicit a response from the team following another disappointing defeat. The 'prawn sandwich' comment too, a dig against United fans that was manna from heaven for the ABU nation was merely him sounding off, "looking for an angle, to get a response off people… trying to get Old Trafford rocking."
After an hour of listening to Keane, and a few minutes worth of Roddy Doyle who described his reasons for getting involved and the process of writing the book, the microphone was then passed to the floor as the audience were invited to ask questions. This led to another hour of recollections as Keane (now fully warmed up) answered everything thrown at him with complete candour and a total disregard for the fact there were a few hundred people present.
Some of his comments led to a couple of news stories later in the week after details reached journalists' hands, but in truth nothing was said that was particularly inflammatory when taken in context. There were a slight digs at Bryan Robson and Paddy Crerand, as Keane made the point that club employees don't make the most unbiased of pundits – he jokingly described the MUTV ex-players cabal as "like the Mafia or something."
Another question led to a telling insight to how United approached games under Ferguson, or more to the point, how we didn't approach them. "We wouldn't be analysing teams too much. That was one of our strengths… we kept it unbelievably simple." He only recalled Fergie getting senior players together for a pre-match meeting on a handful of occasions. Once, when the subject of dealing with the specific threat of Steve McManaman arose, Keane's surprise and confusion about even being asked for his input was priceless, "umm… we'll deal with him… he's not Pele!"
All in all it was a great night. Keane was on top form and anything but the scowling, embittered figure he's often portrayed as in the media. The book itself? Even if it's not, as Jim White claims, the finest thing you'll read this year, it's still worth a couple of hours of your time ploughing through it. The motivation behind doing it, he explained, was simply "giving my opinion", rather than "slagging everybody off" as has been claimed.
That's essentially the crux of Roy Keane – it's what made him a great leader on the pitch, and latterly, great value as a studio pundit. If someone asks him a question, he will answer it. Truthfully. Football is full of anodyne, media trained monkeys trotting out bland platitudes which you just know don't truly reflect their private thoughts. Keane is different in that he actually says what he thinks. There's no agenda there, everything he says is packed with truthiness. You don't agree with him? That's no problem, you're entitled to your opinion too.
Copyright Red News – November 2014
This entry was posted in Books, Football, Media, Reviews and tagged lccc, manchester, mufc, prawn sandwiches, rio ferdinand, roddy doyle, roy keane, sir alex ferguson on December 4, 2014 by carlosartorial.


