A recent test case decision handed down by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has ruled that comments posted on social media can amount to workplace bullying even if neither the person who posted them or their target were at work at the time. The case highlights the importance of employers having a strong social media policy in place.
The Full Bench held that the posted comments constitute 'bullying at work' if the worker reads them later while at work.
In Bowker et al v DP World Melbourne Limited T/A DP World; Maritime Union of Australia, The Victorian Branch and Others three employees of DP World Melbourne Limited each made an application to the Commission under section 789FC of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) for a declaration that they had been bullied at work and for an order to stop the bullying.
The allegations of bullying were made against employees of DP World who were members of the MUA, and by MUA officials.
It was alleged these employees had posted various unreasonable and insulting allegations about the applicants on Facebook.
It was also alleged the applicants were threatened and excluded.
The respondents claimed that the alleged conduct was not made 'at work' within the meaning of s.789FD of the Act. This is relevant as the Commission only has jurisdiction to make orders to stop bullying if, among other things, the Commission is satisfied that 'the worker has been bullied at work' (s.789FF(1)(b)(i) of the Act).
The Full Bench stated that the concept of being 'at work' encompasses both the performance of work (at any time or location) and when the worker is engaged in some other activity which is authorised or permitted by their employer. This might include being on a meal break or accessing social media while performing work.
Therefore a worker could be considered to be 'at work' at any time the worker performs work, regardless of his or her location or the time of day.
As a result, the Full Bench found that the worker need not be 'at work' at the time the comments were posted on Facebook. It would suffice if they accessed the comments later while 'at work'.
The Full Bench ruling highlights the need for companies to have clear social media policies. These policies must make it clear that posting inappropriate material on social media sites about the company, managers or employees is unacceptable.
If you are an employer and need advice on issues arising from alleged workplace bullying, please contact us for an obligation free and confidential discussion.


As Dara expounds what so many of us can relate to in her introduction, "I've bemoaned the fact that so much of what is special in this world is disappearing…the quirky people who used to be everywhere in New York, … the intimate and interesting conversations that constantly bubbled up, uninterrupted by texts and selfies; the deep sense of discovery and wonder felt upon encountering a creative spark that felt utterly original. Where has this all gone?" Well, happily Melanie and Dara traveled the world to document 30 trailblazing creatives, across a variety of disciplines, in their private domains. Through over 250 original photographs and insightful interviews, this beautiful volume is a reaffirming answer for those of us who crave the original, the beautiful, the courageous and yes, the authentic.
These are extraordinary individuals who have followed their passions, regardless of outside influence or pressure. There are names you will recognize – Kelly Wearstler, Jonathan Adler, Ashley & Katalina Hicks, Miles Redd, Hutton Wilkinson, Nicky Haslam, above, etc – all of whom have found success on their own terms through their idiosyncratic visions. But there are also lesser known subjects whose talent, tenacity and achievements will wow you.
I wouldn't mind being reincarnated as the incredibly stylish global talent Ann-Marie Midy. Based in Brussels with her partner Jorge Almada and two children, Midy grew up in Paris, studied in the US (RISD), working in NYC and Boston and now has homes around the globe, from cosmopolitan capitals to remote desert, that are tied to hers and Almada's joint heritages.
Their company Casamidy, based in Mexico's San Miguel de Allende, produces furniture and accessories with the artisanal craftsmanship that also shines in their homes – their Brussels townhouse, below.
I was delighted to discover the inclusion of jeweler designer Solange Azagury-Partridge, whose work I've admired for years.
It's hard not to wear a smile around Johnson Hartig's exuberant cornucopia of pattern and color that is his clothing line Libertine. With a "fearless, rule-bashing approach," he is as much a romantic as he is a maverick.
One of the most celebrated French architects of his generation, Joseph Dirand has developed his own brand of French modernism, melding restrained refinement with generous warmth.
Born in South Africa, educated in London with graduate degrees in zoology and environmental technology, Jane da Mosto found her calling in Venice, where she works tirelessly to protect the historic city's heritage, habitat and culture.
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Opinion: To reduce risk of mass shootings,…
Opinion: To reduce risk of mass shootings, prevent suicides
Increased support for suicide prevention measures would begin saving lives immediately.
Law enforcement officers are seen at the Valley Transportation Authority's light rail yard, where a mass shooting took place, in San Jose on Wednesday. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
By Sarah C. Peck and James Alan Fox |
PUBLISHED: May 29, 2021 at 5:15 a.m. | UPDATED: May 29, 2021 at 5:24 a.m.
Not much is known about the motives of the gunman who killed nine co-workers at a light rail yard in San Jose on Wednesday. But we do know that he took his own life at the scene of the crime. Mass killers saving their last bullet for themselves is a recurring theme. Forty percent of public mass shooters commit suicide, according to the Associated Press/USA Today/Northeastern University Mass Killing Database.
The fact that so many public mass shooters are suicidal provides hope that some of these horrific crimes can be prevented by focusing specifically on suicide prevention. Although the common perception is that homicides and mass shootings predominate, about two-thirds of the nearly 40,000 gun deaths annually in the United States are suicides. If we as a nation focus on reducing suicides, not only can we save the lives of many of our loved ones, but we may also avert some mass slaughters in the process.
Research has shown that the risk a household member will commit suicide is increased threefold when there is a gun in the home. This is not to say that we need to take guns away from law-abiding gun owners who show no signs of being dangerous. However, lives could be saved by a public education campaign (ideally endorsed by gun-rights organizations) recommending that gun owners: 1) temporarily remove a firearm when a household member is in crisis, and 2) safely secure handguns and long guns bought for sport or protection, especially if there is a minor in the home.
In cases where a family member is concerned that a gun owner appears suicidal or likely to harm others, Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws (so-called "Red Flag Laws") give police a tool to remove guns temporarily. Indiana passed the first ERPO law in 2005 following the murder of a police officer. The Indiana law was considered by authorities in the case of an Indianapolis gunman when his mother raised concerns that he was suicidal, but an ERPO order was not sought because he voluntarily relinquished his gun. As a result, the gunman was later able to legally purchase the gun he used in the FedEx shooting.
California's law, which refers to these orders as Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVRO), has been in effect since 2016. In the San Jose case, the gunman's ex-wife was reported as saying he was unhappy with his work environment and had threatened to kill his colleagues. Other signs the gunman was dangerous are emerging: He was reportedly detained by the FBI for carrying terrorist documents and NBC Bay Area's Investigative Unit reported he was facing a disciplinary hearing for racist comments. Pursuant to California law, a law enforcement officer, a family member, or an employer may file a GVRO petition. Yet apparently no GVRO was sought in this case.
Researchers have found that Indiana's ERPO law reduced suicides by 7.5%. To date, research has focused on suicide prevention, not murder. However, there are a few documented cases where an ERPO was used to remove a gun from someone who was contemplating a mass shooting. Although we will never know for sure, in at least some of these cases, including the case at the San Jose rail yard, removing the gun may have averted a bloodbath.
Most Americans agree something must be done to stop the scourge of mass shootings. Increased support for the suicide prevention measures described here, including a robust public education campaign promoting safe gun storage and educating the public about ERPO laws, would begin saving lives immediately, even as the partisan debate over gun legislation rages on in Congress.
Sarah C. Peck is director of #UnitedOnGuns, an initiative of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law. James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy also at Northeastern University.
If you or someone you know is struggling with feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers free, round-the-clock support, information and resources for help. Reach the lifeline at 800-273-8255
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Netflix will broadcast in November the first season of 'The Crown', a serial dedicated to the Queen Elisabeth II
The Netflix platform will broadcast in November the first season of the series 'The Crown', dedicated to the Queen Elisabeth II, which it wants to show a more intimate portrait of one of the most discreet women in the world. According to the France Presse, 'The Crown' confirms the intention of Netflix of investing in the blockbuster movies with budgets comparable to those of the cinema's. The scenario is written by the British Peter Morgan, who is also the author of the screenplay for 'The Queen' (2006), of the Stephen Frears' and of 'The Audience', and the production will be directed by Stephen Daldry, who also directed 'Billy Elliot' and 'The Hours'. In the interpretation of the actress Claire Foy, Elisabeth Windsor seems a balanced young, but capable of enthusiasm, unreliable, but not without sensuality.
Peter Morgan intends to dedicate a season of 'The Crown' to each decade of the Elisabeth II's reign, which are six in total. The first season is about the succession to the throne after the brutal death of King George VI, the father of Elisabeth, a transitional period in which the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill is also involved. Peter Morgan and Stephen Daldry subtly portrait Elisabeth II, a mixture of reserve and determination, a woman who heiress a secular tradition but she is also remarkably modern. The woman in the middle of the men, she has a superior rank to her husband and her father treats her as equal while Churchill respects her. The scenarist makes a central element from the relationship between Elisabeth II and her husband Philip, much more complex, richer and passionate than the image known by the public. Peter Morgan told to the actors to imagine that they have a stone in their shoes, while they act, because it doesn't have to be easy and delightful.
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From the earliest human societies who began to use metal for tools and coal for fuel, to our present resource-hungry cities, as a species we have depended on the natural resources of our planet for everything from energy to transport to computer technology.
The mining and processing of raw materials is one of the oldest human industries, and it has developed in parallel with our innovations and technological revolutions, as we have found new uses for minerals and metals, and as our mining pioneers have discovered new materials.
Increasing concern about the environmental impact of mining, and over the finite nature of our mineral and metals reserves, may suggest that the mining sector does not have a long-term future. But in fact, the mining industry is driven by a wide range of factors, including consumer behavior, population growth, innovation, government policies, fiscal fluctuations and new technology.
It is true that operators in the mining sector are likely to face increasingly stringent environmental regulations in the coming years as politicians and governments come under pressure to safeguard the planet's resources. This will present challenges to mining companies, but responsible and innovative operators will not regard these regulations as barriers to growth.
The wellbeing of the mining industry is affected by two factors. Scarcity of the resource is the first factor and product innovation is the second. But both of the factors point to a positive future for the sector. As deposits of a particular mineral resource are reduced, the cost of extracting that mineral can increase, but so does the price at which the mining company is able to sell it. And as the rapid developments in technology in recent decades have shown, new products and uses for minerals are developing all the time.
The metals and mining sectors are undergoing constant upheaval and change. While some operators will find that difficult, many others will thrive. Benedikt Sobotka, the Chief Executive of Eurasian Resources Group, is one of a new breed of leaders in the materials extraction sector, who has been able to position his company to withstand short-term fluctuations in the requirement for materials, while being ideally positioned to take advantage of new demands.
And it is this ever growing demand for raw materials that is the best indicator of the long-term growth prospects for the materials sector. The population of Earth was estimated to be around one billion in 1800, but by 2018, it had grown to 7.6 billion. According to some forecasts, it will continue to grow and could approach 10 billion by 2050. That growth in population means more families, more homes, and an ever increasing demand for the raw materials that underpin so many aspects of our society, from transport and construction to domestic appliances and heating.
And parallel to this ever-growing global population, the pace of technological change will continue to accelerate. In the last 20 years there have been dramatic developments in technology, from smart phones to driverless cars, and that rate of change will increase as technology such as quantum computers, 3D printing, internet-connected homes and Virtual Reality develop. Our demand for new technology is as insatiable as our demand for fuel and food, and all of these new technologies depend entirely on the availability of raw materials extracted by modern mining operators.
Metals such as platinum, palladium and osmium, are in huge demand, as they are crucial components in a wide range of technology from hard disks to LCD panels. The light metal beryllium, extracted in Utah and Alaska in the US, is another in-demand material, as it plays an important role in a variety of medical equipment and computer devices. And the technology industry also drives increases in demand for more familiar materials.
Lead is used widely in the construction of computer monitors and circuit boards, while mercury is an important component of flat screen televisions. Nickel, tin and zinc are all familiar raw materials that are essential to the production of circuit boards, while oil is used widely for the manufacture of the plastic casing and plastic components that are integral to modern electronic devices.
The future is likely to bring many challenges to the mining industry, but the inexorable growth of the global population and the technological innovation that is continually finding new uses for raw materials should ensure that the future growth prospects for this sector remain strong.


