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Review: Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Isn't Very Good But Weirdly Entertaining
Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Director: Burr Steers
Screenwriter: Burr Steers (screenplay), Jane Austen (Quirk Books novel), and Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk Books novel)
Principal Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Ellie Bamber, Millie Brady, and Douglas Booth
Summary: Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge — an army of undead zombies.
I decided to see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies over Hail, Caesar! this week. This is a decision that may seem baffling, but as a former English major I enjoy anything that makes fun of the books I've been forced to read many times over. I don't have a problem with Austen, I usually enjoy different adaptations of her work, but they can vary wildly in quality. The Austen angle wasn't what I was worried about when it came to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but the zombie angle itself. The book that this is based on came out in 2009 and the movie has been stuck in "development hell" for almost as long. I had a sneaking suspicion that this type of movie might be too little, too late as we have all gotten more than a little sick of the zombie genre by now.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is far from a good Austen adaptation, or a good zombie movie, but its willingness to play everything completely straight left me oddly entertained.
As I said back in my review of Viktor Frankenstein, I tend to have a fondness for camp and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is absolutely camp. The fact that the original source material is basically the groundwork for almost all romantic comedies now (girl and boy hate each other but then learn to love each other) also helps. The original book, while I haven't read it entirely, is basically a straight re-telling of the source material with words occasionally changed to "zombie". The movie goes in a different direction and builds an entire mythos using the zombie angle as a metaphor for the black death and other diseases that have wiped out nearly all of Europe's population. There are crazy battles and sword wielding maidens that sit together cleaning their guns instead of drinking tea. The juxtaposition is intentional but doesn't always work.
The actors are playing everything completely straight with the exception of Lena Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh who is the only one who seems in on the joke. The thing that hurts the movie is that everyone else is playing everything a little too subdued. They aren't indulging in any irony but they also aren't going for broke in any way that would make everything extremely entertaining. There is a fine line between overacting and being in on the joke and it feels like most of the cast isn't quite there. The pacing is also very odd, which is another way the juxtaposition between the zombies and the period dramas don't work. The movie grinds to a halt when it becomes an Austen adaptation again and then ramps back up for more zombie kills. In a movie it's a bit too much, but that kind of tonal dissonance could have worked for a longer form of media such as a television show or a web series.
All of that being said (and while I cannot in any way say that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a good movie) by the time the credits rolled I was oddly entertained in a terrible sort of way. It wasn't as amusing to me as say Viktor Frankenstein, but I enjoyed the movie a lot more than I thought I would. This is one of those movies that people who are into the genre of camp will enjoy more than those who are not, but isn't really good enough camp for me to entirely recommend it. If you're of age and a drinker, I feel like this would be a good movie to bring a flask into.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is not a good movie, or even great camp, but I was oddly entertained at the end. Is this a movie you should run out and see? Absolutely not. However, if you have the time to catch a matinee or a pass that needs to be used, you could certainly do worse. If you're of age and have a cinema pub nearby this might make for an amusing evening with friends.
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Бе́лая гора́ — гора Урала, одна из наиболее высоких вершин Весёлых гор на Среднем Урале, в муниципальном образовании «город Нижний Тагил» Свердловской области, Россия. Расположена вблизи посёлка Уралец, к юго-западу от города Нижнего Тагила. На горе располагается международная лыжная база «Гора Белая» — популярный горнолыжный центр, посещаемый туристами Нижнего Тагила, Екатеринбурга, Тюмени и других городов.

География
Гора Белая расположена в муниципальном образовании «город Нижний Тагил». Она является вершиной северной части хребта Весёлые горы. Расположена в 17 километрах к северу от вершины горы Старик-Камень, в 3 километрах к востоку от посёлка Уралец. Высота — 715,4 метров.

Описание
Гора вытянута с севера на юг на многие километры и полностью покрыта смешанным лесом. Произрастают преимущественно сосны, ели и берёзы. Склоны одинаково пологие с севера на юг и чуть более крутые с запада на восток. Кое-где на склонах имеются скальные образования.

В литературе
Одно из первых упоминаний о Белой горе относится к 1770 году, когда по Уралу путешествовал немецкий учёный П. С. Паллас. Он писал:
Гора в юго-восточную сторону Уральского хребта по причине крутых известковых слоёв именуется Белый камень. Собирающиеся около её вершины туманы и облака обычно предвещают дождь и мокрую погоду.

О горнолыжном комплексе
Международная лыжная база «Гора Белая» как горнолыжный центр действует с 1963 года. В 1977 году на Белой горе состоялись Всесоюзные сельские игры. В 1980 году Белая принимала спортсменов Чемпионата Центрального совета сельских ДСО.

В 2003 году постановлением правительства Свердловской области было принято решение о строительстве горнолыжного комплекса на Белой горе. Летом 2005 года был заложен первый камень нового комплекса. К зимнему сезону 2005—2006 года были запущены в эксплуатацию два бугельных подъёмника.

В 2018 году по версии Международного Лыжного салона, проходившего в Москве, горнолыжный комплекс «Гора Белая» стал победителем в номинации «Лучший семейный курорт», а также вошел в Книгу «Горнолыжная Россия — 2018. ТОП горнолыжных курортов»

В настоящее время в состав горнолыжного комплекса входят:

 подъёмники (четырёхместный скоростной кресельный и два буксировочных);
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 трасса сноутюбинга с безопорным буксировочным подъёмником;
 трассы для беговых лыж;
 трассы для маунтинбайка;
 сервисный центр (гостиница на 50 мест и кафе);
 спортивная площадка (зимой — каток);
 физкультурно-оздоровительный комплекс с плавательным бассейном;
 прокат снегоходов;
 беседки для пикников;
 верёвочный парк.

