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Another Blue World
Sadie Rebecca Starnes on serenitatem (2019)
Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, Spencer Doran, and Ryan Carlile. Photo: Miyu Terasawa.
THE LATEST INSTALLMENT IN FRKWYS, RVNG Intl's series of musical collaborations between different generations, serenitatem pairs Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile of Portland's Visible Cloaks with two key figures of Japan's late-century ambient movement, Satsuki Shibano and Yoshio Ojima. Following Doran's curation of Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990, out last February from Light in the Attic, serenitatem is not only a seamless collaboration between these two closely related duos but also a continued exploration of the varied influences that informed kankyō ongaku itself.
Developing amid the dense hypercapitalism of 1980s Tokyo, kankyō ongaku ("environmental" or "ambient" music) offered, in the words of practitioner Satoshi Ashikawa, "a more conscious attitude toward the sounds—other than music—that we listen to" in private and public space. Heirs to Tokyo's Fluxus and environmental art movements, namely the Environmental Society (kankyō no kai), its artists and sound designers championed the capacious—be it in the rests of Erik Satie and John Cage or the Airports of Brian Eno. Supported by corporate Japan's brief penchant for the avant-garde, kankyō ongaku was heard throughout the city's museums and Mujis alike.
A pianist renowned for her interpretations of Satie, Shibano entered Tokyo's experimental circles under the encouragement of minimalist maestro Midori Takada. Shibano's debut album of 1984 was released as a part of Ashikawa's "Wave Notation" series, the brief yet seminal collection of Japanese ambient music. She also worked with cardinal ambient musicians like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Motohiko Hamase, and Yoshio, the adventurous sound designer and producer who would become Shibano's longtime collaborator. An early innovator in generative music software, Ojima is best known for 1988's Une Collection Des Chaînons I and II: Music for Spiral, his masterpiece created especially for Tokyo's iconic Spiral building. In 1991, he produced the exquisite Rendez-vous, Shibano's interpretation of compositions by Pascal Comelade—the contemporary French musician, who, like Satie, "does not waste words." An ethereal meeting of programming and prepared piano, Rendez-vous, like the following year's Caresse and Music for Element, presaged current trends in electronic music. The album's uncanny and angelic "Rayures Venitiennes," for instance, eerily anticipates the sound world of Oneohtrix Point Never and, more directly, Visible Cloaks.
While exploring kankyō ongaku, Doran invariably fell under the influence of Ojima and Shibano, "especially the kind of meta-experiments found on . . . Hands Some," Ojima's 1993 manifesto-cum-album on the future of music. This vision of a virtual utopia built by humans and computers, a no-place more synthetic than syncretic, is present on the Cloaks' Reassemblage (2017)—a retrofuturist abstraction of Jon Hassell's globe-embracing "fourth world" compositions. With serenitatem,we find the quartet meeting on such nameless ground, generating islands of filigreed texture, electronic birdsong, and enveloping warmth.
Though the beauty of serenitatem is immediate, its poetry is in the collaborators' practice: "a game of exquisite corpse," Doran points out, "playing out over the fiber optic internet cables underneath the Pacific." Using Wotja—a contemporary version of the generative software pioneered by Ojima—the duos remotely exchanged aleatory compositions and piano improvisations before completing the album together in Tokyo's SoundUno studio. Haunted by Satie, Yoshimura, and Cage, the first three tracks are titled "You" in French, Japanese, and English—an approach reminiscent of Satie's Cubist treatment of a composition from different angles. Similarly, the four musicians shaped this triptych using what Doran calls "versioning"—a chance processing of music that, like Constance Lambert said of Satie's three Gymnopédies, feels "as though we were moving slowly round a piece of sculpture and examining it from a different point of view." Shibano's piano, among the few "conventional" instruments on serenitatem, lends each piece its contours. Like skipping stones, her fingering skirts then pierces placid bodies of synth, finding the album's bottom, while her lilting vocals—often too pristine to identify as human or machine—wholly transcend it.
The centerpiece of serenitatem is "Lapis Lazuli," a track "very much inspired" by St. Giga, Ojima and Shibano's unrivaled experiment in ambient satellite radio. From 1990 to 1994, St. Giga presented its subscribers with an uninterrupted stream of music, poetry, and field recordings synched with the tide cycle of Tokyo Bay. A similar oneiric, seaside atmosphere imbues "Lapis Lazuli," wherein Shibano's recitation of semiprecious gems—"onyx . . . topaz"—is positioned between exhalations of humid synth on glass. Water trickles into the latter half of the nine-minute song, which, above all, captures Doran's poetic turn: "[It's] the actual materiality that underpins beauty in representational art . . . the mined minerals that make up the laptops and synthesizer chips of electronic music, a link between the physical and the ideal."
This elemental ambience, a suspension of pigment in ether, is serenitatem's defining aesthetic. It's captured in the noble air of "Stratum" and the generative minimalism of "You" and evoked by their revivals of fourteenth- and sixteenth-century compositions (a shared passion among the quartet), "S'amours ne fait par sa grace adoucir (Ballade 1)" and "Canzona per sonare no. 4." Indeed, serenitatem easily turns epochs across keyboard and computer screen, and although of the kankyō ongaku lineage, the album moves us further from the environmental and closer to the virtual—a space less foreign than it once was, though well beyond city, century, or sea.
— Sadie Rebecca Starnes


