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The Godzilla 28 Movie Challenge: Number 2 - Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Gojira (1954) was a huge success. Toho had to capitalise on this and immediately started on this sequel which still featured Takashi Shimura (as scientist Kyohei Yamane). Less than six months after Gojira was released, Gojira no Gyakushū hit the screens. As with the first film, it was re-edited to please the American market, but not as a Godzilla film (Gigantis, the Fire Monster), but here I am looking at the original Japanese movie.
Godzilla Raids Again opens with a Godzilla roar but not the familiar Ifukube theme. Although to be fair, this was only the second film and therefore wasn't that familiar at this stage. We do hear two distinct roars though, the second belonging to another Kaiju, Godzilla dueling with another monster would be a familiar template for the film series. The creative team behind this second outing is slightly different with Motoyashi Odo keeping the director's chair warm and Masaru Sato creating the soundtrack. Although Ifukube's scores are generally accepted as the de-facto sound of Godzilla, Odo's music works well and is not second rate even if it does occasionally sound like a generic '50s film score. Raids Again continues the visual creativity of the first film thanks to Eiji Tsubaraya's special effects work. There seems to be less for Tsubaraya to do in this film, but his work stands out and adds plausibility to a film which sounds so laughably bonkers by seamlessly moving from live action to model work.
It's been a few years since I watched this film, and I didn't realise how little Godzilla appears. He is a prominent figure in the film but actual screentime is more dedicated to the discussion around him and in developing the human story which throws drama into the mix and ultimately builds to a poignant moment during the films finale. The film opens with two pilot friends who find themselves observing a monster brawl between Godzilla and an unidentified Kaiju after one of them crashes their plane. Once reported, familiar face Kyohei Yamane flicks though his book of giant ancient reptiles in an attempt to get to the bottom of the melee.
Gojira may not exactly have been "hard sci-fi" but the science seems more flexible here with ideas quickly introduced and then accepted to be fact without any real questioning or further investigation. The best example being the explanation of Angilas originating from the mutated dinosaur angilosaurus which, apparently, back in prehistoric times hated predators, hence the sparring with Godzilla now. The pilot's identification of the beast along with a dinosaur encyclopedia definition is enough to confirm exactly what they have here with no reason to pursue any further hypotheses. You may recall that Godzilla was killed in the first film along with any chance of recreating the Oxygen Destroyer weapon which saw him dissolve down to the skeleton, Yamane is sure that this is a different Godzilla, the product of the same radioactive circumstances. As a Godzilla fan though I like to think that this is the same Godzilla and that his regenerative qualities are far better than we realised!
Having two monsters and no way of killing Godzilla means that this film naturally explores other avenues, it can't simply repeat the winning formula of the first film. We even get to see some of the first film when Yamane plays footage of the original Tokyo attack, it's quite a surreal moment seeing a group of suits sat around watching Gojira! Using the lessons learnt from Tokyo, they decide that the best option to deal with an unstoppable force is to lure Godzilla away using light.
Speaking of the monsters – Godzilla has undergone something of a change – not a radical redesign but the head is a tad more squat though he still has ears. The teeth seem to protrude outwards more and he is slimmer around the waist. I don't know for sure but I'd hazard a guess that the slimmer waist and thighs were ways of giving Godzilla more freedom of movement when fighting.
Angilas is (literally) a very different beast, a quadruped, covered in spikes, and no atomic breath. He looks almost cartoony in the face and both monsters seem to have personality – Godzilla, because of his reactions and Angilas because of his relatively cute roar and the little spinny head thing he does when being tormented.
Fighting is frenzied and fast, not slow and cumbersome. They scrap like animals with feet clawing at their foe as they drag each other to the ground. Godzilla is the supreme fighter and at times you feel sorry for poor Angilas as he emits squeaky roars while being bitten by his stronger nemesis. At one stage, Angilas is pushed through a building and tries to run away from Godzilla only to be caught and have his neck bitten. Blood trickles down Angilas' lifeless body which then slides unceremoniously into the water. Godzilla sets fire to his corpse with his radioactive breath. This is brutal stuff. Convention is defied by having the big showdown halfway through the film rather than being the sensation at the end, this cements the film as a Godzilla film and not a "Godzilla Versus" move, the Big G is the star here and not even a giant spiny monster can survive through to the final act.
The scope of the destruction in the fight is impressive, not just the actual amount – but the detail. I actually recognised Osaka Castle on TV once because I remembered it from this film. The recreation of a famous landmark was ambitious but perfectly executed. The moment the two come crashing through it is one of my favourite shots of the entire film, and possibly one of my favourite Godzilla moments ever.
Some stock footage is used, but the miniatures are what really impress – there's one scene I had to re-watch several times to because it's so well crafted: A bunch of escaped criminals steal a car only to end up crashing it and causing an explosion, the transition of the scene to models from the live action car chase is so natural that you can hardly tell it is a model. As cities burn and buildings crumble, we get interior and exterior views, and those escaped convicts I just mentioned allow us to experience the danger close up as they run through the streets during a Kaiju stomp. The aeroplanes in Gojira worked okay but the strings were obvious and scenes were repeated, although there seemed to be some repetition here, the actual plane sequences were an improvement on what we'd seen before. Kudos to the rubber-clad Haruo Nakajima by the way – in some scenes where projectiles are being fired at Godzilla, you can see them hitting into him and flames over the surface of the suit!
The spectre of war looms over this feature. There are mass evacuations and citywide blackouts, scenes of evacuees running and carrying as many belongings as they can hold, could come straight from a Pathe war film and must have resonated strongly with the Japanese public. Fear of atomic weaponry is expressed and even the unthinkable is suggested – using Hydrogen bombs against Godzilla. That fact that this suggestion is laced with a kind of guilt rather than bravado shows both the real word attitudes towards nuclear weapons and the fear of Godzilla in this fictional universe. This familiarity of war tinges the film with a terror the Godzilla series would never achieve again after the first two films. It would be a few years for the next Godzilla movie (King Kong Vs Godzilla) and the focus would switch to pure entertainment rather than horror with a social commentary. Also, the first two films are the only black and white Godzilla movies, so they partner each other well in both theme and aesthetic. I can imagine that both Gojira and this sequel were breathtaking spectaculars in the mid-fifties, sixty years on they still look great.
Cult Kingdom rating: 4/5
Complements the first film well. Not quite achieving the same level of fear and not utilising the post-war politics as well as Gojira, but still a 'serious' film which doesn't ever feel silly despite featuring two giant monsters. Introduces not only the idea of other Kaiju, but also that they they can differ in design - no flying beasts, size changing robots or buzz-saws yet though!
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I think it's safe to say that the kids love spending time with the grandparents.
It's easy to entertain the kids when the sun shines! Managed to pass two hours feeding the ducks, playing in the park and looking at the world go by.
We finally made use of our annual tickets to Leeds Castle. Great place in the sun for the kids to run around.
I've spent the last few months getting back into running. Not easy when your time is precious, the weather freezing, and you just keeping picking up your kids' colds. So to give myself motivation, I entered the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon. It definitely motivated, but didn't solve the problem of having no time! I ended up on the start line nonetheless and was pleased with my effort (seems my lack of quantity was compensated by running home with a heavy bag a few times a week).
The race was tough, with the middle section sapping energy as the hill seems to last forever. But get past that and there's usually brilliant support at the top. This year, the very excellent Bloco Fogo were beating some very loud drums. Brilliant motivation.
I had sole responsibility for a bath, bottle and bed tonight. First time during the week. It wasn't easy. The meltdown started at 5:45. I normally paint an airbrushed picture of my family, but just for once, here's what it's really like in the Peters' house. Turn the volume down.
Why is my wordpress site so slow?!
Quick answer: I had Jetpack installed and it was serving my images from wordpress servers and not my own.
I'm no Wordpress expert, but I know a few things about hosting. This little blog was running way too slow for its size (and that it's hosted by the ever speedy unitedhosting!) So I set about deleting plugins, themes and just about anything I didn't need. And there was a lot to remove – the usual curse of tech over substance. Nothing seemed to impact. And in the midst of this cleanse, I realised all my pictures seemed to be hosted on a different website (if I clicked on them, it took me to a page starting i0.wp.com/. It seems when the Jetpack plugin is installed, and you used the mosaic gallery, images are served from the Worpress Content Delivery Network (CDN). Which is odd.
Jetpack was the last plugin for the chop, and after hitting the kill switch, my site suddenly starting responding much more quickly. As my sites mainly made up of images, it was the pictures hosted on the CDN that were slowing things down. Which is the exact opposite of what should be happening. So the lesson learned? Don't use Jetpack if your host is super quick! Also, I'm not sure I like the fact that wordpress were uploading my images to their server (I'm sure it's covered by the terms I didn't read when I installed Jetpack).
The perfect location isn't always the safest!
It's probably not the safest place to take photos, but a great big window provides our stairs with the perfect light! Kids always find it a giggle to look down at grown ups, so it's normally the perfect place to take a portrait of our two. These a a few of the latest shots. I really should make a better background though!
Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, and my kindness for weakness.
Reece is growing up fast and enjoying lots of big sister cuddles (and lots of milk).
Take it from a two year old, there's no point in eating ice cream unless you get it all around your mouth. It's the only way to eat it. We'd planned to go to Hornimans for the afternoon, but I hadn't accounted for parking (I'm clearly a Kent boy at heart). So after promising Elyssa she'd see fishes, ice cream in the park was the second best thing. We'll do Hornimans another time (when the fishes are awake according to Mummy).