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A thief hijacked a truck carrying 13 tons of potatoes at a farm in Essleben, Germany. However, he neglected to make sure the back door was closed securely before he took off.
"He was pretty easy to follow because he left this huge trail of potatoes behind him," explained one farm hand.
The hapless crook eventually fled empty handed when the trailer overturned, bursting one of the tractor's rear tyres causing it to crash into an electricity pylon.
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A Disease You Wanted to Catch
Northbound Aurora at 100th. Middle-aged white man, just this side of scruffy, leaning into the front door:
"Hey, did you see a, I left a wallet a couple hours ago…?"
"Uhh," I said.
I look around on the dash. This coach has been out all day, already operated on for eight hours by another operator. We have an agreement where she leaves her lost and found items with me, instead of her taking them back to base. It doesn't affect the process of the items' transit to the Lost and Found Office, but it does give the items several more hours to remain on the road. I prefer this because you never know who might be out there, bus-hunting, trying to find their lost item. Lost items take 24 hours to show up in the Lost and Found Office, and sometimes that's too long.
I do have a lost wallet today. It's an unusual one- huge, black, really big, with a lot of pockets.
"Describe it to me."
"Um, it's big, it's really big, black, with a lot of pockets."
"I got you!" I exclaimed, smiling, handing him the goods. He made a wordless exclamation of joy, his once anxious face instantly transformed into a radiating, glowing orb. I felt thrilled just to be giving it to him, but I knew my excitement was no match for what must have felt. He stayed on board, going home, his gratitude spilling out on everyone around him.
"I thought I had lost my wallet," he blurted out to anyone who would listen, and to quite a few more who wouldn't. "I'd lost it, I'd asked I don't know how many drivers, standing out here for hours and all of the sudden, he's got it! He had it! I found it! Can you believe that?"
The others shuffled around him. A few commuters listened, but for the rest his praises fell on deaf ears. He didn't care. He had the glow. I smiled, watching him in my mirror, a spirit awakened, vivified out of despair. Happiness poured forth from him like a living organism, omniscient and spreading, a disease you wanted to catch. He'd been swimming for too long, grasping in the dark for air, and now he was on dry land.


Copyright 2006 Equitrend, Inc. No matter what investment discipline you use, there are three important variables for measuring your success - peak-to-valley drawdown, beta, reward/risk ratio. The first and most important factor is your measure of risk. Performance volatility is a measure of the variability of an investment's rate of return. Specifically, it is the standard deviation of the sample set of monthly returns that have been observed for the investment over the interval being considered. A simple way to measure a good stock market timing system is to calculate the largest peak-to-valley drawdown that has or would have occurred in the last five years.
This drawdown is your measure of risk. Second, is your beta to the overall market. Beta is an important variable that measures portfolio or timing system volatility as compared to an index. Most Betas are calculated based on the S&P 500 index. A beta of one tells you that the system has the same volatility (i.
risk) as the S&P 500 index. A beta of two tells you that the system has twice the volatility as the S&P 500 index. By actively managing your money, your stock market timing system should allow you to reduce the beta of your portfolio as compared to the index you are trading and substantially improve your returns over time. Third, is your reward/risk ratio, which calculates your reward as compared to your risk. In order to calculate this, you need to know your average rate of return. A rule of thumb is that your return should be at least twice as large as your risk. For example, if your largest peak-to-valley drawdown percentage over the last five years is 15%, your average rate of return should be at least 30%. In other words, your reward/risk ratio (30%/15% = 2) should be 2 or greater. The best stock market timing system for you will depend a lot on your personality, specifically your tolerance for risk.
You might think a trend timing system that averages 80% is a great system, but what if I told you that system had a risk potential of 35%? Most people cannot tolerate a system that decreases their investment capital more than 20%. Your tolerance and ability to accept risk should help you identify a stock market timing system that's right for you. There are only a few systems available that really work. Most come and go like mayflies on a warm summer's day. When evaluating a timing system, it's important to consider all of the above factors plus whether or not the system has survived and prospered over at least a five year period. If they've made it through the last five to six years, you've likely found a good stock market timing system.