Примечания

Горнолыжные курорты Свердловской области
Горные вершины Свердловской области
Городской округ город Нижний Тагил

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Can AI Demonstrate Creativity?
By Keith Kirkpatrick
Communications of the ACM, February 2023, Vol. 66 No. 2, Pages 21-23
Credit: Kevin Roose, DALL-E
Creativity has been defined as the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. While the source of the development of those ideas can be debated—does creativity spring from the heart, the brain, the soul, or one's experiences—it has been largely accepted that humans alone possess the capability to truly create.
The emergence of computers and artificial intelligence (AI) has led to systems that, fed a sufficient amount of training data, can mimic the output of a creative writer, artist, or musician, thereby encroaching on humans' monopoly on the creative process. Artificial intelligence techniques can be used to create new ideas in a few different ways, such as producing unique combinations of familiar ideas, creating new works based on the attributes of previous works, and by offering new ideas based on combinations of attributes and ideas that humans may not have thought of during the creation of a new work.
A notable example of the power of AI to generate a so-called "creative" work was demonstrated in 2016 when the IBM Watson AI platform was used to create a movie trailer for 20th Century Fox's horror film, Morgan. The first example of a trailer created solely by AI, Watson was used to analyze the visuals, sound, and composition of hundreds of existing horror film trailers, and then it selected scenes from the completed Morgan movie for editors to patch together into a trailer. The use of AI to comb through scenes to create a trailer in the style of other horror movies helped to reduce the amount of time editors needed to spend on the project from a week down to a single day.
How AI Can Mimic Creative Works
The process for using AI to generate creative content is largely based around the use of foundational models or generative adversarial networks. These approaches utilize deep neural networks designed to mimic the ways in which the human brain learns by creating associations between specific elements that can be combined to create a finished work.
Figure. Image created by DALL•E 2 when prompted, "AI envisioned as an artist creating beautiful art."
Figure. Image created by DALL•E 2 when prompted, "the most wildly creative image imaginable."
These neural networks are fed millions or billions of examples of a particular output (which could include images, sound samples, or text passages), which they subject to a sophisticated type of pattern matching to "learn" specific attributes, patterns, or cues. For example, algorithms that are used to create artwork in the style of impressionist artists would be shown works from Monet, Renoir, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, and Matisse, generally considered to be masters in this style of artwork. The neural network examines the works as patterns of pixels, and can be trained to identify the specific patterns that define the impressionist style. This creates a framework of knowledge that can be used to create a new work based on the learned parameters and attributes. The more "layers" or "depth" the model has, the more complex the resulting patterns and correlations can be.
Large AI companies such as OpenAI (which describes itself on its website as "a research and deployment company" whose mission is "to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity") have created applications such as DALL-E (referencing the artist Salvador Dali), which was announced in January 2021, and demonstrated that this approach could reproduce and recombine features from those existing images in new and aesthetically pleasing ways. The next version, DALL-E 2, released a year later, featured improvements to image quality and demonstrated that the system could reproduce different artistic styles.
There is an inherent level of reality within works created by AI, because models are trained on existing works that incorporate aspects humans find pleasing.
A similar approach can be taken with other types of creative works, such as music, where a neural network would be fed examples of music in order to learn specific patterns (such as common chord progressions, melodies, rhythms, and structure) used within a given genre, artist's repertoire, or other style data (for example, data distinguishing a waltz from a 12-bar blues or a jam-band-style improvisation).
Figure. Image created by DALL•E 2 when prompted, "AI creative self portrait."
This approach was used to create a song called "Break Free," which was composed by musician and YouTuber Taryn Southern. Southern utilized an open source platform called Amper Music (www.ampermusic.com) to create the basic stems, a grouped collection of audio sources grouped together as a single unit that will be combined with other stems during the mixing process. By choosing parameters that governed the song's structure, including the tempo, rhythm, type of instrumentation, and style, the AI platform created possibilities that Southern could choose from to create a song. Southern picked the possibilities she liked, and then arranged the pieces into a song structure to fit the lyrics she had written.
Can AI Be Considered "Creative"?
Despite the ability of AI to produce creative outputs based on the attributes of existing works, the process is not the same as a human's creativity, which comes from a combination of real-world experience, emotion, and inspiration. Indeed, these neural-network-driven systems lack real-world understanding of the world, and without the proper guardrails or parameters, can produce works that are nonsensical or strange. Further, because these outputs are based on the images, sound clips, or texts on which they are trained, they can reflect certain societal biases, such as creating artwork that renders, say, pilots as male, nurses as female, or song lyrics overrun with racial slurs or obscenities.
"Actual creativity is difficult to replicate. However, machine learning is an expert in finding patterns," says Wayne Butterfield, a partner of ISG Automation, a unit of global technology research and advisory firm ISG. "If these patterns are deemed as creativity, then, yes, computers can appear to be creative. The reality is for AI, each note, brush stroke, design, or other aspect of artistic expression is based on existing data, versus a true, original stroke of genius."
There is an inherent level of humanity within works created by AI, because models are trained on existing works that incorporate attributes humans find pleasing, such as certain combinations of colors, notes, or words. That said, "A computer is not a sentient being, and so it needs to have an input and then it will have an output," says Roger Firestien, a senior faculty member of the Center for Applied Imagination at the State University of New York College at Buffalo, a creativity consultant to Fortune 500 firms, and author of books detailing how creative ideas can be generated and applied to problems. "It seems like there's still always going to be some sort of human element there, at least at the genesis of using the technology."
A Catalyst for Creativity
Perhaps the greatest change AI will impose on the creative arts is the expansion of the number of people or organizations that can generate and experiment with art, writing, and music. This can impact not only individual creators, but organizations that utilize creative works. For purely commercial applications, such as television scores or jingles, AI can be seen a method for improving the overall quality of a production, while reducing costs.
"Twenty years ago, television shows like A&E's Biography were still paying composers to score the episodes with original music," says Bob Higgins, a television producer and songwriter based in New York City. "That practice was replaced by blanket deals with music libraries offering cheaper, albeit generic, instrumental cuts for pennies. Now, it sounds like shows can have original music again, cuts created specifically for the show, but also done on the cheap by AI."
"For AI, each note, brush stroke, design, or other aspect of artistic expression is based on existing data, versus a true, original stroke of genius."
Even as AI improves, it is likely the technology will be used to augment, rather than replace, human creators. "Rather than put people out of work, using AI alongside their own skills enables even jingle writers, artists, etc., to do more, faster and potentially cheaper," Butter-field says. Further, he says, AI already has helped content creators scale their efforts in another domain: the development of realistic, feature-rich video games.
"We are already seeing AI-generated landscapes in video games doing the heavy lifting in our most immersive games," Butterfield says. "AI is enabling a bigger game to be built, which simply would be uneconomical if purely human computer programmers were used."
From a true artistic perspective, AI is likely to find use as a catalyst to spur more human creativity, much in the way recording studio technology has been used by musicians to expand how their final works were presented. Recording artist and guitarist Les Paul was a pioneer of using technologies such as multitrack recording and overdubbing to create now-classic recordings featuring his then-wife, Mary Ford, singing not only the melody of a song, but multipart harmonies.
Similarly, Higgins notes that the Beatles found new sounds on their ground-breaking Revolver album by playing the tape of a guitar solo in reverse. "It [was] music inspired by the technology used to create it," Higgins says. "Inspiration is a songwriter's bread and butter."
It is likely AI will become another tool for creators, rather than replacing the act of creation itself, which is usually considered a fulfilling and enjoyable process for artists, writers, and musicians. Firestien, a musician himself, says the process of using AI to come up with novel musical riffs or motifs could serve as a catalyst or starter for a composer suffering from writer's block. Indeed, Firestien notes, "Much of the joy of music is in the composing. Why would we want to teach a computer to compose when composing is so much fun?"