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Pressure mounts on Cooper for reopening details
April 22, 2020 North State Journal Comments Off on Pressure mounts on Cooper for reopening details
March 27, 2020 – Governor Roy Cooper takes questions at a COVID-19 press event. Photo: N.C. Dept. of Public Safety
RALEIGH – Following mounting criticism over transparency, Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to provide details on his reopening plan for North Carolina's economy on Thursday.
Legislative leaders and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest have been increasingly critical of Cooper, who thus far only has provided a six-page 'three T's' outline for reopening the state. The three T's stand for testing, tracing, and trends.
"Experts tell us it would be dangerous to lift our restrictions all at once. Rather than an on/off light switch, we are viewing this as a dimmer switch that can be adjusted incrementally," said Cooper last week. His remarks were made during a press conference following protests in Raleigh calling for reopening of businesses.
"It is time for Gov. Cooper to have a sense of urgency to reopen our economy and allow people to return to their livelihoods," said Forest in a statement. "The Governors of South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, among others, have all announced their plans to safely reopen their states," said Forest, who will challenge Cooper in November's gubernatorial election."
Forest continued, saying that Cooper has "yet to release his plan."
"He has repeatedly stated that he is waiting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and testing from the federal government before he does so. With manufacturers of these products right here in North Carolina, we need to stop waiting and provide for ourselves as other states have done," Forest said.
An unnamed Cooper aide provided details of Cooper's alleged reopening plan to WRAL-TV on Wednesday. The plan tentatively called for a phase 1 reopening which would grant more freedom for people to leave their homes. Phase 2 would allow some businesses to reopen but with strict social distancing guidelines.
The phases plan did not include a timeline. The unnamed source told WRAL-TV that the stay-at-home order, which expires on April 30, would likely be extended into May.
"Transparency, not secrecy, will foster public trust during a pandemic," said a statement issued on Tuesday by the N.C. Senate Republican Caucus.
Included with the statement was a lengthy letter from the caucus to Cooper, asking numerous questions of Cooper and the administration including what data has changed, how much PPE is needed, and now many COVID-19 deaths had serious underlying medical conditions.
Transparency of data and records has become an increasing problem for the Cooper Administration and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS).
On Wednesday morning, a multi-agency news story broke detailing issues with obtaining death certificates from various public health agencies.
"State law makes death certificates a public record, but the Cooper administration is now telling counties to withhold those records from the press. They also told counties to direct reporters to the NCDHHS comms team–but they aren't responding to any questions," tweeted News and Observer reporter Will Doran.
In addition, it was reported that NCDHHS was not responding to requests for such information.
"Within two days of journalists requesting death certificates from county health departments, officials with NCDHHS sent guidance to county offices advising them to not provide the requested records. NCDHHS did not cite any legal justification for the advice," the report said.
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Letlow's widow enters race for Louisiana congressional seat
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July 16, 2018 | 5 Minute Read
84% of Advertisers Have Tried AR & Other Takeaways from the RISE Conference
One of the world's premier marketing conferences, RISE is where industry giants and startups, global CMOs and advertisers converge to talk about the latest and greatest in marketing. This time, the topic was the future of advertising.
At the most recent conference at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center, held from July 8-10, Criteo COO Mollie Spilman sat down with Global Chief Design Officer of R/GA and Partner at RJ Ventures Richard Ting to discuss the future of advertising in a panel moderated by Editor in Chief of Engadget Chinese Richard Lai.
Here are the five key takeaways from these two industry experts:
1. Mobile is now where shoppers start and end their searches.
"At Criteo," said Spilman, "we've seen the number of transactions on devices skyrocket. Before, people surfed on their phones but didn't necessarily have the confidence to actually buy, but now that's changing."
She added that marketers need to focus more on providing not just a seamless shopping and checkout experience, but also a seamless brand experience.
Shoppers, said Spilman, should feel as they move across devices and channels that they are interacting with the same brand thanks to look and feel, and messaging. The critical thing for brands to excel at is to learn how to successfully tie all of the screen and locations together into one seamless "shop."
2. Voice should be a part of your marketing budget, but not too much.
When asked about the future of voice shopping, R/GA's Ting was conservative.
"There's a lot of experimentation left to do. I don't think voice is ready to skyrocket and take off like apps did a few years ago. So I don't think it's quite hit the masses yet."
But Ting was aware of the next generation, like his 10-year old daughter who used voice devices to ask about things like the weather and other non-commerce related questions that popped into her head.
"There's a younger generation being brought up around voice," said Ting. "So it'll be interesting to see it develop over the next few years."
While he feels bullish about the future of voice shopping, he was said he wasn't at the point where he would invest too much of his budget.
Spilman agreed, saying that while consumer interest would increase and that AI and machine learning would make voice shopping even easier in the near future, retailers would for the most part be "fast-followers" rather than be leaders.
3. AR is a better bet than VR.
In the middle of the panel, the audience was polled about wheter they had tried augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) marketing. Eighty-four percent of the audience replied yes, and 16% said no.
For Ting, AR was much more scalable and offered more opportunities than VR.
"The toolkits and the SDK kits that are available are fantastic," said Ting. "I think the ability to look at advertising through your phone and see it in augmented reality has the ability to scale much faster than VR."
For VR advertising to scale, said Ting, "you have to expect people to have the VR headset, and I just don't see that happening."
For Spilman, AR is "hugely valuable" for retailers looking to gamify their experiences.
"We see it a lot with home furnishing companies," said Spilman. "You can see what the furniture looks like with your phone."
AR presents what Spilman sees as unprecedented branding opportunities: "From a creative perspective, it's a whole other experience. It's not just what the ad looks like, you're creating a whole experience for the brand – it's physical and mental."
4. Now is the time to develop direct-to-consumer relationships.
When asked how brands can stand out on their own beyond Google, Facebook and/or Amazon, Ting stressed that it's now more important than ever for brands to develop direct-to-consumer relationships.
"If you're a brand and you're working directly through Google and Facebook only, or you're only selling your product through Amazon, your data is being controlled by a third party… you have no understanding who your customer is," said Ting. "The more you develop services that can talk directly to your consumers, the better experiences you can provide."
For Spilman, transparency and authenticity are paramount to building relationships.
"For consumers, it's about really understanding how your data is used so being transparent in that way is important. And also to be authentic. People want experiences that are personalized to them and not the mass market."
The Next 10 Years
When asked what their predictions were for advertising in the next ten years, Ting felt strongly that blockchain would play a huge role in how consumers could potentially gain control of their shopper profiles and data.
"If you're an advertiser, you have to pay me for my attention. I would love to see that happen," said Ting.
Whatever the future holds, and whatever technologies emerge, brands and retailers must remember that the relationship they have with their customers is always the number one thing they need to prioritize and focus.
Technologies like AR and voice shopping can help elevate certain experiences, but without a comprehensive, authentic, and data-safe strategy to put shoppers first, even the most enticing ad won't be enough to maintain shopper loyalty.
Betty Ho
Originally from Orange County, CA, Betty moved to New York in 2013 for a two-year creative writing program and never left. When not writing for Criteo Insights she can be found at a handful of $1 Oyster Happy Hours in Manhattan. She loves dogs but doesn't have one.


