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Attack of the Cyber Octopuses: How 3D printing is inspiring 80s style sci-fi film
Corey Clarke January 31st 2017 - 4:49pm 0 1
Italian filmmaker Nicola Piovesan is creating an independent short film using 3D printed props. The low-budget movie, Attack of the Cyber Octopuses, is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter in order to help with production costs. The project provides an interesting insight into how film makers can use 3D printing.
One of the Cyber Octopuses. Photo via Nicola Piovesan.
To find out more, we spoke to Nicola Piovesan about the project and how he is using 3D printing for its production.
3D printing can be a useful tool for custom prop making, as we've seen with Oscar-nominated movie Kubo and the Two Strings. The stop-motion picture used 3D printing in order to create the characters as well as the setting for the film. Furthermore, we have also seen the use of 3D scanning in the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One. Although their production, unlike Piovesan's, also had a large emphasis on the use of CGI.
Nicola poses with his 3D printed city structure. Photo via Nicola Piosevan.
"Do cyber octopuses dream of electric eels?"
Nicola Piovesan is a big sci-fi fan and admires classic 80s films like Blade Runner and the original Star Wars. These movies used physical props for settings and backgrounds and created an aesthetic that many cite as inspirational. Piovesan's Attack of the Cyber Octopuses takes place in 2079 Neo-Berlin and will use handcrafted structures as the backdrop for the city.
The filmmaker explains the plot on his Kickstarter as,
A dark, rain-soaked city held by mega corporations where the only enjoyment in life is connecting to cyberspace and taking "Binary Trip" a cyber drug that fries your neurons but promises a feeling better than a hundred orgasms at once. In this setting, a team of crack cyberspace detectives are investigating a new menace: an army of cyber octopuses that are terrorizing the city.
The movie poster for Attack of the Cyber Octopuses. Image via Nicola's Kickstarter.
How 3D printing has enabled the movie
Nicola is a distinguished filmmaker with strong experience with working with CGI and animation. However, the Italian explains,
I think it's more "poetic" using practical effects. As a filmmaker I feel more empathy with the set, the location or the objects that I'm filming, rather than just creating them on a virtual level.
The additive manufacturing method has appealed to Nicola as it enables him to produce parts quickly and with low-costs. As he says, "3D printing broadened my horizons, making it affordable and doable!" The movie will contain some computer-generated imagery for sequences involving the 'cyberspace' concept. But the filmmaker wishes to keep it to a minimum. To create his props, Nicola used a "Wanhao Duplicator I3 V2.1, with PLA filament and Simplify 3D as a slicing software."
While Nicola Piovesan is keen to pay homage to the craft of classic film making effects, he wishes to do so while embracing new technology through 3D printing.
Don't get me wrong, I love CGI and I've been using it for years, it gives you endless possibilities but I think that on a film with real actors there should be a limit at some point
One of the 3D printed city structures for the movie. Photo via Nicola Piovesan.
The film will be set in Talinn, Estonia where Nicola is based. This location will provide an affordable setting for 2079 Neo-Berlin. Nicola explains how the city is ideal as it merges features of a modern city with some Soviet era relics.
Setting of 2079 Neo-Berlin in Estonia. Image via Nicola's Kickstarter.
Kickstarter campaign
Nicola Piovesan's Kickstarter campaign is live now with the goal of €18,000. One of the perks for backers of the crowdfunding campaign include STL files for the Cyber Octupus so you can 3D print your own. Filming and production for the movie is set for later this year. With an expected release of around June.
Nicola and his team have already produced a teaser trailer for the movie, which can be viewed below.
Check out the campaign on Kickstarter. Good luck Nicola!
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Research centers and institutes play an inevitable, integral, and increasing role in modern research universities. These roles stem from two facts. First, cutting edge research in most academic disciplines is increasingly multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans‐disciplinary in nature. Second, research centers and institutes encourage thematically focused but synergistic collaborations that go beyond those that occur in traditional academic departments. This enhances both the intellectual impact of the activities as well as extramural funding opportunities. From time to time it is necessary for the University of New Mexico (UNM) to consider proposals for the creation of new research centers and institutes, or for major restructuring or termination of existing research centers and institutes. This Policy document provides policies and procedures for consideration of such actions regarding research centers and institutes.
The creation of a new research center or institute located on or off the UNM Albuquerque campus, or major changes to an existing research center or institute require approval of the Faculty Senate and the Provost or HSC Chancellor. Approval of the proposed action must be obtained prior to initiating operation of a new research center or institute, or making permanent major changes to an existing research center or institute. In no case is this to be construed as prohibiting an existing research center or institute from experimenting with temporary major changes prior to seeking approval of these on a continuing basis. However, it is expected that even in the case of experimental changes, stakeholders, such as affected faculty, staff, and students will be informed in advance and their input considered by the appropriate dean, director, or other administrator proposing the changes, prior to initiation. Policy A91 "Creation, Review, Reorganization, and Termination of Research Centers and Institutes" DRAFT 2/4/15 Page 2 of 4 All proposals to create, re‐organize, or terminate a research center or institute shall follow the policies and procedures described herein, and any applicable standards or guidelines established by the Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee in consultation with representatives of the Provost or the HSC Chancellor and relevant research center or institute heads.
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Good things come in threes, especially with best friends Lindsey, Bella, and Kate. But friendships of three come with their own problems, like feeling left out, having to choose one friend over another, and feeling jealous when other people come into your circle.This format is suitable for individual girls and for groups such as those organized by school counselors, teachers, club and scout leaders, and so on.
Reading this picture story book, about playing or not playing with Quentin, with your child can be a fun way to talk about friendship, conflicts with friends, and forgiveness. A note to parents and caregivers discusses the normal ups and downs of childhood friendships and how children argue and make up with friends as a means of practicing social roles that they will assume in later years.
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When boys act out, get into fights, or become physically aggressive, we can't avoid noticing their bad behavior. But it is easy to miss the subtle signs of aggression in girls. The author focuses on these interactions and provides language for the indirect aggression that runs through the lives and friendships of girls.
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Alexandra and Jenny have been best friends for a long time. But when Alexandra is momentarily dazzled by the glamour of a new girl at school, she's willing to do almost anything to get to be the cool girl's friend. Ultimately, she tells Jenny's biggest, most important secret?and just like that, Alexandra is in! But when Alexandra realizes what it feels like to lose her best friend, and sees the hurt she's caused, she knows she has to figure out a way to regain the relationship that's far more important to her than being invited to sit with the popular girls. Our Friendship Rules is both a lyrical story of forgiveness and a simple, sweet but instructive tale of how to get along.
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A young girl celebrating her birthday gets the best present of all--her relatives who are coming to her birthday party. As she greets them one by one, she also reflects on and embraces her place in her family and the world.
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Many children identify friendships as being a vital part of achieving emotional well-being, but some children experience difficulties both initiating and maintaining friendships. This fun and accessible programme contains detailed instructions and photocopiable handouts for teaching children about friendship. The book combines group activities, individual work, homework exercises and games, and will be especially useful for groups containing children with developmental and social difficulties, such as ADHD and autism. Developed in an inclusive classroom, this programme will arm children with useful strategies to deal with difficult situations such as negative peer pressure and conflict.
What is Friendship? is ideally suited for use with children aged 7-11, but can be adapted for younger children or older children with developmental difficulties. It includes all the resources required to facilitate the programme and can be delivered by any professional involved in the education or care of children.
Successful friendships, according to Yager, are marked by trust, honesty, empathy and commonality characteristics that may be compromised when a once-supportive relationship turns sour. When this happens as it inevitably does in the course of one's life friends may become self-absorbed, overly dependent, highly critical or even betray one another. Underlying childhood issues, such as low self-esteem, intense sibling rivalry and abusive parenting often prevent adults from forming satisfactory friendships. The author outlines a variety of coping techniques that committed friends can follow as they work through negative patterns that are eroding their relationship.
Considers the basics of friendships, Why friends hurt friends, Coping, Business, work and friends, and Breaking the pattern.
A little boy's anxieties on his first day at school are quickly forgotten when he makes a new friend.


