Slugger Justin Upton will sign with the Detroit Tigers, taking away one more potential suitor for free agent Yoenis Cespedes.
According to multiple reports Monday night, Upton, 28, and the Tigers have agreed on a six-year contract worth $132.75 million. The contract has an opt-out after two seasons.
Last year with the Padres, Upton hit .251 with 26 home runs and 81 RBI.
The Upton deal likely takes the Tigers out of contention to sign Cespedes. The Orioles appear to be out of the mix as well after they signed Chris Davis to a $161 million, seven-year contract. The Orioles reportely had offered Cespedes a six-year deal worth $90 million.
The White Sox, Angels and Astros are all rumored to have interest in Cespedes.
Mets fans are pleading with the team to bring Yoenis Cespedes back.
Mets fans have taken to social media and urged the team to re-sign Cespedes after his scorching hot stretch in August and September helped them win the NL East.
Cespedes is seeking a long-term deal of six or seven years. The Mets, who still are reportedly in the mix but have made no formal offer, have remained firm on their stance of short deal of one to three years.
Cespedes sparked the Mets' run to the World Series last season when they acquired him from the Tigers at the trade deadline. He hit 17 homers with 44 RBI in 57 games, hitting .291 with 35 homers and 105 RBI overall with the Tigers and Mets.


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Easy Virtue: Priscilla's Stephan Elliott brings Coward and Hitchcock up to date
By Sasha Perl-Raver
Easy Virtue's John (Ben Barnes) and Larita (Jessica Biel)
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What do Noël Coward, Alfred Hitchcock and a writing team with a penchant for singing drag queens have in common?
They've all tried their hand at Easy Virtue, a property that enters its third incarnation this week with co-writer and director Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) at the helm.
Written in 1925, Easy Virtue was one of Coward's early works. In 1928, it was adapted from a play into a silent film by Hitchcock, which is ironic since Coward was known as "The Master of Wit," something difficult to convey in silence.
Elliott and his longtime writing partner Sheridan Jobbins created a postmodern film set in the 1920s, infused with a bawdy Cole Porter attitude and freckled with semi-contemporary music and a fierce feminist spirit.
Jobbins describes Easy Virtue as "the first mother-in-law joke." It follows what happens after John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) falls in love with and impulsively marries sexy, glamorous, modern Larita (Jessica Biel) and brings her home to his garrisoned, frosty mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) and browbeaten father (Colin Firth).
The film presented the monumental task of walking in the footsteps of both Coward and Hitchcock, a potentially daunting proposal, which Elliott and Jobbins saw as a chance to reinvigorate the material.
"[Coward] famously said he didn't want his plays to become museum pieces," Jobbins points out.
"He was 24-years-old when he wrote this," Elliott continues, "and he wrote it for young people. He wanted it live and fresh and, at the time, it was pretty hip and modern. So we have to do the same thing."
Coward also admitted in his autobiography that he felt the material had structural problems and was part of his growth period as a writer.
"That was a license for us," Elliott grins.
Rather than treating the source work as sanctified, they decided to rewrite it in the style of later, more formed Coward, while giving it an infusion of modern relevance for a contemporary audience, something they felt the author would have done as well.
Addressing the hovering ghost of Hitchcock was handled similarly by Elliott.
"Hitch was in the same boat," he says. "It was like student film. He didn't know what he was doing, and he was doing a silent film of Noël Coward words. You can't do that. There are moments where you can see the beginning of Hitchcock, but it's just beginning, he's not there yet. So, for me, I said, 'How would the older Hitchcock, Hitchcock in his prime, have addressed it visually?'"
Initially Elliott was dubious of taking on the project, insisting, "Period films are not my bag. They will put me to sleep."
But he and Jobbins soon realized they were dealing with an eerie mirror to current events.
"The times are so similar," Jobbins says, her voice weighted. "The late '20s, coming out of a very devastating war that was both unpopular and had lasting effects, into a recession that ends in a shocking depression, changing tax laws that mean people are losing their houses; these are the times the play were set in and the echo of that now …"
"It's frighteningly similar," Elliott offers, finishing her sentence.
What Easy Virtue is not as akin to, however, is the movie that has imprinted Elliott's career: 1994's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
"I've been trying to get out from under the Priscilla ball-and-chain for a very long time," Elliott sighs. "It stopped me from directing for awhile. I just couldn't deal with 'It's not Priscilla.' Even this I get 'It's not Priscilla.' Give me a break! I know it's not Priscilla!"
Easy Virtue releases in select theaters May 22.
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A review for whom?
Professor David Phoenix, Chair of MillionPlus and Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, writing here in a personal capacity, looks at the forthcoming government review of post-18 education.
After months of speculation, Theresa May is announcing the government's Review of Post-18 Education and Funding. No doubt, the aims have changed considerably since the inclusion of a promise to conduct a 'tertiary review' in the Conservative party manifesto in May 2017, due in part to the much discussed and – based on the evidence – much exaggerated 'Youthquake' at the June election.
The Prime Minister and I agree about the need for a review of post-18 education and funding. Where we may differ is in the aims and scope of such a review. The Prime Minister may be looking to reverse the decline of her party's vote share among younger people – possibly with a simplistic reduction in headline tuition fees - but this is not for me, as a university leader, the priority. I would have three other priorities:
We need to ensure there is a sustainable means of investing in HE through which those who benefit i.e. individuals, the state and employers, make a shared contribution.
We need to recognise that fees support the whole higher education offer and not just teaching. As the former universities minister David Willetts has written, fees are better described as university fees than tuition fees.
We need to act to restore the opportunity of Higher Education to the tens of thousands of potential part-time learners who have been neglected, and to provide support to those students most in need.
There has been growing debate about fees and the need for differentiation - usually shorthand for the availability of cheaper options for study. The newly introduced HE Act encourages increased differentiation through new providers with different offers, recognising that fees cover not only the direct cost of tuition, but also enable access to different academic environments and student support. This increased competition is already taking place. Some new private higher education providers offer courses at lower prices, but often without a wide range of facilities, accommodation, additional student support, or opportunities to engage in research and enterprise. When coupled with initiatives such as higher and degree apprenticeships, the evidence is that there is already a diverse range of provision developing for prospective students.
With regard to funding, let's consider some facts when reviewing graduate contribution levels. There is no substantial market failure for new 18-19 year old full-time undergraduates. The number of 18-22 year old full-time students has continued to increase. Indeed, one of the biggest achievements of the HE funding changes in 2012 was the removal of student number controls, allowing more students from disadvantaged backgrounds than ever before to study at university. Any review should therefore celebrate and maintain the removal of the cap on students.
The scrapping of maintenance grants in 2016 was a regressive measure and needs to be urgently reconsidered. The use of an out of date inflation measure (RPI) to uprate repayments also needs to be reconsidered. Changing this to CPI would immediately bring down the interest rate on loans that many now feel is egregious.
The critical market failure in the HE funding system has been in the damage to part-time student numbers, with a disastrous impact on widening participation. The tendency, from both government and the press, to only ever consider 18-22 year olds masks this real market failure in HE. Since 2008/09 there has been a 61% reduction in part-time students. Since 2010 the number of mature students has dropped by more than 60%. The decline of part-time learners has been so precipitous that, despite increases in full-time students, overall student numbers since 2008/09 have declined by almost a quarter (from 610,000 to 465,000). The Government has long avoided addressing this decline in part-time, even though David Willetts, the architect of the 2012 fee system, has described this decline as his greatest regret of the changes.
Beyond HE, the introduction of Advance Learner Loans has been the other key market failure and demonstrated that loans are not the most suitable approach for all learner groups. The number of learners in Further Education has dropped from 4 million students in 2005/06 to under 2.5 million in 2016-17.
In conclusion, there is little doubt that this review is timely. The UK's skills gap, particularly at Higher Educational levels 4 & 5, is one of the biggest issues facing the economy. The level of employment is at its highest since 1975 - with a significant number of those in insecure employment - while the number of vacancies is also at its highest ever recorded level. For those who never went to university or those who wish to change career paths there are too few opportunities to re-enter education, to re-skill, or upskill.
The Government must help to address these skills gaps and shortages. If the Prime Minister wants an effective review of post-18 education and funding, she cannot gloss over the shortcomings and unintended consequences of the current system. The country needs a funding system that caters for everyone, starting with those who study part-time and the poorest who need the support of maintenance grants. The review must be an evidence-based one founded on the principle of a fair and shared contribution by individuals, the state and employers. Focusing solely on the electoral impact of younger learners by simply reviewing headline tuition fees would be an example of a political general fighting the last war and, more importantly, a missed opportunity to restore the balance of support to those who need it most.


