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The New York Times has named the owner of 134-meter Serene to be Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince. Serene was previously owned by Russian billionaire, Yuri Shefler who sold the megayacht to the crown prince in the summer of 2014. According to an associate of Mr. Shefler and a Saudi close to the royal family, Prince bin Salman had first spotted the 440-foot yacht whilst vacationing in the south of France. Interested in the megayacht, he dispatched an aide to buy the ship and the deal was supposedly done within hours at a price of near €500 million with Mr Shefler moving out of the yacht on the same day according to the New York Times.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) received an emergency call from 37m yacht, Masteka 2 at 5am on October 1st. According to the Maritime Herald, the vessel started getting water ingress and lost steering gear near New South Wales, Australia. Six people were on board at the time of the incident. The cruise ship Carnival Spirit, which was en route to New Caledonia, responded after the alert came in. The passenger vessel evacuated two crew members from Masteka 2 using their fast rescue boat. Engineers from the cruise ship assisted the rest of the crew in the salvage operation and stopped the water intake. The yacht was stabilized and under control, waiting for local authorities to dispatch a tug to tow it to the nearest harbor.
The Daily Mail has shared the pictures of 142m S/Y A on her sea trials. The vessel, owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, was built at Nobiskrug in Kiel. At the end of August Mr Melnichenko came to the German shipyard and the two A has finally met. With masts taller than Big Ben, she is worth an estimated $450million. During the sea trials, S/Y A has built up a speed of 20 knots despite of the fact that her three sails have not yet been revealed.
On 27th October 2016 Lurssen launched 123m Project Jupiter at its facility in Bremen, Germany. She features a very sporty and aggressive look similar to the owner's first yacht. With exterior design by H2 Yacht Design and interiors by March & White the yacht is scheduled for delivery in spring 2017. For both design teams this is their first Lürssen yacht, and the collaboration between all parties, including Winterbothams technical services and Y.CO Management team, has worked extremely well. March & White have designed a contemporary interior throughout the vessel defined by timeless styling, nautical details and highly innovative bespoke finishes.
With a beam of 20m her interior atrium opens up the center of the yacht to pull natural light deep into the yacht.
As you might know, The New York Times has recently named the owner of 134-meter Serene to be Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Russian billionaire, Yuri Shefler had commissioned Serene from Italy-based Fincantieri back in 2006 according to Italian media. In 2014, Fincantieri launched its second megayacht, the 140-meter Ocean Victory which was commissioned by another Russian oligarch, Viktor Rashnikov. Prior to its launch in December 2014 however, Fincantieri was ordered to pay €20.9 million to Serena Equity Limited (the company controlled by Shefler that owned Serene) by London courts. Shefler's main claim was that Fincantieri had used Serene, on which the billionaire says he holds intellectual property, to develop Ocean Victory which he says is a near sistership.
When reading about megayachts, it is easy to forget the actual scale of these vessels, often comparable with that of military and cruise ships. Here are a few images that show just how enormous these yachts are.
If you've ever been to the MIPIM real estate show or the Cannes Lions advertising festival, you've probably seen some of the most famous brands such as MailOnline or Yahoo chartering a superyacht to act as their local headquarters. Booked up to 9 months in advance, according to Bespoke Yacht Charter Broker, Alexander Coles, event charters offer a myriad of advantages for such companies during these trade shows. Synonymous with wealth and power, the yacht itself can act as a canvas for a company's brand, significantly increasing its standing during the show through the use of banners, flags, custom carpets and lots more.
The latest edition of the Monaco Yacht Show came to a close 6 days ago after 4 action-packed days for the Principality, writing the 26th chapter of a story full of ups and downs. The Monaco Yacht Show was initially created by Maurice Cohen, head of Media Plus and creator of several other shows. The French entrepreneur however later sold the rights to the show in 1994 to IIR, a show management company that, at the time, owned a competing event, the Superyacht de Nice which has since slipped into oblivion. By 2002, the show boasted 65 yachts, half of the number of yachts in Port Hercules this year, with the 62-meter Lady Lola as a headliner. 300 onshore exhibitors had already taken up booths by this 12th edition and spanned over an area of 4,500 square meters, attracting near 15,000 visitors.
Dutch Yachting has shared the new photos of the latest Oceanco sailing yacht Y712. 106m superyacht hit the water for the first time at the Keppel Verolme shipyard in Rotterdam on September 19. She is Holland's largest yacht to date as 110m Project Jubilee is currently under construction at Oceanco. Nuvolari Lenard Design is responsible for both the exterior and interior design and Oceanco & Dykstra Naval Architects for the naval architecture. The three DynaRig masts will power the 2,700 GT full-rigged sailing yacht to more than 20 knots.
Earlier this week Chinese conglomerate, Lai Sun Group acquired 49.9% of Camper and Nicholsons International for €13 million in what became the latest deal in a series of yacht-related acquisitions led by Chinese beneficiaries. The deal turned out to be a major financial success for Camper and Nicholsons' majority stakeholder, Colosseum Services, a Swiss luxury-goods company that had acquired the brokerage firm for a mere sum of €1 million following the liquidation of Rodriguez Group in 2014. It didn't however become the first time a struggling company in yachting was saved by Chinese behemoths.


The New York City Wine & Food Festival is about to bring a million food stars to town in support of two excellent hunger-fighting organizations: the Food Bank for New York City and Share Our Strength. So it's more than appropriate that chef/hero Mario Batali is unofficially kicking off the weekend with a charity event of his own. Tonight at Del Posto, Mario will host a supersonic dinner and auction to raise money for the Mario Batali Foundation, whose admirable mission is to make sure kids are well read, well fed and well cared for. The guest list: Mary J Blige, R.E.M., Maggie Gyllenhaal and more special guests yet to be announced. The signature cocktail: Batali Rocks (gin, fresh clementine juice, gold flake garnish), created by über-mixologist Tony Abu Gamin who will be there mixing them at the party. The Batali-made menu: shrimp scampi with soft polenta; roast pork with Parma Lambrusco conserva. The auction items: the subject of tomorrow's blog.


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Japan art and Maekawa Senpan: Bathhouse to landscapes
The Japanese artist Maekawa Senpan (1888-1960) first studied oil painting under Asai Chū and other instructors at the Kansai Art Academy. However, Maekawa moved on to the sosaku hanga (creative prints) artistic movement.
The British Museum says, "Maekawa was born in Kyoto, the younger brother of a minor print-artist, Asaga Manjiro (1885-1965). He studied at the Kansai Bijutsuin from 1905, at first with Asai Chu (1856-1907), and moved to Tokyo in 1911 where he began his long career as a cartoonist on the magazine 'Tokyo Puck'. In Tokyo he was inspired by Minami Kunzo (1883-1950) to take up self-carved woodblock printing, which he taught himself over a long period."
Maekawa was inspired by the prints of Minami Kunzō (1883-1950) in the dying days of the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Hence, he experimented with art and was self-taught in sosaku hanga.
He famously said, "It took me ten years to learn technique; later I got acquainted with some artisans and found they could have taught me the same thing in a few hours."
In the book Modem Japanese Creative Prints (1955) by Oliver Statler, he comments, "He is one of those refreshing personalities who appears to be doing, without trumpeting, exactly what he wants to do. His work has a fresh, naive style, liberally salted with a sense of humor."