The producer had a few words for viewers of VH1's Hip Hop Honors.
The shenanigans going on in the White House have catalyzed many to speak about the future of this country, even in settings where it's not a topic. During Monday night's VH1 Hip Hop Honors, Pharrell Williams spoke his piece before presenting Hype Williams with an award.
"Everybody at home watching this and acting like y'all don't see what's going on out there, you gotta open your eyes," he began.
In addition to making music, Williams runs his I Am Other production company, has a Beats One radio show, is a creative consultant for Adidas and G-Star RAW and is a father of four.


Shri Subhash Desai – Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Maharashtra, inaugurating the Summit. Others (L to R) Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe – Founder & President, Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association (MIEDA) and SME Chamber of India, Capt. BVJK Sharma – Jt.MD & CEO, JSW Infrastructure Ltd., Shri Ashwani Kumar – CMD, Dena Bank, Shri Satish Jamdar – Managing Director, Blue Star Limited, Shri A Rameshkumar – CMD, Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance Pvt. Ltd. and Shri Deepankar Bose – CGM, State Bank of India, Maharashtra & Goa Circle.
Shri Subhash Desai – Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Maharashtra felicitating Capt. BVJK Sharma – Jt.MD & CEO, JSW Infrastructure Ltd.
Dignitaries (L to R) Capt. BVJK Sharma – Jt.MD & CEO, JSW Infrastructure Ltd., Shri Ashwani Kumar - CMD, Dena Bank, Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe – Founder & President, Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association (MIEDA) and SME Chamber of India, Shri Subhash Desai – Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Maharashtra, Shri Satish Jamdar – Managing Director, Blue Star Limited, Shri Deepankar Bose – CGM, State Bank of India, Maharashtra & Goa Circle and Shri A Rameshkumar – CMD, Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance Pvt. Ltd.


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Marvel Studios have big announcements at San Diego Comic-Con. The news includes the development of the Blade reboot with Mahershala Ali, who appears in True Detective, having a starring role. As we are still wrong that Eric Brooks will join MCU, Marvel announced that Bassam Tariq, Mogul Mowgli director, was hired to direct Blade. He confirmed the report and gave his insight into what we should expect of his vampire hunter version. Though the first Blade movie led by Wesley Snipes went before the first X-Men film two years ago, it wasn't easy to realize that it was based on a comic book. It is not because of the relative obscurity of each character but because the horror genre felt more at home.
How will be the Blade Reboot?
In an interview with The Playlist Podcast, Bassam Tariq was asked whether Blade reboot would feel like a traditional MCU entry or more like a horror movie. He gave the following answer: "All we care about is the character, something significant for me. I am not into the genre, but character. The most important thing is where the character has to go. It is not as boxed as people think it is, including me, but it is exciting. The real issue is that there is no Blade canon. If you are a comic fan, you will notice there is always change. 'Oh, this is the story, this is the story.' What is a canon? It is different from Peter Parker(his real name). Some comics name him Fred H. Blade rather than Eric Brooks. Unfortunately, it did not last for long, despite how interesting it was. There are always exciting and interesting waves, but all I can say is that the character is a priority."
Who is in the Blade?
Wesley Snipes has boosted the popularity of Blade courtesy of his three films released in 2004 and 1998. Bassam Tariq is right that how deep the roots of a characters' comic book go, there is less to work with, unlike popular Marvel superheroes like The Hulk or Spider-Man. Therefore, it seems like the creative team, including Tariq and Stacy Osei-Kuffour, the screenwriter, has room for leaving a distinctive mark for the MCU on Blade. However, we will still see him as the Daywalker slicing vampires. In the interview, Bassam Tariq also mentioned how honored he felt for his selection as the Blade reboot director. He considers himself serving Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who has credits in writing like Pen 15 for Hulu and Watchmen for HBO. A report in February stated that Stacy would do the Blade script. While Tariq kept the plot details about the reboot classified, it felt like he was impressed with Stacy's work. In addition, it would still be alright if Blade names Mahershala Ali as Fred H. Blade.
Blade Is Not Obliged To Comics Canon
Besides the announcement of Bassam Tariq as the director, Blade film will be among the newest heroes of the MCU. In July, Bassam, who joined the project, insights that Marvel Comics Lore will not bog down the film. The comments Bassam gave at The Playlist Podcast are encouraging, given that Blade is not popular with the general audience. As Wesley Snipes had a trilogy of films with leading roles, the current comic book movie was far behind. But it paved the way for the film. The Blade is among the prominent comics characters. For instance, a fan who sees two or even one comic book film annually can give you the origin of Spider-Man, Superman, or Batman. The general audiences are likely to be introduced to the characters' creation of Iron Man and Star-Lord through the films. When you look keenly at the comments Bassam gave, a character's iterations are essential concepts in comic books. Marvel has also embraced the idea in the fourth phase, with Loki introducing variants to lead the charge. It is still unknown which iteration that Mahershala Ali Blade star will play in the forthcoming film.
Blade or Eric Brooks first appeared in July 1973 in the comics. His popular origin started when he was born. Deacon Frost is the doctor who was handling the pregnancy of his mother and was a vampire. He passed his vampire status to Brook when he murdered his mother, which made Blade be partially a vampire and somewhat immune to the bites of a vampire. Brook is a member of the comics teams, from Vampire Hunters to Nightstalkers. In the former, his mission was to look for Frost, his mother's killer. It sounds exciting to see what Bassam Tariq will adapt from the storylines of different comics and attach them to his film. Marvel has developed movies that prioritize their universe, sprinkling each project with Easter eggs for the comic fans. Blade's release date is not assigned yet. However, there are reports that the filming would start in July 2022. As such, an announcement will be made as more updates emerge. Meanwhile, let us focus on the next big thing that the superhero franchise offers on the big screen.
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The Council of Oman is a bicameral parliament, made up of the members of the State Council and the Consultation Council, as stipulated in Article 58 of the Basic Law of the State. It is considered to be the main Parliament in Oman. It assists the government in drawing up the general policies of the state. The Council meets at the request of the sultan to study and discuss matters raised by him, taking all its decisions on the basis of a majority vote. The sultan addresses all the members of this council on an annual basis. There are 15 women members (14 of them are in the state council) among the 167 members of the parliament.

In November 2009 construction work began on the Majlis Oman project, a landmark building to accommodate the parliament assembly hall and the upper and lower houses. The development, designed by q-dar and built by Carillion Alawi, was completed in 2013.

In October 2011, Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said expanded the power of the Council of Oman.