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Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay & Otherwise
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with attorney Elizabeth Schwartz about her best-selling new book "Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise" published by The New Press. In this must-read book leading gay and lesbian rights attorney Elizabeth Schwartz spells out the range of practical considerations couples should address before tying the knot. She explores the fundamental rights marriage provides and those it does not. With cameos from some of the most prominent LGBT professionals, Schwartz explains all of the implications of marriage from name changes and getting a license to taxes, insurance, Social Security and more. There are also substantial chapters on estate planning, pre-and post-nuptial agreements and organizing finances making "Before I Do" relevant for all couples, young and older and a crucial handbook for anyone considering marriage because as this book maps out, just because you can get married does not mean you should. We talked to Elizabeth about her inspiration for writing "Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise" and her spin on our LGBT issues.
With the presidential election just days away, when asked what her personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Schwartz stated, "Right now I'm really focused on this election. I'm really focused on the ways which electing a Democratic president and taking back the Congress, the ways in which that is extremely important on so many levels for the LGBT community, for broader progressive values, for the communities with whom we stand in solidarity. There are so many important aspects to this election up and down the ballot, but certainly as an attorney and activist in the LGBT legal community, I'm extremely focused on our Supreme Court. The statistics show that the next president is likely to appoint up to three Supreme Court Justices just sort of based on the math. Certainly we know we have one vacancy and it's likely that there will be another two in the next four or eight years. So I say to folks who aren't sure, or who may not be in love with Hillary, or who think she's got it on lock and are not worried, or they were Bernie people or they are just not so sure, I say to please just think about the Supreme Court because that is so incredibly important. So yes, four years or eight years are going to go by in a heartbeat but of course the Supreme Court, they're appointed for life and that's a long, long time."
Elizabeth Schwartz has been practicing law since 1997 and is a nationally recognized advocate for the legal rights for our LGBT community. Elizabeth also serves as co-chair of the national board of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). She is a member of the National Family Law Advisory Council of NCLR and has served as pro bono counsel in several cases that helped overturn Florida's bigoted 1977 ban forbidding gays and lesbians from adopting children. Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1997. Elizabeth lives in Miami Florida with her wife writer Lydia Martin.
For More Info: elizabethschwartz.com
Sandro Isaack Creates "Ava - The Lucky Girl With Two Dads"
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with storyteller Sandro Isaack about his new Kickstarter animation project "Ava - The Lucky Girl With Two Dads", the sequel to his book "Stork M.I.A." that was published in 2010. The book tells the story of two dads who get tired of waiting for the stork to bring them a baby. Instead, they decide to find the stork taking them on an adventure around the world which results in gracing them with a beautiful little girl Ava. Now it's six years later and we have Ava, this fun, smart, determined little girl deciding that she's going to be the first woman president of The United States of America or likely second or third, depending on how history writes itself in the next few weeks, but first she has to figure out how to become president of her second grade class. As innocent as this project appears it's important for our LGBT community to support Sandro's project because too many children of same gender couples as well as heterosexual couples are watching cartoons that do not reflect our evolved society. It's time to introduce kids to a cartoon that features same gender couples and their kids as a regular part of life. We talked to Sandro about his inspiration for "Ava - The Lucky Girl With Two Dads" and his spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights and what he would you like to see happen for LGBT equality in the next few years Isaack stated, "It's the same I have for all civil rights. I want everyone to have opportunities in life and be treated with respect and I think it needs to start as early in life as childhood and that's where I come in. Most children live a huge chunk of their lives in their imagination. That's where I want to help by showing we all belong and we can be anything we want to be. That's why I'm creating a cartoon that features same gender parents and their kids as a natural part of life, not as something special or different and I also want kids to know and understand that they can be anything they want to be especially little girls. The possibilities are endless.
Definitely I would love to see things to be simpler for people to understand that two people that love each other and want to build a family together are a threat to no one; that people being who they are, are a much smaller danger than the violence just trying to control the lives of others and that people understand that The Bible is a book of tales, not a moral manual. It would also be great if separation between church and state became a real thing and not just an idea."
Sandro Isaack is a storyteller who started as an actor and can be currently seen in Amazon Studios' Golden Globe winner series, "Mozart in the Jungle" playing Pavel. He's also the author/illustrator of the children's book "Stork M.I.A." published in 2010. Sandro's Kickstarter campaign for his animation series "Ava - The Lucky Girl With Two Dads" will only be funded if at least $58,000 is pledged by Friday December 2nd 2016.
For More Info: kickstarter.com
Country Artist Brandon Stansell Sings OUT (AUDIO)
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with country artist Brandon Stansell about his new EP and music video "Slow Down". Stansell brings a fresh face to the country music scene and there's more that meets the eye with this crooner with Nashville roots breaking into the epicenter of his "California Country" sound. He is also navigating the path of an openly gay country artist. Though Brandon's not the first to chart these waters, he is one of few people in the industry willing to lay everything out for the listener and the result is an honest, beautiful musical experience. "Slow Down" co-written with Mylen, was produced by Nashville-based producer, writer and guitarist Erik Halbig. Stansell met Erik a few years ago through mutual friend Ty Herndon who is also featured on the track. Director Trent Atkinson once again joined his team directing the "Slow Down" music video building on the cinematic scope after their first collaborative work "Dear John" which was released in early 2016. We talked to Brandon about his inspiration for "Slow Down" and his spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights and what he would like to see happen for LGBT equality in the next few years Stansell stated, "I think that really the first step for anyone is just being honest and being genuine to who you are. For me that is I write and sing country music so I think it is my responsibility to be genuine in the music I put out there and how I portray myself. I think it's really important that you see me with someone that I would be with and that is a man. If it's a song about heartbreak or breakup or anything that we country people like to write about the visual is genuine to the artist. I think that is the first step for anyone.
Well I think over the past few years we've made great strides thanks to people better than I and I am so thankful and grateful for that and benefit from those things. I think we still have a long way to go and I would love to figure out my part to help in that. One of the things that I think about is the fact that we still have states including my home state where people just like me can be fired from their jobs just for loving the people they love and I think that is grossly unfair and un-American and not right and something I would love to see changed. I came out as a 22 year old man and at the time was working at a job where I didn't know how my boss felt about me being gay. They didn't know and I really relied on my paycheck like most people do. I don't think that anyone should have to go through fear of coming out to their boss for fear that they are going to lose their jobs. It is a horrible feeling and experience and something I personally had to go through and something I just want to shield others from ever having to experience. So I would love to see that pushed forward and make this something that people in the LGBT community don't have to worry about anymore."
Brandon Stansell grew up in Tennessee about an hour away from Nashville. He spent five years living in Nashville before moving to New York and then eventually landing in Los Angeles California where he is based. "Slow Down" is available for purchase via iTunes.
For More Info: brandonstansell.com
Playwright Peter Darney New Work "5 Guys Chillin"
