The HTC Sensation XL is the latest monster mobile out of the Taiwanese company's factories, and it's a beauty. Where the Sensation XE is all about raw power, the chic, white and super thin aluminium Sensation XL oozes class. And with its huge 4.7-inch display, it's a video king – here's why.
The Sensation XL is the biggest smartphone HTC has ever made, and its display means business. The sharp, 480×800 resolution 4.7-inch screen still fits snugly in your pocket, but offers up a bigger, better viewing experience for movies and TV shows than smaller rivals – you can see the detail and read text for one. It's no regular TFT screen either: Super-LCD tech equals great colour that's easy on the eye.
The HTC Sensation supports Adobe Flash, so you can watch any internet video found on the web, but it's got something even better waiting for you in the apps menu: HTC Watch. It's a movie rental shop in your smartphone, letting you watch the latest blockbuster releases and top TV shows on the go.
Not content with Hollywood fare? Shoot your own: the HTC Sensation XL's eight megapixel camera sensor also doubles up as a nifty video camera, shooting crisp 720p HD video. When you're done, you can trim your clip to the good stuff, and upload it to YouTube straight away.
4.7 inches not quite big enough? You can always use an even bigger one, like the one in your living room. Using HTC's Connected Media app, you can stream video to an internet connected television or set top box over the air, no wires required.
HTC recently acquired a majority stake in Beats By Dre, the stylish headphone brand that's causing a stir the world over. The HTC Sensation XL is the first smartphone to come with that slick Beats logo on the back, but it's not all about looks: the bundled Beats headphones are far superior to your regular in-the-box smartphone cans, with beefy bass and astounding treble.


Ever notice that whenever some clown writes a truly abhorrent, asinine blog post, it ends up being the most-shared article in your Twitter or Facebook feed?
Ever notice that whenever some clown writes a truly abhorrent, asinine blog post, it ends up being the most-shared article in your Twitter or Facebook feed that day? It's annoying as a reader—and as a journalist with at least a modicum of professional interest in having stories shared—to have everyone and their mother jump out of the digital woodwork to shout "Boo this man! [link]" when there's so many superior stories worth reading every day.
Hate-sharing seems like an undeniable force on the web. Now, a team of researchers have appeared to quantify it. According to work published on the arXiv pre-print server, anger is viral.
The researchers from Beihang University in Beijing looked at Weibo, China's Twitter-like social network that now boasts half a billion users. Weibo, like Twitter, is extremely important for both breaking news, politics, and citizen journalism, especially in a country that still has a heavy hand with the press. It's also a social network like any other, which means it's filled with plenty of jokes, joy, and social fluff.
The team, led by Rui Fan, set out to test whether or not homophily—human similarity, or as the team writes, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together"—drives social connections in a network. As they explain, "beyond typical demographic features such as age, race, hometown, common friends and interest, homophily also includes psychological states, like loneliness and happiness." So, in other words, do Weibo users band together by their typical emotional state?
For their dataset, the team first gathered 70 million tweets from 200,000 users, all of whom had at least 30 interactions (e.g. had some sort of influence) during the collection period. They then decided to categorize them based on four emotions: anger, sadness, joy and disgust. How does one assign emotional states to that many tweets? Naturally, the team focused on emoticons.
They organized 95 common emoticons into those four groups, and categorized the 3.5 million tweets in their dataset using that scale. They then used that data—what words correspond with what emoticons, essentially—to create a bayesian classifier for the rest of the tweets. The team admits that it's a "simple but fast" system, but the "averaged precision of this classifier is convincing."
Finally, the big moment: Which emotion would be most likely to create a reaction in kind, and then reactions from users farther and farther down the chain?
This suggests that anger could spread quickly and broadly across the network because of its strong influence to the neighborhoods in the scope of about three hops. Although the previous studies show that happiness is assortative in online social networks, but Figure 3 further demonstrates that the correlation of anger is much stronger than that of happiness. It means the information carrying angry message might propagate very fast in the network and this phenomenon is contrary to our intuition.
Joy is still a viral emotion, while sadness and disgust are much less so. But anger wins out. As Technology Review points out, a lot of this anger was found to be in relation to politics, both international and domestic. That's not surprising, as political problems tend to be popular as well as incite anger and frustration.
As Brian Fung at the Washington Post rightly notes, the phenomenon is only studied on Weibo, and thus we should be cautious in carrying over the same conclusions to other social networks in other countries. Anecdotally, it still makes sense. Anger, especially in relation to important issues, is highly shareable; we see it every day. Joy—and all those puppy pictures out there—are also highly shareable, but perhaps don't inspire the same passion as other topics.
I'd also venture to guess that sadness and disgust simply don't translate as well. People want to share things they're either passionate about or that they feel smart about sharing, and sad or disgusting things are harder emotions to fit into either of those categories. I guess the retweet barrier for "This guy is a shithead" is much lower than for "Life sux," perhaps because sadness and disgust don't jive with our carefully-manicured online images. But righteous indignation? The internet loves that.


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Q: Lost WordPress website access after changing URL I have changed the Site URL and Home URL of my website, after that I am not able to access it. The message appearing on the screen is "this site can't be reached"
How do I get the access back?

A: If you have a cPanel and have an access of phpMyAdmin on your host, then find your DB, check the "siteurl" and "home" fields are correct in wp_options Table.
Or
Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where "example.com" is the correct location of your site.
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');

Or
If you have a cli access, then login into your Mysql, select a database and run below query
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace( option_value, 'http://oldsite.com/path', 'http://spankingnew.com/otherpath' )
WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

(NOTE: make sure to change 'http://oldsite.com/path' with your correct URL and 'http://spankingnew.com/otherpath' with your edited URL in the query)