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Looking past the hype: Getting real-world results from AI in healthcare
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By Jean-Claude Saghbini, Chief Technology Officer, Wolters Kluwer Health . Jun 16, 2018, 9:00AM
The introduction of artificial intelligence, or AI, is transforming every aspect of our lives, and healthcare is no exception. It's the word on every executive, clinician, technologist, and policy-maker's lips. Just last month, Theresa May called for an 'AI revolution' in the NHS, harnessing the power of big data to prevent cancer-related deaths.
Elsewhere, we read headlines showcasing futuristic healthcare technologies like emotive robots and Star Trek "Tricorder" devices.
Hype and politics aside, innovations across the AI spectrum are already improving the patient experience while also delivering major efficiencies.
At Wolters Kluwer, we ensure we meet the needs of clinical teams in a 21st Century healthcare system. And as we do so, we are ideally placed to observe and drive how AI is achieving results.
We're witnessing how AI can equip nurses with 'surveillance superpowers,' so that they can detect and deal with life-threatening disease conditions such as sepsis before it is too late. With nurses under intense pressure to care for several patients at the same time, AI can be used to monitor hundreds of patient datapoints and detect early signs of a condition well before observable symptoms, potentially enabling life-saving medical interventions and protocols.
AI clearly has a role to play in disease detection and prediction, but it is also being put to use as a way of maintaining relationships with patients after they leave hospital. Proper healthcare extends into the home through patient engagement. With AI for example, it's possible to provide personalised, consistent, interactive voice response (IVR) follow up based on patient responses during recovery, with up to a million unique conversations. Responses from patients that are identified as high-risk can then be flagged for rapid intervention.
Approximately 100,000 patients per week use our Emmi programmes prescribed by physicians to help them adhere to recommendations and take a more active role in managing their health.
While human-centric examples like these are easy to understand, what's equally important is the burgeoning role of AI behind the scenes – something that the data science team at Wolters Kluwer spends a lot of time exploring. AI is helping us get to grips with the mass of data that the healthcare industry has captured over the years.
As in many industries, healthcare providers have spent the last 10 years capturing and entering data in electronic health records (EHRs). This has been justified on the basis that data will make us more efficient. The reality is much of the data is siloed by disparate systems with unique terminologies and coding that thwart interoperability.
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AI is helping us get past this so-called 'Tower of Babel' syndrome by normalising data so that we can actually access and exchange data across systems. The result? Reduced delays, fewer errors and lower operating costs.
The use of natural language processing (NLP) in healthcare is another significant AI development, enabling the sector to standardise highly unstructured data, such as physicians' notes and old patient records. The ability to identify particular patient cohorts or those who share similar traits has a range of exciting applications, including gaining insights on a patient's more complete history that is otherwise locked in unstructured notes. The result is clinical decision support that is contextual to the patient's medical condition.
There is also scope to apply AI-based adaptive learning to the education of medical students, nurses and the like. AI-informed test prep tools allow us to precisely assess the strengths and weakness of individual aspiring medical students, serving up test questions that optimise their learning progress. Recognising that people learn differently, we are exploring how 'gamified' learning can deliver personalisation education.
A recent article on the Global Healthcare platform underlined the importance of digital tools as a way of combatting real world issues such as ageing workforces, staff shortages and limited healthcare budgets. It also highlighted developments such as the arrival of digital assistant Amazon Alexa in healthcare, and Apple's partnership with Stanford University, to give the smartwatch the ability to detect heart disease.
Innovations of this kind are an exciting endorsement of AI's potential, but it's also important to stress that there is more to a successful AI strategy than throwing technology at problems. Where Wolters Kluwer Health solutions have an edge is in terms of our expertly curated clinical content used by more than 2.8mn clinicians across 187 countries. Through our widely-deployed UpToDate, we have a quarter-century history of working with clinicians in the challenging area of clinical decision support.
As AI rolls out across healthcare at a rapid pace, we are able to develop technology solutions built on a solid foundation of the best evidence so that we support best practice decision-making without losing its human centric ethos.
While the pressures on healthcare are there for all to see, there are some bright spots with regard to AI. One is that regulators in many markets are evolving their rulebooks so as to promote and encourage innovation.
Another is that AI is not replacing the human element in healthcare – but supporting it with technologies that range from robot assisted surgery to virtual nursing assistants. Our firm belief is that AI is not about the science fiction of making physicians, nurses or pharmacists obsolete. It is about augmenting their knowledge base and helping them make decisions faster and more accurately, engaging them and their patients in decisions and behaviors that ultimately will improve outcomes.
While that may not sound as exciting as Hollywood's sci-fi sick bay of the future with roaming robot nurses and doctors, AI holds tremendous promise to improve health at a population level. And that is truly exciting.
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Banteay Chmar ou Banteay Chhmar () est une commune (khum) du district de Thma Puok dans la province de Banteay Meanchey, dans le nord-ouest du Cambodge . Il est situé à  au nord de Sisophon et à environ  à l'est de la frontière thaïlandaise. Le site est situé à  au nord-ouest d'Angkor. La commune de Banteay Chhmar comprend 14 villages.

Le temple massif de Banteay Chmar, avec ses huit temples satellites et son réservoir (baray), comprend l'un des complexes archéologiques les plus importants et les moins bien compris de la période d'Angkor au Cambodge.

Histoire

Comme Angkor Thom, le temple de Banteay Chmar a été construit sous le règne de Jayavarman VII à la fin du  ou au début du . L'un des sanctuaires du temple contenait autrefois une image de Srindrakumararajaputra (le prince héritier), un fils de Jayavarman VII décédé avant lui. Les portes du temple enregistrent l'invasion ratée du royaume de Champa Yasovarman Ier.

La longue inscription en vieux khmer trouvée sur le site (K.227), et maintenant exposée au Musée national du Cambodge, raconte comment le prince Srindrakumara a été protégé à deux reprises par quatre compagnons d'armes, une fois contre Rahu, et une fois sur une campagne militaire contre Champa. Leurs quatre statues, dont une du prince, ont été placées dans la chapelle centrale.

Un autre bas-relief déclare que Yasovarman II a été attaqué par Rahu, mais "sauvé par un jeune prince" .

Le site
Le complexe ressemble à Angkor Thom et à d'autres structures attribuées à Jayavarman VII. C'est l'un des deux sites en dehors d'Angkor avec les tours de façade énigmatiques. En plus de cela, sa galerie extérieure est sculptée de bas-reliefs représentant des engagements militaires et des scènes de la vie quotidienne très similaires à celles bien connues du Bayon.

Le complexe est orienté à l'est, où il y a un baray asséché d'environ 1600m de long par 800m de large, qui avait un temple sur une île artificielle (mebon) en son centre. Il y a trois enceintes, comme d'habitude. L'extérieur, largement ruiné, était de 1,9 par 1,7km et entouré d'un fossé. L'enceinte centrale, pourvue également de douves, mesure 850 par 800m. Il contient le temple principal, entouré d'une galerie avec des reliefs de 250 par 200m qui constitue la troisième enceinte intérieure.

Outre le temple principal et le mebon, il existe huit autres temples secondaires construits autour de la ville de façon un peu irrégulière. Quatre stèles détaillant la généalogie de Jayavarman VII ont été placées (bien qu'elles restent inachevées) à chacun des quatre coins du troisième mur d'enceinte, reflétant les stèles qui occupaient les quatre sanctuaires d'angle (Prasat Chrung) de la capitale du roi à Angkor Thom.

Menaces modernes
En raison de son emplacement éloigné et de sa proximité avec la frontière thaïlandaise, le complexe a été soumis à de graves pillages, en particulier dans les années 1990. En 1998, 2000 et 2002, le temple a été classé par le Fonds mondial pour les monuments comme l'un des cent sites les plus menacés au monde.

Par exemple, en 1998, un groupe de soldats a volé une section de 30 mètres du mur sud. Les bas-reliefs de Banteay Chmar montraient autrefois huit Avalokiteśvaras exceptionnels dans la galerie ouest, mais il n'en reste plus que deux. En , des pillards ont démantelé des sections du mur ouest de la galerie contenant ces bas-reliefs. Ils ont été interceptés par la police thaïlandaise et 117 morceaux de mur en grès ont été récupérés. Ils sont maintenant exposés au Musée national du Cambodge à Phnom Penh.

