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Chip Kelly not ready to call Eagles' win a turning point
But his team is certainly trending in the right direction
By Matt Mullin
PhillyVoice Staff
Eagles NFL
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, left, and Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, right, following Sunday night's game.
Chip Kelly is never satisfied. And while that may be a negative quality in most bosses, it's exactly the kind of mentality you want from your football coach.
That doesn't mean the Philadelphia Eagles head coach isn't happy with his team's performance in Sunday night's 33-27 overtime win over the rival Dallas Cowboys. There's a difference between being pleased and being satiated. The victory kept the Eagles (4-4) very much in the NFC East race -- they're currently a half game behind the 5-4 Giants -- but Kelly knows their work is far from over.
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"They were excited," Kelly said of his players Monday. "And rightly so, in terms of what you did and what you got accomplished. But, again, that's in the past. It's what we do moving forward. So if we don't go out and have a good Tuesday, then we didn't use the fuel we got Sunday night."
That's the difference.
The Eagles are now at the midway point of the season. And while Sunday's win could be looked at as a turning point in the season, that's not a phrase Kelly likes to throw around. Not because the win wasn't important, but because a true "turning point" can only be identified in hindsight, once the season has reached its conclusion. What looks like a key win for the Eagles could be rendered meaningless if the team fails to back it up with home wins over the Dolphins and Buccaneers before heading to Detroit to take on the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.
If that happens, it means satisfaction's ugly cousin, complacency, has taken hold at NovaCare. Preventing that from happening may be the third-year coach's toughest task this week.
"I never look at things like that," Kelly said Monday when asked if their Week 9 win could be viewed as a turning point in the season. "It's always about the next challenge. And we talk about that all the time. So the next thing for us is to have a really good day on Tuesday. Maybe as you write a story at the end of the season, what point was [the turning point] looking back, but I'll just take you back to a year ago on Thanksgiving, when we beat these guys [the Cowboys] to go 9-3. Then what happened? We went 1-3 down the stretch, so that wasn't a turning point for us."
And that's important for Eagles fans to remember in the wake of a big win over their division rivals. The city was riding high after beating up on the Cowboys on Thanksgiving a year ago. That quickly evaporated as the Eagles lost their next three games and were eliminated from playoff contention before their regular season finale against the Giants.
"It's always what you do next," Kelly added. "And that's why I try to make that reference. So I'm not deflecting [questions] when people say, 'Was that a big game for you?' Every game's a big game. So if we don't do something after this victory over Dallas, then that game wasn't a turning point in our season. That's our point. So you can't just say, 'Hey, we played a good game last night. That's our turning point. Let's go kick our feet up.'
"We need to go back to work."
Sunday's win in Big D, however, is not apple-to-apples when compared to last season's 38-27 win. When they met last season, both teams were 8-3. The Eagles, not the Cowboys, were the ones starting their backup quarterback because of injury. And it seemed like that team -- a team full of veterans and familiar faces -- had hit their ceiling.
This season, the Birds seem to be still be trending up -- and you don't have to reach far back into the past to find examples of other teams that have struggled out of the gate before finding their stride towards the middle of the season. Last year, the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks started the season 3-3. Two years ago, Kelly's first at the helm, the Eagles were just 3-5 through their first eight games before going 7-1 down the stretch and winning the division.
"I think everything in [Sam Bradford's] game has gotten better. As I've said before, I've seen Sam improve on a weekly basis here. We're in Game Eight — he's better in Game Eight than he was in Game One."
So even if you don't want to call this a turning point for the Eagles, it's hard to ignore the fact that things are beginning to point in the right direction.
Sam Bradford has looked better each week. He seems to be more confident -- and accurate -- each week, which is to be expected from a quarterback who missed the last two seasons with ACL injuries and is playing in his 700th offense since being drafted first-overall in 2010.
Against the Cowboys, Bradford even seemed to improve as the game went on. In the second half, he was 10-for-14 for 165 yards. And in overtime, Bradford was 5-for-5 for 56 yards, including the game-winning 41-yard score by Jordan Matthews. Furthermore, the Eagles QB even began throwing the ball down field -- and successfully, to boot. According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, he completed all four of his deep passes, racking up 139 yards and the aforementioned touchdown.
For a coach that's stood by his new quarterback all season long, that had to be vindicating.
"I think everything in Sam's game has gotten better," Kelly said Monday. "As I've said before, I've seen Sam improve on a weekly basis here. We're in Game Eight — he's better in Game Eight than he was in Game One. I think he's more comfortable in terms of what we're doing."
And with so many new key pieces on offense, Bradford included, it shouldn't be a surprise that we've seen better play on that side of the ball with each passing week.
"I know in terms of where we are as an offense with a lot of these guys, it's like a movie's being shown, and he showed up halfway through it," Kelly continued. "And then he's supposed to figure out what's going on and what did I miss in the first half of the movie, because he hadn't been with us the same amount of time Brent [Celek] has been here, and [Jason] Kelce and some of those other guys.
"So, it's just something you have to get through reps; it's not something that can be forced. He works extremely hard at it. He's in this building all the time; he's watching film; he's studying; he's working at it. But we've seen constant improvement out of Sam. And I hope he continues to play even better as we move forward."
Unfortunately for Bradford, there's no way for him to rewind "Gone with the Wind" -- that's the movie Kelly said the team was watching in the fictional scenario above. Instead, he has to keep working out the details from week to week, with the best lessons coming during game action (because we all know only certain aspects can be adequately simulated during non-contact practices.
The same applies to other new members of the offense, including running back DeMarco Murray. The former Cowboy had his best all-around game of the season Sunday night, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown while catching six passes for 78 yards. To say that's an improvement over his first meeting with Dallas would be quite an understatement.
According to his coach, it was only a matter of time.
"I think that can be said about anybody," Kelly pointed out when asked if that learning curve applied to Murray. "We do have some new players here, so to think that on Day One, they're just going to step in and plug and play, it doesn't happen. This is a league where you have to practice, where you have to train. You have to get in sync with the 10 other guys you're working with, so I think all those guys are just starting to feel more comfortable."
Although it took half of the season, the Eagles seem like they're starting to gel in a way they hadn't prior to the bye week.
But on Tuesday, it'll be back to work as usual.
"What we realize is that we had a really good week of training last week," Kelly added. "If we have a good week of training, it carries over into the game, and that's what we're trying to get accomplished."
Never satisfied.
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PRO MARATHON CONTRACTS EXPLAINED By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission.
By Race Results Weekly on October 9, 2021 8:30 PM | 0 Comments
This is a very good appraisal of the way pro marathon contracts are developed for the top road runners in the world. Understand that most of the athletes you see on a local level are lucky to get shoes, some travel and perhaps $250-$500 for a top 3 race performance.
The top athletes in the major events, like Abbott World Marathon Majors, see a much more lucrative financial offer. Events like London, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York and Tokyo have some of the best packages for athletes.
The 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, photo courtesy of Bank of America Chicago Marathon
And then, other races do things everywhere in between.
The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, gave little or no appearence fees, but a very robust performance and place bonuses. Some races offer lucrative travel packages, which allow athletes to train in warm weather with little or no costs.
