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[SN] Arianespace Vega launch fails, Emirati satellite lost
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« dnia: Lipiec 12, 2019, 11:19 »
Arianespace Vega launch fails, Emirati satellite lost
by Caleb Henry — July 10, 2019, Updated July 11 at 2:48 p.m. Eastern with additional information from ESA, Arianespace, CNES and Avio.
Vega left its intended launch course at the beginning of its second-stage firing. Arianespace declared mission loss. Credit: Arianespace webcast.
WASHINGTON — The fifteenth launch of a European Vega rocket ended in failure July 10, resulting in the loss of an imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates.
The Vega rocket, built by Italian manufacturer Avio, lifted off at 9:53 p.m. Eastern from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on the northern coast of South America.
Telemetry data indicated a deviation from the rocket's intended course around its second minute of flight. The rocket left its intended course during its second-stage burn.
Telemetry data showed Vega off-course minutes before Arianespace confirmed mission failure. Credit: Arianespace webcast.
Arianespace of Evry, France, which markets the Vega rocket, confirmed mission failure nine minutes after liftoff.
"About 2 minutes after liftoff, around the [Zefiro]-23 ignition, a major anomaly occurred, resulting in the loss of the mission," Luce Fabreguettes, Arianespace's executive vice president of missions, operations and purchasing, said during the launch webcast. "On behalf of Arianespace, I wish to express my deepest apologies to our customers for the loss of their payload."
The failure is the first for Vega, a light-lift vehicle designed to launch around 1,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit. The four-stage launcher has been in service in 2012, and is Arianespace's newest rocket.
Falcon Eye 1 was a 1,200-kilogram, dual-purpose satellite designed to provide imagery for the commercial market as well as the UAE Armed Forces. Built by Airbus Defence and Space with an imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space, the satellite draws on technology from France's high-resolution Pleiades imaging constellation.
From its targeted 611-kilometer orbit, Falcon Eye 1 was intended to image the Earth in high resolution as it orbited 15 times a day.
A second satellite, Falcon Eye 2, was scheduled to launch on another Vega rocket late this year, though that timeline is now likely to change.
Arianespace had planned four Vega launches this year. The first took place March 21 with the Italian Space Agency's PRISMA satellite. The next planned after Falcon Eye 1 was the Small Spacecraft Mission Service rideshare, previously slated for September, carrying 42 satellites.
On July 11, the European Space Agency and Arianespace said they formed an independent inquiry commission to investigate the cause of the failure.
Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo, in a video message posted after the launch failure, said his company and the French Space Agency CNES are also part of the inquiry commission.
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall said in a statement that the failure "reminds us once more that we are in a tough business and that the line between success and failure is a very fine one indeed."
"The failure is all the more unexpected, coming as it does after a run of 14 straight successes that had proved the maturity of the Vega launch system," Le Gall said. "Our teams shall now be getting straight down to work to analyse, understand and fix the causes of the failure so that Europe can return to flight with Vega as quickly as possible."
Arianespace said preparations for its next mission, a launch of the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Intelsat-39 and EDRS-C satellites remain underway. Arianespace said previously that the Ariane 5 mission was planned for July 24. The Ariane 5 mission will be Arianespace's seventh mission of the year, counting the failed Vega mission.
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Source: https://spacenews.com/arianespace-vega-launch-fails-emirati-satellite-lost/
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« Odpowiedź #1 dnia: Sierpień 16, 2019, 06:16 »
Space insurer Swiss Re leaves market
by Caleb Henry — August 1, 2019 [SN]
Swiss Re said it is reducing its exposure to space and aerospace. Credit: Swiss Re/Leonardo Finotti
WASHINGTON — Swiss Re, the world's second largest reinsurance company, informed clients and brokers July 31 that it has stopped insuring satellites and launches.
Jan Schmidt, the head of Swiss Re's space underwriting division, said in an email obtained by SpaceNews that the decision to "cease Space underwriting with immediate effect" was driven by "bad results of recent years and unsustainable premium rates."
Schmidt emailed clients and brokers the same day Swiss Re board member Andreas Berger told Reuters the company is reducing its space exposure as part of a broader effort to stem losses in its corporate insurance divisions.
Swiss Re's decision to stop underwriting new space policies follows the destruction of the Emirati imaging satellite Falcon Eye 1 during a July 10 Vega launch failure, costing insurers an estimated 369 million euros ($407 million).
Insurers were already stomaching a $183 million payout to Maxar Technologies for the failure of its WorldView-4 imaging satellite in January.
Another launch or satellite failure could drive even more insurers out of the space market, according to Richard Parker, divisional president of Assure Space.
The space insurance market is already facing perfect storm conditions, he said — an oversupply of insurers, a dearth of geostationary satellite orders, and declining prices for satellites and launches.
The space industry had a third failure when Intelsat-29e stopped functioning in April, but the satellite was not insured. Parker said another loss of an insured asset could cause insurance prices to rise even more than they have from the WorldView-4 and Falcon Eye 1 failures.
In a July 31 financial report, Swiss Re said it had taken actions to "Significantly reduce General Aviation & Space exposure." The company generated $953 million in revenue for the first half of the year, down $53 million compared to the first six months of 2018.
SpaceNews Editor in Chief Brian Berger contributed to this story from Washington.
Source: https://spacenews.com/space-insurer-swiss-re-leaves-market/
« Odpowiedź #2 dnia: Styczeń 13, 2020, 16:37 »
UAE's Falcon Eye 2 satellite switched from Vega to Soyuz
by Caleb Henry — January 13, 2020 [SN]
Airbus said switching Falcon Eye 2 from Vega to Soyuz was about expediency, and not a loss of faith in Vega. Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja
WASHINGTON — Arianespace will launch the United Arab Emirates' Falcon Eye 2 reconnaissance satellite on a Soyuz in March instead of waiting for the company's much smaller Vega rocket to return to flight, Arianespace and Airbus Defence and Space told SpaceNews.
Vega has been grounded since a July failure that destroyed the UAE's Falcon Eye 1 satellite, resulting in a record $415 million insurance claim. Prior to the failure, Vega was scheduled to launch again in November carrying Falcon Eye 2.
Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, said Airbus, the satellite's manufacturer, asked to switch from Vega to Soyuz to avoid further delays getting Falcon Eye 2 into orbit.
"The customer has decided to go to this backup solution, and it's definitely linked to the capability that was offered by Soyuz to be launched earlier than Vega," Israël said in a Jan. 7 interview.
Airbus arranged the launch contracts for both satellites as part of a contract it signed with the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces in 2013. Israël said the launch contract included the option to switch from Vega to Soyuz.
Airbus spokesperson Jeremy Close confirmed the switch Jan. 10, saying the transfer to Soyuz was about schedule, not a distrust of Vega.
"Falcon-Eye has been designed with launcher flexibility and is compatible with both Vega and Soyuz rockets," Close said. "In order to reach orbit as soon as possible and start its mission for the UAE, it has been decided that Falcon Eye-2 would be launched on a Soyuz rocket."
Falcon Eye 2 is identical to the Falcon Eye 1 satellite, equipped with an optical imaging payload for military and commercial applications. The 1,200-kilogram satellite will launch in March, Close said.
Vega is scheduled to return to flight the same month carrying 42 smallsats for a dedicated rideshare mission called the Small Spacecraft Mission Service, or SSMS. Given Vega's historical launch rates, sticking with Vega would likely have cost Falcon Eye 2 at least a few months additional wait.
Israël said the Falcon Eye 2 mission will be Arianespace's first Soyuz launch of the year, and will take place from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.
Arianespace has 12 Soyuz launches scheduled this year — Falcon Eye 2, the French military's CSO-2 imaging satellite, and 10 launches for internet megaconstellation startup OneWeb.
The European launch company is targeting a record 22 launches total, comprised of five Ariane 5s, 12 Soyuz, two Vega rockets, two Vega C rockets and the maiden flight of the Ariane 6.
Source: https://spacenews.com/uaes-falcon-eye-2-satellite-switched-from-vega-to-soyuz/


