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Spike Lee's 2008 WWII epic comes to Blu-ray.
Blu-ray Review: Miracle at St. Anna
Josh Lasser February 7, 2009 Comments Off on Blu-ray Review: Miracle at St. Anna 39 Views
More than many filmmakers, Spike Lee's movies all seem to have a distinctive point of view. Spike Lee movies have a tendency to use the story to service a larger message or agenda, one that exists outside of the film. Lee's 2008 feature film, Miracle at St. Anna is certainly no exception.
James McBride wrote the screenplay, based on his own novel, which tells the story of four African American soldiers, all members of the 92 Infantry Division, the Buffalo Soldiers, during World War II. The majority of the film finds these four men, Hector Negron (Laz Alonso), Bishop Cummings (Michael Ealy), Aubrey Stamps (Derek Luke), and Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller), in a small Italian village behind enemy lines.
The men ended up there when one of them, Train, saves an orphaned Italian boy, Angelo Torancelli (Matteo Sciabordi) in the midst of a battle, and are quickly assigned by their white commander (who is miles away) to capture a German soldier – any German soldier – in order to extract upcoming battle plans. The soldiers run into the Italian resistance and eventually learn all about Angelo and his troubled past.
While the vast majority of the action takes place during the Second World War, the film begins and ends with a truly captivating frame that takes place in 1983/4 with an older Negron, now a postal worker, murdering one of the patrons of the post office. It is a reporter, Tim Boyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who learns all about Negron and his life (direct from Negron himself), after finding the head of a famous statue in Negron's closet following his arrest.
Lee and McBride do a wonderful job of depicting the World War II Buffalo Soldiers, and the adversity they faced both from the enemy and their allies and commanders. In one of the most interesting sequences in the film, as a battle with the Germans is about to commence, the soldiers hear broadcast from a truck a German woman talking to the African American soldiers in English about how they aren't appreciated by their commanders and how they would be if they changed sides and fought for the Germans. While the second half of the statement is obviously patently false, the film makes it clear that the first half isn't necessarily that far off (depending on the specific commander, of course).
Miracle wisely eschews giving any easy answers. There are good U.S. soldiers and bad ones, Italians fighting for and against the Resistance, and even brutal and kind Nazi soldiers. The only thing that the film makes plain is that war is brutal for everyone, from those involved to innocent bystanders.
The film, while bloody and horrific at times, is actually rather subdued in its depiction of carnage when compared to other recent war movies. There are moments when atrocities are shown, but there are no extended scenes with body parts flying everywhere. The gore in the film is used in support of the story as opposed to standing in for it.
The biggest disappointment in the piece is that the frame never feels fully developed. The movie begins and ends with the frame, but one never gets the sense that we are told enough about it. John Turturro and John Leguizamo both appear ever so briefly during this part of the film, but disappear before it's ever made clear why the film bothered creating the characters. However, with a runtime of 160 minutes, it could simply be that the rest of their scenes (if they were shot) ended up on the cutting room floor.
Unfortunately, this disappointment could be placed under a larger umbrella of the film simply having too many storylines to deal with. There is a story with the Resistance which isn't discussed as much as it ought to be, one with the Nazis that fails to be delved into, both of which deal with the "miracle" that took place at St. Anna. While the movie is a good one, too much is left unsaid for it to be a great one.
The Blu-ray release of Miracle at St. Anna features excellent sound design, which places the viewer squarely in the middle of all the battle scenes, with bullets whizzing past. The film's colors are all subtle – there is nothing bright about this war – but there is no damage to the film present (one wouldn't expect there to be for a new release), and the black levels are quite dark.
As for special features, the disc contains two featurettes delving into the history of the Buffalo Soldiers. One is more of a straight documentary-style piece, while the other features a roundtable discussion with African American WWII veterans. Both clock in at under 20 minutes and prove more than a little interesting. The history lessons, both first and third person, are quite memorable. The disc contains the usual assortment of deleted scenes as well, some which may have improved the failings in depth the movie has, but certainly not completely fixed them.
Watching Miracle at St. Anna will leave the viewer with the impression that they are watching a great talent at work on a great idea. Unfortunately, putting together great talents and great ideas don't always make for a great film. There is a lot to like in the piece, a lot to chew on after the movie is done, but there is simply too much here that isn't explored as it ought to have been to make this a great movie. The film would likely have been helped by either having an epic four hour runtime or a fewer subplots to discuss.
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Josh has deftly segued from a life of being pre-med to film school to television production to writing about the media in general. And by 'deftly' he means with agonizing second thoughts and the formation of an ulcer.
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that was new info for me, Elizabeth. and more beautiful images of this place!
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: It's a truly fascinating place, Ayush! Thank you!
I really like the lower shot, with all that unusual vegetation, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: Thanks, Claudine! I'm glad you find it all interesting... I do!
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I like the idea of the sledding. Very appropriate with the Winter Olympics. It's good to hear that areas are protected and that there are junior programmes in place.
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: Sledding is a lot of fun - we didn't do it here, though!
The National Parks Junior Programs are very popular... teaching kids a lot about the natural world. When in a NP here, you'll see "NP Passport Stamp" stations - where kids can have their NP Passport stamped with that park's logo.
Oh, it has snowed! It is a fascinating landscape!
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It is difficult not to think this is snow!
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: Even when there, Bill!
I would have believed that this was snow if you had said Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: Me too - had I not walked through i!
Oh, I assumed it was silica or quartz, not realizing it was gypsum. Explains the whiteness. The second shot is gorgeous!!!
Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: It does explain that, doesn't it! Something else, this place! Thanks so much, Mary!
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Elizabeth Croston Buckalew: Thanks so much, Sherri! Much appreciated!
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No, we're not kidding, this is snow, or not?


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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 17, 2018: flynas, the Saudi carrier and leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, made another remarkable national achievement by winning on Tuesday the prestigious Skytrax award for the Best Low-Cost Airline in the Middle East for the second consecutive year.
flynas, the low-cost carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, earned the award based on votes and surveys conducted by Skytrax over a 10-month period. It was honoured during the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony held in London, in the presence of flynas' CEO, Mr. Bander Al-Mohanna and members of the senior management.
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Q: Can i compare WeakReference variables in java? I have a HashMap<MyClass,ArrayList<WeakReference<MyObject>>> variable.
Eventhough weakrefences are cleaned from the hashmap, i also want to be able to manually remove "MyObject" from HashMap. This is a central listener object.
When i add items to the arraylist that is linked to the main hashmap key's value, i use .add(new WeakReference<MyObject>(owner))
When i want to remove "self" from an external place, i send "owner" as the parameter which is the real object. So how can i remove this object manually from my hashmap? Can i query with a new WeakReference generated from the incoming owner parameter? Will the old "new WeakReference<MyObject>(owner)" and the new "new WeakReference<MyObject>(owner)" be equal? So i could remove it from the hashmap.