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J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan Take Over Star Wars: Episode VII Screenplay Duties
Director and franchise vet replace Michael Arndt.
By Scott Collura
Posted: 24 Oct 2013 7:48 pm
Star Wars: Episode VII has a new writing team: J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan. The pair takes over on the script from Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3), who was announced as the screenwriter of the sequel a year ago.
As per StarWars.com, Kasdan and Abrams "have assumed screenwriting duties for the film." Kasdan, who co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, had been serving as a consultant on Episode VII. Abrams, of course, is also directing the film. (Kasdan has also been rumored to be working on one of the standalone films set in the Star Wars world.)
"I am very excited about the story we have in place and thrilled to have Larry and J.J. working on the script," says Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy in the company's announcement. "There are very few people who fundamentally understand the way a Star Wars story works like Larry, and it is nothing short of incredible to have him even more deeply involved in its return to the big screen. J.J. of course is an incredible storyteller in his own right. Michael Arndt has done a terrific job bringing us to this point and we have an amazing filmmaking and design team in place already prepping for production."
Have you seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
The story adds that location scouting, production design, casting, and costume design are already underway on the film for a Spring 2014 shoot at Pinewood Studios and an "expected" 2015 release. "Expected"?
It's unclear how much (if any) of Arndt's script will be utilized by Abrams and Kasdan, but it seems unlikely that this is just a polish. A studio wouldn't announce its two biggest names associated with a project for such a thing… which raises the question: If Star Wars: Episode VII is getting a serious rewrite, how do-able are those production start and release dates?
The following personnel are also now confirmed to be onboard the film:
Director of photography Dan Mindel (Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness)
Production designers Rick Carter (Lincoln, Avatar, Forrest Gump) and Darren Gilford (Oblivion, TRON: Legacy)
Costume designer Michael Kaplan (Star Trek Into Darkness, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Fight Club)
Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould (Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception)
Sound designer Ben Burtt (Lincoln, Wall-E, Star Wars: Episodes I-VI)
Re-recording mixer Gary Rydstrom (Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
Supervising sound editor Matthew Wood (Star Trek Into Darkness, The Master, There Will Be Blood) of Skywalker Sound
Visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett (Star Trek Into Darkness, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith) of Industrial Light & Magic
Producers Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk
Executive Producers Tommy Harper (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Jack Ryan, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds)
Composer John Williams
Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, on IGN at scottcollura and on Facebook.
The Original Trilogy cast reunite under director J.J. Abrams in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the long-awaited seventh episode continuing George Lucas' blockbuster space opera.
Franchises:Star Wars
Genres:Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Family
Platforms:Theater, DVD, Blu-ray
Producers:Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Distributors:N/A
Release Date:December 18, 2015
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package services;

import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.costmatrix.BlosumCostMatrix;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.costmatrix.MatrixCostType;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.costmatrix.PamCostMatrix;

import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.AlignmentResult;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.LocalAlignment;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.GlobalAlignment;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.AlignmentType;
import pt.fcup.bioinformatics.sequencealignment.AbstractAlignment;

import controllers.*;

public class AlignmentService{

    public AlignmentResult apply(Application.AlignmentData data) {

        String sequenceA = data.sequenceA;
        String sequenceB = data.sequenceB;

        String matrixCost = data.matrixCost.toUpperCase();
        String alignmentType = data.alignmentType.toUpperCase();

        AlignmentType aType = AlignmentType.valueOf(alignmentType);
        MatrixCostType matrixCostType = MatrixCostType.valueOf(matrixCost);

        AbstractAlignment alignmentMethod;
        AlignmentResult result;

        if(aType.equals(AlignmentType.LOCAL)){
            alignmentMethod = new LocalAlignment();
            result = runAlignment(sequenceA, sequenceB, matrixCostType, alignmentMethod);

        }else {
            alignmentMethod = new GlobalAlignment();
            result = runAlignment(sequenceA, sequenceB, matrixCostType, alignmentMethod);
        }

        // logger.info(result.toString());

        System.out.println(result);

        return result;
    }

    private AlignmentResult runAlignment(String sequenceA, String sequenceB, MatrixCostType matrixCostType, AbstractAlignment alignmentMethod) {
        switch (matrixCostType) {
            case BLOSUM: {
                return alignmentMethod.align(new BlosumCostMatrix(), sequenceA, sequenceB);
            }

            case PAM: {
                return alignmentMethod.align(new PamCostMatrix(), sequenceA, sequenceB);
            }

            default: {
                return alignmentMethod.align(sequenceA, sequenceB);
            }
        }
    }