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Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam: A comparison between public and private models
Tuan Anh Le, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Anh Duc Dang, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Hai Thanh Phan, Giang Thu Vu, Trang Huyen Thi Nguyen, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho, Roger C.M. Ho, Bach Xuan Tran, Jiangbo Ying, Melvyn W.B. Zhang
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Background: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been proven to be effective in treating opioid dependence. In Vietnam, MMT services are provided primarily by public clinics, with only one private MMT clinic established in recent years. Assessing the preferences of patients for different MMT models is important in evaluating the feasibility of these models. This study measured the preferences of drug users enrolling in public and private MMT clinics in Vietnam and examines the related factors of these preferences. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 395 participants at 3 methadone clinics in Nam Dinh. Data about the preferences for MMT models and sociodemographic characteristics of participants were collected. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to explore the construct validity of the questionnaire. The chi-square test and Mann-Whitney test were used for analyzing demographic characteristics and preferences of participants. Multivariate logistic regression identified factors associated with participants' preferences. Results: Half the participants received MMT treatment in a private facility (49.4%). Two preference dimensions were defined as "Availability and convenience of service" and "Competencies of clinic and health professionals". Self-employed patients were more likely to consider these two dimensions when choosing MMT models. Only 9.9% of participants chose "Privacy" as one of the evaluation criteria for an MMT facility. Compared to public clinics, a statistically higher percentage of patients in the private clinic chose the attitudes of health workers as the reason for using MMT service (34.7% and 7.6% respectively). Mean score of satisfaction towards MMT services was 8.6 (SD = 1.0), and this score was statistically higher in a public facility, compared to the private facility (8.7 and 8.4 respectively). Conclusions: The study highlighted patterns of patient preferences towards MMT clinics. Compared to the public MMT model, the private MMT model may need to enhance their services to improve patient satisfaction.
Harm reduction journal
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Vietnam Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Methadone Medicine & Life Sciences 96%
Drug Users Medicine & Life Sciences 87%
drug Social Sciences 56%
Private Facilities Medicine & Life Sciences 16%
public facility Social Sciences 14%
Patient Preference Medicine & Life Sciences 12%
Le, T. A., Nguyen, T. A., Dang, A. D., Nguyen, C. T., Phan, H. T., Vu, G. T., Nguyen, T. H. T., Latkin, C. A., Ho, C. S. H., Ho, R. C. M., Tran, B. X., Ying, J., & Zhang, M. W. B. (2020). Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam: A comparison between public and private models. Harm reduction journal, 17(1), [1]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-019-0355-x
Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam : A comparison between public and private models. / Le, Tuan Anh; Nguyen, Tuan Anh; Dang, Anh Duc et al.
In: Harm reduction journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1, 06.01.2020.
Le, TA, Nguyen, TA, Dang, AD, Nguyen, CT, Phan, HT, Vu, GT, Nguyen, THT, Latkin, CA, Ho, CSH, Ho, RCM, Tran, BX, Ying, J & Zhang, MWB 2020, 'Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam: A comparison between public and private models', Harm reduction journal, vol. 17, no. 1, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-019-0355-x
Le TA, Nguyen TA, Dang AD, Nguyen CT, Phan HT, Vu GT et al. Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam: A comparison between public and private models. Harm reduction journal. 2020 Jan 6;17(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12954-019-0355-x
Le, Tuan Anh ; Nguyen, Tuan Anh ; Dang, Anh Duc et al. / Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam : A comparison between public and private models. In: Harm reduction journal. 2020 ; Vol. 17, No. 1.
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The inactive Kentucky Speedway is now a storage facility for a massive collection of unfinished Ford trucks visible from space
Ford is using the inactive Kentucky Speedway as a storage facility. And you can see the trucks in the parking lots surrounding the speedway from space.
The Kentucky Speedway in Sparta opened in 2000 and hosted NASCAR races at the track through 2020. The track has been unused for racing after it was left off the 2021 NASCAR schedule and its vast parking spaces are now being utilized by Ford thanks to a semiconductor shortage that has plagued the auto industry since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ford has been parking unfinished F150 trucks at the speedway since the spring and the number of trucks at the track has only continued to grow. Just look at how many trucks are sitting in the parking lots this month as Ford waits to get the parts it needs to finish the trucks and ship them off to buyers and dealers. As of this week, the unfinished trucks are taking up a majority of the track's parking spaces per satellite images.
Kentucky Speedway is less than two hours away from Ford's Louisville assembly plant. That plant is the primary place where Ford's trucks are built.
The automaker said earlier this week that it currently had over 40,000 trucks and SUVs that it couldn't finish because of a lack of parts. It's not the only manufacturer facing the same scenario. GM also has thousands of cars unfinished that are waiting on parts.
At least Ford is finding a use for Kentucky Speedway after NASCAR said goodbye to the Speedway Motorsports-owned track. Kentucky hosted top-tier Cup Series races from 2011-20 but struggled with attendance problems in its final years after horrible traffic issues before and after its first few Cup Series races. Situated between Louisville and Cincinnati on Interstate 71, the track had just one major way to get to and from the facility.
Kentucky Speedway last hosted a NASCAR race in 2020. It's now a storage facility for unfinished Ford trucks. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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Hello everyone. The new feedback tracker is a little bit complex to use. The new website is far from being intuitive. So I have decided to do a thread about this matter. Is possible that someone explains a little bit here how to use it correctly? I suppose that learning to use the feedback tracker could help to reduce the doble posting of the same game problems and to keep the information of the game issues up to date.


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Q: How to get a typography into my angular material theme? I'm creating a custom theme for my angular app. Then I'm trying to set up bootstrap's reboot to set a basic starting point for all non material elements. Since reboot uses quite a few variables that overlap with material, I've turned it into a mixin, to which I pass my created theme and wherein I try to extract the required values (e.g. font-family or color).
theme.scss:
$wb-theme: mat.define-dark-theme((
  color: (
    primary: $wb-primary,
    accent: $wb-accent,
    warn: $wb-warn,
  )
));

@include mat.all-component-themes($wb-theme);
@include reboot.theme($wb-theme);

_reboot.scss
@mixin theme($theme) {
  $typography-config: mat.get-typography-config($theme);
  $color-config: mat.get-color-config($theme);

  $primary-palette: map.get($color-config, primary);

  body {
    font-family: mat.font-family($typography-config);
    color: mat.get-color-from-palette($primary-palette, 50);
  }
}

Setting the color works fine but the font-family line throws an exception in angular's _typography-utils.scss, stating that SassError: $map: null is not a map. in line 46 │   $font-family: map.get($config, font-family);
I've noticed that mat.get-typography-config($theme); returns null, since apparently my theme does not contain the key typography and I do not pass a default value as 2nd argument. I've tested the return value of map.has-key($theme, typography) and it does indeed return false.
@angular_theming.scss:
/// Gets the typography configuration from the given theme or configuration.
/// For backwards compatibility, typography is not included by default.
/// @param {Map} $theme-or-config  The theme map returned from `define-light-theme` or
///     `define-dark-theme`.
/// @param {Map} $default The default value returned if the given `$theme` does not include a
///     `typography` configuration.
/// @returns {Map} Typography configuration for a theme.
@function get-typography-config($theme-or-config, $default: null) {
  // If a configuration has been passed, return the config directly.
  @if not private-is-theme-object($theme-or-config) {
    @return $theme-or-config;
  }
  // In case a theme has been passed, extract the configuration if present,
  // or fall back to the default typography config.
  @if (map.has-key($theme-or-config, typography)) {
    @return map.get($theme-or-config, typography);
  }
  @return $default;
}

According to the commentary in the file however, I should be able to pass in my $wb-theme I created with define-dark-theme and get a typography config back. Since I did not specifically create a typography I assumed I'd get a default typography back but no, I do not get anything back.
It does state that typography is not uncluded by default, however. So then I tried to create a default typography but I'm absolutely unable to find out on how to add this typography into my theme so I can extract it later on again. The define-dark-theme function does not contain an argument for typography but only allows to pass the three color palettes.
@angular_theming.scss:
@function define-dark-theme($primary, $accent: null, $warn: define-palette(palette.$red-palette)) { ... }

I've tried to just create the default typography and throw it into the mat.core function hoping this might set it somewhere in a variable (default or something, maybe?), which the theme creation then accesses but no, this didn't do anything; my theme is still without a typography. I've tried to set it both before and after calling the define-dark-theme and all-component-themes to no avail.
theme.scss:
$wb-typography-config: mat.define-typography-config();
@include mat.core($wb-typography-config);

$wb-theme: mat.define-dark-theme(...);
@include mat.all-component-themes($wb-theme);
@include reboot.theme($wb-theme);

or
$wb-theme: mat.define-dark-theme(...);
$wb-typography-config: mat.define-typography-config();

@include mat.all-component-themes($wb-theme);
@include mat.core($wb-typography-config);
@include reboot.theme($wb-theme);

Neither google nor any of the typography guides were of any help because none of them actually set the typography in the theme, but the material functions scream in my face that yes, that damn theme should have a typography. So what is going on here? How do I get a typography into my theme so that get-typography-config($theme) actually does return a typography config? Am I being stuck in deprecated thinking and that whole function isn't used anymore? Then how would I do this at all, what would I have to set and access? I would prefer having the typography in my theme, though.

