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Watch Now: No. 16 Virginia vs. William & Mary!
By KARL HAMILTON On December 22, 2020 No Comments
Charlottesville, VA – No. 16 Virginia hunts its third successive win against William & Mary at John Paul Jones Arena on Tuesday. The Cavaliers last played on Dec 4 and had three games either postponed or canceled due to COVID-19 issues.
Tip-off time for this one is slated for 2:00 PM ET with ACC Network and WatchESPN.com providing the live television and streaming coverage. Virginia enters as a 23.5 point favorite.
On Tuesday, the Cavaliers, who recently resumed basketball activities after a 10-day shutdown because of coronavirus, will hope to pick up from where it left off after grabbing wins over St. Francis (Pa.) and Kent State prior to the stoppage.
William & Mary (2-2), meanwhile, is coming off a 71-49 defeat against High Point three days ago, but won two straight before that setback. The Cavaliers (3-1) will be the Tribe first ranked opponent this season.
UVA is scoring 74.0 points per game and its defense is holding opponents to 57.5 at the other end. The Cavaliers are shooting 49.5% from the floor and are dishing out 13.5 assists with 35.0 rebounds per contest.
For William & Mary, the team is scoring 71.8 points and giving up 74.8 points per game this season. The Tribe pulls down 32.5 boards a game with 5.8 steals.
Following Tuesday's game, Virginia will take on No. 1 ranked side Gonzaga on Dec. 26.
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DOW goes DOWN as usual !!!
Sensex is still not able to go comfortably towards 15500 and at the same time not able to dip to 13700-14000. We did get a trigger on tuesday with a runaway move but indices need to follow up otherwise it can be termed a one off move. Volatility will continue to be high for some days. As in being presented the corrective phase from 12500 should last around 50 sessions where in the range would be 13300( worst case ) /13700( ideal ) and 15500 ( ideal was said then too ) /15800/16400( optimistic ) on upside . We are just 15-20 sessions through so technically one can expect this range to remain !!!.
On short term basis 14400 -14600 is a support zone below which it could test 14050 and 13700.
After some time some view on Dow Jones.
Technically on the upside 11700-11800 has been a major barrier for the index. Till it doesnt break above the levels the trend would remain weak. On the downside after todays correction which has made 11190 as of now is very close to the 61.8 % correction of the move from 10800 to 11800 odd. Technically the zone of 11180-11220 is very crucial and below 11100 it can be assumed 10800 could be in danger. The trend remains weak but a bounce back cannot be ruled out ! from 11200.
Resurgere Minerals follows the pattern of the newlisting stocks with 20 % lower ckt hope investors did not get trapped after the warning to take care .
With the volatile markets one needs to keep lower volumes and keep strict stoploss in trading and be patient for opportunities . For on tuesday we had lots of client trades majority of the tgts done same day and lesser ones today with smaller qty. So be disciplined in the approach conserve capital and gains made on good trades. Also do have some reasons be it technical , fundamental or other statistical observation then just trade for the sake of it !
ROLTA is the only stock which has been holding strongly in this market. Closing above 345-348 could lead to 390.
Cadilla and Castrol are the other stocks which r firming up.


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Trans woman reports man to police for his 'gender critical' tweets. Judge says too bad — that's free speech.
A British judge ruled Friday that a man who issued "gender critical" comments on Twitter is protected by free speech.
What are the details?
According to Reuters, a British judge issued the ruling after a transgender woman complained to authorities that a man on social media made what she called "brazen transphobic comments."
Former police officer Harry Miller allegedly shared 31 "gender critical" remarks between November 2018 and January 2019.
One such message included, "I was assigned mammal at birth, but my orientation is fish. Don't mis-species me."
The outlet also reported that he made remarks about Caitlyn Jenner — formerly known as Olympian Bruce Jenner.
The unnamed trans woman called authorities and filed a complaint. Upon investigation, authorities determined that Miller's Twitter remarks were considered a "non-crime hate incident."
Reuters reported that Humberside police paid a visit to Miller about the complaint, which Miller said "left him with the impression that continuing to tweet could cause Miller to face criminal prosecution."
In response, Miller took legal action against the police, insisting that authorities tried to tamp down Miller's freedom of speech.
What did the judge say?
Judge Julian Knowles at London's High Court said that Miller's remarks were lawful and protected by free speech.
"In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo, or a Stasi," Knowles declared. "We have never lived in an Orwellian society."
Knowles added:
The claimants' tweets were lawful and there was not the slightest risk that he would commit a criminal offense by continuing to tweet. I find the combination of the police visiting the claimant's place of work, and their subsequent statements in relation to the possibility of prosecution, were a disproportionate interference with the claimant's right to freedom of expression because of their potential chilling effect.
Miller said that he stands by his remarks and is not biased against transgender people.
"I want to raise awareness by stating that which used to be instinctively obvious — a biological man is a man, and a biological woman is a woman," he insisted. "To claim otherwise is extraordinary."
According to the BBC, Miller added, "This is a watershed moment for liberty — the police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to 'check my thinking.'"
Miller's lawyer, Paul Conrathe, said, "It is a strong warning to local police forces not to interfere with people's free speech rights on matters of significant controversy."
In a statement, the Humberside Police said it acted in good faith.
"Our actions in handling the incident were carried out in good faith but we note the comments of the judge and we will take learning from this incident moving forward," the statement read.
The police are still able to classify the remarks as "non-crime hate incident," but Miller plans to appeal the decision. The BBC reported that the appeal has been granted and will go straight to the Supreme Court.
Trans woman reports man to police for his 'gender critical' tweets. Judge says too bad — that's free speech. Reviewed by CUZZ BLUE on February 15, 2020 Rating: 5

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The other range includes more modern and simpler pieces having a more highly finished appearance.


If you have been struggling with learning French, you probably wonder how you could make it less difficult and more fun. I present to you my favuorite way to practice French without even thinking about it: izap4u.
A zap is actually a sequence of very short videos from all over the internet assembled together to form a truly amusing collection. The team behind it is French, and all videos in English have subtitles in French, as well as all French videos have English subtitles. This is exactly why it is such a good way to improve your language skills – you won't even realize how much you've learnt while watching. And unlike regular movies, a single zap provides a wide range of topics and vocabulary.
I personally love izap4u because each sequence has a little bit of everything: documentaries, fail videos, music, cartoons, and all sorts of funny moments gathered together resulting in an amazing overall experience. Most videos will make you laugh, some will make you think, and others will make you wonder how sick people can be. And before you have the time to process the creepy piece you just watched, here comes another one that will have you laughing out loud. With people's attention span getting shorter and shorter, a 5-second video is just enough.
There's a new zap every week, and you can watch the short versions (around 15 minutes) in izap4u's channel on Youtube, or the full ones (40 – 80 minutes) on their website. If you enjoy the zaps, you can contribute to the project by making a donation – the website is ad-free and there's a team of just 3 people dedicating their free time to entertain us (and help us learn French on the way).
Language learning shouldn't be boring. We learn best by having examples and context, and why not learn French in the context of an epic movie scene, environmental issues, or just some random video in which people use the phrases they usually use in their day-to-day life. This is the language you can start using right away rather than the one in the grammar books. If gross, ridiculous and unexpected is not your type of humour, though, you should probably check some classic French movies instead.


