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Sean McBride, The Movie Guy
MOVIE GUY — Gifted comics Nanjiani, Rae save 'Lovebirds'
By Sean McBride
Published 12:09 am Friday, May 22, 2020
Netflix Films
Directed by Michael Showalter
Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp and Kyle Bornheimer
I was looking forward to watching The Lovebirds when it premiered at this year's South-by-Southwest film festival. Alas, SXSW2020 was cancelled, leaving the film to premiere two months later over on Netflix.
The Lovebirds is a zany little movie that works because of the undeniable charm and talent of Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in the central roles. They play a couple whose relationship is falling apart, but that will prove to be the least of their problems after a man claiming to be a police officer commandeers their car to chase down a bike messenger. He catches up and proceeds to run over the cyclist, all with the astonished couple sitting helplessly in the car.
Things go from bad to worse when a hipster couple arrives to find the couple standing over the dead body. You'll need to suspend your disbelief as they decide to solve the crime, rather than try to explain everything to the police. Yeah, it doesn't make much logical sense, but go with it because that decision leads to an outrageous adventure that has everything from thrilling action sequences to crazy wardrobe issues to an Eyes Wide Shut-type orgy, most of which proves to be quite funny.
Nanjiani and Rae are a hoot throughout all of this. He's mastered the art of an outraged outburst where he uses rapid monologues in a vain attempt to cover his panic. Not to be outdone, she's more than able to match him quip for quip. You get the real sense that this is a couple who has been together long enough to know how to get under each other's skin, which leads to some cruel-but-funny moments.
I'm also a big fan of allowing this Pakistani-American and African American couple to comment on the experience without turning the film into a high-minded message film. They are simply a diverse couple with some unique takes on their experiences, but it's not the driving force behind the movie.
All of which means that The Lovebirds has interesting characters who also happen to be very funny. Their zany adventure might cause some people to roll their eyes, but those who can roll with this strange story will be rewarded with a fun night at the movies — even if your night out is still at home on your couch.
It's a bit of a shame because I can envision this film generating big laughs in a crowded movie theater. It would have been a riotous hit for the young-and hip crowd at SXSW, but it still has enough charm to work at home as well.
The Lovebirds will begin streaming on Netflix on May 22.
Movie reviews by Sean, "The Movie Guy," are published each week in The Port Arthur News and seen weekly on KFDM and Fox4. Sean welcomes your comments via email at smcbride@sbgtv.com.
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Let's say you're a filmmaker and you're asked to make a documentary film that says something meaningful about resistance, deportation, and/or the concentration camp experience of WWII. How would you go about it? What would you present in your film? Maybe you'd fill the movie with historical facts and figures, a narrative survey of the events, charts full of statistics, maps of different locations, and the learned comments of professional historians? Once that film was completed would it make the past any more real in the minds of the viewers? Would it really be any different than a written work about the same events? Would it really have anything meaningful to say about that past? Would anyone have much use for it fifty years later?
One tends to think Alain Resnais pondered similar questions when the Comité d'Histoire de la Déportation de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale (Committee on the History of Deportation of the Second World War) commissioned him to make a documentary film on the concentration camp experience as part of an exhibition on the history of the resistance, deportation and liberation in France some ten years after the end of World War II. Thankfully, Resnais, a filmmaker best known at that time for his avant-garde short films but who went on to make canonical features Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961), did not make the kind of film described above. Instead, he collaborated with poet and concentration camp survivor Jean Cayrol and created an unforgettable personal account of the death camp experience.
In the picture, Cayrol's narration is composed of lyrical passages, flashes, memories, feelings about his time in a Nazi camp while Resnais edits color tracking shots of concentration camp ruins juxtaposed with stark black and white archival footage of the camps in operation. He upsets traditional film language with jarring spatial and temporal dislocation, a favorite trick of avant-garde filmmakers such as Maya Deren, while Cayrol's recollections and descriptions fill our ears. The effect is not a representation of the reality of the past but the cinematic equivalent of remembering.
The documentary gives a sharply felt kick to the active viewer too. For example, a single tilt up an immense pile of human hair (see screencap above) or the shot of marks caused by the desperate clawing of fingernails in a "shower room" evoke more acutely felt horror than a thousand Clive Barker movies. At one point Cayrol surmises that these words and pictures are ultimately inadequate to represent the true horror of the concentration camp experience. We have to use our historical imagination and Resnais eases that task by evoking the experience of recollection. Tracking color shots of the present day concentration camp strike us with the immediacy of Now. When these shots are starkly juxtaposed with black and white archival films of the camp in operation we're wrenched through time. The monochromatic stock of the archival images evokes the past as a suddenly unburied memory. It isn't necessary for the narrator to say "this is Buchenwald in 1943," or whatever, we make the temporal leap unconsciously.
