Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The new de facto U.S. ambassador to Taiwan on Wednesday pledged to continue to promote Taiwan-U.S. relations, listing the top priorities during his three-year tenure as promoting U.S.-Taiwan security and economic ties; Taiwan's role in the global community and people-to-people ties.
At his first press conference in Taipei as Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Brent Christensen, who assumed office in August, reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Taiwan.
"For almost 40 years, the Taiwan Relations Act and the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques have served as the foundation of our 'one China' policy that has guided our relations with Taiwan and the People's Republic of China," he said.
He stressed the long-held U.S. stance that any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by "other than peaceful means represents a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and is of grave concern to the United States."
"We are opposed to unilateral attempts to change the status quo," Christensen added.
Meanwhile, the AIT chief said the U.S. welcomes efforts on both sides to engage in dialogue that reduces tensions and improves peace and stability in the cross-strait relationship, against the backdrop of ongoing tension since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) assumed office in May 2016.
At the press event, Christensen highlighted the four areas he sees as priorities during his tenure, including the promotion of U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation; U.S.-Taiwan economic and commercial relationship; Taiwan's role in the global community and people-to-people ties.
In terms of supporting Taiwan's ability to defend itself, Christensen pointed out that the U.S. recently approved the second arms sale to Taipei in two years, worth US$330 million.
"Our obligation to support Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self-defense capability against coercion is a foundational element of the Taiwan Relations Act," he said.
On economic and trade fronts, the AIT chief said Washington sees value in further improving already strong economic ties with Taipei.
"This was underscored by Secretary of State Pompeo in his speech last July about our free and open Indo-Pacific Strategy, where he noted the important role that Taiwan can play in this strategy, including in the areas of the digital economy, energy and infrastructure."
Another major focus will be U.S. support for Taiwan's international participation, Christensen said, adding that the world cannot afford to exclude Taiwan as it faces a number of global challenges.
"The United States has long been a vocal supporter of Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations, and we continue our informal consultations and engagement to allow Taiwan to have a more substantive role in the international community," he said, adding that the country's broader participation on the world stage will have benefits for the global community.
The fourth and last focus is promoting bilateral people-to-people ties, he said, adding that he hopes to see more US states open representative offices in Taiwan to promote business and tourism.
Christensen, who has nearly 30 years of diplomatic experience, replaces former director Kin Moy, and previously served as AIT deputy director from 2012-2015.


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GKN Wins Historic Appeal: FINRA Lacks Authority to Enforce Collection of Disciplinary Awards
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan ruled unanimously in a historic decision today that FINRA lacks authority to bring court actions to collect disciplinary fines it has imposed – a monumental win for GKN. The holding by the appellate court reversed the district court and concluded differently from the Supreme Court of the State of New York and New York State Appellate Division in Manhattan, earlier rulings that GKN successfully had vacated by the New York State Court of Appeals on jurisdictional grounds. Accepting GKN's contentions, the 2nd Circuit ruled that the Securities Exchange Act did not provide FINRA with the necessary authority, and that rule changes FINRA filed with the SEC were not filed in the proper manner providing for comment and approval. FINRA's notices to members over the years, announcing its collection policy, thus were of no effect. In one footnote, the 2nd Circuit noted that the same powers it was discussing would apply to other self-regulatory agencies. In another footnote, the 2nd Circuit cautioned that it was offering no opinion on the validity of a properly promulgated rule authorizing fine collection through judicial proceedings, a reference GKN believes accounts for its other arguments against FINRA enforcing fine collection that the 2nd Circuit did not address. The decision, Fiero v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., is published at 660 F.3d 569 (2d Cir. 2011).

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The 8 Drink Inventions We Could Never Do Without Slideshow
The invention of refrigeration changed what (and how) we drink forever. After all, what's a good glass of milk to you without a fridge? Before the refrigerator, it was common practice to keep food and drinks cool with things like chilly streams, stockpiled ice or snow, and later, ice boxes, which became popular in the 19th century. Various vapor-compression and gas-absorption refrigeration systems soon followed, but German engineer Carl von Linde is often credited with developing the first modern-style refrigerator, which he patented in 1877. The first electric home refrigerator was sold around 1915, and by 1920, there were some 200 models on the market. Refrigeration has changed the way drinks are packed and shipped, and of course the way we shop and drink.
The invention of refrigeration changed what (and how) we drink forever. Refrigeration has changed the way drinks are packed and shipped, and of course the way we shop and drink.
Before synthetic corks and screw caps, there was the cork. Often the very tricky barrier for when you need that glass of wine right this second, it's essential to the taste, and storage, of wine. As we've said before, cork is the outer layer of Quercus suber, the cork oak, a tree widely found in Portugal (which produces more than half of the world's cork) and around the Mediterranean basin. The cork, first widely used beginning in the 1700s, creates a perfect barrier between liquids and air. And fun fact: the first corkscrew, which arrived around the same time (fortunately), was apparently inspired by the gun worm, a device designed to extract bullets from rifle barrels.
Fruit Press
Well, someone had to figure out how to get the wine out of grapes. The first presses for these purposes were apparently beams with platforms on one end onto which heavy stones could be loaded. The screw press, dating from around the third or fourth century A.D., was a major improvement; it could be turned by man or beast with a lot less energy than hefting big rocks around required. Today, of course, electricity is involved — but the basic idea remains the same.
What would we have done without the original coffee maker? As we noted in our story of the 50 most important food and drink inventions, the earliest example may have been the hourglass-like vacuum-brewer, developed in the mid-1800s; and then the electric percolator was patented in 1889. And before the Mr. Coffee-sort of coffee makers were popularized (first sold for home use in 1972), coffee was often made on stovetops. And with it came the invention of espresso machine (the original was invented in 1901), and then the fancy brewing techniques third wave coffee shops use today. Without the coffee maker, we may have never discovered the joy of a good cup of coffee (or caffeine).
Without barrels, we may have never understood just how great a wine or aged spirit could be. As we've noted before, it was the French (OK, the Gauls) who may have made the first wooden barrels, figuring out how to heat and bend staves of wood and bind them into pot-bellied form with rope and later metal bands. The Romans then adopted the idea, finding barrels a great improvement over the clay pots and amphorae they had been using for wine, oil, and other substances (they were bigger and more stable, and didn't have to be sealed with resin). Barrels turned out to be ideal for storing and shipping everything from wine and whiskey to pickles, olives (and their oil), herring, and cured pork. And of course, now barrels play a big part in the flavor of a wine or spirit; different woods and aging times greatly changes how it may taste.
How could we not include the invention of Coca-Cola on our list? Arguably the drink that changed Americans' drinking choices, sugar cravings, and waistlines forever, the Coke syrup was invented by John Pemberton (aka "Doc"), a pharmacist, as the popularity of soda fountains grew. His business partner, Frank M. Robinson, created the cursive logo we all recognize today and the slogan, "The Pause That Refreshes." After Pemberton died, Asa Griggs Candler took over the business and catapulted the drink into the hands of thirsty Atlanta residents; from there, the drink exploded. It's incredible to think that the first year Coca-Cola was sold, 1886, only nine drinks were sold per day, compared to the millions upon millions in sales today. Without Coke, we may never have had Diet Coke, Mountain Dew, Sprite, Surge… and all the other sugary drinks out there.
No seriously — straws were disastrous back before the modern straws we know today were invented in the 1880s. Marvin Stone, the inventor, apparently was not enjoying his mint julep the way he wanted to with his rye natural grass straw (seriously, can you imagine using grass to slurp up a drink?). Instead, he decided to invent a cylindrical vessel made of paper and coated in paraffin. Then came the flexible straws made for milkshakes (during the soda fountain boom), and finally, the bendy straw. Seriously — how else would we have enjoyed milkshakes without a straw?
