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Published on August 30th, 2021 | by Adrian Gunning
Magic Mike Live Australian tour cancelled
The US producers and Australian management team of Magic Mike Live have made the extremely difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the Australian tour. The decision to close the tour was made due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Victorian Government and the lack of certainty surrounding the tour's ability to perform any of its announced dates. The team is committed to returning to Australia in the future and the producing team is working to provide the cast and crew with employment opportunities on other Magic Mike Live productions around the world.
Magic Mike Live has been forced to suspend performances on four different occasions by government-imposed lockdowns since it debuted in Sydney to rave reviews in December of 2020. Lockdowns forced the cancellation of opening nights in Sydney and Melbourne and government restrictions required most performance dates to be played at severely limited capacity. The most recent lockdown has been the longest yet and there is no clear roadmap for the resumption of live events.
"Everyone at Magic Mike Live is heartbroken to have to make this decision but we were left with no choice," said Executive Producer Vincent Marini. "The producers have provided millions of dollars in funding to support the production during the various closures to preserve the tour for our amazing Australian fans. In every other market, we have been able to reopen the shows because of close partnerships between the producers, the management teams, and the various local and national governments. While the producers provided more funding and support to the Australian production than any other production in the world, we were forced to go it alone in Australia despite enduring four lockdowns and millions of dollars in refunds and cancellations. There is no way for us to sustain a show when we are not permitted to perform."
"Our performers, crew, management team and local industry partners in Australia have constantly amazed us with their talent, dedication, and resiliency. Their hard work combined with the truly heart-warming reception we received from audiences in Sydney and Melbourne, make us hopeful that we can someday return to Australia and finish what we started," he added.
Magic Mike Live is currently playing to sold-out audiences in London's West End. The Las Vegas and Berlin productions are reopening on August 27 and September 9 respectively and the Magic Mike Live team is currently shooting a new unscripted series with HBO Max titled "Finding Magic Mike" which premieres in December. All the productions around the world have industry leading, COVID-19-safe performance environments and are more dedicated than ever to providing patrons with a one-of-a-kind, joyous entertainment experience.
The Australian cancellations include the remainder of the Melbourne season, plus the Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide seasons which were scheduled to open in November 2021 and mid / late 2022 respectively. The producing team is simply not comfortable selling tickets to performances it may never be allowed to play.
Guests with tickets for the remainder of the Australian tour will receive full refunds and the Magic Mike Live team ask them to please watch their emails (including junk/spam) for updates from Ticketmaster.
Adrian Gunning Adrian lives in Melbourne Australia and has a huge passion for gaming, technology and pop culture. He recently finished his a Bachelor of Journalism and is currently focusing on games journalism. When not writing and playing video games, Adrian can be found in Comics 'R' Us debating the pros of the DC Universe and cons of the Marvel Universe.
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Ardmore – Pointy!
The round tower at Ardmore, Co. Waterford is one of my favourites. It stands in a graveyard which overlooks the seaside village of the same name and is one of the finest round towers in Ireland. The site also has some other interesting features, as you'll find out if you keep reading 😉
Ready for lift off….5….4….3….
The monastery in Ardmore was founded by St. Declan in the 5th century. Perhaps the most notable thing about St. Declan is that he was already busy converting Irish people to Christianity before St. Patrick came along. It is believed that he met the great snake banisher in Rome while he was being ordained as a bishop. There's more information about him on Wikipedia if you're interested – he was considered important enough to have had his life documented.
The round tower is believed to be the last one to be built in Ireland. It is thought to have been built in the mid to late 12th century. This is quite late in the life of the monastery that had been here for hundreds of years by then. Perhaps it isn't all that surprising that when the base of the tower was excavated in the 19th century, skeletons were found underneath it.
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This sandstone tower is quite distinctive in few ways. While all round towers are narrower at the top than at the bottom, the batter on this one is more pronounced than usual. At its base, the tower is 5 metres. At the top it is just over 3 metres. It also has 3 string courses around its outside. These don't coincide with what is thought to be its interior floors and are merely decorative. The tower had 6 floors over its basement. Its doorway faces towards the cathedral, which presumably was the site of the original church. According to Brian Lalor's book, there some decorative non-structural corbels in the tower. Of course, nobody can see these because there is no access to the tower these days.
The 19th century was a busy time for the tower. In the mid-century, some internal floors were installed in the tower but were removed about 50 years later. Repairs were also carried out to the top of the tower. The capstone was repaired and a cross placed on the top. More can be read about the repairs here.
Tower repairs in the 19th century. No, I didn't take this photo…
Even if the tower wasn't here, Ardmore would be worth a visit for the other features to be found in the graveyard. As you can see from the above photo, there are some rather striking sculptures set into the gable end of the ruined cathedral. It is though that the sculptures were moved to here when the cathedral was extended. They denote scenes from the Bible, such as Adam and Eve and the Judgement of Solomon.
One of the panels in the gable end
The cathedral itself was built in the 11th/12th century. It is thought that some of it incorporates an earlier church. Although the cathedral is now ruined, there is still plenty to see inside. 3 ogham stones were excavated on the site and 2 of them are still to be found here (the 3rd is housed in the National Museum of Ireland). Ogham is an old form of written Irish and it dates back to the 4th to 7th century. Amazingly, it can be read.
This one reads LUGUDECCAS MAQI[ ̣ ̣ ? ̣ ̣MU]/COI NETA SEGAMONAS/ DOLATI BIGAISGOB… which translates as 'of Luguid son of …? descendant of Nad-Segamon'.
Close to the cathedral is St. Declan's Oratory. It is believed to be built over the grave of St. Declan. If there was ever anything of value in here, it is long gone. All that remains inside is an open stone-lined pit which has been empty for many a year. Still, it is an interesting little building and it is in better condition than similar shrines in Clonmacnoise and Glendalough. The oratory was renovated and re-roofed in 1716.
St Declan's Oratory
An aerial view of the site, as stolen from the BBC series "Coast"
In 1947, the cargo ship SS Ary capsized off the Waterford coast, killing 15 of its 16 crew. The dead sailors are now buried in the cemetery.
So in conclusion, Ardmore is well worth a visit. The area around it is rather nice too if you're in the mood for some pretty seaside scenery. And if you fancy long walks, you could always try St. Declan's Way
Getting There: This is pretty easy to find. The tower overlooks the village of Ardmore and is well signposted.
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The Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) pair of Martadinata (SIGMA 10514)-class guided-missile frigates will each receive a set of 12-cell launchers for the VL MICA air defence system in 2019, an industry source has confirmed with Jane's at the Indo Defence 2018 exhibition in Jakarta.
A contract to deliver the launchers has been concluded, and installation of the weapon systems will be undertaken at state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL's premises in Surabaya, in collaboration with Damen and MBDA, the source added.
The SIGMA 10514 frigates, KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata (331), and KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai (332), were commissioned in April 2017 and January 2018 respectively. Both ships were delivered to the TNI-AL in the 'fitted for but not with' (FFBNW) configuration for its major weapon systems including point-defence missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, and a close-in weapon system (CIWS).
However, both frigates have each been armed with one Leonardo (Oto Melara) 76/62 Super Rapid gun in the primary position.
The VL MICA is a vertically launched point, and close area air-defence system that provides protection against a wide range of airborne threats including hostile aircraft, and precision-guided munitions. The system does not require dedicated sensors nor consoles, and can be fully integrated into the SIGMA 10514's existing combat infrastructure.
While a contract for the launchers has been concluded, Indonesia has yet to confirm acquisitions of the missiles, although the industry source Jane's spoke to at Indo Defence 2018 posits that a deal for the missiles will follow through eventually. "A contract for the missiles will follow logically, and we hope it will happen soon," he added.


