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VENATOR UPS THE ANTE: FOOT LOCKER MOVES BEYOND SHOES, MEETS COMPETITION ON NEW TRACK
Under the harsh glare of fluorescent lights, the Foot Locker on 42nd Street and Third Avenue is an ugly testament to the athletic footwear chain's uncertain state. Steeply discounted sneakers are strewn about on folding tables.
The floors are covered with worn linoleum, and grimy cash registers rest on chipped, gray formica countertops -- all vestiges of the store's former life as an F.W. Woolworth five-and-dime.
The scene suggests that nearly four years into his tenure as chief executive of Foot Locker's parent, Venator Group Inc., Roger Farah has yet to reveal his much-lauded merchandising skills.
"I haven't seen anything that reflects electrifying merchandising talents," says Kurt Barnard, president of retail forecasting firm Barnard's Retail Trend Report.
But Mr. Farah has a plan to change all that. By 2000, Venator expects to have 2,232 new and remodeled Foot Locker stores operating. Within the next 12 months, the company says, it will open a dozen superstores in former Woolworth locations, stocking merchandise from all three Foot Locker divisions -- men's, women's and kids'.
Rather than be solely dependent on athletic footwear, a category whose sales have been plummeting in recent years, Venator hopes to turn the chain into an emporium of reasonably priced, sports-inspired clothing, shoes and accessories. Its competition will be the likes of Old Navy or American Eagle, not just Finish Line and Foot Action.
"These stores will be fun and entertaining," says a Venator spokesman. "We'll sell a variety of items and develop exclusive assortments."
Broadening Foot Locker's product lines and updating its appearance creates an opportunity for the company, to be sure. Sales of athletic shoes dropped to 324 million pairs in 1997, from 365 million in 1993, according to Footwear Market Insights. In contrast to athletic retailers, large-format vendors of inexpensive, fashionable clothing are a hot ticket today. American Eagle, a chain of 350 stores, recently reported a 28.4% increase in same-store sales for the last quarter.
However, convincing teenagers and young adults to rethink Foot Locker's image and return to a store they've abandoned will be far from easy.
"This is intensely competitive. Merchandising comes into play, but that's not all," says Michael Conn, an analyst at Gruntal & Co. "They also have to roll out their stores quickly, and communicate with consumers. That means advertising and marketing, too."
Venator hopes to help create the necessary buzz through high-impact outlets like a 40,000-square-foot store that will open in Orlando at Disney's Wide World of Sports theme park in 1999.
Other stores, including the one on 42nd Street and Third Avenue, will be transformed with bright-colored spotlights, large television screens and upbeat music. Unlike the almost seasonless old Foot Lockers, a broad range of merchandise -- including jeans, casual dresses, T-shirts and shoes -- will be changed often in an effort to draw customers back to check out the next trend.
While the stores will still carry brand names like Nike and Reebok, there will be more exclusive merchandise, including goods from Saucony and Champion. More shelf space will be devoted to private-label merchandise in an effort to pump up margins.
With little left to pare from Venator's operations, the pressure is mounting for Mr. Farah to reinvent Foot Locker. With the recently announced closings of Venator's Kinney and Footquarters chains and the sale of its German operations, Foot Locker and Champs now account for around 80% of the company's annual $6.6 billion revenues. For the last six months, Venator reported a 6% drop in same-store sales.
Mr. Farah's supporters argue that the 45-year-old chief executive has the skills necessary to pull off the turnaround. They contend it's taken this long to work on Foot Locker because he's been shoring up the balance sheet.
Employee turnover a problem
"He's had too many diversions," says Alfred Kingsley, senior managing director of Greenway Partners, a major Venator shareholder. "What impresses me is that they have a core business that is the largest in the country."
One big challenge facing Mr. Farah is building and retaining the management team that is capable of executing his vision. Ongoing change and the company's poor performance have resulted in high turnover. Not only have old-guard employees left, but so have some of the most recent recruits. Vivian Behrens, hired just seven months ago as a senior vice president of marketing, recently departed for Avon Products Inc.
Improving incentives
Executive recruiters familiar with the company believe that Mr. Farah may have to improve the incentives offered to high-level managers to keep them motivated.
With the stock at $9.44 last week -- 57% lower than one year ago and 54% lower than two years ago -- many of the company's executives are holding options that are worthless now.
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I can't find the Ash Nomads on the GW site, I remembered them today when I was trying to figure out how to do my Savlar army (which at the moment stands at three models). Are they models that got dropped? Or did they not actually get released? SG seem to have both dropped and failed to release announced miniatures.
In the articles section on the specialist games website.
Well your best bet would be to check out the various countries Specialist Games Mail Order link to UK Site (http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=List_Models&code=300817&orignav=300808) and use the 'Other Stores' links on the left hand side to check out other nations Specialist Games section for them.
Last rumour I had heard was many of the Specialist Range was being pared down to the core figures for Necromunda (so all your standard gangs, underhive scum, etc).
Amusing. I don't know why that happened.
He's asking for the Miniatures, rather than the rules.
Think they did axe them.
Would Eldar Ranger make good substitute?
they used to be avialble from the states unite the cataloge revision now it seams that they are gone for good!
her are my ash nomads from Armoggedon, they are 54mm and used in the Inquisitor game. they might inspire you.
i am going to build a chem dog unit to go with my Armoggedon hive rats army, i'm going to use catchcan figures with greenstuff blobs to represent plugs and resperators like the other models only smaller.
i'll post pics if it helps you.
nice stuff there rotter, is that a real screw being used there?
yes, kind of makes them ruff and ready. my pronounciation is as bad as my spelllingggg.
Shame they're gone - would have been perfect for Savlar Chem Dogs.
Use Urban Wars Viridian range (they mostly come with gas masks) and model on hoods with green stuff. I`ve just painted the first of mine. Will attempt to post a picture once done.
i'll second that, i'm using some urban wars figures as stormtroopers. they are a good range of figures.
I can't even find piccies so i can see if they'd suit my army.


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I decided to serve it with baked garlic fries since my family enjoyed them so much last time. I just cut potatoes dip them in egg, put in pan and then sprinkle with garlic powder, onion salt and a little pepper. I also had a head of cabbage in the fridge so I made Haluski without the noodles. Pretty much cabbage fried with PAM, 4 TBSP's of Brummel and Brown Butter (Hungry Girl's Pick), salt and pepper. I loved fried cabbage and it is so good for you. I figured that in the portion I ate I had maybe 1/2 -2/3 TBSP or Brummel and Brown Butter (45 calories, 5 grams of fat in 1 TBSP).