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Will the old "new WeakReference(owner)" and the new "new
  WeakReference(owner)" be equal?

No they will not be equal. both are different objects and equals method is not overridden in Weak Reference. So it by default checks whether both the references are equal and they are not.
Suggestion:
Map<MyClass,Map<String,WeakReference<MyObject>>>

you can change the list to a map and use some ID kind of thing in object as the key for weak reference. And when the owner calls, use the ID of that object to remove the weak reference.

A: No, because neither WeakReference nor its parent Reference class overrides the equals() method. So it inherits the equals() method from Object, which only considers two objects to be equal if they are the same object.

A: The obvious option is looping along the list, and compare the target objet with the referent of every Reference (owner.equals(reference.get()) or owner == reference.get() if what you are checking is that both variables point to the very same object).

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Arrest made in fatal shooting of pregnant Orlando mother
By Valerie Boey
Pregnant mother shot and killed
A pregnant woman who was shot while driving through Orlando has died. Her baby is clinging to life as authorities continue to search for her killer.
ORLANDO, Fla. - An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a pregnant mother. The baby survived but remains in critical condition.
What started out as an investigation into a car crash became a homicide case after Orlando police officers said 36-year-old Christina Fulword was shot as she was driving her SUV last Tuesday.
Sheila Pierre, 35, was arrested on Friday in Fort Lauderdale and charged with first-degree murder with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.
The shooting happened on Orange Center Blvd. and S Ohio Ave. Fulword was in a blue Jeep Cherokee when she was shot and was taken to the hospital. Fulword was six months pregnant. Her baby was delivered before she was taken off life support, officers said. Neighbor Misael Vargas said she had three other children.
"Shocking to hear about that," he said. "She's a good mom. Go to work provide for her family. Very happy person, always say hi, kids say hi. Very friendly."
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According to court records, last year Fulword filed a petition for child support, but the case didn't go anywhere.
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'Utopia' – Adam Kinninmont
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adam kinninmont, Backwoods Gallery, Swerfk, utopia
Since their beginnings, our friends at Backwoods have always fostered local and young artists. As they move into the future, Backwoods Forewoods aims to stay true to this ethos, fostering relationships with the next generation of up and coming Australian artists. Through this program, Backwoods Forewoods will spotlight young and local talent through a series of weekend exhibitions designed to support and promote our favourite emerging artists.
Backwoods are pleased to launch the program with their long time friend of the gallery, Adam Kinninmont, and his collection titled 'Utopia.'
Adam Kinninmont, formerly known as Swerfk, is a Melbourne-based graphic artist. In his earliest memory of drawing, he is a four year old, pausing a Disney cartoon in order to trace over the character on the screen. This childhood exposure to TV animation and comic books, and later the skate and graffiti scene of his youth, has all played a role in the development of his artistic vision and unique graphic style. Since completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Printmaking and Drawing at the ANU in Canberra, Kinninmont has exhibited throughout Australia and internationally. His focus has recently shifted from graffiti to fine art graphic work. 'Utopia' is his first exhibition under his real name.
Kinninmont's latest series claims its title somewhat ironically. In this body of work, the Western mirage of a sublime suburban existence is dissolved, and seen to be degraded, used, worn down over time by the grind and grit of everyday life. These street moments are composed from his own observation and exploration of Melbourne suburbia, in particular the older industrial suburbs of Collingwood and Brunswick. They are inspired by his interest in art deco and European style architecture, and of the tradition of architectural design illustration, which provides the backdrop for the ephemeral graffiti conversation irrepressibly expressed onto the scene. With inspiration drawn from the late Howard Arkley's bright, highly stylised Melbourne suburbia paintings, Kinninmont's illustrations have an added element of unease and mischievousness, a nod to the lively street culture here. Characterised by a bold 80s colour palette, his energetic, gestural style is balanced with technically executed detail and stylised abstraction. The presence of people is noticeably missing from each scene, leaving the natural and designed elements to be admired. However, this is no House & Garden magazine dream: you can see the cracks. – Helani Laisk
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'A Forgiving Sunset' – Scott Albrecht
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A forgiving sunset, Scott Albrecht
First Amendment Gallery is proud to present 'A Forgiving Sunset', a solo exhibition of new woodworks, works on paper and steel sculptures by Scott Albrecht.
'A Forgiving Sunset' exhibits Albrecht's most recent body of work offering an evolved approach to his unique graphic languages. Largely rooted in typography, his work reconsiders the relationship of message and viewer. With each work being made up of dozens, sometimes several hundreds of individual pieces that are cut, sanded, painted and re-assembled, often at varied depths, the works shift the conversation to a more visual language of relationships starting with form and color.
The narratives of Scott's work often pull from or reference his own experiences and distill them into a more universal interpretation to allow the viewer to relate their own experiences, and in turn showing how we are more connected by these shared events.
PHANTOM PAIN by YUSK IMAI and DANTE HOROIWA
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Backwoods Gallery, DANTE HOROIWA, Melbourne, phantom pain, Yusk Imai
"During one of our many discussions in the studio, we came across a hidden sensation, something that is always present, yet its causes or even the meaning of its existence still felt very abstract, but we agreed in describing it as a dull but constant pain.
This is our attempt to interpret this well of abstract sensations, and during this process we hit many notes, but one in particular kept showing up over and over for both of us, death. Maybe the fear of it, maybe what it leaves behind for the living, whatever it is, it exists.
This phantom pain keeps us going, fuelling our actions in life, always present, like gravity flowing through us and all things, always wise, reminding us, ironically, that everything is impermanent.
We hope that you may welcome this pain with warmth, and that it may feel less abstract now, as it does for us, through our exhibition Phantom Pain at Backwoods Gallery from June 8th to June 24th 2018."
– Yusk Imai and Dante Horoiwa
YUSK IMAI
Yusk Imai is a contemporary artist who was born in the U.S.A. in 1982, to a Japanese descendent family. At the age of 6 months his family migrated to São Paulo where he currently lives and works.
Since 2007, Yusk has exhibited extensively within galleries, at art fairs and on the street across Europe, U.S.A., Australia and South America. The flat perspectives and dramatic curves demonstrated in Imai's work is reminiscent of Art Nouveau greats such as Gustav Klimt.
Imai's paintings and drawings lure us into state of self-consciousness and questioning. These ostensibly post-apocalyptic works tread warily between sci-fi apparitions, threatening premonitions and horror stills. Like a séance, they speak to Dali's technique for creative thinking; a thinking that was founded on the moments in which we begin to fall asleep. When this sleeping pattern is interrupted and we are awoken, we find the subconscious rise to the conscious as a definitive form.
DANTE HOROIWA
Dante Horoiwa is a self-taught contemporary artist who was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1988, to a Japanese descendent family. Recently, Horoiwa has exhibited his paintings at the El Centenario Museum in Mexico, with further features in United States, South and North American galleries, as well as large scale murals on the streets of East and West Europe.
His work frequently deals with themes closely connected to the foundations of human existence, which are universal to all living beings. Using a placid colour scheme of neutral shades, Horoiwa's paintings, drawings and murals possess a mysterious, spiritual and soulful tonality. His work delves into the depths of human experience to explore the seen and unseen, using familiar devices such as long hair, textiles, plants and threads to connect the various forms, and evoke our sense of something magical and supernatural.
Exhibition catalogue available on request from: sales@backwoods.gallery
@imaiyusk
@dantehoroiwa
'Lonesome Souls' – Loretta Lizzio
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Damo, lonesome souls, Loretta Lizzio, Melbourne
"Occasionally one wakes at 4 am. With the urge to drive south in the dark and feel the dawn peek back. To stop at the deserted beach and swim into the chill of anonymity with no obligation to anyone or anything, salved in a loss."
Brett Whitely
With a style that's developed from pen and line drawings, through realistic pencil drawings and blossomed into painting, 'Lonesome Souls' explores people. People who soothe themselves by being alone and enjoying solitude in natural places enticing the viewer to feel still and a little more tranquil.
