VPNs are an encrypted means of accessing content on the internet. If the internet is the "information superhighway", it's best to think of a virtual private network as a personal tunnel. Both will take you to wherever you need to go, but a VPN will ensure that you don't have anyone else looking in at you while you're heading down the road.
VPNs essentially allow users to access everything that the internet has to offer by hiding who they are, where they come from, and where they're going. For internet users, this is important for two key reasons. First, there's the security issue. Identity theft is quickly becoming the number one crime to worry about. If hackers can get a hold of your IP address, they can connect that information to your personal data and internet habits. This makes cybersecurity a big deal, especially for internet users. The security provided by a VPN is something internet users simply cannot pass up.
Of course, that tunnel through the internet has more benefits than just security. VPNs also help users circumnavigate sometimes annoying content blocking. Some websites are impossible to access with routing through a VPN. There are any number of reasons why that content might be blocked. In some parts of the world, internet censorship is not just commonplace, but purposefully restrictive on free speech. More locally, one might simply attend a college or university that blocks access to different websites or streaming services. VPNs provide access to blocked content by utilizing servers located in areas around the world where that content is not blocked.
For internet users, those two benefits are undoubtedly the most important. There are many websites that either waltz the gray area or are notably within the danger zone. Many ISPs have recently pulled back going after individuals for walking the fine line between copyright infringement and fair use. Nevertheless, many copyright holders have continued to press the issue, refusing to give up the fight so easily.
In order to help internet users and others find value from VPNs, we've examined a long list of the most popular VPNs available. Although most VPNs operate similarly, many have unique features as well as varying levels of functionality.
NordVPN is among the most popular VPN programs around. You'll find that the installation process for NordVPN is easy on most popular devices. However, NordVPN cannot be installed directly onto some applications, such as the Kodi media center, as an addon. The best way to use NordVPN is to install the dedicated application for your device and run Kodi while the VPN is running in the background.
Nord provides a very long list of tutorials for a large number of operating systems. Most of these are simply how to get NordVPN working with a large number of different programs via OpenVPN. Given NordVPN uses OpenVPN, there is a possibility that you could make it work with the OpenVPN plugin available on Kodi, but we are unsure whether this is a viable option, as Nord provides no instructions on how to do so.
NordVPN does not provide version information for Linux, iOS, or Android.
NordVPN allows you to download their program before you purchase. This will let you figure out whether it works on your device first before you purchase your subscription. NordVPN provides three, low-cost subscription options. We recommend reading our full review below before making your installation decision.
After officially opened its doors in 2012, NordVPN is now one of the biggest names in the VPN industry. The company believes strongly in the idea of a free and open web, proudly linking to Tim Berner's Magna Carta on the subject. We analyzed NordVPN's service against 10 key areas of interest: pricing structure, VPN speed, payment options, compatibilities, logging, server locations, security/privacy (IPv6 leak protection, DNS leak protection) and the presence of a kill switch. We also took a look at the kind of support the VPN service has to offer, as well as the overall ease of the sign-up process.
The pricing plan shows a wide range of prices based on whether you purchase the service for 1, 6 or 12 months. While the 1-year plan offers a clear advantage over monthly costs, the 6-month plan is still fairly inexpensive while also allowing you to escape without paying an excessive amount. Many internet users are typically hesitant when it comes to paying for content. However, if you do plan on using NordVPN for more than 3 months, it makes the most sense to go for a 6-month plan at least to start out with. At the 1-year price, paying for the service becomes more much worth the cost.
NordVPN accepts payment through major credit cards, PayPal, Bitcoin, and Paymentwall.
The number of operating systems should be helpful for internet users connecting to the application through various operating systems. Android users looking for anonymity are especially increasing in number.
NordVPN boasts a rather hefty list of features. The 22 features on their feature list are primarily security-related. We will touch on those a little bit later. Among the most important features offers, Kodi users will find the most value in hundreds of servers to choose from, the many different types of servers, the server map, and the choice server locations.
As you can see from the image below, you can search for VPNs based on country or based on the type of server. Searching by country is just a fast way to get connected to a server immediately based on country. Selecting a specific server type allows you to more fine tune your server option. Nord has 6 type of servers: Anti DDoS, Ultra Fast TV, Double VPN, Tor over VPN, Dedicated IP and Standard VPN. Hovering over any server will also indicate which video streaming services are accessible through that server. This includes Netflix.
Additionally, NordVPN is P2P friendly. Its servers do not block torrents. This is a helpful feature for internet users who use P2P services such as, Ace Stream or BitTorrent. This VPN service also includes an automatic kill switch, which can be adjusted for specific applications which may put the user at risk. Having a kill switch is extremely useful should your IP begin to leak for any reason. Those using different websites for P2P purposes or even normal streaming can set applications and browsers to turn off immediately should NordVPN fail for any reason.
We tested the upload and download speeds of the three server categories most users are likely to use: Standard VPN, Double VPN and Ultra Fast TV. Each VPN category is measured against a control speed test that used no VPN. We used Speedtest.net for speed and ping testing. For each test, Speedtest.net measured our speed by connecting us to a server based in Washington. These tests give only a glimpse of server quality. Results will vary based on a large number of factors, including a user's geographic location and native ISP speeds.
Netflix suggests its HD video streaming only requires 5 Mbps download speed. This should come in handy for those looking to get around Netflix geo-blocking. Through testing, we discovered that NordVPN indeed works with Netflix, despite the recent crackdown on VPNs. Internet users who are looking to stream media content through different websites should also find the speed tests helpful.
Here were the results of our speed testing.
Note: NordVPN has 3 additional VPN server categories that we did not test: Anti DDoS, Tor over VPN and Dedicated IP.
As expected in our testing, running a speed test without a VPN results in the fastest download and upload speeds, as well as the best bandwidth. Geographic proximity likewise had expected results when it came to impacts on speed and ping, although most results were still reasonable enough to stream HD video. At the worst, the speed dropped by over 90% (UK server). However, most servers boasted speeds that were still within reason. The Netherlands server showed surprisingly fast speed despite the geographic distance from our location in the U.S. American internet users would likely be wise to avoid the UK servers altogether.
When we tested the Ultra Fast TV servers, we at first found we could only connect to the US server. After multiple attempts at trying to connect to the UK server, NordVPN continuously disconnected us from the server. We attempted to contact customer service about the issue. In comparison to our test with customer service, we received a response in around 4 minutes. Our service representative gave us a quick and easy fix that worked right away.
Our tests discovered that the U.S. Ultra Fast TV server was actually slower than the Standard VPN server. It was still fast, but not fast enough to make it worth using. The UK server was four times faster than the Standard VPN server, but at 4.43 Mbps, it was hardly worth using. Although the servers are advertised as Ultra Fast, internet users likely would not find as much value here.
The Double VPN servers produced some expected results. For starters, the US-Canada server (NordVPN combined these together in this category) was faster than expected, particularly when coming through multiple VPN servers. The speed drop was 87.45% compared to the control speed. Both servers dropped similarly over their Standard VPN counterparts. However, enough speed was maintained for HD streaming from the US-Canada server and normal SD streaming through the Netherlands server. Those internet users hoping to use P2P services or torrent through the different applications may find these two servers particularly useful.
These features are designed to protect anonymity and provide extra security against hacking attempts. For internet users, one of the most important of these is the use of SSL-based 2048-bit encryption. This is among the best SSL encryption standards around, without compromising too much on CPU usage. NordVPN also uses a firewall pass-through, giving added security through its servers. The encrypted chat, which is loaded up through the website, allows users to chat through a secure connection. The remaining security features, OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP and IPSec protocols, all serve to help create a secure tunnel and to prevent snooping on your connection and data.
On the negative end, NordVPN does not include IPv6 leak protection. Although IPv6 adoption is not yet 100%, you can to see if you are using IPv6 here, and whether or not it is leaking. Most internet users are utilizing IPv4, so an IPv6 leak protection is not overly necessary.
For a simple test, we opened up the chat and watched the clock to see how long it took to get a live person. It took less than a minute for someone to get back to us. Given how fast we were able to get a support member through the website chat, we felt there was no need to try the email or Facebook method. As explained earlier, when we ran into a problem connecting to one of the servers, the response time was a bit slower, but still reasonably fast. Additionally, the suggested fix worked.
The sign-up process for NordVPN takes only a few minutes. Unfortunately, Nord does not provide a free trial or a free sign-up. Users must pay first before creating an account. This means you must pay for the service before knowing what you're getting. However, NordVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee if you find that you do not like the service.
From our testing, we've determined that NordVPN has an exceptional service, especially for regular internet users. The vast number of servers and server types alone makes this an extremely useful service for streaming. That only 2 servers out of hundreds were down at our time of testing is extremely impressive. Nord's large list of features represents years of development. There are servers located in 51 countries, making this service extremely useful for international users as well. This service works well for anyone outside of the U.S. trying to access American Netflix. Those using P2P services or applications will find the anonymity they're looking for as well.
NordVPN's price appears fair to us for what you are getting as well. While the one month price of 8 dollars can feel expensive, if you like the service, you can bring that down by a significant amount by signing up for the 6-month or 1-year plan.
The service's fast customer service is equally impressive. Because we also ran into some minor usage issues while testing, we can also vouch for the expertise of their customer service representatives, as least as far as solving simple, common issues. The service generally receives positive reviews on this end. We believe that the positive reception around NordVPN is well deserved.
The biggest downside to NordVPN is the lack of choices when it comes to the non-standard VPN servers. Internet users hoping to find extremely fast, or the most secure servers will only have a few servers to choose from. While there are well over 300 servers for the Standard VPN section, there are only 3 choices for Anti DDoS, 2 for Ultra Fast TV, 4 for Double VPN, 2 for Tor over VPN and only 5 for Dedicated IP servers. Most of those limited numbers are heavily loaded. This is especially true (unsurprisingly) for the Ultra Fast TV servers and the Anti DDoS servers.
The lack of IPv6 leak protection is also disappointing, but understandable. As IPv6 is still relatively new and not overwhelmingly adopted in most places, IPv6 leaks are simply not too common an issue. However, the lack of support for IPv6 leaks is something NordVPN hopefully intends to address in the future. On a separate note, the fact that NordVPN requires you to pay before you try is also a disappointment. At the least, NordVPN could allow customers to have a free trial, even if it's a 1-day trial to test out the services.
Overall, NordVPN is heavy on positives and light on negatives. This relatively low-cost VPN service delivers the goods in a valuable way. Internet users should find the security features and the server options highly desirable. It's a good service for those who want a VPN that works the first time, and pretty much every time, without the fear of false advertising.
Nord VPN is a great service that struggles in one area that might keep a lot of Kodi users from choosing this service: speed. Everything about Nord VPN is above average, but server speeds, which we almost gave a 2 out of 5, are just way too slow.