In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with UK writer-director Peter Darney about his award winning play "5 Guys Chillin" that opened September 27th for fourteen performances through October 9th at the SoHo Playhouse in NYC. Darney script was born from more than 50 hours of interviews with guys contacted through apps like Grindr about their experience with the toxic exploration of meth driven gay sex parties. From surgeons to students this is an original look into a drug-fuelled, hedonistic, highly secret world of Chem-Sex, Grindr and instant gratification. The resulting play comes with unexpected humorous perspectives as well as brutally hard-hitting moments. The play also tackles crucial issues like HIV status, STDs and the less glamorous side of this recreation activity that may seem foreign to some but for others this kind of party will be painfully familiar. "5 Guys Chillin" is winner of the Brighton Fringe Award for best LGBTQ theatre 2016, winner of the Doric Wilson Intercultural Dialogue Award at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival and winner of Boyz Scene Award for best London play. We talk to Peter about his inspiration for "5 Guys Chillin" and his spin on our LGBT issues.
Being from the United Kingdom when asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights and what he would like to see happen for LGBT equality in his country Darney stated, "I'd say that my commitment is more to fighting discrimination of any kind. Through my art, through my theatre I shine a light on untold stories to make people think about things, to make people get out of their own box, get out of their own comfortable norm and think about other people. So I'd say it's more about that than specifically targets towards LGBT civil rights for me although obviously I have worked on a lot of plays that are trying to push those rights forward but inequality in general and ignorance in general is what I try to fight.
(In the UK) I would like to see people able and this is starting already in some cases, people able to come out at a very early age. I would like to see people not have to go through school denying their sexuality. I would like there to be open dialogue and education within our school system and our community group so that young people do not have to grow up holding a secret that makes them feel bad and guilty and ashamed and different and don't have to form a lie behind every relationship that they have through this secret as they grow up because I think ultimately that is what we need in order to be able to achieve a better or happier level of intimacy as adults."
Peter Darney was trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. His credits include: Signal Failure (Soho Playhouse-Off Broadway 6 week run). Kindness- BBC Radio 4 (Pick of the week- the Independent), Frank Sent Me (Soho Theatre/ The Underbelly/ Theatre 503), Githa (St James Theatre, W/E and York Theatre Royal), Pinocchio (Sutton Theatres), Tom's Midnight Garden (Orchard Dean: open air production), 6 Degree's (Soho Theatre: Main House, Edward II (The Rose Theatre), Mysterious Skin (Gilded Balloon, The Drill Hall, Teacher's Club, Dublin), Arden of Faversham (The Rose Theatre) and Beautiful Thing (BAC). Peter is also a recipient of the prestigious BBC Carlton Hob's Award. "5 Guys Chillin"will return to the King's Head Theatre from the October 15th to November 5th in London, UK.
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Little decisions you make when you first build a worksheet can lead to big problems down the road. Here are some things to watch out for.
It's easy to create a sheet that works perfectly — at first. Later, when you make modifications, you run into problems. Things just don't work the way you expected. Usually, it's because you've forgotten about decisions that made sense at the time but that don't accommodate your changes. You can reduce future problems by avoiding the following features and behaviors. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but they can have far-reaching repercussions.
Merged cells can help you arrange values in a meaningful way, but they come with problems — numerous problems. For instance, Excel won't apply column formats to a merged cell unless you select all the columns that comprise the merge. In addition, not all cell formats stick once you unmerge a cell. You can't sort a column with merged cells. You can't even select a single-column range if there's a merged cell in it — go ahead, try!
Hidden rows and columns create problems because, well, they're hidden! You can't consider what you can't see, but Excel can still evaluate all that data. Hidden rows and columns confuse users, cause functions and formulas to seemingly return erroneous data, and can even play havoc with macros and import tasks. Avoid hiding rows and columns unless you must.
Some numeric values, such as street addresses, ZIP codes, phone numbers, and part numbers, can be stored as text because you won't evaluate them in mathematical equations. Unfortunately, it's easy to import numeric values as text and not know it. This problem is easily resolved, but some users don't realize that Excel isn't evaluating all their data. They just know that their data isn't adding up right.
Mistaking numeric values for text is harder to do in recent versions because Excel tags them, as shown in Figure A. When you do run into numeric data stored as text, you can quickly convert it by choosing Convert To Number. In this case, the solution is adequate training.
Excel warns you when you store numeric values as text. You can leave them as text or convert them.
Avoid using just numbers in header cells. You might think they're harmless, but they can generate errors you might miss. For instance, Figure B shows a simple sheet with the years used as headers. But look what happens when you use AutoSum to total the regional data. It includes the header value 2008 in cell B2. That's a mistake you might not catch. The solution is simple: Always include alpha characters in header labels. In this case, you might use the headers FY2008, FY2009, FY2010, and so on, where FY stands for fiscal year.
AutoSum references the header cell because it contains a numeric value.
You won't always have a value for every cell, but blanks can play havoc. Many built-in features, such as AutoSum and filtering, interpret a blank cell as the end of your data range. If blank cells aren't in your sights when using these features, you might not realize that the evaluated range isn't the one you expected. When blank cells are acceptable, consider filling them with 0s or some other descriptive value, such as NA.
This rule holds for blank rows and columns. Adding a blank row to separate your January and February values might seem like a good idea. After all, it looks nice, right? It's still a bad idea. Use borders to separate sections, if users need a visual clue.
A volatile function recalculates every time there's a change in the worksheet, not just when a referenced cell changes. Examples of volatile functions are NOW(), TODAY(), OFFSET(), CELL(), INDIRECT(), ROWS(), and COLUMNS(). The gotcha is that all those recalculations will eventually slow down a workbook. The alternative is to enter the function somewhere in the sheet and then reference that cell instead of dropping the actual function into multiple expressions.
Sometimes, formulas truly are complex. But more often than not, you can break them down into a few meaningful components. Why bother? Because eventually, someone will ask for them anyway. A good example is a total sales formula: =(Price*Quantity)-(Price*Quantity)*Discount+(Price*Quantity)*Tax. If you turn that in, someone's sure to ask for the subtotal, the discounted subtotal, the total tax, and so on. They'll want to see all the steps that result in the final total, just like your algebra teacher.
I'm probably committing professional suicide, but I don't recommend the use of array formulas in a production file unless they're absolutely necessary. Yes, arrays are super cool, and if your purpose is to amaze and dazzle folks, array away. On the other hand, array formulas are difficult to understand, so they're difficult to troubleshoot. They're memory hogs, they can be impossible to maintain, and they break easily. They're a booby-trap just waiting to spring. When preparing files for others, consider an alternative, such as helper formulas (see #7).
Many spreadsheet developers are loath to use comments — they seem almost offended by the idea. But comments are a great way to attach information to a cell. You can share information with users or add a note to yourself explaining a decision or special detail that you might forget. They make your sheets easier to use, for your users and for yourself.
Depending on the format you use to display numeric values, Excel might not display the actual number you've stored. That means formulas often return unexpected results. For instance, you might multiply the values 1 and 2, expecting the result to be 2. If the numbers stored are actually .6 and 2.1, but formatted to display integers, you'll probably be surprised when the expression returns 1 or 1.26 (depending on the formula cell's format).
Excel's doing exactly what it's supposed to do. It evaluates stored values, not the displayed values. It helps to be familiar with your data and reporting needs so you can accommodate this behavior accordingly.
What other actions or decisions have you run into that caused worksheet problems down the road? Share your experiences with the TechRepublic community.


