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The National Portrait Gallery holds an extensive collection of portraits and aims through portraiture, to promote the appreciation and understanding of the men and women who have made and are making British history and culture. The collections are based in London and a number of locations around the UK. Visit their website Image: IMG_2269, David Boyle, flickr
Dr Lucy Peltz discusses Daniel Gardner's Three Witches from Macbeth, 1775, The National Portrait Gallery, London
This is one of five podcasts produced by the Open University to accompany the exhibition 'The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons' at the National Portrait Gallery 2011-2012. This show presents a vivid spectacle of femininity, fashion and theatricality in seventeenth and eighteenth-century England. It features portraits of some of the best known female performers of the period, who ranged from royal mistresses to successful writers and businesswomen, and accomplished musicians.
Dr Berta Joncus discusses Jeremiah Davison's Portrait of Catherine ('Kitty') Clive, 1735, Longleat House
This is one of five podcasts produced by the Open University to accompany the exhibition 'The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons' at the National Portrait Gallery, London 2011-2012. This show presents a vivid spectacle of femininity, fashion and theatricality in seventeenth and eighteenth-century England. It features portraits of some of the best known female performers of the period, who ranged from royal mistresses to successful writers and businesswomen, and accomplished musicians.
Dr Moira Goff discusses John Ellys's Portrait of Hester Booth, c1722-25, the V&A Museum
The First Actresses: Gender, Representation and Performance
This specialist academic conference developed themes raised in the exhibition The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. Speakers, including Professors Felicity Nussbaum (UCLA) and Joseph Roach (Yale), explored and problematised ideas of 'celebrity' culture and the symbolic, allegorical and discursive functions of portraits of women players.


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"""Defines AbstractModel API, standard implementations and helper functions."""

import functools
from typing import Callable, Optional

import gin
import haiku as hk
from jax_cfd.base import grids
# Note: decoders, encoders and equations contain standard gin-configurables;
from jax_cfd.ml import decoders  # pylint: disable=unused-import
from jax_cfd.ml import encoders  # pylint: disable=unused-import
from jax_cfd.ml import equations  # pylint: disable=unused-import
from jax_cfd.ml import physics_specifications

# Specifying the full signatures of Callable would get somewhat onerous
# pylint: disable=g-bare-generic

def _identity(x):
  return x

class DynamicalSystem(hk.Module):
  """Abstract class for modeling dynamical systems."""

  def __init__(
      self,
      grid: grids.Grid,
      dt: float,
      physics_specs: physics_specifications.BasePhysicsSpecs,
      name: Optional[str] = None
  ):
    """Constructs an instance of a class."""
    super().__init__(name=name)
    self.grid = grid
    self.dt = dt
    self.physics_specs = physics_specs

  def encode(self, x):
    """Encodes input trajectory `x` to the model state."""
    raise NotImplementedError("Model subclass did not define encode")

  def decode(self, x):
    """Decodes a model state `x` to a data representation."""
    raise NotImplementedError("Model subclass did not define decode")

  def advance(self, x):
    """Returns a model state `x` advanced in time by `self.dt`."""
    raise NotImplementedError("Model subclass did not define advance")

  def trajectory(
      self,
      x,
      outer_steps: int,
      inner_steps: int = 1,
      *,
      start_with_input: bool = False,
      post_process_fn: Callable = _identity,
  ):
    """Returns a final model state and trajectory."""
    return trajectory_from_step(
        self.advance, outer_steps, inner_steps,
        start_with_input=start_with_input,
        post_process_fn=post_process_fn
    )(x)

@gin.register
class ModularStepModel(DynamicalSystem):
  """Dynamical model based on independent encoder/decoder/step components."""

  def __init__(
      self,
      grid: grids.Grid,
      dt: float,
      physics_specs: physics_specifications.BasePhysicsSpecs,
      advance_module=gin.REQUIRED,
      encoder_module=gin.REQUIRED,
      decoder_module=gin.REQUIRED,
      name: Optional[str] = None
  ):
    """Constructs an instance of a class."""
    super().__init__(grid=grid, dt=dt, physics_specs=physics_specs, name=name)
    self.advance_module = advance_module(grid, dt, physics_specs)
    self.encoder_module = encoder_module(grid, dt, physics_specs)
    self.decoder_module = decoder_module(grid, dt, physics_specs)

  def encode(self, x):
    return self.encoder_module(x)

  def decode(self, x):
    return self.decoder_module(x)

  def advance(self, x):
    return self.advance_module(x)

@gin.configurable
def get_model_cls(grid, dt, physics_specs, model_cls=gin.REQUIRED):
  """Returns a configured model class."""
  return functools.partial(model_cls, grid, dt, physics_specs)

def repeated(fn: Callable, steps: int) -> Callable:
  """Returns a repeatedly applied version of fn()."""
  def f_repeated(x_initial):
    g = lambda x, _: (fn(x), None)
    x_final, _ = hk.scan(g, x_initial, xs=None, length=steps)
    return x_final
  return f_repeated

@gin.configurable(allowlist=("set_checkpoint",))
def trajectory_from_step(
    step_fn: Callable,
    outer_steps: int,
    inner_steps: int,
    *,
    start_with_input: bool,
    post_process_fn: Callable,
    set_checkpoint: bool = False,
):
  """Returns a function that accumulates repeated applications of `step_fn`.

  Compute a trajectory by repeatedly calling `step_fn()`
  `outer_steps * inner_steps` times.

  Args:
    step_fn: function that takes a state and returns state after one time step.
    outer_steps: number of steps to save in the generated trajectory.
    inner_steps: number of repeated calls to step_fn() between saved steps.
    start_with_input: if True, output the trajectory at steps [0, ..., steps-1]
      instead of steps [1, ..., steps].
    post_process_fn: function to apply to trajectory outputs.
    set_checkpoint: whether to use `jax.checkpoint` on `step_fn`.

  Returns:
    A function that takes an initial state and returns a tuple consisting of:
      (1) the final frame of the trajectory.
      (2) trajectory of length `outer_steps` representing time evolution.
  """
  if set_checkpoint:
    step_fn = hk.remat(step_fn)

  if inner_steps != 1:
    step_fn = repeated(step_fn, inner_steps)

  def step(carry_in, _):
    carry_out = step_fn(carry_in)
    frame = carry_in if start_with_input else carry_out
    return carry_out, post_process_fn(frame)

  def multistep(x):
    return hk.scan(step, x, xs=None, length=outer_steps)

