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#MeToo could take a leaf out of the prohibition ladies' book
THE Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution which established the prohibition of 'intoxicating liquors' in the United States was ratified on January 16, 1919, a hundred years ago today.
The amendment declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol. Shortly after the amendment was ratified, Congress passed the Volstead Act which declared that liquor (or spirits), wine and beer all qualified as intoxicating liquors and were therefore banned. Prohibition began on January 17, 1920, a year and a day after the amendment was ratified.
The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment on December 5, 1933.
If you would like to know more about the Eighteenth Amendment and the great victory of the temperance movement, which had both conservative and 'progressive' elements, I encourage you to watch the Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition which is available on Netflix.
The rights and wrongs of Prohibition are not confined to the past. In this piece, Kay S Hymowitz at City Journal examines the parallels between the temperance movement, which was largely driven by women, and the #MeToo movement, also driven by women.
Hymowitz: 'Extraordinary as this post-Harvey Weinstein moment may seem, it's not the first time that American women have risen up to protest male misbehavior. During the nineteenth century, women were in the vanguard of reform movements dedicated to fighting licentiousness, most of it male, and much of it sexual. If you squint hard enough to blot out the Victorian archaisms, these #MeToo prototypes can yield considerable insight into today's reckoning.'
Women fought against prostitution and then quickly moved their attention to the saloon. Hymowitz again: 'The temperance era's Victorian evangelicalism has made it something of an embarrassment for modern feminists and progressives, but it has more in common with #MeToo's rebellion against male license than these antique details suggest. In a rough-hewn frontier nation struggling toward bourgeois stability, the temperance ladies weren't being prigs in viewing whiskey obsession as a threat. Women were not immune to demon drink, but drunkenness primarily followed evenings in dark, rowdy, male-only saloons. Drunkenness really did make life miserable for many nineteenth-century women. Every town and urban working-class neighborhood whispered rumors about sodden husbands who beat their children, raped their wives, and impoverished their households.'
Women, armed with ultimate moral power over men, fought hard against the demon drink and 'it wouldn't be exaggerating to call the temperance movement the most significant organized challenge to male authority since, well, Lysistrata'. Further, the organisational skills and power women gained from the temperance movement were crucial for First Wave Feminists and securing the right to vote.
Hymowitz points out some home truths that many feminists deny, namely that first, 'a human, especially a male, tendency toward libertinism is an old, even universal, social challenge. Every society has had to figure out ways to contain it. Liberal societies have a smaller toolbox that can contain it'.
Ultimately, however, the #MeToo movement will struggle to win even the pyrrhic victory the temperance women achieved. The temperance movement demanded that men match the moral behaviour women displayed day in and day out. The same cannot be said for today's feminists, who wish to hold men to higher standards then they themselves would ever have.
Hymowitz: 'The temperance movement also raises some questions about the viability of #MeToo, despite its internet microphone. Nineteenth-century women weren't just wagging their fingers and shouting prayers at wayward neighbors; they were speaking in a common dialect embedded in Protestant morality and an American vision of individual rights. With those sources of wisdom weakened, #MeToo is hamstrung by a central paradox: it is a moral-reform movement without an intelligible morality. The sexual revolution, Second Wave feminism, and a general loosening of manners in the second half of the twentieth century disabled most of the familiar language and customs for regulating sexual relations.'
The lack of a coherent sexual moral system may prove fatal for the #MeToo movement which maintains that men and women are essentially the same in matters of sexuality and offers consent as the only limiting principle to sexual behaviour. It is doubtful whether any previous society has been able to contain male sexuality on these limitations alone.
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Pekka Soini, the director general of the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes), estimates that the proposed cuts in science funding will hinder the competitiveness of Finland.
"The cuts are so radical that they will cripple the system permanently. Finland will lose out on roughly 250 patents and a couple of hundred new products – every year – as a result of the spending cuts," he cautions.
The Government is intent on slashing the funding of Tekes by a total of 138 million euros. Savings of 95 million euros will be generated by slashing research and development funding, savings of 35 million euros by running down the Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOKs) and savings of 8 million euros by pulling the plug on Innovative Cities, a programme launched in an attempt to create innovation clusters in provincial centres.
Soini reveals that the spending cuts were not discussed with Tekes in advance. "There was no dialogue with Tekes. The scope of the cuts took us all by surprise."
Matti Alahuhta, the board chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), voiced his concerns about the cuts in science funding last week, cautioning in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat that the cuts will undermine the strengths of Finland, such as the co-operation between businesses and universities.
Soini shares his concerns.
"One-fourth of Finnish businesses with international product development and other operations collaborate with universities. We're number one in the world in that respect. The founding of Tekes in the 1980s gave rise to that culture. And now it'll be cut," he laments.
Regardless, the Government has identified co-operation between industries and universities as one of its spearhead projects. "It's undeniably conflicting," admits Soini.
He remains hopeful that some of the roughly one billion euros the Government has set aside for the spearhead projects will be injected into Tekes. A temporary funding arrangement would not suffice for long, however.
"We'll do our utmost to increase our basic funding," he affirms.
The cuts laid out by the Government would reduce the annual research, development and innovation funding of Tekes to 231 million euros – less than half of the level of 2011. The Government of Alexander Stubb already reduced the funding by 126 million euros.
Soini also cautions that the discontinuation of the oft-criticised SHOKs is short-sighted. "We've stepped up our operations following an international assessment of SHOKs a couple of years ago. SHOKs set their sights high and far. We weren't expecting commercialisable results until 5—10 years from now, at the earliest," he says.
SHOKs are operated by joint ventures set up by businesses and research centres. Some of the joint ventures may according to Soini continue their operations despite the funding cuts.
The rationale of the Government is that tighter purse strings will promote innovation, whereas generosity will spawn inefficiency.
A group of three well-known economists, Bengt Holmström, Sixten Korkman and Matti Pohjola, wrote in a memorandum on the financial woes of Finland last year that it would be misguided to think that innovation activities can be improved simply by raising the funding.
"An appropriate scarcity of resources and well-placed challenges and restrictions, in turn, are an incentive," they wrote.
