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"""
For dealing with symlinks, junctions, and hard-links on windows.

References:
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18883892/batch-file-windows-cmd-exe-test-if-a-directory-is-a-link-symlink

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21561850/python-test-for-junction-point-target
    http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/see_if_two_files_are_the_same_file.html
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6260149/os-symlink-support-in-windows
    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006(v=vs.85).aspx
    https://superuser.com/a/902082/215232

Weird Behavior:
    - [ ] In many cases using the win32 API seems to result in privilege errors
          but using shell commands does not have this problem.
"""
import os
import warnings
from os.path import exists
from os.path import join
from ubelt import util_io
from ubelt import util_path
import sys

if sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
    import jaraco.windows.filesystem as jwfs

__win32_can_symlink__ = None

def _win32_can_symlink(verbose=0, force=0, testing=0):
    """
    Args:
        verbose (int, default=0): flag
        force (int, default=0): flag
        testing (int, default=0): flag

    Example:
        >>> # xdoctest: +REQUIRES(WIN32)
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> _win32_can_symlink(verbose=1, force=1, testing=1)
    """
    global __win32_can_symlink__
    if verbose:
        print('__win32_can_symlink__ = {!r}'.format(__win32_can_symlink__))
    if __win32_can_symlink__ is not None and not force:
        return __win32_can_symlink__

    # We have to use a unique directory otherwise we encounter multiprocess
    # race conditions.
    import tempfile
    tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix='_win32_can_symlink')
    # from ubelt import util_platform
    # tempdir = util_platform.Path.appdir('ubelt', '_win32_can_symlink').ensuredir()

    try:
        util_io.delete(tempdir)
    except Exception:
        print('ERROR IN DELETE: sys.platform={}'.format(sys.platform))
        from ubelt import util_links
        util_links._dirstats(tempdir)
        raise

    util_path.ensuredir(tempdir)

    dpath = join(tempdir, 'dpath')
    fpath = join(tempdir, 'fpath.txt')

    dlink = join(tempdir, 'dlink')
    flink = join(tempdir, 'flink.txt')

    util_path.ensuredir(dpath)
    util_io.touch(fpath)

    # Add broken variants of the links for testing purposes
    # Its ugly, but so is all this windows code.
    if testing:
        broken_dpath = join(tempdir, 'broken_dpath')
        broken_fpath = join(tempdir, 'broken_fpath.txt')
        # Create files that we will delete after we link to them
        util_path.ensuredir(broken_dpath)
        util_io.touch(broken_fpath)

    try:
        _win32_symlink(dpath, dlink)
        if testing:
            _win32_symlink(broken_dpath, join(tempdir, 'broken_dlink'))
        can_symlink_directories = os.path.islink(dlink)
    except OSError:
        can_symlink_directories = False
    if verbose:
        print('can_symlink_directories = {!r}'.format(can_symlink_directories))

    try:
        _win32_symlink(fpath, flink)
        if testing:
            _win32_symlink(broken_fpath, join(tempdir, 'broken_flink'))
        can_symlink_files = os.path.islink(flink)
        # os.path.islink(flink)
    except OSError:
        can_symlink_files = False
    if verbose:
        print('can_symlink_files = {!r}'.format(can_symlink_files))

    if int(can_symlink_directories) + int(can_symlink_files) == 1:
        raise AssertionError(
            'can do one but not both. Unexpected {} {}'.format(
                can_symlink_directories, can_symlink_files))

    try:
        # test that we can create junctions, even if symlinks are disabled
        djunc = _win32_junction(dpath, join(tempdir, 'djunc'))
        fjunc = _win32_junction(fpath, join(tempdir, 'fjunc.txt'))
        if testing:
            _win32_junction(broken_dpath, join(tempdir, 'broken_djunc'))
            _win32_junction(broken_fpath, join(tempdir, 'broken_fjunc.txt'))
        if not _win32_is_junction(djunc):
            raise AssertionError('expected junction')
        if not _win32_is_hardlinked(fpath, fjunc):
            raise AssertionError('expected hardlink')
    except Exception:
        warnings.warn('We cannot create junctions either!')
        raise

    if testing:
        # break the links
        util_io.delete(broken_dpath)
        util_io.delete(broken_fpath)

        if verbose:
            from ubelt import util_links
            util_links._dirstats(tempdir)

    try:
        # Cleanup the test directory
        util_io.delete(tempdir)
    except Exception:
        print('ERROR IN DELETE')
        from ubelt import util_links
        util_links._dirstats(tempdir)
        raise

    can_symlink = can_symlink_directories and can_symlink_files
    __win32_can_symlink__ = can_symlink
    if not can_symlink:
        warnings.warn('Cannot make real symlink. Falling back to junction')

    if verbose:
        print('can_symlink = {!r}'.format(can_symlink))
        print('__win32_can_symlink__ = {!r}'.format(__win32_can_symlink__))
    return can_symlink

def _symlink(path, link, overwrite=0, verbose=0):
    """
    Windows helper for ub.symlink
    """
    if exists(link) and not os.path.islink(link):
        # On windows a broken link might still exist as a hard link or a
        # junction. Overwrite it if it is a file and we cannot symlink.
        # However, if it is a non-junction directory then do not overwrite
        if verbose:
            print('link location already exists')
        is_junc = _win32_is_junction(link)
        # NOTE:
        # in python2 broken junctions are directories and exist
        # in python3 broken junctions are directories and do not exist
        if os.path.isdir(link):
            if is_junc:
                pointed = _win32_read_junction(link)
                if path == pointed:
                    if verbose:
                        print('...and is a junction that points to the same place')
                    return link
                else:
                    if verbose:
                        if not exists(pointed):
                            print('...and is a broken junction that points somewhere else')
                        else:
                            print('...and is a junction that points somewhere else')
            else:
                if verbose:
                    print('...and is an existing real directory!')
                raise IOError('Cannot overwrite a real directory')

        elif os.path.isfile(link):
            if _win32_is_hardlinked(link, path):
                if verbose:
                    print('...and is a hard link that points to the same place')
                return link
            else:
                if verbose:
                    print('...and is a hard link that points somewhere else')
                if _win32_can_symlink():
                    raise IOError('Cannot overwrite potentially real file if we can symlink')
        if overwrite:
            if verbose:
                print('...overwriting')
            util_io.delete(link, verbose > 1)
        else:
            if exists(link):
                raise IOError('Link already exists')

    _win32_symlink2(path, link, verbose=verbose)

def _win32_symlink2(path, link, allow_fallback=True, verbose=0):
    """
    Perform a real symbolic link if possible. However, on most versions of
    windows you need special privledges to create a real symlink. Therefore, we
    try to create a symlink, but if that fails we fallback to using a junction.