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The present work addresses functional fatigue of binary NiTi and ternary NiTiCu (with 5, 7.5, and 10 at. pct Cu) shape memory (SM) spring actuators. We study how the alloy composition and processing affect the actuator stability during thermomechanical cycling. Spring lengths and temperatures were monitored and it was found that functional fatigue results in an accumulation of irreversible strain (in austenite and martensite) and in increasing martensite start temperatures. We present phenomenological equations that quantify both phenomena. We show that cyclic actuator stability can be improved by using precycling, subjecting the material to cold work, and adding copper. Adding copper is more attractive than cold work, because it improves cyclic stability without sacrificing the exploitable actuator stroke. Copper reduces the width of the thermal hysteresis and improves geometrical and thermal actuator stability, because it results in a better crystallographic compatibility between the parent and the product phase. There is a good correlation between the width of the thermal hysteresis and the intensity of irrecoverable deformation associated with thermomechanical cycling. We interpret this finding on the basis of a scenario in which dislocations are created during the phase transformations that remain in the microstructure during subsequent cycling. These dislocations facilitate the formation of martensite (increasing martensite start (MS) temperatures) and account for the accumulation of irreversible strain in martensite and austenite.


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Christian Woman Trafficked Multiple Times as ISIS Sex Slave
4:00PM EDT 6/19/2018	 World Watch Monitor
Rita, a Christian woman from the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, was 26 when Islamic State invaded her town and took her captive. She was sold and bought four times as a sex slave before she was freed in 2017 and reunited with her father in April this year, almost four years since she was taken captive.
Although she had heard that Islamic State militants had entered Mosul, she was not aware that they were heading towards her home town, Qaraqosh (also known as Bakhdida), and other villages in the area.
When she arrived in Erbil, taxi drivers refused to take her to Qaraqosh as they said IS had arrived there. However, she was determined and travelled on. Even the Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) could not stop her at the checkpoints she passed, although they warned her it wasn't safe.
When she arrived, she said she did not notice much of a difference, but then she saw people were leaving. Her neighbors told her that Islamic State militants were on their way. As her father was old, she did not want to leave him, so they could not flee.
Traumatized
Slowly the Peshmerga lost control over the territory and Islamic State moved in. The militants started to enter houses, breaking down doors, and from a speaker in the mosque told everyone to come out of hiding. They searched people for valuables and other belongings and brought two buses for the elderly men and women.
They separated Rita, another woman and a little boy and girl from the rest, and took Rita to Mosul. They gave her a new name, Maria, and she was sold on the sex-slave market.
Her first owner was an Iraqi IS militant. Rita was terrified and, in shock, said she couldn't focus on what was happening around her. Instead she said she moved around as if in a dream. It made her owner angry and he insulted her.
There was also a Yazidi girl in the house. Shatha, 14, was bought by the same man and he raped both Rita and the girl. They were held in a room and forced to watch videos of IS members killing people. One day he made them watch a video, showing IS militants beheading Shatha's brother.
Rita said she was so traumatized that her face could not show fear. When her owner asked her if she was scared, she replied: "I am afraid of no one but God."
After six months she was sold to another IS member, a Saudi man in Syria, where she was emotionally and physically tortured by his Moroccan wife, who, Rita said, had psychological issues. She would beat Rita until blood would pour out of her nose and the wounds on her head. The woman insulted her and kept her without food, except for bread and water.
After four months Rita was moved from Raqqa, northern Syria, to Abu Kamal, a city near the Iraqi border, where she suffered for another 16 months and was then moved to Deir ez-Zor, 130km northwest. During that time she was sold to a Syrian man.
IS members were buying her from her owners for sexual use and for services for themselves and others too. In addition, they forced the girls to use birth-control pills, as well as to have an abortion when they became pregnant. Girls aged 9 were raped and sold for between U.S. $6,000 and $15,000, she said.
Rita was forced to read the Quran and was sometimes threatened that they'd kill her if she did not become a Muslim. According to Rita, IS militants see women as goods that they can buy and sell and whom you can torture for disobedience. Once a woman from Kobani was reportedly punished through the removal of her ovaries.
In September 2017, the Syrian Democratic Forces launched a military operation to oust IS from eastern Syria. When they liberated Deir Ezzor, the largest city in the region, she was finally freed, along with many others held by the militants.
Rita was taken to a safe area, to Qamishli, a city in north-eastern Syria on the border with Turkey. There she received treatment and, with help from the Syriac Women's Union, has been able to slowly start experiencing healing for her trauma.
It took her a month to get to the point where she could take off her veil without fearing repercussions, she said.
When she was reunited with her father, almost four years since she was taken captive, she said it was like "a dream."
This article was published to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
*Compiled from interviews given to local Arabic media.
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Watch: Savage talks to The Project about the devastating loss behind 'Reach Out'. Credits: The Project
South Auckland-born Samoan rapper Savage became New Zealand's undisputed King of Hip-Hop after his hits went global, with rap classic 'Swing' achieving platinum status in the United States - but his latest song is turning heads for a different reason.
The 38-year-old 'Freaks' hitmaker joined The Project on Thursday to talk candidly about the devastating loss that inspired his deeply personal new track, 'Reach Out'.
"Last year, my niece lost her battle with mental illness... it really devastated our family. We'd just come back from a massive family reunion in Samoa, and that news hitting us really devastated us, my kids, their cousins... it really affected everyone," he shared.
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"Towards the end of last year, at the beginning of this year, I really started to question myself as an artist... whether there is something I can do to help, to bring more awareness to mental health and suicide.
"The song is very close to me... it's probably the most meaningful song I've ever put together. Everyone knows me as the life of the party, bringing the bangers out. This is more to home."
The hip-hop heavyweight has grown to view his musical talent as a way of giving back to his community.
"I feel like music is something I've been blessed with as a tool to bring back to my community. I guess starting this ['Reach Out'] is like the first stepping stone," he told The Project.
"I called up my cousin... it was his daughter who passed away. I told him what I was planning to do, just to get his blessing. Pretty much just to share his story, and make sure the loss of my niece, her life, didn't go in vain.
"It's a matter of me putting myself out there too... it's definitely a hard topic to talk about."
Despite the ever-growing discourse surrounding mental illness, Savage said the topic for 'Reach Out' made it difficult to find willing collaborators. He ultimately found a local producer who has hit the big time, working alongside the likes of Ariana Grande and Ella Mai.
"I reached out to a lot of top-tier musicians, songwriters and singers... but I know how raw this topic is. I don't hold it against them for not getting back to me, or saying it's not something they can see themselves doing at the moment," he explained.
"I was able to bring in a producer, a Samoan kid from Otara, who's been working with Ariana Grande, Ella Mai and some of the biggest artists out there."
"You don't know what everyone's going through, that's something I can respect."
'Reach Out' is available next Friday.


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"This is a dream come true. This is the biggest Dabin show ever."
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Published: 5:11 AM MST November 10, 2022
Updated: 5:31 AM MST November 10, 2022
DENVER — Musician and producer Dabin will headline a spring concert at one of the country's most popular music venues.
Dabin has announced an all-ages concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, March 31, 2023, dubbed "Sanctuary Live."
Dabin will be joined by special guests Ray Volpe, JVNA, Grabbitz and MYRNE as he celebrates three albums accompanied by a new live band.
Tickets are scheduled to go on sale Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at AXS.com and by phone at 888-929-7849. Prices range from $40 to $80.
"This is a dream come true. This is the biggest Dabin show ever," Dabin tweeted.
The Red Rocks 2023 concert schedule announced so far is steadily growing. We will keep this concert schedule updated as the concert season approaches.