}

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Match Group Invests In Noonlight To Integrate First-of-its-Kind Safety Technology Across Portfolio, Beginning With Tinder
Match Group today announced that it has invested in and partnered with Noonlight – a first-of-its-kind safety company that provides emergency response services and personal safety products. Match Group plans to roll out Noonlight's advanced technology to U.S. users across its various brands, beginning with Tinder on January 28. This partnership is part of Match Group's ongoing commitment to invest in the latest technology to empower users to keep themselves safer on and offline.
Match Group brands will leverage Noonlight's proprietary technology and APIs to power new safety features, enabling users to access emergency services and transmit highly accurate location data within the Noonlight app, without requiring a 911 phone call or the ability to talk or text. This service makes personal emergency services easily available for a mobile-first audience. Match Group will become the first dating company to invest in an emergency response service, allowing Tinder users in the U.S. to have help sent directly to them via Noonlight.
"A safe and positive dating experience is crucial to our business," said Match Group CEO Mandy Ginsberg. "We've found cutting-edge technology in Noonlight that can deliver real-time emergency services – which doesn't exist on any other dating product – so that we can empower singles with tools to keep them safer and give them more confidence. Integrating this kind of technology, in addition to the other safety standards that Match Group is implementing across our brands, is a necessary step in dating innovation."
The Noonlight integration will allow users to input details of upcoming dates within a Tinder Timeline feature, including who they are meeting, where they are going and when they will meet. Users will then have the ability to trigger a response within Noonlight's app to discreetly alert emergency services if they feel their safety may be at risk or are in need of assistance. If an alarm is triggered, Noonlight's certified dispatchers will reach out to check on the user and alert emergency responders if needed, providing them with critical, contextual information from the Tinder user's Timeline.
"We're proud to partner with Match Group and start our integration with Tinder to provide an enhanced level of protection and comfort throughout the dating experience," said Noonlight Co-Founder Nick Droege. "Meeting a new person can be an anxiety-inducing event for a myriad of reasons. In working closely with Match Group brands, our goal is to make sure safety isn't one of those reasons."
Tinder will begin rolling out the Noonlight Timeline feature on Tuesday, January 28, along with Photo Verification, which will help verify a match's authenticity, "Does This Bother You?," a harassment detection prompt powered by machine learning, and a revamped in-app Tinder Safety Center.
Match will roll out Noonlight later this year as part of its new Safety Center, along with Selfie Verification and Date Check-In, a new feature which will allow users to automatically notify friends and family of their plans while on a Match date.
Other Match Group U.S. brands will be integrating Noonlight onto their platforms in the coming months.
The Noonlight partnership is part of Match Group's ongoing commitment to creating and investing in the latest technology to combat bad actors and provide users with tools to help keep them safer. Match Group currently uses a network of industry-leading automated and manual moderation and review tools, systems and processes aimed to prevent, detect and remove people who engage in inappropriate behavior on Match Group products.
This investment, alongside these additional features, have been built in conjunction with the Match Group Advisory Council (MGAC), a group of leading experts and advocates involved in the study and prevention of sexual assault, sex trafficking and similar issues. The executive team at Match Group meets with the MGAC bi-annually to evaluate policies and solicit recommendations on how to improve safety on the company's products.
"We've been impressed with the way Match Group is approaching safety across its products," said RAINN President and MGAC Member Scott Berkowitz. "They have come to us for ideas and advice on resources and the latest tech available and have been open to trying new things. The addition of Noonlight is a good step forward and a valuable component of their overall safety strategy."


Skellig is a novel for young people originally released in 1998. It is set in North East England, the home area of author David Almond, who performs the unabridged audiobook version. The book has won great praise, and is now required reading for many children around the world. Michael and his family have just moved into a new house. It was previously owned by an old man who lived alone, and it is in a terrible state, full of stuff that needs clearing out. His parents start on the job, but then his baby sister falls ill, and so his parents devote all their energy to her care. Michael discovers a creature in the garage, like a human, but not quite human -- this is Skellig. Skellig has arthritis, and likes Chinese food and brown ale. Michael starts to help the strange creature, and he gets help from a Mina, girl his own age who is home-schooled, and likes quoting William Blake. It's not clear why Skellig is so unwell, it seems more than a mere physical problem. He has a sort of malaise related to the state of the world. As he gets better, there are indications he as supernatural powers, but it is never make explicit.
It's a book full of interesting themes, with a young boy learning to be independent, forming a close connection with a girl, and coming to terms with the mysteries of the world. Skellig has wings, and there are suggestions he has evolved from birds, but the book remains deliberately unclear about this. The references to the poetry of Blake add to the sense that the world is a magical place despite the mostly simple and bland narration by Michael.
The story has been made into a radio play, an opera, and most recently a move starring Tim Roth. This audiobook production is particularly interesting because Almond's performance, in his distinctive accent, places it strongly in a UK cultural context, and helps the listener to understand how Almond envisages his own story.


