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Guardsquare Announces Appointment of Chief Product Officer and Vice President of Engineering
Former Veracode Executive to Lead the Company's Product Vision and Innovation; Software and Project Management Veteran to Scale Research and Development
Leuven, Belgium ‒ May 26, 2021 ‒ Guardsquare, the mobile application security platform, today announced the appointments of Ryan Lloyd as Chief Product Officer and Piet Wauters as Vice President of Engineering as the company accelerates investment and focus on its product strategy and execution, further solidifying its leadership position in mobile app security.
"I'm incredibly excited to have Ryan and Piet on board," said Roel Caers, CEO at Guardsquare. "They're each uniquely qualified to accelerate the strategic vision, innovation and development of Guardsquare's solutions expanding the value our products deliver. With a deep background in product strategy, project management, and enterprise software, I'm delighted to welcome two visionary leaders to join us in our mission to protect organizations from mobile app threats."
Ryan brings over two decades of expertise as a strategic product management executive with a background in software engineering. Most recently, he was Vice President of Products for Veracode, where he worked to shape the product strategy. Prior to Veracode, Ryan spent several years at PTC as well as SmartBear, where he led product growth through innovation and acquisition, building on open-source communities and strategic developer ecosystems.
"As Chief Product Officer at Guardsquare, I'm looking to build on Guardsquare's successful foundation of open-source and commercial products securing billions of downloaded mobile applications for industry-leading organizations across the globe," said Ryan Lloyd. "We'll accelerate the strong growth through ongoing innovation, partnering with the world's leading enterprises and finding new, advanced, and original ways to shine a light on the challenges and opportunities in mobile application protection."
Piet Wauters, Guardsquare's new Vice President of Engineering, is responsible for scaling research and development at Guardsquare. With a customer-centric approach through agile product delivery, Piet will oversee rapidly increasing R&D and the ability to deliver the company's future roadmap to its customers in a fast growth context.
"I'm thrilled to accept this exciting opportunity with Guardsquare and honored to be joining the team at such an imperative time for securing the future of mobile as security threats grow more sophisticated," said Piet Wauters. "I'm looking forward to furthering the company's vision to dramatically improve how organizations manage mobile application protection."
With 30 years of experience leading highly skilled teams towards outstanding business achievements in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environments, Piet has deep technical knowledge across systems and software built through playing an active role in daily management as well as in strategic processes.
About Guardsquare
Guardsquare is the global leader in mobile application protection. More than 700 customers worldwide across all major industries rely on Guardsquare to secure their mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Built on the open source ProGuard technology, Guardsquare software integrates transparently in the development process and adds multiple layers of protection to Android (DexGuard) and iOS (iXGuard) applications, hardening them against both on-device and off-device attacks. With the addition of ThreatCast, Guardsquare's mobile application security console, the organization offers the most complete mobile security solution on the market today. Guardsquare is based in Leuven, Belgium with a US office in Boston, MA.
Erica Sheehan
Chief Marketing Officer, Guardsquare
erica.sheehan@guardsquare.com
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The 28th Annual Dana Point Concours d'Elegance took place this past Sunday and once again found the Monarch Beach Golf Links at the St. Regis Resort to be a perfect venue. As beautiful as the resort is, though, we were a bit perplexed to hear visitors talking so openly and enthusiastically about all of the snakes they had been seeing there.
"Did you see The Snake? There are four snakes up on the hill! The Snake was riding around in a golf cart a few minutes ago, make sure you go see him."
The well-traveled Reptilia was none other than Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, the honorary chairman of this year's concours. "The Snake" didn't come empty-handed to this party either. No, he brought with him a quartet of his funky funny cars from the 1970s, including the sole remaining Mattel Hot Wheels 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Funny Car that became famous during the "Snake vs. Mongoose" match races between Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen. Back in the day, these two warriors famously squared off in match races across the country while also making countless appearances at toy stores, retail outlets and other locations.
The Barracuda was parked atop the same 1967 Dodge D-700 crew cab Hot Wheels Ramp Truck that was used to transport the race car on that promotional tour. The gorgeous yellow duo emerged from frame-off restorations just in time for SEMA last year, and seeing it there instantly transported us back to our youths, when our Hot Wheels checklist included not only this screaming yellow Plymouth, but Prudhomme's red, white and blue Hot Wheels and ARMY cars as well. Imagine our delight, then, when we saw some of those cars parked right alongside the Baracuda and transport in Dana Point on Sunday.
Front and center sat the white 1972 Hot Wheels sponsored Plymouth 'Cuda funny car, to its left the 1974 Army sponsored Chevrolet Vega funny car and to the right the 1978 Army Plymouth Arrow funny car which proudly carries the "Number 1," reflecting Prudhomme's fourth consecutive NHRA World Championship season. The Snake himself was also part of the attraction on Sunday, recounting old racing tales and signing autographs for the masses. He even took a few minutes to visit with the Cagahys, a couple who happened to bring their own Prudhomme car to the event – a 2009 Shelby Mustang Prudhomme Edition. We took lots of pics, which you can check out in the gallery below.
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This research demonstrates the value of the partnership metaphor for university knowledge transfer. Set in the context of growing evidence of a frustrated UK policy aim for a fully-fledged third stream it addresses concerns over stakeholder engagement and management, measurement and resource allocation. Focusing specifically on the partnership concepts of common ground and difference, the study identifies shared and different conceptions of academic and associate partners engaged in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP). These shared and different conceptions offer valuable insights for policy issues of engagement, management, measurement and resource allocation. Underlining the value of the partnership metaphor for third stream policy, it further highlights the importance of the missing industry partner voice. We suggest to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners not just that common ground and difference inherent in the concept of partnership should be recognised and managed, but further that these dimensions should be regarded as valuable sources of knowledge in the KTP process itself.


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Youth Intervention Fund awards £150,000 to 13 Suffolk charities empowering young people
by Harriet Beckwith | Feb 13, 2020 | Children & Families, Compassion in Crisis, Featured, Improving Health & Wellbeing, Recent Events
A collaboration between Suffolk Community Foundation, Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore and Suffolk philanthropists has taken action on the findings of a research project which asked Suffolk young people about the challenges they face and the support they need.
Concerns raised included: inclusion in decision making, knowledge and accessibility to services and development of safe, supportive social spaces. Young people also felt they should be considered as part of the solution and be included in the development, design and delivery of youth provision across Suffolk.
With knife crime being just one of several major issues hitting the headlines, private donors, The Diocese, University of Suffolk, Ipswich Opportunity Area, The Lieutenancy, The New Anglia LEP and Suffolk Community Foundation in consultation with a number of other organisations came together to support the research – in close consultation with 75 young people from across the county.
Private individuals, businesses and the public sector in Suffolk have come together to work strategically with the Foundation to address the research findings and 'up the anti' on resources available across Suffolk for young people whose lives and futures are in serious jeopardy – creating a 'Youth Intervention Fund'.
