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Modiwlau Presennol yn ôl Adran
Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Directing and Line Producing
Miss Amy Daniel
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Mr Huw Penallt
Due to Covid-19 students should refer to the module Blackboard pages for assessment details
Semester Assessment Creative Portfolio 1 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork, Short Film Project 1 (3-6 mins), Short Film Project 2 (3-6 mins), and Short Film Project 3 (3-6 mins) 50%
Semester Assessment Creative Portfolio 2 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork and Short Film Project 3 (12-15 mins) 50%
Supplementary Assessment Creative Portfolio 1 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork, Short Film Project 1 (3-6 mins), Short Film Project 2 (3-6 mins), and Short Film Project 3 (3-6 mins) 50%
Supplementary Assessment Creative Portfolio 2 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork and Short Film Project 3 (12-15 mins) 50%
Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the producer and director, as well as their respective departments, in the creative and professional aspects of realising a filmmaking project.
Establish and accommodate the formal choices available to producers and directors in the process of realising their cinematic ideas and the ability to formulate relationships between these choices when making a film.
Demonstrate an understanding of the workflow from pre-production to post for all key production roles, including all the required documentation.
Effectively plan and execute all phases of production in order to realise short films as either a producer and / or director.
Demonstrate effective self-management, team working and professionalism.
Demonstrate intelligent critical reflection on the practice of others and one's own practice.
This module provides students with an understanding of the roles of director and line producer and with an increased ability to practice these roles. The critical study of directing will take place in lecture/screenings, and the practice and study of line producing will take place in seminars and workshops. Students will develop their ability in textual analysis as well as widening their understanding of film as both an aesthetic and social creative practice. In hands-on workshops in Semester 1, students will investigate the responsibilities of line producer and director. Working as director / line producer teams, students will explore this creative and practical working relationship and how this influences the work of the craft teams they assemble. Four film projects, completed as part of two portfolio assessments will strengthen students' key skills and provide them with a portfolio of work for attaining employment and funding after their studies.
In Semester 1 lectures, seminars and workshops will alternate between directing and line producing. Film screenings, with accompanying lectures, will provide a starting point for analysis and exploration of approaches to directing, with the lectures exploring key concepts and processes including: film narrative, film dramaturgy, visual storytelling, idea development from script to screen, character studies and working with actors. Seminars will examine case studies and provide opportunities to expand an understanding of the practicalities of line producing and bringing the director's vision to life on-set, as well as exploring issues around budgeting, scheduling, and location management. A separate weekly workshop series during Semester 1 will allow students to undertake practical exercises in breaking down a script, scheduling, budgeting, cost controlling and staging scenes. By the end of Semester 1 students must complete 3 short films, including both a short film as director and a short film as producer, submitting the films with the producer or director paperwork and a reflective essay.
In Semester 2 students will work towards the submission of a final project short film (12-15 mins), made either as producer or director, and submitted with a reflective essay and the producer or director paperwork. Weekly 2 hour seminars will provide students with guidance on performance styles, negotiation, the preparation and presentation of pitches, texture and tone and preparing for shoots. In the final seminar sessions students will reflect on the production process and review rushes prior to the completion of their projects. Additional one hour tutorials, arranged on an individual basis during Semester 2 will provide students with one-to-one guidance and advice. Throughout the production process students will be encouraged to provide critical reasonings for their decisions. They will be required to demonstrate on-going research, continued appraisal of their work, and an application of the critical and contextual learning from the module.
Communication Students will be engaging in team work, learning through experience and receiving feedback on the effectiveness of their own critical communication.
Improving own Learning and Performance Via independent and group work, students will learn how to make use of the available means, how to overcome obstacles, as well as how to cope with (constructive) criticism.
Information Technology Students will be making film work using digital media technologies competently and appropriately.
Personal Development and Career planning Students will evaluate and analyse their own work and that of their peers with reflexivity and consideration. Students will be using the Portfolio as an effective working tool for academic and career development and reflection.
Problem solving Students will be challenged with both practical and theoretical problems and then engaging in individual and group activities to solve these problems.
Research skills Students will think analytically, researching in both practical contexts, and developing analytical thinking skills as a practitioner.
Subject Specific Skills Students will be able to make film work to an increasingly professional standard.
Team work Students will extensively be engaged in teamwork not only during seminars and workshops, but also in their assignment projects, gaining knowledge and experience in team co-ordination and organization.
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Der Medicine Bow – Routt National Forest ist ein 11.209 km² großer National Forest (Nationalforst) in den Rocky Mountains der Bundesstaaten Colorado und Wyoming in den Vereinigten Staaten. Der Park wird durch den United States Forest Service, der dem Landwirtschaftsministerium unterstellt ist, verwaltet. Er umfasst die früher eigenständig verwalteten Gebiete Medicine Bow National Forest, Routt National Forest und Thunder Basin National Grassland. Im Jahr 1995 wurden diese zusammengefasst, das Parkhauptquartier ist in Laramie. Die Parks befinden sich auf einer Höhe zwischen 1800 und 4300 Metern. Der Besuch des Medicine Bow – Routt National Forest ist das ganze Jahr über möglich und kostet keinen Eintritt.

Medicine Bow National Forest

Der Medicine Bow National Forest hat eine Größe von etwa 4439 km² und liegt im südöstlichen Wyoming. Gegründet wurde er im Jahr 1902 als forest reserve. Der Name stammt von den Indianern, die früher in dieser Gegend gelebt haben und leitet sich von den hier durchgeführten rituellen Handlungen zur Heilung (Medicine) ab. Aus den in den Wäldern vorkommenden Mahagonigewächsen, insbesondere dem Mountain Mahogany konnten hervorragende Bögen (Bow) hergestellt werden.

Zum Park gehören die Medicine Bow Mountains, mit ihrer höchsten Erhebung, dem 3661 Meter hohen Medicine Bow Peak und den Laramie Mountains mit dem 3231 Meter hohen Laramie Peak. Des Weiteren befinden sich die Huston Park-, Savage Run- und die Platte River-Wilderness-Gebiete und die Vedauwoos, ein Gebiet in dem sich große Granitblöcke befinden, die bei Kletterern sehr beliebt sind, im Park. Teile des Parks befinden sich im Carbon County, Albany County, Converse County, Natrona County und im Platte County, lokale Parkzentralen sind in Laramie und Saratoga.

Routt National Forest

Der Routt National Forest umfasst eine Fläche von etwa 4558 km² und liegt im nordwestlichen Colorado. Zum Park gehört unter anderem das Steamboat Ski Resort an den Hängen des 3220 Meter hohen Mount Werner. Der Namensgeber des im Jahr 1905 von Theodore Roosevelt eröffneten Park, ist John Long Routt, der erste Gouverneur von Colorado. Die Nordamerikanische kontinentale Wasserscheide teilt den Park etwa in der Mitte. Teile des Parks befinden sich im Routt County, Jackson County, Rio Blanco County, Grand County, Moffat County und Garfield County. Lokale Parkzentralen sind in Steamboat Springs, Walden und Yampa.

