This is a setup guide and review of the Rctimer Victor230 FPV mini-quad.
If you're thinking about getting a Vortex Pro 250, think again. The Victory230 will out-fly and out-perform the Vortex any day of the week. Though it's prop-span is 20mm smaller, the Victory230 has bigger motors, ESCs that handle more current, an open source flight control board and OSD that can be easily upgraded. Plus, it's almost half the cost. This is amazing.
The Victory230 includes everything you need except the transmitter and receiver, battery and charger. You'll also want some good goggles if you're just getting started.
Now, let's look at the Victory230.
That's one fine lookin' box.
Oooh, fancy case! I'm sooo excited!
Look at all those extra parts!
I didn't even need to solder anything and it looks awesome!
It's 383 grams with the antenna.
The antenna, by the way, is a right hand, circular polarized, skew-planer wheel. That means it has 4 lobes. A cloverleaf antenna has 3 lobes. As long as your receiving antenna is right hand circular polarized, this will work.
Wow, no messin' around. It comes with replacement plastic parts to rebuild the entire thing once over, even an extra camera mount, screws and side plates. You also get a RSSI cable, sticky-backed velcro for your battery and an extra set of props.
While you're ordering, it's pry smart to pick up some extra prop nuts (it only comes with 4) and props. Also, after disassembling my Victory230, it seems like the other likely parts to break or be lost in a hard crash are the bolts holding on the arms. From my measurements they're M2x22mm.
The props by the way, are 5045's (thats 5x4.5) and they have the same shape and sheen as the DAL bullnose V2 props. The orange one is a DAL v2 and the red one is an Rctimer's BeeRotor 5x4.5 Bullnose.
With 5" props, my XiaoMi Yi doesn't fit.
4" props allow the GoPro-size XiaoMi Yi to fit fine.
If you mount the battery on the underside (just move the velcro), this beast will even fit 6" props!
It comes in two versions. The difference is the motors -- either FR2205/2300kv or FR2306/2300kv motors.
The 2306 motors are a little bigger, so at the same KV, they should be a little more powerful.
Basically, the only thing you need is a radio (buy a Taranis if you need a good one), receiver and a battery. More on batteries in a minute.
I was going to use this FrSky DJT module in my FlySky 9x and a DIY FrSKY RX, but they won't bind without updating the RX firmware. If you want to go this route, checkout my guide here.
If you're looking for the best possible setup, just get a Taranis Transmitter and an X4R receiver or a naked X4R. This setup is the mini-quad racing standard as it's super reliable, responsive and easy to use.
If you have a HAM license, in the US, you can run a 433mhz radio control link. You'll see me mount an OpenLRS 433mhz RX below. This will give a little more range than the X4R, but I'm using this mostly because it's what I have on hand.
Let's take it apart and see what's inside. If you need to rebuild yours, this might be helpful.
Take off the props! I used an 8mm socket wrench.
Remove the four screws on the top of the plastic side panels and the two screws on the aluminum standoffs in the front.
Unscrew the nut securing the gold SMA connector in the back, and remove the washer.
While I was at it, I measured the thickness of carbon fibre, it's a bit over 1mm. Rctimer could have cut this at 1mm or under, but they refuse to settle for anything less than excellent!
The nuts on the arms take the smallest socket wrench I have, 4mm. They're tiny, so don't lose 'em when you take 'em out!
I was afraid the whole thing was going to fall apart, so I loosened each nut evenly and pulled them out all at the same time. This was unnecessary, as it stayed together quite well, even with the bolts out.
The XT-60 doesn't fit through the top plate, with the rubber gasket on. Just slide the gasket off to get the XT-60 through the hole.
The flight controller has all the same components as a BeerotorF3, it's just been reformatted to fit inside of the Victory230's frame.
Note the S.BUS / PPM cable and RSSI cables are included. The Spektrum satellite port is a normal Spektrum plug, so if you're using a Spektrum radio setup, you can plug that in without doing any soldering.
Now let's explore under the flight controller.
The 32 channel video transmitter is on the right.
I see an MP1593DN, 28v 3A voltage regulator on the PDB. You could run this on 6s, assuming the ESCs can handle it.
Speaking of ESCs, I spent a while looking for them, when I finally realized, they're are in the arms!
How is that possible!? The inner diameter of the carbon arms is 10mm. Those are some skinny ESCs!
The trick to re-assembly is to get all your arms ready to go, with the plastic U connectors (4 per arm) attached, then flip the arms up, one at a time, and drop a screw or two into each, then work the bottom plate on.
Also, make sure you securely tighten the gold SMA plug on the back. It's bad news for your video transmitter if this plug comes un-screwed and your antenna doesn't make full contact with the connector. Use the same socket wrench as you used to remove your props, 8mm, to tighten.
There are a few things to do when you get your Victory230 in the mail.
The first thing I did was try to figure out where to put the receiver. To figure out the best place for it, I fit all the other stuff that needs to go on the quad, starting with batteries.
I wonder how long it will fly with a 900mah?
Hum... I think I need a different kind of HD camera or some sort of stand-off setup.
Since my XiaoMi Yi doesn't fit upfront, at least with 5" props, that's where I'll put the receiver! With smaller props, my XiaoMi would fit up front, and I'd find a place for the RX in back.
This OpenLRS RX is setup for PPM, so I'll use this plug.
I re-routed it up to the front. I can't say that I've had a vibration damped receiver before. I also re-routed the power connector out the side, so my 2200mah battery fits better on top.
If you have a smaller RX, it will probably fit right behind the camera.
Plug it into a USB port on your computer. The micro usb port is on the back, along with 12 programmable LEDs.
You'll need the CP210x driver from the Silicon Labs website.
Mine had CleanFlight 1.11.0 on it, with what appear to be CleanFlight's default PIDs.
Like all F3 chips, make sure you set the manual baud rate to 256000. I also set Full chip erase when switching to BetaFlight.
Download the latest version of BetaFlight from the github.com release page https://github.com/borisbstyle/betaflight/releases/. You want the file: betaflight_SPRACINGF3.hex. If you're going to be using my config from here https://gist.github.com/nathantsoi/8e5cac9dbec4d901ab8d, check the version at the top of the config file and make sure it matches the release version you download.
Click the Load local firmware button and pick the betaflight_SPRACINGF3.hex file.
If for some reason that doesn't work, flashing via bootloader mode is amazingly easy. Just unplug the Victory230 from the USB cable, hold the boot button down while you power it on by plugging the USB back in. Choose "no reboot" and hit flash.
The button on the back controls the video transmitter.
Long press to change bands. Short press to change channels within the band.
The OSD won't worked when plugged into USB, so unplug the USB before testing the camera.
Protip, look in the side to see what channel you're on.
I'll walk you though the configuration for BetaFlight with the CleanFlight configurator.
These instructions apply to any CleanFlight compatible F3 flight controller, not just the Victory230.
We'll look at each screen we need to configure in the GUI and go over the settings.
Note that for every screen in the GUI, there are corresponding commands you can paste into the CLI tab (it's the bottom tab) and type save. I've posted my whole config here: https://gist.github.com/nathantsoi/8e5cac9dbec4d901ab8d.
If you have plugged in a magnetometer, calibrate that as well.
If you're using a serial receiver, like SBUS. Enable Serial RX on UART3 in the Ports tab.
You would enable GPS on UART2 as well, if you're using GPS.
Next, on the settings tab, I like to turn off Disarm motors regardless of throttle value in case there is a glitch in the radio link and the aux switch goes low. The downside is, you need to remember to throttle all the way down to kill your motors, even after the aux switch is off. This only matters if you're arming with a switch, as opposed to stick arming.
Hit Save and Reboot, then continue to the PID Tuning tab.
Check the Receiver tab. You should make sure channels 1 through 3 say 1500 with your sticks centered. If they don't use the trim buttons on your transmitter to trim it out.
You should also check your endpoints, that is, the range of values the flight controller sees for each channel. Mine go from 1004 to 1994. You'll want to make sure these are reasonably close to 1000 and 2000. If they're not, adjust your transmitter.
Scroll down and set a switch for GTUNE and the OSD if you would like.
Your AUX x channels might not match mine, depending on your receiver, so be sure to check the Reciever tab if you need to figure out which switch got assigned which AUX port.
You shouldn't need your receiver for a while, so feel free to turn that off, if you still have it on.
This will make sure all your ESCs start spinning the motors at the same speed, at the same time, which is very important during takeoff, landing, and fine maneuvers.
Make sure your props are off and grab a battery, don't plug it in yet though.
Make sure you have an antenna plugged into your video transmitter. Whenever you power on a radio transmitter or receiver, it must have an antenna attached or it could seriously damage the device. Also makes sure you are using the included SMA antenna (the antenna plug should have a pin coming out of the middle), not a RP-SMA. Using the wrong type of antenna is as bad as not plugging one in at all.
Flip the warning switch that says I understand... and slide the master slider up to max.
You'll hear a series of ascending tones. Wait for those to stop and the monontous sounding tones to start (all the same pitch), then drag the master slider down to 0.
You'll hear a series of descending tones in a minute, then it will stop. Unplug the battery and you've got calibrated ESCs!
On the LED Strip tab, scroll down and hit Wire Ordering Mode. Click the grid 12 times, in order, then hit Wire Ordering Mode again.
Then use the LED Function buttons to set the led indicators or colors. I went with red along the bottom, with throttle in the middle and Indicator e.g. turn sigals on the left and right.
Check the blackbox tab. This is where you'll go to download blackbox logs. If you have any data in use on the chip, you can go ahead and erase it now.
Finally, we get to the best part: CLI.
The CLI contains a superset of all the settings available in the configurator. All the settings can be set here by typing or pasting in the command. When you're done, make sure you type save and press enter. The board will reboot and you'll be good to go.
After rebooting, go back to the CLI tab. You can see we're running a 500ms looptime. The status command will tell you system load and the tasks command will tell you what the flight controller is busy doing. No need to run save after these, as there is nothing to save.
You can grab my whole config here: https://gist.github.com/nathantsoi/8e5cac9dbec4d901ab8d. Feel free to leave a comment with your settings or share a gist!
It's super important you understand how failsafe works so that your quad doesn't fly away from you, never to return. Or, if it's flying right at your face, you know how to turn it off before it slices you up!
In stage 1, hold throttle position, to keep doing whatever was going on before the link was lost. This will make sure the quad doesn't fall out of the sky. The downside is that it could continue running at full throttle for a few milliseconds. I also turn down failsafe_delay from 1 second to 500ms. This is the amount of time the throttle will be held at its last position with rxfailsafe 3 h before stage two takes effect.
In stage 2, throttle down. Stage 2 is when the quad goes into autolevel and descends. This value will make sure the quad falls fast. I'd rather come down quickly and crash instead of potentially running into someone or something with the motors throttled up.
Make sure you save after pasting these into the CLI, with the save command, then enter.
Turn on the quad and receiver like normal, arm and throttle up.
The quad's motors should spin for just over 100ms and then all turn off.
This way you know that if you loose signal, you won't lose your quad.
Note that in my BetaFlight 2.3.5 config https://gist.github.com/nathantsoi/8e5cac9dbec4d901ab8d for the Victory230, I have set the default PID values. You should tune these to your liking given your battery and prop choice.
Arm with a switch (like in my config), arming via sticks is risky.
Go fly then come back and download the dataflash to your computer. It takes forever, be patient.
Then erase your flash so you're ready for the next tuning session.
You'll then flash and configure it the same way as described in the the OZE32 ScarabOSD flashing guide. My configuration files are available below.
The X-rotor 20A ESCs are pre-flashed with the BlHeli bootloader, so if you ever need to change any settings, you can use the CleanFlight passthrough programmer in BlHeli.
I didn't upgrade my ESCS, since they come with BlHeli 14.3, but checkout the BlHeli ESC Upgrading and Configuration guide for more details on updating your ESCs or changing settings.
Post if you have any questions, comments or corrections. Thanks for reading and happy flying!