Soini is careful not to shoot down the notion.
"The research funding of universities in Finland is at a high level in international comparison, but the activities could be more focused than today. Fewer units and larger projects could help ensure the funds aren't scattered about excessively. You may be able to achieve more with less in this particular case."
The same logic does not apply to businesses, he adds.
"The public sector has invested very little in the research and development efforts of businesses from a global viewpoint," he points out.
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The message yesterday was on Acts3. While I sat and listened to the preacher talk, the scene began to play out before my eyes. Those of you that have read and are familiar with the New Testament know the story I am talking about. The story of Peter and John as they came upon the lame man begging for money outside the temple gate, where Peter spoke those famous words; "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have I give to you also. In the name of Jesus Christ stand and walk." Immediately the beggar's legs were healed and he ran shouting the praises of God. As the story was played out on the screen in my head, I began to empathize with one of the players. This is one of the many ways God has spoken to me through the scriptures, so I waited with eager ears to hear what He was about to say. I wasn't disappointed. I was surprised, and astounded by the vastness of my ignorance, tho. I expected to see something of me in Peter, or for something to resonate between me and John. I did NOT expect to empathize with the lame beggar. You see when Peter spoke to him, the beggar paid attention. He turned to Peter and John expecting money, something to live on for the next day, or if he was lucky, the next two or three days. These men of God had taken pity on him, and were going to give him something. This is the way I feel when God speaks to me. He has had pity on me and is going to give me something to help me through the trying times of this life. So when Peter said his famous words, it confused the beggar for a moment, and then he reached and took him by the hand. That is when God worked through Peter. Not just giving the beggar money, but giving him something worth sooo much more! The ability to walk! No more did he have to rely on the generousness of others to live. No more sitting and hoping that some man would take pity and help him. He turned to Peter expecting money, and received his Life instead. If we count on men, at best we can only get enough to get by for a few days. If we count on God, we need never worry about it again. After the service I was in awe of how I could miss such a message in all the times I had heard and read that story. Then I had to laugh. I realized that I was going to have to go home and tell my wife that God told me I was lame.
I attended a Writer's Conference in Pell City, Alabama this past weekend. I really enjoyed myself, meeting new people, and realizing that I shared connections with some that I had no idea existed. During that time, a man came by my table and glanced at my books. He picked one up, turning it over and looking and then placing it back on the table. He started to turn around and leave, but then turned to me and asked; "What is the difference between Christian Science Fiction and regular Science Fiction?" I answered him by saying that I wrote the story from a Christian worldview, with Christian morals and beliefs. "The morals are there in regular science fiction, too." Looking back on the conversation now, I realize that my answer was not very self-explanatory. I was always a Star Trek fan (R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy), but as I have grown older and looked back on those original episodes, I see where the writers would take 'pot shots' at organized religion such as Christianity. They portrayed people that believed in an all-powerful deity as ignorant savages. The misconception that is generated here is that God and Science oppose one another. I disagree. One does not have to exist excluding the other. Never have I heard a Christian exclaim "There is no science!", but I do know there are scientists who believe in God. Science can only explain things going back so far, and the explanation always falls short of explaining the "Origin" of all things. Some people say the answer to life on earth is "alien seeding" of the universe. Even if you accept this theory as true, the question remains; "What was the origins of those aliens?" Kind of puts you right back where you started, huh? The Big Bang Theory? Nobody said God 'quietly' created the Heavens and Earth. Evolution? I have never seen a fish turn into a man, and if man came from apes, why did it stop happening? It seems to me if that were the case we would have some half-man/half-apes walking around somewhere. Where are they? So where does that leave us? It leaves us with questions that only religion can answer, and those answers do not deny science. They do not exclude science. I have pondered all of these questions before and I came up with this statement that covers all of the above; "Science is man's way of describing God's paintbrush." So why do people insist on separating the two?
We had a visiting preacher where I attended church at this last Sunday. His name was David Marshall. He preached on heaven and it was a huge dose of encouragement for me. One that I badly needed. Too much has transpired recently that seemed to be conspiring to steal my joy. Anyway, as I listened to him preach, something he said shot my mind off on a tangent (a writers mind has a tendency to do that(a lot of times without warning or provocation)). He was talking about an oyster making a pearl. It was that reference in context with heaven that answered a question for me that my mother had asked me years ago. She asked me why God made this world and all of us people if He knew how bad we were going to mess it up. I don't pretend to know God's mind. He gives us examples of what He is like in the Bible. I know the things He does for me and my family, but I know that (as a mortal) I can't possibly understand the workings of His mind. That being said I have come up with a theory of 'why'. People say that science and religion are mutually exclusive, but I don't believe that is true. I think one walks hand in hand with the other. They compliment each other and one is proof of the other. That is a whole different blog post though. I mention the science to give the example of the oyster, which I believe is a perfect example of why. The why is to create a pearl. In order to create something as beautiful as a pearl a process has to be started. The inside of an oyster is extremely sensitive. So when a grain of sand or some other particle gets in there and irritates that lining, a process is started to 'fix' that irritation. The oyster starts building around the irritant a crystalline coating called nacre. Over time the oyster completely encases this irritant in this beautiful coating. The result is this beautiful gem that is coveted by most of the human race. I thought about that and I realized that that is exactly what we are to God, a beautiful gem, precious to Him. So I asked myself, what makes us so? What qualities is it that He loves? He names them all in the Bible at one point or another. To make a pearl, you need to start with an irritant. God did the same thing. To make us into gems, He had to place us in a unique environment, an environment where all the things that He loved would be an irritant. We either become the gems that He wanted us to be, or we turn away from Him add to the environment, which in turns makes others turn into the gems. All this was a flash of insight that God granted me during Brother Marshall's message Sunday. I'm sure that there are problems with my comparison. If there are, it is the fault of this simple wordsmith's inept attempt to explain something that is beyond Him. I kind of like thinking that He is turning us into something so beautiful.