After developing an obsession with water, Lizzio was captured by the underwater photography of Janaka Rodrigue, something which she knew she had to paint. This body of work forms the main theme of 'Lonesome Souls', exploring the feeling of weightlessness, the feeling being completely immersed in nothingness. 'Lonesome Souls' is the culmination of months of hard work, non-stop creating and no social life, but Lizzio states, "It's the most natural thing to me, the best release andsomething that makes me happier than anything else."
'Lonesome Souls' opens this Friday 27 May 2018, at 226A Johnston St, Fitzroy.
@loretta_lizzio
KASSO+SMOGG presents Spring Affair
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Anna Higgie, Anna Marrow, Bristol, Fluorescent Smogg, Kasso Kasso, Lucy McLauchlan, Matt Eko, Mr Jago, mudwig, Paris, penfold, roland henry, russell maurice, Sickboy, Stock Exchange, Vinnie Nylon
'A week-long happening in the historic heart of Bristol, featuring a shimmering constellation of UK artists.'
As its 6-month residency in Bristol's historic Stock Exchange district draws to a close, progressive pop-up gallery and concept store KASSO+SMOGG invite you to celebrate the Spring Equinox with a microcosm of happenings over the course of 7 gradually lengthening days.
In keeping with the spring theme of renewal, each day will see a new mix of work from a stellar line-up of artists alongside featured products from the archives, including works from long-since sold out editions.
Featured artists will include:
Mr. Jago, Mudwig, Anna Marrow, Vinnie Nylon, Lucy McLauchlan, Sickboy, Paris, Russell Maurice, Matt Eko, Anna Higgie, Penfold, plus more guests TBA.
Spring Affair opens with a preview reception on March 22nd from 6 – 9:30pm at 34 St. Nicholas St. Bristol BS1 1TG and will continue through March 29th from 10am – 5pm, at which point the space will stay true to its mantra and 'disappear here'.
Space for the preview is limited and RSVP is essential via: hello@kasso.smogg.com
Visit www.kasso-smogg.com and @kasso.smogg for more information and teasers.
'Scarlet' – James Reka
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'Du bist verrückt mein Kind, du mußt nach Berlin.' (Franz von Suppé)
Have you ever felt that things are not within your power? Meekness is a fiendish strategy to hold intact all that is dreadful and extreme. Self-subversion and asceticism hold strong, but quietly and softly the eyes of the charming and innocent boggle upwards at the hedonist. She unveils the dark ritual of work, eat, sleep, repeat – the catalepsy caused by first world existence; escalating the desire for pleasure to it's all mighty destruction. She is Scarlet.
From the roaring 1920's, to the second World War, and the Berlin Wall that divided the German Capital for 28 years – Berlin has historically been a dark dystopia, juxtaposed between desire and destruction. The fate this city bore has given birth to unique cultural grounds, where the lines between high life and underground are inescapably blurry. Nourished by street art, punk culture, techno music, sexual laxity and hedonism – a new generation has transformed the artefacts of Berlin's dark past to create a Scarlet utopia of the post-war state.
Following a journey of influence in Berlin, Reka returns to Melbourne for his first solo exhibition in 4 years – Scarlet. Metaphoric notions of reconstruction are actualised through the post-cubist, industrial stylisation of the female form that features throughout Reka's latest works – both painted and sculptural. His 'Scarlet' collection bears Reka's iconic visual language, with hints of a modern romance amidst historical sculptural artefacts, erotic art forms and Berlin's unavoidable pleasures.
Surrender to the hedonist, wander the darkness and experience James Reka's 'Scarlet' at Backwoods Gallery from March 23rd to April 8th 2018. Enquiries: sales@backwoods.gallery
James Reka stands as one of Australia's most respected young contemporary artists, having earn't his place in the National Gallery of Australia's permanent collection. While currently based in Berlin, Germany. His origins lie in the alleyways and train lines of Melbourne's inner-suburbs, where he spent over a decade refining his now-emblematic aesthetic and pioneering of a new style of street art in Australia as part of the original Everfresh crew.
Surrealist, abstracted characters emerge from the depths of Reka's mind, communicating through strong lines, bold colours and post-cubist styling. These figures live in the homes and laneways of three continents, clambering up walls and enriching the urban environment with his iconic visual language.
With influences in pop culture, cartooning and illustration, Reka's studio style emerged from his early design practice, featuring striking lines and colour ways. Over time, the logos and symbols he created evolved into more structured, animated forms and evolved to new mediums: murals, photography, and most recently sculpture.
Through these origins, Reka has developed an incredibly diligent, almost obsessive attention to the technical proficiency of his studio work, which has elevated him to produce meticulously detailed, collected pieces. His art sits somewhere between humorous and menacing, contrasting the two opposing feelings in a way that is unique to his vision. These pseudo-human forms are recognisable but isolating, playful yet eerie.
This is Reka's art: a paradox between fastidious design and graffiti.
Recently, Reka has held solo shows in London, San Francisco, Paris and Milan, has exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol, as well as pieces appearing in New York, Munich, Denver and Cologne exhibitions. On the streets, his characters adorn the walls of cities around the world from Japan to Buenos Aires, Montreal to Brooklyn, Rome and Berlin.
@rekaone
Herakut's RENTAL ASYLUM
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Herakut, Los Angeles, rental asylum
On Saturday, February 24, downtown Los Angeles' Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) will proudly present the latest exhibition from leading German graffiti artists and storytellers HERAKUT — HERA (Jasmin Siddiqui) and AKUT (Falk Lehmann). Titled "Herakut's RENTAL ASYLUM," the exhibition of all new works will inhabit CHG's 4,500 square-foot main gallery, with the artists in attendance.
Regarding their newest creations, HERAKUT states: "The show is called 'Rental Asylum' — as we all need to rent a place somewhere far from today's actual reality, don't we? And all our creatures on canvas are the happy patients of our rental asylum. They all have different reasons for checking in with us, for a bit, before facing the shit show our world has become."
After joining forces in 2004, the artists merged their names and styles to collaborate as HERAKUT. Since then, the duo have been painting murals all over the world, along with additional works on canvas, paper and film for gallery and museum shows. Beyond international exhibitions around the world (France, Gaza, Germany and Jordan, among many others), live festival showings at Glastonbury (U.K.), Coachella (U.S.) and an appearance at the Happy 80th Birthday, Dalai Lama celebration (U.S.), this marks HERAKUT's second exhibition at the gallery.
HERAKUT consider themselves "storytellers" who want to share their thoughts and questions with the public, so their figurative work is always accompanied with text. Their process of painting is also a dialogue with both artists adding their individual techniques to the piece. Jasmin uses her drawing skills on finding the form and proportion of their characters, while Falk specializes on painting the photorealistic elements.
In addition, HERAKUT are also involved with a variety of charity organizations — where the two work with children in schools and youth programs teaching young people to create a world for themselves — inside their minds. A collection of their work can be found in their books HERAKUT – the perfect merge and After The Laughter.
@herakut
BAILER – 'DUALITY'
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Bailer, duality, Melbourne
'Duality', an exhibition from Melbourne artist, Bailer, opens at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, on Tuesday 30 January 2018.
Photo: p1xels
Featuring paintings and sculptural works that traverse liminal states of being, 'Duality' aims to explore the ever-changing state of the human condition. Through abstraction, the viewer is immersed, unlocking their own mutable states of mind and coming to understand that nothing ever stays the same. All is fluid, moving.
Capturing a likeness of something that already occupies space has never really interested Bailer. Instead, the development of a personal style and the refinement of an enjoyable cathartic process takes precedence. Process is the most important part of Bailer's artistic expression, and is clearly apparent in his work.
'I have used art (and an array of other activities) as a form of escapism for many years. Graffiti, muralism, sketching, writing, all forms of creativity I have used to escape the hands of time, the act of contemplating my own successes/failures, impending mortality, the inequities of an unjust society. Getting deeply lost in the creative process is like ducking my head below the breakers. The roar of the ocean instantly forgotten in the calm below, surfacing for air briefly only to dive deeper. The noise of self- doubt, expectation and pressure fading into the depths.' – Bailer
Painting publicly in Melbourne for 20 years, Bailer's style is instantly recognisable. The roots of his work are imbedded deeply in the graffiti subculture, and his new pieces push outside the self-imposed boundaries of genre. Bailer's studio practice and public art incorporate a broad range of artistic modes.
Bailer's art practice is varied: from large scale creations across walls in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Bali and Europe to more intimate approaches on canvas evoking existential explorations of the mind. His work is a fusion of biomech – surrealist manifestations of the self – expressed within abstract forms. Bailer's art is currently positioned within these liminal states of the mind.
