Flying a thousand rhinos from South Africa to south Texas sounds like something out of a bad Disney movie. But if the plan, announced last week by Group Elephant and the Exotic Wildlife Alliance, goes through, it could become a model for conserving animal populations under threat.
The proposal to transport 6% of the country's rhinos to southern Texas, which has a similar climate and landscape to the animals' native habitat, underlines just how bad poaching has become.
Last week, the environment minister revealed that a record 393 animals were killed in the Kruger National Park between January and April of this year.
Home to 80% of the planet's rhinoceros population, South Africa is in the midst of a poaching epidemic. The animals' horns fetch a high price – $65 000 for just under 1kg – in markets such as China and Vietnam, where rhino horn is an ingredient in traditional medicines. Illegal rhino killings increased by 20% in 2014, with 1?215 rhinos dead.
Conservation groups, representatives of the government and individual supporters – such as landowners – in both regions are just beginning to formulate the Texas relocation plan. Game farmers own roughly 5 000 of South Africa's estimated 20 000 white and black rhinos, and have good reason to co-operate with a scheme that might preserve the population.
Game farmers have long been a part of South Africa's conservation plans. In 1900, the white rhino population in the country had shrunk to a mere 20 head, and government decided to relocate them to zoos and private game farms.
The rhinos formed new breeding groups and the resulting offspring outnumbered the rhinos killed for trophies. For a time, it worked.
But, with poaching at record levels, the longer the rhinos are on a game farm, the greater the likelihood they'll be killed.
The proposed relocation scheme would move rhinos to individual ranches in Texas, and the relocation plan would provide South African game farmers with partial ownership of the transported rhinos' offspring.
If the plan goes forward, the rhinos will roam free on ranch land and there will be a prohibition on hunting them or their progeny in perpetuity, said Jonathan Tager of Group Elephant.
But the plan must overcome several challenges before it can move forward: it must get approval from the United States department of agriculture to import the animals; it must find enough ranchers in Texas who want to take the rhinos; and it must raise the funds to move the creatures, at an estimated cost of at least $50 000 a rhinoceros.
In February last year, wildlife filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert launched a campaign to move 100 rhinos out of the country.
At the time, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa kept mum on where the animals would be moved "for security reasons".
In March this year, the rhinos were airlifted from South Africa to Botswana, which is less populated and has not experienced as many poaching incidents.
The Jouberts' campaign, Rhinos Without Borders is the largest and most expensive rhino relocation to date. The team has said it hopes to collect another 25 rhinos from South Africa by year's end and move 65 more next year.
In addition to more space, Botswana has a harsh "shoot to kill" policy against poachers. It's extremely controversial, but some wildlife conservationists believe it's the only way to stem poaching.
Last year, in a discussion about elephants killed for their ivory tusks, Suwanna Gauntlett, chief executive of conservation group Wildlife Alliance, told the Guardian she believed strict law enforcement was the only long-term solution to poaching.
Gauntlett says the international community often focuses on the problem of demand, but that it needs to give at least as much attention to protecting animals on the ground.
The approach of on-the-ground interventions with armed law enforcement has been effective for other species: it helped reduce poaching of Siberian tigers by 80% from 1984 to 2001, and elephant poaching in Cambodia by 98%.
Wildlife Alliance pays park rangers a supplement to reduce the chances that they will be lured by bribes from poachers.
The Exotic Wildlife Association and Group Elephant say they have had an enthusiastic response from South Africans to the US relocation plan. The groups are also beginning to line up supporters in Texas.
If the plan gets approval and funding, it could take years to transport all 1 000 animals – and perhaps years more to restore the surviving population to South Africa.
Tager added: "In the fullness of time – when the rhino horn madness has hopefully subsided in South Africa – we would plan on repatriating some of the rhinos and their offspring to Africa.


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package com.touchableheroes.drafts.calendar.cmd;

import java.util.List;

import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.provider.CalendarContract.Events;
import android.util.Log;

import com.touchableheroes.drafts.calendar.dao.Event;

/**
 * Simple implementation of Update (one-by-one update)
 * Is not optimized for batch-updates.
 *
 * @author A. Siebert, ask@touchableheroes.com
 */
public class UpdateEventByHeaderCmd extends ContextCmd {

	private final LoadEventsCmd load;

	public UpdateEventByHeaderCmd(final Context ctx) {
		super(ctx);

		this.load = new LoadEventsCmd(ctx);
	}

	/**
	 * @param title part of the query, skip param if value null.
	 * @param begin part of the query, skip param if value null.
	 * @param end part of the query, skip param if value null.
	 *
	 * @param newTitle don't update if null passed
	 * @param newBegin don't update if null passed
	 * @param newEnd don't update if null passed
	 * @param newDescription don't update if null passed
	 * @param newLocation don't update if null passed
	 *
	 * @return true if operation is successful.
	 */
	public boolean exec(final String title, final long begin, final long end,
			final String newTitle, final long newBegin, final long newEnd,
			final String newDescription, final String newLocation) {

		final List<Event> events = this.load.exec(title, begin, end, null, null);

		int sum = 0;
		for (final Event event : events) {
			final ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
			final ContentValues values = event.newUpdateContentValues(newTitle, newBegin, newEnd,
					newDescription, newLocation);

			final int count = cr.update(event.getId().getUri(), values, null, null);
			Log.d("phonegap-calendar-plugin", "updated: " + count + " events in calendar." );