Incidentally, the previous uses of full color/black and white transitions in motion pictures that I recall are basically effects. For example, the color sequences in early revue musicals, the color sequence in the unmasking of The Phantom of the Opera (1925), the titular painting at the end of Portrait of Jennie (1949), and The Wizard of Oz (1939) which sort-of reverses the technique used here by Resnais (black and white is Dorothy's present reality while color is reserved for her unconscious world). According to an interview on the Criterion DVD, the use of color was a conscious choice made by Resnais to produce an intended effect. It was not forced upon him by the fact that the archival footage was black and white, as some have claimed, because he could have shot new footage in b/w (in fact, I noticed that he did for a couple of the shots). It's since become such a standard and recognizable technique, especially in documentaries about the past, that I have no idea how novel it might have looked to audiences back in 1955.
Can we also view the picture as a kind of history on film? Perhaps. Motion pictures may be inadequate to truly represent the past, but through them we can better imagine places and events that we ourselves never experienced. A looong ways back on this blog, as I was reading Robert Rosenstone's book History on Film/Film on History, I asked fellow film bloggers their opinions about the difference between history on paper and history on film (thanks again for all of the thoughtful responses guys). One part of Rosenstone's theory is that history on film is a separate and distinct kind of history that has an esoteric potential for sharing something meaningful about the past in ways quite different from the written word. I felt opposed to the thesis at first. However, I feel somewhat, if grudgingly, more open to it as my knowledge of the cinema expands. After seeing Resnais' picture I'm kind of surprised that the author didn't use it as a primary example in the chapter on documentaries. The formal language does evoke the experience of remembering, but the film may function as a kind of history on film too. It unburies traces of the past and lays them bare before us as a kind of shared recollection and the imagery engages the historical imagination. Though it's been criticized for questionable historical accuracy of some of its narrative claims and for failing to more fully address causation, particularly anti-Semitism, the subjective focus reveals a kind of historical truth that drives an emotional response to events in the past. If no single film can represent the total truth of the past because traces of the past can be used to create a variety of true accounts depending upon interpretation does that make this account any less historical? Also, the documentary reveals how a filmmaker can coax images to function as a kind of history on film that has a meaningful impact that endures. The chromatic mercuriality and personal reminiscence reminds us of the sudden unexpected ways that memories can become aroused while it prods us to consider horrors of the past as something present and live--not as a potential within each of us or as a shared culpability as some critics have interpreted, but as a reality among us. Finally, if the director made an academic style documentary full of historical facts, figures, and talking heads about concentration camps would cinephiles remain interested in it all these years later?
At one point in the film we're told that the title refers to Himmler's threat that the Nazis would make anyone deemed undesirable vanish into the "night and fog," never to be seen or heard from again. Resnais' haunting documentary, which we're still discussing all these years later, helps to ensure that those who suffered this fate will not be forgotten. For realizing the unexpected potential of a performative historical documentary in the short subject format through 1955 Night and Fog is about as accomplished a film as we can hope to find.
What a way to make a comeback! This terrific piece is quite timely, too, as a Resnais retrospective is making the rounds and will be in Berkeley next month. I've seen a smattering of his films before, some of them (like Night and Fog) multiple times, but I'm eager to do some serious thinking on this filmmaker, and a thoughtful piece like this is a good way to gear up.
I wonder if Resnais was intending to make his document a timeless one, which it almost inarguably is, and as you point out comes directly from his aesthetic choices. If this was indeed his purpose, it seems to fit in with the universal message voiced on the narrated soundtrack.
I also wonder if he had seen a film like Czechoslovakia's Distant Journey before making this one, and if such an experience affected his approach.
Hey Brian - Thanks a lot. I would like to see more of his pictures too (only two so far) and spend time thinking and writing about them as well. His uncanny facility with editing to shift time and space is appealing, startling, and probably frustrating sometimes too. It's become such a familiar technique that I overlooked exactly what he's doing here and how it affects the viewing experience at first. I initially picked this one up because its been on so many top films and top history films lists, and I had read a bit on the debate about it. Also, the war is history at this point so I was anxious to see how films about it changed in character.
I like the point you raise about the universal message in the text being reflected in the filmmaking. I'd like to do an experiment of watching the picture without the narration. If I could watch it with just the music would it have the same effects? The main point for me is that art endures and I wonder if Resnais was conscious of that when making his creative decisions. Whatever his motives, he rises to the challenge through his own medium and expands the cinematic potential for historical documentaries at the same time.
I haven't seen Distant Journey but just checked a review of it. It definitely seems to have kinship with this one both in topic and experimental approach. I'll keep my eyes peeled for it. Cayrol's text did remind me in some ways of Elie Wiesel's book about his own experiences in a concentration camp, Night (1955). Overall, I was more excited about Resnais' manipulation of past and present images through editing.
Please let me know if you view more Resnais. I'd love to read more of your thoughts on his films.
What's he filming in there?


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Teachers, neighbors reflect on Roosevelt
Marta Jewson
mjewson@stcloudtimes.com
St. Cloud Fire Chief Bill Mund led an hourslong fight against a blaze that reduced Roosevelt Early Childhood Center to a pile of rubble — the same building where he once went to school.