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How will mortgage bailout affect us?
By Ron Lieber
New York Times News Service
Published: September 8, 2008 12:00 am Updated: Sept. 8, 2008 1:08 a.m.
So what does the federal takeover of two mortgage finance giants mean to consumers?
Mortgage rates may fall a bit initially but probably not enough to halt the decline in home prices anytime soon. Some delinquent borrowers may have a better shot at modifying their loans and ending up with lower fixed payments. And the rules on new mortgages could slightly change.
Oh, and the federal government will help pay for it all, using your tax money.
These themes emerged over the weekend as mortgage specialists wrinkled their foreheads to determine what the federal bailout of the mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will mean for consumers. They cautioned, however, that the unprecedented nature of the rescue makes it hard to know all of the ramifications immediately.
So first, what happened here, and why? In order to provide capital to banks that lend money to aspiring homeowners, Fannie and Freddie need to be able to sell the mortgages, packaged as securities, to investors around the world once the two companies have bought the loans from the banks.
All this worked fine until foreign investors got nervous about the housing market and the uncertainty over how a theoretical federal takeover might affect their holdings. When concerns emerged about the viability of Fannie and Freddie, the government thought it had no choice but to step in and take over.
Here's what could happen next:
If you already have a fixed-rate mortgage, nothing will change, except perhaps for a
rising feeling of righteous indignation that you as a taxpayer are footing the bill for the mistakes of borrowers who got in over their heads and the lenders who let them.
If you are thinking of buying a home or refinancing a mortgage, the emerging consensus is that the government takeover will help stabilize rates. They might even fall a quarter of a percentage point or so, now that the government has stepped in to make their backing of Fannie and Freddie more explicit, said Kevin Iverson, who has been in the mortgage business for 30 years.
John A. Courson, chief operating officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association, a trade group, also pointed with relief to the statement by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. on Sunday morning that Fannie and Freddie would examine the fees they charge banks for loan-securitization services "with an eye toward mortgage affordability."
Any reduction in those fees, Courson said, could help bring mortgage rates down a bit if the banks pass on the lower costs to consumers.
Rates certainly matter in persuading people on the sidelines to step in and start shopping for a home, so any stabilization there can only help.
The overall mood in the market is also a factor, but the front-page headlines noting the government's move may not resonate with homebuyers. "I would love it if people thought that way, but they don't connect the dots like that," said Steve Heideman, president of United Mortgage Financial Group in Tempe, Ariz.
The biggest factor weighing on home prices, aside from the overall jobs picture and the state of the economy, may now be the sheer number of homes for sale, as people try to get out from under bad mortgages or their lenders put homes on the market, having already foreclosed on them.
Old loans
"The government doesn't have a great deal of interest in foreclosing on a ton of homes," said Kurt Eggert, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council. As an example, he pointed to IndyMac, which was seized in July. Soon after, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. began offering troubled borrowers the opportunity to move into cheaper fixed-rate loans.
Could a similar move happen here? Well, both Fannie and Freddie have already provided additional financial incentives to the companies that service the loans to modify some of the troubled ones. It remains to be seen how much further they can or will go to bail out homeowners, or what sort of political pressure may be put on them to do so.
New loans
The interest rate you pay for a mortgage depends in part on the rules that Fannie and Freddie set for the kinds of loans they will buy. Now that they have new bosses in the federal government, the rules could change.
"How much authority will they have to make changes?" asked Iverson, the Denver mortgage broker. "Must they go to Congress? It's a huge unknown for consumers."
Courson, of the Mortgage Bankers Association, said in theory at least, credit-score requirements, loan-size-to-home-value ratios and down-payment requirements could come up for review.
We may not know if the loan rules will change for a few months, given the potential desire to push off some of the tough decisions until after the November elections.
While it is not yet clear whether stockholders in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be wiped out entirely, Paulson did say Sunday that the entities "will no longer be managed with a strategy to maximize common shareholder returns."
The drop in their share prices thus far offers another lesson in the importance of diversification. If you invest in mutual funds, those funds may have lost a bit of money on Fannie and Freddie. But that is the whole point; it was just a bit, because most funds hold many securities.
It is now clearer than ever that there is no such thing as a truly safe single investment — not a big savings account at IndyMac, not the auction-rate securities that have caused so many problems for scores of investors and not supposed blue-chip stocks like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac that you might buy on your own, outside of a mutual fund.
Any big, focused bets are better left for hedge funds, not for you and me.
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Young National Chef of the Year Finalists Announced
In partnership with KNORR.
Following a tense semi-final, five talented young chefs have successfully reached the final of the Young National Chef of the Year, the UK's toughest challenge for young chefs.
Arthur Quinn, The Punchball Inn and Danny Young, Northcote Manor completed a cook-off at Sheffield City College on Thursday 11 June and Elly Wentworth, Manor House Hotel, Castle Combe, Ruth Hansom, The Ritz London, Connor Godfrey, Wiltons Restaurant competed at Le Cordon Bleu, London.
They will join the seeded finalists Danny Hoang from Colette's at The Grove and the winner of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Awards of Excellence in the final at The Restaurant Show, London Olympia on Tuesday 6 October.
All the finalists will attend the Mentor Day in the KNORR Kitchen in Leatherhead on Monday 7 September where they will be given key ingredients or specified dishes with which to create their menu and presented with vital information, rules and advice as well as focused demon-strations to ensure they are completely at ease with the process.
David Mulcahy, Vice President of the Craft Guild of Chefs and organiser of the competition says, "Young National Chef of the Year would be a tough challenge for an experienced chef never mind someone in their late teens or early twenties. These young finalists don't just pos-sess culinary talent but the determination and work ethic needed to succeed at a high level. I wish every one of them well as they work towards the next stage of the competition."
Mark Sargeant, Young National Chef of the Year Ambassador, adds: "Once again the standard of cooking in this competition has been fantastic. I've been particularly impressed with the ef-fort made to take into account provenance and flavour. In essence, the finalists demonstrated great skills and cooked absolutely delicious food. I can't wait to see and taste what they produce in the final."
The winner and runners up will be revealed along with The National Chef of the Year at an awards ceremony following the final on Tuesday 6 October.
For more information visit www.craftguildofchefs.org or follow @Craft_Guild #YNCOTY on Twitter.
Craft Guild of Chefs
The Craft Guild of Chefs is the largest UK chefs association with members worldwide in food-service and hospitality, from students and trainees to top management working everywhere from Michelin starred restaurants to school catering divisions.
Michelle Diederichs
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KAREN HABERBERG is a New York City-based portrait photographer and published author. Her photography has been shown in numerous gallery exhibitions, magazines, and newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, Huffington Post, Time Out NY, Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, New York Family, and Fit Pregnancy. She has been interviewed on ABC News, Good Morning America, and NY1. In addition, Haberberg teaches photography at the 92nd Street Y and JCC of Manhattan.
For nearly a decade, she served as the Director of Photography and Digital Media at the JCC in Manhattan, where she spearheaded photography related programming for children and adults. Haberberg has also curated numerous exhibitions and collaborated with well-known photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Elliot Erwitt, Joyce Tenneson, Gillian Laub, Bruce Davidson, among others. She also frequently lectures at NYU, Rutgers, and various Health Care Organizations throughout the country.
Haberberg holds a BA from Brandeis University and earned two MA Degrees; Educational Communications and Technology from NYU and Fine Art and Photography from the ICP. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and kids, Maya and Liam.
BOOKS & EXHIBITS
Karen Haberberg
Local Heroes: NYC Parents Making a Difference Right Now
Thanks to Red Tricycle for featuring my work: Portraits for Essential Workers during Covid 19
Like many people, photographer Karen Haberberg found herself with a lot less work when the pandemic hit. While the Chelsea resident (and mom to two girls, ages nine and 13) did continue to do remote photo sessions with families—capturing those fleeting newborn days, for example—she also felt compelled to do something for the people who were keeping the city alive, in every sense of the word.
"I was asked by a friend to photograph a bunch of employees as a 'thank you' for working in dental offices during the height of Covid. They risked their lives to deal with dental emergencies because treatment was so widely unavailable otherwise," she says. That lead to a larger project of porch photo sessions for essentials workers. She hoped to offer a respite and a moment of normalcy to these first responders, and donated her services to families throughout the city.
You can see the entirely of the project here. on https://redtri.com/new-york/nyc-parents-making-a-difference/
It's Almost Goodbye 2020 - No looking back!
Scooting Around Town
Cherry Gumdrops - Top 5 Jury Selection
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FTSE 100 - Group Senior Legal Counsel
Morgan McKinley
GBP100000 - GBP120000 per annum + car allowance, bonus
GROUP SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL - FTSE 100
Reporting directly into the Global General Counsel, this role sits within the Group Legal team of a highly regarded and well known FTSE 100 insurance company. Positions such as this do not come up regularly and this role offers an exceptional opportunity to advise and work on the broadest and most diverse range of legal work.
You will ultimately be responsible for a very wide range of legal matters. This includes but is not limited to:
Providing commercial legal advice to regional and international business units
Working with the group and regional leadership teams providing regulatory and compliance advice
Providing commercial advice to a range of corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, financing, disposals, joint ventures and / or restructuring as required
Managing external legal advisers locally and internationally
Managing and supporting internal projects that support the development of the legal team
The business seeks a lawyer who has the following attributes:
At least 4 years' PQE from a general corporate team within a top tier law firm (Magic and Silver Circle).
You may have experience in a broad range of work including private and public M&A, ECM and general corporate advisory
Outstanding academics and a very strong commercial ethos
Gravitas to manage and deal with Group Level officers, including the CEO and CFO, but importantly someone who is collaborative and a true team player
Secondment experience would be advantageous
To apply for this exceptional role directly, please use the link provided. If you would prefer to have a confidential discussion please contact James Franklin, who is acting exclusively for this client, on +44 (0)20 7092 0133
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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Review - The Grey
Once more into the fray.
Into the last good fight I'll ever know.
Live and die on this day.
That's "The Grey" in a nutshell. The poem is the plot. It's the underlying tone of the entire film. And much like Spider-Man, it's the main characters basic creed.
I recently had a chance to watch The Grey and let me tell you, it's one of those films that people either loved or didn't. If you go into it expecting to see a summer popcorn thrill ride, you will be sorely disappointed.
Full review after the jump.
The plot centers around Liam Neeson's character known only as "Ottway" throughout most of the film. Ottway is a contract hunter. He was hired by a large oil company to protect it's workers in the harsh Alaskan Wilderness. He is a man struggling with himself. With life. In the first few minutes we establish that he's a man at the end of his rope. His love has left him, and he's lost his will to go on. The poem above is his only fond memory of his father. It's the driving force of his life.
Through a series of horrible circumstances, Ottway finds himself stuck in wilderness of Alaska, basically unarmed with a rag tag bunch of oil workers who are of questionable character, to say the least.
The group finds themselves right square in the hunting grounds of a pack of Wolves. A vicious, evil, smart pack of Wolves.
Who lives? Who dies? That's for you to find out. However, I can tell you that it's also not the point. The Grey is about man's struggle to live. Not to live in the literal sense. But to LIVE. In the philosophical sense. Each member of the group has their own inner demons and obstacles that they must overcome. Some fight, some simply give up, and some never see it coming.
The Grey succeeds as a film for me in many regards. It's beautifully shot. It's brilliantly lit. It's cast does an amazing job of conveying the usual personas that emerge in times of crisis. The jerk, the survivalist, the optimist, the religious, the frightened. They all play out to perfection. Liam Neeson has never met a role he couldn't beat the ever-loving $#!+ out of. He once again shines in this film as Ottway. The Wolves could have been more realistic...but I let it slide because they were creepy as hell. Seriously. Joe Carnahan has made a film that's worth watching. It's got all the right cues and it never left me bored. Not for a second.
One of the films greatest controversies is it's ending. Don't worry, I won't ruin it for you. I will say this: This film does not hold your hand and deliver a cookie cutter ending. You will have to think. You will have to reason. You will have to decide whether you're a glass half-full or half-empty type of person. On a philosophical level, the films ends perfectly. On a Hollywood blockbuster level, it falls flat.
On the whole, The Grey is a film that is not to be missed. It moved me on a deep level. I questioned myself as most of the characters do through the film. This is not a film about survivalists. It is not "Alive." Nobody is eating anyone, nor is it about the techniques one goes through to survive the worst possible countryside on the planet Earth. It's about humanity. It's about living. Most of all it's about making the choice to live or die when presented with insurmountable odds.
4.5 of 5 Geegamons!
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SRINAGAR: On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with 'The Inner Call', organised a one-day awareness programme on 'Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World' at the designated Tulmulla (Ganderbal) campus of the varsity on Wednesday.
Registrar, Prof Fayaz A Nika, Counsellor and Psychiatrist, Dr Arif Maghribi Khan, transformational coach, Vandana Arora, Deputy Directorate of Students Welfare, Dr Syed Zahoor Geelani, Coordinator, Department of IT, Er Zahoor Ahmad, Secretary Inner Call Affan Yesvi, faculty members, students of the departments of Information Technology and Physical Education also attended the programme.
Prof Fayaz A Nika in his presidential spoke to students on how to tackle stress through productive means. He urged the students to consciously inculcate a 'be positive-stay positive' attitude. He said that good mental health is a key component for living a dynamic life.
The university has always encouraged its students to express freely, Prof Nika said and spoke to students about maintaining the optimum work-life balance. He said the curriculum of the university was designed in such a way that students do not feel stressed.
Dr Arif Maghribi Khan gave a detailed overview of various mental health issues in Kashmir especially those related to youth. He spoke to students about simple and easy steps to understand the classification of psychiatric diseases, and the scenario in Kashmir. He also made them aware of the myths regarding psychiatry.
A counselling session and group exercise was also organised for the students.
Vandana Arora, a transformational coach, engaged the participants at the awareness workshop in various exercises on mental health. She also held a session on meditation. The students later engaged in an interactive question answer session.
Deputy Directorate of Students Welfare, Dr Syed Zahoor Geelani and Coordinator, Department of IT, Er Zahoor Ahmad while speaking on the occasion underscored the need to focus on mental health problems faced by the youth of Valley. They said that as a result of mental health issues, drug abuse and substance abuse had seen a worrying increase.
Addressing the participants, Secretary Inner Call Affan Yesvi, said it was a consistent effort on the part of his organisation to raise awareness regarding the major issues faced by the youth. He stressed that there should be no stigma attached to anxiety, depression or other mental disorders, and the individuals suffering from it should opt for regular counselling.
Inner Call offers counselling on mental health issues and how to deal with personal challenges at its central office located in Jawahar Nagar, he added.
He said that modern times are increasingly marked by nuclear families, where youth lack the support system provided by the grandparents and the larger family network.