Villages

 Kouk Samraong(គោកសំរោង)
 Koet(កើត)
 Kbal Tonsaong(ក្បាលទន្សោង)
 Banteay Chhmar Cheung(បន្ទាយឆ្មារជើង)
 Bangtey Chmar Khang Lech(បន្ទាយឆ្មារលិច)
 Kbal Krabei(ក្បាលក្របី)
 Banteay Chhmar Tboung(បន្ទាយឆ្មារត្បូង)
 Trapeim Thlok
 Thma Daekkeh(ថ្មដែកកេះ)
 Thlok(ថ្លុក)
 Kouk Samraong Lech(គោកសំរោងលិច)
 Srah Chrey(ស្រះជ្រៃ)
 Prey Changha(ព្រៃចង្ហារ)
 Prasat Tbeng(ប្រាសាទត្បែង)
 Dang Rek(ដងរែក)

Références

Bibliographie

Liens externes

 Résumé du projet Banteay Chhmar au Fonds du patrimoine mondial
 Explorez Banteay Chhmar sur le réseau du patrimoine mondial
 L'article fondamental de 1937 "Banteay Chhmar: la merveilleuse ville khmère au Cambodge" par George Groslier
 Banteay Chhmar sur Angkorguide.net
 Visitez Banteay Chhmar
 Banteay Chhmar, documentation photographique et galerie de photos

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Today's News: Our Take - Keck's Exclusives: Revenge Isn't So Sweet
Perhaps attempting to deflect the flak that producers took for not killing off a series regular in any of its murder mysteries, ABC's Revenge ended Season 2 by killing poor Declan (Connor Paolo) after an explosion at the Grayson Global ...
Perhaps attempting to deflect the flak that producers took for not killing off a series regular in any of its murder mysteries, ABC's Revenge ended Season 2 by killing poor Declan (Connor Paolo) after an explosion at the Grayson Global offices.
While Paolo declined an exit interview, Nick Wechsler, who plays Jack and guessed that Paolo would not survive the season, says, "Connor wasn't happy. But he also took it like a champ. I think on some level he was preparing himself for it because he knew he wasn't being used that much." After two seasons, the character failed to click with most fans, and Wechsler believes that's because "the writers had a hard time finding a purpose for everyone, and he ended up not getting serviced."
Christa B. Allen, whose character Charlotte just discovered she's pregnant with Declan's child, learned of Paolo's demise from her make-up artist. "I couldn't hold it together," she recalls. "Then Connor came in to the make-up trailer while I was still sobbing." But Allen has confidence her pal will land on his feet. "I know he was really dissatisfied with how little he had to do, so he's going to find another role that enables him to show his talent."
Paolo isn't Revenge's only casualty. Mike Kelley, who created the series, is out as show runner, with executive producer Sunil Nayar stepping in. "I'm bummed," says Wechsler, "because Mike plucked me from obscurity after 10 years of nothing. I owe him so much. But Sunil called me to talk about next season. It would be nice if character arcs are mapped out in advance so we can structure our performances properly."
Henry Czerny (Conrad) says Nayar has pledged to "get back to the core characters and focus less on the shenanigans." In other words: adios to Aiden, the Initiative and the Falcon!
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During the 2016-17 season, ALEXANDER BOYER appeared as Eunuch/Stone in San Francisco Opera's world premiere of Bright Sheng's Dream of the Red Chamber. Mr. Boyer made his debut with SFO in 2015-16, appearing as El Remendado in Bizet's Carmen. For Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, he appeared in the title role of Pagliacci in Summer 2017. On the concert stage, he was a featured artist with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra in May 2017 as part of their collaboration with the Merola Opera Program of San Francisco.
Other recent engagements for Mr. Boyer include the roles of Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto with Island City Opera, Marcello in Leoncavallo's La bohème and Alwa in Berg's Lulu with West Edge Opera, Lt. B.F. Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Livermore Valley Opera, Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with Opera Idaho, and Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Manrico in Il trovatore with Island City Opera.
During his residency at Opera San José, Mr. Boyer performed the roles of Nadir (The Pearl Fishers), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Manrico (Il trovatore), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), the title role in the company premiere of Mozart's Idomeneo, Canio (Pagliacci), Alfredo (La traviata) and the title role in Faust. Other roles performed for the company included Konstantin Levin (Anna Karenina), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca) and Rodolfo (La bohème.) Previous seasons have featured Mr. Boyer as Des Grieux (Manon), Ruggero (La rondine), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), and Don José (Carmen).
A New York native, Mr. Boyer holds degrees from Boston University and Manhattan School of Music. He has sung the roles Arkady in Lee Hoiby's A Month in the Country, the Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues des Carmelites), Alfredo (La traviata), and Luigi (Il tabarro). He has participated in the Merola and Santa Fe Opera programs, and is a winner of the Mario Lanza scholarship award.
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"Will Allen simply does not know how to listen to or hear opinions that differ from his own," wrote Banks Talley, who succeeded Allen as president of the Cameron Village Neighborhood Association. "He can be truculent, derogatory, impatient, vaguely threatening and condescending. ... (Swink) does not simply believe that every old building in Raleigh should be bulldozed for new development like Mr. Allen does."
Allen says he's not surprised by the criticism. Since he became chairman of the Hillsborough Citizens Advisory Council, he's angered some neighbors by supporting development proposals in the Cameron Village area. Others, including Talley, have expressed fears that the apartment projects could bring heavy traffic and harm surrounding areas.
"I don't take it personally," Allen said Wednesday. "I think that people are scared because change and progress are coming. I have become, rightly or wrongly, an icon of that because I'm not vehemently anti-development and these people are."
Several council members say commission appointments rarely get so heated, and average citizens don't typically weigh in. "I was surprised by how ferocious the criticism was," Councilwoman Mary-Ann Baldwin said. "This was almost a political campaign."
Allen said he suspects Councilman Russ Stephenson, who nominated Swink, orchestrated the letter-writing campaign. Stephenson and Allen often disagree.
Stephenson "encouraged them to write, and I'm sure he knew what criticism they would lob at me," Allen said. "It sounds desperate and pathetic that any city councilor would resort to that kind of action."
Stephenson admits he reached out to some of the letter writers. "I asked people who knew Rodney and knew of his service to provide their support and endorsement," he said. "I tried to get people to focus their comments in a constructive way."
But that's not what happened in many of the emails. Lee Folger, a contributor to Stephenson's campaigns, predicted dire consequences if Allen joined the planning commission.
"The commission will not forgive you for putting him in their midst," Folger wrote to the council. "Inside three months the commission will be a shambles."
And Phil Poe, who recently stepped down as co-chairman of the Five Points CAC, said he questions Allen's motives for public service. "I view Will as the consummate politician," he wrote. "It's more about what is best for Will and less about the public interest."
Reached Wednesday, Poe said he lobbied for Swink because the commission has a big task ahead: mapping the city with new zoning designations from the unified development ordinance. "Based on the background of Rodney, having served on the (UDO) committee, I think he will be very effective in terms of dealing with that," Poe said.
Allen also has experience with current city issues. In addition to the Hillsborough CAC, he chairs the citywide Raleigh CAC and co-chairs the Passenger Rail Task Force. "I've found him to be intelligent, and he does his research and is willing to engage in conversation and debate," said Councilman Bonner Gaylord, who nominated Allen.
Allen says both he and Swink are well qualified for the post. The criticism wasn't why Allen dropped out, he said, noting that he "chose to withdraw to remove the deadlock."
But while Allen says he doesn't mind taking the heat, Baldwin worries the personal attacks could make future appointees think twice about applying. "I don't want to discourage people from putting their name out to be a public servant," she said.
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Q: How do Ruby and Python implement their interactive consoles? When implementing the interpreter for my programming language I first thought of a simple console window which allows the user to enter some code which is then executed as a standalone program as a shell.
But there are severe problems: If every line of code the user enters is handled as a standalone program, it has to go through the tokenizer and parser and is then just executed by the interpreter - what about functions then?

