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A Callous Disregard
December 5, 2005 March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg	0 Comments
American interests in the Middle East have always been based upon the need for a continuous, uninterrupted, cheap supply of Arab oil. This has led to policies that have traditionally favored Arab despots and dictators whom (it was believed) could best ensure "political stability." The "realists" in the Administration came to understand that with a significant portion of the world's oil reserves controlled by millions of Arabs scattered throughout the Middle East and with the Saudis alone having almost $600B tied up in America's investments and equities markets, policies that favored the Arab world made perfect financial and political sense. Although the "stability" paradigm has been discredited many times by numerous Arab oil embargoes, exorbitantly high oil prices, innumerable insults from the Arab world, a multibillion dollar Saudi campaign to spread radical Islam globally (culminating on 9/11) all funded by our own petrodollars, this fundamental policy has never really changed…..and unfortunately, without exception, it has always worked against Israel's interests.
Understanding the overriding importance of American oil interests in the Middle East explains why, in November, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice compelled Israel's Minister of Defense Sha'ul Mofaz to sign a dangerous security agreement the effect of which placed untrustworthy European inspectors and Egyptian border guards on the Gaza-Egyptian border and strong-armed Israel into creating a transportation corridor between Gaza and the West Bank. This new "al Qaeda express bus service" will drop Islamic terrorists at Hebron, Ramallah, Tulkarem and Jenin – all convenient sites for striking targets in Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba, Hadera and Netanya, each of which has already been battered by Palestinian suicide bombers……and European Union inspectors have been instructed not to interfere either with the cargo or the passengers.
Immediately following the November meeting, word spread quickly that Secretary Rice could be heard "screaming" at Defense Minister Mofaz demanding that Israel carry out it's commitments under the Roadmap (as they related to border security and crossings) despite the fact that the Palestinian Authority has not honored one single aspect of their commitments to date and that Israel had significant security concerns with the plan.
More disturbing is the fact that Secretary Rice came to Jerusalem already angered because she had just been rebuked by America's erstwhile allies (led by Egypt) at a Pan-Arab conference in Bahrain that had been convened to push (unsuccessfully) for democratic reform in the Arab world. Rather than be insulted for a second time, she came to Israel determined "not to fail again".
In the past, there has always been a tacit understanding with America that, with the departure of Yasser Arafat as a negotiating partner, the Americans would accept a certain Israeli unilateral approach regarding the establishment of its borders and keeping the large settlement blocs. It followed that the Sharon government hoped that this summer's disengagement from Gaza would earn special consideration for Israel, particularly in view of the fact that the Palestinian Authority has not shown any positive cooperation in combating terror and reducing incitement through its media. What is now clear from November's ugly episode is that the U.S. Secretary of State did not show much appreciation for Israel's critical security needs nor respect for its sovereignty. Instead, she challenged the basic assumptions of defense and security that have guided Israeli policy for years.
From the State Department's perspective, it has always been easier (and safer) to extract concessions from Israel than to force the Arabs to honor their commitments or to implement democratic reforms. No matter how little the Palestinian Authority does to discourage terrorism, or to educate its people to co-exist with Israel, it can rely on excuses being made on its behalf by an army of sympathizers throughout the West – in the press, on college campuses and, most disturbingly, in the foreign ministries of the Israel's democratic allies, most notably America.
This coercion is especially disturbing given the events that have transpired since Israel withdrew from Gaza a mere four months ago. Israeli intelligence has confirmed a dramatic increase in violent anti-Israel activities in the West Bank and Gaza. Al Qaeda and most of the Damascus-based Palestinian leadership of Hamas and Islamic Jihad are now in the process of transferring their operations to Gaza and the West Bank; advanced long-range Qassam and Soviet-era Grad missiles are now being launched from the ruins of the evacuated Israeli towns of northern Gaza (Dugit, Elei Sinai and Nisanit) into Israeli towns like Moshav Shuba, Kibbutz Carmia, Kibbutz Sa'ad and the city of Sderot. The major Israeli oil terminal of Ashkelon is now within missile range and this does not take into account the new Syrian Scud D missiles perched on the Lebanese and Syrian borders with Israel.
In December, Hamas swept 73% of the vote in the West Bank's largest city (Nablus) and Gaza has become a terrorist statelet overrun by competing terrorist warlords who will soon have an open seaport and airport through which all forms of weaponry can be expected to flow.
No Arab State has ever been compelled to sacrifice its sovereignty and defense, as Israel is now required to do. That is because America has no problem with Arab states that supply them with oil even if those states do not exactly conform to the American interpretation of "democracy" and "civil rights". This has led to serious concern over the depth of U.S. involvement in everything related to negotiations with the Palestinians. American involvement today is considered an annoyance, with the U.S. interpreting the smallest details in favor of the Palestinians. The U.S. administration is involved in all facets of the negotiations on the opening of border crossings and on Palestinian convoys between Gaza and the West Bank, down to the number of guards on the buses, the nature of security checks, the elections in eastern Jerusalem, and other issues. In other areas, Israel has been forced to cancel a major military contract with China (that would have upgraded their Israeli-made armed drone aircraft) and another with Venezuela (that had been signed to upgrade Venezuelan F-16 fighters). America has also interfered with and opposed the construction of Israel's security barrier* and sold Apache and Cobra attack helicopters to Israel while condemning Israel's use of them in its counter-terrorism operations. Egypt, on the other hand, receives almost as much in American military grants as Israel does yet we hear nothing about American involvement in Egyptian internal and security affairs.
It is past time for this country to recognize Israel's contribution to America's global war efforts and to allow Israel the leverage necessary to defend its security. Each day, Israel relays hard lessons of it's own urban warfare, battle and counter-terrorism activities to the US – lessons that have reduced American losses in Iraq and Afghanistan, prevented attacks on US soil, upgraded American weapons, and contributed to the US economy. Senator Daniel Inouye has argued that the contribution made by Israeli intelligence to America is greater than that provided by "all NATO countries combined". Israel is responsible for over six hundred significant improvements in the US F-16 fighter and has saved the US billions of dollars in modifications (not to mention dozens of years in R&D).
In 2005, Israel shared with America its extensive experience in homeland defense and warfare against suicide bombers and car bombs. It's roadside bomb detection technology has saved the life of Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff on at least three separate occasions not to mention countless American lives in our war against Islamic terrorism. American soldiers continue to train in Israeli facilities and Israeli-made drones continue to fly above the "Sunni Triangle" in Iraq, as well as in Afghanistan providing US Marines with vital, real-time battlefield intelligence. Innovating well out of proportion to its size, Israel has spawned companies that have designed guns that literally shoot around corners, developed urban warfare software that translates dog barks into English-language warnings, and lasers that can detect explosives from 100 feet away.
Working their way through Israeli labs now are intelligent robotic cameras, nanolasers, nuclear resonance imagers that can detect chemical and bioweapons from great distances and a new generation of nano-based protective armor that is five times stronger than steel and at least twice as strong as any impact-resistant material currently in use as protective gear. In recent tests, the material withstood the shock pressures generated by the equivalent of dropping four diesel locomotives onto an area the size of one's fingernail yet the original material remained essentially unscathed. Untold American lives will be saved when this new technology is transferred to the US Defense Department.
Despite all this however, the Israeli defense establishment is browbeaten and forced to act contrary to the security needs of their country. It's time for America to recognize Israel as a major strategic, military and intelligence asset critical to America's national interests. Separate and apart from the fact that both Israel and America share a common democratic culture totally alien to that of the Arab world, there is a commonality of strategic interests that must be recognized if the war in which we are both engaged is to be won.
*Opposition to the security barrier is all the more upsetting when one considers what other nations have done based upon the Israeli model. India has adopted Israel's barrier strategy with great success to reduce Islamist guerrillas infiltrating into Kashmir and is extending the concept to guard against Islamist incursions from Bangladesh as well. Saudi Arabia is using the Israeli example as a model for its own security fence to reduce al Qaeda and other Islamist infiltration from Yemen. No criticism has been made of these barriers.
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The Crawler finds and downloads the list of the currently-available extensions on the Chrome Web Store, determines which extensions are at a version that has already been downloaded, downloads those that have not yet been downloaded, and adds information on the newly downloaded extensions to the database.
The documentation for the Crawler code is under crawl: The Chrome Web Store Crawler.
The Template Generator runs concurrently with the Crawler. For each new extension downloaded by the Crawler, the Template Generator calculates the centroid of the extension and stores it in the database. The Template Generator does not run inside Chrome or Chrome OS, and so it does not use the same mechanisms for unpacking and installing that Chrome does natively. Instead, the primary function of the Template Generator is to mimic as closely as possible the Chrome's functions as they pertain to unpacking and installing extensions.
The code for the Template Generator is implemented alongside the Crawler, but the main function that creates templates is calc_centroid().
The Profiler is a command line tool designed for use by forensic examiners to create profiles of the extensions installed on a disk image. This is the piece of code that uses the information about Chrome OS's disk and file system layout to identify the most likely encrypted directories to contain installed extensions. It then leverages the MERL Exporter to interpret the results against the database of extension templates and store them to a MERL file.
The documentation for the Profiler code is under profile: Find Extensions on a Disk Image.
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El xafiisme —, , o — és una de les quatre escoles jurídico-teològiques (o del fiqh) de l'islam sunnita, juntament amb el hanbalisme, el hanafisme i el malikisme. Va ser fundada al  per Abu-Abd-Al·lah Muhàmmad ibn Idrís aix-Xafií (767-820), i proposa, a grans trets, un retorn fidel i lliurat a l'esperit primitiu de l'Alcorà i a la tradició observada pel Profeta i els seus primers companys. Molt estesa per Bahrain, el Iemen, part d'Egipte, el Daguestan i una bona part de l'Àsia oriental i central, actualment és dominant als països musulmans del sud-est asiàtic, com ara Indonèsia, Malàisia, Tailàndia, Singapur, Myanmar i part de les Filipines.

