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Pittsburgh Preps and Colleges
Westinghouse football looks to continue uptick by building character
Bulldogs are in hot pursuit of first City League title since 1996
By Josh Rizzo
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- There is a certainly an expectation within the Westinghouse football program to return to the Pittsburgh City League playoffs for the second straight year. Senior running back/cornerback Jeremiah Nash believes getting there will require work beyond the football field.
The Bulldogs had a breakthrough last year, finishing 5-5 and qualifying for the City League Playoffs for the first time in 15 years. Westinghouse's four regular season conference wins were as many as the Bulldogs had in the previous four seasons.
Their return to the playoffs was spoiled with a 23-20 double overtime loss to Brashear. Westinghouse, which shared the City League regular season championship with University Prep, also dropped a 21-20 decision to Berlin-Brothersvalley in the PIAA playoffs.
Despite the success, Nash would like to see more focus on character building.
"We didn't focus on becoming men," Nash said. "That's the goal this year and will help us win the championship because we fell short. People need to stick together. They didn't pull together through the whole season. Our focus is to improve as individuals so we can become a team."
The Bulldogs will have plenty of experience coming back to make another run at their first City crown since 1996. Quarterback Tay'Von Lee-Mattox returns, along with linebacker Raimere Waters and defensive lineman/tight end Tyre Hicks.
Winning has been a big boon for Westinghouse. The Bulldogs have seen increased enthusiasm and participation.
"We're at about 40," Bulldogs coach Monte Robinson said about the team's numbers. "Last year, we were at about 27 or 30, something like that. We grew."
What impresses Nash, who would like to end up at Carnegie Mellon to play football, is how the group has performed. The players aren't thinning out once camp started as they have in the past.
"The numbers change every year," Nash said. "We have 30 or 40 every season. When the season begins, the numbers will go short. This season, everybody stuck together and they just stayed. I was surprised because it wasn't the usual thing that happens every year. I like it."
Robinson believes the success helped turnout. More importantly, it gave community members the impression Westinghouse could help build young men. Just as Nash hoped.
"Winning always helps," Robinson said. "Ultimately, I think we built the program up to the point where parents are seeing the benefits of being apart of what we're doing, not just athletically, but academically."
Westinghouse's rise
2016: 5-5, 4-1* Lost 23-20 2OT to Brashear in City League semis, 21-20 to Berlin-Brothersvalley in PIAA 2A playoffs 2015: 2-8, 1-4 Lost 14-6 to Chestnut Ridge in PIAA Class AA playoffs.
2014: 1-7, 0-5 Lost 35-0 to Chestnut Ridge in PIAA Class AA playoffs
2013: 1-9, 0-5 Lost 55-20 to Chestnur Ridge in PIAA Class AA playoffs
2012: 1-7, 1-4
2009: 3-7, 3-5 Lost 29-6 to Bedford in PIAA Class AA playoffs
*Shared City League regular season title with University prep
My name is Josh Rizzo, I am a sports writer who has worked for a variety of print and online media for the past 10 years. I specialize in community journalism, focusing on high schools and regular people who happen to play sports.
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Soy is quite a controversial and sometimes touchy subject when it comes to Parrot care givers. In the past soy has been claimed to cause feather picking and allergies. Some Eclectus parrots are food sensitive while others can eat anything offered with no bad reactions. If you're responsible with the amount of soy offered to your Eclectus, then there is very little chance you will encounter these sort of health problems.
Today however there is a great deal of new studies and evidence found that suggest the soy toxins can cause acute and chronic effects in both animals and humans. This is known as 'anti-nutrients'. They are also classed with environmental toxins which are present in every food product that contains soy.
Studies in New Zealand have seen soy and soy products to cause premature maturation, beak and bone deformities, immune system disorder.
So it is simply no longer classed as something as simple as an allergy to a bird, it is much more than this.
Soy is not a necessity to your parrots diet, there are many other fresh, raw foods that you can use in place of soy. Soy is, in my opinion, a food your bird can go without.