  return multistep

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After 5 years of self imposed retirement, legendary 1980's rockers Motley Crue are back. After what was billed as their final tour in 2014, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, and Mick Mars drew up a contract that claimed the band would never tour again. Fans were devastated at the news of the so called retirement of the band. Now five years later, the band has had a change of heart. The contract was torn to shreds and now we are handed "THE STADIUM TOUR".
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The Stadium Tour is an extravaganza of some of the ultimate bands of the 1980's. Motley Crue, the 1980's first and perhaps biggest rock bands, with hits like Girls, Girls, Girls, Home Sweet Home, Shout At The Devil and many more opened the door for many other bands such as Guns N Roses, Poison, and tour co stars Def Leppard.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Motley Crue has sold over 100 million albums worldwide in their illustrious career. They have also achieved seven
platinum or multi-platinum certifications, nine Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart (including 1989's Dr. Feelgood, which is Mötley Crüe's only album to reach number one), twenty-two Top 40 mainstream rock hits, and six Top 20 pop singles.
The band's first release was the single "Stick to Your Guns/Toast of the Town", which was released on its own record label, Leathür Records, which had a pressing and distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in Torrance, California. In November 1981, its debut album Too Fast for Love was self-produced and released on Leathür, selling 20,000 copies.
The band became rapidly successful in the United States after playing at the US Festival and also with the aid of the new medium of MTV. Their second album, Shout at the Devil, was released in September 1983. The album represented the band's mainstream breakthrough and would eventually be certified 4x platinum.
The band members also had their share of scrapes with the law. On December 8, 1984, Neil was driving home from a liquor run in his De Tomaso Pantera which ended in a head-on collision; his passenger, Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, was killed. Neil, charged with a DUI and vehicular manslaughter, was sentenced to 30 days in jail (though he only served 18 days) and subsequently sued for $2,500,000. The short jail term was negotiated by his lawyers, enabling Neil to tour and pay the civil suit. The band's third album Theatre of Pain was released in June 1985 and dedicated in Dingley's honor, and it started a new glam metal phase in the band's style. The band would later release two box sets titled "Music to Crash Your Car To".
The band's fourth album, Girls, Girls, Girls, was released in May 1987 and debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200. Sixx has said in interviews that he believes the album would have debuted at number 1 if not for behind the scenes maneuvering by Whitney Houston's record label.
On December 23, 1987, Sixx suffered a heroin overdose. He was declared legally dead on the way to the hospital, but the paramedic, who was a Crüe fan, revived Sixx with two shots of adrenaline. His two minutes in death were the inspiration for the song "Kickstart My Heart", which peaked at No. 16 on the Mainstream U.S. chart, and which was featured on the 1989 U.S. number one (their first) album Dr. Feelgood. From 1986 to 1987, Sixx kept a daily diary of his heroin addiction and eventually entered rehab in January 1988. In 2006, Sixx published his diaries as a best selling novel: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, and in 2007, Sixx's side project band Sixx:A.M. released The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack as a musical parallel to the novel.
In 1988, controversy again hit the band in the form of a lawsuit by Matthew Trippe. Trippe claimed that Sixx was hospitalized in 1983 after a car crash involving drugs and that he had been hired as Sixx's doppelgänger. The suit was regarding the loss of royalties from his time in Mötley Crüe and the case was not closed until 1993 when Trippe dropped his charges and disappeared from public view.
Their decadent lifestyles almost shattered the band until managers Thaler and McGhee pulled an intervention and refused to allow the band to tour in Europe, fearing that "some of them would come back in bodybags". Shortly after, all the band members except for Mars underwent drug rehabilitation; Mars cleaned up on his own.
After finding sobriety in 1989, Mötley Crüe reached its peak popularity with the release of their fifth album, the Bob Rock-produced Dr. Feelgood, on September 1, 1989. On October 14 of that year, it became a No. 1 album and stayed on the charts for 114 weeks after its release. The band members each stated in interviews that, due in no small part to their collective push for sobriety, Dr. Feelgood was their most solid album musically to that point,[citation needed] and indeed, it was their best selling album to date. The title track and "Kickstart My Heart" were both nominated for Grammys in the Best Hard Rock Category. The band did find some success at the American Music Awards, as Dr. Feelgood was nominated twice for Favorite Hard Rock/Metal Award, losing once to Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, but winning the following year, beating out Aerosmith's Pump and Poison's Flesh & Blood. Mötley Crüe was also nominated twice for Favorite Hard Rock/Metal Artist.
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The band's strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Their 1981 album, High 'n' Dry, was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who helped them begin to define their style, and the album's main track "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982. The band's next studio album, Pyromania, was released in January 1983, with "Photograph" and "Rock of Ages" as the lead singles. In the U.S., Pyromania was certified diamond (10× platinum), making Def Leppard among the most popular music groups at the time. In 2003, the album ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Def Leppard's fourth album Hysteria, released in 1987, topped the UK and U.S. album charts. As of 2009, it has reached beyond the success of Pyromania, having been certified 12× platinum for sales of over 12 million in the U.S. and has gone on to sell over 25 million copies worldwide. The album spawned seven hit singles, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one "Love Bites", alongside "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Hysteria", "Armageddon It", "Animal", "Rocket", and "Women". Their next studio album, Adrenalize (the first following the death of guitarist Steve Clark), reached number one in UK and U.S. charts in 1992, and contained several hits, including "Let's Get Rocked" and "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". Their 1993 album, Retro Active, contained the acoustic hit song "Two Steps Behind". Their greatest-hits album Vault, released in 1995, featured the UK hit "When Love & Hate Collide".
As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification, Pyromania and Hysteria. They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S. The band were ranked No. 31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and ranked No. 70 in "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
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The New York Rangers' newest decade begins with sky-high optimism
As the 2019 calendar ends, the New York Rangers newest decade begins with much promise and sky-high optimism.
Another decade has passed for your beloved New York Rangers. Ten years of ups and downs with the club and its fans are still looking for their first Stanley Cup since that glorious spring of 1994.
This team is filled with plenty of promise and optimism as the calendar turns from 2019 to 2020.
Fans are discussing the past decade by way of the greatest teams, players and moments that have graced Broadway. But instead of looking back in time, let's take a look at what lies ahead for the Rangers.
We begin with the prospects. The club is stacked with highly-skilled players from all across the country and throughout the international hockey world.
Igor Shesterkin
Starting closest to Broadway, we must first look at goalie Igor Shesterkin, who is playing in the AHL with the Hartford Wolf Pack. The Russian goalie is enjoying a great start to his professional career by posting an 11-4-3 record along with two shutouts. His 2.14 goals-against average and 0.925 save percentage has him ranked fifth in the AHL.
Vitali Kravtsov
Vitali Kravtsov has had a rocky start to his Rangers career. His story has been well documented this season, beginning with a training camp cut to his decision to head back to the KHL. Things became worse when he was sent to the VHL and his recent return to the AHL.