For the consumers of art, poetry, literature, music, or other creative content, enjoyment is often derived from the authentic, shared human experiences that are referenced to create that art. "It's in the person," Firestien says. "Can a computer fall in love? No. Can a computer be depressed? No. Can a computer go through the pandemic? No."
Technology is used when it is convenient and desirable for certain tasks. Despite inventions such as the telegraph, the telephone, email, and Web videoconferencing, people still desire to visit each other in person. Similarly, AI is likely to be used by artists, musicians, and other creators only to the extent it suits the needs of their creative process.
"Computers and AI can be good starters," Firestien says. "And maybe good finishers as well."
Schwelbel, D.
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What are Foundation Models?, IBM Research Blog, https://research.ibm.com/blog/what-are-foundation-models
Keith Kirkpatrick is principal of 4K Research & Consulting, LLC, based in New York, NY, USA.
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Brothers, Through Thick and Thin
August 11, 2017 | By: Michael Clarke
I love my twin brother James more than I can put into words. Being a sibling to someone with a disability has been so incredibly eye-opening. It's been a roller coaster sometimes. I know I am just as important to him as he is to me, and our relationship supports us both.
As kids, we were the "dynamic duo." We tackled every new experience together – from school to soccer to Boy Scouts and more. We shared a room until high school, and only stopped because he snored so much! I remember knowing that James was a little different, in his own way, but I didn't think much of it when we were little.
In 3rd grade, James went to a school for kids with learning and other disabilities. I missed having him at my school, but at home, we were still so close. After school, we watched TV and snuck around being "secret agents." And in the summer, we had a lemonade stand and all sorts of other adventures.
Two years later, something big happened that started us on a new path—one we're still on. James and I were playing a game and he hit me. I got angry and yelled at him. Then, all of a sudden, he started acting strange, repeating a made-up word over and over again and getting really excited. My parents and I had no idea what was happening. I was terrified and thinking, "Did I do this?"
In the emergency room, I learned that James had had a seizure for the first time.
My parents stayed with him until the doctors could get it under control late that night. James had more doctors' appointments—sometimes with specialists that were hours away—to try to figure out what was going on with him. For awhile it was a mystery, and the doctors couldn't agree. Eventually, James was diagnosed with epilepsy. As a 9-year-old, I understood his condition to mean that he would run around the house saying silly and bizarre things, not knowing what he was doing. It was like he lost all of his common sense sometimes.
When he would have a seizure, my sister and I would go into another room and lock the door. We didn't know what he might do. I knew James didn't normally act this way, and I knew it wasn't his fault, but it was scary to see him out of control like that. What happened to my best pal in the whole entire world? Why did James have seizures but other kids didn't?
My parents and the doctors did help get James' seizures under control. He had a surgery where they put a device in him that would make the seizure go away right before it really got going. He would still have seizures, but now he was able to snap out of them faster.
A few years later, I was so excited when James and I were back at the same school. The dynamic duo could tackle middle school together! I remember James wearing his favorite basketball warm-up jacket religiously for those 2 years. I knew James would have accommodations and that he wouldn't be in my classes, but I didn't care. I was happy to know we were both in those same hallways, going to our lockers, meeting other kids, and riding home together. James even had a girlfriend. I could tell that he liked it there. I remember one time where he had a test on the 13 colonies and had to label them on a map. He and my dad practiced every day for a week, and James ended up with a 100 on the test! I couldn't have been more proud to be his brother! Moments like that stand out for me and make all of the struggle and heartache worth it.
High school was a different story.
We started at the same school, but they couldn't give James the accommodations and care that he was supposed to get. He had severe learning disabilities and issues with cognitive (brain) development. I couldn't believe that the school district we had gone to all our lives would deny my brother his education! I was furious at all of the grown-ups who couldn't get this right. It was a big road block for my family, but we didn't give up. My parents found a private school nearby where James could go for testing to see if it might be the right place for him.
James' stress and anxiety during all of that testing and the confusion over where he would go to high school was just too much for him. It triggered his first psychotic break, eventually leading to his diagnosis of a serious mental health condition called schizophrenia. I was devastated. Hadn't James been through enough already? In the days after this happened, James was really paranoid (scared) that the police would come to our house. I would tell him that the police were not coming and that I was always going to be there for him during scary and confusing times like this.
I knew deep down that life would never be the same for James (or for me), but I remember pretending that this wasn't happening. If I just ignored it, maybe everything would go back to normal. Maybe it was something like a bad flu and he would just get better. I couldn't think of James as a different person; at his core, he was still just my twin brother. The way he kept talking to himself under his breath and staring off into space annoyed me. Even though I knew he couldn't help it, I just wished he would stop and act like he used to.
The world doesn't completely understand something like schizophrenia either. There are so many negative attitudes and strong emotions about it out there. It finally helped me to learn about the condition from a scientific standpoint: James has too much activity in his brain.
James and I are young adults now. I'm not going to give up on my brother's hopes and dreams, but I am honest with myself about what might or might not be possible. Over the past years, I have seen my brother take strides down the path to greater wellness. He has tried things outside of his comfort level, like staying a little longer at a noisy restaurant or being away from the house for stretches at a time. Even a few months ago, I didn't think these things were possible. But James is determined and has a strong will to do the things that are important to him, so I don't think there's any limit on what he can achieve! He just reaches his goals in his own way.
I am so proud of him, but I feel guilty or sad, too, whenever I come to a great milestone in my life. When I graduated from high school, for example, I was happy about my accomplishments. But I couldn't feel completely happy because James wasn't graduating with me. The plan was, we were supposed to go through life together, two peas in a pod.
But then the sadness fades away when James reaches a goal in his own life. Like eating at a restaurant with other people for 15 minutes longer than he could before or buying things in the store on his own. Those might sound small to other people, but those are our Super Bowl wins. It's not about what James could or should have been, it's what he is.
These wins keep me hopeful that there will be more and more. They add up to James being leaps and bounds from where he was when he was first diagnosed.
To cope with my roller coaster of emotions, sometimes I find it's really helpful to talk to someone – a friend, a counselor. Maybe they don't know exactly what I'm going through, but they can listen and try to understand. By letting some of those feelings and stresses out, I feel less anxious. Sometimes I feel I'm the only one on the planet dealing with the problems James has, but I have to remember that I'm not alone. There are people who spend every minute of every day trying to help me and James live the fullest and most normal life possible.
I also have to remember to have "me" time. Helping to care for James can be stressful and exhausting. It really helps to have a good support group of family and friends who understand and who can jump in to give me and my parents and a break. James does worry about my safety whenever I leave the house, but it helps him a lot if I always tell him where I'm going and if I call when I get there. My parents, siblings, and I are one of the most important things in James' daily life.
The fact that I am so important to him is really motivating for me. It makes the harder times seem worth it, no question. I recently found out about a karate class for young adults with disabilities on this very website, and James decided to try it out. He had the biggest smile on his face when he came home! And I got a smile to match, knowing that I found an activity that he loves to fill one of his days of the week. Seeing how happy he was made me even more determined to help him more.
I also know that James is most happy when he's around the people he loves. From watching a favorite movie or TV show, going out to lunch just the 2 of us, or simply talking about how his day was like we did as little kids seems simple. But it can be the highlight of his day, and he simply can't imagine life without me.
I will never give up hope. Some days James makes progress, and some days his worst symptoms come roaring back. It's a miracle to me that given time and the right adjustments with medication, the chatter in his head goes down. His old personality is slowly coming back. I am sometimes amazed at the things he can remember from when we were growing up. The brain is very resilient and can keep memories even during this assault.
Life can throw you huge curveballs, ones that might keep you stuck in your tracks. But James and I are not going to let that happen.


