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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare knockout rounds will be played in Kolkata and Ahmedabad, respectively; BCCI confirms two Irani Cup matches
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) and Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout rounds will be held in Kolkata and Ahmedabad, respectively, while the BCCI will host two Irani Cup matches over the coming months. While the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament will continue from November 12 to December 2, SMAT, the local T20 competition, will take place from October 11 to November 5.
The SMAT league stage will take place in Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot, Punjab, and Jaipur, while the Vijay Hazare league games will be held in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, and Ranchi. The BCCI is conducting a full-fledged domestic season for the first time since 2020. The Board also stated that the two Irani Cup matches would be played at the beginning and conclusion of the season, as PTI reported on Sunday.
According to the schedule provided to state units by BCCI, the 2020 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra would host the Rest of India (ROI) from October 1–5, whereas the current champions Madhya Pradesh will host ROI from March 1–5, 2019.
After winning their first Ranji match in March 2020, Saurashtra was unable to participate in the Irani Cup owing to the Covid-19 epidemic. From December 26 to January 12, five cities, including Bangalore, Ranchi, Rajkot, Indore, Raipur, and Pune, will host the first-ever women's under-15 competition.
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Corruption in South Africa: The politics, the law and all the shenanigans in between
13 October 2020 | Story Prof John Mubangizi | Photo Sonia du Toit
Prof John C Mubangizi is Dean: Faculty of Law, University of the Free State.
South Africans are sick and tired of corruption. They are angry, frustrated and despondent. And they have every reason to be. South Africa has many problems: crime, unemployment, poverty, gender-based violence, inequality, low economic growth and now – in common with many other countries – COVID-19. The list goes on and on. What makes corruption the biggest threat among all these is that it cuts across all of them and impacts on their gravity in different ways.
The South African Constitution envisages a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights. The way things are going, that society is never likely to happen. That is because corruption has been, and continues to be, the greatest threat to any possibility of realising that constitutional dream. In South Africa, like everywhere else where corruption is rampant, it occurs both in the public and private sectors, where it affects democracy and human rights by deteriorating institutions and diminishing public trust in government. It impairs the ability of government to fulfil its obligations and ensure accountability in the delivery of economic and social services like healthcare, education, clean water, housing, and social security. This is because corruption diverts funds into private pockets – which impedes delivery of services – thereby perpetuating poverty, inequality, injustice and unfairness. The problem is aggravated when government is the main culprit. "Government" here, of course, refers to the dictionary meaning of the term, namely, "the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state".
Corruption existed in ancient Egypt, China and Greece
There are those who argue that corruption is as old as mankind and, therefore, it is here to stay. Indeed, corruption is known to have existed in ancient Egypt, ancient China and ancient Greece. In Robert Bolt's 16th Century play A Man for All Seasons, Richard Rich's opening remark is "But every man has his price." In the 1836 play The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol cleverly satirised the human greed, stupidity and extensive political corruption in Imperial Russia at the time. And in a recent article in The Conversation (28 August 2020), Steven Friedman wonders why South Africans express shock at corruption when "it is perhaps the country's oldest tradition." He locates the advent of corruption in South Africa at the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, through to the ensuing colonialism and apartheid. He argues that in reality, "corruption has been a constant feature of South African political life for much of the past 350 years. It is deeply embedded and it will take a concerted effort, over years, not days, to defeat it".
Agreed, but does it have to be that way? At the time of Jan van Riebeeck and during the 350 years of colonialism and apartheid, we did not have the legal framework that we have now. Here is a brief overview of that framework.
Opinion article by Professor John C Mubangizi, Dean: Faculty of Law, University of the Free State
OSM Camerata records CD with world-renowned cellist
In 2010, South African cellist Heleen du Plessis, Executant lecturer for cello at the University of Otago, initiated the project "Cello for Africa". The objective was to record a CD of new South African compositions for cello, reflecting the multi-cultural context of the country.
Du Plessis received an extensive research grant from the University of Otago in order to realise the project by commissioning, premièring and recording music. The aim was to facilitate a dialogue between Western and African musical traditions, as well as between the cello and indigenous African instruments.
Hans Huyssen, composer and cellist, has been closely involved in indigenous African music for a considerable time. In light of his extensive international experience, the SAMRO Foundation has granted Du Plessis' request to commission Huyssen to this task.
A world premiere concert preceded the recordings at the UFS' Odeion School of Music (OSM) in March 2013, partially funded by a Humanities Research Grant as well as the OSM. This event provided a collaborative platform for musicians from different cultural backgrounds and several institutions to contribute towards a cultural and musical exchange. The funding enabled the project to successfully conclude in the recording of the CD, "Cello for Africa". It was released by ODE records – the New Zealand label for classical music.
The OSM Camerata (OSMC) is the flagship ensemble of the OSM and was founded in 2012 with the main objective to kindle and forge the talents of exceptionally gifted students and pursue the highest artistic standards possible.
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Q: Coordinate-free B.Feix's construction of a hyperkähler metric In the 2001's paper 'Hyperkähler metrics on cotangent bundles' B.Feix gives a construction of a hyperkähler metric on a neighbourhood of zero section in $T^*X$ where $X$ is a real analytic Kähler manifold.
As for me, this construction is awful. It's not difficult to understand the general steps of it and I'm really inspired by them but if you look at details it's just awful. Almost everything is written in local coordinates without explaining why everything can be glued globally, the article starts with choosing a local antiholomorphic involution on $X$ without mentioning it properly, she calls 'the complexified Kähler form on $X^\mathbb C$' a form which is not the analytic continuation of the Kähler form on $X$ etc.
I've spent several days trying to rewrite the paper in a coordinate-free way changing some steps as it'd be more similar to constructions of a Kähler metric on a neighbourhood of zero section in $T^*X$ where $X$ is a real analytic Riemannian manifold due to Lempert, Szöke and Guillemin, Stenzel. I'm not completely successful yet, though. So I ask, perhaps this paper is already written? I know about D.Kaledin's paper but his approach is rather different, I want something which looks like Feix's construction.