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In November 2014 we visited New Zealand and Australia, and attended a Remembrance Day service in Auckland. Hearing In Flanders Field that far from home put a chill down my back.
In Melbourne a few weeks later we heard a quintessentially Australian story about WWI, and saw how they keep alive the memory of ANZAC.
This summer, while clearing out the papers and keepsakes accumulated by my mother over her 96 years, we found a newspaper published in Standard AB at the end of WWII.
Today we remember those who sacrificed, fought, and died not just in WWII but in all wars. Theirs be the honour indeed.
But I must do more than remember.
I must do my part to fulfill that prayer, by taking the actions I can, where and as I am, to help build a prosperous, progressive, intelligent and united world.
Watched on CBC the ceremony yesterday — all those veterans marching was touching. AND they really knew how to march, eh? even the one with the limp. I guess keeping step that was Army 101. Apparently marching is very therapeutic. And did you know bagpipes were used during battles as they apparently eased the pain of wounds sustained in battle.
Barbara – Re the bagpipes: Easing one pain by causing another? 🙂 Sort of like taking someone's mind off their troubles by stepping on their foot? I heard that they were used to frighten the enemy away.
What a nice quote from that paper – "a prosperous, progressive, intelligent and united world". That's a fabulous objective.
Starting when I was about 12, I played the Last Post many times on my trumpet. Never did hear it before on a guitar. Remarkably good!
On Friday I had the honour of attending a Remembrance Service at an elementary school. The speaker was a father, 18 years service in places like Afghanistan, etc. My son-in-law.
His comment that really struck home was that we need to remember all those that sacrificed by volunteering and those who stayed home and also sacrificed. By mainly, we need to remember what led to the war and try and find a way not to follow.
Barry – I sometimes wonder whether it's the distance in time that makes WWII look so necessary, so clear. I understand that it wasn't necessarily so at the time – not even in Britain, and definitely not in America. As for the wars we get into now and have been for the last 50 years, so many are wars as proxies for direct conflict between world powers. It's an imperfect world, to be sure.


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Q: How to pass object values of an array in a function? In a React application, certain records are fetched from JSON and displayed in a grid. It also has text box and date fields when changed displays data accordingly on the table, but, I want to save all the data populated in the grid which doesn't happens as expected. I can see it in the console.
Please refer to code below.
 // Function for saving
  const handleSave = () => {
    console.log("DATA HERE", dataNew);
  };

  // Function for on change of text and date
  console.log("data new", dataNew);
  const handleChange = (data) => {
    const { id: newId, textVal: franchise, dateVal: dateData } = data;
    setDataNew((prevInfo) => {
      const newList = [...prevInfo];
      const index = newList.findIndex((datum) => datum.newId === newId);

      // Here newData is mapped which I get from JSON data through props
      newData?.map((data) => {
        if (index !== -1) {
          if (newId !== undefined) {
            newList[index].newId = newId;
          }
          if (franchise !== undefined) {
            [...data, (newList[index].franchise = franchise)];
          }
          if (dateData !== undefined) {
            [...data, (newList[index].dateData = dateData)];
          }
        } else {
          [...data, newList.push({ newId, franchise, dateData })];
        }
      });

      return [...newList];
    });
  };

As seen from above code, I'am mapping all records of the table into the grid and want to save it in the function. The data saved in the function is only the changed values, but, all records aren't getting populated into that array. Just observe the console in the below image.

