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Cinema Dispatch: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021 ~ Matt Vetrano	~ Leave a comment
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins and all the images you see in this review are owned by Paramount Pictures
Directed by Robert Schwentke
How many people have seriously sat down and watched that GI Joe movie in the last few years? Heck, I'm pretty sure Obama was barely into his second term the last time this franchise was the least bit relevant! GI Joe is just not a franchise I ever had any affection for even if the more ludicrous aspects of it seem right up my alley, and roping a guy like Henry Golding into the franchise when even The Rock couldn't salvage it seemed like a lot of wasted time and effort. Still, it was a movie that Paramount had enough faith in to move out of its original October timeslot to wait until crowds can enjoy it on the big screen which is either true confidence in a unique vision or panicked desperation to try and turn a profit on a hundred million dollar ninja movie. Does this manage to elevate the franchise and generate enough good will to get a few more sequels out, or (much like the movie's namesake) this was a really bad bet to go all in on? Let's find out!!
A lone drifter known only by his fighting name Snake Eyes (Henry Golding) is searching for his father's killer but hasn't had much luck of it and spends most of his time punching things and being alone. He's eventually recruited by the Yakuza with promises of finding the man he's been hunting, but it doesn't take long for that to go sideways as the boss Kenta (Takehiro Hira) wants him to prove his loyalty by killing a traitor. Now Snake Eyes is a lot of things, most notably a guy with a silly name, but he is not a killer so he and the supposed traitor fight their way out and escape; only for Snake Eyes to learn that he hit the motherlode as the traitor Tommy (Andrew Koji) is actually the heir to the most powerful ninja family in Japan and is offering Snake Eyes a place among them. This decision doesn't sit well with everyone in Tommy's clan, especially their head of security Akiko (Haruka Abe), but with the bad blood between Tommy and Kenta as well as the ever rising tide of terrorism and weapons in Japan (no doubt provided by an organization that likes to brand everything with snakes), Snake Eyes may just be the man they need to save the clan from the ever encroaching threats that wish to bring them to their knees. Is Snake Eyes really willing to dedicate himself to such a cause; especially with his father's murderer still out there? What does Tommy see in this guy that has convinced him to make such a bold move, and is this a decision he will end up regretting once all the dice have been rolled? Is it just me or is this WAY more interesting than it has any right to be?
Are we sure Paramount didn't just sneak a Takashi Miike movie into theaters and slap the GI Joe name on it? I mean it worked for Power Rangers, right?
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Super Comics: Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) – #42
Sonic the Hedgehog (the comic book series) and all the images you see in this recap are owned by IDW and SEGA of America
So after catching up on an issue that came out last month, I can look downright timely by reviewing an issue that's just under a week old, right? Sure, I like to get these things out within DAYS of their release, but with so much going on with the website (not the least of which being my WRESTLING PODCAST WHICH YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO RIGHT AFTER FINISHING THIS!), the latest issue just kinda flew under the radar for me. I'll make sure to do better next time (which is the same promise I made for half a dozen other projects I was working on) but for now let's see where this whole Deadly Six storyline is going! Do they find an interesting direction to take this storyline after the less than stellar opening chapter, or will this arc be one giant bore from start to finish? Let's find out!!
The issue begins with everyone in place for the upcoming Zeti attack as The Chaotix are in Sunset City, Tails is in Central City, and Sonic is in Winterberg; all of which are names you PROBABLY shouldn't give to a city. Sunset City sounds like where Michael Bay films his movies, Central City will always be a relative concept, and what the heck do you do with a town called Winterberg in the summer months? Does it change its name to Heatville!? Now the last issue was a lot of exposition to simply explain why characters are in certain locations without any really interesting dialogue or clear character motivations. Right off the bat things are much better here as Tails is working on a plan to stop the Zeti when found and Sonic is in a somewhat dark mood despite doing his best to chillax before whatever big fight is upon them. It helps with investing us in the struggle itself because of how it affects the characters who are stuck in the middle of it, and since we know things are gonna go wrong as this is all a ruse set up by the Zeti there will no doubt be some high emotional stakes once things hit the fan.
"The one thing I can't outrun is my own hatred for the Deadly Six. It's such a silly and awkward name too! DANG IT, they suck!"
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Now I reviewed the fortieth issue of this series back in June and was like, WELL THAT'S IT FOR SONIC THIS MONTH! Little did I know that a mere ONE WEEK after that issue came out that the next issue was released, which is on me I suppose but why did IDW do that!? We needed four months to tell the Matrix rip off story arc, but there was just no time to lose when in getting a new Zeti storyline started? In any case, I'm here now ready to take a look at this issue and I sure as heck will be covering the next issue as well which came out only a few days ago, so look forward to that as well if you haven't already moved on from it! Is this the start of a fun new story arc, or are the Zeti as uninteresting here as they were when they got shoehorned into the Zombat saga? Let's find out!!
The issue begins as almost all Sonic stories do with Sonic and Eggman in the latest of their battles to the death where neither side truly wins or loses for that would require altering the status quo and let's face it; neither one of them would know what to do with themselves without the other to spur them on. Well okay, that's not EXACTLY what's going on here but in my defense we're entering this scene in-media-res and so what other conclusions are there to draw? Eggman is ACTUALLY looking for the Zeti as Zavok attacked one of his web servers (Bad Guys Issue 3), but I'm not sure how razing a town to the ground in a giant mech is going to help him find the guy so Sonic seems well within his rights to try and stop him!
Yeah, well you didn't stab Mr. Tinker in the head when you had the chance AND you let Metal Sonic go instead of turning him into scrap metal, so I think the chicken/egg argument here lands on YOUR tiny blue shoulders, buddy!
Super Wrestling: AEW Dynamite (07-21-2021) – Fyter Fest Night 2
AEW Dynamite is owned by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan, Shahid Khan, and TNT
We're back for night two of AEW'S Fyter Fest special event which comes right after their Road Rager event and will most assuredly be followed by like five other events. Well you can hardly blame them for trying to make every episode feel like something monumental will happen since they're still establishing themselves on the road, and to their credit they have been stacking these shows with a lot of great matches! Will that trend continue for this episode, or are they about to run out of gas? Let's find out!!
Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Spears – First Labor of Jericho
Shawn Spears can use a chair but Chris Jericho cannot
MJF is on commentary