Neighbors, teachers, students and administrators, current and former, huddled under umbrellas Sunday morning as they watched firefighters from at least five departments work to quell stubborn hot spots.
The only way to reach lingering flames was to demolish the district's second oldest building, Mund said. Roosevelt, constructed in 1920, was second only to Technical High School, built in 1915. Now the second oldest, Lincoln Elementary, is a full 30 years newer, which it having been constructed in 1950.
The historical building, named for President Theodore Roosevelt, once welcomed Eleanor Roosevelt.
Though most bystanders probably didn't remember her visit, they each had their own connections and memories of the school. Roosevelt is the entrance to St. Cloud's public school system for many, and for others, a landmark on Third Avenue North.
Alicia Jepsen, the director of early childhood services at Roosevelt, stood across the street from school in the pouring rain Sunday morning.
Just weeks ago, 3- and 4-year-olds filled brightly decorated preschool classrooms in the building she now watched firefighters douse with water from all directions.
A longtime teacher came down the sidewalk and greeted her — in tears.
Jepsen said she didn't learn of the blaze that was reported about 11:40 p.m. Saturday until Sunday morning. This was probably good she said, as the district now has to relocate some summer school classes and find a new home for preschoolers in the fall.
When the sun finally came out Sunday afternoon, Jepsen was there, greeting more teachers.
"This school belongs to the whole community," Jepsen said.
Denise Huebsch taught kindergarten at Roosevelt in 1990 and 1991, and does instructional assessments for students who want to enter kindergarten early.
"I just love this place," she said. "It's really difficult to see this."
"I'm just so overwhelmed right now," said Huebsch, who was crying. She was scheduled to work Thursday.
She heard about the fire on the news and had to take a look for herself, like several of the onlookers who had connections with the school.
As the crane operator tore down part of the school's west facing wall, he stopped for a moment. He called out to firefighters that he would work the heavy machinery around a lone A-frame swing-set.
The swing-set was standing Sunday evening, without the backdrop of Roosevelt.
Groups of teachers gathered throughout the day. They pointed to where their classrooms used to be or to the portable classrooms still standing, but with likely smoke and water damage.
Gone with the books and toys, files and computers, are teachers' years of accumulated supplies.
One teacher had a handful of files that a firefighter was kind enough to pass over crime scene tape to her. Singed and soaking, she held them tight.
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Meghan Markle searches for help to produce Netflix show Pearl after Spotify takes £18m podcast 'into their own hands'
MEGHAN Markle is searching for someone to help produce her Netflix show Pearl – at the same time as Spotify bosses take her £18million podcast "into their own hands".
Spotify is hiring a host of in-house producers to finally help deliver content after waiting more than a year for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to produce material for their mega-money deal.
It seems Netflix is taking similar action, with the company's LinkedIn searching for a Los-Angeles based Production Designer for Meghan's forthcoming project, Pearl.
The show is described as a "family series" that centres on the adventures of a 12-year-old girl who is inspired by a variety of influential women.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who is also an executive producer, announced the project via Archewell Productions last summer, although they have not yet confirmed when it will be released.
Reaching out for help online, its job ad reads: "The Production Designer will help to develop, create, and support the aesthetic vision of our Executive Producer Team, working closely with the Show Runner to design multiple worlds representing various time periods throughout history."
It adds an "accomplished artist" with three to five years of CG animation production experience is desired.
The ideal candidate will need to be someone who can "collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion and open-mindedness".
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And they will need to design "multiple worlds representing various time periods throughout history" for the show.
Meghan and Harry are due to work alongside Elton John's husband David Furnish, Carolyn Soper, and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Liz Garbus, Amanda Rynda and Dan Cogan, for the show.
But if the wait is anything like the wait for Spotify content, Netflix fans could be waiting a while.
Spotify said it was looking forward to a "full-scale" launch of shows in 2021 – but nothing appeared.
Now, bosses at the streaming platform are stepping in to help Harry and Meghan deliver the goods.
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They are recruiting new in-house staff to work with Harry and Meghan's Archewell Audio for a show that features "the voices of high profile women."
And the jobs are being offered to applicants on short six-month contracts based in Los Angeles.
One advert for a senior producer role at Gimlet Projects, Spotify's own production arm, reads: "We're currently assembling a show team that will build and launch a new original show with Archewell featuring the voices of high profile women.
"The ideal candidate has experience working with high-profile talent, and an interest in the intersection of social activism and popular culture."
It comes as fans question when Harry and Meghan's so-called "full-scale launch" of Spotify episodes would be coming.
Harry and Meghan's only podcast effort so far has been a 35-minute 'holiday special' in December 2020, featuring celebrity pals such as Elton John and James Corden.
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Angela Levin said last week: "This all seems to be a big turnaround from their philanthropic and non-profit work to just pure entertainment.
"It suggests they want to earn loads more money."
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Stimulus checks: How much money did people in other countries get?