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TORRINGTON — Exactly 25 years ago, Gaitan Rodriguez earned the '29 Club Award, and to this day, the Torrington High head football coach savors the honor.
The award, in honor of the undefeated 1929 Red Raiders football team, is given annually to a senior football player who exhibits extraordinary athletic performance and leadership, academic excellence and is a positive role model.
A social worker with the Torrington school district, Rodriguez still gets emotional about the award.
"I hold that honor dear to my heart," said Rodriguez, in his ninth season as head coach. "Since I've been the head coach, a lot of the former recipients come to the dinner, and it's great to be able to catch up with them see with what they're doing with their lives."
Exactly 20 years ago, former Torrington quarterback Mike Ciesco earned that honor and he, too, appreciates being connected to the award.
Two decades later, Ciesco, 37, is the president of the '29 Club.
"It's great for someone born and raised in town and went through the youth program and at the high school," said Ciesco. "Every year around this time you see that excitement going to the banquet. When I see all of the past recipients, it really hits home with me. Recipients from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s come to the dinner. They may be from different eras and far apart in age, but you hear them speak and they have similar stories and memories about their high school days. The old-timers look forward to the dinner. They post the date on their calenders. It's been Ike that for a long time."
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"It's an overwhelming feeling to see all of the past members come together," said Ciesco. "Since Gaitan's coach tenure, a lot of his former players return. The kids have bought into the tradition. It's great to see the younger kids carry it on."
Ciesco is helped by Gary Capitano, a 1980 recipient, who is the club's vice president. Both of Capitanio's sons were recipients, too — Jordan (2003) and Nathan (2005).
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French Defense Procurement Agency takes delivery of Fourth & Final Loire-class BSAM
The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) took delivery of the fourth Metropolitan Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel (BSAM) on July 4th. Ordered in 2016 for the French Navy, the BSAM Garonne is the final ship of a class designed and built by the Kership shipyard.
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According to the DGA, this new vessel reinforces and modernizes the capabilities of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). The BSAM is an extremely versatile ship designed to carry out three types of missions:
the support of the forces (towing of large displacement vessels, escort and support of submarines, training of the forces, …)
the maritime safeguard ( rescue at sea, assistance to ships in distress, fight against maritime pollution, etc.)
regional support (towing, anchoring and maintenance of mooring boxes, lifting of wrecks …)
The French Navy changed the designation of several vessels in its fleet earlier this year. Previously known as BSAH (for Bâtiments de Soutien et d'Assistance Hauturiers or Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel) the Loire-class is now designated as BASM (for Bâtiments de Soutien et d'Assistance Métropolitains or Metropolitan Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel).
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Loire-class vessels can conduct a wide range of support missions: They were designed to accommodate divers, to carry weapons and ammunition, to support submarines and surface ships, to tow underwater antennas, as well as to deploy a pollution control dam. They have a towing capacity of 80 tons of traction, a navigation speed of 14 knots and a significant endurance of about 30 days (without refueling). They are fitted with an 8 meters boat, several RHIBs and a crane for loading and unloading containers.
BASM main caracteritics
Breadth: 15.80 m
Draft: 5.00 m
Displacement: 2,960 tonnes
Dead-weight: approx. 1000 T
Loading area on deck: 250 m²
Speed: 14 knots
Hull / superstructure: Steel
Amenities: 17 (crew) + 12 passengers
Engine: 2 x 2 650 kilowatts
Generators: 2 x 300 kWe
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SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMPANY: The trust that's delivered a 48-year record on resilient dividends
By Jeff Prestridge Personal Finance Editor For The Mail On Sunday
Barring a global economic calamity in the next month or so, investment trust Scottish American will, early in the New Year, announce its 48th year of consecutive annual dividend increases.
It's a tremendous income record that has only been bettered by a handful of rival funds including City of London, Bankers and Alliance.
The £940million trust, managed by Scottish investment house Baillie Gifford, has already paid out three quarterly dividends to shareholders for the current calendar year, totalling 9.3 pence a share – a 3.3 per cent increase on the equivalent payments made last year.
And with the trust's objective being one of delivering real income growth – above inflation – the final payment that will be announced after the trust's board meets in February could be higher than the 3 pence paid last year.
Inflation in the UK is currently running at a ten-year high of 5.1 per cent. '2021 is going to be another year o f dividend growth,' says James Dow, who runs the trust with colleague Toby Ross.
'The key question is by how much we raise the annual dividend.'
Shares in the trust ended last week at about £5.35.
Dow says the trust's whole modus operandi is built around hunting down companies that can deliver 'resilient' earnings – and by implication resilient dividends.
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The trust's dividend resilience was proven last year when, against the backdrop of a global collapse in company dividends, Scottish American managed to push up the income payments to its shareholders by one per cent.
Like many investment trusts, it was able to tap into its income reserves built up over many years to support the 2020 dividends paid to investors, although Dow says it still leaves the fund with nearly two thirds of a year's income in reserve. Dow says the search for dividend-resilient companies takes it to Denmark (pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk); Brazil (B3, owner of the Brazilian Stock Exchange); and invariably the United States (Procter & Gamble).
The key, he says, is not to chase bumper payouts. 'We do not buy companies which provide the highest dividend yield on their shares,' he explains. 'We prefer businesses that offer a lower yield, but which are able to deliver dividends through thick and thin.' Novo Nordisk, says Dow, is a classic Scottish American holding. It offers a low dividend equivalent to just over one per cent, but the potential for strong dividend growth over the next five years on the back of the success of the appetite suppressants it has developed to combat obesity. Although the trust is somewhat overshadowed by the £19.6billion global fund Scottish Mortgage that Baillie Gifford also runs, Dow is not intimidated.
'We offer a vehicle whose share price is less volatile than Scottish Mortgage's,' he argues. 'We're steadier and we provide a solid income stream.'
Scottish American has enjoyed five-year returns of 91 per cent. These are modest when set against those achieved by Scottish Mortgage (332 per cent), but better than many global equity income rivals such as Securities Trust of Scotland (66 per cent) and Invesco Global Equity Income (57 per cent). The trust's stock market identification code is 0787369 and its ticker is SAIN. The annual charges total 0.7 per cent.
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Q: Quadratic equations .. The set of non-zero values of k such that the equation $|x^2-10x+9| =kx$ is satisfied by atleast one and atmost three values of x, lies in ___.
The answer is $(-\infty, -16] \cup [4 , \infty) $.
How do you get that ?