    AFAIK, the main difference between symlinks and junctions are that symlinks
    can reference relative or absolute paths, where as junctions always
    reference absolute paths. Not 100% on this though. Windows is weird.

    Note that junctions will not register as links via `islink`, but I
    believe real symlinks will.
    """
    if _win32_can_symlink():
        return _win32_symlink(path, link, verbose)
    else:
        return _win32_junction(path, link, verbose)

def _win32_symlink(path, link, verbose=0):
    """
    Creates real symlink. This will only work in versions greater than Windows
    Vista. Creating real symlinks requires admin permissions or at least
    specially enabled symlink permissions. On Windows 10 enabling developer
    mode should give you these permissions.
    """
    from ubelt import util_cmd
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        # directory symbolic link
        if verbose:
            print('... as directory symlink')
        command = 'mklink /D "{}" "{}"'.format(link, path)
        # Using the win32 API seems to result in privilege errors
        # but using shell commands does not have this problem. Weird.
        # jwfs.symlink(path, link, target_is_directory=True)
        # TODO: what do we need to do to use the windows api instead of shell?
    else:
        # file symbolic link
        if verbose:
            print('... as file symlink')
        command = 'mklink "{}" "{}"'.format(link, path)

    if command is not None:
        info = util_cmd.cmd(command, shell=True)
        if info['ret'] != 0:
            from ubelt import util_format
            permission_msg = 'You do not have sufficient privledge'
            if permission_msg not in info['err']:
                print('Failed command:')
                print(info['command'])
                print(util_format.repr2(info, nl=1))
            raise OSError(str(info))
    return link

def _win32_junction(path, link, verbose=0):
    """
    On older (pre 10) versions of windows we need admin privledges to make
    symlinks, however junctions seem to work.

    For paths we do a junction (softlink) and for files we use a hard link

    Example:
        >>> # xdoc: +REQUIRES(WIN32)
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> root = ub.Path.appdir('ubelt', 'win32_junction').ensuredir()
        >>> ub.delete(root)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(root)
        >>> fpath = join(root, 'fpath.txt')
        >>> dpath = join(root, 'dpath')
        >>> fjunc = join(root, 'fjunc.txt')
        >>> djunc = join(root, 'djunc')
        >>> ub.touch(fpath)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(dpath)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(join(root, 'djunc_fake'))
        >>> ub.ensuredir(join(root, 'djunc_fake with space'))
        >>> ub.touch(join(root, 'djunc_fake with space file'))
        >>> _win32_junction(fpath, fjunc)
        >>> _win32_junction(dpath, djunc)
        >>> # thank god colons are not allowed
        >>> djunc2 = join(root, 'djunc2 [with pathological attrs]')
        >>> _win32_junction(dpath, djunc2)
        >>> _win32_is_junction(djunc)
        >>> ub.writeto(join(djunc, 'afile.txt'), 'foo')
        >>> assert ub.readfrom(join(dpath, 'afile.txt')) == 'foo'
        >>> ub.writeto(fjunc, 'foo')
    """
    # junctions store absolute paths
    path = os.path.abspath(path)
    link = os.path.abspath(link)

    from ubelt import util_cmd
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        # try using a junction (soft link)
        if verbose:
            print('... as soft link')

        # TODO: what is the windows api for this?
        command = 'mklink /J "{}" "{}"'.format(link, path)
    else:
        # try using a hard link
        if verbose:
            print('... as hard link')
        # command = 'mklink /H "{}" "{}"'.format(link, path)
        try:
            jwfs.link(path, link)  # this seems to be allowed
        except Exception:
            print('Failed to hardlink link={} to path={}'.format(link, path))
            raise
        command = None

    if command is not None:
        info = util_cmd.cmd(command, shell=True)
        if info['ret'] != 0:
            from ubelt import util_format
            print('Failed command:')
            print(info['command'])
            print(util_format.repr2(info, nl=1))
            raise OSError(str(info))
    return link

def _win32_is_junction(path):
    """
    Determines if a path is a win32 junction

    Example:
        >>> # xdoc: +REQUIRES(WIN32)
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> root = ub.Path.appdir('ubelt', 'win32_junction').ensuredir()
        >>> ub.delete(root)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(root)
        >>> dpath = join(root, 'dpath')
        >>> djunc = join(root, 'djunc')
        >>> ub.ensuredir(dpath)
        >>> _win32_junction(dpath, djunc)
        >>> assert _win32_is_junction(djunc) is True
        >>> assert _win32_is_junction(dpath) is False
        >>> assert _win32_is_junction('notafile') is False
    """
    if not exists(path):
        if os.path.isdir(path):
            if not os.path.islink(path):
                return True
        return False
    return jwfs.is_reparse_point(path) and not os.path.islink(path)

def _win32_read_junction(path):
    """
    Returns the location that the junction points, raises ValueError if path is
    not a junction.