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Spanking in political satire and propaganda
George W. Bush spanked by the Statue of Liberty.
Trump meets the strop. Artwork by Marilla Thackery (2017).
The subject of spanking has often been used methaphorically in political cartoons (such as those printed in newspapers) and other media. Such political cartoons are a special case of spanking cartoons. The spanker and the spankee characters are often caricatures of politicians, but can also stand for abstract concepts such as a nation or the press. The spanking implement symbolize e.g. military action, or a new law passed.
During World War II there were a number of cartoons and illustrations that mocked Hitler by showing him being punished by the Allies. For example, the published sheet music for "Adolf", a satirical song, bears an illustration of Hitler being spanked by a soldier (see image). A political cartoon about Germany's 1943 defeat at Stalingrad depicts Stalin spanking Hitler over his knee while a school headmaster (representing the Allied Forces), birch rod in hand, approaches.
Other examples of spanking in political satire include politicians as statues, such as U.S president George W. Bush spanked by the Statue of Liberty.
In a humorous promo video for the 2012 Texas All-State Spanking Party held annually in Dallas, spanking actor Sarah Gregory plays former political candidate Sarah Palin (spanked by Dana Specht). See the video at Spanking Tube.
2 Germany 1914 gallery
Wolbestalte Pritzschule ("Well-equipped spanking school", 1631). Swedish soldiers spank soldiers from the German Catholic League with large paddles.
Miniature of Empress Maria Theresa with her children (1750).
'Westminster School, or Dr Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his Playmates ...', 1785
Vintage French spanking cartoon, c. 1787-1790.
May 1793 attack on French Revolution organizer Théroigne de Méricourt by Jacobin women.
"Argument against Feeling", c. 1795
George Cruikshank: "Old Blucher beating the Corsican Big Drum", 8 April 1814. (Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher giving Napoleon a good spanking.)
Belgian cartoon on "Responsible Government" (1828-1829).
The naughty children, political spanking cartoon (1849).
Spanking caricature depicting Tsarina Olga, by Gustave Doré (1832-1883).
Stephen finding "His Mother". Political spanking cartoon about the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1860.
"Was ist das Deutsche Vaterland? (Ein unfehlbares Schlagwort.)" German political cartoon (3rd quarter of the 19th century).
Cartoon in Puck showing Peter Cooper spanking his son, N.Y. Mayor Edward Cooper (1879).
Political spanking caricature from Berliner Wespen (1882).
Le Don Quichotte N°853, Une fessée méritée (1890).
"Achtung! Er kommt! Man soll den Teufel nicht an die Wand malen" by Ludwig Stutz (1895).
Germany whipping England's Secretary of State, Joseph Chamberlain (c. 1901).
William Howard Taft is spanked by his 'mother', Ohio (1912).
A Russian soldier spanks the German Kaiser Wilhelm while trampling on the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph (c. 1914/15).
"La fessée Présidentielle" (the presidential spanking), political caricature of French president Raymond Poincaré flogging the German emperor William II.
"Keeping Warm", LA Times (c. 1920).
Bestrafung an der frischen Luft, political cartoon by Thomas Theodor Heine.
Germany 1914 gallery[edit]
The following gallery shows German propaganda postcards from the early phase of World War I (1914). So called "Dreschparolen" (thrashing paroles) were at that time very popular. Later, these cards were banned.
"Nun wollen wir sie aber dreschen." (Now let us thrash them.)
Gruss aus der Kriegsschule ("Greetings from War School").
"Nur nich' drängeln! Ihr kommt alle ran!" (No pushing! You'll all get your turn!")
No pushing -- everyone gets their turn.
No pushing, everyone gets their turn.
"Europäischer Dreschplatz" (European Threshing Floor).
"Donner, dorian und daun, ich werd' euch helfen Äppel klaun!"
"Besohlanstalt Germania", by Franz Hoglowski.
Spanking parody
Spanking fake
Hitler spanked OTK with an umbrella, a swastika on the seat of his trousers (M/M)
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.Mobile phone electromagnetic radiation activates MAPK signaling and regulates viability in Drosophila.
Lee KS, Choi JS, Hong SY, Son TH, Yu K
Bioelectromagnetics. Feb 19 2008
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Mobile phones are widely used in the modern world. However, biological effects of electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile phones are largely unknown. In this report, we show biological effects of the mobile phone 835 MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) in the Drosophila model system.
When flies were exposed to the specific absorption rate (SAR) 1.6 W/kg, which is the proposed exposure limit by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), more than 90% of the flies were viable even after the 30 h exposure. However, in the SAR 4.0 W/kg strong EMF exposure, viability dropped from the 12 h exposure.
These EMF exposures triggered stress response and increased the production of reactive oxygen species. The EMF exposures also activated extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling, but not p38 kinase signaling.
Interestingly, SAR 1.6 W/kg activated mainly ERK signaling and expression of an anti-apoptotic gene, whereas SAR 4.0 W/kg strongly activated JNK signaling and expression of apoptotic genes. In addition, SAR 4.0 W/kg amplified the number of apoptotic cells in the fly brain.
These findings demonstrate that the exposure limit on electromagnetic radiation proposed by ANSI triggered ERK-survival signaling but the strong electromagnetic radiation activated JNK-apoptotic signaling in Drosophila.