David Monti helped demystify the way marathoners are compensated. And, of course, we use this piece from RRW with permission.
PRO MARATHON CONTRACTS EXPLAINED
By David Monti, @d9monti
(c) 2021 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission.
(07-Oct) -- In advance of this weekend's Abbott World Marathon Majors extravaganza featuring the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday and the Boston Marathon on Monday, Race Results Weekly would like to offer this "explainer" on how pro marathon contracts work and how elite marathoners actually get paid for competing in top races. Here are the basics:
Appearance & Promotional Fees:
The best athletes are paid a fee to participate in top marathons. Traditionally called appearance fees, this promise of payment from a race organizer, which occurs after the race has concluded, is used to recognize the value that an athlete brings to an event and to compensate them for the months of training they put in. It also compensates them for the competitions they are forced to miss while training (an athlete can't run a fast 10-K during a high-mileage week of marathon training). Appearance fees can range from just a few thousand dollars, to over $200,000.
Appearance fees always come with conditions. For instance, athletes are often required to do a certain number of media appearances, both before and after the race, and they may be asked to do a certain number of social media postings to promote their participation. Moreover, they are typically asked to cooperate with race organizers on how and when their participation in the race is to be announced. Sometimes those media plans can be elaborate if it is a truly top star.
The most important condition, however, is the cut clause. Usually, athletes must meet some kind of performance minimum in order to collect their full fee after the race. A typical cut clause would require an athlete to finish the race, and/or finish within a certain time, or else their appearance fee would be reduced by an agreed-upon amount. Typically, the higher the fee the more strict the cut clause. For example, a top man could be required to run 2:11 or faster to pick up a full six-figure fee, but a less-accomplished man might be required to run 2:14 because his fee is much lower. Reduction percentages vary, but 40% or 50% is typical. However, some races only require an athlete to finish with no minimum time. That might seem generous, but that can ultimately be counterproductive as an athlete may push themselves to finish even when they are injured and should really stop.
Because a certain percentage of athletes will have their fees reduced, organizers usually work out a formula for how much to exceed their appearance budget so when the race is over they actually hit the budgeted number, and not a lower value. Airlines do a similar thing by trying to sell more seats than they have on the plane knowing that some passengers won't show up.
Also, an athlete who doesn't make it to the starting line usually receives no fee. However, an organizer could determine that the athlete brought enough attention to the event in the build-up and should be paid at least something. That is uncommon.
Finally, if a race is cancelled the athlete's contract usually addresses if and how much they will be paid. Many races were cancelled in 2020 after athlete contracts were executed.
Personal Bonuses:
Race contracts for top marathoners usually contain personal bonuses for hitting specific goals within the race. Those bonuses can literally be anything that the organizer and the athlete --or more typically an athlete's representative-- can agree on. For the very best athletes, personal bonuses usually are paid for finishing in the top positions of the race. Those are know as private place bonuses, and they are something of a holdover from the days when marathons did not pay any publicly-reported prize money. Private place bonuses can be worth from 25% to 100% of the race's stated prize money for the same finish position. So, if the first place prize is $50,000 the winner might also get a $25,000 private place bonus effectively increasing their first place prize by 50%.
Interestingly, private place bonuses make budgeting and risk management easier for a race organizer because they are usually offered to only a limited number of athletes, and only one athlete will occupy any given finish position (per gender). In other words, there will only be one third place woman so only one third place private place bonus will be paid.
Personal bonuses for time are also common. They can provide a powerful incentive for an athlete who is trying to achieve a special goal, like a national record or a personal best time. These bonuses are more risky for an organizer because, theoretically, every athlete offered a time bonus can earn it on the same day because times are not tied to place. Organizers have to have a good handle on their exposure and make sure they have adequate funds to pay what has been promised.
Prize money is the most important part of athlete compensation that the public sees. Prize money structures differ widely, and some organizers offer separate prize money for domestic athletes (both Chicago and New York do that, for instance). Even for the top races, prize money varies widely. For instance the BMW Berlin Marathon offered EUR 20,000 for the race winner, while both Chicago and London offered USD 55,000. Boston offers almost three times that: USD 150,000.
Prize money amounts are usually guaranteed, but now always. Some events require a minimum time to earn the full first place prize, or even prizes for lower places. This is a popular practice in China. For example, the 2019 Xiamen Marathon offered USD 45,000 for the race winners, but the male winner had to break 2:09:30 to get the full prize and the female winner had to run under 2:26:00. The men's winner, Dejene Debela Gonfa of Ethiopia, ran 2:09:26 and got the full award. But the women's winner, Medina Deme Armino, also of Ethiopia, ran 2:27:25 and her prize was cut to USD 25,000.
The depth of prize money also varies by race. While paying the top-10 finishers is common, some races only pay top-5, like Chicago (USD 55,000-45,000-35,000-25,000-20,000). However, Chicago has a separate ten-deep prize money structure for USA athletes. Boston's prize money goes 10-deep: USD 150,000-75,000-40,000-25,000-18,000-13,500-10,500-8,500-7,000-5,500. In 2019 it was 15-deep.
Time Bonuses:
Only a minority of marathons offer time bonuses, at least publicly. Races which are more focused on time, or smaller races looking to make a name for themselves, will offer them to spur fast times. They are risky for an organizer because the times of the top finishers are unpredictable and vary greatly depending on the weather and the quality of the field recruited.
To guard against budget-busting payments, some organizers depth-limit their time bonuses, making them only available to a certain number of finishers. For instance, the recently-concluded BMW Berlin Marathon offered time bonuses only to the top-2 men and women, and the time standards were very difficult: sub-2:03:30 for men and sub-2:19:00 for women. In contrast, the Virgin Money London Marathon did not depth-limit their time bonuses. Five women and three men earned a total of USD 575,000, an amount which would exceed the total athlete budget for nearly every marathon outside of the Abbott World Marathon Majors.
Sponsor Bonuses:
Top marathoners also have bonus clauses in their shoe company endorsement contracts which allow them to boost their race earnings. If an athlete wins this weekend's Chicago or Boston Marathons their shoe company would also pay them a winner's bonus which could be as large as the prize money received from the race organizer. Terms of an athlete's endorsement contract are private, so it's hard to tell.
In addition, it's not uncommon for athletes to have time bonuses in their sponsor contracts. Those can be significant especially if they are for an important mark, like an American record or world record.
The Math:
Here are what the earnings for an elite women who wins a top marathon might look like (this is just an example and doesn't reflect the earnings of an actual athlete). Let's say she runs a personal best 2:21:47 and also has a good shoe company contract which pays bonuses for significant victories:
Appearance Fee: USD 100,000
Open Prize Money (1st place): 50,000
Open Time Bonus (sub-2:22) 20,000
Personal Place Bonus (1st place) 25,000
Personal Time Bonus (for PB) 10,000
Subtotal USD 205,000
Shoe Company Bonus (1st place) 50,000
Total USD 255,000
But if the same woman finishes in 12th place in 2:33:24 and her contract had a minimum time of 2:32:00 to collect her full fee, her earnings would look like this:
Reduction for slow time (40%) (40,000)
Total USD 60,000
PHOTO: The start of the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (photo courtesy of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon)
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Q: Sort strings on middle name in C++? I have file names in a directory (and also in an array). The file names go like this: F1S01.C01, F1S03.C02, F1S02.C02 and so on.
The files are not sorted in this array and I would like to sort them according the example:
F1S01.C01
F1S02.C01
F1S03.C01

