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The Elucidating Grannies
June 17, 2021 /4 Comments/in Finding Myself in History, Teaching History /by Judy Dodge Cummings
On June 12, 2021, my sister Liz and I launched the inaugural journey of the Elucidating Grannies. Joining us were my nine-year-old granddaughter Eva and my sister's two oldest grandchildren, Aydan, age 11, and Abby, age 10.
The Elucidating Grannies Inaugural Adventure
Our destination: The Historic Triangle at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Our goal: to take our progeny on a time travelling adventure in which they explore colonial and revolutionary era American history.
Our mission: Through travel experiences, we will help our grandchildren learn history and social issues through the soles of their feet and the connections they make with their hearts.
Becoming the Elucidating Grannies
Taking on the role of expanding our grandkids' minds was a natural evolution for Liz and I. We both have three children. When our kids were young, and money was lean, my sister and I took our collective clan on summer camping adventures with a distinct historical and sometimes literary bent.
Liz and I grew up devouring the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. When we became mothers, we read them out loud to our kids. So our first adventure in the late 1990s was on the trail of Pa Ingalls' "itchy foot." We traveled from the banks of Plum Creek in Walnut Grove, Minnesota to De Smet, South Dakota.
In the last few years, there has been a growing criticism of the Little House books because of their negative portrayal of Native people. I recall reading these books to my kids and while I loved Laura's spunk and the Ingalls' family dynamics and adventures, on occasion I was pulled up short by Ma and Pa's racist statements. So I used these moments to talk to my kids about the prejudices that existed in the late 19th century and those that still exist today, and the impact of discriminatory policies on Native Americans.
On our trip, Liz and I supplemented the Ingalls family story with the history of Native people and places. We hiked the Badlands and visited the Crazy Horse Monument and Museum. On a steamy July day, we parked beside the historical marker on the Pine Ridge Reservation that commemorates the 1890 massacre of hundreds of Lakota people by a U.S. Calvary regiment. I read aloud excerpts from Dee Brown's book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Today, Native American scholars are challenging Brown's interpretation of the past and putting the focus on Indian self-determination rather than victim-hood. But this trip was in 1998, and Brown's words moved us.
Hiking the Badlands
Let me clarify. Brown's words moved Liz and I and our two oldest children, Nicole and Emily. In truth, the younger four kids probably did not hear a word of the book. They could not concentrate because of the sweat rolling into their ears. On that trip we drove Liz's used Dodge Astro Van. The air conditioning barely worked so we used it sparingly. I read sections of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee with emotion and passion, my voice growing louder and louder to override the kids' squeals, "It's so hot in here," and Liz's bellows "Be quiet and listen!" Opening young minds is not easy, but it's important.
Other places we traveled
Another year, Liz and I took our kids to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the 140th anniversary of the turning point battle of the Civil War. As we stood on Little Round Top, I read accounts of the Union's defense of that hill. The heroism and sacrifice moved me to tears, as did my mortification as a man standing nearby had to yell at my son and my nephew to be more respectful as they tried to jump on every rock on Little Round Top.
At Arlington National Cemetery, we stood in a rainstorm to watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Thankfully, all six children watched respectfully and without complaint. Then the rain stopped and our normally rambunctious children were appropriately somber as they viewed the Vietnam and Korean War memorials.
Closer to our Wisconsin homes, we visited the Milton House Museum. This is one of the only documented sites on the Underground Railroad with a real underground tunnel. There we learned about the Goodrich family and the role they played in aiding enslaved people in their quest for freedom. Still, the kids kept it real. My nephew Mitch had a bad case of Lyme's disease, but refused to take his medicine. He vomited all over the camper and our sleeping bags.
Exposing young minds to the past is not always easy.
On one of our trips, we were camping in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Everyone was in bed and asleep by the time the sun set. The next morning as we packed up camp, the park ranger came by and complimented Liz and I on our well-behaved children. He called us "Mothers of the Year." Little did the man know that the reason our kids went to bed so early was because all the flashlight batteries were dead and neither Liz nor I could get the campfire to stay lit.
Despite the occasional hiccup, we kept taking our kids to historic places. We knew that our children needed to know how to interpret the past in order to understand the present. History matters.
When our children became teenagers, jobs, sports, and friends competed for their time. When Liz and I had time to travel, which was not often, we did so sans children. Then before long, the grandbabies began to come. Only one for me, but six in rapid succession for my sister.
Find the Stories in History
Part and parcel of being a grandma is telling stories. My granddaughter Eva has an insatiable appetite for tales. When my imagination runs dry, I turn to history. These stories helped fuel Eva's love of the past. She jumped from obsession to obsession. Egyptian mummies gave way to the Roman Empire, followed by "Mr. Lincoln, the president who got shot in the head." But since the musical Hamilton became available on streaming services, Eva wants to learn anything and everything about the American Revolution.
Geeking out on American history
As we hunkered down throughout the long pandemic, and Eva rapped along with Lin-Manual Miranda, I began to dream about taking her on a trip where she could experience the nation's colonial and revolutionary past in as realistic way as possible. I had been to the Historic Triangle in Williamsburg, Virginia, and it was the closest thing I've experienced to time travel. So after we got vaccinated and the world began to reopen, I called Liz and suggested she and her oldest grandchildren join Eva and I on this trip. That is the origin story of the Elucidating Grannies.
Left, Eva; Center, Abby; Right, Aydan
Stay tuned for the details of our adventure in future posts.
First stop, historic Jamestown.
Tags: American history, colonial America, Jamestown, teaching history, Williamsburg, Yorktown
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Mary Jechorek says:
Thank you and Liz for sharing your stories. I look forward to seeing more. I hope by leaving my email address I will get future posts.
I have done adventure trips with my grands but never with a continuing theme like history. I think our favorites were the Beargrease sled dog races in Duluth (3 times) Grandmas marathon, a tour of the Packers stadium. Gunflint trail, North Shore, maple sugaring and blue berry picking.
I met your Mom in 2000 and the stories she shared were wonderful. She and I loved going for rides, discovering new roads and sharing stories. Also the stories flowed when I helped her with quilting. Like everyone else I miss her smiling face.
Happy travels with the grands. Mary
Judy Dodge Cummings says:
Thanks for your comments, Mary. It sounds like you are quite the Adventuresome Granny. My mom was a good story teller, and she loved rambling through the countryside. Thanks for being her friend. I miss her smile too.
Amy Laundrie says:
Great storytelling and a wonderful example of how we as parents and grandparents can bring history and culture to life through travel. I was able to get 10 days with my college-age daughters (we went to Ireland) and two days with my elementary granddaughters (we explored Chicago.) I'm thankful we'll always have those memories.
Traveling through Ireland with your girls–what a joy that must have been!
The author of the Relentless Master is Judy Dodge Cummings, a former history teacher who has published 20 nonfiction books for children and teens. This is a blog about reading, writing, teaching, and living history. Posts are aimed at writers and teachers and fans of all things historical.