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Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future
You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker.
Christopher MacManus
February 5, 2012 11:52 AM PST
One day we could have high-tech walls made of touch-sensitive architectural display glass. Corning
"Gorilla Glass" could one day become a household phrase, but Corning has even larger ideas.
"A Day Made of Glass 2" is a montage of "how highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world," according to Corning. It is mind-blowing to imagine everyday objects suddenly having rich, interactive displays and multiple functionalities.
After watching the video, I began to think about how intelligent glass, installed on a broad scale, could change the world. There are two key integrations: in the education and medical fields.
Education: the final frontier. Corning
In the video, kids sit in rows of workstations in a classroom with a large, interactive touch-screen display and a teacher. Computers show only what is on the main display with no distractions. The menu system and interactive features, combined with a teacher's expertise, compel the kids to pay attention and learn. I certainly feel this is what education could be, and should be. Just seeing the purported UI reminds me of how it is sad that we'll see something like this in a mobile device before we see it integrated into our schools.
Full-scale wall projections could change the way we look at glass. Corning
Corning's vision: A day made of glass
Is Gorilla Glass on a smartphone really all that?
Stronger Gorilla Glass 2 means thinner touch screens
There's also a portrayal of a hospital full to the brim with fancy futuristic Corning glass setups. Aside from the expected tablets for carrying around information and vital stats, there's a suggestion for an all-glass room. The clip shows a doctor video-conferencing with another doctor thousands of miles away. It's surreal to see them work together on charts through a massive, ultracrisp glass touch screen. Will we really have wall displays that show another room perfectly?
Sign me up, but please don't show me the bandwidth bill.
The psychics at Corning also suggest that hospital rooms in the future could be made entirely of high-tech specialty glass that could offer antimicrobial qualities that "inhibit the growth of microorganisms."
There are many more examples that we could speak about from this video. Which one is your favorite? If you want more, check out the PR-heavy expanded version.
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Ochanostachys bancana (Becc.) Valet.
Petalinia bancana Becc.
Common Name: Petaling
Photograph by: loupok
Drawing of the leaves, flowers and fruit
Photograph by: Flora Malesiana, vol. 10: p. 13, fig. 5 (1984-1989) [unsigned]
Petaling is an evergreen tree with a dense and dark crown; usually growing up to 30 metres tall but with some specimens up to 50 metres[
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The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible seeds and medicinal uses. The useful wood is also harvested from the wild and used locally as well as being traded internationally.
Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
A fairly common but scattered understorey or rarely canopy tree of primary or sometimes secondary lowland rain forest at elevations up to 950 metres. It often thrives in mixed dipterocarp forest on undulating country or hillsides and ridges[
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Under natural conditions, it takes approximately 150 years for a tree to grow to a diameter of 50cm, and 200 years to reach a diameter of 60cm, but a mean annual diameter increment of about 1cm has been reported for an individual 44-year-old tree in the arboretum of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia[
In a sample plot with 308 petaling trees an annual diameter increment of 5mm has been measured[
Early growth is about 2.4 metres in height in 5 years[
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The tree flowers almost throughout the year, the fruits may be found throughout the year, but mast fruiting years have been observed[
Natural regeneration of petaling is sparse and scattered, but may be fairly plentiful under favourable conditions[
Natural vegetative reproduction takes place by means of coppice shoots and root suckers[
Trees are not resistant to fire - about 90% mortality was observed after a fire in East Kalimantan[
The seeds are edible when cooked or roasted[
A decoction of the bark has been used medicinally against fever and after childbirth[
Rheumatic fever has been treated by applying a paste of the roots with bark of Koompassia or by a bath prepared by using the leaves along with Koompassia bark and coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) seed[
Because of its shade tolerance, petaling is useful for underplanting in forest plantations to reduce weed growth and hence the costs of weed control[
]. In this way it has been successfully planted with meranti (Shorea spp.) in Peninsular Malaysia[
The wood is hard, heavy, close-grained, durable, strong and resistant to white ants[
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]. Because it has no figure it is less suitable for furniture or indoor work such as staircases, but the wood has been observed to be used as such. Utilization for pallets, boxes, and crates has also been reported. The high elasticity of the wood makes it suitable for gymnasium equipment, such as horizontal bars[
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Gia Giudice has grown up fast amid all her parents' drama. At age 13, Teresa and Joe Giudice's daughter is releasing a music video with her all-girl group 3KT -- which stands for 3 Karat Diamonds -- and it could be considered overtly sexual given the three girls are underage.
In the video, Gia is joined by her friends Alexa Maetta, 16, and Cristianna Cardinale, 14, who are all dancing seductively while all dolled up in full hair and makeup, sky-high heels and scantily-clad matching outfits.
"IT'S HERE!! Our teaser for our first music video that we will be releasing on Halloween!" the girl group's Instagram announced with a teaser of their video. "We are so excited to share this sneak peek with you all! And of course thank you to @britneyspears for inspiring us to bring our love for singing and dancing into the spotlight! #3KT"
IT'S HERE!! Our teaser for our first music video that we will be releasing on Halloween! We are so excited to share this sneak peek with you all! And of course thank you to @britneyspears for inspiring us to bring our love for singing and dancing into the spotlight! #3KT ???
The only line sung in the teaser, "Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break," is from Britney Spears' "Circus."
Gia seems to be throwing herself into 3KT, following news that her mother was sentenced to 15 months in prison while her father was ordered to serve 41 months behind bars.
"She was being strong for me, I could tell," Teresa told Andy Cohen earlier this month after her and her husband were convicted in a fraud case.
"She was like, 'Mommy, don't worry about it. I'll be there. I'll help daddy with girls… She was like, 'That'll make me a better mom, that will prepare me for when I'm a mom,'" Giudice recalled. "I was like, 'Oh my God.' It broke my heart when she said that."
Do you think this video is age appropriate?
Here's a more detailed account of Teresa and Joe's conviction.