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Coffee Flavor Terms are sometimes thought to be something only the connoisseur would be concerned with.
However, the following definitions of coffee characteristics will enable you to have a better understanding of what flavors, aromas and colors are beneficial and not so beneficial to your drinking pleasure.
Acidity: is a pleasant quality that points out a coffees flavor and provides a liveliness, sparkle, or snap to the drink. The acidity may be assessed as lively, moderate, flat, or dull.
Aged: is a bean that's been stored for at least a year or more before roasting. The bean has then lost it's acidic flavor, becoming richly sweet and heavily bodied.
Aftertaste: is the sensation of brewed coffee vapors, ranging from carbon to chocolaty and spicy to turpentine as they are released from the residue remaining in the mouth after swallowing.
Alkaline: is a clawing sensation at the back of the tongue caused by alkaline and phenolic compounds that have bitter but not necessarily displeasing tastes; coffee flavor term for dark roasts and some Indonesian coffees.
Aroma: is an odor or fragrance of brewed coffee.
Astringent: is a puckering, salty sensation felt on the front side of the tongue when a cup of coffee is first sipped.
Baked: is a taste and odor contaminant that gives coffee a flat distinct and uninteresting taste. The corruption is caused by not enough heat over too long of a period during roasting "specifically, when roasts take longer than approx. 18 min.."
Balance: is the term to describe the flavor when one characteristic doesn't intrude on another. Also when the coffees taste is not plain so that it's flavor is still playful.
Bitter: a flavor of over-extracted brews as well as over-roasted coffees, and those with various taste defects. It's a harsh, unpleasant taste detected towards the back of the tongue and normally found only in Dark Roast's.
Bland: the pale flavor often found in low grown robusta beans. Also caused by under-extracted coffees.
Blend: is a mixture of two or more individual varieties.
Body: is an impression of the weight of the coffee in the mouth. May range from thin to medium to full, buttery, or syrupy.
Bouquet: is a frequently used term, often used when referring to the smell of grounds. Aroma is often distinctive and complex. Some flavor terms used to describe it include: caramel (candy or syrup-like), carbon (for a dark roast), chocolate, fruity, floral, malty (cereal-like), rich, round, and spicy.
Bright: is a tangy acidity, often described as bright.
Briny: is the salty sensation caused by excessive heat after brewing is complete.
Buttery: Is the rich and oily coffee flavor and texture, qualities of some Indonesian varieties, for example: Sulawesi.
Caffeine - Lower altitude grown coffee beans have less caffeine than beans grown at high altitudes.
Caramelized: Is a sweet, almost-burnt, syrupy flavor not unlike the taste of caramelized sugar.
Creme: is the tan foam that forms when you brew espresso. The creme makes a "cap" which helps retain the smells and coffee flavor of the espresso within the cup.
Earthy: Is the positive coffee flavor when applied to dry processing; the herbal, musty, mushroom-like range of flavors, characteristics of Indonesian blends. For washed coffee, tasting "earthy" is a defect.
Exotic: is a flavor pertaining to the coffee from East Africa. Exotic refers to unusual flavor notes, such as floral and berry-like (containing black currant or blueberry notes, for example). Contrary to Latin American coffee, whose bean characteristic is clean, acidic flavors provide the standard, and are generally not exotic.
Ferment: is a taste fault in the beans that produces a highly objectionable spoiled-fruit taste. Ferment is the result of enzymatic activity that occurs during the frying process, changing sugars to acids in the green bean. Unlike dirtiness and mustiness, which can be disguised by dark roasting, ferment becomes worse the longer it cooks.
Flat: is an odor taint that occurs as a result of aromatic compounds departing from beans during the staling process in both whole-bean and ground, or during the holding process in brewed coffee.
Fruit-Like: is a flavor that refers to the natural aroma of berries and that also correlates with the perception of high acidity. It shouldn't be confused with fruity, which is the first stage of the taste defect ferment.
Grassy: is a taste and odor defect that gives coffee the characteristic of newly mown alfalfa or green grass.
Green: is a herbal, grassy flavor caused by incomplete development of flavor due to improper roasting. It may also be present in the early pickings of a new bean harvest.
Groundly: is a musty, earthy taste associated with coffees that have been damaged in drying or storage.
Harsh: is an unpleasant taste. Reminiscent of raw weeds, and typical of "robusta coffees and Brazils" that have been allowed to dry on the tree. It should be noted that a few coffee drinkers prefer harshness in the cup (see Rioy).
Hidy: is a coffee that has absorbed the aroma of leather or animal hides as a result of being stored or shipped in close proximity to these such items.
Heavy Roast: is very dark-roasted coffee with a bittersweet tang.
Mellow: is the middle of the road, a balanced flavor that's not too acidic and not too syrupy.
Musty: is a term usually applied to coffee flavors that result from improper heating or drying during processing. However, there also is a mustiness in vintage coffees that is a preferred quality. Connoisseur's, for example, love the naturally sweet mustiness of vintage Colombian coffees.
Rioy: is a harsh, medicine-like flavor present in some coffees produced in the Rio district of Brazil. The term is sometimes applied to any harsh-flavored coffees. The heavy, somewhat pungent, taste is preferred by a few coffee drinkers in the southern United States and France.
Soft: is a low acidic green coffee that is of good drinking quality, without any unpleasant taste characteristics. Like the flavor aspect of mellow.
Sour: is a particular taste linked to bacterial fermentation of green coffee beans, that produces a lactic acid from the lactose and acetic acid from alcohol.
Spicy: is the aroma of coffee versus it's taste.
Sweet: is the trade term to describe coffees that taste un harsh or undamaged in any way as opposed to harshness of a (Rioy).
Tangy: is the taste that would indicate a wine taste or acidic fruitiness that is quite pleasantly sharp, most evident in high-grown Costa Rican coffees.
Tannin: is a puckery flavor typically caused by the presence of chemicals that are related to tannic acid. A similar property is found in tea's and certain red wines.
Wild: describes coffees with extreme aroma or flavor that could be called defects or attributes to some.
Winy: are coffees with a fruity acid and smooth body, not unlike a fine red wine. A good example of a winy coffee is the Kenyan AA coffee.
So to finish, you now should be able to determine which coffee you would enjoy more than others, and possibly use this knowledge to entertain your friends at the same time.Enjoy!


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Sir Lawrence David Freedman, KCMG, CBE (* 7. Dezember 1948 in Tynemouth) ist ein britischer Politikwissenschaftler und Militärhistoriker.

Leben
Freedman wurde als Sohn eines britischen Marineoffiziers (Lieutenant Commander) und späteren AJEX-Funktionärs und seiner Frau geboren. Er besuchte die Whitley Bay Grammar School in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside und studierte dann an der Victoria University of Manchester (BA), der University of York (BPhil) und der University of Oxford (DPhil).

Er forschte am Nuffield College in Oxford und am International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Von 1976 bis 1978 war er am Royal Institute of International Affairs tätig. Von 1978 bis 1982 war er Leiter der Policy Studies. 1978 wurde er Fellow am Department of War Studies am King's College London. Dort erhielt er 1982 eine Professur und leitete von 1982 bis 1997 das Department. 2001 wurde er Dekan der School of Social Science and Public Policy und 2003 Vice Principal (Strategy & Development) des King's College London. 1993 war er Gastredner am Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.

Freedman ist darüber hinaus seit 1993 Mitglied des Councils der UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, zuvor des International Institute for Strategic Studies. Von 1983 bis 1998 war er Vorsitzender des Committee on International Peace and Security des Social Science Research Council. Von 2001 bis 2009 war er Trustee des Imperial War Museum. Außerdem arbeitete er als Zeitungskolumnist und ist Mitglied des Editorial Board des Journal of Strategic Studies. Er wurde 1997 zum Official Historian des Falklandkrieges ernannt. 2009 wurde Freedman Privy Councillor und war in dieser Eigenschaft Mitglied des Iraq Inquiry Committee (2009–2011).

Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher zur Nuklearstrategie, zum Kalten Krieg und weiteren sicherheitspolitischen Themen.

Freedman ist verheiratet mit Judith Freedman (Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law) und Vater von zwei Kindern.

Auszeichnungen und Mitgliedschaften
 1989: Mitglied der Academia Europaea
 1990: Ehrendirektor, Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London
 1994: Erasmus Medal, Academia Europaea
 1995: Fellow, British Academy
 1996: Order of the British Empire (CBE)
 2002: Silver Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
 2003: Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG)
 2006: Chesney Gold Medal, Royal United Services Institute
 2009: Lionel Gelber Prize
 2009: Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature, Royal United Services Institute
2020: Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Schriften (Auswahl)
 mit Catherine McArdle Kelleher, Jane M. O. Sharp (Hrsg.): The treaty on conventional armed forces in Europe. The politics of post-wall arms control (= Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden. Bd. 100). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1996, ISBN 3-7890-4435-0.
 Strategy: a history. Oxford University Press New York 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-932515-3.
 The Future of War: A History. Penguin, New York 2018, ISBN 978-0-14-197560-3.
 Ukraine and the Art of Strategy. Oxford University Press, New York 2019, ISBN 978-0-19-090288-9.
 Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Oxford University Press, New York 2022, ISBN 978-0-19-754067-1.

Literatur
 William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein (Hrsg.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2011, ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4, S. 297.
 Benedict Wilkinson, James Gow (Hrsg.): The Art of Creating Power: Freedman on Strategy. C. Hurst, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-84904-581-0.

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 Lawrence Freedman am King's College London
 Lawrence Freedman bei The Iraq Inquiry

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Q: When Control.ParentChanged Event occurs? I read about Control.ParentChanged Event on MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.parentchanged(VS.71).aspx
But I don't understand the sample code: there's no ParentChanged at all appearing in source code ?
private void currencyTextBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   try
   {
      // Convert the text to a Double and determine if it is a negative number.
      if(double.Parse(currencyTextBox.Text) < 0)
      {
         // If the number is negative, display it in Red.
         currencyTextBox.ForeColor = Color.Red;
      }
      else
      {
         // If the number is not negative, display it in Black.
         currencyTextBox.ForeColor = Color.Black;
      }
   }
   catch
   {
      // If there is an error, display the text using the system colors.
      currencyTextBox.ForeColor = SystemColors.ControlText;
   }
}

So I don't understand what Control.ParentChanged Event is or does.

A: Hehe, they just couldn't come up with a good example.  And punted by showing a generic FooChanged event handler instead.  Yeah, useless.
It is quite unusual to implement a ParentChanged event handler yourself.  It's a big deal in the Winforms internals, properties like BackColor, ForeColor, Font are 'ambient' properties.  If they are not overridden from the default then they'll get the value of the Parent.  Which of course means that it is really important to notice that the parent changed.  The winforms code already takes care of it, you very rarely have to worry about it.  Unless you create your own ambient property of course.

A: There would be another piece of code elsewhere that registers this as an event handler:
currencyTextBox.ParentChanged += new EventHandler(currencyTextBox_TextChanged);

However, I agree - the method name is misleading.
This event handler will fire when you change the parent control of this control to a different parent control.
You may want to read up on raising and consuming events.