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Following on from their acquisition of recruitment company PBL Chefs; The UK's multi-award winning, market leading flexible staffing platform, Syft, has announced a move to a new location, Cardiff.
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This represents the sixth opening for the venture capital-backed startup, with the Welsh capital joining London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham as a base of hassle-free staffing.
Cardiff is an area which holds a special importance to Syft and its mission to improve conditions for employers and jobseekers. Prior to the company's launch in 2015, Co-Founder and CEO Jack Beaman pursued a political science course at Cardiff University. During his studies, Beaman extensively undertook temporary work; he discovered a sector with low wages and limited opportunities for workers, plus high fees and a lack of control and choice for businesses.
Jack's experiences directly inspired him to build a fair, open and transparent flexible staffing solution; several years later, he's brought that solution to Cardiff and is excited to see the changes it'll bring about. The city boasts a thriving hospitality and events scene, alongside a notable industrial and warehousing presence, both of which will benefit from high-quality, reliable staff. Thousands upon thousands of jobseekers – such as those in the local student population – will enjoy above-average wages and control over their work scheduling.
Syft's new branch opening marks another milestone in a storied year for the company. In April, the company completed its first acquisition, merging with the culinary recruitment agency PBL Chefs. They operated across the hospitality sector, providing 600 chefs – ranging from food preparation assistants to head chefs – to many prestigious brands across the UK. With a huge uptake in applicants throughout the year, thoroughly vetted by our internal team, Syft now has 13,500+ Syfters available to work in sectors like hospitality, industrial and facilities management.
In early May, Syft won the prestigious Recruitment Technology Innovation of the Year award at the Recruiter Awards, one of the industry's most notable galas. Later that month, Syft reached 7th place in the Startups 100, an industry ranking which has highlighted some of the most successful startups over the last decade. They noted: "(Syft's) customer and investor base are laudable, so too are the aims of the business." In early July, Syft was awarded the Hottest Platform Economy / Marketplace trophy in Europe at The Europas 2018 run by TechCrunch; judges praised Syft as "TaskRabbit for the hospitality industry.
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Réti Opening, Double Fianchetto vs. Lasker's System [A06]
Wei Yi - Navara, D opened with a double fianchetto Réti system via the move order 1 Nf3 d5 2 b3 Bf5 3 Bb2 e6 4 d3 h6 5 Nbd2 Nf6 6 g3 and now Black went for the strategically risky 6...c5:
Black gains space, but combining ....c7-c5 with the posting of the bishop on the f5-square weakens the light squares. White could already have gone for 7 e4, since after trades on the e4-square, the f1-bishop would spring to life with Bf1-b5+. Instead Wei Yi chose the thematic 7 Ne5 and after 7...Nbd7?! secured the initiative with 8 e4!. After a further misstep on move 10, Black ended up in a fairly hopeless position in this rapid playoff game. Wei Yi's execution of the light-squared strategy is very instructive for Réti players.
Nimzo-English 4 g4 [A17]
The sharp line of the Nimzo English with 4 g4 continues to pop up from time to time. Edouard, R - Fishbein, A opened with 1 c4 e6 2 Nc3 Bb4 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 g4 and reached one of the key positions after 4...h6 5 Rg1 b6 6 Qc2 Bb7 7 a3:
Here Black has to make an important choice and has tried all of the reasonable moves, namely 7...Bxc3, 7...Bxf3, 7...Be7 and Fishbein's 7...Bf8. After 8 d4 d5?! 9 g5 hxg5 10 Bxg5, White soon got a lead in development and attacking prospects. In this and an earlier game (given in the notes) Edouard has shown some dangerous new ideas for White, and 4 g4 perhaps deserves more practical tests.
King's English, 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 f5 4 g3 [A27]
In the reversed Grand Prix Attack after 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 f5 the immediate 4 d4 is the traditional move, but 4 g3 is a topical idea. The g3-pawn allows the f3-knight to take up a post on the h4-square. Now after 4...Nf6 5 d4 e4 6 Nh4 d5 7 Bg5 White has scored well, but the ambitious 7...Bb4 is a recent addition to Black's toolkit.
In Harutyunian, T - Sasikiran, K, White played 8 e3, bolstering the centre and continuing with development. Sasikiran specializes in these setups with an early ...f7-f5 and after 8...0-0 9 Ng2 varied from one of his earlier games with 9...Ne7. White perhaps missed his best chance for a small edge on move 13, and after 15...c5 Black struck back in the centre and was at least equal.
Looking at the previous diagram, you may have been wondering what happens after 8 cxd5 since 8...Qxd5? 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 e3 leaves Black with a horrible structure. The answer was revealed in the dramatic game Mchedlishvili, M - Rathnakaran, K (played earlier in 2019). With the sensational novelty 8...Nxd5!!, (apparently the product of over-the-board inspiration!) Black sacrifices his queen for only a single knight!
After 9 Bxd8 Nxc3 10 Qb3, the move 10...Nxe2+! was a crucial follow up and 12...Be6! was another key move. Black has only a knight for the queen, but White's king is so exposed, and Black's four minor pieces so active, that this, amazingly, turns out to be enough. The game subsequently had many ups and downs, but eventually IM Rathnakaran scored a memorable upset win. From a theoretical viewpoint, 8...Nxd5 is a critical resource, since it makes this whole line with 6...d5 and 7...Bb4 playable for Black.
