I interpret the results of psi research as pointing toward the same possibility.
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Jack Sarfatti That's what I did! See message this AM!
Paul Zelinsky OK that seems constructive.
Jack Sarfatti Jim should have done more elementary calculations of simple cases in his book. I will not make the same pedagogical mistake in my book.
In theoretical physics, Feynman diagrams are pictorial representations of the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles.
are for quantum field theory and beyond, e.g. supergravity STING theory.
Of course, if one used classical field perturbation theory some remnant of Feynman's technique should survive. The effects of off-mass-shell virtual particles will be ignorable i.e. internal lines smeared over into a glob. However, the idea of using the amplitudehedron to compute solutions of nonlinear classical field theory might not be completely stupid? Jim's vector theory of gravity is relatively Mickey Mouse and does not need all of this fancy Dan math.
MY VERSION of Jim's theory is very simple and does not need all his numbo jumbo about fictitious forces etc.
The BACK FROM THE FUTURE DESTINY piece is the Wheeler-Feynman Hoyle-Narlikar-Cramer ADVANCED FUTURE LIGHT CONE INFLUENCE FUNCTIONAL constrained by our future dark energy TOTAL ABSORBER de Sitter event horizon (a hologram quantum computer).
Similarly, for the RETARDED past light cone part constrained by our past particle horizon.
(Levi-Civita DETECTOR terms) ~ 0 when the detector is on a timelike geodesic and is not rotating.
This is only for timelike test particles NOT for PHOTONS!
BTW on Jim's speed of light RED HERRING!
classically ds = 0 and that's all one can really say correctly.
This is a SIMPLE quadratic equation for the speed of light that has two roots in general when A =/= 0.
When A =/= 0 at a horizon we get two roots for c', i.e. 0 and infinity!
Jack Sarfatti There you have it double!


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Datuk Johar Che Mat
Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Director
DATUK JOHAR CHE MAT, aged sixty-six (66), Male, Malaysian, Independent Non- Executive Chairman effective 3 January 2019 and was subsequently re-designated as Non- Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Director of the Company effective 1 July 2019. He obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from University of Malaya in 1975. He has thirty- four (34) years of experience in the banking industry. He began his career in 1975 as an Officer at the Prime Minister's Department. In 1976, he joined Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank") where he served in various divisions including in senior positions as the Manager/Senior Manager covering the transactional banking (operations), retail finance, retail marketing and private banking. From 1993 to 1995, he was appointed as the Regional Manager for Maybank branches in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. In 1996, he was promoted as the General Manager, Commercial Banking Division and subsequently served as the Senior General Manager, Corporate Banking and Enterprise Banking Division in 2000. In 2002 he was promoted as the Senior Executive Vice President, Retail Financial Services and was thereafter appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Maybank Group from 2006 till 2010. In 2012, he was designated as the Board representative of Amanah Raya Berhad. Also a Director of Rural Capital Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad (formerly known as Asian Finance Bank Berhad) and Dagang NeXchange Berhad. He was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Director of Takaful Ikhlas General Berhad (Takaful IKHLAS General) on 30 November 2018 and was subsequently re-designated as Non- Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Takaful IKHLAS General effective 1 July 2019 following his appointment as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman at MNRB Holdings Berhad on even date.
President & Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
MOHD DIN MERICAN, aged fifty-six (56), Male, Malaysian, Non-Independent Non-Executive Director since 2 March 2012. He was then re-designated as the Executive Director on 2nd March 2018. Member of the Investment Committee and the Nomination Committee. Also the President and Group Chief Executive Officer of MNRB Holdings Berhad. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is an Associate of The Malaysian Insurance Institute (AMII) since 1991. He has thirty (30) years' experience in the insurance industry and has held key management positions in various insurance, insurance broking and reinsurance firms including being the Principal Officer & General Manager of SCOR Switzerland Ltd (Converium Ltd), Labuan Branch. Prior to joining MNRB, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad and the Chief Executive Officer of Etiqa Insurance Berhad. Formerly a member of Management Committee of Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia, National Insurance Association of Malaysia and President of Life Insurance Association of Malaysia. Also a Director of Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad, Sinar Seroja Berhad (formerly known as MNRB Retakaful Berhad), Labuan Reinsurance (L) Ltd., Malaysian Re (Dubai) Ltd., Takaful Ikhlas General Berhad and Motordata Research Consortium Sdn. Bhd. On 23 November 2018, he was appointed as the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
George Oommen
GEORGE OOMMEN, aged sixty-five (65), Male, Malaysian. Independent Non-Executive Director since 1 May 2018. Chairman of the Audit Committee and Investment Committee as well as member of the Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also a certified Accountant by the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants United Kingdom and the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants Malaysia. He has thirty-six (36) years' of experience in the insurance industry. He began his career in 1981 when he joined American International Assurance Company Ltd as an Accountant. In 1999, he joined AIG Lippo Life Insurance Company, Indonesia as Vice President-Director. He then joined TATA AIG Life Insurance Company, India, in 2001, as Managing Director. George Oommen later joined ACE INA Holdings Inc, India as Country Head/CEO in 2001. In 2003, he joined ACE Life, Cairo, Egypt as Chairman/Managing Director. In 2005, he joined ACE India Representative Office, India as Country Head/CEO. In 2006, he joined Signtech International Sdn Bhd as Chief Executive Officer. He later joined Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), UAE in 2007 where he was appointed as the Executive Director, Business Development. In 2010, he joined Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A MENA Dubai, UAE as CEO & General Representative. Also a Director of MNRB Holdings Berhad and Malaysian Re (Dubai) Ltd. On 30 November 2018, he was appointed as a Director of Takaful Ikhlas General Berhad.
DATUK JOHAR CHE MAT, aged sixty-six (66), Male, Malaysian, Independent Non- Executive Chairman effective 30 November 2018 and was subsequently re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Director of the Company effective 1 July 2019. Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee. He obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from University of Malaya in 1975. He has thirty-four (34) years of experience in the banking industry. He began his career in 1975 as an Officer at the Prime Minister's Department. In 1976, he joined Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank") where he served in various divisions including in senior positions as the Manager/Senior Manager covering the transactional banking (operations), retail finance, retail marketing and private banking. From 1993 to 1995, he was appointed as the Regional Manager for Maybank branches in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. In 1996, he was promoted as the General Manager, Commercial Banking Division and subsequently served as the Senior General Manager, Corporate Banking and Enterprise Banking Division in 2000. In 2002 he was promoted as the Senior Executive Vice President, Retail Financial Services and was thereafter appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Maybank Group from 2006 till 2010. In 2012, he was designated as the Board representative of Amanah Raya Berhad. Also a Director of Rural Capital Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad (formerly known as Asian Finance Bank Berhad) and Dagang NeXchange Berhad. He was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Director of Takaful Ikhlas Family Berhad (formerly known as Takaful Ikhlas Berhad) (Takaful IKHLAS Family) on 3 January 2019 and was subsequently re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Takaful IKHLAS Family effective 1 July 2019 following his appointment as Non-Independent Non- Executive Chairman at MNRB Holdings Berhad on even date.