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European GDPR Fear: P2P Cryptocurrency Exchange CoinTouch Shuts Down
Reading Time: 3 minutes by Priyeshu Garg on May 7, 2018 Bitcoin, Business, News, Regulation
CoinTouch has fallen foul of European legislation and been forced to close. Amid much debate in some quarters on whether General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation should apply in its current form to digital exchanges, CoinTouch has been forced to close its doors to traders due to GDPR concerns.
Source: CoinTouch
Paxful and LocalBitcoins are two major p2p platforms that are attractive to many cryptocurrency traders.
Blockchain Anonymity Rubs Up Against Regulations
European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced to outline protocols and obligations for those who manage personal data on a daily basis. Unfortunately for CoinTouch, digital exchanges fall within the ambit of the legislation. Once it found itself in breach of the bill, the exchange was shut down by the owner with immediate effect.
Although CoinTouch wasn't a leading peer-to-peer platform for the enthusiast, it was a valuable contributor to the altcoin ecosystem. Many who steer clear of centralized exchanges are dependent on the P2P exchanges like CoinTouch for trading Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
There were no fees paid on CoinTouch as coin holders were free to trade and deal as they wished with others.
On CoinTouch, users could link to Facebook and Google accounts to share one's trading and enthusiasm with others. In the absence of fees, the company traded on this social and sharing nature of members' activities to grow the user base.
Since the platform was built on obviating the need for the exchange itself to verify members, with users verifying one another, although the model proved popular, it is apparently in breach of current legislation. In terms of GDPR, Know Your Customer (KYC) and other mandated verification was indeed to become the responsibility of the exchange.
Nonetheless, regulators are jumpy and have drafted all-encapsulating legislation to try to eliminate cybercrime, especially fraud and money laundering. Other exchanges operating in Europe are likely to also fall foul on some points of the bill, and CoinTouch could be the beginning of a host of peer-to-peer exchanges either forking into an acceptable business model, or closing.
GDPR More Than a Bane For Crypto Exchanges
The legislation that slammed CoinTouch's doors shut implicate more companies than merely digital coin exchanges. In another move seen by some observers as the gradual erosion of online life, website owners could also face prosecution under the legislation. Particularly KYC issues seem to niggle at regulators, vexed as they are as to how best to defeat money launderers. When some verification has taken place online, police then have at least some details to pursue when faced with cybercrime. Penalties of up to €20 million or four percent of turnover are enforceable if websites that regulators deem governed by the legislation fail to apply the new rules.
CoinTouch was never involved in any verification – and had the company not closed of its own will, repeated fines would have almost certainly bankrupted it. Although lauded by many, regulators who are struggling to formulate sensible legislation for a new asset class in crypto coins discounted user-on-user verification as worthless, something that has angered many former members of the exchange.
Although lawmakers never served notice on the company and it decided to close of its own accord, faced with a logical reading of the GDPR documents, authorities would have most likely destroyed the exchange if not demanded it close outright. Unfortunately, the new legislation also carries a bias towards giants like Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Costing admin, management, and legal fees at times, GDPR might be easy to accommodate big companies, yet punishes smaller companies with onerous obligations they often cannot afford.
Overall, in the blockchain era where startups abound, the European legislation is a blow to smaller entities, especially those who hoped to compete with the giants in some way. Observers note that the GDPR suite has echoes of both EU Cookie and VAT laws, further examples of punitive legislation that damages small business, albeit with the best intentions in the world.
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Saudi prince to Abbas: US peace plan is the only game in town
Dec 24, 2017 @ 18:08 Diane Shalem 2558 Views 17 Comments
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Sultan tried to convince Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas when they met last week to accept the US peace proposal for the dispute with Israeli by arguing that it is the only game in town. This is reported by Russian media. He is reported as stressing: that no one but the United States can put pressure on Israel in any peace process, neither the EU, nor Russia or China," the prince stressed. "No other power could pave the way toward a peaceful resolution of the decade-long standoff between Israelis and Palestinians " the crown prince was quoted as saying. The Palestinian leader is quoted as replying, "If the US is willing to declare that the peace process is based on the [so-called] two-state solution on the '67 boundaries — including East Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine — we are ready to engage immediately." Clearly, Abbas is not willing to budge from his longstanding preconditions for talks.
17 thoughts on "Saudi prince to Abbas: US peace plan is the only game in town"
Dec 24, 2017 @ 19:16 at 19:16
Forget the 1967 lines, the 1947 lines would be much better
Lets do the Balfour Declaration lines of 1922.
bartstronimer
Dec 25, 2017 @ 8:57 at 8:57
how about we go back to pre false prophet mohamad lines?
Abu Jihad Kalb
OK Apeass you should have agreed with Olmert's offering. He was right nobody will make you the same offer ever again. We would have had peace for 11 years by now… right….(sarcastic for anyone who does not get it).
Piberman
No matter what "Peace Plan" is ever accepted the 1500 Year Old Muslim War on the Jews will continue without end. Muslims read the Koran. So too should Jews. The Muslim War will not end until Jews submit to the Will of Allah.
The 12th imam is a Jew you damn fool. If it were not for Josef the Egyptians would have never been priests, not even for the four centuries they were. Mohammed would hang you by the balls for being such fools.
Better pray real hard for him to change his opinion of you.
D Diggler
The deal is the Palestinians get a chunk of the Sinai, a massive port off Gaza that everyone wants to build, free gas for a while from Israel, a neighborhood or two in Jerusalem for a capital, well below cost housing paid for by the USA (screw the EU)…and that is about it. Israel keeps a secure border. Hamas must change its covenant (Article 7 requires the killing of all Jews) and the PLO must change its charter to allow Israel's right to exist before this can work. Abbas will reject the plan so he must go.
How will this all happen? Money. The money must be cut off that is going to the PLO/Fatah and Hamas otherwise they won't bargain. Outside Iran, the money will indeed end if the Sunnis want a nuclear umbrella against Iran. The Iranian money will be targeted, but is more difficult to stop.
If the deal isn't accepted because Hamas and the PLO won't change their founding documents, Israel now has an excuse to fight the next war as any other country would. The UN isn't going to like Israel anyway and the EU is irrelevant. If Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamist Jihad insist on never being content until every Jew is dead, why not fight a war to win? For once, Israel will start each press conference about the peace plan by complaining about the Hamas Covenant and PLO Charter.
Trump may or may not make it through his term due to the 25th Amendment. If he doesn't make it Pence will likely change nothing toward Israel, and Haley may become a VP given that will make the ticket stronger in 2020. It Trump stays so will the New York way of doing business: "What goes around, comes around." Abbas lied to Trump and the UN infuriated him, so it is now payback time.
That is my guess how this plays out, and I'll bet a deal is made within 3 years.
Trump with the GOD (of Israel) on his side will lead the USA and the world for 8 years.
The entire population of GAZA will be relocated to the northern Sinai.
Israel will annex the land of GAZA, erase any sign of the so called "Palestinians" and build beautiful new cities along the coast.
Families of convicted terorist will be forced to relocate to the wesdtern part of the new land given to the "Palestinians" as a form of punishment. That will end terrorism!
Families of terrorist will be forced to relocate from Judea and Samaria to western Sinai, as a form of punishment. That will stop terrorism!!!
Figments of your imagination.
Will never happen
patty sheneman
trump is chosen by God to help defend and protect israel and jerusalem. Anyone who comes against the jewish people will be destroyed. the next things to look forward to are the wars that israel will win, and the building of the temple. along with this is the temple, antichrist, and second coming of christ at the end of the 7 years. Can the rapture be far behind!
IS-Israel's plan is to terrorize the Palestinians with their ISIS goons until they leave Gaza and go to the Sinai. Regardless of what they do and how successful they are, they will never live in peace. Jerusalem will always belong to the rightful owners, the Christian and Muslim Palestinians not the imposter Jews of Eastern Europe (khazars).
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<awoods> ksclarke: it would be good if you documented the status in the ticket.
<awoods> cbeer: What do you think about the timing of the F4 beta as it relates to having ModeShape 3.x or 4.x under the covers?
<cbeer> awoods: at the modeshape layer, very little (other than getting to kill off fcrepo-connector-files, i believe our changes got incorporated upstream?).
awoods: at the infinispan layer, all the difference in the world.
<cbeer> awoods: dangerous? how so?
cbeer: as for fcrepo-connector-file, we have some features there that were not submitted to ModeShape... so if they have incorporated them, it would just be by chance.
<awoods> cbeer: It contains some sha1 caching and Fedora specific properties.
<awoods> are you going to be on this sprint, benpennell?
ksclarke: is there a page somewhere documenting how to install your version of the checkstyle plugin?
<gregjansen> I added about ten tickets for authz to the icebox and they pretty much cover the authz bases.
np, we can review and assign and move them up tomorrow..
[travis-ci] futures/fcrepo4#1889 (refactor-fixity - fc0c981 : Chris Beer): The build passed.
<tecoripa> awoods: the jms-indexer-pluggable problem: that's in the fcrepo-jms-indexer-pluggable git project?
<awoods> tecoripa: good... and bad.
<tecoripa> awoods: on a somewhat related note... has anyone built, developed fcrepo4 on a Windows 7 environment?
tecoripa: otherwise, I am not sure we have any other Windows users.
tecoripa: do you have access to a windows box?
<tecoripa> awoods: I've built it and done work with fcrepo4 on that box before... way back in my first sprint. So all the wiring is there.
<tecoripa> ksclarke: thanks. that's what I have running and installed now, too.
<awoods> escowles: do you know of a pattern in the wild for switching git organizations out from under users?
cbeer: at least 3, no doubt.
<cbeer> awoods, barmintor, and ajs6f?
escowles/cbeer: so maybe the existing user base is of less concern.
<awoods> escowles/cbeer: so how does escowles' suggestion sound: move fcrepo -> fcrepo3, and futures -> fcrepo ?
[travis-ci] futures/fcrepo4#1892 (modeshape40 - c0aefee : Chris Beer): The build has errored.
<cbeer> awoods: i have no preference. i also don't think lumping the existing (non-labs repositories) into fcrepo without moving the fcrepo3 things away is a problem either.
<awoods> ksclarke: that will flag me to give it a look.
[travis-ci] futures/fcrepo4#1893 (inbound-references - ffab229 : Chris Beer): The build passed.