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'America's Got Talent': See Which Amazing Acts Made It Through Night 2 of the Judge Cuts Round
By Zach Seemayer 8:20 PM PDT, July 25, 2017
The next batch of America's Got Talent hopefuls hit the stage on Tuesday for the second week of Judge Cuts. Singers, comedians, dancers and daredevils put it all on the line to prove they had what it takes to move onto the live shows and to impress the judges even more than they did during the audition rounds.
It was a tough, competitive night, filled with some truly admirable performances, but the panel -- including special guest judge DJ Khaled -- had to narrowing the playing field down to the seven acts that they felt had the most potential.
After some brutal, tearful eliminations, here's a look at the seven acts that worked hard and made it through the second night of the Judge Cuts round.
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1. Puddles Pity Party
The perpetually sad clown proved he's got a golden voice with a tune that really played into his persona while still being touching and immediately familiar: Eric Carmen's 1975 single "All by Myself."
2. Mirror Image
Twin brothers Colton and Trent Edwards displayed their particular set of skills (although it's hard to exactly pin down what those are) with a song and dance showcase, covering The Mamas & the Papas classic "California Dreamin'" and then delivering one of their signature dance routines to Sia's "The Greatest."
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3. Junior and Emily
These brother and sister salsa dancers performed an energetic routine to The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down," that left the judges all a little disappointed. However, their undeniable skill was enough to earn them passage to the next round of competition.
4. Chase Goehring
This 21-year-old singer-songwriter performed an original tune titled "A cappella," which showcased his writing talent and his vocal dexterity. While the young singer admitted that he was more nervous than ever, having made it past the audition rounds, you'd never have known it from his masterful performance. Goring hit every note with perfection and showed off his fast-paced lyrical mastery with machine precision. The performance impressed all the judges, but none more than Khaled, who awarded the young star with the coveted Golden Buzzer.
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Cloud, who calls himself the "Real-Life Sherlock Holmes" came back to show off his insane mind-reading skills by guessing of one word judge Mel B was thinking, and proving that he knew it by having audience members stand up holding up the letters of the word on pieces of paper that he had passed out before ever taking the stage. It was a stunning display that easily earned him a spot in the next round.
6. Yoli Mayor
This Miami-based songstress delivered her own version of Rihanna's "Love on the Brain" that left the audience amazed and received a standing ovation from all five judges.
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7. Evie Clair
This 13-year-old singer performed a touching cover of Macy Gray's "I Try," dedicated to her ailing father who is battling stage-4 colon cancer. While Clair stumbled a bit in the beginning, her emotional dedication to her family and her craft amazed the judges.
The next batch of hopeful performers will face off in another round of Judge Cuts when America's Got Talent returns next Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT on NBC.
Check out the video below for a look at the seven talented performers who made it through after the first night of challenging competition last week.
'America's Got Talent': 7 Acts Survive Judges' Cuts, Including a Death-Defying Escape Artist!

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Sci-fi by the bay: Bracing for post-peak coronavirus in the cool, gray City of Love
Opinion // Open Forum
By Stacy Torres April 17, 2020 Updated: April 17, 2020 10:46 a.m.
The Bay Area may have avoided the fate of New York, but rising COVID-19 cases and deaths across California leave us bracing in cities emptied and transformed. We wait to hit peak and steel ourselves for the day after.
I typically travel to San Francisco several days a week from Oakland. I recently ventured in to retrieve books from my office. Walking to BART, I get zero hellos and less eye contact than I've grown used to in California. People don't appear unfriendly, just guarded. I feel like I'm back in the New York City of my childhood.
I mask up though only two of us sit at opposite ends of the train car. I wear my University of California San Francisco employee ID in case anyone asks what I'm doing traveling. I work in the nursing school, but I'm not a nurse; I'm a sociologist and an observer.
I'd last traveled to San Francisco more than three weeks, or three lifetimes, ago. The sodden silence of empty Market Street greets me, punctured only by pleas for money. I get three requests straight out of the station, not uncommon but more jarring in the absence of clanging streetcar bells and the lunchtime buzz of office workers. Since the pandemic, I've stopped carrying much cash. "Sorry," I say with a heavier heart than usual. I glimpse a few joggers, people wealthy enough to live here. The rich and poor now remain downtown. Those who fall somewhere in the vast middle like me need to commute later.
I step over empty cable-car rails and stroll past the mostly abandoned Embarcadero Center, to a lonely post office. The cavernous shopping concourse reminds me of a movie I once saw in which the survivors of a zombie apocalypse hide in a deserted mall.
I have a mission at once mundane and epic. I need to send a check to my 77-year-old father in New York City. Since surviving lung cancer twice, he's on self-imposed lockdown every winter. Maybe his poor health, reward for years of breathing chemicals from manual labor, will have saved his life.
The postal clerk coughs up a storm behind her mask. She's understandably grumpy. I can't blame her. "Are you behind my yellow line?" she barks as I approach. She doesn't ask me to complete the customer feedback survey. We have other priorities now, like staying alive. She folds the receipt vertically and hands me the long strip like a baton. I douse my hands in sanitizer outside.
On the 1 California bus across town, I ride with old people loaded down with grocery bags, the longtime residents who've managed to hang on in San Francisco. I peer down normally busy thoroughfares. Chinatown's tourist-clogged Grant Street, the first area to see thinner crowds spurred by fear and racism, sits empty. Bar-lined Polk Street won't perk up any night in the foreseeable future; Fillmore's upscale clothing stores will remain buttoned up with plywood until this slow-moving storm passes.
A testing clinic for UCSF health workers has opened outside my office building. I expect throngs but only a lone car pulls up. I wend through dark hallways to my office. The building sits atop an old cemetery where graves stood before they were moved outside city limits. Rumors of ghosts abound. In the bathroom, I hear a door open but see no one when I step from the stall. Time to leave. For my 3-mile walk to the train, I pull on gloves to protect from the cold and the invisible virus that stalks us.
San Franciscans improvise intricate choreography to maintain greater distance than pedestrians where I live in East Oakland. A woman on a stoop chats with another bouncing a baby at the sidewalk's edge. "I'm worried," she says as I pass, startling them from several feet away. Neighbors sit at the bottom and top of stairs with bottles of wine. A woman walks into the street to avoid an older man pushing a mountain of belongings in a stroller.
The same guy always seated outside Mollie Stone's supermarket asks for a dollar. He has company now, as a line of shoppers at 6-foot intervals snakes down the block. The scene repeats at Whole Foods, where Latin men wearing blue nitrile gloves unload boxes. "Italia, China," they say in Spanish. It's coming.
Even in a pandemic, I can't muster enthusiasm for the long line at Trader Joe's. I walk to the Tenderloin. My favorite dive bar's boarded up. The Vietnamese joint I frequent remains open, but I don't have anywhere to eat, so I let my stomach rumble and keep walking. People huddle together, as if nothing's changed. Under my mask paired with big blue Elton John sunglasses, I feel like a kid on Halloween. A few weeks ago, I felt self-conscious wearing my mask. Now, I feel jittery without it.
I pass a guy who looks barely 20, with porcelain skin, shaggy brown hair and a weary distant look. He sits on a curb amid piling trash, eating some doughy food. It looks like he fell out of suburban America straight into the middle of hell.
I buy a doughnut and give a guy outside a buck. I'm tired of saying no. A row of tents spaced 6 feet apart has a scenic view of City Hall. At the station, I'm so hungry I shove the doughnut in my mouth as the train approaches. I stare at the misty outline of San Francisco as we pull away from the bay. It was already so hard for so many in California before the pandemic.
I maintain some flickering hope that we may "meet the moment," as our governor implores. But it's too much for me to ponder who — including me — will be left after the moment passes.
Stacy Torres is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Francisco.
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(siglé MIB), ou Hommes en noir 3 au Québec, est un film américain réalisé par Barry Sonnenfeld, sorti en 2012.

C'est le troisième volet de la série de films, après Men in Black en 1997 et Men in Black 2 en 2002, inspirés de l'univers de fiction Men in Black.

Synopsis
En 2012, le duo d'agents des « Men in Black » J et K fonctionne toujours après  d'association. Cependant, J s'interroge de plus en plus sur les causes du caractère renfermé de son partenaire. L'agent O, qui a pris la succession de Z à la tête de l'agence, connaît les raisons mais les garde pour elle. Sur la Lune, un extraterrestre boglodite très dangereux, Boris l'Animal, s'évade et retourne sur Terre avec un objectif : tuer K, l'agent qui l'a capturé en 1969 et lui a détruit le bras gauche. L'agent K assiste au retour de son vieil ennemi sur Terre, qui le défie et part en lui disant : . L'agent K avoue plus tard à J que ne pas avoir tué Boris fut sa plus grande erreur, sans donner plus d'explications. J cherche donc de son côté des informations dans les archives de l'agence « Men in Black » mais certaines lui sont interdites d'accès. Dans la nuit qui suit, K disparait et seul J semble se souvenir de lui : pour le reste de l'agence, K est mort sur le terrain à Cap Canaveral le . Mais O comprend par le comportement de J que Boris a remonté le temps et tué K dans le passé, changeant le continuum espace-temps. La mort de K en 1969 a permis une brèche dans le système de sécurité de la Terre et les boglodites se préparent à une invasion. J décide donc de remonter le temps à son tour, partant pour le  afin de retrouver K avant le Boris du présent. Il utilise pour cela un dispositif créé par un compagnon de cellule de Boris, fonctionnant sur la vitesse accumulée, et doit donc sauter du sommet du Chrysler Building ; le fils du compagnon lui explique avant de partir que si J est le seul à se souvenir de K, c'est parce qu'il a vécu les événements qui ont changé l'histoire.