'Duality' opens at fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne on Tuesday 30 January from 5pm.
For catalogue enquires, contact curator: georgia.rouette@gmail.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 12pm-4pm
@_bailer
Q&A with LING
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Damo, ID, LING, Melbourne
Born in New Zealand and raised on Melbourne's Hurstbridge line, Ling is a multi-faceted artist based in Melbourne's infamous Everfresh Studio. With a background in stylised lettering and graffiti, Ling is also well known for his 80's and 90's pop culture pieces, littering the streets of Melbourne and beyond, pushing those who come in contact with the pieces to reminisce of days gone by.
Having shot to international notoriety through his "Allure of Gold" project, taking everyday items like trains and cars that have been left to degrade and painting them gold, giving them the illusion of value once again, Ling is now pushing things even harder. Whilst on the hunt for a holy grail gold piece – 'I noticed an abandoned fighter jet at Santorini airport…'– Ling has started working on far more diverse projects, pushing the canvas-based boundaries of portraiture and abstract work. A member of Melbourne's ID crew, Ling is no stranger to collaboration, and is as familiar working alone as he is taking part in full scale productions, including most recently at Denmark's Roskilde festival.
Photo: LING
INTERMISSON
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23rd Key, abyss .607, ASKEW, Deams, DNART, ears, Finn Astle, GOODIE, Goon Hugs, Hannah Beilharz, Hiroko Okada, Intermission, jason parker, John Aslanidis, Josie Alexandra, Junky, Justine McAllister, Kaff-Eine, Kenz, kitt bennett, Lester Francois, LucyLucy, mic porter, nicole reed, Odeith, PUTOS, Simon Beuve, slicer, Sofles, Tom Gerrard, Tyson Campbell
'Intermission' is an experimental exhibition taking place at the former Collingwood Technical College (Melbourne, Australia). The buildings that form the Collingwood site have been a place of learning, creativity and collaboration since its days as the Collingwood School of Art and Design in 1871. Most of the site has remained unoccupied and vacant for 12 years, but is now on the eve of becoming a working arts precinct and cultural hub.
Photo: Nicole Reed
In the interval, a diverse crew of artists, curated by Goodie, are producing and installing work over three floors of one of the heritage buildings. The show brings together a line-up of local, national and international artists, of varying ages, genders, backgrounds and practices, ranging from graffiti, murals, installation, performance and sculpture.
In the building's current state, emptiness is an opportunity to experiment, collaborate, exhibit and develop new work in a unique space with a long history. Intermission seeks to connect artists and artistic communities, and showcase various voices and modes of making and exhibiting work.
Featuring: 23rd Key, Abyss 607, Askew, Deams, DNART, EARS, Finn Astle, Goodie, Goon Hugs, Hannah Beilharz, Hiroko Okada, Jason Parker, John Aslanidis, Josie Alexandra, Junky, Justine McAllister, Kaff-eine, Kenz, Kitt Bennett, Lester Francois, LucyLucy, Mic Porter, Nicole Reed, Odeith, Putos, Simon Beuve, Slicer, Sofles, Tom Gerrard, Tyson Campbell
Grand opening Saturday 13th January 2018 from 3pm – 6pm.
14th – 21st January 2018 – Show open between 10am – 4pm
@intermission_project
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With the days getting longer RSVP Worcester Area Volunteers has been working with its partners to develop many new opportunities to get out and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.
Got a green thumb but no space to garden? Call about helping at one of the most beautiful gardens in the area. It has ample free parking and access to one of the true horticultural jewels in New England.
Who doesn�t like butterflies? One of the best kept secrets in the city claims over 80 species of butterflies can be observed on its grounds. Located right on a bus route, this sanctuary offers miles of easy hiking trails as one of the benefits to the volunteers.
Do you miss doing yard work now that you live in an apartment? Want to do some yardwork so you know what you�re missing? Several local agencies can use help with their spring cleanup; rakes are provided.
Woods Wise is a Literacy Corps signature program that teaches students about conservation and environmental issues. Join this year as the program focuses on the ocean and how it impacts our lives.
Story Walk is a concept that�s fast catching on. Children�s stories are posted along public walking trails and encourage people of all ages to get out, go for a walk and enjoy a book. Call to see how you can become part of this new movement.
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Help protect planet Earth by hitting the trails regularly to monitor protected lands under the direction of a biologist. Athol-Gardner area. Don�t forget to sign up to participate in Worcester area Earth Day events.
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Mescaline is a hallucinogenic drug that occurs naturally in a cactus called Peyote (Lophophora williamsi) and in certain types of beans. The upper portion of the cactus plant consists of disc-shaped buttons that are cut, dried and soaked in water to produce Mescaline in liquid. The drug is increasingly being used for recreational purposes due to its perception-altering properties.
Upon taking the drug mescaline, a person may experience visual hallucinations and lose their sense of existence. The user is transported to a 'higher' state of mind which is often accompanied with joyfulness and elation. The person may lose all their worries and fears and achieve a state of calm and peace for a short period of time. Euphoria, uncontrolled laughter and blurred vision are some of the other effects a person may experience. If used excessively over a long period of time, mescaline abuse can cause anxiety, tachycardia, nausea, headache and dizziness.
During the 'trip,' users may experience exaggerated emotions, mood swings, confusion and a false sense of supremacy, which may lead to self-harm or personal injury. Although mescaline is not physically addictive in terms of creating withdrawal symptoms, chances of psychological dependence are present. A person may continue using the drug to revisit the feeling of elation or 'high' of a trip. If you or anyone close to you is showing signs of Mescaline abuse, the best way to deal with that is to enter a formal rehabilitation program which can effectively detect the triggers causing the addiction and help them recover using professional recovery methods.
Buttons: Mescaline is extracted from the button shaped structures found on the crowns of the Peyote cactus plant. The buttons are cut, sliced and dried to obtain Mescaline. Many users may refer to the drug using this slang term to keep things simple and stealthy.
Cactus: Another common slang term used for Mescaline in view of the Peyote cactus plant from which the drug is derived.
Mesc: The shorter version of the full name Mescaline, this is also a common street slang term.
If you or anyone close to you is showing signs of mescaline abuse, the best way to deal with that is to speak with someone at IntoTreatment and they can effectively detect the triggers causing the addiction and help them recover using professional recovery methods.
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VIDEO: Boston Bruins React In Locker Room After Game 7 Win Over Lightning
By Gethin Coolbaugh May 28, 2011, 4:19pm EDT
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Immediately after eliminating the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 1-0 win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Boston Bruins shared their thoughts on the dramatic series-clinching win (video from WEEI).
Nathan Horton scored the game-winning goal at 12:22 in the third period, sending Boston back to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1990. The Bruins last won the Cup in 1972 and have won five titles in franchise history.
Tim Thomas was outstanding in the win, recording his second shutout of the 2011 playoffs (his third career shutout in the postseason). Thomas had 24 saves in the victory and now has 560 saves on 603 shots (43 GA, 2.29 GAA).
Boston will face the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. EDT in Vancouver, BC. The two teams will meet again for Game 2 of the Cup Finals on Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT.
Cup Bound: Boston Bruins Defeat Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 In Game 7, Return To Stanley Cup Finals
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Don't you envy those who eat a lot and never seem to put on an extra ounce whereas you have to count your calories to watch your weight? Perhaps you have tried various means to lose weight. You may have spent thousands of dollars on slimming courses or slimming pills without an inch of difference to your waist. Some may even work towards maintaining the right BMI (Body Mass Index) but with disappointing results.
Fitness experts are saying, 'maintain a regular exercise routine.' "As if I don't know that?" you may retort in exasperation. Yes, it is not something new but what follows may be the key to a slimmer you.
According to fitness experts, one should work towards building muscle and reducing fat. A decrease in body fat and an increase in muscle mass will make one not only look better and healthier but feel stronger and more energetic. This is because as one builds muscle, fat is being burnt up.
So do not procrastinate! Begin excising anywhere, anytime. You need not confine yourself with weightlifting to increase your muscle. Work on things you enjoy doing – gardening, walking, jogging, cycling and even housework. The idea is to keep moving your body because as you do, fat is being burnt up and muscles are being firmed up.