Tea itself was already a very beloved drink in England when the British crossed the seas to the New World. But it wasn't until 1908 that an American tea merchant, Thomas Sullivan, began sending samples of his tea to customers in small silken bags. And because no one really knew what to do with those bags, people ended up sticking them in boiling water — hence, the tea bag we know today. Sullivan soon began making his teas into small sachets, as tea bags were known through the 1920s, and then later made into paper bags. Interestingly, the British didn't adapt to tea bags until the 1950s, partly because of the materials shortage during World War II, and partly because well, they snubbed their noses at it. Tea bags helped revolutionize, and simplify, the art of a cup of tea for Western countries.
Vaccinations: Edward Jenner - 1796
Edward Jenner's work is widely regarded as the foundation of immunology. Mr. Jenner is well renowned throughout the world for his innovative contribution to immunization and the ultimate eradication of smallpox.
Local Anesthesia: William Morton - 1846
William Morton was the first to show how ether could be used to allay the pain of operations. His use of anesthesia was displayed at a public demonstration to the surgeons of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Oct. 16, 1846, where John Collins Warren excised a tumor from a patient's neck. William Morton was neither the inventor nor the discoverer of anesthetics, and for 20 years acrimony, vituperation, and litigation surrounded the credit for the development of anesthesia.
Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming - 1928
Alexander Fleming discovered the active substance that he termed "penicillin" while working on the influenza virus. Fleming made this discovery by observing that mold had developed accidentally on a staphylococcus culture plate and that the mold had created a bacteria-free circle around itself. He was inspired to further experiment and he found that a mold culture prevented the growth of staphylococci, which verified his discovery. To this day, penicillin is used to treat a host of bacterial infections.
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zaggeist
While Marquis Carter has received lots of accolades for his performance last night, let us not neglect to give credit where credit is due to senior leader Steven Gray, who was playing in his last game in K2. Steven did have the game high 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals against only one turnover. I think Steven, in his quiet way, has taken very seriously his responsibility to guide the ZAGS to an eleventh conference title and NCAA appearance. It was Steven, if you can remember back to 2008, who enabled the ZAGS to tie with Santa Clara with that remarkable last second play when he made the two foul shots at the end of the game, enabling the ZAGS' conference winning streak to continue at that time. Steven has performed quite well for the Zags these past four years, and they will miss his contributions next year.
I for one did not appreciate how much he has been dedicated to rebounding until I saw the SCU game; he is rebounding hard as demonstrated by the 6 last night. Strangely enough, in some games where Hoff has gotten significant minutes, he goes up hard and gets some boards.
I think we take Steven's threes for granted, mostly because he cannot string enough in a row to get everybody real excited, but it seems like every game he comes up with one really needed.
Shooting is contagious, just a sports psychological fact, when Carter lit himself up in the early second half, it was followed by a three from Meech and one from Gray. I really hope that the confidence they have gained travels to Moraga with them. We need Steven to lead with composure and tough baskets early. Though we have the momentum, SMC will be a very angry team, if we can get a jump on them and get them questioning their confidence, again, we can take advantage of their sagging play.
I will cry like a baby on Senior night, seeing Steven standing alone on court, what a great young man, he will succeed at whatever he chooses to do - we have been lucky to watch him for four years.
i will also miss steven and agree with all the nice things you've said about him. however, he still has CSB at the end of the month. last night was merely the last conference game at K2, not the last game overall.
Once and Future Zag
Steven Gray, who was playing in his last game in K2.
Last WCC game... not last K2 game.
Sorry about that... yes, the last conference game in K2, but not his last appearance there...
gamagin
good thread. re shooting: it's amazing what can happen when the open man shoots the ball. The trey was not invented in Moraga. It is practiced everywhere, every day.
But you gotta take the shot in the game. We seem to have FINALLY reached that conclusion, at least more often than not.
Just_An_Old_Zag
Maybe Steven's last home game should be paint the Kennel Gray night and everyone should wear a gray t-shirt with a black knight design on the front. In some ways Steven has appeared to me to use his Gonzaga years in search of his holy grail as he never seemed to find basketball his be all end all pursuit. And let's be honest, in the grand scheme of things thas probably a good thing.
He seems to be smiling more of late, I hope he is enjoying every moment as his collegiate career comes to a rapid(but hopefully not too rapid end).
Bocco
I agree with you that Gray has been playing a lot better the last couple of games, and I believe it is precisely becuse of the emergence of Carter. Carter's presence has taken pressure off of Gray and allowed him to slide into a role on this year's team more like the one he has had pervoius years.
The combination of Carter and Stockton has freed up up Gray and Meech to make good contributions.
I will really miss Gray's charisma. What a fun kid!
Like many other old Zags, I am sure that Steven will remain a close friend of the program and contribute to helping the young ones along.
Would not be surprised if he stayed in Spokane - or went to Hollywood.
This seems like a bit of a premature topic, SO I'LL JUST IGNOR IT 'TIL APRIL!!!
and go zags.
Seems quite appropriate to me. He did have a really good game last night, and could have easily gotten the player of the game honor if Carter hadn't lit the fire last night. Gray's contributions to the Zags have been huge, and like you say, I will wait to expand on this more after we see him all the way to the end of his career, which may be several weeks away. I will say, however at this point, that Steven Gray has had a bigger challenge than Matt had last year. Try to imagine how Bouldin would have done without Steven Gray last year, as well as an injured and much more ineffective Elias Harris. The challenge for Gray and Sacre was tremendous, and its nice to see others who appreciate what he has done. Steven has been one of my all-time favorite Zags, and I am sure that his best still lies ahead of him, and I am excited to follow it.
SG is simply a stud, who is comfortable with who he is. I for one am going to sit back and enjoy whatever the remaining season gives to me to watch him on the court as I will truly miss him come May........that I do know
I hope this isn't an overly simplistic point, but there is a reason why there is usually a player designated as the PG, the SG, etc. Gray is really good at the things he is good at, and was being asked to do some things he isn't consistant with before the emergence of Carter. You can look at at this way: he was trying to do thiss year what it took Matty B. and him to do last year, which proved an impossible and thankless task. He has made the 3 spot and area of strength, instead of weakness over the past few games. He still has a chance to improve upon an already fine legacy.


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The Need for Passenger Rail
Important Studies
Letters to Editors
Myth: Viable public transport requires high population densities
Posted by Cardinal Fang on Thursday, April 26, 2012 · 13 Comments
Common Urban Myths About Transport
Fact: Public transport runs successfully in many cities with similar or lower population densities than Melbourne. Any city with sufficient population density to cause traffic congestion has sufficient population to support a first-rate public transport alternative.
This is probably the most widely believed myth about public transport, and therefore the most dangerous. It's an old story that, like current transport policy, originates in the first major American freeway study:
The conditions of land use and density….are the major determinants of the travel market. If demand is constrained by these factors, it is unlikely that changes in supply will have any great impact on the number of users.
—Chicago Area Transportation Study 1956
Public Transport Users Association
http://www.ptua.org.au/myths/density.shtml
There was no alternative to freeways in Chicago, the road planners said, because the city was too spread out and low-density. The road lobby and its supporters have been using the 'spread-out city' as an excuse for freeway building ever since. The story has been repeated so often in Melbourne that many urban planners, commentators, and even some environmentalists believe it.