A: Hints:

*

*Note that $|y|=kx$ iff $kx>0$ and $y=kx$ or $y=-kx$.

*Using the previous hint, write down the two cases in consideration and isolate all the terms to one side so that the other side is $0$.

*For each case, set the discriminant to be non-negative and solve.

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Q: How can I make text and icons larger on Ubuntu 16.04? I am using a Thinkpad t460, 14 inch screen. Recently installed Ubuntu on the same. The problem I am facing is that all the text and icons are very small by default. The same issue isn't appearing when using Windows (everything resizes properly).
I've tried accessibility options and increasing font size but nothing works. Any suggestions on how to properly resize the GUI to adapt to the smaller screens?

A: Go to Tweak Tool > Fonts and then increase Scaling Factor

A: In 16.04, there is no need for the Tweak Tool. Scaling is supported out of the box; check out this answer
I personally have found that going to System Settings > Displays and then setting the Scale for menu and title bars works for me.


Oneida County is close to settling a lawsuit filed last year by a pair of nonprofit organizations over the amount of time it takes the county Department of Social Services to serve applicants seeking public assistance.
Lawyers from the county and Legal Services of Central New York said negotiations to settle the lawsuit out of federal court have progressed. The parties are scheduled to meet again in court Monday, April 11.
• Processing applications for benefits within the timeframes required by state and federal laws.
• Providing benefits within the timeframe set by the law.
• Allowing some applicants to file for benefits during regular business hours on the first day of the applicant's visit.
• Scheduling interviews for benefits within the timeframes required by the law.
• Giving applicants a timely notice on the eligibility of their applications.
About 16,000 people in Oneida County receive food stamps and another 28,000 receive Medicaid.
Social Services began hiring personnel to review cases for people applying for benefits, such as public assistance and food stamps, DSS Commissioner Lucile Soldato said.
Some of those people were laid off at the beginning of the year because of budget cuts. The department has filled nine examiner and senior examiner positions and plans to fill another 11 positions this year. Once the positions are filled, the department will employ 135 people in its "examiner series," Soldato said.
While Soldato said she could not comment about the lawsuit, Bagley said the county's hires are likely a direct result of the filing.
"I'm sure the lawsuit plays in to it," he said.
For Young, the county's move to hire personnel shows an effort to serve the applicants.