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Jake Witherell
Schell Games
Jake Witherell is Chief Operating Officer of Schell Games, where he oversees Finance, Marketing, Legal, Human Resources, IT, and Administration. He manages both the day-to-day activities and the strategic efforts of the company. Jake is also instrumental in business development efforts, having over 20 years of experience in founding, managing, advising, and investing in companies within the technology, telecommunications, retail, and business services industries.
Jake was previously a co-founder and Managing Partner of M Park Capital, a private investment firm focused on acquiring and operating lower middle market companies. Prior to M Park Capital, Jake served as Chief Operating Officer of a division of PGi (NYSE:PGI), a leading global provider of collaboration software and solutions. Prior to PGi, Jake held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Netspoke, Inc., an integrated web and audio conferencing service provider. Netspoke was twice named to the prestigious INC 500, a list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Before Netspoke, Jake was co-founder and President of iMeet, Inc., an internet communications service provider. There he grew it into a $10MM company and oversaw its successful merger with audio conferencing provider Netspoke, Inc. Jake also was the VP of Marketing and Business Development at internet start-up SneakerLabs, Inc.
In 2014, Jake was appointed to the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission (ELIC), a group that advocates for quality early childhood education and care. He currently serves on the board of the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art and HeartPrints Center for Early Education. He holds a BA in Economics from Tufts University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. He also earned a certification from the Entrepreneurial Management Program at Carnegie Mellon University.
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It turns out that Empire Enterprises got off the ground with Cookie's money, a $400,000 investment Cookie carried drugs to earn so that Lucious could keep his nose clean and start a record label.
When she got caught, Cookie shut her mouth, and she kept it that way, even when Lucious divorced her and stopped bringing their three sons to visit. Seventeen years later, like Richie Aprile in "The Sopranos," she wants what's coming to her, just as Lucious is trying to take the company public and keep a scary medical diagnosis private.
Henson is part of a recent uptick in over-40 actresses actually landing compelling lead roles on TV. Viola Davis ("How to Get Away With Murder"), Patricia Arquette ("CSI: Cyber") and the old guard on "Orange Is the New Black" are riding the same wave.
But Cookie time is fun time. Her presence is so engaging that it's hard to pin anything more serious on Henson's near-flawless performance, which almost always transcends the "sassy black woman" we're usually presented with.
Cookie won't tolerate disrespect: Her first meeting with Hakeem, who was just a baby when Cookie went to prison, ends with an old-school broom beat-down after he scoffs at her attempts to reconcile.
"You're just like her," Lucious replies.
But it's Cookie's relationship with Jamal, the middle child and black sheep of the family, that reveals her as the show's hero. "Empire" uses flashbacks to show us how Lucious and Cookie reacted to the realization that their little boy might be gay: Lucious literally throws him in the garbage, but it's Cookie's assurances of love and acceptance that keep Jamal going, even when she has to tell him "I got you" through thick prison glass.
And Cookie seeks out Jamal first when she gets out of prison.
Soon, Cookie has taken over Jamal's music career, and we see that she's a talented manager and producer, pushing her artists to hone their talents and embrace their personal drama to create buzz.
Lucious, on the other hand, is practically begging for us to hate him. His method of dealing with eldest son Andre's bipolar disorder is to forbid anyone from uttering the words "mental illness." Yeah. That'll fix it.
In Lucious' world, weakness is shameful. So is being gay. Interracial marriage will cost you your birthright. But shooting an old friend in the face? Letting your wife do hard time for you? These things happen.
It was Robinson, along with husband Joe, who started Sugar Hill Records, formed the Sugarhill Gang and produced 1979's "Rapper's Delight," rap's first hit single.
Robinson also signed Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and went back into the studio to produce "The Message," establishing hip-hop as social commentary for the first time in the early '80s.
But Cookie dresses with the lush, gold-dripped '90s feel of Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown. Every time Henson appears onscreen, you have just enough time to absorb her latest outrageous outfit before she starts saying equally outrageous things.
Cookie's on-paper credentials as an African-American woman once jailed on a drug offense must make her a tempting mouthpiece for issues of class, race and gender. But it's Lucious who usually gives the cliched, message-laden speeches about the streets that "Empire" can't resist. Cookie is more show, less tell. When a rival label tries to steal her talent, she challenges a room full of hard-edged hangers-on to a hooch-drinking contest and ends up the last man standing. Well, teetering. All those years making prune wine in her cell came in handy.
Last week, Cookie shook herself free of her old feelings for Lucious, even as he declared his (painfully obvious) love for her.
"You just don't want to die alone," she told him.
If his health continues to decline — and that seems a big if, considering the show's success — leaving Empire Enterprises in the care of one of his imperfect offspring will be Lucious' final mission. It's too bad he can't see that his obvious replacement is staring him in the face.
Even though Lucious Lyon was once ruthless enough to throw his little boy in a trash can, Cookie is the real gangster.
To reach Sara Smith, call 816-234-4375 or send email to ssmith@kcstar.com. Follow her on Twitter: @SarawatchesKC.
The two-hour season finale of "Empire" airs at 7 p.m. Wednesday on Fox. Catch up on the entire season on Fox.com.
Kimberly Jones' fearless fashion — and rivalry with Foxy Brown — changed the look of rap in the '90s. She also put out three platinum albums and served one year in jail for perjury.
Joan Collins' iconic one-percenter villain on 'Dynasty' kept her poise in the bedroom, the executive boardroom and her jail cell from 1981-89.
She was a singer before she married producer L.A. Reid and created R&B supergroup TLC. Drama over her management of the group ended in bankruptcy, lawsuits and the Reids' divorce.
"Empire" is a thinly disguised version of "The Lion in Winter," the story of Henry II, his three scheming sons and his former wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Katharine Hepburn rocked the 1968 movie version.
The oil family's matriarch had to stop her sons J.R. and Bobby from destroying each other again and again, especially after the death of her beloved husband, Jock.
Cookie (Taraji P. Henson, right) is none too pleased to meet her son's older girlfriend Camilla (Naomi Campbell).