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Kyle Holden, 30, of Avon, beloved son of Jack and Janyce (Pickering) Holden of East Hampton, died tragically in East Hartford, Monday (October 25, 1999). Kyle was born in New Bedford, MA, on November 24, 1968. He was raised in Glastonbury, graduated from Watkinson School in 1987, and New Hampshire College in 1991 with a degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management. Kyle was on the tennis team in both high school and college and was an avid Red Sox and Whalers fan. He was employed by Beekley Corporation of Bristol, serving as a Product Manager/Team Leader. Besides his parents, he is survived by his sister, Erin Holden, and her friend, Tom Kennedy, of Manchester; his grandparents, George and Rita Holden, of Acushnet, MA; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Malcomb and Hilda Pickering of New Bedford, MA. He also leaves two beloved pets, Dakota and Deniro. His family will receive friends TODAY 7-9 p.m. with a funeral service at 8 p.m. at the Glastonbury Funeral Home, 450 New London Tnpk., Glastonbury. Donations may be made to Watkinson School, 180 Bloomfield Ave., Hartford, CT, 06105.


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My musicals diary: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Go-Between, The Fix
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Have you seen? Jesus Christ Superstar at the Open Air, The Fix at the Union and The Go-Between in the West End
July was a big month for Q&As for me so I've been a little pre-occupied by follow-up blogs on those. But in addition to musicals I've hosted events at – I'm Getting My Act Together and Through the Mill, both of which have now completed their strictly limited runs at, respectively, Jermyn Street Theatre and Southwark Playhouse – here are three more musicals I've seen recently and can recommend.
Don't delay if you want to see The Fix at the new Union Theatre as it closes this weekend – though, who knows, the production may return again, perhaps around US election time in November? Follow the links for tickets and scroll down for my live-tweets from each.
For all these musicals and casts, you can get all social media feeds for them on my musical theatre site www.stagefaves.com. Please check them out!
Tyrone Huntley as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
Over the years, I've seen a few productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1971 rock opera. The most recent was the big-budget, big-spectacle arena tour, that opened at the O2 in 2012 with ITV Superstar winner Ben Forster (now a West End superstar in his own right, currently playing the masked man in Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera) as Jesus. At the time, Lloyd Webber said that this mammoth arena staging was just what the show was always meant to be unleashed from the confines of a proscenium arch theatre.
Timothy Sheader also unleashes Superstar from the proscenium but here, rather than overwhelming with spectacle, the effect is to make the piece far more intimate and accessible. It's Jesus Christ Superstar as open-air festival gig: with Drew McOnie's sinuous choreography beautifully capturing both the cultishness of the disciples and the fury of the mob, and messiah, apostles and Romans never far from a mic stand.
All of the principles – including Declan Bennett as a Hoxton hipster-style Jesus, Anoushka Lucas as Mary Magdalene, David Thaxton as Pilate and Peter Caulfield as a shimmeringly camp Herod – wield their mic stands like rock gods. But special attention must be paid to Tyrone Huntley's tormented Judas: true talent unplugged.
Jesus Christ Superstar is now tipped for a West End transfer. It deserves a much longer run but it's hard to imagine how it could work as well indoors or without Tyrone Huntley, who's already signed up to Dreamgirls. See it in Regent's Park this month if you possibly can.
Jesus Christ Superstar continues at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park until 27 August 2016.
The cast of The Go-Between
The Go-Between
I really have been meaning to write about this one for ages. I saw it in what now seems like the distant past: before Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president, the EU Referendum, before Jo Cox was murdered. Like the story itself, in which protagonist Leo Colston (played by Michael Crawford) reflects back on "the perfect summer" of his innocent youth, my memories of seeing the show seem to belong to a more innocent time.
Fittingly, "the past is another country" is a line that derives from L P Hartley's original 1953 novel on which this musical (and two famous screen adaptations) is based.
And it's that remembered innocence and gentleness, indeed its brave moments of ruminative silence, that contribute to The Go-Between's appeal. It's a small-scale chamber piece really – just one upright piano onstage to accompany the ethereal ensemble – and charming theatrical gem. It's wonderful too to see Michael Crawford back in the heart of the West End.
The Go-Between runs at the West End's Apollo Theatre until 15 October 2016.
Lucy Williamson as Violet Chandler in The Fix
Nothing innocent at all about John Dempsey and Dana P Rowe's 1997 musical. And nothing coincidental about its timing either: both in opening the Union Theatre in its swanky new home and in coinciding with convention season in the US. In Michael Strassen's production, it's Donald Trump's voice that opens the show and his spirit that looms large over proceedings in the tale of a fictional politician cynically groomed for political appointments for which he is ill-equipped and unsuited.
That said, for all The Fix's Machiavellian manipulations, it's tangled web of corruption, drugs and sex scandals now seem positively tame by comparison with 21st-century real-world politics. Never mind just Trump, EU Referendum, Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary etc etc, on the press night for The Fix, we exited the theatre to news of the attempted military coup in Turkey.
The real stand-out in The Fix is the steely powerhouse performance by Lucy Williamson as Violet Chandler, the erstwhile candidate Fra Fee's Lady Macbeth-style mother. If she can't be the wife or the mother of the president, could she be president herself? As with Hillary Clinton, I'd vote for her, no question.
The Fix finishes at the Union Theatre on 6 August 2016.
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When you hear the words of New York City, first thing comes up on your mind must bethe grandiose party. No wonder if in New Year's Eve, you can find so much party in every corner of the city. Each venue offers their specialist. If Miami shows you the huge Orange Ball in the countdown, NYC will crack the midnight with its special huge Colorful Ball drop. Here are best destinations (from the festive and lively to elegant and romantic one) for New Years Eve 2019 celebration in New York City.
This is the most attractive and popular venue for tourists in the United States. Not only fireworks show, but you can also watch the world-famous ball drop event. All-year-long, this event has been attended and watched over a billion people from all people worldwide.
Being the second most popular after Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve, this place will get busy to ring in 2017. If you want to experience seeing the statue and fireworks in a more stunning way, you can book your ticket on a cruise provided nearby.
This is the best place to celebrate New Years Eve 2019 in a very elegant way at an incredibly luxurious venue with the best food list and stunning decor. You can enjoy the all-night-long party in the overwhelming dance floor in the Grand Ballroom or go to other venues in this restaurant then you will be served in a noble way.
This might be a rare but awesome idea to have a party in a museum. Having a party in an exclusive iconic landmark and hall of fame destination will bang your night even more outstanding. Plus, it is perfect for all ages who want to pose with the 'stars' or enjoy the live DJ performance.
There's nothing better than watching the fireworks display from a sophisticated yacht and experience a family friendly party aboard the Lucille Yacht. You will get an experience to sail around Manhattan to catch the best view of fireworks sparkling on the skyline from the best spot.
This is the exact venue for you who want an exclusive and intimate way with the spectacular panoramic views of the New York City Skyline just wherever you give your sight. You just need to sit back to get an impressive French Martini while the firework is spreading its light across the skyline. Either way, the DJ performance will shake you right under the stars.
Please take a note that the ticket price for the parties will significantly increase (100%+) if you register closer to the day of New Year's Eve. Plus, some tickets will be sold out in advance due to the overwhelming line. Make sure you always check the ticket availability from couples of days or weeks before. Here are some best4 and 5-star hotels you can choose for New Year's Eve in New York City.
You will get a full package of happiness since this 5-star hotel is very close to some party venues mentioned above. 0,3 miles away to Times Square, 0,3 miles to Madame Tussaud, and 0,4 miles to Attic Rooftop.
This is the closest hotel from the Statue of Liberty. You can share your glance to the Liberty all the time from your room's window. The waterfront view, of course, will refresh your mind every time you look at your window as well as the undoubted service and facilities provided in this sophisticated 5-star hotel. These all are such a perfect combination to make your New Year even more amazing.
After you enjoy the luxury sensation of Cipriani Restaurant, you don't need to get more beat since you have your only-131-ft-away-4-star hotel from the restaurant. Plus, the magnificent facilities and services are going to crack your holiday.


Sweet potato fries can be a healthy side if you make them that way, but beware of sweet potato fries from restaurants or fast food chains. Often, they are fried in the same oil and grease as the regular fries! Make sure to ask how they are prepared (look for baked or roasted) or use this simple recipe at home.
Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of calcium, vitamins A and C, potassium, fiber and beta-carotene. Make sure to leave the skin on when baking– that's where all the fiber is!
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Rinse the potato well and cut into thin strips.
2. In a large bowl or mix together the spices and olive oil. Toss in the potatoes and coat with spice mixture (you could also do this in a large plastic bag).
3. Place potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Turn and bake on the other side for an additional 15 minutes or until fries are browned and crisp.
Recipe by Megan Ware, RDN, LD. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in The Woodlands, TX.


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Q: Mongo/express cannot load route (Unexpected '<' in postman) Been trying to get user user object by id from parameters, using User.findById and cannot access this route.
Postman response: Cannot GET /users/get/ with status 404 (not found) which is wierd.
Postman JSON response:
Unexpected '<'

Been using express-promise-router but also tried with default express.Router();
Here is my code:
routes/users.js
const express = require('express');
const router = require('express-promise-router')();
const passport = require('passport');
const router1 = express.Router();
require('../passport');

const { validateBody, schemas } = require('../helpers/routeHelpers');
const UsersController = require('../controllers/users');

const passportSignIn = passport.authenticate('local', { session: false });
const passportJWT = passport.authenticate('jwt', { session: false });

router.route('/signup')
  .post(validateBody(schemas.authSchema), UsersController.signUp);

router.route('/signin')
  .post(validateBody(schemas.authSchema), passportSignIn, UsersController.signIn);

router.route('/get/:id')
  .get(UsersController.getUser);

router.route('/secret')
  .get(passportJWT, UsersController.secret);

controllers/users
module.exports = router;
const JWT = require('jsonwebtoken');
const User = require('../models/user');
const { JWT_SECRET } = require('../configuration');

const signToken = (user) => {
  return JWT.sign({
    iss: 'CodeWorkr',
    sub: user.id,
    iat: new Date().getTime(), // current time
    exp: new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() + 1) // current time + 1 day ahead
  }, JWT_SECRET);
};

module.exports = {
  signUp: async (req, res) => {
    const { email, password } = req.value.body;

    // Check if there is a user with the same email
    const foundUser = await User.findOne({ 'local.email': email });
    if (foundUser) {
      return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Email is already in use' });
    }
    // Create a new user
    const newUser = new User({
      method: 'local',
      local: {
        email: email,
        password: password
      }
    });

    await newUser.save();

    // Generate the token
    const token = signToken(newUser);
    // Respond with token
    return res.status(200).json({ token });
  },
  signIn: async (req, res) => {
    // Generate token
    const token = signToken(req.user);
    res.status(200).json({ token });
  },
  getUser: async (req, res) => {
    User.findById(req.params.id)
      .then((user) => {
        res.status(200).json({ user });
        console.log('test');
      });
  },

  secret: async (req, res) => {
    console.log('I managed to get here!');
    res.json({ secret: 'resource' });
  }
};

server.js
const express = require('express');
const morgan = require('morgan');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const cors = require('cors');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const passport = require('passport');
const db = require('./configuration/config').mongoURI;
const dbTest = require('./configuration/config').mongoURITest;

mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
  mongoose.connect(dbTest, { useMongoClient: true });
} else {
  mongoose.connect(db, { useMongoClient: true });
}

const app = express();

app.use(cors());
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
// Middlewares moved morgan into if for clear tests
if (!process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
  app.use(morgan('dev'));
}
app.use(bodyParser.json());

// Routes
app.use('/users', require('./routes/users'));

// Start the server
const port = process.env.PORT || 3001;
app.listen(port);
console.log(`Server listening at ${port}`);