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Terezín - a painful history
Dominik Jůn
Terezín is a small (tentative) UNESCO Heritage Site town in the Ústí nad Labem Region about 80 kilometres north-west of Prague. The town is situated on the banks of the Ohře river, about a kilometre away from the point at which the Ohře flows into the mighty Elbe river, and the same distance away from the much larger nearby town of Litoměřice. Of course, since WWII, Terezín has been associated with the notorious Theresienstadt concentration camp established by the SS.
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Terezín, photo: Magdalena Kašubová But before looking into that painful association, it's worth examining Terezín outside of this context. One only need look at a map of this place, or see a satellite image, to notice that Terezín is hardly designed with any sort of conventional urban planning in mind. On one side of the Ohře is a grid of dead straight roads built around a huge central square. Surrounding this entire structure are a series of bastion walls built in a spike-like octagonal design; from above, they resemble cat ears or a horse chestnut seed sliced in two. On the other side of the river is a much smaller citadel, which also mirrors this design. The entire area is surrounded by a defensive moat.
The reason for this odd appearance is that Terezín was once a fortress town, comprising a Main and Small fortress on either side of the river. Built at the end of the 18th century by Emperor Joseph II, ruler of the Hapsburg lands of which Bohemia was then part, the settlement was designed as a defensive measure against a potential military incursion by the Prussians from the north. But as a fortress, Terezín – named after Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa – was soon obsolete. After that, Terezín became a garrison town, and then a prison during the First World War. After the Nazi occupation, the Main fortress was turned into a "special" Jewish ghetto by the Gestapo, while the Small fortress became a concentration camp. Unlike, say, Auschwitz, Terezín was not an extermination camp, but rather a transit camp from where Jews and other elements deemed undesirable by the Nazis could be deported to death camps further to the east. Many horrors were endured by those imprisoned here. After WWII, Terezín also served as a transit camp for ethnic Germans being expelled expelled from Czechoslovakia.
Small fortress, photo: Denisa Tomanová It is a rich and painful history, and anyone interested in Terezín can find many additional sources of information in order to delve deeper and learn more about this place. Today, the former concentration camp is a museum opened to visitors. Its a highly evocative experience - no frills; far less about interactive video screens and the like, and far more about simply enabling visitors to walk through the well-preserved grounds, absorb the atmosphere, and reflect... Countless buses filled with tourists make the roughly hour-long trip from Prague every day.
But the Terezín of today is also a town with its own inhabitants – the grid of houses in the former Main fortress now a residential area. There are a number of museums here, too, some related to WWII, others not - for example an auto museum which looks back at the design of homemade cars spanning 1960-1990. There is also a cultural centre, horse riding school, a sports centre featuring a tennis court, and even a campsite. Not to mention a university of applied psychology – meaning that Terezín is also, to some degree, a student town. Evidently, many tourists visiting Terezín tend to see the former concentration camp and then leave. At night, Terezín's long roads, military design and quiet streets, can give the impression of a near ghost town. There are very few shops here, even in the central square.
But visiting a local restaurant for an evening meal, this visitor was pleasantly surprised by a welcoming atmosphere and an even more surprising genuine pride in the quality of food on offer. There were even some delicious local potato chips to be had proudly made in nearby Litoměřice.
Small fortress, photo: Denisa Tomanová Naturally, the reason most foreign visitors will end up in Terezín is to see the former concentration camp and ghetto. But there is also a wider experience to be had in this context. A real town, with an understandably eerie atmosphere. It's well worth coming – to learn, reflect, grieve – but perhaps also to stay just a little longer than one might have planned, and to delve a little deeper into this fascinating place.
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Arboletes è un comune della Colombia facente parte del dipartimento di Antioquia.

Il centro abitato venne fondato da José Torres Vargas e José María Reales, mentre l'istituzione del comune è del luglio 1958.

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Kristaps Porzingis Rumors
Position: F-C
Salary: $29,467,800
Kristaps Porzingis to make season debut
Dwain Price: Kristaps Porzingis will make his 2020-21 debut tonight at 6 when the Mavs play the Hornets in Charlotte. Porzingis had surgery on Oct. 9 to address a lateral meniscus injury of his right knee.
2 days ago – via Twitter DwainPrice
Injuries, Top Rumors
Top Rumors, Injuries, Kristaps Porzingis, Dallas Mavericks
Brad Townsend: Carlisle says Porzingis will start, "there's a range of minutes," not a hard number. Will depend on how the game goes. "As of this moment we have 12 players who are active for this game due to COVID protocols."
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Injuries, Kristaps Porzingis, Dallas Mavericks
Storyline: Kristaps Porzingis Injury
Brad Townsend: James Borrego says he "has no idea" what kind of Dallas team he'll see tonight–missing 5 players who were on the floor when Charlotte beat Dallas 2 weeks ago. And with Porzingis now. "My staff and I were saying today, we can't remember the last time we played against Porzingis."
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Mavs expected to play tonight
Mark Followill: Positive sign that there are no new additions for the Mavs on the NBA's recently released 12:30 injury report. Richardson, Finney-Smith, Brunson, Kleber and Powell out tonight at Charlotte. Porzingis probable to make season debut. (6p, FSSW).
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Brad Townsend: Cuban with quite a zinger, aimed at himself, when asked on @dfwticket about the notion that Porzingis simply might be injury-prone: "That's exactly what I thought about Steve Nash and how did that work out for me?"
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Kristaps Porzingis likely to make season debut tomorrow
Tim MacMahon: Kristaps Porzingis is probable vs. the Hornets. Barring a late-scratch if he doesn't feel right during warmups — which happened a couple of times last season — he will make his season debut tomorrow.
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Kristaps Porzingis to make his season debut on Monday?
Tim MacMahon: Kristaps Porzingis has been upgraded to questionable for the first time this season. He is listed among the Mavs' likely starters in the team's game notes for Monday's game against the Pelicans.


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At approximately 8:57 a.m. Kelowna Fire Dispatch received multiple 911 calls reporting a house on fire in the 3200 block of Hall Road.
First arriving crews reported a large single-family house with a separate four-car garage and heavy flames and smoke coming from the four-car garage with three vehicles inside, according to the fire department in a news release.
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Lightning Over Water, also known as Nick's Film, is a 1980 West German-Swedish documentary-drama film written, directed by and starring Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray. It centers on the last days of Ray's own life, who was already known worldwide for his 1955 classic film Rebel Without a Cause. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Summary
The film is a collaboration between Wenders and Ray to document Ray's last days due to terminal cancer in 1979. The film is partially an homage to Ray who had a strong influence on Wenders' work, and partially an investigation on life and death. Ray's influence on Wenders includes Ray's "love on the run" subgenre as well as his film noir photography.

The film features excerpts from Ray's movies The Lusty Men and his unfinished final work We Can't Go Home Again. The sequence featuring the former excerpt was shot at Vassar College, at which Ray presented the movie and then gave a lecture, which itself is excerpted.

Nicholas Ray appears in a minor role in Wenders' film The American Friend. Wenders' science fiction film Until the End of the World is named for the last spoken words in Ray's 1961 Biblical epic film King of Kings.

The film crew is extensively featured onscreen. Jim Jarmusch, Ray's personal assistant at the time — and later a notable film director in his own right — can be briefly glimpsed at the 50:28 mark sitting at an editing console.

When Wenders goes to the Vassar campus to attend a lecture, a brief one-man performance is seen on-stage. It is Franz Kafka's story "A Report for an Academy", about an ape who becomes a man.

The American independent film director Jon Jost has recently come out against Wenders' status as the sole co-director, saying that Wenders "used his celebrity" to push Jost and Raúl Ruiz (director) out of the project that they had been the creators of.