Thunder Basin National Grassland

Das Thunder Basin National Grassland hat eine Größe von etwa 2216 km² und liegt im nordöstlichen Wyoming. Es umfasst das Gebiet des Powder River Basins zwischen den Big Horn Mountains und den Black Hills und zeichnet sich durch große offene Weidelandschaften mit aridem Klima aus. Das Schutzgebiet liegt in den Counties Weston County Converse County, Campbell County, Niobrara County und Crook County. Im Park leben große Herden von Antilopen und über 200 Arten von Vögeln. Das Gebiet ist reich an Bodenschätzen wie Kohle, Öl, Gas, Uran, Bentonit und Trona. In der Vergangenheit gab es viele Abbaugebiete hier, heute beschränkt sich der Abbau auf Kohle und Bentonit. Die lokale Parkzentrale des Douglas Ranger Districts befindet sich in Douglas.

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BEYOND A REGIONAL DOUBT
Penelope Corcoran November 13, 1991 4:00AM
Is Southwestern cuisine passe? Are pine nuts, jicama and black beans yesterday's ingredients? Do those of us who live here even care?
In the mid-Eighties, renewed national interest in the look and flavors of Arizona and New Mexico spawned hard-to-ignore trends in restaurants and decorating. But "hot" eventually cools. "In" becomes "out." Our nation has a roaming eye and it has moved its focus from the desert to places like the Pacific Northwest.
Ironically, "Southwestern cuisine" arrived in Phoenix at about the same time it hit the rest of the country, circa 1986, when Vincent Guerithault opened his namesake restaurant on Camelback. Suddenly, blue corn chips and mango salsa were everywhere. Pumpkin seeds and chipotle peppers became overnight kitchen essentials. Soon many places were doing Southwestern, most of them badly. No matter. As long as visitors disembark at Sky Harbor International Airport, you can be sure somebody will be pumping out quirky quesadillas and prickly-pear somethings.
Which brings us to the first restaurant under consideration today: Chef Lenard Rubin's Windows on the Green at Charlie Keating's--I mean, the Kuwait Investment Office's--Phoenician. Prickly pear pops up regularly on Windows' menu. Why, for a whopping $5.50, you can even order a prickly-pear margarita, the house specialty. It's large and sweet, but be forewarned, macho men, it's also pink.
As its name implies, Windows on the Green overlooks the Phoenician's golf course, from the upstairs level of the resort's clubhouse. A pro shop, men's and ladies' locker rooms and a snack bar can be found on the ground level. Accordingly, restaurant attire is "casual," but "no pool wear," pulleeze.
Of course, casual at the Phoenician is a cut above what you and I call casual. Like the main lobby up the hill, Windows on the Green is done in tony shades of beige and cream. Decorative accents include ornate Oriental vases and contemporary paintings. Small cacti in raffia-tied terra-cotta pots are positioned on each table. Furniture is on the order of elegant patio pieces. The chairs are made of woven, lacquered leather. There is even a clubby working fireplace. Posh, huh?
Windows on the Green, you will have understood by now, is not the place to come to eat on the cheap. With appetizers ranging in price from $6.50 to $9.25, and entrees costing anywhere from $15.25 to $22.75, a meal for two comes dangerously close to the century mark, as our local weather forecasters are wont to say.
But don't let that scare you away. Chef Lenard Rubin is doing some interesting things with Southwestern cuisine. And, while our dinner is not inexpensive, it is worth every penny. A master of visual presentation, Rubin backs up looks with taste. Our smoked-salmon appetizer is as pretty as dessert and nearly as delicious. It consists of a stack of delicate black-bean crepes--that's the Southwestern touch--layered with smoked salmon, watercress, marinated, thin-sliced red potatoes and pickled beets. I especially love the creamy horseradish sauce generously pooled on the plate. The condiment is the perfect complement.
Chicken, lime and tortilla soup also exceeds all expectations. In my experience, this is a soup that reads well on the menu, but disappoints upon arrival. Yet I keep ordering it, because it sounds so darn good. Persistence pays off at Windows on the Green. We ask to split a portion and each receive a bowl of clear-brothed subtle soup and saucers full of add-ins--crunchy, colored tortilla strips, chopped avocado and grated cheese. The end result is a most pleasing amalgam.
I've found that it is during the main course that most would-be Southwestern chefs run out of steam. (You've seen the menu: some kind of fish offered with some kind of exotic fruit salsa; the same old meats rubbed with chile or lime and served with posole.) Happily, at precisely this point in the meal, Lenard Rubin indicates the depth of his imagination and talent.
Take the swordfish, for instance. Rubin's pan-fried version charms me. It's dusted with mint and spicy Southwestern seasonings, served in three dainty portions leaning tepeelike above a dollop of white-bean-sesame puree atop Indian fry bread. Not only is the presentation visually arresting, but the flavors and textures of the dish are inventive and original.
Pan-frying is also the treatment given to the small, white-fleshed fish called John Dory. Three delicate fillets are sumptuously complemented by piquant black-olive pasta, crisp salmon-crab cakes, fava beans and a guero chile sauce. It's fabulous-tasting and satisfying, without being overly filling.
Dessert here is good, although it is not the high point of my meal. The pine-nut tart reminds me a little of pecan pie, but it's not nearly as sweet or rich. I like the scoop of homemade banana ice cream that comes with it. A chocolate taco, filled with sumptuous key-lime cream and embellished with rows of fresh raspberries, strawberries, kiwi and pineapple with apricot sauce, is at once gorgeous and delicious. Service is good. The roll boy knows his role. He dutifully brings the breadbasket and carefully describes the wondrous trio it holds. He also gives us an almost-perfect recitation of "What's in the butter." Windows on the Green serves three herb-infused kinds of butter or oil with its breads.
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A special event is being held in the Garden Quarter, Chester, to help residents find out how they could save money on their energy bills this winter.
The Save Energy, Save Money event will provide residents with an opportunity to meet with experts and discuss ways in which they can reduce their energy bills and keep their home warm during the colder months.
There will be advice stands from a variety of organisations covering everything from fire safety, debt and benefit advice to a range of interactive workshops and exhibits demonstrating simple actions you can take to reduce your energy bills.
Funding for new heating systems, heating repairs, insulation, draught proofing or new heating controls.
Help to switch to a cheaper energy tariff, with average savings of £220 a year.
Advice about avoiding damp and condensation, and the most cost effective way to use your heating.
Benefits checks, support with Warm Homes Discount applications (a £140 credit from your energy supplier) and Priority Service Register support.
The home energy check service and the Save Energy, Save Money event have been promoted to Garden Quarter residents through a mailing in partnership with the Garden Quarter Association and Cheshire West and Chester Council.
Arnold Wilkes of the Garden Quarter Association and Transition Chester, has undertaken energy efficiency improvements to his home, improving its warmth and reducing his energy bills. He said: "After reducing my own energy bills, I thought I would try and help others improve the energy efficiency of their living accommodation. If you want to reduce your energy costs then come along to our energy exhibition on 29th October to find out what you can do".
Still time to be a part of the Merseyside Collective Switch!
The registration deadline for the Merseyside Collective Switch has now been extended to the 31st October.
The scheme has saved local people in excess of £1million on their energy bills through switching to a cheaper energy tariff, with average savings of £311.
Residents will need to register before midnight on the 31st October in order to access the exclusive collective switch offers tariffs negotiated for the group.
Over 7,000 people took part in the last round in March. Exclusive, market beating tariffs were negotiated for Merseyside residents including a fixed tariff from E.on, an offer for 'payment on receipt of bill' customers and a special deal for prepayment meter customers. Previous rounds of the switch have attracted exclusive offers from both the large and smaller suppliers, including British Gas, E.on, and Ovo.
The scheme aims to make it easier to switch supplier, and advisors are on hand to offer free and impartial help every step of the way.
In order to access the collective switch offers, residents must register before midnight on Monday 31st October.