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COPL starts drilling campaign and expands interest in West Africa.
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, the offshore West Africa focused oil and gas exploration and development company, has provided a corporate and operational update.
London Listing
COPL has received approval from the UK Listing Authority for the publication of a prospectus relating to its admission to the standard listing segment of the Official List, and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. The Company issued 17,777,777 Common shares at a price of £0.135 for gross proceeds of £2,400,000.
It is anticipated that admission to trading and first day of dealings on the London Stock Exchange will occur on Friday 4th April 2014. The prospectus relating to the London listing is available on COPL's SEDAR page and the UK National Storage Mechanism.
Proceeds from this fundraising will be used for general working capital purposes.
High Impact Drilling
Liberia LB-13
COPL and the partner, expect to start their drilling campaign this year, as a drilling rig and support services become available. COPL was presented and has approved a budget for the comprehensive drilling campaign in 2014. As previously announced, COPL's share of all joint venture costs and the gross drilling costs up to US$120 million is carried by Exxon Mobil.
In addition, COPL understands, based on third party sources, that a major IOC operator has start a multi-well drilling program in Liberia adjacent to Block LB-13. The company understands the Seadrill "West Telus", has been mobilised and is in country for this drilling campaign.
Expansion of West Africa Portfolio
As part of COPL's stated strategy to expand its interests in West Africa in order to generate stable cash flow from secure offshore assets, the Company has been assessing opportunities in Nigeria. As part of this process, the Company has evaluated assets and held talks with partners and government representatives in country.
As a result of this process, COPL has entered into a non-binding option agreement in principle relating to the potential acquisition of an interest in OPL 2010 in the Niger Delta.
OPL 2010 is located 50 km offshore Nigeria in between 100 and 400 feet of water and covers an area of 329 sq. km. To date there have been four discoveries made on the block, consisting of three oil discoveries and one gas. As part of the agreement, COPL has access to historic seismic and well data on the block.
OPL 2010 is surrounded by accessible production facilities and offshore infrastructure, with producing fields and discoveries not yet in production surrounding the block. The block was created as the result of an IOC relinquishment on commencement of production and is subject to indigenous partner tax status. There is no requirement for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation participation.
In addition to this significant opportunity COPL continues to evaluate other offshore assets in Nigeria and is in close discussions regarding future commitments. Further updates will be proved as COPL concludes negotiations in the near future.
Arthur Millholland, President and CEO of COPL said: "We are extremely pleased to have been admitted, with a standard listing, to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. In addition to the TSX-V, our new listing in London will provide a series of new investors access to the COPL story. We are very encouraged by the reception we have received from the investment community in London.
"We are embarking upon high impact exploration on Block LB-13 in Liberia where we will be targeting over 2 billion barrels of prospective resources. We are very pleased to have ExxonMobil as a partner on the block. Their involvement brings COPL not only financial and technical support, but is also a strong endorsement of this acreage.
"Our entry into Nigeria through the option agreement on OPL 2010 in Nigeria is another significant step forward in the growth of COPL as we look to create a balanced portfolio encompassing stable cash flow from secure offshore assets.
"With a proven technical team in place, and a number of funding options open to us, we look forward to providing further updates on COPL's progress over the coming months."
Press Release, March 31, 2014
Posted on March 31, 2014 with tags Arthur Millholland, Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, News, Offshore.
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Climate Change High on Agenda as Obama and Trudeau Meet for Summit
Source: By IAN AUSTEN and CORAL DAVENPORT, New York Times • Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
President Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada at the White House in March. They will meet again Wednesday at a summit meeting in Ottawa. Zach Gibson/The New York Times
OTTAWA — When Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, appeared at the United Nations this spring to sign the Paris climate accord, the rapturous ovation he received was worthy of the celebrity he had become, a leader full of promise and of promises, especially on climate change.
On Wednesday, as Canada convenes a North American Leaders' Summit here, the youthful Canadian will meet the last celebrity to emerge to such adulation on the world stage, and President Obama will have some lessons to impart. Climate change will be a central topic of the summit meeting and of Mr. Obama's address to Canada's House of Commons.
The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada will announce a North America-wide climate partnership, syncing their national policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. They will pledge a joint goal of generating 50 percent of North America's electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2025, up from 37 percent today. White House officials said that power mix would include wind, solar, hydropower, nuclear energy and coal or gas power paired with carbon capture technology. They will also announce that Mexico will join an existing agreement between the United States and Canada to collectively regulate leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that escapes from oil and gas wells.
But all of that will come with a note of caution. Unlike his Canadian counterpart, the American president's hair is now gray, his speeches wizened by his experiences — and his message is likely to reflect the hard lessons he has learned as he has tried for nearly eight years to curb the climate-warming emissions of Canada's neighbor to the south.
"Trudeau is facing the same fossil-fuel-lobby reality that Obama encountered," said Paul Bledsoe, a former climate adviser in the Clinton administration who now consults on climate policy. "In a way, Canada is a test case for the penetration of renewable energy in a fossil-rich country."
The parallels between the leaders are striking, even if the younger man's efforts have only begun. During his first eight months in office, Mr. Trudeau, 44, has put climate change at the heart of his agenda, after his predecessor, Stephen Harper, a Conservative, reneged on Canada's commitments under the first global climate pact, the Kyoto Protocol.
When President Obama, then new to office, attended the 2009 climate change summit meeting in Copenhagen, he too was cheered by environmentalists and many world leaders as a drastic departure from his predecessor, George W. Bush, a Texas oilman who had also pulled his country out of Kyoto.