King's English, Four Knights 4 g3 g6 [A29]
1 c4 e5 2 Nf3 is GM Alexsandr Rakhmanov's pet variation, which he has played in dozens of games. The line is offbeat but perfectly sound, and knowing an opening in such depth is a big practical advantage. What better test could there be than facing the World Champion? In Rakhmanov, A - Carlsen, M, Black played 2...Nc6, the most popular reply, not exploring the more unique 2...e4. After the subsequent 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 g3 Black should perhaps consider 6...Bb4+ since 6...g6 led to a known but slightly uncomfortable setup for Black.
From the diagram, after 9...Rb8 10 Qa4 a6 11 c5 White started to exert pressure on Black's queenside structure. Starting with 12....Nd5!, Carlsen gave up the c7-pawn in order to free his pieces and simplify the position, eventually holding a rook endgame a pawn down.
Symmetrical English, Four Knights 6 g3 Qb6 [A33]
After 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 g3, the move 6...Qb6, is Black's most popular response to the Four Knights with 6 g3, and a line with a very sound theoretical reputation. On the other hand, it is quite a labyrinth, and it is primarily White that gets to set the direction over the next few moves. Two top-level clashes at the Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix explored some of the key lines.
Gelfand, B - Nepomniachtchi, I continued with 7 Nb3 Ne5 8 e4. White goes for a Maroczy bind structure, while Black's aim is to generate counterplay before White can consolidate. After 8...Bb4 9 Qe2 d6 10 Bd2 the move 10...Bd7 turned out to be too slow. White played energetically with 12 e5 and 14 c5, building a strong initiative. Instead 10...a5 is critical and appears to hold up well for Black.
In the later game Wei Yi - Nepomniachtchi, I, White varied with 7 Ndb5, and now 7...Ne5 8 Bg2 a6 9 Qa4 was seen:
Here 9...Bc5? 10 Bf4 ended in a quick win for White in Ganguly - Wei Yi which was analyzed in the September 2019 Update. Perhaps that game inspired Wei Yi to try this from White's side! In any case, after 9...Rb8 10 Na3 he offered the c4-pawn as a gambit. Black declined, but after 10...Bc5 11 0-0 0-0 12 Rb1 Qb4 White had several paths to a small advantage, although he later lost the thread of the game and eventually lost.
Symmetrical English, Reversed KID vs. Botvinnik setup [A37]
The opening moves 1 c4 c5 2 g3 g6 3 Bg2 Bg7 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 Nf3 e5 6 0-0 Nge7 7 d3 set up a classic strategic battle between two distinct development schemes. The standard plans for both sides have been well explored over the years, but in Ding Liren - Vachier-Lagrave, M, Ding Liren demonstrated some fresh and original ideas. Usually, White regroups with Nf3-e1-c2-e3 to secure a grip on d5, but in this game, White combined Nf3-d2 with a queenside fianchetto.
Ding's preparation was rewarded when 16...Rfc8?! allowed a nice positional trick 17 Ne4!, forcing Black to trade on the d5-square. Subsequently, 21 a4 enabled White to gain control of the c4-square. Once he had secured an edge, Ding Liren played a model game, combining pressure on both sides of the board, and eventually breaking through with an attack on the king.
I hope you enjoy this update!
Until next month, David.
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I'm not sure why it took so long for us to get there... but we FINALLY experienced the Washington State Fair on Saturday... and what fun we had. The colors, the smells, the people... what's not to love? There's fun to be had for all... even the twins who are still too young to ride on all the rides, got to enjoy the food and all the animals.
Finn: Such a brave little guy for most of the rides, except "I won't go on roller coasters, they're just too scary." He loved the treats we indulged in (Dole whip, kettle corn, and chicken nuggets/tater tots) and requested a dinosaur for his face painting. His request was to see guinea pigs or gerbils (they weren't there)... but was super content with the bunnies and ducks.
Marley: Her one and only request, was to eat a corn dog... and she LOVED every single bite of it. She also wanted to ride on the carousel... and cried the entire time she waited on line for it... she has a fear like no other, and I have NO idea where it came from. As soon as the ride started and she saw/felt how much fun it was, she was totally okay... and gave in to the enjoyment. After just reading through a chapter book about a horse named Happy... she LOVED seeing all the horses at the fair.
Charlotte: Her favorite part about the animals, was seeing all the ribbons they had won. She ventured onto a rollercoaster by herself, as well as the sizzler (not sure what the actually name of it was)... ya know, the one where you get crushed and it just goes back and forth in every direction. She made friends in the line while waiting, and got to ride along with them while on the ride... I think she'd say that was her favorite part (especially the middle schooler/and college aged sisters that she got to ride with on the sizzler).
I got home and went straight to loading photos onto the computer from our day, only to load half of them, and then my camera card formatted itself, and deleted the rest... sadness, just knowing that I captured the whole outing, and only have half the day saved (missing all my favorite shots that were taken as the sun was setting... ) Treasuring all the photos that I was able to save... and storing all the other moments in my memory.