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We live in an age of period parties and free bleeding but the stigma of menstruation is hard to shake and for many girls, getting your first period is a scary and confusing event. Suhaimah Suliman spoke to young women from Johannesburg about their first periods.
I was in the bathroom in the morning and I saw brown stuff in my underwear and I thought I made a crap in my sleep. I didn't realise it was my period. I still went to school. At school I went to the bathroom and my underwear was red. I just cleaned everything up and went back to class. By second break I went back to the bathroom and there was more blood, so I just put some tissues in my underwear. After school, I changed my underwear and put more tissues. I didn't know what to say to my mom so I only ended up telling her later in the afternoon. I was so sad when I realised I'd got my period. I really was clueless about everything and I wasn't aware what to do.
At my house, periods were taboo. My mum never spoke about it at all; she use to hide her pads away. I think it was because I was the only girl and I grew up with two brothers. I wish it was something normal, so when I got it I wouldn't have been so upset and in such denial. I wish my mum was more open about it so I would've been prepared.
I was 13 years old when I got my period. I was at a sleepover with four of my cousins. I was longing for this day to come. I had read a lot of information about it – I was always fascinated by it for some reason – but when it did I was extremely caught off guard. I didn't know how to handle the situation, so toilet paper was my best friend. I went home and told my mum the next day and it was smooth sailing from there.
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India-based food delivery service seeking $200m to $250m for the sale of its Emirates business to Germany-based Delivery Hero, report claims
Zomato entered the UAE market in 2012. Pawan Singh / The National
India-based food delivery service Zomato is in talks with Germany's Delivery Hero to sell its UAE business, according to a report.
Zomato, which entered the Middle East market through the Emirates in 2012, is seeking about $200 million to $250m for the sale, the The Times of India newspaper reported.
The Indian business, which is facing stiff competition from another Indian food delivery start-up called Swiggy, wants to raise capital by divesting its existing assets.
It is also in talks with its investor Ant Financial – Alibaba's payment affiliate – to raise another $500m to $1 billion, said the report. Ant Financial owns about 28 per cent stake in Zomato.
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The online food-delivery market in the UAE has rocketed in recent years, spurred by a surge in demand for dining at home.
The UAE food and beverage industry was expected to reach close to Dh47.7bn by the end of 2018, while the market size of fast-food restaurants was expected to be more than Dh14.7bn, according to estimates by the business researcher Marmore.
KPMG's UAE Food & Beverage report revealed that six out of 10 consumers use food apps, primarily for orders.
Food delivery is a highly competitive industry in the UAE, which is home to other popular apps including Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Talabat and Careem Now.
The UAE market is important for Zomato as it launched its premium service Zomato Gold in the Emirates in 2017 and tied up with more than 350 restaurants within the first year.
Started in 2012, Zomato now operates in 24 countries and the UAE accounts for nearly 20 per cent of its orders. Market experts say that the average order value is higher in the UAE compared to India.
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Recently, Zomato was deluged with complaints from UAE customers left hungry on New Year's Eve despite paying for their takeaways. However, the company blamed technical problems and high demand for the failure to fulfil some orders.