    Example:
        >>> # xdoc: +REQUIRES(WIN32)
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> root = ub.Path.appdir('ubelt', 'win32_junction').ensuredir()
        >>> ub.delete(root)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(root)
        >>> dpath = join(root, 'dpath')
        >>> djunc = join(root, 'djunc')
        >>> ub.ensuredir(dpath)
        >>> _win32_junction(dpath, djunc)
        >>> path = djunc
        >>> pointed = _win32_read_junction(path)
        >>> print('pointed = {!r}'.format(pointed))
    """
    if not jwfs.is_reparse_point(path):
        raise ValueError('not a junction')

    # new version using the windows api
    handle = jwfs.api.CreateFile(
            path, 0, 0, None, jwfs.api.OPEN_EXISTING,
            jwfs.api.FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT |
            jwfs.api.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
            None)

    if handle == jwfs.api.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
        raise WindowsError()

    res = jwfs.reparse.DeviceIoControl(
            handle, jwfs.api.FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, None, 10240)

    bytes = jwfs.create_string_buffer(res)
    p_rdb = jwfs.cast(bytes, jwfs.POINTER(jwfs.api.REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER))
    rdb = p_rdb.contents

    if rdb.tag not in [2684354563, jwfs.api.IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK]:
        raise RuntimeError(
                "Expected <2684354563 or 2684354572>, but got %d" % rdb.tag)

    jwfs.handle_nonzero_success(jwfs.api.CloseHandle(handle))
    subname = rdb.get_substitute_name()
    # probably has something to do with long paths, not sure
    if subname.startswith('?\\'):
        subname = subname[2:]
    return subname

def _win32_rmtree(path, verbose=0):
    """
    rmtree for win32 that treats junctions like directory symlinks.
    The junction removal portion may not be safe on race conditions.

    There is a known issue [CPythonBug31226]_ that prevents
    :func:`shutil.rmtree` from deleting directories with junctions.

    References:
        .. [CPythonBug31226] https://bugs.python.org/issue31226
    """
    path = os.fspath(path)

    def _rmjunctions(root):
        from os.path import join, isdir, islink

        for r, ds, fs in os.walk(root):
            subdirs = []
            for d in ds:
                path = join(r, d)
                if isdir(path):
                    if _win32_is_junction(path):
                        # remove any junctions as we encounter them
                        os.rmdir(path)
                    elif not islink(path):
                        subdirs.append(d)
            if 1:
                # Not sure if necessary, double check, junctions are odd
                for name in os.listdir(r):
                    current = join(r, name)
                    if os.path.isdir(current):
                        if _win32_is_junction(current):
                            # remove any junctions as we encounter them
                            os.rmdir(current)

            # only recurse into real directories
            ds[:] = subdirs

    if _win32_is_junction(path):
        if verbose:
            print('Deleting <JUNCTION> directory="{}"'.format(path))
        os.rmdir(path)
    else:
        if verbose:
            print('Deleting directory="{}"'.format(path))
        # first remove all junctions
        _rmjunctions(path)
        # now we can rmtree as normal
        import shutil
        def onerror(func, path, exc_info):
            print('Error')
            print('func = {!r}'.format(func))
            print('path = {!r}'.format(path))
            print('exc_info = {!r}'.format(exc_info))

        shutil.rmtree(path, onerror=onerror)

def _win32_is_hardlinked(fpath1, fpath2):
    """
    Test if two hard links point to the same location

    Example:
        >>> # xdoc: +REQUIRES(WIN32)
        >>> import ubelt as ub
        >>> root = ub.Path.appdir('ubelt', 'win32_hardlink').ensuredir()
        >>> ub.delete(root)
        >>> ub.ensuredir(root)
        >>> fpath1 = join(root, 'fpath1')
        >>> fpath2 = join(root, 'fpath2')
        >>> ub.touch(fpath1)
        >>> ub.touch(fpath2)
        >>> fjunc1 = _win32_junction(fpath1, join(root, 'fjunc1'))
        >>> fjunc2 = _win32_junction(fpath2, join(root, 'fjunc2'))
        >>> assert _win32_is_hardlinked(fjunc1, fpath1)
        >>> assert _win32_is_hardlinked(fjunc2, fpath2)
        >>> assert not _win32_is_hardlinked(fjunc2, fpath1)
        >>> assert not _win32_is_hardlinked(fjunc1, fpath2)
    """
    # NOTE: jwf.samefile(fpath1, fpath2) seems to behave differently
    def get_read_handle(fpath):
        if os.path.isdir(fpath):
            dwFlagsAndAttributes = jwfs.api.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
        else:
            dwFlagsAndAttributes = 0
        hFile = jwfs.api.CreateFile(fpath, jwfs.api.GENERIC_READ,
                                    jwfs.api.FILE_SHARE_READ, None,
                                    jwfs.api.OPEN_EXISTING,
                                    dwFlagsAndAttributes, None)
        return hFile

    def get_unique_id(hFile):
        info = jwfs.api.BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION()
        res = jwfs.api.GetFileInformationByHandle(hFile, info)
        jwfs.handle_nonzero_success(res)
        unique_id = (info.volume_serial_number, info.file_index_high,
                     info.file_index_low)
        return unique_id

    hFile1 = get_read_handle(fpath1)
    hFile2 = get_read_handle(fpath2)
    try:
        are_equal = (get_unique_id(hFile1) == get_unique_id(hFile2))
    except Exception:
        raise
    finally:
        jwfs.api.CloseHandle(hFile1)
        jwfs.api.CloseHandle(hFile2)
    return are_equal

def _win32_dir(path, star=''):
    """
    Using the windows cmd shell to get information about a directory
    """
    from ubelt import util_cmd
    import re
    wrapper = 'cmd /S /C "{}"'  # the /S will preserve all inner quotes
    command = 'dir /-C "{}"{}'.format(path, star)
    wrapped = wrapper.format(command)
    info = util_cmd.cmd(wrapped, shell=True)
    if info['ret'] != 0:
        from ubelt import util_format
        print('Failed command:')
        print(info['command'])
        print(util_format.repr2(info, nl=1))
        raise OSError(str(info))
    # parse the output of dir to get some info
    # Remove header and footer
    lines = info['out'].split('\n')[5:-3]
    splitter = re.compile('( +)')
    for line in lines:
        parts = splitter.split(line)
        date, sep, time, sep, ampm, sep, type_or_size, sep = parts[:8]
        name = ''.join(parts[8:])
        # if type is a junction then name will also contain the linked loc
        if name == '.' or name == '..':
            continue
        if type_or_size in ['<JUNCTION>', '<SYMLINKD>', '<SYMLINK>']:
            # colons cannot be in path names, so use that to find where
            # the name ends
            pos = name.find(':')
            bpos = name[:pos].rfind('[')
            name = name[:bpos - 1]
            pointed = name[bpos + 1:-1]
            yield type_or_size, name, pointed
        else:
            yield type_or_size, name, None