Make no mistake about it: Kravtsov is a diamond in the rough. He will be focused on what he needs to do to reach the NHL level, and when that time comes, he will represent a long-term achievement for the Rangers.
Joey Keane
Joey Keane is making a strong case to be called up by Jeff Gorton and the Rangers. The right-handed defenseman has recorded 21 points (six goals) in 26 games this season for the Wolf Pack. His 21 points rank him third in the AHL in points and second in goals scored.
The College Way (NCAA)
Taking the college route to the Rangers organization are two players currently vying for a roster spot with Team USA at the World Junior Championships. The tournament takes place in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic, from Dec. 26, 2019 through Jan. 5, 2020.
K'Andre Miller
K'Andre Miller plays for the University of Wisconsin under head coach and former Rangers player Tony Granato. He is currently in his sophomore season for the Badgers. Miller was the Ranger's first-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. This will be the second time he has played for Team USA at the World Junior Championships and is expected to take more of a leadership role with the teams this season.
The defenseman has recorded six goals with 11 points in 18 games for Wisconsin this year.
Zac Jones
Another defenseman playing for Team USA is Zac Jones. He is in his first season playing for the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The 19-year-old has scored three goals along with 12 points in 17 games this season.
The final cuts for Team USA should be made by Christmas Eve, but both are expected to make the team.
Lauri Pajuniemi
On the international level, fans should become familiar with the name Lauri Pajuniemi. He was selected in the fifth round (132 overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft and has been on fire this season while playing for TPS-Turku in the SM-Ligia.
The 20-year-old Finnish native has appeared in 29 games so far while finding the back of the net 19 times this season. He has recorded 21 points (14 goals, seven assists) over the last 14 games, which included a hat trick against Yukuri earlier this week.
Prospects are not the only players the team has to look forward to.
Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad and Brady Skjei are all contributing to a strong season that has the head coach looking for a postseason spot when April comes around.
The team will need contributions from the rookies in today's lineup if they want to succeed in the future. Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko, Libor Hajek and Ryan Lindgren all look to be the pieces that help guide the Rangers to its Original Six traditions.
The Upcoming Draft
The Rangers currently possess nine draft selections in the 2020 NHL Entry draft. If Gorton plays a good trade deadline game, as he has in the past, the number will surely increase.
Along with Shesterkin, the Rangers have Alexandar Georgiev and Henrik Lundqvist standing tall in the net for the organization; and, naturally the goaltender conversation has become more prevalent with the play of Georgiev this year.
Georgiev's future with the team is unclear. The restricted free agent has been part of rumors that have him being traded with Shesterkin appearing to be the club favorite with the end of Lundqvist's contract 18 months away.
When discussing the future, some farewells will be in order. Aside from the situation with Lundqvist, veteran defenseman Marc Staal will also be bidding New York a farewell.
Staal's contract expires at the end of next season. The warrior has given the Blueshirts 13 years of service, but the team probably won't renew his contract since they need to clear a spot for younger players to join the team.
John Davidson, Jeff Gorton and head coach David Quinn have the team headed in the right direction. A team that endured so much over the past two years looks to be on the path to the playoffs if not this season, certainly in 2020-2021.
Farewell to the last 10 years. The Rangers' vision is crystal clear, as new opportunities to win the elusive Stanley Cup will again enter the hockey conversation in Manhattan.
Prospects, present players and plenty of drafts picks next year have the New York Rangers viewing 2020 as an exciting opportunity to see a great show on Broadway.
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President Obama Libya Speech Video March 18, 2011 Statement on U.N. Security Council Resolution
By Shallow Nation On March 18, 2011 3 Comments
Watch President Barack Obama's Libya speech video on Friday, March 18, 2011. He will deliver a statement on the U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing a no-fly zone. The address starts at 2 p.m. ET at the White House. Watch live stream video online here at that time. Thereafter check back for full replay video and transcript text.
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The full text of the speech follows.
Remarks by the President on the Situation in Libya
2:22 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I want to take this opportunity to update the American people about the situation in Libya. Over the last several weeks, the world has watched events unfold in Libya with hope and alarm. Last month, protesters took to the streets across the country to demand their universal rights, and a government that is accountable to them and responsive to their aspirations. But they were met with an iron fist.
Within days, whole parts of the country declared their independence from a brutal regime, and members of the government serving in Libya and abroad chose to align themselves with the forces of change. Moammar Qaddafi clearly lost the confidence of his own people and the legitimacy to lead.
Instead of respecting the rights of his own people, Qaddafi chose the path of brutal suppression. Innocent civilians were beaten, imprisoned, and in some cases killed. Peaceful protests were forcefully put down. Hospitals were attacked and patients disappeared. A campaign of intimidation and repression began.
In the face of this injustice, the United States and the international community moved swiftly. Sanctions were put in place by the United States and our allies and partners. The U.N. Security Council imposed further sanctions, an arms embargo, and the specter of international accountability for Qaddafi and those around him. Humanitarian assistance was positioned on Libya's borders, and those displaced by the violence received our help. Ample warning was given that Qaddafi needed to stop his campaign of repression, or be held accountable. The Arab League and the European Union joined us in calling for an end to violence.
Once again, Qaddafi chose to ignore the will of his people and the international community. Instead, he launched a military campaign against his own people. And there should be no doubt about his intentions, because he himself has made them clear.
For decades, he has demonstrated a willingness to use brute force through his sponsorship of terrorism against the American people as well as others, and through the killings that he has carried out within his own borders. And just yesterday, speaking of the city of Benghazi — a city of roughly 700,000 people — he threatened, and I quote: "We will have no mercy and no pity" — no mercy on his own citizens.
Now, here is why this matters to us. Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Qaddafi would commit atrocities against his people. Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would ensue. The entire region could be destabilized, endangering many of our allies and partners. The calls of the Libyan people for help would go unanswered. The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun. Moreover, the words of the international community would be rendered hollow.
And that's why the United States has worked with our allies and partners to shape a strong international response at the United Nations. Our focus has been clear: protecting innocent civilians within Libya, and holding the Qaddafi regime accountable.
Yesterday, in response to a call for action by the Libyan people and the Arab League, the U.N. Security Council passed a strong resolution that demands an end to the violence against citizens. It authorizes the use of force with an explicit commitment to pursue all necessary measures to stop the killing, to include the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya. It also strengthens our sanctions and the enforcement of an arms embargo against the Qaddafi regime.
Now, once more, Moammar Qaddafi has a choice. The resolution that passed lays out very clear conditions that must be met. The United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Arab states agree that a cease-fire must be implemented immediately. That means all attacks against civilians must stop. Qaddafi must stop his troops from advancing on Benghazi, pull them back from Ajdabiya, Misrata, and Zawiya, and establish water, electricity and gas supplies to all areas. Humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach the people of Libya.