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8.5 / 10.0 - Alienation
Still, Alienation is one of the best-feeling twin-stick shooters I've played, so I can't be too bummed. It wasn't long before I had that realization, and now that I'm 20 hours and several character save files in, I'm even more convinced. Housemarque could stand to flesh out the endgame content and also add support for local co-op, but even if it doesn't, I love what's here.
6.5 / 10.0 - Push Me Pull You
I have to stress how exceptionally polished it is across the board. The designers nailed the clean, friendly presentation, and early on, I was so ready to love the game because it makes such a wonderful first impression. But at its core, there's a lack of depth to keep this from being much more than a fleeting joy. It's the kind of oddball party novelty you play once with a group, get your fill of, and don't touch again until the next distant get-together.
5 / 10.0 - Rocketbirds 2: Evolution
All told, there's a decent game in here somewhere, but it's bogged down by annoying difficulty spikes and movement and aiming controls that never feel quite right. Even without those issues, Rocketbirds 2 does little if anything we haven't seen before. Its premise and world can only take it so far.
4.5 / 10.0 - Asemblance
It's just a shame there isn't way more game here. If this truly is the start of a franchise, I'd potentially be up for more titles, but I can't deny how much this sparse pilot entry leaves me wanting.
7.5 / 10.0 - Star Wars Battlefront: Bespin
At this point, I'm torn on whether or not the season pass is worth it for lapsed Battlefront players who are thinking of returning. The game is coming into its own, but if you've held off for this long, it's arguably better to continue waiting until more of these expansions are out and/or the pricing goes down. For folks still entertained by the base content , it's probably safe to upgrade with the assumption that the next two expansions will at least be decent. After Bespin, I'm fairly confident they will be.
7.5 / 10.0 - Furi
Some of the boss designs feel uneven or underdeveloped, and the dialogue misses about as often as it lands, but when Furi is good, it's real good. I am surprised by how well its fusion of action and shooting works. Just make sure you have the patience necessary see the game through to the end.
3 / 10.0 - 7 Days to Die
My fear is that the situation won't improve fast enough, assuming it ever really does get better down the road. Despite its rough edges, the PC version has been successful for years now, and I have to imagine 7 Days to Die will also do well on consoles where competition among these types of sandbox survival experiences isn't so fierce. With that in mind, it's disappointing to see this sold on Xbox One and PS4 (with a retail release!) as if it is completed game. It clearly is not. After some substantial updates, I'd potentially want to give it another chance, but as is I wouldn't want to spend another minute with it.
3 / 10.0 - Energy Hook
Jordan: That's spot on with how I feel. As much as I want to like Energy Hook -- the concept itself is sound, and should work -- the whole thing comes across as unfinished and unpolished. Even when the stars align and the game seems to play as intended, the feeling is fleeting. It lacks staying power.
8 / 10.0 - Death Road to Canada
And that's why they call it Death Road to Canada. It can be too harsh for its own good, and folks who are tired of roguelikes will struggle to embrace that part of the design, but it's still one of the better road-trip games I've played thanks to its cheerful personality, amusing writing, and all-around charm.
6 / 10.0 - Okhlos
As much as I enjoy the tone of Okhlos and its silly but well-informed take on Greek mythology, its repetitive format and simplistic gameplay hook aren't an engaging combination. I'd like to see every little goofy reference it has to offer, but the motivation to push through the grind just isn't there.
7.5 / 10.0 - PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2
It might be a case of sky-high expectations, but this sequel doesn't live up to its sublime predecessor Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+. Still, I'm not so sure it ever could -- that game was damn near perfect, putting Bandai Namco in a tough spot when creating a follow-up. Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is worth playing for its frenetic new style and ruleset, but it's no replacement.
8 / 10.0 - Dead Rising 2 HD
But for as uneven as that specific slice of Dead Rising 2 can be, the rest of the experience shines, even today. It's one of those games that pays back the time you invest into it at least double fold. Returning players won't find anything substantially new in this remaster aside from sharper image quality and better performance, but given the budget pricing here, that's a perfectly reasonable offer.
6.5 / 10.0 - Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star
In short, there are highs and lows to Death Star. With a few expansions down and only one left to go, I was expecting something greater. If not more from the headliner, Battle Station, than at least more mode compatibility with the new maps. There's no excuse. I came in thinking it'd be an easy sell -- and it probably still will be for some given its inherent nostalgia -- but I'm coming out of it feeling let down. Taken with the rest of the season pass, Death Star helps round out the wider experience, but I would have a hard time recommending it as a standalone purchase. At this point, I'd go all or nothing.
8.5 / 10.0 - Overcooked
Aside from from the local-only consideration and some inconsistencies with the scoring criteria and stage layouts, man, what a game. Overcooked is the best co-op experience I've had in recent memory, and despite going back through to fully clear every level, I wish there were more. Don't overlook it.
8 / 10.0 - Thumper
I'd still recommend Thumper, though. Readily. But I would also advise not to get too wrapped up in fully finishing it. This road is long and winding and brutal. It might just drive you mad.
7 / 10.0 - Headmaster (VR)
For as frustrating as failure can be, though, I still greatly enjoy this game and what it's going for. I want to stick it out. Headmaster seems to be flying under the radar as a launch-window PlayStation VR title, but it's one of the most novel experiences out there and decidedly worth trying. You must meet Robert.
7.5 / 10.0 - Job Simulator
While Job Simulator may not be my personal favorite virtual reality game, it is one of the easier titles to recommend given its intuitive design, effective comedy stylings, and broad appeal. It's just a shame it has to end so soon. As such, I wouldn't suggest picking it up as your first or second VR purchase, but do know that you absolutely shouldn't skip it. Especially if you have a Vive.
6 / 10.0 - Tumble VR
In fact, that's my biggest issue with the game: it is, at best, just fine. There isn't a slick presentation or wildly compelling puzzle designs to pick up the slack and keep you hooked. I can appreciate that Supermassive has figured out the fundamentals with Tumble VR and come in at such a budget-friendly price, but I also can't deny the times when I grew bored of playing. Don't rush through this one.
7 / 10.0 - Battlezone (VR)
While I would argue that Rigs: Mechanized Combat League is by far the superior online multiplayer game for PlayStation VR, if its frantic in-mech motion is too much to handle or you're otherwise more interested in an engaging cooperative experience, this fits the bill nicely. There are some glaring balance issues for Rebellion to work out, and Battlezone is far less advisable as a solo game, but damn if it isn't thrilling when everything comes together and your team perseveres against all odds.
6 / 10.0 - Robinson: The Journey
This is a game I was so ready to fall in love with, but it ultimately comes up short. After a couple of hours, I began to wonder, "Is this it? Dinosaur planet sight-seeing?" Basically, yeah. And at its high price point, that's going to be a tough sell. But Robinson is doing things no other PSVR title has been able to accomplish, visually speaking, and for that reason alone it'll be worth considering down the road.