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Matt Lauer, former co-host of NBC "Today," appears on set in Rockefeller Plaza, in New York, on April 21, 2016.
Matt Lauer's Wife Files for Divorce
Newser — Arden Dier
It's splitsville for Matt Lauer and his wife, former Dutch model Annette Roque. Roque filed for divorce in a New York state court on Tuesday, nearly two years after Lauer was fired by NBC following sexual misconduct claims.
The "uncontested" divorce is awaiting judicial review before it is made official. The State Supreme Court in Suffolk County notes the process "could take up to a few months." The couple met on a blind date before marrying in October 1998, reports People.
Roque then filed for divorce in 2006, claiming her husband exhibited "extreme anger and hostility" and committed "cruel and inhumane" acts, per Fox News. The claims were withdrawn just three weeks later.
Lauer denied breakup rumors a decade ago, saying the couple had worked through their issues. "Have we had a completely perfect, easy marriage? No. But the stories you've read over the years are not true," he said at the time.
The pair were seen without their wedding rings in the weeks after Lauer was fired in November 2017, per People. Now, "the matter has been settled," Roque's attorney tells the outlet.
Roque, 52, will reportedly get $20 million in assets, including the couple's horse farm in the Hamptons, Page Six reported last month. The couple will reportedly share custody of their three children, ages 18, 15, and 12.
(Lauer said he acted "inappropriately as a husband.")
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This was post number five as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective's Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here, here, here, or here.
It may have tapered off slightly after Monday's lackluster effort against the Nets, but anyone who's tuned in to ESPN in the last few days can confirm that Linsanity is still alive and well. Linsanity officially commenced following Lin's 25-point performance against the Nets on February 4th and has since continued unabated, as frenzied crowds at Madison Square Garden continue to delight in the performance of their new point guard. Like a few other Harvard economics majors, Lin's influence has provided his corporate employer with a tidy profit, but he hasn't forgotten about the little guy; Lin's play on the court has provided ticket scalpers with a bonanza of their own, as the hoopla that surrounds him has led to a surge in demand for Knicks' tickets on the secondary market.
Using data compiled by ticket search engine SeatGeek, we've graphed the average price of tickets to four different Knicks games, from Friday's loss to the New Orleans Hornets to this Wednesday's matchup with the Atlanta Hawks, as they fluctuated over the preceding two weeks.
As the hype surrounding Lin compounded, single-game ticket prices soared by as much as 258 percent, in the case of Sunday's matchup against the Dallas Mavericks, climbing from $140.57 on February 4 to $503.82 on February 17. The average rise for the four games was 208 percent, meaning the prices for these tickets effectively tripled since Lin assumed a starring role.
There exists a substantial correlation between Lin's performances and jumps in ticket prices. Over the 15-day period we examined, six of the top eight single-day price increases came immediately following nights on which Lin played, and the other two came once ticket prices (and Linsanity) had already begun their precipitous rise.
The graph also shows that prices did not move significantly until Lin's 38-point performance against the Lakers, which brought his international profile to its peak; the following day, February 11, Google searches for "jeremy lin" reached their zenith worldwide.
How does Lin's influence compare with that of another significant acquisition for the Knicks, Carmelo Anthony? In the week before Anthony's arrival in New York on February 21, 2011, Knicks' tickets sold on the secondary market for, on average, $128.51. After news of the trade broke, ticket prices rose to an average of $206.02 in the ensuing week, a 60.3 percent increase. Despite the smaller increase in ticket prices, Carmelo's impact upon them was instantaneous, whereas Lin's effect on prices took some time to gain traction.
Ironically, after months of speculation and trade rumors, the addition of Anthony—a perennial All-Star and All-NBA selection—caused the price to jump less than the emergence of an unheralded rookie. It's possible that prices had already risen slightly, reflecting the expectation of a trade for Anthony, but the stark difference between the two suggests that the rise in demand is attributable to more than just basketball.
Consequently, perhaps the only phenomenon with which Linsanity can accurately be compared is Tebowmania, the similarly insufferable fad inspired by the one and only Tim Tebow.
And if ticket prices are any indication, Lin has actually created a greater spike in demand for his team than Tebow. Last fall, Broncos tickets moved from an average sale price of $143.20 before Tebow's first start to an average of $172.92 thereafter, a 21 percent increase. Even when we compare the pre-Tebow prices with their regular season peak in December, we find only a 57 percent increase.
Has Linsanity officially displaced Tebowmania as the most intense craze in recent sports memory? Comparing ticket prices across sports is tricky, and larger football stadiums may make it harder to drive up prices. But given that both venues were essentially sold out prior to the teams' respective personnel changes, the 200+ percent increase in ticket prices associated with the Knicks' addition of Lin puts Anthony and Tebow to shame. So yes, someone may have produced cultural madness even greater than that inspired by Tebow. Time to move to Canada.
The MSG ticket market is nuts – there is also way more disposable income/really rich people in NYC than in Denver. The fluctuation in ticket prices you will see for the Knicks tickets in really close seats when they are winning vs. losing is huge – you will never see that type of market fluctuation or mark-up at a regular season football game, and certainly not in Denver vs. New York. Just don't think it is a fair comparison even acknowledging the size of each stadium/arena.
Might be a better idea to look at national media buzz between certain dates of Tebowmania vs. Linsanity – there are some tools out there to measure that. Ticket prices between NYC (MSG specifically)-Denver, Arena-Stadium, NFL-NBA are too different to compare, if both were virtually sold out.
I agree that in order for this to be a fair comparison if you use ticket prices, there needs to be some sort of control for stadium size. Denver's stadium (Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium) holds 76,125 whereas MSG only holds 19,763. That means if demand is the same the Knicks' tickets will increase more (as I'm sure you know). However, as a Chiefs fan, I do enjoy someone outdoing Tebow in some way..
Another obviously overlooked factor is the size of the sports market. Denver is a much smaller sports market than NYC — with not many other big cities within driving distance. So even if people wanted to flock to Tebow's home games (where the winning streak began), unless they were already in the Denver metro area, they probably weren't going to buy tickets.
As Lugie suggested, perhaps the better indicator of "frenzy" is the relative amount of publicity. An even simpler suggestion would be to compare jersey sales. That said, I believe that Lin has caused a bigger frenzy than Tebow simply because basketball is a more international sport, and I have to believe that Lin became an household name in many countries around the globe — not just in the US.