When clicking on Save function, it doesn't display records as expected. I mean all the records shown in the grid should be displayed with the changed values. What could be the best solution to tackle this issue?
Please refer to codesandbox link --> https://codesandbox.io/s/jovial-aryabhata-95o2sy?file=/src/Table.js

A: One issue I could see was the way in which you were using the spread operator.
For example: this line of code
if (franchise !== undefined) {
   [...data, (newList[index].franchise = franchise)];
}

is concatenating a clone of data and the newList array (with a modified franchise value). Two issues here:

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*You are not just modifying the franchise but concatenating newList to data. As you are doing a similar thing for the dateData you are effectively adding newList to data multiple times.

*You are not doing anything with the result from the spread operator.

Not sure if the changes I have made suit your exact requirements but the change does result in your dataNew state capturing updates to the grid.
const handleChange = (data) => {

    const { id: newId, textVal: franchise, dateVal: dateData } = data;
    setDataNew((prevInfo) => {

      const index = prevInfo.findIndex((datum) => datum.newId === newId);

      if (index === -1) {
        return [...prevInfo, { newId, franchise, dateData }];
      } else {
        const newList = [...prevInfo];
        newList[index] = { newId, franchise, dateData };
        return newList;
      }
    });
  };

A: I'm not sure why you need dataNew to begin with, why not just log the grid data?
  const handleSave = () => {
    console.log("DATA HERE", gridData);
  };

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Why Facebook fans are useless – Amielle Lake title says that Facebook fans are useless, but the focus of her story is on how to make better use of the Facebook fans, as well as a quick analysis on the types of fans a company can find in facebook and how marketeers use facebook and why they lake fan counts so much.
"Location" – the key to the new age marketing – It's mostly another post trying to sell marketing as the common user don't want it… intrusive, getting to his mobile phone when he is near the advertiser's place. It's still worth a minute or two as there are many people thinking about ways to make this happen. It's Minority Report all over again.


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Leon named consumer marketing czar for Columbia
George Leon has been promoted to executive vice presidentof worldwide consumer marketing for Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group in amove that consolidates theatrical licensing, merchandising, product placement,consumer products and worldwide promotions under one division.
In his new capacity Leon will take on the additionalresponsibility of supervising licensing, merchandising, and consumer products,a division previously overseen by Al Ovadia, who leaves the company to pursueother opportunities.
Leon will continue to oversee worldwide promotions andwill continue to report to Geoffrey Ammer, president of worldwide marketing forthe Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group.
"Inconsolidating these areas of our business, we will be creating a one-stop officefor our partners, and there is no executive better in the company to overseethis new division than George," Ammer said in a statement.
"With hiswork on a diverse slate of films including Spider-Man 1 and 2, Charlie'sAngels, and Men in Black 2 among many others, George has guided innovative andphenomenally successful promotions with blue chip brands around the globe.
Since March2003, Leon has served as executive vice president of worldwide promotions andproduct placement for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
He joined thecompany in April 2000 and has been responsible for planning and implementingpromotions, producttie-ins and product placement for all the studio'stheatrical releases.
Leon mostrecently oversaw the promotional campaign supporting Spider-Man 2, and iscurrently working on campaigns for upcoming releases including Bewitched, FunWith Dick And Jane, Memoirs Of A Geisha, XXX: State Of The Union, and Stealth,among others.
Prior to joiningSony, Leon served as vice president of promotions for Fox FamilyWorldwide/Saban Entertainment, and as director of sales and marketing atCamelot Licensing.
"Al'scontributions to Sony during his tenure in the area of film and televisionlicensing have been noteworthy, most especially his work on Spider-Man andSpider-Man 2," Ammer said of Ovadia's departure.
"While I ampersonally disappointed in having to leave the company, I understand that atthe end of the day the change is in the best interest of SPE going forward,"Ovadia added.

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The Sardinian Armed Movement was a short-lived terrorist movement advocating socialism and political independence for the island of Sardinia. It mainly operated in Sardinia, but also in the Italian mainland, from 1983 to 1985. The group has been inactive ever since.

Ideology
The group wanted to merge the socialist class struggle, elements of local banditry and the separatist aspirations on the island, calling for a "Sardinia for the Sardinians"; they were also against the Italian and American military installations on the island, that were to be sold to the highest bidder. Everything was actually in accordance with Giangiacomo Feltrinelli's ideas, who made a failed plan to turn the island into "the Mediterranean Cuba" in 1968. Some argue that, despite the declared political goals, the group may have been actually common-crime oriented.

Criminal activity
The group claimed responsibility for a number of homicides, bombings and also kidnappings for ransom, although it is believed it operated even more fiercely against the Italian Armed Forces, accused of colonizing the island and destroy the "morality, way of living, and noble traditions" of the Sardinians. Some murders, however, were also performed against some natives besides the so-called Continentals. To name some of their claimed activities, for instance, on 15 June 1983 some bandits barged into a pub in Mamoiada and killed with a handgun the owner Claudio Balia, brother of Pietro Balia (later assassinated in 1984) and Alberto Balia (blown up in a bombing attack carried out on Marsaille in 1991); some days later, Gonario Sale (married with a cousin of Balia) was also murdered nearby his sheepfold. On 5 July Giovanni Bosco, a mainland priest from Benevento, had been found dead by a gas station in Dorgali. They would also carry out a few attacks on the mainland, like on 19 November 1983, when they kidnapped Anna Bulgari and his son Giorgio Calissoni in Latina, Lazio.

References

Bibliography
Paola Sirigu, Il codice barbaricino, La Riflessione (Davide Zedda Editore), 2007.
Giovanni Ricci, Sardegna Criminale, Newton Compton, 2008.
Il Messaggero Sardo.