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Like parents of adolescents around the world, Marvelous' parents were worried about her. Marvelous seemed depressed, felt inferior, got into arguments with her peers, and was withdrawn at home. Because Marvelous was shorter than other teens, she was teased and made fun of to the point of bullying both at school and at home. Her response was to assume that she was hated and to lash back in a rude and aggressive manner. Florence lived on the same street as Marvelous in Iju, one of the trenches* in Lagos, Nigeria. Florence is a Young Life leader who is a second-generation leader on the leadership tree of Eva John, a volunteer who helped start Young Life in Nigeria. Florence met Marvelous on the street and invited her to club. Marvelous felt loved right away. From there she got to go to camp in 2018, where she heard the great news of Jesus and began a new life in Him. She went back home different in heart and began pursuing Him by attending club and Campaigners, spending time with Florence, and learning and growing in private. Soon, she was a leader among her peers, and in 2021, she became a Young Life leader herself.
Marvelous is so changed that she is now attending University and studying business administration. Her parents are extremely proud of her. Her older siblings, who could not go to University because of the cost, are assisting their parents in paying for Marvelous to go. The change in Marvelous after beginning her relationship with Christ was so profound that all of them could see the potential in her, and they all wanted to help her rise to that potential. Marvelous leads where she grew up. The teen girls that she pours into are the next generation of lovers of Jesus. In a spiritual sense, Eva is Marvelous' great-grandmother, and now Marvelous has disciples on her own leadership tree. Spiritual generation after spiritual generation, God is affecting the community of Iju, and Marvelous stands as an example of the fruit of a life lived to love and serve God. Young Life Africa and the Middle East are so proud of her and in awe of God's good works in her life!


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Please can you send me Broadband/Router specialist contact details too? I am having issues connecting a work laptop on Cisco VPN with disconnects every 30s, whilst my housemates work vpn (non Cisco) is fine.
Our Broadband team can help with this @alexgregory85. Please send us your details via the private message I've sent across for you.
Alex, could I have these contact details as I am trying to connect with VPN and feel this may be the same issue the others above have been experiencing.
@DYADAV If you're looking for the contact details of our team, then please check the private message I've sent you.
Of course @OE_Horizon, one of our Broadband Specialists will be happy to help in any way they can. I've sent you a private message so you can get in touch with us directly.
I have also just moved to Vodafone broadband and am having trouble accessing VPN. The technical team said it is impossible, which contradicts what is said in this thread. Would you be able to let me have the details of the router specialist team, please?
I went through the steps advised in your private message and raised a query with the reference code you provided.
Your support team came back to me saying that they can not help with setting VPNs as they do not support it as a provider.
Is this really the case? If so, why refer us to raising a ticket privately if the answer if enivitably going to be that you can't do it?
So VPN is not supported or was the helpdesk not able to help?
I urgently need a VPN as I am self employed and need access to my files on the go.
Currently my NAS is runnung 24/7 which is not a viable solution.
@jpope Hi there, although we can't support a VPN as it's not a service that we are providing. The router itself should be able to handle this as a connection. What is it that happens when you try to connect to your VPN?
@carp3di3m Hi there, I'll say the same as I said to @jpope although we can't support a VPN as it's not a service that we are providing. The router itself should be able to handle this as a connection. What is it that happens when you try to connect to your VPN?
Please also put me in touch with your Broadband team.
Just a suggestion... could one of your Broadband team post the solution to this into this forum so that many users could resolve their own issues rather than having to go through the support hoops ?
did you understand the question we are asking?
The router itself should be able to handle this as a connection. What is it that happens when you try to connect to your VPN? -> we are trying to connect to the Vodafone router, but it does support the conection.
We are all trying to setup the VPN directly in the settings of the Vodafone provided router.
There is an option to configure a VPN server so that we can connect to the Router and then through the VPN get into our home network.
Does Vodafone not support this?
As we need to request personal details from you to arrange for one of our Broadband Specialists to contact you @Coverdale regarding your VPN issue, please get in touch by following the instructions in this private message.
Could I please be contaced per private message, too?
I have been waiting now since last year.
So after speaking to Vodafone support .... again ... Vodafone advised me to go out and buy a router and then take their router out of my network. Awesome. Kind of feels like having to pay again for something that is freely included in everyone elses offering.
I am now counting down the days to rid myself of this company. I have been constantly underwhelmed by the entire experience.


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Hendersonville residents have a median age of 45 and earn a median household income of about $35,800 per year. Median home values are also great and sit just over $268,000 - making this town both affordable and extremely popular among retirees or first time home buyers. It's easy to understand why this charismatic city finds itself on a list of the 100 Best Small Towns in America.
Hendersonville is home to the annual North Carolina Apple Festival, an event that typically pulls in as many as 50,000 spectators each year. Main Street downtown also hosts several other festivals and special activities during the year. Locals also enjoy having the ability to catch a show from the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, an experience usually only found in major cities.
Anyone who spends enough time in this city will also become extremely familiar with Flat Rock Playhouse. The infamous Mr. Papes has performed there, and it's also the state theater of North Carolina. Flat Rock Playhouse is even considered one of the 10-best seasonal theaters in all of the United States.
Much like the city of Asheville, Hendersonville is quickly making its mark as one of the best places for arts and culture in North Carolina. Famous American poet and author Carl Sandburg spent his last 20+ years at Connemara, his 264-acre estate in Flat Rock that today serves as a National Historic Site. The Henderson County Heritage Museum along with the Mineral and Lapidary Museum offers visitors unique views of giant geodes, a Tyrannosaurus skull, and almost everything you could possibly need to know about the history of Carolina.
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Anyone who enjoys being outdoors will surely love living in Hendersonville. The city is surrounded by the Pisgah, Nantahala, and Chattahoochee National Forests, public spaces that offer different hiking trails and adventures for people of all skill levels. Horseback riding, fishing, skiing/snowboarding, bird watching, and camping are also popular activities all year round. Before the population started to grow more rapidly in Hendersonville, this area was a magnet for coastal families wanting to escape the summer heat in other parts of the East Coast. If going up into the mountains isn't really your thing, don't worry; the city also has a number of different golf courses and at least a dozen different parks for you to check out.
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How I Got Over My Fear of Starting Therapy
Maggie Ryan
12 January 2022, 8:21 pm ·5-min read
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"I should probably go to therapy," I told my friends for about a year and a half before I actually took the leap. It's a hard thing to do, starting therapy, when hardly anyone you know has done it: none of my family and only one of my close friends. I second-guessed myself constantly at the start. Did I really need this? Wouldn't it be awkward? Would it actually be worth the money? And, of course, finding a therapist isn't easy, so I had plenty of opportunities to procrastinate, and I took full advantage of them.
At some point, though, my coping mechanisms ran out, and I felt like I had nothing to lose. It's scary to start something new, but it's not fun to be anxious and unhappy all the time, either. If you're trying to psych yourself up to start this process, or if you're just wondering what's it like, here's what starting therapy was like for me.
Should I Go to Therapy? Here's How I Knew
You don't need to have a mental illness to go to therapy. Even if you know this already, it bears repeating, because this stigma makes a lot of people think therapy isn't meant for them. In truth, therapy can be beneficial for everyone. But still, I heard these things for years before I even thought about going to therapy. Making this decision is a personal journey, and the factors are different for everyone. Here's why I started therapy:
I didn't know how to handle my emotions. The best way to describe what I was feeling was pent up, like I had all this stress, fear, and anxiety building pressure inside. My old tricks (journaling, exercise) felt like only temporary fixes; the feeling kept coming back.