			sum += count;
		}

		return events.size() == sum;
	}

}

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When Columbus landed at "San Salvador, Bajamar" in 1492, this "New World" was opened like the Greek mythological Pandora's box. It should be remembered that this occurred about 13,000 years after the first Amera-Indians are thought to have migrated to northern Florida. Columbus did not discover America; he only discovered it for the Europeans.
Much occurred here and in our neighboring islands of the Bahamas and Cuba. As in most United States history, there were multifaceted forces of government exploitation, forced religious values, class exploitation, lack of personal freedom and greed. It does appear that greed entered the scene early, but that was nothing new.
In 1497, Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, sailed the coasts and English John Cabot made two trips in 1497 and 1499. In 1511, Diego Velasquez occupied Cuba and by 1515 had established six settlements, including Havana.
Fifty-three-year-old Juan Ponce de Leon obtained a patent to explore and possess the legendary island of Bimini and surrounding lands, which would include Florida. Ponce de Leon had some knowledge of the New World as he had sailed with Columbus on his second voyage. Ponce himself was not a navigator, but more of a rich conquistador who had gained Indian experience in controlling the Tainos and Caribs in the West Indies. His pilot was a self-made Spaniard named Anton de Alaminos who had also once sailed with Columbus. Anton later sailed the first Spanish treasure fleet north using the Gulf Stream in 1519.
It was during the Easter holidays of "Feast of the Flowers" in 1513 that he landed on the northeast coast of Florida between April 2 to 8. This area is said to have been called "Cautio" by his Lucayan natives and "Bimini" by the Tainos natives - the Fountain of Youth fable is just a unverified myth. He promptly named and claimed possession of "La Florida" for the King of Spain. Some early maps show the entire present-day eastern United States as La Florida. However, Ponce thought Florida was an island. Later England and France also made claims and Florida shrank to its present size in about 1821.
Sailing south, Ponce came upon a chain of islands that he named "Los Martires" (the Martyrs) and now known as the Florida Keys. The reason for this name is vague, but it does give an early name that distinguishes the Keys from other island groups. The reason that Antonio de Herrera wrote a century after Ponce sailed was because seen at a distance, the rocks that rose seemed like men suffering. Hernando D'Escalane Fonaneda wrote in 1566 the reason was "...that many men have suffered on them, and also because certain rocks rise there from beneath the sea, which, at a distance, look like men in distress...."
For my two cents, if the ship's log of Ponce is ever found, he named them after Peter Martyr. Martyr on his a 1511 chart depicted Florida as a large island called Isla de Beimeni. Fontenada's reason could be true if the ocean level at that time had not risen enough to cover pieces of branching corals and/or tree trunks on today's outer reefs were seen. Sea levels were rising then as it continues to do today.
Ponce named one of the Martyrs (Keys) "Palo." It could have been any of the Keys and is usually the Key that any writer prefers. Douglas Peck in his book Ponce de Leon (1993) believes it was Key Largo. Another island was named "Santa Marta." What is more important, Ponce had found that the Gulf Stream flowed northward, and thus became the principal route for return voyages to Europe. As such, many ships were wrecked on our reefs, their cargos lost and passengers drowned or captured by local Indians. Continuing his voyage, Ponce sailed next to San Carlos Bay on the west coast of Florida. There he named another island "Matanza" for the killing of natives. Ponce then sailed south where he caught many turtles, monk seals and pelicans for food in an area he named "Tortugas" a name we still use today. From there he sailed southwest to Cuba. Ponce's ship's log has never been found and most of Ponce's activities are from a summary done by Spain's official historiographer, Antonio de Herrera, in the early 1600s.
Francisco de Cordoba after his defeat in Yucatan in 1517 ran aground in Los Matires, but managed to free the ship and make it to Cuba. Using data from Cordoba, in 1519 Herman Cortez was more successful and probably started the treasure ships route using the Gulfstream to return to Europe. Interesting, the aforementioned pilot for Ponce de Leon, Anton de Alaminos, was also Cordoba's pilot on his first trip back to Europe.
In 1521, Ponce de Leon returned again to the west coast of Florida, where he and his men were vigorously attacked by Indians. Although wounded, he managed to escape with a handful of his crew, but he died of his wounds in July of 1521 in Cuba. Many more voyages sailed to Florida's west coast meaning that most passed by at least the lower Keys. Almost all ships returning to Europe sailed a few miles off the shores of the Keys. Not much is written other than short references to these early stops in the Keys. Historian Gail Swanson of Grassy Key believes this began the maritime shipwreck history of North America.
Moving on in time, in 1528 Pamfilo de Narvaez with 300 men landed at Bahia de la Cruz (assumed to be Tampa Bay) on Good Friday and once again took possession of Florida for Spain. There was no massacre by the natives this time, but he was sent off on a wild goose chase looking for gold. After wandering for months, all but four (Cabeza de Vaca, two companions and a black man) of his ill starred expedition perished at sea on crude, homemade boats. One of the survivors, Estevanico de Dorantes, to my knowledge, was the first recorded black person to come to America. After walking 3,000 miles, the group finally reached Mexico.
There was disappointment in every mission. Ten years later in 1539, Hernando de Soto landed near the same spot as Narvaez. With a huge army of 570 men he conquered the Tocabaga Indians in the Tampa area. It almost seems like the same story, as the Indians also sent De Soto off with "the gold is over there" story. It was at the beginning of this quest that De Soto found and rescued the aforementioned captive Juan Ortiz. Ortiz more or less confirmed that riches were to be found inland. De Soto wandered almost two years over most of the southeast United States looking for gold before he died at the mouth of the Arkansas River. Diego Maldonado assumed command and set sail from Havana only to return in July 1542 empty-handed. De Soto was young, rich and famous, and his absolute failure in settling Florida for the Spanish almost ended the early expeditions.
With the loss of some 2,000 lives, many ships and much property, Phillip II of Spain appeared to have given up on settling Florida. There was one more attempt though. In June 1559, Tristan de Luna set sail with everything necessary to establish a Florida settlement on Ochuse Bay, which is modern day Pensacola Bay. The summer storm season lay ahead and almost immediately forced him into Mobile Bay, Alabama. By August the entire team was at Ochuse, but a tropical storm scattered the ships before all could be unloaded, and took a heavy toll of supplies and personnel. During the winter, they decided to move inland, but this was also unsuccessful.
After another ill-fated settlement attempt the next year, De Luna was replaced by Angel de Villafane, who also was badly wrecked by a tropical storm and gave up in defeat. Pensacola was abandoned and would lie forgotten for another 125 years. After 50 odd years of trying to permanently settle Florida, Spain more or less gave up. Nothing much happened in the Keys other than shipwrecks and foraging for food and water.
It has recently been announced that what could be the oldest shipwreck ever found in Florida has been discovered in Pensacola Bay. The ship is thought to have been one of the seven lost in a hurricane. It is thought to be part of De Luna's flotilla of 13 ships that attempted to establish Pensacola in 1559.
The above were the major expeditions, but there were more: Miruelo (1516), Grijalva (1518), Pineda (1519), Gomez (1525), Ayllon (1526), Verrazzano (1529) and many slaving expeditions by relative unknowns. The taking of Indians as slaves to be used in the gold mines of Hispaniola was undertaken quite early. However, Indians were vulnerable to even simple European diseases, plus they did not work well as slaves. The Spanish shipped the first shipment of blacks to Hispaniola in 1502. These slaves spoke Spanish as they were first enslaved in Spain. In 1517 the Spanish began importing blacks from Africa for work in the Caribbean Islands.
The Florida Keys simply lay on the route to and from all these voyages. Almost every year there were shipwrecks along the Keys from the Tortugas to Biscayne Bay. Survivors making it to shore received various treatments from the Keys Indians -usually bad. A significant number of letters were written telling of the murder of survivors. The building of forts in the Keys was suggested often. Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1567 suggested setting up a school in Havana, particularly for the families of the chiefs. According to Aviles, the Indian students would make good hostages to deter Indian troubles.
Many of the ships carried treasure to Spain from as far south as Peru. One of the Spanish ships in the mid-1500s carried 13-year-old Hernando d'Escalante Fontaneda, mentioned in the last chapter, to Spain to attend school. He was tardy for his school classes by some 17 years, which was the time he lived with the Florida Indians after being shipwrecked on the Florida coast. Fontaneda was eventually rescued at age 30.
When about thirty-years-old Fontaneda finally reached Spain and wrote his memoirs in 1575. His writings provide early descriptions of living with the Indians, but there seem to be many apparent contradictions. Usually when one writes much later, as did Herrera about Ponce de Leon, one injects items learned since. This distorts the time base and tends to appear as contradictions to later readers. To be history, we prefer that the writing be very near to the time that the incident occurred. To read a translation of his memoirs, Click HERE.
There were specific missions to the Keys, but not to settle. An example was the search for Sir. Francis Drake. Drake departed England in 1585 with a sizable force and was especially a threat to the Spanish treasure shipments. In 1586 he wreaked havoc on Santo Domingo and Cartagena and sailed on to Cuba. Drake anchored near Havana, but reportedly due to illness among his crew never attacked. On June 4, 1886 Drake pulled anchor and disappeared. Knowing that Drake was a serious threat, Havana sent two search missions to the Keys seeking his whereabouts.
"Monday: On the 9th of the said month [June, 1586] I arrived at the town of Mateconbe [sic] an spoke with an Indian who came aboard, and he told us that five days before we arrived, they had found some planks…. Tuesday, the tenth, I arrived at some Keys further on from Mateconbe and spoke with some Indians…. Wednesday, the 11th day of the said month, sailing for the town of Tequesta [Miami], a canoe with Indians came along side…." The search was for naught as Drake had sailed north for Virginia. In route he spotted St. Augustine, landed on June 7 and burned the town.
The name Matecumbe with various spellings appear in many Spanish writings. One of the early writings was about the 1622 shipwrecks of the Atocha and the Margarita. They were described of having been sunk in Los Cayos de Matecumbe. Naturally when the modern day salvors began searching for these ships they searched off of Lower and Upper Matecumbe. Dr. Eugene Lyon found data in Spain indicating the described Cayos de Matecumbe were between Key West and the Tortugas. Dr. Lyon sent this data to the late Mel Fisher who soon found the ship wrecks in the Marquesas, just where the Spanish said they were.
Since gold and silver were not found in Florida it was of no importance to Spain. Later some attempts to establish Catholic missions were made, but these too were short lived. An example is in 1675, Spanish Bishop Calderon inspected the Florida Catholic missions located in north Florida. Although he writes of Keys Indian groups such as the Matecumbes, Bayahondos and Cuchiagaros, records indicate that he did not actually visit the Keys.
Another Keys' visit by the Spanish was recorded in 1697. Spain had sent priests to Florida's west coast to Christianize the native inhabitants. Havana sent Francisco Romero as pilot to check on five priests. The priests had not been welcomed and were sent off in canoes. Romero found the priests in the Keys and returned with them to Havana. Spain's insistence on good sailing records is largely responsible for this early knowledge.
The wreck of the Spanish Plate Fleet in 1733 and its recovery operations provided us with the earliest detailed map of the Florida Keys. Since the wrecked ships were strung along the reefs of the Middle and Upper Keys, most of the principal Keys were named and located.
Continue touring through the other four Florida History pages, Click HERE.
To return to the General History page, Click HERE.


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Dentist - fear and smile.
Hospital Metropolitano, Burned Children treated 100% FREE?
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Vaccinations to enter into Nicaragua?
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Jacqui Neal
Jacqui left Townsquare Media Lubbock in June 2016. Jacqui Neal can be heard on a variety of stations throughout the week. Weekdays, Jacqui hosts a show on Lonestar 99.5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday 6 a.m. to noon. She can also be heard Monday-Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. on Awesome 98. Sunday mornings at 7 a.m., Jacqui hosts "The Truth in Love" on News/Talk 790, KFYO. You can read more about "The Truth in Love" on KFYO.com. Jacqui is a Fort Worth native and has lived in West Texas for over 20 years. She went to college for radio and television and has worked in media since then, except for five years when she lived in Florida where she worked in Fashion Coordination. She has been married to her husband for over five years and instantly gained five amazing step kids and 15 beautiful grandchildren. Jacqui's motto is: "Life is too short to not enjoy it," and she certainly does. Radio for Jacqui is a "get to," not a "got to." She loves it and considers herself blessed to have the opportunity to have a career which revolves around great music and great people.
Dallas Police Considering a Ticket Instead of Arrest for Marijuana Possession
The Dallas Morning News reports that Dallas police are considering just writing a ticket for someone caught with marijuana.
Keep Texas Beautiful Issues 12th Commemorative Christmas Ornament
Keep Texas Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, has issued their 12th edition commemorative Christmas ornament.
Texas Man Robs Church, Uses Wheelchair as Getaway Vehicle
A Bryan, Texas man robbed a church over the weekend. His getaway vehicle? A wheelchair.
Kevin Fowler Shows the Damage Rattlesnakes Can Do [Graphic Photo]
Kevin Fowler is known for many things: His music, his new record label and his energetic concerts. But anti-rattlesnake? Yep.
Texas DPS Trooper Faces Disciplinary Action for Dallas Cowboy Selfie
A Texas DPS Trooper is facing disciplinary action for allegedly pulling over Dallas Cowboy running back Christine Michael Sunday to get a photo with him.
Whataburger Adds Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strip Sandwich With New Buffalo Sauce to the Menu
If you love buffalo sauce and chicken, then you're about to be in fast food heaven. Whataburger is combining the two for a limited time.
Top 10 New Texas Symbols Approved by Governor Greg Abbott
Texas has always been known as the Lone Star State, but it wasn't our official nickname until Governor Greg Abbott approved in 2015.
Texas Emojis Are Here! Here's How to Download TexMoji
We recently told you about the awesome, amazing Texas emojis app in the works by Texas musician Rich O'Toole and social media site Sorry I'm Texan. Well, it's finally here.
8 Tips for Cleaning Up Post-Flooding Mold at Home
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a guideline to identify and clean post-flooding mold that's especially helpful after the flooding that's occurred throughout Texas this past month.
Man Dies in Collision With Two Bulls in Texas
A Socorro, New Mexico man died in a crash near Mentone, Texas in Loving County early Thursday morning when the 18-wheeler he was driving crashed into two bulls.
The First-Ever Texas Emojis Are Coming & We Can't Wait to Use Them
Well-known Texas artist Rich O'Toole has partnered with social media site "Sorry I'm Texan" to launch the first-ever Texas-themed emojicons (or emojis) called TexMoji.
Texas Named No. 1 Fast Food State in the U.S.
Texas is known for many things, including the phrase, "Everything's bigger in Texas." The phrase is true about many things in the Lone Star State, including its fast food offerings.