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College Basketball Preview: The All-Sleeper Final Four
By jc25 Updated Oct 28, 2011, 4:45pm EDT
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Around this time last year, the Connecticut Huskies were unranked in the college preseason polls. Not only that, they were ranked an ignominious tenth in the Big East preseason coaches polls. 5 months and change later, Kemba Walker and Jim Calhoun were cutting down the nets in Houston as NCAA Champions.
True, "once in a blue moon" seasons that culminate in NCAA Championships don't happen terribly often. But surprise teams that make the Final Four? Well, there's more than a handful of those.
I don't have much authority into which mid-major will become the next Butler or VCU (check out SBN's Mid Major Madness for that one), but the next West Virginia or Florida (or, gasp, Connecticut)? I can give that a shot.
After the jump are four teams I think will exceed their preseason expectations. And if all breaks right, they'll crash the Final Four party and you can call me a genius.
2010-11 Record: 23-11 (9-7)
2010-11 KenPom Rank: 35
What Went Wrong Last Year: Close losses, more than anything else. Their two non-conference losses (to West Virginia and MissourI) were by a combined six points. Likewise, two SEC road losses to South Carolina and Florida came in overtime, and a road loss to Kentucky was a one-basket game for the final five minutes. No, losing three of their last four regular season conference games didn't help. But turn just two or three of those into wins, and Vandy gets a 3 seed in the tournament instead of a 5. The bad luck continued in the tourney, as a clutch Kevin Anderson basket gave the Richmond Spiders a three point victory and knocked out the Commodores in the second round.
2011-12 Preseason Rank: 7th in ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
What Goes Right This Year: Excellent experience. Vanderbilt returns everyone and their mothers. John Jenkins is a wickedly efficient scorer (SEC-leading 20.2 ppg, 123.5 ORtg) that will contend for SEC Player of the Year honors. Festus Ezeli is a defensive wizard on the interior (10.6% blk%). And their most talented player, swingman Jeffery Taylor, looks to rebound from a somewhat disappointing junior campaign as a matchup nightmare at the 3. The role players are good, too. Brad Tinsley provides the coveted leadership meme as a senior point guard (2.46 Ast:TO, 36.9% 3pt%), and forward bruisers Lance Goulbourne, Steve Tchiengang and Rod Odom (combined 15.9 ppg and 12.9 rpg) provide valuable frontcourt depth. Honestly, all the pieces just sound like they fit perfectly. If Kevin Stallings can solve the puzzle, the Commodores have all the makings of a Final Four team. They'll be in my preseason top four along with Kentucky, North Carolina, and Ohio St.
Michigan St. Spartans
What Went Wrong Last Year: General disappointment. Senior point guard and leader Kalin Lucas failed to fully rebound from a major achilles injury, and fellow senior Durrell Summers struggled mightily with the dreaded Eddy Curry Line. Ex-blue chipper Delvon Roe continued to battle injuries and quit basketball after the season ended. And malcontents Chris Allen, Korie Lucious, and Garrick Sherman all left the program at some point during the year. All together, it wasn't a recipe for success. Michigan St.'s first four losses were to UConn, Duke, Syracuse and Texas (very respectable), but terrible inconsistency in Big 10 play put them at a conference record of 9-9, leading to a one-and-done loss as a #10 seed.
2011-12 Preseason Rank: Unranked in Coaches Poll
What Goes Right This Year: The Ewing Theory. Losing Lucas and Summers, two longtime pillars of the program, hurts. But Sparty returns their best player from last year, Draymond Green, a true five-tool talent. He's an excellent rebounder (23.8% D-Reb%), passer (30.6% Ast%), and defender (4.0% blk% and 3.5% stl%). He isn't, however, an alpha dog. Here's where Tom Izzo will count on talent infusion. Former high-school All-Americans, sophomores Keith Appling and Adreian Payne, showed glimpses of potential last year but were too often invisible. The Spartans also add talented freshman Branden Dawson, who could become the next Jason Richardson, and Valparaiso transfer Brandon Wood, who should step in as a scoring machine (16.7 ppg last year). Most importantly, Michigan St. still has Izzo. In the 12 years between Kentucky's Final Four appearances, Izzo guided the Spartans to six Final Fours (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010). Wanna bet against that coinflip?
What Went Wrong Last Year: They didn't fill the shoes. In 2010, Baylor shocked the nation, making it to the Elite 8 in Houston before falling to eventual champion Duke. Many thought the Bears would return to the Space City as a Final Four participant last year. But last year's Bears greatly missed the interior defensive presence of Ekpe Udoh and the point guard leadership of Tweety Carter. LaceDarius Dunn proved a terrible leader on and off the court. he allegedly punched his girlfriend prior to the season and was suspended for three games, the put up a lot of points without the efficiency (19.5 ppg, 103.1 O-Rg) or leadership (2.1 apg, 0.6 Ast:TO). Erstwhile point guard A.J. Walton also performed no better than adequately, as did the Jones brothers (Perry and Anthony) in the front. Besides home and away wins against Texas A&M, Baylor did nothing of significance on the schedule and flamed out of the Big 12 tournament with a loss to bottom feeder Oklahoma.
2011-12 Preseason Rank: 12th in ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, 3rd (out of 10) in Big 12 Coaches Poll
What Goes Right This Year: Jaw-dropping talent. Baylor starts out the 2011-12 season with a suspension, but this one is a little more welcome. All-everything sophomore Perry Jones III decided to forgo entering the NBA Draft for a second year in Waco. He's suspended for the first five games for improper benefits, but hopes to make a bigger impact upon his return (13.9 ppg & 7.2 rpg last year). With Dunn gone, the offense can now flow through an efficient frontcourt. Returning with Jones are athletic marvels Quincy Acy (team-leading 150 reb & 45 blk) and Anthony Jones (51.7% FG%, 39.4 3-FG%). Also noteworthy: Baylor adds one of the most highly rated freshmen in the nation, Quincy Miller (as well as his close friend, shooting guard Deuce Bello). If Scott Drew can get even adequate point guard play from returnee Walton or transfers Pierre Jackson (JuCo) and Gary Franklin (Cal), this team can wreck shop on both the offensive and defensive interiors.
What Went Wrong Last Year: Great Scott! Head Coach Tony Bennett has done an impressive job slowly bringing the Cavalier program back to relevance. Last year, led by seniors Mike Scott and a surprisingly good Mustapha Farrakhan, the Cavaliers were supposed to swashbuckle their way to their first tournament appearance since 2007. Instead, they stumbled out of the gate, losing 3 of their first 6 games to Stanford, Washington, and Wichita St. Then, in an inexplicable loss to Seattle, they lost Scott for good to a season-ending ankle injury. Conference wins against Clemson, Virginia Tech and Maryland proved the Cavs had some mettle. But without Scott, they settled for being decidedly mediocre far too often, finishing just a game above .500.
2011-12 Preseason Rank: Unranked in Coaches Poll, 4nd (out of 12) in ACC Media Poll
What Goes Right This Year: Scott's Tots. The silver lining was that Scott's injury occurred early enough for him to be granted a medical redshirt. He returns, and many pundits believe he could have a similar impact as Jordan Williams had last year for Maryland. In limited time last year, Scott proved to be a double-double machine (15.9 ppg & 10.2 rpg). Another upside of Scott's injury: big man Assane Sene started to shine. He also returns, along with his 20.1% DReb% and 6.7% blk%. Having Sene in the interior should free Scott to wreak havoc on the opponent's weaker big. Virginia also returns plenty of other experience. If Sammy Zeglinski and Jontel Evans were one player, they'd be a top-flight point guard (13.5 ppg, 5.8 apg, 1.87 Ast:TO). As it is, they'll spearhead the backcourt and each provide different strengths. Also returning are swingmen Joe Harris and K.T. Harrell, both of whom got more than expected playing time as freshmen last year. Two new freshmen, Malcolm Brogdon and Paul Jesperson, were highly productive high school stars (Georgia's Mr. Basketball & Wisconsin Gatorade POY, respectively) that could surprise if Harris or Harrell falter. And so, beyond the Scott star, there's returning experience at key positions. I like the Cavs as a team that could be sneaky good, a la Wisconsin last year.
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WordCloudPlugin
UserManual
Last updated at 2015-04-17 19:34:07
Creating a Word Tag Cloud
Exploring the WordCloud Plugin
Full User Guide
Tips on Parameter Choice
Attribute Choice
Max Num of Words
Word Aggregation Cutoff
Network Normalization
Cloud Style
Network View
Word Exclusion List
Word Tokenization
Word Stemming
The Input Panel
The Cloud Display Panel
Default and Valid Parameter Values
(This page is deprecated)
The WordCloud Plugin is a Cytsocape plugin that generates a word tag cloud from a user-defined node selection, summarizing an attribute of choice. For instance, if selected nodes are proteins, and the string attribute "full protein name" is selected, every string will be broken down into words, which will be plotted on a panel with size proportional to their frequency.
It is also possible to use the plugin to cluster words that appear together in the selected nodes. For instance, if node A has name attribute "Origin Recognition Complex 1" and node B has name attribute "Origin Recognition Complex 2", then the words "Origin", "Recognition" and "Complex" will be clustered together, following the order in which they appear. The plugin operates on any network and on any selected attributes, although it has been specifically designed for string attributes such as gene names or gene ontology annotations.
The WordCloud Plugin requires Cytoscape Version 2.6.x. If you don't have Cytoscape or have an older Version (2.5 or older), please download the latest Release from http://www.cytoscape.org/ and install it on your computer.
Download the WordCloud Plugin from here and manually place the file 'WordCloud.jar' in the 'Cytoscape/plugins' folder.
After loading a Cytoscape network, and selecting the nodes of interest, there are 3 locations from which you can create a word tag cloud.
Right click on a node in the network and select "Create Cloud". This will create a word tag cloud using all of the default parameters.
Under the Plugins Menu, select WordCloud / Create Cloud. This will create a word tag cloud using all of the default parameters.
Under the Plugins Menu, select WordCloud / Settings. This will load the WordCloud Input Panel on the left side of the screen in the control panel. At the bottom right corner of this panel is a button labeled "Create" that will also create a word tag cloud.
You can use the parameter defaults for all of these methods for creating a word tag cloud. For a more careful choice of the parameter settings, please go to the Full User Guide.
The "Network" tab in the "Control Panel" on the left lists all available networks in the current session. At the bottom it also has an overview of the current network which allows for easy navigation in a network, as well as high zoom levels which can be obtained by dragging the blue rectangle (the current view) over the network.
The "WordCloud" tab will be loaded into the "Control Panel" on the left whenever a word tag cloud is first created, or the WordCloud / Settings option is selected from the Plugins Menu. This tab contains a list of all word tag clouds created for the currently selected Network as well as all of the parameters that can be set by a user on both the cloud and the network level.
The "WordCloud Display" tab in the "Data Panel" on the bottom side of the window is where the actual word tag cloud will be displayed.
With large networks and low zoom-levels Cytoscape automatically reduces the details (such as hiding the node labels and not showing the node borders). To override this mechanism click on "View / Show Graphics Details"
To see which nodes in the network contain a word in the tag cloud, click on the word in the tag cloud in the data panel. If a Network View is available for the network from which the cloud was created, all nodes in the network that contain the specified word in the chosen attribute will be highlighted.
The Attribute Choice parameter appears within the Cloud Parameters section of the Input Panel. This parameter allows a user to choose which Cytoscape attributes to build their word cloud from. A user may select a single attribute or a list of multiple attributes. The attributes currently selected can be viewed in the scrollable text box. To update the list, a user must press the "Edit" button. The available options for attributes include the node ID (the default option) and all currently available attributes of the type String or List. Notice, that for an attribute of type List, only those entries that are String will be used to build the word cloud. When changing the attributes that a cloud is built from, a user must make sure to hit the "Update" button to see the updated results for the current cloud.
The Max Num of Words parameter appears in the Advanced portion of the Cloud Parameters section of the Input panel. This parameter is used to limit the number of words that will appear in the word cloud. If this number is less than the total number of words present, only the most significant (largest in size) words will appear.
The Word Aggregation Cutoff parameter appears in the Advanced portion of the Cloud Parameters section of the Input panel. This parameter is used only with cloud layouts that incorporate word clustering. Words are aggregated in such a way that their order in the cluster reflects which words appear next to each other in the selected nodes in the network. The word clusters are built by aggregating pairs of words. Specifically, the WordCloud plugin uses a greedy algorithm in combination with heirarchical clustering to create the word clusters that a user will see.
The algorithm used for word aggregation utilizes a probability value given to every ordered pair of words that appears next to each other in at least one selected node in the network. This probability value is the ratio of the observed joint probability of these words appearing next to each other, divided by the probability of these words appearing next to each other if their occurences were independent of each other. Only word pairs having this probability value above or equal to the Word Aggregation Cutoff can appear next to each other in a single cluster.
As an example, lets say that you have a network with the following 6 nodes:
Regulation of apoptosis
Positive regulation of apoptosis
Positive regulation of programmed cell death
Immune response
Activation of immune response
Activation of humoral immune response
A user selects all nodes in the network and creates a clustered cloud with Word Aggregation Cutoff = 3. The algorithm begins by placing each word that appears in its own cluster, and then begins the clustering process. In this example the first pair of words that will be clustered together are "programmed" and "cell" since they have the highest pair probability. Here are their associated probabilites:
P(programmed) = 1/6 (since it appears in 1 out of 6 total nodes)
P(cell) = 1/6 (since it appears in 1 out of 6 total nodes)
P(cell | programmed) = 1 (since everytime that programmed appears, it is followed by cell)
Pair Probability - P (programmed, cell) = P(cell | programmed) * P (programmed) / P(cell) * P(programmed) = 6.0
Since, 6.0 >= our Word Aggregation Cutoff of 3, we combine these two words into a new cluster. Now, we look at our next pair of eligible words, which happens to be "cell" and "death". This pair also has a pair probability value of 6.0, so we now have a 3 word cluster containing "programmed cell death" and all other words are in their own clusters. The next word pair that comes up is " activation" and "humoral" which has a pair probability of 3.0. All other eligible pairs of words have a pair probability less than 3 (our cutoff value), so we are done clustering. The resulting cloud (with Network Normalization = 0.5) is as follows:
Since, the Word Aggregation Cutoff serves as a clustering threshold, smaller values for this parameter will usually translate to larger clusters of words. If this parameter is sufficiently large, every word will appear in its own cluster.
The Advanced portion of the Cloud Parameters section of the Input panel contains a checkbox labeled "Normalize word size using selection/network ratios". When this checkbox is not selected, the size of words in the cloud are directly proportional to their frequency in only the selected nodes. When the checkbox is selected the Network Normalization slider bar becomes visible and word size is now calculated using a weighted ratio of the word frequency in the selected nodes to its frequency in the entire network. The slider bar determines how much weight to give word frequency counts in the entire network when determining word size. Specifically, the size of any word W in a tag cloud is directly proportional to: (sel_W / sel_tot) / (net_W / net_tot)^k, where sel_W is the number of selected nodes that contain W, sel_tot is the total number of selected nodes, net_W is the number of nodes in the entire network that contain W, net_tot is the total number of nodes in the network, and k is the network normalization factor.
The Network Normalization parameter determines how much the frequency in the network down-weights the size of a word.
Network Normalization = 0 --> there is no network normalization, the size of a word is simply proportional to its frequency in the node selection
Network Normalization = 1 --> maximal network normalization
The default value is 0.
The Cloud Style parameter appears within the Layout portion of the Cloud Parameters section of the Input Panel. The choice of cloud layout style will affect the look and feel of the word tag cloud that appears. This is also where a user will determine if they want their word tag cloud to include clustering. Below are examples of the same word cloud with the different layout style options.
Clustered-Standard:
Clustered-Boxes:
Non-Clustered:
The Network View options appears within the Layout portion of the Cloud Parameters section of the Input Panel. Once a cloud has been created, selecting the "Export Cloud to Network" button will create a new network based on that cloud. The labels for each node will be a word that appears in the word tag cloud. This font size of the label and the size of the node in the network scale with the font size of the word in the tag cloud. Edges in the new network are weighted based on how likely two words are to appear next to each other in the original selection that the word tag cloud was created from.
The Word Exclusion List parameters appear in the Network Parameters section of the Input panel. The word exclusion list contains a set of words that are to be ignored when completing the semantic analysis of the selected nodes in the network. Any words added to or removed from the word exclusion list will affect all clouds subsequently created or updated for the network. Initially the word exclusion list will always contain a list of commonly used words in the English language, as well as a special list of "flagged words" that includes things like the names of biological databases.
This section also contains a checkbox. When this checkbox is selected the numbers in the range 0 - 999 will also be included in the list of words to exclude. It is important to note that this functionality will only cause these words to be excluded when they appear as separate words.
The Word Tokenization parameter allows a user to specify what characters to use as delimiters between words when analyzing a node. The plugin contains a pre-populated list of commonly used delimiters that contains all space and punctuation characters. These delimeters appear under the heading "--Common Delimiters--" in the drop down boxes. A user can add or remove any of these delimeters from use in word tokenization.
If a user wishes to add to the list for word tokenization a delimeter that is not already contained in the list of options, they should should expand the Add Delimiter drop down box and under the heading "--User Defined--" select the choice "Select to add your own" and press the Add button. This will bring up a popup screen that will allow a user to add their own Word Tokenization delimeter.
The Word Stemming parameter section allows a user to enable a standard word stemming algorithm (the Porter Stemming Algorithm - http://tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer/) to map all words to their root word stem. The only choice for a user in this section is to either enable or disable stemming to be used.
1. Cloud List - A list of all clouds that exist for the current network. If no network is currently selected, then this section will display "No Network Loaded". A cloud can be renamed by selecting the cloud in the list, right clicking on the mouse and selecting "Edit Cloud Name". No two clouds for the same network can have the same name. By default the clouds will be named using sequential numbering.
2. Attribute Choice - Allows the user to specify which attributes to use when building the word cloud.
3. Advanced - User can specify the maximum number of words to display in the word cloud, as well as Word Aggregation Cutoff and the Network Normalization.
4. Cloud Layout - The user has a choice of serveral different styles for the layout of the word tag cloud. This is where a user will select whether or not they want to see a layout that includes clustering. A user can also export a cloud to a network here.
5. Word Exclusion List - A user can add or remove words to be ignored when building the word cloud. The list of words to filter out is applicable at the network level. Hence, any words added or removed while a particular cloud is selected in the cloud list will affect all future clouds created or updated from the network associated with that cloud.
This list initially contains a set of commonly occuring English "Stop Words" that are automatically filtered out.
This list initially contains a set of commonly occuring "Flagged Words" (e.g. kegg, reactome) that are automatically filtered out.
A user can easily add small numbers to the exclusion list by selecting the provided checkbox.
6. Word Tokenization - A user can add or remove characters to be used as delimiters when tokenizing the words that appear in the tag cloud. The list of delimiters is applicable at the network level. Hence, any delimiters added or removed while a particular cloud is selected in the cloud list will affect all future clouds created or updated from the network associated with that cloud.
This default list of delimiters contains a set of punctuation and white space markers.
Under the "Add Delimiter" list is an option that user can envoke to add their own delimiter that is not part of the pre-populated list of options.
7. Word Stemming - A user can choose to enable stemming which will map all words appearing in the tag cloud to their root stem using the Porter Stemming Algorithm.
8. Actions - The user has four choices: Delete (deletes the currently selected cloud), Update (takes in all parameters, the set of currently selected nodes, and all nodes in the network and builds an updated word cloud), Create (takes in all parameters, the set of currently selected nodes, and all nodes in the network and builds a new word cloud), and Save Image (saves a .png file of the currently selected cloud image at the location specified by the user).
Appears in the bottom (south) data panel.
Is refreshed every time a cloud is selected from the input panel, a network is brought into focus, a cloud is created, updated or deleted.
If a network view is available for the current network, clicking on a word in the currently displaying word cloud will highlight all nodes in the network that currently contain that word in the attribute that the word cloud was created using.
Node ID/Attribute:
Defines which node values to use for semantic analysis.
Default Value: node ID
Max Num of Words:
Determines the maximum number of words to display in the Cloud Display Panel. If the this number is less than the total number of possible words, only the most significant words will be displayed.
Default Value: 250
Valid Values: >=0
Word Aggregation Cutoff:
Minimal acceptable probability value for any pair of words to appear next to each other in a cluster - see parameter tips for more details.
Default Value: 1
Valid Values: >=0.0
Network Normalization:
Network Normalization weight used when calculated word size - see parameter tips for more details.
Default Value: 0.0
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From the Academy Award-winning creators of Finding Nemo comes the action-packed animated adventure about the mundane and incredible lives of a house full of superheroes. Bob Parr and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction. Exploding with exclusive fun and featuring an all-new animated short film, this spectacular 2-disc collector's edition DVD is high-flying entertainment for everyone.
Funny, light-hearted, great animation, bored of it now. Though i would watch the sequel if there was one (doubt it).
Good characters, especially the clever inreplay and reversal of dreams and family life and just the general roles in family and society and work.
Clever, sometimes subtle, sometimes painfully blunt. I think I need a glass of coke and some ice cream. In fact NO! Give me a coke-ice cream float!!!!
U kno when u have kids, u found urself wanting to do anything to give u some peace and timeout, i got this flim for that reason and to my suprise, i found myself watching it, To be honest, i watched it like 3 times, without my son being there. Tts not like ur average kiddies cartoon, With all the singing and music and all that, its actually a bit like the x men.
Great family film full of comedy, believable characters (despite being superheroes). Special mention for Edna the costume designer extraordinaire, who was just fabulous.