I felt overwhelmed by everyday life. Small decisions felt impossible to make, I catastrophized like a pro, I got anxiety about every little thing - on top of the whole "the world is ending" feeling I've had for the last two years. I was so overwhelmed, I started getting emotional and upset over even the smallest inconveniences. I felt like I wasn't equipped to handle anything.
I just wanted someone to talk to. I could open up to my friends and family about some of these issues, but couldn't get past the idea that I was burdening them or that they might judge me. It was comforting to think that a therapist wouldn't judge me (they've presumably seen just about everything in their profession) and that it was their job to listen to me and give me advice, so I wouldn't have to feel guilty about overloading them with my problems.
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I'm not here to sugarcoat things, so in all honesty, starting therapy was hard, nerve-wracking, and uncomfortable. First you have to find a therapist (difficult, scary), and then you have to actually talk to them about your problems (terrifying) - but sometimes you have to go through the scary stuff because you know there's something better waiting for you on the other side. I kept telling myself it would be worth the stress and uncertainty, and it has been. Here's what my experience starting therapy was like:
Finding a therapist is stressful, but there are tools to help. It's notoriously difficult to find a therapist that you like, but it helps if you're not starting from scratch (aka googling "therapists in my area"). I recommend trying an app or website that matches you with a therapist based on your needs; I used one to find my therapist, and it took some stress out of the process.
You might be scared at first. It's natural to be nervous or anxious when you start therapy, especially if it's your first time or you're not used to opening up to other people, let alone a stranger you just met. You can mention that to your therapist in your first session, if you want (I did) - they won't be shocked, and you can talk about why this process is scary for you.
You'll start learning right away. This depends a bit on your therapist, but my therapist started giving me tips and tricks for dealing with my anxiety in the very first session, which was exactly what I wanted from therapy: to be able to rant about my life and then get advice on how to deal with it. I left my first session feeling a little shaken and nervous but also proud of myself and excited to try out her suggestions. It was rewarding to get this kind of confirmation that starting therapy was the right choice.
Therapy is whatever you want it to be. Most therapists will let you dictate the style of your therapy, whether you're looking for concrete strategies and specific goals, or just want someone to talk to (or a combination). Communicating those preferences to your therapist can help you personalize your sessions to your needs and ultimately make them more effective. For example, I wanted an active therapist who'd ask lots of questions and give me strategies I could directly implement into my life, and by the end of the first session, I could tell that's what I'd gotten.
It took me a long time to convince myself that, yes, I should go to therapy, and, yes, it will be worth the stress and anxiety at the beginning. Several sessions in, it's already been incredibly rewarding to see the process pay off, which is why I'm here writing this. If you think you could benefit from therapy, let this be the sign to go for it, even if you're scared, even if you don't think anything is "wrong" with you. It's worth it to take care of yourself and put your mental health first.
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A sobering reflection of Britain's obsession with drinking. We mustn't accept a rise in alcoholism as inevitable, writes Prof Woody Caan, while Isabella Stone bemoans taxpayers having to fund No 10's boozy culture. Plus letters from Catherine King, Mike Pender and Owen Wells
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With this emulator, you can also connect your favorite controller and enjoy the GBA games like you did in your childhood. Similarly to its No$GBA counterpart, mGBA features a multiplayer support . What's more, it features support for IPS and UPS patching at runtime, including archived ROM files, as well as basic cheat code support. If you're into doing speedruns, you should definitely set your sights on the BizHawk emulator, which comes second on our list. That being said, BizHawk is can be a viable option for your casual gaming.
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Make sure to check the full changelog to get a more indepth recollection of what's been changed. There's two possible sizes of EEPROM storage, but only one save code for both of them. Obviously if the emulator sets up an emulated 512-byte storage area, and the game expects 8 kilobytes of storage, that's not going to work out too well. VBA-M is also renowned for its exceptionally effective hacking debugging tools and effective graphic filters wherewith you can spice up the look of any old-school game.
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Besides, No Cash GBA also has gamepad or Joystick support to play Game Boy Advance games. No$GBA or No Cash GBA as it is known is another powerful GBA Emulator for Windows 10 / 8.1 /7. Besides GBA it can even emulate NDS games thus enabling it to use it as a two in one emulator. I can't seem to enable the library view on the PSVita so I'm assuming that it's for the PC versions of the emulator. It is recommended you update to the latest version as it could fix any issues you may have with your games.
One thing to know is that Nintendo has taken down a lot of roms like Pokemon ones, so if you find one, you might download it, but the file might be blocked. So search for whatever rom you want with "unblocked" at the end of it.
These early programs were often incomplete, only partially emulating a given system, resulting in defects.
Before the Virtual Console, Nintendo also used this tactic, such get more info as Game Boy Advance re-releases of NES titles in the Classic NES Series.
Programs like Marat Fayzullin's iNES, VirtualGameBoy, Pasofami , Super Pasofami , and VSMC were the most popular console emulators of this era.
More likely – if a company decides to punish you specifically – you'll get a takedown notice or a fine (both/either).
Few manufacturers published technical specifications for their hardware, which left programmers to deduce the exact workings of a console through reverse engineering.
higan strives to provide the most faithful hardware emulation possible. It focuses on accuracy and clean code, rather than speed and special features. It is meant as a reference emulator to document how the underlying hardware works. As a result the minimum system requirements are high.
You can change the default emulation speed, which means you can complete your game in the blink of an eye. Also, the emulator in question allows changing the controls and remapping the controller buttons to your liking. It's critical that you not only avail yourself of a reliable emulator but also safe ROMs. When downloading your preferred GBA game, make sure the website offering it is trustworthy and safe. Otherwise, you'll run t6he risk of infecting your computer and marring your gaming experience.
The reason why so many classic gamers opt for this emulator is constant and ongoing support BizHawk's developers provide for their creation. So, you shouldn't worry that in some half a year they will cease to support your emulator and you'll need to search for another emulator for your Gameboy Advance ROMs. To do this, you need to navigate to "Options" tab and select the "Emulation setup" option from there.
The microphone support is new and the manual should be consulted, where you will find out, among other things, that it is only supported in windows right now. Click the "OK" option to save the "3D Settings" and return to the main DS emulator window. The next time you start a game, the lag will be gone. The Nintendo 3DS emulator enables users to set internal resolutions up to 4k, which takes Pokemon games, and The Legend of Zelda gaming experience to a whole new territory.
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I attended the Sustainability Forum for 2018 on behalf ofo Dr. Catherine Becker, a Communication professor at University of Hawaii-Hilo. I was there to learn about Design Thinking, a process approach from Stanford University designed to help define actual needs and insights, leading to better approaches and products. As a result, instead of making people want things, we're making things people want. Design Thinking is supposed to be human-centric, with a bias towards action, using radical collaboration and a culture of prototyping to "show, don't tell" project proposals.
Opening Day was awesome! DBEDT Director Luis Salaveria gave us the VIP Opening Day Tour. It was especially meaningful to meet our Hawaii Island Representatives: Mark Nakashima, Nicole Lowen and Cindy Evans . We usually only get to see Governor Ige or Oahu government leaders. It was great to meet the people who are making a difference for our communities. I liked giving everyone SHYLI's cool materials. We made a big contribution in a little package.
History was made in Hawaii this week. The IUCN World Conservation Congress is held once every four years since it's founding in 1948. This is the first time the United States has been given the honor of hosting this international event. The IUCN World Conservation Congress brought together 10,000 leaders and decisions-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia, with the goal of conserving the environment and developing solutions to global challenges.