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I am SO proud to announce SANCTUARY LIVE at Red Rocks ⛰
Celebrating 3 albums accompanied by my new live band.
This is a dream come true. This is the biggest Dabin show ever.
Pre-sales live tomorrow at 10am MST I hope to see u there 🥹✨ pic.twitter.com/LxuFBiNLEL
— DABIN (@iamdabinlee) November 8, 2022
Owned and operated by the City of Denver, the concert venue at Red Rocks Park has been home to some of the most iconic concerts in history, from artists such as The Beatles, U2 and Sting.
Located just west of the Mile High City, Red Rocks Park features 738 acres of hiking trails, geological wonders and astounding views.
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People are comparing Donald Trump to Hugo Chávez. That's mostly wrong.
Over the past year, it has become fashionable to draw parallels between Donald Trump and foreign leaders, especially populist leaders in Europe and Latin America. One of those leaders is former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.
For example, the San Diego Union-Tribune's editorial board asserts that Venezuela has fallen apart due to "the obstinance and delusions of Chávez" and that "Trump could be our Chávez." Others have also made this comparison, including political scientists Javier Corrales and Jennifer McCoy.
There is no doubt that Chávez deployed populist rhetoric involving race, class and nation, just as Trump has done. But beyond populist language, the parallels between Chávez and Trump quickly evaporate.
To begin with, Chávez and Trump have entirely dissimilar backgrounds. While Donald Trump's father became wealthy in real estate and initially funded his son's business endeavors, Chávez's parents taught elementary school in a rural area. To escape to the capital city of Caracas and pursue a baseball career, Chávez joined the Venezuelan military.
During his campaign for the 1998 elections, Chávez ran on a populist platform, criticizing the Venezuelan oligarchy, encouraging participatory democracy and promoting the construction of a new constitution that would include all citizens.
After Chávez won the election, his government did write a constitution that for the first time recognized the country's Afro-Caribbean and indigenous populations. Among other measures, the constitution allowed for intercultural education, recognized indigenous languages and designated three positions for indigenous persons in the National Assembly. Chávez also discussed his Afro-Caribbean and indigenous heritage during public speeches, lending symbolic significance to this heritage in a country that had long featured white political leaders.
This recognition and even celebration of racial and ethnic minorities finds little parallel in Trump's campaign. Trump has supported stop-and-frisk policies that a federal court found to be racially discriminatory and condoned violence against Black Lives Matter protesters at his political rallies. In fact, the better comparison to Trump is the racially charged imagery used to denigrate Chávez and his supporters.
Trump has also periodically called for immigration policies targeting Muslims and has renounced the idea of bringing Syrian refugees into the country. In stark contrast, Chávez often referred to Middle Eastern citizens as brothers of the Venezuelan people, and he provided food, medicine and other aid to Palestine and Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. In recent years, Chávez's successor has also offered to take in as many as 20,000 Syrian refugees.
The difference between Trump and Chávez mirrors the difference between what scholars call exclusionary and inclusionary populism. That is, while some populists — like Trump — have drawn lines between native-born citizens and immigrants, other populist leaders have sought to include and empower marginalized or vulnerable populations.
The differences also extend to economics. While Trump has advocated reducing taxes for corporations and the wealthy, Chávez imposed greater state control over corporations and prioritized the poor. In 2001, for example, Chávez passed legislation that allowed the state to expropriate idle land held by large rural landowners and redistribute it to Venezuelan peasants and cooperatives. Chávez also gave the government complete control over the oil industry. With the large oil profits in the 2000s, the Chávez government targeted extreme poverty, illiteracy and substandard housing.
In the end, there is little substantive similarity between Chávez and Trump. With the Venezuelan economy in a free fall and the Venezuelan government appearing more inept than ever, the urge to compare Trump to Chávez appears hard to resist. These comparisons, however, obscure much more than they illuminate.
Timothy M. Gill is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University, and his research examines U.S. foreign policy toward Venezuela under the Chávez government.


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Guess the Starting XI - Season Roundup & Final Standings
The dream run is over, but there's still some scores left to settle. The final results of the Guess the Starting XI contest are now in!
By Samuel Rowan@samuel_rowboat Dec 2, 2021, 9:24am PST
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Welcome back everyone for a final Guess the Starting XI update for the 2021 season.
Thank you to everyone who played along this season, and I hope you'll all be back for 2022, it's been a blast. On that note, if there's anything you'd like to changed, modified or improved for next season be sure to let me know. If you note something in this thread I'll make to have a look at it before assembling a full plan for 2022.
In terms of the match against SKC itself, I was with most of you in sharing a cautious sense of optimism. That being said, when the starting lineup came out and the Whitecaps were without Godoy, Ranko and Gutierrez, you could tell it was going to be a tough task for the visiting team. When you couple that with conceding an early goal, as well as allowing one right before the half, it becomes an almost impossible hill to climb.
Nonetheless, it was a terrific late season run for the Whitecaps, and they have many things to be positive about going into 2022, including the return of Vanni Sartini and the growth of Ryan Gauld as an MLS star.
Now, on to the business end of this article. You really can't make this up, but the top three contestants in this contest ended up being separated by just three points.
At the end of the day, Isabelt took the contest wire to wire and is our 2021 Guess the Starting XI Champion with 395 points. In second place, CReimTime had a big second half of the season shooting up the charts and almost did enough to claim the title, but fell a single point short at 394. In third place, AmandaC was consistent the entire season, and almost closed down the gap in the final three matches after a big points haul at LAFC, she finished with 393 points.
A big congrats to the top three, and to Isabelt who was on fire with the predictions all year long! Ultimately maximizing the points haul against Seattle and Minnesota in October likely made the difference to secure the title.
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Foreign-Language Oscar Race: The Five Films That Were Snubbed
THR's Oscar Brain Trust reports three foreign films you can count on for noms, and scratches its head over five snubs you thought were shoo-ins.
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THR's Oscar Brain Trust reports three foreign films you can count on for noms, and scratches its head over five snubs you thought were shoo-ins.
The consensus is: There are three top contenders among the nine shortlisted films, which a 20-person L.A. panel and a 10-person New York panel will winnow down to five after watching all of them this weekend. Only my experts offer two different lists of three. On everyone's list: Alejandro González Iñárritu's Julia Roberts-endorsed Telluride and Toronto hit Biutiful (Mexico) and Susanne Bier's In a Better World (Denmark), which nobody thought could beat Biutiful at the Globes, but it did.
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This was partly because Sony Pictures Classics kept its profile lowish until Bier screens the film at Sundance while serving on the World Jury alongside Bong Joon-Ho. This week's special Sundance issue of The Hollywood Reporter notes that Park City's population grows from about 7,300 to 190,000 during the fest. If Bier is indeed among the final foreign Oscar five announced Jan. 25, about 190,000 people will publicize this fact.
Another reason Bier's frontrunner status was unexpected: She's a woman. As Sophia Savage reports, Luca Guadagnino, director of the Tilda Swinton arthouse hit I Am Love, was on an American Cinematheque panel last week with Bier, and he described the directors' community as a "brotherhood." Bier retorted, "What about women?"