Watch "Headhunters TV" on Outdoor Channel.
Randy heads to Alberta with his friend Joel Weaver to hunt Mule deer with 3 Rivers Adventures.
Nate gets to Elk Camp a few days late because of the arrival of his son Cruze but doesn't waste anytime getting the party started!
The guys kick off the early season in Montana and are faced with brutal temps and slow deer movement.
The crew makes their annual trip down south to the FE Hill Ranch in Texas where they are joined with friends for a week of deer hunting.
Two individuals, driven by one goal...to show America exactly what goes into making outdoor television.


GREENSBORO, Ga. – UNC Greensboro men's golf (282-290-289) on Sunday completed a top five finish at the Linger Longer Invitational, as the Spartans ended the tournament at three-under 859. UNCG finished behind four schools ranked in the top 25 including the tournament's victor, No. 15 Georgia.
Additionally, UNCG finished ahead of No. 13 Tennessee along with fellow Southern Conference school Mercer.
Junior Jonathan Brightwell (71-72-70) finished the tournament in 12th place after he carded a two-under 70 on Sunday. Brightwell recorded a team-high seven birdies on Sunday.
Senior Bryce Hendrix (68-74-73) completed the third round at one-over 73 on Sunday and finished tied for 15th place. Hendrix birdied three times on the day along with tallying an eagle on Hole 18.
Sophomore Nick Lyerly (69-74-74) and Zack Swanson (74-71-72) were two of four golfers that finished the tournament tied for 26th place. Lyerly finished Sunday's round at two-over 74 while Swanson finished at even-par as he was over-par just once in the third round.
Junior Grant Powell (74-73-77) recorded a five-over 77 on Sunday to end the tournament in a tie for 54th place.
In individual play, junior Ben Buben (77-78-79) finished tied for 79th place.
The Spartans will return to the court next weekend when the participate in the Tarheel Intercollegiate, taking place March 23-24 at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill, N.C.


The most common way to acces your PC remotely is using Windows Remote Desktop that is included with Windows XP professional, Vista, Windows 7 Ultimate. However most people find it difficult to setup correctly and are unable to connect to their PC. This article will show you exactly what to do. The router i am using is Netgear DG834G however most Netgear router's have similar control panel so the steps below should be similar on Netgear DG834GT, DG834N and other Netgear models. If you are using a different brand router then the port forwarding steps will be different, but the port setting 3389 will be the same.
Step 1. Enable Remote Desktop from Windows Control Panel.
If you have Windows XP then Click on Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System -> Click on Remote Tab -> Under Remote Desktop, Tick Allow users to connect remotely to this computer. Then click OK.
If you have Windows 7 then Click on Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Remote Settings -> Under Remote Desktop, select Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop. Then Click OK.
You should now be able to connect to your PC using Windows Remote Desktop.