The Electric Vehicle Sales Event, aimed at drivers in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties, will offer discounts for the purchase or lease of plug-in electric vehicles from six auto dealerships for a 90-day period. For the 2018 sales event, running from Aug. 1 to Oct. 31, local auto dealerships are offering discounts of $515 to $1,950 on seven models of electric vehicles.
The dealer discounts are for plug-in electric-gasoline hybrid models and for plug-in all-electric vehicles. The discounts can be combined with the state of Colorado's $5,000 tax credit for purchase or $2,500 tax credit for lease, and a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. Together, they can significantly drive down the cost of a lease or purchase.
The EV Sales Event features five dealerships in Glenwood Springs and one in Grand Junction.
Mountain Chevrolet is offering two models, both with a $1,000 discount. The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid sedan can travel 53 miles in electric mode, and 420 miles total range using electric and gasoline. The Bolt all-electric is a compact hatchback with a range of 238 miles on a charge.
Red Rock Nissan, in Grand Junction, will offer the Nissan Leaf all-electric hatchback with three packages and discount amounts. The Leaf S is offered with a $1,737 discount, the Leaf SV with a $1,822 discount, and the Leaf SL with a $1,951 discount. The Leaf can travel up to 151 miles on a battery charge.
Anyone interested in driving an electric vehicle is encouraged to contact or visit any of the six participating dealers.