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George Harrison and Eric Clapton: A Rock 'n' Roll Friendship's Powerful Reverb
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET
Ken Womack and Jason Kruppa
The tumultuous friendship between George Harrison and Eric Clapton shaped not only their lives and careers but the shifting face of rock music in the early 1970s.
Beatles expert Ken Womack and music historian Jason Kruppa explore the rock legends' musical and personal collaboration, friendship, and rivalry. They take a close look at the November 1970 releases of All Things Must Pass, Harrison's powerful emancipatory statement in the wake of the Beatles, and Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Clapton's impassioned reimagining of his art while playing with Derek and the Dominos. These albums helped to push rock 'n' roll out of the dreamy idealism of the 1960s into the wild and expansive new reality of the 1970s.
Womack and Kruppa's multimedia presentation provides vivid details about the albums' creation, highlighting the production of one classic song after another. It also recalls a love triangle for the ages, involving Clapton, Harrison, and Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd.
Their book All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs (Chicago Review Press) is available for purchase.
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A host of new health problems can be attributed to our way of life, with its stress on information, automation, computerization, and globalization though it has made work easier and given us more leisure alternatives. Medical Practitioners are of the opinion that major health problems such as cardiovascular sickness, cancer, and dental sickness can be effectively treated if diagnosed at the right time. Modern health problems can be termed as lifestyle diseases or occupational hazards. Obesity is one of the main modern health issues. There is no particular precautionary measure available for being overweight other than developing a disciplined and healthy lifestyle.
Another health hazard faced by many at present is computer vision syndrome or CVS for short. Most of us spend a considerable amount of our waking hours before a computer. If you spend all day staring at a computer screen, you are at risk for CVS. The symptoms of CVS include headaches, dry, red, or burning eyes, blurred or double vision, trouble in focusing, difficulty distinguishing colors, sensitivity to light and pain in the neck or back. Ideally, the monitor should be placed at a level so that it's directly in front of you to minimize eye movement. The lighting should be adjusted to remove any glare or reflections in order to ease eyestrain. You should try looking away from your monitor every 20 or 30 minutes and focus on a faraway object. Eye drops can be used to refresh your eyes!
Hearing Loss is yet another modern day woe. Young people are developing the type of hearing loss normally seen in much older adults. The villain in this context is the ear bud or headphone used with many digital music players. The background music demands users to turn up the volume, often to 110 to 120 decibels, which is loud enough to cause hearing loss after using for more than an hour. Experts recommend reducing the volume and limiting the amount of time spent listening to music players to about less than an hour a day. Headphones that fit outside the ear canal are also recommended, as listeners don't need to increase the volume.
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Anxiety is a common mental condition in the present day life. We all have our share of worries, uncertainties, and fears, but too much concern about our life can lead to generalized anxiety disorder. The symptoms include restlessness, fatigue, irritability, impatience, difficulty concentrating, headaches, upset stomach, and shortness of breath. It can be treated with drugs, antidepressants, psychotherapy, or a combination of these. Few people also experience social anxiety disorder. They have a persistent and constant fear of being watched and judged by others and of doing things that will embarrass them. This fear will interfere with all their activities and can make it hard to mingle with ease in the society. There will be physical symptoms such as ,trembling, upset stomach, heart palpitations, confusion, and diarrhea. Social anxiety disorder is probably due to a combination of environmental and hereditary factors. Treatment often involves medication and psychotherapy.


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Something like this:
[cfdb-table form="Registration 3GC" search="[user_email]"] where [user_email] is the e-mail address of the logged in user. The [user_email] shortcode is being created by an other plugin.
I want logged in users show their filled in contact 7 form in the front-end part of the site. Maybe there is an other way to do this?
Thanks in advance

A: try this:
$email = do_shortcode("[user_email]");
echo do_shortcode('[cfdb-table form="Registration 3GC" search="'. $email .'"]');

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Home Other Racing Le Mans A history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans- Part 2
A history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans- Part 2
Doug Patterson
Post war, motorsport returns in 1946 with a Grand prix on the French Riveria city of Nice whilst over in the USA, the AAA Championship Car Trail had returned with the Indianapolis 500 remaining its jewel in the crown.
In Britain, it would take some time for Motorsport to be re-established. Brooklands would never host a race again, whilst Donington Park was in a temporary state of disrepair. In July 1947, Gransden Lodge Airfield, a 2 1/3-mile circuit based on a former RAF base, held a locally organised twenty lap trophy race which would become the sight of the first post war motor race in mainland Britain. Goodwood Circuit would then follow in 1948 with the Grand Prix returning to Britain at the former RAF base of Silverstone in October 1949.
It would also be 1949 when the Le Mans 24 hours returned to the international sporting calendar, the race would be won by Luigi Chinetti and car owner Peter Mitchell-Thomson in the first overall victory for a Ferrari at Le Mans. Chinetti reportedly drove the Ferrari an incredible 23 and a half hours of the 24-hour race. The return of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was unfortunately not without tragedy when Pierre Marechal, driving for Aston Martin, crashed heavily at the White House corner. Over in the USA, 1949 would additionally see the launch of the NASCAR organisation.
1950 would be a major year in motorsport, seeing the launch of the Formula One World Championship, for Grand Prix Cars, and in 1953, The World Sportscar championship, of which Le Mans 24 would be the centrepiece, although the calendar was incredible. The Mille Miglia, Carrera Panamericana, The 24 hours of Spa, the RAC Tourist Trophy as well as the recently established Sebring 12 hours and the Nurburgring 1000km, made up the championship.
With a World Championship came new interest, Le Mans in 1953 was incredible, the event had become truly an international annual sporting event that manufacturers flocked towards. Jaguar, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, Lancia and the American Cunningham companies among others entered cars in the new championship.
The heroes of Grand Prix racing, Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill and Louis Chiron would be among the entries to start at Le Mans in 1953.
The track hadn't changed in style since the bypass of the town was installed in 1933—however, the cars had improved dramatically. The Jaguar C-Types that went onto win the 1953 Le Mans 24 did so at an average speed of 106.46 mph—considering that just twenty years earlier the average speed was just 76mph—the advancement in technology was stark, meanwhile Ferrari would take the inaugural championship honours in the WSC.
The Le Mans disaster of 1955 is the greatest loss of human life in a motorsport event with 83 spectators being killed and substantial injuries of many more. The tragedy would occur when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR was thrown into the crowd following a high-speed accident with a slower Austin-Healey and Jaguar D-Type. Many people have an opinion on who was to blame but we'll focus on the post-effects of what happened on the Le Mans 24 hours and the greater motorsport world.
The race itself would continue in 1955, although Mercedes-Benz would withdraw both cars, whilst Jaguar would go on to win the race. Mercedes-Benz announce it's withdrawal from Grand Prix Racing and at the end of the season, from the World Sportscar championship leaving Mercedes-Benz completely out of manufacturer-run topflight motorsport until 1988.
The general public and motorsport would feel the impact of the crash internationally. The American Automobile Association would cease championship organisation in the United States through its contest board, leading to the formation of USAC. Switzerland would place a permanent ban on circuit based motor racing for generations. Whilst in France, immediately following the disaster, the French assembly would suspend all motorsport until changes to track safety where implemented. The British Royal Automobile Club would follow a similar course. The tragic circumstances of 1955 led to safety becoming a more paramount factor in the development of the sport.
Le mans underwent changes to its layout for 1956. The road around White House was made wider and brought lower to improve sightlines, the spectator area opposite the pitlane was completely redesigned, placing spectators further back and on a raised platform with a low wall in between the raised spectator area and the track.
The return of Le mans in 1956 would see a second victory for the Jaguar D-Type, this time by the Scottish Ecurie Ecosse team, finishing ahead of the Aston Martin of Stirling Moss and Peter Collins. The team would go on to claim the 1957 edition of the race with Jaguar's D-Type once again.
In 1958—like the start of the decade—Ferrari are back on top at Le Mans with American Phil Hill. Jaguar's domination had fallen due to new rules brought in governing the engine size to three litres. With Jaguar out of the picture and Maserati in financial ruin, Ferrari retained its works status, with Aston Martin as it's main rival.
In 1959, David Brown, owner of the Aston Martin brand, struck back at Ferrari with the incredible driving team comprising of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori, Maurice Trintignant and Paul frere taking overall 1-2 honours in the Aston Martin DBR-1's.
1959 would also see Aston Martin claim the World Sportscar Championship from Ferrari. The company's efforts in factory colours would be diverted to the Formula One programme for 1960, whilst Ferrari would take another victory at Le Mans 24, ending a decade of much change at the French endurance classic.