In the 2000s the density myth became the centrepiece of the Bracks/Brumby Government's Melbourne 2030 planning strategy. Apparently, in order to encourage public transport, vast tracts of inner Melbourne would have to be rebuilt at higher densities. As The Age put it:
The deal implicit in urban consolidation is that people forgo private space, backyards and cars for a more compact lifestyle…. [instead] Melburnians are opting for ever bigger, more energy-consuming homes. They need to spare a thought for the environment in which their children will be brought up…. The compact city vision is also under pressure from knee-jerk resident groups and councils in established suburbs…. Unreasonable opposition to higher-density housing in existing streets only adds to the pressure for car-dependent fringe estates.
— The Age (editorial), 5 January 2007
The implication was that we must give open slather to developers to build high-rise towers throughout the inner suburbs because, we were told, this is the only way to achieve higher rates of public transport use. The problem, of course (apart from the fact that public transport use doubled of its own accord between 2005 and 2010), is that although many Melburnians are open to the idea of forgoing at least some car use, the idea of forgoing private space and backyards is much less popular.
Pretexts and Fabrications
Many of the contemporary supporters of higher densities are perfectly well-meaning, and speak from genuine concern with the sustainability of Melbourne's urban form. But not everyone's motives are so benign. It's always been the case that many Australian transport planners and economists, and their allies in the media, want to convince us that Melbourne is the most decentralised, low-density city in the world because they have an implacable ideological hostility to public transport (especially rail) and a love affair with roads (especially motorways). No-one sums up this attitude better than the neo-liberal Institute of Public Affairs, who to their credit have held to this position consistently for three decades:
In spite of public transport benefiting from massive subsidies, the coverage of its ability to carry people to their destinations quickly is highly restricted…. It can only operate effectively in urban conditions and only really effectively in urban areas with high densities and concentrated origin and destination points. A rule of thumb is that, to be commercially viable, rail-based systems require [400 people per hectare] and express bus systems [250]. Melbourne has an average density of [15]….
For the main part….cities should adapt to the car and the truck. Road systems are far and away more important than fixed track systems, and buses can make good use of them…. It is therefore vital that the road system be upgraded to keep pace with the demand for car transportation.
—Alan Moran, "The Public Transport Myth", Institute of Public Affairs, October 2006
Density, shmensity: it's all about service
Despite not sharing in Melbourne's extensive rail infrastructure and supportive urban form, even low-density North American cities have, or are planning, viable alternatives to the car. In Toronto, for example, where the average citizen makes more than twice as many public transport trips as in Melbourne, the official transport plan has long aimed to
enhance the attractiveness of travel by transit in the Greater Toronto Area for a variety of trip purposes including, but not limited to, journey to work, and decrease reliance on the private automobile.
— Transit 2020 , Toronto, 1993
Vancouver, where public transport use per capita is 37% higher than in Melbourne, is on target to triple patronage by 2021 from its 1991 level. As in Toronto, this is being done by providing fast, frequent, integrated, safe and cheap public transport.
Both Toronto and Vancouver are spread-out cities, but are not using that fact as an excuse for car-dominated transport policies.
Population density in 1991 (per hectare) 16.8 24.1 14.0
Share of total jobs in Central area 25% 23% 21%
Share of office space in Central area 78% 47% 63%
Share of retail sales in Central area 11% 10% n/a
Annual public transport trips (per capita) 94 240 129
Low-density Vancouver also gives the lie to the assertion that public transport in spread-out cities comes only at high cost. Its entire budget for roads and public transport corresponds to just $180 per resident, compared with $430 per resident in Melbourne.
Unfortunately, many transport planners have completely failed to make the link between quality of service and patronage. The connection is obvious to anyone who checks the statistics, and holds true in low-density cities as much as in high-density cities. As a result, low patronage on public transport is too frequently excused as being residents' fault for wanting big backyards, rather than a fairly obvious result of lousy service provision. So when Portland (a US city with modest public transport use, though fairly good by US standards) was forced to cut some low-patronage services in the 2008-09 recession, one prominent transport planner wrote:
Four routes are to be eliminated completely, and three of these (27, 154, and 157) are outer-suburban feeders…. All serve relatively low density areas but not especially affluent ones, a reminder that density determines ridership much more than wealth does. There's not much of an alternative for residents of the areas served…. but if good transit service were really important to you, you wouldn't live there.
—Gareth Jarrett, Human Transit , 11 February 2010
As Jarrett well knows, residents of these Portland suburbs do have an alternative – private cars. And their decision to use them in preference to the cited bus routes was, it turns out, entirely rational. Of the three routes he named, two were 'commuter' routes that ran five trips a day on weekdays, while the third operated once an hour with the last bus at about 6:30pm. None of them ran on weekends. In short, they were equivalent to some of the worst Melbourne suburban bus routes. Blaming density merely serves to excuse poor design and false economies, and lets the planners off the hook when poor service fails.
If density were the key to use of sustainable transport, then of course you wouldn't live in Portland at all – you'd live in high-density New York, which rates highest in the US for public transport use. But you might just as well consider living in Los Angeles, Miami or Las Vegas: all cities with much higher urban density than Portland. Los Angeles even has a higher density than New York when entire urban areas are compared – a fact not widely known or believed until very recently. The problem is these cities, all 'high density' as they are, all have lower mode shares for public transport than even Portland does!
The table below gives the overall urban density and the public transport mode share for journeys to work in a selection of US and Australian cities. There is some relationship evident between density and public transport use, but it is weak and unconvincing, to say the least. Some other factor must be at work to explain why Brisbane, for example, has three times the rate of public transport use as LA despite being just one-third the density. That factor is good-quality service, which is present in Brisbane (at least in peak hour) but virtually absent in LA. Although we haven't included Canadian cities, they do even better: Ottawa with 17.2 people per urban hectare has almost the same density as Miami, but differs from Miami in having one of the highest-quality bus systems in the world. Its 21.2% of journeys to work by public transport exceeds that in Miami more than fivefold!
density (/ha)
Travel to work by
public transport (%)
Los Angeles 27.3 4.7
New York 20.5 24.8
Las Vegas 17.7 4.1
Miami 17.0 3.9
Denver 15.4 4.4
Chicago 15.1 11.5
Sacramento 14.6 2.7
Phoenix 14.0 1.9
San Diego 13.2 3.4
Washington DC 13.1 9.4
Portland 12.9 6.0
Boston 8.9 9.0
Sydney 20.4 21.2
Melbourne 15.7 13.9
Adelaide 13.8 9.9
Perth 12.1 10.4
Canberra 10.6 7.9
Hobart 10.3 6.4
Brisbane 9.2 13.8
Source: Extracted from Mees, Transport For Suburbia (2010), Table 4.1
This does not mean, of course, that sensitively applied encouragement of medium density housing is not worthwhile. Vancouver certainly introduced more 'medium density' housing under its Liveable Region strategy – but by this they meant the one-sixth-acre blocks that have been traditional in Melbourne for over a century. (What our developers have called 'medium density' would be recognised as 'high density' overseas.)
So carefully targeted land-use measures will help, albeit marginally. But the real challenge lies elsewhere.
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13 Responses to "Myth: Viable public transport requires high population densities"
Evil Eye says:
TransLink's transit planning is based solely on urban myths, no wonder it is going bankrupt.
Some nice articles today. Meese has a lot of good points but his statements about density need some minor adjustment. At the risk of offending Zei here is a link to Humantransit for a much better description than I could write. Well worth the read including the comments. http://www.humantransit.org/2010/09/the-perils-of-average-density.html
zweisystem says:
Sadly the chap from human transit is not a transit expert and some of his musing, though rather quaint, are somewhat dated. He tends to write in support of the anti-LRT crowd and as such, much of his posts are just that opinions, not fact.
I wonder how much Translink pays you to troll the RftV blog?