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Gemcitabine Re-challenge in Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Therapeutic Option for Selected Patients
ANA SEBIO, ANASTASIA CONSTANTINIDOU, CHARLOTTE BENSON, GEORGIOS ANTONIOU, CHRISTINA MESSIOU, AISHA MIAH, SHANE ZAIDI, ANN PETRUCKEVITCH, OMAR AL-MUDERIS, KHIN THWAY, WINETTE T. VAN DER GRAAF and ROBIN L. JONES
Anticancer Research January 2019, 39 (1) 347-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.13118
ANA SEBIO
1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.
ANASTASIA CONSTANTINIDOU
2Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
CHARLOTTE BENSON
GEORGIOS ANTONIOU
CHRISTINA MESSIOU
3Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.
AISHA MIAH
SHANE ZAIDI
ANN PETRUCKEVITCH
4Statistics Department, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.
OMAR AL-MUDERIS
KHIN THWAY
WINETTE T. VAN DER GRAAF
ROBIN L. JONES
For correspondence: robin.jones4@nhs.net
Background/Aim: Treatment options for patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcomas are limited. Re-challenge with a previously successful gemcitabine-based regimen is common. There are no published data to support this practice. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective search to identify patients re-challenged with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (GBC) from 2003 to 2015. Results: Twenty-nine patients re-challenged with gemcitabine were identified. The response rate for initial GBC was 55% (n=15) and for re-challenge GBC 26% (n=6). The median progression-free survival was 11.1 months (95%CI=7.2-11.9) for initial GBC and 5.3 months (95%CI=2.0-7.5) for re-challenge GBC. Overall survival following gemcitabine re-challenge was 12.2 months (95%CI=7.0-18.2). Twelve out of 26 evaluable patients (46%) treated with re-challenge GBC experienced grade 3-4 adverse events (CTCAE 4.03) with 31% (n=8) of patients requiring dose reduction. Conclusion: In selected patients, gemcitabine re-challenge can be considered in advanced sarcomas, however, this approach is associated with toxicity.
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Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are rare tumours that represent approximately 1% of adult cancers (1). STS comprise more than 60 different entities of which leiomyosarcoma (LMS), liposarcoma (LPS) and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma are among the most common subtypes (2). For localized disease, surgery with or without neoadjuvant/adjuvant radiation is the mainstay of management (3, 4). The role of neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy is controversial, but it may be considered in patients with high risk of relapse (5, 6). Despite advances in therapy, approximately 50% of patients will develop recurrent/metastatic disease. The cornerstone of treatment for metastatic/locally advanced inoperable disease consists of palliative systemic chemotherapy.
Anthracycline-based therapy (either alone or in combination) is the standard first-line therapy (7, 8). Over the last few years, a number of new agents have been approved for 2nd and subsequent line therapy, including trabectedin, pazopanib and eribulin (9, 10). However, older chemotherapy drugs such as ifosfamide and gemcitabine still belong to the standard armamentarium for advanced disease.
Gemcitabine is a pyrimidine antimetabolite drug frequently used in combination with docetaxel. In a phase II trial conducted by the Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC) in unselected metastatic STS, the combination of gemcitabine plus docetaxel was superior to gemcitabine alone in terms of response rate (16% vs. 8%), median progression-free (6.2 vs. 3.0 months) and median overall survival (17.9 vs. 11.5 months) at the expense of a higher toxicity profile (11). The French phase II TAXOGEM trial, evaluated gemcitabine vs. gemcitabine docetaxel as 2nd-line therapy in patients with metastatic leiomyosarcoma. The endpoint of the study was response rate, which was 19% for gemcitabine alone and 24% for the combination arm (not statistically significant). The median progression-free survival was 6.3 months for non-uterine leiomyosarcomas treated with the combination compared to 3.8 months for the gemcitabine monotherapy arm (12).
Gemcitabine can also be combined with dacarbazine. In a phase II trial conducted by the Spanish Sarcoma Group (GEIS), gemcitabine plus dacarbazine was compared to dacarbazine alone in previously treated STS patients. The combination arm yielded a higher response rate (12% vs. 4%), as well as longer progression-free (4.2 vs. 2 months; HR=0.58; p=0.005) and overall survival (16.8 vs. 8.2 months; HR=0.55; p=0.014) (13).
Despite the recent advances and the incorporation of new drugs, treatment options for metastatic STS remain limited. Consequently, maximising the existing regimens by re-challenging selected patients who relapse after a reasonable interval with the same effective chemotherapy agent can be considered. Re-challenge with doxorubicin is not possible due to the risk of cardiotoxicity. In a retrospective study, ifosfamide re-challenge was found to be a viable option for metastatic STS, specifically synovial sarcoma (14).
Gemcitabine-based re-challenge may also be an option in selected patients previously benefitting from gemcitabine. To our knowledge, there are no published data supporting this strategy and therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of gemcitabine-based re-challenge in STS patients treated at a single referral centre.
Institutional approval was obtained prior to commencing the study (Royal Marsden Clinical Audit Committee approval 7/11/2017). The prospectively maintained Royal Marsden Sarcoma Unit database was retrospectively reviewed to identify patients re-challenged with gemcitabine between 2003 and 2015. Gemcitabine-based re-challenge was defined as treatment with gemcitabine as mono-therapy or in combination with another chemotherapy agent (docetaxel or dacarbazine) in any line and subsequent re-treatment with gemcitabine in a further line. Initial gemcitabine-based chemotherapy was defined as the chemotherapy line that gemcitabine was first used.
Clinical data and demographics as well as treatment details were obtained from the electronic patient records. This study was not limited to any specific histology and in all cases the histologic diagnosis was confirmed by a specialist STS pathologist (KT).
Chemotherapy schedules, response and toxicity assessment. Gemcitabine was administered as monotherapy at 1,200 mg/m2 Days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks or in combination with docetaxel (gemcitabine 900 mg/m2 or 675 mg/m2 Days 1 and 8 and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 Day 8) or dacarbazine (gemcitabine 1,800 mg/m2 Days 1 and 15 and dacarbazine 500 mg/m2 Days 1 and 15). Re-challenge gemcitabine-based regimes could be the same as the first or differ at the discretion of the treating oncologist.
Response assessment was performed using CT scans. We retrospectively reviewed CT scans performed every 2 to 3 cycles using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1). Re-review of radiologic response was only possible for imaging performed from 2006 onwards (following installation of electronic archiving).
Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) were used to record grade 3 and 4 toxicities.
Statistical analysis. Clinical activity to gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (GBC) was measured following RECIST 1.1 as the percentage of patients achieving a complete response (CR) or a partial response (PR).
Baseline characteristics.
Progression-free survival (PFS) for first GBC treatment was calculated from the first treatment date until disease progression and for second GBC from the first treatment date until disease progression, death by any cause or last follow-up.
Overall survival of the series was calculated from the original diagnosis date until death by any cause or last follow up. Overall survival (OS) after GBC re-challenge was calculated from the first treatment date of the second GBC treatment to the date of death by any cause or last follow-up. For OS and PFS analysis, survival curves and survival medians were estimated at 95% confidence using the Kaplan–Meier estimator. A 95% level of significance was used for all the statistical tests. All statistical analyses were done using the statistical software STATA version 13.1.
Baseline characteristics. From 2003 to 2015 a total of 29 patients were re-challenged with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (GBC). The median age at diagnosis was 48 years and 72% of the patients were female. The majority of patients were diagnosed with metastatic leiomyosarcoma (n=25, 86%) mostly uterine leiomyosarcoma (n=16, 55%) and the majority of the tumours were intermediate to high grade (n=21). The baseline characteristics of this series are shown in Table I.
Progression-free survival following initial and re-challenge gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. a) Progression-free survival following initial gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. b) Progression-free survival following re-challenge gemcitabine-based chemotherapy.
Response and toxicity
Initial gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. Thirty-eight percent (n=11) of patients received initial GBC as 1st-line therapy, 45% (n=13) as 2nd-line and 17% (n=5) as 3rd-line or greater. Twenty-five (86%) patients received gemcitabine plus docetaxel as initial GBC and the remainder gemcitabine alone as initial GBC. The median number of cycles administered was 5.4. Twenty-eight patients were evaluable for response, as one patient did not have RECIST measurable disease. The response rate was 55% (n=15).
Nine (31%) of the evaluable patients experienced grade 3-4 toxicity and 7 (24%) required a dose reduction.
Re-challenge gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. Re-challenge GBC consisted of gemcitabine-docetaxel in 66% (n=19), gemcitabine mono-therapy in 31% (n=9) and gemcitabine-dacarbazine in 3% (n=1) of patients. Re-challenge GBC was administered as 2nd-line therapy in 21% (n=6), as 3rd-line in 34% (n=10) and 4th-line/greater in 45% (n=13) of patients. The median number of cycles administered was 4.2. Twenty-three patients were evaluable for response and the response rate for gemcitabine re-challenge was 26% (n=6).
Twelve out of 26 patients (46%) treated with re-challenge GBC experienced grade 3-4 adverse events and 31% (n=8) required a dose reduction.
Only patients with leiomyosarcoma had RECIST radiological responses (n=15/25) to either initial or re-challenge GBC. No radiological responses were observed in the 4 other histological subtypes. A total of 5 patients had a response to initial GBC and also to gemcitabine re-challenge.
Progression-free and overall survival. The median PFS was 11.1 months (95%CI=7.2-11.9) for initial GBC. For re-challenge with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy median PFS was 5.3 months (95%CI=2.0-7.5) (Figure 1).
Following initial GBC, the majority of patients (n=23) had a PFS of more than 6 months. Two of the patients not achieving 6 months PFS had angiosarcoma and spindle cell sarcoma.
Following re-challenge GBC, a total of 16 patients had a PFS longer than 4 months.
The median overall survival from sarcoma diagnosis of this series was 50.6 months (95%CI=33.4-69.9). The median overall survival for patients treated with gemcitabine re-challenge was 12.2 months (95%CI=7.0-18.2) (Figure 1).
Our retrospective study suggests that re-challenge with a previously successful gemcitabine-based regimen can be a therapeutic option for selected metastatic soft tissue sarcoma patients.
It is important to highlight that in our clinical practice we selected patients achieving a good and prolonged response with initial GBC before considering re-challenge with gemcitabine. Furthermore, we would not employ re-challenge GBC in those with progressive disease to initial GBC and those with a poor performance status.
In our study, the majority of patients had leiomyosarcoma (mostly grade 2 and 3) highlighting the higher sensitivity of this subtype to gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (15).
The majority of patients were treated with gemcitabine plus docetaxel as initial (55%) and re-challenge (25%) GBC.
The median PFS for initial GBC was 11.1 months, which is longer than that reported in prospective trials. This is probably due to the inherent selection bias of this series (i.e. to be considered for re-challenge, patients had durable benefit to initial GBC). In the GeDDis trial, comparing 1st-line gemcitabine-docetaxel versus doxorubicin, the median PFS for gemcitabine-docetaxel was 6 months. The median PFS for re-challenge GBC was relatively long (5.3 months), considering many patients received re-challenge GBC as 4th-line or greater. Moreover, the median overall survival following re-challenge GBC was 12.2 months, but again this emphasises the selection of this chemo-sensitive cohort.
Gemcitabine plus docetaxel is associated with considerable toxicity. In the phase II trial published in 2002, the haematological grade 3-4 toxicities were 21% neutropenia (neutropenic fever 6%), 29% thrombocytopenia and 15% anaemia, and non-haematological grade 3-4 toxicities included 21% dyspnoea or 21% fatigue (16). In the phase III GeDDis trial, 285 serious adverse events were reported of which 111 (39%) were febrile neutropenia, fever and neutropenia, which led to 18% dose reductions (8). Other gemcitabine combinations or gemcitabine monotherapy have been associated with a lower percentage of severe adverse events (12, 13), but in our study fewer patients were treated with these regimens. Grade 3-4 toxicities in the re-challenge GBC setting were high (46%) and a considerable number of patients needed a dose reduction (31%). The fact that patients were treated in the 4th-line or greater may have contributed to this toxicity profile (i.e. heavily pre-treated). Therefore, when considering gemcitabine re-challenge the risk of increased toxicity should be discussed carefully with patients. If toxicity is a potential concern, then gemcitabine mono-therapy could be used.
The limitations of our study include its retrospective nature, the small number of patients, the lack of radiological review for some patients as well as the lack of patient reported outcome measures (which are particularly relevant in the setting of pre-treated advanced cancer).
The outcome of patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma remains poor with few systemic therapy options. Gemcitabine re-challenge could be a potential option for selected patients. Based on our results, patients with leiomyosarcoma achieving a PFS longer than 6 months following initial GBC could benefit the most. However, it is important to discuss the potential for toxicity carefully with patients, particularly if re-challenge is offered to heavily pre-treated patients.
During this work, Ana Sebio was a recipient of a Juan Rodés contract (JR14/00006) and a mobility grant (M-AES, 2017) from Instituto Salud Carlos III.
The Authors acknowledge support from the NIHR Royal Marsden/ICR Biomedical Research Centre.
This article is freely accessible online.
Received November 25, 2018.
Revision received December 6, 2018.
Accepted December 7, 2018.
Copyright© 2019, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved
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Antimony biomethylation by mixed-cultures of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions.
The volatile antimony compound trimethylantimony (TMA) was detected in headspace gases over anaerobic soil enrichment cultures spiked with potassium antimony tartrate. The presence of TMA was variable (12 positives from 104 cultures) and dependent upon both the inoculum source (environmental sample) and enrichment culture conditions. Positives for TMA formation were obtained with variable frequency for four of the six soils tested and for three types of enrichment culture, designed to encourage growth of nitrate-reducing, methane-producing or fermentative bacteria. The identity of the volatile antimony compound produced in each of the three types of enrichment culture was confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectroscopy. There was no evidence of any other volatile antimony compound in the headspace gases. These data suggest that the capability to generate TMA is widely distributed in the terrestrial environment and is attributable to different metabolic types of micro-organisms.
Citation : Jenkins, R.O. et al. (1998) Antimony biomethylation by mixed-cultures of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 12 (6) pp. 449-455.