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OSN, Huawei to deliver IPTV solution in ME
DUBAI, September 4, 2018
OSN, a leading entertainment network in the region, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, a global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, to deliver a turnkey IPTV solution which enables telecom operators to offer a state-of-the-art TV experience alongside premium content.
This is part of OSN's digitisation strategy to enhance product delivery, and ensure more potential OSN customers have access to the best TV experiences, by utilising innovative technology, said a statement from the company.
The partnership brings together OSN's wide array of entertainment content and Huawei's world-class Video Cloud Solution, a regional first as the best of premium content and the best of platform technology are combined in one single end-to-end solution, it said.
OSN's premium channels offer viewers the broadest choice of TV entertainment with the most popular series, sports and the best of Hollywood, Bollywood and Arabic movies.
In addition to this, OSN offers a video on demand (VOD) service, OSN Play, which encompasses 30,000 hours of content giving customers an excellent viewing experience anytime, anywhere and on any device, and all of this will be even more accessible through Huawei's Video Cloud Solution.
Huawei's Video Cloud Solution, which currently serves more than 140 million subscribers worldwide, enables best user experience by optimising interactivity as fast as 0.5 seconds for channel zapping, 0.7 seconds for user interface response and 0.9 seconds for video on demand loading.
It also supports ultra-high definition at the rate of 60 frame per second streaming, high dynamic range imaging and H.265 compressed video and features seamless multi-screen interaction. In addition, the solution is equipped with the innovative "Presentation Hub Management System" which will shorten user interface adaptation from months to just minutes.
Neil Martin, chief commercial officer, OSN, said: "We are excited to join forces with Huawei and we believe that this partnership will help us to provide telecom operators, and ultimately our customers, with the full complement of our world-class entertainment in a convenient and efficient way."
"Middle East and North Africa (Mena) telecom operators will have access to an agile end-to-end IPTV solution, composed of Huawei's IPTV technology and our wide range of linear and on demand content," he said.
"This partnership will enable telecom operators to deliver IPTV services to market faster, and capitalise on opportunities to maximise revenues as they acquire subscribers. We expect this solution to become an engine of growth for our company, Huawei and the wider broadcast industry in this region as connectivity improves across the region," he added.
Sun Xiaofeng, vice president of Huawei Middle East, said the cloud offering to telecom operators would extremely minimise their risks and barriers of launching their own IPTV services as well as shorten the time to market by 80 per cent.
"We hope this agreement will strengthen the digital video ecosystem in the region and we look forward to continuing to grow this industry in the Middle East," he added. – TradeArabia News Service
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Survey: Political competence of Paul Nuttall in the UK 2017
Published by Daniel Clark, May 31, 2018
This statistic displays the results of a survey amongst UK citizens in 2017, regarding their opinion on the competence of Paul Nuttall in relation to success at the next General Elections. 32 percent of respondents reported they believed him definitely not to be the right person leading the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) into the next elections.
Public opinion of Paul Nuttall in relation to competence in leading the UKIP into General Elections in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017*
February 17 to 21, 2017
1,501 respondents
All who would vote and selected a party
Online interview
* Original survey question: "For the following please tell us whether you think each one is the right person to lead their party into the next General Election."
Satisfaction rating of Theresa May as Prime Minister in the UK 2017
Number of seats won in the UK general election in 2017, by party
Voting intention of GB adults for the UK 2017 general election
Satisfaction rating of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader in the UK 2017
Statistics on "General election 2017 in the United Kingdom (UK)"
Support for Corbyn's stance on the 'first use' of Britain's nuclear weapons 2017
Perceived trust in party leaders regarding the defense & security of the UK 2017
Support for the scrapping of tuition fees for all university students UK 2017
Support for free breakfasts for primary schools in the UK 2017
Political party leader best suited for leading Brexit negotiations UK 2017
Survey: Political competence of Theresa May in the UK 2017
Survey: Political competence of Jeremy Corbyn in the UK 2017
Survey: Political competence of Tim Farron in the UK 2017
Likelihood of voting for Jeremy Corbyn due to his view on the use of nuclear weapons
Voting intention in the United Kingdom's (UK) General Election in 2017
Share of voters for Jeremy Corbyn despite disliking him in the 2017 general election
Perception of most successful party during election campaign UK 2017
Main reason for voting for Labour in the UK general election in 2017
Share of voters for Theresa May despite disliking her in the 2017 general election
Reason for voting Conservative in the UK general election in 2017
Perceived likelihood of voting in the 2017 UK general election
Perceived competence of Jeremy Corbyn in the UK 2017, by age
Perceived competence of Jeremy Corbyn in the UK 2017, by gender
Political competence of Theresa May in the UK 2017, by age
Survey: Political competence of Theresa May in the UK 2017, by gender
Labour satisfaction rating of Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister in the UK 2017
Conservative satisfaction rating of Theresa May as Prime Minister in the UK 2017
Political competence of Paul Nuttall in the UK 2017, by gender
Political competence of Paul Nuttall in the UK 2017, by age
Impact of possible Jeremy Corbyn replacement on Labour vote in the UK 2017
Impact of Jeremy Corbyn replacement on Labour vote in the UK 2017, by gender
Impact of Jeremy Corbyn replacement on Labour vote in the UK 2017, by age
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Political competence of Tim Farron in the UK 2017, by age
Mexico: voting intention of presidential candidates 2017-2018
Labour Party: voting intention of public in the UK 2017
Survey on of political support for the Finns Party in Finland May 2019
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You can't see it. But it is there. On a brilliant summer day when the world crackles, when life is generous and a warm wind kisses your face, you feel its' radiant presence. You see how distant events are connected but not by coincidence. When all boundaries crumble before this powerful vibration it's exciting to know that you are part of its' shimmering splendour. You can go forward knowing that the path will vanish under you.
All of which is to say you're going to be hearing a lot about the Higgs Boson in the next while.
The Higgs Boson is a sub-atomic particle, postulated but not yet found. Confirmation would lend credence to the idea there is an invisible energy field that fills the vacuum of the observable universe. Without this field, or something akin, we would not be here.
So we're about to receive an important news update from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, as the hunt for this particle continues in a giant particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near the Franco-Swiss border. The LHC, a 27 kilometre underground track where particles smash each other at 99 percent of the speed of light, is the world's largest particle accelerator. If the Higgs Boson is confirmed as a result of these ongoing smash-ups it will point to the existence of the Higgs Field. And the Higgs Field will reinforce the Standard Model of particle physics, and all will be right with the world.
I don't pretend to know what is coming down the pipe from CERN but I feel as if I have had a small part in this, since my painting, Elemental Particles, was used on the poster and brochure for the First International Conference on Multiple Partonic Interactions at the LHC in 2008. That's when the hunt for the Higgs Boson really accelerated, so to speak.
The Higgs Boson – dubbed the God particle - is named after Peter Higgs, the 83-year-old University of Edinburgh physicist who with others first postulated the existence of a kind of quantum plasma – the Higgs Field – in 1964. But there wasn't equipment to detect it until the LHC came online. So one little Higgs-like boson poking its nose out of nowhere before spinning off and decaying back into nothing could point to the actual and not just theoretical existence of the Higgs Field.
I love the description of what happened after the Big Bang from The Guardian, because it reminds me of what Alchemists for centuries have called 'The Quickening': "When the Higgs Field switched on, some particles began to feel a 'drag' as they moved around, as though caught in cosmic glue. By clinging to the particles, the field gave them mass, making them move around more slowly. This was a crucial moment in the formation of the universe, because it allowed particles to come together and form all the atoms and molecules around today.
But some particles of light, photons, move through the Higgs field as if it wasn't there. Because the field does not cling to them, they are weightless and destined to move around at the speed of light forever. Other particles, like quarks and electrons – the smallest constituents of atoms – get caught in the field and gain mass in the process.
The field has enormous implications. Without it, the smallest building blocks of matter, from which all else is made, would forever rush around at the speed of light. They would never come together to make stars, planets, or life as we know it."
Of course the pending announcement by CERN scientists who work in this world of protons, gluons, photons, muons, mesons, quarks, antiquarks and pions may not be confirmation of the Higgs Boson at all. It may be something as simple as cool new data on dark matter and neutrinos or a confirmation of a beautiful new baryon.
CERN certainly won't be telling us why there is something rather than nothing, and these physical findings will not usher in a new era of world peace, human health or prosperity.
There is excitement though, because continued work on particle symmetry is likely to produce valuable understanding of the origin of mass, how our physical universe came to be the way it is, and how it is held together.
Update July 4: New particle, Consistent with HB - Sigma 5 @ 125GeV - coolio!