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WILD AGAVE
Mezcal Carreño uses only wild agaves from the central valleys of Oaxaca. These wild agaves are affected by the terroir of the land as they grow for 10+ years (see our VARIETALS). The climate, the soil and neighboring plants add their essence to the final taste of our mezcal.
When an agave matures, the quiote (large flowering stalk) is cut off to allow sugars to concentrate in the piña, or heart of the plant. Once the sugars are maximized, the plant is harvested and the pencas (fleshy leaves, signature to an agave plant) are removed with a special machete-like tool called a coa. Only the piña remains, ready for roasting.
The piñas are roasted/cooked in an horno, a conical shaped oven dug into the ground and lined with lava rocks. The piñas are split and placed over the rocks that are layered with bagaso (previously cooked agave fibers) which protect the piñas from burning. Once the oven is piled with a mound of piñas they are covered with burlap and two feet of dirt in order to seal the oven while they roast for up to five days. This gives mezcal its trademark of smokey notes. After roasting, the piñas are removed and "rested" for a period of four to five days.
TAHONA MASHING
Next, our roasted piñas are mashed using the traditional tahona wheel, one of the oldest and most labor-intensive extraction processes for any spirit. This is achieved by using a large, one-ton stone wheel attached to a central axle and pulled by a horse or mule. The massive tahona wheel slowly extracts the juices and sugars that better preserves the flavor than modernized machine shredding.
The resulting agave liquid and remaining fibers are then placed in wooden vats with water to ferment for up to seven days. We use open-air fermentation, allowing for the wild yeast of the region to contribute to the complex terroir of our agave, making each batch of mezcal unique and authentic.
DOUBLE DISTILLATION
Once proper fermentation levels are reached, the liquids and fibers are distilled using a copper alembic heated by a wood fire. This process is done twice to ensure our mezcal comes in at 45-46 percent of alcohol by volume, the sweet-spot for highlighting our agave flavor profiles and providing a smooth sipping experience.


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EQT says greed not a factor in commodity price surge
The US company added that LNG has an integral role in the energy transition.
Complimentary, Natural Gas & LNG News, Americas, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Energy Transition, Political, Ministries, Market News, News By Country, United States
US energy company EQT said December 7 it disagreed with the position of a leading US senator that oil and gas companies were tacitly supporting higher commodity prices.
US senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, sent a letter to 11 different oil and gas companies last month demanding answers on the steady rise in commodity prices.
"I am writing regarding my concern about rising natural gas prices for American consumers, the impact this will have for families struggling to pay their bills and keep their homes warm this winter, and the extent to which these price increases are being driven by energy companies' corporate greed and profiteering as they 'moved record amounts of US gas out of the country," she wrote.
The US Energy Information Administration said it expects the US will be the world leader in exports of LNG. But domestic production is also on the rise. Meanwhile, the price for Henry Hub, the US benchmark for the price of natural gas, is down some 24% since Warren wrote her letter.
EQT CEO Toby Rice said he disagrees with the notion that commodity prices are related directly to corporate finances.
"Yes, the price of natural gas has increased rapidly relative to 2020 as the economic engines of the world have reignited, but natural gas prices in 2020 were the lowest in over two decades, a year during which we exported LNG," he said.
Investors and shareholders, meanwhile, are pressing for more work toward the energy transition. Saudi Arabia, the de-facto leader of OPEC, has said the capital flow toward low-carbon options is to blame for higher commodity prices as investors move away from fossil fuels.
Rice added that, from his perspective, natural gas has an integral role to play in the energy transition. LNG can replace coal in some markets and has proved itself a viable opportunity in the effort to address the threat from climate change, he said.
"That's the prize—reducing emission levels at a pace we've never seen, while simultaneously providing the world with cheap, reliable and clean energy," he said.
Italy mulls extra taxes for energy firms: press
Canada earns high praise for climate leadership from IEA
Brave New World: Emerging Trends in Vietnam's LNG-to-power sector