Arrivé en 1969, J part pour Coney Island, où Boris est censé avoir commis son premier meurtre. Là, Boris lui échappe et J est arrêté par K, alors âgé de , qui l'emmène aux quartiers du MiB. J y rencontre une version plus jeune de l'agent O et le chef X, mais refuse de donner des informations jusqu'à ce que K le menace avec un neurolyseur géant. J admet donc venir du futur pour empêcher une invasion extraterrestre et arrêter Boris ; K décide de le croire et suit les maigres indices dont J se souvient pour suivre Boris, ce qui les mènent dans un bowling puis dans la Fabrique, le repaire d'Andy Warhol, en réalité un repaire extraterrestre surveillé par l'agent W (Warhol lui-même). Ils y rencontrent aussi Griffin, un extraterrestre Arcadien capable de voir l'ensemble des futurs alternatifs. Celui-ci parvient ainsi à fuir avant que Boris ne vienne pour le tuer. J et K le retrouvent au Shea Stadium, où Griffin leur montre grâce à ses capacités la victoire du championnat de ligue nationale de baseball des Mets de New York avant de confier à K le bouclier Arcnet, un système de défense pour la Terre que K doit déployer. Peu après, Boris réapparait et enlève Griffin, mais les deux agents utilisant des moto-monocycles poursuivent Boris et Griffin. Ils libèrent Griffin, mais Boris s'échappe, en pensant avoir pris à Griffin une boite contenant l'Arcnet.

La version de Boris de 2012 utilise un dispositif identique à celui utilisé par J pour parvenir en 1969. Le Boris-1969 se rend compte qu'il a été floué par Griffin et que la boite ne contient que des pastilles de menthe. Le Boris-2012, qui n'a donc plus qu'un bras, rejoint à ce moment précis le Boris-1969, qui a toujours ses deux bras. Après une brève rencontre initialement très tendue par de reproches mutuels sur leurs failles et échecs, ils se réconcilient pour unir leurs forces afin de réussir là où Boris-1969 avait échoué historiquement face à K en perdant à cette occasion son bras.

Griffin informe que l'Arcnet doit être déployé en orbite terrestre. J et K découvrent que la solution rapide à disposition est d'utiliser la fusée Apollo 11 qui part le lendemain même. J, K et Griffin utilisent un moyen très rapide de rejoindre Cap Canaveral, deux plateformes volantes à réacteur de l'agence.

Arrivés à Cap Canaveral, les deux agents et Griffin sont arrêtés avant d'approcher le site de la fusée par la police militaire. Ils sont remis à un Colonel qui est sur le point de les mettre en détention quand Griffin lui montre le futur et ce que J et K vont accomplir ; le Colonel les accompagne alors vers la fusée. Dans la colonne de lancement, J et K font face aux deux versions de Boris (celle de 1969 et celle de 2012). J utilise le voyage temporel pour prendre l'avantage sur son adversaire, le Boris-2012, et le pousser du sommet de la rampe. K parvient de son côté à détruire le bras gauche du Boris-1969 avant de déposer l'Arcnet sur la fusée, permettant son déploiement. Le décollage de la fusée entraine la mort du Boris-2012, brûlé par le feu des réacteurs.

Peu après, J part rejoindre K et le Colonel. Il voit K proposer au militaire de rejoindre le MiB, mais le Colonel est tué par le Boris de 1969, juste avant que K ne tue celui-ci sans hésitation. Derrière, J voit un garçon sortir d'un véhicule et demander à voir son père ; J se reconnait dans l'enfant et comprend que le Colonel était son père. J voit ensuite K parler à l'enfant avant de le neurolyser et lui dire que son père est parti mais qu'il doit se souvenir de lui comme d'un héros.

J retourne ensuite dans le présent et rejoint son partenaire âgé. Il lui fait comprendre qu'il connait maintenant l'histoire, et en échange, K lui avoue que ce fut un honneur de l'avoir rencontré ce jour-là, et partent. Griffin, assis quelques sièges plus loin, apprécie d'avoir assisté à cette scène avant de voir que K n'a pas laissé de pourboire ; dans cette version, un astéroïde doit s'abattre sur Terre dans les minutes qui suivent. Cependant, K revient laisser un billet, et l'astéroïde est finalement détruit par une collision avec un satellite artificiel. Griffin avoue son soulagement aux spectateurs, brisant le quatrième mur.

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 Titre original :  ou MIB3
 Titre français :
 Titre québécois : Hommes en noir 3
 Réalisation : Barry Sonnenfeld
 Scénario : Etan Cohen, d'après les comics Men in Black de Lowell Cunningham
 Musique : Danny Elfman
 Direction artistique : Kasra Farahani, Luke Freeborn, W. Steven Graham, Kevin Ishioka, Maya Shimoguchi et Chris Shriver
 Décors : Bo Welch
 Costumes : Mary E. Vogt
 Photographie : Bill Pope
 Son : Tom Fleischman, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Oleg Kulchytskyi
 Montage : Don Zimmerman
 Production : Laurie MacDonald et Walter F. Parkes
 Production déléguée : Steven Spielberg et G. Mac Brown
 Production associée : Paul A. Levin
 Coproduction : Joyce Cox et Riyoko Tanaka
 Sociétés de production :
 États-Unis : Amblin Entertainment, en association avec Hemisphere Media Capital et Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation, présenté par Columbia Pictures
 Émirats arabes unis : Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
 Société de distribution : Columbia Pictures (États-Unis) ; Sony Pictures Releasing France (France) ; Sony Pictures Releasing (Belgique, Québec)
 Budget :
 Pays de production : ,
 Langues originales : anglais, ukrainien
 Format : couleur (DeLuxe) -  / D-Cinema - 1,85:1 (Panavision) - son Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS | Sonics-DDP | Auro 11.1 | Dolby Surround 7.1 | Dolby Atmos
 Genre : science-fiction, action, fantastique, comédie
 Durée :
 Dates de sortie :
 France, Belgique, Suisse romande :
 États-Unis, Québec :
 Émirats arabes unis :  (sortie directement à la télévision)
 Classification :
 États-Unis : accord parental recommandé, film déconseillé aux moins de  ()
 France : tous publics (conseillé à partir de )
 Belgique : tous publics ()
 Suisse romande : interdit aux moins de
 Québec : tous publics ()
 Émirats arabes unis : personnes de moins de  autorisées sous la surveillance d'un adulte (PG13)

Distribution
 Will Smith (VF : Greg Germain ; VQ : Pierre Auger) :
 Tommy Lee Jones (VF : Samuel Labarthe ; VQ : Éric Gaudry) : Kevin Brown / Agent K
 Josh Brolin (VF : Samuel Labarthe ; VQ : Gilbert Lachance) : agent K en 1969
 Jemaine Clement (VF : Serge Biavan ; VQ : Patrick Chouinard) : Boris l'animal
 Emma Thompson (VF : Frédérique Tirmont ; VQ : Élise Bertrand) : agent O
 Michael Stuhlbarg (VF : Arnaud Bedouët ; VQ : Benoît Brière) : Griffin
 Alice Eve (VF : Christèle Billault ; VQ : Violette Chauveau) : agent O en 1969
 Nicole Scherzinger : Lily, la petite amie de Boris
 Bill Hader (VF : Pierre-François Pistorio) : Andy Warhol / agent W
 Will Arnett (VF : Philippe Valmont) : agent AA
 Mike Colter : le colonel James Edwards II
 Keone Young (VF : Gérard Surugue) :  Wu
 Lady Gaga : la mère des extraterrestres
 Tim Burton : un extraterrestre
 Justin Bieber : un extraterrestre
 David Rasche : agent X
 Lanny Flaherty : Obadiah Price
 Michael Chernus (VF : Salvatore Ingoglia ; VQ : Guillaume Cyr) : Jeffrey Price
 Tony Joe (VF : Bertrand Liebert) : Tommy Agee
 Cayen Martin : James Edwards III en 1969
Sources et légendes : Version française (VF) et Version québécoise (VQ)

Production

Genèse du projet
Le projet est annoncé le  par Rory Bruer, le président de Sony Pictures Entertainment, lors d'une conférence de presse Sony à la ShoWest Convention. En , le scénariste Etan Cohen est officiellement engagé pour écrire le script.

En , David Koepp est engagé pour remanier le script.

Attribution des rôles

La participation de Will Smith a été confirmée en , suivie par celle de Tommy Lee Jones, longtemps hésitant, en .

Le nom de Sacha Baron Cohen est évoqué pendant un moment mais il s'agit de rumeurs infondées. Alec Baldwin et Sharlto Copley avaient été engagés pour jouer dans le film mais ils ont quitté le projet pendant le tournage. Baldwin devait jouer le jeune agent Z dans les années 1960. Rip Torn ne revient pas en tant que Z dans ce troisième volet

La chanteuse de R'n'B, ancienne meneuse des The Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger apparaît dans ce troisième film. Une autre chanteuse, Lady Gaga, fait une petite apparition dans le film en tant qu'alien.