Myrtle Macdonald says:
Equitable public transport service is a right everywhere, whether in densely populated urban areas or in rural areas. Scattered people require steady means of safe travel as much as the densely populated. There are a million people living south of the Fraser River in BC from Richmond to Harrison and Hope. Vancouver, BC and Bellingham and Tacoma/Seattle, Washington, increasingly send their air pollution up our Fraser valley. Air quality checking stations are few and far between and they lack modern scientifically sound methods to check on the fine particulates and the not so fine fumes, smoke and dust stirred up by SUVs and heavy trucks. Traffic is heavy night and day. Cost of highway maintenance and widening of highways and bridges are unjustly a large part of government budgets. The polluted air causes health problems for nearly everyone from irritated eyes, frequent colds, blocked middle ears, sinusitis, laryngitis, asthma and cardiac problems, etc. Mountain scenery would be seen clearly and enjoyed from an interurban light railway running hourly in both directions. Ministry of Transport study was wrong to compare the light weight 99 km interurban with heavy rolling stock. The Leewood Proposal estimates costs at one third that of an 11 km skytrain. The right of way on the Southern Railway belongs to the people of BC. The existing track passes near several university campuses. Students, college faculty and support staff, commuters, farmers, elders and tourists to Cultus Lake and Harrison would enjoy a tram = light rail train. The gas tax paid by one million people living in this area should be spent in this area.
the Ragnore brothers says:
You bit Rico, two postings with a contradictory view point; the Blogger playing Devil's advocate and you swallowed.
What a muppet
Just because I disagree with a lot of what Zei writes and posts does not mean I disagree with everything. Mees makes a lot of good points about why some transit is sucessful in lower density areas and some not. That said he also misses some important aspects of density that have a huge impact on transit. That is why I linked to the Human Transit post, very good read…..nothing about technology so even Zei could read it without having a fit.
Zei actually I get paid everytime I post a good source disagreeing with you and you respond like a toddler by saying things like I am ignorant instead of posting a link or source to support your position. I get double if you just trash it without reading it.
And just to stir the pot, since Paul Mees (the transit expert and original source of the article above) is a fan of transit in Vancouver does Zei still consider him an expert?
otak_ar says:
@ zweisystem: Sorry for continuing here, but the discussion under "Where's The Density? Oh, I Guess Density Is Not An Issue With TramTrain"
( http://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/wheres-the-density-oh-i-guess-density-is-not-an-issue-with-tramtrain/ ) seems to be locked down for whatever reason.
I assume that your reply: "As for Karlsruhe, transit planners improved service by designing no-transfer services, in Vancouver we increase the number of transfers customers take, a recipe for transit disaster." was also in regards to my last post.
While looking at the Karlsruhe system map, in numerous instances I would simply have to make a transfer, in some cases even more than once. But yes, in general you don`t have to swicth at the Karlsruhe HBf every time.
To get back to my idea of running fast service: Even in the Karlsruhe system you have the option to take the "express train" that stops only on selected main stations. With this train it takes you approx. 1:27 Hrs to travel 80 Km, compared to almost 1:55 Hrs by the regular tramtrain, at the cost of 18.50 EUR.
I guess to elaborate/correct my statement in previous discussion, besides running REGULAR train (or tramtrain) in the Fraser Valley that stops "at every other corner", there should be also an option to jump on express train (or tram) that stops only at the important stops along the way. Ideally it would be nice if the train starts in Vancouver and stops only in Surrey, Langley, Abottsford and Chilliwack transportation hubs). And personally I would not mind this kind of transfer knowing it got me home much faster.
Zwei replies: if you have read the RftV/Leewood report, you would find that the proposed tramtrain service could run at 20 minute headways and definitely doesn't stop at every corner. A 90 minute service from Chilliwack to Scott road station, is good travel time, especially with the congested #1 highway and like you, TramTrain's success would be a direct service to Vancouver.
It is the cost of the project that makes it viable, $1 billion for the full build, Vancouver/Richmond to Rosedale service, which makes it a bargain when compared for $20 billion+ for an identical SkyTrain service!
Rowley Bank says:
Why are North Americans, Canadians, BCer(s) & particularly Vancouverites so hung up on urban density & transit speed?
Is it a composition of New Urbanism & Congestion Reduction?
New urbanists have to be informed and nuanced when navigating the congestion debate, because it easily can be turned to favour sprawl.
Todd Litman doesn't agree;
… increased development density tends to increase congestion measured as roadway level-of-service or delay per vehicle trip, since more trips tend to be generated per acre. From this perspective, Smart Growth tends to be harmful and sprawl tends to be helpful for reducing congestion problems. However, higher density tends to increase land use Accessibility and Transportation Options, resulting in shorter trip distances and shifts to alternative modes such as walking and public transit. Although streets in higher density urban areas may experience more level-of-service E or F, implying serious congestion problems, urban residents spend less time delayed by congestion because they have closer destinations and better travel options.
In the series, a city that runs on itself & published by The Tyee and authored by Patrick Condon of UBC, drawing from the book A Convenience Truth: A 2050 Plan for a Sustainable Vancouver.
A conclusion is reached, increased urbanisation & higher urban density = lower energy use; is this a theory that you subscribe to Rico?
Wouldn't it be better for everyone if residents were encouraged to use their cars less or better still, sell their cars?
Rowley Banks, sorry if I misinterpet some of your post because I was not 100% clear on what you are asking but I will do my best. In a general way I do believe that increased urbanisation and higher density = lower energy use but I would caution there are plenty of ways that individual components of that equation could be faulted (for instance a very low efficency high rise building or a high density development away from other services with no street level connection and so on). So in a general way I suport higher densities because assuming we don't just lock the door and keep everyone else out the lower mainland will grow, if it does not grow denser it will grow out and all just be Surrey/Fraser Valley sprawl and no one will want that (except maybe the developers, contrary to Evil Eye the developers make more money on single family development). When it comes to density and transit I urge you to read http://www.humantransit.org/2010/09/the-perils-of-average-density.html it expresses my thoughts better than I could myself….but I will summarize my thoughts this way the density that is important to transit is the density that is around the transit stop. So the average density of the Fraser Valley means squat to the Interurban line, what matters to potential ridership on the Interurban line is the density along the line (squat).
Stewarts Lane says:
It's perfectly clear to me what Rowley Bank is asking Rico;
Human Transit is the professional blog of Jarrett Walker, a consulting transit planner.
With the mantra, `Human Transit – How clearer thinking can enrich our communities and our lives'
In his own words; "In a small way, my career as a public transit planner has been about creating and managing these kinds of change. I've led the redesign of many bus networks, developed long-range strategic plans for transit, and written policies that guide the design of transit and its role in the city"
All OK so far;
He has acknowledged that many ascribe to him an anti-rail bias, but insists that the goal of transit should be to provide an accessible, frequent, reliable service in the most cost-effective way possible, regardless of mode.
I do think he has an anti-rail bias. And I think his description of the goal of transit shows why. It is far too narrow. The goal of transit should be to help build good cities.
Transit is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself.
It's a means to get where I want to go, which is why I would prefer a LRT/Tramway system, running on a short headway, on separated trambahn over a slow bus system that gets stuck in traffic. Sure transit is part of building good cities because transit makes city travelling possible and without good transit you can't get great liveable cities. But let's not forget transit's first priority: getting riders where they want to go in a timely manner.
Yes, transit is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself – which is where Jarrett's humanities environment is very visible.
I'm not in full agreement with you on Jarrett Walker Rico, what is your view of Todd Litman & Patrick Condon?
the Ragnor brothers says:
You talk absolute bollocks Rico, you don't answer questions asked of you, you only publicise your own agenda and your view is very clear.
Build, build, build and make lots of money for the speculators, realtors and your political masters.
Has it ever occured to you that many folk living east of Surrey in the Fraser Valley, don't want to live in a high density condo environment, but would like a high grade rail based transit system as an alternative to commuting by car.