The idea of Jericho having to face four opponents in wacky stipulation matches before getting a crack at the biggest snot nosed heel at the company is the kind of booking I like to see and is also exactly what you want to do if you're looking for something other than a title chase to get fans invested. We're certainly starting things off well with MJF's obnoxious commentary and Shawn Spears coming out with a personalized chair that he uses to menace Jericho with, but it's not long before he gets it away from them and gets a strong lead in the match. It's not until Jericho tries for a Springboard Forearm that Spears surprises him with a chair to the face and from there the match is a lot more even between them. Jericho would get some momentum, but then Spears would stop him in his tracks with either a big move or another chair shot which kept the crowd on edge and they popped big time whenever Jericho gets control again. At some point, Spears wedges a chair into one of the corners with the intent of throwing Jericho into it, but Jericho manages to fight back and puts Spears in the Walls of Jericho. Just a moment before Spears starts tapping out in the middle of the ring, Tully gets on the apron and distracts Ref Aubrey so that she doesn't see the submission. Sammy comes out to yank him off the apron, but it's too late as Spears has crawled his way to a chair and manages to bash it over Jericho's head to break the submission. Seeing a chance at victory, Spears gets Jericho up on his shoulders for a C4 along with a chair to make it more painful, but Jericho escapes and shoves Spears into the chair that was wedged in the corner. As Spears bounces back he eats a Judas Effect from Jericho and stays down for the three count; giving Jericho the win and passing the first of his Labors. It was certainly a solid match to start the show with, and the gimmick added a lot to it; especially for the crowd who reacted to every chair shot with a chorus of boos and exploded with every comeback from Jericho with thunderous applause!
As soon as the match is over, MJF comes to the ramp to congratulate Jericho on his victory but to also admonish him for letting Sammy come to his rescue. Because of such blatant interference (ignoring of course Tully's involvement), he has declared that Jericho cannot have ANYONE ELSE come out during any more of his labors or else the deal is off. I'm not sure if he can make changes like that since they already signed the contract, but in any case MJF also announces the NEXT challenge that Jericho will face. It will be a No DQ match against none other than Nick Gage! For those of you who don't know (like me), he is a top star in the independent wrestling scene, and is perhaps most known for his hardcore style which on at least one occasion nearly killed him in the middle of a match. I doubt Jericho, AEW, or TNT are gonna be okay with THAT kind of DQ match, but it should be interesting all the same!
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Cinema Dispatch: Old
Old and all the images you see in this review are owned by Universal Pictures
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
M Night Shyamalan is far from my favorite filmmaker, but I'm always interested to see whatever it is he's made whenever his name flashes by on a trailer with this film being no exception! The conceit seemed decent enough in a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits sort of way which is definitely in his wheelhouse, but there was A LOT going on here that made this look both laughable and disturbing. I guess that's why we all keep giving him more and more chances as no matter how bad he burns us with movies like The Happening, Last Airbender, and After Earth, there's always something to his thrillers that makes them unique among everything else that makes it to theaters. Does he manage to knock it out of the park once again with this ghastly tale of time gone haywire, or will this tank so bad that he'll have to make another low budget found footage movie as penance? Let's find out!!
A family of four with parents Guy and Prisca (Gael Garcia Bernal and Vicky Krieps) as well as the young kids Trent and Maddox (Emun Elliott and Embeth Davidtz) are vacationing at a resort THAT THEY JUST SO HAPPENED TO FIND ON THE INTERNET where they cater to your every need in the most beautiful tropical paradise you've ever seen! Not only that, they have a secret beach that is PERFECT for spending a day at, so the four of them head out there along with another family of four (Rufus Sewell, Abbey Lee, Kathleen Chalfant, and Kyle Bailey) as well as a nice couple (Ken Leung and Nikki Amuka-Bird) to enjoy the day swimming relaxing! Things go sideways fairly soon however as Trent finds a dead body which some mysterious guy who was already there (Aaron Pierre) seems to recognize, and not long after that the oldest among them start to get sick. They try to leave but something is causing them to black out as soon as they try to step through the cavern that led them here, and to make matters worse the three kids all start to age rapidly. Trent and Maddox (now played by Alex Wolff and Thomasin McKenzie) and reaching adulthood within hours and everyone who has a medical condition is getting worse and worse as the seemingly fast passage of time is leaving their conditions untreated to rampage through their bodies. With only hours to go before the adults grow old enough to die from age alone, can they find a way to escape this beach before losing all the time they have left? What possible reason could there be for the beach being this way, and why were they put there in the first place? If they get out of this alive, do the kids get like twenty birthday presents in a day?
"I want a car." "CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS LATER!?"
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Cinema Dispatch: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy and all the images you see in this review are owned by Warner Bros
Directed by Malcolm D Lee
Nostalgia is a heck of a drug, isn't it? The original Space Jam is certainly a fondly remembered time capsule and it has some highlights to it like its strong animation and some bizarre asides that gave it a bit of flavor despite being such an obvious marketing tool. It's been over twenty years though and what worked for us back then may not capture the imagination of the "Youth" today, and frankly I couldn't tell you if any of them have seen or even HEARD of that first movie unless it was shoved on them by their Millennial parents. It seems the question that this movie seeks to answer (along with how to make your budget back with a simultaneous streaming and theater release) is whether you can both reheat old nostalgia while giving something new for next generation to attach themselves to. Does this succeed in giving us the best of both worlds, or will spreading itself too thin leave nobody happy? Let's find out!!
LeBron James may be a worldwide superstar and really good basketball player, but his parenting skills leave something to be desired as his son Dom (Cedric Joe) isn't really into basketball despite his dad insisting that he go to Basketball Camp this summer. He'd much rather go to Video Game Camp which I think is what people started calling Computer Camp to trick youngsters into going, but he's worried about telling his dad that he'd rather make games than play ball. While all this tension is in the air, Warner Bros has called LeBron James over so that their algorithm named Al-G-Rhythm (Don Cheadle) can pitch… some sort of multimedia deal? LeBron seems as confused as I am so he turns it down which OF COURSE makes good ol' Al go full on Skynet and kidnap him and his son, and drag them both into cyberspace. Since Al-G-Rhythm is a WB program, I guess he's aware of what a success the original Space Jam movie was and so challenges him to a basketball game while he mentors Dom and nourishes his desire to make video games. It's up to LeBron to find the most suitable characters owned by WB to join his basketball team, or failing that the Looney Tunes characters led by Bugs Bunny (Jeff Bergman), and get his son back by winning a game of basketball! Can LeBron bring the Toons back together who've long been separated while also bridging the gap between him and his son? What is Al-G-Rhythm's plans for Dom once he's done making his game, and will it spell doom for his family? Wait, why do they call it Space Jam when no one in this is from Space? Shouldn't it be Cyber Jam?
"This is it? What, were the Loonatics busy?" "I RESENT THAT, GOOD SIR!"
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We're back with another episode of AEW Road Trip as they are now traveling the country to put on shows in new and shiny stadiums! The last episode certainly had its growing pains with a particularly unruly crowd, but they still managed to put in a great show with a lot of fun wrestling and even better story development. Will that trend continue as they get their metaphorical sea legs over the coming weeks? Let's find out!!
Jon Moxley Vs Karl Anderson – IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match
Moxley is accompanied to the ring by Eddie Kingston while Anderson is accompanied by Luke Gallows