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This lesson presents a tale of two kings… the promising but doomed Saul and the promising and complex David… at this point still a bright and faithful young man. These texts invite us to look beyond our assumptions and biases and update our view of ourselves and each other.
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An "absolute mess" and "frightening" were the descriptors that immediately emerged from the panel. When dealing with these types of threats, Harold Ford, Jr. argued, "we have to make at times very messy and sometimes uncomfortable and oftentimes questionable decisions." But now Democrats should look back at how they questioned the Bush administration's tactics.
"If this was happening, and his name was Bush, I think there'd be a lot of criticism coming at this president," he said.
"If George Bush had done this, it would have been stopped," Scarborough added.
"I think it would have been certainly a huge controversy that would have erupted," Mika Brzezinski responded, noting that the issue now is how many questions the administration will face about it.
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This is a private museum dedicated to the cult film The Third Man, which was shot in Vienna and released in 1949.
This is a private museum dedicated to the cult film The Third Man, which was shot in Vienna and released in 1949. This film is often played at the Burgkino.


Gulf Shores is a beautiful coastal town filled with restaurants and bars like the Pink Pony Pub and Cosmo's, fishing charters, 15 golf courses and driving ranges, state parks, beaches and museums. If your vacation plans bring you to this waterfront getaway, you will find a few lodging options that offer a little more fun and privacy than the standard hotel.
Gulf State Park offers 20 cabins with four nestled in the woods and the remaining 16 situated along the shores of Lake Shelby. All cabins are furnished and include kitchens and bathrooms, screen porches, grills and picnic tables. The waterfront units include fishing piers and cleaning stations. The kitchens include all cooking and eating utensils, and televisions with satellite service are included in all cabins. Linens and towels are provided by the park. While leashed dogs are permitted in designated areas of the park, the cabins are off limits, so be sure to make arrangements for your four-legged companions before making reservations. Spend the day fishing, swimming, boating, hiking and geocaching at this scenic park, or visit one of the nearby attractions such as an outlet mall or the Orange Beach Zoo.
Located 23 miles from Gulf Shores, this property is home to seven camping cabins featuring porches, picnic tables and grills, and all are equipped with heating and air conditioning. These bare bones cabins include a bunk bed and double bed, and you are responsible for towels, pillows, linens and all cooking and dining supplies. The campground includes bathrooms, showers and laundry facilities as well as a playground, camp store, recreation hall and free Wi-Fi. Nearby attractions include miniature golf, horseback riding, golfing, dolphin tours and fishing charters.
Oak Haven is 30 miles north of Gulf Shores. This small community of cottages features a multitude of activities like swimming, fishing, water skiing and even crabbing. Located within walking distance of downtown Fairhope, you will have access to a theater, churches and recreational programs. All 16 units include bedroom linens and bathroom towels as well as pots, pans, utensils and plates for the kitchen. Separate bedrooms, screened porches and decks are standard for most cabins, and all include a microwave, toaster and coffee maker.
Brazeau, Krista. "Cabins near Gulf Shores, Alabama." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/cabins-near-gulf-shores-alabama-37822.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.


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Les dénominations ried   et bruch s'appliquent à des régions de prés inondables ou de forêt galerie à la végétation luxuriante en pays tempérés. Le Petit Ried, au nord de Strasbourg, et le Grand Ried, au sud, ont été modelés par les divagations du Rhin dans sa zone d'épandage, avant sa canalisation (voir « grand canal d'Alsace »).

La forêt rhénane proprement dite (forêts de la Robertsau et du Neuhof) est constituée du  et du . Le Weichholzauenwald se situe dans les Gründe  en zone inondable et est pauvre en espèces (saules, peupliers noirs, etc.) tandis que le Hartholzauenwald se trouve sur les Köpfe (partie plus élevée) et est d'une grande richesse faunistique et floristique .

Les mille hectares du ban de la commune de Rhinau (Bas-Rhin) situés sur la rive droite du Rhin constituent le dernier exemple de forêt galerie tempérée en Europe occidentale.

Toponymie
Le mot ried a été apporté par les différents dialectes alsaciens et souabes. La prononciation alsacienne de "ried" est l'équivalent de "rid" avec un simple i long, parfois très long.

Le terme « ried » semble dérivé de l'alémanique « rieth », qui signifie jonc (roseau).

Géographie

 Le Petit Ried s'étend de la forêt de la Robertsau, à Strasbourg, jusqu'à Lauterbourg

 Le Grand Ried est délimité à l'est par le Rhin, à l'ouest par l'Ill, au nord par Strasbourg et au sud par Colmar.
 le Ried gris dont celui de Sélestat,
le Ried noir,
Le Ried brun.
Le Ried blond, bande étroite en rive gauche du Rhin, de Strasbourg au sud de Mulhouse.

 Le Ried de Rouffach se situe au sud de Colmar.
Le Bruch de l'Andlauou Ried d'Orschwihr, à l'ouest, entre  l'Ehn et l'Andlau est un Ried particulier.
La plaine alluviale du Taubergießen dans le Bade-Wurtemberg, qui fait partie du ban de Rhinau est également un Ried.

Aménagement du Rhin

Avant son aménagement, le Rhin était composé de nombreux bras de rivière entourant des îles. Le Rhin déposait des alluvions sur une large zone d'épandage et rechargeait la nappe phréatique rhénane, ou s'y alimentait en fonction des saisons. Le Rhin est aujourd'hui canalisé, ce qui rend le fleuve navigable et a permis de construire des usines hydroélectriques, au détriment de ses géomorphologie et dynamique fluviales.

L'hydroélectricité de la plupart des barrages est entièrement attribuée à la France. Seuls les deux barrages construits le plus récemment, à savoir Gambsheim (F) - Freistett (D) et Iffezheim (D) - Beinheim (F), tous deux situés en aval de Strasbourg dans le Petit Ried, produisent une électricité partagée par moitié entre les deux États. En pratique, le barrage de Gambsheim alimente le réseau français, tandis que le barrage d'Iffezheim alimente le réseau allemand. Le barrage d'Iffezheim a été équipé d'une cinquième turbine en 2013.

Ornithologie
Le fossé du Rhin, et partant le Ried, se situe sur un couloir majeur de migration des oiseaux (l'autre couloir se trouvant plus à l'ouest, sur la Manche et l'Atlantique).

Géologie

Au Miocène, l'ur-Aar se jette dans le Danube. Au Pliocène moyen, l'ur-Aar se jette dans le Rhône au travers du Doubs. Ce n'est qu'à la fin du Pliocène, quand la barrière formée par le Kaiserstuhl saute, que l'Aar rejoint le Rhin, ce qui explique la présence d'alluvions alpines dans le Ried au Quaternaire.

Au cours de la période quaternaire, alors que la subsidence de la vallée du Rhin se poursuit, les alluvions constituées de sable et de graviers d'origine vosgienne mais avant tout alpine, comme nous l'avons vu plus haut, s'accumulent pour atteindre une épaisseur qui va de 75 m à Strasbourg à 250 m à Neuf-Brisach, en passant par 150 m à la hauteur de Mulhouse . Les sables vosgiens présentent une forte teneur en tourmaline, tandis que les sables alpins, majoritaires, sont caractérisés par une association de minéraux lourds spécifiques (hornblende verte, épidote et grenat) .

De par leur porosité, ces roches meubles abritent la plus grande nappe phréatique d'Europe. Le volume d'eau est estimé à 300 milliards de mètres cubes (dont 35 milliards rien que pour l'Alsace). De nombreuses gravières s'y sont implantées, ce qui fait de l'Alsace une des toutes premières régions de France pour la production de matériaux de construction, cependant que le sable constitue une matière première en voie d'épuisement.

Les sources phréatiques portent le nom de Donnerloch. Les rivières phréatiques s'appellent les Giessen.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse
 Conservatoire d'espaces naturels Alsace
 Liste des barrages d'Alsace
 Plaine d'Alsace
 Ripisylve
 Réserve naturelle nationale de l'île de Rhinau
 Réserve naturelle régionale du Ried de Sélestat, l'Ill*Wald
 Réserve naturelle nationale de l'île du Rohrschollen

Bibliographie
Didier Carbiener, Chroniques naturelles des forêts de Strasbourg, Conservatoire des sites alsaciens, 2000,

Liens externes
 Observatoire de la nappe phréatique d'Alsace sur le site Aprona
 Galets du Rhin sur le site de l'Association Strasbourgeoise des Amis de la Minéralogie 67
 Carte du Ried sur le site de l'Observatoire des Zones humides.
 La nappe d'Alsace sur sigesar.brgm.fr
 Les alluvions rhénanes et vosgiennes sur sigesar.brgm.fr
 Les rivières phréatiques sur riedbleu.free.fr