YES, it is possible to set a Minimum Order on the BigCommerce Shopping cart but most people don't have access to this highly demanded feature. Although it has been requested many times from BigCommerce customers this is not a feature that is built into the software and requires editing some key files on the store's server.
The good news is that BigCommerce gives you access to this files through your Control Panel and with a few steps you can have a Minimum Order set in your store.
Does this apply to both BigCommerce and the Interspire Shopping Cart?
Yes, this applies to both platforms since they are pretty much the same.
Why is this such an important feature?
There are several aspects involved in the order processing. Small and large orders require time to download the order to your system, printing the packing slip, pulling the products, packing and shipping. Many times if you receive a very small order it won't even be worth your time to fulfill it and you could actually loose money on it.
How can this be addresses?
By setting a simple Minimum Order in your store you will be letting your visitors know that they need to reach an specified dollar amount before being able to checkout. This can be achieved using a very courteous message that appears on their cart reminding them and encouraging them to continue shopping. Once the Minimum Order amount has been reached, the message disappears and they may continue to the checkout page.
You (or your developer) must make sure that the system is not bypassed by removing any bridges that may take the visitor to the Checkout page without reaching the Minimum Order first. Look for any links that may bypass the process.
Why is this feature not built into the shopping cart from the beginning?
This I do not know. Although the BigCommerce shopping cart is a very well thought platform they still missed this very important and needed feature. Maybe it will be added to the shopping cart in the near future but in the mean time this system works effectively to create this option for the merchant.
Where can I see a working example of this?
I have implemented this into 3 different stores so far. Please visits www.LitterLessLunch.ca. Browse their store and keep in mind that their Minimum Order has been set up at $20.00. Start by adding something below this amount and View Your Cart. You will find the friendly reminder of reaching the Minimum Order before checking out. Then add something more to your cart and then you will be able to continue to Check Out.
Please contact me for further details. Right now this is something that I can implement for you in less than 48 hours. You may inquire and I will gladly provide you with references from previous work. All I ask is that you create a temporary User with limited access to your store (I really don't need to see your sales) and once I am finished I just ask that you delete the user name from your system .
If you are interested please email me at forefrontwd@gmail.com and include your name, company name, and Store URL. We will go from there to get you set up.
Yes, if BigCommerce decides to build this feature into the platform, the custom application may be removed to avoid any conflicts.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced that the Firm was voted number one in Institutional Investor magazine's All-Asia Research Team annual rankings; the first company to achieve the top position for five consecutive years since 2006. This year, we shared the number one place with Citi.
For 2019, Morgan Stanley ranked top-three in all available 34 categories, with 15 teams ranked #1, 18 teams ranked #2, and one team on #3, achieving the highest number of top-three team rankings by one broker in the 26-year history of the All-Asia Research survey. The poll covers Asia ex-Japan.
The Institutional Investor 2019 All-Asia Research Team Rankings reflect the opinions of 5,300 investment professionals at more than 1,300 institutions.
"This is tremendous recognition of our team's commitment to delivering actionable, thought-provoking insights and ideas, and we thank our clients for their support," said William Greene, Managing Director and Head of Asia Research for Morgan Stanley. "With our primary aim to help clients generate alpha, we remain focused on driving thought leadership and shaping the investment debate, including our coverage of disruptive technology trends. As a global Research house, we stress collaboration across regions, sectors, and asset classes, which has been particularly important over the past year."
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Vogue launches a new series entitled "Go Ask Anna", where total strangers get to ask the Vogue editor-in-chief all sorts of questions and they get to know about how she really feels on each matter. I had the chance to meet her while I was doing fitting for Gucci, when she came to order some outfits for her personal wardrobe from the collection that had not even been out on the podium yet. She is definitely a powerful spirit! Check her out – Anna Wintour about Megan Markle!


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In most first world countries, almost everything is done online. Only in recent years have South Africans started using online shopping. There is no difference getting funeral cover online, or with your broker. The difference is we give you the opportunity to read through all the providers. You can then determine what plan works best for your needs. Getting funeral cover online is quick and hassle free.
The good news when getting funeral cover online, is that you do not have to pay any extra costs. You can get your funeral insurance without even leaving your house. We provide a comprehensive service to accommodate all our clients. If you are based in the Gauteng area, we do have reps that can come and visit you at work or at a coffee shop. If you prefer to do everything over the telephone, we can accommodate that too. We try and make finding funeral cover as quickly and effectively as possible.
When you apply for funeral cover online, we do not request any personal information from you. All we need is your name, email, telephone number, provider and cover type. This way we can address you properly when we contact you via telephone. We do not hand your information to any third parties. We purely use this information to contact you regarding the requested product. We do not hand your contact information to all the funeral cover providers we represent. We will phone you from a central point and arrange everything for you.
Don't be scared to apply online. Within the next couple of years, most shopping will be done online. In a couple of years, if you need milk, insurance or electronics, you will shop online. South-African infrastructure is quickly reaching a point where online shopping will become viable. To apply for funeral cover online is safe and secure.
Basically, getting funeral cover online is an easy way to ensure that you get adequate funeral insurance as quickly and effectively as possible. It does not cost you anything extra; we provide a free service. What are you waiting for?


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Q: How to show Emoji using TMP_InputField or TMP_Text in unity I'm trying to input emoji supported using TextMeshPro in Unity.
But it's not working correctly.
I inputted "\U0001F600" but didn't show <> emoticon.
Anybody knows about this or has some experience to use Emoticon

A: Mabe try upgrading unity or rebooting your computer.
If none of that works go to Window/Package Manager go to Packages choose "Unity Registry",
make sure that in the top left corner says All not Services and search TextMeshPro, then hit the remove button and install it again.