From my first spin of the gritty new album from Cleveland's Welshly Arms, I felt a comfortable classic rock warmth rush over me. The quartet exudes a cool bluesy rock swagger and they deliver ten compelling tracks on this their debut full-length album. It's guitar driven rock that conjures up impressive memories of blue-infused rock bands who have entertained us across the decades.
Sam Getz impresses throughout, as he delivers soulful vocals, which are distinctive yet familiar – he's got a great rock 'n roll voice and it shines through on many of the tracks. From a musical standpoint, I thoroughly enjoyed the guitars with catchy riffs and sharp solos spiced throughout the album.
The best song on the album is the first track, "Love In A Minor Key," a guitar driven romp that encapsulates the powerful rock that you can to expect throughout the album. The songs are all a bit different, but held together cohesively by the roaring guitars and Getz's captivating vocals. There's not a weak song on the album, and it's a creation that offers something of interest to any rock fan.
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Die Hammer-Filme wurden in den 1930er bis frühen 1980er Jahren von dem britischen Filmunternehmen Hammer Films ("Hammer Film Productions Ltd.") produziert. Nach über 20 Jahren Pause wurden die legendären Studios 2007 unter neuer Leitung reanimiert.
Die Filme spielen sich häufig im Horror- oder auch im Thriller-Genre ab. Aber auch Filme anderer Genres zählten regelmäßig zum Repertoire von Hammer, wie Science-Fiction-Filme, Historienfilme, Kriegsfilme oder Komödien.