I have written 'The Last Colonial War' for First Base Agency because the Foodbank needs cash to get through the winter.
endured in a blog which you can read via the link below.
There are times when managing a small front line charity can pretty trying.
suddenly be incapable of paying for life's basics.
in town for most of the front line charities is the community.
When raising funds for a charity we tend to be expected to do something.
rationing are bringing many nations to boiling point.
Scotland and England are headed in very different directions.
Scots are suddenly blessed with an abundance of scarce resources.
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ELSBERRY Olympic dreams worth the hard work for Pac
Quinnipiac's Clarke sees changes in recruiting
March 6, 2010 Updated: March 6, 2010 11:39 p.m.
From the moment Elana Meyers tugged on the brake lever to bring USA-2 to a skidding halt at the end of the Whistler Center bobsled track in Vancouver on Feb. 24, the amazing whirlwind that comes with winning an Olympic medal started for Erin Pac and hasn't stopped.
TV and newspaper interviews? There have been dozens. Autograph requests? There have been hundreds. And congratulations? Pac lost count a while ago.
"I must have said, `Thank you' a million times," she said in another one of those many phone interviews Thursday night. "I haven't stopped smiling since the race ended. Each time I talk about and every time it's brought up ...I'm very thankful for this opportunity."
Pac, who drove USA-2 with Meyers, captured a bronze medal in the women's bobsled event at the 21st Winter Olympics, finishing just 1.12 seconds behind Canada for the gold. For Pac, who grew up in Farmington but moved to Milford just over a year ago, it was the culmination of four years of difficult training, along with a lot of frustration, disappointment, soul-searching and prayer.
But all those trials and tribulations that Pac first endured, and then later overcame through her faith, to reach Vancouver only made her determination to compete as best she could even stronger. Winning a medal? That was just icing on the cake.
"My faith was the only thing that got me through from the very beginning," she said during a brief stopover in Milford before heading down to Atlanta to watch the NASCAR Kobalt Tools 500 race today. "My goal was never not to be friends with Elana, my goal was to be the person on the team that everyone could come to if they had a problem. It didn't matter if I made the team or won an Olympic medal, that wasn't my goal. For the first time, it wasn't my plan."
According to Pac, it was God's plan.
"There were personality differences with the driver (who at the time, picked their own brake person) I was with and that was one of the reasons I did not make the (Olympic) team," Pac said. "From there, I wanted to take it into my own hands and give myself that opportunity to make it, not because someone else made the decisions, I wanted to prove that I was a good enough athlete to make it without someone else having to choose me. That's why I kept going as a driver."
But those same personality conflicts continued to rear their ugly heads. This time between Pac and Meyers.
"We call bobsled a different world. It's a whole different world. It's not what you're used to," Pac said, "You're put in situations with people that are not your friends and that kind of tore Elana and I apart. I think that you can get caught up in this world of other people telling you what to do and how you're supposed to be and how you're supposed to act."
For a long time, the two didn't speak.
"It took us a while to talk again and be friendly again," Pac said.
But they did.
Prior to the 2010 Games, the U.S. coaches paired the two together and they either had to patch up their differences or ... well, there really wasn't an "or."
"The coaches make the decision who raced with who so I didn't have a choice in it, other than saying `OK, I need somebody in my sled,'" Pac said. "Elana and I had gone through a tough three years and on and off. I had other brakemen in my sleds other than her and the coaches decided before the Olympics that Elana would be the best choice for me. We had to work through our differences. We prayed a lot and it helped get us through. It brought us closer and got us ready for the Olympics."
Armed with this rebuilt friendship, Pac and Meyers brought some serious U.S. muscle to the Olympic bobsled event. Through two runs, their USA-2 sled was second place. Two additional solid runs locked up the bronze, just behind Canada's top two sleds.
"She (Meyers) was a great teammate and friend and was there for me no matter what. We didn't talk about the Olympics much, we tried to treat it as another World Cup event or another race, because really, that's what it was to us, just another race," Pac said.
Pac grew up in Farmington, attending Farmington High School. She ran track, winning the state championship in the shot put. She did gymnastics. She swam. Of course, there were Olympic dreams. Summer Olympic dreams.
Pac went to Springfield College, where she also ran track. In 2002, her track coach, Jim Pennington, got an e-mail looking for people that might have an interest in trying out for the U.S. bobsled team up at Lake Placid. He told Pac about it. Pac didn't know what a bobsled was. In fact, she had never seen a bobsled before.
"I grew up doing all these summer sports. I never thought I'd be involved in any kind of a winter sport that would lead me into the Olympics and then one that I could win a medal. It was kind of strange," she said.
What was also strange to Pac was all the soap opera drama and back-door dealings that come with bobsled. But all that "stuff" simply made her stronger.
"There's a lot that happens behind the scenes. The situation with Elana ... other people on the team that I didn't exactly get along with ... that causes a lot of heartache. Coaches who weren't very nice to me. A lot of situations that were bad," she said. "But there's a lot of good in it also. Being able to achieve what I have in this sport in such a short time has kept me going outside of all those other things."
Although she's only lived in Milford for a year -- she works out at the Competitive Edge, where her boyfriend Peter Blumert is a trainer -- the city has adopted her as one of their own.
In fact, Milford is planning a honor Pac for her bronze medal win when her schedule allows.
"When Peter first told me about that, it was funny because Farmington is my home. They've supported me throughout my career and for Milford, where people really don't even know me, it's amazing to have built such great relationships in such a short amount of time," she said. "It's a great feeling to know that I have them beside me too. They've been amazing."
Contact Chris Elsberry at celsberry@ctpost.com

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After Forex Rigging, CFTC Targets Isdafix Manipulation
Thursday, 21/05/2015 | 12:02 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Barclays is the first financial institution to get slapped with a fine for manipulating U.S. interest swap contracts prices
Barclays // ToDo refactor when changes on back-end are ready
Aside from the much bigger fines related to the foreign Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term market fixings manipulation, the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has also imposed an additional fine on Barclays. The bank was fined for manipulating the global derivatives benchmark known as Isdafix.
The rate is used to determine the interest rates on U.S. interest rates swap contracts.
The U.K. bank has become the first one to get under the radar of major financial regulators in relation to the Isdafix.
The fine imposed by the CFTC totaled $115 million. The bank, which at the time was owned by the International Swaps Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Read this Term and Derivatives Association (ISDA), has allegedly been doctored in the five years ending in 2012.
Siege Launches Anonymous Spot FX Matching Platform NetFix
The benchmark was founded in 1998 by the ISDA and has since grown to be the leading industry benchmark.
In a typical fixing fashion, the rate has been determined based on the submissions from a panel of 16 major banks. After each submitted its average rate of bids and offers for a $50 million contract, a process of elimination of the four highest and four lowest bids concluded the auction with an average price for the remaining bids and offers.
According to the CFTC Barclays traders have been manipulating the rate by submitting false data.
The effort led by global regulatory bodies started in 2013, when subpoenas were issued to a number of banks and inter-dealer broker ICAP.
Starting from 2014, the management of Isdafix has been handed to the Intercontinental Exchange. It has committed to changing the way the rate is calculated, aiming to put more weight on quotes that are tradable on the market.
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Explore the fascinating world of the Inca and other South American civilizations with this informative "Archaeology of South America" map. Published in March 1982 with the "Indians of South America" map, this work is filled with illustrations and information about pre-Columbian artifacts and archeological sites including Cuzco and Machu Picchu. • A map showing pre-Columbian cultures, ruins, and sites • An abundance of historical notes • Country capitals and selected cities • Mountain relief, rivers, and lakes • "The Progression of Cultures in Pottery" showing illustrations and information about artifacts including the clues that the pieces give archeaologists about early South American cultures • "The Growth of South American Civilization" time line featuring artifacts and sites • Three inset maps focused on the Incas including the growth of the Inca Empire, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu Language: english Size: ca 94 x 57,1cm Scale: 1:5,540,000 available options: - paper - double sided encapsulated (inscribedable or wiped off) - mounted as pinboard with silver-coloured aluminium frame, one sided laminated (inscribedable or wiped off) This digital print requires up to 10 - 14 days of delivery time.