MOHD DIN MERICAN, aged fifty-six (56), Male, Malaysian, Director since the incorporation of the Company. He was then re-designated as an Executive Director effective 30 November 2018. Also the President and Group Chief Executive Officer of MNRB Holdings Berhad. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is an Associate of The Malaysian Insurance Institute (AMII) since 1991. He has thirty (30) years' experience in the insurance industry and has held key management positions in various insurance, insurance broking and reinsurance firms including being the Principal Officer & General Manager of SCOR Switzerland Ltd (Converium Ltd), Labuan Branch. Prior to joining MNRB, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad and the Chief Executive Officer of Etiqa Insurance Berhad. Formerly a member of Management Committee of Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia, National Insurance Association of Malaysia and President of Life Insurance Association of Malaysia. Also a Director of Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad, Takaful Ikhlas Family Berhad (formerly known as Takaful Ikhlas Berhad), Sinar Seroja Berhad (formerly known as MNRB Retakaful Berhad), Labuan Reinsurance (L) Ltd., Malaysian Re (Dubai) Ltd. and Motordata Research Consortium Sdn. Bhd. On 23 November 2018, he was appointed as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Takaful Ikhlas Family Berhad (formerly known as Takaful Ikhlas Berhad).
Rosinah Mohd Salleh
ROSINAH MOHD SALLEH, aged forty-nine (49), Female, Malaysian, Director since the incorporation of the Company. She was then re-designated as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 November 2018. She obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from University of Kent at Canterbury, England in 1992 and was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law at Lincoln's Inn in 1993. In 2000, she obtained a Master of Business Administration (International Industrial Management) from University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany. She began her career in 1994 when she joined Nik Saghir & Ismail, a corporate law firm as a Corporate Lawyer. In 2001, she joined RHB Banking Group as its Legal Manager. In 2004, she joined Ng & Shum, a law firm in Guangzhou, China as a Foreign Lawyer. In 2007, she joined Azmi & Associates, a corporate law firm in Kuala Lumpur as a Senior Counsel. In 2011, she joined TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd in Yokohama, Japan as the Coordinator at the Product Certification Department. From 2012 until to date, she is a Partner at Azmi & Associates in Kuala Lumpur. Also a Director of MNRB Holdings Berhad and Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad
Datuk Haji Nik Moustpha Haji Nik Hassan
DATUK HAJI NIK MOUSTPHA HAJI NIK HASSAN, aged sixty-five (65), Male, Malaysian, Independent Non-Executive Director since 1 March 2016. Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee of the Board and Remuneration Committee. Obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Ohio University, Ohio, United States of America in 1977 and Master of Administration (Economics) from Ohio University in 1978. He joined the Faculty of Economics and Agribusiness of the Agriculture University of Malaysia as a lecturer in 1979. In 1989 he joined the Faculty of Economics, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management of IIUM from 1987 till 1989. He was also a Visiting Fellowship at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University, United Kingdom for one academic year. Upon completion, he resumed as the Dean of the Faculty of Post Graduate Studies at IIUM in 1992. He joined the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) in 1993 and held various positions before retiring as the Director General of IKIM in 2015. A member of Shariah Committee of Takaful Ikhlas Family Berhad (formerly known as Takaful Ikhlas Berhad) since December 2002 and Sinar Seroja Berhad (formerly known as MNRB Retakaful Berhad) since April 2012 until its dissolution on 2 November 2015. On 2 November 2015, he was appointed as a member of the Group Shariah Committee of MNRB Holdings Berhad. He is also a Director of Chemical Company Malaysia Berhad. On 30 November 2018, he was appointed as Director of Takaful Ikhlas General Berhad.

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NBA FINALS: CAVALIERS v WARRIORS
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: Game Two
Cavaliers – 95
Warriors - 93
Q. It just didn't look like you ever got going offensively except maybe in that last three‑minute run in the fourth quarter. What explains that in your mind? What happened offensively? Was it just Cleveland getting a little more physical on every play?
COACH KERR: Yeah, their defense was great. I think they deserve a lot of credit for the way they played. They got into the passing lanes. They took our rhythm away. Then we've got to do a better job ourselves of trying to create that pace and rhythm.
We'll look at the tape. We've got to put our guys in a better position to get good looks. I thought sometimes you get open shots that aren't rhythm shots, so you're not flowing, you're not playing well, and you haven't created anything offensively. Then all of a sudden you do get an open look, but you're not in the flow, in the groove. And I thought there was some of that tonight.
So we've got to do a better job, and, like I said, we'll watch the tape and figure it out.
Q. Stephen Curry had an unusual game for him tonight. Could you explain at all what you understand about it? What happened and why?
COACH KERR: It happens. It happens to everybody, whether you're the MVP or a role player. Sometimes the shots don't go in. Sometimes things don't go your way. Steph will bounce back. He's a great player. We'll help him. We'll try to see if we can get him into a better groove. But he'll be fine.
Q. Was it just that he was having an off night or was it the Cavaliers doing something to him?
COACH KERR: It's always both. It's always both. The defense has a big impact, and I thought their defense was very good. Then there's other stuff that you have to be able to do to combat that, and we didn't do that.
Q. Steph was good last game, but he's had a few off nights shooting the ball lately in I think the last four or five games. Is it just a bad trend at the wrong time or are you seeing anything in particular going on with his shooting?
COACH KERR: No, I'm not seeing anything like that. I mean, the guy's been phenomenal in the playoffs. So sometimes the ball doesn't bounce your way, it doesn't go in, it's fine. You keep playing.
I've seen it with everybody. I've seen it with Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan. It doesn't matter who you are. Nobody is immune from a tough night.
So Steph has been phenomenal throughout the playoffs. Doesn't mean he's going to light it up every single night. So you chalk it up to a bad night and see what you can do to try to free him up and maybe get him some open looks.
Q. Much was made of Kyrie Irving being out of the series. Matthew Dellavedova certainly doesn't have the pedigree Kyrie does. But in this game he played a major role. Steph didn't hit a shot while he was guarding him on some of those hustle plays. What kind of impact did you see from Dellavedova and why do you think he was able to play such a role here?
COACH KERR: Well, he's a good player. They won a couple games against Atlanta, the East Finals, without Kyrie, so this was no surprise. This is what we expected. Tough game. Great defensive teams. Both teams I thought defended like crazy out there. It was a grind‑out, kind of old‑school game. That's the style that it's going to be when you get this deep in the playoffs. It's rarely a track meet.
Q. Do you think there is an element that Dellavedova gives them that even a great player like Kyrie does not?
COACH KERR: They're different. It's like anything else. You replace one guy with another. Everybody's a little different. You have strengths, weaknesses, whatever. So it's all part of it, and you just adapt accordingly, and you move on.
Q. You sound like you're in a patient mood, and I know this year sometimes you go back and forth between being patient and letting them have it when you need to. Why are you taking this tactic now?