After our 2-month travels in Europe, we returned to the US for a 2-week whirlwind stint that included a 5th-grade graduation, a big family birthday bash, a going away party, multiple playdates for the kiddos, wrapping up any unfinished business and finally saying goodbye to family and friends before boarding the Taiwan-bound flight.
And just like that, we have now been in Taiwan for almost 3 months, not exactly a long time but we sure have been busy. Though truth be told, our time in Taiwan so far has actually been quite uneventful (hence no frequent FB updates, sorry Jess!) as we mainly were just focusing on getting settled in. The first month pretty much went by with seemingly neverending errands that had us driving all over the city every day, while the kids attended summer camps. We've also scoured many public places such as the libraries, the museums and even some Starbucks to find potential alternative space for us to do homeschool in, in the event that we wanted to get out of the apartment. We visited a lot of parks and open spaces as well trying to find different options for daily outdoor/physical activities.
Most of the second month was focused on finding the right rhythm from a day-to-day perspective. It was a bit tough as there were no more summer camps to help occupying the kids' time. We went through a lot of tweaking and adjusting of the daily schedule before we found the right balance for fitting in homeschooling, physical activities and fun/downtimes. We strive to make sure that we get the kids out to run around everyday (sometimes twice a day), whether it be playing soccer, basketball, frisbee, swimming or even just to go for a walk. This turned out to be quite a challenge due to the weather factor. We have had (unseasonably) neverending rain for what felt like the entire month of August. And when it was not raining, the unyielding hot temperatures and the humidity also made it quite uncomfortable to be outdoors for an extended period of time.
Luckily I think we have finally figured out a routine that works. Our answer for beating the heat is to go swimming 2-3 mornings a week, and then rotate in different sports/activities other mornings to avoid the afternoon rain. Rich has found a parkour park that he and the kids can run/climb/jump around in at least once a week as well. The one downside is that there is no park or a big enough open space within walking distance, so we always have to drive somewhere (and pay for parking) in order to get physical activities in. I suppose that's city living for you.
The academic work is done in the mornings before we head out as well as in the afternoons. They are averaging somewhere between 2 to 3 hours of school work a day, 4 school days per week as they've requested to have Fridays off. Progress-wise they are both ahead in their grade level at the moment. Alex has taken to homeschooling very nicely and is checking off his daily to-do's efficiently. Annabelle on the other hand requires more 'encouragement' on a daily basis, as she is easily distracted and tends to want to 'negotiate' what she needs to do. Rich is continuously working with her to help her focus on tasks. Guess we'll just have to see how things go for her as time goes on.
Cold tea drinking is a HUGE part of the Taiwanese day-to-day culture so it's inevitable that we let them try out some tea drinks. Alex's new favorite drink is the Pearl (tapioca) Milk Tea while Annabelle loves Passion Fruit Green Tea. We did learn the hard way that they can not drink any tea after lunchtime as it would keep them up WAY past bedtime. Additionally, they've eaten some new fruits such as guava and pomelo which they like. Mangos are another delicious fruit that we've had quite often and while Annabelle loves them, for some weird reason Alex really doesn't which just baffles us. Because, who doesn't like mangos?! 😤 And don't even get me started on the papaya which is a complete lost cause with both of them.
We have also gone surfing for the first time the other day. We paid for a 3-hour lesson for all 4 of us. After the initial safety and basic instructions on land, we were taken into the ocean to give it a whirl. Of course Rich being his athletic self, he stood up on the surfboard successfully on the very first try. It is just so not fair! Both kids managed to stand up and rode the waves after a while too. There were still plenty of wipeouts in between for everyone but we all had a blast. The only accomplishment on my part unfortunately was that I stayed on the board (on my belly) without wiping out a few times by the end of the 3 hours. I did not even bother trying to stand up. 😝 Oh well, maybe next time.
We were lucky to have found an English-speaking soccer club that both kids could play in. This gives them a chance to play with some local kids 3 times a week. The season started on September 1st and they have already played in their very first tournament. The way soccer works in Taiwan for school-aged kids is that there are no leagues for regular games, but instead, there are weekend tournaments throughout the season that teams can elect to compete in. If nothing else, the kids should be able to improve their soccer skills after this season.
With some changes in our circumstances (i.e. I decided to quit my job – it's a very long story for another time) and adjustments in our plans after being in Taiwan these past few months, we have decided to make this year more like a gap year and will focus on more traveling the 2nd half of the year. So far we have only taken a quick 2-day getaway to Taipei since we got here. We do have another trip to Taipei again coming up this weekend to visit the Sky Lantern Festival. This is one of our bucket list items so hopefully the weather will cooperate for a successful event.


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Practice Locations: NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah
Dr. Maha Shahin completed MBBch (Hons) (Gold Medalist), Master Degree in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. She is a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cairo University since 2007. She is a Fellow of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, United Kingdom (FRCOG). Dr. Maha has also completed Diploma of Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (DFSRH) from United Kingdom & Diploma in healthy diet and medical nutrition from Oxford College, UK.
Dr. Maha Shahin's extensive experience in the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology spans for more than 20 years as a Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in several prominent hospitals in the United Kingdom & Egypt.
Dr. Maha Shahin's areas of expertise includes Caesarean sections (both elective and emergency), Obstetric operative techniques (Instrumental deliveries, Twins & breech deliveries and Repair of Perineal tears), Major and minor operative techniques (Hysterectomies, Repair operations, Laparoscopies and Emergency Laparotomies), Adolescent and Pediatric Gynaecology and Aesthetic Gynaecology.
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Member of the Egyptian Society of Experimental Medicine
Member of the British Society & Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society
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Dr. Maha Shahin has numerous researches & publications in the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and she has attended and presented several presentations & conferences.
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The most interesting sites for people photography in both Taipei and Hong Kong are in and near temples such as Man Mo and Longshan. The night markets are also a trove for photogenic characters such as the tattooed fellow who stood akimbo guarding his inventory of bric a brac items that lay down in Xichiang market...whether this inventory was honestly procured or otherwise is left to the imagination of viewers.
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Unfortunately, due the language barriers I wasn't able to interview either of these two actors to gain an insight on their lives and background. They also seemed reluctant to allow me more than a few minutes to photograph them, either because they were waiting to perform (as in the top photograph) or just uncomfortable with the the attention of a stalking photographer (lower photograph).
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Most times our outfits are picked based on our moods. Moods play such a major role in our day-to-day decisions like clothes, food, hobbies, anything for that matter. Though this blog post isn't going to be about our mood swings but about my recent outfit inspiration you all. This outfit is one of the most easiest attires one could wear. This effortless look can be carried from day to night by just accessorizing the way I have. As you all must already know I always like to coordinate my outfits, and this is something you will notice in most of my blog posts, therefore the accessories, sling bag & the footwear all in peach tone. I got this asymmetric printed blue top from Dorothy Perkins, and paired it with a simple black Jeggings from Zara. I have always believed in easy to wear styles, because it makes me feel comfortable & confident as a woman. It would be a misconception if one thought it's completely effortless, cause it certainly isn't, though I am definitely not a fan of too many add-ons to my outfit as I like to keep it minimal. I want to share some of the most effortless styles with all you women out there so can take inspiration from my blog. Hope you all enjoy the pictures!
Outfit detail: Top - Dorothy Perkins, Jeggings - Zara, Sling bag - Splash Dubai, Accessories - Thift shop Goa.


Drink The Rain and Thank The Clouds?
How sad the truth. How accurate the phrase.
What can we do to help our friends realize that it is God's voice that caused them to turn around? Even though God formed the earth to make rain and weather (which makes doubters use science as an explanation), His mercy still falls like a drink of water to a parched throat.
On a summer's day, after the sun, wind, and dust of the Great Plains, my throat craves! I lust after a huge glass of dark, freshly brewed iced tea. I want to drink it until my front teeth ache, my stomach pooches, and there is still another gut-busting draught left in the glass.
THAT is where God wants me. Thank God for – not the tea, it's just the metaphor – the satisfaction to my itch, my unrest, YOUR sense of dissatisaction, unease, that "what am I doing with my life?" feeling.
God sends the rain on the just and the unjust; true. The difference is this: His faithful send prayers of thanks to him for mercy. The unjust merely look for a way to gain from God's blessing.