The Stone Soup Leadership Institute's 12th Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development was held in Menemsha. Founded on the Vineyard in 1997, the Institute trains young and emerging leaders to develop tools to build a sustainable world. It was auspicious when the Hokule'a arrived early right in Menemsha Harbor. In preparation for the Hokulea's arrival, delegates made leis with ti leaves brought from Hawaii Island.
Oceanit hosted SHYLI's Job Shadow Day Reception with mentors, parents, educators, and guests Luis Salaveria, Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism at State of Hawaii and sponsor Daniel Chun, Alaska Airlines. SHYLI's new video was premiered at the Reception featuring youth and mentors at Henk Rogers Ranch.
acknowledged Representative Jarrett Keohokalole and welcomed everyone.
Dedicated to Oceans, this year's Summit was held at the Mayhew House overlooking the blue waters of Menemsha. Local and global legends shared their time and talents for a rich and life-changing experience for everyone. Our young people were especially touched by Gandhi's Grandson Arun's message of peace.
My fellow youth delegate, Elijah Anakalea- Buckley, SHYLI emerging leader, Trevor Tanaka, and I gathered to share our experiences at the 11th Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development and Gandhi Youth Forum on the island of Martha's Vineyard.


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It is good that a song was sent that would tell prospective aliens a little about our species's spiritual life.
thats really cool,songs in space……….
to bad the others weren't here to experince this[, John & George] why do we put off the positive, and speed up the negitive ? (wars, polution global warming, etc?
This notion of transmitting the Beatles song to the North Star is a great idea, but I recently read somewhere (I think on BAUT) that transmissions of radio and TV signals degrade into just white noise after they travel a couple of lights years in distance. Is this true? If so I hope this particular transmission doesn't cost anything!!
So, are they pointing the antenna directly at Polaris? I mean, where we see Polaris to be? Because, from what I understand, Polaris isn't there due to the time it takes for it's light to reach us. If we really wanted to send a signal directly at the star, we'd have to know where it is RIGHT NOW and then compensate the angle for where it WILL BE in the 431 light years it will take for our signal to reach it. If you ask me, it's a silly PR stunt that is wasting money that would be better spent on real science.
I think it would be better if NASA transmitted "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". The aliens might get a kick out of it.
Well, I thought I might look up the answers to Johns question. So I did the usual internet search. E-gads! To answer that is very involved. But as an amateure astronomer myself, I would say that this "stunt" is mostly worthless. Good for press coverage and all that sort of thing, but very impracticle; based on my research into this so far. I am not into math so maybe one of you out there could crunch the numbers for us all and give us the exact answer, or at least a close one. seems to me that if we as an "intelligent" species wanted to send a goofy signal, should not we send one to somone who is very close to us? There are many star systems that are much closer. Lets pick one that measurements show that there is a planetary system in orbit around it. I mean, geez- let's get real here for crying out loud!
awsome really. Hopfully in 431 years we wont be invaded by aliens, but we will be asked of that was us who sent that beautiful song. We will say yes and then we will through a party showing the aliens more of the works of the greatest band in the universe.
Sending music into space is a great idea, as long as we know it will be heard where we want it to be…and as long as it isn't William Shatner.
But it's not a waste! It has people thinking and talking; quite possibly individuals who had not considered the meaning of space exploration. Our scientists have amazing jobs, finding amazing things, but so much is the dry waiting time. Think of this as cosmic recess…and you are invited.
All of you stodgy people need to chill out! This isn't completely about science. It's about the joy of music. So what if it degrades into white noise? So what if it costs money? So what it it's scientifically "useless?" It's about letting potential others maybe know something that has brought joy to millions of our species.
The statement "For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song " is true, but misleading. Yes, this is the first time *NASA* has beamed a song into space, but it is not the first such transmission. The first interstellar music transmission was "1st Theremin Concert for Aliens," transmitted in Aug-Sep 2001 by Dr. Alexander L. Zaitsev, from the Evpatoria Deep Space Station in Ukraine.
I think this is an awesome notion and experiment. Sure, we don't know if Aliens will have MP3 players to listen to this song or however it's being transmitted. It's just a fun way for NASA to celebrate it's well-deserved anniversary, as well as the Beatles'. True, there is no science to it, but it's a way for the world to appreciate music and science coming together for this event.
Ok, My husband and I are huge beatles fans. And we are both musicians. While this is a fabulous, music-exalting idea in theory, I find it all very silly. I also do not think this makes me any less a musician or a Beatles fan. Good day.
It's exciting anyway, and provokes you to think and take you out of the dull routine of day to day. I like to think John will hear it where ever he is in the universe!
where can one go to hear what this transmission sounds like? I'm interested to hear this.
This is one of the most amazing things I've heard of. My dad told me about it the day of the transmission. Which was one day before "Across The Universe" The Beatles musical motion picture came out on DVD. If you don't know what I'm talking about then look it up. But I have noticed over the past couple of years that The Beatles are making a comeback. I know that is kinda hard to do what with John Lennon and George Harrison not being with us anymore, but think about it. They made another Beatles movie, their song is broadcast through the stars, they've been mentioned in many other movies, i.e. Evan Almighty, Super Bad, Shrek 3, Dewey Cox, in Shallow Hal, and the list goes on. The Beatles might not be able to come back in full force, but they are coming back "To Battle!" At the Grammy's, Green Day and U2 performed songs written by The Beatles. Green Day did "Imagine" and U2 did "Instant Karma." All this talk and mention and work on and about The Beatles is not a coincidence, something "Sensational" is going to happen in the near future. "John Lennon vs. America" and much more, the members of the magical band may die, but their words, and music, and greatness, will never parish or dissapear. The Beatles will live on forever, there's no stopping them.
I cant believe I just found out about this today! And if you think the aliens are going to invade using ships. your wrong. They will most likely just try and defeat us in halo 3 on xbox live. Or just sneak in from Mexico!


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Semafone Appoints Three New Board Members to Accelerate Global Growth and Innovation
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Semafone®, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for call and contact centers, today announced the appointment of three new board members.
Joining the board as Chairman, based in the UK, is Carlos Sartorius and two Non-Executive Directors; Denise Parker and Michael Sterl, both based in the United States. All come from high-growth organizations and industries, with extensive experience in accelerating company growth. Sartorius, Parker, and Sterl will bring their unique backgrounds to help with strategic direction, the identification of new channels and partnerships, and expanding Semafone's customer base as the company works to provide cutting-edge technologies, solutions, and services to simplify and secure digital interactions.
"The appointments of Carlos, Denise, and Michael bring extensive experience and fresh perspective that will fuel our go-to-market strategy and grow our organization in the coming years,"
said Gary E. Barnett, CEO and Board Member of Semafone. "Each come with their own take on how to accomplish our goals supported by Carlos' operational and IT security knowledge, Denise's strong channel and fintech experience, and Michael's contact center insight. We're excited to have them be part of our team and to make Semafone even more successful."
Sartorius has held several executive leadership positions, most recently serving as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services at Citrix. He has years of experience as a trusted advisor, consultant, board member, and C-level executive, bringing a track record of transforming and growing businesses in the B2B technology sector including software, services, systems integration, product development, outsourcing, and infrastructure.
"I am honored to join Semafone's Board of Directors to help steer the organization through its next stage of strategic development and growth," said Sartorius, newly appointed Board Chairman. "Semafone is a leader in security and compliance, taking an impressive approach in educating and ensuring organizations handle consumer information safely and securely. I look forward to leading the Board and accelerating the company's growth and success."