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(Updated) Former senator Jovito Salonga, a staunch opposition leader during the Marcos regime, passed away on Thursday. He was 95.
Malacañang confirmed the news through presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda.
"With heads bowed in grief and respect, we extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Senator Jovito Salonga. His passing marks the departure from this life of another of those brave, committed individuals who lit a candle during the deep darkness of the dictatorship; and who contributed to the restoration of our democratic way of life after the triumph of People Power," Lacierda said in a statement.
"His life stands as a reproach to all those who would put personal gain ahead of public service; who would lower the standards of public discourse; and who would sacrifice human rights and the rule of law either for personal or partisan advantage. He joins the ranks of those who have made the position of senator of the Republic an honorable, and respectable, thing. His passing challenges all who would seek election to live up to a life well lived as a patriot and citizen," he added.
Salonga, who served as the country's 14th Senate president upon the restoration of the Philippine Senate in 1987, ran but lost in the 1992 presidential elections.
He took up law at the University of the Philippines and eventually topped the 1944 bar examinations alongside Jose W. Diokno.
Salonga was one of those who were seriously wounded in the Plaza Miranda bombing during the Liberal Party proclamation rally in 1971.
Salonga was also the first chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, which was tasked to recover the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses.
Personalities including Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te expressed sympathies on social media following the news of Salonga's passing.
"Paalam Ka Jovy Salonga. He was the last candidate for president that I voted for; and in my opinion, with Ka Pepe, the best president we never got," Te said.
In 2012, the Inquirer reported that the lawyer-statesman has been afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and was being fed through a tube after suffering stroke.


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This was the exact image that came up in my mind, when I heard that Antarctica could be explored for coal in the future. This is exactly like that idol-making business. Only more dangerous.
We would be exploring the region for coal, thereby destroying the glaciers, and the we will exclaim sitting in an AC room back home- "Oh! Climate change is causing such huge problems!
Firstly, this idea is not really feasible.
One of the Antarctic Treaty nations hired a mining consultant to assess the possibility of exploiting the coal present in the Transantarctic Mountains in Anatarctica. The result of the consultant's research was the the coal there is of really low quality, and is spread out really thin and in broken bands.
Hardly an attractive reservoir. It's like a Ferrero Rocher chocolate that's been flattened and broken. It's really not as tasty as a complete and round Ferrero Rocher. And we do have complete and round "Coal Ferrero Rochers" in other parts of the world, rich deposits that haven't been exploited yet!
BUT–even though it isn't feasible today, the future is a different story. There are is a major factor that can really make the world leaders and money-hungry mining companies to look at the Antarctic coal deposits with hungry eyes- growing energy demands.
Because, even a flattened and broken Ferrero Rocher is attractive to someone who is really hungry.
And this is where the ecological aspects of exploring and exploiting the coal of Antarctica will come into play. It is in this situation that environmentalists will have to drill through the economy-crazed leaders that glaciers are more important than any coal that Antarctica can provide.
Our exploration activities is sure to cause a change in the color and translucency of ice; something that is really important when it comes to reflecting sunlight.
Glaciers have the ability to reflect most of the sunlight that falls upon it, and this one of the reasons that they exist. If this reflecting ability is altered in anyway, then it would mean glacial melting and increasing global temperatures; the dreaded 2 letter abuse that environmentalists throw around: CLIMATE CHANGE.
It's not just the glaciers, ocean and the atmosphere will also be greatly affected. All of this together will affect the life in Antarctica. We've already done enough to the life in the Arctic. It hurts to see pictures of starving and stick-thin Polar Bears. I really don't want the same to happen to seals and Emperor Penguins.
The solution? Obviously, exploring green energy. There's a reason this keeps cropping up, it's a good idea.
It's time the world leaders focused as much on ecologic development as they do on economic development.


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Pearl Morbs is a gamer in every sense of the word. An activist, artist, cosplayer and social media project manager, even her online nom de plume derives from her gamer heritage.
On the other hand, Morbs doesn't play games with digital engagement and social media marketing. The millennial already has worked in social media and online communities for seven years.
She speaks with the authority that drew the attention of Ivana Taylor and Iva Ignjatovic. They discussed how to build an online community, how to engage with your audience, and followers.
Taylor owns DIYMarketers, a company "committed to helping small business owners get out of overwhelm." Ignjatovic is a marketing, strategy, leadership and business consultant.
They weighed the difference between a network and a community.
Ignjatovic took a broad perspective.
These online networks are economically potent. According to eMarketer, 44 percent of local businesses said they depend on social media to generate brand awareness. Plus, 41 percent depend on it to drive revenue.
"A network contains people connected by beliefs, values and social norms who frequently share info, experiences or behaviors with each other," Morbs said. "A network represents connections or ties between people.
These are no distinct differences between the terms.
You can't force communities together and get good results. Members should be there willingly and want to participate.
Usually, communities don't miraculously appear.
Businesses have vested interests in seeing their communities succeed.
"Most communities form naturally – organically," Morbs said. "However, brands can influence communities by providing an environment that encourages relationship building around a product, service or cause.
These days, it might be easier to build online communities first, particularly if participants aren't local. In any case, in-person interaction brings in all dimensions.
Taylor believes both online and in-person communities have their share of challenges, while Ignjatovic thinks they mesh together.
"Online and offline are all the same," Ignjatovic said. "People are online. Even if you're offline, you have to 'wire up' your reach.
Create quality content of value to your community.
Motivate support and cooperation within your community.
"Time and effort are absolutely part of both," Morbs said. "Where you have to prepare a physical space for offline community building and events, you have to prepare a digital space for online community building and events.
The experience likewise has become natural for business. According to Small Business Trends, 53 percent of users say they bought a product they first saw on Twitter.
Engagement, for Ignjatovic, relies on brand awareness, brand ambassadorship, being close to the audience, being able to serve it better and exchange of knowledge.
"Engagement builds relationships between your community and your brand," Morbs said. "It's where the human touch comes into play and allows authenticity and compassion to shine through. Engagement also stimulates discussions and sharing across networks.
"Engagement can boost additional metrics indirectly," she said.
Morbs took her own experience to depict how much engagement can boost community development in as little as three months.
"Thriving, healthy communities engage with each other regularly, even outside community events," Taylor said.
Ignjatovic finds those communities are characterized by freedom of expression, commitment, exchange of knowledge and experience, and a common goal.
Marketing research firm Ascend2 finds that 49 percent of marketers say social media is the most effective channel to include in their digital marketing plan.
Engaged communities might include only a few or a lot of people.
"You can have thousands of engaged members, but 50 people who engage give the opportunity to build relationships and create energy," Taylor said.
While Ignjatovic said, "The more the merrier," Morbs pumped the brakes on quantity.
"Engaged communities can be any size," Morbs said. "Don't get caught up in the numbers.
To build and maintain and online community, be present and active. That demands a commitment of time, effort and caring.
Knowing where to start is important.