Posted: Sep 28, 2020 / 12:24 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 28, 2020 / 12:24 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — As lawmakers continue to negotiate a new coronavirus relief deal and whether or not it would include a second round of direct payments, we're getting a better idea of how other countries helped their citizens amid the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
At this point, most Americans received a stimulus check of $1,200 per adult. President Trump, along with a number of other lawmakers, have argued citizens should get a second check of at least that amount. To date, fiscally conservative Republicans have held up any hope of a deal that includes that much direct relief. A recent proposal from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell included no new stimulus check.
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Other countries that sent money to all its citizens included Hong Kong ($1,280 equivalent per adult), Japan ($930 per adult) and Singapore ($422 per adult), according to a breakdown by the BBC.
South Korea's government sent $820 checks to families in the bottom 70% of income brackets.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, those were the countries that provided direct "coronavirus handouts" to its citizens.
Other countries have been more targeted with their approach.
Relief in Canada came in the form of $1,400 per month for up to four months to anyone who lost income after the virus hit. Costa Rica did something similar sending $220 in monthly aid to anyone losing work.
It's worth noting the United States also provided an addition $600 in weekly payments in unemployment insurance that were approved March 27 and continued through the end of July.
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European nations largely avoided the one-time payments instead boosting funding for social services to meet the needs of those most impacted. However, many counties enhanced unemployment offerings.
Others, such as the Netherlands and Denmark, provided assistance for companies that kept employees on the payroll, a format similar to the loans and loan forgiveness offered under the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program.
While it may look like the U.S. provided more methods of stimulus than most other countries during the pandemic, there's a good reason for that, according to one expert.
"The discretionary response is very large in the United States but when you're comparing you need to take into account that actually more needs to be done in the U.S. because the social safety nets are smaller," Paolo Mauro, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's fiscal affairs department, told the BBC.
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For more information on what relief packages have looked like internationally, you can check out this chart from the Tax Foundation.
While the idea of additional stimulus checks in the U.S. is not entirely dead, it's not in good shape. House Democrats are going back to the drawing board on a huge COVID-19 relief bill, paring back the measure in an attempt to jump-start negotiations with the Trump administration.
The Democratic-controlled chamber could pass the $2.4 trillion measure next week if talks fall through to demonstrate that the party isn't giving up on passing virus relief before the election. The package is expected to include new direct payments.
However, there's no indication a GOP-controlled Senate would be willing to pass the costly Democrat-backed deal.
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Additional song notes: See English and Yiddish subtitles on DVD for text and translation.
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Composer: Mendelson, G. -- מענדעלסאָן, ג.
First line (Yiddish):שמואליק, גבֿריאליק, חבֿרימלעך צװײ, שפּילן זיך בײדע, קײַן גלײַכן..
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Air Arabia reports net profit of AED 230 million in first half of 2018, carrying a solid 4.2 million passenger
First half revenues reach AED 1.816 billion, up 6 per cent compared to same period last year.
12 new routes added to global network and 3 new aircraft joined the fleet in first half of 2018.
Air Arabia (PJSC) today announced strong financial results for the first half ending June 30, 2018 as the Middle East and North Africa's first and largest low-cost carrier continued to deliver solid and sustained financial performance.
Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 230 million for the first half ending June 30, 2018; a 12 per cent less than the AED 261 million reported for the same period last year. The company's turnover for the first six months of 2018 reached AED 1.816 billion, an increase of 6 per cent compared to AED 1.716 billion in the corresponding period last year. Air Arabia's strong profits are registered despite the economic pressure that airlines have witnessed in the second quarter of this year, which was driven by lower yield margins, higher fuel prices and seasonality shift in traffic that the market has experienced.
Marking strong growth in passenger demand, Air Arabia flew 4.2 million passengers during the first half of 2018 and the airline's average seat load factor for the first six month of 2018 - passengers carried as a percentage of available seats – stood at impressive 79 per cent.
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohamed Al Thani, Chairman of Air Arabia said: "Air Arabia's strong financial results are a testament to the airline's robust growth strategy, operational efficiency and unwavering commitment to delivering on its value-added proposition for customers."
He continued: "The global aviation industry had to cope up with pressing economic challenges during the second quarter of this year and we are glad to see Air Arabia continuing to deliver strong financial and operational performance while maintaining its momentum growth across the breadth of its network."
The company's turnover in the second quarter ending June 30, 2018 reached AED 938 million, a 4 per cent increase compared to the same period of 2017. Net profit during the second quarter 2018 stood at AED 120 million, a 24 per cent less than the corresponding period of 2017. Air Arabia flew over 2.05 million passengers in the second quarter ending June 30, 2018 and the airline's average seat load factor for the same period stood at a high 78 per cent.
He concluded: "Trading conditions continue to be influenced by the regional geopolitical and economic challenges, however, the outlook of low-cost travel in the region remains very strong. We continue to focus on further expanding our reach and operational efficiency capitalizing on the fundamental strength of our business model and the value driven product offering to our customers".