Parker is the SVP, Global Head of Partners and Ecosystem for Finastra, the largest pure-play software vendor that serves the entire financial services industry. An international executive with over 20 years of experience in the Enterprise Software and Cloud market, she is passionate about creating strategies that align with the overall business vision and execute against it, delivering short- and long-term benefits to businesses. Parker holds a Master's in Engineering and a PhD from the Technical University in Zurich, Switzerland in Robotic Process Modelling.
Sterl brings extensive expertise to Semafone as a non-executive director, currently serving as the SVP of Sales at Intelisys, a ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC) company, and the nation's leading provider of technology services and solutions. Sterl co-founded Cloud Optik and Carve Digital, two companies focused on delivering world-class data and analytics platforms to channel partners. He also co-founded SimpleSignal, a unified communications service provider that was acquired by Vonage, where he served as regional vice president of channel sales post-acquisition.
"We're thrilled to welcome Carlos, Denise, and Michael to the Board of Directors, bringing decades of leadership and experience,"
said Curt Kahn, Head of US at Livingbridge and Semafone Non-Executive Director. "Ensuring we assemble an experienced and strategic team has been a priority as Semafone continues to grow exponentially and heads into the new year. We're looking forward to providing our collective leadership and knowledge to take full advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead."
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Orange shooting suspect charged with 4 counts of murder
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Orange Police Chief Dan Adams posts a picture of Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez during a press conference on April 1.
The suspected gunman who killed four people — including a 9-year-old boy — at a business complex in Orange, California, on Wednesday was charged with four felony counts of murder, prosecutors announced Friday.
Driving the news: Prosecutors said the suspect, Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, who was also wounded during the shooting, knew all of the adult victims through personal or business relationships.
They also said that Gaxiola locked the gates to the business complex from the inside prior to the shooting, preventing victims from fleeing the building and forcing responding officers to engage him from outside the building.
What they're saying: "The taking of the life of another human being is the most serious of crimes and the slaughter of multiple people while they were essentially locked in a shooting gallery is nothing short of terrifying," District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement.
The big picture: Gaxiola has also been charged with attempted murder of two police officers and attempted murder of a woman, among other charges, prosecutors said.
The incident in Orange was the third major mass shooting in the United States in just over two weeks. A gunman killed 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, and eight people were killed in shootings in Atlanta, Georgia.


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Styx: Shards of Darkness Gets a New Stealth Trailer
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Focus Home Interactive released a new trailer this week for the upcoming Cyanide Studio sequel, Styx: Shards of Darkness. You can check out the new "Art of Stealth" trailer, with new gameplay footage, in the player below. The game is set to arrive in March as a multi-platform release.
The new trailer shows Styx countering Elven defenses with a stealth attack that sees him using throwing daggers, knives, traps, and even chandeliers to distract and kill his enemies and steal the coveted Quartz, a source of magical power. Styx has his strengths boosted by the magical Amber that flows throughout his body and grants him magical abilities. These include amber vision, short-lived invisibility, and the ability to clone himself. The upcoming sequel also introduces crafting to the franchise, and Styx can create tools and gadgets to distract, disable, and kill his foes.
Styx: Shards of Darkness arrives in March 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. The final release date will be revealed later on. The game is available to pre-order now on Windows PC via Steam for a 10 percent off discount, and players will get exclusive access to the Akenash set, featuring the outfit and dagger from Styx's first adventure.
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GUWAHATI, Dec 2 – Author and Ramayani scholar of international repute, Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami's adyashraddha was performed at a widely-attended ceremony at her Gandhibasti residence today.
Throughout the day, close associates and admirers of Mamoni baideu thronged the residence of the distinguished writer and paid tribute to the departed soul. The rituals were performed by Mrinmoyee Goswami, niece of Dr Mamoni Raisom, who was very close to the writer.
The South East Asian Ramayani Research Institute, which was headed by Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami herself, is planning to preserve the Gandhibasti residence of the writer and convert the first floor of the house, where Dr Goswami lived, into a museum.
"Dr Goswami gave the library, which is on the ground floor of the Ramayani Research Institute during her lifetime. Now, according to the court deed, the first floor of the house would also go to the institute," Arun Goswami, a trustee of the institute told The Assam Tribune.
"We would soon organize a meeting of the trustees to select a chairperson of the trust that runs the centre and another trustee to complete the trust. We would also finalize the plan to convert the first floor of the house into a museum displaying Dr Mamoni Raisom's belongings.
"To preserve the memory of the literary icon, we are also thinking about preserving the entire house as a memorial, which has been done with the residences of many celebrated writers of the world," he said.
The centre is also contemplating a project to publish the research work on Thai and Karbi Ramayana in English. "The research work on both the projects is on and if the manuscript is approved by the competent committee, we would publish the research work," he mentioned.
Though her married life with Madhaven Raisom was not very long, Dr Goswami was able to make her place in the hearts of the people of Karnataka, the native State of her husband.
"Though she did not visit Karnataka quite often, the ties were not completely snapped after her husband's death. The people of the Karnataka were very happy when they came to know that the daughter-in-law of the State received the coveted Jnanpith Award," said Srijayanthi, niece of Madhaven Raisom, who came to the adyashraddha of the writer.
Vijaya Karnataka, a prominent daily newspaper of the State, is taking out a special supplement on her this Sunday.
"The Saga of South Kamrup, written by Dr Goswami, has been translated into Kannada. Now, we are planning to translate some more books of the writer into Kannada, so that more and more people can know about Dr Mamoni Raisom and her literature," she added.


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Foldscope - Simple and Affordable Hand Held Microscope
Posted Date: 23 Dec 2018 |Updated: 23-Dec-2018 |Category: General |Author: Umesh |Member Level: Diamond |Points: 20 |
Foldscope is a simple and affordable hand-held microscope developed in 2014 by Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, US and his team of graduate students. This article gives a detailed description of this innovation.
Foldscope is a low-cost microscope developed by Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, US and his team of graduate students. The first prototype was developed in the year 2014. One of his students James Cybulski is credited for further refining of the idea of opening up the commercial and hi-end aspects of this innovation.
The idea of creating a low-cost microscope using simple parts struck to Manu Prakash in 2011, when he was having a scientific visit to a field station in Thailand. There, he observed that though expensive microscopes were available in the station, people seldom used them and were afraid of or apprehended that this costly equipment might go bad or broken by their mistakes or mishandlings. It made Manu Prakash think to create a cheap, affordable and versatile device which was sturdy enough to be used in field conditions and people should not have a hitch to use it. He also thought to supply the Foldscope in form of an easy to assemble kit so that people can assemble it themselves.
His idea got recognition from many organisations and some of them even funded him for developing this device. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave a grant of US $100,000 for this research to him in November 2012.
What is a Foldscope
The Foldscope comes as a kit containing a punched sheet of thick plastic coated paper which can be easily folded along the guidelines, a LED (light emitting diode), a watch battery and spherical glass lens kit with multiple lenses providing magnification from 140X to 2000X. This magnification is sufficient to observe microbes in crops or other agricultural and dairy products in remote field conditions, where having an expensive microscope is neither possible nor affordable.
The kit also comes with a magnet with which it can be attached to a smartphone for taking the pictures of the sample. Foldscope kit has a precise folding system akin to Japanese Origami art and it helps for the required optical focusing.
After folding, the Foldscope looks like a flat piece of a device which can be held in the palm and a microscope slide with a sample to be studied can be pushed and moved in between the two layers of the paper using the thumb and forefingers and eye can be kept on the lens to see the sample. For different samples, the lens is to be changed depending upon the magnification required.