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Judge Overseeing Stone Case Asks For Portions Of Full Mueller Report
By Josh Kovensky
The judge presiding over Roger Stone's prosecution wants to see the full, unredacted version of the portions of the Mueller report that concern the right-wing operative's conduct during the 2016 election.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Thursday asked that federal prosecutors "submit unredacted versions of those portions of the report that relate to defendant Stone and/or 'the dissemination of hacked materials.'"
The D.C. judge also ordered the government to produce 25 pages of the "collusion" volume of the Mueller report that relate to Stone and Wikileaks.
Berman Jackson will review the information in a confidential setting before proceeding further.
Stone faced close scrutiny over his potential role in the release of hacked emails from the Clinton campaign during the 2016 election, after he appeared to know in advance that Wikileaks was going to start releasing emails damaging to Hillary Clinton just one month before Election Day.
Stone was the last person to be indicted in the Mueller investigation. He was taken into custody in a dramatic dawn raid in January on charges of witness tampering, making false statements to Congress, and obstruction of justice.
Stone has loudly maintained his innocence, dancing around the edges of a gag order imposed in March after he posted a picture of Berman Jackson on Instagram with what appeared to be crosshairs next to her head.
The GOP operative began to argue in April that he needed to see a full, unredacted copy of the Mueller report to properly prepare his defense. Those arguments came before the report itself was released, and before it was known how extensive redactions would be.
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Дом Д. Митрофанова () - это особняк в столице Азербайджана, в городе Баку. Строительство проходило с 1898 по 1902 годы. Здание было построено в стиле французского возрождения. В доме проживал сам владелец Дмитрий Митрофанов со своей гражданской женой, его родственники: его сестра, его шурин Михайлов, а также множество других жильцов, которым Митрофанов сдавал квартиры. На первом этаже он сдавал в аренду помещения под офисы различных контор и государственных учреждений. В 1919 году, во времена Азербайджанской Демократической Республики, в этом доме  в квартире консульского  агента Французской иностранной миссии А.П. Емельянова (который был директором и владельцем частной гимназии) располагалась Французская миссия..Постановлением Кабинета министров Азербайджанской Республики № 132 от 2 августа 2001 года здание охраняется государством и внесена в список памятников архитектуры.