Community Moderation. People like to communicate in spaces where they feel safe and heard. Since community is all about relationships and interactions, brands should ensure communication in the community is healthy, not toxic.
Time Management. An online community rarely sleeps because the internet is 24-7-365. Depending on your budget, you may want to invest in a social media team and social tools. Delegate tasks.
Crisis Management. Your community will expect a timely, transparent and authentic response. This may involve a sincere apology and demonstrating a commitment to change. Poor crisis management can damage your community.
No one should be taken for granted.
Jumping into conversations to make a hard sell.
Lack of personalized responses, also known as sounding robotic.
Great community managers are passionate. You can see their enthusiasm in their writing or on video. Taylor said these managers not only acknowledge but reach out and ask questions.
Fuel participation through content that appeals to extrinsic and intrinsic motivations.
Engage using discussion-driving questions and positive or helpful responses.
Ask the community what they want. Then follow-through.
Twitter chats are far and away the best online communities. They are unlimited, wide ranging and instant. By comparison, Facebook or other groups are small community centers.
Ignjatovic also favors Twitter, taking its place in her heart vacated by Google-plus.
Visual content also commands growing importance.
She and Taylor continued chatting about community building and engagement in this YouTube video.
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A tomb believed to have been built by Imhotep — a trusted adviser to Egyptian pharaoh Djoser (2630–2611 B.C.) — opened to the public Sept. 14.
Restoration of the southern tomb of Djoser, who ruled during the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom beginning around 2650 B.C., took 15 years to complete, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Imhotep's modern-day claim to fame came about millennia later, when he was portrayed as the antagonist in the film "The Mummy," first by Boris Karloff in 1932 and by Arnold Vosloo in the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel.
As pharaoh Djoser's chancellor and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis, Imhotep is also believed to be the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid, the site of the cemetery now open to the public in the Saqqara area, about 19 miles south of Cairo.
Entrance to the southern tomb of pharaoh Djoser. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Zenger)
Djoser's tomb is in the southern corner of his funerary complex, accessed by stone staircases leading to a door carved in the rock, as well as many fake doors, and corridors decorated with murals of blue glazed pottery, according to Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
"The cemetery has a burial room with a coffin of pink granite similar to the burial room in the [Step] pyramid," Waziri stated.
The granite coffin at the bottom of the burial well has been restored, he said. A ladder and lighting have been installed for public access to the site.
The upper part of the access to the tomb is built of limestone, the Egyptian officials said, The bottom is carved into the rock at a depth of nearly 100 feet. A stone ladder leads to a carved door in the rock.
Entrance to the burial site. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Zenger)
"The granite sarcophagus at the bottom of the burial well was reassembled and restored, in addition to rehabilitating the cemetery," the ministry stated.
Djoser is believed to be the first Egyptian king to commission a pyramid — the Step Pyramid. Imhotep was worshipped as a god of healing some 2,000 years after his death but is best known among academics as the builder and overseer of the construction of the Step Pyramid.
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Classic Film DVD Reviews
By JackBurley,
September 27, 2006 in Classic Film DVD Reviews
On 2/15/2019 at 8:04 PM, LawrenceA said:
Yes, I like that film a lot, as well. I know a lot of people don't, specifically Crouse's performance, but I didn't mind it. Plus Mamet's style puts a lot of people off. Of the films that Mamet has directed, I also liked Homicide, Spartan, The Spanish Prisoner, Heist, and Redbelt.
I haven't seen those other ones. It would be nice if TCM did an evening of Mamet-related films.
CinemaInternational
Movie Omnivore
Warner Archive goes back to classics in March as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of the line. (time flies!) Many first time DVD releases... including a slew of early talkies.
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Coquette (1929)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
Wise Girls (1929)
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
Spring is Here (1930)
Way Out West (1930)
Beau Bandit (1930)
Men of the North (1930)
The Star Witness (1931)
Rockabye (1932)
Night Court (1932)
Our Betters (1933)
Headline Shooter (1933)
Snowed Under (1936)
In Person (1935)
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
Super Sleuth (1937)
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Twice Blessed (1945)
Her Twelve Men (1954)
And the Blu-Rays:
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
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WB Archive is releasing Lady in the Lake this week. The more I watch it, the more I like it.
Jlewis
I read that The Mysterious Island will still be a black & white print. However a Technicolor copy exists with the Czech National Film Archive but is not accessible just yet.
LawrenceA
June Criterion Titles Announced
Swing Time (1936) June 11
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films
Archival interviews with performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan
New interview with George Stevens Jr.
In Full Swing, a new program on the film's choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer
New interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the "Bojangles of Harlem" number
PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
L'humanite (1999) June 18
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Bruno Dumont, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with Dumont
Conversation between Dumont and critic Philippe Rouyer from 2014
Segment from the French television program Tendences featuring actress Séverine Caneele
Segment from a 1999 French television news program featuring Dumont
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Nicholas Elliott
La vie de Jesus (1997) June 18
New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Bruno Dumont, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Excerpts from two 1997 episodes of the French television program Le cercle de minuit
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) June 25
New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Cameron Mitchell and cinematographer Frank DeMarco, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2001 featuring Mitchell and DeMarco
New conversation between members of the cast and crew, including Mitchell, DeMarco, composer and lyricist Stephen Trask, hairstylist and makeup artist Michael Potter, animator Emily Hubley, actor Miriam Shor, and visual consultant Miguel Villalobos
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig (2003), an eighty-five-minute documentary tracing the development of the project from its beginnings in a New York club to its theatrical premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
New conversation between Trask and rock critic David Fricke about the film's soundtrack
From the Archives, a new program exploring Hedwig's production and legacy through its memorabilia
Deleted scenes with commentary by Mitchell and DeMarco
PLUS: An essay by Stephanie Zacharek, along with, for the Blu-ray edition, production photos by Potter and costume designer Arianne Phillips, illustrations by Hubley, and excerpts from two of the films inspirations, Plato's Symposium and The Gospel of Thomas
War and Peace (1966) June 25
New 2K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of Sergei Bondarchuk
Two 1966 documentaries about the making of the film
Television program from 1967 profiling actor Ludmila Savelyeva, and featuring Sergei Bondarchuk
New program with historian Denise J. Youngblood (Bondarchuk's "War and Peace": Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic) detailing the cultural and historical contexts for the film
Janus rerelease trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor
Plus, a Blu-ray upgrade for:
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman June 4
On the DVD: High-definition digital transfers of all three films
On the Blu-ray: New 2K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
Introductions to the films by director Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (Blu-ray only)
Observations on each film by film scholar Peter Cowie, recorded in 2003
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie, a five-part documentary by Vilgot Sjöman made for Swedish television during the production of Winter Light
Interview from 2012 with actor Harriet Andersson (Blu-ray only)
Audio interview from 1962 with actor Gunnar Björnstrand (Blu-ray only)
Illustrated audio interview with cinematographer Sven Nykvist, recorded in 1981 (Blu-ray only)
Original U.S. theatrical trailers
Alternate English-dubbed soundtracks
On the DVD: Essays by film scholars Peter Matthews, Peter Cowie, and Leo Braudy, plus a statement from director Vilgot Sjöman
On the Blu-ray: An essay by film scholar Catherine Wheatley and an excerpt from Bergman's 1987 autobiography, The Magic Lantern
Ooh I'll definitely be picking up Swing Time. It'll come out just in time for Barnes & Noble's July Criterion sale!