Other post routes works fine,

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Q: Cocos2D Bezier curve around object as if by gravity I'm trying to manipulate an object. When it gets near another object, let's say a globe, I want the globe to have a gravitational pull on the original object. I know I'm supposed to use CCBezierTo, so this isn't so much a programming question as it is a math question.
Mathematically, how could I figure out the three points of the bezier curve (1, 2, and end) and give it a weight depending on its distance (further away = less pull). I already have the distance mapped out in a variable.
Think of a spaceship slingshotting around the moon.
Code:
ccBezierConfig bezier;
bezier.controlPoint_1 = ccp(projectile.position.x + 10, projectile.position.y + 20);
bezier.controlPoint_2 = ccp(projectile.position.x + 20, projectile.position.y + 40);
bezier.endPosition = ccp(projectile.position.x + 30, projectile.position.y+60);
id bezierAction = [CCBezierTo actionWithDuration:1 bezier:bezier];
[projectile stopAllActions];
[projectile runAction: bezierAction];

A: The trajectory would be a conic section (line, hyperbola, parabola, ellipse or circle).
You can represent those as a rational Bezier curve.
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/COURSES/cs3621/NOTES/spline/NURBS/RB-conics.html
and
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~dm/UNC/COMP236/papers/farin.pdf.
If you insist on using quadratic Bezier sections, I would use a function like this
http://www.netlib.org/minpack/lmder.f to find optimal positions of control points
by least-squares minimization.
I think it would be easiest if you just calculate the conic sections and draw them as line loops.
Or you implement a verlet integrator and solve the equations of motions.


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55 Southbank
In a first for Melbourne, WSP applied innovative structural engineering techniques to grow this inner city building in Melbourne to one of the tallest timber building extensions in the world. By using the latest in timber construction technology, WSP designed to use cross laminated timber (CLT) to transform the existing six-storey building by adding a 10-storey hotel.
Hume Partners (Property) Pty Ltd
CTBUH 2022 Award of Excellence – Renovation Award
Repurposing, not rebuilding
The original structure at 55 Southbank Boulevard was a six-storey commercial building completed in 1989.
Being so close to Melbourne's arts and cultural precinct and land in the area at a premium, WSP was engaged to design a new concept using cross-laminated timber to add ten storeys to the existing building which represents 13,000 m2 of new space.
The height of the extension was limited by the capacity of the existing piles and installing new piles would not have been possible within the existing building. WSP investigated using concrete slabs, composite deck slabs and CLT floors for the extension. The CLT option was selected because it allowed 10 additional storeys without exceeding the pile capacity whereas feasibility studies ¬-showed only a six-storey extension was possible using concrete slabs.
Alongside our structures team and a cross-laminated timber specialist, we created a Future Ready solution where additional levels were well supported with the existing building columns and core walls were strengthened to accommodate the additional load from the extension, involving the use of CLT walls between all the hotel rooms. WSP designed a composite slab transfer deck at the first hotel level to transfer the vertical loads from the walls to the existing concrete columns.
A taller building also means higher lateral loads on the existing building. WSP designed two new steel cores extending to the top of the CLT extension, incorporated an existing concrete wall in the stability system and designed strengthening of the existing concrete core walls to allow for this load. A new raft was designed under the steel core to transfer the new loads to the existing piles, avoiding new piles.
In order to achieve uninterrupted views from all corners of the hotel, we designed steel beams and columns around the curved section to support the cross laminated timber floor panels and larger wall spacing.
We designed steel beams and columns around the curved section to support the cross laminated timber floor panels and enable larger wall spacing to allow for an uninterrupted view from all corners of the hotel.
Saving time, money and carbon emissions
There were multiple complexities to the Future Ready design and construction of this project that our team had to factor in, including the construction occurring while the floors below were occupied, the existing utilities and services in the building and avoiding adding additional foundation piles.
By using prefabricated cross-laminated timber and adapting an existing building using Circular Economy principles, time and money were saved as well as minimising the environmental impacts associated with demolition and rebuilding.
The building opened in August 2020, with part of the building becoming the Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank.
For more information, watch this video:
Your project in numbers
CO2 offsets (tonnes)
Cross laminiated timber (tonnes)
New floor space (m2)
Tseung Kwan O Desalination Plant, Hong Kong
WSP is behind the first-of-its-kind facility in Hong Kong using reverse osmosis technology to provide the city with an alternative strategic water resource.
Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF), Singapore
The new Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF), an integral part of Singapore's long-term plan to meet its solid waste management needs, will be equipped with state-of-the-art solid waste treatment technologies to improve energy and resource recovery from waste.
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant
An Integrated Resource Recovery (IRR) strategy was developed for the Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant and was a first step towards the sustainability of this 68.2 MLD plant. The study searched for technical solutions to derive value from the plant's waste and to minimize its inputs. The results not only brought focus to the Region, which lead to the IRR option to pursue further into the design and implementation phase, but also immediate improvements with the implementation of short-term solutions.
Collins Arch
We have played a key role in transforming an under-utilised part of Melbourne's central business district, to create a vibrant urban community with the iconic dual tower, known as Collins Arch.
Greenland Centre
WSP were involved in the early design of the documentation of the Greenland Tower up to 2015 which entailed rigorous regulatory requirements and heritage challenges for Sydney's tallest residential tower.
You might think that 111 West 57th Street is an extremely thin building. But 111 West 57th Street is undeniably slender in high-rise terms – a super-slender building certainly, and perhaps even a 'mega-slender' one.
Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia
Grey-headed Flying-fox
To protect canopy cover and reduce the need for human intervention, trial atmospheric cooling and artificial roosts are being undertaken for one of Victoria's permanently occupied Grey-headed Flying-fox colonies in Rosalind Park, Bendigo.


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When a search warrant for drugs is issued for the home under Massachusetts law, the police have no longer than seven days to conduct the search. In most instances the police will conduct the search either the same day that the warrant is issued, or the following day. When the police come to the home, you can be certain that they are going to search the entirety of the residence, according to criminal defense attorney Shane W. Surrette of Worcester, MA.
With this in mind, just because a search warrant is issued and the police find evidence of drugs and drug distribution, this doesn't mean that the warrant was valid in the first place. For instance, the warrant must state with particularity the exact premises to be searched, and if there are any ambiguities in the listing of the residence to be searched, any such discrepancy should be resolved in favor of evidence suppression.
Similarly, if the warrant is based on controlled buys by a confidential informant, the warrant affidavit and application must specify some of the informant's basis of knowledge that drugs and distribution materials are in the residence, as well as the informant's reliability. Basis of knowledge is typically shown where the informant can describe that he/she has been in the residence and has seen drugs and has purchased drugs in the residence.
Reliability of the informant is often shown by the informant's track record of providing information that has led to charges and convictions in other cases. If, however, basis of knowledge and reliability are lacking in a particular case, the police may make up for any deficiencies with their own observations that corroborate an informant's statements.
What is important when charged with a drug offense after the police execute a search warrant for the residence is not to panic, and to contact a Worcester Criminal Defense Attorney with experience handling drug offenses.
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This week our little community received twelve inches of snow. To those of you who live north of the Mason-Dixon line, or in Siberia, this would be a normal occurrence. But for those of us in the Deep South, in a county that owns a total of zero snow plows or salting trucks, this was a big deal.
Considering the forecast was for less than an inch of snow, we were proud of the way we were handling the news! We didn't clear out the grocery stores of milk and bread. The school systems bravely declared they would still be open. We were bound and determined to get our reputation back after a history of over-reacting and wrong calls.
It was all good….until the snow kept falling. The first few hours were typical – kids oohed and aahed over the tiny, sleety flakes that bounced off the ground. But then the flakes got bigger and heavier, and they began to accumulate rapidly.
Twenty-four hours later, it was still snowing, and we had more snow in our yard than I've seen in the 19 years we've lived here. A weekend scheduled for ACT tests and Christmas parties instead became defined by this beautiful interruption.
I had a choice to make – I could join the ranks on social media who were bemoaning the change in their routine, who complained incessantly about the snow and griped about it not belonging here in the South.
Or I could embrace the beautiful interruption. I could recognize that no power for 18 hours meant I wasn't going to get any "work" done. That hundreds of downed trees and power lines meant my son would spend the day with us instead of taking a test that may define his future. It meant a dark evening at home with my two boys and one of their stranded friends gave my husband and I the opportunity to model how to relax and enjoy non-electronic-based connecting with each other.
This interruption meant waking up early to a sparkling white, pristine world that begged us to come explore. It was the perfect reason to traipse up and down our neighborhood hills, calling out to the few who were out braving the frigid beauty. The culmination was two middle-aged adults giggling as we made snow angels in the side yard.
I have the choice – I can resent interruptions, or I can accept them.
Look around. Can you see a beautiful interruption in your life right now?