A: You just need to add the typography config into the theme map when you create it.
    $theme-or-config: mat.define-light-theme(
        (
            color: (
                primary: $wb-primary,
                accent: $wb-accent,
                warn: $wb-warn,
            ),
            typography: $wb-typography-config
        )
    );

A: In my case I could add Angular's default typography by using mat.define-typography-config() (defined in _typography.scss) and adding its returned map to mat.define-light-theme() (next to color).
$theme-or-config: mat.define-light-theme(
  (
    color: (
      primary: $wb-primary,
      accent: $wb-accent,
      warn: $wb-warn,
    ),
    typography: mat.define-typography-config(), //❗
  )
);

And now I am able to retrieve typography values in my components theme file:
@mixin -typography($theme) {
  $typography-config: mat.get-typography-config($theme);

  font: {
    family: mat.font-family($typography-config, button);
    size: mat.font-size($typography-config, button);
    weight: mat.font-weight($typography-config, button);
  }
}


You know it's spring when you see our cadets out in the field, practicing their throws and swings. Our baseball season runs throughout April and May, with Modified, JV and Varsity teams. Tryouts are held in late March, and games are played at the local Devil Cat's baseball field. We take great pride in our athletes' achievements off the field, too. Our 2014 team ranked in the top 10 academically in New York State.
Since 2005, Cadets Baseball has been one of only two Class AA Schools with multiple Section 2 championships, and the only Big Ten school with a sectional championship since 2000. In 2014, our Varsity team won the league with an 11-1 record.
We have had four recent graduates get selected in the Major League Baseball Draft since 2012, the most of any high school program in Section 2: David Roseboom '10 NY Mets-2014, JP Sportman '10 Oakland Athletics-2014, Will Remillard '10 Chicago Cubs-2013, Zach Remillard '12 Houston Astros-2012.


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Op-Ed: Faulty Ruling in Western Sahara Bulker Arrest
The bulker Cherry Blossom (file image)
By Hassania Cherkaoui 05-25-2018 09:03:00
[Editorial]
In April 2017, a cargo of phosphates was loaded on the bulker Cherry Blossom at El Aaiun, Western Sahara. The cargo was part of a regular series of phosphate shipments sold freight-on-board by Moroccan firm OCP SA to New Zealand-based Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ltd.
On May 1, 2017, the vessel was arrested in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where she had called for bunkers, at the request of The Polisario Front, a national liberation movement in Western Sahara. The Polisario Front claimed ownership of the phosphates on board on the grounds that this cargo was a part of the national resources of Western Sahara and belongs to its people.
On June 15, a court in Port Elizabeth decided to detain the vessel and send the case to the High Court. On February 23, 2018, the High Court made a surprising decision to order the sale of the cargo.
By this judgment, the ownership of the cargo was vested in The Polisario Front. However, no purchaser came forward. In order to gain the release of the vessel, the shipowner decided to lodge an application seeking the judicial sale of the cargo. The shipowner acquired it and returned it to OCP SA for one dollar.
This court procedure was an intrusion in a political process being carried out under the auspices of the United Nations Security Council on the question of the sovereignty of Western Sahara. The political points invoked by the decision cannot be legally defensible, as the case involves only commercial transactions between parties in contracts.
Unsubstantiated claim of The Polisario Front
The claim in question constitutes a 'maritime claim' as defined in Section 1(1) of the South African Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act of 1983. The Polisario Front's claim over the cargo is among the list of 'maritime claims'.
The claim of The Polisario Front supposes that it has a claim against the owner of the cargo. The owner was not OCP SA, but the New Zealand freight-on-board buyer to whose ownership the cargo was transferred upon the completion of loading.
The action of The Polisario Front was considered admissible by the South African Court. However, the Court should have investigated the conditions of the sale of the cargo that followed the International Commercial Terms (Incoterms).
In addition, the cargo was seized on board the ship and remained on board. According to the usual maritime procedure, the cargo should have been unloaded from the ship to shore or to a bonded warehouse to allow the ship to be released. The court decided not to offload the cargo and used the ship as a floating warehouse against the shipowner's interest.
Through the court's decision, The Polisario Front did not effectively seize the cargo, but rather the ship. This seizure was not justified because the ship had committed no offense.
Issues with the court's decision
The law applicable to the present case is the Sea Transport Document Act, 2000 of the Republic of South Africa. According to Section 2 of this Act, it is applied "to any proceedings instituted in the Republic in any court or before any arbitration tribunal after the commencement of this Act in respect of any sea transport document [a bill of lading]."
The bill of lading establishes the existence of the contract of carriage by sea and its conditions. It represents the goods, and the detention of the bill of lading is equivalent to the possession of the cargo. The beneficiary of the bill of lading is, according the Section 3 (2) of the Act, the person who is "in possession of the original sea transport document, or possession of that document is held on that person's behalf, and that person is a) the person to whom the document was issued; b) the consignee named in the document; or c) a person to whom the document has been transferred."
It should be noted that this title is not a title of property. Indeed, it transfers only the rights of claim. But the bill of lading is endorsed with great security, which gives it an evidential value. According Section 5 of the Sea Transport Documents Act of 2000, "any right or obligation under the bill of lading has full force and effect." Thus The Polisario Front was never the seller, the buyer or a holder in due course of the cargo. The High Court's ruling was neither correct nor in accordance with international standards for maritime claims.
The opinions expressed herein are the author's and not necessarily those of The Maritime Executive.


Jane is an experienced property management and development professional, with an established track record of leadership and expertise within the retirement sector. She has over 30 years' experience in housing, development, property management, financial management and customer service delivery.
Over the last sixteen years Jane has specialised in the retirement market, leading the delivery of care services and setting up innovative service models.
Before joining Places for People to launch Brio Retirement, Jane held the title of Group Director at MHA (Methodist Homes); delivering housing, care & support services to 12,000 older people.
Karl is a Chartered Project Manager with over 25 years' experience of planning and development within the commercial, residential, care and retirement property sectors. Karl is one of the founding Directors' at Brio Retirement, the retirement living offer from Places for People, one of the largest property management, development and regeneration companies in the UK.
Karl joined Brio after six years as Development Director at Methodist Homes (MHA), one of the UK's largest charities providing care, accommodation and support services for over 18,000 older people throughout the UK, where he was responsible for the delivery of retirement communities and care homes throughout the UK. Prior to MHA, Karl held a number of senior executive positions in management consulting, working in the private and third sector with a number of residential, care and retirement operators/developers.
Chris became Group Chairman of Places for People in 2010, having originally joined the Group Board in 2006.
He has chaired a number of companies listed in the UK and Germany, and is currently non-executive Chairman of Narec Capital Limited and London & Newcastle, a leading London-based mixed-use property development company.
David has over 30 years' experience of housing, urban regeneration, mixed tenure and mixed use development, property and financial management, having led strategic change in both large and small organisations. He has been Group Chief Executive of Places for People since 1997.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Housing, a Member of The Institute of Residential Property Management, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is Visiting Fellow of Cambridge University.