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Former Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald office building in Doral trades for $27M
Newspapers vacated property last year amid bankruptcy reorganization
Miami /
Sep.September 29, 2021 12:30 PM
By Lidia Dinkova
3511 Northwest 91st Avenue in Doral, Parmenter's CEO John Davidson and Chairman Darryl Parmenter (Parmenter, Google Maps)
UPDATED, Oct. 1, 2:42 p.m.: The former Doral office building of the Miami Herald and its sister Spanish language newspaper, el Nuevo Herald, traded for $27.3 million.
A venture led by institutional real estate investor Parmenter, also based in Doral, bought the property at 3511 Northwest 91st Avenue from Memphis-based SMPO, according to public records. Parmenter took out a $26.5 million loan from Ladder Capital Finance.
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Tere Blanca and Cary Cohen of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented the seller. The brokerage's Blanca and Danet Linares will lead the team leasing the property.
Melissa Rose and Maxx Carney were part of the JLL team that represented the buyer in securing the acquisition financing.
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Parmenter, led by Darryl Parmenter and John Davidson, invests on behalf of life companies, global fund sponsors, family offices and others, and it also is a developer and manager according to its website. Since it was founded in 1989, it has purchased and managed a portfolio of more than $2 billion in real estate across the U.S.
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Parmenter's investment comes at a questionable time for office real estate, as it is unclear how the market will evolve in light of the transition to working from home.
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Provincial Headlines ›
Kalibo, Aklan. Top officials of the Province of Aklan and the Department of Public Works and Highways in Region VI presided over the groundbreaking ceremonies and the dropping of the time capsule for soon to be constructed new Kalibo-Numancia Bridge.
Aklan Rep. Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr, Gov. Florencio T. Miraflores, Vice Governor Gabrielle V. Calizo-Quimpo and DPWH Region VI Director Edilberto D. Tayao took turns in dropping the time capsule for the said project, at its Kalibo supposed approach.
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Tayao assured Aklanons that the project will be completed by the end of next year. The concrete bridge will be a two- lane thoroughfare with 15 spans measuring 30 meters each with a width of 7. 32 meters and balluster type concrete railings.
Tayao said the new bridge will be provided with a sidewalk, with a concrete decked surfacing and with Type Press tressed Concrete and girder including street lightings.
Miraflores recalled that the old bridge have been constructed eight decades back and emphasized that the new bridge construction is the fruit of the concerted and unfired efforts of the unified leadership in Aklan.
Out of the project cost of P370 million, the old bridge shall be retained, strengthened and reinforced.
Quimpo sounds poetic in describing the old bridge as the "mother" who touched the lives of the people of Aklan for generations and contributed greatly to the shaping of the economy and social order of the new Aklan.
The vice governor expressed her personal appreciation for retaining the old bridge citing its historical value to Aklanons and its economic value particularly to the booming tourism industry of Aklan.
The Kalibo- NUmancia bridge links the towns located east and west of the province. At the east are located the capital town of Kalibo, the center of trade , commerce, education and industry; the town of New Washington, the seafood and seaport capital of Aklan as well as the province rice granary; the town of Banga, the citrus capital of the province and the location of the sprawling main campus of the Aklan State University; the town of Balete, considered as the enchanting; the town of Altavas, gateway to the rest of the province of Panay Island; the town of Batan, another seafood capital; and, the town of Libacao, the abaca capital of Aklan.
At the west are the famous town of Malay where Boracay is; towns of Buruanga, Nabas, Ibajay, Tangalan, Makato, Numancia, Lezo, Madalag and Malinao.
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At Savannah Sunset Bar you will enjoy a large terrace and chill-out area with stunning sunsets in San Antonio, Ibiza.
Savannah Sunset Bar, is one of the most famous places in what is known as the San Antonio sunset walk. a local multipurpose open from early morning until late at night, with a large terrace above the sea Mediterranean and chil-out zone perfect for relaxing with one of his famous gin-tonics in hand.
But Savannah is much more, you can have breakfast a full English breakfast, plentiful and freshly made, as well as very complete sandwiches, fresh salads or a simple rich latte and eat a good and juicy argentine or brasilian meat grilled or tapas as they call the Savannah classics such as the Savannah Burger, the chicken Goujons or the classic English plate of fish & chips (fish and chips). A varied gastronomic offer designed to suit all tastes.
But what defines Savannah in Ibiza and what is world famous begins when the sunset begins, as it enjoys a more than privileged situation to view the Spectacular and lively San Antonio sunsets. Thousands of people approach each summer afternoon to contemplate this natural phenomenon and many are the ones who choose Savannah as the Place of reference to do so, for their famous d's, for his Gin & Cocktail Club with tall cocktails like strawberry daiquiris or the rich Muay Thai, champagne and champagne sangria and as we already mentioned, your gin-tonics, because there are usually "beautiful and famous" people and because after the sun just disappears into the sea, Savannah Sunset Bar becomes one of the places of reference of the Ibiza festivities that you advance what is to come in the most famous discotheques of the world.
Savannah opened its doors for the first time in 1997 and since then it remains as a key place in the mythical Sunset Strip of San Antonio or as we say in Spanish, the walk of the sunset. A place that reflects the true feeling of Ibiza's liveliest summer.
Follow the Maritime Walk of San Antonio and in the end you will find it.