Stephen Singleton
Chief Executive, Suffolk Community Foundation
An initial match fund pledge of £50K from Suffolk's Police & Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore started the ball rolling. Working with the Foundation's Staff and Trustees, further funds were raised from key private and business supporters in Suffolk totalling an additional £100,000.
During my term in office I have seen first-hand some shocking and heart-wrenching situations involving our young people that are completely unbelievable in twenty-first century Suffolk. The research shone a light on the issues faced by young people in the county but without appropriate funding to deal with these, this focus would be pointless, so in partnership with the Foundation, Suffolk has pulled together to raise funds to help meet the challenges. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the charitable philanthropists who donated so generously, most who wish to remain anonymous, for their fantastic response to this countywide appeal to support the young people of Suffolk.
Tim Passmore
Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner
Thirteen organisations have successfully bid for a share of the fund; each of them committed to meet some of the challenges faced by young people in Suffolk including drugs and alcohol addiction, gang culture and knife crime.
This is on ongoing long term initiative with further rounds of grantmaking planned. If you are interested in discussing how you might be able to support or make a contribution to the fund please call our Head of Philanthropy Judy Dow on 01473 602602.
Porch Project recently received a grant from the Youth Intervention Fund
Discover more about the 13 groups funded by the Youth Intervention Fund…
Alumah CIO
Benefit area: West Suffolk area – Brandon, BSE, Newmarket, Mildenhall
To support Recovery Interventions and counselling for young victims or witnesses of relationship abuse (aged 14-25) and workshops to raise awareness to groups of young people in schools or in a youth group setting (aged 13-18).
https://www.alumah.co.uk/
Benefit area: Haverhill
Towards Haverhill Friday evening sports sessions covering staff and facilities costs for 10 months (40 x 1.5 hour sessions). The projects engages with young people age 10-19 through sport and provides a safe environment for young people to release energy, meet friends and learn new skills.
https://www.catch-22.org.uk/
County Upper Wolves Basketball Club
Benefit area: Brandon, Newmarket, Haverhill, Mildenhall and Bury St Edmunds
To support 'more than basketball' offering outreach to young people and providing alternative activities. The outreach offer has been developed in response to a community survey and taster sessions run from the existing club.
http://countyupperbasketballacademy.com/
Framlingham Area Youth Action Partnership
Benefit area: Framlingham
To support a youth drop in service at Pagent Field for 15-19 year olds. This is an extension of the current service is based at the school and will deliver 2-3 two hour outreach drop in sessions each week where young people can get advice on sexual health, drug issues, mentoring and employment advice.
https://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/service.page?id=xtEZT0S9pOE
Ipswich Community Media
Benefit area: Ipswich
Toward South Street Kids, supporting 200 young people (5-12) with a programme of delivery from Westgate Ward Social Club, including film, music, food and health in order to boost confidence, self-awareness and develop team working skills, along with communication and technical skills which will support progression into further opportunities, volunteering and employment.
https://ipswichcm.org.uk/
Benefit area: Woodbridge
To support a boat building project in partnership with Woodbridge Riverside Trust and Suffolk County Council Children and Young People's team. The project has already been successfully piloted and the grant will fund 8 people young people not in, or ready to engage in, education, employment or training to learn new skills, increase confidence and self-esteem, and work as a team on a regular weekly activity (21 weekly session and 3 full days).
https://www.just42.org.uk/home-page
Level Two Youth Project
Benefit area: Felixstowe
Funding will support Level Two's Safe Supportive Space delivering 7 open access sessions (2 hours) each week in term time and 24 sessions during school holidays for young people (10-25.)
This provides a safe place for young people aged 10-25 to meet and socialise with their peers at the L2 Youth Hub in the town centre after school, at evenings and at weekends.
https://www.leveltwo.org/
Porch Project
Benefit area: Hadleigh, Great Cornard and surrounding areas
Funding will support a new youth worker to extend the Porch Project's outreach work in Cornard and Hadleigh and additionally to educate and inform other local communities about how to set up similar projects.
https://porchproject.co.uk/
Suffolk Refugee Support
To support the FAR (For Raising Ambitions for Asylum Seeking and Refugee Young People) project which will enable the young people SRS support to have a greater influence over the activities provided, channel their feedback to statutory services and work to improve their experiences of seeking asylum in the UK.
https://suffolkrefugee.org.uk/
Suffolk Young People's Health Project
Benefit area: Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds
Funding will sustain safe space drop in centres for young people and create capacity to expand their work in Bury St Edmunds, increase outreach work and provide additional group work, ensuring safer communities and providing a 'home from home'.
https://www.4yp.org.uk/
Whitton Youth Partnership
Benefit area: North West Partnership
To establish a weekly Senior Youth Club (48 sessions a year) for up to 40 young people providing a safe, age appropriate environment and activities, supervised by a minimum of 2 qualified staff and volunteers. Guidance and signposting will enable young people to make informed choices and provide the opportunity to discuss issues such as drugs and knife crime, steer them away from involvement with the drug gangs and local anti-social behaviour.
https://www.whittonyouthpartnership.co.uk/
YMCA Trinity Group
Benefit area: Lowestoft
To support two Shine Schools Workers to visit the majority of schools in Lowestoft delivering 1:1 support, group work and help with transitioning to high school. The support covers a range of issues including lack of engagement within education. Bereavement, mental health issues, family issues, low self-esteem and confidence and is targeted at the most deprived wards in the area.
https://ymcatrinitygroup.org.uk/
Young People Taking Action
Benefit area: Leiston
To support school holiday activities for the hardest to reach young people in the Leiston area. Positive activities will develop team skills and confidence with young people involved in or at risk of being involved in risk taking activities, including ASB, substance misuse, county lines and gang culture.
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Total Structure Weight: 5560.25
Atom Count: 387
Residue Count: 50
3TGF
THE SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF HUMAN TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA
DOI: 10.2210/pdb3TGF/pdb
Classification: GROWTH FACTOR
Deposition Author(s): Harvey, T.S., Wilkinson, A.J., Tappin, M.J., Cooke, R.M., Campbell, I.D.
Method: SOLUTION NMR
Conformers Submitted: 4
The solution structure of human transforming growth factor alpha.
Harvey, T.S., Wilkinson, A.J., Tappin, M.J., Cooke, R.M., Campbell, I.D.
(1991) Eur.J.Biochem. 198: 555-562
PubMed: 2050136 Search on PubMed
The solution structure of transforming growth factor alpha has been determined by a combination of high-resolution 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance and distance geometry and restrained molecular dynamics. The 382 restraints derived from the NMR experime ...
The solution structure of transforming growth factor alpha has been determined by a combination of high-resolution 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance and distance geometry and restrained molecular dynamics. The 382 restraints derived from the NMR experiments were used to calculate many distance geometry structures, which were then refined by restrained molecular mechanics. Five of these structures were further refined using a variety of methods. Comparison of independently measured parameters, such as calculated hydrogen bonding patterns and experimental amide exchange rates, have been used to evaluate the accuracy of the structures. Also, possible mechanisms to explain the pH-dependent conformational interconversion observed are suggested. Finally comparisons between this work and others on this topic have been made.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England.
TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-ALPHA
50 Homo sapiens Mutation(s): 0
Gene Names: TGFA
Find proteins for P01135 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: TGFA
Olderado: 3TGF Olderado
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Kevin Feige feels like 'failure' when actors turn down Marvel movies
PTI 31 December 2019
London, Dec 31 (PTI) Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says there have been times when he felt like a 'failure' after a prospective actor passed a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Feige, who has been at the helm of the MCU since 2007, said instead of wallowing in disappointment he resolves to cast an 'even better' actor.
'It happened the other day, with an actor. There's an actor we want for something, they come in, you give a big pitch and you can sort of tell they're not into it. (You think) 'I guess I'm a failure, I'll show them, we'll cast somebody even better',' Feige said at a Q&A at New York Film Academy.
The Marvel Studios honcho said such discussions are a part and parcel of the job and doesn't dwell on them after a point of time.
'So, it's just part of it and don't linger on them, is what I usually try to do, don't think too much about it, don't stew in it, move on quickly,' Feige added. PTI RDS SHD SHD
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There's an art to climbing. It's all in the legs. Use your hands to secure your body while you prepare to make your next move, sideways or upwards. Get your feet strongly positioned, and then push your body weight up with your thighs and back. If you're tempted to use your arms for upward movement, you'll soon find that you wear yourself out.
Make it to the top of massive climbs, and look around in wonder at the awesomeness of the Peak District. And that's why you need climbing on your Sheffield stag party.


Panmure Gordon is pleased to announce increased profits after tax for the period ended 31 December 2017, following the change in control and take private of Panmure Gordon & Co plc in July 2017.
From July 2017, the new management team, led by Ian Axe, has set about reviewing the business to ensure it has the necessary capabilities and resources to begin a multi-year transformation plan, which will create a 21st century merchant banking operation.
Complementing its traditional corporate broking and investment trust expertise, Panmure Gordon's offering is being expanded to serve the needs of growth and mid-market corporates, whether listed or unlisted, for whom access to banking has become restricted as bulge bracket banks retreat.


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Le Petit Bijou is in the Provencal town of Saint Rémy-de-Provence in southern France and is very much inspired by the spirit of Vicki Archer's books, My French Life and French Essence.
Le Petit Bijou is a home away from home for those who would like to explore Provence and is a supremely comfortable retreat after a day of discovery in Provence.
Le Petit Bijou is a village house right in the center of Saint Rémy-de-Provence in the historical precinct close to the Musée des Alpilles and the Hôtel de Sade.
It is in a quiet street off the rue Carnot with its restaurants, a patisserie and a presse. Saint Rémy's Wednesday market is only a few hundred metres away. The spectacular Alpilles mountain range and the gorgeous village of Eygalieres are nearby.
Saint Rémy-de-Provence is a brilliant jumping-off point for Avignon, Aîx-en- Provence, Arles, Maussane-les-Alpilles, Marseille, Nimes and the Camargue. The Luberon, Gordes and Sénanque Abbey with its lavender fields are about 50 minutes away.
The area is well served with transport links. By train: It is 20 kms and 25 minutes' drive from the TGV fast train station outside Avignon. The TGV operates direct to Avignon from London in the summer months and from Paris year round.
By air: It is 75 kms and about 55 minutes' drive from Marseille Provence airport. There are daily flights to Marseille from London by British Airways, EasyJet and Ryanair and by Air France from Paris. XL Airways operates a New York to
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Rental cars are available at Avignon TGV, Avignon Airport and Marseille Provence airport.
Salon // Entrance hall // Kitchen with oven, microwave and dishwasher // Two air-conditioned double bedrooms with high-quality Treca beds and views of the village, one with a terrace // One bathroom with free-standing bath and separate shower // Two WCs // Reverse cycle air-conditioning // Wide screen television with Canal Plus satellite // Unlimited high-speed wireless Internet // Telephone for local calls // Nespresso coffee machine and capsules // Convenient on-street parking // High grade bed linen and towels from the White Company // Soaps, shampoo, conditioner and hairdryers // Separate laundry with washing machine and dryer and consumables // Mid-week housekeeping for weekly rentals // Cooking and extra cleaning by arrangement with the Manager // Detailed written guide on Le Petit Bijou and the surrounding area // Service by phone or email for recommendations or troubleshooting // Alarm system and round the clock support for emergencies
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State launches community solar marketplace website making green energy more accessible to Rhode Islanders
Christian Winthrop· July 9, 2020
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The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) announced today the launch of the Community Solar Marketplace website at risolarmarketplace.com, which educates Rhode Island residents about the benefits of community solar and provides a single place for visitors to preview the growing list of community solar projects in development and subscribe to them.
"To achieve a decarbonized energy future, it is vital that we find innovative ways to connect all Rhode Islanders to clean and affordable energy solutions. Community solar is one tool to do just that," said Nicholas S. Ucci, State Energy Commissioner. "The new Community Solar Marketplace website will help link local residents – including those who cannot install solar on their rooftops, renters, and condo owners – to the benefits of locally generated solar power, while shrinking their carbon footprint and supporting local clean energy jobs."
The Rhode Island Community Solar Marketplace website is organized into several sections that educate visitors about the opportunities to get involved with community solar, including a description of how community solar works, a database of all the community solar projects completed and in progress, subscription information, and frequently asked questions.
Rhode Island's first community solar project, Broncos Highway Solar, went online in Burrillville in September 2019. Currently, 715 National Grid customers have subscribed to the project and will receive about a ten percent savings on their electricity bill. Due to high demand, most projects now under development are expected to reach their subscription capacity before they go into operation.
The Rhode Island Community Remote Net Metering Pilot Program, created in 2016, focuses on providing renewable energy benefits and reducing costs for participating residential customers. Community solar is unique because it makes solar available to a range of residents who have never previously had access to solar, including customers who have a high electricity burden. OER is especially interested in finding ways to use community solar to reduce energy costs for low-and-moderate-income households.
The Community Solar Marketplace was made possible through an award from the US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) and six states. The states, including Rhode Island, are developing and implementing strategies for bringing the benefits of solar to low-and-moderate-income residents.
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Q: Identify root folder in a file system in Python I have a recursive method that traverses a file system structure and creates a dictionary from it.
This is the code:
def path_to_dict(path):
    d = {'name': os.path.basename(path)}
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        d['type'] = "directory"
        d['path'] = os.path.relpath(path).strip('..\\').replace('\\','/')
        d['children'] = [path_to_dict(os.path.join(path, x)) for x in os.listdir\
(path)]
    else:
        d['type'] = "file"
        d['path'] = os.path.relpath(path).strip('..\\').replace('\\','/')
        with open(path, 'r', encoding="utf-8", errors='ignore') as myfile:
            content = myfile.read().splitlines()
        d['content'] = content

At the moment, it checks if it is a folder then puts the keys name, type, path and children where children is an array which can contain further folders or files. If it is a file it has the keys name, type, path and content.