Charakteristik

Zahlreiche Filmklassiker wie die Dracula-Verfilmungen mit Christopher Lee, der neben Peter Cushing einer der Stammschauspieler des Produktionsunternehmens war, sind Hammer-Produktionen. Hammer Films verknüpften als erste Filmgesellschaft die britische Gothic-Tradition mit den blutigen Grausamkeiten des französischen Théâtre du Grand-Guignol. Mit dieser expliziten Darstellung blutiger Details führte Hammer die erste große Genre-Innovation seit den Horror-Filmen der 1930er Jahre ein, bei denen, im Gegensatz zu den Hammer-Filmen, wenig blutige Details gezeigt wurden. Im Vergleich zu späteren Horrorfilmen, besonders ab den 70er Jahren, lässt man dem Zuschauer jedoch nach wie vor viel Raum bei der Interpretation der sogenannten Horrorszenen, und baut darauf, dass die eigene Vorstellungskraft des Publikums größer ist als das, was man zu zeigen vermag.
Bemerkenswert bei den Hammer-Filmen ist oftmals die Verwendung verschiedener Farbfilter vor der eigentlichen Kameralinse, um die bedrohliche Szenerie noch zu verstärken.

Filmproduktion

Firmengründung und die frühen Jahre
Die Produktionsgesellschaft wurde 1934 von William Hinds gegründet. Hinds war Inhaber einer Reihe von Juweliergeschäften und trat auch als Bühnenkomiker unter dem Künstlernamen "Will Hammer" auf – daher der Name des Unternehmens Hammer. Die erste, 1935 entstandene Filmproduktion war die Komödie The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (über die Karriere eines Bühnenentertainers), der Film gilt als verschollen. Im selben Jahr entstand Hammers erster Horrorfilm, die von Regisseur Denison Clift gedrehte Version einer Geschichte um das Geisterschiff "Mary Celeste" unter dem Titel The Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Unter den Mitwirkenden war Dracula-Darsteller Bela Lugosi, der die Rolle des Anton Lorenzen spielte und dessen Rolle damit anspielt auf das tatsächliche Besatzungsmitglied Volkert Lorenzen. Der Film erhielt miserable Kritiken. Es folgten noch drei weitere Filme (darunter Song of Freedom, 1936, mit Paul Robeson und "Will Hammer", alias William Hinds, selbst in einer winzigen Nebenrolle), dann stellte die Firma für die nächsten Jahre ihre Tätigkeit ein. Weiterbetrieben wurde allerdings die von Hinds und Enrique Carreras gegründete Verleihfirma Exclusive Films samt dazugehöriger Kinokette.
1947 nahm Hammer Films dann wieder seine Produktionstätigkeit auf, zunächst vor allem, um nach dem Krieg, als die britische Filmproduktion erst langsam wieder anlief, genug Material für die eigenen Kinos zur Verfügung zu haben. Die Söhne der Firmengründer, Anthony Hinds und James Carreras, stiegen als Produzenten bei Hammer ein und sollten die Geschicke der Gesellschaft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten maßgeblich mitbestimmen. Die erste Hammer-Produktion nach der Wiederaufnahme der Tätigkeit war 1947 der Krimi Death in High Heels, gefolgt 1948 unter anderem von River Patrol, einem Krimi über eine Bande von Nylon-Schmugglern (beide Filme waren jeweils nur eine gute Dreiviertelstunde lang). Relativ erfolgreich war dann eine Reihe von Spionagefilmen um den Geheimagenten "Dick Barton" (nach einer erfolgreichen BBC-Radioserie), beginnend mit Dick Barton – Geheimagent (1948) – nach drei Filmen war allerdings, aufgrund des Todes von Hauptdarsteller Don Stannard, schon wieder Schluss mit der Dick-Barton-Reihe.
Terence Fisher, der sich später zum wohl wichtigsten Regisseur bei Hammer entwickeln sollte, führte erstmals 1952 Regie, bei dem Film noir The Last Page. Fisher inszenierte kurz darauf auch die beiden ersten, äußerst kostengünstig hergestellten, Science-Fiction-Filme der Gesellschaft: Four Sided Triangle (1953), der schon einige Frankenstein-Motive vorwegnimmt, und Spaceways (1953), eine Mischung aus Whodunit und Science-Thriller (es geht um den Versuch, den weltweit ersten Satelliten ins All zu befördern).
In den folgenden Jahren erschienen zwei weitere erfolgreiche Filme, die Science-Fiction- mit Horrorelementen verbanden: Schock (1955, Regie: Val Guest, die Filmversion der ersten britischen Science-Fiction-TV-Serie The Quatermass Experiment, die noch zwei Nachfolger verbuchen konnte) und XX  unbekannt (1956, Regie: Leslie Norman).

Frankenstein und Dracula
Ihren Ruf als Spezialist für Horror-Filme begründeten Hammer Films 1957 mit der farbigen Neuverfilmung des Frankenstein-Stoffes nach Mary Shelley. Auf der Suche nach neuen Stoffen bemerkte das Unternehmen, dass seit fast 15 Jahren keine klassische Horrorverfilmung mehr erfolgt war und dass alle bisherigen Horrorfilme nur in Schwarzweiß vorlagen. Man verlegte die Frankenstein-Handlung in das Viktorianische Zeitalter, verpflichtete den damals noch relativ unbekannten Christopher Lee für die Darstellung von Frankensteins Monster, der aus rechtlichen Gründen jedoch die Darstellung von Boris Karloff in der bekanntesten Frankenstein-Verfilmung aus dem Jahr 1931 nicht übernehmen durfte (mit seiner neuen Maske jedoch der Buchvorlage mehr entsprach als Karloff) und konzentrierte sich in der Handlung mehr auf die Person des "verrückten Wissenschaftlers" Frankenstein, gespielt von Peter Cushing. Das Konzept von Frankensteins Fluch (The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957, Regie: Terence Fisher) war erfolgreich, sodass schon ein Jahr später Frankensteins Rache (The Revenge of Frankenstein, 1958) in die Kinos gebracht wurde und über die Jahre fünf weitere Nachfolger erhielt. Bekannt jedoch wurde Lee durch die Rolle des Grafen Dracula (in dem Film Dracula von 1958, Regie: Terence Fisher), dem er ein völlig neues Profil gab. Alleine durch seine Körpergröße, die stechenden Augen und seine gespenstische Mimik wurde er zum Symbol und Aushängeschild der Hammer-Produktionen. Auch hier war wiederum, wie bei Hammers erstem Frankenstein-Film, Peter Cushing, in der Rolle des Vampirjägers Van Helsing, Lees Gegenspieler auf der Leinwand. Die erfolgreiche Paarung wurde noch in einigen weiteren Filmen eingesetzt – zweimal trafen Cushing und Lee noch als Dracula und Van Helsing aufeinander (in Dracula jagt Minimädchen von 1972 und Dracula braucht frisches Blut von 1973), einmal als Ägyptologe und Mumie (in Die Rache der Pharaonen von 1959), manchmal standen sie auch auf derselben Seite (als Sherlock Holmes und Henry Baskerville in Der Hund von Baskerville von 1959, als Wissenschaftler-Kollegen in Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore von 1964 und Herrscherin der Wüste, ebenfalls von 1964).

Weitere Themen
Motiviert durch den Erfolg der ersten Frankenstein- und Dracula-Neuverfilmung, machte man sich bei Hammer daran, im Lauf der Zeit auch andere, ursprünglich unter anderem durch Universal populär gemachte Horrorgestalten zurück auf die Leinwand zu bringen. 1959 hatte die Mumie ihr Comeback (Der Fluch der Mumie – mit drei Fortsetzungen), gefolgt 1960 von Dr. Jekyll (Schlag 12 in London – mit einer Fortsetzung), dem Wolfsmenschen 1961 (Der Fluch von Siniestro – dies sollte Hammers einziger Werwolf-Film fürs Kino bleiben), dem Phantom der Oper 1962 (Das Rätsel der unheimlichen Maske – keine Fortsetzung). All diesen Filmen drückte Terence Fisher als Regisseur seinen Stempel auf. 1966 kam dann noch Hammers einziger Zombie-Film Nächte des Grauens heraus, diesmal in der Regie von John Gilling.