Sardinia
History of Sardinia
Separatism in Italy
Defunct organisations designated as terrorist in Italy
Years of Lead (Italy)

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Israel and the United Nations
The late, great Abba Eban, who was Israel's representative to the United Nations,when Israel was created by a vote of the United Nations, once noted that Israel was rejecting its birth certificate, when it refuses to abide by and respect U.N. resolutions. So far, it has refused to accept, the most recent resolution that was passed (Jan.8), with the support of 14 of the members of the Security Council (U.S.A abstained even though Rice worked on the wordings), calling for "an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire", that would lead to the "full withdrawal "of Israeli forces from Gaza, the passage of humanitarian aid to Palestinians and an end to trafficking of arms and ammunitions into the territory. Hamas has also refused to accept it.
This rare show of solidarity (the U.S.A. has in the past vetoed such resolutions),was reached after a series of incidents. International aid groups have accused Israel of denying access to civilians, of killing and injuring relief workers, of civilians trapped in "nightmarish deprivation ". The Red Cross in a rare and critical ( it usually stay neutral), statement, said " the Israeli military failed to meet its obligation under international humanitarian law to take care of and evacuate the wounded "……it found 4 emaciated children(fig.2a) next to the bodies of their dead mothers. they were too weak to stand up on their own .In all ,there were 12 corpses lying on mattresses. The Israeli military must have been aware of the situation but did not assist the wounded nor did they make it possible for us or the Palestinian Red Crescent to assist the wounded" said Pierre Wettach, the ICRC's representative for Israel and the Palestinian territories. The ICRC also said that on Wednesday Red Crescent medics were prevented for four days from reaching the wounded.
The U.N. suspended relief aid after one of its drivers was killed and two wounded by Israeli fire. The vehicles were clearly marked.. U.N. Sect. Gen Moon, has made a second call for Israel to investigate the killing of 40 Gazans, who had sought shelter in a clearly marked U.N. run school.
Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, in an interview in Il Sussidiaro said "Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more, it resembles a big concentration camp", and in La Republica, he called it "horrific". Israel has condemned what it called "the WW11 imagery".
John Holmes, the U.N. emergency relief co-ordinator called the 3 hour pause in fighting, that Israel has allowed for relief, "insufficient", and clearly it is. 758 Gazans have been killed (257 children and 56 women), 3,100 have injured (1,050 children and 465 women) and tens of thousands have been displaced. There is little or no clean water, little or 46no electricity, there is shortage of medical supplies and there is the threat of water borne diseases such as cholera And yet the bloodletting continues on both sides
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Ishwar R. Prashad recently retired from over 47 years of teaching.
He taught Political Science variously at Dawson College, Loyola College, Algoma University College, Sir George Williams University, Concordia University and Vanier College.
Previously, he taught for nine years in Port Mourant, Guyana.
He became Principal of Corentyne Comprehensive High School at the tender age of 21. During this time he turned down Scholarship offers to study overseas in England and the U.S.S.R.
He chose Canada and after graduating from Sir George Williams with a B.A Honours with Distinction, he accepted a Fellowship to complete his graduate work at McMaster University. He completed his first two degrees-Bachelors and Masters- in three years.
His last position was as Co-Ordinator of Political Science and Economics at Vanier College and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Concordia University.
He is married to the former Juliet Ramcharan (Library Supervisor, McGill University) and together they have three children – Indra R. Prashad, P.Eng. ,McGill (Presently Manager, Ontario Safe Water Drinking Agency), Ishwar R. Prashad Jr., B.A ,McGill (Presently, President, Kismit Gear Inc.) and Rabindra Y. Prashad, (Presently, Artist and Chef).They are the proud Grandparents of eight grandchildren-Miranda, Kamal, Ayesha, Élan, Anĵa , Étienne, Chloé, and Jasmine.
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March 20, 2016 by Moreland
Entry into Jerusalem
So the first image we are going to look at is the depiction of Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem for Passover, this day now known as Palm Sunday
"As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.'
They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, 'What are you doing, untying that colt?' They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
'Hosanna![a]'
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'[b]
'Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!'
'Hosanna in the highest heaven!' –Mark 11:1-10
Now Duccio di Buoninsegna or Duccio was a very popular painter. This is his painting Entry into Jerusalem.
This is one of the 26 images painted on the back of the Maestà altarpiece. Duccio's work was closer to the flat Byzantine style, that occurred before this period. His work tends to have no perspective, as in the spacing to create realistic distances, and is usually very staged.
Like most artists of the time, Duccio was more focused on showing all the people and the action, rather than depicting a realistic scene. For instance having all the disciples grouped together to the left, overlapping bodies to show faces clearly, rather than having some completely overpass the others as they would look in a real crowd.
The crowd on the left is interesting, as the children look more like miniature adults. The people too are arranged as steps in a staircase in order to see all of their faces rather than depict them as one would see people grouped together.
Duccio played very close attention to the text and tries to represent every aspect of the story in his artwork. He makes sure the all the players: from disciples to palms to the donkeys to the crowd-have a place in the painting.
Something that is very unique about this particular painting of Duccio's is that he choose to create a type of perspective in this piece as you can see with the building in the background and the men in the trees, although the men are not quite proportionate.
In the foreground we also see that Duccio has created a strong landscape with rocks and trees. The tree directly behind Jesus' head is supposed to represent the fig tree that Jesus withers in a later verse, Mark 11:12-26.
For more on Duccio, go to The Betrayer's Kiss
For more depictions of Jesus' entry, go to The Triumphal Entry
Posted in Art for Art's Sake, Holiday
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The Perfect Murder: Dial "M" for Murder (1954)
Do you really believe in the perfect murder? Mmm, yes, absolutely.
So after years of his absence from my Horrorfest countdowns, I have finally included Alfred Hitchcock in not one, not two, but three posts.
Alfred Hitchcock is my favorite director. He was influential in creating new ways of filming psychological thrillers, he is often credited for creating the true horror genre/slasher film with Psycho (1960), and was just a pure cinematic genius. He is just amazing.
Dial "M" For Murder is one of his highly known films (although not as known as Vertigo or Psycho). It has been referenced or parodied in countless films and TV shows. In the '90s they even remade the film under the title A Perfect Murder. It starred Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortenson; but it wasn't nearly as good.
This film also started Hitchcock's filming relationship with Grace Kelly. This film was crucial in her career as it made her stand out not only to Alfred Hitchcock but other directors as well, a huge step to becoming a permanent leading lady. After this film she starred in Hitchcock's Rear Window and To Catch a Thief. Hitchcock was impressed with her ideas and thoughts on the script in how a woman would act (especially regarding clothing), that after this film he allowed her to make all her own wardrobe decisions. She, like Audrey Hepburn, quickly became known for her style and class. But that wasn't the only thing that Hitchcock found attractive, he really liked her and fell for her; but she wouldn't give him the time of day, (romantically that is). (For more information on Hitchcock and his leading ladies, I strongly suggest the book Spellbound by Beauty by Donald Spoto. It's an amazing read!) And sadly she had to retire from acting at an early age as she married the Prince of Monaco. However short a career, it was an amazing one.
This film also reunited Hitchcock and Robert Cummings, who had starred in an earlier film, Saboteur (1942). In this film Cummings plays an important role, but a smaller one than his earlier collaboration.
This film is also the only Hitchcock film to ever be shot in 3-D. In the 1950s, 3-D was super popular, so popular that some people came up with the idea of Smell-O-Vision to beat it (I'm serious!). Hitchcock didn't want to shoot in 3-D, but until the late 1960s, studios had a lot more pull and Warner Bros. wanted it. Hitchcock obliged, although it did cause a few issues for him as he had to rework his known style to incorporate what 3-D was able to accomplish at the time.
So the film is based on the play of the same name Frederick Knott, and he also helped write the screenplay. It is set in England and as you can guess from the poster, the phone plays a huge role in this film as well. That really seems to be a theme this month. I swear that wasn't planned.
Well here we go!
So before I start the film, let me give you the background on the characters. Now as you watch the film things are revealed to you, but it's easier for me to give them at the start.