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Uncharted: The Movie
By Gambit,
June 26, 2009 in Film, TV & Radio
They could get the girl who plays Elena to play Elena though right? That would be a pretty obvious choice.
I still can't believe they didn't cast Nathan Fillion, fucking Nathan Drake is based on him, surely! And he wanted to fucking play the fucking role. He fucking IS fucking Nathan Drake. Fucking idiots! Good casting opportunities are missed every day, but this is something else, he was absolutely born to play the role.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxgWrmW2qY
Eighthours
Russell's comments don't necessarily mean that the protagonists are members of this art-dealing, globe-trotting family - he could easily be referring to the film's villains. One thing that both Uncharted games suffered from was weak villains, so this could be a promising start.
Yeah, having read the LA Times piece in full it's vaguely ambiguous, though I fear we're clutching at straws here.
David O. Russell talks a bit about the film:
I've never played the games so I don't know if I should be outraged or happy with his comments.
Sounds like you'd be better served watching a walkthrough on Youtube rather than the film.
It's so well cast and acted, and really well written. Not to mention the amazing performance capture, facial animation etc. It's miles ahead of practically everything else in that regard. It hardly needs a film really, it only serves to dilute the brand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPAyGWKd6c
There are at least 2 lines in this trailer alone which are wittier and better delivered than anything I've played this year.
Jack Walsh's coffee shop
I love to see someone give him a quiz on camera about both games, cos I suspect he's barely played them himself.
Never going to happen though.
Maybe George Clooney will turn out to be a fan of the games and twat him in the chops again.
I just listened to this week's episode of the GameSpy Debriefing. Scott Bromley's being all contrary about the reaction to Nathan Fillion not being cast. Claims all his movies have been commercial flops and that Walhberg means people will actually come to watch this.
How many games did each of the Unchartered games shift? I guess they figured the installed fanbase isn't enough for them to actually cast the role, so instead they're keeping a studio exec happy.
Outside of Fillion, any more inspired hypothetical casting ideas? I was thinking:
Mark Wahlberg's hardly a million miles away from the character, it's not like they've cast Luis Guzman or Emma Thompson or something. If you're planning on making a $100m action film, I imagine it would be very hard to get anyone to give you $100m if your film stars some b-list TV actor from a TV show several years ago that some nerds really liked and also some films that didn't make any money.
Videogame films almost never make any money and are always shit, so I don't know what everyone's worked up about, it's not like we're losing another Apocalypse Now here.
Since when has Mark Wahlberg been a box office draw? I suppose, in a "look how shit this is lol" kind of way, but still.....
As for Fillion being in Box Office flops. I can remember three movies of his. Serenity, based on a TV show that lasted 12 episodes which eventually made a fair whack on DVD/blu-ray. Slither, not marketed great and not exactly mainstream. White Noise 2, a sequel to a really shit Michael Keaton movies. I'd hardly blame the box office failures on Fillion.
Hey, take it up with Scott Bromley, not me.
He's on Twitter @Scott_Bromley
Also said something about that indie movie Waitress that Fillion was in and how the director was killed before the movie was released.
But to get back to the hypothetical: if they choose the mainly comedy route, they should cast Bill Hader as both Mr Drake and a host of other roles, cos that guy can play anybody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAxIH_H4PI
Even pint-sized British film directors.
(go to 2:45 in .... it's fricking uncanny)
Fillion's current show Castle does pretty well in the ratings.. averaging 10+ million viewers..
So it's not like he's not got ANY public recognition..
Other than him.. maybe Joe Flanigan from Stargate Atlantis - though he's even less well known than Fillion..
BrerLappin
Get rid of Elena and have Michael Cera as an akward geeky sidekick, surely. Maybe get Shia the beef in on this too. And Michael Bay to direct. I mean theyre going to fuck it up, they may as well fuck it up epically.
BigShimmeryWall
List here of average viewers for primetime shows 09-10 and Castle places above Lost and Glee:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336
Well if it's that you want, I believe this man's available to take his rightful place in one of these chairs.
It appears that O'Russell might not have actually played the game...
From Comingsoon, via IGN
We think director David O. Russell has made some great movies. Look at Oscar-nominated The Fighter for instance. But we're also huge fans of the "Uncharted" game franchise and Russell's continuous comments about the "family dynamic" in the games has us worried. Mr. Russell, the game is about Nathan Drake (who looks nothing like Mark Wahlberg), who is helped on his adventures by close friend Victor "Sully" Sullivan and sometimes by a reporter named Elena Fisher. Seeing some of these quotes at IGN from Russell makes us think he has never played the game himself though he is attached to direct Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
I think if we take that family dynamic that we have in The Fighter, and put that in terms of a grander stage, with a crime family that metes out justice in the world of art and antiquities. If you're the head of a museum, or head of state, you've got to deal with them, and they're badass.
They're like the Sopranos in some ways, but they have great taste, and they have a sense of justice.
I would love to do that with Mark [Wahlberg], Robert De Niro, and a couple of hot women, it could be very thrilling.
So basically, this is an idea you had for a movie that you will just put the name "Uncharted" on?
IGN: Of all the video game movies, why was Uncharted the one for you?
David O. Russell: Because it's centered around a family, and I like the combination of criminals and truth. These guys they're tough but they're working on this crazy case, and they can't do it without truth. I think that's cool.
In the interview he claims his "kid loves playing it, I love playing it. I just want to create a world that takes it to another level, that's another amazing world that's more cinematic."Mr. Russell, we can't think of a lot of games that are more cinematic than Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
It's going to be such a wonderful trainwreck.
Here's hoping O'Russell has another one of his meltdowns on set causing the whole project to be shut down.
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it's not like they've cast Luis Guzman.
And the way bloody hell not?!
Guy's a legend.
That's way up there among the most fucking stupid things I've ever read!
That reminds me of when the Strauss brothers excitedly announced how they would make Alien Vs Predator 2 twice as good as the original by giving the Predator... two shoulder cannons!
I think the director knows how well videogame movies are typically received and is setting it up so that the critics will wind up blaming the source material and not his piss-poor work. Slashfilm, for example, uncritically accepted his remarks that all this Sopranos family shit is something that came out of the game.
rubberducker
you lot really lack imagination.
David O. Russell is a fine director and no it won't be slave to the game, but SFW?
The game's cinematics aren't exactly original or especially memorable. its good for a game, but laughable for a movie. its just a modern indy jones rip off, plan and simple.
as a movie it has to work on its own terms, or it would just be another bland action adventure popcorn movie.
the director is there to tell a story, not cut and paste set pieces from the game into a script.
We really lack imagination? It seems like the entire plot for the movie came from the director's own.
It sounds like some retarded Mummy-esque abomination - and I can't wait!
Some on the /film talkback are going for the idea that he's taking the name, as it's known by gamers, and plans to create quite a different idea altogether, hung on that name. Use the characters and rough backdrop but change it into the idea of a family of art/antique dealers. I can see where he'd be going with that but if you're using the name and really changing things up a bit, aren't you going to alienate the people who would know what the Uncharted games are anyway, who would surely be your initial target audience?
If that it is the case, it begs the question of why not just create an original movie based around this new idea?
But why the hell make a movie based on an existing property if you're going to fundamentally change what it's about?
All you do is piss off the people who know the property and do want an action packed modern take on Indiana Jones.
There have been plenty of (not just) blockbuster movies with action and direction FAR worse than the Uncharted games.
That'd be fine if that was what he actually claimed to be doing. Instead he's coming up with a frankly cringeworthy pitch for a generic adventure movie and saying it's all stuff that came out of the game. It reads like he's covering his ass, to me. Recall that a surprisingly number of critics cut Uwe Boll some slack for Alone in the Dark because:
The movie's based on a video game (of the same name), and so, like those modes of entertainment, the action consists mostly of "Look there! Monster! Shoot! Shoot again! Oh, go ahead, shoot a lot! Ooh, another!," etc. This is definitely for people who love the video game
That this bit of pustulence is based on a video game of the same name is no surprise. It explains the thin plot, characters and abundant gunplay.
When in fact he'd created a shitty movie entirely on his own initiative. I've got this demented conspiracy theory that Russell is trying to accomplish the same.
It's because people are stupid and they can guarantee a minimum turn out due to name recognition alone.
This. Why make an Uncharted movie that ignores the entire basis of the Uncharted franchise. The game is basically is a modern Indiana Jones game and there's nothing to stop that working in a modern film.
We don't want it to replicate the games, but to at least take from the concept. A quest to unexplored land, a bad guy/rival, action and adventure, the banter between Drake, Scully and Elena. Has Hollywood really forgotten how to write and produce a good family action adventure?