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#24 in my ranking of Howard Hawks' filmography.
This feels unlike any comedy Howard Hawks had made up to this point. It feels, well, it feels typical. It's definitely not bad, but the screwball antics of Bringing Up Baby and Ball of Fire are well gone. What we have instead is a slow-building post-war comedy starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan that looks like A Foreign Affair, relying on star power and charm to get the laughs. It works, especially on the back end, but I can't help but feel a slight sense of letdown in the wake of the raucous times I had from his earlier comedies.
Cary Grant plays the French Captain Henri Rochard. Notably, Grant makes absolutely no effort to affect a French accent, even in his handful of lines where he speaks French. Would this story have worked if they had changed Rochard to Richard and made him English instead of French? Anyway, he's on the tail end of his military career in post-war Germany, performing some small tasks for his command with the help of female American officers, namely Ann Sheridan's Lieutenant Catherine Gates. They have an acrimonious relationship with tales of light physical abuse from both sides. Their first scene together is Rochard dropping off some of her laundry in the most tawdry way possible, walking up to her desk in her shared office and dropping each item (including bloomers) onto her desk, listing them individually, creating the impression that they slept together (which is obviously not true). They get assigned one final mission together, to find a lens grinder in a small German town, and they're off.
It's a mission built on misadventure beginning with the fact that they cannot get a car since the motor pool has them all assigned out, but they can take a motorcycle and sidecar since Catherine is licensed to drive a motorcycle, though Rochard is not. Here we get the first sense of the gender reversals that will end up dominating the final section of the film. She drives the motorcycle while Henri sits meekly in the sidecar, first being left behind because the two aren't even connected with him unable to do anything about it. Their mission goes sideways early and often, first when their access to the road is shut off due to a search for a criminal. To get around that, they pack the motorcycle into a small rowboat and row down the river before nearly falling over a waterfall, barely escaping in time. They then get thoroughly lost in the countryside, unable to even find the road, until late at night. Finding the road, but not knowing where they are, Henri climbs a poll to read a sign, only to discover that it says wet paint and he has white paint all down his uniform as it rains. It all comes to a head when Henri walks into the black market to find the lens grinder, and Catherine laughs while he gets arrested by the local authorities.
All of this comes to convince the two that their antagonism is rooted in love, and in an amusing scene where Henri accidentally drives away in the sidecar without Catherine ending in a haystack, the two come to the conclusion out loud to each other. This first hour isn't the most efficient storytelling Hawks has ever had, but it's effective setup for what will dominate the second half of the film: the Kafkaesque process of the two getting married in the eyes of the US Army, the German government, and the Roman Catholic Church followed by the ordeal they have to spend their first night together.
The forms the Army requires for a servicewoman to marry an alien must be done in quadruplicate as well as signed as the commanding general. The papers get lost because a male friend of Catherine's wants her to take some time to reconsider marrying the Frenchman. They have to go through three separate ceremonies after getting their civil marriage license, one with the German civil authority, the next with the Army chaplain, and finally with Henri's parish priest. Once that laborious process gets sorted out, it seems like all is well. They have leave for their honeymoon, Catherine has a new nightgown, and Henri is looking forward to his first night with his wife. That is, until orders come that Catherine must report immediately to go to port to sail back home.
What is Henri supposed to do? His status as a French serviceman doesn't mean anything to the Army in terms of getting him to America, so he has to file as a war bride. The forms are all meant for a woman marrying a male servicemember, and that's the source of the comedy. He repeats several times the title to the original novel that inspired the film "I am an alien spouse of female military personnel enroute to the United States under Public Law 271 of the Congress." (I kind of wish they had kept that title for the film.) He gets shoved in with women on a bus, with some difficulty, then disallowed to sleep in the same building. No one will allow him to sleep anywhere, and when he finally arrives at the boat for America, the forms saying "Mrs. Rochard" keep the navy from allowing him on the boat at all, leading to the famous cross-dressing bit (roughly five minutes at the end of the movie).
It's a fairly broad comedy done well, mostly in its final half hour. The first two thirds could have been trimmed a bit to speed up the slower parts a bit, but otherwise I Was a Male War Bride was an amusing little diversion, a minor success in Hawks' career.
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I love Cary Grant in this, but apart from the gender swap joke…it's just an 'ok movie', for me.
I suppose because the gender swap isn't really amusing to me, though Cary Grant makes it watchable.
The military bureaucracy details all felt terrifyingly real.
Its opening hour really does drag it down a bit. A clipping of that hour down to maybe 50 minutes might have made it a more propulsive experience. The meat of the humor, as dark as it is, really is in the Kafkaesque nightmare that was their attempts to get married and then get home. I think that final major section of the film really carries everything else.
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Oops it's been quite a while since the last update. Dad has been lazy to update for me. But anyway he is doing it, so maybe tonight I shall sleep and not wake him up. We'll see about that if his snores will disturb me.
Anyway I was recently admitted to the KKH. It was a controlled admission, or rather voluntary on mum and dad's part. The reason was that we have been advised by the feeding therapist to get a nasal feeding tube put into me. I was kind of struggling through oral feeding of liquid, plus there is the danger of silent aspiration as a VFSS had shown previously. So the nasal feeding tube would bypass the throat and down into the stomach. This is to help me receive my adequate amount of milk or water each day, and reduce the chances of liquid going into my lungs.
I was admitted in the afternoon. Without waiting long, I had the nasal tube inserted by the nurse. Definitely uncomfortable. Mum and dad were then guided on how to feed me through the tube. It was straightforward.
Prepare Milk. Pour milk into big syringe connected to the tube. Pour until I am fed.
But what isn't easy was for me to not have any milk go through my mouth. Milk time just doesn't seem the same anymore. I love my milk so much, yet I can't drink it. I fussed and I fussed big time. But mum and dad soon realised that I like baby biscuits too. So for milk time, while they pour the milk through the tube, they hand me a piece of biscuit to munch. Well…in such times, one has to lower their expectations.
The next few days, dad was the one learning to put the tube in with his slightly trembling hands. So everyday, I had a change of tube with the home care nurses guiding dad and mum through. Dad was the one to learn first and so he did most of the change, as he was told that he need to be able to put the tube in by himself before we are able to leave the hospital.
With the tube in, it seem to affect my intake of solid food to a certain extent. I was choking more often. The air-condition in the hospital didn't help too. It was cold and it made my nose run.
And I saw myself in the mirror for the first time, I fussed too. I looked kind of different with the tube there I guess. But the more I saw myself, I got more used to it.
I think I look badass below with the new beanie mum bought.
I also want to thank the people who visited me, brought me toys and played with me to cheer me up. Dad and grandma bought me a new toy each. Yi-yi and her colleagues visited brought me a soft toys and big balloons for me. Uncle Joe, dad and mum's friend didn't bring anything for me. But he brought dad and mum some muffins for their always empty tummy.
The stay is over. I was in the hospital for about 6 days. It could have been shorter but I guess mum and dad are learning stuff along the way, but its just great to be able to leave the hospital. My solid feeding and my nose got better as I spent more time in the natural warm humid air of Singapore.