On 7 June 2018, for the first time, a Committee of the United Nations Security Council placed individuals on a sanctions list for human trafficking. As part of the Libya sanctions regime, travel bans and asset freezes have been imposed on six individuals identified as the main perpetrators of illegal activities relating to human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants.
The European Union and the US have already implemented these UN sanctions. This response is an expression of the UN Security Council's increased attention on transnational organized crime (TOC). For years, the number of resolutions relating to TOC, whether linked to drug or arms trafficking, piracy, kidnappings or illegal trade in natural resources, has increased substantially. And the Security Council has repeatedly dealt with human trafficking in conflict situations since the end of 2015.
The relevant decisions show what role the Security Council can play in addressing organized crime, but also where pitfalls lurk. As a non-permanent member of the Security Council in 2019/2020, Germany should advocate a systematic advancement of the agenda.
Judith Vorrath is a Senior Associate in the International Security Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. She is working on illicit economies and transnational organized crime in West Africa and international responses to organized crime in the context of violent conflict and state fragility. Previously she has been a post-doc fellow at SWP, at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. and the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris.
Judith holds a Doctor of Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). From 2005 to 2010, she pursued her studies as a Doctoral Student at the Center for Security Studies, Zurich, and as a member of a National Research Center (NCCR Democracy), engaged in a project on democratization in divided societies. In this project she focused particularly on the African Great Lakes region. Prior to joining the Center and the NCCR, she worked as a Research and Programme Coordinator at the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF) in Bonn for several years.


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The changing face of cognac For many, cognac is as French as champagne and berets. But this brandy is evolving, adapting to modern tastes and appealing to new demographics.
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Doing it right: how to drink and watch sports at the same time Drinking and sport have always had an uneasy relationship. While athletes sensibly drink water or whatever sugary energy water they're being paid to chug, we're all in the pub getting as many rounds in as we can before the gameday specials end.
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Orix boss John Carter charged over Coca-Cola corruption scandal
By Rachel Olding and Kate McClymont
Updated April 3, 2015 — 12.07pm first published April 2, 2015 — 3.53pm
The chief executive of billion-dollar fleet-management company Orix has been charged with paying corrupt commissions to an employee of beverage giant Coca-Cola Amatil.
In one of the biggest corporate scandals to hit Australia, police will allege Orix boss John Carter, 53, made corrupt payments of $504,000 to Coca-Cola Amatil's fleet manager in exchange for vehicle leasing contracts.
Police will allege the money was subsequently laundered by the Coca-Cola fleet manager. Credit:Reuters
Police told Fairfax Media they believe the scandal is far wider, possibly involving millions of dollars and years of corruption, and they are urging people to come forward with information.
Mr Carter was taken from his Vaucluse mansion to North Sydney police station at 10am on Thursday and charged with four counts of paying corrupt commissions and one count of money laundering.
The senior Orix manager who allegedly made the payments and the Coca-Cola fleet manager who allegedly accepted the corrupt payments were arrested a week ago.
Police allege Mr Carter was aware of four large deposits paid to the Coca-Cola fleet manager and allegedly advised his senior manager, a 58 year-old Illawong man, on how to make the payments.
The deposits were allegedly made between June 2014 and February 2015 into a secret bank account specifically set up for the scheme.
Police will allege the money was subsequently laundered by the Coca-Cola fleet manager, a 61-year-old Adelaide man who was arrested in his office at the company's Macquarie Park headquarters on March 25.
He is responsible for managing Coca-Cola's vast fleet contract, valued at more than $30 million a year, police said.
Coca-Cola tipped police off last year after noticing suspicious activity relating to its vehicle fleet. Last week, a spokesman said the multinational company was "providing its complete co-operation and support to the police".
Fraud and Cybercrime Squad investigators have seized hundreds of documents from the offices of Orix and Coca-Cola as well as the homes of the men arrested.
They are looking into further payments totalling millions of dollars and dating back several years, a police spokesman said.
Fraud and Cybercrime Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Arthur Katsogiannis, vowed to pursue any person suspected of being involved in corrupt business practices in NSW.
"White-collar crime – and in particular, employee-related fraud – costs the NSW economy millions of dollars," he said.
Mr Carter, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, has risen the ranks within Orix Australia since its foundation in 1986 and has been in management circles for 24 years.
The public company employs 300 staff and owns or manages assets worth $1.2 billion, its website says. It is ranked 877 out of the top 2000 companies in Australia and generated a revenue of $372 million last year.
Orix Australia is part of the Orix Group, the largest fleet management group in the Asia Pacific with 1100 offices and 800,000 assets under lease and management.
Mr Carter and his wife have lived in Vaucluse since buying their Vaucluse Road mansion for $2.75 million more than a decade ago.
His bio appeared to have been pulled down from Orix's website on Thursday.
All three men were granted conditional bail by police to appear in the Downing Centre Court later in April and May.
rolding@fairfaxmedia.com.au


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Microsoft initially said that their Xbox One console does not require an always-on connection to play single-player games. However, worrying reports are starting to emerge that the console will indeed need an internet connection to function properly, including playing games offline.
Microsoft's Vice President Phil Harrison, once of Sony has revealed some potentially crucial information regarding the issue and it could ultimately prove to be the decisive factor that will make consumers opt for the Sony PS4 instead. Microsoft are refusing to set the record straight on their used-game or internet requirement strategy for the Xbox One, sending out various statements that suggest that this information will come at a later date – not now.
It is this article over at Kotaku though that provides the most conclusive evidence on an always-on Xbox One being a reality, not a rumor. According to the article, the system will perform an internet connection test once every 24 hours hours, as stated by Harrison. If you are playing a single player game, you can only play it for these 24 hours, before it will check for a connection.
As a result, it looks like if you don't have an internet connection on your Xbox One – you can't play single-player games for more than 24 hours, which is obviously very disappointing. Microsoft's own Xbox One Q&A contains the following information that was absent from Microsoft's actual event just hours ago.
"Q: Does Xbox One require an "always on" Internet connection?
It can't be more black and white than that. To put that into context, it basically means that you don't want to be buying an Xbox One console if you do not have a regular broadband connection. It also suggests that this is one almighty slap in the face to those who cannot access broadband for whatever reason, and indeed those serving in the military where offline gaming is crucial to morale.
Expect more details soon on this, but give us your initial reaction to the bombshell. Adam Orth was right all along, and he lost his job over it. Xbox One requires a connection to the internet – will you be buying it with 24h mandatory checks in place?


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Q: My asp.NET server on DiscountAsp.net won't send emails So I have an asp.net server running on discountasp.net and for whatever reason when I just published the new version of the website it stopped sending emails.  I tried changing the code back to exactly how it was done in the old website and it didn't work.  I've tried many other solutions to no avail.  Here's the old code:
 Dim message As New MailMessage
        message.IsBodyHtml = True
        message.From = New MailAddress("example@mydomain.com", "inquiry@mydomain.com")
        If Me.ddlSendTo.SelectedValue = 1 Then
            message.To.Add(New MailAddress("sales@mydomain.com"))
            message.Subject = "Sales Inquiry From mydomain.com"
        ElseIf Me.ddlSendTo.SelectedValue = 2 Then
            message.To.Add(New MailAddress("support@mydomain.com"))
            message.Subject = "Support Question From mydomain.com"
        End If

        Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
        sb.Append("The following message was sent from a user of our website as a request for more information.