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What is the percentage of making it to the NBA?
What it takes to make it to the NBA?
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How do scouts find basketball players?
How do I contact the NBA scout?
To be automatically eligible, the NBA requires an athlete to meet one of the following criteria:
They have completed four years of their college eligibility; or.
If they have graduated from high school in the USA, but did not enrol to a college, four years have passed since graduation; or.
The most basic projections which a scout must make include the player's physical status such as height, weight, age, position, and conditioning. The scout will also the study the player's skillset including: shooting and scoring capabilities, ball handling, defensive capabilities, and passing abilities.
110 of these college players will play at least one NBA game in their career. So the odds of a male basketball player making it to the NBA is 1 in 3333 or 0.03%. … Many of the players that make it to the NBA are starting on their varsity team as a freshman or sophomore.
No player may sign with the NBA until they are 18 years or older. Players who have played at least one year of college basketball are eligible for the NBA draft; this has been colloquially called the one-and-done rule, with such players called "one-and-done players".
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Q: Wrap cursor in html in a contenteditable div I'm looking to wrap a cursor in span tags in a contenteditable div.
Example (cursor represented by |):

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*Before:

The fox jumps |

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The fox jumps <span>|</span>
Any attempt to modify the innerHTML results in the cursor being moved to the end of the line. I'd like it to be inserted in between the new HTML span's.

A: This isn't possible cross-browser because of implementation issues. Attempting to place the caret within an empty inline element such as a <span> in both WebKit and IE will actually place the caret immediately before the element. The following demonstrates this: it will do you what you expect in Firefox but not WebKit or IE.
http://jsfiddle.net/8TTb3/1/
You can use a DOM Range and the Selection API to insert elements at the caret position, except in IE < 9 which does not support these and instead has its own API.
Code:
var range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
var span = document.createElement("span");
range.insertNode(span);
range.setStart(span, 0);
range.setEnd(span, 0);
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);

A: Actually, you can do a trick:
var range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
var span = document.createElement("span");
span.innerHTML = "";
range.insertNode(span);
range.setStart(span, 0);
range.setEnd(span, 1);
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);

works in chrome: http://jsfiddle.net/8TTb3/8/

A: The only thing you can control is the position of the cursor in the (already parsed) contents of the div. If you put a span in there it will be parsed before the cursor is inserted by the browser, at which point the cursor will be either before it or after it.
So no, I don't think this is possible.

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On December 14, 2016, the Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 was passed to try to put an end to companies taking down nasty reviews about their products.
Congress's way of telling companies: if you ask for it, you're gonna get it.
The new law – effective March 14, 2017 – generally prohibits companies from imposing upon users a restriction for posting negative written, oral or pictorial reviews or similar performance assessments about the company's goods or services. The new law also prohibits mandating people to transfer their rights to their reviews or feedback to the company (a nonexclusive license is ok).
Could this new law have a dramatic and lasting impact on contests and sweepstakes as we know it? I don't think we're quite at Chicken Little stage, but the reach of this new law could have a serious effect on contests and sweepstakes that seek reviews or feedback on a sponsor's product. That's because the new law applies when the restrictions are contained in "form contracts," defined as contracts with standardized terms that the other person doesn't have any meaningful opportunity to negotiation. Sounds like Official Rules.


This episode, Sherryl and Jan are joined by Akua Gyamfi, owner of the BritishBlackList. The ladies find out what Akua has been up to since her last visit and then tuck into some of the hottest topics of the week including why Tekashi 69 needs to chill, selling your virginity for £1 million and more… Hit that play button, like, subscribe and share! Use the hashtag: #tandbpodcast to connect on social media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with the BritishBlackList here >> www.instagram.com/thebritishblacklist Find Tea and Biscuits podcast on Instagram here >> www.instagram.com/tandbpodcast Holla at Sherryl ( www.instagram.com/sherrylsworld/ ) and Jan ( www.instagram.com/tandbpodcast/ ) while you're at it!


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Q: how to set camera view as background of activity? In my android app i want to show the camera view as the background of the activity screen.The widgets of the screen should display on the camera view and also must be clickable. I set the view of the activity by using the two xml by inflating them. It displays the buttons on the activity screen.I want to show the background of the activity as camera view and the buttons(which is in xml) should display on the foreground.Please help me. Thanks in advance.

A: Using SurfaceView you can achieve this, for better understanding, see the source code of zxing.

A: Take a look here:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html

There is all the code you need to make an activity which shows the camera preview.
You simply need to put a FrameLayour as the base layout of your activity. Then add a SurfaceView with a registred SurfaceHolder.Callback handler to draw your preview on it. Finally add whichever layout or widget you need to build your own layout above itthrough the FrameLayout services.


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This is a call to action fundraising video for Ava's Impossible Things, the new women's film from Marina Rice Bader and Soul Kiss Films (Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending, Anatomy of a Love Seen, Raven's Touch), filming July 2015.
Meet the three leading ladies, hear from Marina on why this film needs to be made and get a feel for what this unique love story is about.
Ava is running for her life after the tragic death of her mother. Driving into darkness, she is exhausted, disoriented and possibly hallucinating as she stumbles upon a nomadic troupe of female performers in the middle of nowhere. Their utopian reality both shocks and entices Ava, who finds herself being drawn to this magical world and all that it offers. For a moment it seems Ava has found salvation with this unusual group, until her past comes back to haunt her in ways she never expected.
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Mark Jones (centre, red) of Peterborough Sports failed to convert this early chance at Spalding. Photo: James Richardson.
It's been a bleak midwinter for Peterborough Sports who are now only off the bottom of the Evo Stik Division One South table on goal difference.
Sports went down 2-0 at Spalding today (December 26) after conceding two first-half goals, one to a Lee Beeson penalty and one an own goal by the city side's goalkeeper Dan George. The Tulips were ending a run of eight successive defeats to halt their own slide down the table.
Lewis Webb (red) in action for Peterborough Sports at Spalding. Photo: James Richardson.
Beeson struck from the penalty spot after just eight minutes following an ill-judged challenge by Richard Jones. Contact might have been outside the box, but there was no denying Spalding deserved their lead against sluggish opponents.
The second goal was pure farce as Beeson's corner was punched into his own net by George who was challenged only by team-mate Dan Lawlor.
The city side improved after the break, but missed their only shot at a lifeline from the penalty spot seven minutes from time when Lewis Hilliard fired over the bar. Sports have conceded nine penalties this season and all have been scored, while they have converted only one of four penalties of their own.
The good news for Sports was the return from injury of Richard Jones and Josh Moreman, but more bad news arrived on the final whistle as bottom club Romulus grabbed a last-gasp winner in their game against Chasetown to catch Sports on points.
Lee Beeson scores from the penalty spot for Spalding against Peterborough Sports. Photo: James Richardson.
Sports could well be rock bottom by the time they host Stamford AFC on New Year's Day as they travel to sixth placed Bedworth on Saturday (December 30) when Romulus host lowly Carlton.
And Stamford will be licking their lips at a trip to PSL. They are up to fourth after a superb 2-0 win over second-placed Corby Town at the Zeeco in front of a terrific crowd of 622, their highest of the season, and the best in the division today by almost 250.
A great strike from Liam Adams fired the Daniels in front just before the break and a lovely Rob Morgan effort sealed another home win early in the second-half.
Stamford are now just two points off the second promotion place after a run of four wins and a draw from their last five matches. They have the second best defensive record in the league after keeping clean sheets in four of their last five games.
Division One South: Spalding Utd 2 (Beeson, George og), Peterborough Sports 0; Stamford 2 (Adams, Morgan) Corby Town.