But as a female Academy member warns, the actors branch is the biggest, and Bardem's titanic performance will get its attention.
Anyway, the third surefire foreign Oscar nominee is either Denis Villeneuve's Incedies (Canada) or Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All (South Africa). Spain's Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain) has a shot, maybe ("A bit of a mess, but thought-provoking"). My spies, including an Academy member, say forget about Yorgos Lanthimos' grueling, critic-beloved Greek Dogtooth, almost certainly put in by the secret executive panel of smart experts whose job it is to avoid letting the old-skewing Academy foreign voters make Oscar look dumb by ignoring tough masterpieces like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Also, kiss Tetsuya Nakashima's perhaps exec-panel pick Confessions (Japan) goodbye, and Andreas Ohman's Simple Simon (Sweden), say my spies.
There were lots of top snubs, but here are five:
France: Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois's fact-based drama about Islamic terrorists invading a French monastery in Algeria, won the National Board of Review award, a Spirit Award nom and my award for Most Profoundly Moving Soundtrack Use of 'Swan Lake' at Telluride (despite all props to Black Swan), yet didn't win. Maybe it was too meditative. Pundit Guy Lodge correctly predicted it would lose, being "too staid and remote for the general voters and not adventurous enough for the executive committee."
Thailand: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's haunting Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won at Cannes but lost at Oscars. Could it be because the Cannes jury head was Tim Burton, also snubbed by Oscar? Who knows.
Germany: Feo Aldag's absorbing, well-acted drama of a Turkish honor-killing victim, When We Leave, won prizes from Tribeca to Berlin, and played well at Telluride. Perhaps it was too straightforward — you know you're not in for a Hollywood ending.
Italy: First, I Am Love lost the Italian Oscar submission to La Prima Cosa Bella, because, one spy says, "They thought Tilda's Italian accent was bad." It was supposed to be bad, she's playing a Russian immigrant! Several sources say La Prima Cosa Bella played well — "People said they loved it!" — but it simply didn't get enough high scores. "A lot of the selections are dark," explains one source, "and when you see them back to back, and then you see something lighter and more linear, you have a tendency to be grateful." At the moment. But later, when you cast your vote, you realize it was just a palate cleanser compared to the meatier nine shortlist films. Or, as Peter Sellers explained to his children when he planned to leave them for Sophia Loren (who actually had no interest in him whatsoever), "It's not that I don't love you. I just love Sophia Loren more."
Finland: There are more eminent snub victims (Turkey, Peru, Czechoslovakia, and the "Spielbergesque" Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock from China, say my spies), but I choose Joonas Berghall's Steam of Life because I know its premise to be true: Finnish guys, "God's frozen people," only open up emotionally in the sauna. "Why do I want to see a bunch of guys with their schlongs out?" complained one voter. As a part-Finn (I'm not saying which part), I'm offended.
Most of my brain trusters think the foreign Oscars have cleaned up their act and this is a respectable list. I just wish they'd be transparent and say which were picked by the executive experts (whose names would be nice to know too). Secrecy is their right, but it wouldn't hurt anybody to at least offer the exec-picked pictures list.
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Arsenal brush aside Newcastle as Howe suffers first defeat
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Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli celebrates with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after scoring against Newcastle United, Emirates Stadium, London, England, Nov. 27, 2021. (Reuters)
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Second half goals from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli at the Emirates Stadium made it four wins for Arsenal from their last five league games
Eddie Howe was in charge of Newcastle in person for the first time after missing last weekend's 3-3 draw against Brentford due to a positive COVID test
LONDON: The battle to find balance between attack and defence has been a five-year struggle on Tyneside — and is so far proving the impossible conundrum for Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe.
It was an issue first flagged up by now Everton boss Rafa Benitez under the ownership of Mike Ashley. It's an argument so often referred to as the "short blanket."
The concept is a simple one. Pull the short blanket up at one end, your feet are open to the elements at the other, and vice versa. With limited resources, it is tough to provide quality and consistency at both ends.
Steve Bruce, never as eloquent as Benitez, suffered from the same problems. And just 180 or so minutes into his tenure at Newcastle, Howe knows that issue firsthand.
A defensively disciplined display at the Emirates, much more so than at St James' Park last week, saw the Magpies blunted in attack and ultimately beaten by two moments of real quality.
Second-half goals by Bukayo Saka and his replacement off the bench Gabriel Martinelli ensured United remained at the foot of the Premier League, without a win in 13 in the top flight and with the worst goals against column as well as just six points to show for their early season "efforts."
Making his debut in the United dugout after a bout of Covid, Howe made three changes from the side that drew with Brentford seven days previously.
Out went Ciaran Clark, Jacob Murphy and Karl Darlow, with Emil Krafth, Ryan Fraser and Martin Dubravka returning to the starting XI.
United were open and expansive against the Bees, but it was more a case of disciplined and compact at the home of the Gunners, as Howe made some tactical tweaks to the side who looked defensively suspect last time out.
And it's fair to say — for 45 minutes at least — it worked, as United largely frustrated the home side, keeping them at arm's length.
United's record against Arsenal home and away is by Premier League standards awful.
They've won just once in 20 outings, and have to go back to 2010 for a victory in the red half of North London.
And to get a result against a traditionally difficult foe you have to ride your luck, or hope for players to stand up in the key moments. Luckily, as mentioned previously, Howe decided to make the crucial call to bring back Slovak Dubravka, and United needed their reinstated No.1 to produce a number of crucial stops to keep things equal at the break.
His first stop was to palm away a curling Martin Odegaard free-kick, which skirted over the heads of the United wall. The second, as incredibly reactive as it was, was followed by a miss of biblical proportions by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Some excellent work by Saka down the Arsenal left opened things up for Emile Smith-Rowe, whose header was cleared by Dubravka, only to fall to Aubameyang. But with the goal at his mercy, the Gunners' skipper clipped on to the United post.
While the hosts were the better side, this wasn't one-way traffic, however. United had some chances of their own.
A Callum Wilson break down the right unleashed Fraser, whose cross deflected into the path of Jonjo Shelvey, but his 25-yard shot was excellently tipped on to the bar by the outstretched arm of goalkeeping man-of-the-moment Aaron Ramsdale.
It wasn't until added time in the first-half that Arsenal began to up the ante — and it was this increased intensity that carried through into the opening exchanges of the second-half, which bore fruit on 55 minutes.
The tempo upped, Saka linked up with Albert Sambi Lokonga, then on to Smith-Rowe who found Saka again as he rolled off the back of Emil Krafth and guided the ball into the bottom corner from the angle on the left for 1-0.
As resolute as United had looked, it was no less than the hosts deserved.
Then came some controversy — but as typically has been the case this season for the Magpies, it went against the Premier League strugglers. In fact, within seconds they were two goals down and with yet another top flight mountain to climb.
A direct ball over the top for Wilson split the Arsenal backline and just as he appeared certain to pull the trigger in the area, the slightest of shoves from Nuno Tavares was enough to see the United striker lose his balance but not enough to convince the referee or the VAR officials of a foul.