What makes recipes from Philippines distinct is because it's a fusion of cultural influences that reflects her unique history. During the pre-Hispanic colonization, Filipino dish was simply boiled, roasted or broiled root crops, vegetables and seafood including wild game.
The Chinese traders brought in spices and herbs that added flavor to the dishes and introduced the Filipinos to staple foods like tokwa (tofu) and tawge (bean sprout). Simple flavoring like toyo (soy sauce) and patis (fish sauce) were brought by the early Chinese and taught the Filipinos the method of stir-frying and the use of flavorful soup bases. Pancit, fresh lumpia, and chopsuey have become Filipino favorite dishes in restaurants and at home.
The Malay and Indonesian taught the Filipinos methods of cooking and preserving like bagoong and the use of coconut with other condiments and strong flavoring. Usually coconut milk is mixed with vegetables like jackfruit with crab in coconut milk. Some places in the Philippines are noted for their Kare-kare , Laing and Ginataang Manok. Although many Filipinos do not usually cook dishes with chili and other spices, the influence of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia can be observed in many Bicolano dishes where red and green chilli peppers are part of their delicacies.
Most of the Filipino recipes are influenced by the Spaniards. Historians believed that 80% of Filipino cuisine is Spanish. This is not surprising with more than 300 years under the rule of Spain! The elaborate food preparation of the Spaniards such as paella, arroz ala valencia (rice casserole), caldereta (meat in tomato sauce stew), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce), pochero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), afritada (chicken and/or pork simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables) and more are always on the table during fiestas or festive gatherings. Of course, pork adobo is on the top list anywhere and any time!
One of the American's contributions to Filipino cooking in the early days was the canned food. Fresh ingredients may not be available but Americans introduced canned foods cooked and mixed with vegetables for a sumptuous meal. However, the most notable influence to Filipino cuisine is the fast-food mentality of quick burgers and fries and fried chicken including salads and doughnut.
Traditional Filipino recipes are always a pleasure to cook, to serve and to be enjoyed by your family and friends but Filipinos always have a way of making each dish a special one. For the Filipinos, cooking is either a simple dish of rice, fish, vegetable and soup or a fiesta by whipping up something extra-ordinary for a special occasion.
The key is to be resourceful, creative and inventive and mix every cooking time with smile and love. Elsa Schiaparelli perfectly sums this up: "A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness." Recipe Philippines is your guide in making appetizing and healthy meals for your family and friends.


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There was a remarkable answer given by Facebook CEO Mr Mark Zuckerberg earlier this year, when he was asked to appear before the UK parliament following the data privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.
Mr Zuckerberg respectfully thanked the UK politicians for their invite but stated that he would rather focus on the upcoming elections in India and Brazil. He did however appear before US congress and the EU commission to answer questions.
Related coverage:  New York Times Editorial Illegally Promotes Brazil Election Meddling.
Related coverage:  New York Times Editorial Board Again Meddles In Brazil Elections, Now Slamming Bolsonaro.
Knowing that the Brazilian presidency will for the first time be decided not by TV but by internet as the trust of average Brazilians in their media dropped, the Worker's Party luckily knows that it can count on Silicon Valley behemoth Facebook, with whom it signed a cooperation agreement in 2015 during the Summit of the Americas, where CEO Mr Zuckerberg was pictured at multiple occasions discussing the matter with then President Dilma Rousseff.
Facebook reaches an audience of some 150 million users in Brazil, which is its second-largest users base after the US. According to the social networking website's head of strategic mobile partnerships and local director Ms Laura Gonzalez-Estefani, Facebook wants to expand into Latin America from Brazil, which has one of the best Internet penetration percentages in the region.
Furthermore, Facebook is not bent on changing its partnership this time round given the time already invested in the relationship with the Workers Party, no matter what the Brazilian voters would want.
The signs on the wall became clear already in July when the Silicon Valley company started blocking various conservative pages on Facebook Brazil urging youngsters to support Mr Jair Bolsonaro. The timing, in the middle of summer, made sure that the news was reported but didn't spread very far.
However, anyone now wanting to open a new Facebook page dedicated to Mr Bolsonaro is reminded of Facebook's 'general rules' and blocked soon after, leaving many on his supporters to unite on alternative platforms like Gab and 8chan.
As there is a general consensus with political analysts that Mr Bolsonaro's current statistical advantage in the polls is because the leading popular candidate favoured by the younger generation, Brazilian media is keen on stopping him and bring back Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), who has been in prison since April on corruption charges.
Obviously Mr Bolsonaro strongly opposes Lula's freedom and candidacy mockingly stating that he favours a free Lula but "in 2030."
As with all fascist regimes they conspire with others to destroy their opponents. They cannot do their dirty work alone. The machine they create to control the flow, or restrict the flow of information is critical. Hitler destroyed all the free press. Now the free press in on the internet. Zuck will do the same thing in Brazil.
Zuckerberg is just another nasty, lying, scheming jew.
It used to be that elections were controlled through newspapers and such, these days they can just go to the robot in charge of Faceberg and rig it much easier.