COACH KERR: How do you know I'm not just being patient with you? Maybe I did light into them in the locker room. Look, this is The Finals. I mean, it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. We had a tough night. So you have to move on. You've got to learn from it and get better.
And that's what we're going to do. We were in the same position against Memphis. Every series is a little different. It's something you have to work through, look at match‑ups, look at things you have to adapt to and adjust to, and you've got to continually get better as you go. That's our goal.
Q. Andrew Bogut pretty much invisible offensively tonight. Just a couple points. He only took one shot, missed it. And down the stretch was he benched because they weren't putting Mozgov in? Or was it vice versa and he was cold and you weren't going to go to him?
COACH KERR: Well, we went to our small group with about three minutes left in the game. Or maybe it was more than that. That group was the one that got us into overtime. So once you get to overtime with a group that's clicking, you generally don't make a move. So we just stayed with the group that was playing well.


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Noah (Ryan Guzman) seduces high school teacher Claire (Jennifer Lopez), and the two spend a passionate night together under the covers.
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I don't know C in any form.
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Is Java easier to learn?
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Could I just learn both?
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Should You Still Buy The Nexus 6?
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Discussion in 'Instagram' started by hongnguyen, Jul 26, 2015.
- Go to File->General->Settings, set "Account Threads" to 10, set "Automation Interval" to 1-3 seconds. After that, go to the wizard, reduce all the "Task Limits" that are higher than 3-5 to 3-5 and reduce all the "Task Delays" that are higher than 15-20 seconds to 15-20 seconds."
What do you think when we set the automation Interval to 1-3 seconds? It's too fast!
How many IG account you are running with that setup? How about the "Account threads"?
Woah even 15-30 seconds seems high.
Yes it seems still high! FL supporters said the Automation Interval time 1-3 seconds while the task delay was 15-20 seconds. I think something was wrong here. The automation interval should higher than the task delay.


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Seiko Oomori – draw(A)drow
Label: Avex Trax
Produced by: Various
A standout single, even with some context that could taint that – it's a cover! It's Seiko fronting another band! – and only a little unbalanced across its three tracks.
Opener and title track draw(A)drow is an arresting fury of slam bang speedy math guitars, punked out drums, and Seiko's shouts. It's the singer at her most amped up, with the heaviest elements of her style compressed into a 4-minute blast. …Perhaps because this is Oomori chanting atop something produced by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, a band which sounds very, very much like the music we're getting here. Like, to the extent that you could call it a Ling Tosite Sigure track with guest vocals. Except I don't think you can call it that, since Seiko syncs to it quite exactly, and brings a whole different dynamic to things than TK would. It's also lacking in some of the more emo-y breakdowns of that group – it is on throughout. I love it.
This is quite perfectly juxtaposed by followup Watashimi (わたしみ), which is of the singer's most delicate stylings, away from the electronica and rock influences of her latter elements, but with stronger vocals than she'd use on the tweaked frailty of her debuts. It's a strong mixture of confidence and quiet, and gets a lot of power out of its minimalism as compared to draw(A)drow.
Closer "Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー) is the only softball. Not because it's a bad track, per se, but it sort of tonally matches Watashimi, while also lacking that track's Seiko-y flourishes. This could be due to the song being a cover, but Oomori has revamped plenty of idol tracks, and I just don't get that type of energy from this one. It's pretty, but would probably work better on a full album; as a closer to two incredibly strong tracks, it falls behind.


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GP surgeries, the GP walk-in centre at Wilberforce Health Centre in Story Street, Hull city centre, the urgent care centre at Bransholme, minor injury units in the East Riding and pharmacists are open to help people.
People can also call NHS 111 for advice and information or visit www.staywellthiswinter.co.uk to find out which services are available in their area today and in the run-up to New Year.
Jonathan Wood, the trust's director of operations, said: "The hospital is very busy due to a high number of admissions and we are expecting more admissions now because of the inclement weather.
"We really need to focus on genuine emergencies and people most in need of our help today.
"We are asking people to help us and our frontline staff by using alternatives instead of coming to A&E with illnesses and injuries which can be better treated elsewhere.


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The Thing (From Another World) (April 27, 1951)
The Thing (From Another World) (1951)
Directed by Christian Nyby
RKO Radio Pictures / Winchester Pictures
I'm probably one of the few people my age who fell in love with the original version of The Thing before seeing John Carpenter's 1982 version. Back in high school, I'd watch any piece of 1950s sci-fi schlock at least once, but The Thing (From Another World) was far from schlock, and I watched my VHS copy at least six or seven times when I was a teenager, maybe more.
In fact, I loved The Thing so much that I didn't really like John Carpenter's remake the first time I watched it. I loved the optimistic, capable characters in the original and all their rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue, and I found Carpenter's version pessimistic and depressing. However, like most of Carpenter's films from the '70s and '80s, The Thing gets better every time I watch it, and it's now easily one of my favorite sci-fi/horror films.
Revisiting the original version of The Thing was a strange experience, at least for the first 20 minutes. I hadn't seen it in a long time, and Carpenter's version has in many ways replaced it in my heart.
Once you've seen the innovative, gory special effects of Carpenter's version, it's hard to go back to James Arness in a bald cap, spacesuit, and claw hands. The 1951 version also lacks the central idea of a shape-shifting alien who can mimic human form, so there isn't the same level of paranoia, which is a huge part of Carpenter's version.
After the first couple of reels, however, I settled back into the rhythm of the original and enjoyed it as much as I always did. It's a completely different movie from Carpenter's version, and what it does, it does brilliantly. It may not have much in the way of paranoia, but it's a suspenseful film that establishes a real sense of isolation and claustrophobia.
One thing that struck me on this viewing of The Thing is how much of its gruesomeness and horror is dependent on the viewer's imagination. Descriptions of things like a plant-based alien-humanoid who lives on blood or scientists hanging upside down with their throats slashed are only referred to in dialogue. This probably played better for audiences weaned on radio dramas, and I'm not sure how well it will hold up for younger viewers accustomed to explicit shocks. On the other hand, the decision of the filmmakers to keep the alien monster mostly off-screen has dated the film well.
The Thing holds up as superior entertainment that is head and shoulders above most '50s sci-fi movies. The cast is full of actors who never became household names, but they deliver deft character work and seem like real people. What the film lacks in budget it more than makes up for with an intelligent script and tight pacing. It's a terrific movie that I can watch over and over, and it still feels fresh.
Posted in 1951, April 1951 and tagged Christian Nyby, Douglas Spencer, Horror, Howard Hawks, James Arness, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, RKO Radio Pictures, Robert Cornthwaite, Science Fiction. Bookmark the permalink.
I Was a Male War Bride (Aug. 9, 1949)
Posted on February 23, 2014 by Adam Lounsbery
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Directed by Howard Hawks
20th Century-Fox
Here's what I knew about I Was a Male War Bride before I watched it: It's a screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks. It's the only Howard Hawks movie my cinephile friend Oskar doesn't like very much. Cary Grant dresses in drag at the end.