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        sb.Append("Here is the message they sent:

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        sb.Append("Sender's Name: " & Me.txtSenderName.Text & "
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        sb.Append("Senders Email: " & Me.txtSenderEmail.Text & "
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        sb.Append("Company Name: " & Me.txtCompany.Text & "
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        sb.Append("Phone Number: " & Me.txtPhone.Text & "

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        sb.Append("Subject: " & Me.txtSubject.Text & "
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        sb.Append("Message: " & Me.txtEmailMsg.Text)
        message.Body = sb.ToString()

        Try
            Dim client As New SmtpClient()
            client.Host = "localhost"
            client.Send(message)
        Catch ex As SmtpException
            Me.errors.InnerHtml = ex.Message & " local host message"
            Return
        End Try

Here's my current iteration that is still not working:
Dim toEmail As String
    Dim subject As String
    If Me.ddlSendTo.SelectedValue = 1 Then
        If isTesting() Then
            toEmail = GetTesterEmail()
        Else
            toEmail = "sales@mydomain.com"
        End If

        subject = "Sales Inquiry From MyDomain.com"
    ElseIf Me.ddlSendTo.SelectedValue = 2 Then
        If isTesting() Then
            toEmail = GetTesterEmail()
        Else
            toEmail = "support@mydomain.com"
        End If
        subject = "Support Question From MyDomain.com"
    End If

    Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
    sb.Append("The following message was sent from a user of our website as a request for more information.

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    sb.Append("Here Is the message they sent:

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    sb.Append("Sender's Name: " & Me.txtName.Value & "
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    sb.Append("Senders Email: " & Me.txtEmail.Value & "
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    sb.Append("Company Name: " & Me.txtCompany.Value & "
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    sb.Append("Phone Number: " & Me.txtPhone.Value & "

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    sb.Append("Subject: " & Me.txtSubject.Value & "
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    sb.Append("Message: " & Me.txtMessage.Value)
    'message.Body = sb.ToString()
    Dim message As New MailMessage("postmaster@mydomain.com", toEmail, subject, sb.ToString())
    message.IsBodyHtml = True
    Try
        Dim client As New SmtpClient()
        client.Host = "smtp.mydomain.com"
        client.Port = 25
        client.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("postmaster@mydomain.com", "password")
        client.Send(message)
    Catch ex As SmtpException
        Me.errors.Text = ex.Message & " local host message"
        Return
    End Try

I tried leaving off network credentials, leaving off port, leaving off the @mydomain.com on the network credentials.  Nothing works


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Q: Eigenvalues of complete graph and its line graph Given a graph $\Gamma$, the eigenvalues of $\Gamma$ are the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix $A(\Gamma)$.
A complete graph $K_n$ has the adjacency matrix $A(K_n) = J - I$ with $J = jj^T$ and $j$ the "all ones vector". So $K_n$ has the eigenvalues $n-1$ and $-1$ with multiplicity $n-1$.
Now I want to determine the eigenvalues of its line graph $L(K_n) =: L$. I know that $B(K_n)^TB(K_n) = 2I_{|E|}+A(L)$ with $|E| = \binom{n}{2}$ and $B(K_n)$ the incidence matrix of $K_n$.
Let $V = \{v_1,\dots,v_n\}$ and $E = \{e_1,\dots,e_{|E|}\}$ be the set of vertices and edges of $K_n$.
I know that $B(K_n) = (b_{ij}) = \begin{cases} 1, \text{ if $v_i \in e_j$} \\ 0, \text{ else } \end{cases}$.
How do I determine the spectrum of $A(L)$?

A: If someone is interested in the answer, I've made some progress after consulting Chris Godsil's book "Algebraic graph theory". So the upper equation is correct but there also exists a similar one for the adjacency matrix:
$$B(K_n)B(K_n)^T = \Delta(K_n) + A(K_n)$$
with $\Delta(K_n) = (n-1)I_n$ the "degree matrix".
Since $\Delta(K_n)$ and $A(K_n)$ commute (one matrix is a multiple of the identity), the eigenvalues of $B(K_n)B(K_n)^T$ are the sum of the eigenvalues of the both matrices and the multiplicities of the eigenvalues are determined by the multiplicities of the eigenvalues of $A(K_n)$. That means the spectrum of the matrix is $\sigma(B(K_n)B(K_n)^T) = \{n-2,2n-2\}$.
Since both $B(K_n)B(K_n)^T$ and $B(K_n)^TB(K_n)$ are defined, $\det(I_n - B(K_n)B(K_n)^T) = \det(I_{|E|} - B(K_n)^TB(K_n))$.
Therefore both characteristic polynomials $f$ of $B(K_n)B(K_n)^T$ and $g$ of $B(K_n)^TB(K_n)$ only differ by a multiplied power of $x$. More specific for all $n \geq 3: g = x^{|E|-n}\cdot f$. Using this observation and the upper equation $B(K_n)^TB(K_n) = 2I_{|E|} + A(L)$ the conclusion is that the spectrum of the line graph is: $\sigma(A(L)) = \{-2,n-4,2n-4\}$ for $n \geq 4$ and $\{n-4,2n-4\}$ for $n = 3$.

A: Let me elaborate on @PeterMcCoy's answer. $A(K_n)=B(K_n)B(K_n)^T -(n-1)Id$, so it suffices to find the eigenvalues of $B(K_n)B(K_n)^T$; but these are the same (possibly up to 0) of $B(K_n)^TB(K_n)=:Q(K_n)$ (a general phenomenon for matrices of the form $MM^T$ vs $M^TM$). As already observed, the eigenvalues of $A(K_n)$ and $Q(K_n)$ agree, up to a shift by $n-1$: i.e., an eigenvalue $\lambda$ of $A(K_n)$ is transformed into an eigenvalue $n-1+\lambda$ of $Q(K_n)$. Since you already know the eigenvalues of $A(K_n)$, you are done. ($Q$ is sometimes called the "signless Laplacian" of a graph.)
(More precisely: you still have to check whether $0$ is an eigenvalue of $B^T B$, i.e., whethere there are non-trivial elements of the null space of $B$; by general properties of the incidence matrix (cf. Theorem 8.2.1 in Godsil-Royle) this is certainly the case if the graph has more edges than nodes, like for $K_n$ for any $n>3$; so $-2$ is an eigenvalue for any $n>3$. The same theorem shows that the null space of $K_3$ is trivial, so $-2$ is not an eigenvalue of $A(K_3)$.)


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