Almost instantaneously, a direct ball at the other end saw the home side's lead doubled.
A pin-point pass in behind by Takehiro Tomiyasu picked out the freshly introduced Martinelli, who, with his first touch, guided the ball past the helpless Dubravka.
And despite some light sparring at both ends, the Brazilian's strike was enough to end this encounter as a contest, ensuring the gloom remains on Tyneside.
No one expected a result at Arsenal, a place United lose at on an annual basis, but results are exactly what the Magpies need. Their predicament at the foot of the table is starting to look a little desperate, despite the signs of improvement under Howe.
What the manager needs to work out is whether he is going to try and play his way out of the situation, or solidify a creaking defensive unit and do it the "boring" way.
At the moment, it feels like this is neither.
Fellow relegation battlers Norwich City and Burnley come to St James' Park in the next seven days — and it is starting to feel like this week is make or break for Newcastle's Premier League future.
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The former Wales national manager is charged with controlling and coercive behaviour and assault against his ex-girlfriend and her sister
Giggs, 48, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains on bail
LONDON: The trial of former Manchester United soccer player Ryan Giggs has been delayed to August 8 due to a lack of court space, the BBC reported after a hearing on Tuesday.
The former Wales national manager is charged with controlling and coercive behavior and assault against his ex-girlfriend and her sister. The trial at Manchester Crown Court had been due to start on Jan. 24.
Giggs, 48, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains on bail.
"Unfortunately it has become necessary to vacate this trial from the list," the BBC quoted Judge Hilary Manley as saying. "The reason for this is because there is not a court available to accommodate this trial.
"Due to the large backlog of court cases, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and the need for social distancing, this is a situation which is a daily reality for the criminal courts."
Giggs' lawyer said his client was "extremely disappointed."
The former player was charged last April when a magistrate's court heard a prosecutor read out a summary of charges including that he struck Kate Greville with a "deliberate headbutt."
He was first arrested in the case and released on bail in Nov. 2020.
Giggs made 963 appearances over 23 years for Manchester United as a player, a club record, winning a haul of honors including 13 Premier League winner's medals and two UEFA Champions League winner's medals.
He represented Wales as a player 64 times between 1991 and 2007 and took over as national coach in 2018.
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Top-10 seeds Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit all made comfortable starts to their Melbourne title charges
"It's amazing to be back and winning a five-set battle like that, I couldn't ask for any more," said Murray
MELBOURNE: Former world number one Andy Murray turned back the clock in typically combative style and favorite Daniil Medvedev set up a blockbuster second-round showdown with Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
In the women's draw, top-10 seeds Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit all made comfortable starts to their Melbourne title charges, while Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka also won despite struggling with their serves.
Emma Raducanu, the US Open champion, was also victorious on her tournament debut but there was defeat at the first hurdle for her fellow 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez — the woman Raducanu beat in the Flushing Meadows decider.
Canada's Fernandez, the 23rd seed, went down 6-4, 6-2 to Australian wildcard Maddison Inglis, to the delight of the home crowd.
After Sunday's deportation of men's defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic, the first Grand Slam of the year is now in full swing and many are eager to move on from the visa saga.
That is easier said than done and Tennis Australia (TA), organizers of the so-called "Happy Slam," said in a statement Tuesday that they "deeply regret the impact" it has had on the other players.
"As the Australian tennis family, we recognize that recent events have been a significant distraction for everyone," TA said, without mentioning Djokovic by name.
If it has been a distraction for Murray, he did not show it.
The 34-year-old, there as a wildcard, showed all the fighting qualities that made him a three-time Grand Slam champion.
His epic five-set victory over 21st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili was hugely symbolic — the Briton departed Melbourne Park in 2019 not knowing if he would ever be back because of hip trouble.
But here he was, rolling back the years and heading into round two.
"It's amazing to be back and winning a five-set battle like that, I couldn't ask for any more," said Murray.
There was no such problem for Russia's Medvedev, the second seed and favorite to lift his second major, who made light work of 91st-ranked Henri Laaksonen on Rod Laver Arena, dismantling the Swiss 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).
With Djokovic out of the picture and Roger Federer not in Melbourne because of injury, the draw has opened up for the 25-year-old Medvedev and Spanish great Rafael Nadal.
Medvedev, who lost last year's final in Melbourne to Djokovic but then beat the Serbian in the US Open final in September, plays combustible but talented Australian showman Kyrgios in round two.
Another of the "Next Gen" young talents challenging the "Big Three" of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer is Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The fourth seed was a comfortable winner in three sets over practice partner Mikael Ymer to get his tournament up and running.
In the women's draw, Spanish world number three Muguruza, a finalist at Melbourne Park two years ago, eased past 77th-ranked Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-3, 6-4.
There was also little trouble for Kontaveit, despite some early nerves, and Swiatek, but Romania's Halep was far from comfortable.
The former number one labored into round two 6-4, 6-3 after an error-strewn clash with Poland's Magdalena Frech which saw 11 service breaks.
Second seed Sabalenka, who was reduced to tears and serving underarm in a disastrous lead-up to Melbourne, had Mark Philippoussis to thank after she revealed the Australian former world number eight helped iron out some of her serving problems.
She was far from perfect on her serve but survived to beat Storm Sanders 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
In the last action of the day, Raducanu ousted the American Sloane Stephens — a former US Open champion — 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 in a performance that will make the Briton's rivals sit up and take notice.
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'Any sportsperson who wishes to compete in our country must comply with the health rules of Spain'
Novak Djokovic travels regularly to Spain where he owns a house in the southern resort of Marbella
MADRID: World men's tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic will have to comply with Spanish health rules to be able to travel to Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.
Answering a question on whether Djokovic would be allowed to enter Spain to compete after Australia deported him for being unvaccinated against COVID-19, Sanchez said: "Any sportsperson who wishes to compete in our country must comply with the health rules of Spain."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was visiting Spain on Monday and stood beside Sanchez during the news conference, also insisted the different rules in the different countries must be respected. "We all have to abide by them, no matter who we are," he said.
Djokovic travels regularly to Spain where he owns a house in the southern resort of Marbella. He spent a few days in late December and early January and video footage showed him training there.
Spanish rules currently require people to have either a vaccine certificate, a PCR negative test or a certificate of having recovered from COVID-19. The country imposes strict quarantines on people who test positive.
During the same news conference, the Spanish Prime Minister made an impassioned call for vaccination. Even though vaccination is not mandatory in Spain, the vaccination rate is one of the highest in Europe.
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Error-strewn clash with Poland's Magdalena Frech which saw 11 service breaks
Both players struggled to hold serve in the opening set
MELBOURNE: Former world number one Simona Halep labored into the Australian Open second round Tuesday after an error-strewn clash with Poland's Magdalena Frech which saw 11 service breaks.
The fit-again Romanian 14th seed came into the Grand Slam full of confidence after her first title in 16 months at the Melbourne Summer Set tournament this month.
But she struggled to find her groove against the 102nd-ranked Pole before banking the win 6-4, 6-3 on Margaret Court Arena to keep her dreams of a third major title alive.