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External links
 Official website

Documentary films about film directors and producers
1980 films
1980 documentary films
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1980s German-language films
Films directed by Wim Wenders
Films directed by Nicholas Ray
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Judge Jeanine Rings the Spirit of the Liberty Bell!
Our Liberty Bell Replica was featured on FoxNews Insider Saturday, July 15th when Judge Jeanine Pirro visited the Museum of the Bible.
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Providence Forum has recently been noted on Fox News as headway is being made at the Museum of the Bible!
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I just Googled my name and came across your article from a few years back. I'm Lacy Morris…the writer of the article you addressed in your post. As you know, or as anyone reading content on the Internet should know, my article was written for fun. I'm a traveler, and a big believer in gathering experiences, not things. In answer to your response on #7, I backpacked around Cambodia/Thailand once. I lived with only what would fit in my backpack for about a week. I know some people hike for months carrying all of their belongings in a backpack, so my experience wasn't all that grand. But I am so happy that I did something that terrified me. And I'd like to address all of your comments on money. I am not a wealthy person, nor did I grow up in a wealthy family. At the time I wrote this article, my parents were farmers and a school teacher in Kansas. My article was not written to make you feel under accomplished or poor, but rather to stir up a little wanderlust. I hope you enjoyed reading it.
Hi Lacy! Glad to digitally meet you and see that you got to read my rant. Of course I enjoyed reading your article or I wouldn't have had fun with it in reposting it. =) No ill will, just my ideas as someone whom read your post at thirty just starting to have some wanderlust dreams checked off my list.
I do agree with your main goal behind this post, even with little money, young people need to work and go exploring. Do something scary, something different, something they'll take with them for the rest of their lives. If you've noticed in my most recent rants, I've grown drastically since this post, I decided to do something scary and move to another country. It was suppose to be for a year but here I am on year four with no end in sight.


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Timothy with LOTS of snow to build forts, make snowmen, and just make footprints in. Right now he is using a toy bin to make snow bricks.
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Samuel and Nathanael, both busy reading the same book... The Hobbit. Great activity for a snowed-in Sunday.
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Yes, I dumped out the DVDs.... and what are you going to do about it?
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Liberty's hair was doing funny things... it really stayed like this til she moved her head. And that was just with water!
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Yes, we did green food. However, I like this picture better!
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It was such a warm day, we went to the zoo. So many animals were out! We actually haven't been to the zoo before, other than in October or November, so this was a nice surprise to see so many animals out!
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I know today was "Pi Day", but no pictures of pies, pizza or otherwise. I got a new clock, which is perfectly appropriate!
Kids are having fun each day reading it... even though they know the answers.
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Our family at our Homeschool group's "Around the World Fair". We chose Slovenia. We made Halupki to share.
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Timothy and his Hot Wheels SpinShots launcher... holding two Spinners... he was impressed.
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Nathanael being happy. We found our green bow ties from Amanda's wedding and now everyone is ready for St. Patrick's Day!
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Nathanael at the LDS Boy Scout Centennial. Michael and Benjamin camped overnight, and Tom and the Cub Scouts, including Nathanael and Samuel, showed up for the Saturday festivities. It was cold, muddy, and wet, but they had a blast.
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Old and new... our Kitchenaid died after 17 years of heavy use. We are not sure if it can be repaired or if it is even worth trying... however, after a lot of research and comparison, we got a new Pro mixer (Kitchenaid) at Sam's Club.
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Michael, being pleasant. I love his shirt.
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My favorite picture from Pack Meeting... Juliana LOVED that everyone was clapping with her. Look at her face!
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Matching boys... we love camo.
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The temple on a VERY snowy day!
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Homeschooling fun... Nathanael working hard or hardly working... hard-ee-har-har.
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Christopher warm and ready for bed.
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That's over a foot of snow, total.
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Liberty looking at the HUGE amounts of snow we got.
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Jules and Liberty playing princesses together... this is a normal sight around here.


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SDL MOTORSPORT
As we approach the conclusion of the SMS-R Driver Network Championship's epic first season, it's time to celebrate the amazing teams and drivers that have made it such an awesome contest.
This time, it's the turn of SDL Motorsport, the team led by Kevin Leaune (aka SoniK) from France, who has been leading the championship for most of the season but has recently seen his gap tightened during the last few rounds...
How and when did you first get interested in sim racing?
We started out in sim racing with 2008's Race Pro for the Xbox 360, but my personal passion for motorsport goes back to my father and the beautiful times we experienced in my karting career.
Which racing games did you play before Project CARS?
We have raced in many simulations such as rFactor, GT Legends, GTR 1 & 2, and the Forza Motorsport series.
With Project CARS, we loved the fact that studio developed the game together with the racing community. It's also a pure simulation and we had been looking for that for a long time.
How do you prepare for each round of the SMS-R Driver Network Championship?
Our team performs several steps, first by learning the circuit, then learning the car and developing the setup together.
We all work together to identify our needs for the setup. We share our information and apply to that to our setups to give us a good performance. I want to make a call out to the community as well, because SDL is currently looking for new team members who can help us with our setups in the future.
How do you keep the team motivated?
Above all else, our team is a big family. We know our common goal. We also have some partners that we represent so we have to be efficient! I want to thank our partners including Logitech G, eSportify, Plantronics Gaming, Exclu Geek Box and Ligne de course.
Do you think that your team has a chance to win the Championship and what would it mean to you?
Our team is clearly capable of winning the championship, we proved that throughout the season. Now we just need to remain powerful!
For us, it would a big deal to win this title because we have given so much time and energy to it. We absolutely want it!
Have you raced any cars in real life?
Personally, I've driven in Renault Clio Cup and karts. The other team members have also reached a high level of karting.
In-game, we love open wheel, especially Formula B and C! Then, like many other players, we love the GT cars.
What would you like to see added to Project CARS in the future?
We especially want to see Project CARS help to expand sim racing eSports, so that our team can grow through the game. All sim racing teams deserve their place in the eSports circuit.
We would also like a livery editor, and a way to more easily share setups between team members directly in the game. Being able to view to leaderboards on the web would be nice too.
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@SDL_Motorsport Twitter


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The 1970–71 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1970–71 season.  The team played its home games at Crisler Arena on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished second in the Big Ten Conference. Dan Fife served as team captain and shared team co-MVP honors with Henry Wilmore.

Over the course of the season, Ken Brady led the conference in field goal percentage with a 61.7% average in conference games.  The team earned the Big Ten scoring offense statistical championship with an 88.4 average in conference games.  The team was in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll for four of the sixteen weeks of the season, rising as high as number twelve.  However, the team ended the season unranked in both the final UPI Coaches' Poll and the final AP Poll.

The team defeated two of the four ranked opponents that it faced during the season.  The team participated in the sixteen team 1971 National Invitation Tournament where it advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating the  by an 86–76 margin before falling to the  78–70. The team was led by All-American Henry Wilmore. Dan Fife established the school career field goal percentage record at 57.44% that would last until Loy Vaught ended his career with a 61.7% mark in 1990. He also set the school single season assist average of 5.35 per game that would last until Dave Baxter surpassed it in 1978.  The team set the school single-game record for free throws made of 33 on January 23, 1971, against , which would be unsurpassed until 1998.