And:
F1S01.C02
F1S02.C02
F1S03.C02

And:
F1S04.C01
F1S05.C01
F1S06.C01

So, I always need 3 (exactly 3) file with the same "ending" e.g. .C01 but with increasing S01, S02 and S03 (or S04, S05 and S06). Is there a way to sort the files according to my example?

A: I have written this code
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

bool WayToSort(string i, string j) { return i < j; };

int main()
{
vector<string>  pich = {"F1S01.C01", "F1S03.C02", "F1S02.C02", "F1S01.C02", "F1S03.C03", "F1S02.C03", "F1S01.C03", "F1S03.C01", "F1S02.C01"};
sort(pich.begin(),pich.end(),WayToSort);

  for (string &s : pich) cout << s << endl;
  return 0;
}

As a result
F1S01.C01
F1S01.C02
F1S01.C03
F1S02.C01
F1S02.C02
F1S02.C03
F1S03.C01
F1S03.C02
F1S03.C03

BUT you wanted the opposite result,just change WayToSort function,probably you can use .operator to separate two parts.

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Msowoya breaks the goal scoring jinx.
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Urban Decay Beauty Balm Review (Naked Skin) – Ah, today I have another beauty product review for you all and it's something that I'm really excited to be featuring on here!
As you all know, I'm a fan or Urban Decay and even though I don't feature them as often as I should I've been using their products for many years – right back to working as a makeup artist on set!
So let's see how the Urban Decay Beauty Balm did in this review!?
As you can see it's sleek, crisp and rather pretty – I love this gold colour, it's almost like a rose-gold shade and looks beautiful!
Inside, the actual bottle is the same colour but it's got a contrasting silver cap with Urban Decay engraved into it – a cute touch!
As you can see, this beauty balm comes in a tube meaning it's easy to use and of course – hygienic!
All you need to do is dot some of the product onto your flat-top foundation brush and blend into skin or apply into the palm of your hands and press onto skin.
This looks like a tinted moisturiser but it's got the consistency of a thicker foundation however when it's applied to your skin it feels like a lightweight moisturiser that sinks into skin in minutes!
If you're looking for a product to cover blemishes and acne-scars then this isn't something for you however if you're looking for something that'll provide a bit more coverage than a tinted moisturiser and gives your skin a lovely glow – this is for you!
It applies onto your skin and leaves you with a lovely glow – it's not at all drying and it definitely looks really natural!
This can be purchased from Urban Decay for £23.50 – it's pricier but you can definitely tell the difference when you feel the quality!
I'd love to know what you all think – have you tried this from Urban Decay or anything else from the Naked Range?
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Looks as a good product!
I've never heard of this before. What exactly is the beauty balm meant to do?
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Love it, love the color and I can see how this would add some glow , That is something I love, I feel as though it makes me look fresher and more youthful. I love the packaging and appreciate the thorough review. I will refer back to this before I head out to buy new products!
Dearest Layla, I have never tried this product and thank you therefore for testing and sharing.
Hopefully you had a very good and happy week so far!
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LAS VEGAS -- Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green does not believe he must take a new course in light of recent incidents.
"Being me has gotten me this far," Green said with a smile Monday at Team USA practice.
Green has a pending misdemeanor assault and battery charge stemming from a July 10 altercation with now former Michigan State football player Jermaine Edmondson outside a restaurant in East Lansing, Michigan.
"My attorneys are handling everything," Green said. "Leave it in their hands, and I got an opportunity to compete for a gold medal. You don't let any type of distraction get in the way of that. This [is] not about me. It's not about anyone on this team. It's about going out and defending our country the right way, so everything else is kind of secondary to that."
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Originally scheduled for Aug. 4, Green's pretrial conference has been moved to Thursday, before he must depart for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He stands accused of hitting Edmondson in an incident that police originally stated left both parties with "no injuries." Edmondson has since transferred out of Michigan State.
Despite the lingering litigation, Green said that he hasn't been punished by Team USA or coach Mike Krzyzewski but that all parties are taking the situation seriously.
"Everybody's concerned," Green said. "But at the end of the day, as a public figure, as a guy that's representing this country, it's bigger than me. It's bigger than anybody on this team. That's just the stuff we have to remember."
Despite recent incidents on and off the court, Warriors star and Team USA member Draymond Green, left, says he doesn't plan to change. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Green said his main focus is on "winning the gold medal," and when asked whether he'd have to leave the team for any court proceedings in Michigan, he said his "attorney is handling all of those things."
The East Lansing situation came on the heels of a postseason in which Green missed Game 5 of the NBA Finals because a Game 4 swipe at LeBron James put Green over the limit for flagrant foul points. After Cleveland won the championship, Green said this of missing Game 5: "I blame myself for everything -- that's who I am. Hey, I'm not afraid to take the blame. I do think that's where the series turned. I learned from it. I'll be better."