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Ketki Ketkar (right) with her twin sister, Mallika, who is also her training partner. (Photo by Melanie Chen)
Sammamish fencer brings home bronze from World Championships
Maria Langworthy Headline Story, Sports & Rec
Ketki Ketkar, a 16-year-old Skyline High School student, won bronze at the 2021 Junior & Cadet World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt. She was one of three girls chosen to represent the U.S. in the competition, which ran from April 3 to 11.
She was informed of her tournament selection only a couple weeks prior to the event via email from USA Fencing.
"When I read it, I was super excited because it's my first World Championship and I was excited to get that experience and generally to travel since we haven't been anywhere in a while," Ketkar said.
A fencer of seven years, Ketkar trained every morning and afternoon with her twin sister, Mallika, through Kaizen Academy in Redmond.
Because of COVID-19, there were no prior competitions or tournaments for Ketkar to compete in to better prepare before the World Championships. To get up to speed for the event, Ketkar trained with her sister at home and participated in mini local tournaments at their club.
Yasser Eldarawani, Ketkar's coach and a 2004 Olympian, tried his best to prepare Ketkar while getting creative in adopting COVID-19 safety precautions. They trained outside of Kaizen Academy on mats, and propped up a tent when it rained.
"I tried to make the most out of the training so she can be ready more for the tournament…physically, mentally, and everything. She was ready," Eldarawani said.
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Ketkar was only able to travel to Cairo with her mom and coach. But that did not prevent her sister, family, and fellow fencers at Kaizen Academy from supporting her at home.
"We were watching it at 3:00 a.m. because that was the time it was for us," Kevin Mar, another coach at Kaizen Academy, said. "This was only her second international tournament ever."
Despite being the underdog for much of the tournament, Ketkar exceeded expectations. She easily won her first round 15-0 and the second round 15-3 to win bronze in the Cadet Women's Épée, a thrusting weapon and the heaviest of the three weapons used in fencing.
Ketki Ketkar showcases her bronze medal. (Courtesy of USA Fencing)
"When I got the medal, it was really exciting because all of the people there were just really good fencers, so to get a medal was super exciting," Ketkar said.
All competition athletes were restricted to a bubble, only traveling from the hotel to the event venue for competition, to limit the possible spread of COVID-19. However, that did not prevent Ketkar from talking with the other medalists and meeting competitors from other countries.
Ketkar attributes her success to her twin sister, Mallika, who is also a nationally-ranked fencer but did not compete at the World Championships. Ketkar explains that through consistent training, her sister keeps her motivated and pushes her to further improve her skills.
Mar, who has watched the sisters develop their fencing skills together, stresses the importance of having a community of fencers to support you.
I wanted everyone to realize that whether you train day in and day out or you just encouraged [others] or you were just there [at Kaizen], you are a part of the [Kaizen] family," Mar said. "You are a part of the tribe."
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Policy Proposal
Draft Document
This policy proposal has been accepted
First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size 2006-07: First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size. This proposal suggests the Assignment Window (AW) available to new LIRs should automatically be raised from zero (0) to /21 (2,048 IPv4 addresses) six months after they receive their first allocation. Because the sub-allocation policy references the AW policy, the sub-allocation policy also needs to be updated. This proposal suggests that the maximum sub-allocation should be kept at /20 (4,096 IPv4 addresses). https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2006-07 https://www.ripe.net/logo.png
First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size
First version: 12 Sep 2006
This proposal suggests the Assignment Window (AW) available to new LIRs should automatically be raised from zero (0) to /21 (2,048 IPv4 addresses) six months after they receive their first allocation. Because the sub-allocation policy references the AW policy, the sub-allocation policy also needs to be updated. This proposal suggests that the maximum sub-allocation should be kept at /20 (4,096 IPv4 addresses).
Summary of Proposal:
a. Arguments Supporting the Proposal
In 1993 the minimum Assignment Window (AW) was recommended to be /19. Just two years later this was set to zero and the maximum AW to /19, with AWs being set in-line with individual LIRs' needs and experience. Since 1995 the AW policy has slowly been relaxed as LIRs have become more familiar with the RIPE community's policies.
The maximum AW was dropped in 1999 and the time constraint was removed for LIRs' infrastructure assignments in 2001.
The number of RIPE NCC members (LIRs) has grown by about 35% over the last five years. Despite this, the RIPE NCC has not seen a rise in the number of requests sent for approval over this period. Instead, the number of approval requests per LIR, and in absolute terms, have dropped by 17%.
However, there has been a steady increase in the number of requests received for assignments to medium sized networks (/24 - /19). There was a 15% growth in this category between 2001 and 2005.
During this period the RIPE NCC has made significant improvements to the effectiveness of its training services. About 1,000 LIR staff attend RIPE NCC training courses each year. The RIPE NCC has tried to reduce the need for LIRs to send staff abroad when attending courses, and the number of LIRs doing so dropped by 7% between 2004 and 2005.
While RIPE NCC training materials have always been available from the web site, an e-learning portal was launched in 2005 to provide better access to a wider range of training material. This portal allows LIRs to access training and educational resources at the time and place they choose, and as frequently as they want.
The broadening of access to training about the RIPE NCC procedures has been extended with the E-Learning Centre and will be extended even more in the beginning of 2007 when the LIR Training Course will be webcast and made available on-line.
LIRs are also supported through the RIPE NCC's audit service. This service, which is described in ripe-170, aims to promote consistent and fair application of the community's policies as well as identifying procedures that can be improved. The audit process has recently been improved and expanded so that more LIRs are audited.
Accepting this proposal would allow the RIPE NCC to focus more time on audits. It will also allow many LIRs to speed up their provisioning processes. It is not intended to promote larger PA assignments to End Users.
b. Arguments Opposing the Proposal
Despite improved training and support activities, a small minority of LIRs do not follow the community's policies. These LIRs would find it more difficult and time consuming to obtain an additional allocation when returning to the RIPE NCC for more IPv4 address space.
LIRs may also need to supervise new staff more closely, as those staff would not need to send as many requests to the RIPE NCC for evaluation.
Additional Supporting Information:
During the Address Policy Working Group session at RIPE 53, the RIPE NCC was asked to provide statistics showing how many of the requests to make a PA assignment involve discussion with the requester; and how much discussion takes place in those requests. Leo Vegoda gave a presentation on this.
The RIPE NCC looked at all the tickets where we approved PA assignments of prefixes up to and including /21 during the last three complete months of July, August and September in 2006. This was a set of 1,100 tickets.
This graph illustrates:
- 80% of requests are approved immediately, or following just one exchange
- 15% are approved with just two or three messages being exchanged
- 4% of tickets involve a significant amount of discussion
Please note: Tickets often include messages that are not directly related to the specific request. For instance, when an LIR is eligible for an additional allocation discussion can also occur on how to register something in the database, or the IP Resource Analyst may remind them about an unpaid invoice.
These figures show that only a small fraction of LIRs need significant assistance with their decision making. The RIPE NCC will be able to dedicate significantly more time to this small group of LIRs if the initial Assignment Window is raised.
The full table of results:
Exchanges Tickets
Affects:
ripe-387
Proposal Version:
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.class public abstract enum Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;
.super Ljava/lang/Enum;
.source "PhoneNumberUtil.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x4409
    name = "Leniency"
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Signature;
    value = {
        "Ljava/lang/Enum",
        "<",
        "Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;",
        ">;"
    }
.end annotation

# static fields
.field private static final synthetic $VALUES:[Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

.field public static final enum EXACT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

.field public static final enum POSSIBLE:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

.field public static final enum STRICT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

.field public static final enum VALID:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

# direct methods
.method static constructor <clinit>()V
    .locals 6

    .prologue
    const/4 v5, 0x3

    const/4 v4, 0x2

    const/4 v3, 0x1

    const/4 v2, 0x0

    .line 461
    new-instance v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$1;

    const-string v1, "POSSIBLE"

    invoke-direct {v0, v1, v2}, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$1;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    sput-object v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->POSSIBLE:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    .line 473
    new-instance v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$2;

    const-string v1, "VALID"

    invoke-direct {v0, v1, v3}, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$2;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    sput-object v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->VALID:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    .line 494
    new-instance v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$3;

    const-string v1, "STRICT_GROUPING"

    invoke-direct {v0, v1, v4}, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$3;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    sput-object v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->STRICT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    .line 525
    new-instance v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$4;

    const-string v1, "EXACT_GROUPING"

    invoke-direct {v0, v1, v5}, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency$4;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    sput-object v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->EXACT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