Microsoft and Philips claim new testing shows no interference between unlicensed broadband use and television channels.
Based on a new round of field trials, Microsoft and Philips are asking the Federal Communications Commission to renew testing on devices that can access the Internet using empty buffer spectrums—known as white spaces—between television channels.
Microsoft and other members of a powerhouse group of technology companies called the White Spaces Coalition covet the spectrum as an alternative to telecommunications and cable companies delivering Internet connections. Broadcasters, in particular, are opposed to the concept, fearing unwanted and harmful interference with their signals.
In July, the FCC put a damper on the whole idea when it said testing on a prototype supplied by Microsoft failed to consistently sense or detect TV broadcast or wireless microphone signals. The White Spaces Coalition said the FCC inadvertently used a defective device.
In new testing, though, Microsoft and Philips claimed success.
"In over 1,000 measurements, made in many varied locations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California, the test devices were 100 percent successful in detecting television stations [signals]," Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., said in a Sept. 21 statement.
Microsoft and Philips said in the FCC filing that their finding "significantly expands previous testing beyond the laboratory to the field, further confirming that unused TV spectrum can be used to bring the benefits of high-speed Internet access to more Americans, without interference to the signals of incumbent licensees."
Click here to read more about the FCCs new rules for digital TV.
Hundreds of megahertz of spectrum are allocated to broadcasters in every U.S. television market. Big chunks of the spectrum, though, are unused, serving as interference barriers. In Boston and Chicago, for instance, almost 50MHz is fallow.
"We encourage the FCC to pursue its own field measurements to corroborate our successful testing, even though it may require the commission to extend its timeline for approving these devices for a couple of months," Microsoft and Philips wrote in the FCC filing.
The FCC, in Washington, is expected to issue its white spaces findings as early as October, although the agency said in July its unsuccessful testing on the Microsoft prototype did not preclude an ultimate positive ruling on unlicensed use of the spectrum.
"The devices we have tested represent an initial effort, and do not necessarily represent the full capabilities that might be developed with sufficient time and resources," the FCC report stated.
The National Association of Broadcasters blasted the Microsoft and Philips findings.
"Its ironic that a company with a track record of developing less-than-perfect products is now claiming to have invented a device that functions with 100 percent accuracy," NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton said in a Sept. 21 statement, in Washington. "While frustrated users of Microsoft products have come to expect routine system errors and computer glitches, they do not expect the same to hold true for broadcast television service."
The NAB stood behind the FCCs July findings.
"As was shown in the FCCs July test results, the devices proposed by the White Spaces Coalition do not function as advertised," Wharton said. "They do not detect broadcast signals, and they do interfere with TV reception."


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Developers sign pledge for fairer leasehold system
29 Mar, 2019/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
Some of the UK's biggest property developers have committed to freeing leaseholders who are trapped in "onerous deals".
House-builders include Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Homes and Bovis have signed a government-backed pledge that will close the legal loopholes that mean homeowners living in leasehold properties are paying unjustified legal fees.
Potentially expensive tenure
More than 40 leading developers and freeholders will now do away with the "doubling clauses" that mean the annual ground rents paid by a leaseholder to a freeholder can soar to unaffordable levels in a short time.
The system in England and Wales means that a homeowner does not own the land on which the property is built but instead rents this from the freeholder (or landowner) for a specific period of time. The lease will often run for decades with some set at 999 years.
However, buying leasehold can be expensive because a homeowner must then pay ground rent to the freeholder for the entirety of the lease.
Practice attracted criticism
Of the estimated 4.2 million leasehold properties in England, the majority are flats or apartments.
However, the recent practice among housebuilders of selling new-build homes as leasehold has attracted criticism from campaigners and politicians. Many developers sell the leaseholds on to specialist property firms who are then at liberty to increase ground rents via the doubling clauses, leaving homeowners facing annual bills running into thousands of pounds.
Closing legal loopholes
This week Government ministers announced plans to close legal loopholes that can be costly for leaseholders who challenge rises in fees.
Housing Minister Heather Wheeler said: "We want to make sure we have a leasehold system where people are able to challenge exorbitant rates and high service charges.
"It is unacceptable that the burden of legal fees is preventing people from seeking justice.
"The plans announced today will stop leaseholders from picking up the tab for unjustified legal costs."
The freeholders who have signed the pledge on leasehold fees have committed to changing the terms of the leases for affected homeowners, while managing agents have also said they will act more fairly and transparently in dealing with leaseholders.
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Home Builders Federation, said: "The home building industry is committed to ensuring that leasehold is used appropriately and remains a safe and secure tenure for homeowners.
"The pledge is a further demonstration of the industry's intent to provide home buyers with clarity, transparency and security, ensuring that, when used, the terms and conditions of leases are fair and proportionate."
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Our climbing areas are in crisis. And we must be willing and committed to fight for them. Not just for access, but for the integrity of these amazing places. Join us in protecting our outdoor landscapes and the climbing experience we love. The future of our sport depends on it.