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Big Tech censors America's Frontline Doctors website over so-called "misinformation about vaccines"
06/19/2021 / By Nolan Barton
The website of America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) had been censored by Big Tech over alleged "misinformation about vaccines." Amazon last month issued a notice to AFLDS, giving the organization until May 31 to remove its website from the Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Many top websites and services, including Netflix, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, are hosted by AWS.
"We wanted to reach out to you about your project, americasfrontlinedoctors.org. This project is hosting misinformation about vaccines and was reported as objectionable content to AWS," the notice stated. "AWS is the service we use at Webflow to host our websites so we can no longer host americasfrontlinedoctors.org."
Big Tech censorship not going to stop AFLDS
The team behind the AFLDS frantically worked around the clock to rebuild its website from scratch while utilizing servers around the world at great expense. (Related: Big Tech COVID-19 censorship is endangering the population.)
"We were forced to take immediate action because we will never allow Jeff Bezos and Amazon to censor us from speaking freely about medical treatments, medical studies and individual liberty, or from challenging the government narrative surrounding COVID-19 vaccines," the AFLDS said in a statement.
AFLDS is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization focused on providing Americans with science-based facts about coronavirus (COVID-19) and fighting the politicization of medicine and media censorship. The organization's founder, Dr. Simone Gold, is a board-certified emergency physician and author of the best-selling book "I Do Not Consent: My Fight Against Medical Cancel Culture."
"Jeff Bezos and Amazon cannot argue with our scientific data and facts, so they would rather delete us entirely," the AFLDS said. "We have already been blacklisted on social media, and cannot host videos on YouTube. We must build our own internet servers that cannot be silenced by Big Tech, Big Pharma or Big Government."
AFLDS seeks TRO against use of COVID-19 vaccine in children
AFLDS may have caught the attention of Amazon when it filed a motion in federal court last month seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) against use of the COVID-19 vaccine in children. The organization received Amazon's notice a few days later.
The motion submitted to the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama specifically requested a TRO against the emergency use authorization (EUA) permitting the use of COVID-19 vaccines in children under the age of 16, and also requested that no further expansion of the EUAs to children under the age of 16 be granted prior to the resolution of these issues at trial.
The motion challenged the EUAs for the injections on several counts – based on the law and scientific evidence that the EUAs should never have been granted.
According to AFLDS, the EUAs should be revoked immediately because the injections are dangerous biological agents that have the potential to cause substantially greater harm than the COVID-19 disease itself. The organization also noted that numerous laws have been broken in the process of granting these EUAs and imposing these injections on the American people.
"We doctors are pro-vaccine, but this is not a vaccine. This is an experimental biological agent whose harms are well-documented, although suppressed and censored, and growing rapidly. And we will not support using America's children as guinea pigs," said Gold.
EUA should not be given before vaccine trials are complete
According to Gold, EUAs should not be given prematurely – not before trials for the vaccines are complete. (Related: Federal law prohibits mandates of emergency use COVID vaccines, tests, masks — 3 resources you can use to inform your school or employer.)
"We are shocked at the mere discussion of this, and will not be silent while Americans are used as guinea pigs for a virus with survivability of 99.8 percent globally and 99.97 percent under age 70. Under age 20 it is 99.997 percent – 'statistical zero,'" Gold said.
"There are 104 children age 0-17 who died from COVID-19 and 287 from COVID + influenza – out of approximately 72 million. This equals zero risk. And we doctors won't stand for children being offered something they do not need and of whom some unknown percentage will suffer."
AFLDS Pediatric Director Dr. Angie Farella explained: "My greatest concerns with the vaccination of children under the age of 18 is the fact that there is no prior study of these individuals before December of 2020. Children were not included in the trials, and the adult trials do not have any long-term safety data currently available."
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Q: Does numba jitclass support generics? Looking at the Stack code in the numba examples: https://github.com/numba/numba/blob/master/examples/stack.py
the Stack class looks like its written independently of the stack's element type, yet the final stack is instantiated as a Stack of int, and looks like can't be reused for other types.
Is this the cases, or can Stack be reused to contain other types?

A: The best I've found is to wrap it in a function. I  don't particularly like this:
@numba.jit
def make_stack_class(typ):
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    linkednode_spec['next'] = optional(linkednode_type)

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        def __init__(self, data):
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    linkednode_type.define(LinkedNode.class_type.instance_type)

    stack_spec = OrderedDict()
    stack_spec['head'] = optional(linkednode_type)
    stack_spec['size'] = intp

    @jitclass(stack_spec)
    class Stack(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.head = None
            self.size = 0

        def push(self, data):
            new = LinkedNode(data)
            new.next = self.head
            self.head = new
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                raise ValueError("empty")
            else:
                self.head = old.next
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                return old.data