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Durham, North Carolina emcee Alex Aff makes his 2016 debut with new music titled "The Regency", which he also produced. After the release of his "Forever" album in October 2015, Alex is aspiring to just create quality music to give to his ever-growing fan base. He steps us his lyricism on this one, continuing to raise comparisons to fellow Carolinian J. Cole. Lookout for more to come from the talented emcee.


That's exactly what we did in Rwanda on May 27 by organizing 2030 students (both boys and girls), teachers, and community leaders, in celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day 2016. This year's theme focused on "He for SHE", serving as a call to action for Rwandan boys and men to engage in conversations with girls and women about the significance of good menstrual hygiene habits, and the role these habits play in the health and well-being of all girls and women.
The day's activities included skits written and performed by students to illustrate the challenges girls encounter while managing their period at school and at home, an all-girl soccer match, and a fact or fiction menstrual health crossword puzzle. In an epic win (2-0), G.S. Gikaya school was declared the game-winner, and SHE awarded each girl a t-shirt in addition to their very own pack of go! pads.
Providing girls and women information about menstruation and their health, in addition to ensuring affordable access to menstrual products, is not just about health and hygiene – it's also about affirming their agency and their rights. SHE28 extends beyond our work and collaboration with girls and women to include boys and men, because when everyone is engaged, everyone wins.


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FILM SUBMISSIONS VIA
The Regular Deadlines for film/screenplay submissions to Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival are as follows:
Opening Date – September 2, 2022
Earlybird Deadline – November 30, 2022
Regular Deadline – May 14, 2023
Late Deadline – June 11, 2023
Extended Deadline – July 7, 2023
Notification Date – July 17, 2023
Event Dates– August 18 – 24, 2023
We want to see fresh, exciting new films from up and coming talent from all around the world.
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival has multiple categories which encompass Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action (including martial arts), Thriller, Cult, Animation and Fan films.
Our venue is equipped to exhibit DCP files. If you wish your feature to screen from a DCP, you must provide the DCP on an external hard drive, at your own expense. We will not download DCP files, and neither will our venue. We accept .MOV or MP4 h264 files only. For all films other than features, we will only accept .MOV and MP4 h264 files.
Multiple submissions must be submitted separately.
If your film is selected for screening and includes a disclaimer watermark, you must provide us with copies without the watermark for screening.
We want our local filmmakers to bring their best game. International Films must be subtitled in English or dubbed in English, and must be submitted in U.S. compatible formats.
SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival strongly believes screenwriting is the foundation upon which every successful film must stand. Our Unproduced Original Screenplay Competition is open to feature length screenplays only (80 pages and up). We are open to all genres.
BUFFALO DREAMS FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2017 HONORING FEMALE FILMMAKERS WITH LOIS WEBER AWARD
In 2017, Buffalo Dreams introduced the Lois Weber Award, named after the first female filmmaker in the U.S. Weber directed 135 films, wrote 114, and acted in 100. She was the first female filmmaker to own a production studio in this country, and is credited with creating the split screen technique and shooting directing the first sound film. The Lois Weber Award is designed to spotlight contemporary women in film.
© 2022 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival
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BAR HARBOR — A new, modern two-story building to house an Atlantic Brewing Company tasting room and "brewer's incubator" on the corner of Cottage and Kennebec streets was approved Aug. 13 by the design review board.
The property at 52 Cottage St. is currently a Little Notch Baking Company café. It's owned by Kennebec Cottage Associates LLC, which is owned by Swan. "Kim Swan and I are going to own the building," Maffucci said. "The brewery has operated a tasting room on Mount Desert Street, but plans to move to the new facility, which is also set to house a "pilot brewery" or "brewer's incubator," he added.
Atlantic Brewing is in its 25th year of business and has 21 employees. The company makes most of its beer at a facility on the Knox Road in Town Hill. The pilot brewery would allow Atlantic to make small batches of experimental brew not to be bottled. "Town Hill is a much larger scale. We can't do experimental batches there efficiently; we've been trying for years." Maffucci added that the experimental beers would mostly be sold there at the tasting room, on draft or in growlers.
The combination of tasting room and small brewing facility will give customers the opportunity to watch brewers at work. "It lends itself to the visitor being involved visually," Maffucci said. "People really like having the beer explained to them, and we enjoy it." The company plans to continue offering tours at the other facility.
The architect of the new building is Corey Papadopoli of Elliot and Elliot in Blue Hill. The design is two stories high on the Cottage Street side, sloping down to a single story at the back. Lots of glass will give the building an open feel and let in light, Maffucci said.
They plan to source wood for siding from Appleton. The design also features a green roof with plantings that can survive the winter and a solar array on the south-facing slope.
A separate application for signage was tabled for a few months until landscape design plans are completed.


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China to build a new Buddhist academy
Xinhuanet, June 10, 2005
ZHENGZHOU, China -- A plan to build a new Buddhist academy in central China's Henan Province has been approved by the State Administration for Religious Affairs and the provincial government, said a spokesman for Henan Province Buddhist Association.
Located in a picturesque area along the Longtan River in Tongbai County, the new academy will be the province's first Buddhist "university."
With first-phase investment totaling 160 million yuan (about 19.3 million US dollars) and covering an area of 6.7 hectares, the new academy is set to open in three years.
The academy will enroll Buddhists monks, nuns and lay students Chinawide for classes in Buddhist literature, arts, history and religious thoughts.
The academy also mapped out a future plan to be further expanded to a tourist site that includes sight-seeing areas, an exhibition area of 100 miniature well-known Buddhist temples and Buddhist sculpture areas, according to Tongbai county government.
China currently has 34 Buddhist academies, 10,000 Buddhist temples and about 200,000 registered monks and nuns, according China Buddhist Association.