During the first half of 2018, Air Arabia received three brand new Airbus A320 airplanes bringing its fleet size to 53 aircraft. The carrier added a total of 12 new routes to its global network in the first half of this year. Flights from Air Arabia's main hub in Sharjah commenced to Moscow Sheremetyevo and Grozny in Russia; Bodrum and Izmir in Turkey; and Qabala in Azerbaijan. The carrier also expanded its operation from its Egypt hub with new flights connecting Alexandria to Milan; Alexandria to Sharm El Sheikh; Sohag to Jeddah and Kuwait; and Sharm El Sheikh to Beirut and Hurghada. The carrier also expanded domestic operation from its Morocco hub with a new flight connecting Nador with Casablanca. Air Arabia today operates flights to over 150 global destinations in 49 countries from four hubs in the UAE, Morocco, and Egypt.
In March, Air Arabia received the 'Corporate Editor Choice Award' at the 2018 Air Transport Awards organised by Air Transport News, in recognition of Air Arabia's continued commitment to passenger satisfaction and development within the industry.
In June, the carrier declared that the financial exposure it has with the private equity firm "Abraaj" is limited to the Group's investment portfolio and that there is no significant impact on Air Arabia's business or on its liquidity status. As the court-supervised restructuring of Abraaj's financially stressed funds is currently taking place, Air Arabia's appointed team of experts continue to be actively engaged with the appointed JPL's as well as all stakeholders and creditors involved in this matter to ensure that the rights of investors – including Air Arabia - are preserved.
Air Arabia (PJSC)


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Man gets over 7 years in prison for having bullets during traffic stop
by: Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A Barberton man who was arrested in January by deputies with the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office was sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for having 12 bullets.
Michael Tedrick, 30, was sentenced Monday by U.S. Judge John R. Adams in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio to 87 months in prison after he pleaded guilty July 27 to a charge of being a felon in possession of ammunition.
Man on parole for manslaughter faces domestic violence charge in Youngstown
Tedrick was arrested about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 17 by TSCO deputies in West Farmington after a car Tedrick was driving was pulled over for speeding at Second and Main streets.
Reports said deputies found suspected drugs in the car as well as a stolen handgun. When Tedrick was searched, reports said he had 12 rounds of ammunition for two different caliber weapons in his pockets.
A Trumbull County grand jury refused to return an indictment in the case for charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property, according to common pleas records. The grand jury also failed to indict a woman who was in the car with Tedrick on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
A federal grand jury indicted Tedrick a little over a week later.
Tedrick is not allowed to possess any guns or ammunition because of a Jan. 3, 2013 conviction in Summit County Common Pleas Court on charges of burglary and aggravated robbery.
Court records show he served four years on that charge and was given a 90-day jail sentence in 2019 after he violated probation on a 2018 aggravated possession of drugs charge.
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ITV's Undercover Big Boss set to feature Leicester-born CEO
Alfie Best, a self-made millionaire from Leicester, is the CEO and founder of Wyldecrest Parks
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Alfie Best, founder and CEO of Wyldecrest Parks, was born and raised in Leicester (Image: PA Features Archive/Press Association Images)
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A Leicester-born CEO is set to star on the reboot of Undercover Big Boss on ITV.
Alfie Best, a self-made millionaire born in Leicester, is the founder and CEO of the largest residential park home operator in Europe, Wyldecrest Parks in Essex.
He is one of four multi-millionaire bosses starring on a 'supersized, rebooted version' of the Emmy award-winning format, alongside the bosses of Pickfords, Bristol Street Motors, and Euro Foods Group.
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Best's company employs 380 people, which has been booming due to the rise in staycations caused by the pandemic, with the boss also spotting a gap in the market for creating affordable housing, too.
The Leicester-born boss, 51, will be getting into the thick of it and seeing how his business works from the eyes of an employee.
The ITV show, already described as eye-opening and moving, comes at a poignant time where firms are facing huge battles to survive after multiple lockdowns and significant drops in trade due to Covid-19.
PA's Georgia Humphreys sat down with the holiday park owner to discuss his experience on the show, as well as his plans for world holiday park domination. Here's what he had to say:
How did you feel when you were approached about being part of Undercover Big Boss?
"I was unsure, when I very first got asked to do it, because delving into your company as somebody else has as a flip side; are you trying to trick your employees? So, that was one of the things that went through my mind. I try and run a business that is based on trust."
Alfie decided to go undercover and see his business from the eyes of an employee (Image: PA Features Archive/Press Association Images)
So, what made you decide to do it in the end?
"As a company, we have been bursting at the seams a little bit. Sometimes, you can only really find out what's going on when you're not getting the 'yes sir, three bags full' because they know who you are, and they want it to be perfect for you.
"I've done a couple of other TV programmes before, but they've not been like this, they've been more reality programmes."
You've been open about your heritage as a Romany gypsy, can you tell us more about that?
"I was born in a caravan, and I suppose that's why I have such a passion for this business. Who better to buy a caravan from?