Let me be clear, these terms are not negotiable. These terms are not subject to negotiation. If Qaddafi does not comply with the resolution, the international community will impose consequences, and the resolution will be enforced through military action.
In this effort, the United States is prepared to act as part of an international coalition. American leadership is essential, but that does not mean acting alone -– it means shaping the conditions for the international community to act together.
That's why I have directed Secretary Gates and our military to coordinate their planning, and tomorrow Secretary Clinton will travel to Paris for a meeting with our European allies and Arab partners about the enforcement of Resolution 1973. We will provide the unique capabilities that we can bring to bear to stop the violence against civilians, including enabling our European allies and Arab partners to effectively enforce a no fly zone. I have no doubt that the men and women of our military are capable of carrying out this mission. Once more, they have the thanks of a grateful nation and the admiration of the world.
I also want to be clear about what we will not be doing. The United States is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya. And we are not going to use force to go beyond a well-defined goal — specifically, the protection of civilians in Libya. In the coming weeks, we will continue to help the Libyan people with humanitarian and economic assistance so that they can fulfill their aspirations peacefully.
Now, the United States did not seek this outcome. Our decisions have been driven by Qaddafi's refusal to respect the rights of his people, and the potential for mass murder of innocent civilians. It is not an action that we will pursue alone. Indeed, our British and French allies, and members of the Arab League, have already committed to take a leadership role in the enforcement of this resolution, just as they were instrumental in pursuing it. We are coordinating closely with them. And this is precisely how the international community should work, as more nations bear both the responsibility and the cost of enforcing international law.
This is just one more chapter in the change that is unfolding across the Middle East and North Africa. From the beginning of these protests, we have made it clear that we are opposed to violence. We have made clear our support for a set of universal values, and our support for the political and economic change that the people of the region deserve. But I want to be clear: the change in the region will not and cannot be imposed by the United States or any foreign power; ultimately, it will be driven by the people of the Arab World. It is their right and their responsibility to determine their own destiny.
Let me close by saying that there is no decision I face as your Commander in Chief that I consider as carefully as the decision to ask our men and women to use military force. Particularly at a time when our military is fighting in Afghanistan and winding down our activities in Iraq, that decision is only made more difficult. But the United States of America will not stand idly by in the face of actions that undermine global peace and security. So I have taken this decision with the confidence that action is necessary, and that we will not be acting alone. Our goal is focused, our cause is just, and our coalition is strong. Thank you very much.
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The President will address the situation in Libya where a a cease fire has been called for after the UN vote on March 17, 2011 authorizing a no-fly zone and other military action.
Today's complete itinerary is here: President Obama official schedule and guidance, Friday, March 18, 2011.
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Obama, allies talk about 'next steps' in Libya
Libya Calls Ceasefire After Britain and France Vow Action 'Soon'
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Where the hell do you and congress get off? Yall are no better than they are. The NDAA is made as law to do the same thing to Americans that he is doing to his own people! How two faced can yall be? Hes not listening to his people? What a joke because this govt. is mute to theirs. You people are sh*tting on our Constitution and we are supposed to stand for this? Bring our men home and quit trying to take over the frikin world! Your wanting to take our right to bear arms now, saying they are weapons of mass destruction? What a scam… you know damn well We the People wont take that sh*t lying down!!! You might kill us trying to take them but you know alot of people are going down too. Because if we were ever fighting for our freedom its from the tyranny of the men that swore to protect US!!!!
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Review: 'Miss Bala,' with Gina Rodriguez, is a fine feminist action film
Mick LaSalle	January 30, 2019Updated: February 1, 2019, 9:42 am
Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz in "Miss Bala." Photo: Sony Pictures
"Miss Bala" — or "Miss Bullet," as they say on Google Translate — is a real surprise. It seems to promise an exploitative genre movie, about gangsters and drug deals, and it delivers on that, but it's something more. Director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer have taken a Mexican thriller, with a female victim at its center, and have turned it into an intelligent feminist film.
The intelligence is as important as the feminism.
It's common in movies for the most misogynist fantasies of the male imagination to be fobbed off in the publicity as "strong, feminist statements," so long as they show a woman, any woman, demonstrating strength, even if it's strength in the service of evil, cruelty or self-destruction. But this is Hardwicke, who has made terrific movies, such as "The Nativity Story" and "Thirteen." She knows exactly what she's doing, and she knows what she's using the movie to say.
Gloria (Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin," who couldn't be better here) is a normal American woman, a makeup artist, originally from Tijuana. She crosses the border and goes back to the city of her birth to visit an old friend, Suzu (Cristina Rodlo), who is preparing to enter the Miss Baja (as in Baja California) beauty pageant.
In these early scenes, Gloria is the more diffident of the two women, and Suzu is the more outgoing, more at home in her world and in control of her environment. Then the two go to a nightclub and end up separated, when gang members break in and start spraying the place with bullets. They seem to be trying to assassinate one person in particular, but they're not big on subtlety, and it turns into a scene of absolute chaos.
It's the first of at least three big action sequences, and Hardwicke establishes the pattern here by staying almost entirely with Gloria and her perspective. In a sense, Hardwicke has us become her, and so we develop a deep and serious interest in Gloria's survival.
It would be critically reckless to say anything more about a story that figures out new surprises to spring on us every 10 minutes. (But some critics may be reckless, so don't read any more reviews if you plan on seeing this movie.) Based on the synopsis of the original Mexican film — I haven't seen it — the American remake has come up with a series of new and inventive turns, while staying focused on its larger project of presenting the action as one woman's education.
At the center of the film is the complicated dynamic that develops between Gloria and Lino (Ismael Cruz Cordova), a young gangland honcho with a small, vicious crew. As played by Cordova, Lino is charismatic and rational. He might be redeemable, or he might just be exhibiting residual traces of having once been a human being. At one point, Gloria finds herself at his mercy, forced to do his bidding, and, for a brutal guy, he's nicer than he has to be.
Gina Rodriguez in "Miss Bala." Photo: Sony Pictures
There's something in their interaction and the questions arising from it that extends beyond these two individuals and seems part of a larger point that Hardwicke is making. The dynamic is too rich to lend itself to easy characterization or to boil down to a single message, but it seems to be in the nature of a warning about this kind of fellow. Lino is not just charming, but vulnerable. He likes her. He sees something in her. Yet we sometimes wonder if any of that even matters.
For an obvious movie in an obvious genre, "Miss Bala" has a light touch. Thus, Rodriguez's transformation, though notable and satisfying, takes place onscreen in the way such things happen in life, not action movies. The change is acted by the actress, not imposed on her. And though the change isn't big, it feels huge, because it's real.
M"Miss Bala": Action drama. Starring Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz Cordova. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. (PG-13. 104 minutes.)