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Symposium: Start Ups in the Desert
D. Rodman Henderer
Christoph Reinhart
Nezar Alsayyad
Syracuse University School of Architecture, Slocum Hall
Finding Value in Environmentally Responsive Built Environments
Symposium + studio reviews
Please join us for discussions and presentations focused on the architecture and urbanism of the Gulf, the UAE, and Dubai, and the value of sustainability in the desert. The symposium will be part of the final review for the Dubai-based Syracuse Architecture travel studio taught by Assistant Professor Tarek Rakha, and sponsored by El Seif Engineering Contracting Company.
Areas of discussion
architecture and construction in the context of built environment praxis in the region
modeling urban energy flows and urbanism through applied projects in the area
regional history and geopolitical urban developments in the context of the Gulf
discussions on social, political, and cultural aspects
issues of identity, urban history, and theory and how this links to rapid urbanization within an area of extreme climate and arid ecology
D. Rodman Henderer, Sr. VP, RTKL and Chair, Syracuse Architecture Advisory Board
Christoph Reinhart, Assoc. Prof., MIT School of Architecture and Planning
Nezar Alsayyad, Prof. of Architecture, Planning, Urban Design and Urban History, College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley
9:00 am, Introduction
Tarek Rakha, Assistant Professor, Syracuse Architecture
Rajwa Alseif '17, symposium student organizer
"The UAE from the eyes of a practicing architect"
"Urban energy systems -Towards more sustainable city and neighborhood design"
"Tradition, Identity and Urbanism in a Globalizing World"
1:30pm, studio reviews begin
Presenter bios
As senior vice president, Rod Henderer, has been responsible for leading the designs of many of the RTKL's most prominent projects, both in the public and private sectors. As a senior designer/architect, he is experienced in all phases of project development from design through construction administration. His portfolio of international and domestic assignments encompasses cultural facilities, corporate headquarters, hotels and resorts, retail, mixed-use and embassy projects. He completed a 2 year assignment Dubai early in 2015.
Rod Henderer has devoted much of his 30-year career to the design of civic and public buildings, many among this country's most visible pieces of architecture, including one that may be considered the ultimate physical expression of our democratic government. At a time when public buildings must respond to a growing security threat, Henderer's projects advance civic architecture and refine the nature of public spaces by embodying the democratic ideal of assembly and civic pride. Examples include the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, the Food and Drug and Administration Headquarters, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Headquarters, several embassies for the Department of State abroad, and foreign embassies in Washington.
Rod Henderer's designs demonstrate innovative and creative approaches to solving functional program requirements including responsiveness to specific client requirements and criteria, and a consistently high level of exploration, rigor, and personal commitment to design excellence. In recognition of his commitment to architecture, he was elected to the College of Fellows of American Institute Architects in 2011.
A physicist by training, Christoph Reinhart is a building scientist and architectural educator working in the field of sustainable building design and environmental modeling. At MIT he is leading the Sustainable Design Lab (SDL), an inter-disciplinary group with a grounding in architecture that develops design workflows, planning tools and metrics to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings and neighborhoods. Products originating from the group – such as DIVA, Mapdwell, DAYSIM and umi – are used in practice and education in over 90 countries.
Before joining MIT in 2012, Reinhart led the sustainable design concentration area at Harvard's Graduate School of Design where architecture students voted him the "2009 Teacher of the Year." From 1997 to 2008, he worked as a staff scientist at the National Research Council of Canada and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany. Reinhart currently serves on the editorial board of several journals including the "IBPSA Journal of Building Performance Simulation." He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, including a text book on daylighting. His work has been supported within public and private sectors by groups that include the National Science Foundation, Autodesk, United Technology Corporation, Sage Electrochromics, Transsolar Climate Engineering, and the governments of Canada, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Christoph Reinhart's work has been recognized with various awards including the ARUP Best Paper Prize at Building Simulation 2009 and the 2010 Leon Gaster Prize from the Society of Light and Lighting. In 2013 "Buildings4Change" magazine voted him one of its inaugural Stars of Building in Science. SDL's spinoff Mapdwell has been recognized with FastCompany's Design by Innovation 2015 award for data visualization as well as a Sustainia 100 award.
Dr. Nezar AlSayyad is an architect, planner, urban historian, and public intellectual. He is a professor of architecture, planning, and urban history at the University of California at Berkeley where he currently serves as the faculty director of the Center for Arab Societies and Environments Studies (CASES).
AlSayyad holds a B.S. in architectural engineering and a diploma in town planning from Cairo University, an M.S. in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in architectural history from UC Berkeley. In 1988, AlSayyad co-founded the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE). Today, he serves as the association's president and editor of its highly acclaimed peer-reviewed journal, "Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review." He has consulted for many public agencies around the Arab world. He also maintains a small private architecture and planning practice, the Office of Cross- Cultural Architecture-XXA, based in Berkeley, California. AlSayyad is the recipient of many grants for his research, books, films, and projects from the U.S National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), Graham Foundation, Getty Foundation, Ford Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Center in D.C, Doris Duke Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. Among AlSayyad's numerous awards are the Pioneer America Society Best Book Award in 1988, the American Institute of Architects Education Honors in 1991, and, more recently, a Distinguished Guggenheim Fellowship for 2014-2015. In 2008, the University of California recognized his work with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest recognition given to a faculty member on the Berkeley campus.
AlSayyad is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of many books. Recent publications include The Fundamentalist City?: Religiosity and the Remaking of Urban Space (2010); Cairo: Histories of a City (2011), and Traditions: The Real, the Hyper, and the Virtual in the Built Environment (2014). AlSayyad has written, co-produced and co-directed two NEA-funded public television documentaries, "Virtual Cairo" and "At Home with Mother Earth."
Syracuse Architecture, Whitman Collaborate on Summer Event Series in NYC News
June 4 Syracuse Architecture, Whitman Collaborate on Summer Event Series in NYC The Whitman School of Management and the School of Architecture have organized a summer event series centered on architecture and real-estate development. More
Julián Manriquez Botello Critic
Fall 2016 Julián Manriquez Botello
Timothy Stenson Faculty
Timothy Stenson Associate Professor tistenso@syr.edu 308B Slocum 315-443-2996
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Fall 2018 James Macgillivray
Sinéad Mac Namara Faculty
Sinéad Mac Namara Associate Professor scmacnam@syr.edu 326D Slocum 315-443-3039
Brad Lynch Critic
Fall 2013 Brad Lynch
Angela Co Faculty
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Mad Men Season 5 Finale Review – We have to talk about Don
By: Jessica Rae | June 11, 2012 at 2:38 PM EDT
Don Draper's final look in Mad Men season 5's finale was the ultimate cliffhanger. The look, executed masterfully by Jon Hamm, left us wondering what his trajectory now is.
I see Don as a traditional man who is trying to adjust, and embrace, modern society. We already know the ways in which he's comfortable with traditional gender roles and other conventions (smoking, drinking at work.) But we can't downplay the fact that he hired a black secretary, breaking tradition. He got divorced and remarried, also breaking tradition. In fact, even employing (or promoting) Peggy way back when was a break from tradition. Sometimes he may have resented her, but he was willing to cross that line. Because, I believe, Don is trying to be an optimist. He believes in the future and he believes he can have a part in it. But what happens when he backslides into past behaviors?
We've already seen Don struggle with the ghosts (or phantoms) of his past and how he used to consider infidelity both a right and a pleasure of his married life. But with his new marriage, he's been determined not to be unfaithful. And part of that has probably been selfish. With a new wife, he figures he should be content and happy with her – at least for a while. What does it say about him if he can't enjoy it at all?
He probably also knows how much his cheating hurt Betty, and he resolved himself to treat Megan better. And he has. He's never controlled Megan the way he controlled Betty. In part, I believe, because Megan just wouldn't have it. Megan is a modern woman. This is why Don and Megan made so much sense.
But now, instead of trying to control everything, Don has given up what he feels like doing in order to obey Megan's wishes. He didn't want her to audition for a commercial with his company or pull strings for it (his pride, his pride!) to happen. And he wasn't going to. But then he heard Megan's mother, so resolute in her defeatist ideas about Megan's dreams… and I think he immediately realized that if he wasn't going to take care of her, no one else was. He wanted to make her happy. And he rejected the idea that Megan's dreams couldn't come true. Suddenly, he was on her side.
And we don't know how much influence he had, but he must have taken a step that helped land Megan the gig. And there she was, in technicolor glory – in a true fairytale. And she was so happy. She was glowing.
But Don hated it. He removed himself from it. He had done something unselfish, and now he regret it. He'd made Megan happy at his expense. And he isn't used to that. Megan's happiness wasn't enough for him.
So we leave Mad Men's fifth season with Don feeling a barrier in his marriage. Can he contort to allow for a more equal marriage? Or does he feel he's owed those old luxuries of infidelity? Is he miserable? And what would that misery help excuse himself of his marital bonds once more? We have to ask ourselves, not just whether Don will ever stay happy, but if he can be miserable without acting out like a child about it. But if he just shut up and played like a good boy, would we really want to watch him?
No. The truth is, we love us a rebel.
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Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel, appears to be a straightforward romance. Men and women of contrasting and complimenting character are thrown together, but, the chances of love are thwarted by the social conventions of the period that prevent honesty and openness and instead breed duplicity and secrecy. But, on reflection, Sense and Sensibility is also a carefully crafted critique of social ethics and leaves the reader with much to think over.
Sense and Sensibility is largely a story of two contrasting sisters; Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The novel begins with the death of their father, Henry Dashwood. Elinor, Marianne, their mother and younger sister are left with only small inheritances while the bulk of Mr Dashwood's wealth and property is passed to John; his son from an earlier marriage. On his deathbed, Henry presses John to take care of his second family which John assures his father he will.