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Priorities at Sites Change as Trial Landscape Becomes More Challenging
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The effects of the pandemic — trial delays, staff shortages and backlogs of trials waiting to start — have led sites to change their priorities in recent years and think differently about how to conduct trials.
"The way we have done things in the past will likely not be the way we do things in the future," said Sandra Smith, WCG senior vice president of clinical solutions and strategic partnerships.
Clinical trial starts reached an all-time high in December 2021, when U.S. sites launched more than 350 industry-sponsored non-COVID-related studies, compared to fewer than 300 starts in December 2019. That may not sound like much of an increase, but it does not include NIH-funded, investigator-initiated and private grant-funded trials, which increase the trial start figures considerably. And over the same time period, the number of trial participants needed to conduct those trials increased from 1.8 million to 2.7 million, according to WCG data.
"That number is massive," said Suzanne Caruso, WCG senior vice president of insights and analytics, at a WCG webinar last week. "And let me tell you, there are not [enough] investigators out there to enroll these patients."
"This is a major strain because there aren't more investigators right now," Caruso said. "The number of investigators is not increasing at all. If anything, it's decreasing."
To compensate for low enrollments, Caruso said, sponsors increasingly are adding sites to their trials. "We'll see the initial sites that are open for studies, then six months later, we will see a bolus of new sites that come on board."
And trial timelines have stretched by six months on average, a fact that Caruso attributes to enrollment problems. "That is a clear indicator that we are in a time where trials are being delayed and sponsors are trying to make up for that by opening more sites," she said.
The problem is compounded by what many are calling the Great Resignation. A first-quarter WCG survey of sites shows that staffing is the largest concern of U.S. sites today, with 52 percent of respondents placing it at the top of the list of their challenges. "Following, and totally related to this, is trial enrollment," Caruso pointed out, at 49 percent of respondents.
Site staff are resigning, retiring or leaving research entirely at unprecedented rates. More than 20 percent of survey respondents said that more than 26 percent of their staff is turning over annually. "This is study nurses, study staff, people who do data entry, every single component; they are making these trials run," she said. "We have never seen more resignations than in that space" (CenterWatch Weekly, March 21).
And the problem is not just the number of staff that need to be replaced, it's the experience level, Smith added. Sites have open positions and many sites are now hiring, she said, but they are bringing in people less senior in the roles that were vacated. "And therefore, the training periods are taking a bit longer; many sites estimate about a year to bring people up to the level of full functionality."
Decentralized trial (DCT) methods, such as digital biomarkers, virtual clinics, smartphone apps, fitness trackers, electronic consent systems and digital patient diaries, have helped sites combat these challenges over the past two years and are growing in popularity, WCG's data show. In 2019, more than 1,600 trials used some form of decentralization. By the end of 2021, that number had grown to more than 2,600, with central nervous system, mental disorders and behavioral health trials using them the most.
DCT methods carry benefits for sponsors, sites and trial participants, according to a new white paper from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, including:
Fewer sponsor resources needed due to fewer participant visits, lower service fee budgets, lower transportation costs, fewer monitoring visits, more rapid enrollment and overall shorter trial durations;
Fewer study site resources that need to be dedicated to clinical studies, including physical space and supply requirements, and fewer tasks for study site personnel; and
Improved participant experience with fewer and shorter clinic visits.
Disadvantages include:
The potential for missing safety signals that might have been identified at onsite visits;
Possible increase in data errors, misconduct and fraudulent practices;
Increased reliance on every trial participant's compliance.
The pressures on today's clinical trials are forcing sites to make difficult choices. Some sites have reported 70, 80, even 100 trials in their backlog that they haven't been able to open, added Smith. Sites are starting to turn down trials because they don't have the staff to complete them. And many are "pruning" their existing trials, evaluating them to determine which ones they can continue successfully and which should be closed. "But I think one of the guiding principles that we hear consistently at sites is they want to maintain the quality of the work that they're doing," Smith said. "So, they're being very judicious in determining which trials to keep or which ones to open."


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The Bank of Canada is likely to raise rates again on Wednesday, but should it?
The Bank of Canada is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point this week, which would bring it to 4.5 percent.
If that happens, it will be the eighth time in a row that the bank will choose to raise benchmark interest rates, making borrowing more expensive for consumers and businesses.
But for the first time in nearly a year, there is no solid consensus among those watching the central bank that another hike is on the horizon — or even whether it should.
The bank is engaged in a battle to subdue inflation and believes rate hikes are the best weapon at its disposal to win that war.
It is a war that has caused a lot of collateral damage, including on the housing market, where average prices have fallen by 20 percent since February. Other forms of consumer debt, such as credit cards, are also rising to record levels.
Yet rate hikes have so far only managed to bring inflation back from a 40-year high of more than eight percent last summer to 6.3 percent last month.
That is still twice as high as the upper limit of the bandwidth the bank would like to see, which is why a majority of economists think another increase is on the horizon. But Pablo Villanueva, an economist at Swiss Bank UBS, is among those who think that perhaps the best thing the Bank of Canada can do is do nothing at all.
"The data since December shows an economy that is weakening," he said, noting that Canada's GDP likely only grew by about one percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. That is significantly lower than the three percent average for the rest of the year. Wage gains and employment figures paint a similar picture.
A few of the bank's own reports from earlier this month also sing from the same songbook, with a majority of consumers and businesses telling the central bank they now expect the economy to slide into recession this year.
Villaneuva says the recent data on Canada's GDP and the recent spate of layoffs add up to a pretty compelling case for staying on the sidelines for a while.
"We think this weaker outlook for the economy and inflation should give the Bank of Canada confidence that it can postpone further hikes at least in the short term," he said.
An important reason to hold on is that it usually takes six months to a year and a half before the full impact of interest rate hikes is felt.
"We recognize that we raised interest rates quickly and that the effects are spilling over into the economy," Sharon Kozicki, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, told a business crowd in Montreal last month.
"In other words, we're going from how much to raise interest rates to whether or not to raise interest rates," she said.
Karyne Charbonneau, an economist at CIBC, thinks the bank is likely to raise again on Wednesday, but she's among those who think there's unlikely to be another hike after that.
"If central banks are wise enough to recognize the delayed effects of what they've already done, they won't have to deliver as many rate hikes," she said.
The case for standing pat
While the headline inflation rate continues to rise at an eye-popping rate, beneath the surface it's not hard to find goods and services that are actually cheaper now than they used to be.
Nearly two dozen of the roughly 300 subcategories that Statistics Canada tracks are now in negative territory for the year, including books, computer and digital equipment, children's clothing and footwear.
Slightly cheaper drugs and parking fees may be cold comfort to anyone trying to fill a gas tank — or a grocery cart — lately. But as demand for goods and services declines, more and more items will move into that negative range, bringing overall inflation down with it.
So if the bank is looking for excuses to take a break, it's not hard to find.
Stephen Gordon, an economics professor at l'Université Laval in Ste-Foy, Que., has been tracking short-term inflation trends online for more than a year now. He notes that annual inflation over the past three months is now below four percent. A year ago it was more than three times as much.
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Investors, too, appear to be less confident than they have been all year as the bank is about to raise again. Trading investments known as swaps on Monday implies that the market thinks there is a three in four chance of an increase on Wednesday, but that means there is a one in four chance there is none.
That's the first time that figure is anything less than certain since the bank began hiking last February, and a sign investors are betting with real dollars that the winds of monetary policy could soon blow in a different direction.
Regardless of what happens this week, Gordon says the real test of inflation will be in the February numbers, as that marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, kicking already-ongoing inflation into high gear.
"I see a reason to take a break," he said in an interview with CBC News Monday. "But we're still in wait and see mode on the data."
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Val sans retour, Val périlleux o Val des faux amants, es un lugar legendario del ciclo artúrico en el bosque de Brocelianda, así como un lugar renombrado en el centro de Bretaña, en el bosque llamado administrativamente bosque de Paimpont. La leyenda adjunta, contada en el Lanzarote-Grial (principios del siglo XIII), circuló oralmente antes de finales del siglo XIII. El hada Morgana experimenta una decepción en el amor con el caballero Guingamor (o Guiomar, Guyamor), quien la repudia por instigación de la reina Ginebra, estudió magia con Merlín y luego, en represalia, crea el Val sans retour en el bosque de Brocéliande para encerrar a los «falsos amantes», caballeros infieles enamorados. Después de diecisiete años, Morgana se ve frustrada por Lanzarote del Lago, que sigue siendo fiel a Ginebra, quien libera a 253 caballeros Esta historia es la acción más vívida de Morgana contra los caballeros artúricos, y una inversión de los roles masculinos y femeninos como se concibe en la literatura medieval.