While I was in Thailand working with Free Burma Rangers, I had the opportunity to design the logo, signage and other collateral for the Jungle School of Medicine. The objective was to create recognizable signage for medical tents that needed to remain hidden from the Burmese government. I designed the template so the typography could be easily changed based on the location's name. I drew design inspiration from the local jungle and mixed in a classic serif font.


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\section{Introduction}

PG\,1553+113 was discovered in the Palomar-Green survey of UV-excess stellar
objects \citep{green}.  It is classified as a BL Lac object based on its
featureless spectrum \citep{redshift1, redshift2} and its significant optical
variability \citep{variability}.  PG\,1553+113 is well studied from the radio
to the X-ray regime.  Based on its broad-band spectral energy distribution
(SED), PG\,1553+113 is now classified as a high-frequency peaked BL Lac
\citep{classification}, similar to most of the AGNs detected at very high
energies (VHE).

The redshift of PG\,1553+113 is essentially unknown.  It was initially
determined to be $z$=$0.36$ \citep{redshift1} but later this claim was
withdrawn \citep{redshift2}.  To date no emission or absorption lines have been
measured despite several observation campaigns with optical instruments. No
host galaxy was resolved in {\it Hubble Space Telescope} (HST) images of
PG\,1553+113 taken during the HST survey of 110 BL Lac objects
\citep{Hubble_image}.  The HST results were used to set a lower limit of
$z$$>$0.78 \citep{z_extreme} for PG\,1553+113.  A more recent publication
claims a lower limit on the redshift of $z$$>$0.09 using the ESO-VLT optical
spectroscopy survey of 42 BL Lacertae objects of unknown redshift
\citep{z_new}.  The possibility of a large redshift is of critical importance
to VHE observations due to the absorption of VHE photons \citep{EBL_effect,
EBL_effect2} by pair-production on the extragalactic background light (EBL).
This absorption, which is energy dependent and increases strongly with
redshift, distorts the VHE energy spectra observed from distant objects. It is
believed that VHE photons above $E>100\,$GeV from objects at distances $z>1$
are completely absorbed. Note that the most distant  objects detected so far at
VHE are 1ES\,1218+304 ($z=0.182$, \citet{magic1218}) and 1ES\,1101-232
($z=0.186$, \citet{hessebl}).

Recently, VHE $\gamma$-ray emission from PG\,1553+113 was measured by H.E.S.S
\citep{hess1553} and by MAGIC \citep{magic1553}.  Both collaborations reported
a soft energy spectrum with a differential photon index of $\Gamma = 4.0 \pm
0.6$ and $\Gamma = 4.2 \pm 0.3$ respectively.  The VHE data from the two
measurements were used independently to derive an upper limit on the redshift
of the source of $z < 0.74$. This limit is based on the assumption of a minimum
possible level of the EBL and the maximum hardness of the intrinsic VHE
spectrum.  Although the intrinsic VHE $\gamma$-ray spectra of the AGNs are not
well known, it can be assumed that the intrinsic photon index of the sources is
not harder than $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$=1.5 \citep{hessebl}.  However, there
are emission scenarios where the maximum possible VHE photon index is even
harder ($\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}=2/3$, \citet{katar}).

Here we use the combined H.E.S.S. and MAGIC spectrum of PG\,1553+113 to derive
upper limits on its redshift, assuming the two limits on the hardness of the
intrinsic photon index ($\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$=1.5 and
$\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}=2/3$).

In addition, we present an alternative method to estimate an upper limit on the
redshift of PG\,1553+113 assuming that there is no break in the intrinsic VHE
spectrum of the source.