Incoming Blu-Rays for April:
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Summer Stock (1950)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
July Criterion Titles Announced
Europa, Europa (1990) July 9
New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Agnieszka Holland, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Holland
New interviews with Holland and actor Marco Hofschneider
New video essay by film scholar Annette Insdorf
PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin
The Baker's Wife (1938) July 16
Selected-scene audio commentary featuring Marcel Pagnol scholar Brett Bowles
Introduction by Pagnol from 1967
Excerpt from a 1966 interview with Pagnol for the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps
Short French news program from 1967 revisiting the village of Le Castellet, where the film was shot
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
Klute (1971) July 16
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by camera operator Michael Chapman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New conversation between actors Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas
New documentary about Klute and director Alan J. Pakula by filmmaker Matthew Miele, featuring scholars, filmmakers, and Pakula's family and friends
The Look of "Klute," a new interview with writer Amy Fine Collins
Archival interviews with Pakula and Fonda
"Klute" in New York, a short documentary made during the shooting of the film
PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris and excerpts from a 1972 interview with Pakula
1984 (1984) July 23
New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Roger Deakins, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interviews with director Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins
New interview with David Ryan, author of George Orwell on Screen
Behind-the-scenes footage
PLUS: An essay by writer and performer A. L. Kennedy
Plus Blu-ray upgrades for:
The BRD Trilogy July 9
New 4K digital restorations of The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
High-definition digital restoration of Veronika Voss, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentaries from 2003 featuring filmmaker Wim Wenders and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus (The Marriage of Maria Braun), film critic and author Tony Rayns (Veronika Voss), and film scholar Christian Braad Thomsen (Lola)
Interviews with actors Hanna Schygulla, Rosel Zech, and Barbara Sukowa
Interviews with cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger, screenwriter Peter Märthesheimer, and film scholar Eric Rentschler
Life Stories: A Conversation with R. W. Fassbinder, an interview filmed for German television in 1978
I Don't Just Want You to Love Me, a feature-length 1992 documentary on director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's life and career
Dance with Death, a program from 2000 about Ufa studios star Sybille Schmitz, Fassbinder's inspiration for the character Veronika Voss
Conversation between author and curator Laurence Kardish and film editor Juliane Lorenz
PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones and production histories by author Michael Töteberg (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Do the Right Thing (1989) July 23
New 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 1995 featuring director Spike Lee, Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee
Introductions by Lee
Making "Do the Right Thing," a documentary from 1988 by St. Clair Bourne
New interviews with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, camera assistant Darnell Martin, New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., and writer Nelson George
Interview with editor Barry Alexander Brown from 2000
Programs from 2000 and 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew
Music video for Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," directed by Lee, with remarks from rapper Chuck D
Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1989
Deleted and extended scenes
Original storyboards, trailer, and TV spots
PLUS: An essay by critic Vinson Cunningham, and (on the Blu-ray) extensive excerpts from the journal Lee kept during the preparation for and production of the film
No Cluny Brown yet (though I assume it will be out before the end of the year), but its nice to see a nice release for that sterling 1971 thriller Klute.
4 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
I'll probably get the Do the Right Thing release. I have the bare-bones Universal Blu-ray that I got in a bargain bin a few years back. I may get Klute during one of the Criterion sales. I have the DVD of that one. I'd like to see the BRD Trilogy, but not enough to buy it sight unseen.
I'm hoping there will be a Criterion release of David Lynch's The Elephant Man, as it's available to stream on The Criterion Channel, and they've released a few of Lynch's films in the past.
August Criterion Titles Announced
The Inland Sea (1991) August 13
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Hiro Narita, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with director Lucille Carra
New conversation between filmmaker Paul Schrader and cultural critic Ian Buruma on author Donald Richie
Interview with Richie from 1991
PLUS: An essay by scholar Arturo Silva
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) August 27
What Did the Lady Forget?, a 1937 feature by director Yasujiro Ozu
New interview with film scholar David Bordwell
Ozu & Noda: Tateshina Diaries, a new documentary by Daniel Raim on Ozu's relationship with longtime screenwriter Kogo Noda
PLUS: An essay by scholar Junji Yoshida
The Koker Trilogy (1987, 1992, 1994) August 27
Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
And Life Goes On (1992)
Through the Olive Trees (1994)
New 2K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays
New audio commentary on And Life Goes On featuring Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum, coauthors of Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams, a 1994 documentary
New interview with Abbas Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami
New conversation between Iranian-film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire
Conversation from 2015 between Kiarostami and film-festival programmer Peter Scarlet
New English subtitle translations
PLUS: An essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire
An Angel at My Table (1990) August 6
New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring Campion, Dryburgh, and actor Kerry Fox
Short documentary from 2002 about the making of the film
Six deleted scenes
Audio interview with author Janet Frame from 1983
PLUS: An essay by film critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from Frame's autobiography, on which Campion based her film
Magnificent Obsession (1954) August 20
High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2008 featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty
Magnificent Obsession, John M. Stahl's 1935 adaptation of the same novel, newly restored
From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers (1991), a documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt
Interviews from 2008 with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, in which they pay tribute to Sirk
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien
There are several upcoming Blu-ray releases that are not Criterion, although many were released on DVD by them and have gone out of print. Here are some of the titles that may be of interest.
They Might Be Giants (1971) - June 11
The Brink's Job (1978) - June 18
Mississippi Burning (1988) - June 18
The Silent Partner (1978) - June 18
Midnight Lace (1960) - June 25
The Wild Heart/Gone to Earth (1950) - June 25
Bob le Flambeur (1956) - July 2
Le Doulos (1962) - July 2
Le Professional (1981) - July 2
Leon Morin, Priest (1961) - July 2
The Outsider (1983) - July 2
Alphaville (1965) - July 9
The Annihilators (1985) - July 9
The Champagne Murders (1967) - July 9
Dead of Night (1945) - July 9
Peter Pan (1924) - July 9
Thunder Bay (1953) - July 9
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - July 16
Jefferson in Paris (1995) - July 16
Death Takes a Holiday (1934) - July 23
Easy Living (1937) - July 23
The Milky Way (1969) - July 23
Sweet Charity (1969) - July 23
The Ugly American (1963) - August 13
Mothra (1961) July 9
A Foreign Affair (1948) August 6
Fragment of an Empire (1929) August 6
The Front Page (1974) August 6
Blackmail (1929) August 13
L'Argent (1928) August 13
Murder! (1930) August 13
Port of Shadows (1938) August 13
Razzia sur la chnouf (1955) August 13
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) August 13
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) August 20
Dinosaurus! (1960) August 20
4D Man (1959) August 20
Day of the Outlaw (1959) August 27
Flesh Gordon (1974) August 27
Man Without a Star (1955) August 27
Ooh I love A Foreign Affair !