Neben den Dracula-Filmen produzierte Hammer noch eine Anzahl weiterer Vampirfilme, darunter die "Karnstein"-Trilogie (nach Joseph Sheridan LeFanus Carmilla, beginnend mit Gruft der Vampire von 1970). Im Horror-Genre beschäftigte man sich außerdem mit Themen wie Tiermenschen (Das schwarze Reptil, 1965) sowie Hexerei und Satanismus (Der Teufel tanzt um Mitternacht, 1966, Die Braut des Teufels, 1967, und andere). Einen großen Stellenwert bei Hammer hatten außerdem zahlreiche Psycho-Thriller.

Schauspieler, Regisseure und andere Mitarbeiter
Neben Peter Cushing und Christopher Lee zählten noch eine Reihe weiterer Schauspieler und Schauspielerinnen zum Stamm-Ensemble der Hammer-Filme, darunter Ingrid Pitt, Barbara Shelley, Ralph Bates, Thorley Walters, André Morell, Oliver Reed und Michael Ripper. Wesentliche Regisseure waren vor allem Terence Fisher, Freddie Francis, Roy Ward Baker, John Gilling, Peter Sasdy, Don Sharp und Alan Gibson, sowie Val Guest, der nach Terence Fisher die zweitmeisten Filme für Hammer inszenierte. Hervorzuheben sind hier auch noch Jimmy Sangster, der für Hammer nicht nur als Regisseur mehrere Filme gedreht, sondern als Autor auch über 20 Drehbücher verfasst hat, sowie der künstlerisch prägende Produktionsleiter und Drehbuchautor Anthony Hinds, der Sohn von Firmengründer William Hinds. Auch Michael Carreras, Sohn von James und Enkel von Enrique Carreras, war als Produzent und Regisseur eine zentrale Figur bei Hammer. Stilbildend wirkten außerdem der Komponist James Bernard, Kameramann Jack Asher, Production-Designer Bernard Robinson und Maskenbildner Roy Ashton.

Die Studios
Das Unternehmen wird oft fälschlicherweise als Hammer-Studios bezeichnet, doch Hammer ist nur der Name des Produktionsunternehmens. Die kleine, bis 1970 Hammer-eigene Atelieranlage, in der die meisten Filme aus der Zeit entstanden sind, heißt Bray Studios und befindet sich in London in der Nähe des Themse-Ufers, bei Windsor. Gedreht wird aber auch in den größeren Elstree- und Pinewood Studios.

Die letzten Jahre
1979 erschien mit dem Thriller Tödliche Botschaft der vorerst letzte Kinofilm der Hammer Film Productions. Der finanzielle Misserfolg des Films führte zum Konkurs des Unternehmens, das daraufhin unter Zwangsverwaltung geriet. 1980 und 1984 wurden dann noch zwei TV-Serien herausgebracht, Hammer House of Horror (Gefrier-Schocker) und Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (Vorsicht, Hochspannung), die den endgültigen Niedergang von Hammer aber auch nicht mehr verhindern konnten.

Neubeginn
In den 2000er Jahren wurde mehrmals eine Reaktivierung von Hammer Films angekündigt. Im Jahr 2007 übernahm der niederländische Produzent John de Mol das Unternehmen und kündigte die Produktion eines neuen Horrorfilms an. Beyond the Rave wurde im April 2008 veröffentlicht. Der Film The Resident, mit dem auch Christopher Lee sein (einmaliges) Comeback als Hammer-Darsteller feierte, erschien 2011. Mittlerweile sind 8 "neue" Hammer-Filme entstanden, besonders erfolgreich waren bisher Die Frau in Schwarz und Let Me In, das Remake des schwedischen Vampirfilms So finster die Nacht.
2017 erschien die Hörspielfassung eines unrealisierten Drehbuchs von Anthony Hinds, The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula, in der Regie von Mark Gatiss, eine Filmversion ist für die Zukunft angedacht.
Hammer ist nach wie vor aktiv. Der Kurzfilm The Monkey's Paw (nach W. W. Jacobs) befindet sich in Post-Produktion.

Veröffentlichungen
Zahlreiche Hammer-Filme liegen auf VHS und DVD vor. So veröffentlichten die Label Warner und Anolis zwischen 2002 und 2004 eine Reihe von Hammer-Filmen erstmals auf DVD. Seit 2007 werden unveröffentlichte Filme und Neuauflagen von Koch Media auf den Markt gebracht. Von der Filmmusik der Hammer-Filme ist einiges auch auf CD erschienen. Am 21. März 2012 veröffentlichte Hammer Films die The Hammer ScreamBoard App für das iPhone.

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Filme nach Genres und Themen
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Auch wenn Hammer heute in erster Linie mit Horrorfilmen assoziiert wird, so hat die Firma sich doch auch mit sehr vielen anderen Genres beschäftigt. Bei genauerer Betrachtung macht das Horrorgenre nur etwa ein gutes Drittel von Hammers gesamtem Produktionsvolumen aus. So haben etwa Psychothriller einen ebenfalls sehr hohen Stellenwert. In der Anfangszeit, vor Beginn der Horror-Welle mit Frankensteins Fluch von 1957, wurden bei Hammer fast ausschließlich klassische Krimis hergestellt, ergänzt durch etliche Komödien sowie ein paar SF-Filme mit Gruselelementen.

Auffällig ist die Tendenz, erfolgreichen Filmen Fortsetzungen folgen zu lassen, so dass teilweise längere, mehr oder weniger kontinuierlich aufeinander aufbauende Film-Serien entstanden – in erster Linie hier zu nennen die Dracula– und die Frankenstein-Reihe. Dies entspricht einer ähnlichen Praxis bei den Universal-Horrorfilmen, deren Erbe Hammer ja in gewisser Weise angetreten hat. Wie bei den Universal-Reihen bemühte man sich auch bei Hammer großteils um logische Übergänge zwischen den Filmen – so wurde etwa jedes Mal zu Beginn eines Dracula-Films dargestellt, wie Dracula, der ja am Schluss des vorangegangenen Films gestorben war, nun erneut ins Dasein zurückkehren konnte. Anders als bei Universal, wo in der Endphase, durch das Zusammenführen verschiedener Filmmonster, die Sub-Genres mehr und mehr miteinander verschmolzen, blieben die diversen Reihen bei Hammer allerdings bis zuletzt sauber voneinander getrennt.

Vom Vorbild Universal abgesehen gab es noch einen weiteren Grund für Hammers Vorliebe für serielle Filmproduktion: etliche ihrer Reihen (und auch ein paar Einzelfilme) basierten nämlich auf erfolgreichen Radio- und Fernsehserien der BBC, die von Hammer als Kinofilme umgesetzt wurden – vor allem die Dick Barton-, die Quatermass- und die Busdepot-Reihe. Hammers eigene TV-Serien (Journey to the Unknown, Gefrier-Schocker und Vorsicht, Hochspannung!) verzichteten allerdings umgekehrt auf diese Art von Kontinuität, jede Episode erzählte eine komplett unabhängige Geschichte.