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A Broadway mashup experience, from SpongeBob to Babette
by Emily Belz
Post Date: March 28, 2018
Cast of 'SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.' (Image from YouTube)
A New York moment:
In recent days I've had two wildly divergent theater experiences: one, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, and two, Babette's Feast, which just opened off-Broadway. It seems wrong to even put those productions in the same sentence, but they're playing in the same neighborhood.
SpongeBob—all goofy design, silly songs, and inside jokes from the Nickelodeon television hit on which it is based—was an audience of mostly kids, and they were roaring. It was especially raucous in the peanut gallery where I was sitting. SpongeBob has a pet snail that meows like a cat, and whenever the snail would appear on stage, the kids around me would meow loudly back to it. "Why does the snail meow?" asked one dad, oblivious to the topsy-turvy strangeness that makes kids love SpongeBob.
When Patrick Star, SpongeBob's best friend, asks at one point, "Is mayonnaise an instrument?"—a famous line from the TV show—the room erupted. The musical is about an inch deep, but a mile wide in terms of the fun kids were having.
Babette's Feast, playing in a church theater several blocks from SpongeBob, lies on the deeper end of the pool. Funnily enough, I heard a couple on the front row discussing SpongeBob before the austere play began.
Babette drew a calmer audience of adults, and the stage production was simple. No beach balls or confetti cannons here. No food, even. The play, a story of an outsider bringing a radical act of grace to an ascetic Christian sect, is based primarily on the short story rather than the famous film.
But Babette has its goofy moments too. At one point when Babette was preparing the titular dinner for her hosts, the "Greek chorus" that narrates the story surrounded her and made sound effects for each dish she pantomimed making. Bleeeep, blooop, smoosh smoosh smoosh. Though this wasn't a show to hold the attention of children, they probably would have laughed at that part. It was almost as funny as a snail that meows. (My fuller review of Babette's Feast is coming.)
Worth your time:
A major study of 20 million children shows stark income and class disparity for black boys, even from wealthy families and controlling for family structure. A lot of fascinating and frustrating details are in here, as well as some beautiful data animation.
This week I learned:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave departing Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards the Governor's Medal of Public Service, an award that, as far as I can find, he has given out only once before. Cuomo is also working on lifting state abortion restrictions via his budget, since those changes previously failed as a standalone bill.
Culture I am consuming:
The book Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe, continuing my Billy Wilder project. Crowe, a famous director in his own right, turns out to be a great interviewer in this series of conversations with Wilder toward the end of Wilder's life. The book is sadly out of print, but it's packed with wonderful anecdotes and storytelling secrets from the great writer/director.
Postscript: Email me with tips, story ideas, and feedback at ebelz@wng.org
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ADRIEN BRONER rescued his career, and nabbed a 'world' title in a fourth weight class, when he thrashed Khabib Allakhverdiev to claim the vacant WBA super-lightweight strap. The American dominated from the start, eventually halting the overmatched Russian in the 12th and final round.
Broner, once considered a heir to Floyd Mayweather, has struggled for form in recent years, and lost to both Marcos Maidana and Shawn Porter. But he promised he was a changed man prior to his latest fight and eased through the early rounds before upping the pressure in the fourth and fifth sessions. By the time the final round began, Broner's victory was long since assured and he put the icing on an impressive cake when another assault forced the referee to halt the slaughter.
Prior to the showdown at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Broner largely refused to talk to the media but said afterwards: "I'm still AB. But this next half of my career, I'm going to be about boxing and billions.
"I'm getting wiser. I'm getting older. After my last fight, I said I wasn't putting my all into it."
He then called out Britain's Ashley Theophane – a member of Mayweather's Money Team – for his first defence.
"It would mean everything to me," Theophane told Boxing News about the potential world title shot. "I turned professional in 2003 at York Hall. Many British boxing reporters, promoters, coaches never thought I would get to British champion level and I surpassed that. I was British champion, I was world number four, and I've fought some really good fighters. I'm already signed with Floyd Mayweather, and he's backing me. It shows that you can achieve dreams against the odds."
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Eigil Thomsen
For Bang & Olufsen it may be the design of a product which sells it, rather than the product itself. But if there is no new idea, new function or new technology then the product is not made. However, when ideas do follow themselves through into production, then much is made out of the design. Bang & Olufsen and the concept of 'Danish Design' are nowadays inextricably linked with strict, uncompromising, almost painful purity with everything superfluous stripped away and the products appearing as a synthesis of functionality and aesthetics:
"Technologically almost everything is possible. To harness and subjugate technology to human needs – and create expressions which meet these needs and make dreams come true. That is Bang & Olufsen."
Thus speaks Eigil Thomsen, director of Bang & Olufsen's design and concept department. Not for the company's development department, but for Idéland (Idea Land) which is the company's design and concept department.
"We always start from the idea. A new product must always contain a new idea, a new function, an improved technique, a different way of doing things. If the idea isn't there then why make the product at all?" Eigil Thomsen poses the question and then answers it in inimitable style:
"We never make a new product just to launch a new design. But we make a lot of the design when the idea is there."
And Idea Land is a land of plenty. The ideas are often based on a new functionality, which again builds on further technological development. They may also be based on a new way of combining things – or maybe something else.
"Take for example when we decided to create a mobile loudspeaker with superb sound as the prime objective. When we had made the loudspeaker, we added a radio and CD player. And to create the perfect product we hid the antenna, which does not appear until needed. Just like on the most expensive cars, the antenna glides up and down by means of its own little motor. It became BeoSound 1.
"Bang & Olufsen is for connoisseurs of both technology and design who are willing to pay for perfection. But it doesn't always mean paying the highest price. That was proved by B&O with the development of its most optimal loudspeaker so far, BeoLab 5, which set completely new standards for loudspeaker sound. Until Bang & Olufsen brought BeoLab 5 to market, sound freaks all over the globe had willingly paid double the price for specially built loudspeakers with inferior sound.
The keyword for Eigil Thomsen and his staff in Bang & Olufsen's Idea Land is 'freedom'.
"Technological development helps give consumers freedom. Wireless technology gives you freedom to place a music centre wherever you want. We developed it further with our BeoLink system which connects sound and image everywhere in the home. With the development of digital technology and the incorporation of for example hard disks as storage-medium in both audio and TV equipment, freedom becomes total. In the future, consumers themselves will decide where and when they want to listen to music, watch TV or see a film. The wireless and digital reality is just around the corner."