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    const/4 v0, 0x4

    new-array v0, v0, [Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    sget-object v1, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->POSSIBLE:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    aput-object v1, v0, v2

    sget-object v1, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->VALID:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    aput-object v1, v0, v3

    sget-object v1, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->STRICT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    aput-object v1, v0, v4

    sget-object v1, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->EXACT_GROUPING:Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    aput-object v1, v0, v5

    sput-object v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;->$VALUES:[Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

    return-void
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.method private constructor <init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V
    .locals 0
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Signature;
        value = {
            "()V"
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .line 456
    invoke-direct {p0, p1, p2}, Ljava/lang/Enum;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    return-void
.end method

.method synthetic constructor <init>(Ljava/lang/String;ILcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$1;)V
    .locals 0
    .param p1, "x0"    # Ljava/lang/String;
    .param p2, "x1"    # I
    .param p3, "x2"    # Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$1;

    .prologue
    .line 456
    invoke-direct {p0, p1, p2}, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    return-void
.end method

.method public static valueOf(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;
    .locals 1
    .param p0, "name"    # Ljava/lang/String;

    .prologue
    .line 456
    const-class v0, Lcom/android/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil$Leniency;

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est un footballeur japonais né le  1988 à Osaka. Il évolue au poste d'attaquant.

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Hidetaka Kanazono commence sa carrière professionnelle au Júbilo Iwata. Lors de sa , il dispute 28 matchs et inscrit 12 buts en J-league 1.

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20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt
14 Years Running
Schulstr. 1 1/2
Ingolstadt 85049
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Schloßlände 1
Ingolstadt, Bayern 85049
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Tränktorstr. 6 - 8
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The short film festival 20minmax literally stands by its name: films of multiple genres – so long as they are no longer than 20 minutes.
As we do not set any limits with regard to film genres, our festival offers a holistic overview of the current short film scene. The diversity of the genre shall be underlined by showing blocks of films; this allows the spectator to both compare and understand the ways in which short films can be designed, which topics they can address, and the fashion in which these topics can be approached. Screening the films in this manner should, on the one hand, create awareness of the fact that short films ought not to be written off as mere support for full-length movies; and, on the other hand, emphasize the selection process itself as well as the dramaturgical order of the program, which are of the utmost importance at times where we have seemingly limitless access to videos of any kind at our disposal.
We would like to offer an independent, manifold, unusual yet still coherent program choice which might question, train, amuse, or simply satisfy the spectator and his visual perception of film.
BEST SHORT FILM | donated by AUDI AG | Prize Money €2,000
YOUTH JURY AWARD | donated by inlingua | Prize Money €1,000
BEST SHORT FILM COMEDY | donated by schnellervorlauf gmbh | Prize Money €1,000
BEST SHORT FILM ART & EXPERIMENTAL | sponsered by the City of Ingolstadt | Prize Money €1,000
SHORTIES FOR KIDS AWARD | donated by AUDI AG | Prize Money €500
SOUTHERN FILM AWARD 2019 | donated by IFG | Prize Money €500
MOBILE FILM AWARD |Prize Money €500
WEIRD MOVIES AWARD | Prize Money €333
IMPORTANT +++ FILMS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2018. FILMS MUST BE NO LONGER THAN 20:59 MIN INCLUDING FRONT AND END CREDITS +++ IMPORTANT
1 . The organizer of the International Short Film Festival 20minmax in Ingolstadt is the non-profit association Verein zur Förderung der Filmkultur - Von der Rolle e.V.
2. Submission: Films are to be submitted via the international internet platform FilmFreeway. Films and videos that have previously entered past editions of 20minmax will not be considered for the current competition. Preview DVDs will not be returned.
3. The organizers reserve the right to move submissions to other competitions and sections.
4. Each entry to FilmFreeway must be accompanied by at least 1 film still (JPEG or TIFF, min. 300dpi) as well as 1 director's photo, an english synopsis and a short director's biography. A contact email address for notifications about the submission status is mandatory.
5. The selection committee will make its decision by January 2020. Filmmakers whose work is accepted for the festival program will automatically be informed via email.
6. A screening copy will be requested separately by the festival management. This copy has to be available in digital form by February 15th 2020. All selected films will be announced with stills and trailers at 20minmax.com.
7. Screening Format: Festival screening copies for the festival week should be uploaded or sent in HD-resolution or better, Apple ProRes or DCP, 24 or 25 fps (25 fps is recommended, we do not accept 30 fps). mp4-files are accepted but not recommended
8. Subtitles: If the original version is in a language other than English, the film must be subtitled in English. We also require subtitles for English films. Our audience is thankful for German subtitles for English Films but we accept English subtitles too.
9. By submitting a film to the 20minmax festival the sender consents to the film being screened at the festival both in competitions and specials. In submitting your film or video you guarantee that you have all the relevant permissions, licenses and releases for your film or video to be screened in a public exhibition. You must have the authorization, licence and release for the submitted film's/video's music, script and actors etc.
10. For promotional purposes and for the corporate communication of the cooperation partners and sponsors excerpts of the accepted films can be broadcasted on TV, in trailers or on websites, free of charge, if this is not expressly revoked by the submitter. The excerpts cannot exceed 3 minutes or 10% of the total length of the film. Stills and photos can be used for promotional purposes and for the corporate communication of the festival.
11 . A screening fee will not be paid.
12. In agreement with the rights holders Von der Rolle e.V. presents the winning films and/or selected films of the 2020 edition of the fesitval in non-commercial screenings after the festival week itself.
13. By submitting to the festival the sender agrees that his or her details will be stored and used in purpose of the Festival and accept the regulations of the Festival.
14. By submitting a film the submitter accepts the festival regulations.
Regular Deadline
March 28 – April 3, 2020
20minmax 2020
Open to short films of all genres - excluding Art & Experimental and children's films - from anywhere in the world. Submitted films must be no longer than 20:59 minutes, including opening and closing credits. Awards: Best Short Film | Youth Jury Award | Comedy Award | Weird Movies Award. Total Prize Money is €4,333.
Gold Members: $1.40 USD
Art & Experimental
Open to art & experimental short films from anywhere in the world. The Art & Experimental Award is a special award for an outstanding international art or experimental short film. The prize money is €1 ,000 and is awarded by a jury. Submitted films must be no longer than 20:59 minutes, including opening and closing credits.
Southern Films
Open to short films from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The Southern Film Award is an audience award for short films produced in the federal states Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. The prize money is €500. Submitted films must be no longer than 20:59 minutes, including opening and closing credits.
Gold Members: $1 USD
Shorties for Kids
Open to children's short films, without dialogue or German, from anywhere in the world, suitable for children up to the age of 12. The prize money is €500 and is awarded by a children's jury. Submitted films must be no longer than 20:59 minutes, including opening and closing credits.
Mobile Films
Submitted short film and videos shall be filmed with a tablet, mobile, smartphone or an action camcorder (GoPro), only. Projects can be edited on smartphones, mobile devices or desktop computers. The Mobile Film Award is a special award for an outstanding international mobile film. The prize money is €500 and is awarded by a jury. Submitted films must be no longer than 20:59 minutes, including opening and closing credits.