    data_type.define(typ)
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James Bond 25: Rami Malek reveals why he almost TURNED DOWN villain role
The Bohemian Rhapsody star will soon start shooting scenes opposite Daniel Craig in Bond 25. However, it turns out the Oscar-winner had to think twice before accepting the role of the latest James Bond villain. Speaking with The Mirror, Malek explained how his Egyptian heritage is "the fabric of who I am" and didn't want his character's terrorism to reflect an ideology or religion. The 38-year-old said: "It's a great character and I'm very excited, but that was one thing that I discussed with Cary [Fukunaga, the director]."
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RAMI MALEK ON THE PRESSURE OF PLAYING A BOND VILLAIN
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"During the hiatuses, or weeks off [from Mr Robot], I have had the luxury and privilege of going to work on the next James Bond film. It is taxing. I will not lie; it is very, very taxing."
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We visit Maui's only winery, which recently Paula Hegele rebranded as MauiWine
September 28, 2016 by Alex Mitchell 2 Comments
Everyone who knows me is aware that I'm a wine lover. I love tasting new wines, get excited about visiting wineries and adore dinner and wine dates with my friends. It's been a few years since I visited the winery in Ulupalakua, but I recently learned two things. First, that they were now offering a new tour of the grounds called the "King's Tasting." And second, that they had recently re-branded themselves to MauiWine. Since I had a childhood friend visiting me from San Francisco who's also a wine freak like me, there was no hesitation in heading Upcountry.
Given that we were raised in an area that's flooded with wines from Napa Valley, Russian River and Sonoma County, we learned to seek out smaller wine varieties. Alissa and I have similar tastes in wine selections, though she may be more prone to white wine varieties. We're not wimpy wine lovers–we like some meat and unusual flavors in our selections. Through my own history of learning about wines, I've become aware that a wine's flavor depends a great deal on the soil, weather and fertilization choices a vintner makes.
What we now call MauiWine first began in 1974 as a small private corporation situated within the 20,000-acre Ulupalakua Ranch property. Today, the winery hosts more than 100,000 visitors a year. Their 23-acre vineyard is located about 1,650 feet up the mountain on the makai side of Haleakala Highway. There, they grow a variety of grapes, including Syrah, Malbec, Grenache, Viognier, Chenin Blanc, Rose and Gewurztraminer.
"There is a story about Maui in each of our wines," said Paula Hegele, the president of MauiWine. "Every raindrop, ray of light, wind and temperature change is embedded into each wine grown here. Wine is a reflection of place. The name MauiWine is honest, proud and exhilarating. It creates a deep connection to the land and people that craft our wines, and the significance and beauty of 'Ulupalakua."
Paula Hegele has worked at Maui's only winery for over 25 years (her son Joseph is the winery's marketing director). You could definitely say that she has been the chief instigator in keeping the winery going and progressing. She believes that MauiWine's preeminent goal is to present wines that support Maui's agribusiness culture and the people who live here.
Like many well-known wineries in California and Europe, MauiWine is located on a historic piece of property. Here you'll find a fascinating agricultural past, gardens, aged structures and rare trees.
"After 40-plus years of business we have had numerous challenges, disappointments and successes," said Paula Hegele. "We are just starting to get a solid footing in understanding who we are and what we want to be as MauiWine."
The winery's history begins in 1856, when the former whaling captain James Makee purchased the land and named it Rose Ranch, after his wife Catherine's favorite flower variety. For the next 30 years, Makee and his family worked hard building up the ranch. They rehabilitated the sugarcane fields of the Torbert Plantation, raised cattle, brought in dairy cows, planted cotton and grew many other for-profit based crops on the estate. At the time, their dairy was famous for a sweet cream butter that was exported to markets on Oahu.
Not only did Rose Ranch become a bustling headquarters for Upcountry agribusiness, but it was also a popular place to visit. Makee and his family hosted soirees at the ranch every month. Guests included King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani.
"The main entrance to the grounds surrounding the mansion was surmounted with an illumination bearing the words–"Welcome to the King," in red letters, bordered with sprays of pine-leaves," the Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported in April 1874. "A neat but roomy cottage was set apart for the use of their Majesties, and here the party remained in the enjoyment of the liveral hospitality of Capt. Makee. In the interim, a large feast in the native style was spread under the shade of the noble trees near the mansion."
Makee died in 1879 at the age of 67. He was originally buried at the Rose Ranch Mausoleum located behind the sugar mill. But after robbers ransacked the graves of him and his wife, their remains were moved to the Oahu Cemetery.
Many of the buildings and trees found on the MauiWine property today date to Makee's era. One of the most impressive examples is a huge 200 or so year-old Queensland Kauri (Agathis Robusta). Native to New Zealand and currently endangered, this spectacular tree is silver-barked and has a life expectancy of 1,500 to 2,000 years. In addition, Catherine Makee's rose plantings are still apparent today–in fact, there's a spectacular area of pink English tea roses planted outside the old dairy.
In 1886, James Isaac Dowsett purchased the Rose Ranch estate for $84,500. A former captain in the British Navy, he was considered a "pioneer capitalist" and settled in Hawaii after a pearl fishing expedition.
Born in Honolulu, his eldest son James Isaac Dowsett, Jr. is believed to be the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Hawaii not of missionary parentage. A childhood friend of Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V and Lunalilo, James Dowsett Jr. eventually became the first rancher to import Aberdeen Angus stock to Maui.
James Dowsett Sr. died in 1898, and the Rose Ranch land was endowed to Phoebe Dowsett-Makee, who was married to James Makee's son Charles (small island!). After Charles died, Phoebe married Dr. James M. Raymond, who purchased the ranch in 1900 and renamed it Raymond Ranch. Raymond built a slaughterhouse, raised thoroughbred Hereford cattle and was the owner of some of the fastest race horses in Hawaii.
In 1922, Frank Baldwin–an owner of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S)–purchased Raymond Ranch and renamed it Ulupalakua Ranch. His sons were also some of the best polo players in the Territory of Hawaii. Frank Baldwin managed the Ulupalakua Ranch until he died in 1956.
Not quite a decade after Frank Baldwin's death, C. Pardee Erdman purchased the Ulupalakua Ranch. At that time, more than 30 ranch hands and their families lived on the estate. The property had amassed about 6,000 cattle and now encompassed approximately 58,000 acres. He also introduced sheep and elk to the Ulupalakua Ranch. The Erdman family also began to adopt environmentally conscious and sustainable practices for managing their ag lands–pretty groundbreaking, for the time.
Erdman also partnered with Napa Valley winemaker Emil Tedeschi to build Maui's first winery. After experimenting with over 140 grape varietals, they found satisfaction in planting a hybrid grape called Carnelian in 1975.
My wine choices always vary, based on the time of the day, weather, season, year, availability and what I'm currently exploring. I definitely gravitate more to an herby wine than a sweet wine. I'm not really prone to being a fan of a buttery Chardonnay or a sweet Merlot. I like wines with some richness, and I definitely want to taste the soil. I love the funky tastes of Old World wines, and it's exciting to taste wines from the smaller and more in-the-know wineries in the world. This is where I see MauiWine fitting into the wine industry.
I'm always infatuated with Cabernet Sauvignons from the Central Coast of California–my absolute favorite being a 2013 from Justin Vineyards in Paso Robles. It's smooth, aromatic and tastes like a chocolate-tobacco-herbed soil bomb. Other red wine choices that get my blood pumping with excitement would be from small family wineries in the Spanish Canary Islands. Known as tintos in Spanish, there are many interesting flavors that come from this area of the world; black pepper spice, wildflowers and some atypical fermentation tastes that are definitely consistent to an Old World wine flavor. Like MauiWine, wines from the Canary Islands are grown in volcanic rich soil, so there's a certain depth in the body of the wines that is pretty comparable.
The biggest difference is that most wines from the Canary Islands come from historic vines–MauiWine has only emerged with their newest varietals in the past few years. In regards to red wines, I was definitely impressed with MauiWine's Malbec. It has a malted flavor, but you can still taste an herby quality. It will be interesting to see what the next harvest brings about.
South African wines are also special. Favorite wines from there would be a Warwick Sauvignon Blanc or a Chenin Blanc from De Morgenzon. It's a wine type that's not as popular in the United States as in France or the rest of the world, but one every chef and sommelier will say is a favorite.
MauiWine's Chenin Blanc is quite impressive. In fact, I think MauiWine's smaller barrel estate wine varieties like their Chenin Blanc are the wines that would be advantageous for expert and aspiring wine lovers to taste.
Of course, while MauiWine grows fine grapes, for many, the winery is arguably more famous for its pineapple wines. Since planting the first grape vineyard in 1974, the idea of growing grapes in Maui took a lot of patience and experimentation. While waiting for grape varieties to grow and fruit, pineapple wines became a kind of training ground that has since flourished into an extremely popular wine product. In a sense, the pineapple wines have somewhat fed the engine that has transitioned MauiWine into what it is now.
The Maui Gold fruit that's used for their pineapple wines are hand-picked and tasted before they're delivered to MauiWine's production facility. The waste from the pineapples go to cattle feed and fertilizer on the Ulupalakua Ranch property.
It takes 72,000 pounds of pineapple fruit to make about 4,000 gallons of juice. It takes two days to crush the fruit, which then goes into a cold tank. Within five days, the fermentation process begins, and takes four months to complete. The result of all this is 1,600 cases of wine. In a single year, MauiWine can produce 20,000 cases of pineapple wine.
All of MauiWine's wines are grown and manufactured in Maui. From the growing of the grapes to processing and bottling, MauiWine is one of the few wineries in the U.S. that manages the complete cycle of their business.
After 40 years of experimentation, MauiWine now has 16 of their 23 acres under vine. In fact, they performed a major overhaul to the vineyard in 2012, pulling out all the old vines that were planted in 1974. They also dug down three feet to prepare the soil for the new plantings.
Growing grapes is a complex process, and many elements can contribute to success or a challenge: daytime temperatures, nighttime temperatures and rain. The volcanic soil beneath the vineyard is one of MauiWine's best advantages. The volcanic soil contributes to maintaining the acidity for their very balanced cool-climate wines like Rose, Viognier, Grenache, Chenin Blanc and Syrah.
"As far as grape-growing, it's the unique climate we have that is uncharacteristic for vinifera [grapes]," said MauiWine marketing director Joseph Hegele. "It presents new and unfamiliar challenges in grape growing, things that are unique to us. In many ways, the challenges and difficulties in grape growing are also our strengths and what makes our wine's distinct and interesting."
This past May, MauiWine brought on a new vintner. Rachel Joy arrived just in time to prepare for harvest season. She has a chemistry degree from the University of Massachusetts and more than 10 years of experience working in the wine industry for Newton Vineyards, Jamison Ranch, Don Sebastiani & Sons and Delegate Estate Wines.
Upon leaving the Kings Tasting Tour, my friend and I were definitely inspired and in high spirits. Having an opportunity to share the Island of Maui with mainland friends is always exciting, and visiting the MauiWine property was a highlight of her trip. Besides the opportunity to taste MauiWine varieties, it was kind of like an art history class. After the tour, I asked Joseph Hegele which wine region around the world compares to MauiWine's vineyard type and wine quality output.