El Val sans retour fue localizado por primera vez en Bretaña por Auguste Creuzé de Lesser en 1812. El poeta también fue el primero en ubicarlo en Brocelianda, aunque para el autor este bosque está cerca de Quintin. Luego fue rápidamente identificado en el Val de la Marette cerca de Paimpont, en Bretaña, alrededor de 1820, por Blanchard de la Musse. La ubicación cambia en el 1850 al Valle de Rauco y se fija allí gracias a Félix Bellamy. Durante el siglo siguiente, este valle se convirtió en uno de los principales lugares a visitar relacionado con las leyendas artúricas. La entrada está cerca del pueblo de Tréhorenteuc en Morbihan. Asolado por los incendios y luego restaurado, el Val sans retour se dio a conocer gracias al abad Gillard. Tiene varios puntos de interés, incluyendo el «Árbol de Oro» y el «Espejo de Hadas» en su valle, el «Hotié de Viviane» y el asedio de Merlín en sus crestas. Cada año atrae a muchos visitantes, turistas, o entusiastas de la leyenda Artúrica.

En la literatura artúrica
El Val sans retour es un lugar encantado creado por el hada Morgana, del que hablan las novelas medievales de la leyenda artúrica. Pertenece a las maravillas de estas novelas. Como los relatos de la leyenda artúrica han circulado oralmente, es muy probable que el episodio del Val sans retour se conociera antes del final del siglo XII- La mayoría de los elementos provienen del Lancelot-Grial, pero algunas citas lo prefiguran en la novela de Erec et Enide, atribuida a Chrétien de Troyes.

Lanzarote-Grial

Según el Lanzarote-Grial, una compilación anónima de textos artúricos del siglo XIII, los motivos de la creación del Val sans retour provienen de la breve aventura amorosa entre Morgue (el hada Morgana) y el caballero Guingamor  (o Guiomar, Guiamor, Guyomard), sobrino de la reina Ginebra. La reina empuja al joven para alejarse de Morgana, que es considerada demasiado «caliente y lujuriosa». Acepta, convencido de que sus sentimientos por Morgana no son tan fuertes como los que ella siente por él. Ella deja la corte de Arturo y se une al hechicero Merlín para aprender magia, alimentando unos feroces celos hacia Ginebra y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda.

Rica en sus conocimientos, el hada Morgana crea con sus hechizos el Val sans retour en el Bosque de Brocelianda, para vengarse encerrando a los amantes infieles —a los que llama «falsos amantes»— dentro de muros invisibles hechos de aire:

El Livre d'Artus  especifica que lo crea especialmente para su antiguo amante Guyomard: lo coge en brazos de otra, y lo condena a no volver a salir nunca más del Valle, así como a todos los que entren después de él. La joven que le acompaña es maldecida por Morgana, que la condena a sentir el frío del hielo desde sus pies hasta su cintura, y el fuego de un infierno desde su cintura hasta su cabeza. El hada se reserva el derecho de cancelar su hechizo si aparece un caballero irreprochable. Ella coloca un cartel a la entrada del Valle, explicando claramente que únicamente un caballero capaz de superar el calvario del Val sans retour, podrá entregar a Gawain, prisionero de Carados en la Torre Dolorosa. Muchos caballeros intentan la prueba.

Nadie logra romper el encantamiento y los hombres vagan por el Valle, perdidos para siempre del mundo exterior. Son libres de verse, hablar, jugar o bailar porque Morgana les provee todas sus necesidades. El caballero Galescalain se entera del cartel del Val y de la Torre Dolorosa, durante una noche en casa de un vasallo. Él va allí, pero se encuentra incapaz de salir. Yvain, otro de los caballeros de Arturo, es a su vez prisionero de Morgana. Finalmente, Lanzarote del Lago se entera de ello, y va allí a rescatar a una joven cuyo amante nunca ha regresado. Sigue el «Camino del Diablo», derrota a un dragón, cruza un río custodiado por dos caballeros, y se encuentra con Morgana. Vagamente enamorada de él, el hada Morgana le tiende trampas y lo encierra poniéndole un anillo en el dedo para que se duerma, La absoluta lealtad de Lanzarote a Ginebra le permite triunfar sobre los encantamientos, y levantar la maldición del Val sans retour. Diecisiete años después de la maldición lanzada por el hada Morgana, liberó así a los 253 caballeros infieles que estaban encerrados allí. Todos se reunieron en la casa de Keu d'Estraus, con alegría general.

Erec et Enide

Esta novela de Chrétien de Troyes, escrita alrededor de 1160-1164, contiene algunos elementos que pueden haber inspirado la historia del Val sans retour. Hacia el final, en el pasaje titulado La Joie de la Cort («La Alegría de la Corte») y para cumplir la promesa hecha a su esposa, el caballero Maboagrain debe permanecer encerrado en un jardín encantado y luchar contra todos los oponentes que se presenten, hasta que sea derrotado. Los muros de este jardín están erizados de púas. La intención de la mujer es claramente mantener al caballero «para ella» y para siempre. Erec logra derrotarlo. El destino de Maboagrain representa un caso en el que una mujer reduce la libertad de movimiento de un caballero, como en la historia del Val sans retour.

En un manuscrito tardío de la misma novela se menciona un «Val périlleux» y un caballero llamado «Guigomar», del que se dice que es amigo del hada Morgana y hermano de Graislemier de Fine Posterne, señor de la isla de Ávalon. Probablemente es un añadido de un copista que también conoce la historia de los Lanzarote-Grial, y no una versión original del propio Chrétien de Troyes. Según Jean Frappier, el nombre "Val périlleux" es probablemente una creación que recuerda a los nombres "Val sans retour" y "Val des faux amants". El camino que conduce al Val des faux amants se describe como «peligroso» en el Lanzarote-Grial.