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The most direct reference to the postmodern ideas of the hyperreal and of authorship and originality can be found in KAWS's recurring sculptural figure COMPANION.
Andrea Karnes
Strikingly iconic and monumental in scale, COMPANION ranks amongst the most emblematic figures within KAWS' pervasive visual lexicon. In recent years, Brooklyn-based KAWS (Brian Donnelly) has not only earned his position amongst the most acclaimed sculptors of our generation but also become firmly established as a universally recognized and adored household name. It is principally through his large-scale public sculptures that KAWS successfully traverses the realms of high art and mass culture, with his trademark COMPANION character at the very forefront of this campaign. A global icon of our time, KAWS' COMPANION figures are everyone's best friend, "seemingly emphasiz[ing] with us while we emphasize with them – plodding through life" (Andrea Karnes, KAWS: WHERE THE END STARTS, Exh. Cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, 2016, p. 49). Simultaneously celebrating and mourning a globalized age of capitalism, mass consumption and accelerated diffusion of information, COMPANION remains our staunch and loyal sidekick: while his X-eyes are eternally closed in defiance of a world pervaded with brands, logos, and homogenized consumerism, the figure's adorable cartoon presence harnesses our childhood memories to remind us of the power of hope and faith in humanity.
One of the most prominent heirs of Pop Art, KAWS studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. After graduating, he worked briefly as a freelance illustrator before beginning to use the name KAWS as a young graffiti artist in Jersey City. In the 1990s, after moving to New York, he began to practice 'subvertising' to parody and spoof corporate and political advertisements on bus shelters, phone booths and billboards. Gradually, the artist expanded his imagery beyond graffiti, inventing his own host of characters including the three most emblematic: COMPANION, CHUM and ACCOMPLICE, a bunny with long ears. These hybrid characters employ the tactic of cartoon appropriation, extending the art historical lineage of appropriated images by pop artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Going one step further than his predecessors, KAWS supplants the characters' heads with his skull motif, updating the universally cherished childhood iconography to a contemporary context. KAWS' resulting figureheads became the design bases for limited-edition figurines, vinyl toys, streetwear and eventually even high-end fashion collaborations – infiltrating the realm of mass consumerism and reinventing a truly distinctive lexicon that permeates the worlds of contemporary art and popular culture.
COMPANION was one of the first characters created by KAWS. Characterized by the artist's skull-and-crossbones head with X-eyes, COMPANION was also the first of the artist's characters to be realised in three-dimensional form when KAWS collaborated with Japanese brand Bounty Hunter to produce limited edition vinyl figurines in 1999. Since then, iterations of the character have spearheaded KAWS' global appeal as an international art world sensation. Whether in toy form or in life-size sculptural form, KAWS' adorable COMPANION inspires a growing dedicated following from all corners of the world. KAWS himself explains: "He [COMPANION] deals with life the way everyone does" and "is more real in dealing with contemporary human circumstances. He reflects attitudes we all have" (the artist quoted in Exh. Cat. KAWS: WHERE THE END STARTS, 2017, p. 5).
Such a resonance of humanity is amplified by KAWS' explorations in scale, exemplified in KAWS's larger-than-life COMPANION sculptures constructed in iconic locations around the globe, which deliberately dismantle the boundaries between high and low art. Like his artistic influences Claes Oldenburg and Jeff Koons, KAWS scales up his motif in the manner of the grand tradition of classical sculpture. In a twist of perspective, the tables are turned and viewers are rendered toy-like, as if having accidentally stumbled upon an otherworldly realm where cartoons assume a more dominant presence. "[B]y the time I made my first sculpture, I wanted it to look just like the vinyl toys I had already been making. I wanted to see where that puts people's perspectives," said KAWS (Ibid, p. 41). Speaking about his strategy of challenging the distinctions between toys and sculptures, the artist has said: "to me they involve the thought process, so it's funny that when I work big in bronze, it's called a sculpture, but something I do that's small and plastic is called a toy" (the artist cited in Carlo McCormick, "From the Streets to TV to Fine Art Galleries, KAWS Is Everywhere", Paper, November 4, 2013, online). Eschewing art's traditionally anti-commercial idealism and infiltrating the worlds of mass culture and commerce, KAWS' COMPANION establishes a new paradigm in art history, constituting less a commentary than a continuous and powerful enactment of the complex role of capitalist culture and popular media in personal narratives and everyday lives.
KAWS, HOLIDAY, 2019, balloon, 37 meters long. Photograph taken at Hong Kong Victoria Harbour. Courtesy of AllRightsReserved Ltd. Photo: @nk7
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Battle of Ovidstown
Part of the United Irishmen Rebellion
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British victory
United Irishmen British Army
William Aylmer
~200 dead ~25 dead
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The battle of Ovidstown, was a clash between British military and Irish rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It took place at 19 June 1798 at Ovidstown Hill, about three miles south-west of Kilcock in County Kildare.
Despite the initial military failure of the United Irish rebellion in Kildare, the consolidation of Government forces in Naas and the priority given to the effort to crush the raging rebellion in County Wexford, meant that much of the county remained in rebel hands since the outbreak of the rebellion. Towns such as Prosperous and Clane were in rebel hands, while towns such as Maynooth, Kilcock and Kildare town had been attacked and briefly occupied by the rebels. By 19 June however, neighbouring County Meath had been judged sufficiently pacified to allow for troops to be sent from there into Kildare to retake the rebel-held territory.
A force of 400 troops, with two pieces of artillery, was sent out from Trim on 18 June to locate and destroy the rebel army led by William Aylmer. When Alymer received news of the offensive, he decided to rally his forces and engage the approaching military head-on, choosing to fight at Ovidstown Hill, about three miles south-west of Kilcock.
On the eve before the battle, the Irish rebels received word from an anonymous source that the wine cellar of the empty Hortland House was left open. Rebels were sent to the house where they ransacked the basement and brought all the alcohol back to camp. It is understood that the majority of the Irish rebels entered battle under the influence of alcohol and this is said to be one of the main reasons for the rebels failure at Ovidstown.
Almost 4,000 rebels had gathered by the time approaching British troops were spotted, and they began to deploy behind ditches on both sides of the road in an attempt to ambush the approaching military. The manoeuvre failed when light infantry deployed along both rebel flanks, and drove them back with their superior firepower. Despite this success, the British were unable to organise their cavalry in time to pursue the retreating rebels across the broken terrain and were also experiencing difficulties in deploying their artillery.
Trying to take advantage of the respite, Alymer ordered his men to charge the encumbered soldiers before they could complete their deployments but the charge petered out as the rebels hesitated and merely occupied a facing position covered by hedges. This gave the British artillery enough time to fire rounds of grapeshot into the massed rebels who were now forced to come out from their positions and were subsequently exposed to volleys of musket fire from the infantry.
Forced back onto the offensive, the rebels charged again, reaching the British lines and almost seizing the artillery, but they had left their left flank unprotected which gave the cavalry the opportunity to launch a counter-attack which broke and routed the rebel attack.
The rebels lost about 200 men while the military lost 25, Alymer was forced to relocate his remaining forces to the protection of the Bog of Allen where they later linked up with survivors of the Wexford rebellion under Anthony Perry. The British followed up their victory, pursuing and killing the fleeing rebels, and retaking and sacking the town of Prosperous, held by rebels since the Battle of Prosperous.