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*How can the Python/Ruby interactive consoles (IDLE, irb) "share" the code? How is the code entered handled?

Example:
>> def x:
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Where is the function stored so it can be called at any time again?
How can the interactive console take everything entered as obviously one program without executing everything over and over again?

A: For Python, an expression isn't complete until all parentheses, brackets, etc. match up. This is fairly easy to detect. A function/class definition isn't complete until a completely blank line is entered. The compiler then compiles the entered expression or definition, and runs it.
Much like a normal function, class, module, etc., the REPL has its own local scope. It's this scope that is used for variables and definitions entered into the REPL.

A: You can learn more about the Python interactive console by reading the documentation for the code module:

The code module provides facilities to implement read-eval-print loops in Python. Two classes and convenience functions are included which can be used to build applications which provide an interactive interpreter prompt.

http://docs.python.org/library/code.html

A: Most of these languages use a parser which has a kind of "token stream" -- that is, the parser keeps taking tokens (a string, symbol, operator, etc) from the input stream until it has a full expression, then it returns that parsed expression where it might be compiled to bytecode or otherwise executed.  A REPL loop is relatively simple to handle given that structure, as the parser basically asks for more input, and you give the user a prompt and have the user enter more input.  You might need a bit of communication from the parser to the reader to make it render things like continuation prompts.
Python and Ruby both execute statements immediately, in-order (a function declaration is one statement).  So you can execute code statement-by-statement at the interpreter to largely the same effect as in a source file.