This an elegant pink and brown mix and match salwar. The top is pink and lavender colour and the bottom is brown in colour. The dupatta is pink net organza material. It is a lovely colour combination which and can suit anybody.


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Computer Models Of COVID-19 Outbreaks Could Help Stop Coronavirus : Shots - Health News As the world watches the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, epidemiologists are watching simulations of that outbreak on their computers to try to predict what might happen next.
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How Computer Modeling Of COVID-19's Spread Could Help Fight The Virus
The coronavirus continues to spread across the world, and scientists are using data to replicate the course of the epidemic. They're trying to help public health officials understand how the situation might evolve and how to best respond. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports that this is a mostly impromptu volunteer effort, and some people think that should change.
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: The first reports of a new coronavirus emerging in China came in late December, and experts on modeling epidemics got to work. By mid-January, one team had predicted where the virus might spread based on airplane flight data. Another group used the number of cases detected outside China to help figure out what might really be going on in Wuhan city. They estimated over 1,700 cases, though the official count was only 41.
ROSALIND EGGO: Putting that information out really quickly helped to bring a lot more attention of other modelers to say there are now things that we can do, so let's do that.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Rosalind Eggo is an assistant professor of mathematical modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her group recently looked at how feasible it would be to control the virus by isolating sick people and tracking down every person they'd had contact with.
EGGO: To try and understand if this intervention strategy can prevent outbreaks occurring in new areas that haven't yet seen transmission.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: They found that you'd have to track down a high percentage of a sick person's contacts. In most scenarios, this wouldn't be feasible.
EGGO: And so that's a study that we did to try and give useful information to policymakers about what they would need to do in that strategy in order to have a good chance of controlling outbreaks.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: After all, public health officials have limited resources. They have to decide how to invest their time and money. Computer modelers can help inform all kinds of decisions, from whether or not to close schools to how to deploy a limited supply of vaccines. Modelers have helped make predictions in other recent virus outbreaks, like Zika and Ebola. But Cecile Viboud says this time feels different.
CECILE VIBOUD: And it's never been as organized as it is now (laughter).
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Viboud works at the National Institutes of Health. She's one of dozens of experts who dial in to weekly conference calls held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She says the agency typically gives an update on where things stand with the virus and talks about what questions it needs help with. Epidemic modelers also communicate through the instant messaging platform Slack, as well as Twitter.
VIBOUD: So I would say that I've never seen the modelling community so galvanized, you know, around this outbreak and willing to share and collaborate.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: The trouble is a computer model is only as good as the data that's put into it. Marc Lipsitch is an epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health.
MARC LIPSITCH: Right now the quality of the data is so uncertain that we don't know how good the models are going to be in projecting this kind of outbreak.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Modelers are eager for more information about how many people are infected without symptoms and how much they can spread the virus to others. Still, even now, Lipsitch says that virtual outbreaks studied in computers are useful. They can help policymakers just get their heads around possible scenarios.
LIPSITCH: Then it's really that models help you think about things rather than that they tell you things for sure that you didn't know.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Some say outbreak modeling ought to be better funded and better integrated into the government's decision-making process. Caitlin Rivers is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
CAITLIN RIVERS: There are modelers within federal government, but it's - they are small teams. And, you know, they have regular responsibilities that they have to stay on top of. So when something like 2014 Ebola or COVID starts, it's usually the modeling community and academia that provides search support.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: She says these academic scientists work for free as volunteers. They sometimes don't have access to the best data.
RIVERS: And so having a more formal relationship could really improve that data sharing, which in turn would improve the quality of the models.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: And rather than just reacting to outbreaks, maybe the world should invest in real-time disease forecasting. That's the view of Sara Del Valle, a mathematical and computational epidemiologist at Los Alamos National Lab. She'd like to see a global center set up to constantly collect information about all circulating illnesses, hospitalizations. She says it would be for infectious diseases what the National Weather Service is for weather.
SARA DEL VALLE: And people could actually, you know, just open their phones and open an app and then see the probability of infection. It could say, like, there's 20% probability of getting flu in your community based on what's spreading there.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: She says the advantage of a system like that is that all the resources would be in place if a new threat like this coronavirus suddenly emerged.
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR News.