A while back (like, before Thanksgiving) I went to an annual Charlotte event – Homearama. It is a tour of show houses put on by the Charlotte Home Builders Association. Local builders, developers and interior designers get to show off their best work.
But I didn't want to share it with you right away.
I kept it in my back pocket until the new year. Why? Because what better way to get motivated at home than to look at gorgeous homes filled to the brim with decorating and organizing ideas?!
The name of this home is the Churchill. According to plan, it is 4,129 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms.
I really liked the color palette of this home. It was kept very neutral with pops of red everywhere. I love RED! The flow of the house was very open with tall ceilings. This made it a great home for entertaining.
The outdoor living space was great. My kiddos especially loved this huge outdoor fireplace! And the doors from the great room opened completely onto the patio for the perfect indoor/outdoor living space.
The master bedroom was done in calm, neutral colors. And the shower was huge in the bathroom! My daughter thought it was awesome!
The upstairs had several bedrooms and a great lounging space. My son really liked the bathroom. (what's with my kids and bathrooms?!) He asked if his could be like this one. I feel a project coming on!
I fell in love with this artwork. I'm not sure why, but I loved it! Oh, I feel another project!!
So many great ideas! Stay tuned for another home tomorrow!


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La Flèche de Bordeaux est un ancien patronage, créé en 1861, qui s'est particulièrement illustré dans le domaine de la gymnastique. Il a évolué au début des années 1980 en Maison de quartier pour devenir une importante association omnisports et culturelle.

Historique

La Flèche, créée dans la paroisse du quartier Saint-Michel en 1861, doit son nom au campanile de la basilique. Société de parrainage d'apprentis, avant de devenir une section de la Jeanne-d'Arc de Saint-Michel, elle semble être le plus ancien patronage paroissial de Bordeaux. La gymnastique et les sports s'inscrivent très tôt à son programme éducatif.

Les premiers pas

Le nom actuel n'est adopté qu'en 1904. Affiliée à la Fédération gymnastique et sportive des patronages de France (FGSPF), elle fait partie de la délégation française aux concours de Rome en 1906 et 1908 où elle reçoit à chaque fois les félicitations du jury. Elle est 4 fois championne fédérale  en 1910, 1911, 1912 et 1913 alors que Raphaël Diaz,  au classement général des jeux olympiques de Londres, domine les compétitions individuelles à partir de 1912.

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L'entre-deux-guerres

Championne en 1922 à Bordeaux, La Flèche confirme sa domination à Paris pour le  de la  l'année suivante puis à Tours en 1924. Sept fois seconde par la suite elle retrouve la plus haute marche du podium en 1934, 1935 et 1938. Pendant cette période elle contribue largement au développement de l'Union régionale des patronages du Sud-Ouest à laquelle elle fournit ses plus grands champions (Dufauret, Pratviel, Canteau) et dirigeants (Pradairol).

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Le redémarrage ... et la mutation
La Flèche retrouve son titre une dernière fois en 1952 à Strasbourg alors que sa fédération est devenue depuis 1947 Fédération sportive de France (FSF). Pierre Lavignolle domine ensuite l'élite fédérale.

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Au début des années 1980, la Flèche, comme la majorité des patronages bordelais, se transforme en maison de quartier à l'instigation et avec l'aide de la municipalité de Bordeaux.

Activités

La Flèche offre ses activités sportives et culturelles dans trois quartiers de Bordeaux : Saint-Michel, Nansouty et Saint-Genès.
 Sports : aïkido, aïkibudo et affinitaires, boxe anglaise, éducation physique et gymnastique volontaire, éveil de l'enfant, judo et arts martiaux affinitaires, krav-maga, self-défense, Qi gong, tai-chi-chuan, yoga ;
 Autres activités : arts vivants (chant, chorale, théâtre), cours et ateliers de musique (batterie, guitare basse).

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'Bellwether' review: When a child disappears
Entertainment // Performance
Robert Hurwitt, Chronicle Theater Critic
1of3Maddy (Rachel Harker, left) confronts neighbors Jackie (Arwen Anderson) and Alan (Gabriel Marin) after their daughter goes missing in Marin Theatre Company's world premiere of Steve Yockey's "Bellwether"David AllenShow MoreShow Less
2of3The chorus of worried neighbors after a six-year-old disappears in Marin Theatre Company's world premiere of Steve Yockey's "Bellwether"David AllenShow MoreShow Less
Bellwether: Drama. By Steve Yockey. Directed by Ryan Rilette. Through Oct. 30. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. One hour, 40 minutes. $20-$50. (415) 388-5208. www.marintheatre.org.
A parent's worst nightmare comes true early in Steve Yockey's new play "Bellwether." Ominously, the young mother and father are so distraught over the disappearance of their 6-year-old daughter that they almost fail to notice the suspicions gathering around them in their heretofore "safe" suburban community. Then things really get weird in the world premiere that opened Tuesday at Marin Theatre Company.
Getting to that point may take more than the usual willing suspension of disbelief. Well before the plot gets twisty, there are details about this suburban family that don't add up - bedtime, for example; aspects of an almost 7-year-old's behavior and a mother's inattention. But stick with it. The more you're willing to take in the story on Yockey's terms, the more rewarding it becomes.
Director Ryan Rilette and his cast almost make that easy, particularly with the attractive ensemble chorus of blithely groupthink-vapid neighbors and the performances of Arwen Anderson and Gabriel Marin as the bereaved parents, Jackie and Alan Draft. If parts of their scenes seem underwritten, Anderson and Marin create a thick subtext of love strained by sometimes difficult parenting, compounded by the tensions of their recent move from her beloved city to a bland community where she feels trapped in the white-on-white sterility of Giulio Cesare Perrone's two-story, tract-home set.
The degrees to which they lace their shared trauma with their separate resentments and parenting guilt help us feel invested in even the less well-developed aspects of the story. Rachel Harker embodies an evolving sense of social tragedy as the one neighbor on visiting terms with the Drafts. The shades of change that Yockey has written into his neighborhood choruses create an eerie undertow.
The same holds true of the increasingly strange developments after the little girl goes missing. If the investigation and neighborhood reactions are thinly sketched, chorus members Danny Wolohan and Patrick Jones lend it an offbeat tension as the police officers. The bubbly newscaster trio of Liz Sklar, Marissa Keltie and Mollie Stickney bring devastating shades of individuality to Yockey's sharp satire of sensation-mongering pack journalism.
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Rilette varies the rhythms and keeps our attention focused on specifics in a manner that builds nicely to the odder twists, where elements of C.S. Lewis seem to mix with Roald Dahl and Greek mythology (those were my off-the-cuff references; yours may vary). It wouldn't be fair to reveal more about what happens. The impact it achieves, though, owes a great deal to Anderson, Kathryn Zdan and Jessica Lynn Carroll's otherworldly performances as well as to Fumiko Bielefeldt's costumes, Perrone's set and the lighting and sound effects of York Kennedy and Chris Houston.
As the levels of reality shift, so does the thematic focus. Where Yockey at first seems to be probing the importance of the levels of attention we pay to our mates, children and associates, as well as satirizing the ways in which sensation-of-the-week news coverage degrades social discourse, the turn of events leads to a pointed choice between personal and social responsibilities.
That, too, could be more provocatively developed. But there's enough sharp humor, fine acting and creative imagination in "Bellwether" not only to provide some fine entertainment but also to raise lingering questions about whether the title only refers to the name of this particular gated community.
E-mail Robert Hurwitt at rhurwitt@sfchronicle.com.
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Robert Hurwitt came to the San Francisco Chronicle as theater critic in 2000 after serving in the same position for the San Francisco Examiner for the previous decade. As a critic and reporter, he has covered the remarkably active and diverse Bay Area theater scene for publications ranging from the East Bay Express to California Magazine and the Los Angeles Times since 1978. A graduate of New York University, with a master's degree from UC Berkeley, he has served several times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for drama and is a recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for dramatic criticism. He is also a proud father and grandfather.