I hope the recent purchase of Barnes and Noble isn't going to affect the Criterion sale.
If the Criterion sale goes on next month as usual, these are the films I'm looking for:
A Face in the Crowd. I love this movie.
Swing Time. My favorite of the Astaire/Rogers musicals.
Blithe Spirit (Though I think it's out of print). I was considering picking up the David Lean directs Noel Coward collection, which would allow me to obtain Blithe Spirit. I already own Brief Encounter.
The Asphalt Jungle
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
My Man Godfrey
Night Train to Munich
I don't know if I'll get all of those, but those are what I have my eye on right now. There are some other titles I'm also considering, but I haven't decided yet.
September Criterion Titles Announced
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) September 10
New conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani
Stills gallery of Ghatak family photographs curated by writer and photographer Nabarupa Bhattacharjee
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ira Bhaskar
Cluny Brown (1946) September 17
New conversation between film critics Molly Haskell and Farran Smith Nehme on unconventional female characters in Ernst Lubitsch's films
New video essay by film scholar Kristin Thompson
The Lubitsch Touch, an interview with film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz from 2004
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1947, featuring Olivia de Havilland and Charles Boyer
PLUS: An essay by novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt
Polyester (1981) September 17
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring Waters from the 1993 Criterion laserdisc release of the film
New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
New program featuring interviews with Waters collaborators Tab Hunter, Dennis Dermody, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, and Greer Yeaton
Interviews from 1993 with cast and crew members Waters, Divine, Moran, Peranio, Edith Massey, and Van Smith, featuring footage from the making of the film
Archival interviews
Deleted scenes and alternate takes
Scratch-and-sniff Odorama™ card
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Elena Gorfinkel
The Circus (1928) September 24
New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin's 1969 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New audio commentary featuring Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
Interview with Chaplin from 1969
New interview with Chaplin's son Eugene Chaplin
In the Service of the Story, a new program on the film's visual effects and production design by effects specialist Craig Barron
Chaplin Today: "The Circus," a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring filmmaker Emir Kusturica
Excerpted audio interview with Chaplin musical associate Eric James
Unused café sequence with new score by composer Timothy Brock, and related outtakes with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Dan Kamin
Newly discovered outtakes featuring the Tramp and the bareback rider
Original recording of the film's opening song, "Swing, Little Girl," by Ken Barrie
Footage of the 1928 Hollywood premiere
Rerelease trailers
PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson
Local Hero (1983) September 24
New conversation between Forsyth and film critic David Cairns
Shooting from the Heart, a 1985 documentary about the work of cinematographer Chris Menges
Episode of The South Bank Show from 1983 about the production of the film
The Making of "Local Hero," a documentary made during the film's production, featuring interviews with actors Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert
I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker, a 1983 interview with Forsyth on his early career in documentaries, his first narrative features, and the success of Local Hero
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Jonny Murray
Plus a Blu-ray upgrade for:
Fists in the Pocket (1965) September 3
On the DVD: Restored high-definition digital transfer
On the Blu-ray: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Marco Bellocchio, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Interviews from 2005 with Bellocchio, actors Lou Castel and Paola Pitagora, editor Silvano Agosti, critic Tullio Kezich, and filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci
New interview with scholar Stefano Albertini (Blu-ray only)
PLUS: An essay by film critic Deborah Young and (with the DVD) an interview with Bellocchio
5 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
Oh joy, Local Hero, Cluny Brown, and The Circus in the same month? HEAVEN!
1 minute ago, CinemaInternational said:
One of the few release slates where I've seen all the movies. That Cluny Brown cover art is terrible. I'll definitely be getting the Polyester Blu-ray. I may end up getting The Circus eventually, as I have the other Chaplin releases.
The Cluny Brown cover art isn't the best, but I'm super excited about it. It comes out Sept 17. I'll be in Portland during that time for a concert, I can pop over to Barnes and Noble while I'm in the area!!
I read a rumor that the Barnes and Noble Criterion sale starts on June 30.
I think I'd like the Cluny Brown artwork more if it were either more cartoon-like or an actual photo of Jennifer Jones.
1 minute ago, speedracer5 said:
I'm kinda iffy on that artwork for The Circus, too. But Local Hero's looks nice, and Polyester's is classic.
1 minute ago, LawrenceA said:
Too much red and yellow for The Circus. I love Polyester's cover.
16 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
I heard that it might be two days earlier, on the 28th. We'll see. There will also be another sale in November. Cluny should be on the half off sale by then. I'm thinking merry Christmas to me!


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BREAKING NEWS: Scottish court finds that former St Andrews student was raped in 2013
The verdict is a victory for the former St Andrews student, known anonymously as "Miss M." The decision is also a landmark ruling as it is the first time in recent Scottish legal history that a defender has been cleared in criminal court but sued in civil court.
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A Scottish civil court ruled on Friday 5 October, that a man raped a former student of the University of St Andrews during Freshers' Week of 2013.
The attacker, Stephen Coxen, was criminally prosecuted in 2015, but a high court jury found that the charges against him could not be proven.
Scotland is unique in that the accused can be acquitted without a court determining whether or not they are guilty.
However, the civil ruling on Friday is a victory for the victim, known under the pseudonym "Miss M," with the decision awarding her £80,000 in damages.
It is also the first time in recent Scottish legal history that a defender has been cleared in a criminal court but sued in a civil court.
The attack took place on Saturday 14 September 2013 after Miss M and Mr Coxen met at the Lizard Lounge in St Andrews.
Miss M was under the influence of alcohol throughout the night and, after the two returned to her place of residence, he sexually assaulted her.
The court documents indicate, "While the defender was penetrating her vagina, the pursuer was upset and crying. The defender was aware of this but persisted with his conduct." Miss M also tried to push Mr Coxen away, but "he removed her hand from his chest" and continued to assault her.
Miss M reported the incident to the police in January 2014, and Mr Coxen was prosecuted shortly after she provided her statement on 24 January.
A High Court trial in late 2015 resulted in a verdict of "not proven" on the statutory charge of sexual assault and rape.
However, the new verdict from the civil courts finds that during the multiple sexual acts of Mr Coxen, "the pursuer lacked the ability to give meaningful consent to sexual intercourse with the defender," or that "the defender can have had no reasonable belief that the pursuer consented to what he did."
The court also found in fact and law that, "In the early hours of Saturday 14 September 2013, accordingly, the defender took advantage of the pursuer when she was in an intoxicated state by reason of the amount of alcohol she had consumed, resulting in a lack of capacity to make free agreement, that he continued to do so even after she manifested distress and a measure of physical resistance, and that he raped her."