In storyline, Moxley's been out of action since the PPV where he took such a beating that he was not medically cleared. Really, he wanted some time off since his daughter was born right around that time, but whatever the reason was, he's back for this week at least and is sure to give us an AMAZING match… right? Okay, so I kinda feel about this match the same way I felt about the Andrade match from last week; very good and not a bad way to bring someone back to the ring, but was not exactly what I wanted to see from the guy. I hate to say it but Moxley looked a LITTLE bit rusty here with some not especially great selling and a pretty straightforward match that relies heavily on forearm strikes. Anderson comes off a bit better with a more varied move set and some pretty impressive spots to try and turn the match in his favor, but there's not much hope for the guy as Moxley never seems to be in genuine peril. Fortunately it picks up speed in the second half with stronger moves from Moxley and a more desperate pace with Moxley eating a Pile Driver and a bevy of creative Cutters, but Moxley manages to stay in this and finally manages to finish of Anderson with a Paradigm Shift. It was perfectly fine for an opening match, but it was lacking SOMETHING that would have made it a great title defense. Kingston and Gallows are there at the beginning but they start brawling right away and are never seen again, so perhaps if they had stuck around and teased a few interference spots then maybe that would have added a little tension here, but in any case I thought this was just fine.
Cinema Dispatch: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions and all the images you see in this review are owned by Sony Pictures Releasing
Directed by Adam Robitel
I have next to no memories of the first movie other than a general sense of loathing and contempt for its central premise and absurd ending. The whole thing just got memory-holed like so many bad horror movies I saw in theaters which I guess is an interesting position to be in when watching a sequel as the lack of concrete feelings definitely gives it a lot of leeway as far as trying new things; not to mention that the overall low opinion going into it only makes the bar that much easier to clear. It's certainly possible that whatever negativity I felt for the first film has burned itself out and I'll be more open for whatever this Saw Knockoff franchise wants to throw at me, but then again the trailers weren't exactly selling me on anything beyond elaborate traps and people yelling which certainly sounds familiar to what I didn't like last time around. Besides, we don't NEED a Saw Knockoff anymore now that they've brought the series back and aimed it in a new and interesting direction! In any case, does this latest entry in the ESCAPE ROOM UNIVERSE expand upon the original and actually give us something interesting, or will this movie double down on everything that didn't work the first time? Let's find out!!
Following the events of the first film (which are helpfully summarized in a sequence that might as well have started with PREVIOUSLY ON ESCAPE ROOM), Zoey and Ben (Taylor Russell and Logan Miller) are still looking for the mysterious Minos corporation that set up the elaborate game from the first film and have seemingly set up games like this all over the place. After some cajoling from Zoey, the two of them travel to New York which seems to be their base of operations but find nothing there except an empty alley and a purse snatcher. Said purse snatcher grabs Zoey's compass which I THINK was given to her by one of the characters in the first movie, and after an overly long chase through the streets of New York, they wind up on a subway car while the thief jumps out at the last second. For reasons that are never properly explained, this subway car JUST SO HAPPENS to have four other passengers on it and they all get directed into another one of those deadly escape rooms. ALSO as it turns out, the four other people are previous winners of one of Minos's games which makes this (as one character helpfully says out loud) a tournament of champions. Our previous winners are Rachel, Brianna, Nathan, and Theo (Holland Roden, Indya Moore, Thomas Cocquere, and Carlito Olivero), and all six of them have to go from room to room solving deadly puzzles for some nebulous goal and the chance to maybe not get murdered, though with Zoey and Ben hot on Minos's heels it seems unlikely that this game is just gonna swing open the doors for them even if they manage to find the right number of keys in a fish tank or whatever. Will Minos finally be brought down by the very champions that they've created, or will everyone be out for themselves in a desperate bid for survival? Is there more to this game than they first realize, or are the Shyamalan twists in this thing easy to spot from a mile away? Does any of it even matter when the game is apparently being run by money wizards that can literally do anything at any time with these nonsensical traps?
"I KNOW THIS ONE! It's a selfie challenge!" *CLICK* "Okay, maybe not."
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Twenty Years of Halo: Helljumpers & Blood Line
Artwork by Usbaia and cawico7
The Halo franchise is owned by Xbox Game Studios
Both books were published by Marvel Comics
Apologizes for this piece being as late as it is. I've been working on other projects like my new wrestling podcast as well as seeing more movies now that studios are willing to put them out in theaters, so the retrospective fell a bit to the wayside. I'll try to get it back on track though and we've certainly got some interesting things to look forward to now that the original trilogy is over and the series has to find new ways to keep fans invested. To that end, we'll be looking at two books that were released within months of each other and have some very interesting parallels as both are essentially the same Halo story we've seen before; a colony is attacked by The Covenant because there's some sort of Forerunner artifact or weapon on it that they want, and now the UNSC has to send either a bunch of Spartans or a bunch of ODST to sort it out. What's perhaps just as interesting is that, at least as far as I can tell, there was no drama or overlong delays in the production of these books, so in a way they are the first of these to come out firing on all cylinders; created as intended with the utmost professionalism, unlike some OTHER books I can mention *COUGH* Halo: Uprising *COUGH*! Which one does it better, and what can we learn from how each tackle this kind of story differently? Let's find out!
Halo: Helljumper (Comic Book) – 2009
Written by Peter David with art and lettering by Eric Nguyen and Nate Piekos
Our first book follows a group of ODST soldiers as they investigate a colony where everyone has mysteriously disappeared! Said mystery lasts for maybe five pages into the second issue before it's revealed that The Covenant are up to something and are crawling all over the place, and so it's up to Dutch and Romeo to find out what's going on, put an end to The Covenant's plan, and explore the depth of their bromance in an effort save the galaxy! For a lot of people who were casual fans like myself, I'm sure their first exposure to the concept of ODST was in the game that Bungie put out not long after this comic book was released and I always thought they were more of a stealth unit who cleaned up and reported on things after the fighting already happened. It didn't take long though for that notion to be dissuaded as even in the very first Halo novel they are portrayed as brash over the top machismo-tastic soldier bros (and bro-ettes) who are basically Spartans without the Super Soldier Serum and with the Walmart brand version of Mjolnir armor. The most obvious comparison are the Colonial Marines in the movie Aliens and the book starts off as brash and obnoxious as they were in that film with the crucial difference being that they are the protagonists here and not someone more relatable like Ripley. When we're only a few pages in and dudes are getting into fights over nothing, well I don't consider that much of a good sign.
"Van Halen 3 was NOT a bad album! Critics just didn't understand it!" "Whatever man, it was too dang long!" "REAL ART DOESN'T ABIDE BY YOUR PEDESTRIAN IDEAS OF SONG LENGTH!!"
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Cultivating Healthy Environments
by Brian Torrance Ever Active Schools | December 10 2015 | 2 Comments
For those who know me, I've referenced this statistic many times—that is, that an average 30% of teachers are leaving the profession within the first five years of their career, and in some parts of the province the number is as high as 40%.
The most common reasons cited for this statistic?
Other career aspirations
Loss of passion
Family moving to urban centre
Teacher burnout (i.e. teaching full time and teaching several different subjects, some perhaps outside of the teacher's areas of specialization)