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Richard has a longstanding interest in supporting contemporary art, music and dance. Currently working in professional services, he has previously been an occupational psychologist, and a policy official at HM Treasury.
Between 2002 and 2012 he was trustee and latterly chairman of the national charity Pilotlight, from which he brings his knowledge of charity governance and organisational structures.
In 2010 he established a Foundation to commission composers, promote performances and release recordings; and in 2012 he founded the commissioning circle for the Manchester International Festival.
Elizabeth was a professional dancer before she moved into producing, artist development, facilitation and partnership development. Her current position is Programme Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Culture Mile, an ambitious and transformational initiative with core partners Barbican, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London Symphony Orchestra, Museum of London and City of London Corporation.
Elizabeth is also a Trustee on the board of DV8 Physical Theatre and previously was Chair and Trustee for Mark Bruce Company. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School, attended Interlochen Arts Academy and was a 2017/18 Clore Fellow.
Michelle Duncan is a partner of Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, with particular expertise in securities, insolvency, and international fraud related disputes.
Michelle's clients include financial institutions, governments, corporations, investment groups and private clients. Michelle joined Joseph Hage Aaronson from Paul Hastings where she was a litigation partner for eight years. Prior to this, Michelle spent eight years as a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and four years as an Associate at Weil Gotshal.
Carlo is an independent consultant, curator and researcher. His career started in Financial Services, where he held roles at the Bank of England and subsequently at Oliver Wyman, one of the world's leading Management Consulting firms. In 2012 he went on to become Head of Campaign Management for the Science Museum Group, until the launch of Design West - and independent advisory practice serving clients in the cultural sector - in 2015. Prior to becoming a trustee of the New Movement Collective, Carlo also served as Secretary of the Science Museum Foundation (from 2012 to 2014) and as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Royal Society of Sculptors (from 2015 to 2018). He is also a regular attendee and nominator for the Prince Claus Awards in the Netherlands.
As an independent curator, Carlo's projects explore the relationship between nature and its representation in institutional settings and popular culture. His most recent initiative is the Wilderness Archive. Developed in collaboration with the conservation charity Fundación Mar Adentro in Chile, the project is an invitation to reconsider the legacy of traditional nature classification methods and develop a new consciousness of environmental preservation. Prior to this Carlo curated a series of 'on-board' debates during the first Antarctic Biennale expedition to the Antarctic peninsula and participated in the first Antarctic Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. In 2015 he launched and curated the Exhibition Road Commission, awarded to artist Tomas Saraceno and the Aerocene Foundation.
As an academic, Carlo's research focuses on institutional collections of contemporary non-Western art and their role as instruments of cultural diplomacy and intercultural dialogue. He is an Associate Tutor in History of Art at Birkbeck College and a collaborative doctorate candidate at the Victoria & Albert Museum.


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Лимонная тетра () — вид тропических пресноводных лучепёрых рыб семейства харациновых. Родина — Южная Америка. Имеет размеры до 5 см длиной. Одна из популярных аквариумных рыб, впервые попала в аквариумы в 1932 году.

Описание
Имеет высокое сжатое с боков ромбовидное тело, контрастирующее с узкими, торпедовидными телами родственных тетр, таких как тетра-кардинал и красноносая тетра. Основной цвет тела взрослых рыб прозрачно жёлтый с перламутровым блеском чешуек, особенно у тонких особей. Спинной и анальный плавники с чёрными и жёлтыми отметинами. Анальный плавник прозрачный (стекловидный) с чёрным ободком, передние три или четыре луча его насыщенно жёлтого цвета, в то время как спинной плавник чёрный с центральной жёлтой полосой. Хвостовой плавник большей частью прозрачный, у некоторых тонких особей (особенно альфа-самцов) — с голубоватый металлическим блеском. Грудные плавники прозрачные, брюшные прозрачно-жёлтые, более насыщенного цвета с задних краев у тонких экземпляров рыб (также касается альфа-самцов).
Имеет яркий заметный глаз, верхняя его половина интенсивно красного цвета, у некоторых экземпляров почти рубинового цвета. Окраска этой части глаза может служить индикатором здоровья рыбы: потускнение или, хуже, посерение указывает на серьёзное заболевание. Подобно большинству харациновых, имеет жировой плавник. Он может иметь чёрный ободок, особенно у самцов, хотя это и не является достоверным признаком. Черные области окраски взрослой рыбы часто приобретают глянцевый блеск, придающий им ещё большую красоту.

Пол взрослой рыбы можно определить по чёрному ободку анального плавника.
У самок он тонкий, как бы нарисованный карандашом. У самцов, особенно альфа-самцов, ободок заметно шире, а к периоду нереста может достигать одной трети всей ширины анального плавника. Это единственный достоверный признак различия пола у этих рыб. Хотя самцы чаще имеют более высокий и заостренный спинной плавник, у некоторых самок он также довольно высокий и заостренный, поэтому этот признак ненадежен. Зрелые самки имеют более полное тело, что особенно заметно при взгляде сверху, так как брюшная полость их увеличивается в размерах от большого количества икры в репродуктивном тракте.
Молодые особи обычно прозрачные, только с намеком на цвет взрослых рыб. Половые признаки у них ещё не окончательно сформированы, поэтому отличить молодого самца от самки практически невозможно.

Распространение
Лимонная тетра — амазонский вид, впервые обнаруженный в бассейне реки Тапажос, около города Сантарен в Бразилии. Рыбу можно найти как в самой Тапажос, так и в Амазонке на некотором протяжении возле города Сантарем (где Тапажос впадает в Амазонку).

Среда обитания
Населяет чистые воды со слабым и средним течением, вблизи подводных растений. Вода слегка кислая и относительно деминерализованная. Рыбы собираются в большие стаи, до нескольких тысяч особей, причём чёрно-жёлтая окраска становится помехой для хищников, пытающихся напасть на отдельных рыб. При необходимости рыбы могут передвигаться с большой скоростью, и в случае опасности, сливаться друг с другом, что ещё более путает хищника. Предпочитает селиться в средних и средне-нижних слоях воды.

Содержание в аквариуме
Лимонная тетра лучше чувствует себя в озеленённом растениями аквариуме, где она должна содержаться как стайная рыба, в условиях, насколько возможно, приближенных к естественным. В стае должно быть как минимум шесть особей, но предпочтительно больше, если позволяет объём, так как рыбы предпочитают держаться вместе большими стаями. В озеленённом растениями аквариуме лимонная тетра приобретает более яркую окраску. Молодые особи в пустом аквариуме обычно выглядят блеклыми и не проявляют всей гаммы цветов, свойственной этому виду. В аквариуме необходимо создать заросли растений, а также выделить свободное пространство для плавания рыб. Подходящими соседями могут быть другие виды тетр, небольшие барбусы, данио, расборы, сомики коридорасы и отоцинклы, и, если позволяет место, карликовые цихлиды, например мелкие виды апистограмм. Соседи должны выбираться мирные, небольших размеров. При желании создать сходство с естественным водоёмом — представители южноамериканских видов рыб. Аквариум с большими стаями лимонных тетр и кардиналов представляет собой особо впечатляющее зрелище: сине-красные кардиналы в контрасте с ярко-жёлтым и чёрным цветами лимонных тетр.
Для содержания предпочтительно использовать мягкую (не более 8 °dH) и кислую (рН около 6,6) воду, однако, вид заметно устойчивый и приспосабливается к широкому спектру условий: рН от 6,0 до 7,4. Температурный диапазон +21…+28 °С, но при условии хорошей аэрации может переносить температуру до +32 °С значительные промежутки времени. Необходимы аэрация и качественная фильтрация воды (как и для всех других аквариумных рыб), хотя они вполне спокойно могут перенести случайную поломку аквариумного оборудования до её устранения.
Следует избегать сильного повышения рН (8,0 и более) и жёсткости, так как это ввергает тетр в потенциально жизненно-опасный стресс.
Кормление не представляет сложностей, с удовольствием принимает любые рыбьи корма. Для наилучших условий (особенно для подготовки к нересту) предпочтительными являются живые корма, такие как дафния. Особо любимым кормом является мотыль (личинки комара рода Chironomus), который потребляет с большим аппетитом. Не отказывается от готового корма, такого как хлопья, лиофилизированный червь «Тубифекс» и подобные им. Продолжительность жизни в аквариуме до 8 лет, в среднем 6.