Tournage
Le tournage du film débute le  Mais le tournage est marqué par plusieurs arrêts dès . Les problèmes seraient liés au script, inachevé au début du tournage, et qui aurait nécessité un remaniement en pleine production, notamment pour les scènes se déroulant dans le passé. Ainsi, le tournage aurait été divisé en deux, la première se concentrant ainsi sur les scènes déjà écrites et se déroulant dans le présent. Le tournage reprend officiellement en .

Lieux de tournage
 Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
 Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens, New York
 Los Angeles (Californie)
 Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City (Californie)

Musique

En , il est révélé que la chanson phare du film sera interprétée par le rappeur Pitbull et intitulée Back in Time. Le titre contient un sample du tube des années 1950 Love Is Strange de Mickey & Sylvia. Pitbull et la chanteuse colombienne Shakira ont aussi collaboré pour une autre chanson du film, Get It Started. Ces chansons ne figurent pas sur l'album de la bande originale.

Le film fait par ailleurs référence au groupe The Rolling Stones en faisant passer Mick Jagger pour un extra-terrestre et en diffusant la chanson 2000 Light Years From Home lors de l'arrivée dans le passé de l'agent J. Autre clin d'oeil au rock anglais de la fin des années 60, dans la scène avec Andy Warhol dans laquelle K et J tentent d'intercepter le méchant Boris, on peut entendre en fond sonore l'intégralité de la chanson Pictures of Matchstick Men du groupe anglais Status Quo.

Accueil

Accueil critique

Sur l'agrégateur américain Rotten Tomatoes, le film récolte 68 % d'opinions favorables pour 251 critiques. Sur Metacritic, il obtient une note moyenne de  pour .

En France, le site Allociné attribue une note moyenne de  à partir de l'interprétation de  de presse.

Box-office

Le film totalise  de recettes dans le monde, dont  aux États-Unis, pour un budget d'environ . Le film est le moins bon de la saga sur le sol américain, mais bat les deux premiers films dans le monde entier.

En France, le film enregistre , dont  à Paris. Ce  est bien loin des  de Men in Black et des  de Men in Black 2.

Distinctions
Entre 2012 et 2013, le film Men in Black 3 a été sélectionné  dans diverses catégories et a remporté  récompense.

Récompenses
 2013
 Prix BMI du cinéma et de la télévision : Prix BMI de la meilleure musique de film pour Danny Elfman.

Nominations
 2012
 Bande-annonce d'or :
 Meilleure bande-annonce blockbuster de l'été 2012 pour Sony Pictures Entertainment et The Ant Farm,
 Meilleur spot télévisé à succès de l'été pour Columbia Pictures.
 Prix du jeune public :
 Meilleure voleuse de scène pour Nicole Scherzinger,
 Meilleure alchimie pour Josh Brolin et Will Smith,
 Meilleur acteur de l'été pour Will Smith,
 Meilleur film d'action / aventure de l'été,
 Meilleur méchant pour Jemaine Clement.
 Prix Rondo Hatton horreur classique () : Meilleur film pour Barry Sonnenfeld.
 2013
 Prix du choix des enfants : Acteur de cinéma préféré pour Will Smith.
 Prix du guide de cinéma () : Meilleur film pour un public mature.
 Prix du public : Film d'action préféré.
 Prix nationaux du cinéma russe () : Meilleure comédie étrangère de l'année.
 Société des effets visuels : Meilleures maquettes dans un film pour Craig Feifarek, Hee-Chel Nam, Eric Neill et Taehyun Park (pour le lancement de Apollo à Cap Canaveral).

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
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Q: uCommerce Order Properties Missing I have the following method to save order properties on a purchase order:
public void SetOrderProperty(string orderPropertyName, string value)
{
    PurchaseOrder purchaseOrder = TransactionLibrary.GetBasket().PurchaseOrder;
    OrderProperty orderProperty = purchaseOrder.OrderProperties.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == orderPropertyName);
    if (orderProperty != null)
    {
        orderProperty.Value = value;
        orderProperty.Save();
    }
    else
    {
        OrderProperty op = new OrderProperty
        {
            Key = orderPropertyName,
            Value = value,
            Order = purchaseOrder
        };
        op.Save();

    }
    purchaseOrder.Save();
    TransactionLibrary.ExecuteBasketPipeline();
}

When I save a value using this I can see it appear against the order in the uCommerce_OrderProperty table.
However, with some properties, when I try to read them back out they are missing:
public string GetOrderProperty(string orderPropertyName)
{
    PurchaseOrder purchaseOrder;

    using (new CacheDisabler())
    {
        purchaseOrder = TransactionLibrary.GetBasket().PurchaseOrder;
    }

    OrderProperty orderProperty = purchaseOrder.OrderProperties.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == orderPropertyName);
    if (orderProperty != null)
    {
        return orderProperty.Value;
    }

    return string.Empty;
}

I have also tried this code from the uCommerce site:
public string GetOrderProperty(string orderPropertyName)
{
    PurchaseOrder purchaseOrder = SiteContext.Current.OrderContext.GetBasket().PurchaseOrder;
    return purchaseOrder[orderPropertyName];
}

If I inspect purchaseOrder I can see the OrderProperties are missing.  I have 7 properties at any one time but purchaseOrder only ever seems to have a max of 5 even though there is 7 in the table.
These are Order Properties and not Order Line Properties. Can anyone give me any pointers as to why I am seeing this behaviour?
EDIT
This line does get the value I am looking for:
OrderProperty op = OrderProperty.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Order.OrderId == purchaseOrder.OrderId && x.Key == orderPropertyName);

Even when this line (called the line after) returns null:
OrderProperty orderProperty = purchaseOrder.OrderProperties.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == orderPropertyName);

(Both are looking for the same Order Property)
Can anyone tell me why?

A: I have a comment, but I'm not allowed because of missing reputation.
Everything seems to be fine regarding your code. Can I persuade you to show the
uCommerce_OrderProperty table?
- I just want to check that the OrderLineId column is empty for you order properties.
You should be able to set and get it like this:
var property = order[orderPropertyName];
order[orderPropertyName] = "VALUE";

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The music and imagery bring out that insanely powerful feeling in me of childhood wonder...but as far as the narrative - what IS it? Where are they going? I wish they had a better story. CAUTIOUSLY optimistic on this one. I liked VII but hated VIII so, so much. It was by far the worst one.
I actually watched the prequels again recently and I enjoy them more these days. Maybe TLJ went so low it made the prequels look great in hindsight. Also slowly working through The Clone Wars, on season 3 now.
Clone Wars is an excellent series. Netflix has the "lost/last" season as well. Added a lot to the mythos, for those of us that *gasp* don't read a lot of the extended universe stuff *clutches pearls*. I need to find Rebels.
But I completely understand the "powerful feeling" - I get it with every trailer, regardless if the movie actually lives up to my nostalgia.
It's the damn music, it brings me back to being a child and watching boxed sets on VHS of 4-6. Every damn time that SW music comes on!
First SW trailer release that I didn't give 2 ***** about, didn't even know it was coming.
I think they don't want to cut into their Marvel shiz right now.