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Road Transport and Logistics Briefing December 2016 Clear Legal Advice Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich Norwich www.birketts.co.uk/road-transport Deliver Welcome to a newly branded edition of our Transport and Logistics newsletter; Deliver. In this issue In the news The wider effect of the gig economy Price fixing on trucks - purchasers of trucks have potential claims against manufacturers Traffic commissioners... a reminder LinkedIn Birketts LLP Twitter @birkettsllp There has been a lot of coverage in the press in relation to the 'gig economy' and we have included an article which hopefully explains how to make sure you are defining your workforce correctly. This edition also brings your attention to price fixing on trucks. We have been advising several clients in relation to this issue recently and Laurence Weeks would be very interested to hear from you if you have any concerns about price fixing. We hope you enjoy this newsletter and, as ever, if you have any feedback this will be gratefully received. In the news Deputy Traffic Commissioner in the team We are delighted to confirm that Laura Thomas has been appointed Deputy Traffic Commissioner (DTC) for the Eastern area from May 2017. "I look forward to bringing my experience in advising and representing operators at public inquiry to the role; my knowledge of the industry will no doubt help me in making proportionate decisions," commented Laura recently. The Real Health and Safety Conference on election day The annual Birketts Health and Safety conference takes place in Newmarket on Thursday 8 June 2017. We are delighted that Richard Turfitt, the soon-to-be Senior Traffic Commissioner, will be attending. As you know we tailor part of the conference particularly for the benefit of hauliers and logistics companies and encourage you to join us as this is a great opportunity to get some of your questions answered and hear from experienced professionals. Laura Thomas Partner 01473 299173 laura-thomas@birketts.co.uk www.birketts.co.uk/road-transport Clear Legal Advice Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich Norwich Deliver May 2017 The wider effect of the gig economy The gig economy, a type of employment characterised by short term contracts, is a market under close scrutiny. Whilst the media has been focused on the employment status impact on the food, courier and plumbing industries, the haulage industry is also under threat from litigation. Many lorry drivers own their vehicles and are contractually engaged to drive goods on a self-employed basis. However, the drivers often try to assert that they are employees to attract increased employment rights. There is also increasing pressure from the HMRC who, in the recent case of RS Dhillon and GP Dhillon Partnership v HMRC [2017] UKFTT 17 scrutinised the tax status of lorry drivers engaged to provide haulage services on a self-employed basis. The decision went to the Employment Tribunal who held that the drivers were employees. In reaching its decision, the tribunal felt that the drivers were subject to a degree of control by the customer and there was no real power for drivers to provide an alternative substitute. A finding of 'employee' or 'worker' employment status can have significant monetary consequences on the company as well as tax implications. Both these statuses attract holiday pay and sick pay and employees can become protected from unfair dismissal and gain redundancy rights. As a result, companies engaging the drivers as independent contractors must be careful to treat their drivers as self-employed as the courts will look at the reality of the situation (for tax and employment status purposes) when deciding if the driver is, in actual fact, an employee. If you would like some assistance with any employment status queries, please do get in touch with Catherine Johnson in our Employment team. Price fixing on trucks - Purchasers of trucks have potential claims against manufacturers Introduction Following the recent resolution of confidentiality issues, the European Commission (EC) has now published, in full, the decision that it made last July that a cartel had operated between five major truck manufacturers resulting in: 1. the co-ordination of the pricing of medium and heavy trucks through the period 1997 - 2011 2. collusion on the timing of the introduction of emission technologies 3. the passing of the cost of the emissions technologies onto customers 4. As the EC confirmed in its own press release last summer, any person or firm affected by this anti-competitive behaviour may bring a claim for damages in their national court. Findings of the EC The EC's decision related specifically to the market for the manufacturing of medium and heavy trucks (defined by the EC as respectively, weighing between 6-16 tonnes and over 16 tonnes). The EC found that five major truck manufacturers, Man, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and Daff had all engaged in a cartel. The EC's investigation found that the infringement covered the entire European Economic Area and lasted for 14 years, from 1997 until 2011. Between 1997 and 2004, meetings were held at Senior Management level, sometimes at the margins of trade fairs or other events. This was complimented by phone conversations. From 2004 onwards, the cartel was organised via the truck producer's German subsidiaries with participants generally exchanging information electronically. As a result of the findings of the EC, fines were set against certain of the Catherine Johnson Partner 01473 299174 catherine-johnson@birketts.co.uk Laurence Weeks Partner 07919 497114 lawrence-weeks@birketts.co.uk www.birketts.co.uk/road-transport Clear Legal Advice Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich Norwich Deliver May 2017 manufacturers; Man received full immunity for revealing the existence of a cartel and therefore avoided a fine. Similarly, Volvo/Renault, Daimler and Iveco received reduced fines to reflect the timing of their co-operation and the extent to which the evidence they provided helped the Commission prove the existence of the cartel. All companies have acknowledged their involvement and agreed to settle the case. Compensation claims Any person or business which purchased or leased trucks during the relevant period may potentially bring claims for damages that they have suffered as a result of the cartel. This right is unaffected by any fines that have already been imposed by the EC. The anti-trust damages directive (a European-wide instrument) has been established (and has been adopted) to make it easier for victims of anti-competitive practices to secure damages. The loss to be claimed by purchasers/leasers of the relevant trucks will be measured in the inflated prices that they paid for the trucks as a result of the cartel. Relevant considerations to a claim will be: 1. from whom the truck was purchased/leased 2. the date of the purchase/lease 3. the type of truck. Conclusion The EC's findings have been accepted by each manufacturer and therefore will not be appealed. The decision of the EC assists potential claimants given that it constitutes binding proof that the behaviour took place and was illegal. Accordingly, anti-competitive behaviour has already been proven. The potential claimants now need to demonstrate the link of that behaviour to losses that they have suffered. If you believe that you may have been affected by these events and wish to investigate whether you have a claim then please contact Laurence Weeks of our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team to obtain an initial view of the claim. Traffic Commissioners… a reminder Given our recent exciting news regarding Laura Thomas' appointment, we thought that there was no better time to remind you about the important function Traffic Commissioners (TCs) and Deputy Traffic Commissioners (DTCs) hold in the transport industry. If you have been lucky enough to have only met a TC at a seminar or business event you may not fully appreciate the function and powers held by the Traffic Commissioners across the UK. What do they actually do? TC mission statement: "to champion safe, fair and reliable passenger and goods transport". TCs are responsible for the licensing of operators of heavy good vehicles (HGVs) and of public service vehicles (PSVs), registration of local bus services, granting vocational licenses and taking action against drivers of PSVs and HGVs. They are also responsible for the environmental sustainability of centres designated as parking locations for HGVs. TCs regulate the transport industry by promoting fair competition and road safety. This is achieved in various ways such as considering new applications for operator licences, considering operator licences where there have been failings to meet "The EC's investigation found that the infringement covered the entire European Economic area and lasted for 14 years..." Philippa Dyer Associate 01473 299171 philippa-dyer@birketts.co.uk www.birketts.co.uk/road-transport Clear Legal Advice Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich Norwich Deliver May 2017 undertakings on the licence and deliberating over vocational driver conduct. Where TCs consider that they may have to take regulatory action on a licence they will call a public inquiry at which they have the power to curtail, suspend or revoke an operator's licence where they think it appropriate. TCs use their powers to ensure that those running PSVs and HGVs are reputable, competent and adequately funded. Any action taken by the TC is intended to encourage all operators to adopt more robust systems, which promote safety and fair completion. For the purposes of transport regulation the UK is divided into areas ie. Eastern, South East, North West and so on. Each area has a TC who is the regulator for that area. They are overseen by the STC and it was recently announced that Richard Turfitt, longstanding Traffic Commissioner for the Eastern Area, is being appointed as STC. Each area also has a number of deputy TCs who assist the TC in their function. That said TCs are also ambassadors for the transport industry and are active within the industry supporting, where they are able, trade bodies in their aims and promoting the industry as a whole. Why do you need to know? Many operator licence holders often hold them without understanding their importance. This is often the case when the transport operation is incidental to the business ie you are not in the haulage industry. In such cases many operator licence holders, or the directors of those companies, do not know what is happening with the transport function. For example, do you know the answers to the following questions? 1. Are your procedures in place and working? 2. Does your transport manager have effective management and control of the transport operation? 3. How many drivers' hours' infringements has the company had in the last month? If you cannot answer these questions you may want to consider whether you are meeting the undertakings on your licence. Those who are found not to be can find themselves in front of the TC, or one of the deputies. Should you need any advice in relation to meeting the undertakings of your licence, look no further than this team. If you would like some assistance with any transport queries, please do get in touch with Philippa Dyer. "Many operator licence holders often hold them without understanding their importance..."
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One of the things that makes Lymm such an attractive location is the canal, prettily dotted with colourful boats.
It's such a pretty location that it's hard to imagine that the Bridgewater Canal was the first commercial waterway transporting dirty coal from mines to the rest of Britain and spearheading the industrial revolution in the process.
Someone who understands the attractions of Lymm's waterway is Michelle Gilbody, the first ever female chairman of Lymm Cruising Club, which started life in October 1955 with just 17 'interested' people.
Says Michelle: 'The inaugural meeting of Lymm Cruising Club was held at the Old Number Three pub. Eric Hurd and Fred Swaithes were the founder members and Fred was elected as the first chairman of the club.
Over the years Lymm Cruising Club has established itself in the village and takes part in events such as the May Queen Festival and Dickensian Day, when Santa is seen to arrive at the club on the last of a convoy of illuminated boats.
The club's year begins in February which marks the end of Michelle's three year tenure, during which she admits she's had to deal with a number of challenges, not least residents' concerns about noise.
'Although we were here first , we are all living together here as one so it is a matter of trying to adapt,' explains Michelle, whose own boat Ted is moored on the Lymm site near the club.
Once people do visit the village they may find themselves becoming fascinated by its history, which stretches back much further back than the Industrial Revolution.
Luckily they can pay a visit to Lymm Heritage Centre, which has just seen its 10,000th visitor pass through the doors since it opened in June 2018 on Legh Street.
'It's been a success,' confirms Alan Williams, chair and trustee, who explains the centre started life not just as a physical building but as an idea.
'When you think about the Heritage Museum you think about the building and nothing else but there are also all the activities we do,' he says.
'We have an education group, and an archiving group and that manifests itself in different ways.
One of the highlights planned for 2019 will be an exhibition in January about the dinosaurs whch roamed Cheshire.
'If you visit the centre of the village there's a big block of stone which has the footprint of a dinosaur,' says Alan.
'In fact it's a chirotherium. This was a creature that walked the earth 250m years ago.
''The exhibition will include a full sized model of what the experts thought it would look like, so we are starting right at the beginning of Lymm's history.
As well as exhibitions and an online collection, the heritage website includes a fascinating timeline detailing the history of the village and information about local history publications.
'All over the county, towns and cities are waking up to the fact that their cultural heritage is an important part of their identity, which helps to promote them,' says Alan.
Chester-born Chloe Killen is helping to ensure that Lymm high street is thriving as she recently opened her CLK art gallery on Eagle Brow.
Since she launched in June she has held several events in the gallery and happily reports that there's a thriving arty community in the village.
It isn't just local people who are enjoying the new gallery as Chloe, who spent five years in London, before returning north explains.
'Being here in Lymm means that there are a lot of people walking about and with the canal nearby and the boats it is something of a destination for visitors. It's wonderful here, there's so much going on. It has a lovely community feel to it.
Chloe has been in the art and interiors business for more than a decade, working at an art publishing house and overseeing a couple of galleries while she was based in London. She also held a few pop up art exhibitions before deciding to open CLK Art.
'It's contemporary art as well as affordable art with most pieces being limited editions,' she explains. 'I have artists who are based nationally, internationally and regionally, for example the next exhibition here is by Leigh Lambert,a Newcastle-upon-Tyne artist. He has been seen as the modern Lowry because his pieces are quite industrial and all tend to be monochrome, depicting lives gone by. The children and all positive aspects in the pictures are picked out in colour and people say they make them smile. He will be doing an artist appearance and a book signing on Sunday February 10th.