After converting it to JSON, the final structure is like this.
{
    "name": "nw",
    "type": "directory",
    "path": "Parsing/nw",
    "children": [{
        "name": "New folder",
        "type": "directory",
        "path": "Parsing/nw/New folder",
        "children": [{
            "name": "abc",
            "type": "directory",
            "path": "Parsing/nw/New folder/abc",
            "children": [{
                "name": "text2.txt",
                "type": "file",
                "path": "Parsing/nw/New folder/abc/text2.txt",
                "content": ["abc", "def", "dfg"]
            }]
        }, {
            "name": "text2.txt",
            "type": "file",
            "path": "Parsing/nw/New folder/text2.txt",
            "content": ["abc", "def", "dfg"]
        }]
    }, {
        "name": "text1.txt",
        "type": "file",
        "path": "Parsing/nw/text1.txt",
        "content": ["aaa "]
    }, {
        "name": "text2.txt",
        "type": "file",
        "path": "Parsing/nw/text2.txt",
        "content": []
    }]

}

Now I want the script to always set the type in only the root folder to the value root. How can I do this?

A: I think you want something similar than the following implementation. The directories and files in root folder will contain the "type": "root" and the child elements won't contain this key-value pair.
def path_to_dict(path, child=False):
    d = {'name': os.path.basename(path)}
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        if not child:
            d['type'] = "root"
        d['path'] = os.path.relpath(path).strip('..\\').replace('\\','/')
        d['children'] = [path_to_dict(os.path.join(path, x), child=True) for x in os.listdir\
(path)]
    else:
        if not child:
            d['type'] = "root"
        d['path'] = os.path.relpath(path).strip('..\\').replace('\\','/')
        with open(path, 'r', encoding="utf-8", errors='ignore') as myfile:
            content = myfile.read().splitlines()
        d['content'] = content

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Inside Usborne
Graphic novels: bringing classic tales to life
Russell Punter, author of the new Robin Hood and King Arthur graphic novels, reveals how he transformed classic stories into action-packed comics strips.
Two pages from Usborne Graphic Legends: King Arthur, illustrated by Andrea Da Rold
The legends of Robin Hood and King Arthur are classic favourites that I've always loved, and I was very excited to work with some fantastic illustrators, including Matteo Pincelli, Valentino Forlini and Andrea Da Rold, to create these graphic novels.
The stories also feature plenty of action – something that's essential for comic strips if you want to hold your audience's attention, especially reluctant readers who are put off by pages of text.
Robin Hood and King Arthur are both stories that people are familiar with, but there's no definitive book or play. As such, it gave me room to emphasise some parts of the tales and play down others, depending on how well they suited the comic strip format.
Russell Punter
Coming from a design background, I was able to visualise each comic strip panel in my head as I wrote the dialogue for the speech bubbles. This makes the whole process much quicker than working with a separate designer, as it removes the need for text to be adjusted if it doesn't work with the image or vice versa.
I also wrote a mini brief, or storyboard, for the illustrator for every panel in the story and it was uncanny how, in most cases, their artwork matched almost exactly the picture I had in my mind's eye.
The evolution of two pages in Robin Hood, from Russell's original design to final artwork:
1) Russell's original design for two pages from Robin Hood
2) Illustrator Matteo Pincelli's first pencil sketch
3) Matteo's finished pencil sketch
4) The final coloured artwork
As this is Usborne's first venture into the world of graphic novels, we decided to consult an expert in the subject to cast an eye over things. I thought I'd aim high – and was pleasantly surprised when Mike Collins said he was more than happy to help. As well as being a vastly experienced comic book artist who's drawn nearly all the major characters from Superman to Judge Dredd, Mike is also in huge demand as a storyboard artist, working on TV shows as Doctor Who and Sherlock.
Mike checks the illustrators' pencil sketches and offers suggestions for alterations or improvements. These can range from changing angles to pointing out when characters are 'crossing the line', that is to say changing position in a distracting way from picture to picture. Fortunately he doesn't usually need to make a lot of comments, but those he does make are always invaluable.
Pages from Graphic Classics: Dracula, illustrated by Valentino Forlini
Adapting novels like Dracula, the first in the Graphic Classics strand, is in some ways harder than legends such as Robin Hood, as you can't stray too far from the original story that people know and love. This can be tricky as there's a limit to the number of pages in our adaptations.
I wanted to keep as much of the author's story, firstly out of respect and secondly because if you start cutting out too much you can soon find that the whole plot falls to pieces in front of you.
Ideally what you're looking for in terms of source material is authors who either wrote short books (not very common in Victorian classics – they liked a long read) or who included sub-plots that can be removed without any major effect on the rest of the story.
Whether they're 'Legends' or 'Classics', this new range of graphic retellings will introduce readers to exciting stories in a way that's easy to read and entertaining. Who knows, they might even inspire them to check out the originals.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Usborne graphic novels are available now
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The Homeschool Drama Troupe presents William Shakespeare's *As You Like It*
**The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool …" **
The Homeschool Drama Troupe presents William Shakespeare's
*As You Like It*
Warner, NH – June 6 & 7, 2014
*AS YOU LIKE IT*… a love story, a tale of wit and foolery, of heartbreak and poetry, of questions and revealings.
This hilarious and linguistically beautiful play — considered to be one of Shakespeare's finest comedies — will be presented June 6th and 7h by the Homeschool Drama Troupe at the Warner Town Hall in Warner, New Hampshire.
Come join the witty Rosalind, melancholy Jaques and clueless Orlando — as well as countless other fools and wise people — as the Homeschool DramaTroupe embarks to the Forest of Arden for its tenth-annual Shakespearean production. Founded by Jenny Courser and now directed by Lois Shea, the Homeschool Drama Troupe features a talented cast of actors: Jacob Aki of Weare; Molly Litt and Olivia Dodd of Dunbarton; Emily Vallari of Hopkinton; Fiona Shea and Natalie Dill of Warner; Sam and Stephen Brown and David Russell of New London; and Erin Meegan of Newbury.
"Rosalind is one of Shakespeare's strongest characters — which I'd never really given her credit for until I started studying this role," said 18-year-old Fiona Shea, who plays the lead role. "She's tough in the face of change,she's not afraid to be the wittiest one in a room. She's fiercely loyal to those she's close to, and above all, she's very self-aware. She's willing to fall in love, though she knows she's taking a huge chance. And while she's partly teaching Orlando how to woo properly, she's also teaching him how to be her equal — because at first, he's not. And that takes guts.
"This play is partly about finding out who you are. A lot of people ask why, when Rosalind meets Orlando in the forest, she doesn't reveal who she is right away. I believe that she's found this incredible freedom in dressing as a boy — she finds that she's able to do things that she couldn't have in the court. Rosalind is not meant to be just a court 'lady,' as much as the jester Touchstone is not meant to be just a courtier."