"The closest comparison would be to Old World wines of Rhone Valley, France," he said. It's quite a boast, but I'm not surprised that Maui's fertile lands could produce a wine that's comparable to a world-renowned wine province like the Rhone Valley.
Although MauiWine's grapes are growing well and abundantly, it's still a time investment in growing wine varieties. Taken as a whole, MauiWine is still relatively new in the world of winemaking.
Maui has a lot of agri-businesses, but MauiWine is different. Once thought of as merely the place tourists go to for pineapple wine, it's steadily transforming into something much more sophisticated. But there is still much work yet to be done.
"In the coming weeks our new history room will be completed, with new stories and information regarding the past of Ulupalakua and Rose Ranch will be back on the walls," said Paula Hegele. "Three walls will be covered with history from 1860 to present. Captain Makee, King Kalakaua, ranching then and now and a little about the winery's history as well. The grounds look as great as ever–the Jail and King's Cottage are recently remodeled."
Joseph Hegele agrees.
"We just want to continue to make interesting wines that represent the place they are grown, nothing more important that," he said. "As far into the future as I can see, this vineyard will still be about experimentation, discovery and creativity. There will always be unique challenges to face and opportunities to try new things. What these grapes are capable of is not yet defined. We have no restrictions or rules to follow. It's exciting!"
WHAT TO DO AT MAUIWINE
King's Cottage Tasting Room: Built for King Kalakaua in 1856, the King's Cottage is where you can taste complimentary MauiWine varieties. 10am-5:30pm daily.
Historical Tour: MauiWine offers a free historical and cellar tour. 10:30am and 1:30pm daily
King's Tasting: The King's Tasting begins and ends in the "Old Jail" located on the MauiWine property. Built in the 1850s and recently restored, this is where you can relax with a small group tasting wine varietals with a handful of perfect small-bite food pairings. The King's Tasting also provides a guided tour of the grounds, cellar, bottling room and more. Available Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3:30pm. You must book in advance. $50 per person.
Annual Holiday Tree Lighting: On Dec. 10, MauiWine will present their third annual Tree Lighting at Ulupalakua.The ceremony will include a blessing, tree lighting, holiday movie, live music and entertainment, keiki crafts and activities. Santa Claus will visit and be available for keiki photos in front of the holiday tree. Adults can enjoy a sparkling toast and more tastings of their exclusive estate wine varietals. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase from the Ulupalakua Ranch Store & Grill. Admission is free for all residents and visitors, and attendees are urged to bring a can of non-perishable food for donations to the Maui Food Bank.
For more information about MauiWine or to schedule a private tasting, call 808-878-6058 or visit MauiWine.com.
Cover Design: Darris Hurst
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2, Section 1 Part 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 1 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 2 Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 1 Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 2 Part 1, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 1 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 2 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 3 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 4 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 1 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 2 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 3 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 1 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 2 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 3 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 4 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 5 Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 1 Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 2 Part 4, Chapter 1 Part 4, Chapter 2, Section 1 Part 4, Chapter 2, Section 2 Part 4, Chapter 2, Section 3 Part 4, Chapter 3
All Themes Vietnam and the West Impartiality and Action Inevitability of Death Friendship, Loyalty, and Betrayal Romance and Sex
All Characters Thomas Fowler Alden Pyle Phuong Hei General Thé Helen Fowler York Harding Mr. Heng
All Symbols Alcohol and Opium The Helmet The Role of the West
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Friendship, Loyalty, and Betrayal
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Alden Pyle
Phuong Hei
General Thé
Helen Fowler
York Harding
Mr. Heng
Alcohol and Opium
The Role of the West
The Quiet American Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 2 Summary & Analysis
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Fowler has just encountered Pyle, who's staying with him in the military base. Pyle explains how he came to be at the military base: he bought a boat, which he rode "against the current." Fowler asks why he wanted to come to the military base at all, but Pyle says that this would take too long to explain. After a long pause Pyle tells Fowler that he's come to find Fowler himself. Pyle has fallen in love with Phuong, he explains. Fowler finds this hilarious—he wonders aloud why Pyle couldn't have waited a week for Fowler to return to Saigon. Pyle answers that he couldn't stand to be away from Phuong for so long.
Pyle's struggle against the current of the river symbolizes his mad, contradictory struggle to impose peace and order in Vietnam. He fights the natural chaos of all things, in the naïve hope that his academic training will give him the ability to succeed. For the time being, Pyle seems fairly successful in his goals—he manages to track down Fowler, after all. His love for Phuong, based on only a few moments with her, seems both excessively chivalric and excessively condescending.
Pyle tries to speak frankly with Fowler—he asks Fowler for his first name, which is Thomas. Pyle, calling Fowler "Tom," tells Fowler that he's going to ask Phuong to marry him. Fowler is dismissive of this news, though he feels envious when Pyle undresses—he thinks that Pyle "has youth too." Fowler tells Pyle that he himself can't marry Phuong, because he has a wife, Helen, back in England—-a Catholic who refuses to divorce. Pyle seems relieved by this news. He tells Fowler that his first name is Alden, and climbs into bed, almost cheerily.
It's telling that Pyle tries to address Fowler by his first name, while Fowler himself never addresses Pyle by any name other than "Pyle." Pyle is trying to be friends with Fowler and establish a very American sense of camaraderie. Fowler, on the other hand, is so used to a life of cynicism and distance that he can't express any interest in befriending Pyle, especially now that he knows Pyle is his rival for Phuong's affections.
As Pyle and Fowler lie in bed, they hear the sounds of bombs in the distance. Pyle continues speaking about Phuong, and he tells Fowler that they both have Phuong's "interests" in mind. Fowler angrily disagrees, telling Pyle that he's only interested in Phuong's body. He asks Pyle why he doesn't leave Phuong. Pyle replies that doing so would be unfair to Phuong: he explains that he has planned to "take care" of Phuong, providing for her for the rest of her life. Exhausted and infuriated, Fowler pours whiskey for himself and Pyle, and they drink it, "saying nothing."
It's not abundantly clear why Pyle is any more or less acquainted with Phuong than Fowler. Neither man seems to understand Phuong too deeply: she's a beautiful foreign woman who barely speaks their language, and seems totally mysterious and reserved about her inner life. Yet at least Fowler is upfront about his shallowness, while Pyle fools himself into thinking that he truly loves Phuong. His reason for staying with Phuong seems entirely self-deluding: Pyle wants to believe that he has a "duty" to her.
Arn, Jackson. "The Quiet American Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 2." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 12 Nov 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
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Disney: From Offensive to Progressive?
|By Zofia
If you're a human who's been living in the 21st century and not hiding out under a rock, you're probably familiar with at least some of the recent Disney movies. There's the new Beauty and the Beast remake, which, while leaving all the problematic holding-Belle-hostage-till-she-falls-in-love shit, also features the first genuine gay character in one of the studio's films (however subtly), so #progress; Moana, which revolves around Pacific-Islander characters; Zootopia, a social commentary that's kind-of-sort-of about bigotry and racism and police prejudice; Big Hero 6, which takes place in "San Fransokyo" with a diverse cast of characters; and Frozen, which has all-white characters to keep the white people from rioting (but hey, at least the princesses are badass and don't get rescued by men!). On the TV side of Disney's maniacal magical empire, there's the first Latina princess via the eponymous Elena of Avalor (although the fact that they broke tradition and stuck their first Latina princess on TV rather than giving her a proper in-theater debut is a little side-eye-inducing); Doc McStuffins follows the misadventures of a young black girl, who is following in her doctor mother's footsteps; Good Luck Charlie featured the channel's first openly gay couple in an episode a few years ago; and the channel just announced the reboot of the much-beloved That's So Raven, this time featuring Raven as an all-grown-up divorced single mom. So what does all of this mean? Disney really wants you to know how #progressive they are. And, okay, maybe they're also making this push for representation because it's the right thing to do and they've finally realized that—but c'mon. Disney, despite its pixie-dust, is still a corporation. While I'd love to believe Disney's brand of diversity is all in the name of positive representation and rainbows and smiles, it's more likely that they're motivated by simple greed and good PR. And, hey, that's fine. Representation's representation. I'll take what I can get, even if the progress does have a hashtag in front of it.
Anyway, as a certified Disney Dork (what? did my anti-Disney cynicism confuse you?), I'm happy to see the continued evolution of their characters and storylines. In fairness, Disney's actually been working on better representation and diversity in their films/shows since before many Twitter #progressive activists were born. The 90s saw Aladdin, the birth of the headstrong, feminist princess via Belle, Halloweentown (hey, showing witchcraft in a positive light is pretty damn progressive!), and Mulan, not to mention ballsy choices like including the whole religious-hypocrisy thing in Hunchback of Notre Dame—and, speaking of, how badass was Esmeralda?! While those films may not have been flawlessly progressive (e.g., the whole Stockholm vibes of Beauty and the Beast; the bizarre and offensive lyrics to that one Aladdin song) and there were well-intentioned but ultimately tone-deaf stumbles (like with the stereotypical, historically inaccurate Pocahontas), the 90s were, overall, a helluvah step in the right direction—and that direction carried on into the early '00s, with films like Brother Bear, The Emperor's New Groove, Lilo & Stitch, and The Princess and the Frog, as well as Disney Channel's Kim Possible, The Proud Family, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (whose single-mom-led family dynamics were one of few on TV that I could relate to), and yes, That's So Raven (not to mention films like Twitches and The Cheetah Girls). In fact, Disney has been putting to shame many other studios and networks, whose own representation has been a slow, teeth-pulling process—despite ample evidence that audiences won't be scared off by movies led by actors of color, women who don't weigh 110 pounds, or LGBTQ characters. In that regard, Disney could be a rare, shining example of progress and diversity.
And that's crazy—because Disney used to be the exact opposite.
Before the early 00s, before the 90s, back into the shoulder-padded trenches of the 80s and, before it, 70s, 60s, 50s and so forth, Disney was kind of like that racist, sexist, homophobic uncle you don't speak to anymore.
That's right, kiddos: Disney used to be hella ignorant!