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WE'RE SO VERY MIAMI! at Diablo Rosso
Fabrizio Arrieta | Stefan Benchoam | Otto Berchem | José Castrellón |
Donna Conlon / Jonathan Harker | Karlo Ibarra |Miky Fábrega | Pilar Moreno | Humberto Velez
Diablo Rosso Presents – We're So Very Miami!
CÓCTEL INAUGURAL JUEVES, MARZO 13 . 7 – 9 PM
CASCO ANTIGUOCALLE 6ta Y AVE. A. 2621957
Panamá, four hours south of Miami as the plane flies, is the new "Hub of the Americas": a global link for world commerce, a city proud of its rapid economic growth and booming construction industry, and a popular destination for residential tourism (mainly for American retirees).
Panama City has always looked up to Miami, but the Miami it aspired to become is the Miami of fantasies, that mysterious place in the United States somewhere near Disney World where your aunt lived, where your wealthy friends went shopping, where the best Carnaval in the world happened (because it's the Capital of Latin America), the city of Miami Vice that Gloria Estefan calls home, and a place so nice it had a type of window named after it. Therefore, we really have no trouble when we're told (derisively) that our city looks just like Miami.
We must be doing something right. This may not be the only city that aspires at becoming Miami —and it's always Miami, never New York—but in our hearts and minds it's the one that's gotten the closest. Panama, full of aspirations and ever striving to become a first world metropolis, has in the last decade been blessed by constant growth and emerged largely unscathed from the global economic meltdown, thus becoming a city that is "more Miami than Miami itself."
The real Miami, on the other hand, has been the proud bearer of epithets like "the magic city" ever since being conceived by Julia Tuttle, and remains a fertile fount of stereotypes that still inform our tropical glamorous Latin American identities.
Tagged Diablo Rosso, Exhibition, Miami, Otto Berchem, Panama
Encapuchada at Art Lima
La Central, Bogota presents
ENCAPUCHADA
A project by Otto Berchem
Project Rooms at Art Lima.
Curated by Octavio Zaya
On February 20th, 1980 the Colombian guerilla group M19 overtook the Embassy of Dominican Republic in Bogotá. This lead to a standoff, with the hostages and guerillas remaining inside for over a period of sixty days, which produced a huge amount of coverage in the media. With their theft of Simon Bolivar's sword six years earlier, the M19 Group exposed a talent for sophisticated and creative actions of resistance, that could also be perceived as performance art.
For Art Lima, inspired by the images of the Toma de la Emabajada, Otto Berchem works with his own chromatic code to explore one of the classic symbols of the semiotics of the Revolutions.
Un proyecto de Otto Berchem
El 27 de febrero de 1980 el M19 se tomó la sede de la embajada de la República Dominicana en Bogotá. Allí estuvieron recluidos rehenes y guerrilleros por sesenta días en los cuales hubo gran atención mediática.
Desde el robo de la espada de Simón Bolívar en 1974 el grupo M19 utilizó estrategias combativas que bien podrían ser confundidas con acciones perfomáticas.
En esta ocasión el trabajo de Otto Berchem parte de las imágenes que se difundieron durante el período de la Toma de la Embajada y, usando su propio código cromático, explora los lugares comunes de la semiótica revolucionaria.
Tagged Art Lima, Exhibition, La Central, Lima, M19, Octavio Zaya
Raw Material / Materia Prima
Sultana (París)
La Central (Bogota)
DiabloRosso (Panama City)
Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala City)
Yautepec (Mexico City)
Stefan Benchoam, Otto Berchem, Buró de Intervenciones Públicas, Pia Camil, Aníbal Catalán, Donna Conlon + Jonathan Harker, Radamés "Juni" Figueroa, Jacin Giordano, Federico Herrero, Annie Lapin, Natalia Ibáñez Lario, Melvin Laz, Gretel Joffroy, Rachel de Joode, Jorge de León, Olivier Millagou, Sofia Novella, Gavin Perry, Calixto Ramirez, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Ana Roldán, Sally Ross, Diana de Solares
Raw Material" is a five-day group exhibition collaboratively developed by five galleries: Sultana (Paris); La Central (Bogota); DiabloRosso (Panama City); Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala City); and Yautepec (Mexico City).
The project arose from a conversation between Sultana's Guillaume Sultana and Yautepec's Daniela Elbahara in Los Angeles in January and quickly transformed into an effort to bring a small international group of like-minded galleries from three continents together, in order to coordinate a single exhibition during Mexico City's most important week for contemporary art.
The title "Raw Material" assumes a wide variety of meanings within the context of this exhibition, from the geopolitical to the poetic to the literal. Its curatorial system was thus designed to be open enough to allow each of the galleries to contribute and collaborate with a high degree of autonomy, yet without sacrificing the visual and conceptual cohesiveness of the overall exhibition. Essentially, each of the works showcased in "Raw Material" reflects a clear concern with the aesthetics and significance of its own material and materiality, although these works bridge a variety of artistic intentions and media, including sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, and video.
The exhibition will take place in an historic Porfirian-era house located at Puebla 124, in the Roma Norte neighborhood, and will be accompanied by a series of artist talks and other events throughout the week.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday to Sunday, from 12:00 – 19:00 hrs and is free of charge.
More Information: info@yau.com.mx | +52-55-5256-5533
Tagged DiabloRosso, Exhibition, Galerie Sultana, La Central, mexico city, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Yautepec, Zona MACO
Hanging Particples
March 15 – March 24th
Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
We are all aware of the current exhibition at the Dixon, "Present Tense." Regardless of the reason, the Dixon is only so big, only has so much wall and floor space available to exhibit work. So, choices had to be made and some artists had to be left out. This Dixon exhibition has generated a lot of talk within the Visual Arts Community of Memphis. Which is a good thing. And I want nothing else than to be able to have this conversation continue somehow, someway. That is what the show "Hanging Particles" is all about. It is artists that were not included in the Dixon exhibition. This is in no way a second place, second tier grouping of artist and should not be thought of as such. It is simply just a continuation of the work and the discourse generated from the "Present Tense" exhibition.
Curated by Memphis' Own Dwayne Butcher.
Tagged Dwayne Butcher, Exhibition, Gus' Fried Chicken, Marshall Arts, Memphis
La Central at artBo
From October, 19th to 22nd
La Central at artBO – Bogota International Art Fair
Stand 216
With works by:
José Aramburo
Felipe Arturo
Pia Camil
Juan David Laserna
Alberto Lezaca
Matteo Rivano
Ana Roldán
Ivette Salom
Tagged Art Fair, artBo, Bogotá, Exhibition, La Central
Etat de Veille
Waking State (etc).
With Otto Berchem, Armin Boehm, Tim Eitel, Clarisse Hahn, Julien Prévieux,Taryn Simon, Slavs and Tatars and Jeff Wall
Galerie Jousse-Entreprise, Paris
The French term "état de veille" has many meanings. First off, it means being awake, in a waking state, as opposed to being asleep; but it also means being on stand-by, ready to start up again, like a machine set on stand-by, with a little red light glowing in the half-light of an apartment. We also talk of "travail de veille", meaning a state of vigilance, the activity of a lookout—and this is veille as in "monitoring", of information, health matters, and the like. In this sense, you have to be on the alert, eyes peeled, on the lookout for the slightest of signs. This state only makes sense because we know that something can happen, and we must have seen it coming. This is the state of the day-before, for veille also means eve—the state of time spent waiting, or in expectation, prior to the event, sometimes with the awareness of an imminent threat.
What here gives rise to anxiety, what here calls for vigilance, is perhaps first and foremost the contemporary condition of migrants, refugees and nomads, at a moment when xenophobic policies here, there and everywhere are the name of the game. Because this is one of the main threads of the exhibition: the fate of displaced existences.
We should perhaps simply start by seeing these lives. And this is the first level: the condition of people in transit grasped by what is seen of them. Bodies taking refuge, makeshift shelters, tarpaulins and sacks on a pavement. Poverty's petty ways of making do, recycling materials, embedding itself in the urban space's available leftovers, getting warm in a phone booth, siphoning off some petrol to keep moving…
The images of these bodies are handed to us in a manner akin to the documentary or photo-realism. But we must not be taken in. If Tim Eitel works from photographs, he gradually abandons them in such a way that the picture becomes an independent thing. Jeff Wall, for his part, starts by not taking photographs, memorizing the motif grasped by the eye to reconstruct it after the fact and methodically in front of the lens. What is displayed by these phoney snapshot images, over and above their formal beauty, is the idea of certain existential states. As it happens, those of "lives situated in border zones".
But the issue raised is also that of the conditions of groups' possibilities. What is it that makes a group possible or impossible? Based on what systems of logic? "How are we to live together, where we are?" asks Clarisse Hahn. Needless to say, there are different sorts of groups, with specific forms, vectors and affects in each instance. Groups of guerilleros, groups of refugees. Combat groupings and exodus groupings… There are also those living-dead figures in rags who haunt the composite canvases of Armin Boehm, side by side without appearing to be able to be together.
The primary group, of course, is the family—blood bonds, and kinship bonds, which means that the child has its grandmother's eyes and its great-uncle's chin. Taryn Simon revives the art of the photographic portrait and with it the classic device of the family album—with the sole difference that the tranquil order of genealogy is torn up here. There has been a concertina-ing of history, about which Marx wrote that, from a materialist viewpoint, it is "nothing other than the succession of different generations", and of history this time understood in a second sense as a distressing eruption, in life's course, of the event. Instead of the lineage or a broken line, and it is this break which must then be involved in a labour of reconstruction.
Another type of group is the nation. How are we to ward off the demons of "national identity"? How are we to thwart the essentialist mythologies of membership? This possibly passes by way of the fact of re-materializing its emblems, giving them back their very prosaic status of decorative elements, with which it is then possible to play. Or, with Slav and Tatars, we learn that a "cultural identity" is beautiful, like the haphazard encounter on an exhibition table of a brick and a mould full of wheat…
There is no group or community without sign systems, without common codes with which to interact, albeit in a clandestine way, like the hobo graffiti that Otto Berchem has fun re-drawing on the walls of Istanbul. It is the common language, developed in space, which makes the group.
But what the etymology of the term also reminds us of is that there is no group without knots, without ties. Plato saw the role of politics like that of a weaver, to which he returned, assembling eclectic threads, to put together a "social fabric". The claims of weaver-kings armed with abstract models nevertheless contrast historically with another figure, a minority one, treated with contempt, which Julien Prévieux restores life to—the life of knitters or tricoteuses, those "scurrying harridans of the teeming neighbourhoods around City Hall, darning or knitting stockings in the stands during turbulent discussions" of the revolutionary Assembly under the Convention. Dickens, who featured one of them in a novel, imagined her offering a hidden meaning in the patterns of her work, secretly writing down the proceedings of revolutionary policies in the stitches of her knitwear: "It is a secret language if ever there was, because nobody knew of its existence; but will we be able to decipher it or, rather, will she still be capable of doing so? […] Jacques, replied the wine merchant standing tall, my wife probably etched all her accounts in her memory, and never lost a syllable of them. Stay calm, these stitches which, based on a special combination, form a script whose characters are fixed, will never lack clarity for the person who made them."
Translated by Simon Pleasance
Exhibition curated by Sophie Vigourous
Tagged Exhibition, Galerie Jousse-Entreprise, Hobo Signs, Paris, Sophie Vigorous
Popó de Paris
Galerie Sultana presents
curated by Beatriz López for La Central, with:
Carolina Caycedo
Pablo Leon de la Barra & Wilson Díaz
Ana Roldan
Opening reception: Saturday, June 9, 2012
Tagged Beatriz Lopez, Exhibition, Galerie Sultana, La Central, Paris


BoxinBuddies (Boxin' Buddies) is an animated property set to be a feature film. Boxin Buddies is based around a set of magical boxing gloves that take on the personalities of the boxer who wore them. There are several unique characters and all of them have a special power or boxing ability that manifests as a super power. Super strength, super speed, stamina, boxing smarts and the ability to absorb impact are all examples of their super powers. This property is really special and we were fortunate to be able to work on the teaser and hope to be producing the feature film in the near future.


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Deep Murder
Set in an alternate reality in which everyone is a cliché from a tacky soft-core porn film, a group of increasingly self-aware stock characters are up against a mysterious killer offing them one by one.
Director: Nick Corirossi
Actors: Chris Redd, Christopher McDonald, Jerry O'Connell, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Katie Aselton, Quinn Beswick, Stephanie Drake
The Pink Panther 2
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives…
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his…
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot created by the CIA in 1986. With 30 years of their lives lost, these now balding…
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a…
Horror junkie Joe Foster gets to live out his ultimate scary movie fantasy courtesy of Fear Inc., a company that specializes in giving you the fright of your life. But…
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Blood Shot
Based on the award winning short film, Blood Shot is the story of a cop named Rip whose life falls apart as he chases a terminator-like vampire, who happens to…
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
The Best and the Brightest
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved…
The Last Five Years
In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the…
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain, USA
Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media…
Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?
Champion gamer Jan has to fight for his digital identity, winning back his real life as well.
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.