So we have a couple, Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) and his wife Margot (Grace Kelly). Tony was a huge tennis star and met Margot when he was competing. She comes from a very wealthy family. The two were married and Margot convinced him to give up competing as she didn't like him being away. He complied and now sells sports equipment. However, as he no longer is the dashing tennis star, she lost interest in him and had an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings) an American Crime writer.
As the film starts out we have Margot and Mark in a very cozy embrace.
"Margot Mary Wendice: Let me get you another drink. Mark, before Tony comes I ought to explain something.
Mark Halliday: Yes, I've been waiting for that.
Margot Mary Wendice: I haven't told him anything about us."
Margot tells Mark that she burned all his letters, except one. That one was stolen by a blackmailer who demanded payment, but he never picked up the money or returned the letter. She is worried that her husband will find out.
Mark has a completely different reaction to the news.
He wants them to tell Tony all about the affair so that Margot can get a divorce and the two can marry. Margot doesn't want to as "she feels bad" about hurting "Tony's feelings".
Now I'm no expert, but if the person doesn't want to break up the relationship, it seems to me that they want, to quote an old cliché, "have their cake and eat it too." I think Margot likes the respectability of her marriage and doesn't want the divorce scandel, but at the same time is heavily intrigued by Mark. And who can blame her? Robert Cummings is a looker.
Photo from Saboteur
That night Tony is introduced to Mark, him being Margot's "friend". The two discuss Mark's profession.
Tony Wendice: How do you go about writing a detective story?
Mark Halliday: Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. Crime's the thing. And then you imagine you're going to steal something or murder somebody.
Tony Wendice: Oh, is that how you do it? It's interesting.
Mark Halliday: Yes, I usually put myself in the criminal's shoes and then I keep asking myself, uh, what do I do next?
Margot Mary Wendice: Do you really believe in the perfect murder?
Mark Halliday: Mmm, yes, absolutely. On paper, that is. And I think I could, uh, plan one better than most people; but I doubt if I could carry it out.
Tony Wendice: Oh? Why not?
Mark Halliday: Well, because in stories things usually turn out the way the author wants them to; and in real life they don't… always.
Tony Wendice: Hmm.
Mark Halliday: No, I'm afraid my murders would be something like my bridge: I'd make some stupid mistake and never realize it until I found everybody was looking at me."
Tony invites Mark to join him for a tennis party, and Mark agrees. Its all men, so Margot will be staying home. After a bit more pleasantries Margot and Mark leave to go out "as friends" to a theatre show that Tony didn't want to see, while Tony stays home to "work" on some stuff.
After they leave, he calls up an old friend. Swann (going by the name Captain Lesgate) from his old Cambridge days. He brings him there under false pretenses of wanting to purchase a vehicle from him. He then tells Swann that he wants him to murder his wife.
"Tony Wendice: One thousand pounds in cash.
C.A. Swann: For a murder?
Tony Wendice: For a few minutes work, that's all it is. And no risk, I guarantee."
Tony then goes on to tell Swann a story.
Tony only married Margot for her money, and it really injures his pride to see her cheating on him and tossing him over like an old shoe. He followed her one day and discovered the affair.
He wanted to kill Mark.
He then moved to the idea of murdering his wife. But things changed…
"Tony Wendice: It's funny to think that just a year ago, I sat in that Knightsbridge Pub actually planning to murder her. And I might have done it, if I hadn't seen something that changed my mind.
C.A. Swann: Well? What did you see?
Tony Wendice: I saw you."
Back in the day, Swann was always getting into trouble for all kinds of stuff, and it struck Tony that he could commit the perfect murder. He then began extensive planning. He has been collecting £1000 over the year, under the guise of racetrack betting, etc.; compiling the money for such a purpose.
He even went to great lengths to get one of the letters from Mark and pretended to blackmail her. With Mark back in town he has set up the whole scenario on how to murder her even planning to use Mark as an alibi, as being the husband he will be the first suspect. All he needs is someone to do it for him. He has a lot of information on Swann's background (as he has been tracking him) and uses it to blackmail him into completing his murderous plot. And he has to do it tomorrow.
He reveals his perfect plan.
"Tony Wendice: At exactly three minutes to eleven, you'll enter the house through the street door. You'll find the key to this door under the stair carpet here.
C.A. Swann: The fifth step?
Tony Wendice: That's the one. Go straight to the window, and hide behind the curtains. At exactly eleven o'clock, I shall go to the telephone in the hotel to call my boss. I shall dial the wrong number. This number. That's all I shall do."
His wife will answer the phone, and then Swann can strangle her and leave through the french windows.
Swann agrees to the plot as he feels he has no other choice in the matter. Tony is estatic as everything seems to be going along perfectly.
But then things start falling apart. Margot doesn't want to stay home. She is thinking of going out to dinner and seeing a movie. Mark thinks it's a great idea but Tony convinces her to stay home.
"Margot Mary Wendice: Don't make me stay home. You know how I hate doing nothing.
Tony Wendice: Doing nothing? Why there are hundreds of things you can do. Have you written to Peggy, thanking her for the weekend? And what about those clippings? It's an ideal opportunity.
Margot Mary Wendice: Well I like that. You two go gallivanting while I stay home and do those boring clippings."
Before Tony leaves, he stills Margot's key from her bag and puts it in the marked hiding place. Keeping his key in his pocket, he and Mark leave for the party.
Back at the home, Margot has been working hard on her scrapbooking. She eventually goes to bed, putting everything away…at least almost everything. She actually forgets the scissors and leaves them by the phone.
That night everything starts being put into motion. Swann enters the place the same way that Tony planned it out. He leaves the key under the stair and hides behind the curtains waiting for the phone.
However, back at the party, things aren't quite going as planned.
Stupid, stupid
Tony's watch stops and he has to ask for the time, finding out that it is actually past 11:00.
He hurries to the pay phone and makes the call, hoping that everything else goes accordingly. Margot gets up to answer the phone. As she is talking, Swann reaches out to strangle her.
But instead of overpowering her like he's supposed to, Margot ends up getting him. As the two are struggling, she reaches for something…anything to stop him. She ends up grabbing the scissors and stabbing him with them, completely killing him.
Margot is a mess and is freakin' out. I can't blame her, someone is trying to murder you and you kill them.
Tony tells her to touch nothing and wait for him. He's on his way over.
As he heads over Tony freaks out. His plans have failed. But then something comes to him. A new plan, a way to fix things.
He decides to make it look like Swann was blackmailing Margot and that she murdered him rather than self-defense. He calls the police and sends Margot to bed. He then plants Mark's letter in Swann's coat, takes the key and puts it back in Margot's handbag, and burns the scarf that Swann was going to use, replacing it with Margot's stocking. He then tells Margot to make sure she doesn't tell the police that he told her not to call the police. He's worried how it might make her look. However, Tony is plotting very well, and the police begin to strongly suspect her.
The police figure out that Swann did not come through the French Windows. He must have come through the hall, as it rained the night before. If he had come through the garden there would be muddy footprints. Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) strongly suspects Margot and believes her to be the killer. We cut to a scene showing Margot on trial amd sentenced to be hanged.
Except thing are not quite perfect. There are quite a few things Tony didn't plan. One of which was getting rid of the money. As Tony mentioned, he's been drawing a lot of money out of his bank every week, pretending to spend it on racehorses. He had planned to give it to Swann, but now is at a loss. He can't put it back in the bank as there would be too many questions. He can't keep it, if the police find it, it's all over for him.
So he tries to spend it all. Unbeknowest to him, the police are watching him very carefully. And they notice this.
Months later, on the night before Margot's execution, Mark comes to speak to Tony. He tells him that instead of letting Margot die, he should say that he tried to murder her. That he hired Swann. This will give him some jail time but save Margot's life. Tony does not want to do that.
Inspector Hubbard comes back to the flat to question Tony some more about the money he's been spending. Mark hears this and starts searching, finding the briefcase full of money.
Tony thinks of a lie quickly and says that this was the money Margot had to give to Swann, but then changed her mind and killed him. The Inspector listens and takes his comment as fact…or does he?
Now, if Tony was really smart he would have made up a different lie. I would have said that I realized there was nothing between me and Margot and was planning on leaving her. However, I knew that I wouldn't get much money in the divorce (he signed a prenup), so I've been taking some money out, bit by bit. When the murder happened, I knew it would come to light and was afraid that it might put me in a bad light or under suspicion. I mean its not the perfect excuse, but at least it shows he wasn't going to kill her as why remove money when he was planning on getting it all. But he doesn't think that way.
This makes the inspector highly suspicious of Tony and he steals the key from Margot's purse, intent on sneaking in and investigating.