Rosalind's decision to disguise herself and seek her father, the banished Duke, in the Forest of Arden ignites a firestorm of hilarity. She discovers that the love of her life, Orlando, is also in the forest — and she proceeds to test how strong his love for her really is.
"I think our audience might be surprised by how funny *As You Like It*is," Shea continues. "They might also be surprised by how much, if they're willing to use their imaginations, they can be transported. Theatre is magical in that way. Oscar Wilde said 'I regard the theatre as … the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.' I think *As You Like It* perfectly captures that."
*As You Like It* is sponsored by the Warner Conservation Commission, and all proceeds will go toward land protection efforts in Warner.
Performances will be Friday June 6th at 1 p.m. and Saturday June 7th at 4 p.m. at the Warner Town Hall. Admission is $5, Free for kids under 18. For more information, please visit the As You Like It website or call (603) 765-2710.
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Every Midsummer's Eve, Doctor Doom tries to rescue his mother's soul from hell and every year he fails. This time, he has Doctor Strange in tow. Will the two of them be successful? Let's find out!
Back in the day, I read a Fantastic Four annual in which Doctor Doom tried to use Franklin Richards against Mephisto to free the soul of his mother. When I found out about the existence of this graphic novel, I became intrigued... then forgot about it until a couple weeks ago.
The story starts out promisingly. Doctor Strange is summoned to the Temple of the Three where he battles other sorcerers for the title of Sorcerer Supreme and winds up forced to give Doctor Doom a boon. Strange instructs Doom in the magic arts for a few weeks and they head down to hell.
I'm happy to say that this graphic novel by Roger Stern and Mike Mignola does a great job standing the test of time. Stern's writing is way ahead of the curve for the time period and Mignola was heading down the artistic trail that would lead him to creating Hellboy years later. Mignola's hellish vistas resemble Steve Ditko's without being an outright copy and his depiction of Mephisto in his true form knocks the ball out of the park.
Triumph and Torment also had enough twists to keep it interesting, far from the two guys punching each other it could have easily devolved into.
Also contained in this volume were two stories containing seeds for this tale. One was from an issue of Astonishing Tales that depicted one of Doom's failed attempts to rescue his mother. The other was a Doctor Strange tale where Doctor Doom considered filling the vacancy left by Clea and becoming Strange's disciple. Neither were essential but gave the plot of the main story a little more depth. As opposed to the two Namor tales in the collection that had little to do with the story other than being drawn by Mignola.
Since I suspect a lot of people will be giving Doctor Strange a shot based on the upcoming Cumberbatch-fest, this would be a good tale to read to see Strange in his element. Four out of five stars.


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Kanika Gupta
Update Date: Oct 29, 2015 12:08 PM EDT
A mock spaceship locked six Russian women in an experiment for testing female crew's ability to see if they can successfully make a trip to the moon and back. The female volunteers were locked inside the space simulator for 8 days. They were made to live in a wood-paneled suite at Moscow's Institute of of Biomedical Problems, renowned for their experiments in space travel effects on mind and body. In 2010, the institute locked six male participants in isolation for 520 days to simulate a flight to Mars and back. The experiment's supervisor Sergei Ponomaryov said 'It's interesting for us to see what is special about the way a female crew communicates,' reported Daily Mail. Institute's director, Igor Ushakov said, 'It will be particularly interesting in terms of psychology'. He added, 'I'd like to wish you a lack of conflicts, even though they say that in one kitchen, two housewives find it hard to live together'.
The volunteers of this experiment also include a scientific, a psychologist and a doctor. The test experiment is to simulate a flight to moon and back where the women will be asked to carry out 10 experiments with regards to human psychology and biology. Russia is the first country to send a woman into space in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova. However, it has failed to keep up with the thing it started. Until last year, Russia only sent its fourth female, Yelena Serova, into the space. Serova on her return was upset about the media interest in how she managed her hair in the International Space station, saying that the men were never questioned in the same way as women, as per Daily Mail.
According to Ponomaryov, the latest experiment is meant to get back on its game and prepare an all-female crew for the international space station. He added, 'We consider the future of space belongs equally to men and women and unfortunately we need to catch up a bit after a period when unfortunately, there haven't been too many women in space.', reports Daily Mail.
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Awards are made to assist palaeontological research up to a maximum value of £10,000 GBP per award. Normally, grants must support a single research project, or a 'proof of concept' proposal with an aim of supporting future applications to national research funding bodies. Field-based projects are also eligible, but the scientific objectives and outcomes of the research must be made clear.
Applications for investigator's salary costs will only be considered in exceptional circumstances and if awarded all legal and financial liability will lie with the applicant (see: Categories of expenditure for which the Palaeontological Association does not provide support).
Preference is given to applications for a single purpose (rather than top-ups of other grant applications). Applicants must be members of the Association and will normally have a PhD and a successful track record as an independent scientific investigator. Current PhD students (i.e. those who have not yet been awarded a PhD by the application deadline) are not eligible for this scheme and instead should consider the Small Grants Scheme.
Preference will normally be given to candidates who have not previously won an award. Proposals must fit with the charitable aims of the Association.
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LECTORA LIVE! All About Accessibility
by Stephanie Ivec | Sep 23, 2021
This month's LECTORA LIVE! session focused on accessibility and we had some very special guests with us.
Our featured guests were Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions, and Christine O'Malley, President of eLearning Designs.
Chris Paxton has almost 30 years of experience in training and development and volunteers with the Lectora Accessibility User Group. Christine O'Malley is the founder of the Lectora Accessibility User Group (LAUG) and an expert in developing accessible learning in Lectora. We were also joined by Chris Willis, Director of Product for Lectora, John Holland, Customer Success Specialist.
Why does accessibility matter in eLearning?
You might be surprised by how many of your coworkers would appreciate a more accessible training course—whether that's just a slightly bigger font size or a fully screen reader-friendly design.
"Everyone sees color a little differently – even people who aren't color blind. One in 12 men are color blind."
"In the United States, approximately 20% of Americans have at least one disability."
"Beginning in the early to mid-40s, many adults may start to have problems seeing clearly at close distances, especially when reading and working on the computer."
Some of the best places to find help on accessibility guidelines are:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference)
The Lectora Accessibility User Group
A key concept in accessibility that Chris Paxton introduced is the "POUR" acronym.
Perceivable
Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.
The user interface components and navigation must be operable.
Any information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable.
Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
Incorporating each of these concepts when you're developing eLearning can help you as you work on creating more accessible courses.
Pro Tip: Create Library Objects & Templates
Okay, I'm not saying we should rename the LAUG to be the Library Object Fan Club, but I'm also not saying we shouldn't…
Our presenters highly recommended creating library objects or templates whenever you figure out an easy way to create an accessible interaction or activity. That way you can reuse that in another course without having to build it from scratch again.
Watch the recording now to learn more about building accessible learning in Lectora and other authoring tools.