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2016 is an exciting — and precarious — time to be an entrepreneur, particularly when you're queer women. Serafina Palandech and her wife Jennifer Johnson, the founders of organic food startup, Hip Chick Farms, had to deal with a lot when they wanted to start their business. Now they've been able to secure an investment from Whole Foods (and Johnson's cooked at the White House). But it hasn't been easy, more like a misogynist gauntlet, in fact.
Also in this episode: a visit with Mansfield Frazier, manager and founder of Chateau Hough, an award-winning vineyard in inner-city Cleveland. Chateau Hough employs local residents, formerly incarcerated workers, and youth as part of its project to invigorate the local community. Then, an F Word from Laura on Political Animals, a film about the marriage equality act and the Congresswomen who made it happen — why collaboration and toil get things done.


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Flavorwire Interview: 'Girlhood' Director Céline Sciamma on Reclaiming Childhood, Casting Her Girl Gang, and How Her Film Mirrors 'Boyhood'
By Alison Nastasi
Bodies crushed against one another find solace in a grassy field. The players are suited in an exoskeleton of plastic, rubber, and metal — an armor that will serve them, in spirit, on the streets of the banlieues outside of Paris, where there is no other refuge. Light Asylum's "Dark Allies" sounds more frantic in this setting, as the final play is made. When the teams remove their helmets, we realize these football players are young girls. From the first frame of Girlhood, director Céline Sciamma makes it clear that identities are worn like costumes.
"I think the movie is kind of a strange creature. It sets a classical goal for the heroine, wanting to be normal, wanting to choose her desire, choose her life," Sciamma tells me by phone from New York. "And then, it grows into this intimate struggle to find herself and show transformation — kind of like the superhero genre, when she sees what power the 'costume' gives her deep inside." But Girlhood is not just about the dreams of four young black women with seemingly dead-end prospects — though Sciamma stresses the importance of presenting under-explored contemporary issues in her coming-of-age films. "I think the youth of today, it's not about having an ideal or to fulfill a desire," she says. "I think she's a contemporary heroine, because she's narrowing her refusals. It's not what she says 'Yes' to, it's what she says 'No' to. And I think that's something quite different and profound from today."
The "she" Sciamma is referring to is Marieme, played by Karidja Touré — one of the remarkable non-professional actresses scouted randomly on the street and the focus of Sciamma's lens. "We had two agendas: we had to build a group with its alchemy, with its energy, and we also had to find those strong individualities," Sciamma says. Girls who didn't know each other were chosen over those who did, and many were cast against type to create genuine tension. Assa Sylla's "Lady" — the aggressive leader of the teenage gang, who acts as a surrogate sister for Marieme as she evolves from a timid observer in an unforgiving environment — was perhaps the shyest of the group. "I picked the girl who was not a natural leader so the weakness of the character would already be in that performance," the filmmaker explains. "You pick them for those kinds of promises. And, of course, they're part of this, so they know why you picked them. That's something I stress, because it's not about being perfect. It's about sharing the intellectual journey."
Sciamma participated in a workshop before production, spending three weeks with the young women who would soon become the "bande de filles" of the film's French title. "I was the fifth girl of the group. We got to know each other, create a past, create friendship between us," she explains. "During the shooting, they also lived together — which is something we really wanted. They would even shoot their own film at night."
Superficial comparisons to Richard Linklater's Boyhood abound, although Sciamma didn't spend 12 years watching her cast grow up like Linklater, a native of Texas. Sciamma has watched the film and welcomes the comparisons. She tells me: "I felt the movies mirrored each other, though I didn't know Boyhood existed at the time. It's really interesting to compare them. They are both obsessed with the idea that watching somebody grow is engrossing and arresting, but they use totally different tools. That's what's beautiful about cinema."
The director's reverence for the young women of Girlhood is clear. The clichés of an urban-set film featuring disaffected black youth are absent here (there is as much tenderness as toughness), evident from the pop-dance-heavy soundtrack (including Rihanna's "Diamonds," featured in a sublime scene of female friendship) to the CinemaScope framing — stylishly photographed despite the oppressive landscape. These "aesthetical gestures" — tracking shots and stunning long takes included — reflect Marieme's refusal to accept the destiny set for her (finishing high school isn't an option and a stint in drug-dealing goes nowhere fast). "The movie also refuses the artistic direction that is usually set for a low-budget film," Sciamma states.
Sciamma says that black teenage girls don't exist in French cinema. They are hardly present in American movies, either. "I don't think European and American youth have the same rules, the same pressures. Culturally, we know a lot about your youth in Europe, because we grew up with TV showing American characters. The boy every girl fantasizes about is clearly yours," she says. "I want to be like others. Normal," Marieme pleads with a teacher at the start of the film after being told she can no longer continue school with her peers due to her failing grades. Her story is heartbreaking right from the start. In the annals of American coming-of-age films, teen classics are largely devoid of these harsh realities, let alone the issues facing non-white teens. For Sciamma, it is important that her characters live and experience — even undergo hardships — and she prefers to explore the struggles within teenage life itself rather than the issues presented by interfering adults. In Girlhood, this approach "isn't something that unsettles you, but something that empowers you and helps you find your way," she reaffirms.
"When you make fiction about youth, it's, of course, trying to document something — but in the meantime it's a mythological youth," Sciamma says. "There's a strong tradition of mythological youth in French cinema — a lot of movies with teenagers involved that are very striking. But the pop culture tradition of the mythological youth is definitely here in America. I'm always trying to make a mix between those two traditions: trying to document the youth of today and trying to portray this in a political way."
In reclaiming the concept of universal childhood for these often-forgotten outsiders — something Sciamma has also explored through characters with fluid gender and sexual identities (in Tomboy and Water Lilies) — Girlhood joins a growing group of alt-teenage tales (and a few adult ones, like HBO's Girls) that de-stigmatize "failure" and remind us that while we all inevitably stray from our respective paths, our return is always more compelling and essential than our momentary departure. This is poetically realized in the film's final scene, portrayed without pity or resolution, but rather strength and possibility. As Sciamma explains, "In the last shot of the film, Marieme wears the braids of childhood, the makeup of a diva, and the clothing of a boy. She's possibly everything or none of those."