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Lufthansa Net Surges, Moller-Maersk Struggles As Oil Shipping Revenues Loss
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4:00 PM Frankfurt – A.P. Moller-Maersk profit tumbled 43% on 9% decline in revenues. Security services provider G4S said revenues soared 6% to £4.8 billion. Deutsche Lufthansa profit surged 79% but the airline lowered revenues forecast. Hugo Boss net plunged 9%. Smurfit Kappa profit soared 22%.
In London trading, FTSE 100 index slumped 57.09 or 0.8% to 6,859.58 and in Frankfurt the DAX index declined 154.56 or 1.5% to 10,371.51.
In Paris, CAC 40 index dropped 54.24 or 1.2% to 4,416.04.
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S plunged 6.8% to Danish kronor after Denmark-based container shipping group reported revenues in the third-quarter ending in September declined 8.9% from a year ago to $9.2 billion.
Net profit in the quarter tumbled 43.2% from a year ago to $429 million compared to the $755 million and diluted earnings per share slumped to $21 from $36.
G4S Plc surged 9.7% to 241.40 pence after the U.K.-based security services provider said revenues in the nine-month ending in September soared 5.7% to £4.82 billion mainly due to the group secured new contracts with annual revenues of about £1 billion and total contract value of £2 billion.
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Net profit in the quarter surged 79.1% from a year ago to €1.4 billion compared to the €794 million and diluted earnings per share jumped to €3.06 from €1.72.
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Leading recording labels in MENA by share of Arabic music titles 2015
Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 6, 2019
This statistic shows the leading recording labels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2015, by estimated production share of Arabic music titles. Most recently in 2015, the Alam EL Phan recording label's production share of Arabic music titles published in the MENA region was estimated to be ten percent.
Leading recording labels in the Middle East and North Africa in 2015 based on share of Arabic music titles*
Share of music titles
Africa, MENA
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Music industry annual revenue in the Netherlands 2014-2018, by category
Number of Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer users in the Netherlands 2018
Leading fee-based festivals in the Netherlands 2017, by number of visitors
Music industry revenue in the Netherlands 2013-2023
Statistics on "Music industry in the Netherlands"
Music industry annual revenue in the Netherlands 2014-2017
Distribution of music industry revenue in the Netherlands 2018, by category
Annual revenue of music synchronization rights in the Netherlands 2012-2023
Physical and digital music revenue in the Netherlands 2012-2023
Revenue of music streaming in the Netherlands 2012-2018
Revenue share of music streaming in the Netherlands 2013-2018
Forecast of Digital Music revenue by segment in the Netherlands 2017-2024
Audio media usage in the Netherlands 2017, by type
Listening to online music on smartphone in the Netherlands 2017, by generation
Radio and music consumption in the Netherlands in 2017, by audio type and gender
Radio and music consumption in the Netherlands in 2017, by audio type and age
Daily reach music services Millennials and average consumers in the Netherlands 2017
Young people who could be happy without music in the Netherlands 2017, by age
Young people who could be happy without media in the Netherlands 2017, by media type
Digital music industry revenue in the Netherlands 2012-2023
Usage of online music services in the Netherlands in 2017
Free and paid online music services usage in the Netherlands in 2017
Spending money on digital music content in the Netherlands 2017
Share of people with an online music subscription in the Netherlands 2018, by age
Reach of Spotify and Netflix in the Netherlands 2014-2018
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Leading Dutch music artists based on performances abroad 2017
Annual revenue of music performance rights in the Netherlands 2012-2023
Number of music festivals in the Netherlands 2012-2017
Number of music festival visits in the Netherlands 2012-2017
Distribution of music festivals in the Netherlands 2019, by genre
Leading music concerts in the Netherlands 2016, by visitor numbers
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Distribution pop music export revenue in the Netherlands 2017, by category
Leading Dutch pop music export regions based on revenue share 2017, by region
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Market share of U.S. record companies based on total album sales 2009-2012
Artists renewing contracts with independent music labels worldwide 2017, by country
Domestic audio recordings production volume Japan 2008-2017
Market share of record companies in the U.S. 2012-2016, by distributor
Market share of U.S. record companies based on catalog album sales from 2009 to 2012
Market share of US record companies based on physical album sales from 2009 to 2012
Market share of record companies in the 2012-2015, by label ownership
Recorded audio music production volume Japan 2012-2017
Key features of independent record labels worldwide 2015
International audio recordings production volume Japan 2008-2017
Market share of independent music labels 2015-2017
Francophone music production 2003-2015
Number of artists represented by independent music companies in Canada 2016
Revenue of the Warner Music Group 2004-2019, by segment
Popular music export destinations of independent music labels in Canada 2016
Revenue of the Warner Music Group 2006-2019, by region
Edel AG's revenue from 2005 to 2018
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Q: Is it Possible to Use Both Video and Bitmaps? I've been using SurfaceView and Canvas to draw Bitmaps to the screen. I've been looking into using videos to speed up some animation, but drawing Bitmaps and playing videos are two different things. Is it possible to draw both Bitmaps and videos to the screen? According to this post it doesn't sound possible, but maybe there's another way?

A: The last comment in there seems to indicate that he got it working. Instead of trying to layer a VideoView and your SurfaceView you are going to have to make yourself a MediaPlayer and set it up to play on a designated portion of the SurfaceView that you already have. VideoView is made up of a MediaPlayer and a SurfaceView, and you are disallowed from stacking two SurfaceViews.
That link to the api demos in the last comment from your question shows you how you "tie together" a SurfaceView and a MediaPlayer to make it show a video file.


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On September 27, 1970, Marc Emerson fell to his death while climbing on Castle Rock near Leavenworth, Washington, when his climbing rope slipped off the carabiner that was attached to his swami seat. Thus at the age of sixteen, died a climber who surely would have changed the world of technical climbing.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio until he was ten, but spent his first ten summers in the Teton Mountains in Wyoming. At age seven, he climbed Teewinot and three years later he did the Exum Ridge on the Grand Teton. At the age of eight, Marc visited France where he reached the Tête Rousse on Mont Blanc. Spending all his life in the mountains, Marc was very energetic. At the age of fifteen and sixteen he found his way in the Cascades on peaks such as Stewart, Ingalls, Prusik, the Liberty Bells, Glacier peak and Mount Ranier.
Just the evening before Marc's death, after a hard day of climbing, Marc and I huddled around a campfire, discussing for hours climbing, food, life and death. Marc told me that there was no other place where he wanted to die than in the mountains he loved. The next day, fate met destiny.
Marc came to the mountains because that was where he belonged among the animals, the meadows, the cool mountain breezes. He was a free and loving soul who gave of himself as if there was no end and for Marc, there was no end.
Marc started serious rock-climbing in August of 1969, and in a period of thirteen months had progressed so rapidly and perfected his technique so finely, that I have seen no equal. He was a true mountaineer. There was Marc, over six feet tall, always reaching the unreachable. What a force Marc was! I, along with numerous other friends, spent many tense moments with him on climbs. After every climb with Marc, I apologized for my lack of faith in us, for it was Marc's positive thinking that got us to the top of many climbs.
He is survived by his big sister, Leslie, a truly beautiful person, his father Richard Emerson and his mother, both of whose courage is infinitely large.
That make you live in us for all time.


As a painter, I enjoy very much novels where art has a central part. If it's combined with historical fiction, it makes for a delight, and that was exactly my experience with The Towers of Tuscany.
The historical setting was wonderfully rendered, with the situation of females in that all masculine world, the rampant and condemned homosexuality, and the inevitable Plague that devastated Europe in the 14th century.
I enjoyed a lot all the characters, and especially the relationship between Sofia and the friends she makes on her escape route. Sofia has a very strong personality and can be stubborn. I enjoyed the way she integrated the wisdom received from her father to counterbalance her own foibles. All along, she reminisces past events and words of her dad; these are integrated in the storyline in italics.
I enjoyed also very much all the art descriptions, for instance on the panel preparations before painting. The description of the city of San Gimignano and Siena make you want to go there right away!
The only thing that didn't really work for me is the Epilogue. In 2014, a woman buys at auction Sofia's last painting found under the ruins of a villa she bought in Italy. If the book had been built along a back and forth between the 14th and the 21st century, that would have worked, but to have all the book set in the 14th century, and suddenly this Epilogue in 2014, I found it flat. For me, the book would have ended perfectly just before the Epilogue. But it's only a few pages long, and doesn't hid the fact that the whole book is a gem.
VERDICT: This is a beautiful gem for lovers of Italian art and history. Through her stunning colors and her vibrant heart, Sofia invites you into her passionate life and encourages you to follow your own path, at whatever cost.
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I loved The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant which is set in 15th century Florence. It has a bit of everything art, romance and mystery.
thanks for the recommendation, will have to look into this!
My favorite novel set in Tuscany is Daughter of Siena which is a wonderful historical. I also enjoyed The Light in the Ruins which is a novel set during World War 11.
funny, another reader mentioned also Daughter of Siena.
ooh, thanks for these 2 titles, need to revisit Forster's!


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Our first-principles calculations rely on a density-functional plane-wave pseudo-potential method within
the framework of the generalized gradient approximation
(GGA-PBE)~\cite{Perdew:1996ug} and the projector augmented wave
(PAW) formalism~\cite{Blochl:1994uk}, as implemented in the VASP
code~\cite{Kresse:1996kl,Kresse:1996vk}. The equilibrium
LiOSn structures consist of a 8x8x1 SnO supercell (64 Sn and 64 O atoms) with
a Li content ranging from 128 to 448 atoms.
The supercell Brillouin zone is sampled with a
2x2x2 k-point grid. The plane-wave kinetic energy cut-off is set at
500~eV. The total energy and forces are converged to at least
$10^{-8}$~eV and $10^{-3}$~eV/\AA, respectively. Further computational details can be found elsewhere~\cite{Pedersen:2014ko}.

\section{Acknowledgments}
This research is funded by the EU Commission (the ERC starting
grant: E-MOBILE). The computer simulations are done at the Swiss
National Supercomputer Center (project: s579). The authors thank
Martin Ebner for helpful discussions.