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Take Cover: Radiohead Artist Stanley Donwood
We chat with the man behind some of the most iconic sleeves of the last 15 years.
By Ryan Dombal
Photo by Lucy Johnston
Notable album covers catch the eye, dribble it around a little, and then snap it back into place, forever skewed. They can be funny, gross, shocking, stunning, or just plain wrong. They can define artists. With Take Cover, we aim to track down the most striking new album covers taking up web space and vinyl bins and get the story behind them.
For this very special edition of Take Cover, we spoke with Stanley Donwood, the man responsible for all of Radiohead's album covers from The Bends on, along with most of the band's artwork. From the bare, bleak OK Computer cover to the vibrant shots of color that spray over In Rainbows, Donwood has helped to capture all the alienation and intensity of one of the most celebrated bands of all time. Plus: Without him, there would be no Radiohead Bear.
Donwood is currently displaying his first U.S. gallery show at San Francisco's FIFTY24SF through October 27. The show is called Over Normal and features some of the same bright, oil-based colors and billboard-advertisement concepts behind his subversive Hail to the Thief sleeve. It finds Donwood turning words commonly found in spam e-mails and repurposing them as mutated and modern pieces of consumer art. Over Normal also features a vocoder-assisted, spam-based audio element called the Overnormalizer, created with John Matthias.
Click on to see some pieces from the show and read our interview with Donwood about his work with Radiohead and how his art has evolved over the years:
Hail to the Thief cover; "Forgot Was Sorry" from Over Normal gallery show
Pitchfork: Why did you revisit some of the themes and colors you used on Hail to the Thief in Over Normal?
Stanley Donwood: The colors just look great because they're taken from signs of desire to be noticed at high speed. They are very pleasing colors-- but the frantic-ness and intensity of them is slightly disturbing as well.
Advertising is designed to be seductive and attractive and, in a lot of ways, it's very beautiful. But there's something unsettling about being continually sold something. I liked taking the elements of roadside advertising out of context because it removes the imperative and just goes to the essence of it-- the pure heart of advertising.
Pitchfork: I remember first seeing the Hail to the Thief artwork and thinking it felt ominous.
SD: That word occurred to me this morning when I watched the sea fog of San Francisco descend from the sky, obscuring the city minute by minute. It was very beautiful but also ominous, like a shroud, and I really love it when you get that strange combination of feelings that play against each other.
It's also ominous because all these colors that I've used are derived from the petrol-chemical industry. They're only possible because of the fractioning of hydrocarbons. That's how they get the pigments. None of it is natural. It essentially comes from black sludge. We've created this incredibly vibrant society, but we're going to have to deal with the consequences sooner or later.
Pitchfork: Looking through your Radiohead covers over the years-- comparing the pale OK Computer with the vibrant In Rainbows-- it seems like you may have become more comfortable accentuating the more beautiful aspects of technology and alienation.
SD: Or I've become more jaded and weary. We were doing that OK Computer stuff back in 1996 and I was in my mid-20s and much more distressed by everything and maybe more hopeful that something could be done about it. Now it's just more hopeless, so I'm trying to be slightly happier with myself. No one really wants to be miserable all the time.
Growing up and living in England, I'm surrounded by grey skies and sarcasm, so when I came to America, my first impressions were bright, hopeful, cheerful. In America, the colors sing, they don't just glower at you. The West Coast especially is fantastic. It seems like you can do whatever you want here, which is not the case where we come from.
Pitchfork: So is that British mindset behind the gloomier palette of something like OK Computer?
SD: Well, I remember we were trying to make something the color of bleached bone. We had a rule that if we made a mistake we had to scribble over it-- we couldn't do the Apple-Z thing; we couldn't undo. It was done on an early Apple Mac. But I got very fed up with using just computers, because you're so restricted; you got a little mouse, a little light pen that you move about and you click and click and click. I wanted to use other things. I used paint a lot. For In Rainbows, I used hypodermic needles, syringes, ink, and molten wax. Especially after Kid A and Amnesiac, which were very dour and gloomy, I wanted some brightness.
Pitchfork: Do you do work with a computer now?
SD: Yeah, but I enjoy making prints and things that are manual better. Computers don't seem real to me because there's a sheet of glass between you and whatever is happening. You never really get to touch anything that you're doing unless you print it out. I don't really enjoy making artwork on a computer because it doesn't seem like I've done anything.
"Desire Enlargement" from Over Normal gallery show
Pitchfork: It's funny, you're subverting advertising with Over Normal, but obviously a lot of your logos for Radiohead are really iconic and work well as ads.
SD: I grew up in the 80s and that was the first time advertising was considered seriously as anything resembling an art form. I was very influenced by that, but at the same time really resenting it and really hating commercialization.
Pitchfork: When you see something you've done on a t-shirt or a poster now are you still conflicted about it?
SD: Yeah, a bit. I come from a generation in England that considered making money or trying to promote yourself to be morally suspect. I love going somewhere like Japan where you can't understand a word of the advertising-- you just see it for its aesthetic beauty, without feeling that you're being sold something.
Pitchfork: Would you ever consider doing an actual ad for a company?
SD: It depends who they were or what it was. I wouldn't be crazy about it unless I had to pay a huge tax bill or one of my kids broke their leg or something.
Pitchfork: Have you been approached?
SD: Not really, no. I don't think they can find me. And I wouldn't go out looking for it.
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Mitsotakis to CNBC: Talks with European partners will begin immediately; ND has presented a clear plan, 'without surprises'
Panos Jul 09, 2019 8 July 2019
Kyriakos Mitsotakis' first press statements after Sunday's election victory by his center-right New Democracy (ND) came during an interview to CNBC, where he expressed gratitude over the election result – which will make him prime minister at the head of a majority government – while referring to a "significant victory" not only for Greece but for Europe and democracy, in general.
Mitsotakis: It's an important victory for Europe, not just for Greece from CNBC.
The pro-reform and pro-market Mitsotakis cited what he called a clear-cut majority by his party, which was the primary goal. The result, he said, is a strong mandate to implement an agenda for economic growth and the creation of new job spots, and for the Greek people to again feel secure.
Finally, he said talks between the new Greek government and European partners will begin immediately, as ND has presented its very clear plan, one "without surprises".
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Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Chair On Woman Abuse Accuser Of Keith Ellison: "I Don't Believe Her"
Of course, Democrats don't believe women when they make credible accusations against one of their own, but bring in a woman 36 years later to make absolutely uncorroborated accusations against their political opponents, and they cry "Every woman should be believed!" At least this is how hypocrites like Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party chairman Ken Martin handles things as he dismisses Karen Monahan's claims that Keith Ellison, aka Hakim Muhammad, verbally and physically assaulted her.
Ellison, who has a documented history of abusing women, and corroborators of the women's story, unlike Democrat activist and useful idiot Christine Blasey Ford, is being covered for by his criminal accomplices in order to gain a seat as Minnesota's attorney general.
Ken Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), questioned the credibility of Ms. Monahan on Wednesday in her accusations of Ellison's domestic violence. Martin said, "I don't believe her."
Ken Martin said that he instead "believes our investigation," referring to a probe conducted by a partner at a law firm that donated more than $500,000 to Democrats since 1998, including $50,000 to Ellison. The DFL is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
The review by Susan Ellingstad, who is currently a partner at Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P, was "unable to substantiate" the claims by Karen Monahan, a former girlfriend.
Sorry Mr. Martin, but having a law firm that donated half a million dollars to Democrats is not exactly equal and "outside, independent investigation."
What is does equal is collusion to intimidate a woman, who only hinted at the abuse, but whose son said that Ellison put his mother through Hell.
Monahan has said that Democrats don't believe her, even though they believe flakey Christine Blasey Ford who can't remember where she was assaulted, how she got there, how she got home or other things that would help substantiate her claims against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Furthermore, Ford doesn't even have her best friend at the time corroborate her story nor any person she claims was there! But Democrats believe her.
Still, this guy, Ken Martin, proclaims that Ellison is a "champion of families."
Monahan, though a member of Sierra Club, something that is clearly un-American, has backed up her son's claims and can also point to a prior police report against Ellison by his mistress, Amy Alexander.
In 2006, a woman named Amy Alexandar claimed that Ellison ostracized her and smeared her name after having an extramarital affair with her in the 1990s and then again in the 2000s. Ellison in 2005 filed a restraining order against her after what he described as phone and email harassment. She subsequently tried to get a restraining order against him, which a judge denied, ordering her to stop repeating allegations of an affair or intimidation. Ellison subsequently agreed to dismiss his restraining order against her if she no longer contacted him.
Indeed, it looks like Ken Martin and the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party are more than happy to cover for a terror-tied, racist supporter, Communist-supported, cop-killer supporter, and accused woman abuser as attorney general in Minnesota. I might add that Ellison has no attorney's license.
Boy, Minnesota, this is a no-brainer.


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Seasons end for Seminole football players
by Kevin Johnson - December 30, 2014 April 8, 2015
High school football seasons concluded just shy of state championship games for four Seminoles.
Sophomore running back Jesse Sanchez and his younger brother Sammy Micco Sanchez reached Oklahoma's Class 4A state semifinals with Fort Gibson, which went 11-0 in the regular season and won the 4A-District 4 title.
Fort Gibson won playoff games against Catoosa and Newcastle before being knocked out in the semifinals with a 17-14 loss against Oologah Nov. 28 at Sapulpa High School. Fort Gibson led 14-10 after three quarters. Oologah went ahead early in the fourth and held on for the victory.
Jesse finished the season second on the team in rushing touchdowns with five, as well as yards with 242 on 39 carries. He scored two touchdowns against Broken Bow and one each against Central, Muldrow and Newcastle.
"Jessie had a great season as our back-up tailback," Fort Gibson coach James Singleton said in an email to The Seminole Tribune. "He is very elusive for his size and has an incredible burst through the line. He will get a much greater load next season."
Sammy, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound freshman, also saw brief action in the backfield, but spent most of the season on defense and even started a few games at outside linebacker.
"Sammy came on and played for us a lot toward the end of the season. For his size, he is a very powerful runner and tackler," Singleton said.
Singleton said expectations for the brothers will increase next season.
"As underclassmen, they did a great job in accepting their roles on our team and being great teammates and did a great job when called upon," Singleton said. "In 2015 they will both become critical pieces of the puzzle for success. We expect big things out of these two in 2015."
Fort Gibson's 12-1 record marked a substantial improvement from the previous season when the team went 6-5. Fort Gibson was the No. 2 seed in the 4A playoffs.
Top seeded and defending Oklahoma 4A state champion Anadarko, which features sophomore linebacker Curtis Osceola, produced an undefeated regular season and won its fifth consecutive district title.
Anadarko opened the playoffs with a win against Tuttle. But Anadarko's hopes of successfully defending its state title were dashed by Metro Christian, 16-13, in the quarterfinals Nov. 21.
Entering this season, Florida's Flanagan had a brief playoff history. The school opened in 1996, but the football team's only postseason appearance came last year when it lost in the first round.
This year the Pembroke Pines team, which includes senior defensive lineman Neko Osceola, tore through the regular season with an undefeated record and captured its first district title.
After ousting Coral Springs, Monarch and Wellington in the 8A playoffs, Flanagan fell one game shy of reaching the state title game.
Its season ended Dec. 5 with a 16-12 loss against Miami's Columbus in the state semifinals.
Flanagan finished 13-1, by far its best record ever.
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Eva — перший сингл з шостого студійного альбому Dark Passion Play, фінського симфо-метал квінтету Nightwish. Це був перший реліз групи з новою вокалісткою Анетт Ользон, після звільнення Тар'ї Турунен. Спочатку він був випущений лише в інтернеті та радіо, датою релізу стало 25 травня 2007 року. Хоча пісня потім увійшла на альбом Dark Passion Play, весь доход від європейського інтернет-релізу пішов на благочинність (Дитячий благодійний фонд). Доходи від продажу у фінському Інтернеті будуть передані для двох дитячих будинків в Фінляндії..