You're a fraud
Reading urban and transportation blogs from north america and australia/new zealand all devote a fair bit of discussion about density (a few like RfV) seem to discuss it as a negative but most agree denser cities are better than sprawl. RfV seems to be the only transportation blog I can think of that argues density does not matter to public transportation. So I can say based on the local blogs Vancouver seems to be less hung up on density than say Seattle Portland Pheonix or Huston. I have not read enough European blogs to know how they regard density but since most towns are very dense without the same history of sprawl so…..Every European transit system I know is based on 'speed' to get low total trip times for medium and long distance trips. These 'fast' services are matched with 'slow' local services like trams in city centers.
I like a lot of Patrick Cordons thoughts on urban form but think his concept of slow transit to promote 'self sufficient' villages within a city is not currently realistic. I am also impressed with his willingness to talk to critics and attempt to address their concerns. I am also impressed that he is willing to learn, his more recent writings are much more knowledgable than some of his earlier works. Overal I would still consider myself a critic but still worthy of respect. I don't really know enough about Tod Litman to say for sure, but in general what I have read is general pro transit/new urbanist so he probably matches a lot of my world view.
Ragnor bros. Of course lots of people don't want to live in high density environments, I actually live in a low density enviroment. But if they live in such an environment they should not expect to get good service until the places that can be served efficiently by transit are served.
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Q: Attach a Javascript function to an OOTB ribbon button I want to attach a custom javascript function to the out of the box "Download a copy" ribbon button. This is to provide analytics for file downloads done through the ribbon button.
I tried this code, but it doesn't seem to work:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("Trackdownloads");

function Trackdownloads(){

    debugger;
    $("a[id='Ribbon.Documents.Copies.Download-Large']").live( "click",
              function() {
                  alert('hello');
              }
        );

}

</script>

Any idea how to get this to work?

A: Jquery approach can be implemented, but I'm afraid it will be exceedingly complicated, because ribbon buttons can change their size if you resize the browser window (so the id of the button will be changed respectively, for example from ..-Large to ..-Medium, etc.), and also they're created after page load, dynamically with js - so you will need some additional actions to run your script after the ribbon is created.
I recommend you to use a more native, SharePoint-way: custom actions. With custom action, you should replace OOTB button with your own button definition, run your script, and then, run the original command to keep the download functionality.
That can be done either through SharePoint Designer (but in this case you could not provide a correct tooltip), or using Visual Studio and Elements.xml.
Sample Elements.xml for Visual Studio (it should be added to a feature):
<CustomAction Id="TrackDownloadsAction" RegistrationType="List" RegistrationId="101" Location="CommandUI.Ribbon">
  <CommandUIExtension>
    <CommandUIDefinitions>
      <CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.Documents.Copies.Download">
        <Button
          Id="Ribbon.Documents.Copies.Download"
          Sequence="10"
          Command="TrackDownloads"
          Image16by16="/_layouts/$Resources:core,Language;/images/formatmap16x16.png" Image16by16Top="-176" Image16by16Left="-144"
          Image32by32="/_layouts/$Resources:core,Language;/images/formatmap32x32.png" Image32by32Top="0" Image32by32Left="-320"
          ToolTipTitle="$Resources:core,cui_ButDownloadCopy;"
          ToolTipDescription="$Resources:core,cui_STT_ButDownloadCopy;"
          LabelText="$Resources:core,cui_ButDownloadCopy;"
          TemplateAlias="o1"
            />
      </CommandUIDefinition>
    </CommandUIDefinitions>
    <CommandUIHandlers>
      <CommandUIHandler
        Command="TrackDownloads"
        CommandAction="javascript:alert('Hello World!'); SP.Ribbon.PageManager.get_instance().executeRootCommand('DownloadCopy', window.g_CUIcommandProperties, {CommandId: 'DownloadCopy'}, null);" />
    </CommandUIHandlers>
  </CommandUIExtension>
</CustomAction>

I've tested this and it works.
Btw, I've snooped the original button XML from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL\XML\CMDUI.XML file.

A: Confirming Omlin's answer:
Attaching a javascript function to the button is not the right way to implement this.
The correct implementation is to replace the OOTB button with a custom button, and call a custom javascript function to carry out the desired action.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff407619.aspx

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Eb's Five Best Gaming Moments of E3 2011
By Ebenezer Samuel • June 17th, 2011
This was my first E3 experience. Heck, it was my first experience in California.
And, courtesy of Stu's "One Night in Los Angeles," you all know by now that I spent one not-so-delightful evening in California Hospital (yes, that's its real name), instead of at the delightful Downtown Sheraton Hotel.
It wasn't that horrible. Turns out, when you tell medical folks in L.A. that you want out early the next morning so you can visit E3, they get excited and tell all their other late-night medical buddies. Before you know it, an Asian doctor is visiting you. You figure he's just replacing the Indian doctor who wants to keep you overnight for "observation." But really he's stopping by to find out what your early impressions of E3 are (that's a true story).
Another true story? In between that one strange evening and now, I found time to ponder my favorite non-Wii U and non-Vita E3 2011 moments. You know, for posterity.
Let's be honest. Final Fantasy XIII did a few things right, like introducing a fun-as-heck combat system and upping the ante for voice acting and overall visual quality in a JRPG. If only it hadn't totally neutered the series' exploration and freedom and left us with an all-too-shallow shell of gameplay, right?
I didn't have high expectations for XIII-2, in part because of that pedigree and in part because Square's last straight FF sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, underwhelmed.
But I was pleasantly surprised by XIII-2. I loved XIII's fast-paced Paradigm Shift combat, but XIII-2 actually betters that, bundling in occasional quicktime events called "Cinematic Actions". I was treated to open-ended areas where exploration was the primary focus (about time), as well as the same gorgeous visuals that peppered the first game.
The best part is that Square Enix isn't afraid to stand on the shoulders of greater games. As in Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei series, you can now tame monsters and add them to your party. And much like Mass Effect, you'll have occasional dialogue wheels that actually influence the course of the action.
Can you tell that Square Enix made an impression on me?
Late last year, I saw a see-with-your-eyes-not-your-hands pre-alpha build of Human Revolution, and it was a sight to behold then.
But there's nothing like finally taking a game for a test drive yourself and the E3 2011 build blew me away. I took the guided tour in a back room, but it was my 20 minutes of hands-on play that truly sold me. This prequel had a beautiful futuristic cyberpunk world (that draws from the Unwinnable color palette, by the way), and I was given plenty of freedom to traverse it as I saw fit.
The best part? The mods. We've come light years from the original Deus Ex (which, to be fair, featured quite a collection of mods for the time) to Human Revolution, where you can adjust everything from your ability to inhale poison to the ability to leap tall buildings to the ability to punch through walls.
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
This may be the best sleeper game of E3 2011. (If it's not, then Ignition's El Shaddai: Ascension of the Megatron is, but that's a tale for another day).
At first glance, Space Marine probably looks like a Gears of War clone [Editor's Note: It's actually Warhammer that inspired the hulking power armor of Gears and StarCraft], but look a little closer and you'll find a vastly different brand of gameplay. Standard shooter mechanics are augmented by some impressive hand-to-hand weapon play. And yes – that means more than simply wrecking your opponents with a chainsaw.
Bland title and all, Space Marine actually makes you feel like a powerful-as-heck space marine. Last game that successfully did that for me? Yup. Gears of War.
Truth be told, I could have lived without the annoying moderator during the Arkham City demo; she really did nothing more than a horrible impression of Penguin's demented laugh [Editor's Note: Us too, we felt bad for the guy playing who had to listen to her cackle for three long days…].