Análisis y simbolismo
El Val está diseñado por Morgana para «secuestrar a los amantes que han «distorsionado» su amor». El episodio del Val sans retour representa, en la literatura artúrica, una «toma de posesión de las mujeres» y un «mundo al revés», según Laurence Harf-Lancner. Las mujeres de las novelas de caballería suelen estar confinadas dentro de los muros de su castillo, mientras que los caballeros actúan, viven aventuras y pueden engañarlas. En el Val, son los hombres los que están encarcelados entre muros invisibles, castigados por su infidelidad. Allí mueren de languidez sin poder actuar, a merced del hada Morgana y las mujeres a las que han engañado. Morgana trata bien a sus prisioneros y atiende sus necesidades —ninguno de ellos parece estar en apuros, y una vez liberados, guardan el recuerdo de lo que han experimentado—. Se puede establecer un paralelismo con la esposa de Bath, que finalmente describe en Los cuentos de Canterbury un reino artúrico dominado por mujeres, donde los roles se invierten.

Según el análisis de Carolyne Larrington, realizado en el marco de los estudios de género, este Val refleja también, como creación de Morgana, una parte importante de la personalidad del hada —en cierto modo feminista antes de su tiempo—. Su poder, concentrado en su conocimiento mágico, le permite dar la vuelta a una situación que las mujeres no tendrían la oportunidad de cambiar —a través de sus peticiones o palabras— en tiempos normales. La creación del Val representa la acción mágica más espectacular y provocativa de Morgana,  que derrotó a cientos de caballeros artúricos. También ilustra una probable tensión en las relaciones de género en la sociedad de la época: en las obras literarias, el caballero no es nada sin el amor de una mujer, a menudo reducido al papel de un objeto. Sin embargo, las expectativas de una mujer de la época van más allá del simple hecho de ver a su marido «dedicarle sus hazañas caballerescas».

Según Alexandre Micha, la influencia del Val sans retour es simétrica a la influencia del amor mismo: los prisioneros son condenados a volver allí sin encontrar nunca su salida, así como el amor los hechiza y los arrastra a un círculo encantador, privándolos de la libertad y prohibiéndoles la acción.

En el bosque de Paimpont-Brocelianda
El Val sans retour, también conocido como «Val des faux amants» y «Val périlleux», es también un sitio en Bretaña, cuya leyenda local está basada en las novelas artúricas. Es uno de los más famosos de los bosques llamados administrativamente el bosque de Paimpont, conocido como el «Brocelianda|bosque de Brocelianda».
Le Petit Futé 2011, —editor de guías turísticas de Francia— lo cuenta entre los 100 sitios naturales más bellos de Francia, y lo considera el «punto más misterioso del bosque». Todos los años, especialmente durante la temporada de verano, muchos turistas visitan este valle, atraídos tanto por sus paisajes cambiantes como por los cuentos y leyendas relacionados con él.

Historia

La historia del Val sans retour fue estudiada en 1896 por Félix Bellamy en su obra dedicada al bosque de Brocelianda, y por el sociólogo Marcel Calvez en 1984. Es un buen ejemplo de las estrechas relaciones que pueden establecerse entre leyendas y paisajes. El Val sans retour es el primer lugar en reclamar un vínculo con las novelas de la leyenda artúrica. Nada lo predispuso a convertirse en un sitio de visita obligada, especialmente por su posición alejada de las principales carreteras y Paimpont. Durante la mayor parte de su historia, este lugar sirvió como pastizal para animales domésticos y como fuente de arena. También alberga un molino de agua, que permaneció en funcionamiento hasta 1930.  El éxodo rural provoca el abandono de determinadas zonas habitadas en el borde del Valle, incluida la localidad de Bréholo.

Siglo XIX
El folclore oral popular de los bretones del siglo XIX asocia las leyendas artúricas con todo el bosque de Paimpont. Este bosque fue asimilado al legendario Brocelianda ya en 1467, por la carta de los Usemens et Coustumes de la foret de Brecilien. Sin embargo, la reivindicación de los lugares de la leyenda artúrica en el interior de Bretaña, realmente se remonta a principios del siglo XIX, bajo la influencia de la celtomanía. El romántico Auguste Creuzé de Lesser escribió un poema titulado La Table ronde en 1811, en el que sitúa el bosque de Brocéliande en Bretaña, cerca de Quintin. En 1823, Ludovic Chapplain, miembro fundador de la revista del Lycée Armoricain, defiende la ubicación del legendario Val en Bretaña:

Un año más tarde, el arqueólogo aficionado Jean-Côme-Damien Poignant y el entusiasta de la poesía François-Gabriel-Ursin Blanchard de la Musse, asocian las hazañas relatadas en este poema, La Table ronde, con el valle de Marette situado al este del macizo forestal de Paimpont. En particular, colocan allí la tumba de Merlín,, basándose en una analogía entre el nombre del río Meu y el del caballero Méliadus, citado en este poema. Blanchard de la Musse también hace del castillo de Comper el «pabellón» del hada Morgana que el Lanzarote-Grial coloca en el Val sans retour. Goulven Peron explica que es por confusión que el castillo de Comper terminó siendo asociado con el hada Viviane y señala que «el desacierto tendrá una curiosa consecuencia ya que el lago artificial de Comper será confiado desde entonces a la guardia del palacio submarino de Viviane y se convertirá, por extrapolación, en el lago donde se esconde la espada Excalibur».

El sitio del Val sans retour. fue desplazado hacia el oeste un poco antes de 1850, debido a la instalación de un edificio de metalistería en las fraguas de Paimpont, que distorsionó el legendario carácter del valle de Marette:

Esta situación hace del valle de Marette un «anti-lugar legendario», lo que contradice la imagen de una naturaleza preservada. La importancia del paisaje es primordial en la búsqueda de un lugar sustituto:40 el valle de Rauco, cerca de Tréhorenteuc. No ha cambiado desde entonces.22 Los postes indicadores colocados durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX confirman su nueva identidad.41. Félix Bellamy fijó definitivamente su legendaria topografía en la década de 1890:38

Acciones del abad Gillard

Diferentes estudiosos popularizaron el sitio web de enlace con la leyenda artúrica a principios de siglo XX. Como explica Jacky Ealet, el número de turistas aumentó —y con ellos el público de la leyenda— mientras que la agricultura disminuyó —disminuye (y con ellos el número de habitantes de Tréhorenteuc—. Le Val sans retour se da a conocer por su adecuación a los «estereotipos de representación cultural de Bretaña».