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Home #NoDAPL Sean Spicer Lied: Only Contact Trump Had With Standing Rock Sioux is Armed Invasion
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Sean Spicer Lied: Only Contact Trump Had With Standing Rock Sioux is Armed Invasion
When Sean Spicer claimed yesterday at his press conference that the Trump administration has been "constantly" in contact with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe it was a lie.
Tribal Chairman David Archambault II released a statement saying, "Spicer claimed that the Trump administration has been 'constantly' in contact with our tribe. That claim is absolutely false."
In fact, the photo above most accurately describes the only level of contact the Trump administration has had with the Standing Rock Sioux and reminiscent of a very dark period in American history.
Here is Spicer's lie from the press conference:
Q Thanks, Sean. Has the President been briefed at all on the situation at Standing Rock? And is he concerned that a stand-off with protesters could slow down his executive orders on pipelines?
MR. SPICER: Our team has been involved with both the tribe and the governor there, and so we are not only — we are constantly in touch with them. And I think we feel very confident that we will move forward to get the pipeline moving. And so we'll have a further update on that, but I think we're in constant contact with the officials there.
According to Archambault,
"We repeatedly asked for meetings with the Trump administration, but never received one until the day they notified Congress that they were issuing the easement. I was on a plane to Washington, D.C. when the easement was issued. It was an insult to me and to the tribe. I cancelled the meeting upon hearing this news. We have since filed a lawsuit for the immoral and illegal issuance of the easement and suspension of the environmental impact study."
So the Trump administration is not only not in contact with the tribe but it has refused opportunities to be in contact with the tribe.
It is no surprise that the Trump administration lied about this. They have lied about everything else, including the biggest lie of all regarding Keystone XL and DAPL, and that is the claim that nobody has protested the two pipelines.
As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told Wells Fargo last week,
"A handful of millionaires and billionaires in the fossil fuel industry might benefit, but this pipeline is a disaster for the rest of us."
And that is the key to Donald Trump's support for an act that violates the sacred treaty rights of the Standing Rock Sioux.
In fact, what Trump is doing is more akin to what his pal Vladimir Putin is doing to Ukraine than to the rule of American law.
The Trump administration has been caught in an easily disproved lie once again. That Donald Trump and his energy secretary both stand to profit from the construction of these pipelines only makes the situation more appalling.
Then again, it might be too much for Americans to expect a man to show concern for tribal sovereignty who shows so little concern for American sovereignty.
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Ghawre Baire Aaj
Shoma Chatterji in conversation with Aparna Sen on her new film
Bengali filmmaker Aparna Sen's latest, Ghawre Baire Aaj (2019), has been given an "A" certificate by the CBFC, saddening her somewhat. However, the growing adulation that is coming its way may manage to offer some comfort. Sen's very name raises expectations among her fans. A modern retelling of Tagore's 1916 classic Ghare Baire (Home and the World), her latest is a love story loosely based on the life of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh (1962-2017) and is "dedicated to her", in Sen's own words. Ghawre Baire Aaj has upcoming actors Tuhina Das, Jisshu Sengupta and Anirban Bhattacharya in the lead.
In this interview with Shoma A Chatterji, Aparna Sen talks about the film, the relevance of the story in contemporary times and more.
Shoma A Chatterji (SC): Ghawre Baire Aaj stands perfectly on its own without the Tagore reference. Then why did you hitch it to the Tagore novel published in 1916?
Aparna Sen (AS): I was extremely devastated by the killings of Gauri Lankesh, Kalburgi and others. So this, I felt, was a story that needed to be told.
It was the night of the news of Gauri Lankesh's murder. I went to bed shaken to the very core of my being. What is happening to my country, I wondered, where voices of reason and moderation are being silenced so brutally? I felt that since the time Tagore wrote Ghawre Baire, nothing has really changed! The novel served both as a frame of reference and as a link to this devastating flow of events even in an "independent" India.
SC: What was your objective in making this particular film?
AS: There is a spiritual link between the Tagore novel and the script that I built up. The original novel is very close to my heart, though I read it quite young. It has stayed with me all this while. The recent events of secularists and open-minded intellectuals being targeted by the Hindu-right point out that the situation had not changed from what happened in Tagore's original novel. We are talking about more than a 100 years ago. I was seeing things through the 2019 lens. Even though the characters have evolved and the present socio-economic context is different, the bottom line, I feel, has not changed.
SC: What story did Tagore tell?
AS: Tagore's Ghawre Baire is a triangular love story featuring three central characters, Nikhilesh, Bimala and Sandip, and set in the turbulent times of pre-independent India. It is about how the interpersonal relationships in the home are affected by what is happening in the outside world. My film, Ghawre Baire Aaj, is also about the same love story, but is set against the turbulent political scenario of present day India.
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SC: What difficulties did you encounter while making of the film?
AS: The main problem lay in my summoning up the courage to make the film, as it deals with certain strong political issues drawn from situations as they exist today.
SC: You have placed Delhi as the centre stage of the drama. Why?
AS: Politics is very central to Delhi. Initially, I wished to place the story in Bengaluru, because my film is both inspired by and dedicated to Gauri Lankesh, who lived and died in that city. But we found this wonderful house in Delhi, where Nikhilesh and Brinda live, and I felt the candle light march that the script demanded was more suited to Delhi's ambience, with its India Gate, than to any other Indian city. For the Bastar shoot, we travelled to Bolpur and to some pockets of Purulia.
SC: Which genre would you want to place Ghawre Baire Aaj in? Would you call it a "political film"?
AS: I would prefer to place it within the genre of a "human drama" with a political backdrop. This adds to its dramatic dynamism. There is the triangular love story too, which creates and enhances the human drama, so I would leave it at that.
SC: Some critics say that the film's political content has almost overshadowed its emotional content. Would you agree?
AS: No, I wouldn't agree. The political content in my film is lesser than that of Tagore's text. His novel is much more "political" than my film. The three characters, Nikhilesh (Jisshu Sengupta), Brinda (Tuhina Das) and Sandip (Anirban Bhattacharya), blend the two areas of action and introspection and even the confrontation between Nikhilesh and Sandip is invested not only within their political differences, but also in their relationship with Brinda/Bimla.
SC: Brinda has four names. She comes in from the Bajoria Coal Mines as a little Dalit girl, when her name is "Bimla"; The Choudhurys change her name to "Brinda". Nikhilesh calls her "Binny" while Sandip calls her "Bee". Do you feel that this strips her of a single identity?
AS: I do not agree that the script strips her of an identity. These are the different phases of her life. The Choudhurys change her name to "Brinda", which is a part of her "Brahminisation" within the family, followed by her education, job and finally, marriage to the family's sole heir, Nikhilesh. He calls her "Binnie" – a sign of love. Sandy calls her "Bee", because in Tagore's novel, Sandy calls her "Mokhhirani", which means Queen Bee, and sweeps her off her feet.
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SC: You have kept a considerable age gap between Brinda and Nikhilesh. Why?
AS: Because she had to be very impressionable to fall in love with the first man she sees other than her husband Sandip. She imbibes the different phases of her life, and in my opinion, Tuhina surrendered herself to the script and the character to flesh out this difficult role.
Nikhilesh is liberal in his way of thinking, though Sandy calls him an "armchair socialist". He is one, until he gets involved in the Bastar project. The project is a demand by secular activists for a hospital to be built on a plot of land for adivasis, while the Hindu Right wants to build a temple on the same piece of land. Nikhilesh is a "welfare state" liberal and not an extreme liberal. Sandip is a suave, sophisticated, smooth-talking opportunist with political ambitions. His ambitions overshadow his life-long friendship with Nikhilesh, though in his student days, he used to be a Left-minded student activist. How the transition towards the Hindu Right came about is explained in the film.
SC: Did you direct your cameraperson in the use of lighting and the choice between colour or black and white to reflect the film's strong political content?
AS: Soumik Halder knows his job and does not need much briefing. I did not consciously want the camera to function like a political instrument, except for marking out some of the flashback in black and white. I left the rest to him, such as when to use wide lens or when to close up on the lovers and so on. He has done a wonderful job.
SC: The music is striking, unusual and magical too. What was the brief to composer Neel Dutt?
AS: I did not give him any "briefs". We sat together and decided on the songs. For example, we were stuck on Tagore's "Ekla Cholo Re", because it happens to be a favourite among our politicians. We asked Srijato (Bandopadhyay) to translate it into Hindi, though there is already an official Hindi translation. The other songs used in the candle march towards the end are "We Shall Overcome" and the "Internationale", also in Hindi. For the theme song, we asked Ustad Rashid Khan to sing in Ramdasi Malhar, which blends into the inner and outer conflicts. I instructed Neel to use the same tunes as the theme music, but to change the instrument for different characters, so that they had their signature tunes. Sometimes, we hear a female voice joining in, sung by Arpita Chatterjee. I wanted the music to blend into the story and it has. There is another beautiful song composed by Vidyapati in Braja Bhasha, which is a love song.
SC: You have used real life characters with slightly different names, but are transparent. Why so?
AS: They are drawn from real life. The way they are shown in the film is true to their lives. Mahashweta Devi's name has been changed to "Shweta Devi" (played by Sohag Sen), who spent most of her life working and living with adivasis. Binayak Sen, the doctor who was imprisoned for his wonderful work, has been named "Binoy Sen" (Jagannath Guha). He is liberal-minded and even says that as he is a doctor, he does not differentiate between treating a victim or an accused. In real life, Dr Binayak Sen is an activist committed and dedicated to community health and human rights. Dr Sen was arrested on false allegations of sedition on May 13 2007, joining dozens of other human rights activists in Indian jails who have been charged under repressive "Black Laws." He was extremely active in the Bastar-Dantewada forest area of Chhattisgarh. I just felt he had to be in my film. Nikhilesh, an investigative journalist, wishes to interview him and gets involved in the movement.
SC: You have turned Sandip into a "Jha", who is a professor settled in Patna. Why?
AS: I gave Sandip the family name "Jha" because I have realised that people like to go back to their roots after a point of time. So does Sandip, who knows Bengali like a native-speaker, but chooses later to settle down and teach in Patna. He has an extremist streak in him, whether it is during his younger Left-leaning days or his current support of the Hindu Right. He comes to Delhi to deliver a series of lectures at the Bharat Seva Mission. Instead of staying at the Mission's guest house, he chooses to live with the Choudhurys. He has an agenda which I would not like to reveal here.
SC: The Choudhurys also have a Muslim maid, Shahnaz. Why?
AS: They are liberal and progressive and this applies to Nikhilesh's character in Tagore's novel and Satyajit Ray's 1984 version also. In Tagore's novel and in Ray's film, this open-minded secular trait was understated, but we are talking of 2019. It provides a broader rationale to Nikhilesh's character and his slow but steady involvement in activism.
SC: In the electrifying climax, you make Brinda act in a way that doesn't seem grounded in her characterisation up until then. Do you agree?
AS: I agree, but if you ask me, I really do not know why she acted the way she did. Sometimes, your characters begin to have a life of their own and go out of your grip. This is what happened in this case. I know this sounds absurd, but it is true.
SC: I believe that your films are drawn to what is good and humane. All your films, according to me, do not move away from this ideology. In your capacity as a director, have you ever had to move away from your ideological stance due to external reasons beyond your control?
AS: This is very true. I have never moved away from my ideology in any of my films. Though I want my films to be commercially successful, I do not want to do it at the cost of my ideology. Thanks to my producers, the need to move away from my ideological stance has never arisen.
Aparna Sen is acclaimed Bengali filmmaker, who is the winner of around nine national awards for her directorial ventures. She made her debut as an actor in Satyajit Ray's 1961 film Teen Kanya (Three Daughters). Sen was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1987 for her contribution to Indian cinema.
Shoma A Chatterji is a freelance journalist, film scholar and author based in Kolkata. She has won two National Awards for Best Writing on Cinema—Best Film Critic in 1991 and Best Book on cinema in 2002. She has authored 22 books on cinema and gender and has been a Member of Jury at several film festivals in India and abroad.
All images courtesy: Shoma A Chatterji