As an optimist at heart, this is the kind of thing that might keep me up at night! But I think there are many health-focused approaches that can change the tide, protect teachers from burnout and keep them joyful of their chosen profession. Of course, from a comprehensive school health lens, I'm making the relationship that healthy staff will stay in the profession longer. While that's not likely true for all reasons noted above, I think it certainly is for some.
So, where to focus all our positive energy? How to cultivate healthy environments that grow passion and enthusiasm rather than deplete it? I think there are three main ways we can do this.
Focus on our Environment
Social and physical environments affect our happiness, motivation and personal health. Our schools have incredible potential to not only be buildings of learning, but buildings of health. Venturing beyond the school walls, when we take learning outside and into nature we cultivate creativity, imagination, stress reduction and natural play. I see this amplified as I watch my own children enjoy the outdoors—they are different little people when they have connected with nature. I see it in myself and among my colleagues. At any age, our environment plays a role in overall health. A Calgary outdoor advocacy group made a t-shirt for students that says, "Teacher, take me outside." Staff should also heed this advice—take the time get outside and reap the benefits.
Focus on Kindness
One year at the Shaping the Future conference we brought up researcher Jim Diers. Jim is, hands down, one of the most positive people I have ever met. He looks at the strengths of a community and the strengths of people and mobilizes that into community development. One of his examples involved an initiative to make smiling and eye contact a norm among a particular group. The results were with powerful and left people feeling a greater connection with one another. The power of kindness—even very small acts of kindness—can be transformative to an environment.
Ever Active Schools works with the Kainai Board of Education on a number of wellness initiatives. The school had initiated an "Ever Active" club for their students to attend where they would get off the bus and participate in a half hour of physical activity each morning. Staff were also involved as they connected with peers and students on the outdoor track in the warmer months and in the school hallway during the winter. When asked if the participants would do this on their own, most responded, "No." The primary benefits of physical activity are great but, it seems, making connections, enjoying group support and shared experiences were the determining factors for success.
Brian Torrance
As Director of Ever Active Schools (EAS) and relentless supporter of health and wellness in all respects, Brian is committed to addressing comprehensive school health issues through his work with EAS. So it's particularly embarrassing for Brian that he's unable to throw a Frisbee. That said, he's made up for this ten-fold through the achievement of his crowning glory: a six-minute 'beer mile.'
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Lorna M. Alberta Health Services - @albertahealthservices.ca | December 14 2015 10:46 AM
Great insight Brian!
Earlier this fall I learned about a teacher in Camrose that spent the entire day outside teaching all subjects... the school was overwhelmed by the positive response from parents. Apparently, children came home from school actually wanting to tell their parents about their day and what they learned. The teacher refelected that it had been one of his best days as an educator.
I think that when teachers have the support to be creative and think outside the box that they are more effective and passionate about their work. I admire those administrators that nuture creativity and collaboration in their staff.
Matthew M. Alberta Health Services - @albertahealthservices.ca | December 15 2015 1:13 PM
Thanks for this Brian!
The power of kindness is contageous. This makes me think of one school that, instead of giving "secret santa" gifts during the holiday season, gave back to their community instead. The school hung new socks on all of the staff mailboxes during the month of December and filled them with compliments. Before the break, all staff "opened" their stockings and then donated the socks to a local homeless shelter. Staff at the school commented on how good it made them feel, and that it was one of the few holiday celebrations that they actually remembered for many years to come.
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Netflix smashed growth targets in Q1 with 15.8 million subscriber additions, nearly doubling Wall Street's estimates
Netflix has been a bright spot in the media sector in recent weeks, as social-distancing practices threaten other media operations like theme parks, theatrical releases, and TV and film productions.
Netflix added more than double the subscribers it forecasted during its first quarter of 2020, growing its audience to 183 million paid subscribers as streaming viewership surged around the world.
The streaming company added 15.77 million paid subscribers globally, compared with the 7 million additions it forecasted, Netflix announced on Tuesday. Wall Street had estimated Netflix would add 8.47 million subscribers during the period. The earnings announcement offered the first look at how social distancing has affected Netflix's streaming business.
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The company said in the release that it is seeing a temporary rise in viewership as well as subscriber growth. Netflix also said that while its product teams have been largely unaffected by the global crisis, its customer support group grappled with the higher demand during the quarter, and its content production teams coped with production shutdowns. Nearly all TV and film production has been halted globally.
Netflix posted revenue of $5.8 billion for the first quarter, which slightly surpassed analyst expectations. The company said the value of the US dollar rose sharply compared with other currencies, and dragged on its international revenue growth. More than half of Netflix's revenue during the period came from outside the US and Canada.
Netflix reported earnings of $1.57 per share, below the $1.64 earnings per share analysts estimated. Shares of Netflix spiked briefly during after hours trading, and then were flat, on the report. Overall, Netflix stock is up about 35% this year, in part because of the expectation that people were streaming more video as they spent more time at home.
Netflix also scored hits like "Tiger King" and "Love Is Blind" during the quarter and released new seasons of fan favorites like "Narcos: Mexico," "Ozark," and "Elite." Netflix has been a bright spot in the media sector in recent weeks, as social-distancing practices threaten other media operations like theme parks, theatrical releases, and TV and film productions. Ahead of the release, third-party data shared exclusively with Business Insider suggested Netflix's usage was strong during the first quarter, especially in the month of March, when many parts of the world went into lockdown.
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But, as Netflix marked its strongest-ever quarter for subscriber growth, it also cautioned that the current global crisis makes it difficult to guide for the future.
The company forecasted it would add 7.5 million paid subscriber in the second quarter, but said the estimate is "mostly guesswork." Subscriber growth could slow as more people come out of lockdown, and it's unclear when physical productions will be safe to resume.
Netflix said it's expecting a "modest" impact on its release slate for the second quarter, mostly related to language dubbing.
Here were the key numbers from Netflix's Q1 earnings:
Q1 revenue: $5.77 billion, versus Wall Street estimates of $5.74 billion and Netflix's forecast of $5.73 billion.
Q1 earnings per share (GAAP): $1.57, versus Wall Street estimates of $1.64 and Netflix's forecast of $1.66.
Q1 global paid subscriber growth (paid net additions): 15.77 million, versus Wall Street estimates of 8.47 million and Netflix's forecast of 7 million.
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A: _.contains is a method from the library Underscore or Lodash.
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Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of the Lunar Chronicles and Legends of Zero
Synopsis: It's been years since the earth blew up and humans were forced to move throughout the universe. But an army has been taking over planets and enslaving all in their path. But on one planet, they stopped, for there's thousands of resources ripe for the taking. And thousands of alien vehicles...but no colonists. This planet may hold the key to survival of the human race...
Recommendation of the Week!