"Being a gypsy, it does come with a stigma, it does come with the stereotype, and the bar, for me, is higher. I accept it with broad shoulders and I don't start screaming at the top of my lungs, 'It's because I'm a gypsy'.
"Certain derogatory things are always going to get said… But you can either take that abuse and let it hurt you, or you can make it grow you, and that's what I've chosen to do."
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In this show, you transform into William Finney, a drainage engineer taking part in a documentary about changing careers...
"I genuinely felt like somebody else. I had a big old tattoo right down my neck, a nose piercing, earrings, gold teeth. It was a good transformation. Forgive me for saying it, but I looked like a thug.
"When I went out, I got treated differently. I went to a restaurant with a friend of mine, and we were denied access. There were tables there. The excuse was 'We don't have enough tables because of Covid' – and they weren't reserved."
Did you enjoy getting in the drains and getting your hands dirty?
"It gave me a sense of achievement. When you finish a task that you're given, you've actually done something you can physically see, it gives you a sense of self-worth. And it did take me back 30 years.
"I made a commitment to myself that when I was going to do this programme, it wasn't going to be half-hearted. It was going to be all in, show all, see all, and learn from it."
What was it like when you revealed to your employees who you were?
"It was emotional. I'm an emotional person because I believe in the word 'team'. I come from a gypsy family, so family is a big thing, but we also have extended family – our friends that are classed as family. That's how my businesses is, and I like people to feel part of that. That's why we use the word the 'Wyldecrest family'."
Do you think all bosses should go undercover?
"I don't think it's for everybody. But I think everybody should know their business. You certainly shouldn't go into business if you're not passionate about what you're doing. It's putting people's lives at stake.
"We seem to be living in a country now where we've reverted back from the word 'career', and we now start using the word 'job'. I hate the word job. You're going home and the wife says, 'Can you do the dishes? Can you put the rubbish out? – it's a job. Whereas I actually think we should all be working for our passion, for a career, what we want to do – and live that."
Tell us a bit about the future of affordable housing at Wyldecrest Parks...
"I know we are the solution to affordable housing, and we are going against the grain. And the reasons that it works is there's no stamp duty, there is no land registry fee, council tax is band A, and the park homes are 50% like for like of a bricks and mortar bungalow. People can sell up their house, downsize, and have 50% in the bank."
Undercover Big Boss starts on ITV on Thursday, August 5
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I really wonder how you can walk with those shoes and heels on the wet sandy beach. Well, I saw the shoes when you had done that and I would have not been happy about their state.
Coast of the baltic sea, Germany.
This blog shows pictures I took around the area and on my vacation trips. Since a lot of my trips involve crossing the Big Pond, the name of my blog may be explained. And you need to have a name, don't you?
In diesem Blog zeige ich Bilder, die ich hier in der Region und auf meinen Urlaubsreisen gemacht habe. Da viele meiner Reisen beinhalten, den Großen Teich (Big Pond) zu überqueren, erklärt sich der Name dieses Blogs. Und man braucht einen Namen, oder nicht?
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STARS II Program
The STARS II program is a highly selective program. Like STARS I, STARS Summer Research Program is designed for Yale College women, minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and other historically underrepresented students to pursue studies and careers in the sciences and engineering.
STARS II provides an intensive research experience for juniors and seniors. Beginning in the fall semester of their junior year and continuing through the senior year, STARS II scholars receive a stipend to support up to ten hours per week of laboratory research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and graduate student(s). *If you are taking research for credit, you cannot receive a stipend and credit simultaneously for the same hours of work. However, you may receive the STARS stipend for up to 10 additional hours beyond those received for credit. During the intervening summer, the program provides stipend support for students to continue their research full-time for up to ten weeks. In the spring semesters of their junior and senior years, STARS II scholars conduct a formal presentation of their research, in the form of a poster or a talk, at the STARS II Research Symposium. STARS II students participate in workshops designed to develop their scientific skills. They are encouraged to present their research at regional and national scientific conferences/meetings, and submitting their research for publication. *
If you are accepted into the STARS II Program, you must participate in 75% of the workshops and activities offered each semester. Failure to do so will result in your dismissal from the program.
STARS II Highlights
Welcome Reception in September for the STARS II juniors and their mentors
Academic Year Stipend Support for up to 10 hours per week (up to 13 weeks per semester) of laboratory research during the junior and senior years
Summer Stipend Support (if required) for full-time laboratory research for up to ten weeks during the summer between the junior and senior years
STARS II Research Symposium for STARS II junior and senior scholars to present their final research projects to their colleagues and mentors
Workshops designed to prepare scholars for the STARS II Research Symposium and other scientific conferences/meetings
Group Activities designed to increase the feeling of community and support among the STARS II junior and senior scholars
Funding support to present at conferences. *Requests for funding must be made 3 months prior to the actual conference date(s) by submitting a CONFERENCE - TRAVEL REQUEST FORM to donalee.slater@yale.edu. Please read the Conference Travel Policy before submitting your request.
The STARS II application opens on July 12, 2022 in the Yale Student Grants & Fellowships database.