Про обкладинку синглу було оголошено на офіційному сайті групи 17 травня. На обкладинці зображена маленька дівчинка, одягнена в фінську сукню 19 століття, в плюшевим ведмедиком, вночі навпроти будинку.

Згідно з щоденником на сайті від 13 травня 2007 року, нова вокалістка сказала, що ця пісня є м'якою, сумною та емоційною. Семпл пісні Eva був розміщений на офіційному сайті і містив такі слова:  «She walks alone but not without her name. Eva flies away, dreams the world far away. In this cruel children's game, there's no friend to call her name».

Eva почала транслюватись на фінських радіостанціях YleX та Radio Rock з 7 години ранку 25 травня 2007 року і стала доступною для завантаження в той саме день . Спочатку пісню планували випустити 30 травня, разом з представлення публіці нової вокалістки (Анетт Ользон), через витік пісні в інтернет 23 травня та виявлення особи вокалістки 24 травня, пісню вирішили випустити на п'ять днів раніше запланованої дати.

Одразу після виходу композиції Eva у 2007 році деякі експерти знайшли в її звучанні багато спільного з мелодією пісні "На самоті" , українського харківського гурту Оркестр Че, яка була безкоштовно викладена в Інтернеті у 2005 році. Хоча харківські музики відмовилися від звинувачень Nightwish у плагиаті, тим не менш дуже цікаво порівняти обидві композиції.

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 Туомас Холопайнен — композитор, клавишні
 Емппу Вуорінен — гітара
 Юкка Невалайнен — ударні
 Анетт Ользон — вокал
 Марко Хієтала — бас-гітара

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Glowforth's chilling début title Last Inua is coming to the App Store at midnight tonight.
In this icy puzzle platformer, you take control of two Inuit heroes as they try to save their snow-covered home from the demon Tonrar.
The pair of frostbitten adventurers are actually father and son duo Ataataq and Hiko, and they must work together if they hope to succeed. Luckily, Hiko is blessed with magical powers that allow him to create paths of light to aid his father in navigating the slippery world, and help solve the game's various puzzles.
While Hiko can utilise mystical powers, father Ataataq's unique traits are far more down-to-earth. Rather than casting spells, he can climb walls use his ice-axes and utilise his strength to shift huge blocks of ice around the levels.
As the video below shows, Last Inua looks beautiful, with its haunting visuals lending a real sense of atmosphere to the treacherous, frozen world.
Last Inua will be released on the App Store at midnight for £2.49 / $3.99.


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Four Stories From Argentina, Where Bitcoin And Crypto Rule The Land
In current-day Argentina inflation is no joke and prices change every day. That means it's fertile ground for bitcoin and crypto adoption. "The central bank has warned repeatedly about the risk of investing in volatile digital currencies, and some adopters are taking it carefully," says Reuters. Once in a blue moon, mainstream media reports on bitcoin and crypto in a relatively positive light, and Argentina inspired one of those rare articles.
According to Reuters, "crypto penetration in Argentina was 12%, around double the level of Mexico and Brazil." The cause might be that the peso "has depreciated 14% this year against the dollar" and that "annual inflation rose to 58% in April and could go as high as 70% this year." Not only that, Argentina is under "capital controls limiting foreign exchange to $200 monthly." So, there's a huge incentive to seek refuge in bitcoin and stablecoins.
From Argentina: The Cafe Owner
In the Buenos Aires port of Puerto Madero, the Crypstation cafe recently opened. Screens show "real-time cryptocurrency price quotes" and they accept bitcoin and crypto. Reuters quotes one of Crypstation's founders, Mauro Liberman:
"The local environment is pushing people to protect their capital in cryptocurrencies and so we see growth speeding up. Throughout Latin America the growth potential is enormous. It is an avalanche that won't be stopped."
From Argentina: The IT Specialist
Another interviewee is Victor Levrero, "an IT specialist in Buenos Aires province" who "puts his extra savings into stablecoin and bitcoin each month after using up his $200 quota to convert pesos to dollars." He told Reuters that he doesn't even bother with banks anymore:
"Basically, it's because I lose less. With Argentine inflation of between 60-70%, and fixed terms paying 30-35%, it just doesn't work."
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From Argentina: The Self-employed Computer Technician
Even though he's in computers, Marcelo Vila only has "a small amount invested in bitcoin and Ether." He's proceeding with caution, as all newcomers should:
"The idea is to expand the proportion of funds invested in crypto. But until I get to know the crypto market, I can't put a lot of money into it."
From Argentina: The Home Miner
The fourth subject is Sebastian Carsorio, who comes from a poor neighborhood and "is looking to dig himself out of poverty using a home-made cryptocurrency mine he assembled with recycled computer parts from his work." Impressive.
"I repaired the things and put it together in a computer," he told Reuters at his home, where he had screens showing how the mining is going. He started with Ethereum and then bitcoin – which allowed him to buy some land and go back to school.
"I'll keep mining because it's a good way of saving," Carsorio said, explaining that he gets a better exchange rate for pesos than he would on the street. "When money has been tight, mining has saved me many times."
How many Argentinians could say something similar? Bitcoin and crypto are taking hold in the country because people need them. The deal the government signed with the FMI that specifically demanded for them to discourage the bitcoin industry in Argentina can only do so much. People need a refuge from inflation and cryptocurrencies provide it, it's as simple as that.
In recent news that reflect crypto adoption, Bitfarms recently started the engine on their brand new bitcoin farm in Argentina. For their part, the government of the wine-producing region of Mendoza announced that they will accept tax payments in cryptocurrencies.
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Located at a distance of 2 km from the Lonavala Railway Station and 1 km from the Maharashtra State Transport Bus Stand, the Aroma Cottage offers food on request to its guests. A total of 10 air-conditioned rooms set on 2 floors are available for accommodation. The rooms of this cottage are spacious and offers amenities such as flat screen television, makeup mirror, refrigerator, separate sitting area, private balcony and attached bathroom with hot/cold running water facility.