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Q: Dismissing UIImagePickerController from UITabBarController I have a tab bar application whereby one tab uses a navigation controller to move through a series of views.  On the final view, there is a button to add a photo, which presents a UIImagePickerController.  So far, so good - however when I finish picking the image, or cancel the operation, the previous view is loaded, but without the tab bar.  I'm sure I'm missing something elementary, but any suggestions on how to properly release the UIImagePickerController would be much appreciated.  The code is as follows:
ImagePickerViewController *aController = [[ImagePickerViewController alloc];             initWithNibName:@"ImagePickerViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self presentModalViewController:aController animated:YES];
[aController release];

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//ImagePickerViewController imagePickerControllerDidCancel - FinalViewController is the last view in the stack controlled by a navigation controller which contains the button to present the UIImagePickerController

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FinalViewController *aController = [[FinalViewController alloc initWithNibName:@"FinalViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[picker presentModalViewController:aController animated:YES];
[aController release];

A: You do not need to add the picker view as a subview of the window.
When the user presses the button, execute something similar to the following snapPicture method:
- (IBAction) snapPicture{

            UIImagePickerController *ipc = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
            // Set up the source
            if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera]){
                ipc.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
                ipc.allowsEditing = NO;
            }
            else {
                    ipc.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
                 }

            ipc.delegate = self;
            [self presentModalViewController:ipc animated:YES];
            [ipc release];

}

Then, implements the picker delegate methods. here I am just presenting one of them to show how to dismiss the picker.
- (void)imagePickerControllerDidCancel:(UIImagePickerController *)imagePicker
{

    [[imagePicker parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

}

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Can President Joe Biden do anything about the high price of gas?
Millions set to travel this holiday week
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans will be paying more for gasoline as they travel for the holidays this year.
According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline currently sits around $3.41 gallon. Last year, it was around $2.12.
"It's just terrible, prices keep going up," said Taisha, a Doordash driver in Baltimore.
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
Can President Joe Biden actually do anything about the high price of gasoline? In short, the answer is yes, he does have some options.
However, it's unclear what the impact of those options would be.
Option #1: Order an investigation
Last week, Biden opened an investigation by asking the Federal Trade Commission to see if energy companies are manipulating prices.
That, however, isn't guaranteed to deliver any real results at the pump, and investigations take time.
Option #2: Pressure other countries to pump more oil
The White House has done that too, but so far, many countries rich in oil in the Middle East haven't listened. The United Arab Emirates' energy minister has called on Americans to remain "calm."
Option #3: Tap into petroleum reserves in the U.S., which are for emergencies
So far, Biden has not done that yet, even though many have called for it.
Currently, the U.S. has over 600 million barrels in secret storage near the coast of Louisiana and Texas.
Analysts have said that releasing the barrels may only make a difference for a short time.
The president currently does not have any authority to force American energy companies to produce more, and there is little to suggest he ever would.
After all, the Biden administration has repeatedly called for fewer fossil fuels to be used in order to help the climate.
Biden can, however, continue to pressure countries to act.
The South China Morning Post reports Biden asked Chinese leaders to release some of their crude oil reserves last week.