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LG's updated Grams get thinner, add OLED and 'hidden touchpads'
All new models have Intel Raptor Lake processors.
Will Shanklin
·Contributing Reporter
January 3, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ·2 min read
LG Gram Ultraslim (LG)
LG has new Gram laptops at CES 2023. The latest entrants in the company's ultra-portable line include the "thinnest Gram model yet" and a glass laptop with a "hidden" LED-lit trackpad.
With a depth of 10.99 mm, LG says the new Gram Ultraslim is the company's thinnest notebook. The device weighs a mere 998 g (about nine percent lighter than the model it's replacing) and has a 15.6-inch OLED display with 1080p resolution. Of course, it gets a processor bump with 13th-gen Intel Raptor Lake chips.
The Gram Style is a new variant for this year with a glass design. Shipping in 16- and 14-inch variants, the Style has anti-glare OLED screens: 3,200 x 2,000 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate in the 16-inch model and a 2,880 x 1,800 OLED with 90Hz for the 14-inch variant. LG says the Style has a "hidden touchpad" with LED backlighting that illuminates when you touch it. Along with 13th-gen Intel Raptor Lake chips, the new machines include Gen4 NVMeTM solid-state drive in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB tiers.
LG Gram 2-in-1
LG has new variants of the standard Gram laptop line in 17-, 16-, 15- and 14-inch variants. These models have IPS displays, updated Raptor Lake Intel chips and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop graphics. LG is also updating its Gram 2-in-1 line with 360-degree rotating hinges. These updated models ships with 14- or 16-inch touchscreen IPS displays at 2,560 x 1,600 (16-inch) or 1,920 x 1,200 (14-inch) resolution. Additionally, they include pre-installed note-taking and drawing apps designed for the bundled LG Stylus Pen.
All new Gram laptops this year include Dolby Atmos audio for the first time, and LG touts the "ultra-compact" power adapter shipping with all new Gram models. In addition, their displays all have anti-glare coatings and support the LG Glance privacy tool. Unfortunately, we've run into build-quality issues with past Grams, so hopefully, the new models will fare better.
LG hasn't yet announced pricing for the new laptops. They will launch globally starting in February. The company says it will announce US pricing and availability later.
NATO's Stoltenberg in South Korea to deepen ties in Asia
SEOUL (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in South Korea on Sunday, the first stop on a trip that will include Japan and is aimed at strengthening ties with the U.S. allies in the face of the war in Ukraine and rising competition with China. In the South Korean capital, Seoul, Stoltenberg met Foreign Minister Park Jin, and was expected to meet President Yoon Suk-yeol and Minister of National Defence Lee Jong-Sup. NATO is concerned about North Korea's "reckless" missile tests and nuclear weapon programme, while the war in Ukraine had ramifications for Asia, Stoltenberg told Park in remarks at the beginning of their meeting, citing suspicion that North Korea is providing military support to the Russian war effort.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Israel-Palestine visit comes amid soaring tensions
The top diplomat's visit comes amid heightened tensions after Israeli soldiers sealed off the family home Sunday of a 21-year-old Palestinian, Khayri Alqam, who killed seven people near a synagogue in east Jerusalem on Friday.View on euronews
MATCHDAY: Derby-West Ham in FA Cup; Villarreal eyes top 4
A look at what's happening in European soccer on Monday: ENGLAND West Ham looks to avoid becoming the 12th Premier League team to be eliminated from the FA Cup when it heads to third-tier Derby. West Ham might field a weakened team, with its priority being preserving its status in the top flight. The Hammers are a point and two places outside the relegation zone in the league after a poorer-than-expected first half of the season. Derby is fourth in League One. It is the last of the fourth-round
6 years after mosque attack, Quebec City Muslim community holds memorial
The Muslim community in Quebec City welcomed people into the mosque where a gunman opened fire and killed six men six years ago for a solemn memorial ceremony. It was the first time the commemoration ceremony had been held in the same room as the attack.
Windsor-Essex officials issue opioid warning after 11 overdoses in a week
Health officials in Windsor-Essex have issued an alert about a recent spike in opioid overdoses — the second alert this month. The Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy (WECOSS) says there were 11 opioid overdoses recorded between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26. WECOSS says nine of the overdoses that week involved fentanyl. Following that week — from Jan. 28 to Jan. 29 — there were eight emergency department visits due to opioid overdoses, with an additional nine paramedic calls for a suspe
Mike Tennant tries to put out the car fire in his driveway, first with a fire extinguisher and then a garden hose, in cel phone video recorded by his wife, Patty Atwell Tennant.


Welcome to the Exum Mountain Guides Service and School of Mountaineering for your Jackson Hole Adventures. During the summer season Exum offers rock climbing instruction and guided mountain climbing. During the winter we offer some of the best backcountry skiing adventures in the US. As the oldest guide service in North America, Exum has guided the Grand Teton for over 80 years. Individuals from age 8 to 80 have been able to climb the Grand Teton after only two days of climbing instruction. Our programs range from a fun day on the rocks for the whole family, to serious alpine adventures.