 Horrorfilme
 Dracula:
Die Dracula-Reihe erzeugt Kontinuität durch die beiden Hauptfiguren Dracula und Van Helsing und deren Darsteller Christopher Lee und Peter Cushing. Nur in einem Teil der Serie sind allerdings beide gemeinsam zu sehen: In Dracula und seine Bräute agiert lediglich Van Helsing, Dracula wird nur erwähnt, in den vier darauf folgenden Filmen taucht umgekehrt nur Dracula, nicht aber Van Helsing auf. Mit Dracula jagt Minimädchen springt die Serie in die Gegenwart, hier ist Van Helsing in der im 19. Jahrhundert spielenden Anfangsszene zu sehen, in der im 20. Jahrhundert spielenden Haupthandlung übernimmt dann, um die Logik zu wahren, ein Nachfahre Van Helsings (wieder von Cushing gespielt) die Hauptrolle. Einen Bruch stellt der letzte Dracula-Film Die 7 goldenen Vampire dar – hier findet die Handlung wieder in der Vergangenheit statt, und Dracula wird zum ersten und einzigen Mal nicht von Lee, sondern von John-Forbes Robertson dargestellt.
Dracula (1958) / Dracula und seine Bräute (1960) / Blut für Dracula (1965) / Draculas Rückkehr (1968) / Wie schmeckt das Blut von Dracula? (1969) / Dracula – Nächte des Entsetzens (1970) / Dracula jagt Minimädchen (1972) / Dracula braucht frisches Blut (1973) / Die 7 goldenen Vampire (1974)
 Karnstein-Trilogie:
Die ersten beiden Filme sind durch dieselbe Hauptfigur, die Vampirin Carmilla Karnstein, verbunden, die jedoch im ersten Film von einer anderen Schauspielerin (Ingrid Pitt) als im zweiten Film (Yutte Stensgaard) gespielt wird. Im dritten Film ist die Verbindung nur noch lose, das Geschlecht Karnstein steht im Mittelpunkt, Carmilla selbst (erneut von einer anderen Schauspielerin verkörpert) hat nur noch einen Kurzauftritt. Ursprünglich war die heute so genannte Karnstein-Trilogie gar nicht als Trilogie geplant – ein vierter Film (mit Peter Cushing als Graf Karnstein) war geplant, wurde jedoch nicht  mehr realisiert. Einige Anspielungen haben dann Eingang in Captain Kronos, Vampirjäger gefunden, der deshalb gelegentlich inoffiziell auch als vierter Teil der Karnstein-Serie betrachtet wird und eigentlich selbst eine neue Captain-Kronos-Serie begründen sollte, zu der es nicht mehr kam.
Gruft der Vampire (1970) / Nur Vampire küssen blutig (1971) / Draculas Hexenjagd (1971)
 andere Vampirfilme: Der Kuß des Vampirs (1962) / Comtesse des Grauens (1970) / Circus der Vampire (1971) / Captain Kronos – Vampirjäger (1974) / Beyond the Rave (2008) / Let Me In (2010)
 Frankenstein:
Anders als bei Universals Frankenstein-Serie, bei der das Monster im Mittelpunkt stand, kreisen Hammers Frankenstein-Filme um die Figur des Dr. Frankenstein, der in jedem Film eine neue Kreatur erschafft und durchgängig von Peter Cushing verkörpert wurde. Eine Ausnahme stellt der als Reboot gedachte Film Frankensteins Schrecken dar, der erneut, so wie schon der erste Film der Reihe, auf Mary Shelleys Original-Roman basiert, hier wurde Frankenstein von Ralph Bates gespielt. Im folgenden und letzten Film der Reihe, Frankensteins Höllenmonster, übernahm dann wieder Cushing die Rolle.
Frankensteins Fluch (1957) / Frankensteins Rache (1958) / Frankensteins Ungeheuer (1963) / Frankenstein schuf ein Weib (1966) / Frankenstein muss sterben! (1969) / Frankensteins Schrecken (1970) / Frankensteins Höllenmonster (1972)
 Die Mumie:
Hammers vier Mumienfilme stellen keine wirkliche Serie dar, sie sind nur thematisch miteinander verbunden. Der erste Film ist ein etwas abgeändertes Remake von Universals Mumienfilm The Mummy's Hand (seinerseits die erste Fortsetzung von Die Mumie), aber jeder Nachfolgefilm erzählt dann eine völlig unabhängige Geschichte, mit unterschiedlichen Hauptfiguren und Darstellern.
Die Rache der Pharaonen (1959) / Die Rache des Pharao (1964) / Der Fluch der Mumie (1966) / Das Grab der blutigen Mumie (1971)
 Dr. Jekyll: The Ugly Duckling (1959) / Schlag 12 in London (1960) / Dr. Jekyll und Sister Hyde (1971)
 Mad Scientist: Four Sided Triangle (1953) / Den Tod überlistet (1959) / Die Experimente des Mr. Blueck (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 7, 1980)
 Werwolf: Der Fluch von Siniestro (1961) / Kinder des Vollmonds (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 8, 1980)
 Tiermenschen: Das schwarze Reptil (1965)
 Okkultismus (Hexerei, Satanismus): Der Teufel tanzt um Mitternacht (1966) / Die Braut des Teufels (1967) / Dämonen der Seele (1971) / Die Braut des Satans (1975) / Die Hexe von Woodstock-Farm (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 1, 1980) / Der Wächter des Höllenschlunds (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 10, 1980) / Die Handlanger des Satans (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 13, 1980) / Die Satansvision (Vorsicht, Hochspannung!, Episode 9, 1984) / Wake Wood (2011)
 Zombies / Voodoo: Nächte des Grauens (1966) / Charlie Boy (Gefrier-Schocker, Episode 6, 1980)
 Phantom der Oper: Das Rätsel der unheimlichen Maske (1962)
 Jack the Ripper: Room to Let (1950) / Hände voller Blut (1971)
 andere: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) / Yeti, der Schneemensch (1957) / Der Hund von Baskerville (1959) / Das alte finstere Haus (1962) / Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore (1964) / Gefrierschocker – mehrere Episoden (1980) / Vorsicht, Hochspannung! – mehrere Episoden (1984) / Die Frau in Schwarz (2012) / The Quiet Ones (2014) / Die Frau in Schwarz 2: Engel des Todes (2015)
 Thriller
 The  Man in Black (1949) / The Black Widow (1951) / Der Schnorchel (1958) / Vertraue keinem Fremden (1960) / Der unsichtbare Schatten (1960) / Ein Toter spielt Klavier (1961) / Schatten einer Katze (1961) / Die Ausgekochten (1962) / Haus des Grauens (1962) / Der Satan mit den langen Wimpern (1963) / Das düstere Haus (1964) / War es wirklich Mord? (1965) / Crescendo – Die Handschrift des Satans (1969) / The Fear – Angst in der Nacht (1971) / Ehe der Morgen graut (1971) / Tödliche Botschaft (1979) / Gefrierschocker – mehrere Episoden (1980) / Vorsicht, Hochspannung! – mehrere Episoden (1984) / The Resident (2011) / The Lodge (2019)
 Science Fiction
 Quatermass-Serie:
Die Quatermass-Filme basieren auf der britischen TV-Serie The Quatermass Experiment. Der zweite Teil, Feinde aus dem Nichts, trägt im Original den Titel Quatermass 2 und gilt als das erste Sequel der Filmgeschichte mit einer Ordnungszahl im Titel. Die beiden ersten Teile sind in Schwarzweiß gedreht, die Hauptfigur, Prof. Quatermass, wird in beiden von Brian Donlevy gespielt. Im dritten, zehn Jahre später und in Farbe produzierten Teil, wird Quatermass von Andrew Keir dargestellt.
Schock (1955) / Feinde aus dem Nichts (1957) / Das grüne Blut der Dämonen (1967)
 andere: Four Sided Triangle (1953) / Spaceways (1953) / XX unbekannt (1956) / Sie sind verdammt (1962) / Bestien lauern vor Caracas (1967) / Banditen auf dem Mond (1969) / Ein Kinderspiel (Vorsicht, Hochspannung!, Episode 10, 1984)
 Historien-Filme
 Robin Hood:
Hammers Robin-Hood-Filme sind nur durch die handelnden Personen (wie Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Sheriff von Nottingham usw.) miteinander verbunden, die aber in jedem Film von anderen Darstellern verkörpert werden. Es besteht auch keine inhaltliche Verbindung zwischen den Filmen. Der Robin-Hood-Darsteller Richard Greene im zweiten Film (Das Schwert des Robin Hood) hatte die Rolle zuvor bereits mehrere Jahre lang in der TV-Serie Die Abenteuer von Robin Hood gespielt. Der vierte Film (Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood) wurde bereits 1969 als Pilotfilm für eine nicht realisierte TV-Serie gedreht, kam aber erst vier Jahre später ins Kino.
Robin Hood, der rote Rächer (1954) / Das Schwert des Robin Hood (1960) / Robin Hood, der Freiheitsheld (1967) / Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973)
 Piraten: Piraten vom Todesfluß (1962) / Die Bande des Captain Clegg (1962) / Die Teufelspiraten (1963)
 Kolonialzeit: Die Würger von Bombay (1959) / Terror der Tongs (1960) / Die Letzten von Fort Kandahar (1964)
 Ur- und Vorzeit: Eine Million Jahre vor unserer Zeit (1966) / Der Sklave der Amazonen (1966) / Als Dinosaurier die  Erde beherrschten (1970) / Sex vor 6 Millionen Jahren (1970)
 andere: Die scharlachrote Klinge (1963) / Rasputin – der wahnsinnige Mönch (1965) / Königin der Wikinger (1966) / Comtesse des Grauens (1970)
 Fantasy
 She: Herrscherin der Wüste (1964) / Jung, blond und tödlich (1967)
 andere: Yeti, der Schneemensch (1957) / Der Sklave der Amazonen (1966) / Bestien lauern vor Caracas (1967)
 Kriegsfilme
 Stahlbajonett (1957) / Die gelbe Hölle (1958) / Feinde von gestern (1959) / Vor uns die Hölle (1959) / Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) / Das Geheimnis der Blutinsel (1964)
 Krimis
 allgemein: The Bank Messenger Mystery (1936) / Death in High Heels (1947) / The Dark Road (1948) / River Patrol (1948) / Who Killed Van Loon? (1948) / The Adventures of PC 49 (1949) / Celia (1949) / Doctor Morelle (1949) / Meet Simon Cherry (1949) / Someone at the Door (1950) / A Case for PC 49 (1951) / Cloudburst (1951) / The Dark Light (1951) / The Rossiter Case (1951) / Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) / Death of an Angel (1952) / Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur (1952) / Wings of Danger (1952) / The Gambler and the Lady (1952) / Blood Orange (1953) / Mantrap (1953) / Todesroulette (1953) / Face the Music (1954) / Third Party Risk (1954) / Spionagenetz Hamburg (1955) / The Glass Cage (1955) / Murder by Proxy (1955) / Women Without Men (1956) / Murder at Site 3 (1956) / A Man on the Beach (Kurzfilm, 1956) / Der Hund von Baskerville (1959)
 Dick-Barton-Serie: Dick Barton - Geheimagent (1948) / Dick Barton - Geheimwelle 505 (1949) / Dick Barton und der Todesstrahl (1950)
 Film noir: Erpresserin (1952) / Stolen Face (1952) / Teufel in Blond (1953) / Das Gangster-Syndikat (1953) / Five Days (1954) / The House Across the Lake (1954) / A Stranger Came Home (1954) / Hetzjagd (1960) / Cash on Demand (1962)
 Komödien
 allgemein: The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) / Sporting Love (1936) / The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) / Someone at the Door (1950) / What the Butler Saw (1950) / Life with the Lyons (1954) / The Lyons in Paris (1955) / Watch It, Sailor! (1961) / A Weekend with Lulu (1961) / Nearest and Dearest (1972) / Love Thy Neighbour (1973) / Man About the House (1974)
 Bus-Serie: Aufruhr im Busdepot (1971) / Meuterei im Bus (1972) / Ein irrer Trip im Wahnsinnsbus (1973)
 Militärkomödien: Immer Ärger in der Army (1958) / I Only Arsked! (1958) / Noch mehr Ärger in der Army (1958) / Don't Panic Chaps! (1959)
 Schwarze Komödien / Gruselkomödien: The Ugly Duckling (1959) / Das alte finstere Haus (1962) / Die Giftspritze (1967) / Das total verrückte Begräbnis (1972)
 Action
 Mask of Dust (1954) / Spionagenetz Hamburg (1955) / Murder at Site 3 (1956) / Einmal China und zurück (1960) / Ti Lung – Der tödliche Schatten des Mr. Shatter (1974) / Die 7 goldenen Vampire (1974)