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The way the industry talks about the aircraft maintenance profession can alter its perception in the outer world - Brett Levanto, VP Operations, Aeronautical Repair Station Association. Image credit: KLM UK Engineering.
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In the context of an aging workforce and evolving aircraft, the MRO industry needs to be proactive in the implementation of initiatives to support maintenance recruitment, training, and personnel retention. Mario Pierobon examines the issues.
The challenge of recruiting aircraft maintenance technicians in modern times is exacerbated by the generally low regard for so-called 'blue collar' jobs. However, some aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul organisations are successfully overcoming this misperception.
"Our business is evolving; planes are increasingly modern, they communicate their faults themselves and even anticipate them. In such context of high-level technological developments, we need some sort of 'double' expertise: big data management and operational know-how," Jérôme Ivanoff, Human Resource Director at Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), told CAT.
According to Ivanoff what is being faced is the age pyramid, but this is the same as with all sectors in the maintenance world: MROs, airlines, as well as OEMs. When the 'double expertise' concept is explained, he said, "the limited attractiveness of 'blue collar' work tends to decrease while the use of new advanced technologies reinforces the motivation of the candidates to join our teams."
"Training at AFI KLM E&M is seen as an investment," he emphasised. "We have developed within our training department a team in charge of innovation. This team works in concert with the other members of the company's innovation network and is responsible for developing modern and innovative teaching materials using digital technological solutions. The objective of this is to enhance the educational efficiency of our training."
Apprenticeship Schemes
KLM UK Engineering, a fully owned subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M, has long been focused on the future of aviation maintenance engineers. The company has been running its own in-house apprenticeship scheme for over 35 years. In addition to the apprenticeship scheme the company runs a full EASA Part 147 Technical Training College at its Norwich, UK head office.
"Products range from supporting aviation engineering and degree programmes with the local University to B1.1 & B2 aircraft type training, Initial and Continuation training, to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) online platform for Part 66 CAT A, B1.1 & B2. These products allow us to offer technical training to external customers worldwide and to develop our own staff," said Chris Tubby, Training Sales Manager at KLM UK Engineering.
"The retention of staff can be a challenge in the world of aviation, but we seem to be able to retain staff for a number of years, with some of the longest-serving being over 45 years. Staff have been, and continue to be offered training courses with the company to gain their licences and different aircraft types. There are also opportunities to progress through the company in a number of different roles, with many ex-apprentices having management roles such as base maintenance manager and operations director."
"We also developed a learning policy whereby each year we welcome a new wave of apprentices, mainly in our aeronautical maintenance trades, and we offer outgoing apprentices a permanent contract," Ivanoff added.
Modifying Perceptions
According to Brett Levanto, Vice President of Operations at the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), the culture-wide perception of certain jobs is beyond the direct influence of individual businesses.
"How each of them copes with the perception depends on the specifics of their situation, particularly in terms of how many people they need to fill current gaps," he said. "For those with desperate needs – hangars sitting empty or hundreds of jobs needing to be filled – it is a game of blanketing potential employment areas and working to train up everyone who is eligible and interested. For those who can be more circumspect, it is often the case that they are making the application process more exacting, adding recommendations, interviews, practical testing; this communicates to applicants and potential applicants the importance and value of the work."
Levanto believes that the way the industry talks about the aircraft maintenance profession can alter its perception in the outer world. "There are a lot of industries one might consider 'blue collar' that are competing – and doing better at it – for the same people we need in aviation. Yet we drive the narrative, in general, with the fact that the hours are long, the shifts are late, and the rewards are limited. There are obviously a lot of answers to this question and it is part of a much larger cultural issue, but somehow we tend to let ourselves fall behind all the other professions that depend on technically skilled people," he said.
Best practices are specific to each company and depend on the specific place in the industry that each company occupies, but in general it is good practice for companies to build local networks and partnerships to stimulate and grow talent. "Working with local schools and community organizations, supporting events and in particular STEM activities for students, opening facility doors for field days and trips – all of these create connections that can bear fruit over time in terms of applicant interest," said Levanto.
KLM UK Engineering works with local schools and colleges to promote careers in aviation and holds open days on a regular basis for prospective apprentices and general recruits to get a feel for the company.
"We find that being represented by current apprentices and engineers makes a difference and especially to young people to entice them into careers in aviation and they get to hear first-hand what is involved. Being part of events and posting news on social media that reaches large varied audiences is the best way for us to promote these careers," said Tubby.
Like other MROs, AFI KLM E&M has been looking for mechanics on the job market and, so far, it has had no major problems. "Our situation is explained by several factors; according to the candidates we interviewed, the first two criteria which stand out to justify their choice are the prestige of the Air France brand and the quality of life at work," said Ivanoff. "In the HR action plan for 2019 we significantly developed our sourcing, including with whom to work, how to make ourselves visible and on which channels to communicate to say that we are recruiting."
AFI KLM E&M has also widened its fields of intervention. "We are working with colleges, high schools, the state employment organisation (Pôle Emploi) and we will increasingly intervene with the various regional authorities to make it known that we are recruiting and in which trades. We have organised meetings with people looking for a job and with the various structures of Pôle Emploi to explain our trades," said Ivanoff.
Recruiting Technicians
Most of the external recruitment at KLM UK Engineering takes place directly via its website while most of the technician roles are recruited for internally and follow a policy of growing and upskilling own staff.
"A technician requires a B1 or B2 license, ideally with the addition of one of the aircraft types we work on, on their license. It would be preferred that the applicant had held and used the license for at least a year. To obtain the B license at least two to five years' experience is required depending on previous experience," said Tubby. "Soft skills would include strong leadership and management skills, being highly organised, calmness in a crisis, collaboration, having empathy and being a team player."
Every year AFI KLM E&M puts together an action plan based on an analysis of its workforce as part of a 'Forward-looking Management of Jobs and Skills' programme. "Last year mobility aspects were also included by promoting the access of other Air France divisions' employees to the different opportunities we offer. Between 80 to 90 employees which were either certifying or qualifying entered our courses," said Ivanoff.
In 2019 AFI KLM E&M launched a 'job dating' programme.
"This type of practice dramatically shortens the processing time. Together with our mother company Air France we organised a full day of recruitment to allow the candidates to go through the entire recruitment process of the company. At the end of the day we were able to offer a promise of employment," said Ivanoff.
"As these people were summoned to pass the selection, representatives of the various departments came to present their trades in a very effective manner. The 'job dating' experience was for the job of aeronautical maintenance mechanic in different specialties: engines, component, aircraft, structure on metal and composite parts. We summoned over 90 people, issued 55 hiring promises and only had four refusals. The conversion rate was extremely satisfactory. We will therefore continue it, or even extend it to other categories of employees, such as ground handling agents."
Motivating & Retaining