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Art Anish Kapoor Interview
"I'm not interested in self reference, I couldn't imagine anything more horrible," Anish Kapoor tells me at the presentation of his new body of work at Lisson Gallery. "I don't want to do what I did before, I want to do what I just don't know how to do".
When I encounter a sculpture by Anish Kapoor I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Take, for example, 'Void', his sculpture of a big dark blue bowl which sits on a white wall. When I stare into the void I disappear into it and feel disorientated as I don't have any sense of depth or distance. I experience a sense of emptiness, physical connection and darkness. Kapoor has aptly described this darkness as the "darkness of the interior of our bodies".
The surface of the sculpture is smooth, pristine and immaculately finished. Kapoor has an interest in removing the hand from the making of the object. His sculptures are without seams, ripples or joints as the artist strives to remove himself from the art work. It becomes an object that is just there, like the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'.
In Kapoor's newest exhibition at Lisson Gallery he presents more "objects that are just there". In the courtyard stands a massive granite block 'Rectangle within a rectangle'. The shape recalls Kubrick's monolith or the National Geographic logo. The surface on the front side of the block is smooth but the other sides are rough like the jagged edges of a stamp. There is something mesmerizing about the dark inner rectangle recess, carved out of the block and which appears to be floating on its surface. The two egg-shaped forms carved in a massive block of pink onyx is another intriguing, geometric sculpture inside the gallery building. There is something poetic in the way the eggs are framed in the rectangular stone but also suggestive as the shapes are reminiscent of genitalia. At the press view Kapoor makes a reference to Michelangelo's famous quote that the sculpture is already inside the block of stone and it is the artists job to release the form from the stone.
Impressed by the high standard of craftsmanship, I asked Kapoor what was the most challenging sculpture to make and to what lengths he went to realise it until he was satisfied with the final result. In answering my question he didn't mention a specific work but talked about the lengths he goes to in his practice.
Anish Kapoor: "I have a practice and I go to the studio every day. Doesn't matter what, every day. The work comes out of my practice and my pledge to myself is that I make a work every day. I have written on my wall very clearly: 'Don't think, do!' That is very difficult because there's always the thought 'What I'm going to do today?' I say: 'It doesn't matter what, just do it'. In this repeated, repeated doing, sometimes a little thing will emerge which is a little bit different. Those are the things I look for – that is the gold. In searching for gold I will full-heartedly, completely, obsessively give myself.
People sometimes ask me, 'How do you refer to your earlier work?' I say to myself "my early work is my early work", I don't refer to it. I'm not interested in self reference, I couldn't imagine anything more horrible. I don't want to do what I did before, I want to do what I just don't know how to do".
200%: If you want to do what you don't know how to do, how do you determine what the size of your sculptures are going to be?
AK: "That is a thing. I really do believe that the body is implicated and involved [in sculpture]. My body and the body of the viewer are involved in the act of making art. Art is not a disembodied activity. I've made some really big works but never without reference to the scale of the human being".
200%: How did you determine the scale of your large scale public sculpture 'Cloud Gate'?
AK: "I wanted it to be about 24 by 14 by 10 meters, but I didn't know how to make it. I met Ethan Silva of Performance Structures in California who said he could fabricate it. I love the guy but he had no proof that he could make it. We went to Boeing and they make milling machines, a machine that can make stainless steel completely flat so you won't see any ripples even at a micro level. We bought one from Boeing to see if it would be possible to make curved forms. It was so we could make the object. The whole point of it was to make an object without any seams, no joints so that there is no scale.
There is a weird thing about scale of Cloud Gate. We measure our bodies by the elements of a building such as the size of a brick or the size of a doorway. There is no scale on Cloud Gate. It gives you no reading. When you're close to the object, it is very big and when you move a little bit away from it, it's not so big. Especially in the scale of Chicago. This shifting scale is one of the things I have realised is very important. It's a big object and a small object at the same time and that's weird".
200%: 'Cloud Gate' and 'Rectangle within a rectangle' remind me of the prehistoric monolith in '2001: A Space Odyssey' an object that is just there and no one knows where it came from. Has it been an inspiration?
AK: "I'm aware of it. It's the object that landed from outer space. It is just there. The Duchampian idea about the object is that all the objects in the world are art like his bicycle wheel or the urinal. I think that is a very important idea and opened a lot of possibilities for artists. I have another idea about the object; the object that makes itself. The auto-generated, pre-existing object that never got made rather than was always there. That is what Stanley Kubrick is referring to in that monolith – it is before being. That is the true essential nature of art".
200%: The object that makes itself brings a sense of mystery to the work.
AK: "Yes, I think this sense that the human condition is contingent and full of anxiety is terribly important. It can, though, without talking about God or any such thing, engender to itself, questions about where was I before I was born and where do I go after I'm dead. In the end those are the only two essential questions".
Interview written and conducted by Thierry Somers.
Installation images (2, 3): Anish Kapoor, Photography by Dave Morgan, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Anish Kapoor at Lisson Gallery until 22 June 2019.
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Interview with Forbes Contributor Explores The Future Trend to Shape The Beauty Business
We recently caught up with Forbes contributor Richard Kestenbaum, who covers retail, fashion, consumer behavior and consumer products. Kestenbaum doubles as a co-founder and partner at Triangle Capital, where he's been doing mergers and acquisitions, and capital raises, for consumer-facing companies for more than 35 years. He is based in NY.
BeautySourcing: The beauty industry has seen enormous entrepreneurship in the last several years. What do you think that is the key ingredients to be a successful entrepreneur in this industry especially during this special time with all the uncertainties?
Richard – I think there are two ingredients today for a successful beauty company. One is great product that is innovative and priced correctly. The other is something that was not necessarily part of a great company in the past and that is a communication strategy. When a startup doesn't have a unique mode to reach its consumers, it winds up spending enormous amounts on marketing, particularly online, and that is not a path to success or profitability. A unique strategy for reaching consumers is necessary to avoid dumping millions into Facebook and Instagram.
BeautySourcing: Can you describe your deep connection with the industry, independent beauty companies and well established brands and big companies?
Richard – I have been a mergers and acquisitions banker for 40 years representing consumer-related businesses and helping them have liquidity events and raise capital for growth. As a result, we have thousands of relationships in the industry and among buyers and financing sources that are relevant to beauty companies.
BeautySourcing: What is the trend that will shape the future of beauty business? How is it different compared to traditional business models? What kind of strategies do you like to recommend to these new product and new brands in the post-Covid era?
Richard – There are many trends that will shape the future of beauty, but one of them, that is different than the past, is direct-to-consumer. In the past, the big retailers like Sephora and Ulta were the gateway to success. But, using technology for try-ons and sampling and virtual experiences will enable more direct-to-consumer sales. That's a threat to the existing retailers and an opportunity for young brands who have a relevant message and provide ease-of-use for trying their products.


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Georgia Prisoner Reentry Initiative
Between 1990 and 2011, the state of Georgia's prison population more than doubled to nearly 56,000 inmates. State spending on corrections soared as well, from $492 million to more than $1 billion annually. Despite this substantial investment, Georgia's recidivism rate (the number of individuals who return to prison within 3 years of their release) remained virtually unchanged for close to a decade.
In 2009, the Pew Center on the States released a study showing that Georgia led the country with 1 in 13 adults under some form of correctional supervision. Nationwide, that number is 1 in 31. When these individuals are released, most are not prepared for success outside the prison walls. Nationally, nearly 65 percent of former inmates will be rearrested and, in Georgia, about 30 percent will find themselves back in prison within 3 years.
Studies show that, in order to achieve a successful transition back into society, returning citizens need steady employment, safe and affordable housing, and reliable transportation. Ironically, these fundamental needs are the most challenging for them to secure.
Employment, housing, and transportation are largely interrelated, as it is hard to have one without the other. For instance, it is difficult for a person to keep a job without having a place to live relatively nearby; it is doubtful a person can continue to pay rent without having a regular source of income; and it is challenging to find housing or commute to work without a reliable means of transportation. This catch-22 is what makes reentry so intimidating for many of those getting out of prison.
However, if those three major needs are met, the chance that returning citizens will end up back behind bars is greatly reduced.
About Georgia Center For Opportunity
GCO is an independent and non-partisan think tank located in Atlanta, Georgia. The organization is dedicated to researching and developing community-based policy solutions that create opportunities for low-income earners who are tethered to government programs that rob them of their humanity and hope. The team at GCO promotes those solutions to policymakers and the public and helps innovative social enterprises deliver results on the ground.
GCO shapes public policy and creates local community efforts that lead to a quality education, stable employment, and a healthy family life for a greater number of people in Georgia. It is focused on breaking the barriers to social mobility in the state by helping individual citizens and their communities flourish.
Georgia's high recidivism rate is costly to the state's communities and families, to public safety, and to taxpayers. Knowing the state was committed to improving this area, GCO made it an organizational priority to enhance public safety and control spending by improving the state's correctional system by helping prisoners reintegrate into society.
Following a conversation with a former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, the team began speaking to prison wardens, prisoners, transition center leaders, and the heads of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Reentry Services Division for the Georgia Department of Corrections.
In July 2013, after many months of research, nearly four dozen interviews, and visits to four of the state's prison facilities, the organization launched its Prisoner Reentry Working Group. The priority when building this group was gathering people with expertise in Georgia's correctional system and a strong interest in improving outcomes for prisoners returning to the community. The nine Working Group members were selected regardless of political affiliation; however, the majority of the group wound up being center-left.
Members agreed to meet at GCO's office in Atlanta once per month for a year while they developed policy and service related solutions to improve prisoner reentry experiences, reduce recidivism, and improve positive outcomes for prisoners (such as job attainment and retention, housing stability, staying sober and drug-free, and meeting debt obligations). The Working Group would then present their recommendations to legislators, the governor, and the state's Council on Criminal Justice Reform.
GCO's Prisoner Reentry Initiative focus-es on the rehabilitation and restoration of former offenders with their family and community. This program, which aims to help newly-released individuals gain employment and reconnect with their loved ones, has been credited with positively impacting the state's justice system.
The Working Group's recommendations, which were compiled into two reports and presented to the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform, were incorporated in the Council's final report to the governor. Over the past several years, nearly all of the recommendations were passed into law and policy changes were implemented.
The reforms recommended by GCO that are now state law and administrative policy will help tens of thousands of Georgians annually who are impacted by the correctional system to re-enter society, get back on their feet, and lead self-sufficient lives. This means more intact families, less crime, and fewer taxpayer dollars going to prisons.
The reforms spearheaded by GCO are driving positive trends like a 6 percent drop in Georgia's prison population since 2012 – a $264 million saving for taxpayers – and a predicted 11 per-cent drop in recidivism.
GCO's Prisoner Reentry Initiative demostrates that compassion for the incarcerated and their families can be aligned with the interests of taxpayers and public safety.
- Brad Lips
Georgia led the United States in the per capita number of people under correctional supervision. This reality posed tremendous financial and social costs on the state. GCO addressed this disturbing problem with its Prisoner Reentry Initiative.
After forming a Working Group on the issue in 2013, GCO produced expert insights in two landmark reports. In the years that followed, nearly all of the organization's recommendations were adopted into law, helping to broaden opportunities for former inmates reintegrating into society. With a 6 percent drop in Georgia's prison population since 2012 – a $264 million saving for taxpayers – the reforms spearhead-ed by GCO are driving this positive trend. GCO's Prisoner Reentry Initiative gives formerly incarcerated individuals and their families a renewed and revitalized outlook on life.
Read The Full Georgia Center For Opportunity Case Study
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Former Paradox CEO defends extended DLC policy as 'fair and balanced'
By Andy Chalk 2019-07-04T21:07:46Z
Frederik Wester said the company's commitment to long-term DLC releases enables free updates for everyone.
Paradox Interactive has kind of an unusual approach to making DLC, in that it can't seem to not make DLC. The 2013 release of Europa Universalis 4, for instance, was followed by 32 expansions, content packs, and other bits released over a span of more than five years; the most recent expansion for Hearts of Iron 4, which came out in mid-2016, was released last month.
I think it's great to see a publisher demonstrate that level of commitment to its games, but not everyone agrees: Some players think that Paradox is fleecing its fans by piling so much DLC onto old games that they feel compelled to buy. Paradox business development VP Shams Jorjani acknowledged at PDXCon last year that "there's room for improvement in how we present our DLC," although he also emphasized the value of "vanilla" Paradox games and said that the complaints are often the result of "people being conditioned by other games" to think that if they don't have all the DLC, they're missing out on some big part of it.
In a series of tweets posted today, former Paradox CEO Frederik Wester, now the executive chairman of the board, defended the company's DLC policy as "a fair and balanced way to release content."
"Our DLC model is based on the idea that you pay for new content after the full game release. This helps to finance the further development of the game, which is of gain for all players," Wester tweeted. "Every time we release a DLC we also release a big update for free, which means that you get continuous upgrades of your game even if you choose not to buy any DLC. This would not be possible to fund otherwise."
"In multiplayer, you always play with the DLCs of the player who has the most DLC installed. This means you have access to all content in MP without having paid for it. It has been a way for us to avoid splitting up the player base."
Wester acknowledged that the model isn't "flawless," and that newcomers to its games might be "intimidated" by the unusually long lists of post-release content. But Paradox runs regular sales on its games and expansions, he said—and ultimately, "like with all business, if you don't think it's worth it, don't buy it. Paradox should not be an exception."
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For his actual grand finale, Wester said that Paradox's DLC model isn't perfect, and that it's always looking for ways to make it better, a process that includes listening to feedback from players. But, he finished, "Are we listening to people who 'BLURG BLARGH GREEDY BASTARDS DLC BAD OOGA BOOGA?' No."
Earlier this week Wester expressed support for the Epic Games Store, saying that the 30 percent revenue cut taken by Steam and other platforms is "outrageous."