Lately, with schoolwork crushing down on us and a few new Author Interviews in the making, we haven't been very good about posting new reviews. About half of the books we read are reviewed, and the other half are pretty much all but forgotten. Hence, we've decided to add a new feature - the Recommendation of the Week. We'll (hopefully) remember to post these once a week - all books that we've loved and cherished but never gotten around to reviewing, for whatever reason. So here it is! Hope you enjoy!
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Rating: High Five!
Synopsis (from Amazon):
"I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.
Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina's black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family's good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever's survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.
Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it's Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all.
Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they've never seen.
Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn't belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.
It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt."
Why We'd Recommend It: Marie Lu writes so powerfully, beautifully, and emotionally that this book is hard to resist. It's an inventive, dystopian, slightly romantic, dark story about a budding villain, a perspective I've yet to see. The world Adelina, the main character, lives in reminds me a little bit of the setting of Divergent, but with more depth and creativity, along with more fantastical details. One of my teachers once said, "I think a book is either a 'description book' or a 'character book,' in which the author focuses more on one or the other." In that case, the Young Elites would definitely be a "character book," because it focuses on the theory that someone is inwardly good or inwardly evil - and if they can do anything to tip the balance in either direction. In fact, it's a bit similar to the School for Good and Evil, but, if possible, even darker and more terrifyingly realistic. There is a touch of romance too - more than in the Lunar Chronicles or Divergent, but it doesn't ever go too far. There's never a sleepy moment, and I was constantly on the edge of my seat. The Young Elites is definitely one of my - and my brother's - favorite books we've ever read.
Reviewed by Olivia
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of Divergent, the Land of Stories, and everyone else :)
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.
Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long.
Rating: High Four 1/2
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of Divergent, the Land of Stories, and possibly Percy Jackson (I pretty much always include that recommendation)
Synopsis (from Amazon, as always :):
Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison--even though she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive if she does--in this second installment from Marissa Meyer.
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana.
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of fractured fairy tales and books like Divergent.
Fav Quote: "You want to make them sick," Channary said, slowly and tiredly, "and then you want to make them better? That is the stupidest war tactic I've ever heard." (referring to the letumosis disease and finding an antidote.)
Mirror, mirror, on the wall.
Pure evil has a name, hides behind a mask of deceit, and uses her "glamour" to gain power. But who is Queen Levana? Long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress in The Lunar Chronicles, Levana lived a very different story--a story that has never been told . . . until now.
Rating: High FIVE (plus a BILLION)
Who I'd Recommend to: EVERYONE. Ok, I guess I should elaborate. Will most likely appeal to fans of the Land of Stories, Percy Jackson, and Divergent.
Fav Quote: "I think she was practicing her sarcasm." (Iko after Scarlet telling Thorne that she didn't trust him driving because of what Cinder said about his skills. When he demanded to hear what Cinder had said, Scarlet and Cinder shared a look and said that his skills were top notch. Hence, Iko saying she thought Cinder was practicing her sarcasm.)
In this third book in Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.
Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she's just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.
When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is splintered. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price than she'd ever expected. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai, especially the cyborg mechanic. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.
Rating: High Four
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of Jerry Spinelli's books, as well as unique ideas for our futuristic Earth
Fav Quote: (coming soon)
Summary (from Amazon):
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
The Giver Quartet: Son
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of books with a different look on the world - Every Soul a Star, Hokey Pokey, and books like the School for Good and Evil - similarly, this book is darker than it appears.
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn't exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver, as well as Gathering Blue and Messenger where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry's epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.
This review is....
The Last Dogs: Journey's End
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of Erin Hunter
Canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo return in this exciting series finale! As the trio travel south, following a trail of beacons left by Dr. Lynn, they encounter a stampede of horses. The horses urge the dogs to turn back, warning about a "silver wall of doom" that lies ahead.
But the warning only serves to motivate Max. Could this be the wall from his dreams? The wall keeping Max from his family? Helped by animals along the way -- including bats and armadillos -- the dogs find themselves deep in the desert, where they face a new enemy: coyotes. They aren't the only danger, though. Dolph and his wolf pack lie in wait -- poised for a final showdown.
The Last Dogs: the Long Road
Rating: High Three
Who I'd Recommend to: fans of Erin Hunter's Survivor series, and people who enjoy stories that are action packed and non-stop.
Fav Quote: "You have a chip in you? Like a potato chip? How? Did you eat one?" (Rocky after hearing that Max had a microchip in him).
A science experiment gone horribly awry has granted Max, Rocky, and Gizmo the unique ability to read and understand human words. Armed with this know-how, they continue to journey south, on the lookout for beacons planted by a trusted friend's owner -- beacons that promise to lead the trio to their people.
When the companions reach the ocean's edge, they find a free-spirited beachfront community. Reunited with long-lost friends (and introduced to a new delicacy -- cat kibble), Max, Rocky, and Gizmo gain the motivation they need to keep going. But danger lies ahead. . . . As their travels take them deep into the spooky swampland, can they discover what's driven the humans away? Or have they finally reached the end of the long road?
My thoughts: I started this series when I was 8 (I'm currently 11) when it had just come out. I've waited on the edge of my chair for the next ones to come out, and I finally got my hands of this one. Unfortunately, this book was a little bit too much of one thing and not enough of the other. The first half of the book had WAY too much action packed into something not very exciting. For example, when Max, Rocky, and Gizmo were in the swamp, just walking on and on, the author tried to put in action that just made the story seem too dull. The whole first half of the story went on that way until the threesome got out of the swamp. When they did, I felt as much in relief as Max did. From then on, Christopher Holt did a great job of putting in just enough action (what was needed) while still managing to keep us interested in the unexciting parts. I loved Julep, Dixie, Georgie, and even Flicktail was funny. (I really liked how Holt brought back something hilarious from book 1 that I thought I'd never hear again.) However, Dolph was almost too two-dimensional in this story, constantly going back and forth between being fair to Max or killing him. And in the end, when Dolph says he'll let Max go for good, I thought I'd seen the last of him, but in the next book, Dolph is a threat again. It was very confusing. But overall, a great series and a good book with highs and lows.