Beyond that, I went in with no preconceptions, and I had a great time. I laughed more at I Was a Male War Bride than any comedy I've watched in the past few months.
I'm sure it's hard for a lot of people not to unfavorably compare I Was a Male War Bride with Howard Hawks's two previous screwball comedies with Cary Grant, Bringing Up Baby (1938) and His Girl Friday (1940). Both films are widely acknowledged classics. Taken on its own merits, though, I think I Was a Male War Bride is great. It's a really funny movie, with a wonderful blend of witty dialogue and physical comedy.
Ann Sheridan plays Catherine Gates, a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), and Cary Grant plays Henri Rochard, a captain in the French Army.
Capt. Rochard is an incorrigible skirt-chaser and Lt. Gates is a hard-nosed officer with a quick wit. When the film begins, they've already been paired on multiple missions, and have the easy romantic-comedy repartee of two bickering people who profess to hate each other but can't get enough of each other.
The opening scene of the film mocks the military's obsessive use of acronyms and initialisms, when Capt. Rochard is so caught up in making sense of abbreviations that he can't decipher the door of the women's lavatory. And the film as a whole mocks the endless layers of bureaucracy and red tape everyone in the military has to contend with.
I Was a Male War Bride is based on the memoirs of the real-life Henri Rochard, a Belgian who married an American Army nurse, which were published under the humorously verbose title I Was an Alien Spouse of Female Military Personnel Enroute to the United States Under Public Law 271 of the Congress.
There's a lot I loved about this film. It's laugh-out-loud funny, with great gags and crisp dialogue that is frequently sexually suggestive, and Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan have wonderful chemistry.
My one problem with the film was that I could never accept Cary Grant as a Frenchman. Cary Grant is one of the all-time great screen stars, but he had two speeds: Comedy and Drama. He never altered his accent and barely ever changed his mannerisms. I wouldn't have had trouble accepting him as a "French" military officer if it wasn't so inextricably linked to the film's plot. The film has a good deal of authenticity. Much of it was shot in Germany, and a lot of the throwaway dialogue is in German, so the fact that Grant doesn't look French, doesn't act French, and never speaks in French is really bizarre.
On the other hand, Cary Grant is perfect for this type of comedy, and I don't think I Was a Male War Bride would have been a better film if his role had been played by Jean Gabin or Jacques François.
The final sequence with Grant in drag didn't play as humorously for me as it probably did when the film first played in theaters. Seeing a popular male star dressed as a woman isn't a novelty anymore, after movies like Tootsie (1982) and The Birdcage (1996). And this certainly wasn't the first movie to feature a man in drag, as anyone who's seen The Devil-Doll (1936) can attest.
The only thing funny about seeing Cary Grant in drag is that you're seeing Cary Grant in drag. He plays a woman the same way he plays a Frenchman, only with a bit more discomfort.
But the scenes of him in drag take up a blessedly short amount of screen time, and didn't diminish the overall good time I had watching this film. It's a great comedy with great stars, and holds up really well. It was also 20th Century-Fox's highest-grossing movie of 1949, and Howard Hawks's third most financially successful film of all time, after Sergeant York (1941) and Red River (1948).
Posted in 1949, August 1949 and tagged 20th Century-Fox, Ann Sheridan, Cary Grant, Comedy, Henri Rochard, Howard Hawks, Marion Marshall, World War II. Bookmark the permalink.
Red River (Aug. 26, 1948)
Red River (1948)
United Artists
Howard Hawks shot Red River in 1946, but its release was delayed due to legal difficulties. The eccentric Howard Hughes contended that parts of Red River were taken from his "lust in the dust" western The Outlaw (1943), which starred Jane Russell and her magnificent breasts.
Anyone who's seen both Red River and The Outlaw can tell you that any claim of story infringement is spurious, but there was bad blood between Hughes and Hawks (Hawks had worked on The Outlaw as an uncredited co-director), and it took until August 26, 1948, before Red River finally had its premiere.
So while Fred Zinnemann's The Search (1948) was the film that introduced many moviegoers to Montgomery Clift, Red River was his first acting role in a feature film.
Clift was a born movie star. He was achingly handsome, rail-thin, and blessed with a uniquely vulnerable type of masculinity. On screen, he had a presence that seemed completely natural. Red River is a phenomenal western that works on a number of different levels, but one of its most important aspects is the relationship between Clift and the film's star, John Wayne.
Wayne and Clift were on opposite ends of the spectrum in every way imaginable; politically, professionally, physically, and sexually. But it's this contrast that makes Red River work so well.
Red River is the story of a cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail up from Texas. Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) is a big, tough cattleman who took his land by force.
When Dunson was first establishing his grazing land with his best friend Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan), the woman Dunson loved (Coleen Gray) was murdered by Comanches, and he never loved another.
The sole survivor of the massacre, a young man named Matt Garth (played as a boy by Mickey Kuhn) came wandering through the land, leading a cow. Dunson's bull mated with Garth's cow, and from this union eventually grew a herd of more than 10,000 longhorns.*
Fourteen years pass, and Garth grows up, now played by Montgomery Clift. The Civil War has ended, and Dunson is no longer able to sell beeves to the impoverished southern states. He decides that he'll drive his entire herd north to Missouri, where they'll fetch a fortune. He's spent his life building his empire, and he wants to pass it down to Matt Garth, his protégé.
The only problem is that Dunson's greatest strength — his unbending will — is also his greatest weakness, which eventually puts him at loggerheads with the more even-tempered and empathetic Garth.
Borden Chase, who wrote the Saturday Evening Post story on which Red River was based (as well as the screenplay for the film with Charles Schnee), drew liberally from Mutiny on the Bounty in crafting his story.
Despite the fact that his middle name was "Winchester," this was Howard Hawks's first directorial credit for a western, which is remarkable considering he'd been directing films since the 1920s and had more than one masterpiece under his belt.
In addition to his own estimable talents as a director, Hawks had some of the finest crew members who ever worked on a Hollywood western when he made Red River. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin's score is epic. Editor Christian Nyby's cutting drives the film forward with relentless intensity. And cinematographer Russell Harlan had toiled away for years working on B pictures (mostly westerns) before finally breaking into A pictures with Lewis Milestone's war movie A Walk in the Sun (1945). He went on to become one of the best cinematographers in the business, and his work on Red River is proof.
Red River is one of the greatest westerns ever made. As I said above, it works on a number of different levels. At its most basic level, Red River is a rousing adventure film about men on a dangerous mission, struggling against the elements and against each other. But on a deeper level, it's a timeless myth about fathers and sons.
Red River will be shown on TCM this Friday, March 1, 2013, at 10:15 PM ET.
*If you're a fan of sexual innuendo in old movies, the scene in Red River in which Matt Garth and gunslinger Cherry Valance (John Ireland) compare revolvers is a classic. Many see a gay subtext, which could be there, but gay men hardly have a monopoly on comparing phalluses to see whose is bigger. I think the sexual bonding between men in Red River goes much deeper. Remember that the herd being driven up the Chisholm Trail in Red River are all descended from the union between John Wayne's bull and Montgomery Clift's cow. Even though Dunson and Garth are not blood relations, they are bound together.