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Nonprofit Program Director Continues Career of Helping Others
Mother of Two Will Spark a Love for Learning in Children of All Needs in Greater Katy
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KATY, Texas, Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Anshu Parashar caught on to her knack for working with people early in her career. As part of a cabin crew in India, she grew to be an expert at customer service, facing thousands of customers a month with a smile. Her favorite part of working in customer service was the chance to interact with children – something Anshu says has always come naturally to her. Upon moving to the United States, she earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston and started to volunteer as the program director at a tennis program for children with special needs. The role was close to her heart, as one of her sons is on the autism spectrum. Her volunteer work and prior career experience sparked her to think about how she could incorporate working with children of all learning levels into her next venture. A fellow friend and Kumon Instructor suggested Anshu look into becoming a Kumon franchisee. She is now the Instructor of Kumon of Katy Young Ranch, and is ready to inspire students in the Katy community.
"Kumon isn't just about academics – it's about discipline, resilience, perseverance, and determination," said Anshu Parashar, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Katy Young Ranch. "I'm looking forward to instilling those qualities in all of my students, regardless of what their needs or academic level."
Anshu's time as a program director for the tennis nonprofit was very relevant experience, as she handled communications, hiring, marketing, and more for the nonprofit – duties that all Kumon Instructors take on for their centers. Becoming a Kumon franchisee and Instructor is an attractive business opportunity for many aspiring entrepreneurs with a passion for education. Up to $36,000 in startup cost assistance is available, along with an extensive network of support. Kumon is a supplemental education program that aims to unlock students' full potential by increasing academic independence, confidence, and study skills. Through daily worksheet study, students that are enrolled in Kumon often end up mastering material far beyond grade level. Learn more about the Kumon Method today.
"Developing well rounded human beings is crucial for our society's successful future," said Parashar. "I hope to give to the community everything that I hope for my own kids – especially the drive not to give up when things get tough."
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Kumon is an after-school math and reading enrichment program that unlocks the potential of children, so they can achieve more on their own. As a comprehensive program, Kumon serves children in preschool through high school. The learning method uses an individualized approach that helps children develop a solid command of math and reading skills. Through daily practice and mastery of materials, students increase confidence, improve concentration, and develop better study skills.
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In lost deal's wake, Maine has nagging questions
Kestrel's decision to build a plant in Wisconsin instead of Brunswick spotlights the roadblocks Maine faces as it crafts incentives for businesses.
By Edward D. MurphyStaff Writer
A Minnesota company's plan to build airplanes at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station was seen as a major boost, both to base redevelopment and the midcoast Maine economy, when it was announced in July 2010.
But when Kestrel Aircraft Co. finally reached a $100 million agreement last week on where to build a manufacturing plant, it was Wisconsin, not Maine, that signed on the dotted line.
Alan Klapmeier CEO of Kestrel Aircraft Co., holds a news conference at the Superior, Wis., airport in May 2014 to announce that Kestrel is coming to Superior and bringing 600 jobs. Today, no manufacturing plant has been built, there are no aircraft manufacturing jobs in Superior, and Kestrel hasn't made a loan payment to the state in 11 months. Jed Carlson/Superior (Wis.) Telegram
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Beyond sending 600 aircraft manufacturing jobs to Superior, Wis., instead of Brunswick, the company's decision exposed limits in Maine's ability to compete for such projects: Wisconsin was able to quickly put together a land and tax-credit package with a big enough incentive to close the deal; Maine was not.
The incident also put the spotlight on a federal tax credit program that was a critical part of both states' efforts to seal a deal with Kestrel, and on a Maine company that administers those tax credits. And it raised questions about whether Maine is able to take advantage of those credits as effectively as it could.
Both states were using federal New Market Tax Credits as the central feature in their business-incentive offers to Kestrel. These credits offset some of the money a company or other entity would need to borrow in startup costs — for building a new plant, for example. For the next seven years, the company need only pay interest on the borrowed portion, which reduces its expenses during its critical startup period.
Wisconsin put together an incentive package containing up to $90 million in tax credit-supported investment — more than four times what Maine offered.
Maine's offer was put together by Coastal Enterprises Inc., headquartered in Wiscasset, a relatively obscure private nonprofit company, and the only one in the state authorized to distribute the New Market credits. Wisconsin's tax credit package was put together by a state agency, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Some experts say a state agency has advantages over a private company. In light of the Kestral outcome, some Maine officials are saying the state may need a public agency of its own to leverage private investment in big projects like this.
Gov. Paul LePage blamed Coastal Enterprises for the failure of the Kestrel deal, saying that what it offered in financial help — $20.7 million — fell short of Kestrel's expectation for about $60 million.
However, Charlie Spies, CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc.'s CEI Capital Management, a for-profit arm of the company that handles New Markets Tax Credit financing, said he never offered Kestrel more than $20 million, either on paper or in conversations.
Spies said he told Kestrel executives that he would try to find other entities that deal in the tax credits to help with some of the rest of the $100 million in financing the company needed for the plant. But he said he made it clear that Coastal Enterprises wouldn't take on the full $60 million that Kestrel was seeking from the tax credits.
Spies said he contacted four other organizations that distribute the tax credit allocations. One never responded, two declined and one contacted Kestrel for information, but never followed through with a financing package, he said.
NONPROFIT'S PROJECTS NATIONWIDE
Coastal Enterprises was first authorized to issue the tax credits in 2004 and uses them to help finance projects around the country.
Since then, it has received tax credit allocations that have translated into $683 million in investment capital used to finance 50 projects in all. Of that, $221.3 million has been invested in Maine.
Spies said Coastal Enterprises aims to steer a third of the investment money generated by the tax credits to Maine, a third to the rest of the Northeast and the other third to projects around the country.
In Maine, the credits have been used to finance 16 projects, including nonprofits, such as $4.1 million to help finance the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland; and for-profit ventures, such as $11 million for a 93-room Hampton Inn motel in Presque Isle.
William Luecht, an associate manager at the federal Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, which oversees the tax credit program, said Coastal Enterprises is known for its willingness to work with other tax credit entities on projects. The company has financed projects as diverse as helping a town in New Hampshire buy more than 5,200 acres of land for a "community forest" to a eucalyptus plantation and veneer mill in Hawaii. It has also financed projects in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, West Virginia and Louisiana.
Spies said the credits are a valuable source of financing in a time when banks are reluctant to take on much risk.
"It allows projects to get done in this (economic) environment," Spies said. "Without New Markets Tax Credits, they wouldn't get financed."
They are also an important part of Maine's economic development strategy. They can be an important draw for a business that's looking for a place to set up shop or expand.
Maine may need all the incentives it can get. Last month, Forbes magazine put Maine last, for the second year in a row, in its ranking of the best states in which to do business. Forbes cited business costs as well as net population migration out of state and weak job and economic outlooks as key reasons for Maine's low ranking.
ALLOCATIONS BUDGET LIMITED
Demand for the tax credits is high. Luecht said Congress authorized $3.5 billion for tax credit-generating investments — called allocations — in the last funding round. But the Treasury Department received applications for more than $23.5 billion.
That was part of the reason, Spies said, that Coastal Enterprises was reluctant to provide more financing for Kestrel. The $20.7 million tax credit allocation offered to Kestrel would have been one of the larger deals that Coastal Enterprises had handled under the New Markets program. The $60 million allocation that Kestrel was seeking would have taken the lion's share of Coastal Enterprises' $77 million in allocations for all of 2011.
Besides Kestrel, Coastal Enterprises was involved in financing 10 projects last year, including $14.26 million at Brunswick Landing — the new name for the former air station — for office and manufacturing space for Molnlycke Health Care, which will produce up to 85 new jobs.
Coastal Enteprises also supplied financing to help buy more than 12,000 acres of working forestland in Aroostook County, which the company said will preserve guide and lodging jobs; and $13 million for an early childhood education center in Waterville.
Coastal Enterprises' use of New Markets Tax Credits inspired the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, which is overseeing the redevelopment of the Brunswick base, to apply to administer the tax credit allocations so it can put together its own financing deals at Brunswick Landing. The redevelopment authority has been approved to administer the tax credits, but it won't hear what its allocation is — it has requested more than $60 million — until sometime next month.
The redevelopment authority had hoped to use its allocation of credits to provide more financing for Kestrel, but the company's CEO, Alan Klapmeier, told authority and state officials that he would take the first offer that provided full financing for the plant. That turned out to be Wisconsin's.
A PUBLIC AGENCY'S ADVANTAGES
George Gervais, Maine's economic development commissioner, said after Kestrel's decision was announced that Maine should have a public agency of its own to issue tax-credit financing packages. That could be the Finance Authority of Maine, the Department of Community and Economic Development, or some other agency, he said.
There are reasons this might work to the state's advantage.
Coastal Enterprises puts together financing packages for projects around the country. A state agency, however, would focus exclusively on Maine, and keep the state's economic needs in mind when planning how to use the tax credit packages.
It could, for example, set aside some of the credits year to year so financing would be available should a big project, such as the Kestrel proposal, come along.
Klapmeier complained that Maine's failure to put a financing deal together quickly cost Kestrel opportunities. Once Wisconsin put its package together, he wasn't willing to wait to hear whether the redevelopment authority received enough tax credit allocations to provide financing in Maine, he said.
CONSULTANT: MAINE CONSIDERED STINGY
Maine's experience illustrates why the tax credits are "a huge opportunity, but cumbersome to administer," said Ed McCallum, owner of McCallum Sweeney Consulting, a site selection consulting firm in South Carolina.
McCallum said the tax credit packages often can't be put together fast enough for a business looking to make a siting decision quickly.
McCallum said if Maine can figure out how to put the federal tax credit deals together more quickly, it could help, because the state is considered pretty stingy when it comes to attracting new businesses.
"Maine doesn't have a lot of incentives," he said. "There are states that are really good, and Maine isn't one of them."
McCallum said that word about the loss of Kestrel will get around in site selection circles, because a $100 million project with 600 jobs is considered a big loss. In itself, it might not hurt business recruitment efforts by the state, he said, but that could change if it happens again.
"It has an impact, but it matters whether it's a single event as compared to a series or trend that we look at," he said. "If it continues to happen over and over, then we start asking, 'Why does this keep happening?' "
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Blackacre Farm is a family owned business in Templecombe Somerset, who supply Williams with local free range eggs. They have been farming for over thirty years and have won great taste gold and the taste of the west awards.
Bramley and Gage make liqueurs and gin from locally sourced fruits.They ensure that each of their products taste as true to the original fruit as possible. They have won may awards including Taste of the West, the Quality Drinks Awards and the International Wine and Spirits Competition.
Brown and Forrest is a small family run smokery in Hambridge, Somerset. They supply Williams withsmoked eel and salmon as well as a whole range of delicious smoked foods including smoked chicken, duck, lamb and trout.
Burts supply Williams with their award winning crisps. They have won three gold taste of the west awards this year for thai sweet chilli, sea salt and sea salt and malted vinegar. All of their crisps are gluten free.
Clipper tea supplies Williams with fairtrade and organic tea and coffee sourced from East Africa, India and Sri Lanka. They have won the taste of the west award as well as the organic food award.
Coteigh brewery was established 1979 in Washfield near Tiverton. They supply us with local beer and ales. They have previously been awarded Drinks producer by the readers of the Somerset Life Magazine. They donate five pence from every pint of the 'hoofing' to charity and they have recently given £10,000 to 'Go Commando' a Royal Marines charity.
Miles are a tea and coffee merchant from Minehead, Somerset. They supply Williams with a range of tea, coffee and hot chocolate. They are members of the ethical tea partnership as well as being fairtade certified.
Dorset cereals supply us with poridges, granolas and cereal bars. They use high quality ingredients and they have won many taste of the west awards.
Easy Bean supply us with unique one pot meals and chickpea crispbreads from South Barrow in Somerset. They have won Gold Great Taste Awards for the last three years.
Frobishers supply Williams with premium fruit juices, we also sell frobishers within our cafe. Frobishers have won many gold taste of the west awards.
Fussels fine foods provide Williams with rapeseed oils and dressings. They are a company based in Frome, Somerset and have won many taste of the west silver and gold awards.
Glastonbury Ales provide Williams with alternative flavored ales from Glastonbury, Somerset. They use only natural ingredients in their beers and have won the "World of Beer Festival,Florida, USA, and were the Winner of the Ashcott Beer Festival.
Harrys cider is made from traditional cider varieties in Longsutton, only 3 miles away from Williams supermarket.
Highfield preserves provide Williams with local chutneys from Devon. They produce forty different flavours, and many have won awards. They area member of taste of the west, and work with many other enterprises.
Jazz hands are a artisan producer of fresh and dried pasta in Somerset. They have won taste of the west awards for their tricolore capanelle, puttanesca and fresh egg pasta.
Kubla beer is hand made in Somerset. They have crafted modern beers using locally sources malts and hops. Rock saison is a farmhouse ale with fruit and floral flavours. Paradise stout is a mixture of dark and light malts to achieve a smooth rich beer. rise pale ale is crisp and fruity.
Longmans supply Williams with cheeses and butter handmade from the finest milk from herd kept in the Vale of Camelot. They are the largest stockist of South West cheeses in the country, and won two Gold medals at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards 2010.
Lovingtons ice-cream are based in a small village in Somerset. They have 27 different flavours and have won west country food awards, and taste of the west awards for Beaulieu Blackberry and Hive Honeycomb.
Luscombe supply Williams with juices and bottled cider. They are a company from Devon and have won many awards including, British bottlers institute, great taste and taste of the west.
The Lyme Bay Winery, was founded on a dream to leave the City and return to the West Country to live. We began making traditional drinks, rediscovering the tipples country folk have always made and bringing them back to life.
Many of these traditional country wines and fruit liqueurs have developed a real following and now we make a large range of award-winning drinks. Our drinks are hand-made, by a small team of individuals, who utilise both traditional and modern production techniques to create the best quality tipples we can.
Lyme Bay Country Wines are inspired by the wines traditionally made from hedgerow fruits and flowers. The range includes both lighter, drier wines and more intense, old-fashioned berry-rich varieties and are produced using fruits and juices often sourced locally in Dorset.
Marshfield supply Williams with ice cream and sorbet from their organic farm. They have won 14 taste of the west awards, their first in 2008. They are now a taste of the west member.
Moor beer is based in Pitney which is only 2 miles away from Williams store. Moors beer have won many wards including their 'old freddy walker' that won CAMRAS champion winter beer of Britain, and many other awards at beer festivals.