\section{Minimum EBL}
\label{sec:ebl}

\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.91\textwidth,angle=0,clip]{f1.eps}
\caption{Energy density of the extragalactic background light (EBL).
         Direct measurements, galaxy counts, low and upper limits are shown by
         different symbols as described in the legend. The dashed black line
         represents the upper limit set by H.E.S.S. \citep{hessebl}. The black
         solid curve is the minimum EBL spectrum taken from \citet{kneiske} for z=0.
         The model takes evolution of the EBL into account.}
\label{fig:EBLmin}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}

The most likely reaction channel in the interaction of VHE $\gamma$-rays with
the low energy photons of the EBL is pair production $
\gamma_{\mbox{\scriptsize{\,VHE}}} + \gamma_{\mbox{\scriptsize EBL}}
\rightarrow e^{+}\,e^{-}$. This reaction has its largest cross section when the
center of mass energy is roughly 2 times the threshold energy of 2m$_e$c$^2$.
The relevant EBL wavelength range for the absorption of VHE $\gamma$-rays spans
from UV light (0.1 $\mu$m) to far infrared (few 100 $\mu$m).  This light
predominantly  consists of redshifted star light of all epochs and reemission
of a part of this light by dust in galaxies.  The intrinsic (de-absorbed) VHE
photon spectrum, $dN/dE_i$, of a blazar located at redshift $z$ can be
determined using: \[ dN/dE_i\,=\, dN/dE_{obs} \times
\exp[\tau_{\gamma\gamma}(E,\,z)], \] where $dN/dE_{obs}$ is the observed
spectrum and $\tau_{\gamma\gamma}(E,\,z)$ is the optical depth.  While the
cross-section of the pair production is well known the spectral energy density
of the EBL is not, which makes the calculation of the optical depth uncertain.
Direct measurements of the EBL are difficult because of the strong foreground
emission, mainly consisting of reflected sunlight and thermal emission from
zodiacal dust particles.  Indirect upper limits on the EBL density were
obtained using fluctuation analyses of the detected background radiation
\citep{kashlinsky96,kashlinsky00}.  Recently, an upper limit on the EBL density
in the range from 0.8 to 3 $\mu$m was determined using measured VHE spectra of
distant AGNs \citep{hessebl}.  On the other hand, a robust lower limit on the
EBL is set by galaxy counts in different wavebands
\citep{madau,spitzer,elbaz,metcalfe,papovich}.  A summary of current direct and
indirect measurements of EBL is given in Fig.~\ref{fig:EBLmin}.

In the present study, we want to use the lowest possible realistic level of the
EBL in order to derive a minimum redshift, above which a break in the VHE
spectrum of PG\,1553+113 becomes evident.  Several EBL models have been
developed, taking into account the evolution of the EBL, which is related to
star and galaxy evolution (e.g. \citet{kneiske,primack,steckerEBL}).  Though
different in approach, the models agree in their predictions within a factor of
2.  For this study, we use the lower limit model from \citet{kneiske}, which is
just at the level of the direct lower limits set by the galaxy counts (see
Fig.~\ref{fig:EBLmin}).

\section{Combining the spectra of PG 1553+113 from H.E.S.S. and MAGIC}
\label{sec:comb}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics*[width=0.42\textwidth,angle=0,clip]{f2.eps}
\caption{Differential measured energy spectrum of PG 1553+113
         multiplied by E$^2$ to represent energy density.
         The spectrum measured by H.E.S.S. is shown by grey points, whereas
         the MAGIC spectrum is shown by black boxes. The last point in
         the MAGIC spectrum is a 95\% upper limit.}
\label{fig:spec}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The differential VHE $\gamma$-ray spectra of PG\,1553+113 published by H.E.S.S.
and MAGIC are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:spec}. The photon fluxes are multiplied by
$E^2$, which is equivalent to a $\nu F(\nu)$ representation. The H.E.S.S. data are shown
as grey circles and the MAGIC data by black boxes.
For H.E.S.S., the data were taken in spring--summer 2005. In case of MAGIC, it
is a combined data set taken between spring 2005 and winter 2006.
The last spectral point is a 95\% upper limit and will not be used in the further analysis.
AGNs are known to be variable sources in flux so that, in general, it is not trivial
to combine non-simultaneous data sets.
In the present case, however, the agreement between
the spectra measured by H.E.S.S. and MAGIC is very good.
As a test, we fitted a power law
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:pl}
dN/dE = N_0 E^{-\Gamma}
\end{equation}
to the observed spectra in the
overlapping energy region between 150 and 600\,GeV by fixing the slope
(observed photon index $\Gamma$) to the value measured by H.E.S.S.: $\Gamma = 4$.
The resulting normalization factors are  $N_0 = (2.01 \pm 0.34) \times
10^{-13}\,\, \mathrm{phot} / (\mathrm{TeV}\,\mathrm{cm}^2\,\mathrm{s})^{-1}$
and $N_0= (2.24 \pm 0.59) \times 10^{-13}\,\, \mathrm{phot} /
(\mathrm{TeV}\,\mathrm{cm}^2\,\mathrm{s})^{-1}$ for the H.E.S.S. and MAGIC data
respectively. These numbers differ by 10\%, which is small compared to the
individual statistical errors.  In order to increase the
statistical power of the tests described below, we use the combined spectrum of
MAGIC and H.E.S.S. data on PG\,1553+113.
We normalize the spectra by multiplying the H.E.S.S. fluxes by a factor 1.1 to
avoid a possible bias in our results.  In order to show the effect of the
normalization we also perform the same study on a combined spectrum without
this normalization.

\section{Determination of upper limits on the redshift of PG\,1553+113}
\label{sec:stat}

Two different methods are used. The first one
assumes that the spectral index of the intrinsic differential
photon spectrum is not higher than 1.5
(or, alternatively, 2/3). The second one assumes that the intrinsic photon
spectrum has no break in the measured energy region from 80 to 600\,GeV.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth,angle=0,clip]{f3.eps}
\caption{Constraint on the redshift of PG 1553+113.
{\it Hollow points}: measured combined (normalized) differential
energy spectrum of PG\,1553+113 using MAGIC (squares) and H.E.S.S. (circles)
data from 2005 and 2006.
{\it Filled points}: intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113, using
minimum possible density of the evolving EBL and the redshift of $z=0.42$.
{\it Black dotted line}: power law fit to the intrinsic spectrum;
the fitted photon index is listed in the inlay.
{\it Black solid line}: curved power law fit.
The probability of the likelihood ratio test is 95.06\%, meaning that
the fit by a curved power law is to be preferred over the fit by a power law.}
\label{fig:1553spec}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsection*{Maximum intrinsic photon index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$}

A fit of  Eq.~\ref{eq:pl2} is performed to the
intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113.
The fitted index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$ and its error $\sigma_{\Gamma}$ are combined to
$\Gamma_{\mathrm{max}}$, where $\Gamma_{\mathrm{max}} = \Gamma_{\mathrm{int}} + 2 \times \sigma_{\Gamma}$
corresponding to a 95\% confidence level.
We note that despite the fact that for $z>0.42$ (see below) a curved power law gives a significantly better fit to the
intrinsic spectrum than a simple power law, the $\chi^2$ value of
the latter fit is still acceptable.
A redshift $z$ is considered to be unrealistic if $\Gamma_{\mathrm{max}} < 1.5$ or,
in case of the extreme scenario, $\Gamma_{\mathrm{max}} < 2/3$.