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Carlson Young appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
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Sundance 2021: "The Blazing World" Film Review
by Josie Meléndez February 1, 2021 February 3, 2021
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As it comes to a close, it's clear that the 2021 Sundance Film Festival has been rather eventful. A numerous amount of surrealist films have taken center stage as they forced viewers to question reality. Many took inspiration from previous eras, specifically when it came to the horror genre. "The Blazing World" is no exception.
The NEXT category exists with the purpose of presenting films that defy conventional style when it comes to filmmaking. Break the rules, challenge your audience and propose the question of 'What exactly is proper filmmaking?' "The Blazing World" premiered as part of this category during the 2021 Festival. It had previously premiered at Sundance as a short of the same name in 2018.
Carlson Young was able to write, direct and star in her own debut feature film. She co-wrote the picture alongside Pierce Brown, the New York Times bestselling author best known for his science fiction works. The multi-hyphenate creator is best known for her acting appearances in projects such as "Scream: The TV Series," "Key and Peele" and "Emily in Paris." What many probably wouldn't know is that she is fascinated by classic European horror. This was the main inspiration for the style of "The Blazing World."
Read: Sundance 2021: "Rebel Hearts" Film Review
The surrealist horror piece follows Margaret (Young), a young woman haunted by the memories of her past. She witnessed the drowning of her twin sister during a volatile fight between her parents when she was only six years old. As the film progresses, the audience learns more about how this event in her life left a troubling mark on her. Margaret slowly loses herself to her inner turmoil and succumbs to thoughts of ending her own life.
Despite the dark nature of the premise, "The Blazing World" is a dynamic tale of healing. Margaret travels through a dreamlike alternate reality where she confronts her inner demons. Young previously expressed how this film was inspired by a dream she once had. There are also clear takeaways from films such as "Pan's Labyrinth" and stories such as "Alice in Wonderland." It is a seamless blend of horror and fantasy, brilliantly taking from those classic films Young is so fond of. It is without a doubt a visually beautiful movie.
"The Blazing World" | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Filmed during COVID-19, the visual style of the film showcases the nature of the times. The camera is angled at times to create the illusion of closeness between characters. It reminds the viewer of the circumstances they must have faced during filming. It also works to present the emotional state of the characters and their feelings toward each other. These characters share a familial trauma that Young tries to exorcise throughout the film.
In the end, "The Blazing World" is an exquisitely rich presentation of imaginative storytelling perfect for what the NEXT category stands for. It stands as an ambitious and impressive debut from Young.
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Josie Meléndez
Josie Meléndez is a Puerto Rican screenwriter and film critic. Named an emerging content creator by NALIP and an emerging journalist by TIFF, she is also the founder of the Film Posers podcast, a platform hosted by four Boricuas dedicated to analyzing film and television from their cultural perspective. Meléndez is also a member of the Hollywood Critics Association.
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COL Michael M. Kurth, USMC
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting
The NAVY CROSS to
Colonel Michael M. Kurth, United States Marine Corps
For service as set forth in the following
Colonel Michael M. Kurth, United States Marine Corps. for extraordinary heroism as commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 during Operation Desert Storm on 26 February 1991. As the 1st Marine Division attack north to prevent Iraqi forces from escaping, Lieutenant Colonel Kurth's repeated Act of Bravery in providing close in fire support to embattled Marines helped collapse the Iraqi defenses. With visibility nearly impossible with visibility due to hundreds of burning oil field fires, and with total disregard for his own safety, he flew under the perilously close to high-voltage powerlines. Placing himself at grave personal risk to intermittent Iraqi ground and anti-aircraft fire. Lieutenant Colonel Kurth flew continuously for ten hours during the most intense periods of combat, twice having to control crash aircraft. Employing a commercially borrowed forward looking infrared radar and laser designator, he flew through the Al Burgan oil fields fires, between the Ha-1W holding pattern and the task force ripper's forward lines, leaving flight after flight of rearmed gunships to requesting units and then remaining dangerously exposed forward a friendly lines as he designated Iraqi armored vehicles for engagement. Lieutenant Colonel Kurth's courage and fearless dedication rallied fellow Marines and resulted in the destruction of as many as 70 Iraqi armored vehicles destroyed that day. By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and at most devotion to duty, Lieutenant Colonel Kurth reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Services.
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2005 film by Woody Allen
UK theatrical release poster
Letty Aronson
Gareth Wiley
Lucy Darwin
Remi Adefarasin
Alisa Lepselter
Thema Production
Jada Productions
Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
DreamWorks Pictures (United States)
12 May 2005 (2005-05-12) (Cannes)
6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) (United Kingdom)
20 January 2006 (2006-01-20) (United States)
United Kingdom[2]
United States[2]
Luxembourg[2]
$85.3 million[3]
Match Point is a 2005 psychological thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the film, Rhys Meyers's character marries into a wealthy family, but his social position is threatened by his affair with his brother-in-law's girlfriend, played by Johansson. The film deals with themes of morality, greed, and the roles of lust, money, and luck in life, leading many to compare it to Allen's earlier film Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). It was produced and filmed in London after Allen had difficulty finding financial support for the film in New York. The agreement obliged him to make it there using a cast and crew mostly from the United Kingdom. Allen quickly re-wrote the script, which was originally set in New York, for a British setting.
Critics in the United States praised the film and its British setting, and welcomed it as a return to form for Allen. In contrast, reviewers from the United Kingdom treated Match Point less favorably, finding fault with the locations and especially the British idiom in the dialogues. Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Chris Wilton, a recently retired tennis professional from Ireland, is taken on as an instructor at an upmarket club in London. He strikes up a friendship with a wealthy pupil, Tom Hewett, after discovering their common affinity for opera. Tom's older sister, Chloe, is smitten with Chris, and the two begin dating. During a family gathering, Chris meets Tom's American fiancée, Nola Rice, and they are instantly attracted to each other. Tom's mother, Eleanor, does not approve of her son's relationship with Nola, a struggling actress, which is a source of tension in the family. Chloe persuades her father, Alec, to give Chris a job as an executive in one of his companies; he begins to be accepted into the family and marriage is discussed.
During a storm, after having her choice of profession questioned by Eleanor, Nola leaves the house to be alone. Chris follows Nola outside and confesses his feelings for her, and they passionately have sex in a wheat-field. Feeling guilty, Nola treats this as an accident; Chris, however, wants an ongoing clandestine relationship. Chris and Chloe marry, while Tom ends his relationship with Nola.
Chloe, to her distress, does not become pregnant immediately. Chris vainly tries to track down Nola, but meets her by chance sometime later at Tate Modern. He discreetly asks for her number, and they begin an affair. While Chris is spending time with his wife's family, Nola calls to inform him that she is pregnant. Panicked, Chris asks her to get an abortion, but she refuses, saying that she wants to raise the child with him. Chris becomes distant from Chloe, who suspects he is having an affair, which he denies. Nola urges Chris to divorce his wife, and he feels trapped and finds himself lying to Chloe as well as to Nola. Nola confronts him on the street outside his office and he just barely escapes public detection.