"I found it so difficult today, I was unsure if I could play good tennis," she said.
"But in the end I won and that makes me very happy. Hopefully this week I can play better and better."
Halep, the runner-up in 2018 to Caroline Wozniacki and semifinalist two years later, is on her way back after a truncated 2021 season when she struggled with calf and knee injuries.
And it was a far from convincing performance, with both players struggling to hold serve in the opening set, with Frech broken three times and Halep twice.
Ultimately, the Romanian was stronger in the rallies and she finally sealed the set on serve with a trademark backhand down the line.
Neither player's serve improved in the second set with Halep immediately breaking before Frech went on a three-game win streak as the error-count mounted.
Halep then reeled off five games in a row to ensure victory and a second round clash with either American qualifier Katie Volynets or Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia.
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Osaka successfully opens title defense but Gauff an early big-name casualty
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty made devastating starts to their Australian Open title campaigns on Monday as the Grand Slam attempted to move on from the Novak Djokovic visa saga.
Naomi Osaka launched the defense of her women's crown with victory but Coco Gauff was an early big-name casualty. The American 17-year-old dumped out in straight sets by Wang Qiang, who is ranked outside the top 100.
The only Australian Open champion in the men's draw after nine-time winner Djokovic's deportation, Nadal started his quest to become the first male to win 21 Grand Slams by sweeping aside 66th-ranked Marcos Giron, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
The draw has opened up for the Spanish great with defending champion Djokovic out of the picture and the other member of the "Big Three," Roger Federer, not at Melbourne Park because of injury.
But the 35-year-old Nadal said he was just relieved to be playing tennis after Djokovic's refusal to get vaccinated against COVID overshadowed the first Grand Slam of the year right up until the last moment.
Although Djokovic's absence is good news for Nadal's tilt at men's tennis history, he said he would rather the world No. 1 from Serbia was playing.
"The ideal situation in the world of sport is that the best players are on court," said Nadal, who plays Germany's Yannick Hanfmann in the second round.
He may not be there, but Djokovic still looms over the tournament.
Nadal was all guns blazing at Rod Laver Arena, showing no apparent ill effects from a foot injury he suffered last year and then being "very sick" with COVID in December.
"Today is one victory in the first Grand Slam. Happy for that. One month ago situation had been different — looks very ugly in some way," he said.
Other winners in the men's draw on day one of the so-called "Happy Slam," where crowds have been capped at 50 percent because of the pandemic, included seventh seed Matteo Berrettini.
The Italian defeated American Brandon Nakashima in four sets despite tummy trouble.
Also through was third seed Alexander Zverev in the night match, but 12th-seeded Briton Cameron Norrie lost in three sets to Sebastian Korda, the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda.
There was to be no fairytale run for "lucky loser" Salvatore Caruso.
The Italian had earned a place in the main draw when Djokovic was deported but he fell at the first hurdle.
In the women's draw, top seed and world No.1 Barty made a real statement of intent, crushing qualifier Lesia Tsurenko in 54 minutes, 6-0, 6-1.
The 25-year-old faces Lucia Bronzetti of Italy next as the pre-tournament favorite and home hope chases a maiden Australian Open title.
"There's always something special about playing on a Monday night in the Australian Open," said Barty, who will need to deal with high expectations from the home fans.
Japan's former world No. 1 Osaka, the reigning champion, was also largely untroubled with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Colombia's Camila Osorio.
Seeded 13 after a disrupted 2021 in which she said she had suffered "long bouts of depression," Osaka cruised through in 68 minutes.
"I would say I feel more comfortable in my skin, if that makes sense," said the 24-year-old, who won the title at Melbourne Park in 2019 and 2021. She will play American Madison Brengle next.
Also through are French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, Greek fifth seed Maria Sakkari and reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.
But there was heartbreak for Tunisian ninth seed Ons Jabeur, who did not even make it onto court and withdrew because of injury before her match.
Also out was the 18th-seeded prodigy Gauff, surprisingly losing 6-4, 6-2 to China's Wang.
"I think just everything disappointed me about today," said Gauff.
"I feel like in the pre-season, I worked really hard, and I felt like I was ready to have a good run here.
"Today I just didn't perform well."
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The Vishwanath temple's architecture is same like the architecture of the Kandariya Mahadeo Temple. The steps leading to the temple on the northern side are flanked by lions and on the southern side by elephants. Inside the temple there is an impressive three-headed image of God Brahma. The exteriors of the temple are very beautifully carved. Some of the Chandela rulers were devotees of Vishnu and so they built some of the Vaishnavite temples. One of the finest temple is the Lakshmana Temple. The lintel over the entrance shows the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, with Lakshmi, Vishnu's consort. The sanctum is richly carved and has a three-headed idol of Vishnu's incarnations, Narasimha and Varaha. The Varaha Temple is another Vaishnavite shrine. In this temple there is an idol of Varaha, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu which is about 9 feet high. Its surface is covered with figures from the Hindu pantheon. Matangeswara Temple is another temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and has an 8 feet high lingam.


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Google Promotes "The Interview" Movie and Tobacco to Under-Age Viewers While Offending Billions of People — Gets Kicked Out of China
December 30, 2014 May 16, 2015 by resourcesforlife, posted in Government Acts, Government Leaders, Historic Events, Historic Images, Human Rights, Impact of War, National Security, Politics
The article below is being reposted here as it relates to geopolitical relations and the proper role of self-censorship when it comes to freedom of speech. Did the movie "The Interview" go to far in its portrayal of the assassination of a foreign leader? Read the article and post a response below.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates movies based on a variety of criteria and determines an acceptable viewing audience. According to FilmRatings.com (the MPAA rating site), The Interview, by featuring Seth Rogen and James Franco, is rated as 'R' due to "pervasive language, crude and sexual humor, nudity, some drug use and bloody violence." Colombia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment were in the news due to conflicts with North Korea over the movie.
This article isn't intended to be a review of the movie, but instead an assessment of how it has been promoted, and what the impact has been.
Since its release, and up to the time of this writing, Google has been promoting The Interview in the Google Play store side-by-side with children's games as shown below.
The Interview seems out of place with game titles like Club Penguin, Gummy Drop!, My Emma, and Pop Bugs. It's like advertising cigarettes to children. In this case, it's literally true since the film shows people smoking. There's a legal disclaimer at the end of the film stating that the use of tobacco in the film wasn't a paid endorsement (just a free one).
A Popular Genre of Cinema
There's unarguably a popular genre of vulgar and gross teen comedy films like The Interview that have a cult following — even among adults. Just as comedian Sarah Silverman draws crowds of people to be entertained and offended by her shocking and often 'inappropriate' style of vulgar humor, films like The Interview are praised for their shock value and intentional offensiveness.
Such content seems to be increasingly in demand. Just as people pay to go on a roller coaster ride at an amusement park, people are equally willing to pay to be shocked by entertainment that is offensive. They want to be offended. This explains the popularity of films like American Pie, The Hangover, Jackass, Superbad, and others.