\subsection*{Presence of a break in the intrinsic photon spectrum}

The second method is based on the indication that for larger redshifts
($z>0.3$) the intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113 exhibits a break at about
200\,GeV with the intrinsic energy spectrum rising after the break
(see Fig.~\ref{fig:1553spec}).
Such a break in the intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113
cannot be excluded {\it {a priori}}.
It could attributed to a second population of $\gamma$-ray emitting particles.
However, in none of the
measured VHE $\gamma$-ray spectra of extragalactic sources such a component has
been found.  Thus, if a spectrum shows a break, either it is the first time a
second emitting component is found in a VHE $\gamma$-ray spectrum or a lower
redshift value $z$ has to be assumed.

To test the presence of a second component
(or the presence of a break)
in the VHE spectrum of
PG\,1553+113 we performed a likelihood ratio test \citep{stat2} on the intrinsic spectrum.
Two hypotheses are tested.
Hypothesis A is a simple power law (2 free parameters):
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:pl2}
  dN/dE = N_0 E^{-\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}}
\end{equation}
Hypothesis B is a curved power law (3 free parameters):
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:cpl}
  dN/dE = N_0 E^{-(\alpha\,+\,\beta\,\ln(E))} \,,
\end{equation}
which corresponds to a parabolic law in a
$\log (\mathrm{E}^{2}\, \mathrm{dN}/\mathrm{dE})$
vs. $\log \mathrm{E}$  representation. A parabolic shape is a natural
choice to describe the transition region of a break between two
spectral components.
By fitting the two functional forms (Eq.~\ref{eq:pl2} and \ref{eq:cpl})
to the de-absorbed spectrum one obtains values
of the likelihood functions $L_A$ and $L_B$. If hypothesis A is true the likelihood
ratio $R = -\ln(L_A/L_B)$ is approximately $\chi^2$ distributed with one degree of freedom.
One defines a probability
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:probab}
   P = \int\limits_{0}^{R_{\mathrm{meas}}} p\,(\chi^2) \, \mathrm{d\chi^2}
\end{equation}
where $p\,(\chi^2)$ is the $\chi^2$ probability density function and $R_{meas}$
is the measured value of $R$. Hypothesis A will be rejected
(and hypothesis B will be accepted) if $P$ is greater than
the confidence level, which is set to 95\%.

\section{Results}
\label{sec:res}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth,angle=0,clip]{f4.eps}
\caption{Constraints on the redshift of PG 1553+113 (see text for details). \newline
{\it Black points} and left Y-axis: probability of the likelihood ratio test
(Eq.~\ref{eq:probab}).
The black arrow indicates the minimum redshift ($z=0.42$), at which
the break in the intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113 is evident. \newline
{\it Blue line} and right Y-axis: intrinsic
photon index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$.
Shaded areas correspond to 2 $\sigma$ confidence belt.
The intrinsic spectrum
is harder than this for $z>0.69$, which is indicated by the blue arrow.
The extreme case of $\Gamma=2/3$ leads to an upper limit of
$z<0.80$ as indicated by the dashed blue arrow.}
\label{fig:limits}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

We examined a wide range of redshifts values $z$ between 0.1 and 0.9 in steps of
0.02. Each time, the corresponding optical depth was calculated and the intrinsic
spectrum of PG\,1553+113 was determined using the low limit model from \citet{kneiske}.
The probability of the likelihood ratio
test and the intrinsic photon index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$ as a function of
redshift $z$ are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:limits}.

The intrinsic photon index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$ as a function of the
redshift is shown by the thick blue line in Fig.~\ref{fig:limits}.
A $2\sigma$ confidence belt is drawn as blue shaded area.
The result without the normalization between the H.E.S.S.
and MAGIC measured spectrum of PG\,1553+113 is shown by the dashed blue line with a
corresponding $2\sigma$ confidence belt as grey shaded area.
Assuming that the intrinsic photon index can not be harder than $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}=1.5$,
we obtain a redshift limit of $z<0.69$ with a confidence of 95\%.
Assuming the maximally hard spectrum as proposed by \citet{katar}
with $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}=2/3$, we obtain a redshift upper limit
of  $z<0.80$.

The intrinsic spectrum was considered to have a break
if the likelihood ratio test gave more
than 95\% confidence.  The probability of the likelihood ratio test as a function
of the redshift is shown by the black points and thick black line in Fig.~\ref{fig:limits}.
The smallest redshift, for which the test gave more than 95\% confidence,
is $z=0.42$ (see Fig.~\ref{fig:1553spec}). The assumption that there is no
break in the intrinsic spectrum of PG\,1553+113 thus leads to an upper limit on
its redshift of $z<0.42$.
The result without the normalization between the H.E.S.S.
and MAGIC measured spectrum is shown by the thin black line.
The systematic uncertainty in the derived limits, arising from the applied
normalization of 10\% between the H.E.S.S. and MAGIC data, is below 10\%.

The test for the existence of a break cannot be applied to the  H.E.S.S. spectrum
alone since the break occurs around the lower end of the energy region of the H.E.S.S. measurement.
On the other hand, applying this test to the MAGIC data alone never reaches
the required probability of 95\% for the existence of the break due to insufficient
statistics.

\section{Conclusion and Outlook}
\label{sec:conc}

In this study, we combined H.E.S.S. and MAGIC data using their good agreement and used
a realistic minimum density of the EBL to reconstruct the intrinsic spectrum
of PG\,1553+113.
We showed that the intrinsic photon index $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}$ becomes smaller than
$\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}}=1.5$ at $z=0.69$, which can be considered a robust upper limit on the
redshift of PG\,1553+113. In case of the extreme emission scenario with $\Gamma_{\mathrm{int}} = 2/3$,
we obtain an upper limit of $z<0.80$.
Moreover, we showed that a break in the intrinsic spectrum at about 200\,GeV becomes evident
at a redshift of $z=0.42$. The break can either be interpreted
as an upper limit on the redshift of PG\,1553+113 or as evidence for a second emission
component in the VHE spectrum of the object.
The upper limit of $z<0.42$ implies values of the intrinsic slope indicating that the peak
of the high-energy component of the SED lies below few hundred
GeV, as typically derived for the closest TeV blazars Mrk\,421 and Mrk\,501 (in low flux state).
We note that increasing the statistics by combining the spectra of MAGIC and
H.E.S.S. resulted in a moderate improvement of the redshift upper limit.
On the other hand, the second method, which is based on
the search for structures in the intrinsic spectrum and which resulted in much more
stringent limits, became only feasible using the combined data set.