Posted in 1948, August 1948 and tagged Christian Nyby, Coleen Gray, Dimitri Tiomkin, Howard Hawks, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Wayne, Monterey Productions, Montgomery Clift, Russell Harlan, United Artists, Walter Brennan, Westerns. Bookmark the permalink.
The Big Sleep (Aug. 31, 1946)
The Big Sleep is a classic of the mystery and noir genres. Humphrey Bogart's Philip Marlowe is one of cinema's most memorable shamuses (a term which everyone in this movie pronounces "shah-mus," not "shay-mus"). It's also one of the most quotable movies of all time. When asked how he likes his brandy, Marlowe says, "In a glass." After an encounter with a young coquette, Marlowe says, "She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up."
And it's not just Marlowe who gets all the good lines. Nearly every character in the movie makes an impression, even the ones who are only onscreen for a few minutes. Aging cowboy actor Bob Steele, whom I've recently seen in several forgettable B westerns, plays steely-eyed killer Lash Canino with icy resolve, and delivers lines like, "What do you want me to do, count three like they do in the movies?" in a way that makes you believe him.
It's also a great showcase for Lauren Bacall and her chemistry with Bogart. She was still finding her way as an actress, but as Mrs. Vivian Rutledge, the older daughter of Marlowe's client, General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), her star quality is undeniable. Beautiful and statuesque, with a deep, sexy voice, she doesn't "perform" as much as she merely exists. After appearing together in To Have and Have Not (1944), Bacall and Bogart famously fell in love, got married, and — despite their nearly 25-year age difference and his three previous marriages that all ended in divorce — remained married to each other until Bogart's death early in 1957. Of course, in 1945 no one knew whether their marriage would stand the test of time, but that didn't stop America and the rest of the movie-going world from falling head over heels in love with "Bogie and Bacall."
Just 20 years old when she made this film, and reportedly still extremely nervous in front of the camera, her performance was disparaged by many critics, most notoriously by infamous NY Times curmudgeon Bosley Crowther, who wrote in his August 24, 1946, review (published a day after the film's premiere), "Miss Bacall is a dangerous looking female, but she still hasn't learned to act."
Time has proven this criticism unfair, and to be honest, Bogart wasn't the greatest actor to appear onscreen either. But he was — and is — one of the biggest movie stars of all time. It doesn't matter that his portrayal of Marlowe isn't significantly different from his portrayal of Dashiell Hammett's very different P.I., Sam Spade, in John Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941), because he is believable as both. In each of these iconic performances, he serves as the anchor for all of the seamy characters and twisting plot elements swirling around him.
The plot of The Big Sleep is notoriously byzantine. In his review of the film, Crowther wrote, "This is a frequent failing in films made from Raymond Chandler's books … if you haven't read the original, as we haven't, you are stuck." It's possible that Crowther never read any of Chandler's mysteries that were published before this film was released; The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The High Window (1942), and The Lady in the Lake (1943). If he had, he might have known that the plots of all of the Philip Marlowe mysteries were incredibly confusing, and that having read one of Chandler's books was no guarantee that you would understand a film adaptation of it any better than the illiterate person in the seat next to you.
I've read The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely, and frequently get details of the two novels confused with each other. This would be a criticism if the point of Chandler's novels were "whodunnit," but it never was. Plot was secondary to the writing itself, and to the colorful characters who Marlowe met in the course of his investigations. After reading Farewell, My Lovely, you may forget who did what to whom, but you're much less likely to forget the first appearance of the hulking Moose Malloy, "not more than six feet five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck … arms hung loose at his sides and a forgotten cigar smoked behind his enormous fingers."
The dark underbelly of Los Angeles was another thing that Chandler evoked brilliantly, and his convoluted plots helped create a sense of constant movement beneath the surface, and of dark goings-on that even his superlative hero could never fully unravel.
Even Howard Hawks, the director of The Big Sleep, was confused by the novel he was adapting. When he wired Chandler to ask who had killed General Sternwood's chauffeur, whose corpse is found floating in his sunken car, Chandler replied, "No idea."
The screenplay by Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner, and Jules Furthman, is a fairly faithful adaptation of its source material, although a few significant elements of the novel (e.g., homosexuality, pornography) were perforce glossed over. But there is one significant moment in which Marlowe sits down in the office of the D.A. and the viewer is led to expect that a recitation of the facts of the case is about to occur. Instead, the screen fades to black, and we rejoin our hero after any explanation has come and gone.
I believe that this scene remained intact in the film's original version. The Big Sleep was originally shot during World War II, but with the end of the war approaching and a backlog of war films in the can, Warner Bros. released one war picture after another before the public's appetite for them could diminish too much. A mystery picture like this one, on the other hand, was relatively timeless. (Astute viewers, however, will notice a photograph of President Roosevelt hanging in a bookstore, a reference to "red points," and the presence of a female cab driver.) Starting in January 1946, many key scenes were reshot to focus more on Bogart and Bacall, and make their romance one of the focal points of the film.
Consequently, several scenes involving the coquette I mentioned in the first paragraph, Carmen Sternwood (Martha Vickers), were left on the cutting room floor, which is too bad. Not only is she beautiful, she's an interesting and flawed tragic character. Also, the plot was probably made even more confusing. But whether it makes for a less satisfying overall film is debatable. As with Chandler's novels, the plot is not really that important.
Posted in 1946, August 1946 and tagged Bob Steele, Charles D. Brown, Charles Waldron, Christian Nyby, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr., Film Noir, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, John Ridgely, Jules Furthman, Lauren Bacall, Leigh Brackett, Louis Jean Heydt, Martha Vickers, Max Steiner, Mystery, Peggy Knudsen, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, Regis Toomey, Sidney Hickox, The Big Sleep, Warner Bros., William Faulkner. Bookmark the permalink.


A Taiwanese filmmaker makes a film based on the myth of Salomé. The story takes place at the Louvre. Even though he speaks neither French or English, he insists on giving the part of King Herod to the French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. To give the film a chance at the box-office, the production company gives the part of Salomé to a world famous model. But as soon as film begins, the problems are arising. In all this confusion, the director suddenly learns of his mother's death. The producer flies to Taipei, to attend the funeral. The director falls into a deep sleep where his mother's spirit does not want to leave her old apartment The producer has no choice but to wait, alone and lost in a strange city. As after a very long trip, the shooting will resume with all the characters lost in the basement of the Louvre.
Produced by Tarantula (Belgium), JBA Production (France), Homegreen Films (Taïwan), Le Musée du Louvre (France), Circe Films (The Netherlands), ARTE France cinéma, RTBF (Belgium).