Problematic Promotion
However, the promotion of The Interview is problematic. First, the movie received world-wide attention by the news media. Capitalizing on this, Google is promoting the movie in a way intended to reach a wider general audience than these films are generally intended for. Of course, the original news stories weren't part of the formal promotion of the movie (unless the news media was manipulated by the entertainment industry for promotional reasons).
Unlike a movie theatre where people can be easily ID'd prior to entering, or accompanied by an adult, streamed movies on the Internet are delivered to millions of homes with little or no restriction to who might viewing.
When you watch the movie, there is no clear rating declaration at the beginning. So, many viewers, young and old alike, who might otherwise avoid such content, will be lured into viewing the movie based on the trailer and numerous fluff reviews.
The Ramping Up Effect
The movie ramps up the levels of bloody violence, vulgarity, and nudity toward the middle and end, so that parents watching the beginning of the film to preview it will conclude that it's typical teen humor.
Similarly, the average viewer will be drawn in as far as they are willing to go, and like the frog in the kettle, will find toward the end they are taking in images and content they might otherwise have avoided.
It may seem a little nit-picky to bring up such points. To those who are immersed in the violent visuals of today's 'first person' video games and fully acclimated to vulgarity on television, in the movies, in music, and in comedy, The Interview probably seems fairly normal. To those who aren't regularly exposed to that kind of content, the film probably seems inappropriate and culturally insensitive.
Lack of Targeted Promotion is a Disservice
Ultimately, Sony and Google do a disservice to the film and the genre by not limiting its promotion and release to a warm market. When this happens, reviews are skewed. Rather than having a film watched by and rated by the people who might most enjoy it and appreciate it, the film is released to people who aren't acclimated to that particular brand of humor — and possibly never will embrace it.
The film is now being pushed to a world market, that's already primed with interest, yet perhaps unaware that the movie contains crude humor and graphic bloody violence.
What's unfortunate is that the film could have just as easily been produced in a way to meet PG-13 standards and been much more successful, and more widely appreciated.
Cultural Sensitivity and Global Response
At the time of this writing, the film has earned nearly $18M and is Sony's top online film ever. (Source: NPR). So, American's have spoken, and they've said, "We like this kind of humor, and indeed this kind of movie, more than anything else presently available."
The film is perceived in the U.S. to be an act of demonstrating free speech, a criticism of North Korea, and in this case, a victory over those who would threaten to censor the film.
To foreigners watching the film, it is perceived as an example of American humor and the content produced by the U.S. film industry. It's become our ambassador to world community (at least during its 15 minutes of fame).
Because of its content, the film serves to embolden those who advocate censorship of content from "the West." In this regard, it provides an abundance of examples showing why anti-American jihadists should continue their struggle through war and censorship, concluding "If this is what America has to offer, we don't want it." The film is a Christmas gift to those who want to portray Americans as vulgar.
Google Blocked in China Days After Film Launch
While The Interview intends to be about North Korea, the potentially offensive jokes could just as easily be poorly received by people in other countries such as China, for example.
Drawing from bigoted caricatures, the movie pokes fun at portraying how Asians sound when speaking English. This is an outdated trope that is viewed by some as funny, but perceived by others as borderline offensive. At one point in the movie, someone holding a cute puppy proclaims, "Guess who's going back to America where they don't eat doggies?" Making fun of people with Asian accents, and making derogatory references to the animals eaten in Asian countries, might make some people laugh, but other people could very well take offense at these jokes.
It's not surprising that only a few days after the heavy promotion of this film by Google on their search page, in the Play Store, and through a direct email campaigns. China has now blocked Google Gmail and Google's search page.
The Search Page Campaign
Below is Google's home search page as of Christmas morning. With the power of reaching approximately 210 million people every month (about 7 million people per day), Google chose to promote The Interview on Christmas day with a direct link to the streaming movie in their Play store. Click the image for a larger view.
The Email Campaign
The screen snip below shows an example of the direct email campaign launched by Google to promote the movie on Christmas day.
Disingenuous Disclaimer
At the end of The Interview, during the final moments of the credits, a legal disclaimer from Sony and the film's affiliates states:
"The characters, incidents, and locations portrayed and the names herein are fictitious, and any similarity to or identification with the location, name, character or history of any person, product or entity is entirely coincidental and unintentional."
You've got to be kidding me. So, it's entirely coincidental that there's a country called North Korea and political leader called Kim Jong-un. Did the producers really say, "Oh, really? Wow, we had no idea when making the film that these places and people actually exist! What a coincidence!"
That's like someone slapping you in the face, and then saying, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I just slapped you in the face. (slap again) Was that your face? Oh, I'm sorry. (slap again)."
It would have been more sincere to say something like, "We intentionally spent millions of dollars making fun of another country's leader, and joking about his assassination, and we knew full well we were doing it." At least that would be honest. So, now we're offensive and misleading. Great. This should generate lots of support and goodwill.
Movie Review of The Interview
This is likely a film that is destined to win the "Worst Movie Ever" and "Best Movie Ever" awards in the same year. For further reading, you can click here for a thoughtful movie review of The Interview.
Below is the movie poster for The Interview.
North Korean Reaction
For those unfamiliar with the controversy surrounding the film, here is a brief excerpt from the Wikipedia page about the movie and North Korea's response to it — which suggests they didn't find the humor in the movie.
On June 20, 2014, Kim Myong-chol, an unofficial spokesman for the North Korean government, said The Interview "shows the desperation of the US government and American society … a film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine."[16]
On June 25, 2014, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state-run news agency of North Korea, reported that the government promised "stern" and "merciless" retaliation if the film were released, stating that "making and releasing a film that portrays an attack on our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated."[17][18] The Guardian wrote that the film premise "touched a nerve inside the regime, which takes a dim view of satirical treatment of its leaders and is notoriously paranoid about perceived threats to their safety"[19] and that North Korea had a "long history of sabre-rattling and of issuing harsh threats that it does not act upon."[20]
On July 11, 2014, North Korea's United Nations ambassador Ja Song-nam condemned The Interview, saying that "the production and distribution of such a film on the assassination of an incumbent head of a sovereign state should be regarded as the most undisguised sponsoring of terrorism as well as an act of war."[21] The Guardian remarked that his comments were "all perfect publicity for the movie."[21] On July 17, 2014, the KCNA wrote to U.S. president Barack Obama, asking to have the film pulled.[22]
In August 2014, shortly after The Interview 's release was delayed to December 25, it was reported that Sony had made post-production alterations to the film to reduce its insensitivity to North Korea. These changes included modifying the designs of buttons worn by characters, originally modelled after real North Korean military buttons praising the country's leaders, and plans to cut a portion of Kim Jong-un's death scene.[23]
Rogen predicted that the film would make its way to North Korea, stating that "we were told one of the reasons they're so against the movie is that they're afraid it'll actually get into North Korea. They do have bootlegs and stuff. Maybe the tapes will make their way to North Korea and cause a revolution."[11] Business Insider reported via Free North Korea Radio that there was high demand for bootleg copies of the film in North Korea.[24] The human rights organizations Fighters for a Free North Korea and Human Rights Foundation, which previously air-dropped offline copies of the Korean Wikipedia into North Korea on a bootable USB memory device,[25] plan to distribute DVD copies of The Interview via balloon drops.[26]
Update: 31 December 2014
As of 12:30 AM on 31 December 2014, Google has modified their promotion of The Interview in the Google Play store so that it is no longer listed adjacent to video games for kids. We applaud Google for their prompt corrective action in this matter.