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Mariana Candido
Mariana CandidoAssociate Professor of History
Mariana P. Candido is a specialist in West Central African history during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mariana P. Candido concluded her B.A. in Brazil, her Masters in African Studies in Mexico and her Ph.D. in African History in Canada. Before joining Emory University, Prof. Candido taught at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Princeton University, the University of Kansas, and at the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests include forced migrations, colonialism, empire building, gender, slavery and its afterlives in contemporary societies. Candido published work examines the economic, social, and political impact of the transatlantic slave trade in Angola. Her single authored books, articles, as well as edited volumes stress the role of Africans, particularly African women, as historical agents.
Mariana Candido's publications include An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World: Benguela and its Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2013), which received an honorable mention in the competition for the Herskovits prize/ African Studies Association. She has also published Fronteras de Esclavización: Esclavitud, Comercio e Identidad en Benguela, 1780-1850 (Colegio de Mexico Press, 2011), which has been translated into Portuguese as Fronteras da Escravização (Benguela: Universidade Katyavala Bwila, 2018). Candido has co-edited with Adam Jones, African Women in the Atlantic World. Property, Vulnerability and Mobility, 1680-1880 (James Currey, 2019); Carlos Liberato, Paul Lovejoy and Renée Soulodre-La France, Laços Atlânticos: África e africanos durante a era do comércio transatlântico de escravos (Museu Nacional da Escravatura/ Ministério da Cultura, 2017); and Crossing Memories: Slavery and African Diaspora, with Ana Lucia Araujo and Paul Lovejoy (African World Press, 2011). Her articles have been published in Slavery and Abolition, History in Africa, Social Sciences and Missions, Tempo, Portuguese Studies Review, Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies, Afro-Ásia, African Economic History, Cahier des anneux de la mémoire, Luso-Brazilian Review, Saeculum, Brésil(s), Sciences humaines et sociales, and edited volumes. Mariana Candido is one of the editors of African Economic History.
mariana.pinho.candido@emory.edu


There's no question that one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today is keeping Funyuns fully stocked in the millions of vending machines around the world. Ok, maybe that's just me, but I know you feel my pain. It's a real bummer when your favorite vending machine beverage or snack is out of stock, isn't it? Now imagine how vending machine operators, and the myriad consumer products companies responsible for stocking those machines feel? They've been losing out on big-time revenue for years.
Thanks to SAP's push into The Internet of Things, all of that is about to change.
Under a traditional vending machine process, drivers hit their routes without full knowledge of the machines they need to restock. After parking their trucks, manually counting the missing stock then going back to their trucks for replenishments, the entire process could take up to an hour or more. That's not taking into account broken machines or ones that don't need to be re-stocked, according to Christian Busch, Senior Director, Internet of Things, SAP.
Busch tells me that SAP's Connected Retail capabilities – powered by, you guessed it, SAP HANA – allow consumer products companies to place sensors inside vending machines that provide real-time data on stock, product mix, maintenance and more. Drivers can tap into this real-time data via an app on their mobile devices and know exactly how they need to stock vending machines before they hit the road. The efficiencies gleaned from such knowledge means operators can double the number of vending machines without increasing staff, according to Busch.
Real-time analytics also means consumer goods companies can measure revenue performance of products and adjust vending machine planograms accordingly. Vending machine operators can also use predictive analytics to take a peek at historic sales and demographics data to set optimal price point and product mix. For example, a vending machine at a fitness center might need more Gatorade while Red Bull might be more popular in an office building.
The biggest selling point of these newfangled vending machines is the high level of consumer interaction enabled via debit and loyalty cards, cell phones and even Blue Tooth technology. Busch tells me that many SAP customers are well under way in retrofitting their vending machines, or deploying completely new ones, to heed the call of today's connected consumer.
Check out which snack I picked below from SAP's Smart Vending Machine in Hall 6 at Mobile World Congress.
Don't forget to share a snack with me on Twitter @TClark01.