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Fed containment fuels Nikkei's bullish streak, up 1.03%
The main index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei, rose 1.03% on Wednesday in its fourth consecutive day of increases, due to the contained tone of the central bank of the United States (Fed), which eased concerns about rate hikes.
The Nikkei, which groups the 225 most representative titles of the market, advanced 270.44 points, to 26,446.00 integers.
The Topix, which includes the firms of the main section, those with the largest capitalization, added a similar 1.08% or 20.37 points, to stand at 1,901.25 units.
The Tokyo parquet opened higher and although it cut gains in the second section, it maintained a good trend throughout the day.
Investors in Tokyo welcomed the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman's low-key speech in Stockholm the day before, helping to calm concerns about more aggressive rate hikes.
The technology sector also contributed favorably in the Japanese stock market, encouraged by the rise in the NASDAQ New York and the profits reported by the manufacturer of industrial robots Yaskawa Electric, which foresees an improvement in demand in the sector.
Almost all sectors of the Japanese square reaped gains today, which were led by precision instruments, electronics and iron and steel.
Semiconductor analysis equipment manufacturer Lasertec accounted for the largest trading volume, up 4.08%.
It was followed by the financial group Mitsubushi UFJ, which climbed 1.64%, and the textile group Fast Retailing (owner of the Uniqlo clothing store chain), which rose 1.41% following reports that it plans to increase employees' wages to 40%.
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The Head Shop was a psychedelic rock band from New York, USA. They released a self-titled album in 1969 which was produced by Milan Radenkovich (a.k.a. The Leather Boy).
The band evolved from garage rock band The Household Sponge to The Head Shop. The band had a unique sound: soulful vocals, flying Hammond organ, fuzzy bass, distorted lead guitars, lots of percussive and weird rhythm instruments, plus several unexpected stereo effects.
Band members: Danny Prosseda (guitar) Drew Sbordone (bass) Joe Siano (vocals) Jesse Luca…
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Congratulations to our 5th grade Science Fair winners! Mrs. Leverton's class winners were: Wes Kitchin (1st), Lucas Durbin (2nd), and Elizabeth Daoud (3rd). Mrs. Falcone's class winners were: Brayden Pipenger (1st), Olivia Null (2nd) and Makayla Means (3rd). Great work was put in by all students. We wish Wesley and Brayden luck as they move on to represent Seton Catholic at the Ball State regional science fair February 16.


William Morris was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist.
Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production.
His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre.
He also played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain.


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The Grey (Un día para sobrevivir en Hispanoamérica, Infierno blanco en España y El líder en varios países) es una película estadounidense de acción, drama y aventura de 2011 dirigida por Joe Carnahan y protagonizada por Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo y Dermot Mulroney. Está basada en el cuento Ghost Walker (Caminante fantasma) de Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, quien también coescribió el guion con Carnahan.