Overview - Spies, cops, holy fools and well-armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. 'The Power of Few' unfolds over twenty minutes on one New Orleans afternoon, experienced through the lives of five unusual characters who unknowingly are connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.
Special Features: Making of "The Power of Few"
At about the halfway point of 'The Power of Few,' increasingly fed up with the film's disjointed and muddled multiple perspective scripting, I took a deep breath and calmly thought to myself, "Just stick with it, maybe all this tiresome nonsense will actually add up to something worthwhile. Maybe, when the dust settles, the seemingly trite characterizations, stilted acting, unengaging storylines, and disconnected ideas will suddenly come together to form a truly eye opening epiphany, shedding entirely new light on all that came before while simultaneously bridging thematic cohesion among the entire endeavor. Maybe a cinematic light bulb will click and it will become clear that the director really knew what he was doing all along." This... does not happen. I really wanted it to, mind you, but it just doesn't. Though there is an inkling of deeper purpose achieved in the film's closing sequences, it's all too little too late, failing to justify the whole wildly uneven ride that gets us there.
Structured in an episodic multi-perspective narrative, the movie focuses on several different characters throughout the span of roughly the same half hour time period. The intersecting stories include a tale about a young man (Devon Gearhart) desperately trying to get medication for his baby brother, a courier (Q'orianka Kilcher) helping out a potential witness (Jesse Bradford) on the run from a duo of gangsters (Anthony Anderson & Juvenile), government agents (Christian Slater & Nicky Whelan) attempting to thwart a terrorist attack, and two homeless men (Christopher Walken & Jordan Prentice) who elude the police while babbling about cloning Jesus… or something. All these divergent stories eventually culminate in a single violent incident involving a grocery heist, drive by shooting, car crash, and the apparent theft of the legendary Shroud of Turin -- but could this tragic outcome somehow be averted?
From the get go, 'The Power of Few' starts off on rather iffy footing. Everything from the obnoxious main title font to the generic, thumping score imply a certain amateur quality. And once the initial vignette begins, one's confidence in the film will likely only be further reduced. By far the worst segment of the movie, the introductory sequence, focused on a son yelling at his neglectful mom for letting her infant child grow increasingly sick, is totally unengaging with forced drama and clunky editing. The piece ends on a violent note, but the brief time we spend with the already unappealing characters doesn't give us anything to invest in, making it hard to care about their fates.
While the remaining episodes are a bit more interesting, they're still plagued by lackluster acting and banal dialogue that tries but utterly fails to be witty and playful. The attempts at flirting between Jesse Bradford and Q'orianka Kilcher's characters are particularly painful. Christian Slater and Anthony Anderson end up turning in the most believable performances, but it often feels more like the actors are going through a dress rehearsal rather than a final shoot. Even Christopher Walken, who has had a string of impressive performances recently, is pretty underwhelming here. In fact, there are times when his trademark kooky vocal rhythms become so labored that it's almost like Walken is deliberately doing a Christopher Walken impersonation. And that's just weird.
While the various vignettes do intersect, the individual situations themselves are muddled and underdeveloped and there are large tonal inconsistencies between them. A misplaced quirkiness and exaggerated offbeat sense of humor comes and goes, but isn't very effective and might leave some viewers simply scratching their heads instead of laughing or being amused (I found this to be especially true of the Christian Slater segment). Likewise, the writer/director's attempts at adding personality to his characters feel strained, thin, and artificial, leading to an ensemble of divergent oddballs that are more irritating than entertaining to watch, and his visual style is entirely derivative of many similar, superior efforts. The script touches upon concepts and plotlines dealing with everything from terrorism, gang violence, the power of time, romance, and a conspiracy involving the cloning of Jesus Christ, but none of these random elements ever really feel connected, despite the filmmakers' attempts to do so.
With that said, the movie's final segment actually does succeed in delivering a marginally interesting twist. Though this revelation doesn't fully rectify or enhance the film's previous inefficiencies and inconsistencies, it does offer a surprisingly thoughtful message. Without giving too much away, the last episode focuses on a little girl called "Few" who might have an unexpectedly significant effect on the intersecting plotlines -- hence the movie's title, 'The Power of Few.' Get it? Cause her name is "Few." Yeah, pretty mindblowing, right? Snarkiness aside, there really is some emotional merit to this sequence, and actress Tione Johnson does a good job of portraying wisdom beyond her years, even if her character's sudden philosophizing is kind of ridiculous. Unfortunately, this emotional high point is soon followed by one last revelation that is seemingly meant to be thought provoking and enlightening by instead leaves absolutely no impression whatsoever.
Vivdeni Entertainment brings 'The Power of Few' to Blu-ray on a single BD-25 disc housed in a keepcase. After some logos and warnings the disc transitions to a standard menu. The packaging indicates that the release is Region A compatible.
Making of "The Power of Few"
The film is presented in a 1080p AVC/MPEG-4 transfer in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio. The movie features an intentionally desaturated style, but the image has strong detail and a clean appearance.
Outside of some negligible shimmering, the digital source is free from any obtrusive or problematic artifacts. Clarity is often razor sharp revealing impressive fine details in characters and background objects. A solid sense of depth is also present, but dimension can be hindered by the chosen color palette and contrast levels, leading to a flat appearance in several shots. The cinematography favors a dull, desaturated color scheme that lacks pop, and contrast is blown out. Black levels are steady and inky, however, and while the film's aesthetic might not appeal to everyone, it suits the tone of the movie well enough.
'The Power of Few' is a bit of mixed bag when it comes to visuals. On the one hand, detail is very strong, but color and contrast veer toward a drab and harsh appearance. Regardless, the transfer is free from any technical issues and appears to respect the director's objectives.
The movie is provided with an English DTS-HD MA 5.1 track along with optional English SDH subtitles. The mix is a little uneven but features a welcome auditory presence during key moments.
Dialogue is clear and full-bodied but speech is mixed a little too low for my tastes leading to some minor balance issues. The soundstage has a solid sense of space during the film's livelier moments with characters' voices, objects, and vehicles spread directionally around the room when called for. Occasional ambiance (birds chirping, an engine revving in the distance) also hits the surrounds, but the track's sense of immersion is a little restrained, with many scenes offering a front loaded and contained atmosphere. With that said, there are a few more creative and enveloping moments, like a tense sequence where we hear a crying baby circle the room. The thumping music comes through with nice fidelity, range, and separation. Bass activity is solid, but while there is some definite kick to gunshots and crashes, low frequencies aren't as robust as one might expect.
There is a general level of immersion here but the track is never exactly enveloping and dialogue is a little drowned out but some of the mix's more aggressive elements.
Vivendi has provided a small collection of supplements, including interviews and a deleted scene. All of the special features are presented in 1080i with DTS-HD MA 2.0 sound and no subtitle options (unless noted otherwise).
The Making of The Power of Few (HD, 4 min) - This is a quick assemblage of cast & crew interviews and behind-the-scenes footage offering a very brief promotional look at the film's production.
Deleted Scene (HD, 1 min) - A single deleted scene is presented in 1080p. The sequence features two characters running from the police and is rather uneventful.
Community Outreach (HD) - Two segments titled "Clementine & Carrie" (1 min) and "Local Teen" (2 min) are viewable separately. Each interview focuses on New Orleans locals who were used as extras in the movie.
Cast Interviews (HD) - Interviews with Christian Slater (4 min), Christopher Walken (4 min), Anthony Anderson (5 min), and Juvenile (3 min) are viewable separately. The participants all discuss their characters and the film's plot, offering insights into their interpretations of the story, what attracted them to the project, and what it was like to work on the movie.
Original Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2 min) - The film's trailer is presented in 1080p.
'The Power of Few' is an uneven and clunky foray into multi-perspective storytelling. Though the movie's climax does reveal some genuinely interesting ideas, they can't quite make up for the film's other flaws. The video and audio are both good, however, providing a strong technical presentation. Supplements aren't exactly comprehensive, but the included interviews are worthwhile. Sadly, despite some decent underlying themes, the filmmakers fail to bring them together, and the flick is mostly a misfire.


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