Miss M still suffers symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the incident and received counselling and support from the University's Student Services between 2014 and 2016.
On the verdict, a spokesperson for the University said, "Our Student Services team has provided continuing practical and pastoral support to Miss M, initially as a student and latterly after she graduated and became a member of staff at St Andrews. It has been an understandably difficult case which had a major bearing on her wellbeing and future plans, and we are very pleased for her that it has now reached a conclusion."
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Should you bring your sick child to a Chiropractor?
With the flu season upon us and both kids and adults getting sick I decided to write an article about how kids can benefit from regular chiropractic care in boosting their immune system and keeping their bodies healthy as they grow. So can chiropractic care really help kids? Let's take a look at different stages of a kid's life, how they might get injured, and as a result benefit from an adjustment.
One of the first places the human body encounters stress is at birth. The birthing process can be and is often very traumatic to an infant. One easy method to tell if a baby's neck is misaligned is to watch where he or she looks in a car seat. If the baby constantly looks in the same direction, the vertebrae in their neck are most likely fixed.
As babies grow and learn to crawl and walk, they tend to fall. As a result they start to affect proper joint and muscle motion. As they continue to grow their spines are modified by their newly acquired body positions and by gravity. It is important to have a child's spine checked at the major milestones of development, especially at the crawling and walking stages to ensure they have proper biomechanics.
As kids start playing sports, especially contact sports they start noticing aches and pain in their backs. Heading the ball when playing soccer, sliding into bases during little league, being hit by the ball or by other players in baseball or basketball can all cause misalignments in a child's spine.
In addition to restoring proper biomechanics, adjustments can also help kids with boosting their immune system by enhancing the communication of the nervous system. Furthermore, Infantile Colic and Otitis Media are two common childhood conditions in which research has shown chiropractic can provide beneficial effects.
This condition is described as unexplainable and uncontrollable crying in babies up to 3 months of age for more than 3 hours per day, more than 3 days a week, and for more than 3 weeks. Additional symptoms include the baby's knees pulled up to the chest, clenched fist, and extension of the trunk or extremities. A Denmark study (Klougart N, Nilsson N, Jacobsen J. Infantile colic treated by chiropractors: a prospective study of 316 cases. J Manip Physiol Ther 1989; 12(4): 281-8) showed that 94% of the infants who received chiropractic care noted a significant decrease of crying time within two weeks of treatment.
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Get yourself down to London's Berkeley Square before June 15th 2013 to see a record-breaking Bugatti Veyron display.
The display will showcase 6 Veyron supercars, which combined are worth more than £10M and which pack an astonishing 5,000 break horse power. The Veyron is the Worlds fastest legal street car and is one of the most in-demand cars on earth. The display in London will be the largest collection of the super car ever assembled.
Amongst the show will be the Grand Sport Vitesse, which set the World record 253.42MPH maximum speed earlier this year. The Veyron has previously maxed out at 267.82MPH on a race track demo.
The car is no longer in available to buy, and only 300 have been made, all of which are sold. The final 70 orders are currently been completed.
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If you've worked in the corporate communications world for very long, you've definitely seen, or perhaps committed, these transgressions.
Corporate communicators with years in the trenches are all too familiar with seeing writing transgressions every day.
Some we commit; some we correct.
1. Writing for your boss rather than your audience.
In corporate communications, "writing for your audience" often takes a back seat to politics and the whims of executives. Be honest: Is that ad copy for prospects or for your CEO? Is that press release for reporters or for your board of directors?
In a corporate environment, it can be tough to remember that the audience is the "end user" of what you've written. Whether it's a press release, a feature article, or a blog post, begin with your audience in mind.
Definitive capitalization rules have existed for centuries, so why aren't they followed in corporate communications? Random capitalization is everywhere. Capitalizing a word when it should not be does not make it more important.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns: the names of specific, unique people, places, organizations, and sometimes things. Capitalize titles that appear before names, but not after names.
3. Using complex words instead of simple words.
Good communicators know the importance of "starting with the why." Whether you're telling customers about a price increase, employees about changes in company policy or encouraging people to stop texting while driving, leading with the "why" helps everyone understand the purpose of your message up front.
6. Including too many adjectives.
In corporate communications, "burying the lede" refers to the failure to mention the most important or actionable items at the beginning of your message.
Get to the point in the first few words. Don't expect readers to read a long introductory paragraph, with the "what" and "why" buried at the end.
8. Failing to define acronyms.
Unless an acronym is universally recognized by your audience, spell out the acronym on first reference. The acronym then follows in parenthesis and can be used throughout the text.
Acronyms that some consider universally known may be obscure to others. If your content requires the use of several unfamiliar acronyms, consider including a list of acronyms as a sidebar. For Web content, link acronyms to their definitions.
10. Failing to consider context.
As you write for your audience, consider when and under what circumstances people will be reading your content. Will it be on a cell phone while waiting to check out at a store? Will it be at the end of a long day? Will it be among the other stacks of publications they have to read? Will they read what you've written if it's too wordy or uses overly technical language?
Ragan readers, care to share any other corporate writing crimes?
Laura Hale Brockway is medical writer and editor from Austin, Texas. Read more from her at www.impertinentremarks.com.


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Амаду II Секу (; бл. 1815 — 27 лютого 1853) — 2-й альмамі (імам) імперії Масина в 1845—1853 роках. Повне ім'я Секу Амаду ібн Амаду Лоббо.

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Походив з фульбеського клану Барі. Син Секу Амаду, альмамі Масини (Дійни). після смерті батька 1845 року стає новим володарем, формально обраним радою держави між Ба Лоббо, альфою Нухум Тайру та аль-хаджем Моді Сейду. Невдовзі новий альмамі призначає свого стриєчного брата Ба Лоббо очільником усього війська. Невдовзі придушив невдаволених суфіїв продовженням політики Секу Амаду.

Продовжив протистояння з імперією Сегу, фаами (володарі) якої намагалися повернути влладу над областю навколо Тімбукту. В останньому повстали туареги, що виступали проти дорсткої релігійної політики алмьамі. У 1846 році в битві біля озера Госсі вдалося завдати поразки туарегам. У 1847 році шейх Сіді аль-Баккай аль-Кунті зумів переконати Амаду III вивести свій війська з Тімбукту. Натомість туареги визнали владу альмамі. 1848 року року було завдано поразки імперії Сегу.

Продовжив економічну політику попередника, завдяки чому відбулося піднесення землеробства, тваринництва, поліпшилася торгівля. Проте ісламізація тривала.

1853 року виступив проти імперії Сегу, але зазнав поразки і загинув у битві. Поховано у родинній усипальні в Хамдаллахі. Спадкував йому син Амаду III.

Джерела
 Hanson, John H. (1996). Migration, Jihad, and Muslim Authority in West Africa: The Futanke Colonies in Karta. Indiana University Press.