Soon afterwards, Chris takes a shotgun from his father-in-law's home and carries it to his office in a tennis bag. On leaving, he calls Nola on her mobile to tell her he has good news for her. He goes to Nola's building and gains entry into the apartment of her neighbor, Mrs. Eastby, whom he shoots and kills and then stages a burglary by ransacking the rooms and stealing jewelry and drugs. As Nola returns, he shoots her in the stairwell. Chris then takes a taxi to the theater to watch a musical with Chloe. Scotland Yard investigates the crime and concludes it was committed by a drug addict stealing money. The following day, as the murder is in the news, Chris returns the shotgun and he and Chloe announce that she is pregnant.
Detective Mike Banner invites Chris for an interview in relation to the murder. Beforehand, Chris throws Mrs. Eastby's jewelry and drugs into the river, but by chance her ring bounces on the railing and falls to the pavement. At the police station, Chris lies about his relationship with Nola, but Banner surprises him with her diary, in which he is featured extensively. He confesses his affair but denies any link to the murder, and appeals to the detectives not to involve him further in their investigation as news of the affair may end his marriage just as he and his wife are expecting a baby.
One night, Chris sees apparitions of Nola and Mrs. Eastby, who tell him to be ready for the consequences of his actions. He replies that his crimes, though wrong, had been "necessary", and that he is able to suppress his guilt. At the same time, Banner dreams that Chris committed the murders. His theory is discredited by his partner, Dowd, who informs him that a drug peddler found murdered on the streets had Mrs. Eastby's ring in his pocket. Banner and Dowd consider the case closed and abandon any further investigation. Chloe gives birth to a baby boy named Terence, and his uncle blesses him not with greatness but with luck.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Chris Wilton
Scarlett Johansson as Nola Rice
Emily Mortimer as Chloe Hewett Wilton
Matthew Goode as Tom Hewett
Brian Cox as Alec Hewett
Penelope Wilton as Eleanor Hewett
Ewen Bremner as Inspector Dowd
James Nesbitt as Detective Mike Banner
Rupert Penry-Jones as Henry
Margaret Tyzack as Mrs. Betty Eastby
Alexander Armstrong as Mr. Townsend
Geoffrey Streatfeild as Alan Sinclair
Miranda Raison as Heather
Zoe Telford as Samantha
Rose Keegan as Carol
Colin Salmon as Ian
Toby Kebbell as Policeman
The script was originally set in The Hamptons, a wealthy enclave in New York, but was transferred to London when Allen found financing for the film there.[4] The film was partly funded by BBC Films, which required that he make the film in the UK with largely local cast and crew. In an interview with The Guardian, Allen explained that he was allowed "the same kind of creative liberal attitude that I'm used to", in London. He complained that the American studio system was not interested in making small films: "They only want these $100 million pictures that make $500m."[5] A further change was required when Kate Winslet, who was supposed to play the part of Nola Rice, resigned a week before filming was scheduled to begin. Scarlett Johansson was offered the part, and accepted, but the character had to be re-written as an American. According to Allen, "It was not a problem...It took about an hour."[5]
Filming took place in London in the summer of 2004 over a seven-week schedule.[5] Some of the city's landmarks, such as Tate Modern, Norman Foster's "Gherkin" building at 30 St Mary Axe, Richard Rogers' Lloyd's building, the Royal Opera House, the Palace of Westminster, Blackfriars Bridge, and Cambridge Circus form a backdrop to the film.[6] The tennis club scenes were filmed at the Queen's Club.[5] One of the University of Westminster's Marylebone campus lecture theatres was also used. UK-based graffiti artist Banksy's Girl With Balloon appears briefly in the film. One of the Parliament View apartments at Lambeth Bridge was used for interiors of Chris and Chloe's apartment. The restaurant scene was shot at the Covent Garden Hotel.[7]
Woody Allen, 2006
The film's opening voiceover from Wilton introduces its themes of chance and fate, which he characterizes as simple luck, to him all-important. The sequence establishes the protagonist as an introvert, a man who mediates his experience of the world through deliberation, and positions the film's subjective perspective through his narrative eyes. Charalampos Goyios argued that this hero, as an opera lover, maintains a sense of distance from the outer world and that ramifications therein pale in comparison to the purity of interior experience.[8]
The film is a debate with Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which Wilton is seen reading early on, identifying him with the anti-hero Raskolnikov.[8] That character is a brooding loner who kills two women to prove that he is a superior being, but is racked by guilt and is finally redeemed by confession of his crime, the love of a young woman forced into prostitution, and the discovery of God. Wilton is a brooding loner who kills a poor girl who loves him because he considers his interests superior to those around him, knows little guilt, and avoids detection through luck. Allen signals his intentions with more superficial similarities: both are almost caught by a painter's unexpected appearance in the stairwell, and both sleuths play cat and mouse with the suspect. Allen argues, unlike Dostoevsky, that there is neither God, nor punishment, nor love to provide redemption. The theme of parody and reversal of Dostoevsky's motifs and subject matter has been visited by Allen before, in his film Love and Death. In Love and Death, the dialogue and scenarios parody Russian novels, particularly those by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, such as The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, The Gambler, The Idiot, and War and Peace.[9] In Match Point, Allen moves the theme from parody to the more direct engagement of Dostoevsky's motifs and narratives.[9]
Allen revisits some of the themes he had explored in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), such as the existence of justice in the universe. Both films feature a murder of an unwanted mistress, and "offer a depressing view on fate, fidelity, and the nature of man".[10] That film's protagonist, Judah Rosenthal, is an affluent member of the upper-middle class having an extramarital affair. After he tries to break the affair off, his mistress blackmails him and threatens to go to his wife. Soon, Rosenthal decides to murder his mistress, but is racked with guilt over violating his moral code. Eventually, he learns to ignore his guilt and go on as though nothing has happened. Philip French compared the two films' plots and themes in The Observer, and characterized Match Point's as a "clever twist on the themes of chance and fate".[11]
Money is an important motivator for the characters: both Wilton and Nola come from modest backgrounds and wish to enter the Hewett family using their sex appeal. That family's secure position is demonstrated by their large country estate, and, early on in their relationships, both prospective spouses are supported by Mr. Hewett, Wilton with a position on "one of his companies" and Nola reports being "swept off her feet" by Hewett's attention and presents.[12]Roger Ebert posed the film's underlying question as "To what degree are we prepared to set aside our moral qualms in order to indulge in greed and selfishness? Wilton is facing a choice between greed and lust, but his sweet wife, Chloe, herself has no qualms about having her father essentially 'buy' her husband for her."[12]
Jean-Baptiste Morain, writing in Les Inrockuptibles, noticed how the strong do not accept their own weakness and have no qualms about perpetuating an injustice to defend their interests. This wider political sense is, he argued, accentuated by its English setting, where class differences are more marked than in the USA. The film pits passion and the dream of happiness against ambition and arrivisme, resolving the dispute with a pitiless blow that disallows all chance of justice.[13]
Musical accompaniment