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Given the technological world we live in, a large proportion of data is stored electronically. Consequently, it must be adequately protected to prevent data breaches. It is important to manage things like desktop files and data bases effectively, allowing them to be accessed quickly and easily by yourself and colleagues but maintaining the integrity of the data they hold. Remember, screens should never be left unlocked when unattended as unauthorised people could gain access to sensitive information stored on your PC if it is not encrypted.
Mobile devices such as laptops and phones are accompanied by an additional set of risks. Care must be taken when transporting mobile devices out of the office as they may be lost or stolen. Mobile devices should be kept on you whilst travelling, and extra care should be taken when using them, as this is a prime opportunity for theft. If any work devices are lost or stolen you should report the absence to your organisation immediately. Sensitive information should not be stored on laptops unless it is encrypted. Encryption means that, without possession of the specific key (an algorithm to reverse the encryption), the information is nonsense to anyone who attempts to access it. Laptops should not be lent to anyone who should not have access to the information it contains. Nor should they be connected to external data networks, unless they have recently been connected to the corporate server and had their security tools updated.
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Portable storage devices (e.g. USBs and CDs) should be subject to increased levels of protection. They should not be taken out of the office without authorisation to do so. Again, given their portable nature, they can easily fall into the wrong hands or be misplaced. In order to minimise the chance of unauthorised data access, these devices should be stored in a secure place and files should be encrypted. Any information stored on portable storage devices should be backed up to a hard drive at the nearest opportunity. Due to the increased vulnerability when using these device, personal and sensitive information should not be stored on them unless strictly necessary. Portable storage devices should never be plugged into an unknown PC without a virus scan to ensure both devices are clean and free from malware. Plugging an infected portable device into a PC could result in the virus being spread to entire office networks.
A less permanent form of information storage is on temporary displays (e.g. posters and whiteboards). Information stored on whiteboards should be limited to what is strictly necessary and must not include any personal, sensitive or confidential information. Anything displayed on whiteboards should be accurate and must be removed as soon as possible.
The importance of simple measures designed to maintain the security of your office building should not be underestimated. Unauthorised access to your building could result in theft, release of stolen information, confidentiality breaches, risks to the privacy and safety of employees and customers, legal action, and disruption to business functions. Door codes or electronic fobs should be used to gain entry to the building and employees should be trained not to write the code down. Many organisations insist that employees wear ID cards. If implemented, these should be worn at all times within the building but never outside of work. If worn outside of work, criminals may quote your information (e.g. name, company and position) to gain access to the building. Two factor authentication can be implemented to add an additional layer of security, preventing unauthorised personnel from accessing information they shouldn't. This is where users have to provide two things to gain access, normally something that they know (like a door code) and something that they have (like a fob).
Passwords are essential frontline access restriction tools. A strong password is at least eight characters long; contains upper and lower case letters; contains numbers and special characters and is not easy to guess. You should not share your password with anyone, even you manager, IT support and colleagues. If you disclose your password and crimes are committed using your login credentials then you are responsible for them. You should change your password at least every 90 days and immediately if someone discovers it.
Why are Good Storage and Access Practices important?
Good storage and access practices ensure information security compliance. This not only benefits your organisation, shielding it from fines, reputational damage and impaired functioning, but also all those whose data you process. Data breaches can lead to individuals having their rights and freedoms compromised and result in emotional, physical and material damage.
Information security breaches within the health and social care sector often have greater backlash due to the confidential nature of information held by these organisations. In 2017 it came to light that an IT system used by 1/3 of UK GP practices enabled unauthorised access of patient's medical records. A massive 26 million patient's data was breached as their records could be accessed by healthcare workers across the UK, for no legitimate reason. Doctors were informed that they had unknowingly breached their patent's data protection rights and could be subject to complaints and even disciplinary action. An inappropriate lack of access restrictions in this case led to millions of patient's data being compromised. Learning points from past breaches should be used to inform practice within your organisation and escape similar repercussions.