La historia sigue a una serie de trabajadores petroleros varados en Alaska después de un accidente aéreo, que se ven obligados a sobrevivir con poco más que su ingenio, mientras una manada de lobos grises los acecha sin piedad a través del frío clima.

Sinopsis
John Ottway y otras seis personas sobreviven a un accidente de avión en las montañas de Alaska. Los supervivientes deben luchar para sobrevivir con unos recursos muy limitados en el gélido paraje en que se encuentran, huyendo constantemente de una manada de lobos salvajes que les perseguirán a lo largo de su viaje en busca de ayuda.

Resumen
John Ottway (Liam Neeson) es un tirador de una compañía petrolera en Alaska, matando lobos grises que amenazan a los perforadores. En su último día en el trabajo, ve a un perforador siendo perseguido por un lobo y le dispara, escuchando el aliento final del lobo. Esa noche, Ottway escribe una carta "sin propósito" a su esposa, Ana (Anne Openshaw), explicando sus planes de suicidarse, pero no lo sigue.

Al día siguiente, Ottway sobrevive a un accidente de avión con otros trabajadores petroleros, observando impotente como Lewenden (James Badge Dale) muere de sus heridas. Ottway se hace cargo de los sobrevivientes y es atacado por un lobo y rescatado por el grupo; se dan cuenta de que están en el territorio de los lobos y se turnan para vigilar.

Hernández (Ben Bray) es asesinado por los lobos, y Ottway sugiere que abandonen el lugar del accidente, pero Díaz (Frank Grillo) cuestiona su liderazgo. Mientras busca las carteras de los muertos para regresar con sus familias, Díaz encuentra un reloj de pulsera de emergencia con una radiobaliza.

El grupo abandona el lugar del accidente, pero Flannery (Joe Anderson) se queda atrás y es asesinado por los lobos. La manada se acerca y los sobrevivientes corren hacia los árboles, encendiendo un fuego para protegerse de los animales y construyendo armas improvisadas. Díaz sucumbe al estrés y amenaza a Ottway con un cuchillo, pero es rápidamente desarmado. Antes de que pueda disculparse, es atacado por un lobo, que el grupo logra matar y asar para comer. Ottway supone que el lobo era un omega enviado por el lobo alfa para probar el grupo. Un Díaz enloquecido decapita el cadáver del lobo, lanzando la cabeza cortada a la manada.

Díaz le dice al grupo de su ateísmo y Talget (Dermot Mulroney) afirma que cree en Dios y habla amorosamente de su hija. Ottway dice que también es ateo, pero desea creer o tener fe, y recita un simple poema escrito por su padre.

Una ventisca se acerca, y por la mañana, Burke (Nonso Anozie), que había estado sufriendo de hipoxia, es encontrado muerto. Los sobrevivientes restantes viajan al borde de un cañón. Hendrick (Dallas Roberts) asegura una línea a un árbol en el lado opuesto, y Díaz y Ottway atraviesan el cañón. El pie de Talget queda atrapado en el gancho, la cuerda se rompe y cae al suelo. Apenas vivo, alucina una visión de su hija, y es arrastrado por los lobos. Intentando salvar a Talget, Díaz cae del árbol y se lesiona gravemente la rodilla.

Díaz, Ottway y Hendrick llegan a un río donde Díaz, humillado por su viaje e incapaz de caminar, explica que puede aceptar morir en medio de la naturaleza. Dejando a Díaz a su suerte, Ottway y Hendrick continúan y son apuntos por los lobos. Hendrick cae en el río y queda atrapado bajo la superficie; Ottway es incapaz de soltarlo, y Hendrick se ahoga. Ahora solo, Ottway apela airadamente a Dios para que le "muestre algo real", pero al no ver nada, decide que lo hará él mismo.

Agotado y sufriendo de hipotermia, Ottway finalmente deja de caminar y pasa a través de las carteras recogidas antes de organizarlos en una cruz. Se da cuenta demasiado tarde de que ha tropezado directamente con la guarida de los lobos - el equipo había estado caminando hacia, no lejos de, el peligro. Rodeado por la manada de lobos y frente a su líder, Ottway mira la foto de su esposa en su billetera. Se revela que ella estaba muriendo de una enfermedad terminal, la razón por la que él se estaba preparando antes para suicidarse. A medida que el lobo alfa se acerca, Ottway se arma con un cuchillo y fragmentos de botellas de licor pegadas a su mano. Recita las palabras, "Una vez más contemplando la agonía. En la última buena pelea que jamás conoceré. Vivir y morir en este día. Vivir y morir en este día". Mira al lobo directo a los ojos y repentinamente termina la película sin saber si logra sobrevivir, o no.

En una breve escena post-créditos, el lobo alfa toma sus últimos alientos, similar al lobo que Ottway había disparado y asesinado antes. Se ve a Ottway de espaldas recostado sobre este, sin saber si Ottway yace vivo o muerto.

Reparto
 Liam Neeson como John Ottway.
 Frank Grillo como John Díaz.
 Dermot Mulroney como Jerome Talget.
 Dallas Roberts como Pete Hendrick.
 Joe Anderson como Todd Flannery.
 Nonso Anozie como Jackson Burke.
 James Badge Dale como Luke Lewenden.
 Jacob Blair como Cimoski.
 Ben Bray como Hernández.
 Anne Openshaw como la esposa de Ottway.

Producción
The Grey reunió al director Joe Carnahan con los productores Ridley Scott y Tony Scott (acreditado como productor ejecutivo), así como el actor Liam Neeson, quien colaboró en la película de acción de 2010 The A-Team. La película inicialmente imaginaba a un personaje principal mucho más joven y Bradley Cooper, quien también trabajó con Carnahan en The A-Team, fue elegido para el papel principal, pero fue remplazado por Liam Neeson. El rodaje comenzó en enero de 2011 y finalizó en marzo. La película fue rodada en cuarenta días. Aunque se ambienta en Alaska, la película fue rodada en Smithers, British Columbia, con varias escenas filmadas en el Aeropuerto regional de Smithers. Joe Carnahan reveló, en una sesión de preguntas y respuestas seguido de una primera proyección en el Teatro Aero en Santa Mónica, que había rodado un final alternativo (que nunca tendría la intención de utilizar) que muestra a Neeson luchando contra el lobo alfa. Se incluye en las escenas eliminadas.

Estreno
El estreno mundial de The Grey tuvo lugar el 11 de enero de 2012 en el Teatro Regal Cinemas en Los Ángeles. La película fue estrenada a nivel nacional el 27 de enero de 2012.

Mercadeo
La promoción para The Grey en parte se dirigió a grupos cristianos emitiendo un «complemento cinematográfico», que destacó el valor espiritual de la película. El mercadeo también se asoció con The Weather Network para destacar las peligrosas condiciones de rodaje. Open Road Films incorporó comentarios tuiteados por los críticos de cine para promocionar la película en el tercer tráiler de The Grey. Esta fue la primera vez que los tuits y el mismo Twitter gestionan las críticas profesionales para utilizarlas en un tráiler de una película.

Banda sonora

La música de The Grey fue lanzada en CD el 14 de febrero de 2012. Una versión digital disponible para su descarga fue publicada el 24 de enero de 2012.

Todas las canciones fueron escritas y compuestas por Marc Streitenfeld.