The use of this Foldscope is very easy and is an ideal device to be used in remote field areas for detection of pathogens and other microbes for their early identification so that remedial action to control the pest or disease can be taken up quickly by the concerned agencies.
What is the Cost of Foldscope
The prototype developed by Manu Prakash costs only around $1 in the US as all the components used are the cheapest parts available in the market. Even the ordinary spherical lens is used in place of the high precision ground lens generally used in the costly high-end microscopes.
What is the Foldscope Project
Manu Prakash had initiated an ambitious Foldscope Project which got funded from some of the foundations like Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and under it 50000 numbers of Foldscope were planned to be distributed in various countries to the students and people in remote areas to use it and give feedback and share their experience in a site called Foldscope Explore. Manu Prakash feels that by increasing the usage of this device in such remote places around the world a lot of data regarding the microorganisms can be collected which can eventually lead ways to learn the advantages for mankind from the natural abilities of these organisms.
In 2015, the Department of Biotechnology in our country also announced a pilot program to use these Foldscopes in schools as a teaching aid for the students of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Future Scope in the Foldscope Innovation
The Foldscope has proven itself as an affordable device to examine and analyse the scientific samples in various natural and biodiversity situations. It's increasing use will open up new vistas and dimensions for its acceptability in the remote agricultural and forest areas.
Presently it is not adapted to be used as a medical diagnostic tool because there are risks of getting infected from the contaminated samples as it has to be brought very near to the body while adjusting it for focussing and pinpointing the sample.
Jim Cybulski, who is a former student of Manu Prakash, is doing research to develop a modified Foldscope for medical diagnostic testing, which will cost at least $10 and will have facility of a built-in projection system so that more people can view the magnified results on a screen rather than bringing it near to their eyes and cheek skin.
Foldscope is a brilliant innovation which paves ways for other such innovations for replacement of costly scientific instruments. Scientists like Manu Prakash have shown that simple and affordable scientific devices can be designed and fabricated for the use of common masses and can be made available in the remotest part of the world for scientific exploration.
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The Saint Louis church will open its doors to us to relive the heyday of Bossuet, Bourdaloue and the royal court.
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While the initial accident is clearly disruptive, many people find themselves lost when it comes time to handle the situation long after the accident. Police reports, paperwork, the recovery process in case of injuries, can end with the patience of the most tolerant person. When it comes to handling such situations, knowledge is true power: if one understands the process of accidents, both before and after, you will be able to survive through a rough ordeal relatively unscathed.
What does a driver need to know about a motor vehicle accident?
Can knowledge be useful to all when it comes to an accident or should the driver simply expect the best? After recovering from an injury, what happens next? First of all the driver can benefit from learning to avoid accidents in the first place. Second, a driver must be aware of the legal consequences that may result from an accident. Third, a deep understanding of the insurance policy is a must-knowing exactly what a policy covers and what it does not, puts the driver in a better planning position, in terms of determining how to handle the situation. In essence, the understanding of all policies and regulations, can put the driver in a position of advantage: if the driver knows exactly what to do after an accident, there will be fewer problems to cope with and less stress on the driver or on the driver's family.


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Atom Egoyan with Arsinée Khanjian by Liza Béar
"My biggest fear when I'm making a film is whether or not that contrivance calls attention to itself and distances you from the suspension of disbelief."
BOMB 30 Winter 1990
Katell le Bourhis by Elizabeth Cannon
Sylvia Heisel by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
Mary Gaitskill by Stephen Westfall
Anish Kapoor by Ameena Meer
Jane Campion by Lynn Geller
Richard Price by Amos Poe
Eduardo Machado by Stuart Spencer
Carroll Dunham by Betsy Sussler
Marlane Meyer by Lance Loud
Jonathan Lasker by Shirley Kaneda
Sarah Charlesworth by Betsy Sussler
Fay Weldon by Craig Gholson
Max's Notebook by Guy Gallo
Boulevard Solitude by John Ash
Thirty Messages by Lance Olsen
There's No Knowing by Michael O'Keefe
Two Poems by Michael O'Keefe
Peaceable Household by Amirh Bahati
Metes and Bounds by Elisabeth Cunnick
Six Photographs by Tina Barney
Self-Portraits 1 and 1A by Claudia Hart
#30 Issue
Gus Van Sant by Gary Indiana
Atom Egoyan.
Atom Egoyan's third feature Speaking Parts is that rarity: a conceptual breakthrough as well as entertainment of the highest order. A mystery-romance set in a cavernous hotel, Speaking Parts combines the sensuality of cinema, the immediacy of video and the binary logic of drama to make a subversive statement about the power of the recorded image. No mean feat: it does this without going into self-destruct. The characters' amorous needs and professional aspirations are wittily served by taped or interactive video, bridging chasms of time and space, the image a wanton substitute for physical presence: Egoyan makes you think as he makes you laugh. Ultimately, through Arsinée Khanjian's Lisa as the emotional driving force of the film, (and the only one who's not part of the image-making machine) the watchful, insidiously pervasive technology is vanquished. In a final ironic twist, fantasy loses its stranglehold, and passion triumphs over opportunity.
Aided by a superb Canadian cast and crew, 29-year-old Egoyan brought in the silky production ahead of schedule and under budget. Zeitgeist plans a February 1990 theatrical release in Seattle, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.
211 West Broadway. A table by the window. In town for their New York Film Festival debut, Atom and Arsinée breeze in, windswept and animated. We order, and soon get down to business.
Liza Béar I suspect you both come out of the Toronto theater scene?
Atom Egoyan Yes … Aren't you eating?
LB I'll have some soup. This deadpan, laconic acting style in your films—is that something you developed in your theater work?
AE My first theater work all had to do with questions of communication, and people's ability to confront each other—the tendency to overcomplicate our dialogues in order to get to very simple points which everyone is too embarrassed to actually recognize.
LB Verbal redundancy.
AE Right. In some of the plays I've done, the verbosity of the characters is taken to an extreme. That was the theme of one play where these three boys are at a beach presumably to look at women, but one character who's very verbose, very nervous is actually a suppressed homosexual. His two friends bring him to the beach to watch him suffer as he spins these incredibly intricate tales which they know are fatuous. It's a very cruel piece. The last play I did, the one I did in residence, which never actually got produced, was about …
LB Minimal language?
AE Very minimal language. And at that point I realized I would find better expression for this type of language in film than in theater.
LB Why?
AE Well, first of all there was the frustration of getting a play produced. I find that, strangely enough, it was far easier and more tangible for me to go ahead and make a film than to wait for a theater company to option a play.
LB How did the two of you meet?
Arsinée Khanjian I was in community theater in Montreal. We were rehearsing The Mousetrap in Armenian. Atom was in Montreal looking for an Armenian older couple for Next of Kin . He was going around to theatre groups to see who was there. So I got auditioned and a week later he called and said I got the part. I didn't know if I was supposed to accept it or refuse it, but I thought I'd better accept.
LB Why did she have to be Armenian?
AE Because the film deals with this Armenian … this boy who transplants himself. He's very dissatisfied with his English-Canadian family and they're in therapy because he can't really deal with his own identity. And while he's in video therapy with these people …
LB Oh, so you had already used video in the first film.
AE Oh yeah. It was the type of therapy where people's conversations are taped and they go back later on and look at their reactions. Through that, perhaps, they come to some sort of revelation about why they're behaving the way they are in their family situation. So one day, by mistake, he sees the tape of another family. And this other family are Christian Armenian immigrants who had to give up their son for adoption when they came to Canada because they couldn't afford to keep him. In the meantime, they'd had a daughter who's grown to reject their very traditional values, which is why they're in therapy.