However, John's selfish, snobbish wife, Fanny, convinces him that he need not show any great responsibility to his step-sisters and their mother, and John is not difficult to persuade. Faced with having to leave their home, the Dashwood women struggle to find a suitable new home within the means of their limited income. Though there is some friction between them and John and Fanny, they are soon joined at Norland Park by Fanny's brother, Edward Ferrars, who forms an attachment with Elinor.
Sensing the growing affection between Elinor and Edward, Fanny intervenes to try and spoil any possible connection and to motivate the relocation of the Dashwood women. Fortunately, a cousin of Mrs Dashwood, Sir John Middleton, has offered them a cottage in Devonshire that would suit them well and they readily accept. The Dashwoods try to make the best of their new home and assimilate themselves in the society of Sir John. It is not easy as Sir John and his mother-in-law, Mrs Jennings, take great pleasure in teasing, prodding and gossiping with their new young companions.
One member of their new social circle is Colonel Brandon who immediately takes a liking to seventeen-year-old Marianne. Though he appears quite respectable and has considerable wealth, he is in his mid-thirties and not at all to Marianne's liking.
But at least, mama, you cannot deny the absurdity of the accusation, though you may not think it intentionally ill-natured. Colonel Brandon […] is old enough to be my father; and if he were ever animated enough to be in love, must have long outlived every sensation of the kind. It is too ridiculous! When is a man to be safe from such wit, if age and infirmity will not protect him?
There are also rumours circulating about the Colonel's past.
When Marianne falls and sprains her ankle while out walking, she is rescued, in the most romantic sense, by a dashing stranger; John Willoughby. Willoughby and Marianne begin spending a great deal of time together and it is no secret that Marianne is rapidly falling in love. While Elinor's 'sense' compels her to keep her thoughts and feelings to herself, even from the man she has feelings for, Marianne is convinced of the greater integrity and sincerity of 'sensibility', and freely shares her wishes and feelings.
Elinor, this eldest daughter whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgement, which qualified her, though only nineteen, to be the counsellor of her mother, […] She had an excellent heart; – her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn, and which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught.
Marianne's abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor's. She was sensible and clever; but eager in every thing; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent.
Marianne is correspondingly distraught beyond help when she and Willoughby are separated after Willoughby is sent to London by his aunt to whom he is financially dependent.
Mrs Jennings offers to help the two young women in their romantic disappointments by giving them both the opportunity of accompanying her on a trip to London. Elinor and Marianne both journey to London on Mrs Jenning's kindness, a trip that promises to bring them in close proximity to Willoughby, Brandon and the Ferrars family. What Elinor and Marianne duly discover is that there is much in these three men's previous lives, and their plans for the future, that they were not aware of. Revelations that will threaten to dash their hopes for love rather than inspire cause for hope.
Sense and Sensibility is the fourth Austen novel I have read. I cannot help but smile when I open a new one and begin reading the first few chapters; her style is so distinctive. It is the way she sets the scene with such-and-such a family of such-and-such regard, living on an estate in such-and-such county and, of course, with so-many pounds a year! Her style is to spell these things out for the reader so that we can quickly appreciate the setting and its tensions. She even tends to spell out the traits of her characters, at least when we first meet them, rather than allow the reader discover them.
Where she does not spell things out, and where I find myself tested as a reader, is when it comes to the dialogue between these characters. Here, instead, is found the subtle and not-so-subtle intentions and motivations, the conforming and breaking of social norms and manners, the hints and suggestions of inner-turmoil, conflict between private and public selves and telling silences. It requires the reader to read between the lines and is as much a part of the story as the events of the plot.
It made me realise that it has been a while since I've read a novel like this and I am out of practice. More modern writers tend to make these aspects clearer and it has probably made my reading lazier. In particular, where characters appear to be having conversations unrelated to the main story, I failed to question those instances and figure out what Austen is trying to say there. Also, I did not pick up on many parallels and contrasts between the characters. Instead, I needed some help, but more on that in a moment.
Overall, I would say that I did enjoy it but not as much as my favourite Austen; Pride and Prejudice. I was a bit surprised by how much of the story takes place in town since I usually associate Austen with country estates and villages. I enjoyed the story arc Austen takes the reader through as half-way through the novel things look very bleak for the Dashwood sisters. I also enjoyed the humour, even though there was only a little of my favourite source of comic relief; Mrs Jenning's son-in-law Mr Palmer. But I also thought the novel suffered a few flaws.
I also enjoyed the 1995 film. Forgive me for digressing for a moment, but I can't help but share a silly anecdote. While I was waiting for my wife to join me, once I had loaded the DVD into the player, I was watching an old episode of one of my favourite shows – Will and Grace. Grace comes out of her bedroom and says she just had a sex dream about [Sense and Sensibility director] Ang Lee. What was that like? 'Slow-paced but visually stunning' says Grace!
The film was what I expected it to be; a very typical adaptation. I provides all the essentials of the plot, the characters and the drama, and eliminates all that might be superfluous – other characters, scenes and events – given the limitations of time and focus of the medium. Like a typical adaptation, it was enjoyable for what it was but a lover of the novel would surely miss the nuance and sophistication of the original. Like the novel, I liked it enough.
My Penguin Classics edition of Sense and Sensibility comes with an introduction by Oxford Fellow Ros Ballaster as well as the introduction to the original Penguin Classics edition by Cambridge Fellow Tony Tanner. I read these after reading the novel and seeing the film and I have to say they gave much to ponder. If discussing the details of a novel that was first published over 200 years ago (1811), that has been widely read and adapted several times, can be considered 'spoilers', then be warned; spoilers follow!
One of the reasons I prefer Penguin Classics is for the value of expert opinion and they did not let me down here. For example, Ballaster points out that, almost unique among Austen's novels, Sense and Sensibility is largely devoid of father-figures while being overwhelmed with mothers. Mothers who seem to show favouritism for one child over their siblings and children who seem to repeat the experience of their mother's. Mothers who also, like the Dashwood sisters, have either too much sense or too much sensibility.
Ballaster further exposes the parallel events in the lives of Marianne and Elinor, or Willoughby and Edward and analyses scenes in the novel that show Austen's thematic intentions. Ballaster also discusses the political connotations of 'sensibility' at the time and the parallels and contrasts between Sense and Sensibility and other novels of the period that Austen was known to have read before and during the writing of Sense and Sensibility. It all made me want to read the novel again, perhaps alongside Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), and armed with the insights these introductions have provided. It also reduced my estimation of the 1995 film as its simplification of the novel became even more plain to see.
Ballaster also makes the important point that Elinor's 'sense' is reactive. That is, her trials follow those of her sister's and she has the benefit of observing Marianne's behaviour and its consequences. So, do we give Elinor too much credit if we attribute her 'sense' to her maturity or strength of character when she may instead be learning lessons from Marianne's experience?
The peculiar logical twist at the centre of the novel is that Elinor's 'sense' only makes sense by contrast with sensibility; indeed we might argue she only reaches her right decisions, or, at least, rationalises their value, by keeping quiet and assessing Marianne's wrong ones.
Tanner's introduction discusses the issue he believes to be at the heart of the novel; the conflict between the need to express oneself against the social pressure to comport oneself and the paradox of living in a society that requires you to be both sociable and private. In discussing this issue and Marianne's illness, Tanner notes the high prevalence of nervous-breakdown-type sickness in the late 18th century.
To me, the greatest flaw in Sense and Sensibility is the matching of Marianne and Col Brandon in the end. I don't buy them as a good match. Tanner, I think is inclined to agree but makes some good points. He reminds us that Austen does say that Marianne's illness has changed her. Because it comes so late in the novel, we may not appreciate how much she has changed and perhaps she might make a good match for the Colonel after all.
On the other hand, the ending is really a new beginning with the wedding of Marianne and Brandon and we can't say what may happen from there. It may not be a successful marriage. Tanner compares Marianne to two other women of similar character in later novels – Maggie of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860) and Cathy of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1847). Each of whom had less than happy fates. Food for thought indeed!
I frequently say that there is value in reading books again. Dostoyevsky was one who wrote novels intended to be read more than once. Reading Crime and Punishment again was a very different experience from the first time and my impression was far more positive the second time around. I foresee a similar experience with Sense and Sensibility. This first experience was fair, but it leaves plenty to think about and I certainly want to read it again. Now that I know the plot and can allow the rest to soak in, I believe I will be far more appreciative and find it far more enjoyable the second time around.
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I can't say I enjoy this one more than Pride and Prejudice (no Darcy!) but I think it's a better book. It seems to me that it says much more about the nuances in the society than any of her other books – little layers of class within class, the snobbishness, even of the Dashwoods' reaction to Sir John and his mother, the way Lucy is dismissed as a scheming fortune-hunter, when in fact it would be reasonable to say that they were all scheming fortune-hunters to one degree or another. I think it may be my favourite even though I enjoy P&P more. I even quite like that there are no real dashing heroes like Darcy – Elinor's and Marianne's eventual rather disappointing fates in the marriage market seem more realistic to their position in society than the glittering love matches of Lizzie and Jane…
It sounds like the difficulty you have in choosing between P&P and S&S is similar to what I have for books in general – I can think of many I enjoyed, but don't have a lot of respect for; or many I have respect for, but didn't really enjoy! It makes it difficult when people ask me to name my favourite books; I have to scratch my head and think of those that might score highly in both regards.