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A national dumpster rental business in Marlton will usually have more sizes and designs to match the unique needs of your project. National businesses are likewise a great choice for construction crews which work in a number of cities. Some folks, however, complain that national businesses are not as adaptable as locally owned businesses.
If you rent a 30 yard dumpster, you will be getting a container which will hold 30 cubic yards of waste or debris. Your 30 yard container will measure about 22 feet long by 8 feet wide by 6 feet high. These numbers could change somewhat determined by the dumpster rental firm in Marlton you choose. A 30 yard dumpster will hold between 9 and 15 pickup truck loads of waste, therefore it's an excellent option for whole-home residential cleanouts as well as commercial cleaning projects.
Cheapest Dumpster Rental in Marlton - Is It Worth It?
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NEWCASTLE — The Newcastle Bobcats couldn't overcome four lost fumbles at home Friday night, dropping a close one to Throckmorton 42-32.
Jarrett Wigington rushed for 170 yards and six touchdowns as the Greyhounds (1-4) picked up their first win of the season. Aaron Hernandez threw for 116 yards in the win, while Lake Brice led Newcastle with 110 rushing yards and a score.
Throckmorton led 28-12 thanks to a 22-point second quarter. The Bobcats fought back in the third quarter but couldn't get the gap closer to within 10.
RUSHING: (T) Jarrett Wigington 26-170, 6 TDs; Ruston Briseno 8-84; (N) Lane Brice 12-110, TD; JT Spurlin 17-84, TD; JD Brice 5-65, 2 TDs.
PASSING: (T) Aaron Hernandez 13-18-0, 116.
RECEIVING: (T) Briseno 4-69; Wigington 3-29.
RECORDS: Throckmorton 1-4; Newcastle 2-3.
WOODSON — Brayden Houser passed for 225 yards and five touchdowns here Friday night to lead the Bryson Cowboys to a 59-7 win over Woodson.
The game was called at halftime.
Bryson outscored Woodson 37-7 in the first quarter and posed another 22 points in the second. Bryson recorded more than 320 yards of offense while holding Woodson to 153.
RECORDS: Bryson 3-2; Woodson 1-4.
KNOX CITY — The Guthrie Jaguars couldn't hold on to the ball here Friday night, fumbling it away seven times as the Knox City Greyhounds raced to a 46-0 win.
The first score of the night came in the first quarter on an Andrew Casillas fumble recovery and return for a score. The Greyhounds never looked back from that point on as Abraham Nevarez threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns.
Knox City finished with 145 yards of total offense while limiting the Jaguars to 38.
RUSHING: Guthrie — Jones 6-36. Knox City — Ham 2-5.
PASSING: Knox City—Nevarez 7-17-0 for 142.
RECEIVING: Knox City — Ham 3-85, Brady Hawkins 5-69.
RECORDS: Guthrie is 0-5 overall, ; Knox City is 4-1.
CHILLICOTHE — It took just one half of play for Motley County to route the Chillicothe Eagles, 62-0.
The Matadors posted 42 points in the first quarter and another 20 in the second. The game was called at halftime.
The Motley County defense gave the Eagles no room to operate, limiting Chillicothe to 4 yards of total offense.
RECORDS: Motley County 3-2; Chillicothe 1-4.
RECORDS: Northside 3-2; Gold-Burg 0-3.


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News: On Sunday March 4th, 2018 at 8:13pm in the Jadwin Hall high bay of Princeton University, we have successfully achieved first plasma, concluding 4 years of the construction activity! Here is a short news story.
The Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE) is a new intermediate laboratory facility currently under testing at Princeton University by a consortium of five universities (Princeton University, University of California - Berkeley, University of California - Los Angeles, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin - Madison) and two Department of Energy (DoE) national laboratories [Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)]. This facility, upon completion, will be located at the PPPL. The design is based on the smaller device, Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX). The goal of FLARE is to provide experimental accesses to new regimes of the magnetic reconnection process and related phenomena directly relevant to heliophysics, astrophysics, and fusion plasmas. Click here to learn more about magnetic reconnection.
The FLARE device construction is funded by the NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, with cost share contributions from Princeton University, University of Maryland, and University of Wisconsin - Madison. The construction has been finished in December 2017. The facility support is provided by Princeton University.
Gamma ray flare from Crab Nebula (Black: background) thought to be due to reconnection. [Striani et al (2011)]. A soft X-ray image of the sun taken by the Yohkoh satellite. Reconnection is thought to play a role in coronal heating.
The charged particles which create the aurora are thought to be accelerated through magnetic reconnection.


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Nissan Lucino/200SX
Nissan Lucino / 200SX is a Japanese compact and sports compact car of the Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. line. Years of release – 1994-2000. 1995 to 1998 The coupe was marketed in the North American market as the Nissan 200SX. The car was manufactured in the bodies of a 3- and 5-door hatchback and a 2-door coupe. In addition to Japan, the machines were also assembled in assembly workshops in the United States. The name of the car "Lusina" is taken from ancient Roman mythology in honor of the goddess of the moon and childbirth.
Engine Nissan SR16VE
The 1.6-liter Nissan SR16VE engine (or SR16 for short) was assembled from 1997 to 2000 at a plant in Japan and was installed on sports versions of such popular models as the Pulsar, Lucino or Sunny. In addition to the standard modification, there was an N1 version from Autech for Pulsar 1997-1998. Continue reading Engine Nissan SR16VE
Engine Nissan GA15DE (S/E/DS)
The most common units of the GA series are, of course, 1.5-liter GA15DS and GA15DE. At first it was a carbureted GA15DSB, and in 1994 it was replaced by the GA15DE with multi-point electronic fuel injection. Thanks to electronic injection, the power increased to 105 hp at 6000 rpm, and the torque reached 135 N*m at 4000 rpm. This engine was produced until 2000. Continue reading Engine Nissan GA15DE (S/E/DS)


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Georg Gehring (ur. 14 listopada 1903; zm. 31 października 1943) – niemiecki zapaśnik walczący w obu stylach. Trzykrotny olimpijczyk. Brązowy medalista z Amsterdamu 1928; czwarty w Los Angeles 1932 i siódmy w Berlinie 1936. Walczył w wadze ciężkiej.

Mistrz Europy w 1926 i 1929; trzeci w 1930 i 1931; czwarty w 1925; szósty w 1937 roku.

Mistrz Niemiec w 1948 i 1949; trzeci w 1935 w stylu klasycznym. Zwycięzca w stylu wolnym w 1936 i 1937 roku.

Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1928

Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1932

Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1936

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Niemieccy medaliści olimpijscy
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Uczestnicy Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1932
Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1928
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US Festivals Are Now Banning Selfie Sticks, Too
Maddie Stone
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Selfie sticks are very quickly being branded as a public hazard: Our culture's "wand of idiocy" is no longer welcome in dozens of museums and attractions across the country. Now, it seems, festival goers will have to forgo the sticks, as well, and go back to taking narcissistic photos like it's 2013.
In anticipation of their festival which stars April 10th, Coachella's organisers have announced that "Selfie sticks / Narcissists" are now a prohibited item, along with chains, explosives, and knives. Lollapalooza, a huge summer fest that takes place in Grant Park, Chicago, has also issued a warning to any revellers looking to bring their selfie sticks this year.
According to NME:
The decisions follow previous stipulations in the UK. Selfie sticks have been banned from major British music venues, including O2 Academy Brixton, London's O2 Arena and the SSE Wembley Arena. The devices — elongated sticks that attach to a camera or phone to aid photo-taking — were among the best-selling gifts of Christmas 2014, but have been outlawed from a number of venues on health and safety grounds.
Given all the other dangers associated with EDM festivals, it's probably for the best that organisers are trying to make a pre-emptive strike on this one. Sure, your perfectly-angled selfies may convince the world you're having the time of your life, but I doubt the same could be said for the kid you end up clocking in the face. [NME]
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As Money magazine explains in "The Trendy $9,000 Home Renovation That Practically Pays for Itself," replacing a section of your home's vinyl siding with manufactured stone veneer is an upgrade that's become especially popular in West Coast states like California, Oregon and Washington. Among midrange markets in the region, removing a 300-square-foot band of vinyl siding from the bottom third of a house and replacing it with manufactured stone veneer costs an average of $9,507 and has a resale value of $10,499. With 110.4 percent of the cost recouped, it's fair to say that, in some cases, this exterior upgrade can more than pay for itself.
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SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme That Preyed on Elderly
The Securities and Exchange Commission has halted what they say was a $5 million Ponzi scheme that targeted mostly senior citizens and small business owners.
Regulatory Roundup - Nov. 12-18
Pentagon Fails Audit Again
The Pentagon has failed its second fully comprehensive audit, with auditors citing multiple material weaknesses that ultimately resulted in a disclaimer of opinion, despite some improvements from last year's examination, which also failed for largely the same reasons.
IRS to Ramp Up In-Person Visits
The IRS wants to increase the number of in-person visits it does, particularly in areas where it has few to no revenue officers on hand.
IRS Commissioner Asks CPAs to Provide Feedback on the Taxpayer First Act
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, speaking at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C., said that he wants to hear from CPAs and other tax professionals about the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, enacted on July 1.
Conference Speaker: Auditing Standards Shifting Away From Simple Checklists
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Wendy Stevens, a member of the Public Company Accounting Board's (PCAOB) Standing Advisory Group and a speaker at the Foundation for Accounting Education's Nov. 14 Auditing Standards Conference, said that the board wants auditors to move away from a checklist mentality and use more professional judgment, as evidenced by its most recent standards.
Speakers Advocate for IT Audits to Move From Templates to Risk Modeling
Many information technology audits are performed through the use of simple templates provided by practice advisers, mainly because they are easy to complete and don't require much IT knowledge per se. But a pair of speakers at the Foundation for Accounting Education's Nov. 14 Auditing Standards Conference said these templates don't account for the rapid technological advances that have become features of our modern world.
FASB Proposes Clarifications on Hedge Accounting Standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed an update meant to address what stakeholders said were inconsistencies and unintended consequences in hedged risk guidance.
Bill Would Limit Interest Rates on Consumer Loans to 36 Percent, Would Be Major Blow to Payday Loan Industry
Legislation introduced in both chambers of Congress would, if implemented, cap interest rates on all consumer loans at 36 percent, a move that would do major damage to the payday loan industry, which often charges interest rates in the hundreds of percent.
JPMorgan Economist Says Conventional Wisdom on Recessions No Longer Works, and That's Good
James Glassman, managing director of and head economist of commercial banking with JPMorgan Chase, said that while conventional wisdom indicates that a recession should be on the horizon, factors such as changing demographics and new monetary policy mean that all the usual signs don't really apply today.