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Mary Delany, the Triumfeminate and other Dublin Women: Swift's "Female Senate"
August 6, 2020 April 7, 2019 by C. M. Barry
This post originally appeared on my personal blog. However at the recent conference on Irish Philosophy in the Age of Berkeley, Christine Gerrard gave a fascinating presentation on "What the Dublin Women of the 'Triumfeminate' did with John Locke". I have therefore moved this post here to serve as an introduction to these women.
In 1752 John Boyle (5th earl of Cork and Orrery), erstwhile friend of Jonathan Swift, wrote in his life of the Dean, "You see the command which Swift had over all his females, and you would have smiled to have found his house a constant seraglio of very virtuous women, who attended him from morning til night". Boyle blamed Swift's women for Swift publishing papers he would have been wiser to withhold, since "he communicated every composition as soon as finished, to his female senate."
Patrick Delany, who had been close friends with Swift since meeting him in 1718, wasted no time in defending the reputation of Swift and his friends in Observations Upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift. As well as giving explanations of Swift's relationships with Esther Johnson ('Stella') and Esther Vanhomrigh ('Vanessa'), he insisted that women almost never visited the Dean's house, and then only by invitation. Delany had every opportunity of knowing this: "[Delany's] house at Glasnevin was the scene of the weekly meetings at which Swift and his circle would read poems to each other and submit them for correction" (Andrew Carpenter, 2004). The house, Delville, has since been demolished but stood on the site of the present Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin.
Categories 1690-1800 The Long Eighteenth Century, Jonathan Swift, Triumfeminate Tags Locke, women
The quotable Swift – is that his only relevance today?
December 2, 2017 November 30, 2017 by C. M. Barry
Three and a half centuries after his birth, we're still quoting Swift. "Burn everything that comes from England except their people and their coal" was a byword in Ireland during the Anglo-Irish trade war of the 1930s, and his advice to "hang up half a dozen bankers every year" was revived after the Celtic Tiger collapsed. In these days of Brexit, both leavers and remainers quote him, perhaps pointing out that "[i]t is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom" or that "falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it".
While Swift might provide a quote for all seasons, some applications of his words might have enraged him. The reworking of "[r]easoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired" against religion is a case in point: Swift made the remark against freethinkers (such as the man who shared his birthday, John Toland.) Yet it would not have surprised him. Swift was as cynical about the world he lived in as he was hostile to the forces he saw stirring within it.
It may seem strange that the father of microcredit and the father of mental health care in Ireland should have been hostile to progress. Perhaps his family motto Festina Lente (Swiftly, Slowly) gives a clue. Swift saw the wisdom of the past being rejected in favour of the new philosophy (much of which we would call the new science.) All too swiftly, traditional ideas in politics, religion and society were being overturned indiscriminately.
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Voltaire and Swift
November 22, 2017 November 21, 2017 by C. M. Barry
I sent the other day a cargo of French dulness to my lord lieutenant. My lady Bolingbroke has taken upon herself to send you one copy of the Henriade. She is desirous to do that honour to my book; and I hope the merit of being presented to you by her hands, will be a commendation to it. However, if she has not done it already, I desire you to take one of the cargo, which is now at my lord lieutenant's. I wish you a good hearing; if you have got it, you want nothing. I have not seen Mr. Pope this winter; but I have seen the third volume of the Miscellanea; and the more I read your works, the more I am ashamed of mine. I am, with respect, esteem, and gratitude, sir, your most humble and most obedient servant,
John Nichols (ed) 1801 The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, DD, Dean of St Patricks Dublin, arranged by Thomas Sheridan, Volume 12, London, p. 269.
Perspectives on Ireland and the Reformation
March 16, 2018 October 31, 2017 by C. M. Barry
Luther sent his ninety-five theses to the Archbishop of Mainz, Albert of Brandenburg, on 31 October 1517. He may also have fixed them to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg on that day, but there is no contemporary evidence of it. The first reference to the supposed nailing of the theses is in 1558 (twelve years after Luther's death) from Philip Melanchthon, an ally of Luther who was not in Wittenberg in 1517. If the theses was fixed to the church door, a practice at the time, one would have expected in line with that practice that they would have been fixed by wax1
Very early in the history of Protestantism, history became important. Confronted with the question of "where was your church before Luther" a succession of scholars set out to establish that their church was not new, starting with Magdeburg Centuries (1559-1574) 2 Luther was not the first to call for reform in the Church, and forebears could be traced: Jan Hus and John Wycliffe. And before Wycliffe, at least according to John Foxe (born in 1517), an Irishman: Richard FitzRalph.
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Test of toleration: Abernathy and Swift
October 20, 2017 October 19, 2017 by C. M. Barry
John Abernathy was born on 19th October, 1680. Jonathan Swift sailed into his rest on 19th October, 1745. In the 1730s they locked horns over the issue of religious toleration.
In 1719, the Toleration Act was passed in the Irish Parliament. This confirmed that Irish Dissenters (protestants who were not members of the Established Church, the Church of Ireland) were free to practice their religion and to have their own schools. This act allowed Francis Hutcheson to run an academy in Dublin, for example. But there were still restrictions on dissenters in other spheres. A clause in the Act to prevent the further growth of popery (1704) laid down a requirement that all crown and municipal office holders should qualify themselves by taking communion in the established church. This was not altered by the 1719 Act. Since most dissenters refused to take communion as required the result had been the ousting of dissenters from civil and military office.
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In Our Time: Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'
December 14, 2015 November 30, 2015 by C. M. Barry
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most brilliant and shocking satires ever written in English – Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. Masquerading as an attempt to end poverty in Ireland once and for all, a Modest Proposal is a short pamphlet that draws the reader into a scheme for economic and industrial horror.
Published anonymously but written by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal lays bare the cruel presumptions, unchecked prejudice, the politics and the poverty of the 18th century, but it also reveals, perhaps more than anything else, the character and the mind of Swift himself.
With John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London; Judith Hawley, Professor of 18th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and Ian McBride, Senior Lecturer in the History Department at King's College London
The programme explains the background of the Proposal, including the confiscation of land, the growth of mathematical problem solving (referencing William Petty, surveyor of Ireland) and the conditions at the time.
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Swift's Crater
February 17, 2020 August 17, 2015 by C. M. Barry
From Giberne's "The story of the sun, moon, and stars" (1898) – Public Domain
On the 17th of August 1877, the search of American astronomer Asaph Hall was finally successful. He had doubted the conventional wisdom that Mars had no moon. Using the giant 26-inch refractor of the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., he searched close to the planet and discovered not one but two moons, travelling so close to the surface of Mars that until now they were lost in the planet's glare. These were named Phobos and Deimos (see more about the moons on the NASA website).
This discovery had been anticipated by a fictional research organisation. In 1726, Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels, describing Gulliver's visit to Balnibarbi and to Lagado, the island that floats above it where its rulers live. The intelligentsia of Lagado, though unhealthily engrossed in their studies, are advanced in astronomy:
"Censorship and deception in the printing of Swift's works 1690-1758" , National Print Museum, 15th Jan 2015.
October 2, 2017 January 12, 2015 by C. M. Barry