The knowledge of the distance of PG\,1553+113 is crucial for the modeling
of the emission processes in the object, especially for combining X-ray and VHE data.
In case the redshift of PG\,1553+113 is larger than $z>0.2$ it would not only be
the farthest AGN detected in the VHE range so far but also by far the most energetic one.
Further campaigns to determine the redshift of PG\,1553+113 directly as well as extensive
VHE observations are encouraged.

\vspace{-2mm}

\acknowledgements
{
We would like to thank Wolfgang {\mbox{Wittek}} for fruitful
discussions and help in preparing this manuscript, as well as
Wystan Benbow for providing H.E.S.S. data of PG\,1553+113.
The financial support of  MPI f\"ur Physik, Munich, is acknowledged.}

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Trump-endorsed Anna Paulina Luna rakes in $500,000 last quarter, beating Democrat opponents
Anna Paulina Luna, Republican frontrunner for Florida's Pinellas County congressional race, has officially surpassed her Democrat opponents by raising $500,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021.
According to her latest press release, Luna now brings her total fundraising to over $1 million since launching her campaign for Florida's 13th Congressional District in May 2021.
"I am thrilled by and grateful for the overwhelming support my campaign has received," the America First candidate said in her press release. "We have worked hard to build a broad and diverse coalition of supporters that will power us to success in November, and it is exciting to see our efforts paying off so early in the race."
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In conclusion, an inventory of normative and operational instruments is offered in regard to innovative local policies on social inclusion and participation. A city can pursue comprehensive goals such as to "develop and approve a local plan for social inclusion (...) with resources, a firm commitment at the level of participation and a clear system of indicators" as well as focus on egalitarian participation (how to eliminate the so-called "socio-demographic biases of participation") or even empowerment by focusing on the most excluded.