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Boy Names That Mean Defender
From Peyton to Raymond to Alec and beyond, each of these boy names that mean defender is masculine and unique. Some are more loosely related to the word "defender," while others quite literally mean that. Explore all of the options below and find the ideal name for your son.
RELATED: Boy Names That Mean Courage
GeraldGerald is a German name meaning "spear ruler." It is not considered a stylish name but maintains popularity in the US.
PeytonThe name Peyton means "fighting man's estate." It is popular in English-speaking countries. NFL star Peyton Manning is one of the most famous people bearing this name.
Eamon The name Eamon means "wealthy protector." It is of Old English and Gaelic origin.
Blaz A Germanic name meaning "unwavering protector," Blaz is an uncommonly used baby name in the US. Boys named Blaz are said to be solid on foundation and very trustworthy.
LewisThe name is both a given name and a surname. It means "famous battle, renowned" and has Germanic origins.
WalterThe name Walter means "commander of the army." It is a great choice for a boy's name. It has Germanic and Old English origin.
RaymondThe name Raymond means "protector of man." It has English and French origins. Raymond was a Top 100 name until 1991. People named Raymond are intuitive and gentle.
AlexanderThe name Alexander means "defender of mankind." It is the Latin version of the Greek name Alexandros. The name is most commonly associated with the name Alexander The Great.
Alexios The name Alexios means "defender." It is the Latin version of the name Alexuis.
AlecThe name Alec means "defending men." It has a Greek origin. Actor Alec Baldwin is one person named Alec.
XanderThe name Xander is modern and fun. It means "a protector of men." In 2020, Xander was the 187th most popular name for boys in America.
Gunther Gunther is a name of German origin. It means "battle, warrior." Only 20 babies born in 2020 were named Gunther.
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日本における名誉教授制度の歴史的変遷と現状に関する考察
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A Study on the Historical Change and Current Situation of Professor Emeritus System in Japan
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This article analyzes the historical change and current situation of the professor emeritus system in Japan. A professor emeritus system cannot be one of the core sub-systems which plays an important role in university, but assumed that any sub-system in university, including the professor emeritus system, undergoes influence of changes in the external condition.
Historically, the professor emeritus system was introduced for the first time in the Imperial University in 1893. It was emphasized that Japanese universities needed it because there were professor emeritus systems in foreign countries. The system has been introduced in the specialized schools administered by the Ministry of Education in 1910's and in national and public universities in the 1920's. It was expanded to some schools in the non-educational section after the 1930's. From the beginning of its introduction to the end of 1940's, the title professor emeritus had the status of a "part-time government officer".
By 1950 all national, public, and private universities had introduced the professor emeritus system on the basis of the School Education Law. Since then the title professor emeritus has been regarded as a just title, and every university has had regulations on it, including the condition and process of conferring the title. As a result of analyzing current regulations on the professor emeritus system in national universities, it is clear that each university has original rules. For example, only five years of work experience as professor in that university is needed in some universities, and in some others twenty years work experience as professor, associate professor, as well as lecturer is needed.
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V est une série télévisée américaine en 22 épisodes de 42 minutes développée par Scott Peters (Les 4400) d'après la minisérie du même nom de Kenneth Johnson des années 1980, et diffusé entre le  et le  sur le réseau ABC et en simultané au Canada sur /A\ (sauf les quatre premiers épisodes sur le réseau CTV).

La version française de la série a été diffusée en Belgique d'abord sur Be 1 et depuis le  sur La Deux. En Suisse elle est diffusée depuis le  sur TSR2 et en France sur TF1 depuis le  puis dès le  sur NT1 et à partir du  sur HD1 et rediffusée sur TF6 et sur AB1 à partir du . Au Québec, elle a été diffusée à partir du  sur le réseau V.

Synopsis
2009, le monde se réveille alors que vingt-neuf gigantesques vaisseaux survolent les plus grandes villes. Les extraterrestres et leur leader Anna déclarent venir en paix, mais certaines personnes ne leur font pas confiance. L'agent spécial Erica Evans découvre que les aliens ont infiltré depuis longtemps les gouvernements et sociétés, afin de prendre le contrôle de la planète. Erica rejoint un mouvement de résistance, dans lequel est présent Ryan, lui-même alien mais souhaitant sauver l'humanité. De son côté, Tyler, le fils d'Erica, est séduit par Lisa, une extraterrestre.

Distribution et personnages

Acteurs principaux
 Elizabeth Mitchell  : Erica Evans, agent du FBI, membre d'une unité anti-terroriste. Séparée de son mari et mère d'un fils adolescent, elle est clairement contre les visiteurs (à l'inverse de son fils Tyler). Travaillant dans l'unité de protection contre la menace anti-visiteur du FBI, elle ne peut donc pas revendiquer ses idées. Elle deviendra, par la suite, leader de la .
 Morris Chestnut  : Ryan Nichols, visiteur présent sur Terre depuis plusieurs années. Il se fait passer pour un humain et essaie de déjouer les plans des Visiteurs. Lors de la saison 1, il est en couple avec Valerie Stevens, avec qui il a eu un enfant, un enfant hybride.
 Joel Gretsch  : Père Jack Landry, prêtre catholique et ancien aumônier dans l'U.S. Army. Il ne fait pas confiance aux Visiteurs et ne voit pas leur arrivée comme un message de Dieu. C'est un membre de la .
 Logan Huffman  : Tyler Evans, fils d'Erica, qui, séduit par Lisa, jeune femme Visiteur, s'engage comme ambassadeur de la paix auprès d'eux et devient pilote de navette. Joue un rôle important dans les plans d'Anna.
 Lourdes Benedicto  : Valérie Stevens, petite amie de Ryan qui ignore tout de sa nature extraterrestre. (principale saison 1)
 Laura Vandervoort  : Lisa, jeune et jolie extraterrestre qui séduit Tyler dès leur première rencontre. Elle est la fille d'Anna, Commandant suprême des V.
 Charles Mesure  : Kyle Hobbes, mercenaire, en tête de liste de nombreuses polices du monde, les visiteurs l'accusent d'avoir provoqué l'explosion de l'entrepôt dans l'épisode 4. Erica, Ryan, Georgie et Jack le recrutent pour qu'il entraîne la résistance. (récurrent saison 1, principal saison 2)
 Morena Baccarin  : Anna, commandant suprême des Visiteurs. Sa touche d'humanité ne la rend pas moins dangereuse pour autant.
 Scott Wolf  : Chad Decker, journaliste ambitieux tiraillé entre sa conscience journalistique et son ambition lorsque Anna lui accorde une interview et lui demande d'éviter certaines questions.