LB Arsinée played the daughter?
AE Yeah. Anyway, while the boy's watching this tape he gets the idea of tracking this family down and telling them he's their son, using all the information he's gained about these people through the tape. So it's a very … odd film.
AK (To Atom) The funny thing is, you hesitated initially because you didn't at all perceive the character with an accent.
LB Would you say you'd rejected traditional Armenian values?
AK (laughing) Oh yes, God knows.
AE Actually our meeting was probably the biggest rejection.
LB Was the family opposed to uh …
AK Well, I had studied theatre in Montreal, classical theatre …
LB Molière, Racine …
AK Oh yes, all of that, but after that I had switched my course of studies to languages, partly because acting was not a perceived profession.
LB Is Armenia mostly Muslim or Christian?
AK Oh, Christian. It's a Soviet republic right now, fairly small. The reason I was born in Lebanon, as were my parents, is because of the Armenian genocide in 1915, in which millions of Armenians were massacred by Turks in their villages in what is presently Eastern Turkey. So my grandfather left Eastern Turkey and went to the Middle East, and that's how we ended up in Lebanon.
AE And my people went to Egypt so that's where my roots are.
LB Believe it or not, one of my grandparents was born in Cairo and another in Turkey. (laughter)
AK Well, here we are.
Arsinee Khanjian in Speaking Parts directed by Atom Egoyan, a Zeitgeist Film release.
LB So how did your collaboration develop?
AE Well …
AK When we met it was …
LB His turn.
AK Yeah. Good. (pause).
AE (Slowing down a little) It was a very strange type of meeting … Because of Arsinée's social position, the fact that it ended up being a … permanent relationship, working and living, actually came as a surprise. It's strange when you're so close to somebody and yet you use them to communicate images, you make images of them. It's a very perverse type of activity to engage in, and yet it's worked out quite well.
AK It was funny, after we finished shooting Next of Kin Atom was completely out of money. He already didn't have anything. I mean, he shot that film on a $37,000 budget so …
LB Which you got from the Canada Council?
AE Yes, but after being rejected a number of times.
AK … So to survive, he went back to this job he'd had for $5 per hour working as a doorman …
AK … At a very academic college at the University of Toronto.
AK And we spent the whole summer at the door of the college, opening it and closing it. It was quite interesting … We were talking earlier, about how you lose that excitement about things …
LB Already?
AK Yeah. After Next of Kin we got small offers. Every time it was a great occasion for happiness, we'd react physically, jump up and down and express it, and now … now we can choose, which wasn't necessarily the case at the beginning. Things have happened quite fast, too. In five years.
AE I've always considered my work to be quite marginal in a way …
LB But you choose really major themes, don't you? I don't think love, sex, death, communication are marginal themes, I think they're very central and that's why you get the audience response that you do.
AE It's funny, I never really see it that way. I know those are the themes I'm dealing with but I always find my approach to them is as oblique as possible …
LB All the same, I don't know if you want to call yourself marginal …
AE Because it's like the kiss of death! All right, all right. (Rephrasing) The issues that I'm dealing with are extremely pertinent, have a strong relevance to anyone, but the processes I use to interpret them are very personal and deeply felt and idiosyncratic. It has taken me probably this film to realize there is a large audience for them, and that's something that's come to me very, very slowly.
LB Between your second feature, Family Viewing and Speaking Parts , there was only a two-year time span. By US independent standards, that seems remarkably short, and the difference between …
Waiter Are you going to order anything else?
LB Maybe … And the difference between the two is so great that I suspect something quite major must have happened that enabled you to … Apart from having a much bigger budget.
AE No, not that much bigger.
LB Structurally, Speaking Parts is much tighter than Family Viewing . The art direction …
AE What happened is very simple. After Family Viewing , and not because of Family Viewing , I was approached to direct a number of programs for two TV series that were shooting primarily in Canada, Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents , and I directed a number of those episodes. Being part of that production machine, I became aware of how to create a certain look.
LB So you learned under pressure of having to direct at a …
AE Frantic, frantic pace. And I also learned how to create images that are seductive. In Family Viewing , the images are meant to be degraded, they're meant to separate you, to an extent. In Speaking Parts , since the film is so much about people being seduced by images of each other, it was very important that the images themselves be very seductive, otherwise it wouldn't have worked, I don't think. And what's interesting for most people is that Speaking Parts has a look that they associate with a type of film that doesn't require the kind of thought processes that they undergo when they see it …
LB What's great though, is you make them laugh at the same time.
AE Especially in the English language. I think it's probably quite unusual for people who speak with a North American accent to find themselves in the middle of this beautiful rich film which has very high expectations of its audience, which doesn't ask them to go to sleep for two hours. Usually the production value is used to disguise the fact that you're looking at a film. You're supposed to take yourself to this reality, which is the image, and to forget the fact that you're watching a photographed image, to almost accept it as a sequence of events that's actually happening, that you lose yourself to. And really I'm trying to subvert that sensation.
LB Hmmmm … Well, you can't subvert it totally because you need suspension of disbelief on one level at least. But you do engage on multiple levels. The whole structure of the film is pretty interesting The opening sequence of the film consisted of one-beat scenes. They were also one shot, one unit of …
AE Of information …The film is about dialogue. No more than two characters are ever in a scene together, and whenever there is a third character he's asked to leave. The groom, for instance, in the bridal interview scene …
LB Which is hilarious, by the way.
AE In a sense, the concerns of one scene are mirrored in the concerns of the next. For instance, Lisa's looking at a videotape of the bride's father while Lance is being auditioned by Clara. Then Lisa goes to the orgy while Lance and Clara are masturbating via video teleconference. And there's the whole wedding sequence when Lisa is behind the camera, while Lance finds out he's got the part that Clara auditioned him for.
LB So what are you saying, you used intercutting to do what?
AE To create a dialogue between scenes. Also, because the dramatic impetus for a lot of my films requires people to have knowledge of other characters, it's always important for me to define an environment which will allow that to happen. In Next of Kin , there was the video therapy clinic which allowed characters to hop in and find histories of other people. Information about someone is the most difficult thing to gain access to in real life. It's usually held at a great great distance from you.
LB I liked your new definition of character profiles in the After Dark video store. Eddie draws a character profile of Lisa on the basis of the videos she rents.
AE Right, right. I'm very interested in what you said, there being problems one has to find a solution to, that really figures in my own thinking dramaturgically. Devices like coincidence …
LB … Simultaneity …
AE … Simultaneity, those ideas are very important to me. My biggest fear when I'm making a film is whether or not the contrivance calls attention to itself and distances you from the suspension of disbelief. I remember when I was making my second film, Family Viewing , to me the most contrived moment in that was when the two grandmothers were exchanged. I was torturing myself over, how do you create this moment? And I talked to a friend, a filmmaker, and he said something so simple, ultimately you have to create a world in which that sort of thing can happen. And that is really the greatest challenge … through the tone of the piece through the feel of the piece, you create a world where certain properties can exist. Properties which may be heightened or surreal or totally improbable in our day-to-day lives.
LB A world in which people go to a special place to watch videotapes of their deceased relatives is already a bit absurd. It makes me think of Soylent Green .
AE It's about five years ahead, I would say. I wouldn't say it's totally a science fiction world. They have them in Japan.
LB The shot of Clara watching her dead brother in the video mausoleum bothered me.