Tsai Ming-Liang was born and raised in Kuching, Malaysia. In 1977 he moved to Taiwan and went to on study film and drama at the Chinese Culture University. After graduation he wrote and staged plays, then for nearly ten years he worked in TV and developed scenarios, including THE KIDS, which marked his move towards cinema and during which he discovered his favorite actor Lee Kang-Sheng. With VIVE L'AMOUR, which won the Golden Lion Award at the 1994 Venice Film Festival, Tsai was acclaimed as a major new voice in Asian cinema. Over the series of films that followed, he came to be recognized as a new modern master of cinema to stand alongside his fellow Taiwanese Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang.


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JKUAT Students Develop Mosquito Repellent App in Kenya
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A group of teenage girls from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya have won the first ever Technovation Challenge award by creating a mobile application which repels mosquitoes by emitting a 15KHz ultrasonic sound.
The app, called Quit Mosquito works by playing an ultrasonic sound which is almost inaudible to human ears but loud enough to de-stabilize the blood-sucking pests.
The group who created the app consisted of three girls. When Caroline Kimathi, one of the girls was asked about her experience and what the event meant for her, she said:
"The whole experience was awesome, we learnt a lot and it also took us hardwork and team work to succeed. The challenge also gave us an opportunity to meet with people who will help mentor us. We also plan to take this app to the other level where people may be able to download it in the app stores."
Aside Quit Mosquito which landed first position, there were five other apps which made it to the finals. In second place and runner-up was the Donor App which lists out blood-donation centres around the vicinity, the app apparently encourages people to donate blood. In third place was the Kinywaji, an app which apparently let's you manage the amount of alcohol ingested. I'm not sure how this one works given that mobile phones do not have the breathalyser functionality integrated into them, but on the plus side – the app let's you call a cab effortlessly when you feel you have crossed the boundaries of soberville.
Yes, I am aware that this is not new technology as there are several mosquito repellent apps lying around the internet which does exactly what this app does; but you see, this is different because:
The creators of the app are teenage girls from Africa (emphasis on Africa). Malaria is very much widespread in Africa, and truth be told, many mobile phone users in Africa are not aware about the availability of this kind of app. Letting these girls win this challenge will introduce this technology to many Kenyan indigenes and help them control mosquitoes more effectively.
The creators of the app are kids. Celebrating these young ones who have taken the pain to create something that works will motivate them and other African children likewise to be productive and make an effort towards the development of the continent, which is something this blog is interested in.
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Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.
The Japan/U.S. Southeast Association and the Southeast U.S.-Japan Association held their 40th Annual Joint Meeting in Greenville, South Carolina on October 22 to 24, 2017, with the theme of "Success through Tradition, Innovation and Partnerships." The Chairmen presiding over the meeting were SEUS Chairman, Ms. Minor M. Shaw, and the Japan Chairman, Mr. Teruo Asada. 73 Japanese and 393 American delegates participated this year for a total of 466 delegates.
At the Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner On Sunday evening, the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Bill Hagerty, made remarks to the audience. He was introduced by Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee who was traveling with Ambassador Hagerty. Commissioner Bob Rolfe served as delegation leader for Tennessee since Governor Haslam was only able to attend the Gala Dinner with Ambassador Hagerty.
The SEUS delegations were led by the Honorable Henry McMaster, Governor, State of South Carolina, this year's host state; the Honorable Phil Bryant, Governor, State of Mississippi; the Honorable Roy Cooper, Governor, State of North Carolina; Mr. Greg Canfield, Secretary of Commerce, State of Alabama; Mr. Ken Detzner, Secretary of State, State of Florida; Ms. Gretchen Corbin, Commissioner, Technical College System of Georgia; and Mr. Bob Rolfe, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
His Excellency, Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America, served as the opening keynote speaker. Additional VIPs attending the conference included: the Honorable Takashi Shinozuka, Consul General of Japan in Atlanta, Georgia; the Honorable Masami Kinefuchi, Consul General of Japan in Nashville, Tennessee; and the Honorable Ken Okaniwa, Consul General of Japan in Miami, Florida.
In the Opening Ceremony, held in the Hyatt Regency Ballroom, Chairman Shaw began the Joint Meeting by recognizing the benefits of this conference that strengthen our opportunities for building on existing relationships and creating new ones. Panel members in the second panel session that afternoon, "U.S.-Japan Bilateral Relations — Where Are We Headed?" provided insights into where Japan's and the United States' economic and political relationship is now, and where that relationship might go in the near future given the geopolitical environment in Asia, and a new U.S. Administration. Panel members included: moderator Mr. Barry Hager, President, Hager Associates; Mr. Tetsuo Ogawa, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation; Mr. Keisuke Yokoo, Vice Chairman and President, KEIZAI DOYUKAI; Dr. Mark Manyin, Ph.D., Congressional Research Service; Mr. Tetsuhide Mikamo, Counsellor, Marubeni Research Institute; and Dr. Douglas Trelfa, Ph.D., Director, Japan Center and Japan Linkages Institute, University of West Florida.
Tuesday, October 24th, began with a closing keynote address by Ambassador Jim Zumwalt, Chief Executive Officer of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, U.S.A., former U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea Bissau, and former Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Ambassador Zumwalt's remarks focused on the strong and important U.S.-Japan trade and investment relationship, while skillfully discussing the sensitive geopolitical issues that are occurring in Asia. After Ambassador Zumwalt's presentation, the audience heard remarks from the Honorable Masami Kinefuchi, Consul General of Japan in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Honorable Ken Okaniwa, Consul General of Japan in Miami, Florida.
Throughout the program, participants exchanged views and opinions with our guest experts and delegates, and deepened our understanding on the issues of mutual interest, ranging from the economy, trade and investment, to empowering partnerships both individually and collectively. Both Associations reaffirmed their commitment to work together in partnership for the further strengthening of the ties between Japan and the Southeast U.S. states and to continue the tradition of this partnership toward the innovative growth of the Japanese and U.S. economies, as well as that of the entire globe. In the Closing Ceremony, it was announced that the 41st Annual Joint Meeting will be held in Tokyo, Japan, October 18 to 20, 2018.


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Halloween Countdown: DON'T LOOK NOW
October 23, 2017 October 25, 2017 / Duncan Gray
There's a fine moment near the center of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) where a police inspector looks Donald Sutherland in the eye and says, in a voice dripping with dark possibility, "What are you fearing, Mr. Baxter?" It's a provocative question for the film. Normally in a horror movie, we know what's out to get us: slashers, ghosts, the living dead, the birds, the fog, etc. But who or what is the villain in Don't Look Now? There is one, I suppose, and I wouldn't dream of spoiling the infamous scare that comes at the end. But the overriding mood of Don't Look Now is one of exquisitely evocative paranoia: a trap where we feel that some unknown conspiracy of some unknown purpose is afoot, and every bit player—even the hotel chambermaid, even the police inspector himself—seems like they're in on it.