But I don't need to patronize. There's a good chance you already know about Disney's history—or at least some of it. For instance, I'm going to bet you've seen The Little Mermaid somewhere between one time and two dozen, and so you may realize—looking back on it with clear adult eyes—the terribleness of Ariel. I mean, for fuck's sake, she literally gives up her voice for a man. And it's framed as a bona fide romance! Throughout much of the movie, she acts like a ditzy, clueless, lovesick puppy at best and annoying idiot at worst, all in the name of a guy she doesn't know and who doesn't know her (though Prince Eric, in fairness, is pretty fucking glorious).
Who wouldn't give up their voice for him?? (And if you say you wouldn't, YOU ARE LYING.)
And let's not overlook the queer-coding of drag-queen-from-under-the-sea, Ursula. Sadly, The Little Mermaid isn't the first or only instance of a queer-coded villain popping up in a Disney movie, and it was a trend that continued into their 90s Renaissance with characters like Pocahontas's Governor Ratcliffe, Hercules's Hades, and Aladdin's Jafar. And, of course, The Little Mermaid is not the only—nor the most egregious—example of a problematic Disney princess.
You've probably seen classics like Cinderella and Snow White, which involve passive princesses and—in Snow White's case—some disturbing implications (I mean, kissing an unconscious, kinda-dead princess is nonconsensual and necrophilia-ish, so . . . there's that). You also should be familiar with Peter Pan, which, like Cinderella and Snow White, is regarded as a classic and still shown to children—despite all of its overt racism. If you don't know what I'm referring to, let me put it simply: The portrayal of Native-Americans in Peter Pan is forty different flavors of fucked up. Just look at how they're drawn!
The person in charge of their designs must've heard the term "redskin" and taken it literally.
And with musical numbers like "What Makes the Red Man Red?", it seems the film took tremendous joy in its appalling racial humor and stereotypes. SMDH.
The thing is, racism (and sexism) in Disney movies was once a time-honored tradition, as much a mainstay as magic and cute animals—like in Lady and the Tramp, with its Siamese cats playing into Asian stereotypes that rival even I.Y. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's. (Not-so-fun fact: The Aristocats also has a feline Asian stereotype. What's the deal, Disney?)
I'm ashamed to admit I thought these two were badass as fuck as a kid. I didn't even know what "stereotype" meant. I also had stuffed animals of them, because—that's right—Disney was still hawking stuffed animals of these two stereotypes in the 21st goddamn century.
Some jackass must've seen Breakfast at Tiffany's and been like, "Mickey Rooney as an Asian stereotype?! Now I've seen everything!" And then Disney was like, "Hold my beer."
The crows in Dumbo are also considered to be black stereotypes (with the lead crow—and the only one that was voiced by a white actor—originally having been named "Jim Crow"), though some point to their intelligence, wit, and sympathy for Dumbo as virtues that somewhat lessen the racism—or, at least, make it easier to swallow. In Fantasia, there are two black female centaurs—Sunflower and Otika—who are subservient to their white centaur counterparts, cleaning and caring for them. In fact, the depiction of these two is so fucked up that Disney ended up removing them from the film altogether to avoid controversy.
Sunflower deserved better.
Plus there's several cartoon shorts featuring such grotesqueries as Mickey donning blackface and stereotyping ad nauseum.
It's Mickey Mouse in blackface, y'all. -mic drop-
And don't even get me started on Disney's long and storied history of fatphobia (which often intersects with their homophobic queer-coding, as with Ursula and Governor Ratcliffe)—from the impossible thinness of their female heroines to mocking/shaming/stereotyping the few rare larger characters that have been included in their movies and shows (as with Disney-Pixar's Wall-E), it's enough to help kids (particularly young girls) develop some pretty shitty feelings about their bodies and beauty in general. And, sadly, despite the recent strides Disney has made, their impossibly-thin heroines and casual fat-shaming are still prevalent (and likely aren't going away any time soon).
Then there's Song of the South.
You may be familiar with this 1940s film because of its infamous racism, but, assuming you aren't, let me sum it up: Set in Reconstruction-Era Georgia, Song of the South is a simplistic and idyllic take on race relations in the South during the 1870s, wherein black people are seemingly subservient to white people because they want to be—a film that, according to the NAACP's Norma Jensen, who saw it at a press screening in 1946, "contains all the clichés in the book." The movie is so racist that Disney has actually never even released the whole thing on home video in the US—which is saying something because, as you can see by how perfectly fine they are to circulate their other racist old films, that's not something they do often or carelessly. (They have, though, released it on home video in parts of Asia and Europe, which is pretty disappointing.)
On the bright side, Song of the South nabbed the first Oscar ever awarded to a black male actor—although it was an honorary one. James Baskett, who played Uncle Remus in addition to providing voice work for the film's animated sequences (this being back when Disney was hopelessly in love with combining animation with live-action films), received the award—something Walt Disney campaigned for, calling him "the best actor [. . .] to be discovered in years." So, that's pretty cool.
Less cool? The fact that James Baskett couldn't attend the premiere, because—since the premiere was held in Atlanta, which was then a segregated city—he wouldn't have been able to take part in the festivities.
Seriously, fuck that.
What's amazing about all of this is that Disney hasn't completely distanced itself from its past. You would expect them to sever ties with any of their old films that perpetuate stereotypes now that they've decided to be #progressive, but, for the most part, they totally haven't. Merchandise for pretty much all of these films (excepting Song of the South) is readily available at their stores; many of these films have attractions based on them at the Disney theme parks; Disney still sells them on home video, and allows them to be rented and streamed; and many of the songs from these films are included on their compilation CDs—in fact, "The Siamese Cat Song," the infamous tune sung by the Asian caricatures in Lady and the Tramp, was included on two of the Disneymania albums from the early '00s, with one version being sung by the Duff sisters (does it make it more or less racist to have two white girls sing it? You decide). "When I See an Elephant Fly," the problematic song sung by the crows in Dumbo, was also covered by white people on one of the Disneymania albums.
Even Song of the South continues to be spotlighted—like with the Disney parks attraction Splash Mountain, based off the film, or the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," which continues to be shoved at us despite being from a racist film and being arguably as inane as the much-reviled "It's a Small World After All." (Yes, if you were wondering: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was indeed covered on a Disneymania album. Three times. And one version was sung by Miley Cyrus!)
I'm sure you can figure out the reason why Disney hasn't quite managed to shut the door on that lil chapter of its backstory, but I'll spell it out for you all the same: money. Yes, Disney could pretend like all of its problematic history never happened—but that would mean forgoing any future opportunity to make a buck off these same problematic properties, and why the fuck would they do that? Instead, they'll just keep Song of the South in a hidden little closet—leaving the door ajar just in case. But the other films won't even be in a hidden little closet: they more or less get to mingle with all the current, respected, progressive Disney films, and continue to be revered as part of Disney's Teflon legacy. Which is . . . batshit, pretty much. (And no, occasionally putting these films in the "Disney Vault"—where Peter Pan is currently located, along with Lady and the Tramp—is not the same as doing away with them or sticking them in the less-cushy Disney closet with Song of the South. I mean, for fuck's sake, movies go in and out of that damned vault faster than Disney produces sequels. And also, the vault's purpose is far from an anti-racism stance.)
Look, I'm not saying I'm in favor of doing away with all of Disney's old, problematic films. They're classics; their existence cleared the way for modern Disney's existence; their animation is spectacular, and they do have their share of good—or even great—parts. At the same time, viewing them should come with an asterisk, and I'm not certain whether or not some of them should even be viewed by kids of the twenty-first century—at least not without a long conversation before or after. Because kids do view the world and the people within it through the lens of what they're taught and shown, exposing kids to, say, the passivity and stereotypical femininity of old Disney princesses could lead them to have a specific view of women that's harmful and inaccurate—and the same is true for Peter Pan's racism. But that's a debate for another time. For now, let's focus on Disney.
To recap, Disney is desperate to prove their #progressive cred (with frequently mixed results), but also continues to hawk their anti-progressive old movies—after all, even the ones that should be banned (and practically are, at least in the US) still have theme park rides. And while I understand not wanting to do away with classic films like Peter Pan, I also think they could, at the very least, do something to lessen the hypocrisy and fakeness of being progressive only to an extent.
Some obvious solutions include re-theming Splash Mountain: leaving the ride intact but switching out the Song of the South touches for a more modern, relevant, and—you know—not super offensive movie. Hell, they could re-theme it to Moana. How cool would that be? And it's not like re-theming is something they don't do: it happens literally all the time—in fact, it's happening right now in Disneyland, as the Tower of Terror goes under the knife for a Guardians of the Galaxy re-theme, and it happened just last year with Epcot's Maelstrom ride being transformed into a Frozen-themed spectacle. (And yes, the fact that they re-themed those two innocuous rides before Splash Mountain does indeed infuriate me.)
If they're going to continue to air their offensive films or allow them to be streamed/purchased on home video, some form of onscreen discretion warning would also be nice—which is exactly what Warner Brothers chose to do with their bigoted cartoons.
Translation: "We were a bunch of racist fucks back in the day, and now we've gotta live this shit down for all of eternity. Enjoy!"
Disney could also move away from the shameless promotion of their old, problematic films by having less merchandise themed to those movies, and including them less often in their various firework shows/parades/assorted montages/compilation albums. They don't have to do away with them completely, just move the focus off the problematic and onto the progressive. And, if they want to keep the nostalgia of their old films, all they have to do is switch out those films for some other oldies that aren't offensive—like Alice in Wonderland or One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Finally, if they're going to do a live-action remake of some of the problematic oldies (and they really shouldn't, but you just know they will), they should use the opportunity to make the films more modern and, yes, progressive. They had that chance with the new Cinderella, but while they made some positive changes, they pretty much squandered it. Nouvel Beauty and the Beast was also something of a missed opportunity—the gay character received a mixed reaction, and while they did add plenty to the story (including, inexplicably, teleportation), and gave new layers to both Belle and the Beast, they did little to change the whole imprisonment/Stockholm thing. I can only hope that when the live-action Little Mermaid comes around (oh yeah, bitches: that's happening), they decide to update Ariel and make her into a feisty feminist warrior princess more on par with their newfound values.
I would love nothing more than to get onboard with Liberal Disney, because I do appreciate their strides in diversity—especially since they've stood by those choices in the face of typical pearl-clutching-conservative backlash—but in order for them to be truly progressive, they have to do more than make a villain's sidekick queer. And if that means severing ties with Song of the South once and for all, shelving much of their problematic backlog, diversifying their Disney princesses (in terms of not only race but sexual orientations and body types), and using their cash-grab live-action remakes as a chance to right some wrongs and maybe make some statements, then I say, bring it on.