From the lively streets of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the serenity of Northern Georgia to the stoic desert landscapes of Arizona, homes that favor resort-style luxury are in demand.
Situated in the mountains of Northern Georgia, The Waterfall Club provides social and golf memberships and a wide variety of activities and services. This pristine resort is a focal point for buyers interested in homes within the Lake Burton area, which provides the most luxurious real estate options, according to Julie Barnett, Realtor from Harry Norman, Realtors.
For those who have already staked their claim within the area, the perks of living there only seem to grow with Five-Star dining, two marinas and the Bent Grass fairways, which offer unsurpassed beauty and play ability. The current highest listing in Waterfall is $3.5 million, with other available homes ranging from 300 to 10,000 square feet.
One area that is used to the hustle and bustle of a resort-type atmosphere is the Triangle area of North Carolina, specifically the cities of Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh. Realtor Jennifer Guyer-Stenner of Fonville Morisey Realty notes that this area is considered a "miniature Silicon Valley and encompasses three premier universities (UNC, NC State, and Duke)," resulting in "a true melting pot" of residents who frequently flock to sporting events, recreational lakes, and golf courses such as Governors Club, Wakefield and Northridge.
With 750 luxury homes on the market in the Triangle area priced above $750,000, and the highest priced listing at nearly $7 million, Stenner affirms that this location will satisfy the needs of any discerning buyer.
Something important to consider when purchasing a home is to find a "real estate professional who knows where the values [and] where the safest investments are," according to Realtor Frank Aazami. Both Aazami and Lisa Westcott-Wadey, who thrive as Realtors with Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty in Arizona, know the values that can be found in their areas.
"Arizona has many attractions and outdoor activities that most don't realize," Wadey states. With up-and-coming residential opportunities like the new Ritz-Carlton Residences in Paradise Valley and tech industries in Mesa and Chandler, both local out-of-state buyers seem to be flocking toward The Grand Canyon state for resort communities.


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The MA in Economics provides the skills necessary for research and analyst positions at government and international agencies, banks and other private firms. It also prepares students for continuing their studies at the best economics PhD programs around the world.
The U.S.-accredited MA in Economics was launched in 1994. It is registered in the U.S. by the Board of Regents of the New York State Education Department. The Hungarian-accredited MA in Economics ("Közgazdasági elemző mesterszak") was launched in 2007. The program, designed to comply with the Bologna process, is accredited by the Hungarian Higher Education Accreditation Board.
The U.S. and Hungarian programs are fully integrated. Accepted students are first enrolled in the U.S.-accredited program. Upon enrollment, they can then opt to enroll in the Hungarian-accredited program as well. By choosing this option they have to satisfy some additional requirements.
The language of instruction is English.The Fall and Winter terms of Year 1 cover the core of mainstream economics (Mathematics, Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics). The Spring term of Year 1 and Year 2 offer more advanced and specialized field courses in various topics, after which students write and defend their Master's thesis.
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This past weekend I got a Joann flyer in the mail and saw that Simplicity sewing patterns were on sale. Since I am getting ready to start a new job I thought it would be nice to make some skirts and tops to wear to work. I went over to the Simplicity pattern site and scouted out what clothing patterns I wanted and headed on over to Joann Fabric.
I was pretty surprised when I discovered each sewing pattern I wanted was in stock. Yippy for me since this almost never happens. Here is a sample of the patterns I picked up.
Joann Fabric also had the spring editions of the Stitch and SewStylish magazines I wanted.
The Stitch magazine has a couple of really cute kids patterns in it plus a whole lot more.
The reason I got the SewStylish magazine is because they have a tutorial in it for copying your favorite tshirt. This is so timely since I just dripped curry sauce on my FAVORITE white tshirt. Ruined unless I want to dye it a yellowish-green color. Perhaps not.
Now on to my love/hate relationship with Joann Fabric. Please explain to me why each time I actually think of getting book, or magazine in this case, and have a coupon greater than 40% off that I plan to use, they have a measly 10% off sale on them? Why can't they charge me regular price and allow me to use my 50% coupon? That would have saved me $7.50 off the Stitch magazine! I know, I could have waited until the following week and used a 40% off coupon but I really, really, REALLY wanted to get it today. Who knows, I might get a few hours of free time this weekend from my fairy God mother. It could happen.
Thought I would do a little giveaway to celebrate the first week of June.
What I am I giving away? Two yards of Apples and Pears fabric from Alexander Henry, one new McCall's Fashion Accessories Retro Aprons pattern (M5643), two vintage buttons and one Retro Diner: Comfort Food from the America Roadside cookbook.
To enter, do one or more of the following and then come back to the blog, leave a comment, a link (if appropriate) and a valid email address for each entry.
This giveaway will stay open for one week. I will choose a winner next Friday.
Good luck and be sure to check back often as I will be decluttering my craft room in the coming months and will be hosting a giveaway each month.
The other day I got a new lunch sack and Ellie seems to think it is hers. She carries it every morning and asks if it is for her. I asked her if she would like me to make one for her and of course she did because she usually says yes to most things like that.
I measured the original bag and made pattern pieces. This version used ribbon for the straps but the next one will use fabric. I did not want to waste a ton of time on straps if my pieces did not sew together well.
I will post the pattern pieces and instructions in the coming days. Be on the look out.