The deadline is 3:00pm ET on Friday, January 13, 2023
For application questions please contact Donalee Slater at donalee.slater@yale.edu
stars ii graduate coordinators 2022-2023
Alyssa Mitson-Salazar Originally from Manassa, CO, Alyssa attended Yale College as a QuestBridge Scholar and studied Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Thanks to the STARS summer program, she spent three years studying DNA damage repair in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Kupfer. Upon graduating, she worked as an IRTA postbaccalaureate fellow at the National Institutes of Health for two years, where she studied human Th2 cells in allergic disease. She returned to Yale in 2014 to pursue an MD/PhD. Now in the PhD phase of her training, Alyssa studies regulatory T cells in intestinal homeostasis and allergy in the laboratory of Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov. Email her anytime to meet up at alyssa.mitson-salazar@yale.edu.
Marina Carlson Marina is from Manteca, CA and completed her Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry at CSU Fresno. She came to Yale for her PhD and is currently a third year student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program. She loves working with Zebrafish in the lab studying the neurodevelopmental impacts of high-confidence Autism risk genes. After Yale, she plans to teach at a small university where she can continue mentoring students interested in STEM, and potentially write or edit for the academic press in scientific journals such as Cell and Nature. Feel free to reach out to her at marina.carlson@yale.
Allison Cairns Allison is from Santa Ana, CA and completed her Bachelor's Degree in Physicsat Portland State University (OR). She is a second-year PhD student in Applied Physics and Physical Engineering Biology. She works in The Clark Lab (neuroscience) studying vision in drosophila. She uses two-photon microscopy and does behavior experiments. After Yale, she plans to become a professor so she can inspire others to join STEM fields and consider interdisciplinary research. She has a passion for teaching and research. Feel free to reach out to her at allison.cairns@yale.edu.
Cathy Carolina Garcia Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, CA, Cathy is a 4th-yearPhD candidate in the Genetics Department and the Yale Cancer Biology Institute. She is interested in studying how obesity increases the risk of cancer. As a member of the Muzumdar lab, Cathy studies how obesity promotes pancreatic cancer progression through an endocrine-exocrine signaling axis. She aspires to enter academia and support URM students along their journey in STEM.
Feel free to reach out to her at cathy.garcia@yale.edu.
Meet the current STARS II Seniors!
Meet the current STARS II Juniors!
STARS II Symposium Abstracts 2021 (PDF)
STARS II Senior Graduation Dinner May 19, 2019
Congratulations on your Graduation STARS II Seniors: Amy Chan, Tran Dang, Byron Daniel, Mindy Le, Oscar Perales, Jared Peralta, Alanna Pyke, Carlos Rivera, Jannet Rivera, Kevin Salinas, Stephanie Spear, Pablo Suarez, and Shannon Teaw. Pictured here at the STARS II dinner with Dean Sandy Chang and Graduate Coordinator Rob Fernandez.
SACNAS 2018
Eight Yale STARS II students, Carlos Rivera, Mindy Le, Jannet Rivera, Jared Peralta, Oscar Perales, Pablo Suarez, Alanna Pike and Kevin Salinas, were selected to present their research findings at the 2018 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference. Kevin, Jannet and Alana won travel awards to this conference, and the Yale College Dean's Office funded the other students' registration, travel and accommodation costs. Jannet, Kevin and Jared won the 2018 SACNAS Student Presentation Awards for Poster presentations. Congrats to all for a job well done! Graduate Coordinator, Rob Fernandez, was able to capture the excitement of the 2018 SACNAS experience in this short movie (MP4), please take a look.
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An Tobar Nua has been working with Irish secondary schools (equivalent to US grades 7-12) for over ten years through day retreats hosted at An Tobar Nua and in secondary schools around the country.
Through the use of video, music, games, guided reflection, and personal stories, our team helps students explore themes such as Romance Without Regret, Life to the Full, Friendship with God, Bullying, Social Media, The Price of Pornography, Why Jesus, and Positive Mental Health. Curriculum is updated annually to address popular issues affecting today's students.
Our aim is to interact with students on topics that are highly relevant and responsive to the challenges and pressures that youth are dealing with daily.
Learn More about An Tobar Nua Retreats
Every week, An Tobar Nua provides a space for secondary school students to meet together as a youth club. Students are able to encounter their faith in new ways through music, games, Scripture discussions, and Christian community.
During the summer, An Tobar Nua offers day camps for secondary school students packed with activities, fun, games, talks on faith, and worship. Students look at the relevance of a faith filled life in a modern world. The camp speakers present from a Christian worldview, but encourage students to share their opinions and respect each other's views.
Day camp for primary school students (equivalent to US elementary school) combines games and activities with age-appropriate discussions about faith and positive lifestyle choices.
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Tim Collins is a former British Army Officer renowned for his brilliant motivational speeches, combining witty anecdotes drawing on his own experiences with unique insights into teamwork and leadership. Applying military values to a business environment, the topics of his enthralling and thought-provoking speeches cover: Leadership, Teamwork, Motivation, Inspiration, Drive, Overcoming Setbacks, and Responding to Pressure.