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Aceasta este o listă de piese de teatru italiene în ordine alfabetică:

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 'A morte 'e Carnevale (1928), de Raffaele Viviani
 A Coperchia è caduta una stella (1933), de Peppino De Filippo
 Adelchi (1802), de Alessandro Manzoni
 Agamennone (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Agide (1788), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Aiace (1810-1811), de Ugo Foscolo
 Alceste seconda (1798), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Amalasunta (1733), de Carlo Goldoni
 Angelica (1720), de Pietro Metastasio
 Antigone (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Aristodemo (1784/1786), de Vincenzo Monti
 Arome siciliene (Lumie di Sicilia, 1910), de Luigi Pirandello
 Așa e (dacă vi se pare) (Così è (se vi pare), 1917), de Luigi Pirandello

B
 Bădăranii (1760), de Carlo Goldoni
 Belisario  (1734), de Carlo Goldoni
 Bolnava prefăcută (1750), de Carlo Goldoni
 Bruto primo (1789), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Bruto secondo (1789), de Vittorio Alfieri

C
 Cafeneaua, de Carlo Goldoni
 Caio Gracco (1802), de Vincenzo Monti
 Casa nouă, de Carlo Goldoni
La Cassaria (1508), de Ludovico Ariosto
 Cetatea Soarelui (italiană: La città del Sole; latină: Civitas Solis, 1602) de Tommaso Campanella
 Cleopatra (1774 - 1775), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Curtezana ('La cortigiana, 1526), de Pietro Aretino
 La congiura de' Pazzi (1788), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Contele din Carmagnola (Il conte di Carmagnola, 1802), de Alessandro Manzoni