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The Searchers (1956)
1868. Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) and Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter) continue their hunt for Debbie Edwards (Lana Wood), the only survivor of a Comanche "murder raid" that saw the Texas homestead of Ethan's brother razed to the ground and the family brutally butchered. The pair form an uneasy alliance in their five-year pursuit of the abducted girl through sun and snow - one a deeply frustrated ex-Confederate soldier with a nasty racist streak and the other an eighth-blood Cherokee adopted by the Edwards clan - but are united by their shared obsession with bringing Debbie home.
John Ford's emotional Western, probably his finest achievement, was a big favourite with the New Hollywood auteurs of the seventies and eighties - notably Martin Scorsese, who used its narrative structure to shape Taxi Driver (1976), George Lucas, who lifted whole shots for Star Wars (1977) and Alex Cox, who named an oddball "microfeature" Searchers 2.0 in 2007. Ford certainly never bettered this portrait of the volatility of the Old West - there are few settlements in his barren, clay red Monument Valley, no pastures for grazing, less water and no law to speak of other than the boisterous Reverend Clayton (Ward Bond) and the occasional passing cavalry troop. Its isolated farms and ranches could fall at any moment to an onslaught from warring Indians, the settlers powerless to resist. Film critic Frank S. Nugent adapted the 1954 source novel by Alan Le May and is careful to apportion the blame for this tenuous state of affairs evenly, with both the army and the Native Americans responsible for massacres and Ethan Edwards the only character seen to carry out a scalping.
Edwards is a loner knotted up with bile and hatred, disinclined to surrender with the South and disenfranchised from civilisation ever since. His gouging out the eyes of an Indian brave already buried ("Ain't got no eyes, he can't enter the spirit land - has to wander forever between the winds") is utterly obscene because it is both a transgressive violation and spitefully premeditated, designed to cause the gravest offence.
Ethan himself is blinded by anger and a lust for revenge and his disgust at the idea of the older Debbie (Natalie Wood) being made a Comanche squaw is clearly sexual and so great that he sets out to kill her when he learns the truth before finally relenting at the close. This fuels Freudian interpretations of the film that read Scar (Henry Brandon), the proud war chief who captured her, killed her parents and brother and raped her sister, as an eerie doppelgänger to Ethan, living out the plainsman's darkest and most savage subconscious desires. However, Ethan is humanised and partly redeemed by his loyal friendships with the likes of Mose Harper (Hank Worden), a rocking chair-fixated simpleton, and his unspoken, unrequited love for Martha (Dorothy Jordan), his sister-in-law, which is subtly conveyed by Ford. Martha appears to have married Aaron Edwards (Walter Coy) as a matter of pragmatism, growing tired of waiting for Ethan, a relationship echoed in the more comic love triangle between Martin, the fiery Laurie Jorgensen (Vera Miles) and goofy guitar-strummer Charlie McCorry (Ken Curtis). Martin risks inheriting Ethan's alienation if he doesn't do right by Laurie, a fate to be avoided at all costs.
When the door famously closes on Ethan Edwards at the film's close, he is left alone again, presumably now doomed himself "to wander forever between the winds". His departure brings down the curtain on John Wayne's finest performance. More than just a conservative icon of the genre, Wayne could really do it when it counted. Witness the torment on his face when Brad Jorgensen (Harry Carey Jr) asks what really happened to Lucy (Pippa Scott): "What do you want me to do? Draw you a picture? Spell it out? Don't ever ask me! Long as you live, don't ever ask me more..." The scene in which he drunkenly burns down the ranch house he's been building for Vera Miles after realising she's in love with Jimmy Stewart's educated young lawyer instead in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) is another good example of the actor on top form. Worden and Curtis also give highly memorable character turns here and there's strong support from seasoned hands like Bond, Miles, John Qualen and, indeed, cinematographer Winton Hoch, unafraid to use bold primary colours to bring the West to unreal life through bloody sunsets, blue shadows and crystal rivers. With the exception of the unfortunate treatment of Look (Beulah Archuletta), the Indians are sensitively handled and the cavalry are much less sentimentalised than they were in Ford's earlier tribute pictures like She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949). The Searchers is without question a masterpiece, its themes as timeless and universal as they come, its execution unrivalled if perhaps not altogether faultless.
Posted by Joe at 11:11
Labels: Antonio Moreno, Frank S. Nugent, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Qualen, John Wayne, Max Steiner, Merian C. Cooper, Natalie Wood, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Western, Winton Hoch
Grand Old Movies 16 June 2012 at 22:04
A great post. You make a perceptive analogy between Scar and Ethan, even to the closed-off Ethan at film's end "doomed to wander between the winds." The Searchers is probably Ford's best film (and Wayne's best performance), though Ford's tendency to indulge in cornball humor does mar some of its scenes for me (especially the scenes with Miles' suitor). But it's the most profound statement Ford ever made on the Western genre.
Joe 17 June 2012 at 18:18
Hi GOM, thanks very much and I couldn't agree with you more about Ford's sense of humour. The treatment of Look here is a real let-down in an otherwise genuinely great piece of work. The idea that an audience was ever expected to laugh at a woman being violently kicked down a hillside makes the mind boggle. Still, a masterpiece despite this regrettable lapse. I'm also a big fan of My Darling Clementine and Liberty Valance, two big statements on the taming of the West from Ford.
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On Sunday (8 January), the "Bang Bang" singer posted a video recap of her first trimester, including experiencing morning sickness, on Instagram.
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She urged women to consider "how you comment to and about each other", adding that "pregnancy is not a competition".
"Pregnancy is not who is doing it better, or right, because not one way works for everyone," she continued.
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"I can only speak on the first trimester fully and I believe that however s*** or amazing or awful or scary or joyful it is, gratitude is always there as a given.
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At the time, she said "to get pregnant was a miracle in itself and an experience I will never forget and I know I will have again", while noting that she was grieving with the "millions of women all over the world [who] have felt this pain and way worse".
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1. Autumn 28 day in Roquetas de Mar Almeria.
Wonderful,Very warm, one day rain.
All that I would wish.
Sunny weather all week. clear blue skies, low 30's.
Fantastic week horse riding in the hills & mountains around Almeria. Stayed on the ranch most days. Had a couple of evening in the local town having Tapas & the local beer. All very friendly.
I was there in some of July and some of August. It gets extremely hot and upto 42-45 C (108-115 F) and it was also windy with sand along with it. A very white person like me can get badly burnt in just a few minutes.
I had trouble sleeping as the heat was constant throughout the day and night. It didn't rain at all during my stay. I noticed that the surrounding area was desert which was no surprise at all.
I stayed at my friend's apartment in Almeria which is fortunately located next to the beach in Almeria. We went to the beach every day as it was the best place to be with this extreme heat. I enjoyed the food as it was mainly tapas, I would strongly recommend them to everyone.
Almeria has a lot of bars, restaurants and clubs. I had a great time despite the extreme heat being British, I would like to visit Almeria when the heat is more bearable.
Beautiful sunshine,it was end of May 2008,but as always it does get very windy.
I'm afraid it was a little boring!!
I would recommend Almeria for more mature people who like to amble along just shop browsing or enjoying tapas with a beer.
I'd also recommend hiring a car as there are places to go of interest but mainly too far away.
The open market is a good choice and also the Gran Plaza for indoors shopping.