Размножение
Лимонная тетра отличается интересным брачным поведением в аквариуме, характерным также для некоторых других видов харациновых. Самцы, по мере приближения зрелости, устраивают брачные танцы, используя ландшафт аквариума. Конкурирующие самцы принимают позу со слегка поднятой головой, выпрямленными плавниками, чтобы казаться больше, двигаются рывками. При сближении двух соперничающих самцов, они начинают делать выпады друг на друга, что для стороннего наблюдателя выглядит как атака, однако, это полностью ритуальное поведение, скорее схожее с «показательным турниром», на котором самцы делают бросковые движения, но отскакивают в последний момент, не причиняя сопернику вреда. Самцы равного социального уровня продолжают этот «турнир» около 30 минут, редко больше. Кроме установления социальных рамок между самцами, такое поведение служит для демонстрации самкам их готовности к нересту.
В дикой природе лимонная тетра нерестится группами по нескольку десятков тысяч пар. В качестве хранилища оплодотворённой икры выбираются заросли водных растений. Брачное поведение должно учитываться при разведении в неволе.

Когда зрелые самки готовы к нересту, самцы начинают гоняться за ними через заросли растений. Несколько самцов преследуют одну самку, переключаясь на других при появлении возможности. Наконец они уединяются среди растений, самец совершает дрожащие движения телом и подергивания плавниками, как бы желая произвести ярко-жёлтые вспышки перед самкой. Эти вспышки заметны для наблюдателя. Если самка готова к нересту, пара перемещается на тонколистные растения (кабомба, яванский мох), где пристраивается в позу боком друг ко другу. Выход икры и молок можно заметить по дрожащим движениям обеих рыб, после которых пара резко разделяется, и появляется облако икринок. Икринки не липкие, падают сквозь растения на дно аквариума.

Одна из проблем этого вида — поедание икры. В дикой природе, как было замечено, десятки тысяч пар нерестятся одновременно, и, чтобы уменьшить конкуренцию для своих мальков, пара разворачивается и поедает часть икринок соседних пар. Тот же самый инстинкт срабатывает и в аквариуме, но ввиду того, что пара обычно одна, она поедает собственную икру. Таким образом часть икры уничтожается, что обуславливает необходимость принятия мер по защите икры, при желании получить больший приплод мальков. Для этого применяются специальные ловушки для икры: стеклянные решётки, слой стеклянных камешков на дне или другие устройства. Цель их — позволить икринкам проникнуть через небольшие отверстия в недоступное для взрослых рыб место. Однако, из-за быстроты движений рыб, даже при наличии ловушек икры, небольшой процент её всё же поедается.
Взрослая большая самка способна произвести до 300 икринок.

Нерестовый аквариум для лимонных тетр должен быть хорошо освещён, вода аэрирована, должны присутствовать заросли растений и уловители для икры. Температура должна медленно повышаться за несколько дней до +28 °С, а пара подготовлена обильным кормлением по возможности живой пищей. В комнате аквариум должен располагаться так, чтобы на него попадали лучи утреннего солнца, что является документально подтвержденным стимулом для нереста лимонных тетр. Отнерестившуюся пару необходимо отсадить в общий аквариум. Иногда лучших результатов удается добиться используя двух самцов и одну самку.

Развитие
Оплодотворённая икра лимонной тетры проклёвывается через 72 ч при температуре +28 °С. Последующие 24—48 ч мальки проводят, питаясь содержимым своего желточного мешка, после чего начинают свободно плавать. На этой стадии мальков необходимо кормить инфузориями или специальным желточным кормом для мальков, часто меняя часть воды (около 10 % объёма каждые 24—48 ч). Через 7 дней мальки могут поедать свежевылупившихся науплий артемии. Поначалу все тело мальков кажется совершенно прозрачным, кроме глаз. Они не имеют ромбовидной формы тела взрослых рыб, до тех пор, пока не закончится образование непарных плавников (около 4—6 недель). Как только этот процесс завершен, мальков можно кормить просеянной дафнией. Температуру воды надо постепенно и медленно снижать до +25 °С, когда мальки станут внешне похожи на взрослых рыб. До появления первых чёрных пятен на плавниках может пройти ещё две недели или более. До того, как рыбки станут уменьшенной копией своих родителей, должно пройти не менее 12 недель. Но даже на этой стадии чёрная окраска непарных плавников ещё не окончательно развита, и до момента половозрелости (около 8—9 месяцев после проклёвывания) не может служить надёжным половым признаком.

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Working to dismantle his predecessor's environmental legacy, President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday that could lead to the expansion of drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
With one day before he reaches his 100th day in office, Trump will order his interior secretary to review an Obama-era plan that dictates which locations are open to offshore drilling, with the goal of the new administration to expand operations.
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The order could open to oil and gas exploration areas off Virginia and North and South Carolina, where drilling has been blocked for decades.
Zinke said that leases scheduled under the existing plan will remain in effect during the review, which he estimated will take several years.
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This book is based on a concept placed with Veloce by Anthony Pritchard shortly before his death in 2013. Graham Robson has written a detailed and superbly illustrated account of the Formula 1 cars powered by the Ford DFV V8 engine. This all-conquering power unit was the result of discussions between Colin Chapman, boss of the Lotus car company, and the UK Ford Motor Company. Design, development and manufacture was entrusted to the Cosworth company in Northampton, in response to Lotus'' desperate need for an engine for the 3000cc Formula 1 regulations that came into force for 1966. Lotus had exclusive use of the DFV in 1967, its first season, when Jim Clark drove the DFV-powered Lotus 49 to four World Championship victories.
Becoming available to other Formula 1 teams in 1968, adopters included McLaren and Matra. Graham Hill won the Drivers'' Championship with DFV-powered Lotus cars in 1968, and drivers of DFV-powered cars won the Championship in 13 out of 16 years. Year by year, the power of the DFV engine increased; new companies were set up to overhaul the DFV; and engines prepared by these companies were more powerful than those emanating from the factory.
Robson''s narrative starts with a look at Ford''s strategy of entering F1, a description of the design and development of this engine, and details the successes - and failures - of every Formula 1 car powered by the DFV engine. During these years the only manufacturer to successfully challenge DFV power was Ferrari, with drivers Lauda and Scheckter winning the Drivers'' Championship on three occasions. Because the DFV later gave rise to successful derivatives, such as the turbocharged DFX, and the DFY, DFZ and DFR evolutions, these are also analysed.
This important book is illustrated with more than 300 photographs, most of which come from the UK Ford Motor Company''s own archives.
After a varied career in the automotive industry, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a ...
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