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La batalla de Agua Prieta fue una acción militar ocurrida el 1 de noviembre de 1915 en las afueras de la ciudad de Agua Prieta, Sonora, entre los defensores dirigidos por Plutarco Elías Calles y Álvaro Obregón y los atacantes comandados por Pancho Villa.

Álvaro Obregón, al mando de 500 jinetes, penetró desde Estados Unidos (con la debida autorización de aquel gobierno) en el estado de Sonora, entrando en la ciudad fronteriza de Agua Prieta, de donde salieron 1500 hombres armados que abatieron a los villistas.

Véase también

Anexo:México en 1915
Plan de Agua Prieta
Revolución de Agua Prieta

Referencias

Agua Prieta
Historia del estado de Sonora
México en 1915
Agua Prieta


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Buddy Guy: Live in Concert
King Center for the Performing Arts presents…
With special guest Ally Venable
Wednesday, October 27 at 8 p.m.
The title of Buddy Guy's latest album says it all: The Blues Is Alive and Well. The legendary blues artist's eighteenth solo LP and follow-up to 2015's Born to Play Guitar showcases his raw and unadulterated sound, its fifteen tracks a true pleasure for aficionados and genre newcomers alike. "I got children and grandchildren who didn't know who I was, but nowadays we can play outdoor concerts and see kids that are eight, nine, twelve years old coming to me and saying, 'I didn't know who you was, but I read what Eric Clapton said about you,'" Guy explains when discussing his mindset around the new record. "I'm always trying to make an album that someone accidentally plays where some kid hears it, picks up a guitar, and helps keep the blues alive." And it only takes one listen to The Blues Is Alive and Well to realize that Guy's mission has been more than accomplished here.
The record is arriving on the heels of a spate of high visibility for the 83-year-old performer: at the 2016 Grammys, he picked up a trophy for "Best Blues Album" honoring Born to Play Guitar, and that same year he hit the road for a U.S. tour opening for Jeff Beck. In addition to bringing the house down for a recent sold-out performance commemorating the closing of New York City's B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill, he recently appeared on David Letterman's Netflix talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. A truly restless and energetic performer, The Blues Is Alive and Well is the latest triumph in an already-legendary career.
The Blues Is Alive and Well began to come together when Tom Hambridge, frequent Guy collaborator and producer, came to the man with a collection of songs he figured would be perfect for a new full-length. "He's like some of the older guys I used to play with," Guy enthuses about working with Hambridge."When you play with a band for ten or twelve years, they almost know what you're gonna do. He's the type of guy who feels what I'm gonna do. Even in my early Chess Records days, you had Willie Dixon and several other guys affiliated with those hit records, and this kid just has that feel too. He brought the songs in, and hopefully we did a good job."And with The Blues Is Alive and Well, it's clear that the music—and Guy himself—ain't going away anytime soon.
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Q: How to prove that $\lim_{x\to\infty} (1+{1}/{5x})^{2x+6}=e^{{2}/{5}}$ How to prove that $\lim_{x\to\infty}  \left(1+\dfrac{1}{5x}\right)^{2x+6}=e^{\frac{2}{5}}$
I believe I can rewrite this as $\lim_{x\to\infty}  \left(1+\dfrac{1}{5x}\right)^{2x+6}$ as $\dfrac{(1+\frac{1}{5x})^{2x}}{(1+\frac{1}{5x})^{6}}$. The deominator will get to 1 as x approaches infinity, but what about the numerator? How do you solve this?
Thank you!

A: HINT
\begin{align*}
\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\left(1 + \frac{1}{5x}\right)^{2x+6} = \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\left[\left(1 + \frac{1}{5x}\right)^{5x}\right]^{2/5}\times\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\left(1 + \frac{1}{5x}\right)^{6}
\end{align*}

A: Let $y=5x$ then $$2x+6 = (2/5)y +6$$
$$  \lim_{x\to\infty}  \left(1+\dfrac{1}{5x}\right)^{2x+6}=$$
$$ \lim_{y\to\infty}  \left(1+\dfrac{1}{y}\right)^{y(2/5)} \left(1+\dfrac{1}{5x}\right)^{6}=$$
$$ e^{\frac{2}{5}}$$

A: Your approach is just as good. Note that:
$$\big(1+\frac{1}{5x}\big)^{2x}=\bigg(\big(1+\frac{1/5}{x}\big)^{x}\bigg)^{2}$$
Now the expressions in the parentheses on the inside is the classic limit definition of $e^x$ for $x=\frac{1}{5}$ and so taking the limit gives the desired result.