Région naturelle dans le Grand Est
Zone humide en France
Géologie de la France
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The Mueller Report would give bad publicity to The Trump Prophecy movie.
As previously reported, dozens of students from the school's cinematic arts department have worked with the Charlotte-based ReelWorks Studio to produce a film based on the prophecy of retired firefighter Mark Taylor, who claims God told him in 2011 that Donald Trump would one day become president.
Liberty University students were given the opportunity to do hands-on production and post-production credited work for their spring semester film project.
As a petition has existed for months in an attempt convince Liberty University to halt its involvement in the project, students and graduates of the Virginia-based Christian college are speaking out about the film as its early October release dates in over 1,000 theatres nationwide draw near.
The Liberty students are not only objecting to the political nature of the movie but the fact that it centers on the prophecies of Taylor, who has drawn the ire of many critics for some of his claims.
While the movie centers on Taylor, the producers say the movie's purpose is to show viewers how movement of prayer helped pave the way for the election of the 45th president of the United States.
Liberty Cinematic Arts Department director Stephan Schultze had previously told CP that Liberty's involvement in the project came through his relationship with producer Rick Eldridge, who produced the 2015 documentary based on the book Four Blood Moons by megachurch Pastor John Hagee.
He said Eldridge contacted him around Thanksgiving 2017 about the possibility of working on the project. By the start of the spring semester, Schultze had the school's approval to have students and staff in the department work begin work on the film project. Filming was done in areas of Lynchburg and Bedford, Virginia through March and April 2018.
Buy your ticket and grab some popcorn because another feature film driven by Liberty University Cinematic Arts students is slated for a nationwide release October 2 and 4.
"The Trump Prophecy," directed by Executive Director of Cinematic Arts Stephan Schultze, is based on a memoir of the same name by Mark Taylor and Mary Colbert. The story follows the events surrounding Taylor's battle with PTSD from years of service as a firefighter.
While the initial announcement of the film was met with some controversy by the student body, Schultze said that Cinematic Arts students were excited for the learning opportunity.
About 65 cinematic arts students participated in film production and filled roles from set design to sound engineering to camera work, Schultze said. Additionally, alumni of the program served as department heads on set.
"(Alumni) come back and train the next generation of students going through, and those students are making immediate contact through the alumni association that's out there working — it's feeding back on itself," Schultze said.
Though the film was produced by ReelWorks Studios of Charlotte, North Carolina, the entire film was shot in Lynchburg and Bedford, Schultze said. Many of the sets were constructed on the second floor of the former Macy's department store located in Lynchburg's River Ridge Mall. The film crew also collaborated with the Bedford Fire Department to ensure safety during filming scenes that included fire.
Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, as people band together from all departments and disciplines to write, produce and market a film. Schultze explained that ReelWorks is covering the marketing for the film, which will be released to 1,200 theaters nationwide — more than double the number of screens from 2017's "Extraordinary," which graced 400 screens.
Though this is the second nationwide theatrical release for a Liberty student-driven film, it is the fifth feature film that the film school has produced since its inception six years ago. Giving students this type of hands-on learning is what makes Liberty's film program unique, according to Schultze.
"The Trump Prophecy" will be released to 1,200 screens Oct. 2 and 4. For more information and to find a theater, visit thetrumpprophecymovie.com.


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The first day you realize you are experiencing severe amounts of hair loss can be a stressful day. A million different thoughts go through your mind at once. What do I do? Is there a treatment? How do I go about stopping frontal hair loss?
Indeed, you are likely not the first person that has felt this extreme stress and all of these rapid thoughts, and you certainly will not be the last. It can make you feel helpless, like there is something physically wrong with you even though you likely have absolutely no health problems. Yet because of the stress that one feels in these instances, stopping frontal hair loss can become a high priority and is something that people try to deal with as quickly as possible.
The first step towards stopping frontal hair loss is to know what is causing it. You may need to visit a doctor who will run a few tests and determine whether it is biological (usually an increase in Dihydrotestosterone), behavioral (not eating enough foods that are high in Zinc and Vitamin B-6), or psychological (experiencing too much stress in your life).
When it is psychological, the only way to fix it is to either remove the stress from your life or see a therapist for help. There is no medicine, besides perhaps tranquilizers (ill advised) that is going to help your stress.
When it is behavioral, you can either take a vitamin or eat foods that are richer in those vitamins. Both behavioral and psychological forms of hair loss are completely curable, and if you find you have them and start fixing the problem right away, your hair will come back.
Dihydrotestosterone is different. If you wait too long, the hairs that fall out will not grow back, and stopping frontal hair loss will not be enough to ensure that you have a full head of hair. But if you catch it early, you can prevent the future loss of hair so that you do not end up with a shiny and bald head of hair.
With Dihydrotestosterone related hair loss, stopping frontal hair loss is possible using one of the natural hair loss formulas that have been created to use herbs, rather than chemicals, to prevent the future loss of hair. One of these treatments is known as Procerin and it is easily one of the most effective ways of preventing hair loss.


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'Player King' has palace intrigue for all ages
"The Player King" by Avi (Atheneum, $16.99)
'Player King' has palace intrigue for all ages "The Player King" by Avi (Atheneum, $16.99) Check out this story on lansingstatejournal.com: http://on.lsj.com/2EZwG5B
Ray Walsh, For the Lansing State Journal Published 8:16 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 2018
"The Player King" by Avi (Atheneum, $16.99)(Photo: Courtesy)
"The Player King" by Avi (Atheneum, $16.99) is an intriguing novel that's great for readers in the 8-to-12-year-old range.
Older readers should enjoy it too, especially if they're interested in Medieval British history.
The 199-page book showcases an unusual event that actually took place in 1486-87, when a young boy became a pretender to the Throne of England.
Lambert Simnel is penniless, slaving away as a scullion, a kitchen boy in Tackley's Tavern on High Street in bustling Oxford, England.
A Dominican priest, Brother Simonds, purchases him from the tavern keeper – and informs the boy that he is the rightful heir to the throne.
King Henry VII is now in power, having snatched the English Crown, killing King Richard the Third in a battle near Bosworth.
It gets a bit more complicated, as young Edward, the Earl of Warwick, son of Clarence (Richard's brother) has been imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Many feel that he should be the true King of England; claims are made that the boy escaped.
The Black Friar, noticing the physical resemblance of Lambert to Edward, makes plans to present Lambert as the rightful King.
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Simonds spends months teaching Lambert, instructing him on royal behavior, positive attitudes and history.
Soon the priest increases the boy's confidence level, with Lambert believing that he is not only destined but entitled to be King.
Future devious plans are made, as Simonds gets help from the deceitful Earl of Lincoln and Viscount Francis Lovell.
The author skillfully presents all of this treachery told from the viewpoint of Lambert, allowing the reader to watch as the main character becomes more enthusiastic about his new role.
This isn't a dumb, boring book that's likely to put a kid asleep – it's told in short chapters filled with believable insights and colorful, authentic dialogue.
The vivid, atmospheric tale is full of surprises, as Lambert and his associates are off on a fast-paced, unforgettable adventure.
This is ideal for parents who want to introduce their kids to historical fiction or libraries out to gain more avid readers.
Avi is the bestselling author of more than 70 books for children and young adults, including the Newberry Award-winning novel "Crispin: the Cross of Lead."
Ray Walsh, owner of East Lansing's Curious Book Shop, has reviewed books regularly since 1987. His e-mail address is raywalsh@voyager.net.
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Seinfeld's premiere 30 years ago focused on Lansing woman
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Michigan author produces adrenaline-charged crime novel


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Activists & Journalists Demand NYPD Accountability for #N15 Occupy Wall Street Eviction Abuses
[New York, NY] On November 15th, 2011, the NYPD evicted Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment. The department's Technical Assistance Response Unit (TARU) was on site to videotape the eviction and Mayor Michael Bloomberg took the controversial step of imposing a media blackout.
On Sunday, September 23rd this TARU footage, totaling over 60 hours, was released to the public by an unknown party. We have logged much of this footage on our wiki. Although heavily edited, this footage reveals widespread police misconduct including arbitrary arrests, physical abuse, and press suppression.
The behavior of "Bloomberg's Army" has been condemned by the United Nations rapporteur on Human Rights, and well-documented by the NYU School of Law and Fordham Law School, which concluded: "'All the case studies we collected show the police are violating basic rights consistently, and the level of impunity is shocking,' said Sarah Knuckey, a professor of Clinical Law at NYU and one of the lead authors of the report. 'The point needs to be made that NYPD does not exemplify international human rights law, it violates it.'"
We demand:
● The release of ALL unedited TARU footage pertaining to Occupy Wall Street protests. We plan on filing "right-to-know" requests to achieve this. We encourage others to do so as well. It is important that the NYPD not permitted to redact their crimes against peaceful protesters and journalists.
● A truly independent investigation by an agency (such as the investigation undertaken of the Oakland Police Department) outside New York City into the NYPD's brutal and illegal behavior the night of November 15th, 2011, as well as the legality of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's media blackout. All offending parties must be held accountable – from Mayor Bloomberg to rank-and-file police officers.
● An end to police oppression in minority communities and the abhorrent practice of "Stop-and- Frisk."
We stand in solidarity with @ChangeTheNYPD, people of color and the LGBT community who are brutalized and wronged by police throughout New York City, the country and world.
Interview requests and media requests regarding the NYPDTapes Wiki should be directed at NYPDTapes@gmail.com. You can follow the NYPDTapes project on twitter at @NYPDTapes
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Journalist Barrett Brown Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison, Releases Post-Sentence Statement