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Dick's art
Dr. Evan Lipson February 8, 2022 1 min read
Dick Copaken was a renaissance man. In addition to being a Harvard-educated lawyer, a successful entrepreneur, a published author and a loving, generous family man, Dick was also an artist. He had painted since childhood, and for him it was not only a mode of self expression, but a way to give something back to the people around him. In the four months between his diagnosis and death, just as he did when he was healthy, he found ways to leave a lasting and positive influence on his his family, his friends and on people he knew he would never meet.
Dick Copaken's art is currently displayed at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, an Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in Washington, D.C., Harvard University, in the Secretary's Office in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, and in the backdrop of this website's masthead.
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http://seizethedays.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Copaken.mp3
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01.07.19: Devastating Decree
Posted by Giancarlo Fiorella January 7, 2019
Maduro hinted today that his government would issue a decree with a response against the Lima Group over the bloc's recent statement in which it rejected his government and called for his resignation. Maduro said that he considered the statement "an aggression", and that the decree would come from his Constituent Assembly, a legislative body of hand-picked regime loyalists.
On the nature of the decree, Maduro said:
They [the Constituent Assembly] are preparing an devastating decree on this issue.
Maduro took particular issue with the Lima Group statement's ninth point, in which the Lima Group sides with Guyana in a long-standing border dispute with Venezuela. In an attempt to brush aside the statement, Maduro referred to the Group as a "cartel", likely due to the word's connections with drug trafficking. Maduro said:
What do we care that the Lima Cartel does not recognize Venezuela's institutionalization and constitucionalization [sic]? We don't care about that at all.
Maduro also stated that he has the support of the "immense majority of countries", a counterfactual claim given that only a small number of countries–including China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria, and a mere handful of others–formally recognized the May 20 presidential election.
The president also claimed that the Constituent Assembly's statement would be issued tomorrow.
Zerpa Opens Up in Second Interview to EVTV
Christian Zerpa, the chief electoral judge at the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (Supreme Court, TSJ), opened up in a news conference today about the inner workings of the top court. Zerpa defected with his family to the United States over the weekend citing an unwillingness to participate in Maduro's January 10 inauguration.
During the press conference–which he held in Orlando, Florida–Zerpa asked "forgiveness from the Venezuelan people" for having helped to perpetuate the Maduro dictatorship in power, and called TSJ chief judge Maikel Moreno "a criminal who uses his post for economic gain".
Zerpa explained that Maduro dictates many of the TSJ's decisions, and that he was concerned for the safety of Gustavo Gonzalez Lopez, the former chief of the Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (National Bolviarian Intelligence Service, SEBIN), the regime's feared political police.
Gonzalez Lopez was removed from his position in late October under a shroud of secrecy, and has been out of the national spotlight since then. On his current whereabouts, Zerpa said:
We haven't heard from him since October. We don't know if he's in hiding, or imprisoned, or dead for refusing to hand himself over to the SEBIN. He's not someone that I trust because I don't agree with what he did int erms of human rights, but if he's alive, the government should prove it, or he himself should re-appear.
Zerpa also claimed that he is not wealthy, and that he was forced to sell his "cars… and even some bottles of whisky" to gather enough money for his defection.
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Ricardo Preve
Interviewed by Steve Grossmith
Here we were lucky enough to have an interview with Ricardo Preve, the supremely talented filmmaker behind "COMING HOME".
Thanks for taking the time to join us in "The Green Room"! So firstly, WOW – a huge event coming up in Argentina with the theatrical release of "COMING HOME"! Congratulations and please tell us more?
Very excited about the event, getting a theatrical release for a documentary feature is not easy, we had a very good critical reception, and the first two nights we had an excellent response from the public. We will see how the numbers turn out but all the newspaper, online, and television reviews were from "Good" to "Excellent" so that is helping draw in spectators. A very special connection was the presence at the premiere of some of the families of the Argentine submarine "San Juan", which sank with the loss of all 44 crew members while my film, which tells the story of 44 Italian submariners who survive, was in post-production. We dedicated the film to the crew of the "San Juan" and they came to the first screening to thank us for that!
It always fascinates me how and why? you would choose to put together such an intricate documentary whereby you mix narrative filmmaking into your documentaries as you did with your previous film "The Patagonian Bones".
I think that comes from my background working for National Geographic Television which, about a decade ago, was big on very accurate, and elaborate, historical recreations. As film makers we bring our past history along in all our films and I love to mix fiction with reality to enrich a story. I think that the "traditional", narrative, didactical documentary is a thing of the past and you need to approach a more modern narrative style to capture the audience. I was lucky to work with great producers at NGT like John Bredar, Linda Goldman, and Geoff Luck who taught me that.
Most people won't know the story of "The Macalle" (the subject of the movie) & apart from deciding to even make a film about this incredible event how do you ensure that the viewer remains gripped by what they see on the screen?
The historical recreations that I mentioned above serve as a "hook", in my opinion, to keep the interest of the viewer. We decided to edit the film so that the 1940 voyage of the submarine towards its fatal ending at a desert reef in the Red Sea paralleled out 2014 and 2017 expeditions to the same location. Would we meet the same tragic fate as the crew of the "Macalle"? We wanted the spectator to worry about that…
Please could you tell us about the research required for the background to "COMING HOME"?
We were fortunate in that there is a voluminous (300 pages or so) Commission of Inquiry at the Italian Navy archives in Rome into the loss of the submarine that was written a couple of months after it sank, with the testimony of most of the 44 survivors, and quite a bit of maps and drawings about what happened during the sinking, and later on the desert island while the sailors awaited rescue for a week, and also about the death of the only crew member who was buried there, and whose remains we went to recover. That was almost like getting a ready- made script of the movie from the Italian navy!
Historical recreations, including the construction of parts of the submarine on a 1:1 scale in a studio in Buenos Aires formed part of this film, that is a huge undertaking – can you tell us more about this?
We did find the original construction plans for the submarine, since the company that built it still makes ships today, and in fact recently began building submarines for the Italian navy again. We also found the drawings of the small dinghy that 3 crew members from the "Macalle" used to row more than 100 miles to get help. The dinghy was built as an exact copy, and was towed behind a truck on an 800 mile round trip to southern Argentina for the exterior shooting locations. Because it was not certified to sail at sea, we only put it into the ocean for a short distance from the beach. The submarine itself was built in a studio out of MDF, a light wood compound, and we were able to get from historical documents the exact colour codes for the hull, the life rings and life jackets, and other parts of the boat. It was, to say the least, a huge undertaking that combined a lot of carpentry work with CGI.
And your final expedition to the Red Sea in October, 2017?
Well you could say that was "the moment of truth". We had strong indications that the grave we had found on the island was that of the Italian sailor who had died after a few days of searing temperatures, and with little food or water. But it was only through the incredibly skilled work of our lead scientist Dr. Matteo Borrini, an Italian forensic anthropologist who teaches at John Moores University in Liverpool, and his assistant Italian archeologist Cosimo Giachetti, that we were able to confirm the identity of the remains. Without their work, Carlo Acefalo (the deceased sailor) would still be on that desert island. We were also lucky in that we had absolutely calm seas during the 3 days we were on the island while Matteo and Cosimo were digging, as there is no harbour on that un-inhabited island, and in fact you have a reef about 150 yards from the shore which you need to swim over with your gear before you can make landfall.
I literally counted through the credits and made it something like over 200 people involved in this project – how on Earth do you oversee all of this in terms of planning and logistics?
I am very lucky to have several production managers who have worked for me for years, and are hugely experienced in these types of complex and risky international projects. Much credit goes to Ramon Cardini, my EP on the job, and Administrative Director Lillian Roldan. Also our Italian Associate Producer Alvise Cambiaso did a great job dealing with the logistics of three locations as distant, and as diverse, as Argentina, Italy, and Sudan.
We are constantly asked about crowd-funding / fundraising for film projects – any tips please?
We did a crowd-funding campaign and it did help, but the key was to get a professional fund raiser who got us the serious money and that was Ilaria Nizzo in Rome, whose work was key in getting the film funded. I think that, unless you are talking about a very low budget film, you need to get some big money up first from producers, then the crow-funding is an extra that can help.
You had a professional career before becoming a successful filmmaker; do you have any advice for someone that is looking to emulate what you have done?
I think that, as film makers, we are simply visual storytellers. So try to live a rich life, not only professionally but also culturally – read, go to the theatre or the cinema, see art exhibitions, travel if you can afford it. Anything you can do to enrich your life, beyond studying cinema, will be reflected on- camera when you make your films.