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Agility is the Theme at the Tuck Marketing Symposium
Marketing executives from Colgate-Palmolive, Wayfair, and others discuss marketing's role in the rapidly evolving business landscape.
Sarah Bird T'87, CEO of Beyond Broth, spoke on marketing agility to engage today's customers.
by Kirk Kardashian
The digital revolution has accelerated the rate of disruption and change in the business world, giving established firms and startups alike new opportunities, business models, and ways of connecting with consumers.
The key to survival, in a word, is agility: the ability to move quickly with grace. That was the theme of this year's student-led Tuck Marketing Symposium, a day-long program of speakers and panel discussions featuring alumni and non-alumni marketing executives from brands such as Colgate-Palmolive, Ecolab, Wayfair, and B.Good, among others. Organized in partnership with the Forbes CMO Network, the symposium taught current Tuck students and event attendees about the breadth of career opportunities in marketing, how relevant principles can be applied in other roles, as well as what customer engagement looks like across a variety of methods and industries.
Deputy Dean Punam Anand Keller, the Charles Henry Jones Third Century Professor of Management, launched the event by tying the theme of agility to the Tuck curriculum, which has recently initiated a calendar and course options that provide students more choices and flexibility in their learning journey, and the agile nature of marketing in general. "The beauty of marketing is you can use it in any career," she said. "I use it all the time as deputy dean. It's an amazing skill that's extremely portable."
The beauty of marketing is you can use it in any career. I use it all the time as deputy dean. It's an amazing skill that's extremely portable.
With the rise of social media and omnichannel retailing, marketing skills have never been in higher demand. Dana Medema, the General Manager for Home Care North America at Colgate-Palmolive, began the symposium with a discussion around the question "Are Big Brands Dead?" The answer was an unequivocal no. However, big brands are under attack from small upstarts, she said, so they need to be agile. For her company, the quest for agility has meant finding new ways to connect with people, leveraging scale to personalize the customer experience, and creating more flexible organizations within Colgate's parent brand. In closing, she advised students to "stay humble, show empathy, be curious, remain coachable, and become advocates."
For Chris Fuqua T'06, the CEO of the healthy restaurant chain B.Good, becoming an advocate has translated into democratizing clean eating. His talk, "Managing in a Changing Environment," highlighted just how difficult and labor-intensive that advocacy is. After spreading quickly around the U.S. and opening franchise locations in Canada, Switzerland and Germany, B.Good hired Fuqua last year from Dunkin' Brands to refocus on B.Good's mission and keep it current with the latest technological innovations in food service. Thus far, he has prioritized building a smart, humble team, creating an app and loyalty program, accelerating product innovation, and giving back to local communities. "Managing in a changing environment is a way to differentiate yourself as a leader," he said. "It's not just about what you learn in textbooks, but how you respond to challenges."
Managing in a changing environment is a way to differentiate yourself as a leader. It's not just about what you learn in textbooks, but how you respond to challenges.
After Fuqua's session, participants were treated to a perspective on marketing from Jennifer Simek, the VP of pest elimination at Ecolab, a 49,000-employee business-to-business company that works with restaurants, hotels, hospitals and food and beverage manufacturers so they can be clean, safe and healthy. Simek has helped Ecolab grow by focusing on and responding to the needs of its customers, who are grappling with issues around clean water, food safety, and energy efficiency. Since the company has a relatively small number of customers, it can work closely with them to implement custom yet efficient solutions. For Ecolab, agility has meant keeping up with its agile customers.
In the afternoon, participants listened to Bob Sherwin, the head of North America marketing at Wayfair, explain how that company has made marketing a profit center. Sherwin was followed by Sarah Bird T'87, the CEO of Beyond Broth, who spoke on marketing agility to engage today's customers, and Kyle Megrue T'12, the Senior Director of Strategy and Operations at GREATS, on starting a great direct-to-consumer brand.
The event concluded with a panel discussion on roles in marketing, which featured Katie Lynch T'16, Associate Director of Marketing at Wayfair; Kelly Miller T'17, Director of Market Insights at American Well; Jenny Djupedal T'17, Associate Brand Manager at Land O'Lakes; Morgan McLean T'15, Senior Brand Manager at Colgate-Palmolive; and Jimmy Valdes T'13, Senior Brand Manager at Danone.
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After viral K'taka photos, Mirik residents claim black panther sightings
"The recent sighting was some days ago. While they do not come near human settlements like the other normal leopards do, we see them either sleeping or resting on rocks or walking among the tea bushes or the hill slopes far away," Mr Rai said.
Statesman News Service | Siliguri/Kurseong | July 8, 2020 3:01 pm
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Days after photos of a majestic Black Panther roaming the jungles in Karnataka caught the fascination of netizens, people in Mirik in Darjeeling have reported sightings of two such black cats in areas surrounding the Thurbo tea garden. While people have reported sightings of the rare animal in the Hills in the past too, the fresh sightings come amid the Covid-19 pandemic and less human interference in the wild due to the lockdown.
A man in the Lower Division of the Thurbo tea garden, Bikash Rai, said that he, along with some other workers of the tea estate have been sighting the two black cats for at least a month now. "The recent sighting was some days ago. While they do not come near human settlements like the other normal leopards do, we see them either sleeping or resting on rocks or walking among the tea bushes or the hill slopes far away," Mr Rai said.
According to him, villagers have also been sighting spotted leopards, which he claimed have eaten goats, dogs and even chicken in his area. Another man in Mirik said that he had sighted the "beautiful panther with the longest tail I have ever seen" near the Thurbo factory in early April this year.
"I was headed for Okayti tea estate from Thurbo to drop my relatives that night when we saw the panther on the road at the big bend after the factory. I wanted to click pictures with my mobile phone, but we were all afraid and it was dead in the night," recalled Deepen Chettri. Also, one resident of Thurbo late last month posted a video of a deer entering her garden in a thickly populated area and eating grass and plant leaves there.
A popular Facebook page in the Hills had in 2019 posted a video of a black cat purportedly doing the rounds in the Pandam tea estate in Pulbazaar Block in Darjeeling. The video clip was then taken and sent by a reader, Pankaj Subba, from that area. In 2016, forest sources had said that trap cameras had clicked images of a black panther in the Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district, arguably for the first in the region.
Recently, images of the black panther captured by a wildlife photographer in the jungles of Kabini in Karnataka went viral on Facebook and Twitter, while netizens said it reminded them of Bagheera, a character in English author Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Experts, meanwhile, say that the Black Panther is not a separate species and they are actually leopards, but they are black due to melanin pigmentation, while they also have their typical spotted markings. According to the Divisional Forest Officer, Kurseong, J Sheikh Fareed, he has asked his officers to keep an eye on the area and that they have asked local people to report any such sighting to the forest department.
"However, no one has so far come forward to tell us about such sightings and the instances of their domestic animals being taken away," Mr Fareed said. According to Animesh Bose, the programme coordinator of the Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation (HNAF) in Siliguri, there are black panthers in north Bengal and that all leopards, including them, go to areas near villages for easy prey where they eat goats, dogs and other domestic animals.
"There are black panthers in the Neora Valley, Buxa tiger Reserve and some in the Hills. Leopards usually go to the tea gardens to give birth as the trenches there are safe places for the young ones," Mr Bose said.
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Classic Aussie Sayings The Kids Won't Know
By ARN Radio
My son is doing a spelling list. He's trying out the word "good". I can't help but think `G-O-GG-O'.
Before I know it, I've uttered the phrase, giggling to myself at my wit. But rather than laugh at the joke, my son just stares blankly.
"That's not how you spell it mum," he says.
Then I realise – he doesn't get it. He's never seen the Gogomobil ad. I'm officially old. I've turned into my parents making jokes that my children don't understand.
Those classic Aussie sayings that Generation X have come to rely on in everyday conversation, just don't cut it with Generation Z.
Here are the sayings that were once cool but your children won't understand.
RIPPA RITA!
Don't say this to children when they have done something awesome. Rippa Rita! actually dates back to 1982, making it more than 30 years old. It also makes you look ancient. Rita was the Eta margarine eater at the end of the commercials one child would say "Rippa Rita!"
THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE POOL ROOM
From the 1997 Aussie film The Castle, this saying is used when an item is so special it will be put on display in the pool room. Yes, once Australian houses were so big that they actually had a rumpus room with space for a pool table. Generally these rooms were lined with shelves for sporting trophies and memorabilia. Say it to your children and they will ask where is the pool room?
HOW'S THE SERENITY?
Have you said this to your children while on a family holiday? They don't get it. They won't get it. Also from The Castle, How's the serenity? is uttered by Darryl Kerrigan (played by Michael Caton), as he sits and looks at the view from their holiday house at Bonnie Doon.
A CUPPLA DAYS, BEWDIFUL, DOESN'T MADDA
These lines are often used by middle-aged Aussies to say everything will be all right. They come from the 80's TV show The Comedy Company. The classic lines were uttered by Con the Fruiterer, played by Mark Mitchell. Mitchell created the character after being served by two Greek Australian stall holders at Melbourne's Glenferrie Markets in 1988. When anything is wrong with the fruit Con tells the customers it will be fine in a "cuppla days". For example, a wilted lettuce – "Put it in the water, cuppla days".
In 1989 then prime minister Bob Hawke appeared on the show and was asked by Con when he would fix up the country. Hawke replied "a cuppla days".
GOGGOMOBIL – G-O-GG-O
Kids doing spelling lists can be forgiven for thinking their parents are crazy when they start using this saying. It comes from an early 1990's Yellow Pages ad in which Scottish actor Tommy Dysart is trying to fix his small yellow car – a goggomobil. When he calls around to get the car fixed, he constantly has to spell the name of the car.
NOT HAPPY JAN
Yes, most people think this is something everyone knows. But it was actually from another Yellow Pages advertisement from the year 2000. So anyone born after 1996 probably doesn't have a clue what you're talking about. The line was delivered by comedian Deborah Kennedy after she discovers one of her staff has forgotten to book an ad in the Yellow pages. It was co-opted by anyone opposed to John Howard in the 2004 federal election under an unsuccessful Not Happy John campaign.
YOU'RE TERRIBLE MURIEL
From the classic Aussie film Muriel's Wedding the phrase "You're terrible Muriel" is one every Generation X and Y knows. But once again, the kids will just say they are not called Muriel.
TELL `EM THE PRICE SON
Frustrated with your child over their stalling tactics? You may be tempted to utter the phrase "Tell `em the price son!" The saying comes from The Little Do'er carpet company ad where the son waffles on about the benefits of the carpets while the father urges him to just give the price.
What may be even more telling is the number of common Gen X and Gen Y sayings that are actually from free-to-air TV advertising. The next generation are far less likely to have any of this influence as they get their viewing pleasure from YouTube and Netflix.
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Thank you to reader Renee for sharing her Organised Mum thriving at home tips. W ith a family of 4 kids, this full-time mum has a 14year old in high school, a 5year old in prep, a 4year old in kindy, a 1year old at home full-time and a working husband.... Sometimes I like to sneak in a surprise or two, so if I spot something super good, I might add something to my official Christmas Day Menu. The recipes below are definitely food for thought. The recipes below are definitely food for thought.
Sometimes I like to sneak in a surprise or two, so if I spot something super good, I might add something to my official Christmas Day Menu. The recipes below are definitely food for thought. The recipes below are definitely food for thought.... 10 Things To Do At The Beginning Of Every Month To Be Super Organised The beginning of the month is the perfect time to reset, refresh and stay organised . There are so many simple yet powerful things you can do for yourself to prevent unnecessary stress.
Thank you to reader Renee for sharing her Organised Mum thriving at home tips. W ith a family of 4 kids, this full-time mum has a 14year old in high school, a 5year old in prep, a 4year old in kindy, a 1year old at home full-time and a working husband.
How To Get Organized There seem to be only 3 topics everyone thinks about this time of year: how to get out of debt, how to lose weight and how to get organized and clean at home.
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Macaravita è un comune della Colombia facente parte del dipartimento di Santander.

L'abitato venne fondato da Hernán Pérez de Estrada nel 1725, mentre l'istituzione del comune è del 22 dicembre 1857.

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Comuni del dipartimento di Santander


For some people, a simple cup of coffee can lead to a life-changing injury. In 1994, a New Mexico jury awarded a 79-year-old woman $2.86 million after she suffered serious burns from a cup of coffee bought from a fast food restaurant. While the plaintiff eventually settled for a lower sum, the case highlighted the possibility that a hot drink injury could result in a complex and costly personal injury lawsuit. Learn more about the different defenses a defendant's attorney may make if you need to file a personal injury lawsuit due to an accident with a hot drink.
Commonly, a defendant's attorney will argue that it was you who caused the accident or the resulting injuries. Given that every case is different, the evidence that is necessary to prove this claim will vary wildly, but it's important to understand that the defendant's attorney will examine the most minor details if he or she feels they can help defend against your claim.
When it comes to hot drinks, your actions could affect the outcome of a case in many ways. For example, the way you sit or move in a restaurant or diner could make it harder for the waitress to safely pour the drink. Similarly, if you buy hot drinks through a fast food drive-thru, an attorney may argue that the way you parked your car caused the staff member to drop the drink.
The extent of your alleged role in the accident will also affect any compensation you receive. Many states operate under comparative negligence rules, where a court will use a fairly simple formula to decide how much you contributed to the accident. If a judge rules that you were equally to blame, you will normally only receive 50 percent of the damages awarded.
Some states follow contributory negligence rules. In these states, if a judge rules that you were partly to blame in any way, you will lose any entitlement to damages, even if you were only a minor factor in the incident. Unsurprisingly, in these states, defendants will push hard to prove that you caused an accident with a hot drink because they may avoid a significant compensation bill.
Assumption of risk is normally a defense that applies to high-risk activities, such as contact sports. In these cases, a defendant will argue that you knew the risk of an injury when you agreed to play the game. Nonetheless, an attorney may apply this defense in a hot drink injury case, as he or she may argue that hot drinks are inherently dangerous and that you accepted this risk when you bought the item.
The defendant's chances of success will vary according to the nature of the injury. For example, if you burn your mouth when you sip a drink that clearly displays a 'warning--hot drink' sign, the defendant may argue that you understood the risk. Any steps that the defendant's employees take to protect you while dispensing the drink (a verbal warning, offering a carry case) may also come into consideration here.
Nonetheless, this defense is unlikely to hold true in a lot of cases, as hot drink injuries often occur when somebody accidentally spills or drops the drink on you. Assumption of risk only applies when the possible injury is inherent to the activity, and a burned leg or arm has nothing to do with drinking a cup of hot coffee.
In many lawsuits, a defendant's attorney will argue that you have failed to handle the case correctly. In these cases, the attorney will focus on a procedural or technical element of the case that means you cannot legally continue with your lawsuit.
Failure to meet the statute of limitations. In all states, there is a fixed period in which you must file a claim after an injury. If you leave it too long, you cannot file a lawsuit.
Failure to state a claim. In this case, the defendant's attorney will argue that one of the essential elements of a personal injury lawsuit was missing. For example, you must adequately show that the defendant caused the accident (causation) with the hot drink.
It's vital that you hire an attorney to help with your lawsuit. He or she can help you follow the correct legal process, which, in turn, will help you challenge any of these defenses.
Hot drink injuries can easily occur, but if you need to file a personal injury lawsuit, you will face significant opposition from the defendant's attorney. Talk to an experienced personal injury attorney, such as those at Vaughan & Vaughan, for more information and advice.