Recepción
La película recibió críticas generalmente positivas por parte de los críticos. Hasta el 26 de julio de 2012, The Grey tiene una calificación de 79% en Rotten Tomatoes basado en 177 opiniones, diciendo: «The Grey es una emocionante historia de supervivencia, poblada de personajes bien encarnados y una agenda filosófica sorprendente». Roger Ebert dio a la película 3.5 de 4 estrellas y escribió que la dureza implacable de The Grey le afectó de tal manera que salió de la proyección de una película diferente en el mismo día: «Fue la primera vez que he salido de una película a causa de la película anterior. Así como me estaba sintiendo en mis entrañas, simplemente no habría sido justo para la próxima película».

Las opiniones de los disidentes tienden a centrarse en el abrupto final de la película y percibir los matices emocionales y filosóficos como innecesarios. Siobhan Synnot de The Scotsman dio a la película dos estrellas, comentando que «en el lado negativo, hay un montón de filosofía torpe y pretenciosa sobre la crueldad de la naturaleza y de Dios. En la parte positiva, se ve a un hombre propinándole un puñetazo a un lobo en la cara».

Controversia
El 19 de enero de 2012, el periódico The Province de Columbia Británica publicó un artículo sobre la compra de cuatro cadáveres de lobos de un cazador local, que fueron utilizados así: dos para los apoyos de la película y dos para que el reparto se los comiera. Esto enfureció a los ambientalistas y activistas de animales, que ya estaban airados de que la película representara a los lobos en una luz negativa, especialmente en momentos en que los lobos grises habían sido recientemente retirados del Acta de Especies Amenazadas en muchos estados del oeste americano. En respuesta a la representación de los lobos en la película, grupos como PETA y WildEarth Guardians comenzaron ataques para boicotear la película. Open Road respondió colocando una hoja informativa sobre el lobo gris en el sitio web oficial de la película, con la colaboración de Sierra Club. Carnahan respondió minimizando la importancia de los lobos violentos retratados en la película y mejor destacó la importancia de la lucha interna del hombre por la supervivencia.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio Oficial (en inglés)
 Sitio oficial en español (España)

 The Grey en The Numbers

Películas de suspenso
Películas de Open Road Films
Películas de Entertainment One
Películas sobre lobos

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Q: Can I omit "og:url" when using link rel="canonical" When setting up a new webpage and to prevent duplicate content issues on search engines, I am using the canonical tag <link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/slug" />.
I came across of the open graph protocol to improve the experience when sharing the webpage on social media.
In my case I am planning to use canonical to eliminate duplicates between http/https, non-www/www or remove url parameters such as https://example.com/slug?foo=bar.
For this case, it looks like the canonical tag and the open graph metadata og:url would do the same function. Should I include both or could I safely omit the og:url metadata?
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Tipp Attractions
About Tipp City
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There are lots of interesting things to see and do in the greater Dayton area. Here are a few highlights and a great video produced by the Miami County Visitor's Bureau highlighting some of the sites in Troy, Tipp City, and Piqua.
Here are some local sights, attractions, fun places to visit and interesting eateries. Enjoy!
Dayton Dragons Baseball Team
The Dayton Dragons are a Class A minor league baseball team playing in the Midwest League based in Dayton, Ohio. The Dragons are affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. Their home stadium is Fifth Third Field. . Fifth Third Field, 220 N Patterson Blvd, Dayton, OH 45402, 937-228-2287, website.
Golden Nugget Pancake House
Recently selected as one of the hardest restaurants to get into in Ohio, but don't worry about that. The pancakes are worth the wait! Although it's a Chicago, IL area chain, we're lucky to have one. You can expect a wait on a weekend morning, but their large signature omelets and hearty pancakes make the wait worth it. 2932 S Dixie Dr., Dayton, OH 45409.
Marion's Piazza
Marion's opened its doors August 19, 1965 when Marion Glass decided to invest all of his life savings to open a pizza place with a unique concept: indoor seating. At the time, other pizza restaurants offered only carryout, but Marion's first location offered a large seating area patterned after an Italian "piazza" or courtyard. Read this great article from Dayton.com on how they got their start. 1270 Experiment Farm Rod., Troy, OH 45373, 937-339-2000, website.
Since 1976, Second Time Around has been Dayton's original Music and Video exchange. We buy and sell thousands of used modern and classic video games, video game consoles and handheld systems, along side CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays. 1133 Brown St, Dayton, OH 45409, (937) 228-6399, website.
Fort Piqua Plaza
Fort Piqua Plaza is a fully rehabilitated historic facility that serves as the heart of activity in Piqua and all of Miami County. First completed in 1891, this historic building now houses the Piqua Public Library, coffee shop, state of the art meeting rooms, a spectacular elegant ballroom and a high end eating establishment. 116 W. High Street, Piqua, OH 45356, 937-773-6753 (Piqua Library), website.
Hobart Arena
Throughout its more than 55 year history, Hobart Arena has been the location of musical and sports entertainment, unmatched anywhere in the county. In the past, entertainers such as Elvis Presley graced the facility, performing to packed crowds and screaming fans. Today, the arena hosts a number of events each year including basketball tournaments, concerts, trade shows and many other special activities. 255 Adams Street, Troy, 937-339-2911 or (937) 339-5145, website.
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Get a sweeping view of Air Force and military aviation progress at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, the largest and oldest museum of its kind in the world. You'll discover more than 300 aircraft and aerospace vehicles on display, many rare and one-of-a-kind. In addition, you'll find thousands of historical aviation artifacts, along with powerful sensory exhibits that bring military aviation history to life. 1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, 937-255-3286
Troy-Hayner Cultural Center
This gorgeous mansion, adjacent to the County Courthouse, will take your breath away. Built in 1914 by the widow of William Hayner, former owner of the Hayner Distillery Company, the architectural style is "Norman Romanesque Revival", but most Americans would call it "Tudor" with it's wood and adobe exterior, beveled glass, marble fireplaces, ballroom, wood trim and carvings and stained glass. The building itself is truly a work of art. Free Admission. 301 West Main Street, Troy, OH 45371, 937-339-0457, website.
Fulton Farms
In late spring, the vast fields of Fulton Farms gleam red with the season's first strawberries. In the fall, an endless landscape of pumpkins await carving and baking. The largest contiguous farm east of the Mississippi, Fulton Farms specializes in a variety of produce. 2393 State Route 202, Troy, OH 45371. 937-335-6983, website.
Kewpee Hamburgers (Lima)
Recently selected as one of the hardest restaurants to get into in Ohio, but don't worry about that. This signature fast food joint in Lima has three locations that serve up the city's best burgers, french fires and malts. There's usually always a wait at the drive-thru during lunch or dinner time, so we recommend going inside if you're pressed for time.
Piqua Historical Area
The Piqua Historical Area celebrates more than 2,000 years of Ohio's rich heritage, from the days of prehistoric Indians to Ohio's canal era. This 250-acre site features the restored home and farm of John Johnston along with scenic rides along a restored mile-long section of the Miami and Erie Canal aboard a replica of a mule-drawn canal boat, the General Harrison of Piqua. 9845 North Hardin Rd., Piqua, OH 45356, (937) 773-2522, website.
WACO Field & Aircraft Museum
Whether the sky was filled with the drone of biplanes or the silent shadow of gliders, this aircraft company figured largely in the history of Troy as it made history in the world. Exhibits include a WACO primary glider, WACO 4 replica, WACO cootie and a WACO UPF-7. 1865 South County Road 25-A, Troy OH 45373, 937-335-WACO (9226), website.
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Tipp City, Ohio is located 15 miles north of Dayton on I-75 at exit 68. Nestled in Ohio's Miami Valley just miles north of Dayton, Tipp City may be the quintessential Midwestern small town — friendly folks, great shops and restaurants, interesting local attractions and beautiful parks. Our bustling downtown shopping district boasts two dozen shops and eateries and is listed on the National Historic Register. Drop by — it's worth the trip to Tipp!
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