 D
 Dansul hârtiilor de Roberto Mazzucco
 Doi gemeni venețieni (1747), de Carlo Goldoni
 Don Garzia (1789), de Vittorio Alfieri

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 L' Endimione (1721), de Pietro Metastasio

 F
 Familia anticarului (1750), de Carlo Goldoni
 Fata cinstită (1748), de Carlo Goldoni
 Femeile geloase, de Carlo Goldoni
 Femeile țâfnoase, de Carlo Goldoni
 Feudalul  (1752), de Carlo Goldoni
 La fiaccola sotto il moggio (1905) de Gabriele D'Annunzio
 Filippo (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Filozoful (Il filosofo, 1546), de Pietro Aretino
 Flecărelile femeilor  (1750), de Carlo Goldoni
 Fraza, de Pietro Aretino
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 Gâlcevile din Chioggia, de Carlo Goldoni
 Galeotto Manfredi (1787), de Vincenzo Monti
 La Gioconda (1899), de Gabriele D'Annunzio
 Gl'ingannati (1531), comedie scrisă colectiv de Accademia degli Intronati (Siena)Gli studenti (1518-19), de Ludovico Ariosto
 Griselda (1734), de Carlo Goldoni

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 Hangița  (1753), de Carlo Goldoni
 Henric al IV-lea (1922), de Luigi Pirandello

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 Impostorul, de Carlo Goldoni
 Ipocritul (Lo ipocrito, 1542), de Pietro Aretino
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 Întoarcerea din vilegiatură, de Carlo Goldoni

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 Lena (1528), de Ludovico Ariosto
 Liola, de Luigi Pirandello

 M
 Maria Stuarda (1788), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Mătrăguna (La mandragola, 1524), de Niccolò Machiavelli
 Merope (1785), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Metresa hanului, de Carlo Goldoni
 Mirra (1789), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Moartea accidentală a unui anarhic (Morte accidentale di un anarchico, 1970), de Dario Fo

 N Il Negromante (1520), de Ludovico Ariosto

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 Orazia (1546), de Pietro Aretino
 Oreste (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Ottavia (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri

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 Pasărea verde (L'augellino belverde, 1765), de Carlo Gozzi
 Peripețiile vilegiaturii, de Carlo Goldoni
 Polinice (1781), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Potcovarul (Il marescalco, 1533), de Pietro Aretino
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 Ricciarda (1813), de Ugo Foscolo
 Rosmonda  (1734), de Carlo Goldoni
 Rosmunda (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri

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 Șase personaje în căutarea unui autor (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore, 1921), de Luigi Pirandello
 Saul (1782), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Slugă la doi stăpâni (1746), de Carlo Goldoni
 Sofonisba (1789), de Vittorio AlfieriSubstituții (1509), de Ludovico Ariosto

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 La talanta (1542), de Pietro Aretino
 Timoleone (1783), de Vittorio Alfieri
 La tragedia di Tisbe (1493, pierdută), de Ludovico Ariosto
 Tieste (1795), de Ugo Foscolo

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 Uriașii munților (piesă neterminată) (1936), de Luigi Pirandello
 Ursuzul binefăcător, de Carlo Goldoni

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 Văduva isteață  (1748), de Carlo Goldoni
 Virginia (1781), de Vittorio Alfieri
 Voluptatea onoarei'' (1917), de Luigi Pirandello

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George Frideric Handel's beloved masterpiece Messiah will be performed in its entirety on Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019 by the Oshkosh Chamber Singers, in partnership with the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra.
The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at Most Blessed Sacrament Parish, formerly St. Mary's Church, 605 Merritt Ave., Oshkosh. (map) This historic church has been recently renovated.
This will be the first time since 1990 that Messiah is performed in Oshkosh in its entirety.
The Baroque-era oratorio originally was an Easter offering and was premiered during the Lenten season in 1743. It is written in three parts: the first prophesying the birth of Jesus Christ; the second including the crucifixion and resurrection, honoring his sacrifice for mankind; and the final section lauding his resurrection, eternal life and victory over sin. Included is the well-known "Hallelujah" chorus.
Messiah has become one of the most enduring choral works of all time and one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
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Q: Why output is "String". Unexpected output  public class Test{

public static void abc(String s) {
    System.out.println("String");

}

public static void abc(Object s) {
    System.out.println("OBject");

}

 public static void main(String[] args) {
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I am Beginner in java,I am confused about the output of the above program.
Please explain me the reason of the output.

A: Early Binding (Binding most specific method at compile time).
When you overload methods, most specific method will be choosen. In your case the order of choosing is String >Object (since null can be of any reference type).
In the hierarchy, String is more specific than Object. Hence string got chosen. In fact Object is the least specific among all the java objects
Here is the JLS for the same
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.12.2.5

If more than one member method is both accessible and applicable to a method invocation, it is necessary to choose one to provide the descriptor for the run-time method dispatch. The Java programming language uses the rule that the most specific method is chosen.
..... [rules]

A: Java compiler chooses most specific overloaded method will be selected.It is called as early binding. Here, String extends Object class hence it is more specific. You can refer official Java Language Specification

If more than one member method is both accessible and applicable to a method invocation, it is necessary to choose one to provide the descriptor for the run-time method dispatch. The Java programming language uses the rule that the most specific method is chosen.

A: The concept you have used is overloading and Object is superclass for all the classes in java. So when you provide any specific implementation (in this case its String) along with general implementation (in this case its Object) then JVM goes with specific implementation by default.
If you want to try it out please replace abc(null); with abc(123);
In this case, output will be "OBject" as JVM can not find any specific implementation for integer so it goes with generalized one.