Hold on, that is illegal. He doesn't have a search warrant or permission to be searching the house. Anything he finds will be immaterial and thrown out of court. I looked it up and this is what it said:
By the laws of England, every invasion of private property, be it ever so minute, is a trespass.No man can set his foot upon my ground without my license, but he is liable to an action, though the damage be nothing; which is proved by every declaration in trespass, where the defendant is called upon to answer for bruising the grass and even treading upon the soil. If he admits the fact, he is bound to show by way of justification, that some positive law has empowered or excused him. The justification is submitted to the judges, who are to look into the books; and if such a justification can be maintained by the text of the statute law, or by the principles of common law. If no excuse can be found or produced, the silence of the books is an authority against the defendant, and the plaintiff must have judgment.
So technically, anything he finds can not be used in a court of law. That's it, Tony is allowed to go free.
But of course this is a movie, and things go differently. Inspector Hubble discovers that the key in the purse does not work on the front door. He instead finds it under the stair carpet. This gives him the great idea of creating a little trick to discover if Tony is the true killer.
The Inspector visits Tony and steals his raincoat, leaving his own, therefore taking Tony's key. He calls the station and asks them to release Margot. She immediately returns home, but finds out that her key won't work. Hubbard watches her and discovers that she does not know the key is under the stairs. The Inspector let's her in and gets a policeman to take the bag back to the station. They then begin to wait for Tony.
Tony comes home from his errands and finds that he can't get inside. His coat belongs to Inspector Hubble and he has the wrong key. When Tony discovers his key doesn't fit, he goes down to the station to get Margot's bag. When that key doesn't fit, he looks under under the stairs and finds the key, giving himself away.
Tony enters and figures out they caught him. Being the gentleman he is, he doesn't fight them. He knows when he has been defeated.
Tony Wendice: [pouring a drink] As you said Mark, it might work out on paper, but congratulations, Inspector. Oh, by the way… How about you, Margot?
Margot Mary Wendice: Yes, I could do with something.
Tony Wendice: Mark?
Mark Halliday: So could I.
Tony Wendice: I suppose you're still on duty, Inspector.
It;s a great movie, despite the small legality issue, but otherwise an amazing film. I definitely recommend it.
For the previous post, go to What Have We Done to Each Other?
For more on Dial "M" for Murder, go to Part X: The Movie List That Would Not Die
For more on Alfred Hitchcock, go to The Past of a Man
For more on blackmail, go to Secrets are Great, Unless You Get Caught
For more films based on a play, go to Murder is My Favorite Crime
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You Will Die in Seven Days: The Ring (2002)
"You will die in seven days…"
So many of you might remember the post I did a year ago on Ringu, the original Japanese film. I had watched Ringu because I had heard that it was far creepier and better version that the American one. However, I found that to be false, with The Ring being the creepier one of the two. This was mostly due to the actors, some story changes, and a better explanation of Samarra. But more than anything else, my own personal connection to the film (I'll mention that at the end).
So I was home alone one night (my roommates were all out of town for the weekend) and decided that I would spend the night in watching films. I had spotted this at the library and decided that it was perfect film for the occasion. I decided that instead of watching it alone in the living room, I would watch it in my room with the lights off. You know, set the "creepy mood".
So the story is pretty similar to the Japanese film. You have two girls who are talking about a cabin weekend that one of the girls, Katie, had gone to. Suddenly the topic of a cursed videotape comes up. If you watch this tape you will die in seven days. After her niece dies, the main character, Rachel (Naomi Watts) starts tracking down what caused her death and gets caught up in a supernatural mystery. (For more info check out Ringu or watch the film).
So what made this film much creepier than the original? Let's get started.
1. Lighting/Set Design
I'm not sure where the story takes place but it is always raining and gloomy. Plus the camera crew gave the whole movie this blue tint when filming which also adds to the creepiness/horror film feel to it.
2. The Kid
In the first film Yoshi wasn't really in the film that much. He had the nightmares and could hear his cousin "calling" to him, but that was mostly it. He watches the video, which leads his mother to try even harder to discover how to stop it. He then gets dropped off at his grandfather's house for a bit and we don't see him until the end of the film.
In the remake this kid is SUPER CREEPY
He's kinda like Cole from The Sixth Sense, that is if Cole wasn't a cutie. I mean this kid is an uber creep as he only talks in monotone, and doesn't act like a kid at all-more like a 30 year old man. To top it off he even draws strange murderous pictures. Horrifying.
AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3) The Video
So The Ring came out four years after Ringu and had much better special effects, not gonna lie about that. And the video was much more creepy in this film. Freaky, emphasis on the FREAK.
4. Samara/Background Explanation
So in the original film we don't get a full background on her. We find out that a professor was looking into studies of mental telepathy and other things like that. He found a woman that has this ability and the two end up having a child that for some reason is more powerful, and CRAZY! The main character's ex-husband also just happens to have this ability. That's it. That's all we get.
How does it pass down? Why does the husband have it? Is that why they got a divorce? Why was the girl so much stronger? Why did she kill all the horses?
In the remake they give her a weirder background that explains her murderous tendencies. She was almost drowned as a baby, taken away from her family, and then put into social services. She has a history of trying to get attention/be the center of attention. She was adopted by a couple that really wanted kids but she was unlike anything they had ever seen. She started to develop these powers that freaked out her parents as she was getting into their minds.
She goes to a psychiatric hospital and is questioned and treated, causing her to react as a kid would with anger. She kills her doctor and gets sent back home to the horse ranch.
To prevent her from harming anyone, they put her up in the barn away from everyone else with only a TV set. This makes her very angry.
She gets very jealous and kills all the horses by making them go insane. To her adoptive mother, Anna, those were her children. She loved them and cared for them. She has a complete mental breakdown and gets sent to a sanatarium. After she is released the family goes to the mountains and she kills Samarra by throwing her down a well, and them committing suicide herself.
It may be strange, but explains things a whole lot more than the original. Plus it is very creepy.
So personal connection.
As I mentioned earlier, I was home alone. I had 5 housemates; 3 were staying the night at their boyfriends house and 2 had gone home to see her parents. My actual roommate had gone home to see her parents and wasn't coming back until the next day. Instead of chilling in the living room, I took my food into my bedroom, along with the film.
So I was watching the film and had just gotten to the part when Rachel has watched the tape and received the call that in seven days she will die. Just as she has hung up her phone, my phone rings!
I pause the film and reach for the phone, shakily saying hello as its ringing scared the bejeezus out of me.
It was just my sister. She had an idea for something and wanted to bounce it off me.
So I go back to watching the film. As I reach the part when Samarra comes out of the TV
My door starts to open.
So let me explain campus security. The dorms I was living in were like townhouses. They had 4 bedrooms-2 singles & 2 doubles. Every student was given an ID card that held campus money, allowed us to check out books, go into the rec center & dining hall, and most importantly our rooms. We had two doors to the dorms that were set to only accept the cards of the people of the house. Besides running your card through the slot (like a debit card) each member of the house had a unique four-digit number to gain access. A card wasn't enough, you had to use your code as well. Plus the code had to match the card or else you were out of luck.
To make that even more impressive, every room was encoded to only accept the occupant's card. My roommate and I were the only ones who could into my room, unless someone had one of our cards. (The codes were only for the front & back doors.)
So you can see why I was freaked out. Everyone had made plans to be gone, defintely be gone. But yet here was my door opening and someone or something entering.
It being really dark and the fact that the rooms were L-shaped (therefore making it hard to see "who" was exactly coming in through the door) didn't help that much.
Of course, as I'm sure you all have figured out by now it was just my roommate. It turns out she had changed her mind and decided to come home early.
This experience made the film much more exciting, although anything that happened in the film afterward that last scare was pretty anti-climatic.
So It was a pretty great film and I suggest you check it out.
And I'm not just trying to pass it off to save myself from being killed. LOL
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For more on Ringu, go to That Video…Is Not of This World
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October 7, 2012 by Moreland
A Tale So Strange It Must Be True: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret! I must become Caligari!