But during those periods where she managed to hit her own personal mute button, I loved what I saw of Rocksteady's second go-round with Batman, mostly because of Catwoman.
I'll be honest: I've never been a huge Batman fan. Arkham Asylum and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight softened that stance, but he's always bored me. Give me a toolbelt, cape and pointy-eared mask and I could do Batman too. Puh-leeze.
But Catwoman's gameplay? Now that was intriguing. She walks up behind unsuspecting guards and picks their pockets for keycards and crawls silently along ceilings. But get her in a bad mood, and she can still go all Ninja Gaiden on the bad guys, punching and kicking and flipping with the best of them. She adds a welcome lightheartedness to this Batman game, balancing our solemn superhero flawlessly.
I just hope the folks at Warner Bros. Interactive don't get any smart ideas about a spinoff. We know how that worked out last time…
[Editor's Note: Chuck also thought Batman: Arkham City was a highlight of the show. Check out his five favorite moments for the Catwoman trailer.]
Ninja Gaiden III
Ninja Gaiden set a high bar on the Xbox and it rose even higher with Ninja Gaiden II on Xbox 360. But this third instalment could top everything.
The few seconds of video shown at Sony's press conference didn't truly show the game in all its visceral glory, but if you spent enough time gawking (as I did) in the Tecmo booth, you saw the beauty on display. There are more quicktime events in combat, but they look and feel fluid, somehow adding to swordplay instead of slowing it down. There are stealth elements as well, meaning you're not constantly meeting enemies head on. The visuals seem to have that coat of polish that a few more years of development on a console can bring, not to mention your typical buckets of blood.
I do have a fear that all these gameplay additions will water down a title that's built around fast-paced combat, but for now, those fears have been quelled and replaced by a sense that this game will only add to the series' legacy.
Tecmo, don't let me down.
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USA Betting Contention
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Console Obsession > Home / News / Article: News – Deadlight announced
News – Deadlight announced
Developer Tequila Works has announced that they have signed a publishing deal with Microsoft.
Microsoft will publish Tequila Works' first game, Deadlight, on Xbox Live Arcade this Summer.
Deadlight is said to be a cinematic puzzle platformer that takes place in a post apocalyptic world, and people that were involved in the development have previously worked on Commandos, MotorStorm, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Diablo III, Heavy Rain, and Overlord II.
Perhaps Deadlight will be one of this year's Summer of Arcade games? Only time will tell.
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Bound Feet Blues author and performer, Yang-May Ooi, has launched a new website and blog at TigerSpirit.co.uk. The new site brings together all her creative interests and projects into one space.
I will continue to blog about my memoir Bound Feet Blues, just over at the new Tiger Spirit My World blog – so if you'd like to follow my updates about this book, please do check out Tiger Spirit and click through to My World.
What else will you find on the Tiger Spirit blog?
Well, having spent many decades as a creator of work – ie as a novelist, business book author, memoirist, storyteller and stage performer – I want to offer support to others who are, or want to, follow a creative path. So in addition to blogging about Bound Feet Blues and my other books and creative projects, I will also be publishing multi-media content offering tips, inspirations and stories that can fire up others who want to be more creative, productive and authentic in life and at work.
Tiger Spirit is a resource hub exploring how we can dream wild, work smart and live true. It shares my own journey – which is still ongoing! – as a way to talk about universal issues that are relevant for many others. I will also be interviewing others who work or live in a creative way so we can all benefit from their diverse experiences.
I hope you will join me over at Tiger Spirit and become part of what I hope will be a lively online hub.
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2015 Oscars: PREDICTIONS!!
February 22, 2015 Flipp	Leave a comment
Update: After tallying up everything, I was 17 for 24. In the end, the Academy really didn't like Boyhood. Thank God.
Here are my predictions for tonight's 87th Academy Awards:
Perry Films, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 √
Wajda Studio, Joanna
Warsaw Film School, Our Curse
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, The Reaper (La Parka)
Weary Traveler, White Earth
Short Film, Live Action
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis, Aya
Michael Lennox, director, and Ronan Blaney, Boogaloo and Graham
Hu Wei and Julien Féret, Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger, Parvaneh
Mat Kirkby, director and James Lucas, The Phone Call √
Short Film, Animated
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees, The Bigger Picture
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, The Dam Keeper
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed, Feast √
Torill Kove, Me and My Moulton
Joris Oprins, A Single Life
Citizenfour √
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
Finding Vivian Maier
The Salt of the Earth
Ida (Poland) √
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
Big Hero 6 √
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, and Nick Southwood, "Lost Stars" (Begin Again)
John Legend and Common, "Glory" (Selma) √
Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, and The Lonely Island, "Everything Is Awesome" (The Lego Movie)
Diane Warren, "Grateful" (Beyond the Lights)
Glen Campbell, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (Glen Campbell … I'll Be Me)
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel √
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel √
Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel √
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy
Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel √
Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts, Mr. Turner
Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock, Into the Woods
Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis, and Paul Healy, Interstellar
Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald, The Imitation Game
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper √
Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock, Birdman
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Richard King, Interstellar
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, Unbroken
Whiplash √
Interstellar √
X Men: Days of Future Past
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman √
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal, Ida
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game √
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman √
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash √
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood √
Emma Stone, Birdman
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Laura Dern, Wild
Julianne Moore, Still Alice √
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything √
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman √
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Birdman √
-Flipp
2015 Oscars: Best Picture Nominees!
The 8 movies nominated for this year's Best Picture Oscar make up a curious group of films. They've showcased extraordinary feats of cinematography, editing, acting, and perseverance. A few character actors finally got their time to shine, and a few historical figures in science, war, and civil rights were finally given proper representation on the big screen. Some of the films have elicited absurd amounts of controversy, whereas others have received absurd amounts of praise. My opinion on a few of these films is quite high. On others, I am mostly indifferent. One, I outright dislike, and it is certainly NOT one of the best films this century, Mr. A.O. Scott, thank you very much!
Without further adieu, my take on this year's Best Picture nominees:
Okay. I respect the dedication put into this movie. I happen to really like all but one of the other Richard Linlater movies that I've seen (that is, the 3 Before movies, School of Rock, and Bernie; I hated A Scanner Darkly), and I went into Boyhood with extremely high expectations. But 2 hours and 45 minues of nothing was NOT worth my full price ticket at a New York City theater, and watching it a second time completely killed any positive inklings I may have had toward the movie from that first viewing. By the end of the film, I absolutely HATE the brooding, moody, confused hipster that main character Mason has become. And since his poor childhood is the product of all the people around him, I hate them all, too. When you look past the gimmick that was shooting the same movie over a 12 year span, you realize that the film's writing is not too great, and the acting is actually kind of dull; Patricia Arquette will win Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mason's mother, but it is more of a consolation prize in my opinion for showing up for the same gig for 12 years in a row than for any sort of profound acting chops on her part. As someone has said, if Boyhood had been shot in one year instead of 12, no one would give a flying bleep about the film, especially due to its lack of story and its crappy, unlikeable characters. And yet it'll probably win Best Picture. This coming after the fact that Linklater's immensely-better Before Midnight wasnt even nominated for Best Picture last year just proves that there is no justice in the world for a film curmudgeon like me.
I already wrote plenty on Sniper (see previous post), but I still don't see a reason for all of the controversy, let alone all the hype. While the movie was definitely emotional and worth seeing once, Bradley Cooper's bulked-up physique was honestly the most impressive part of the film. I guess one positive about the movie was that the entire time, I kept thinking, "How the hell did 84-year-old, senile, grumpy Clint Eastwood direct something so intense and big?" The fact that the finished product hit all the right emotional chords can be attributed to the skills of Eastwood as a director.