AE But you know we are a culture obsessed with the preservation of image and perhaps you're not familiar with the fact that people do go to cemeteries and look at tombstones where images are kept.
LB Well, I'm not. But in that scene, I feel the video is a violation of the human mind.
AE But that's just it! The whole film is about things being violated. But being violated in such insidious ways that we're not entirely sure who has the right to lay claim to what history. And even in this perverse sort of situation where Clara has made the disastrous mistake of thinking she can create a sacrifice equal to the one her brother made for her with her script. Of course, the moment you decide to make an object of something emotional, a feeling, a memory, all of a sudden because it is an object it can be bartered with, it can be taken away from you, it can be changed, it can be manipulated.
LB There's the artist's dilemma in a nutshell.
AE The way the script started was as a love relationship set in a hotel between two people who worked in the hotel. I'd written that as a play some time ago, and it was based very much on a situation I'd encountered delivering laundry and that sense of being in a working environment with someone that you adored and only being able to see them when you had a functional reason to do so. Being too shy to be able to go farther than that, and yet going out of your way to provide them with special towels, making sure they were provided for in a special way. The other person of course doesn't care if you give him hand towels when he's run out …
LB Or leave red roses in the dryer …
AE I like that sort of situation, that tension. So that was the point of departure. And also I like the types of relationship that occur during a film production, when people become involved in the creation of illusions, because they're in a very odd frame of mind and it's conducive to romance.
LB A very intense frame of mind.
AE Yes, and yet it's also very fragile, very precarious. So the point of departure was the idea of the hotel, the laundry room, the person delivering, the cart in the hallway …
LB That gave you a lot of nice sound cuts, that cart.
AK A lot of trouble to me too.
LB You really started with a dramatic premise. What about the video element?
AE Well, that came very late. To be quite honest, after Family Viewing and after Next of Kin , those two films which deal so much with the video image, I was very wary of doing it again because I didn't want to repeat myself. And I know with Family Viewing I'd done something with the video image which is quite radical, inasmuch as I made it part of the form of the film …
LB It allowed you to do a heck of a lot.
AE And once I said, Okay, look, it's stupid pretending I'm not fascinated and obsessive about this image and I don't really care if I'm called limited, I have to use this, because the type of subject matter I'm dealing with, the whole idea of romantic projection, ideas of representation and presentation, the differences between the two, needed to have a cinematic equivalent. I could not do it literally and do full justice to the complexity of my ideas.
Waiter Dessert is chocolate pecan pie, chocolate misericorde, carrot cake, raspberry …
LB What was I going to say … real time is in film, right, and …
Waiter… French sorbet. Raspberry Windsor tart?
LB Anything that's fantasy is in video. At the end Lisa's imagination takes over.
AE What's happening there … As an actor, Lance wants to be more than an extra, he wants to be singled out, Lisa intuits that, which is why I have her single him out on those close-ups of the videos. And she's able to do that because she is somehow …
LB In tune with his feelings.
AE Yes. And later what happens is that he beckons her to come towards him. And when she enters that composition, and there's no one there, what she then becomes aware of is the tool which has framed the composition, which she goes forward to touch. That "tool" is her intuitive logic, and as she's touching that, and the image fluctuates between film and video, what's actually happening is there's a fluctuation between the real world and an intuitive order. And of course once you adhere [only] to that intuitive sense, you're mad by normal conventions.
LB So when she's touching the screen, what is she touching?
AE She's touching madness.
LB The image takes over.
AE The other thing that's just as important to this film as the use of film and video is eyeline.
LB How so?
AE Well, people on the video screen are always looking directly at camera, and people who are looking at the video screen are always looking off camera.
LB Oh yes. Well, they should. Otherwise it'd look like TV.
AE Yes. Because the video image is the image of "the other," an image of a reality that is desired and not attainable, therefore the point of view, the gaze of the person being adored is being made an icon of. Or the gaze of the person that holds the power of transformation is always very very direct and somehow confrontational.
LB (To Arsinée) You played Aline in Family Viewing . Lisa was a much more challenging role.
AK Yes, it was. It required a lot of thinking and recreating the character in my mind. I knew what Aline could be, I had references around me or in me for bringing that character into life but with Lisa, I just didn't know who she was, I just couldn't imagine what she …
LB You'd never been in love that way?
AK Not in that way, because I'm a very proud lover. If I can't get what I want I find every sort of way of either getting it or completely forgetting it. So I've never made myself vulnerable to a love story or a love hurt in that sense.
LB Yet Lisa emerges as the more heroic. Lance comes out as a bit of a slimy character. An opportunist.
AK Just a bit!
AE And actually quite stupid, I think. He is not that bright.
LB Here you are, intimately connected to the director and yet playing the role of a love-smitten lass. Lisa's the only character who's defined by her emotions rather than her social role. She has other objectives—she wants to learn how to do interviews like Eddie …
AK But the reason she gets involved with that process is that in her mind it's another way of getting through to Lance, it's another way of reaching him. She's fascinated by other people's ability to function at the level of images. Herself, she has absolutely no sense of that process or any way of applying that process to her life.
LB But she doesn't just want the guy, does she? She also wants to enhance her own understanding—of the way things are. Some of the funniest dialogue is between Lisa and Eddie, in the video store.
AK It's the only human dialogue …
LB Without video intermediary. It also shows her to be sharp, and curious, with almost an Alice in Wonderland …
AE … Wonder.
LB The other theater work Arsinée has done I assume is not in this vein—this very terse—do you mind it being called Pinteresque?
AE Not at all. I'd think it was a compliment. He's an idol of mine.
LB David Mamet is someone else your work makes me think of.
AE Another idol. I'm really curious, are these questions on this piece of paper?
LB No, just notes.
AE Can I have it?
LB Let me see if it says anything embarrassing. (looks) No, Okay, you can have it. Oh, here's a question. What's the key difference between Lance and Lisa?
AE The key difference?
LB Yeah.
AE I think the main difference is that Lisa in a curious way … Lisa is capable of finding her own place in society, and Lance always needs someone else to define his place in society.
LB How has she found it? Because she's able to adapt to situations?
AE Because in her own way, marginal and as fragile as she seems, she does not wait for people to make projections onto her.
AK Because she's not a slave of the image …
LB She takes initiative …
AK … Yeah.
AE Though she's punished for it to an extent, and though she doesn't really become part of the society, she has initiative to find her own place, while Lance is a vessel, really, waits for other people to project things onto him.
LB In a way, isn't that what an actor is?
AE She is the classical male, and he is the classical female.
AK In society, you mean.
AE Which is why they look androgynous. (pause)
AE Liza, tell me about your film. I turn off the recorder.
Liza Béar is a writer and filmmaker and a contributing editor to BOMB. Her first feature, Force of Circumstance, will be screened at the Bleecker Street Cinema soon.
cultural identity
Olivier Assayas by Alex Zafiris
Time, sharing pain, and theater versus cinema.
Frances McDormand by Willem Dafoe
Frances McDormand has acted in the Coen Brothers's Blood Simple , and Raising Arizona .
Lawrence Michael Levine by Gary M. Kramer
The fine art of the romantic-comedy-thriller-mystery.
BOMB 30, Winter 1990
Featuring interviews with Mary Gaitskill, Carroll Dunham, Richard Price, Eduardo Machado, Sarah Charlesworth, Jane Campion, Fay Weldon, Anish Kapoor, Atom Egoyan with Arsinée Khanjian, Katell le Bourhis, and Jonathan Lasker.


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