From ECIS: There will be a public lecture at the National Print Museum entitled 'Censorship and deception in the printing of Swift's works 1690-1758', on Thursday, 15 January 2015, at 6.30pm. The lecture will be given by Professor Andrew Carpenter as part of the National Print Museum's 'Censored' lecture series and is free of charge … Read more
Categories Events, Jonathan Swift Tags censorship, jonathan swift, lecture
Reciprocal Referencing: Hutcheson and Swift
November 23, 2015 December 3, 2014 by C. M. Barry
"Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down,
Threatening with deluge this devoted town."
Downpour in Dublin (c) Phil Burns/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
I came across an article, An image from Francis Hutcheson in Gulliver's Travels, book IV, chapter 5 by Arnd Bohm, in which he points out the similarity between a passage by Swift and a passage by Hutcheson.
In Gulliver's Travels (book IV, Chapter 5) Gulliver tells the gentle, horse-like Houyhnhnm master about wars among humans, and the death and destruction it involves:
And to set forth the valour of my own dear countrymen, I assured him, "that I had seen them blow up a hundred enemies at once in a siege, and as many in a ship, and beheld the dead bodies drop down in pieces from the clouds, to the great diversion of the spectators."
The Houyhnhnm is horrified, as we might be well be, at the thought of wholesale death being a "great diversion". Bohm suggests that the moral indifference shown is emphasised when we realise the likely source of the example Swift is using.
Categories Francis Hutcheson, Jonathan Swift Tags city shower, Francis Hutcheson, gulliver's travels, jonathan swift, reflections on laughter
Yeats on Swift and Liberty
October 19, 2017 June 13, 2014 by C. M. Barry
What was this liberty…served through all his life with so much eloquence? 'I should think,' he wrote in the Discourse, 'that the saying, vox populi, vox dei ought to be understood of the universal bent and current of a people, not of the bare majority of a few representatives, which is often procured by little arts, and great industry and application; wherein those who engage in the pursuits of malice and revenge are much more sedulous than such as would prevent them.' That vox populi or 'bent and current,' or what we even more vaguely call national spirit, was the sole theme of his Drapier Letters; its right to express itself as it would through such men as had won or inherited general consent. I doubt if a mind so contemptuous of average men thought…that it found expression also through individual lives, or asked more for those lives than protection from the most obvious evils.
Yeats on Swift (specifically his favourite tract of Swift's, the Discourse of the Contests and Dissentions…in Athens and Rome) in Wheels and Butterflies (London, 1934), pp. 23-24
The quote was included in W. B. Yeats, Jonathan Swift, and Liberty, which links Swift and Yeats in their fight for a particular vision of liberty, coupled with elitism:
"He knew that the Irish intellect must continue the fight that Swift had led in Ireland against those perpetuations of seventeenth-century materialism–optimism, faith in utopian schemes, trust in democracy–that lay behind the new pious legislation and hedged about modern life. Outside of Ireland he had been accustomed to the extreme opinions of youth, often outrageous and contrary to his own opinions. But not in Ireland. Therefore Yeats felt mightly obliged to be the Swift of his day and outrage youth itself."
Yeats' version of Swift's epitaph pares the original down to liberty and indignation:
Swift has sailed into his rest;
Savage indignation there
Cannot lacerate his Breast.
Imitate him if you dare,
World-Besotted Traveler; he
Served human liberty.
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Alienware Graphics Amplifier Review
In recent years, external GPU cases have become quite popular, in spite of the prices that seemed absurdly high for what is essentially a small computer case. But the truth is, they are the best way to get near desktop-level graphics performance on a laptop, so it's not difficult to see why many are still willing to dish out a serious amount of cash for an eGPU case.
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In this article, we'll be taking a closer look at this external GPU case, its features, and see whether it's worth buying in 2020.
You can spot an Alienware product from a mile away, and the Graphics Amplifier is no different. This bulky case features a prominent Alienware logo on the front, it is heavily detailed, and boasts a sleek black exterior without any popping highlights.
All in all, it looks quite good, though its biggest drawback is, ironically, a lack of portability. As mentioned above, it is quite bulky and doesn't feature any built-in handles, so it's not exactly easy to carry around. The case alone sits at 7.72 pounds (about 3.5kg), not accounting for the weight of whatever graphics card you'd install inside, so it can't exactly be called light either.
Features and Compatibility
The Alienware Graphics Amplifier is fairly easy to use. The top cover pops right up, as you can see from the image above, exposing the internals. Inside, you'll find a single full-length PCIe slot, along with enough space to fit any full-length dual-width graphics card. Moreover, there it has a 460-watt power supply which will be more than enough for any modern GPU.
On the back of the case, you'll find four USB 3.0 ports that can be used to connect and/or charge peripherals such as a mouse, a keyboard, a headset, etc.
Furthermore, while most eGPU cases use Thunderbolt 3 as a means of interfacing with a laptop, the Graphics Amplifier uses a proprietary PCIe connector. Alienware claims that this technology is faster than Thunderbolt 3, and while that may be true, it heavily limits the versatility of the Graphics Amplifier, which is its primary drawback.
The way that the Alienware Graphics Amplifier works is quite simple – once it is connected to a compatible laptop, the laptop's internal GPU shuts down and the external GPU takes over until it is powered down or disconnected.
The external GPU cannot work with the internal GPU via CrossFire or SLI, so you can't get extra performance by matching up the internal and external GPU models.
Furthermore, the Graphics Amplifier can be used with either the laptop's integrated display or with an external monitor. The latter can be connected either to one of the laptop's output ports or directly to the external graphics card. VR is also supported, provided that the graphics card and the laptop can actually handle it.
Now, as we have mentioned above, the Graphics Amplifier uses a proprietary connector instead of Thunderbolt 3, so it is certified to work only with the following Alienware laptops, as listed on the official product page:
Alienware 13 R1, R2, R3
Alienware 15 R1, R2, R3, R4
Alienware Alpha R2
Overall, the Alienware Graphics Amplifier is a solid external GPU solution, but it does come with its fair share of drawbacks.
We have already mentioned the two most important ones: its lack of portability and the fact that it is only compatible with a relatively small selection of Alienware gaming laptops. As such, it is not as easy to transport as some other cases are and it's a no-go when it comes to gaming laptops manufactured by other companies.
On top of that, the Graphics Amplifier might have some potential GPU compatibility issues with newer GPUs, though this is usually fixed quickly via driver updates. At the moment, Alienware claims that the Radeon RX series and the GeForce RTX series are fully supported, but there may be some short-lived compatibility quirks with future GPUs when they are released – just something to keep in mind.
Apart from that, we have no other major qualms with the Alienware Graphics Amplifier specifically, but there is still some stuff that applies to eGPU cases in general i.e. the hefty prices and the limited performance compared to desktop PCs.
But ultimately, an eGPU is as close as you can get to PC-level performance in a laptop, and this particular eGPU is cheaper than ever at the moment – when it launched, it was going for a hefty $300, but now you can find it for almost half that price. As such, if you own one of the Alienware laptops listed above and want to give them a big performance boost, now might be a good time!
On the other hand, if you're not an Alienware laptop user and are wondering about alternatives, check out our selection of the best external graphics card enclosures of 2020 – you are bound to find something that fits both your requirements and your budget. And if you're looking for a graphics card, too, then you might also want to take a look at this article as well.
Sleek exterior design
Ample internal space
Powerful PSU
Four USB 3.0 ports on the back
Good value for Alienware users
Size and weight make it difficult to transport
Proprietary connector limits compatibility
On its own, the Alienware Graphics Amplifier is a great and relatively inexpensive way to boost your laptop's graphics performance. The biggest drawback is that it is only compatible with certain Alienware laptops, plus it's not as portable as some other eGPU cases.