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Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address 150 Year Anniversary 19 November 2013
November 19, 2013 May 4, 2018 by resourcesforlife, posted in Historic Events, Historic Images, Speech Transcripts
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here."
~ Abraham Lincoln, 19 November 1863
Googlers today may notice a link below the Google search box stating, "150 years ago, a 2-minute speech shaped a nation. Read Lincoln's handwritten words." The link is an invitation to visit the Google Cultural Institute where Google has assembled and elegantly delivers historic and cultural presentations. On the 150 year anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, several exhibits are featured and available online:
Inspired by the Gettysburg Address By Daniel W. Stowell for Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Lincoln's Gettysburg Addresses by Matthew Pinsker
Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg by Cornell University Library
Full Text of Gettysburg Address
Among the many copies made of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, the following text is considered the most accurate.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Authentic Original Photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg Address
November 11, 2013 November 11, 2013 by resourcesforlife, posted in Historic Images
When asked, "What was the Gettysburg Address?" Some people think it's a street address in Gettysburg where Abraham Lincoln kept a summer home. In fact, it's a speech given on 19 November 1863 by Abraham Lincoln that inspired and reaffirmed the concept of self governance.
Surprisingly, a photo was taken of Lincoln delivering the speech. (source) That photo is shown here.
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Q: How add and subtract a vector from a data frame row wise in R I want to subtract corresponding elements from each row in a df from a vector.
> test
  A B
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0

Expected output:

> test + c(3,4)

  A B
1 3 4
2 3 4
3 3 4

Actual output:

  A B
1 3 4
2 4 3
3 3 4

What is the correct way to do this?

A: This will give what you want although it's a little tricky.
t(t(test) + c(3,4))

A: This will work. Here each = 3 is the nrow of test
test + rep(c(3,4), each = 3)

You can imagine the dataframe test is transformed into a vector c(A,B) firstly when it puls a vector c(3,4). Because c(3,4) is shorter than c(A,B), it will be extened to a same size vector.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley net worth: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is an English model and actress who has a net worth of $30 million. She has been one of the highest-paid models in the world at various points in her career. In 2018 alone, Rosie earned $11 million from her various endeavors. That was enough to make her one of the five highest-paid models on the planet that year. She has appeared on the covers of British Vogue, Elle, GQ, and many others.
Early Life: Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, on April 18, 1987, Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley grew up on a farm, and always wanted to get out of her farm community. She grew up near Tavistock, Devon with her brother and sister, the children of Fiona, a fitness instructor, and Charles, a chartered surveyor. She is a member of the noble family, as her paternal great-grandfather, Wing-Commander Eric Huntington-Whitley, was the nephew of George Whitley, 1st Baron Marchamley. She was educated at Tavistock College, she later revealed she was bullied as a child for having a hyphenated name and for her lips.
Modeling Career: Huntington-Whiteley first gained work experience at the London West End-based modeling agency Profile. She was just 15 years old and had not even taken her GCSEs yet. After signing with a modeling agency while in school at age 16, she won her first modeling job at age 16, appearing in a Levi's commercial.
Rosie had her first big break in January 2004 when she traveled to New York City for a shoot with Teen Vogue. She later made her catwalk debut alongside Naomi Campbell in the spring of that year, also in New York City. She was photographed by Bruce Weber for Abercrombie & Fitch.
She began modeling for Victoria's Secret in 2006, making her debut at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles, but did not break out as an international model until two years later, when she became the female face of the Burberry line. More high-profile campaigns and magazine covers soon followed, including British Vogue, and campaigns for Godiva, Miss Sixty, VS Online, and Loewe, as well as runway shows for Victoria's Secret, Prada, and Giles Deacon.
Huntington-Whiteley remained low profile outside of the fashion industry until 2008, when she was selected by Christopher Bailey to replace Agyness Deyn for Burberry's autumn/winter campaign alongside actor Sam Riley. Her first British Vogue cover swiftly followed in the November 2008 issue. The next year, she was the face of Karen Millen's spring/summer 2009 ad campaign. That same year, she starred in a short film for Agent Provocateur lingerie, playing a woman whose boyfriend forgets Valentine's Day.
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In February 2010, Huntington-Whiteley officially became a Victoria's Secret Angel and took part in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The next year, she announced she would not be walking in the show and that she had left Victoria's secret to persue other opportunities. In 2010, she posed nude for the Pirelli Calendar, photographed by Terry Richardson. She also hit the runway for designers Prada and Giles Deacon. Later that year, her ad campaigns included Monsoon's first underwear line, Thomas Wylde, and Full Circle.
In March 2010, she collaborated with Vogue to share her fashion choices for the "Today I'm Wearing" feature" and appeared on the covers of the May 2010 issues of Harper's Bazaar Russia and British GQ. In September 2010, she was featured on the cover of LOVE Magazine's September issue as a pinup girl.
The famous fashion photographer Rankin devoted an entire book to Huntington-Whiteley called "Ten Times Rosie." Celebrity makeup artist Ruby Hammer has described her as the quintessential English Rose. In March 2011, she landed her first solo British Vogue cover and was unveiled as the face of Burberry's new fragrance, Burberry Body. In 2013, she starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter and David Gandy in the Marks & Spencer Christmas advert and was announced as the face of Australian cosmetics brand ModelCo.
In 2014, she became the ambassador for the brand PAIGE. In February 2017, PAIGE launched their first ever design collaboration with Huntington-Whiteley on a 17 piece capsule collection for Spring. This was also followed by a 20-piece Fall collection. Huntington-Whiteley continues to walk runways and appear in ad campaigns for numerous brands including Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Versace, BCBG, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, French Connection, and more.
Acting Career: In 2010, she appeared opposite Shia LaBeouf in the film, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", replacing Megan Fox. She had previously worked with director Michael Bay on a Victoria's Secret commercial. Her performance, along with LaBeouf's, was not well-received critically. She was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for her performance for "Worst Actor" and she and LeBeouf were both nominated for "Worst Onscreen Couple." Her second acting role was in the film "Mad Max: Fury Road," released in May 2015. She played the pregnant character The Splendid Angharad, one of the five wives of the warlord Immortan Joe.
Personal life: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has been dating English actor Jason Statham since 2010. They announced their engagement in January 2016. In February 2017, she announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child. Their son was born in June 2017.
Huntington-Whiteley used to be a smoker, and she said in an interview with David Letterman: "I got a work placement at a modelling agency and then I spent the week making coffee and picking up the telephone and smoking cigarettes and drinking wine at 11 AM, it was very 'Ab Fab'". She last smoked publicly in 2012 and has since quit the habit.
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