A través de sus acciones, el abad Henri Gillard popularizó la mística del Val sans retour, en particular a través de su famosa expresión «la puerta está dentro». Percibiendo la belleza del lugar y el potencial de la leyenda artúrica cristianizada, ya en 1943, hizo que las éditions du Val publicaran a su cargo pequeñas guías turísticas. Conoció a Jacques Bertrand, alias Jean Markale, que más tarde se convirtió en su heredero espiritual. Hasta 1947, el abad Gillard hizo decorar la iglesia de Tréhorenteuc con escenas que recordaban la leyenda artúrica, de modo que el Calvario tomó la apariencia de Le Val sans retour. La iglesia es el punto de encuentro de los visitantes que quieren conocer los legendarios topónimos del bosque de Paimpont, aumentando rápidamente el número de turistas al Val sans retour. En 1950, el abad hizo publicar nuevos folletos, y al año siguiente, la asociación de los Gorsedd de Bretaña (Druidas, Bardos y Ovatos de Bretaña) se reunieron en el Val, atrayendo a un gran público. La Sociedad Artúrica Internacional reconoció oficialmente el sitio en su cuarto congreso en Rennes en 1954. Los primeros circuitos turísticos se crearon en los años de la posguerra, con autobuses que salían de Rennes los domingos para llegar a Tréhorenteuc, desde donde el abad Gillard se encargaba de mostrar el Val sans retour. Hizo una presentación simbólica y religiosa del lugar, no dudando en alojar a los visitantes en su iglesia, como en un albergue juvenil. El abad también apareció en la televisión (FR3) y en la radio (Europe 1).

Primeros equipamientos

Los habitantes locales no consideran el desarrollo del sitio como una prioridad, pero están surgiendo varios servicios que favorecen el turismo: limpieza de matorrales, reparación de carreteras y consolidación de terrenos en 1971 y 1972. En 1963 y 1964, el departamento de Morbihan disoció la visita del Val de la de la iglesia de Tréhorenteuc creando sus propias instalaciones turísticas, y rebautizó el este del departamento como «País de la Mesa Redonda». El escritor Yann Brekilien se opone a ciertos desarrollos, en particular la construcción de una vía de acceso y un estacionamiento en la entrada, argumentando que la naturaleza salvaje del lugar hace que todo sea el punto de interés. En 1972, el alcalde de Paimpont creó la «Oficina de Turismo de Brocélianda». El abandono del uso agrícola resultó con el fin de la limpieza de matorrales, los incendios devastaron el Val sans retour en 1959, 1967, 1976, 1984 y 1990.

A partir de los años 1980 al siglo XXI
En 1979, el alcalde y consejero general de Ploërmel Paul Anselin creó la «Asociación para la salvaguarda del Val Sans Retour y su entorno» para restaurar el sitio después del incendio de 1976. El equipo y las instalaciones le valieron a Tréhorenteuc la etiqueta «Station verte de Vacances» en 1980. La asociación lleva a cabo diversas acciones, entre ellas la organización de un espectáculo de Jean Markale en 1984, sobre el tema de las leyendas. El incendio de 1990 resultó ser un desastre «ecológico y patrimonial». En 1991, el Árbol Dorado se instaló en la entrada del Val sans retour, cerca del Espejo de Hadas, para simbolizar el renacimiento del bosque. En noviembre de 1991 y marzo de 1992, miles de niños y cazadores limpiaron voluntariamente el bosque y sus megalitos dañados por las llamas. La acción movilizó a una gran parte de la población de la región. Para prevenir un nuevo incendio, se estableció un desbroce anual de los matorrales, así como un programa de reforestación de cinco años y de reconstitución del suelo. Se creó un acceso para el cuerpo de bomberos. A principios del siglo XXI, el Val sans retour se convirtió en el sitio más visitado del bosque de Paimpont-Brocélianda. El sitio no solamente acoge a los turistas, ya que los neodruistas de Bretaña lo visitan regularmente.

Descripción

La entrada al Val sans retour se encuentra cerca de la comuna de Tréhorenteuc, en Morbihan, siendo el sitio inseparable de este pueblo. Sin embargo, el Val sans retour pertenece oficialmente al territorio de la comuna de Paimpont, departamento de Ille y Vilaine. Es una extensión natural del macizo boscoso de Paimpont. Este profundo valle está rodeado de crestas, de las que brota el «esquisto» rojo. Apodadas «esquisto púrpura» o «lías de vino» por la presencia de hematita, estas rocas se formaron hace 465 millones de años, durante el Ordovícico. Son típicos de la región.

Protección, fauna y flora

El Val sans retour está cubierto como un área natural de interés ecológico, faunístico y florístico: una vez por la zona del arroyo, y una segunda vez por el bosque de Paimpont. También es un sitio Natura 2000. El complejo conserva las cicatrices de los diversos incendios que lo afectaron en el siglo XX, ciertamente favorecidos por la presencia de coníferas. La vegetación consiste en robles y pinos, con alternancia de páramos rocosos y zonas boscosas. Los páramos incluyen retama, callunas, asfódelos, brezos y brezos de cuatro esquinas. Los insectos están representados por escarabajos, avispas, abejas, abejorros, mariposas vulcanas, pavos reales, pequeñas tortugas, pequeñas mariposas y limoneras.

El sitio es el hogar de una amplia variedad de aves, principalmente de los passeriformes como entre otros :pinzón vulgar, chochín común, mosquitero común, ruiseñor, zorzal charno, zorzal real, curruca rabilarga, reyezuelo sencillo,petirrojo europeo, verderón común, mirlo común o herrerillo común. También tiene algunos  pico picapinos, acentor común, y rapaces como el busardo ratonero y el gavilán común.

Leyendas
La leyenda que se cuenta localmente se basa en gran medida en la del Lanzarote-Grial. Morgana creó este valle por la ira del amor, después de ver a su amante Guyomard en los brazos de otra. Por magia, lo separó de la mujer y los petrificó a ambos a pocos metros de distancia, convirtiéndolos en dos rocas que nunca más podrían unirse. Los otros amantes infieles entran en el Val sans retour y terminan muriendo allí de languidez y placer en compañía de las hadas. Lanzarote, pasando cerca, se encuentra con una joven triste que ha perdido a su amante después de pedirle que entre en el Val sans retour si le era fiel. Se enfrenta a Morgana, y consigue levantar la maldición del Val. También se dice que el Val sans retour  (precisamente, al «Hotié de Viviane») es el lugar donde el hada Viviane tiene al encantador Merlín en su «prisión aérea» —la tumba de Merlín está, sin embargo, en otro sitio—.

Espejo de las hadas

El sitio del Val sans retour comienza en el lago del «espejo de las hadas», también conocido como «Lago Morgana». El nombre «Espejo de las Hadas» le fue dado en 1913 por el marqués de Bellevüe, debido a la densidad del bosque que lo rodea, impidiendo el paso del viento y dejando la superficie del agua completamente inmóvil, pero de Bellevüe no especifica a qué episodio literario vincula el lago con las hadas. Corresponde a uno de los cuatro estanques utilizados para alimentar el molino en el valle, habiéndose abierto los diques de los otros tres estanques para facilitar el paso del equipo de deslizamiento. Con el fin de constituir una reserva en caso de incendio, la Association de sauvegarde du Val sans Retour llevó a cabo en 1988 el reabastecimiento de agua del estanque superior.