Acteurs secondaires
 Christopher Shyer  : Marcus, bras droit d'Anna chargé des opérations.
   : Joshua, médecin responsable de l'équipe médicale à bord du Vaisseau-Mère de New York. Il semble fidèle à Anna, mais est en fait acquis à la cause de la Cinquième Colonne à bord du Vaisseau.
   : Georgie Sutton, l'un des membres originaux de la résistance, Georgie a voulu se venger contre les visiteurs car ces derniers ont soi-disant causé la mort de sa famille quand il a découvert ce que les Visiteurs voulaient vraiment. Il est très loyal envers ses collègues, mais son désir de vengeance l'amène parfois à des décisions inconsidérées. Il se sacrifie pour permettre à Ryan de s'échapper et est capturé et torturé par les visiteurs. Il demande à Joshua de lui ôter la vie plutôt que de risquer de dévoiler l'identité de ses amis aux visiteurs.
 Roark Critchlow  : Paul Kendrick, patron d'Erica dans l'unité du FBI contre le terrorisme.
 Alan Tudyk : Dale Maddox (saison 1)
 Lucas Wolf : Samuel (saison 1)
 Rekha Sharma  : Agent Sarita Malik, agent du FBI qui est en réalité un V infiltré sous les ordres d'Anna.
 Scott Hylands : Père Travis
 Lexa Doig :  (saison 1)
 Nicholas Lea  : Joe Evans, ex-mari d'Erica, père de Tyler. Il se rapproche d'Erica pour essayer de soustraire Tyler de l'influence des Visiteurs.
 Jane Badler  : Diana, mère d'Anna. (saison 2)
 Bret Harrison  : Sidney Miller, il est un biologiste de l'évolution qui a peut-être découvert la vraie nature du ciel rouge. (saison 2)
 Oded Fehr  : Eli Cohn, ex-agent du Mossad et leader d'un nouveau groupe radical de la . Est convaincu que le meilleur moyen de vaincre les V et Anna est de les détruire ainsi que les traitres humains sans tenir compte des victimes innocentes qu'il peut faire. Erica ne voudra pas s'allier avec lui pour ces raisons. (saison 2)
 Jay Karnes  : Chris Bolling, nouveau partenaire d'Erica au FBI. (saison 2)
 Martin Cummins : Thomas (saison 2)
 Ona Grauer : Kerry Eltoff (saison 2)
 Marc Singer : Lars Tremont (saison 2)

 Version française
 Studio de doublage : Nice Fellow
 Direction artistique : Bruno Dubernat
 Adaptation : Aurélia Mathis et Xavier Hussenet

Production
Le , ABC commande un pilote.

Le casting principal a débuté en mars, dans cet ordre : Scott Wolf, Morris Chestnut, Morena Baccarin, Joel Gretsch, Elizabeth Mitchell et Lourdes Benedicto et Logan Huffman.

La série fut commandée en , avec comme producteurs exécutifs Scott Peters, Jace Hall, Steve Pearlman et Jeffrey Bell.

Peters a confirmé que, plus tard, en plus des membres de la distribution du remake, il serait envisageable de faire revenir ceux des mini-séries de 1983, la nouvelle série ferait, en effet, un clin d'œil à l'original par d'autres moyens. Il dit également que lorsque vous demandez aux gens ce qu'ils pensent être les éléments les plus mémorables de V, les meilleurs réponses sont , ajoutant que .

Selon Scott Peters, ce remake sera centré sur les événements post- et sur ces questions de confiance et de terreur.

En , il fut annoncé que seulement quatre épisodes de V seraient diffusés à partir de , et que la série reprendra la diffusion de sa saison de douze épisodes en , après les jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2010. Le , il est annoncé que Scott Rosenbaum a été nommé producteur exécutif et showrunner de la série, avec Scott Peters et Jace Hall qui restent producteurs exécutifs. La production des huit autres épisodes reprendra en  avec de nouveaux épisodes de retour le .

Le , ABC renouvelle la série pour une deuxième saison de treize épisodes, réduite plus tard à dix épisodes.

En juillet, Charles Mesure est promu à la distribution principale, puis le , ABC annonce que l'actrice Jane Badler intègrera la distribution du remake dans un rôle récurrent, puis ajoute aussi Bret Harrison et Marc Singer.

Le , la série est officiellement annulée.

Tournage
Le tournage des épisodes de la saison 1 a débuté le . Elizabeth Mitchell a précisé qu'il y aurait dans ce remake de nombreuses références aux moments les plus mémorables de la franchise originale.

Le tournage de la saison 2 a débuté le  et s'est achevé le .

Épisodes

Première saison (2009-2010)

La première saison comprend douze épisodes plus un épisode spécial.

 Diffusions originales
  : du  au  sur ABC
  : du  au  sur Be 1 / du  au  sur La Deux
  : dès le  sur TSR2
  : du  au  sur TF1
  : du  au  sur V.
 Résumé
Des extraterrestres soi-disant pacifistes ont débarqué sur Terre. Petit à petit, chez une minorité d'humains, le doute s'installe sur les véritables intentions des Visiteurs. Ce groupe d'humains rejoint peu à peu les rangs d'une résistance nommée « la cinquième colonne » pour combattre les aliens. Anna, la représentante des Visiteurs, profite des catastrophes naturelles qui ont lieu dans beaucoup de pays sur Terre et apporte son aide et soutien pour s'imposer en héroïne et gagner la confiances des humains.
Pendant ce temps, l'impossible se produit… Une femme humaine (Valerie Stevens ou Val) est tombée enceinte d'un Visiteur ! Celle-ci risque la mort si l'extraction du bébé n'est pas faite au plus vite à l'aide des technologies avancées des Visiteurs. Comme ce bébé « hybride » (moitié humain, moitié V) représente une grande menace aux yeux des Visiteurs, la maman et son bébé ont été activement recherchés et conduits sur le vaisseau-mère des V. Le bébé de Val a bien vu le jour, mais juste après son accouchement, Val est morte empoisonnée.
Au même moment, l'agent du F.B.I Erica Evans et son fils Tyler sont invités par Anna à un dîner de courtoisie à bord du vaisseau. Au cours du dîner, Erica parvient à faire diversion et à détruire tous les embryons destinés à la conception des soldats d'Anna. Mais quand Anna apprend cette tragique nouvelle, pour la première fois elle ressent des sentiments humains, la souffrance et la colère. Sous l'effet de cette colère incontrôlable, Anna décide de se venger : en activant son programme d'invasion planétaire, ses flottes de vaisseaux sont en route pour la Terre.

Deuxième saison (2011)

La seconde saison comprend dix épisodes.