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Pavlik and Smithey v. Federal Deposit Insurance Company, et al.
Krislov Law obtains landmark recovery recognizing depositors as equity owners of mutual savings bank. While depositors in Credit Unions and Mutual Savings Banks are structurally regarded as the equity owners, never before has that equity ownership been recognized by the FDIC, to pay depositors any of the profits realized from seized institutions.
Years after the Pilsen-based Universal Federal (mutual) Savings Bank was seized by the FDIC due to a massive check-kiting scheme, we sued the FDIC to force the agency to turn over some $2 million received from the wrongdoer, with the obligation to turn over future recoveries to former depositors.
Accordingly, all depositors have now been made whole, including depositors who had deposits above the FDIC-insured amount. Depositors have also received substantial payments representing their proportionate deposit equity in the Bank.
The settlement, approved by U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve, requires the FDIC to account for and pay over any further restitution received, for the duration of the 15 years restitution agreement.
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Local History Trips in the Midwest
Dubuque, Iowa
Posted on September 11, 2017 September 15, 2017 by historianpj53
Dubuque is a very old river town in the Midwest – in fact, it's the oldest city in Iowa. Located on the mighty Mississippi River, on the eastern side of the state, the community was first settled in 1785 by a French Canadian named Julien Dubuque.
Today the Port of Dubuque is the center for river activity. The area was revitalized a few years ago and offers a variety of things to do. There's a top-notch museum and aquarium, riverboat rides, and a paved walkway.
The views along the Mississippi Riverwalk are wonderful with an occasional barge or river boat passing by, making it a very enjoyable experience. There's also various pieces of artwork along the path in an exhibit called Art on the River. These sculptures are another compliment to the walk.
At the north end of the Riverwalk is Stone Cliff Winery. You can do some wine tasting there, but it's also an excellent place to have lunch. The winery is located in the historic Star Brewery building. You'll want to take time and look at the interesting displays about the building's past as a brewery.
A great little piece of history near the brewery is the Shot Tower. It dates from 1856 and is one of the last remaining structures of its type in the U.S. What's a Shot Tower, I wondered? According to sources, they were used to make ammunition for muskets. Molten lead was hoisted to the top of the tower and poured through a grate. The droplets that fell from the grate were relatively uniform in size, and the fall provided enough time for the liquid-metal droplet to form into a sphere before landing in water below. The water cooled the lead to its solid state while keeping the round shape. The shot was then sorted and packed. In recent years, the Dubuque Shot Tower became part of the river front and its restoration plans.
A remarkable collection of Tiffany windows can be seen at St. Luke's United Methodist Church on Main Street. The church is open during the week, and guides stationed in the sanctuary are welcoming and informative.
At a distance, the light shining through the Tiffany windows makes the colors look rich and velvet-like. You can also walk right up to the windows and appreciate Tiffany's work up close.
The window pictured on the left, titled The Good Shepard, had been exhibited in a chapel Louis Tiffany designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Later, after the Exposition closed, the family of Judge D.N. Cooley from Dubuque purchased the window for the church. It was installed during the original construction of 1896.
In addition to the Tiffany windows, visitors can see ornate brass work at the altar and a lovely frieze above the choir loft. The frieze is a replica of the "Singing Children" designed for the Cathedral of Florence, Italy.
The church building itself is worthy of Tiffany windows. It's a splendid example of Romanesque architecture with its heavy stone walls and round arches. Upon completion, the congregation held a Feast of Dedication service in May of 1897.
While you're in the downtown area, be sure to visit Cable Car Square and ride the Fourth Street Elevator. It's been described as the world's steepest, shortest scenic railway. Back in 1882, local businessman J.K. Graves was looking for a quicker way to get from his bank job at the bottom of the bluffs to the top where he lived. As it was, the trip took half an hour in his horse and buggy to go around the bluff and get from top to bottom or vice versa. Mr. Graves received permission from the City to build an incline railway like he had seen in Europe. A local engineer drew up a design, and the single cable car system was built.
Mr. Grave's new work-day routine had the gardener letting him up or down the bluff in his cable car as needed, rather than the half-hour buggy ride. Soon his neighbors were meeting him at the elevator and asking for a ride, too. He decided to open the railway to the public and charged five cents a person.
After a series of events, including fires, the Fenelon Elevator Company was formed in 1893. Ten stockholders now owned the system. They installed a new motor to run the elevator and replaced the ropes that held the car with steel cables. Most importantly, they made the track three rails with a fourth bypass in the middle to allow for the operation of two cars. A second story was also added to the operator's house so neighborhood men could smoke and play cards there without their wives bothering them. Hmm . . .
At the top of the elevator you'll find a lookout area and some great views of the downtown business district and the Mississippi River. (The building with the gold dome is the 1891 Dubuque County Courthouse.)
It only costs $1.50 to ride the elevator one way. If you have a bicycle with you, it's $2.00. There's service eight months of the year, from April 1st through November 30th.
Dubuque offers an inviting blend of nature, history, architecture, and culture. It's conveniently situated in the southwest corner of what is known as the Tri-State area. Illinois and Wisconsin are both just a few miles away. (Galena, Illinois is an easy 17-mile drive.) You'll want to plan a visit soon!
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Q: Removing duplicate sub-arrays I have an array as such: [[1,3],[2,5],[1,3],[2,5]]   and i would like to remove any duplicate sub-arrays. I tried using this code:
 uniqueArray = array.filter(function(item, pos) {
   return array.indexOf(item) == pos;   });

It still returns true for all the cases.
Which function can i use to get the desired result.