And so, from the Golden Age of Paranoia (the 1970s) comes a film whose very irrationality elevates it above its brethren: for once, we can't so easily tell where it's going. I can't help but think of how fitting it is that it came out at almost the precise midpoint between Alfred Hitchcock's last masterpiece and David Lynch's first. The Hitchcock link is more than spiritual; the story derives from Daphne Du Maurier, who provided the source material for The Birds (1963) and Rebecca (1940). Thus we open when a couple (Sutherland and Julie Christie) lose their daughter in a terrible accident. And, then, some years later, on a trip to Venice, they begin to think they see her…
The plot that unfolds puts us in the realm of schlock and pulp, with murderers and clairvoyants wandering about. But Roeg—formerly a cinematographer, and it shows—exercises a rigorous control over the visuals, carrying it into the realm of dreams. I know viewers who find it slow, who chafe at the dialogue-free stretches and absence of chances to laugh, which means that it's become the kind of "director's movie" treasured by cinephiles and formalists above all else. But I couldn't go without its way of spooking you. Tense and ambiguous to the end, it hits the sweet spot where it leaves just enough said and unsaid to be both lucid, coherent, and aimed directly at the subconscious.
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"The Poetic Power of the Well-formed Object": NY Times at Art Basel Miami Beach
By Carl Alviani - December 6, 2008
The title alone--"Art Fair as Outlet Mall"--should be enough to pique the interest of most creative professionals, but for readers who haven't taken a look at Ken Johnson's excellent overview of Basel Miami Beach, here's a choice quote: The sense of art as merchandise is overpowering. A majority of what you see is portable and palatable. Most galleries offer variety-store-like mixes of works by different artists with the ambience of a sample sale.
Still, events like this do occasion collective soul-searching, especially now, as the art world grapples with recession. What is art for, after all, assuming that it is not just something for sale?
As the line between art and design continues to dissolve, perhaps similar soul-searching is in store for designers as well?
>>Read the whole article here.
The Pin(infarina)nacle of Italian Auto Design: Brooklyn Boy Makes Good
The thought that an American college dropout would ever design a Ferrari--or a Maserati...
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Expandable bookcase design
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Moonbeams in Cyberspace: IT'S ALL IN THE GENES...OOPS, JEANS RATHER!
IT'S ALL IN THE GENES...OOPS, JEANS RATHER!
So as my shape starts to take shape so to speak...it has given me a wisp of confidense. I say wisp because I have a very long way to go to attain any kind of real big result. But until then, I can proudly say, I have lost a few inches most everywhere. My weight hasn't moved much but my shape has definately started to change.
Down 7 lbs, not alot but good nonetheless...and we were able to take another medication off the list...cholesterol med was a low dose as a precaution, especially when I was diabetic...but now with my working out, and my numbers being so good...we can scratch it! That makes 8 meds down, in a 2 yr period! I am thrilled!
As of now, I only have 3 left....1 for my slow thyroid..that will be a lifetime medication...1 for restless leg syndrome, that will also be around for ever, unless I want to kick all night lol, and lastly, one for BP, but not for my heart, it also protects the kidneys, and as they were damaged when my diabetis was bad, it has helped things get better over time..they have healed greatly in 2 yrs, so we hope to be able to eliminate that one with time....I have to say, I was almost skipping on my way out of the doctors office!
Oddly enough, they give me a new confidense that I can start fitting into more hip..current things...rather then just strive for something to fit period!
As a totally unrelated bonus this week, I got a new washer/dryer set! Or should I call it a home entertainment center instead?...I say that because I am so in love with then, that I can just sit there and happily watch them go round and round...enjoy the bells and whistles..listen to the silence of them, or dance to the little jingle they chime when done, rather then the atrocious BUZZZ the other ones had...that would wake the dead! I am thrilled as u can tell! .. As I am washing for 7 ppl, my old set was just too small and I really wanted a set with a Sanitary option when needed, as I am dealing with clients with special needs and situations.
Oh, must go..my dryer just started singing for me again...later!
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What Does Trump's Presidency Mean for the Automotive Industry
During a recent two-week long rant, Trump has been after the automakers who not only do business in the U.S. but who also manufacture here.
On this historic day, we have just sworn in the 45th President of the United States. It's both terrifying and confusing, as no one is quite sure how the next four years are going to shake out. In fact, a whole swath of the population is rather perturbed at the general thought of what a Trump presidency means for the future of the United States. Those concerns largely stem from Trump's use of social media and the unpredictable twitter rants. During a recent two-week long rant, he's been after the automakers who not only do business in the U.S. but who also manufacture here. It's a strange target for the former reality TV show star, but it could affect the way that a number of major manufacturers do business in the United States and ultimately it will affect you as a buyer and seller.
Trump vs Auto Manufacturers
It all started a few weeks ago when Trump went after Ford for producing some of its cars in Mexico. Shortly after he tweeted "Make in U.S.A. or pay big border tax!", Ford announced plans to move production to Michigan. That plant in Mexico? It was going to cost $1.6 billion to build and now it won't happen, at least very partially, as Ford says, because of Trump. How many jobs did it bring "back" to the United States? Just 700. Ford said that they decided to do it as a "vote of confidence" in Trump but also because, Ford says, its small car sales were declining in North America. Ford also says that it was on the table to happen, regardless of what Trump tweeted. They were planning to shift the production to an existing Mexico plant and expand operations in Michigan, anyway.
Fast forward to a few days later when, during the Detroit Auto Show, Trump went after Toyota. He threatened the company on Twitter, saying "Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build plant in U.S. or pay big border tax." As the Washington Post points out, however, he got his facts totally wrong. This is, somehow, not a surprise when it comes from the guy who appears to rule from the barest minimum of facts and likes to stir up controversy as if he's still running the boardroom in The Apprentice. Toyota has actually had a manufacturing plant in Baja for the last 14 years and as this story from the Los Angeles Times points out, Trump had his facts wrong. Toyota is talking about building a plant in Central Mexico in 2019.
Next, our president, tweeted about Fiat-Chrysler's move to invest in their Michigan and Ohio plants. As this Bloomberg story points out, the plans were already in place well before Trump came into office, but hey, who cares about facts, right?
Most recently Trump has started going after German automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Both companies build a big portion of their vehicles here and send them elsewhere, but Trump, in his usual style, continues to ignore the facts. This past weekend he went to Twitter again to say "Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again. WIN!"
So What's all This Tweeting Mean for Me?
As the Los Angeles Times points out, Trump is all about Trump and his brand. That includes pumping any sort of plans that automakers both domestic and foreign have had in the pipeline for years, for some sort of perceived public relations bump.
Here's the reality though: If you know anything about how corporate culture works, you know that it can take as long as 3 to 5 years, on average, for a large, multinational company to make investments in new locations and shift production. As Mary Barra, the head of GM put it in the LA Times, "This is a long-lead business with highly capital-intensive investments — decisions that were made two, three and four years ago."
Additionally, the cost of suddenly cancelling plans to build plants or shift production, is astronomical. We aren't talking chump change to the automakers here, we are talking millions if not billions of dollars in losses. Making changes like that to play in the U.S. market would cause automakers a lot of pain, and it would significantly impact the U.S. jobs market, something Trump says he wants to protect. As CNNMoney points out, Trump would have to take credit for the negative impact, too.