Eddie Redmayne was Oscar-worthy as British ASL-stricken scientist Stephen Hawking, though the movie itself wasn't anything that special. It told a decent, if certainly unconventional love story, and featured some beautiful music, but it still didn't do that much for me. It was worth seeing once, but Best Picture worthy? Not having it.
The Imitation Game:
I really enjoyed The Imitation Game the first time I saw it. I loved the British World War II setting, the Desplat score, and the way the story was edited together, with its three timelines and its use of WWII-era newsreels and stock footage. However, the second time I watched it, I wanted to go to sleep. While still in no way a bad movie, it just didn't seem like anything special upon a second viewing. I love Cumberbatch in almost everything he's done, but I wasn't THAT impressed by him as Turing, and Charles Dance literally walked off the set of Game of Thrones, took off his armor and removed the crossbow bolts from his chest, and put on a British Naval uniform. How can that be a bad thing, you ask? It shouldn't have been, but Lord Tywin popping up in the middle of a World War II biopic just seemed out of place to me. Also, upon second viewing, the ending, while sad and emotional, seemed like it was a little too on the nost in its political messaging. The on-screen text that makes up the film's epilogue focused more on Turing's sexuality than his impact on WWII, codebreaking, and computers. While not wrong in any way, this text attempted to make a film that tackled so many broad historical and social topics to be a lot more streamlined and political than it actually was.
I very much enjoyed Birdman the first time I saw it, though, like with Boyhood and The Imitation Game, my enthusiasm for it lessened quite a bit after seeing it again. The amazing feat of Emmanuel Lubezki to make the film appear to be one long take wore a bit thin the second time through. The use of long takes of course made the superb acting stand out even more, as Keaton and Norton and Stone had to memorize large amounts of lines and blocking at a time, though, again, if the movie were filmed conventionally, would its dialogue and plot hold up? Probably not. Michael Keaton deserves the Oscar for his performance, but the rest of the film is a bit too eclectic and schizofrenic for me to outright love it. The drum score drove me a bit insane (as was the point, I think), and the ending really didn't make any sense at all, no matter how you looked at it. Unquestionably, my favorite part of such a stylized and wonky film was the fleeting moment (probably a mistake that couldn't be covered up due to the use of long takes) when Zack Galifianakis forgot what movie he was a part of for a split second and reverted into his Hangover schtick by calling Martin Scorsese "Martin Scorseez." Simply amazing.
I didn't expect to like Selma and I wound up loving it. Again, I probably wouldn't watch it again, but it was worth seeing once and actually left an emotional impact on me, unlike a few of the movies I've already mentioned. David Oyelowo was fantastic as Dr. King, and his speech at the end was one of the more inspirational scenes in a movie this past year. I'm extremely happy that the movie remained apolitical for almost the entire time, though the reference of Ferguson in the John Legend/Common song at the end pulled me right out of the historical period of the Civil Rights movement and brought today's divisive, nasty political maelstrom into a film that, for almost its entire running time, had been above such pettiness. Plus, since the events in Ferguson couldn't have happened before filming started, it made its inclusion in the film seem even more shoehorned in. Why must everything make a statement, no matter how unnecessary? Why can't we ever appreciate something in its original context, and not in comparing it to today?
With a film that takes Lord Voldemort himself and makes him into a heroic, comic lead character, uses miniature scale models of majestic hotels and icy mountainsides, features an eclectic group of the quirkiest actors around, such as Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Adrian Brody, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, etc., and switches between 3 times periods, each represented by a different aspect ration, all while accompanied by a whimsical Alexandre Desplat score, Wes Anderson has finally become mainstream. The Grand Budapest Hotel was by far one of the best films to come out last year and the first of these eight Best Picture winners that I could easily see myself watching again.
As I said in my last post, a movie that can make me angry enough to feel it in my stomach, that can shock me to the point where I'm yelling "Oh my God" out loud, and that can make me jump out of my seat in triumphant joy is really something special. Whiplash is that type of movie. J.K. Simmons, the Yellow M & M and the Farmers Insurance guy, J. Jonah Jameson and Juno's father, is the band instructor from hell (not to mention an extremely relatable character to terrible people I've experienced in real life), and will deservedly walk away with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Miles Teller is awesome as a drum student worked to the point of exhaustion, with sweat, blood, and tears literally staining his drumsticks and the heads of his drums, and he reportedly did a lot of his own drumming on the film. The climax, a whirlwind of sound and close ups, is one of the best-edited sequences in a movie in a long time. Whiplash is definitely a painful and exhausting movie to get through, but, oh, is it worth it! And it is my favorite Best Picture nominee by a substantial margin from 2014.
May the best film win (though it probably won't).
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2015 Oscars: 2014 Movies Ranked!
With the Oscars coming up this Sunday night, this is my ranking of the 38 movies that came out in 2014 that I watched between January 2014 and February 2015. I still have not seen Still Alice, Wild, or Two Days, One Night, three movies that have actresses up for Best Actress, nor PTA's Inherent Vice, up for Original Screenwriting, but I've watched mostly everything else worth seeing. (Sorry, The Judge).
I wish I had more time to see a few more non-Oscar movies before compiling this list, such as Calvary, Only Lovers Left Alive, Mr. Turner, Under the Skin, and Godzilla, but alas, I ran out of time. I'll get to them eventually.
I will follow up this post (BEFORE THE OSCARS, I PROMISE) with one focusing just on the 8 Best Picture nominees. I have a lot to say about a few of them, so I'll keep my comments on them in this post relatively brief.
Anyway, since I like stream of consciousness rants, here we go, from worst to best:
North Korea, why didn't you bomb us for The Interview?? We certainly deserved it, and not because it showed us killing your leader. It was just an affront to the art of cinema.
I don't know what Noah's production team was smoking. I sort of get that they wanted to make the movie feel like it was both ancient and futuristic/alien at the same time… but could their costumes have been a bit more…um, biblical? And not like they bought them at Target and made them frayed and dirty?
How did Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, and A Most Violent Year get ANY critical praise at all this year?ZzzzzzzzzzzzzZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzz
DID YOU KNOW BOYHOOD TOOK 12 YEARS TO FILM? AND THAT OUR MAIN CHARACTER TOOK 12 YEARS TO BECOME AN ASSHOLE? AND THAT IT TOOK 12 YEARS FOR PATRICIA ARQUETTE TO REALIZE SHE WAS A TERRIBLE MOTHER? AND THAT IT TOOK 12 YEARS FOR ETHAN HAWKE TO REALIZE HE REALLY THREW HIS LIFE AWAY BY SLACKING OFF AND NOT BEING A GOOD FATHER? AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND ONTO MY NEXT POST…
Here we go. I'm going to get a lot of flack for this. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and X-Men: Days of Future Past were all critically acclaimed blockbusters…and were all completely blown out of proportion by fans and critics alike. While none of them were bad movies, per say, they were in no means that special either.
I was terrified of The Babadook until I actually watched The Babadook. If that makes any sense at all.
I wish I remembered Joe… I liked it and thought it was decent in the moment, but thinking back on it, I can only remember the earlier Matthew McConaughey version called Mud. Hell, the same kid was in both movies!!
I'm sorry, but due to my sister, I… I… (I feel like Squidward being unable to say his apology to Spongebob aloud here) I…oh, hell, I happen to enjoy One Direction's music (THERE, I SAID IT), and thus, their concert movie, Where We Are, was definitely worth my time. As it was a concert movie, though, and had no plot, it therefore ranks below most of the other movies I saw from 2014.