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With a swift punch and a loud "BARF!", River City Ransom made its mark in the gaming world over 30 years ago. Known overseas as the Kunio-kun series, the tale of one strong high schooler looking to save his girlfriend from baddies is seen by many as a true staple of 8-bit gaming. But what happens when the tables are turned, and it's Kunio that needs saving? Well, then it's time to call in a couple of badass babes for a rescue mission, in the form of River City Girls!
Going the more bizarro world route with the franchise, River City Girls puts players in control of Misako and Kyoko, whose boyfriends Kunio and Riki have been kidnapped by some unknown punks. Not one to sit down and deal with detention, the duo set out to find the fiends responsible, with many familiar faces from the River City series and a couple of other popular games peeking their knuckle sandwich-hungry selves in for good measure. As you roam around the city, it's up to Misako and Kyoko to figure out why their boyfriends were kidnapped, and how hard they'll smack the villains straight into the stratosphere.
Players take control of Misako and Kyoko, with gamers taking on solo choosing one or the other before they begin. As they play, the ladies must punch, kick, and slam their way through armies of punk kids, crooked cops, muscular foes, and even a few peppy cheerleaders for good measure. Roaming through the city will have them seeking various goodies and knickknacks to get them to the boss battles, which will have Misako and Kyoko trying their best to take on some of the roughest foes this side of River City. As they progress, players will be able to level up both girls and earn some tools to make the fight a little easier...with a very huge emphasis on the "little" part.
First, the good news: River City Girls looks outstanding! Developed by WayForward, the usage of SNES-era pixel art calls back to the second and third Shantae games. What's more, despite it being pixelated, there's a lot of shockingly well-designed detail that's been placed in every character and setting. From the way a weaponized yo-yo is spun to even the smallest frill of a Pom-Pom, just about every aspect of this game pops with beautiful animation. Not since Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game has there been a pixel-shaded beat 'em up that's delivered this level of personality!
Added into the graphics is its fantastic voice acting and soundtrack. Kayli Mills plays Misako with a tomboyish flare and an adorable growl that's fiery with passion. As her BFF Kyoko, Kira Buckland delivers a wonderfully cutesy persona that's both ditzy and endearing. With music from Megan McDuffee, Chipzel, NateWantsToBattle, Dale North, and Cristina Vee (who also voices the antagonist Hasebe), the score that blares all throughout the levels brims with club-worthy dance beats and synth-pop wonderment.
However, despite looking and sounding amazing, River City Girls doesn't quite deliver a lot of fun when it comes to its gameplay. While it's fairly easy to figure out how to do big & light attacks, as well as deliver a good chunk of combos, the game suffers from the lack of character evolution as it progresses. There's a leveling system, as well as items to equip to make things a little easier to take on enemies. But the problem is that no matter how much you level up, it appears that the enemies grow stronger too. Worse: the game is tough right at the get-go!
Taking on the game solo is a lot more rougher than it should be. As you quickly find out, the bad guys don't exactly know how to play fair. For those who say, "That's the point of being a villain," first off: shut up! Second, the rule of thumb in gaming is that the baddies must give the protagonists a fighting chance to survive. Here, the punks, cops, and tough guys roaming around just love to gang up on you, to the point where it may take you a minute to even get a single punch in. There were moments where I entered an area with full health, only to have the snot beaten out of me to the point of seeing the "Game Over" screen.
It was by sheer luck that I figured out a way to survive, with every form of strategy possible tossed aside because it kept pushing me back to square one. What's worse: when you die, you lose roughly 25% of what's in your bank account, which is used to buy health and learn new moves. In boss battles with Mizusu and a certain familiar Double Dragon villain, I watched as my funds went from nearly $500 to a measly $2.25 after I kept dying over and over again. Never in these boss battles did I feel any sort of accomplishment or given a sense of learning something new with every loss; all I felt was pure frustration with a sprinkling of rage quit!
Although it's still tough in co-op mode, River City Girls is a lot more doable with a friend in tow. Enemies are still a challenge, but it doesn't feel like it mocks you in the ways playing solo does. It even gives you the chance to full enjoy the story on-hand instead of boiling with anger over how difficult these villains are. And when you are not gritting your teeth or spew fire over the certain unfair toughness this game delivers, you'll discover an entertaining story arc that's both hilarious and true to what the River City franchise is all about.
Beating River City Girls will take you roughly 6-7 hours to complete, though there are a couple of side quests here and there that push the time to a bit longer. Defeating the game the first time around will give you the option of playing both Riki and Kunio, who have their own unique set of missions. So those who want to play either as a BFF duo or a whoop-ass lovey-dovey couple, they'll have that opportunity in their hands once the boys get rescued by their girls.
Fantastic animation
Voice acting & soundtrack dazzle
Great beat-em-up mechanics
Frustrating AI
Boss battles feel near-impossible
Lacks good learning curve
River City Girls has its great moments, but the AI keeps it being from a full-blown fun experience. While co-op mode helps ease some of the more difficult baddies, attempting to beat this one solo is next-to-futile. If you've got a friend close by, then by all means dive into what River City Girls has to offer; if not, well, don't say I didn't warn you.
Promotional consideration provided by WayForward Technologies. Reviewed on the Xbox One.
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Charming stone Rustico of about 100 sqm carefully renovated maintaining the characteristics of the period … On the ground floor, characteristic courtyard of about 20 sqm through which you access to a large tavern with large period fireplace, and a boiler room, through stone staircase you get into the living area, kitchen and living room with fireplace and exit to the balcony where you can enjoy a beautiful lake view on the mezzanine floor a bathroom with a large shower in bisazza. On the last floor we find a large room with a wonderful view of the lake and the roofs of the old village. Possibility to create a second room, methane heating.


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One Year On, A Look at How Balakot Camp Airstrikes Played Out
Reports say the JeM camp in Balkot was adequately equipped to train a large number of militants.
Updated: 26 Feb 2020, 11:03 AM IST
(This article was first published on 28 February 2019 and is being republished from The Quint's archives to mark the one-year anniversary of the Balakot airstrikes)
The Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp struck by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Balakot on Wednesday, 27 February, was located on a hill-top and was equipped with several training facilities, say reports based on dossiers sent by the Indian government.
The camp, located on the Jabha hilltop, was spread over six acres, had the capacity to house over 600 militants and was located about 20-kilometers away from the town of Balakot in Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. While the JeM was formed in early 2000, it is unclear as to when the camp in Balakot was set up.
However, according to The Economic Times, the Balakot camp was named in a 2004 secret US document, that was leaked by Wikileaks. So, it's clear that the JeM had been organising training activities since the last 15 years in the forested areas of Balakot.
IAF Air Strikes: What JeM's Balakot Training Camp Looked Like
The camp was equipped with a firing range, a swimming pool and a gymnasium. Around 25 instructors, mostly comprising former Pakistan Army officials were in charge of training new recruits. Since the JeM specialises in fidayeen or suicide attacks, the new recruits were subjected to extensive religious and ideological brainwashing.
The young recruits were imparted advanced training:
In weapons, explosives and field tactics
Attack on convoys of security forces
Planting and making of IEDs
Suicide bombing
Rigging vehicles for suicide attacks
Survival tactics in high altitudes and extreme-stress situations
Aquatic training
NSA, IAF Monitored From Air HQ: How Balakot Air Strikes Unfolded
In charge of the camp was Yusuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of JeM Chief Masood Azhar. Yusuf is accused of being one of the terrorists who had hijacked IC-814, an Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi, that was taken hostage by JeM militants in 1999.
Published: 28 Feb 2019, 10:25 AM IST