What happens on The Young and the Restless next week? Check out the day-to-day spoilers below to find out.
Billy and Victoria share a charged moment; Mia tests Arturo; Nikki makes a shocking discovery.
Victor calls a truce; Kerry gives Jack mixed signals; Devon sees Ana in a new light.
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It is that time of year again... yes, Japan Minnesota Association Christmas party was held in a Spanish restaurant Meson Cervantes, Spain Club with good food and nice drinks on Dec.2 in central Tokyo.
A fairly new comers joined including a gentleman from Minnesota and a prospective student for the U of M. More than 50 people gathered this time enjoyed eating and talking. We held an auction of Minnesota goods to keep holding the periodical Minnesota Young people's seminar and job search help kind of events.
at the east side of Shinjuku station.
There are more than 30 people gathered having plastic bags for garbage and rubber or plastic gloves at 6:50. For this event, teacher and students from Yamazaki primary school and NPO staff of Make japan clean and beautiful joined and took initiative and taught us where, what and how to do.
After 40 minutes clean up, lots of cans and bottled and other things were sorted on the green sheet. Then garbage brought to the designated place for pickup. They said "So much garbage!", "Very quick garbage sorting!", We enjoyed!". It seems we had a fun!.
Sep.22 learn "how to polish a Japanese sword"
This event was a great and unique opportunity to know Japanese Sword (nihonto or katana).
Japan Minnesota Association hosted the special cultural event 'How to Polish Japanese Swords', on September 22, Saturday. Mr. Okisato Fujishiro and his son, Mr. Tatsuya Fujishiro demonstrated polishing Japanese swords in front of us and taught us the history and tradition of Japanese swords.
We enjoyed holding swords and appreciating HAMON (blade pattern). After the presentation, we had dinner together near to the workplace, and were charmed by Mr. Fujishiro's personality.
We will have two social gathering golf events in October.
The first Japan Minnesota Golf tournament was opened at Nikko Golf club in early autumn.
The Japan-Minnesota Association had a luncheon event in Kyoto on Sunday, August 5, 2018. Eight participants from Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga, and Tokyo, enjoyed having delicious Chinese foods at Restaurant MADAM KORAN, near to Kyoto Imperial Palace, and sharing memories of Minnesota. It was a wonderful time of hot summer afternoon. Readers, who live in Kansai-district, please join in the next event in Kansai, which will be held in the coming spring、summer or autumn.
wonderful time with nice drink and food.
* This special event's poster is available by clicking the download icon below.
We are excited to join annual cherry blossom party, "OHANAMI 2018". This event, April 1 at Inogasira park, was a time for all of those with a connection to Minnesota to come together and enjoy both good company and the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossoms.
Young and a little old people gathered and enjoyed potluck lunch, watching cherry blossoms in full bloom. There is a lake in the center part of the park where many young couples took boats to chat and enjoy viewing flowers from the lake.
By the way, we have a special announcement of Japan Minnesota Summer party in June 24. This year we invite Prof. Takatosi Ito of Columbia University in Economics for special lecture.
Everyone who are interested in, please join this party!
Profile of Takatosi Ito : Ph.D from Harvard University 1979. He served as associate professor of economics at University of Minnesota. Several years ago, although he was not finally nominated, he was short-listed for the position of Governor of the Bank of Japan. His view was published in many books and influential media such as The economist.
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Christmas is a hard time for people and weight loss because of the rich food and sweets being passed around, so it's important to have the support.
So, Happy Christmas to all! I hope you have a wonderful day with friends, family and loved ones.


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Michaela Gleave
Waiting For Time (7 Hour Confetti Work)
Video performance executed live via Youtube, 10 May 2014
Installation view: ISCP New York. Photographs: Michaela Gleave
Waiting For Time (7 Hour Confetti Work) was a live video performance, streamed between the artist's studio in New York and the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane on Saturday May 10 2014, 10am - 5pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time. Corresponding with one day of museum opening hours, the performance involved the artist setting off one, hand-held confetti cannon for every minute of the seven-hour duration, the action comprising of little more than waiting for the passing of time. Referencing the history of endurance performance, and the now outdated idea of the standard working day so integral to the advent of "clock time", the performance explored compressions and expansions across time and space. Locational and temporal fixity of both performer and audience were skewed as space contracted via the screen and multiplied out through the web; the artist performing in her time while the results were made visible in another. In Waiting For Time (7 Hour Confetti Work) the artist both became a clock as well as being a slave to it, repetition rendering an ordinarily short-lived moment of celebration absurd, with the excess, beauty and violence of the confetti explosions serving as little more than a marker of time. This performance was viewable live on Youtube for the duration of the stream.
An 'explosion' edit of the performance video is available here
For access to the full 7 hour video stream please contact the artist.
This work was awarded the 2015 Churchie National Emerging Art Prize.


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The Sublime Galina Ustvolskaya
I've been working on notes for an all-Ustvolskaya program at Boulez Saal in Berlin by the Boulez Ensemble (which will likely end up being cancelled, alas). But I'm grateful to be immersed in this world.
Concerning the religious implications of the title Composition No. 1: Dona nobis pacem from 1970-71, Semyon Bokman writes:
The large-scale movement toward religion was not, however, a discovery of faith, at least for the majority. It was an expression of protest, freedom of thought, disagreement with the system and the rule of Soviet ideology. Ustvolskaya's spiritual works, apart from her special connection with God, are an expression of inner protest. (The score of the composition "Dona nobis pacem," for example, could not be published with such a subtitle.) They are a challenge to the system, a reaction to oppression. Such art could appear only under the conditions of the Soviet Union. Imagine an American composer who write spiritual music. (It does not matter whether it is religious or not.) Would it be a sensation?
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Jaguar last week on Monday the 12th March announced that they would be returning to the competitive arena through the vibrant world of historic motorsport.
This will see Jaguar taking part in historic races such as Goodwood, the Mille Miglia, AVD Nürburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and each round of the E-type challenge in the UK – a series.
The first race will be the 2012 Mille Miglia retrospective in May(17-20 May), which also marks 60 years since Sir Stirling Moss and Norman Dewis (then Jaguar's chief development driver) took the start in the first disc-brake equipped C-type.
CNN will be the Global Media Partner for Jaguar Heritage Racing. Frequent reports and results from these events in the form of thirty second and one minute updates – created by CNN ad-sales' creative agency, TCP – will appear in commercial airtime across the CNN global network.