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The above must be read in the light of the impact of the sanctions imposed by the Russian government on the export of agricultural products from EU countries, due to which Greek producers have suffered significant losses in 2015. In June and July 2015, Russia rejected the possibility of lifting EU food embargo especially for Greece, reiterating that Moscow will lift its embargo on European foods only when the West scraps its sanctions against Russia. At the same time the number of Russian tourists visiting Greece was diminished.
In view of the above, Greece and the Greek people seem more open with regards to understanding the vital strategic interests of Russia in Ukraine. This is why the Crimea invasion has not triggered significant reactions. Indeed, there is little interest of public opinion towards the problems of the EU's partnership with Eastern European countries. The attention focuses mostly on Turkey, the crisis in the Middle-East and North Africa – factors which may upgrade, according to the government, the geopolitical importance of Greece in the eyes of its allies within NATO.
The Riga Summit on the Eastern Partnership has passed almost unperceived. The attention of the public opinion and of the media was mostly concentrated on the meetings which took place in the side-lines of the summit regarding the Greek bail-out programme and the divergences which emerged in the discussions relating thereto.
Greece does not envisage a European army, as it does not believe itself to have the same strategic interests as many of its partners – especially towards Russia which is largely considered as a potential partner. The main preoccupation lies with the surveillance of the country's eastern borders where the presence of the EU border management agency Frontex is considered to be completely insufficient, in view of the recent outburst of migrants' and refugees' flows on the islands of the north-east part of the Aegean Sea.
Greece has been so absorbed by its economic and fiscal adjustment problems, that the public debate on the enlargement towards the East and on neighbourhood policy has been almost non-existent. In this context, the crisis in Ukraine does not seem to have played either a positive or a negative role.
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However, the enlargement towards the Eastern Balkans and Turkey lies in the centre of preoccupations of the government's policy, of the media, and of the citizens at large. There are three concerns associated with Greece's preoccupations in the area: regarding Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Cyprus.
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The relations between the two countries were further aggravated following the unilateral Notice to Airmen (NOTAm) issued by the Turkish authorities to reserve extensive Greek airspace during six months, for the purpose of military exercises, including firing ammunition over the Aegean Sea, a movement which was deemed as a serious provocation to Greece's territorial sovereignty.
The problems of Turkish occupation and the reunification of Cyprus seem to rest on a positive conjuncture after the election of Moustafa Akinji as the President of the Turkish Community on the island. Unfortunately, the hardening of the position of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ambient nationalism of the Greek community of Cyprus do not leave much margin for mutually beneficial solutions. However, a window is now open to the future.
Regarding the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the potential of finding a solution to that country's denomination seems to be complicated by the recent political crisis linked with its Albanian minority. Provocative assertions on the part of high-ranking officials of FYROM have discouraged the climate of mutual trust between the parties.


S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced by Republicans, according to a report.
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The Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition
Violin 2022
Violin 2022: Jury
Sibbi Bernhardsson, Oberlin Conservatory violin professor and Cooper Competition director
Danielle Belen, associate professor of violin at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Philip Setzer, founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, professor of violin and chamber music at Stony Brook University, and visiting faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music
John Zion, managing director of MKI Artists and founder of OurConcerts.live
Jury Biographies
Sibbi Bernhardsson, Director and Jury Chair
Icelandic violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson joined the Oberlin Conservatory faculty in 2017 after performing for the previous 17 years with the Pacifica Quartet, with which he won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Musical America Ensemble of the Year honors, and the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
As a member of the Pacifica Quartet, Bernhardsson appeared in more than 90 concerts worldwide each year, including engagements in Wigmore Hall (London), the Vienna Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall (New York), and other major venues. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, and the Reykjavík Arts Festival, and has collaborated with Menahem Pressler, Yo-Yo Ma, Jörg Widmann, Lynn Harrell, Leon Fleisher, the Emerson String Quartet, Johannes Moser, and members of the Guarneri and Cleveland quartets. His television appearances include The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, and the MTV Europe Music Awards with Icelandic artist Björk. He appears on 16 recordings with the Pacifica Quartet and has recorded the violin music of Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and the sonatas for violin and piano by Franz Schubert.
Bernhardsson serves as director of the Cooper International Violin Competition at Oberlin and as artistic director of Iceland's Harpa International Music Academy. He gives regular concerts and master classes in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has appeared as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, and other ensembles.
Bernhardsson is a 1995 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. His teachers include Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Almita and Roland Vamos, Mathias Tacke, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He previously served on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.
Danielle Belen, violin faculty at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, has appeared as soloist with major symphonies across the United States including the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco symphonies and The Cleveland Orchestra. She released her debut recording of works by living composer Lawrence Dillon on Naxos in 2009.
In 2010, Belen founded Center Stage Strings (CSS) summer festival for gifted young musicians in central California. CSS is now part of The University of Michigan's MPulse Performing Arts Summer Institutes. Belen remains artistic director and head of the violin faculty for Center Stage Strings. Her students have won major prizes in national and international competitions including the Menuhin, Stulberg, and Klein competitions.
Belen is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music and the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles and she is a winner of the 2008 Sphinx Competition and the 2014 Sphinx Medal of Excellence.
Violinist Philip Setzer is a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet and a piano trio collaborator with cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han.
He serves as distinguished professor of violin and chamber music at State University of New York at Stony Brook and is visiting faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is also the Director of the Shouse Institute, the teaching division of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit. Setzer has given master classes at schools around the world, including the Curtis Institute, London's Royal Academy of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, UCLA, and the Mannes School of Music. Setzer has also been a regular faculty member of the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshops at Carnegie Hall and the Jerusalem Music Center, and his article about those workshops appeared in The New York Times on the occasion of Isaac Stern's 80th birthday celebration.
Born in Cleveland, Setzer began studying violin at the age of five with his parents, both former violinists in the Cleveland Orchestra. He continued his studies with Josef Gingold and Rafael Druian, and later at the Juilliard School with Oscar Shumsky. In 1967, Setzer won second prize at the Marjorie Merriweather Post Competition in Washington, DC, and in 1976 he won Bronze at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels.
Setzer has appeared with the National Symphony, Aspen Chamber Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the Omaha, Anchorage, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico symphonies. He has appeared on several occasions with the Cleveland Orchestra. A versatile musician with innovative vision and dedication to keep the art form of the string quartet alive and relevant, Setzer is the mastermind behind the Emerson's two highly praised collaborative theater productions: The Noise of Time, which premiered at Lincoln Center in 2001 and was directed by Simon McBurney, is a multi-media production about the life of Shostakovich; in 2016, Setzer teamed up with writer-director James Glossman and co-created the Emerson's latest music/theater project, Shostakovich and the Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy.
John Zion serves as the Managing Director of MKI Artists, one of the leading classical music management agencies in the United States where he directs the careers of a prestigious roster of artists, ensembles, and composers. He is also a co-founder of OurConcerts.live that produced and streamed more than 300 concerts during the pandemic and continues to provide access to live music to audiences around the world.
Also an active consultant, John works with artists, administrators, and arts organizations on career development, project management, and digital marketing. John serves on the board of Chamber Music America and has guest lectured and presented on arts-related issues at the Colburn School of Music, University of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music, Banff Centre, APAP|NYC, and Chamber Music America's National Conference. He was named one of the "Rising Stars in the Performing Arts" by Musical America in 2012 and received a BM in Violin Performance from the Hartt School of Music.
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