After serving in Germany, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland, Tim passed selection into the Special Air Service (the SAS) and went on to serve two operational tours with the SAS as a Troop Commander and Operations Officer.
Tim was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment in 2001, and earned the nickname 'Nails' among his men. For a tour of duty in Northern Ireland between October 2001 and March 2002, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. But it was his address to the regiment on the eve of the Iraqi invasion of 2003 that really caught the headlines: his speech was an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike and marked him out as a thinker as well as a commander of men.
Since his retirement from the British Army in 2004, Tim has written a best selling memoir Rules of Engagement and built a successful career in the media as a military expert and television presenter. He fronted Tiger Aspect's documentary on the British Army entitled Be The Bestand BBC Northern Ireland's Desert Generals, and was the focus of an edition of Fiona Bruce's Real Story on BBC 1. Through his eyes, we are given a frank and compelling insight into the realities of warfare on the ground and in the air.
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Tanghe River Park is located in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao. It was created on the coast of Tanghe River in July 2006, and is home to the Red Ribbon, a red steel bench which stretches for half a kilometre through the park. The Ribbon has won an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, and was chosen by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine as one of the seven wonders of the architectural world.

Along the Red Ribbon's steel bench there are various plants planted every so often along the river park bench. The bench has four pavilions that are shaped like clouds making it a unique structure to help protect against weather. The pavilions are places for the visitors of the park to gather for social meetings that give the people an interesting aesthetic. The ecological processes and natural sites are intact, which are two attributes that are in high regards of visitors.

Landscape Architects
Lin Shihong, Chen Chen, Niu Jin, Hong Wei, He Jun, Ning Weijing, Li Yao.

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Supplied as a liquid (100 μL at 100 μM in 1X PBS/50% DMSO). Store at 4°C. One vial contains an amount of analyte sufficient for performing 10 standard curves.


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Q: Cumulative sum and definite integrals The definite integral $\int_0^6 x~dx$ is 18. The cumulative sum of the function over that domain is: $0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21$.
The values of definite integral and cumulative sum of this function are off by 3.
Is there a special function whose cumulative sum and its definite integral are always equal?

A: Sure, the function $f(x):=[x]^-$ where $[x]^-$ is the floor $x$ because
$\sum_{k=0}^nf(k)=\sum_{k=0}^nk$
while
$\int_0^{n+1}f(x)dx=\sum_{k=0}^{n}\int_k^{k+1}k=\sum_{k=0}^n k$

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Applied Process Hosts First AP University
More than 30 designers and engineers went "back to college" to learn how Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) could work in their manufacturing operations. The first ever AP University, hosted by Applied Process, Inc. was held in January at Eastern Michigan University on the Livonia Campus and Joyworks Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The program was so successful that plans are in the works for another session.
The three-day event was created to educate those who design engineered components on how to best utilize the opportunities provided by ductile iron and ADI. Curriculum covered a range of topics and was taught by industry professionals. Classes covered the casting process, castability studies, casting issues and resolutions, successful weldment to casting conversions, an introduction to ADI, Austempering 101, ADI applications in gearing and applications of casting conversions. Attendees toured the Applied Process plant and visited Joyworks, a metalworking studio focused on research and education owned by John R. Keough, chairman of Applied Process.
"We are passionate about our products and processes," explained Vasko Popovski, director of sales and marketing for Applied Process. "In this economy, companies are facing the problem of cutting costs while still providing a quality product. We believe casting and ADI are the solution and brought industry leaders together to show them the added value, not only for them – but for their customers as well."
Companies that choose to create products through castings can often cut down on production time and cost while offering their customers a product designed specifically for their needs. These products are often stronger than those modified through welding.
"The event was much more than expected," explained Tim Covert, senior material engineer at Ford Motor Company. "We deal with ADI, but I was new to casting design. I was impressed, not only by the process, but by the knowledge and professionalism shown by the Applied Process Staff."
Austempering is an isothermal heat treatment that produces a structure that is stronger than those created by conventional heat treatments. Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) is a specialty heat-treated material that creates a lighter, stronger, quieter and more wear resistant part.
Bill Maenle, engineer and product design at Unverferth Mfg., has dealt with ADI in the past. "Moving from welding to casting has allowed us more flexibility which means we can best cater to the needs of specific soil conditions. In my experience, ADI provides a better product with more reliability."
Maenle was one of many in attendance whose company had previous experience and current applications in ADI. Other companies that were new to casting conversions sent representatives to gain a general knowledge. Many attendees who were new to ductile iron, more specifically ADI, left AP University with a knowledge base that will allow them to convert and improve current and future projects.
"I am a chemist by degree and knew little about heat treatments and metals three days ago," admitted Michael Schmidt, business manager at Pennsy. "As we move into metals I am confident we will find applications for ADI."
Due to high demand Applied Process already has plans to hold its second AP University.
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