So I checked out this movie from the library, thinking that it would be weird, but I was not prepared for how strangely horrtastic it was. This was an extremely well done horror film, that really does the original film justice.
So this is a remake of the 1920s silent film. It was revolutionary for its time, and inspired countless others. What David Lee Fisher wanted to do in his remake; is still have the orginal story, but redo it in a way that it would connect to the modern generation.
It was truly amazing. I recommend that all watch it; for multiple reasons.
This is one of the very, very few remakes that is as amazing as the original. They hardly changed anything, and took nothing away from the story.
The background is amazing. Using a green screen they took the backgrounds from the original film, truly giving the film a demented and creepy space. It was seamlessly done, with the only times the fore and background being disconjointed is when you are at a point of the film that cannot tell what is really happening and what is in the mind. These out of sync scenes really help support the questioning of the characters' insanity.
The cinematography is beautiful. Almost every scene takes your breath away at how beautifully it is set up.
The actors are amazing! (Judson Pierce Jones & Neil Hopkins are very attractive! :D)
The end is magnificent. They just twist everything that you are not sure what is reality and what isn't.
So the film starts off at the end. The main character, Francis is speaking to an old man about his fiancé, and how she has been through such a strange event that she will never be the same again. She walks every night in a trance, and does not speak anymore. Francis starts to recount his story, warning the man that he probably won't believe a tale so strange, it must be true.
We go back in time to a city and place that we don't know where it belongs. Is it past or present? All one can tell is that the buildings slant, everything is triangular, misshapen, and strange.
Strangely beautiful
A man comes to the main hall to get a permit for his carnival. He calls himself Dr. Caligari, and speaks of having a psychic who can reveal all's future. The clerk is rude to Dr. Caligari and forces him to pay an exuberant amount of money. Caligari does and walks away, but all does not seem to bode well for this clerk.
The next day he is dead. Murdered.
Then we are introduced to Alan, who is stopping by to visit his friend Francis and is begging him to partake in some kind of adventure. We learn that Alan has been combating depression and has been holing himself away these past months, even having to visit an asylum. He however, is feeling much better and convinces Francis to see the fair with him, "for old times sake".
They start getting drunk, and then stop to see the psychic Cesare. Cesare is a "living dead" man who can fortell all. He lives in a coffin, only being released every once in a while, Cesare has a truly creepy wake up scene. There is just something about how Doug Jones jerks and twists his body that frightens you.
Francis wants to leave, but Alan is rooted to the floor. When Dr. Caligari calls on him to ask a question, Alan is compelled to answer. He is physically incapable of leaving or turning away. He asks Cesare his question, but all does not go well.
"Alan: How long shall I live? Cesare: The time is short. You die at dawn!"
Francis quickly grabs Alan out of the tent and fearing a relapse in his friend, reassures him that Cesare's tricks are stupid and do not mean a thing.
On the way they meet up with Jane Stern, a girl they are both madly in love with. (It is a reoccuring theme in movies. Out of all the women in the world the best friends always fall for the same one). Both are eager to get an answer from her as to who her choice will be, but she manages to slip away and into the night. The friends say good-bye and go their seperate ways.
The next day Alan is dead. Murdered.
This horrible tragedy leads Francis on a path of reality so intermingled with insanity that one can hardly tell the fact from fiction. Francis is so sure that Dr Caligari killed his friend, that he becomes obsesed with finding proof. Will this quest for vengence and justice end well? That I cannot tell you as you must see it for yourself. The film is so good, that like The Bad Seed, I cannot tell you the ending. You must view it yourself.
This marks the seventh post of scary tales. More to follow.
Here's a poster/cover page I made for my facebook page as a countdown to Halloween.
To start Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don't Belong in the World
To go to the previous post, go to Secrets are Great, Unless You Get Caught
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Opinion|How to Turn Children Into Criminals
How to Turn Children Into Criminals
By Margaret A. Sheridan and Charles A. Nelson
Dr. Sheridan and Dr. Nelson study the cognitive and emotional development of children.
Central American migrants, moving in a caravan through Mexico toward the United States border, standing in line for food at a shelter set up for them by the Catholic Church in Puebla, Mexico, in April.CreditCreditEdgard Garrido/Reuters
In an attempt to deter migrant families from crossing the border, the Trump administration has been separating children from their parents and sending them to different shelters or foster homes, where they may be kept apart for weeks or even months. This policy, which has affected approximately 700 children so far, violates basic human rights and horrifies any parent with enough imagination to put themselves in the place of these immigrants.
As members of a team of researchers who have investigated the impact of separating children from their parents during early childhood, we were struck by another aspect of this news: In an effort to increase security, the Trump administration has hit upon a policy that we know is actually likely to increase delinquency and criminality among these children in the future. While trying to protect American citizens, the administration may be placing them in greater jeopardy.
If we have learned nothing else in the past 50 years of research on child development, it is that children do best in families and that violating this norm has terrible effects.
In a long-term study of children separated from their parents early in life and raised for periods without family members, we and our colleagues — Nathan Fox, Kathryn Humphreys, Katie McLaughlin and Charley Zeanah — found a profound impact on their cognitive ability, social function, mental health and brain development.
In early 2001, in Bucharest, Romania, we began studying orphaned and abandoned infants ranging in age from 6 months to 30 months. Some of the children remained in the care of institutions for the majority of their lives, while others left institutional care early in life and were placed with loving families. We have followed these children since to observe their mental health and emotional well-being, their brain structure and function, and their cognitive ability.
We found that children who remained in institutions had lower I.Q.s than their peers who were randomly assigned to family care. The I.Q. gap decreased as the children grew older, but it has not been erased by time. The same can be said for their "executive functions," which include their ability to plan and to regulate their emotions and behavior.
Using brain imaging, we also observed changes in the brain — including reductions in the overall amount of tissue and, disruptions in how different regions of the brain connect with one another — differences that we could still see as these children entered adolescence.
Since we started our research, most of the children in institutions have been released because of changing policies in Romania. But even children who spent only a year or two in an institutional setting were fundamentally altered by those early experiences.
Perhaps most relevant for the current administration, we found that early separation from caregivers changed adolescent social behavior for the worse. As they grew older, the children showed increased incidence and symptoms of "externalizing disorders" relative to their peers in family care. Externalizing disorders are the classification that psychologists use for rule-breaking behavior. This ranges from the mild, like excessive arguing with authority figures, to the extreme, like stealing or sexually assaulting peers.
Even more troubling was our observation that boys who remained in institutions had a lack of empathy or guilt associated with criminality. They were almost 11 times more likely to have elevated rates of callous and unemotional traits compared with boys who were placed in family care.
We should of course be cautious in extrapolating findings from Romanian institutions to the American immigration detention and child protective service systems. The immigrant children taken from their parents are supposedly being sent to foster care, but many languish in shelters. All are situations where children are being housed away from loving, invested family members. The preponderance of the data suggests that children should be raised by their own families. This is good advice if we want to protect these children, but it is also good advice if we want to protect ourselves.
Some may assume that separating the members of immigrant families will encourage them to go back to their home countries. But many of the children who made it here are here to stay; they fled those countries out of desperation, and going back would put their lives at risk.
All of this raises the question: Why would we remove children from the care of parents who have shown their dedication to their children's welfare by traveling thousands of miles to give them a better life? Our research indicates that if this administration truly wants to increase the likelihood that we remain a country of law-abiding people, its best bet is to allow migrant children to remain in the custody of a caring family.
Margaret A. Sheridan is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina. Charles A. Nelson is a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 23 of the New York edition with the headline: How to Turn Children Into Criminals. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe


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WIMBLEDON, England – They played into the night on Centre Court, later than anyone ever had in Wimbledon's long history, and they played indoors, the first match contested entirely under the new roof.
And at 10:39 p.m. Monday, when third-seeded Andy Murray of Britain finally finished off a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over No. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland to reach the quarterfinals at the All England Club, the partisan fans celebrated their guy's victory with quite a roar.
"It was pretty special," said Murray, who dropped to his knees when the match ended, then stood and swatted a ball straight up so hard it hit the roof.
No man from Britain has won Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, and, like his countrymen, Murray – a 22-year-old from Scotland – is more interested in that sort of history than the sort he and Wawrinka made Monday.
Still, these circumstances were rather extraordinary, what with Centre Court's roof shut, the lights on and a chance to play the match until its rightful conclusion, no matter how late. That's never before been the case at Wimbledon, where unlike the U.S. Open, there never has been lighted courts, and matches often are stopped in progress because of darkness. Previously, no Centre Court point had been played later than 9:35 p.m.
"I'll have a pretty deep sleep after that one," Murray said.
At a tournament that began in 1877, not a single point had been contested indoors until earlier Monday, when a light sprinkle interrupted top-ranked Dinara Safina's 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo. After the fifth game of the second set, the translucent roof above the main stadium was closed, and Safina and Mauresmo finished up underneath – even though by the time they resumed, the rain had stopped.
Because forecasts called for later showers (none arrived), organizers left the contraption sealed for Murray-Wawrinka, which turned out to be a fortuitous decision, even if Murray found the conditions "very, very heavy and very humid; sweating so much. When I finished, it was like I'd been in a bath," he said.
All in all, though, the day's last match provided far more excitement than the generally open-and-shut cases that dominated the rest of the fourth round.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer won easily, as did two-time runner-up Andy Roddick and No. 4 Novak Djokovic. Venus Williams, like Federer chasing a sixth title at the All England Club, was way ahead when her opponent, former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, quit with a thigh injury.
Williams' younger sister, Serena, herself a two-time Wimbledon champion, and No. 4 Elena Dementieva were never challenged in their straight-set victories.
"It's always difficult to play someone who you don't know," said Radwanska, who did not appear to have any difficulty Monday, but might find the road rougher today.
That's when she will play in the quarterfinals against Venus Williams, who has won 18 consecutive matches at Wimbledon and is trying to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win the event three years in a row.
Today's other matches are No. 2 Serena Williams against No. 8 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, Dementieva against unseeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy, and Safina against unseeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
The men get a day off before their quarterfinals Wednesday, when the matchups will be No. 2 Federer vs. No. 22 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, Murray vs. 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, Djokovic vs. No. 24 Tommy Haas, and Roddick vs. 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt, who lost the first two sets but came back to beat No. 23 Radek Stepanek, 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
Well, Roddick is 26, and Hewitt is 28. Neither has anything on Haas, who at 31 was the oldest man to reach the fourth round and now meets the youngest, Djokovic, who was born a week after Murray.
Federer improved to 11-0 against Robin Soderling by beating him in straight sets in a rematch of the French Open final three weeks ago. Now Federer has to deal with Karlovic, at 6-foot-10 the tallest player in tour history, who pounded 35 aces and served 10 games at love while defeating No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (9). Karlovic leads Wimbledon with 137 aces and has gone 128 service games over his past two tournaments without being broken.


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