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CRISPR scissors editing embryos
Genetic engineering is developing on human embryos, raising both hopes and ethical concerns.
Jean-Christophe Piot
@Padre_Pio
87% of in vitro fertilisations fail. CRISPR-Cas9 could help to better understand the function of genes that favour embryonic development.
Some researchers think that society should have a discussion on how to use technologies like CRISPR-Cas9.
A barbaric short cut depicts the gene editing technology, which is advancing almost too quickly. In six years, CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionised genome research and achieved a resounding success. And understandably so. "CRISPR Cas-9 is not the only gene editing tool out there, but it is much faster and simpler than other methods that have been developed since the early 2010s," says French expert Hervé Chneiweiss.
Unlocking the mystery of the IVF
Research laboratories are starting to obtain authorisation to work on the genome of viable human embryos. This shift is viewed as exciting by some and frightening by others. The latest to do so is the Francis Crick Institute, a London-based biomedical research centre, which began studying in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Used since the 1970s, IVFs still fail 87% of the time. Medicine is struggling to explain why a fertilised egg develops properly. To answer that question, Crick researchers focused on the OCT4 gene, which plays a role in the initial stages of embryonic development, by suppressing its expression in a portion of the 58 viable human embryos donated and watching what happened next.
Reported in an article published at the end of 2017 in "Nature", their research confirmed the importance of OCT4 in forming blastocysts, a sort of ball comprised of 200 to 300 cells formed in the early days of embryonic development. This phase is crucial, as the embryo must reach this stage before it can be successfully implanted in the uterus. "For now this work falls under fundamental research, with no foreseeable clinical applications in the medium term," explained Dr Chneiweiss cautiously.
In 2015, a team of Chinese researchers had already broken the taboo by using CRISPR-Cas9 to modify the DNA of human embryos with beta thalassemia, a monogenic disorder which leads to anaemia resulting from the destruction of red blood cells. Another ground-breaking example was in August 2017, when a US team based in Portland, Oregon edited out a gene mutation that causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, after fertilising healthy donor eggs with sperm carrying the mutated gene responsible for the potentially deadly heart condition. Also published in "Nature", these findings, although contentious, confirm an overall trend. The technology is progressing, becoming more precise, and opening up new opportunities.
Ethical debate and social implications
After settling for a while, the controversy surrounding the initial Chinese research is now back with even greater force. The emerging ethical and moral issues cannot be ignored, as they revive deep-seated fears of eugenic musings and Gattaca-style transhumanism, as portrayed in Andrew Niccol's famous sci-fi thriller. Can we modify the genome of human embryos and therefore that of the next generations? "Deliberations about biotechnologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 should include a range of different stakeholders in society," to discuss critically who makes decisions and who benefits from the technology and who does not, says Professor Ruth Müller from the Technical University of Munich.
Making matters even more difficult, its acceptance hinges heavily on political, cultural and social attitudes. "The dispute over GMOs has shown how complex debates over new technologies are," the researcher says. "Different stakeholders approach the topic differently, based on their needs, values and the specific issues affecting them." "The technology itself isn't the problem," Dr. Chneiweiss points out, "it's what we do with it." The fear that we have cracked open Pandora's box is not about to subside. But one thing is sure, laws will eventually have to be passed.
Designer babies, and how to make them
Developed in 2012 by a team of two researchers, the French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American biochemist Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR-Cas9 is easier, cheaper and above all more accurate than other techniques such as TALEN and ZFN. Rapidly adopted by thousands of laboratories around the world, the method is used to turn off or delete DNA sequences within formed cells in a two-step process. A piece of RNA (CRISPR) targets a specific sequence in the genome and uses the endonuclease enzyme Cas9 to cut the two DNA strands at a fixed position.
That is how CRISPR-Cas9 quickly earned the nickname 'genetic scissors'. And the technology sparks all sorts of hopes and fears. Whether it is used on plants, animals or humans, CRISPR-Cas9 scales up the possible into realms as yet unexplored in the living world.
Hervé Chneiweiss (Research director at the CNRS – French scientific research centre – and Head of the Ethics Committee at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research), Ruth Müller (Head of the Science and Technology Policy research group, TU Munich), INSERM, NCBI, The Guardian, cite.sciences.fr, sciencesetavenir.fr, Le Monde, Le Temps, CNRS
No super-vegetables for Europe
BY Lorène Mesot
The gene-editing tool CRISPR could help farmers overcome the challenges of malnutrition. But European legislation has closed the door to that technology.


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Home / News / Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment
Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment
Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment September 6, 2013 Konic
hypnosec writes "Quantum computers are currently available in very few labs, usually bankrolled by major organizations like Google and NASA. However, a new project called 'Qcloud' aims to break those barriers by making quantum computing available to everyone. The University of Bristol announced the launch of Qcloud today at the British Science Festival 2013, with the goal of making quantum computing resources available to researchers across the globe. Claimed to be the first open-access system of its kind, the quantum chip is located at the Center for Quantum Photonics at the University of Bristol. Researchers can remotely access the processor over the internet for their computational needs. Those looking to test their ideas on the processor would be required to first practice and hone their skills using an online simulator. The university has made tutorials available to researchers so they can learn how to tune the processor and change its output as required. Once they are confident in their skills, researchers can ask for permission to access the real quantum photonic chip."… hypnosec writes "Quantum computers are currently available in very few labs, usually bankrolled by major organizations like Google and NASA. However, a new project called 'Qcloud' aims to break those barriers by making quantum computing available to everyone. The University of Bristol announced the launch of Qcloud today at the British Science Festival 2013, with the goal of making quantum computing resources available to researchers across the globe. Claimed to be the first open-access system of its kind, the quantum chip is located at the Center for Quantum Photonics at the University of Bristol. Researchers can remotely access the processor over the internet for their computational needs. Those looking to test their ideas on the processor would be required to first practice and hone their skills using an online simulator. The university has made tutorials available to researchers so they can learn how to tune the processor and change its output as required. Once they are confident in their skills, researchers can ask for permission to access the real quantum photonic chip."
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If there is a small problem when recharging the battery, it is guaranteed you will be confused abysmal. Whether it's failing in total, slow, or the percentage of battery ups and downs, you must feel dizzy and impatient.
Not infrequently people immediately conclude if charging is problematic means that the cellphone starts to break. Even though this is not necessarily the case.
In fact, most charging problems can actually be solved easily without needing to go to the service center let alone buy new.
So, if there are obstacles to charging you, try some ways to repair the following damaged charger before you buy new. If you want to buy new charger you can visit TokoNanoSamsung.
If you notice, in the middle of the USB port there is a small strip. The strip is sometimes loose and makes the USB plug unstable. That's what often causes the cellphone to not be charging properly.
For that you need to fix it to return to the right and stable position. It's easy, you just need to bring it up a little using a toothpick. This trick works for most charging problems.
The presence of dust or dirt clogged in the USB port can also inhibit the flow of electrical power. Try to manually blow tightly or use a straw.
If this method is still unsuccessful, use canned air compressors. Stronger air blows from the compressor will definitely work to get rid of all the blockages in the port.
The cable is the part of the charger that is most easily damaged. Especially if the cable is often rolled, bent, pulled, or left stuck even though it is no longer used. Try changing your cable and see how it works.
Don't buy wires carelessly. Choose the current that matches your charger. You can see the information on the label on your charger adapter. One more thing, try to choose a thick cable that is not easily damaged.
Even though the shape of the plug is the same, not all chargers can charge your battery as well as the original default charger. The difference in current can result in slow charging or even a battery that can leak easily.
If you need to use a universal charger or other mobile charger, you should make sure that the charger has the same current and voltage as your original charger.
Charging from a power bank, laptop or other source will also not be as maximum as charging from an original charger.
Smartphone batteries are not designed to work optimally forever. Usually, after passing the age of 2 years, the battery starts to show signs of obsolescence. You can see this clearly.
Try turning off the smartphone and removing the battery. Notice whether the battery is slightly bulging or there is liquid coming out. If so, it means it's time to buy a new battery.
Don't forget, buy the original so that the quality is guaranteed.