In addition to recruiting practices, there are best practices for aircraft maintenance organisations to retain their employees and to keep them motivated to do their job. "Employee retaining practices vary from company to company and from need to need. We should encourage business leaders to think about what their people need," said Levanto. "One medium-sized company I have worked with has been doing community and family engagement: they host events and classes for the families of technicians – the topics could be almost anything – bring out food trucks to feed team members working during weekends, or otherwise try to serve the quality of life of their people. Such ideas may well be very enticing, but what is key is that the company has chosen to try them because it believes there will be a positive impact on its operatives."
"We manage to retain staff by investing in the company and providing individuals with new opportunities, for example providing continuous type training on new types required by the company, the opportunity for mechanics to study for their B1 or B2 license via our VLE product, away from base opportunities, providing feedback to individuals on their performance and staff benefits including shift pay, personal development plans and an active sports and social club," said Tubby. "We are currently building a new hangar which will provide additional opportunities for staff for career progression."
An employee retention practice implemented by AFI KLM E&M has been to set up structured work rhythms in hangars and workshops which facilitate the coordination between the professional and personal lives of operatives.
"In addition, we not only recruit young people but also people who already have professional experience and want to leave difficult working hours," said Ivanoff. "The attractiveness of the trades is one of the motivating vectors to which is added the opportunity to have access to professional careers offering many possibilities. All this combined means that we have an extremely low turnover. For example, aircraft mechanics often spend their entire careers at Air France. As they leave the hangar or workshop, they may join the engineering departments or the training centre where their field experiences are recognised and appreciated."
Published in CAT issue 2/2020
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Do Incarnated Angels Fit In With Today's Society?
In communing with Archangel Michael about why Incarnated Angels sometimes feel lost as to what kind of occupation to pursue, the answer I received is that the modern day world of Corporations, which dominates society, is generally not to the liking of Incarnated Angels…Hence, the Incarnated Angels often do not easily fit in. They intuitively recognize that the modern world of Corporation dominance is unnatural and dark in many ways.
On average, they try to be the way they think everyone should be, and in doing their best to exemplify goodness, they hope that others will be inspired and follow suit. Unfortunately though, the world itself is very much less than ideal, and when it comes to making a living and figuring out how they will sustain themselves in terms of getting a home, feeding themselves and their families, etc, Incarnated Angels May find themselves in a bit of a quandary. They may need to bring in an income, but they sometimes have a hard time finding a job that will allow them to fulfill their purposes as Incarnated Angels/Earth Angels while earning that living.
It can be difficult for Incarnated Angels to feel satisfied about getting and keeping a job in the world of corporations. Unfortunately, corporations are running the show, and their agendas are all about money and power rather than the well being of the world and humanity. The Incarnated Angels/Earth Angels want to help others, and ironically even jobs touted as "helper jobs" frequently have so much corruption and red tape tied to them that Incarnated Angels who get such jobs often feel frustrated about not being allowed to actually help others much at all.
Yes, Brandon, you're right. It is true that many Incarnated Angels don't have a clue as to what kind of job they want to do in this world. This is a problem I have heard expressed by countless clients I have worked with over the years. While Incarnated Angels frequently do get jobs in order to receive paychecks from bosses, they often do not feel satisfied. The problem lies in the fact that they feel inner conflict about the job itself. So often, even if it's supposed to be a job dedicated to helping others, in actual practice, they don't get to help many others at all. Ostensibly, this is due to red tape and illogical procedures employees are forced to follow that disallow their ability to help in a meaningful way. When this is the case, it flies in the face of everything we Incarnated Angels stand for, and it's very hard for an Incarnated Angels to force themselves to stay in jobs such as those.
One extreme example of a crew of "helpers" forced by Corporate policy not to help as they wanted to, was a group of volunteer rescuers I heard speaking among themselves in a local establishment one late afternoon. They were talking about the fact that even if they saw someone actually drowning in the ocean, they would not be allowed to rescue that person due to a policy that would not allow them to do so lest their group get sued as a result of anything going wrong in the effort.
I just looked at them totally shocked.
Using the Sea-doo, they said, was somehow against their company policy, so they were not using it at all. They said they were unable to use the ski device, which was recently donated to the rescue crew by the local Eagle's club for the purpose of rescuing potential drowning victims, because they could be sued. It seems that just watching on the sidelines as spectators would not risk their getting sued, but going in and attempting to rescue the drowning victim could result in a lawsuit if anything went wrong.
How can Incarnated Angels fit in and make a difference for the good?
This is an extreme example, but much of the same attitude is dominating our current way of life in the world, and Incarnated Angels are at a loss as to how they can possibly fit in with that kind of mentality being so prevalent. For instance, an Incarnated Angel would do anything and everything they possibly could to help a drowning person, Corporate policy be damned…But then, the Incarnated Angel would get reprimanded and/or sued, and possibly be out of a job. This is the kind of thing we're currently up against. The world is getting crazier and crazier, as the Corporations are taking over more and more.
If you identify with being an Incarnated Angel, you probably know what I mean. It's not easy to force yourself to fit into a system that, in many ways, seems unnatural, appalling and so against your natural instincts. Still, there are things you can do. In fact, if you are lucky to already have a job in which you are given latitude to do what's right according to your conscience, you're lucky. If, however, you do not have such a job, and you are having trouble finding one that would allow such freedom, then you might want to think of something entrepreneurial that could help the world. When you are your own boss, you make your own policies, and you will not have as many illogical rules to follow as those who are employed.
If you will take the time to think about what what interests and talents you have, and how those talents could come in useful to somehow help people, animals, and the world, then you might be able to think of something you can do that other people will buy, or will accept your services for a fee. That's one way to go about finding something meaningful to do to both bring in an income and simultaneously fulfill your purpose.
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The bin Laden Raid Black Hawk And The Battle For Stealth
The successful raid that killed Osama bin Laden has generated all kinds of public and professional interest. One of the most intriguing aspects of the operation was the use of what appears to be a modified MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Having suffered an airworthiness accident on landing, the Navy SEALs were forced to blow up the helicopter. However, just enough of the platform survived to present the picture of what can only be termed a stealthy helicopter.
Experts looking at photographs of the tail section of the helicopter noted a number of distinctive features. The tail rotor had five blades instead of the normal four. There was a shield, some call it a hubcap, over the tail rotor that appeared designed to both deflect radar waves and muffle sound. The stabilizers were canted at an angle reminiscent of the tail of the F-117 stealth fighter. Rather than being painted in camouflage colors, the tail section had a smooth, grey coating that suggested radar or infrared absorbing material.
A number of observers have wondered whether the government of Pakistan will provide access to the helicopter's remains to China. The idea of a stealth helicopter is not new. The U.S. Army's erstwhile Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter had stealth features. But the fact that the U.S. modified some number of Black Hawks could spur other nations to pursue development of their own versions.
But the real issue is the emergent competition over stealth. The U.S. is the world's dominant power when it comes to stealth aircraft. It has already deployed the B-2 bomber and F-22 fighter. In a few years it will begin deploying three variants of the advanced, stealthy F-35, including a short takeoff and landing model. China this year unveiled its first stealth fighter. Beijing may want the Black Hawk's remains solely to examine its stealth coating. Russia also has a stealth fighter in the works
The evidence of the special-operations Black Hawk is a reminder that the battle for stealth is ongoing and even intensifying. The U.S. must continue to make the investment to stay ahead in this vital area.