Árbol dorado
Esta obra de arte fue ofrecida por el escultor del Mosa François Davin, y todos los voluntarios —más de 250— que pudo reunir a su alrededor. Entre ellos, los Ateliers de dorure Gohard que doraron el Árbol central del conjunto de la obra, gentilmente en el Festival des Métiers d'Art de Reviers que ofreció todas las hojas de pan de oro. A pesar de ello, se ha intentado hacer creer que le costó a la comunidad, «el contribuyente», unos 400.000 francos. Consiste en un tronco de castaño cubierto con 5.000 hojas de pan de oro (o 40 g de oro). Este árbol simbólico, en el corazón de un área de pequeñas piedras elevadas, está rodeado por otros cinco árboles, ennegrecidos. Se instaló el 10 de agosto de 1991, con la ayuda de varias organizaciones —entre ellas la asociación para la salvaguarda del Val sans Retour y el centro del imaginario artúrico—, después del incendio de septiembre de 1990 que destruyó cerca de 500 hectáreas, en particular en las crestas. Con su corte en forma de cuerno de ciervo, este árbol simboliza el renacimiento y la inmortalidad del bosque y la naturaleza, pero también «la estupidez humana a menudo en el origen de los desastres naturales». Rápidamente se convirtió en una atracción popular.

Una leyenda rodea ahora este trabajo. Cuenta que en el bosque había un árbol dorado en el que crecían hojas todas las noches. Estas hojas fueron recolectadas por duendes que las usaron para hacer una poción mágica para curar los árboles dañados. Un día, una joven llamada Henriette vio el árbol y lo tocó, y se transformó en un árbol negro. Tres de sus amigos que fueron a buscarla encontraron el árbol dorado, lo tocaron, y también se convirtieron en un árbol negro. A la mañana siguiente los duendes vinieron a recoger las hojas de oro e inmediatamente se convirtieron en piedras. Desde entonces, las hojas de oro han dejado de crecer. Se dice que un niño tendría que encontrar el secreto de la poción mágica para evitar la maldición.

Molino del valle
El molino del valle también se encuentra a la entrada del Val sans retour. Construido en 1629, permaneció en servicio hasta la década de 1930. En el siglo XIX, su uso fue episódico. Fue restaurado a principios del siglo XX, y fue rebautizado como «Moulin de Viviane» en los años 1920, pero este nombre no duró. En los años 1980, este pequeño edificio estaba en ruinas. Se propuso un proyecto turístico para crear un bar-créperie, que luego se abandonó. La Association de sauvegarde du Val sans Retour adquirió el molino, su estanque y 7.800 m² de terreno adyacente en 1999.

El asiento de Merlín
El asiento de Merlín también es llamado «la roca dentada. Es una roca erosionada en el brezal que domina el Val sans retour. Según la leyenda local, el hechicero Merlín solía sentarse allí para meditar y vigilar el val. La ubicación del «asiento de Merlín» fue definida ya en la década de 1850. Sufrió en el incendio de 1990, cuando el calor casi lo hizo explotar.

Hotié de Viviane

La hotié de Viviane —o hostie, es decir, hotel, casa de Viviane—, está situada cerca de Paimpont, también se llama Tombeau des druides («Tumba de laos druidas»). Es un megalito, fechado entre el 3355 y el 2890 a.C., donde se dice que el hada Viviane, tenía la costumbre de refugiarse. En cuanto al asiento de Merlín, Blanchard de la Musse define su carácter legendario citando «la hada Viviane ahora separada de su marido». Muchos autores lo recuerdan, entre ellos Émile Nourry: «Sería en este castillo de piedra donde el hada sujetaría a Merlín encadenado, en la colina del Val-sans-Retour, en medio de los bosques y las rocas», y Jean Markale: «A menos que la torre aérea invisible donde Merlín está encerrado sea simplemente este Hostie de Viviane [...]».

Testimonio y cultura popular

El Val de sans retour es citado por la gente que lo ha atravesado, especialmente por su fuerte sentido de presencia espiritual. Así, el filósofo y naturalista Yves Paccalet habla de una «sensación de hundimiento hacia un destino que ya no se domina», y del «regreso en memoria de las historias de los viajeros que ya no pudieron encontrar su camino a través de este laberinto». Jean Markale hace lo mismo en su Guide spirituel de la forêt de Brocéliande, donde alaba el aspecto salvaje del lugar, el laberinto de caminos que se cruzan allí, recordándonos que es fácil perderse. Insiste en la importancia que el Val tiene para él —en términos de magia, druidismo, etc.—) en su autobiografía, Mémoires d'un Celte. También puso en escena un espectáculo teatral basado en la historia del Val sans retour, representado en particular en el Festival interceltique de Lorient en 1983. Paul Morand habla enfáticamente de la «bonita excursión» que hizo en el Val. Como todos los sitios de la leyenda artúrica en Bretaña, el Val sans retour también mantiene un sentimiento de pertenencia celta entre los bretones que lo recorren.

Le Val aparece en varias obras, incluso fuera de Bretaña, como el libro infantil Alma au Val sans retour de los quebequenses Diane Groulx y Jean Morin. En 1997, Jacky Ealet, residente en Tréhorenteuc, publicó una colección de cuentos originales inspirados en este lugar. Los poemas citan el Val sans retour, incluyendo haikus del escritor y periodista Pierre Tanguy. En la novela de Édouard Brasey Les lavandières de Brocéliande, Le Val sans retour es el lugar donde se reúnen los jóvenes que se resisten al trabajo obligatorio para organizar la resistencia. En Les pendus du Val-sans-retour, el autor de las novelas negras Frédéric Paulin cuenta una historia de asesinato.

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Among the millions who watched as Laura Linney gave her acceptance speech at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, one viewer was especially transfixed. It wasn't Linney that had Mark Boone's attention, however. "As she was talking, we heard a loud crash, what sounded like glass shattering, coming from backstage," says Boone, who was seated in the audience. "I immediately thought, Oh my God, the chandelier just fell!" A quick text-message exchange between the interior designer and his behind-the-scenes colleague restored his heart rate: The crash hadn't come from the Architectural Digest Greenroom, which Boone, one half of the AD 100 design firm London Boone, had created for the event, but from a glass dropped by a caterer. The show went on.
The chandelier in question was far from ordinary. Composed of 3,300 perfectly cut diamonds with 1,000-carat weight and valued at over $10 million, it was the centerpiece of the greenroom's jewel-themed, organic-focused design. "I was quite lucky that, when Architectural Digest's editor-in-chief, Paige Rense, asked me to be this year's designer, it was the Emmy's 60th anniversary. Traditionally, diamonds symbolize that milestone, and for the concept of the greenroom, I took that idea to heart," Boone explains.
The 625-square-foot space's reclaimed barn-wood floor was done in a diamond pattern. Low tables made of walnut were carved to resemble rough-cut gems. Sconces were fashioned by hand from rock crystal. Antiqued mirror and mica lined the walls for added sparkle. "I wanted the room to embody all the characteristics of diamonds and minerals," says Boone. "I wanted the celebrities to feel that they were actually walking into a gem."