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The Queen of Spades () is a 1916 film adaptation of the 1834 Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name. It is noted for its high production values, directorial technique and psychological depth of acting, especially by Ivan Mosjoukine. It is considered to be one of the best pre-revolutionary Russian films.

The film was the second production of the story, the first being the silent short film adaptation of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky opera by Pyotr Chardynin in 1910. Yakov Protazanov uses a wide combination of narrative, staging and camera techniques, many of which were unusual for that time, including retrospection, visions (prototypes of the stream of consciousness), split screen combination shots, flashbacks, jump cuts, deep focus and deep staging, and dissolves.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Hermann, a Russian military officer with a limited fortune, is fascinated when he hears the story of Countess Fedotovna, who won her fortune by playing three particular cards, the identity of which she refuses to reveal. Hermann gains entrance to the countess's house through a flirtation with Lizaveta, ward of the countess. He confronts the countess with a revolver and demands to know the cards she played. The countess collapses, dead of fright. Remorseful, Hermann goes home. The next morning he seems to see the phantom of the countess, who tells him that the three cards are the three, the seven, and the ace. The first two nights he plays the three and the seven and is successful. The third night he bets all of his money, feeling sure that the card will be the ace. However, he finds his own card has become the queen of spades and he has lost everything. With the loss of his fortune he also loses his mind.

Cast
 Hermann - Ivan Mosjoukine
 Lizaveta Ivanovna - Vera Orlova
 Countess Anna Fedotovna as an old woman - Yelizaveta Shebueva
 The Countess as a young woman - Tamara Duvan
 Count Fedotovna - Pavel Pavlov
 Count St. Germain - Nikolai Panov

Home media
The film has been released on DVD.

See also
 The Queen of Spades (1960 film)
 The Queen of Spades (1982 film)
 Queen of spades

References

External links

 About the film
 Article in mega.km.ru
 The Queen of Spades at Kinopoisk
 Watch The Queen of Spades with English subtitles

1916 films
Films of the Russian Empire
Films based on The Queen of Spades
1916 drama films
Russian black-and-white films
Russian silent films
Films directed by Yakov Protazanov
Films set in the 1750s
Films set in the 1820s
Films set in France
Films set in Saint Petersburg
Films shot in Moscow
Films about gambling
1910s ghost films
Russian drama films
Silent drama films
1910s Russian-language films

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