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namespace Problem_7.Lego_Blocks
{
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
    public class Lego_Blocks
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var input = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            var matrix1 = new int[input][];

            for (int row = 0; row < input; row++)
            {
                matrix1[row] = Console.ReadLine().Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                    .Select(int.Parse).ToArray();

            }

            var matrix2 = new int[input][];
            for (int row = 0; row < input; row++)
            {
                matrix2[row] = Console.ReadLine().Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Reverse()
                    .Select(int.Parse).ToArray();

            }

            var matrixLenght = matrix1[0].Length + matrix2[0].Length;

            var matrix3 = new int[input][];

            for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < input; rowIndex++)
            {
                matrix3[rowIndex] = matrix1[rowIndex].Concat(matrix2[rowIndex]).ToArray();
            }

            var cells = 0;
            var flag = false;
            for (int row = 0; row < matrix3.Length; row++)
            {
                if (matrix3[row].Length == matrixLenght)
                {
                    flag = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    flag = false;
                }

                cells += matrix3[row].Length;
            }

            if (flag == true)
            {
                for (int row = 0; row < matrix3.Length; row++)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"[{string.Join(", ", matrix3[row])}]");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"The total number of cells is: {cells}");
            }
        }
    }
}

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A new genus, Phasmaphlpes , and new spec
A new genus, Phasmaphlpes , and new species of Cryptophleps Lichtwardt from the western Pacific, with notes on Australasian Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Fiji Arthropods II
Bickel D.J.
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/fiji-arthropods/pdf/FAH-04.pdf
Parentia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Fiji: a biogeographic link with New Caledonia and New Zealand
A revision of the Oriental and Australian Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna
The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species
The Amblypsilopus pulvillatus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae), a radiation in the western Pacific
Australasian Pectiniseta Stein, with notes on the genus (Diptera, Muscidae)
Australian Sympycninae II: Syntormon Loew and Nothorhaphium gen. nov., with a treatment of the Western Pacific fauna, and notes on the subfamily Rhaphiinae and Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Alishania , a new genus with remarkable female terminalia from Taiwan, with notes on Chrysotimus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Kowmungia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Australia
Australian Asyndetus Loew and Cryptophleps Lichtwardt (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with notes on the Oriental and Western Pacific faunas
Papallacta (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new stenopterous genus from the páramo of Ecuador
Plagiozopelma (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) from Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. Fiji Arthropods I


No major hypoglycaemic events were reported in clinical trials.
Data from a pooled safety analysis of randomised, double-blind, active-/placebo-controlled phase 3 trials.
*Data from a pooled safety analysis of randomised, double-blind active-/placebo-controlled phase 3 trials.
†Adverse reactions reported in ≥ 2 % of subjects treated with the combined use of saxagliptin + dapagliflozin in the pooled safety analysis, or if reported in < 2 % in the pooled safety analysis, they were based on the individual mono-components data.
‡Urinary tract infection includes the following preferred terms: urinary tract infection, Escherichia urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, and prostatitis.
§Vulvovaginitis, balanitis and related genital infection include the following preferred terms: vulvovaginal mycotic infection, balanoposthitis, genital infection fungal, vaginal infection, and vulvovaginitis.
"Adverse reactions were reported in ≥ 2 % of subjects with either mono-component and ≥ 1 % more than placebo, but not in the pooled analysis.
¶Upper respiratory tract infection includes the following preferred terms: nasopharyngitis, influenza, upper respiratory tract infection, pharyngitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis bacterial, tonsillitis, acute tonsillitis, laryngitis, viral pharyngitis, and viral upper respiratory tract infection.
#Dyslipidaemia includes the following preferred terms: dyslipidaemia, hyperlipidaemia, hypercholesterolaemia, and hypertriglyceridaemia.
††Polyuria includes the following preferred terms: polyuria, and pollakiuria.
‡‡Haematocrit values > 55 % were reported in 1.3 % of the subjects treated with dapagliflozin 10 mg versus 0.4% of placebo subjects.
§§Rash was reported during the postmarketing use of saxagliptin and dapagliflozin. Preferred terms reported in dapagliflozin clinical trials included in order of frequency: rash, rash generalised, rash pruritic, rash macular, rash maculo-papular, rash pustular, rash vesicular, and rash erythematous.
DPP-4= dipeptidyl peptidase-4; SGLT2 = sodium-glucose cotransporter 2.


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module Docstache
  class DataScope

    def initialize(data, parent=EmptyDataScope.new)
      @data = data
      @parent = parent
    end

    def get(key, hash: @data, original_key: key, condition: nil)
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      tokens = key.split('.')
      if tokens.length == 1
        if key.match(/(\w+)\[(\d+)\]/)
          result = hash.fetch($1.to_sym) { |key| @parent.get(original_key) }
          if result.respond_to?(:[])
            result = result[$2.to_i]
          end
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          result = hash.fetch(key.to_sym) { |key| @parent.get(original_key) }
        end
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          return result
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          return result.select { |el| evaluate_condition(condition, el) }
        end
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            collection = hash.fetch($1.to_sym)
            if collection.respond_to?(:[])
              subhash = collection[$2.to_i]
            else
              subhash = collection
            end
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            return @parent.get(original_key)
          end
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          if hash.has_key?(key.to_sym)
            subhash = hash.fetch(key.to_sym)
          else
            return @parent.get(original_key)
          end
        end
        return get(tokens.join('.'), hash: subhash, original_key: original_key)
      end
    end

    private

    def evaluate_condition(condition, data)
      condition = condition.match(/(.+?)\s*(==|~=)\s*(.+)/)
      if condition[2] == "=="
        # Equality condition
        left = evaluate_expression(condition[1], data)
        right = evaluate_expression(condition[3], data)
        return left == right
      else
        # Matches condition
        left = get(condition[1], hash: data)
        right = Regex.new(condition[3].match(/\/(.+)\//)[1])
        return left.match(right)
      end
    end

    def evaluate_expression(expression, data)
      if expression.match(/(["'"])(.+)(\k<1>|")/)
        $2
      else
        get(expression, hash: data)
      end
    end

    def symbolize_keys!(hash)
      hash.keys.each do |key|
        hash[(key.to_sym rescue key)] = hash.delete(key)
      end
    end