Diffusions originales
  : du  au  sur ABC
  : à partir du  au  sur TF1
  : à partir du  sur Be 1
  : à partir du  sur TSR2
  : à partir du  sur V
Résumé
 La seconde saison reprend quatre jours après la fin de la saison 1.
On apprend les motivations réelles des « V ». Assimiler l'ADN humain et l'annihilation de l'humanité, ceci pour améliorer les « V ».
Au cours de la saison, la cinquième colonne se renforce, le groupe de résistants menés par l'agent du FBI rencontre un autre groupe au réseau mondial, plus tard elle finit par en prendre la tête.
Les membres de la cinquième colonne mènent de nombreuses actions pour contrecarrer les plans d'Anna, ayant des « V » à leurs côtés, parfois inattendus. La saison s'achève sur un échec de la cinquième colonne pour assassiner Anna, mais la découverte d'un groupe de résistance bien plus important que la cinquième colonne.
L'enfant hybride révèle ses capacités hors norme, parvenant au contrôle mental nommé « bliss » sur les humains.

Anecdotes
 Un clin d'œil au producteur Scott Peters, également créateur de la série Les 4400, est visible dans le premier épisode. L'adresse du rendez-vous des résistants se trouve au 4400 Pier Avenue, à Brooklyn.
 Dans l'épisode 8 de la première saison, lors de la conférence des chefs d'État à Genève, on peut apercevoir furtivement que la plaque d'un des délégués est gravée au nom de « WEYLAND-YUTANI CORP. », une société fictive présente dans Alien
 À noter la présence dans la saison 2 de Jane Badler, qui tient le rôle de Diana, la mère d'Anna. L'actrice avait déjà joué, dans les séries des années 1980, un personnage du même nom, mais dont le rôle était très différent, puisqu'elle y était simplement un cadre dirigeant de l'armée des envahisseurs, alors que, dans la nouvelle série, elle joue le rôle de l'ancienne reine des Visiteurs, déposée et tenue au secret par sa fille Anna. Il s'agit d'un gros clin d'œil, bien que le personnage soit différent dans sa psychologie.
 Autre retour d'un acteur de la série de 1983, celui de Marc Singer alias Mike Donovan (le héros principal) dans l'ancienne série. Il apparait dans le dernier épisode de la saison 2, laissant imaginer un rôle crucial dans l'optique d'une hypothétique saison 3.

Alphabet des Visiteurs

 L'alphabet utilisé par les visiteurs, composé de quarante-et-une lettres est en fait une simple substitution des vingt-six lettres de l'alphabet latin auxquelles s'ajoutent quinze symboles représentant diverses associations de deux lettres courantes en langue anglaise.
 Il se lit de haut en bas, puis de gauche à droite.

Emplacements et taille des 29 vaisseaux-mère
Voici la liste des emplacements des 29 vaisseaux mères de la première flotte, aucun des 538 vaisseaux de la seconde flotte ne se voit attribuer de villes hôtes à la fin de la seconde saison et pour cause, il n'est manifestement pas prévu dans le plan d'Anna qu'il en soit ainsi :

 , Johannesburg
 , Berlin
 , Buenos Aires
 , Sydney
 , Rio de Janeiro
 , Vancouver
 , Santiago
 , Shanghai et Hong Kong
 , Le Caire
 , Madrid
 , New York City et Los Angeles
 , Paris
 , Delhi
 , Jakarta
 , Bagdad
 , Téhéran
 , Rome
 , Tokyo
 , Nairobi
 , Mexico
 , Lagos
 , Karachi
 , Lima
 , Londres
 , Moscou
 , Bangkok
 , Ankara

Dans l'épisode Alliance contre nature, on peut voir une carte du monde avec l'indication d'un certain nombre de villes. D'autres cartes, telles que celles que consultent Erica et Hobbes dans Sélection naturelle, donnent des indications et précisions sur les villes dans lesquelles vivent les 29 partenaires potentiels de Lisa… Enfin ces informations sont complétées par la carte qu'Anna fait apparaitre dans son bureau afin de déclencher son opération Ciel rouge à la fin de la première saison.

Vraisemblablement les vaisseaux de la flotte bougent au cours de la série, ce qui est suggéré par les premières interventions médiatiques d'Anna qui souhaite ouvrir des centres de soins et des ambassades des Visiteurs dans de nombreux pays, puis confirmé par la différence entre les villes citées, les vues des vaisseaux et les cartes. Ce qui fait que la liste des villes est théorique et .

Les vaisseaux font  de diamètre selon un créateur des effets spéciaux qui s'exprime dans les bonus des Coffrets DVD. Cette taille est corroborée par les vues du vaisseau mère de New York au-dessus de Central Park (le diamètre du vaisseau correspond à la largeur du parc). On est bien loin des  de diamètre de la première série. Il faut dire que les vaisseaux de la nouvelle série sont beaucoup plus proches des immeubles, ce qui leur donne un effet imposant alors que dans la série des années 1980, ils semblaient flotter très au-dessus des villes…

Blu-ray & DVD

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
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Liens externes

 V Welcome to the war (Site non officiel)

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Série télévisée américaine des années 2000
Série télévisée américaine des années 2010
Série télévisée d'American Broadcasting Company
Série télévisée de Warner Bros. Television
Remake de série télévisée
Série télévisée sur une invasion extraterrestre
Série télévisée se déroulant à New York
Série télévisée tournée à Vancouver
V (série télévisée)
2009 en science-fiction
Série télévisée n'ayant pas de fin