A: Conver the 2D array into 1D array with stringified elements
Then put then into a Set to automatically filter out the repeating elements
Now convert the Set back to an array and map the array by JSON parsing each element to restore back the arrays.

Readable and no nested loops.

const arr = [[1,3],[2,5],[1,3],[2,5]];

const setArray = new Set(arr.map(x => JSON.stringify(x)))

const uniqArray = [...setArray].map(x => JSON.parse(x))

console.log(uniqArray)

A: Not the most efficient method, but the sub-arrays can be used as object keys:

a = [[1,3],[2,5],[1,3],[2,5]]

o = a.reduce((r, v) => (r[v] = v, r), {})

console.log(JSON.stringify( Object.values(o) ))
console.log(JSON.stringify( o ))

Update: seems a bit faster with numeric keys :

let a = [[1,3],[2,5],[1,3],[2,5]], t, b, n = _ => performance.now(),
v = Object.values, l = t => console.log(JSON.stringify(b), t)

t = n(); b = v(a.reduce((r, v) => (r[v] = v, r), {}))                   ; l(n() - t)

t = n(); b = v(a.reduce((r, v) => (r[v[0] + 1 / v[1]] = v, r), {}))     ; l(n() - t)

t = n(); b = v(a.reduce((r, v) => (r[v[0] + 1 / v[1]] = v, r), new Map)); l(n() - t)

A: You can use Array#filter with an object that will store a hash for each iterated tuple:

var arr = [[1,3],[2,5],[1,3],[2,5]];

var result = arr.filter(function(t) {
  var key = t.join('-');
  return this[key] ? false : (this[key] = true);
}, Object.create(null));

console.log(result);


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Sale along at D&R
D&R Furnishers of The Parade, Marlborough are a long established family business who thrives on their reputation, offering exceptional quality in their range of home furnishings together with a level of personal service that can only be achieved by local independents
Originally part of the Icknield Way which ran from Norfolk to Wiltshire, the Ridgeway is Britain's oldest road and was extended in 1972 and designated as a National Trail.
Marlborough College
Alma Mater to an illustrious roll call which includes William Morris, poets Siegfried Sassoon, Louis MacNeice and John Betjeman, Bruce Chatwin, bankrupts Ian and Kevin Maxwell and the sublimely talented Nick Drake, ...
Avebury is a henge monument (which is an ancient place surrounded by a bank and ditch) and is the world's largest prehistoric stone circle, originally comprising of some 100 standing stones, with two inner stone circles.
West Kennet Long Barrow
Dating from around 3,650 years BC West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the largest and most accessible Neolithic Tombs in Britain
Highclere Castle visitor information
World famous from its starring role in the smash hit drama series Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle's future is secure thanks to the scores of visitors who have flocked to witness its imposing façade first hand.
A frightful week of Half term fun at Cobbs
This half term Cobbs Farm Shop and Play Barn are offering a little bit extra with non-stop entertainment for all the family.
Avebury Manor Visitor Info
Avebury Manor is a 16th Century Grade One listed property run by the National Trust in Avebury, near Marlborough
Laycock Abbey & Village
Less than an hour's drive west from Marlborough though the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, is the historic village of Lacock and at its heart, the quirky Lacock Abbey set in its own woodland grounds.
The real WOLF HALL
Crucial to the heart of the Tudor monarchy as presented in the recent BBC drama series of the same name, WOLF HALL near Burbage stands (or not) as testimony to the rise and fall of the Seymour family.
The Crofton Beam Engines
These are two magnificent pieces of industrial archaeology that will appeal to both families and steam enthusiasts.
The Sanctuary, Avebury
In the guardianship of English Heritage, The Sanctuary forms part of the huge Avebury Neolithic Complex of standing stones and ritual sites.
Abbey House Gardens
Abbey House Gardens is a spectacular 5 acre country house garden in Malmesbury, Wiltshire which straddles the River Avon
Treat the children with this special offer at The Polly Tea Rooms
For a limited time only, The Polly Tea Rooms are offering 2 for 1 on Children's High Tea
What I learnt from travelling the world
Stepping out on your own after a lifetime in education is both a daunting and exciting step for many students taking a break from academia to explore the big wide world.
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This is a song that I recommend to those studying the language. It is easy to translate and provides a lot of practice on verb conjugation. The pronunciation of some words are not standard (for some reason the singer pronounces "wa" as "fa", for example), but overall, the pace is slow enough to understand some words.
By the way, Yuzuru Hanyu, 2012 Japanese Figure Skating Champion, skated to this music in his exhibition program for the 2012-2013 season.
EDIT: replaced translation for "sorezore" to "our own" instead of "each other's"
あなたは今笑えてますか? Anata wa ima waraetemasu ka?/Can you smile now?
あなたは今気づいていますか? / Anata wa ima kizuitemasu ka / Have you realized?
I love Hana ni nare.
Love this song(heard it first from yuzuru's show) . thank you for the lyrics!
Anyways I adore how you share knowledge about Japanese here! I'm planning of making this kind of blog (in Bahasa though, since English is not my language) so I think I would learn how to explain from your blog! Thank you very much!


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