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Looking nothing like any traditional warship on Earth, the Arialah is one of only two 6711-class OPVs being built for the UAE Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA), the UAE's equivalent of a Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting the country's oil industry and serving as its coast guard.
The reason for its oddly shaped hull is because the Arialah has what's called a "Sea Axe bow." The sea axe bow offers exceptionally low resistance to enable superior seakeeping, and sustained high speeds in high sea states, according to Damen Shipyards Group, the Dutch defense, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate that designed the Arialah.
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Real Madrid signing this world-class 25-year-old would settle the defence for next decade
by Siddharth Suresh December 25, 2019, 1:00 pm
Why PSG star Marquinhos would be a top signing for Real Madrid
According to French outlet Le10Sport (h/t Daily Mail), Real Madrid have made contact with Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos.
Marquinhos, who plies his trade with the French champions, has a current contract which holds him to the club until the summer of 2022. However, the club's negotiations to extend it by a further two years have hit an impasse over the player's salary demands.
PSG defender Marquinhos in action. (Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid are eager to pounce on this situation and land the experienced 25-year-old defender.
Predominantly a centre-back, Marquinhos has, however, played in a variety of roles in defence, with his current coach Thomas Tuchel regularly deploying him in the defensive midfield role this season.
Despite it not being his natural position, Marquinhos has handled it with aplomb. The mere 10 goals they have conceded so far this season from 18 league games lays further claim to his versatility.
Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos has played over 269 games for the French champions. (Getty Images)
Also, he has played over 269 games for the French giants ever since he joined them from Roma in the summer of 2013. Marquinhos' growth at PSG has been a gradual one, but he has grown in confidence over the years, establishing himself as a regular within the side.
He has played a total of 21 games across all competitions this season and has been a regular presence in the Champions League squad, featuring in all of their group games.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, are not somebody new to the Brazilian, having faced his side's wrath early in the season, losing 3-0 in their opening game of the European competition.
Marquinhos has played a total of 21 games across all competitions this season. (Getty Images)
Marquinhos played a crucial role, cutting down Madrid's attacks in the middle, thereby helping his side register a dominant victory. The defender was also key to his side finishing as group-winners above the La Liga side by a difference of five points.
Moreover, playing consistently at the top level for the last few years makes him a good fit for Real, who are currently undergoing a transition under Zidane.
Ever since they were knocked out of the Champions League Round of 16 by a young Ajax side last season, Madrid have been trying to rebuild their squad, with the club making as many as 8 new signings in the summer.
Even though they have been quite impressive in the league this season until now, conceding just 12 goals from 18 games, it would not be long until things take a different turn.
PSG teammates Marquinhos and Edinson Cavani celebrate a goal. (Getty Images)
The Madrid defence led by veteran Sergio Ramos has been one of strongest in the recent past, with the side having won three consecutive Champions League titles in the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 seasons.
However, the humiliating defeat they suffered against an inexperienced but talented Ajax side raised a few eyebrows regarding their side's defence.
Even though Ramos still looks rock-solid at the back, he is already 33 and cannot get younger. They need a replacement for him and Marquinhos could be the ideal candidate given his vast experience.
Real Madrid players celebrate after scoring a goal. (Getty Images)
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Moreover, his versatility in defence makes him a good back-up for Brazilian Casemiro, who is Madrid's sole defensive midfielder.
An established defender like Marquinhos will undoubtedly be a great fit for a top side like Madrid. Having proven his mettle by winning 5 French titles already, Marquinhos would be a top-quality signing for Real Madrid.
Written by Siddharth Suresh
Hello folks, I am an avid football follower who likes to read, report and play the world's most beautiful game. My other hobbies include writing poetry, traveling and exploring new cultures.
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Civil Rights Group Alleges Jacksonville Prison Not Following COVID Restrictions
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2021 at 3:30pm
A human rights organization is claiming that Jacksonville Correctional Facility is not following proper COVID-19 protocols.
The Journal Courier reports that the Criminal Advocacy Program has received anonymous complaints that basic Covid precautions, like social distancing, aren't being followed at the prison. A representative of the group is saying that prisoners are being housed in the dormitory-style setting with new inmates and inmates that have recently tested positive for COVID-19.
Illinois Department of Corrections Public Information Officer Lindsay Hess told the Journal Courier that there are five staff and 29 prisoners who have tested positive, but the facility hasn't reported any new cases since Thursday. 90 people are currently under quarantine, according to Hess. The most recent COVID update from the Morgan County Health Department lists 22 cases under outbreak status at the prison.
This is the second outbreak at the prison, with the first happening in August of last year that involved 459 prisoners and 42 staff members by the time it ended.
Prisoners have been vaccinated against the virus. There is not a current percentage listed of staff at the prison who have been vaccinated. AFSCME is still working on negotiations about Governor J.B. Pritzker's vaccine mandate. Other contractual staff at the prison have reached agreements and will soon have to have their first dose of vaccine by October 26th.
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These days, Nathan Ake's team AFC Bournemouth comes 13th place in Premier League (United Kingdom). The Flemish defender Nathan Ake joined his current team, AFC Bournemouth (United Kingdom), in July 2017. The 24-year-old footballer was born on February 18, 1995 and is therefore NaN years younger than his team's average age. Standing 1.8 meter high, he is as tall as his team's mean height. In terms of preferred feet, Nathan Ake is a left footer, like 21% of AFC Bournemouth.
So far in the 2018/2019 season, he already competed in 41 fixtures. After an overall look at his career, we can see that he was substituted in 22 times but never out. In the active season, he came into the park more often just like in the previous one. Nathan Ake's best season was Premier League 17/18 (United Kingdom), because in this year he had his highest success in terms of but forward passes and match presence. He received 18 penalties throughout his entire career (of which 17 where yellow). This leads to an average of 0.69 cards per season. In the current playtime, he caught 3 yellow cards.
So far this season, he lost 50% of AFC Bournemouth's matches in Premier League. They also managed to win 2 fixtures in a row. Nathan Ake's shortest stay in a club was 31 days in Reading FC (United Kingdom). He plays with the jersey number 5. The current Premier League 18/19 (United Kingdom) term proves to be good for Nathan Ake, as he managed to score three times (0.07 per match) and provide an assist not once. Basically, 5.7% of AFC Bournemouth's goals in Premier League 18/19 were caused by him.
Throughout his professional career, he participated in 160 games, the last appearance being 13 days ago. Besides AFC Bournemouth, Nathan Ake is at Netherlands'' command, too. So far in his career as football player, he was part of five clubs. Considering he weighs around 165.35lb, Nathan Ake is approximately 6lb lighter than the average player of AFC Bournemouth. He is playing as defender in AFC Bournemouth together with Chris Mepham, Charlie Daniels, Nathaniel Clyne, Jack Simpson, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Diego Rico Salguero and Adam Smith. He was contracted to a few clubs during his professional career, one of them being Chelsea FC, for whom he played before coming to United Kingdom. Nathan Ake's record stay with a club is Chelsea FC (United Kingdom) with four years and 6 months.
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