IKEA has said that construction of its Dublin store will be completed in January next year and ready to open for business in February.
The National Roads Authority responded to IKEA's announcement by saying that €1bn in taxpayers' money is being invested in the upgrade of the M50, and it should not be wasted to satisfy the needs of one private entity.
An NRA spokesperson said IKEA is aware of the construction schedule on the M50, and it has made its own decision to go ahead with its own construction schedule.


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The History of the World in Seville
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In the heart of the neighbourhood of Santa Cruz is a world-wide jewel of the Baroque: The Convent of Los Venerables
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Legends spread widely in every one of its corners, the interiors of its blocks store enormous treasures, and their squares appear like apparitions in the middle of a labyrinth.
Water, Life, Glory ... are some of the evocative and "essential" names of its streets.
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The neighbourhood of Santa Cruz extends out alongside the Royal Alcázares, in one of the oldest areas of the city.
The old Jewish Quarter of Seville was settled here.
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The neighbourhood of Santa Cruz was the scene of the impossible love of the mythical character of Don Juan for Doña Inés.
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For some reason, it seems like when playing water cards on levels with spikes, they don't get the same kind of protection from the shield spell as other cards. Has anyone else noticed this?
Thanks, I will try to keep an eye on that when I will play !
I just tested this scenario with the monthly challenge, a Heavenly Shepard and shields from Carniath Creator and Jaya. I CANNOT confirm this bug. When shielded by 6 or 10 Heavenly Shepard took no damage from hitting spikes. Could it be that you were using a weak shield like from Alrik on a very high hp watercard? In that case the shield would simply not be enough to mitigate all the damage from the spikes which scales with the total hp of the card. A hit on the spikes should take off roughly one fifth of the cards total hp.
A bug that I have noticed but found difficult to reproduce is that under certain conditions on certain maps unshielded shots register hits on spikes twice losing me large chunks of hp. An example I have is hitting the right sight of a genesis raid map with my trident card. I only hit the side once but it took 4 hp off of my 8 hp card when it should have only taken off 2. Same has happened with other cards in similar situations.
This issue should be fixed. So please do not hesitate to let us know if you face it again.


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14 Million Passengers Carried by Aeroexpress Trains in 2011
14,039,676 passengers have travelled on Aeroexpress trains during the year of 2011. 12,356,099 of the passengers were carried to and from Moscow airports, 21.8% higher compared to the year of 2010. In addition, the company's market share for the total number of passengers carried between Moscow and its airports increased by 2.05%, totalling 22.03%.
The highest number of passengers came from the route between Paveletsky Rail Terminal and Moscow Domodedovo Airport, exceeding six million people. It is 22.6% higher compared to the previous year. 1,740,000 passengers have been carried by Aeroexpress trains from and to Vnukovo International Airport. That is 2.0% higher than last year. 4,610,000 passengers have travelled on Aeroexpress trains between Belorussky Rail Terminal and Sheremetyevo International Airport, exceeding last year's result by 30.2%. 1,680,000 passengers travelled on the suburban route betweeen Savyolovsky Rail Terminal and the town of Lobnya, representing a 27.8% increase on last year.
"These results have been made possible because of the trust passengers have in our company. And we try not to fail in their trust", said Alexey Krivoruchko, CEO of Aeroexpress. "During 2011, large-scale work was carried out to provide passengers with comfortable travel conditions." As an example of this, chairs were replaced on Aeroexpress and REX Regional Express trains operating between Savyolovsky Rail Terminal and Lobnya in order to increase the number of seats. New Czech Borcad passenger armchairs installed in carriages according to the 3+2 seating arrangement scheme, instead of the previous 2+2, allowed increasing the number of seats by 30%. A 20% increase in the number of seats on Aeroexpress trains was made possible due to the conversion of baggage carriages into passenger ones. The number of carriages on the trains running to and from the airports was increased to the maximum of 10–11 carriages instead of 8–10 railway vehicles as previously.
By the beginning of the summer season, air conditioning will be installed on all Aeroexpress trains. The main event of 2012 will be Aeroexpress' expansion into the regional market. The first quarter of 2012 will see the launch of services in Sochi. Residents and visitors to the future Olympic centre will soon have the opportunity to enjoy all the advantages of railway services between the city centre and the airport.