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Расположение Санкт-Петербурга в дельте реки Невы привело к необходимости постройки большого количества мостов.
В современном городе их сотни.
В истории города прослеживается явление строительства мостов по типовым проектам.

Деревянные мосты через реку Мойку со щелью для пропуска мачтовых судов
Конструкция мостов была разработана по образцу голландских переправ. Один из первых проектов был разработан Г. ван Болесом и использовался в 1721-1737 годах. Этот архитектор строил Красный мост, Синий мост, Большой Конюшенный мост.

Деревянные «Цветные» мосты через реку Мойку
Названия «цветных» мостов — «Жёлтого» (позже Певческого), «Зеленого» (Полицейского, потом Народного), «Красного» и «Синего» произошли оттого, что эти деревянные мосты были покрашены в разные цвета.
Первый из них переброшен через реку Мойку как продолжение Дворцовой площади, второй — по Невскому проспекту, третий — по Гороховой улице, четвёртый — по Исаакиевской площади.
Эти одинаковые по внешнему виду деревянные мосты в XVIII веке красились в разные цвета специально для различия, чтобы каждый из них имел «своё лицо».

Каменные мосты через Фонтанку с деревянным разводным пролётом

Крайние своды моста выполнены из камня, очерчены коробовыми кривыми и облицованы гранитными блоками.
Средний пролёт был разводной двухпролётный, изготовлен из дерева, раскрывался примитивным цепным механизмом.
Перильные ограждения моста представляли собой металлические секции между гранитными тумбами.
Их рисунок повторяет узор набережных Фонтанки.

Речные опоры внизу завершаются профилированными ледорезами треугольной формы.
Над ними возвышаются открытые гранитные башни классических пропорций увенчанные куполами, в которых находился подъёмный механизм моста.
Мосты строились по проекту   Перроне, о чем свидетельствуют исторические упоминания. В годы строительства мостов этого проекта Жан-Родольф активно строил мосты во Франции, но по его методике построено множество мостов в мире.

Каменные мосты этого типа были распространены в своё время. Сохранились в оригинальном виде (средний разводной деревянный пролёт заменён неразводным) только два — мост Ломоносова и Старо-Калинкин мост (перестроен, размеры изменены).

Чугунные мосты через реку Мойку
Проект был разработан архитектором Вильямом Гесте и предполагал замену на месте деревянного моста новый, чугунный.

Первым был заменён Зелёный мост.
Пролёт был перекрыт пологим сводом, собранным из пустых чугунных блоков (тюбингов).
В стенках блоков были проделаны отверстия для соединяющих болтов.
Основанием опор являются свайные ростверки.
Консультантом проекта выступил Ф. П. де Воллан (Деволант).

В качестве идеи использовалось предложение конструкции моста Р. Фултона, опубликованное в Лондоне в 1796 году.

Тротуары были выложены гранитными плитами в одном уровне с проезжей частью и отделялись от неё металлическими прутьями между гранитными парапетными камнями.
Перильные ограды моста были литыми, дополнительно были поставлены гранитные обелиски, увенчанные золочёными шарами.
Прочность чугуна позволила сделать арку моста гораздо тоньше и изящнее, чем у тяжеловесных гранитных мостов, что придает самому мосту лёгкий, невесомый облик.

См. также
 Мосты Санкт-Петербурга

Примечания


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«Дитя́ челове́ческое» () — полнометражный философско-фантастический художественный фильм режиссёра Альфонсо Куарона, вольная экранизация  английской писательницы Филлис Дороти Джеймс.

Премьера фильма состоялась 3 сентября 2006 года на 63-м Венецианском кинофестивале, где он конкурировал за главную награду «Золотой лев» с картиной «Натюрморт» режиссёра Цзя Чжанкэ.
Показ фильма стартовал под эгидой Universal Studios 22 сентября 2006 года в Великобритании.

Сюжет фильма в значительной степени отличается от литературного, по большому счёту в экранизации задействованы лишь общий сеттинг и герои, при этом события разворачиваются совершенно другие. Картина провалилась в прокате, заработав 70 млн долларов при бюджете в 76 млн долларов, но получила положительные отзывы ведущих киноаналитиков мира.