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New software updates on Samsung smartphones, these are attractive features
Kathmandu. Samsung has introduced a new software update for its smartphones. Incorporating new features related to design, privacy and security, the company has unveiled 'One UI 4'.
The stable version was made public some time ago. Which will be available in the first phase of Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra series.
Some of these devices are already available. It is being said that it will be available in all the S series smartphones by December.
The company has unveiled UI4 to give a new experience to the users and keep their privacy in mind. In which many new features have become available.
One UI 4 allows users to play with their favorite colors. This means that if you change a wallpaper, the icons, menus, buttons and background will all be the same color from the home screen of the mobile.
Not only this, you also have the option to choose the color manually.
When this happens, the mobile you carry will look different on the same mobile that other users carry. Significant changes have also been made to the Samsung keyboard.
You can now add and send two different emoji at once via Samsung's keyboard. The most important feature is the lock screen.
Now you can change the song even when the screen is locked, play back and forth, record sound when the screen is locked, listen to a song from mobile or listen to a song with earphones or Airbird.
Apart from the new UI, the 'Dynamo' feature is also available in Samsung's mobile. Is there any problem with the user or not? If there is a problem they can easily see in which part the problem is. Protect Battery feature is also available.
With this feature on, even if you charge your mobile overnight, it will not charge more than 85 percent. The company claims that this will not cause any problem like overcharging the mobile battery.
Also, the dark mode has been made more effective in the new UI. On the other hand, if you turn on the dark mode in the mobile, then the light of the app available on the mobile will also be reduced automatically.
Instant video feature is available in the camera. This means you can now take videos while taking photos. However, a new feature has been made available in the zoom feature.
Samsung UI 4 has a new privacy feature. Am I being monitored by my camera when you are currently using your mobile? It may seem that someone is listening to me through the microphone of my mobile phone.
In such a situation, for the privacy of the user, which app in the new UI 4 keeps access to your camera or microphone even if it is not working. This allows you to control whether the app has access to the camera or microphone.
New software updates on Samsung smartphones, such as attractive features.
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