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J.C. Penney to Open Doors on Thanksgiving Night
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Published Oct 18, 2013 at 7:41 AM | Updated at 8:45 AM CDT on Apr 24, 2014
Customers walk into a JCPenney store on February 28, 2013 in Daly City, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
J.C. Penney is opening its doors on Thanksgiving evening to kick off the holiday shopping season, as the beleaguered retailer hopes to get back in the game for the crucial selling period.
The Plano, Texas-based chain will be opening most of its 1,100 stores at 8 p.m., the same time as rival Macy's. The Thanksgiving evening opening is much earlier than last year, when Penney didn't open until 6 a.m. Friday.
Penney is also bringing back a tradition it ditched last year: it will give away nearly 2 million holiday snow globes starting at 4 a.m. on the Friday after the turkey feast.
Stores are ushering the holiday season in earlier every year, creeping into Thanksgiving. Macy's 8 p.m. opening on Thanksgiving compares with its midnight Friday opening in 2012.


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SAN DIEGO — Sept. 1, 2009 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced that it has completed engineering, integration, and implementation of an HD upgrade for TV Azteca Noreste, the Monterrey-based broadcast facility for TV Azteca, one of the ...
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SAN DIEGO — Sept. 1, 2009 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced that it has completed engineering, integration, and implementation of an HD upgrade for TV Azteca Noreste, the Monterrey-based broadcast facility for TV Azteca, one of the world's leading producers of Spanish-language television programming. The upgrade equips TV Azteca Noreste with state-of-the-art infrastructure, routing, and HD production equipment that support a reliable, flexible digital workflow in providing news and entertainment programming to northeastern Mexico. The installation also makes TV Azteca Noreste the first TV Azteca station to produce and broadcast in HD.
"While most broadcasters make a gradual migration from analog to digital and then to HD, we chose to make the transition from analog to HD all at once," said Roberto Aurioles, director of operations at TV Azteca. "TV Magic was a valuable partner in this landmark project, providing systems integration expertise and helping us to invest in solutions that met both our functional needs and our budget. To our knowledge, the resulting HD production, broadcast, and post-production systems are Mexico's most advanced outside of Mexico City."
In overhauling the TV Azteca Noreste facilities, TV Magic integrated Panasonic HD cameras into a new digital infrastructure along with a two-channel Chyron character generator, Miranda routing systems, and frame synchronizers and converters from AJA and Evertz. By replacing TV Azteca Noreste's manual routing model, the new Miranda systems not only enable handling of analog, SD-SDI, and HD-SDI signals, but also significantly improve the broadcaster's flexibility and efficiency in routing any source to any destination.
TV Magic helped the facility reduce power consumption through replacement of CRT monitors with two Harris plasma screens and a multiviewer, and further facilitated a green and cost-effective project by repurposing 90 percent of the broadcaster's existing equipment. Tested, installed, and commissioned by TV Magic, these systems together support a streamlined tapeless workflow in TV Azteca Noreste's delivery of network programming, as well as local newscasts targeted to cities across northeast Mexico.
"Our goal is to provide viewers with the best news and information programming, and the HD upgrade facilitated by TV Magic supports this goal, representing both a significant technical advancement and a powerful enhancement of our production and broadcast capabilities," added Aurioles. "TV Magic not only helped us to meet the demands of HD broadcasting, but also worked closely with us to address issues that have a dramatic impact on service quality. With the company's guidance, for example, we realigned our satellite up- and downlinks and reconfigured our satellite converters, in turn realizing a 50 percent improvement in the quality of audio and video signals. The improvements we've seen in both broadcast quality and workflow as a result of this project are simply remarkable."
More information about the services offered by TV Magic is available at www.TVMagic.tv.
About TV Azteca Noreste
TV Azteca Noreste was founded in 1994 in the northeastern city of Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, broadcasting Azteca 13 and Azteca 7. Over the past 15 years, the broadcaster has grown significantly, reaching an audience of nearly 2 million households with an expanded offering of local programming, as well as the popular programs of the TV Azteca network. More information is available at www.aztecanoreste.com.
About TV Magic
TV Magic is a broadcast and A/V systems integrator and engineering company committed to providing its customers with the highest-quality service in the industry. Regardless of the size, scope, or sophistication of the project, TV Magic has the experience, the knowledge, and the talent to define and meet its technical requirements. The company leverages today's technology to deliver end-to-end solutions for a variety of applications from broadcast facilities to HD production, to installed A/V solutions, and many more. TV Magic prides itself in developing partnerships with customers and vendors that lead to successful long-term relationships. The company has offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Latin America. Additional information is available at www.TVMagic.tv.
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The Saga Continues: DJI Pushes Mandatory Update Preventing Phantoms From Flying Over Washington DC
Jan 29, 2015 by Tiffany Mueller 7 Comments
A couple days ago we reported on a DJI Phantom being crashed into the lawn of the White House. News later surfaced that the unidentified man responsible for crashing the drone (who, I kid you not, works for the National Geospacial Intelligence Agency ) was intoxicated at the time of the flight. The New York Times reported the man claimed the drone belonged to a friend who was letting him borrow it. He was attempting to fly the drone from the window of his apartment, which is located near the White House. When the drone failed to come home, the man texted his friend noting he was afraid it may have crashed onto White House property. He then decided to just go to bed.
The next day, the man turned himself in. He was questioned by authorities before being released without being charged with a crime.
Obama responded by recognizing there are a lot of good uses for UAVs, but efforts needed to be taken to ensure they are not dangerous or invading people's privacy. He also noted the necessity to establish a "framework that ensures we get the good and minimize the bad."
BREAKING: @WSJ exclusive- Maker of the drone that crashed at the White House this week will disable its devices from flying in Washington DC
— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) January 28, 2015
Like many UAV advocates, DJI Phantom has had enough of all the bad press UAVs have been getting largley in thanks to individuals such as the government employee responsible for the White House crash. In a report issued just hours ago in, DJI announced it would be issuing a mandatory update which would prevent it's devices from flying anywhere within a 15.5 mile radius of the White House.
The press release issued this morning read, in part:
"DJI will release a mandatory firmware update for the Phantom 2, Phantom 2 Vision, and Phantom 2 Vision+ to help users comply with the FAA's Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) 0/8326, which restricts unmanned flight around the Washington, DC metropolitan area…The updated firmware (V3.10) will be released in coming days and adds a No-Fly Zone centered on downtown Washington, DC and extends for a 25 kilometer (15.5 mile) radius in all directions. Phantom pilots in this area will not be able to take off from or fly into this airspace…the restriction is part of a planned extension of DJI's No Fly Zone system that prohibits flight near airports and other locations where flight is restricted by local authorities. These extended no fly zones will include over 10,000 airports registered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and will expand no fly zones to ensure they cover the runways at major international airports."
Hopefully, the support of the President for establishing new regulations will encourage the FAA to stop dragging their feet and begin making progess on the matter.
[ via Endgadget | New York Times | The Verge | Lead Image By Diego Cambiaso ]
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by Glen on the Big Smoke April 6, 20153:13 pm May 2, 2015
Big Eyes – Art imitating life
Tim Burton's Big Eyes is understated in terms of the director's usual standards, but despite some minor flaws Glen Falkenstein still finds it a little bit unreal.
"Why are their eyes so big?"
The New York Times reviled the Big Eyes paintings for being too "kitsch," while art-lovers, including film director Tim Burton, didn't mind being a little gaudy or sentimental. The paintings and the film itself are pure Burton – colourful, extravagant and literally larger than life.
Artist Margaret (Amy Adams) arrives in San Francisco with her daughter, meeting and shortly thereafter marrying shrewd salesman Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz). Keane passes off Margaret's "Big Eyes" as his own, making a fortune while forcing his wife to paint and keep their secret, even hiding it from her daughter.
Based on true events, Burton is not the first director to give Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) free reign to occupy most of our attention as the charming and "sadistic ogre," bullying Margaret into producing hundreds of paintings while he makes a name from her work. Adams is a naturally sympathetic heroine; the relationship between the two is the backbone of the film, not leaving much space for any of the smaller, but by no means less interesting, characters. Terence Stamp has a minor, underdeveloped role as a prominent art critic, sharing one key scene with Waltz.
Suffering slightly from narrative leaps and an ending more farcical in tone than the rest of the film, Big Eyes is not nearly as whimsical or illusory as Burton'sEdward Scissorhands or Alice in Wonderland. Like Margaret's paintings, Big Eyes hovers visually between the colourful, exaggerated realism we expect from Burton and pure fantasy, as Margaret herself begins to see the eyes on passers-by and in her own reflection.
Burton's biopic is his answer to those who criticise his films as too gaudy or overstated. Stamp's critic won't tolerate the "Big Eyes" for their being kitsch and populist, but like so many of Burton's (and Margaret's) successes, this is exactly what people want, what excites them and what they will line up to see.
Big Eyes, understated by Burton's standards, is no different. The film is for both the director and its heroine, an affirmation that in imitating something authentic and life-like, whether in art or film, it pays to be a little unreal.
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The Infamy that is War- World War One's Enduring Legacy By Tony Jones – Book Review
MHHV > Articles > Book Reviews > The Infamy that is War- World War One's Enduring Legacy By Tony Jones – Book Review
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The war of 1914-18 was the greatest blood-letting man had perpetrated on his own species to this point in recorded history. Novelists in the years preceding the opening of hostilities had attempted to portray the horror and carnage that a modern industrial war would unleash, they didn't come close.
The arms race, which was at its height between 1908 and 1914, meant that military spending in Europe increased by 50 per cent. This increase in spending on armaments prompted the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George to write of it in January 1914: "I cannot think of any advantage which has been reaped by any country in the world from this increase in military and naval expenditure. But I can think of a good deal of harm which has been done to all countries . . . The common sense of the industrial classes, be they capitalist or labour, has risen against this organized insanity. This is a propitious moment for reconsidering the question of armaments." None of the European adversaries took any notice.
What can be argued with justification is that the monarchies of all four of the great powers, Britain, Russia, Austro-Hungary and Germany were either unprepared for leadership, too old, or irrational and easily manipulated by a small coterie of military advisers. All four failed to provide the resolution, direction or coordination of their respective foreign policies. They were little more than spectators as Europe and the world in the words of David Lloyd George, "slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war."
By the end of the War, four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, and the other colonial powers of Italy, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and even Belgium — that controlled vast territories, were either destroyed or much reduced in influence. British and European society had undergone irrevocable change. It was in effect an historical full stop. It marked the definitive end of the Victorian era and the advent of a new age of uncertainty.
Australia, pre-War, was regarded as one of the most progressive and innovative countries on earth. Post-War, with the death of 62,000 of its finest and the wounding of 140,000 more, Australia became timid, tentative and inward looking – a broken nation.
This book is on World War 1 concerns itself with the ultimate and continuing futility of war. The book eloquently describes the situation in Europe prior to the start of hostilities in 1914, and continues in chapter form to chronologically document the salient stages of the war and their geopolitical ramifications.
The writer, whilst acknowledging the various combatants, clearly often gives an Australian perspective of the conflict, and relates many humorous anecdotes (and some not so humorous) which add to the richness of the dialogue.
The documenting of the events leading up to and including the war itself have been meticulously researched and presented and they make for absorbing reading. What makes this book so fascinating, however, is the portrayal of many of the main players in the conflict and their motives. One can almost imagine being there on the battlefield as decisions were made (or not as the case may be!)
This authoritative documentation of World War 1 and its aftermath concludes with a prelude to World War 2 and reinforces the notion of the futility of war.
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The spade struck the ground, clods of earth shattering with the blow. Ellie watched, mesmerized by the even rhythm of the gravedigger's movements. In the silence of the clear night, she sat cross-legged on a dry patch of grass in front of an old tombstone and counted the words he sang in a voice, deep in timbre and wavering with emotion. She recognized the tune, had heard it playing on the classic radio channel her father listened to at eleven at night while getting ready to go to work.
Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven. The counting was important. It helped her to absorb the meaning of the words. The gravedigger's hands, strong and agile, held her gaze, fascinated the need in her for control. Those hands could defend the weak, fight for justice.
The singing stopped, the hands still. Ellie looked up at his face. He was watching her.
A chuckle. She liked him. He wasn't scary – not one of those men she had been told not to talk to. But then again she'd never met one of them, so maybe she wouldn't recognize one.
"I'll come and see you again in a couple of days." Ellie stood up, walked away.
Fenton started digging again, the same song rising from his lips.