I keep on looking for instances of prescriptivism or metalinguistic comments on prescriptive issues in English literature. My call for examples in English Today recently did not produce any more examples unfortunately. The solution? Keep on reading, and even rereading. This summer will go down in my books as my David Lodge summer (last year it was books about classical ballet, the year before that all the Dutch Indian novels by Couperus). And look what I found.
It all started with a site visit of a well-known Dutch consultancy in Utrecht in April this year, which reminded me of David Lodge's Nice Work, which I then reread. How little things have changed in academic life since the mid-1980s! Not a reason for optimism, I'm afraid. I next read Thinks … and am now half-way through Deaf sentence. Where I found a reference to prescriptivism, and even Lynne Truss's Eats Shoots and Leaves!
The protagonist is a linguist this time (not, indeed, someone who knows languages, as recently-turned-deaf Desmond Bates informs his GP, p. 20), who tries to keep on good terms with his step-son-in-law Peter. Peter is rather in awe of Desmond, "because he thinks you must be silently criticising his English all the time because you're a Professor of Linguistics", Desmond's wife Fred explains. Happens to us all all the time! This made Desmond laugh, "because modern linguistics is almost excessively non-prescriptive". But his wife was right, he has to admit, since "Peter is from a working-class background, speaks with a perceptible local accent and uses the occasional dialect word". AND loves "Lynne Truss's bestselling book on the apostrophe", which Desmond had hoped to introduce him to, but which Peter uses "as a kind of bible". Great, thanks, David Lodge, I'll just keep on rereading and hope to find more.
And if anyone has any more such examples for me, I'd be very grateful!
But to end with a question: Deaf sentence is brilliantly dedicated to all those who translated David Lodge's novels in the past. With the challenge added to translate the title of this particularly one. Has anyone come across any translations of the novel, or did the challenge prove too great?
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As Jen noted in a comment below, the pro-life movement is being supported by the technology of ultrasound. In the current issue of The Weekly Standard, David Daleiden and Jon A. Shields write an article entitled Mugged by Ultrasound. In sum, many of the conversions from pro-abortion to pro-life are being aided and abetted by ultrasound imagery. Going back as far as Bernard Nathanson, a founding father of the abortion business, images of the unborn child undergoing the trauma of death and dismemberment is turning people toward life.
Since the 1970s, second trimester abortions are primarily performed by using the D&E (dilation and extraction) procedure. Because this procedure involves dismembering the unborn child and because the entire process can be viewed on ultrasound imagery, it is hard to avoid the truth that a living human being is being killed.
So, what is the response of the pro-aborts? Regulate the crisis pregnancy centers that are using ultrasound to convince women to keep their children. On Raymond Arroyo's "The World Over" show last Friday night, Peggy Harshorn, the president of Heartbeat International, a network of crisis pregnancy centers spoke to this issue. She said that the centers are defending themselves from an onslaught of legislation and proposed legislation to limit the use of ultrasound by these centers. Congress was considering passing restrictions on the use of this technology, but got sidetracked by the health care legislation. Local and city governments, however, including Baltimore are passing restrictive laws.
It is another example of the perverse minds involved in the abortion world. Under the guise of protecting women, they are doing everything in their power to keep women from knowing the truth of their situation. But, after seeing the thousands of youthful faces at the March for Life, I can't help but believe that the era of this duplicity is coming to an end. These kids know that their lives were on the line and they may not see protecting "reproductive freedom" as a reasonable rationale for killing babies.


This article will show you how to change a User UPN for a single user and for multiple users using Windows PowerShell.
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Standing ovation for Barco HDR Lightsteering at Asian World Film Festival
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Early November, Barco supported the Asian World Film Festival with its breakthrough HDR Lightsteering Technology. A dedicated auditorium at AMC Marina Marketplace 6 was equipped with this cinema projection setup, and 7 titles were shown in the latest HDR format as part of the festival program. Furthermore, Barco's Head of HDR Content Workflow, Joachim Zell hosted a workshop at the festival titled "Color Consistency: from the movie set to the theater".
The Barco content team worked together with the directors and producers of all titles leading up to the festival, to create the HDR version of their movies. This was an exciting part of the workflow where the extended pallet of the new format and technology gave the creatives the opportunity to highlight new elements in their storyline or make key parts stand out even more. The Barco team supported with the required tools and expertise to match the possibilities of HDR Lightsteering.
I am very excited at the opportunity to present my film in your format, and in awe of the possibilities to how I can build my process with an eye towards maximizing the most rewarding audience viewing experience with Barco. I had some observations of what I can do in my process while viewing JACIR at AWFF, and can't wait to discuss with you
Waheed AlQawasmi, Director and Producer of JACIR
At the festival venue, the Barco technical team set up the HDR Lightsteering in the booth of the 154-seat auditorium. Made for cinema, the system integrated perfectly with the existing room-setup and peripherals.
Then it was off for a whole week of screenings: every night the room was packed; and directors and producers were front row to see their movie shine brighter than ever before. The feedback was overwhelming!
The gauge for good Hi definition projections/imaging nowadays (especially on consumer televisions) is usually about having brighter, sharper, more saturated colors. The Barco HDR conversion of our film On The Job: The Missing 8, retained its filmic, cinematic and noirish quality but allowed more details to come out in the blacks. There is just the perfect balance of contrast and brillio without changing the original intention of the picture quality of our film. It felt like we were watching the film for the first time making us see things beyond what we previously seen in other screenings in regular theaters. And we say that in the best possible way.
Dondon Monteverde, Executive Producer of On the Job: The Missing 8 and Erik Matti, Director and Executive Producer of On the Job: The Missing 8
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Minutes after releasing surveillance photos of the man suspected stealing a contractor's laptop from the new Grand Hotel in downtown Spokane, police made an arrest.
Officer Teresa Fuller says 31-year-old Ryan S. Robinson was taken into custody at around 9:30 Monday night. Fuller says officers aw Robinson in the Peaceful Valley area and recognized him from the footage of the burglary.
He was booked into the Spokane County Jail for 2nd Degree Burglary and 2nd Degree Theft.
Police say this man is Ryan Robinson and he was caught on camera stealing a laptop from the new Grand Hotel in downtown Spokane.


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Laura A. Macaluso
Public Art & Public History
We the Women: Commemorating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment
Lynchburg Museum @Old Court House · March 2020-January 2021 ·
The year 2020 will be the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Our museum-based exhibit project is a first look at the unexpected and compelling history of the women's suffrage movement in Lynchburg, Virginia. The exhibit project, titled Commemorating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Lynchburg, is an integration of public history and public art. It will utilize sight and sound to describe the efforts expended by women over the course of more than 75 years to gain the right to vote. This exhibit highlights the many unknown local women involved in this forgotten history and ties into the statewide exhibits, performances, and lectures that will take place in Virginia over the course of 2020. Our exhibit will bring together illuminating visuals, a public art project located in an unexpected place, and diverse programming (from performance to film to lectures). Utilizing two traveling exhibits-one from the Library of Virginia and another from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture-the Lynchburg Museum will become a center for learning about the statewide movement for women's rights, and how the City of Lynchburg helped do this work at the local, state and national levels.
This exhibit project is the first of its kind for the Lynchburg Museum Foundation/Lynchburg Museum System, and will model how contemporary practices of public art and public history can be leveraged for greater impact when working with cultural heritage.
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