Jersey Boys and American Sniper, Clint Eastwood's decent efforts from 2014, were enjoyable and (from what I can tell) faithful adaptations of their source material, while being a bit under par from his normal quality output. Jersey Boys had the perk of being partly shot and set in the town next to mine (though maybe being associated with Belleville, NJ, is really not that much of a perk at all), and who can beat the music of the Four Seasons? American Sniper was certainly emotionally draining, but it was in no way worth all of its hype or derision at all. That being said, Bradley Cooper's chest deserves its own Oscar category.
Annabelle was a fairly straight-forward horror movie in terms of plot and character archetypes. That being said, it certainly had me on the edge of my seat at times and even caused me to yell out loud in the theater. As a lover of Mad Men, I loved the film's setting. And after seeing the immensely superior Rosemary's Baby for the first time a week or so later, I could tell that much of the film's aesthetic and setting owed itself to Polanski's seminal film. My only major complaint, which is actually my only complaint with Annabelle's 2013's predecessor, The Conjuring, a movie I absolutely loved, was that the Annabelle doll was just too damn scary – absurdly so – before even getting possessed!! It was laughable to me that no one in either movie questioned why any doll like this should even exist, let alone be allowed to reside in someone's house – AND IN A BABY'S ROOM, AT THAT!
The music was the best part of The Theory of Everything. Sorry, Eddie. You did a good job, but your movie just felt like an alternate take on A Beautiful Mind.
Ida: beautifully shot, subtly acted, and almost silent. I like when modern films are shot in black and white, and along with The Grand Budapest Hotel, this was the second film I saw that was shot at a 1:33 aspect ratio. And plot-wise, what could be better than a Polish nun-in-training learning that she's actually Jewish from her Communist official aunt?
Apart from a strange modern coda that didn't really fit the rest of the movie, Dracula Untold was an exciting, medieval actioner with vampires that actually lived up to their mythological reputation. Is it bad that I enjoyed this box-office flop much more than the "Big Four" blockbusters that I mentioned above. Is there something wrong with me, or everyone else?
I definitely cried at The Fault In Our Stars and thought there was genuine chemistry between Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, even though I could barely stand a chapter of John Green's book. I guess that says something about the acting, no?
The Imitation Game: very good World War II biopic the first time, a bit tedious and preachy the second. More on this in my later post.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was at times the most entertaining of the three Hobbit monstrosities and also – by FAR – the most offensive. Nothing in the Star Wars prequels, not even Jar Jar Binks, is as absurd as Legolas (might I remind you that Legolas HAS NO RIGHT EVEN BEING IN THESE MOVIES!!) defying gravity in slow motion to run up falling rocks mid-fight as if they were a staircase.
I love James McAvoy normally. I REALLY love James McAvoy as a psycho, vulgar, druggy Nicolas-Cage-in-Bad-Lieutenant police detective. Jim Broadbent and Imogen Poots also make Filth a film that is definitely worth seeing, if for sheer shock value.
Overall, I wasn't too impressed by the plot of Nightcrawler, BUT Jake Gyllenhaal made up for the script's shortcomings with a performance for the ages. His gaunt, sunken, wraith-like Leo Bloom is the 2010s' version of De Niro's Travis Bickle, except even more reprehensible.
Intersteller was a much longer, mainstream version of Danny Boyle's superior Sunshine, one of my favorite movies from recent years, though going in, I expected it to be a lot worse than it actually wound up being. I thought most of it was completely preposterous, especially the end, but the acting, visuals, and music sold the movie as a whole for me. And is it just me, or am I the only one who can't take Matt Damon seriously? I know he was Jason Bourne and all, but all of his Jimmy Kimmel appearances are too much for me to handle. So the big reveal/cameo/twist with Damon made me laugh, not gasp.
Sunshine & Interstellar
Can they make a mid-quel to a film that's already a prequel, mid-quel, and sequel to another film? Because I think Eva Green's Artemisia NEEDS her own movie. Most of 300: Rise of an Empire was pretty mediocre, the expected stylized schlock of the first 300, but there's a reason this was close to being in my top 10 for the year.
Snowpiercer is one of the more bizarre but welcome additions to the science fiction genre, and totally worth downloading late one summer night last year. Tilda Swinton makes the movie, in case you haven't heard by now. And poor Chris Evans can't catch a break with cold substances… first Sunshine, then Captain America, now Snowpiercer…
Mitt was a great 22nd birthday present, so thank you, Netflix. For anyone interested in politics, whether you're a Republican, Democrat, or independent, this documentary was an intimate portrait of a man running for President, and, in stark contrast to how he carried himself outwardly during the 2012 election, it actually showed that Mitt Romney was a man.
A quarter of the way through The Lego Movie, I was seriously confused about all the hype. Halfway through, I was enjoying it but only thought it a cute little Disney knockoff, a Wreck-It Ralph-lite. Three quarters, and I was eating my words, mind completely blown. Please, experience it for yourself. The ending is so worth the time and enduring that annoying song.
If Tom Hardy had simply used the Welsh accent he used in Locke as his voice for Bane in the awful The Dark Knight Rises, then he would have been absolutely terrifying, not the Darth Sean Connery laughing stock he wound up being. Also, to have an entire film set in a car and consist of only close ups of a single actor's face, his dashboard phone menu, and of the exterior of his car, and STILL be as engaging and as morally profound as Locke says something about Hardy's acting and the film's writing.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virture of Ignorance) is a gimmick. But, unlike Boyhood, it is a gimmick that actually works, though I enjoyed it significantly less the second time viewing it. If the film were not shot as if it were done in a single take, the movie would of course be lessened, but its acting is still superb enough to carry it past its cinematography.
Selma, a movie I expected to be super preachy, would up being one of the best historical dramas I've seen in a while, and apart from the mention of Ferguson in the end credits' song (my one complaint about the movie), it remained pretty apolitical the entire time. Oyelowo, Wilkinson, and Roth were all eerily close to their historical counterparts.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is not my favorite Wes Anderson movie (that probably goes to Rushmore or Moonrise Kingdom), but it is his most lavish and grand and possibly his most zany, and fairly perfect in its composition (literally), and it certainly deserves all the praise it's been getting.
I miss Roger Ebert. I didn't agree with him politically really at all, and even disagreed with him on a number of film reviews, but he was my go-to movie critic, as I'm sure he was for millions of others, before a movie came out, and if he didn't like a movie, he was usually in the majority. Life Itself is a must see doc. It is terribly sad at times but also incredibly life-affirming and uplifting, and overall one of the most wonderful films I've seen in a long time.
Very few things have ever made me laugh as much as the end credits sequence of 22 Jump Street. Add in Ice Cube's explosion during dinner and Channing Tatum's realization over why Ice Cube was so angry, and you get my favorite comedy of the year. Yes, it was better than the first movie. By a lot.
A movie that can elicit anger that hurts my stomach, shock that makes me yell out loud, and triumphant joy that makes me jump out of my seat is something special. Whiplash is that type of movie.
Gone Girl lived up to its expectations, which was a thriller about bad people in an awful marriage doing twisted things to one another. I read the book after seeing the movie and Fincher and the film's cast really did do the book justice. And I really hope Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris references how his dalliance with a woman did not exactly end too well here…
I did not have any more fun seeing a movie in 2014 than when I saw Edge of Tomorrow in theaters over the summer. What could have been another crappy, forgettable, video gamey, generic science fiction/alien invasion/action/disaster movie wound up being an emotional, well-acted, and surprisingly hilarious and fresh take on the genre. This Groundhog Day-meets-Starship Troopers-meets-Minority Report mashup reaffirmed that Tom Cruise can be a very good actor when given good material, and that badass female characters are so much cooler than badass male characters. If Eva Green was awesome in the mediocre 300 sequel, Emily Blunt was incredible in a film that will actually be remembered in a few years!
– Flipp
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