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What if all that flying is good for the planet?
Without tourism, it's easy to imagine the Serengeti turned into cattle ranches
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A growing movement known as "flight shame" and popularised by well-meaning climate activists is gaining momentum around the world. Its premise: Flying is bad for the climate, so if you care about life on earth, don't fly. The movement, which began in Scandinavia, has ballooned into protests to disrupt flights at London's Heathrow Airport and social media campaigns outing celebrities and others for planning long-haul trips.
With the holiday season fast approaching, many climate-conscious people may be wondering: Is my planned vacation for the other side of the world ethically indefensible? But let's try another question: If we really did all stop flying, would that save the planet? The counterintuitive answer is that it might actually do the opposite.
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Children ages 10 and under are invited to show off their Halloween costumes and trick or treat at Arlington businesses from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 31.
Look for the poster above in the windows of participating businesses.
Andriana's Pizzeria of Arlington - 1060 Mass. Ave.
Arlington Smiles Family Dentistry - 1064 Mass. Ave.
Mirak Automotive (2 locations) 1125 Mass Ave. and 1165 Mass Ave.
Workbar - 1167 Mass. Ave.
Millbrook Animal Clinic - 1183 Mass. Ave.
Leader Bank - 1201 Mass. Ave.
Wanamaker Hardware -1298 Mass. Ave.
Old Schwamb Mill - at Wanamaker Hardware -1298 Mass. Ave. will be handing out candy at Wanamaker's Hardware Store and not at the Old Schwamb Mill which is too out of the way for trick or treaters. We have been doing this the last several years and this has worked out well.
Cambridge Savings Bank - 1300 Mass. Ave.
Sports, Etc. - 1303 Mass. Ave.
Classic Kitchen & Bath- 1321 Mass. Ave.
Century 21 Adams-75 Park Ave.
Arlington Community Media, Inc.-85 Park Ave.-Come to the ACMi studio to see your little ghosts and goblins on TV!
European Wax Center-1398 Mass, Ave.
Sunrise Senior Living of Arlington - 1395 Mass. Ave.
Marbella Design Studio - 473 Summer St.
Intelligent Labor, Inc.-18 Beck Rd.
Brightview Arlington Assisted Living - 1 Symmes Road - Our residents welcome you to our Halloween Party starting at 3 PM for treats and conversation. We would love to see your costumes. Groups are welcome, just let us know in advance if you're more than 10 visitors so that we have enough treats. Hope to see you on Halloween!
Susan's Barber Shop- 966 Mass. Ave.
Bowes Real Estate- 1010 Mass. Ave.
Ellenhorn, LLC - 406 Mass. Ave.-Our receptionist will be ready to pass out candy!
Town Barber Shop - 458 Mass. Ave.
Elite Freestyle Karate - 5 Medford St.
The Regent Theatre- 7 Medford St.
The Artful Heart Gallery- 8 Medford St.
Book Rack - 13 Medford St.
Leader Bank - 449 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge Savings Bank - 626 Mass. Ave.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage- 635 Mass. Ave.
Gosselin & Kyriakidis PC - 635 Mass. Ave.
Not Your Average Joes - 645 Mass. Ave.
Henry Bears Park - 685 Mass. Ave.
Robbins Library- 700 Mass. Ave-will be handing out non-food treats to anyone in costume! Just look for the Goblin King (from Labyrinth) near the front desk.
Symmes Mini Mart - 681 Mass. Ave.
Tony's All-Sports Barbershop - 721 Mass. Ave.
R.W. Shattuck Ace Hardware-24 Mill St.
StemExpress, LLC - 50 Mill St.
Brookline Bank - 856 Mass. Ave.
Leader Bank - 864 Mass. Ave.
Artbeat - 212 A Mass. Ave.
Maxima Art Center - 212 Mass. Ave.
Capitol Theater - 204 Mass Ave.
Cambridge Savings Bank - 188 Mass. Ave.
Leader Bank - 180 Mass. Ave.
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'Indian Matchmaking' on Netflix: How to Follow the Cast on Instagram
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Pataakha actor Radhika Madan has shared a funny Indian Matchmaking spoof on Instagram, featuring her adorable doggo Breezer. The video shows snippets of matchmaker Sima Taparia from the hit Netflix reality show, sharing her views on the shows contestants. Radhika captioned the video with the lyrics of the 3 Idiots song, Aal Izz Well. While the dog continues to lie on the floor and refuses to get a ball for Radhika, Sima Taparia is seen talking about how frustrated she is with the contestants who are unable to make up their mind about their prospective life partners suggested by her. Indian Matchmaking released on Netflix and Sima, a matchmaker from Mumbai who offers her services to families in India and abroad, became an internet sensation. She is seen catering to the high demands of potential brides and grooms, and their parents on the show, which stoked an online debate about arranged marriages in Indian communities. See pics. Radhika was last seen in Irrfan Khan-starrer Angrezi Medium. Follow htshowbiz for more.
Is 'Selling Sunset' Fake? Chrissy Teigen Questions if Agents are Real. Love 'Lovecraft Country'? The series follows the most prominent matchmaker in India as she pairs up singles across continents, using her decades of experience and keen instincts for matchmaking.
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Gianluca has to admit his life is empty. His high-pressure City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends — all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over and he barely knows his young daughters. In search of serenity and a deeper purpose to his existence, he flees to Italy, to the magical Palazzo Montelimone lovingly restored by his parents, to chill and to assess his future.
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Finding love in the time of Coronavirus? Yes, please. There WILL be some great stories of connection and finding love that will come out of all of this. Will your story be one of them? Connecting virtually will be the new norm for the foreseeable future. To avoid feelings of isolation and loneliness during this time, it will be important for all of us to get comfortable with using technology to connect with family and friends. And if single and living alone without a partner, those feelings of isolation and loneliness could even be more heightened, especially if physical or social distancing goes on for months and not weeks , as some experts are predicting.
Extended phone calls and video calls will be the new norm until people can meet in person. Dating this way will be new for many. But has been done and done well for many in happy long distance relationships.
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Indian Matchmaking treads into dangerous territory when it allows Sima Taparia free rein to reinforce regressive methods of Indian.
Atwood put a post on her Instagram feed inviting people who want to be matched for a blind phone-call date to submit three facts about themselves, including age and location. She would use these facts to set up a phone date with someone she thought was suitable. I stepped away from my computer, and a couple hours later, there were more than ninety responses. Success, Atwood explains, is determined by whether or not a couple is still in touch and still talking following their initial blind phone date.
I matched at least one couple who ended up quarantining together and are now full-on dating—without masks! Atwood likes to draw cartoons on Instagram and write up blurbs that people have sent her, giving them assumed names. The last I heard, they were buying plane tickets so they could meet in person. They just give me some personal information, which of course includes sexual orientation, and I do the choosing.
Much of the appeal, Atwood thinks, is due to the bespoke nature of the service. No algorithms are involved. Furthermore, there are no photos used in this app.
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I met Bob through a mutual friend that he was dating. Bob was an avid sailor, a successful professional with a 25 year career at a Fortune 20 company. He had been married for all of those 25 years, until one day his wife, who owned her own successful business, out of the blue decided she had fallen for a mutual friend of theirs. He was devastated of course.
The first person Bob began dating after his divorce was a woman he had met through work. I noticed that Bob seemed to be a lot more interested in Sue than she was with him. He began to ask for my advice. Although I felt like Bob was the quality kind of man Sue should be dating, she just didn't feel any chemistry. I advised him to see if some could develop, but it was not in the cards.
Sue finally broke up with Bob. While Bob was teaching me about lines and navigation, I taught Bob the ropes of dating again, from the ground up. I put a profile together for him, and removed most of the information he had included, and then lined up some suitable dates.
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Absolutely disgusting show that plays up stereotypes, patriarchy and sexism like they're cultural virtues. I wish Netflix had content benchmarking also to oust this garbage. It is well made around india's unique arranged match making phsyche. In between it leans towards tried and tested arrange marriage especially for tradition locked business families.
I think it deliberately avoids any argument against it. But it clearly highlights how hard for many to find love and commitment. Showing photos of "Indian Matchmaking Season 1″. Reminder Successfully Set! Select a City Close.
Indian Matchmaking is a Indian documentary television series produced by Smriti Mundhra. Indian Matchmaking was released on July 16, , on Netflix. Mundhra named the casting the biggest hurdle of the show, going through a client list of families and calling to see if they were willing to be on camera. Mundhra also noted that the series initially started with about a dozen singles but with some that "fell off" during production.
The show received mixed reviews between critics and social media users. In addition to showing " classist " and " casteist " stereotypes, the show was criticized for whitewashing the idea of arranged marriages.
I love stories that provoke emotion and The Italian Matchmaker did just that. is adept at writing perceptive character analyses and her writing is funny, too.
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A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of , with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and interviews with the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business.
From shop girls to debutantes, widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, registration forms, film, record cards, ledgers, photographs, letters, and books by the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business.
Netflix's "Indian Matchmaking" has faced a lot of backlash, but the and many of its story lines do end with the implication that things between.
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But there's never been a show quite like Indian Matchmaking , whose first season premiered on July A hybrid of a reality show and documentary series, Indian Matchmaking follows multiple South Asian singles' search for a spouse, with the help of Bombay's premiere matchmaker, Sima Taparia. Indian Matchmaking 's final episode ends on a cliff-hanger. After eight episodes of dates and minor drama, Sima meets with a new client, Richa, and is presented with yet another list of qualifications.
However, Richa's story is left without a resolution—and Richa, without a husband.
The Matchmaker. A Novel. In this moving story about losing and finding love again, a woman sets out to find the perfect matches for those closest to her.
They spoke in the kitchen, her mother pretending to wash dishes in the background and her brother hiding in a cupboard, eavesdropping. Thus, the beginning of her matchmaking experience ended almost as soon as it began. Executive produced by Smriti Mundhra, it follows Sima Taparia, a Mumbai-based matchmaker Mundhra met when her own mother solicited matchmaking services for her a decade ago.
Mundhra, who was raised in the U. She made a documentary on the topic in , A Suitable Girl , a broad and bitter portrait of traditional matchmaking in India. It follows three women up until their wedding days, documenting their loss of independence and observing the severe social and familial pressures they face throughout the process.
Its success landed Mundhra a meeting at Netflix, where she pitched Indian Matchmaking. The show follows Sima and six of her clients, all middle-and-upper-class Indian-Americans and Indians. Other times, the criteria ventures into the openly discriminatory: Clients want someone fair-skinned or to be from a certain caste.
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Fatima Cengic tells story of heroism
by Rebecca Connop Price
The Interior News, July 28, 2004.
Fatima Cengic survived the siege of Tesanj, in Bosnia, and proceeded to build a life for herself in Canada – all thanks to a Christmas shoebox that arrived from Whitehorse and a great deal of determination. This was published in the Interior News on July 28, 2004. This story also never made it online, so here is a full transcript:
WHEN Fatima Cengic was 13 years old, she was living in Tesanj, a Bosnian city under siege by Serbian militants. She was unable to enjoy even the simplest of pleasures of life, such as a carefree stroll down the road.
Because of the threat of gunfire and bombs, she lived with her family in the basement of their home for six months.
But after six months, Cengic got fed up and decided enough was enough.
"My room was upstairs, everything was upstairs," she says.
"I just hated the basement."
To the chagrin of her parents, Cengic defied what they thought was safe, and began sleeping upstairs.
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