When you first log into Signature, you will land on the Dashboard. Here you will see all the recent template activity organized and sorted neatly in graphs and filterable lists.
Click on the Type selector to change which template type is displayed in the graph.
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Dr. Dubin wants his patients to understand that the single most important factor in the success of aesthetic (cosmetic) surgery is the plastic surgeon you select. He believes this is true for any choice- including when he decided to enlist 76 Solutions to create a website and marketing materials for his booming and successful practice.
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Russian Parliament approves use of military force in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin in an informal chat with his US counterpart Barack Obama after formal talks in New York on 28 September 2015 [PPIO]
The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country's military in Syria.
"The Federation Council unanimously supported the president's request – 162 votes in favor [of granting permission]," Kremlin chief of staff Sergey Ivanov said.
Moscow has clarified that Russia will use only its Air Force in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Syrian President Bashar Assad's request.
"In order to observe the international law, one of the two conditions has to be met – either a UN Security Council resolution or a request by a country, on the territory of which an airstrike is delivered, about military assistance," Ivanov said.
"In this respect, I want to inform you that the president of the Syrian Arab Republic has addressed the leadership of our country with a request of military assistance," he added.
"The operation's military goal is exclusively air support of the Syrian armed forces in their fight against ISIL," he said.
It would be a limited operation by the Russian Air Force, the Kremlin said.
Russia's partners will be informed today about the decision to use Russian Air Force in Syria.
"All our partners and allies will be informed today about the decision [to use Russian Air Force in Syria]. Specific information will probably be shared with defense ministries as well," Ivanov said.
France on Tuesday exhorted Russia to back its words with deeds over fighting Islamic State militants in Syria.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the Russians "talk a lot, but as far as I can tell they haven't committed any planes against Islamic State." He added: "If it (Russia) is against the terrorists, it's not abnormal to launch strikes against them."
Putin had, in his UNGA address on Monday, proposed that the world needs an anti-terror coalition on the lines of the anti-Hitler coalition during the second World War.
"Relying on international law, we must join efforts to address the problems that all of us are facing, and create a genuinely broad international coalition against terrorism. Similar to the anti-Hitler coalition, it could unite a broad range of parties willing to stand firm against those who, just like the Nazis, sow evil and hatred of humankind," Putin told world leaders at the UN.
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L'Argent (, meaning "money") is a 1983 French tragedy film written and directed by Robert Bresson. The film is loosely inspired by the first part of Leo Tolstoy's posthumously published 1911 novella The Forged Coupon. It was Bresson's last film and won the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. This film is unrelated to the silent 1928 film.

Plot
A young man, Norbert, enters his father's study to claim his monthly allowance. His father obliges, but Norbert presses for more, citing a debt he owes a schoolmate. The father dismisses him, and an appeal to his mother fails. Norbert tries to pawn his watch to a friend, who instead gives him a forged 500-franc note.

The boys take the counterfeit to a photo shop and use it to purchase a picture frame. When the store's co-manager finds out, he scolds his partner for her gullibility. She chides him in return for having accepted two forged notes the previous week. He then decides to pass off all three forged notes at the next opportunity. He uses them to pay Yvon for delivering heating oil.

Yvon tries to pay his restaurant tab with the forged notes, but the waiter recognizes them as counterfeit. Yvon is arrested, and the photo shop people lie at his court trial. Yvon avoids jail time, but he loses his job.

One of the owners of the photo shop recognizes Norbert on the street with a group of his school friends, and she approaches the school authorities and accuses him to them. When the Chaplain quizzes some of the students about the counterfeit bills, Norbert leaves the classroom. At home, his mother advises him to deny everything, and she goes to the photo shop with a bribe for the owners to let the matter rest.

Lucien, the photo shop assistant who committed perjury for his employers at the trial by refusing to recognize Yvon, is revealed to have been marking up prices while his employers are out of the shop and pocketing the difference. His scam is discovered, and he is fired, but he keeps a copy of the shop's keys. He and two friends rob the shop's safe and begin an ATM card skimming operation.

In need of money, Yvon acts for a friend as the driver of a getaway car for bank robbers. The police foil the robbery and arrest Yvon, who is tried and sentenced to three years in prison. While there, Yvon learns of his daughter's death and his wife's decision to start a new life without him. He unsuccessfully attempts suicide.

Lucien and his accomplices are eventually caught and arrested, and Lucien is sent to the same prison as Yvon. Lucien offers to include Yvon in a prison break attempt, but Yvon refuses. Yvon blames Lucien for his troubles and wants revenge. Lucien proceeds with his escape plan, but Yvon and his cellmate hear commotion in the hallway that indicates that Lucien has been caught. Yvon's cellmate speculates that Lucien will probably be transferred to a more severe maximum-security prison.

After being released from prison, Yvon murders and robs a pair of hotel keepers. He is taken in by a kind woman over the objection of her father. Some time passes, and one night Yvon kills them along with others in their house with an axe. He goes to a café, confesses to a police officer, and is arrested.

Cast
Christian Patey as Yvon Targe
Vincent Risterucci as Lucien
Caroline Lang as Elise
Sylvie Van Den Elsen as The Little Old Lady
Michel Briguet as Father of the Little Old Lady
Béatrice Tabourin as The Female Photographer
Didier Baussy as The Male Photographer
Marc Ernest Fourneau as Norbert
André Cler as Norbert's Father
Claude Cler as Norbert's Mother
Bruno Lapeyre as Martial

Production
Bresson first began work on the film's script in 1977. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's The Forged Coupon. Bresson later said that it was the film "with which I am most satisfied—or at least it is the one where I found the most surprises when it was complete—things I had not  expected."

Reception
The film was released in France on 18 May 1983 through MK2 Diffusion.

Critical response
Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times, "That Robert Bresson [...] is still one of the most rigorous and talented film makers of the world is evident with the appearance of his beautiful, astringent new film, L'Argent. [...The film] would stand up to Marxist analysis, yet it's anything but Marxist in outlook. It's far too poetic – too interested in the mysteries of the spirit."

Tom Milne found L′Argent to be "unmistakably a masterpiece", noting "the extraordinary apotheosis of the final sequence," and the "breathless wonderment in the last shot of onlookers frozen as they gaze into the empty room from which all evidence of crime has gone."

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 97% approval rating based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The critics consensus states, "Economically told and sweeping in scope, Robert Bresson's swan song is a haunting indictment of money's destructive power." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 95 out of 100 based on six critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Accolades

Bresson won the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, tied with Andrei Tarkovsky (who admired Bresson's works) for Nostalghia. L'Argent was nominated for Best Sound at the César Awards 1984. It won the 1984 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director.

References

Bibliography

 Ciment, Michel. "I Seek Not Description But Vision: Robert Bresson on L'Argent." In Quandt, Robert Bresson, 2012.
 Hasumi, Shigehiko. "Led by the Scarlet Pleats: Bresson's L'Argent." In Quandt, Robert Bresson, 2012.
 Jones, Kent. L'Argent. BFI Film Classics, 1999. .
  ———. "A Stranger's Posture: Notes on Bresson's Late Films." In Quandt, Robert Bresson, 2012.
 Moravia, Alberto. "L'Argent." In Quandt, Robert Bresson, 2012.
 Quandt, James, ed. Robert Bresson (Revised). Indiana UP (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs), 2012. .

External links

 Interview with Bresson on L'Argent, part 1 – part 2
 Press conference at Cannes 1983 – extended

L'argent: The Weight of the World an essay by Adrian Martin at the Criterion Collection

1983 films
1983 crime drama films
Existentialist films
French crime drama films
Films based on works by Leo Tolstoy
Films based on Russian novels
Films directed by Robert Bresson
Films based on novellas
Counterfeit money in film
1980s French-language films
1980s French films


The Multi-media show performed on the Big-O Floating Stage is one of the biggest and most attractive shows at the Expo. The show will be performed everyday day and night.
The Big-O Show on the Big-O Floating Stage Lights, lasers, and fireworks performances will light up the evening. It is the final show of the day. The show features a water screen and shoots streams of water while hologram images are shown. The holograms, accompanied by lights and shooting streams, will tell a memorable story of a young girl. Peace, reconciliation and hope are the themes, and each 3-D scene will take your breath away!
The Big-O Show can be viewed at far distance. The 3-D scenes amidst the water spectacles are eye-catching. This magnificent nightly blockbuster show will embroider the night sky right before your eyes.
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noun, plural or·thos·ta·tai [awr-thos-tuh-tahy] /ɔrˈθɒs təˌtaɪ/.
This is unlikely because the floor level would then have been above the base of the orthostates.
They are firmly founded on the rock and reach up nearly to the base of the orthostates.
The are interior walls on either side of a door which in the Erechtheum reached up only five courses above the orthostates.