 Austen, Ralph A. (2010-03-22). Trans-Saharan Africa in World History. Oxford University Press.

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History of The Whalen Company, pioneering manufacturer of HVAC vertical stack riser heat-exchanger fan coil units and water-source heat pumps.
James Whalen, our founder, established The Whalen Company in 1962 when he invented, patented and began manufacturing vertical riser heat-exchanger fan coil units for residential and commercial applications.
It was James Whalen's philosophy that customers benefit from lower project costs when field labor is transferred into a controlled factory setting.
Since the riser heat-exchanger concept was new and many contractors did not want to experiment with the system, The Whalen Company began to bid on projects as a mechanical contractor and subcontract the installation labor. After only a few jobs, contractors realized the cost savings available in providing The Whalen Company equipment and began redesigning projects to incorporate the Whalen system.
Orders soon came in from the field for hotels, apartments, condominiums and other multi-story buildings. A field sales force was established to handle inquires received from territories outside the plant's home region.
The success of the Whalen fan coil product led to the development of the vertical water source heat pump in 1972. The water source heat pump provided product line diversity by offering engineers and owners an option for air conditioning and heating without the requirement of a central plant.
More recently, The Whalen Company has expanded into other equipment categories such as horizontal heat pump/air conditioners and console fan coil units.
Over the years, we have participated in thousands of projects and applications worldwide including lodging facilities, condominiums, apartments, eldercare facilities, offices, schools and dormitories.
Today, The Whalen Company continues to provide solutions for new and replacement air conditioning applications. Our flexibility and expertise allow us to meet the needs of our customers by providing designs that fit the building ... rather than forcing the building to fit the equipment.


X12 will conduct an informational forum related to the above implementation guide during the upcoming Standing Meeting (Updated 9/15/2017).
This implementation guide was developed by X12's Insurance Subcommittee and was recently the subject of public reviews. The public review comments and associated work group responses will be reviewed at the informational forum. This is the final opportunity for public discussion of the comments and any resulting revisions.
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Q: How do I use JSON in my ActionScript 3? I have a small Flash game which is written with AS3. My game sends score and game_id. I have my own encrypt class which calls as CryptoCode.
I want to send these variables (score and game_id) as a JSON object which is encrypted and sent to PHP.
How can I create this JSON object? Can anyone answer me with some code?

A: Native JSON API available in Flash Player since version 11 is documented at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS324d8efcab3b0d1e2408f9e3131fddffcfc-8000.html
Basically what you need is to use JSON.stringify() method and pass your object as a parameter.
You will get a serialized JSON string in return.

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Twickenham Film Studios welcomes the latest key hire with Cherri Arpino joining as the new Head of Production.
Twickenham Film Studios continues to add to the world leading team of talent as part of the new era rebrand changes and are thrilled to welcome Cherri Arpino as their new 'Head of Production'.
Cherri is highly experienced in Production and Post Production having spent nearly 18 years globally with some of the most well known film studios, creative content creators, and with some of the worlds leading talent from Feature film and TV.
Prior to joining Twickenham Cherri worked Cinelab, Company 3 and Technicolor specialising in Dailies Management, Picture Workflow and DI.
Cherri's wide skillset includes producing and managing post production across the feature film, television, commercials and wider entertainment sectors, communicating directly with production, editorial, VFX, directors, cinematographers and studio executives worldwide.
Cherri will form a fundamental part of the business working closely with MD Cara Sheppard, and the Senior Management Team including Director of Technology & Engineering Tom Witkowski and Director of Facilities & Operations Laurence McCormack to nurture all client relationships, new business and sales, as well as ensuring the highest level of experience working with TFS delivering projects across all departments.
She most recently joins from working on the highly anticipated Jurassic World: Dominion set to launch in 2022. Prior to that Cherri was Head of Production at Cinelab. She also worked for several years at Company 3, as well as being Head of Dailies at Technicolor for nearly 10 years.
Her wide list of creative highlights include working on such Feature Film and TV creds as: Wonder Woman 1984, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Tomb Raider, T2 Trainspotting, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2, TV series Succession and she was even Dailies Manager on Bohemian Rhapsody for which the TFS Sound Team, lead by Re-Recording Mixer Tim Cavagin, won a 'Best Sound Mixing' Oscar.
One of the projects she most enjoyed worked on was Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in which she was based out of Pinewood overseeing the blockbuster feature. It allowed for an integrated, and true close working collaborative way of working across all teams which is key to what we're already actively implementing at TFS.
Cherri firmly believes in the need to level the playing field between all parties; client, vendor, studio, post and encourages close open working approaches. Her decision to join TFS was very much made around the strong culture and working environment created by MD Cara Sheppard and the new Managing Partners Piers Read and Jeremy Rainbird within the studio.
She joins at such an exciting time for TFS and the team that are being brought together to take the studio to a new level. Cherri will ensure we offer the highest end technical production and post production support, creativity and production approaches across both features and high end episodic content. Through technical and creative innovation and with a collaborative approach to filmmaking; TFS is perfectly positioned for the exciting challenges that the industry will face in 2021 and beyond.
TFS MD Cara Sheppard comments: "I couldn't be any happier to welcome Cherri to our TFS family. I have known and known of Cherri for many years as her reputation really does precede her.
She is an equally respected and loved industry talent. Having played an integral role in such high caliber companies such as Cinelab, Company 3 and Technicolor means she will bring all those years of experience and client relationships to our TFS offering. In her new Head of Production role will work closely with myself, all department heads and the wider sales and marketing team to lead further TFS growth.
She will be responsible for driving our key client relationships, brand awareness and reputation, as well as bringing on board top tent pole Film and high HETV productions. I am assured that with Cherri's boundless energy, vision and passion for all things Film and TV we are set for more continued success".
Cherri Arpino New TFS Head of Production comments: "I am thrilled to have joined Cara and the amazing family at Twickenham Studios and to bring my experience to the table with the talented team in relation to all things Production and Post Production. I've known many of the team here for years and I'm excited to see this group of all-stars coming together to make magic!
Alongside my knowledge of Production and Post pipelines, I bring with me an understanding of the different nuances within this industry and the requirements that our clients may have – no two productions are the same. It's one thing to provide a service, but quite another to be able to react to our clients many and varied needs in real time, to understand what challenges are being faced and to always find a way to help no matter what is needed.
My experience in Dailies over the last 18 years has given me unique insights into the unpredictable nature of the filmmaking process and it's that which drives me to be a rock to our clients both technically and emotionally. Nothing is ever off the table, whether that be a processing request, navigating around ever-changing schedules to provide solutions or just talking.
Working in the industry can often be an intimidating and overwhelming experience regardless of the size of the production and deserves more attention than is often given. We are human beings with different personalities, so it's vital to understand that there is no 'one size fits all' and that we need to provide a safe and welcoming environment to work in. We cannot underestimate the importance treating each other with respect on all levels and it's our responsibility to lead by example – we are culpable, responsible, and capable of achieving this. I'm driven by my passion of creating an understanding and supportive environment regardless of the scale of the production.