Soundtracks
 Music From the Hammer Films. Music by James Bernard · Christopher Gunning · David Whitaker. Silva Screen Records, London 1989, Tonträger-Nr. FILMCD 066

Literatur
 Almut Oetjen: Hammer Horror – Galerie des Grauens. Corian, 1995, ISBN 3-89048-308-9.
 Peter Osteried: Hammer Chronicles – Eine Aufarbeitung über das Kultfilmstudio aus England. MPW, Hille 2006, ISBN 978-3-931608-74-3.
 Andy Boot: Fragments of Fear. An Illustrated History of British Horror Films. Creation Books, London 1996, ISBN  1 871592 35 6.
 Rolf Giesen: Lexikon des phantastischen Films, Band 1, Seiten 278 – 294. Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-548-36508-6

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Website von Hammer Films (englisch)
 Filmplakate, Kino-Aushangfotos und Trailer zu Hammer-Filmen
 Hammer-Filmmusik

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World War II [r]: War between the Allies (most notably the UK, US and Soviet Union) and the Axis (principally Germany and Japan) 1939–1945. [e]
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George Kenney [r]: (1889-1977) General, United States Air Force, who headed the Far Eastern Air Force of Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area, and was the first commander of the Strategic Air Command [e]
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Hirohito [r]: The 124th and longest-reigning Emperor of Japan, 1926-89. [e]
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Blasket have really enjoyed our time in the woodwork room. We started by using sandpaper to smooth some 'off cuts' of wood. We then placed the wood into the vice and 'twisted'. We used a hammer to join four pieces of wood to make a frame. Teacher reinforced the corners with a glue gun.
After our Autumn woodland walk, we sorted through the leaves we'd gathered and selected our favourites. We used PVA glue to stick the leaves together and then stapled them to our frames.
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As part of our 'Autumn' project, we visited a woodland and observed leaves change colour and die. As we approach 'All Soul's Day', we chatted about how some time, plants, pets and people die.
Some students brought in memory cards and photos of people close to them who have died – grandparents and great grandparents.
We went to town and bought oasis and flowers.
In class we really enjoyed arranging the flowers to make beautiful flower posies – each student will bring theirs home and place on an important family grave.
We then made a visit to a grave yard and left flowers on teacher's important family grave.
Blasket travelled to the forest to gather Autumn leaves. We enjoyed a lovely woodland walk and noticed lots of colours, fungi, spiders, leaves, trees, water and cones. On the way back we popped into visit some very scary people. We noticed large waves at the sea and loved the wind blowing. We had a fun Autumn day out – we will use the leaves we gathered to make a decoration with the frames we made at woodwork.
"Oh my" what a wonderful experience we had today. We travelled to Armagh to participate in an engaging and humorous interactive, non-verbal show by fidget feet.
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Or head to the Original Farmers Market on Fairfax Avenue for food stalls and shopping. There's also the Venice Beach Farmers Market which is tamer compared to the others but still presents all the essentials from seasonal produce to a variety of artisanal food vendors.
Los Angeles is famously known as the city that celebrates after-hours entertainment. While West Hollywood demands a separate trip to fully appreciate its diverse pockets and wilder side, you can get a taste of it if you stick to the main artery. Start by the Sunset Strip where you'll find some of the best southeast Asian restaurants. Try Night + Market for traditional and nouveau takes on Thai cuisine or head to E.P. & L.P. for rooftop drinks and snacks.
While there is no shortage of luxury in Los Angeles, the Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, near Venice Beach wins our hearts for the cozy feel of its lobby and close proximity to the Abbot Kinney strip's excellent shopping and eating. The hotel cradles one of the largest recreational marinas in the world, so expect epic views of the water from the outdoor saltwater pool and sunsets from the club lounge (free with suites).
In West Hollywood, try the Charlie Hotel, a property that captures that home-away-from-home feel. Once owned by Charlie Chaplin as a retreat for his famous friends, the English cottage-like buildings now serve as unique suites named for the stars that once stayed in them; the Marilyn's dining room overlooks a quaint garden while the Clark's two bedrooms each have their own patio.
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