The film's soundtrack consists almost entirely of pre-World War I 78 rpm recordings of opera arias sung by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. This bold use, despite Caruso's variety of musical styles, constitutes a first for Allen. Opera has been used before in his work as an indicator of social class, such as in Husbands and Wives (1992). In Match Point, the arias and opera extracts make an ironic commentary on the actions of the characters and sometimes foreshadow developments in the movie's narrative. Furthermore, given Wilton's status as an introvert and opera enthusiast himself, the accompaniment emphasizes his detachment from his crime.[8]
The 10-minute murder scene which forms the film's climax is scored with almost the whole of the Act II duet between Otello and Iago from Giuseppe Verdi's Otello. This is an atypical scoring for a film, since Verdi's piece is not an aria, but a dramatic dialogue in which the words are as important as the music. Thus the astute spectator will be presented with two dramatic narratives to follow; Allen is not respecting traditional conventions of cinematic accompaniment, since the score's events do not match the story unfolding onscreen.[8]
Arias and extracts include work by Verdi (in particular Macbeth, La traviata, Il trovatore and Rigoletto), Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Georges Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles, and Antônio Carlos Gomes's Salvator Rosa sung by Caruso. The romanza "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore is featured repeatedly, including during the opening credits. The Caruso arias are supplemented by diegetic music from contemporary performances that the characters attend over the course of the film. There are scenes at the Royal Opera House and elsewhere performed by opera singers (scenes from La traviata performed by Janis Kelly and Alan Oke, from Rigoletto performed by Mary Hegarty), accompanied by a piano (performed by Tim Lole).[14]
Allen has said that Match Point is one of his few "A-films", and even "arguably may be the best film that I've made. This is strictly accidental, it just happened to come out right. You know, I try to make them all good, but some come out and some don't. With this one everything seemed to come out right. The actors fell in, the photography fell in and the story clicked. I caught a lot of breaks!"[15]
The film was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[16]Match Point broke a streak of box office flops for Allen: it earned $85,306,374 worldwide, of which $23,151,529 was in its North American run.[3] Allen was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.[17]
The film received generally strong reviews from critics, particularly in the United States. As of June 2020[update], the film holds a 77% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 218 reviews with an average rating of 7.15 out of 10. The website's critical consensus states: "Woody Allen's sharpest film in years, Match Point is a taut, philosophical thriller about class and infidelity." [18]Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 72 out of 100, and thus "generally favorable reviews", based on 40 professional critics.[19]Roger Ebert gave the film a full four stars, and considered it among the four best Allen films.[20] He described it as having a "terrible fascination that lasts all the way through".[12]Empire magazine gave the film four stars out of five, calling it Allen's best of his last half a dozen films, and recommended it even to those who are not fans of the director.[21]
Reviewers in the United Kingdom were generally less favorable. Philip French, writing in The Observer, criticized Allen's grasp of British idiom and the film's lack of humor, especially considering that two comic actors from the UK were cast in minor roles. Also, he called the dialogue "rather lumbering" and said that "the lexicons of neither the City financier nor the London constable are used convincingly."[11] Tim Robey, writing in The Daily Telegraph, disdained the claim that the film was Allen's return to form. Although he acknowledged that the consensus was stronger this time, he called it "as flat-footed a movie as Allen has ever made, a decent idea scuppered by a setting - London - which he treats with the peculiarly tin-eared reverence of a visitor who only thinks he knows his way around." He called Johansson's character "the chain-smoking mistress from hell", but said the tennis net analogy has an "unexpectedly crisp payoff" and that the last act was well handled.[22] Reviewing for the BBC's website, Andy Jacobs awarded the film four stars out of five, and called it Allen's best film since Deconstructing Harry (1997). He also criticized some other British reviewers whose dislike, Jacobs stated, was due to the fact that Allen presented an agreeable portrait of middle class life in London. He also praised the performances by Rhys Meyers and Johansson.[10]
Like many of Allen's films, Match Point was popular in France: AlloCiné, a cinema information website, gave it a score of 4.4/5, based on a sample of 30 reviews.[23] In Les Inrockuptibles, a left-wing French cultural magazine, Jean-Baptiste Morain gave the film a strong review, calling it "one of his most accomplished films".[13] He characterized Allen's move to London as re-invigorating for him, while recognizing the caricatured portrayal of Britain which made the film less appreciated there than in Allen's homeland, the United States. Morain called Rhys-Meyers' and Johansson's performances "impeccable".[13]
Match Point has also been the object of scholarship. Joseph Henry Vogel argued the film is exemplary of ecocriticism as an economic school of thought.[24] Several critics and commentators have compared elements of the film to the central plot of George Stevens' film A Place in the Sun (1951), but with some characters in reverse positions.[11][25]
Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Woody Allen Nominated
Golden Eagle Award[26] Best Foreign Language Film Match Point Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Drama Match Point Nominated
Best Director Woody Allen Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Scarlett Johansson Nominated
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^ a b Stafford, Jeff. "Love and Death (1975)". TCM.com. Retrieved 2013. ...he was able to pay homage to some of his favorite films: a battlefield hawker who sells blinis to the troops recalls Harpo Marx in Duck Soup (1933), a dueling scene appears modeled on a Bob Hope routine in Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), the climax is a direct nod to Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) and the Scythian Suite by Stravinsky is used as background music in one scene, just as it was in Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky (1938). Famous dialogue from the novels of Tolstoy like War and Peace and Anna Karenina is also parodied along with in-jokes about the poetry of T. S. Eliot.
^ a b Jacobs, Andy Match Point (2006) www.bbc.co.uk/film, 6 January 2006; Retrieved 21 January 2012
^ a b c French, Philip "Matchpoint", The Observer, 8 January 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2012
^ a b c Ebert, Roger, Review: Match Point, 6 January 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2012
^ a b c Morain, Jean-Baptiste, Match Point Archived 6 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Les Inrockuptibles, 1 January 2005, Retrieved 22 January 2012. (in French)
^ Harvey, Adam (2007). "Match Point (2005)". The Soundtracks of Woody Allen. Macfarland. pp. 87-90. ISBN 9780786429684.
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^ "Festival de Cannes: Match Point". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009.
^ 78th Annual Academy Awards www.oscars.org. Retrieved 22 January 2012
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^ "Crimes and Misdemeanors". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 2005.
^ Smith, Adam. "Review: Matchpoint". Empire. Retrieved 2012.
^ Robey, Tim "Still Waiting for Woody's Comeback" The Daily Telegraph, 6 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ Matchpoint, AlloCiné. Retrieved 21 January 2012. (in French)
^ Vogel, Joseph Henry (2008). "Ecocriticism as an Economic School of Thought: Woody Allen's Match Point as Exemplary". OMETECA Science and Humanities (XII): 105-119.
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