This is what attracted me to Twickenham Film Studios in the first place; their ethos of creating a nurturing environment whilst providing the highest level of service as is their mantra of being a 'Home for Filmmakers'. And that's really what we are building here – a home away from home with a passionate, hardworking, top level and supportive crew.
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Home Blockchain New Interoperability Solution: Accenture Connects Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, Quorum and DA
New Interoperability Solution: Accenture Connects Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, Quorum and DA
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The more businesses have got involved into the blockchain ecosystem, the more platforms for DLT enterprise solutions are emerging at the market.
The innovative technology of a decentralized blockchain platform was being widely adopted by businesses, such as financial institutions, to keep a shared ledger of transactions and thus keeping each party's books in line without the need for constant checking from both sides.
Here we're talking about two or more businesses to build on a single distributed legred platform like such of Hyperledger Fabric, R3's Corda, Quorum, developed by global bank JPMorgan Chase or Digital Asset (DA).
However, with an increased number of platforms to be utilized for blockchain solutions, the possibility of two entities to share a common digital ledger remains very low.
Yet enterprise blockchain customers might not need to worry any longer about having picked the wrong platform, thanks to a new interoperability solution being unveiled by Accenture.
Accenture Enables Interoperability Between Blockchain Platforms
The world's leading professional services company, Accenture has devised a two-way solution that empowers major blockchain platforms to work together without changes to the DLT platforms or ongoing messaging between the different platforms.
According the Accenture's report, the first working prototypes enabling business process synchronization between the blockchain platforms from Digital Asset (DA Platform) and R3 (R3 Corda) as well as Hyperledger Fabric and Quorum have been completed.
Also Accenture has reassured that these prototypes easily bypass a cornerstone on the path of massive DLTs integration, as they allow to share data and information across distributed ledgers, proving that the growing number of distributed ledger platforms in the market could be connected.
David Treat, managing director and Global Blockchain Lead, Accenture, said:
"We built the first prototype of an interoperability node to sit in between Fabric and Quorum and got it to work. We have now built one that integrates Corda and DA. But these are two example builds of the same solution pattern, therefore it would work on any combinations of the four."
Breakthrough Solutions
With the help of an interoperability node, two or more DLT platforms communicate whereas it also includes embedded business logic that contains the business standards, policies and guidelines by which the different blockchain platforms have agreed to work together.
The solution at first introduced by Accenture bridging different blockchain platforms by either allowing for the transfer of a tokenized asset on two blockchain platforms or allowing mapping of data to the different blocks that exist in two different blockchain platforms at the same time, with the reference data kept in constant sync.
It further explained that with the solution, there is no need for ongoing messaging between the different platforms, since it becomes possible to transfer and maintain an "active state" between the nodes of the separate blockchain platforms, keeping them synchronized.
The representatives of major blockchain platforms that were united by the Accenture interoperability solution share their excitement with multi-million crypto-community. Thus, Richard Gendal Brown, chief technology officer at R3 said:
"We have said right from the beginning that interoperability is key to avoiding the trapped assets and silos of the past. We made specific design choices when building Corda to ensure that applications built on our platform can interoperate without friction. The successful testing of these technology solutions is a significant step forward for blockchain development and validates our approach."
Accenture said that it will continue to test its technology solutions to establish integration effectiveness between other leading DLT platforms and further foster blockchain adoption.
It has already filed two patent applications for key elements of the underlying technology used in the integration technology solution and expects to file additional patent applications in the near future.
Source: https://www.coinspeaker.com/2018/10/23/new-interoperability-solution-accenture-connects-hyperledger-fabric-corda-quorum-and-da/
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Non-trivial contribution file in repository: https://github.com/zalando/skipper/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md.
https://github.com/zalando/skipper/blob/master/LICENSE shows the license information.
In general the software is Apache License 2.0, but software below pathmux/ directory is MIT license. The Apache-2.0 license is approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
Non-trivial license location file in repository: https://github.com/zalando/skipper/blob/master/LICENSE.
In general the software is Apache License 2.0, but software below pathmux/ directory is MIT license.
Every PR is reviewed and can be commented in a team view using Github PR. Github can also compare 2 commits in diff views.
Every merge to master with a successful build in travis-ci creates a new, unique, incremented git tag increasing the patch version.
https://github.com/zalando/skipper/issues is used and we have an internal rule to respond to every issue within one week.
Non-trivial build file in repository: https://github.com/zalando/skipper/blob/master/Makefile.
Makefile and the Go compiler are FLOSS tools required to build the project.
The Go compiler is FLOSS tool required to test the project. Optional is the Makefile to help to test the project, which is also FLOSS.
Makefile and Go's stdlib test suite can be used to invoke the tests. Both are very common in Go projects.
A GH project badge https://codecov.io/gh/zalando/skipper shows 70% coverage.
Go is in general memory safe, additionally we use a pre-commit Makefile target running in travisCI to make sure Go fmt, Go build, Go vet, staticcheck and tests are successfully running. All these tools are FLOSS tools and can be run locally without CI.
Use Go libraries and not implement ourselves.
The project uses crypto/tls t terminate and validate TLS connections and crypto/rand crypto/cipher crypto/aes golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt to enable key rotation and add a stateful cookie to support OpenID Connect auth code flow as documented in the spec https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#AuthRequest. The project uses AES256 GCM to encrypt the session cookie after successful OpenID Connect and protects from CSRF https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet#Encrypted_Token_Pattern with an encrypted query to validate the redirect request is coming from us.
The project uses crypto/md5 only in tests to generate test content.
TLS provided by the Go standard library and AES 256 GCM. MD5 is only used to generate time dependent random content in tests.
User authentication with username password is only support by Open ID Connect (we do not store external users username and password) and Basic Auth. If a user choose to use basic auth the file format used is htpasswd as in Apache2 webserver and basic auth is implemented by https://github.com/abbot/go-http-auth which supports bcrypt.
We use Go standard library crypto/rand to generate cryptographically secure random numbers if needed.
We always use https to get cryptographic signatures.
There was no security vulnerability reported. Our process involve the technical security team of the company Zalando SE.
Go is a memory safe language and the software does not implement features that can be attacked by common vulnerabilities for example SQL injection or XSS. We use go vet and staticcheck https://staticcheck.io/ that checks for coding best practice and finds common errors that could lead to vulnerabilities. Both tools are run by our CI pipeline and are mandatory to be successful, before merge is allowed.
There was no exploitable vulnerability discovered with static code analysis, yet. https://github.com/zalando/skipper/issues/914 shows a run of a not yet enabled static analysis tool, but all issues reported are not relevant as these are only used for tests, wrong findings by the tool or the user has to opt-in and run the software with -insecure flag.
static source code analysis are ran as pre-commit hook enforced by the required CI pipeline before merge to master can be done.
There is no common dynamic analysis tools available for Go.
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