Сюжет
2027 год. Массовое бесплодие поразило человечество — 18 лет прошло с тех пор, как был рождён последний ребёнок. Во всём мире царит хаос, и лишь Великобритании удаётся сохранять порядок, превратив государство в военный лагерь. Нелегальные иммигранты пытаются проникнуть в страну, но их ловят, сажают в клетки, депортируют с острова и расстреливают.

Тео Фарон — бывший политический активист, после смерти сына и развода с женой равнодушен к происходящему вокруг. Члены террористической организации «Рыбы» похищают Тео. Один из лидеров террористов, бывшая жена Тео, Джулиан Тейлор, предлагает ему 5000 фунтов за разрешение на передвижение для молодой беженки Ки, которой надо уехать из страны, минуя проверку на границе. С помощью двоюродного брата Найджела, Тео удается достать документы. Однако полученное разрешение позволяет Ки передвигаться лишь вместе с Тео.

После того, как Джулиан погибает от рук своих же соратников, Ки открывает Тео свой секрет — она беременна. Джулиан собиралась доставить её в Проект «Человечество» — загадочной группе учёных, ищущих выход из сложившейся ситуации.

Узнав, что «Рыбы» планируют использовать ребёнка как политический инструмент, Ки, Тео и акушерка Мириам убегают из лагеря террористов. Мириам объясняет, что встреча с кораблём проекта «Человечество» назначена в море возле города Бексхилл — лагеря для беженцев, превращённого в гетто. Старый друг Тео, бывший политический карикатурист Джаспер организует проход в город под видом нелегальных гастарбайтеров. Идущие по следу Ки террористы убивают Джаспера.

Когда Тео и Ки въезжают в Бексхилл, у Ки начинаются схватки. Мириам арестовывают, когда она изображает из себя религиозную фанатичку, чтобы отвлечь внимание пограничников. В Бексхилле, в одном из заброшенных домов Ки рожает девочку. Их обнаруживают, но престарелая домовладелица Маричка помогает им выбраться из дома. Появившиеся «Рыбы» захватывают главных героев, но в поднявшемся хаосе во время уличных боев Тео спасается, ему удаётся найти Ки в осаждённом британскими войсками многоэтажном здании. Однако Люк, заменивший на посту лидера террористической организации «Рыба» Джулиан, успевает выстрелить в Тео и ранить его. Увидев новорождённого, солдаты и повстанцы прекращают огонь и пропускают беглецов.

Когда сражение начинается вновь, Тео удаётся найти Маричку, а с её помощью — лодку. Раненый Тео теряет сознание от потери крови, когда из тумана показывается корабль проекта «Человечество». Дальнейшая судьба ребёнка и Ки неизвестна. Однако на финальных титрах слышен детский смех, а картина завершается эпилогом на санскрите, дающим веру в лучшее.

В ролях
 Клайв Оуэн — Теодор Фарон, бывший политический активист.
  — Ки, девушка-негритянка, единственная известная забеременевшая женщина на Земле за последние 18 лет.
 Джулианна Мур — Джулиан Тейлор, лидер террористической группы «Рыбы», бывшая жена Тео.
 Майкл Кейн — Джаспер Палмер, друг Тео, бывший политический активист.
 Чиветел Эджиофор — Люк
 Чарли Ханнэм — Патрик
 Пэм Феррис — Мириам
 Питер Маллан — Сид
 Дэнни Хьюстон — Найджел, кузен Тео.
 Оана Пелля — Маричка
 Пол Шарма — Иэн
 Яцек Коман — Томаш
 Темина Санни — Зара

Съёмочная группа
 Режиссёр: Альфонсо Куарон
 Продюсеры: Марк Абрахам (Marc Abraham), Эрик Ньюман (Eric Newman), Хилари Шор (Hilary Shor), Иэйн Смит (Iain Smith), Тони Смит (Tony Smith)
 Исполнительные продюсеры: Армян Бернштейн (Armyan Bernstein), Томас Блисс (Thomas A. Bliss)
 Сценаристы: Альфонсо Куарон, Дэвид Арата (David Arata), Тимоти Секстон (Timothy J. Sexton), Марк Фергус (Mark Fergus), Хок Остби (Hawk Ostby)
 по одноимённому роману Филлис Дороти Джеймс
 Оператор: Эммануэль Любецки
 Композитор: Джон Тавенер
 Монтаж: Альфонсо Куарон, Алекс Родригес (Alex Rodríguez)

Производство кинокомпании Universal Pictures (бюджет 76 млн долларов). Премьера 3 сентября 2006 года на Венецианском кинофестивале. Выход на экраны 22 сентября 2006 года (Великобритания и Ирландия).

Прокат в России: компания «UIP». Премьера на экранах — 19 октября 2006 года.

Саундтрек
 «Hush» (Deep Purple) — 4:25
 «Witness (1 Hope)» (Roots Manuva) — 4:14
 «Tomorrow Never Knows» (Джуниор Паркер) — 3:30
 «Sleepy Shores» (Майкл Прайс) — 2:52
 «The Court of the Crimson King» (King Crimson) — 4:49
 «Backward» (Kode9, Spaceape) — 4:33
 «Wait» (The Kills) — 4:47
 «There Is an Ocean» (Донован) — 4:47
 «Ruby Tuesday» (Франко Баттиато) — 3:37
 «Money Honey» (Warrior Queen, Кевин Мартин) — 3:46
 «Arbeit Macht Frei» (The Libertines) — 1:15
 «Indian Stomp» (Cyrus) — 3:29
 «Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)» (Джон Леннон) — 4:13
 «Running the World» (Джарвис Кокер) — 4:43
 «Плач по жертвам Хиросимы» (Кшиштоф Пендерецкий)

Релиз
 Прокат фильма в Великобритании начался 22 сентября 2006 года.
 Прокат фильма в России начался 19 октября 2006 года.
 Начало проката фильма в США пришлось на Рождество 25 декабря 2006 года.

Награды и номинации
Полный список наград смотрите на IMDb.com
 2007 — 3 номинации на премию «Оскар»: лучший адаптированный сценарий (Альфонсо Куарон, Тимоти Дж. Секстон, Дэвид Арата, Марк Фергус, Хоук Остби), лучший монтаж (Альфонсо Куарон, Алекс Родригес), лучшая операторская работа (Эммануэль Любецки)
 2007 — 2 премии BAFTA: лучшая операторская работа (Эммануэль Любецки), лучшая работа художника-постановщика (Джеффри Кёркленд, Джим Клэй, Дженнифер Уильямс), а также номинация за лучшие визуальные эффекты (Фрэйзер Чёрчилл, Тим Уэббер, Майк Эймс, Пол Корболд)
 2007 — премия «Сатурн» за лучший научно-фантастический фильм, а также 2 номинации: лучший режиссёр (Альфонсо Куарон), лучшая мужская роль (Клайв Оуэн)
 2006 — два приза Венецианского кинофестиваля: Золотые Озеллы за уникальное техническое содействие (Эммануэль Любецки), Laterna Magica (Альфонсо Куарон), а также номинация на Золотого Льва (Альфонсо Куарон)

См. также
 2019: После падения Нью-Йорка
 Дитя Макона

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт фильма
 Рекламный трейлер фильма
 Галерея фильма
 Интервью с создателями фильма для газеты LA Times
 Интервью Клайва Оуэна журналу New York Magazine

Рецензии

Фильмы Великобритании 2006 года
Фильмы США 2006 года
Фантастические фильмы 2006 года
Фильмы-антиутопии 2000-х годов
Фильмы-драмы Великобритании
Фильмы-драмы США
Научно-фантастические фильмы Великобритании
Научно-фантастические фильмы США
Приключенческие фильмы Великобритании
Приключенческие фильмы США
Фильмы-триллеры Великобритании
Фильмы-триллеры США
Постапокалиптические фильмы
Экранизации романов Великобритании