  end

  class EmptyDataScope
    def get(_)
      return nil
    end
  end

end


Soldier sitting at a table writing.
This item is part of the Dodgson Collection, which was bequeathed to Queen's College in 1892 by the Rev. James Dodgson. The collection was created by Aquila Dodgson, brother of James. Aquila Dodgson was a friend of the English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and it was through this friendship the Aquila was able to acquire ancient Egyptian artefacts. A detailed study of the collection was made by Christine Elias "Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Antiquities at the University of Melbourne", M.A. thesis 2010.
Four piece lady's white ceramic dressing table set. Comprising of a small rectangular tray, and three small lidded-pots - one pot has a knob. There is a hand-painted dainty red and green floral garland decoration on each of the pots as well as the tray. Remnants of gold painted decoration can also be seen.
Navy blue flag with green and blue logo with white writing. Synthetic fabric with heavier white binding.
This is an item which was used around 2000 to advertise the City of Warrnambool.
A statement and logo which was highly visible.
This is a brown leather-covered book of 822 pages. The cover extends over the edges of the pages and has gold lettering on the front cover and spine. The pages are gilt-edged and there are several colour maps at the end of the book. There is a blue ribbon marker encased in the binding. The inscription is on a loose card and is handwritten in black ink.
This Bible was given in March 1916 to Private Henry Havelock Rogers (1895-1917), the son of Joseph and Ellen Rogers of Warrnambool. He left Australia in April 1916 as a member of the 14th Battalion (17 Reinforcement Group) and died in France in April 1917 as a result of wounds. The cousins named on the card were the three older children of Arthur and Agnes Rogers, also of Warrnambool. Joseph and Arthur Rogers were brothers. The Bible was found in the MacDonald Street, South Warrnambool home of Bill Rogers, another son of Arthur and Agnes Rogers not born until the 1920s (deceased estate item).
This item has a particular poignancy as it was given to a Warrnambool World War One soldier who was killed in action. Perhaps he carried the Bible with him and it was returned to his family after his death.
'To Dear Harry Wishing Him God Speed & Safe Return From His Loving Uncle, Aunt And Cousins, Rita, Alfie & Charlie'.
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF FRASER STREET, CLUNES.
BUILDINGS INCL. NATIONAL HOTEL, CLUB HOTEL ETC.
Black & White Postcard of Cape Woolamai cliffs on right of photo with sea on the left.
"The Rose Series, P. 684." "The picturesque cliffs of Cape Woolamai, Phillip Is., Vic."
A paperback book of 120pp titled Border tales : stories from Genoa, Wangarabell, Wroxham, Timbillica, Maramingo, Nungatta, Wingan and Gipsy Point. On the front cover is a coloured picture of the bridge across the Genoa river at Genoa.
The book was compiled by Peter Allard and Geoff Alves and published by the Genoa Town Committee. Genoa is a small town in East Gippsland, Victoria. It is close to the New South Wales border where the Princes Highway crosses the Genoa River.
Easter play - At the Tomb; Karen Whalley, Peter Davison, Matthew Dance, Christopher Field, Fiona Berry, about April 1982 From a series of photographs (some cropped) from a magnetic photo album relating to the staff, students and activities of the Eltham Christian School which operated as part of the Eltham Christian Church at Nyora Road, Eltham. See also entries for each photograph.
Conference themes of language and power, language maintenance and language in education raised in an Aboriginal context; papers separately annotated.
Slide of a fine Merino ewe.
Slide of a fine Merino ewe. Fine merinos produce slightly longer and stronger wool than the super fine, but are found in the same higher rainfall areas ie. Western District of Victoria, the midlands district of Tasmania, New England and Yass districts of NSW. Formerly stored in presentation folder as part of "Merino & Australasian Breeds of Sheep Set No. A866" series by the Audio Visual Education Centre, Education Department of Victoria.
Wooden rattle with handle and metal studs. When spun, a noise is made.
Book - Henry Dendy's account book / [introduction and editorial commentary by Leslie A. Schumer].
Paperback; 63 p. : facsims., geneal. table, maps ; 25 cm.
Downloaded copy of article. Text and b&w photo.
1937 article describing the Apple Tree on Plenty River at Greensborough, its possible origins and steps to preserve it.
Early attempts to preserve the Batman Apple Tree and alternative explanations of its origins.
Feeding cup for an adult made out of white china, now discoloured. The cup has a curved spout with a handle.
This type of cup would be in use from the early 1900s to the 1930s. The cups were used both in the home and in hospitals.
Photograph - Old East Ringwood Station booking office - 1975.
Written on backing sheet, "Old East Ringwood Station booking office - 1975".
36 page booklet with beige cover and brown lettering, with a sketch of Wahgunyah School.
This pin was created by Miss Annie Emily Gardner to raise relief money to support industrial unrest in Newcastle. It was reported in the Newcastle Morning Herald that Miss Gardner was vice-president of the Women's Organising Committee of the Political Labour League. A copy of an advertisement for the pin has been uploaded here. Price of the silver pin was 2/- and gold 15/6. Photograph of the pin - to come. Donated to Ballarat Trades Hall by John Mildren.
Significant to industrial action, union organising and the labour movement in Australia.
Silver anchor superimposed over a white globe (with silver latitude and longitude lines). A safety pin is welded to the back. Blue outer circle with inscription: "Organized labor the hope of the world 1909". Inscription on the back: "USA ???" in very tiny font.
Oral History - William Arthur Cecil by Bill Cecil.
Bill Cecil moved to Greensborough in 1944 aged 14. His family ran the post office and Bill became acquainted with most Greensborough families as he delivered the mail on horseback. Bill recounts his life both in Greensborough and other parts of the country.
A primary source recollection of Greensborough in the mid to late 20th century.
Small metal machine painted black , decorated gold . Dies are attached with the seal of Mortlake Waterworks Trust . Paper is placed between the dies, the handle depressed and the seal embossed on the paper under pressure as a blind (inkless) embossing. The seal consists of two circles with the wording "Mortlake Waterworks Trust 1915".
Mortlake Waterworks Trust – 18 May 1915 to 1 July 1984 Mortlake Waterworks Trust was constituted on 18 May 1915 following application by the Shire of Mortlake to carry out works for the supply of water to the township of Mortlake. The Trust was abolished on 1 July 1984 under the Water and Sewerage Authorities (Restructuring) Act 1983 when authority was transferred to the Mortlake Water Board.
A cast iron seal press. This was used by Mortlake Waterworks Trust to emboss agreements and official documents. Die is still attached to the press. It reads: Mortlake Waterworks Trust 1915.
Black cover with RAF ensigna on front in gold.
Issued to No 101109 F/O A.E.Pearl RAF.
Photograph - Digital Image - Mrs Greenwood with two apples; and, older Gladys Greenwood: group of photographs.
Digital copy of one black and white photograph and one colour photograph.
A young Mrs Greenwood is seen posing with two apples; an older Miss Gladys Greenwood (daughter of Mrs Greenwood) is seen at a celebration. The Greenwood family share farmed with the Bosch family.
The area of Greensborough along the Plenty River was known for its orchards, which might explain why Mrs Greenwood is photographed holding the apples.


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Comedy Kids
'Early Man' (2018) is a remarkable piece of art and football
Early Man (2018)
What's not to like about Nick Park and Aardman Animations' Early Man? Apparently it depends on whether your country favors the round or pointy kind of football. Whereas UK reviews are all positive, American reviews included comments as nasty as "Who cares if cavemen could play soccer?"
As an American, the problem is pretty obvious. There are many jokes and nuances that fly over the heads of viewers who are unaware of English football culture. Director Nick Park and animators Will Becher and Merlin Crossingham are not strictly football fans, and they tried to make a film that would appeal to non-soccer viewers. But I'm afraid the film remains beyond the capabilities of most Americans. They worship pointy football and don't appreciate a ball that's meant to roll on the ground — unless it's a bowling ball.
Early Man is an underdog sports movie with cavemen. The cavemen, led by Dug (Eddie Redmayne), must win a soccer game or be forced to mine ore for the Bronze money-loving Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston). Dug convinces his teammates they can prevail against their Eurostar-like opponents. He realizes that his ancestors had invented the game centuries earlier, and therefore, his tribe must have a natural talent for it. He only discovers at the last minute why those ancestors had given up the game.
Some cute bits
While the beginning of the film is a little slow, due to a bit of "look what we can do with clay!", the second half is brisk. A Bronze Age jockette, Goona (Maisie Williams), trains the Stone Age team. There are subtle football jokes throughout, as when the white-haired tribal elder laments he is too old to play — he's 32, truly ancient in modern football culture! In another scene, Lord Nooth tries to influence the match outcome by replacing the referee, and I enjoyed his use of standard referee verbiage in comically waving off crunching fouls.
Director Park feels that football is a prehistoric natural, because football is tribal and almost a religion. For example, Goona, the female footballer, laments that as a female, she isn't allowed to be on "the sacred pitch". It becomes a feminist moment when Lord Nooth realizes she has to be allowed to play.
A remarkable piece of art
Even though the creative leadership claims not to be football fans, I have to believe the artists who designed the sets were on the obsessive side of fandom. There are as many soccer balls in the decor as you would expect to see crosses in a cathedral. The dedicated staging is mind-boggling, and the crew's efforts make the game play look as real as possible. Besides watching football, I was always mindful that I was watching a remarkable piece of art.
Earning a good box office
As of the first 2 weeks of international release, the film has earned around $20M, against an estimated budget of $50M. It seems likely the film will recoup its budget, which would make it one of the biggest box offices for a football film. (Update: As of Mar-2020, the film has earned $54M worldwide.) They could have generated more revenue by selling coordinated products, but unfortunately, it looks like Aardman did not put much effort into merchandising. I could barely find a listing for a plush Hognob, and it was sold out. It appears that Aardman doesn't really like to sell models of its characters. Instead, Jim Parkyn encourages you to "Make your own Hognob!", or you can go to the studio for a corporate team-building claymation workshop.
I have never seen so many reviews and interviews for a soccer movie. Read the fun facts:
The early pitch for the film was "Gladiator meets Dodgeball"
The film required 273 puppets (18 for Dug) with 3,000 different mouths
Hobnobs are a popular British chocolate biscuit
One reason for Dug's young enthusiastic voice, free of cynicism is that his character is only 15 years old
Animators would dress up in caveman suits to film themselves in order to model the action of the characters
It takes 24 frames to make 1 second of film, and an animator can produce 2-3 seconds of film per day. With 35-40 animators, a good production rate was 1 minute per week. It takes about 5 years to make a stop-action animation film, about the same as digital animation.
The scene with Hognob giving Lord Nooth a massage took 18 months to perfect
The football field was 30 feet long, and the entrance to the stadium is 10 feet high. Watch the second half of this video to see the intricate sets.
Casting and voice acting take place before animation so that the animators can make the clay match the voices.
Nick Park is the kind of director who does dozens of takes, which suited Eddie Redmayne just fine. The many takes also give animators more options.
Kayvan Novak voices Lord Nooth's right hand man and the referee. Novak's goal was for the voice to be the "quintessential Cypriot waiter". He did not meet any of the cast until the premiere, but please tell people that Kayvan Novak is hilarious.
For a review of an earlier claymation soccer short, check out Shaun the Sheep
Released: 2018-01-20 (UK)
Director: Nick Park
Stars: Tom Hiddleston , Eddie Redmayne , Maisie Williams
Visit the Movie Website or the Aardman Studio website
Tags British, R8
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