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No Church in the Wild, Les Miserables, and the aestheticization of unrest
Hey, two things came out today. First, Jay-Z and Kanye's music video, No Church in the Wild, directed by Romain Gavras (he's done some videos for MIA, in case you don't recognize the name). Here's that:
Second, there's the first trailer for Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Les Miserables, starring Russel Crowe, Hugh Jackman, and Anne Hathaway. So here's that:
Okay, take a deep breath.
Why mention these two in the same blog post? Because they both aestheticize the SHIT out of social hardship and unrest. Let's take a moment to think about that.
Gavras's video is like a slow-motion ballet of civil violence, juxtaposing the restless aggression of youth against the faceless defensive belligerence of institutions of authority. There array of images evokes a whole spread of emotions, like a shotgun blast of provocation. There are strains of noble solidarity, disaffected coolness, and pure nihilism; only the cops seem to have a consistent, legible characterization, which is: anonymous, inhuman, the true representatives of the empty, reactionary rule of law.
There's no explicit revolutionary message here, but in the sweeping, mythic presentation of these young rioters, it's hard not to read some glorification. There are probably a lot of people (the vast majority, perhaps) in the activist community that would find this a gross misrepresentation of their ethos. On the other hand, these scenes are becoming more common at protests, both on the international stage (the IMF protests in particular) and in certain isolated incidents of pure chaos (i.e. the 2011 England riots).
The Les Miserables trailer is based on a much more stable groundwork of source material, though it's a few generations removed from the actual unrest depicted in the narrative. Victor Hugo adapted by Schonberg, now adapted by Hooper -- from the outset, there's a seriousness of purpose here that it's hard to find in the Gavras video.
Still, this trailer is cutting us with the same blade as the rap video above. There's a striking abundance of images of suffering -- Cosette glancing back over her shoulder in terror, and later, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, crying desperately in close-up. For a trailer, it's surprisingly heavy, and you might be tempted to recoil from it, especially if you're in a public place.
When it comes to fictional depictions of violence, anguish, redemptive fantasies, etc, the fact that they're entirely invented provides a shield, allowing the viewer to be affected in a sort of suspended-disbelief isolation chamber. But for these two media artifacts, that chamber is porous, because however fictional and stylized they may be, these are clearly referencing both historical precedents and current events. Without going into a thesis-length analysis, I can only offer a shallow thought: this media packaging probably presents a double-edged sword to the viewer: one edge being awareness, the other being consumption and desensitization.
But as long as we're thinking of the grand narratives of human history, the social breakdowns, the frayed edges of civilization, we should take a moment to consider the continuing unrest and suppression in Syria, which is gradually intensifying, under our noses. Would that we could take this violent drama and tragedy -- which is all too real, and becoming more so every day -- and contain it within the harmless confines of a highly-stylized short film.
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Labels: kanye west, les miserables, music videos, no church in the wild, political themes
Abraham Licoln: Vampire Hunter is clearly a surrogate for Simon Belmont
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter sounded like a fun idea at first. After we heard it a few times, it almost immediately flipped into "already played out, despite the fact that it hasn't been released yet." The fact is, at least from the discussion so far, it seems to use this fascinating historical backdrop as a hook, without really engaging it very much. So vampires were trying to use the Civil War as a cover for their own takeover of the American landscape? They wanted their own nation, and only the defenders of freedom like Abraham Lincoln could stand in their way?
After the cutesy cognitive dissonance wears off, it becomes clear that this is simply a rough, exploitative manhandling of history. Yes, he had a period of fierce youthful independence, including making his own solitary journey into the South – but as a young man, he was disciplined and pragmatic. As President, Abraham Lincoln was not a general… he wasn't even particularly famous for being a soldier, or a rugged individualist, or any of the other romantic notions of a "hero" to justify this kind of appropriation as "clever." The guy was actually a diplomat, a force of balance and principled compromise (opposed both slavery and abolitionism), who built the foundation of a war on the bedrock of popular support, and who ultimately united the country, rather than allowing it to remain divided, or permanently alienating his Southern countrymen.
Bottom line: it doesn't really jive, as a concept. I would have been more excited about Ulysses S. Grant: Vampire Hunter, or Henry David Thoreau: Vampire Hunter, or Jack Kerouac: Vampire Hunter.
But if you're like me, you saw the trailer:
... and thought, "Shit, this still looks pretty cool. It uses the bullet-time slow-mo bullshit in a way that's pretty off the hook, if you're into that sort of thing, and setting aside the fact that it's Abe Lincoln, they seem to have created a badass Central Hero to fulfill all our Lonely Gothic Crusader fantasies." So how do you really enjoy this movie, given the fact that it's based on a totally confusing historical revisionist brain-fart?
Here's my solution: I'm going to pretend this is actually a Castlevania movie.
With the whips, the Secret Society vibe, and the ridiculous Underworld-style photography transplanted into the 19th Century, this seems like the best approach. Indeed, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter appears to owe more to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest than to Interview With The Vampire. Like the best of the Belmonts, Abraham Lincoln seems to be cursed with a warrior's calling: is the chosen son, bane of the undead scourge, cursed with the double-edged sword of Privileged Insight and Principled Responsibility.
This is an act of mental remixing, like transplanting Radiohead as the musical accompaniment to a Jay-Z album. We're going to replace one mythos with another, discarding the putative origin story for a new one, ganked from a more appropriate property. By rejecting its premise and substituting our own, we are going to make Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the brilliant movie it deserves to be.
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Labels: electronic entertainment, movie trailers
An epic seriousness fail from Fred (of Portlandia fame)
Watch this video from Fred of Portlandia and see if you like the idea or not:
Comedy and seriousness can certainly coexist. This is part of why I love Nabakov, and part of why Rules of the Game is one of the great works of art (hi Evan!). There are crucial moments in each of those where the comedy and the drama reinforce each other endlessly, in a positive feedback loop, and create staggering emotional effects. But it's also worth noting that comedy and seriousness can be further broken down, and when you look at the different types, you find much more complicated dynamics between them.
For instance, seriousness can be broken down into POMP (i.e. the seriousness of politics, outrage, and theory), HIGH DRAMA (i.e. the seriousness of opera, epic poetry, etc), and REALISM (i.e. the seriousness of documentary, cynicism, etc). Likewise, comedy can be broken into any number of sub-forms... if Aristotle had really written a second volume of the Poetics devoted to comedy (as hypothesized in The Name of the Rose), it would have broken that shit down for us, and I'd have something to cite. As it is, I'll only bother commenting on one particular type of humor: SARCASM.
SARCASM, as a type of humor, doesn't seem to coexist with seriousness very well. Or, at least, it doesn't in this video... there such an intense ironic framework that it cannibalizes the seriousness, breaking down the concept right after the premise. Of course, this is further reinforced by the alleged "rules" of seriousness, which have a smarmy meta-serious tone to them.
I actually have a great love for seriousness. This should be obvious from this post itself, which is just as intolerant of levity as sarcasm is of seriousness. So it rather pains me that in the pop-cultural sphere, irony has become such a powerful force. It's a self-defense mechanism, a knee-jerk response, a permanent filter of perception, and a totalizing framework. Though there are some VERY SERIOUS ARTISTS (I'm well aware), and I understand how lots of people might find them pretentious and annoying, it seems like there's very little space left at the amateur level to experiment with real gravity and seriousness in art. It falls directly into the paper-shredder of judgment and gets laughed out of the cultural record. Just listen to random conversations at art museums, especially during tourism season, to see this in action.
Anyway, to beef up this post a little, I'll include a thing I wrote a while back, and never published, because it's painfully incomplete (it was originally written as a sort of meditation on why I dislike Entourage and Gossip Girl, despite their being fairly intelligent and well-acted).
FROM SOME TIME IN 2011:
I can relate to characters in fiction in two ways -- as caricatures (comedy), or as characters (drama). For the first type, I see their actions as absurdist, non-sequitors, as having no consequences except those of the scene, the immediate scenario, my immediate reaction, etc. For the second type, I form a moral understanding of their behavior. I evaluate their choices as either good or bad, and I anticipate a certain outcome. If they're well-intentioned, relatable, etc., I hope it works out well for them. If they're assholes, antagonistic, etc., I hope they get redeemed or punished in some way. I also try to understand their evolution, their "narrative arc," and when they change, I feel it's a serious change to the dynamic of the world they're a part of.
I'm happy laughing at the clowns, the caricatures. Laughing at them distances me from them. That kind of character is the kind you find in traditional cartoons (The Boss in Dilbert, all the characters in It's Always Sunny, Hagar the Horrible, etc). I feel no need to relate them to real world cause-and-effect or consequences. The second type of character is the type you encounter in anything dramatic, and in a certain way, I judge them... or, you might say, I evaluate their actions. I try to make sense of them and their world. If I don't like that kind of show, it's because I can't make sense of the world it takes place in. This often happens in shows where ill-intentioned characters are rewarded, or the virtue of selfishness or malice is implied. I just don't fit into those worlds, so I don't like those shows. Gossip Girl and Entourage are good examples.
Do I never like shows if I don't agree with the moral alignments of the protagonists? Not quite... the fact is, I just don't like these shows because their moral universe is so different from mine. Maybe the shows frustrate me because they don't validate my own values.
I don't like Entourage because it's all about a frat-boy universe. Even moreso than Friday Night Lights, which is more a family and social community universe. I don't like it because it's all about a flock of men, being the kind of man I was aggressively socialized not to be -- the shit-talking, alpha male, sexually aggressive, massively heteronormative male -- the kind of universe where I would get shit on, and would have to walk away out of shame and frustration. This is a world that I was socialized to reject, and apparently this instinct carries over, even to watching TV shows.
I don't like Gossip Girl because it's about a high school universe I was taught to resist and stay out of, a universe I was taught was unrewarding, even contemptible. The high school universe of cliques and social climbing and talking about people behind their backs and being part of a Machiavellian social battleground. The kind of place where high drama is the order of the day, where you see your immediate social relationships as the most important thing in the universe (I was always taught to try to enjoy myself, but look to the future, be focused on college and on making choices and being independent blah blah blah).
Is it true that aesthetic judgments are so often just our own projections and perceptions of ourselves, displaced onto the things we're critiquing? If so, is that okay?
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Labels: comedy, entourage, gossip girl, Portlandia, television
The Avengers compelled me to write this review immediately after seeing the film, which is totally not my style
I've read the backlash against The Avengers by the Serious Movie Advocates like A.O. Scott and Andrew O'Heir, and at my most disenchanted moments, I sympathize with them. However, it's a mark of the success of The Avengers that when I came out of the theater, I had turned into a fan of the purest, most obnoxious order... I wanted to go back to their reviews and post snarky responses about how they obviously didn't give it a chance, and they just didn't get it, and no matter how even-handed they sounded, I felt offended by the sneering subtext in their meta-criticism.
And as much as I find Samuel L. Jackson's snap at A.O. Scott to be childish, I understand where it came from. Just watching the movie made me want to stand up and cheer for it... I'd imagine that working on the film, acting the part of inspirational supervisor, can turn you into an unequivocal defender of its honor and integrity. Even the "splatter" graphic beside some Rotten Tomatoes reviews was enough to piss me off when I got home from the cinema. This is a testament to the very primal effectiveness of Whedon's film.
If I listed all the great things about the Avengers, I would certainly mark myself as a partisan. But I can't go and write a detached, ruminating reflection on its strengths and weaknesses, either, because I would severely understate its appeal. It's a film that feels great, even through all the spoilers, all the predictable twists, and all the formulas. So I'll take an entirely different angle in reviewing it: I'll list all the ways it COULD have gone wrong, and didn't. All the pitfalls it managed to avoid.
NOTE - Minor Spoilers Below
1 - sidelining any particular character, either in terms of plot-significance, or in terms of screen time
With Captain America and Tony Stark as the two sides of guiding authority, and Hawkeye and Black Widow acting as sharpened but compromised tools of team cohesion, the other Avengers are free to take on rogue personalities and profound narrative significance. In fact, arguably, Banner and Thor are both the best-rendered characters and the most interesting individual stories within this omnibus. Reegardless, all six Avengers are absolutely given their due, which is a lot to ask in such a broad ensemble film.
As other critics have pointed out, the dialog is also written with remarkable agility, giving each character a unique voice that becomes clear immediately and remains refreshingly consistent. I won't harp on it. Joss Whedon knows how to handle characters.
2 - failing to create sufficient tension and chemistry between the protagonists
A number of critics point out how important it is that the Avengers have to face one another for a while before they get around to saving the world. It does indeed entertain the old comic book impulse of asking, "Who would win? Thor, Iron Man, or the Hulk?" But saying it that way makes it sound like a gimmick, a mere necessity, checked off a comic book fanservice checklist. It's not.
These moments showcase the primal appeal of comic books and give it a platform to become universal. In particular, when Thor's hammer strikes Captain America's shield, or when Iron Man starts showing signs of distress in Thor's grip... these moments are the small climaxes and reactions that keep the adolescent male imagination engaged.
For the record, the writers of The Avengers also manage to create a surprisingly subtle ecosystem of emotional relationships between the heroes. By the end of the second act, tensions within the group have risen to dangerous levels, but this tension is always ambient, an inexact collision of big egos and cross-purposes. If the writers had reduced it to simple binaries at any time -- authority versus renegade, confrontation versus surrender, interpersonal vendettas, etc -- it would have cheapened it. Instead, the characters' relationships retain their complexity and ambiguity throughout the film.
3 - failing to create a central, compelling antagonist
Loki was not thoroughly sketched out in The Avengers. A good deal of this work was left to Thor; The Avengers treated him as a fairly generic fascist supervillain. Nonetheless, Tom Hiddleston does justice to the role, giving Loki the burning, resentful self-importance that the character needs to set the end of the world in motion. His sheer malice gives a special endearing significance to all his confrontations and evil speeches, and it makes for a whole array of great moments.
4 - failing to raise the stakes enough for us to care
Throughout the course of the extended climax, there are a whole range of things for us to be vicariously protective of. The world as a whole... New York, which is a focal point for an alien invasion force, threatened by both the invaders and by its own supposed protectors... Tony Stark's life, which he offers as a chip in an intergalactic gamble... and Tony Stark's love for Pepper Potts, which is tapped as a corollary to his potential sacrifice. There is a great deal on the table by the end of The Avengers, and the film insists on our continued investment.
5 - not giving us enough huge, city-blasting special effects
Okay, so they obviously weren't going to make this mistake.
A good deal of the credit for The Avengers goes to the film for reasons that are hard to nail down. In particular, it balanced dialog and action in an elusive way -- somehow it functioned as a "screwball comedy" tucked within a constant stream of combat set-pieces, as if a personable, charismatic virus had infected a Michael Bay film. To fans of comic books, this creates a universe in cosmic harmony, because we're used to a medium where people manage to make long expository speeches in the middle of hectic combat. Its overstated dramatic moments (big speeches, flashes of sentimentality) also resonated with that comic book artificiality, which becomes a worthy aesthetic in its own right when it's applied with conviction.
The Avengers was so committed to its audience and so respectful of its constraints that it might feel disappointingly pedestrian if it's not taken in a certain spirit. However, pedestrian it is not. For a 2.5-hour film, it moves incredibly fast. For a massive high-flying actioner, it's amazingly human. And for an obvious ensemble franchise entry, it's strikingly intimate. Whedon was given a pile of bricks and mortar, and out of it, he fashioned a sculpture that respects the materials, and at the same time transcends them, and all our expectations.
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Labels: comic book movies, joss whedon, movie criticism, sequential art, The Avengers
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