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Нефтепромышленник Дмитрий Митрофанов построил свой огромный трехэтажный дом на принадлежащем ему земельном участке, расположенном на углу Водовозной и Орловской улиц. Дом построен в период  1898 и 1902 годов, о чем говорят даты на фасаде дома. Здание имеет угловую планировку, а габаритные размеры главного фасада составляют 25,90 и 61,50 метра. Главный фасад описывает многоступенчатую разработку дизайна жилья. Общая площадь представляет собой большой треугольник, пересекающийся на северо-западе. Несмотря на изогнутую форму, комнаты расположены в два ряда на восточном и северном фасадах и разделены на отдельные секции. Планировка отдельных квартир в виде секций получила дальнейшее распространение в Баку. Внутренняя планировка является предметом векторного развития с четко и точно обозначенной двухмаршерной лестницей, расположенной в стратегической части. Комнаты в каждой квартире разделены по функциям и имеют уникальную форму так, на границе с соседними объектами, одноэтажное здание выходит с окнами во двор. Квартиры в два ряда имеют традиционную застекленную галерею, которую поддерживают открытые лестничные клетки с западной и южной сторон.

Хотя план второго этажа повторяет черты первого, квартиры расположены исключительно на стороне, выходящей на улицу. Помещения расположены в два ряда и имеют залы для проживания и торжественных приемов. Столбчатые боковые выступы в интерьере залов создают сценическое пространство. Галерея на втором этаже разделена между двумя квартирами перегородкой.

Предлагаемая архитектурная композиция фасада проста и строга. Стиль неогреческий - его отличает большое количество характерных горизонтальных участков. Фасад здания асимметричный, центральная часть выпуклая и заметная так, что пилястровая сторона правого угла не видна. Фасад второго этажа укреплен пилястрами тосканского заказа. Между ними три окна, украшенные пилястрами, а также классические фронтоны по бокам. Прямо над ними проходят профилированные ленты.

Прямоугольные торговые площади первого этажа выполнены из необработанного камня (рустика). Вход во двор - металлические ворота по оси центральной части. Архитектору удалось подчеркнуть важность центральной части, гармонично распределив архитектурную композицию фасада на первом и втором элементах укрепив ее невысокой мансардой. Пилястровая сторона фасада повторяет композиционный прием центрального фрагмента, где архитектурно спроектированные балконы-скобки расположены в соответственно подходящих местах на фасаде. Для решения фасадной композиции архитектор использовал компактную номенклатуру формы деталей и элементов.

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См. также
 Здание синематографа Микадо
 Дом В. Митрофанова — И. Мокеева
 Здание Союза Композиторов Азербайджана

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Достопримечательности Баку
Здания и сооружения Баку
Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1902 году
1902 год в Азербайджане
Здания, построенные компанией "Братья Гасымовы и К"
Постройки Иоганна Эделя

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