So what does all this posturing and posing mean for the auto manufacturers, and, ultimately, you? To be honest, it's unclear at this point. It's not likely that Trump alone will be able to impose his threatened double-digit tariffs on automakers near and far. That responsibility would fall to Congress, and it's a bit of a crapshoot. If the current administration does succeed in doing more than throwing fireballs at automakers, it means that any vehicle made outside the country could cost customers a whole lot more. There's also the big possibility, as Business Insider points out, that the jobs picture and economy as a whole could become a whole lot less stable as a result of just this one thing.
Trump's threats, should they come true, could also mean that the future of electric cars is in trouble because they are already more expensive than their gasoline counterparts. Oh, and you should probably prepare yourself for the likely interest rate hike that will come regardless of whether or not Trump gets his way. With employment in the states at or near full, the Fed is likely to raise rates to keep inflation at bay. That means everything is going to get more expensive. If you want to know what you should do about the very real coming rate hike, check out our recent story here. Oh, and if Trump succeeds in raising tariffs on automakers, get ready to see a spike in costs for new-to-you cars on the used car market- particularly on models that are not made in the U.S.
Twitter temper tantrums aside, it's clear that the president will have a very real impact on the car industry, the economy, and, ultimately, your pocket book.
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With time, the buildings and premises cease to have the close appearance of color and painting that they had at the time of construction. The excessive exposure to sun rays makes the buildings wear off hence having a non-impressive look or view. Color is a very useful tool when it comes to humans trying to show or pass the message of how they are feeling like at that very moment.
The most used and effective way of personalization is always by the art of adding a specific color to the premises or rather the living space of the person involved. The wide range of color allows you to represent whatever it is that you are feeling or rather the mood of the moment. Painting your house or premises always adds onto the value and doesn't matter whether you are just painting for renovation or for sale. Chemical reactions take place on walls and surfaces, especially for interior walls, and could largely be prevented by painting the house after a stipulated time period.
Painting helps maintain and control the adverse effects of environmental factors; sunshine, heavy rains, as well as stormy weather conditions which could possibly cause dents and cracks at the extremities.
Painting improves the functionality of the building whereby white painting may be used in making a house look well lit as compared to darker color shades. Each and every color has the distinct role that it can be used for in the house hence complementing the house design used.
Putting into consideration the global and warming and climatic change in the world, paint manufacturers have come up with paints to improve air quality as well as well as save a lot when it comes to energy usage. An excellent paint will ensure that your surface is smooth and uniform hence improving the aesthetic view of the premises in question. The resistance of good paint to wear and tear makes your surfaces last longer without needing maintenance hence saving you a lot in terms of maintenance costs and expenditure.
The ability for the paint to adequately cover the required scope goes a long way in ensuring that the surfaces do not produce any reactions with the paint used. The affordability of reinventing your premises by use of paint makes it the ideal way of adding aesthetic value to the premises. For you to be able to complement the house theme, it is important that you find the right paint color as well as the right professionals to do the work for you.
At times when the painting budget seems to be quite high for you it is important that you go for highlighting the trims and important parts for face-lifting. It is true that an excellent paint job can make your old premises look newer and your new premises look even more appealing when done rightly.


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Время и история в сознании россиян (часть I) (окончание в № 2 2010 г.)
Вестник общественного мнения. Данные. Анализ. Дискуссии. 2009. Т. 101. № 3. С. 84-102.
Гудков Л. Д.
Taking as a basis some theoretical considerations of Yury Levada the author examines the meaning of the category and various types and measures of time for sociology. For a sociologist an important characteristic is social forces which determine time and shape the order of its representation in the form of «history». Accordingly L.Gudkov distinguishes the history of various autonomous institutions of society, its groups, social movements; academic history; family history. The paper scrutinizes working out the beliefs about the history of the State («Power») in the USSR at its different stages, their institutionalization at school and in mass media, the influences on collective ideas of contemporary Russians of the their country history, its major events.
Research target: Sociology (including Demography and AnthropologyHistory and ArcheologyPsychology
Priority areas: sociologyhumanitarian
Keywords: timeimage of pastpublic opinionsoviet peoplepolitical sociology
Ценности культуры и имплицитные теории инновативности
Лебедева Н. М. Общественные науки и современность. 2012. № 5. С. 25-40.
The results of cross-cultural research of implicit theories of innovativeness among students and teachers, representatives of three ethnocultural groups: Russians, the people of the North Caucasus (Chechens and Ingushs) and Tuvinians (N=804) are presented. Intergroup differences in implicit theories of innovativeness are revealed: the 'individual' theories of innovativeness prevail among Russians and among the students, the 'social' theories of innovativeness are more expressed among respondents from the North Caucasus, Tuva and among the teachers. Using the structural equations modeling the universal model of values impact on implicit theories of innovativeness and attitudes towards innovations is constructed. Values of the Openness to changes and individual theories of innovativeness promote the positive relation to innovations. Results of research have shown that implicit theories of innovativeness differ in different cultures, and values make different impact on the attitudes towards innovations and innovative experience in different cultures.
What Is Time in Some Modern Physics Theories: Interpretation Problems
Karpenko I. Humanities. HUM. Basic Research Programme, 2016. No. 124.
The article deals with the problem of time in the context of several theories of modern physics. This fundamental concept inevitably arises in physical theories, but so far there is no adequate description of it in the philosophy of science. In the theory of relativity, quantum field theory, Standard Model of particle physics, theory of loop quantum gravity, superstring theory and other most recent theories the idea of time is shown explicitly or not. Sometimes, such as in the special theory of relativity, it plays a significant role and sometimes it does not. But anyway it exists and is implied by the content of the theory, which in some cases directly includes its mathematical tools. Fundamental difference of space-time processes in microcosm and macrocosm is of particular importance for solving the problem. In this regard, a need to understand the time in the way it appears in modern physics, to describe it in the language of philosophy arises (satisfactory for time description mathematical tools also do not exist). This will give an opportunity to get closer to the answer on question of time characteristics. And even if we do not obtain the exact answer, we will still be able to formulate the right question about its nature. For this purpose, the present research carries out analysis of the key theories of modern physics with regard to historical and scientific, historical and philosophical perspectives. In some cases, this gives an opportunity to detect the succession of the associated with time perception ideas, their development, as well as the origination of fundamentally new ones. During the analysis, the correct characteristics of time are formulated from the point of view of physical theory and the attempt to state the nature of time is made. On the ground of conducted research, the conclusions about current state of the problem and its future solution perspectives are drawn.
Состояние и перспективы развития российского федерализма в общественных представлениях и настроениях
Задорин И. В., Зайцев Д. Г. Политическая наука. 2011. № 4. С. 258-276.
This article describes the results of sociological research on estimation of condition and development prospects of federalism in Russia, which was conducted by ZIRCON Research Group in January - May 2011. The opinion of population and elite groups of four regions about the foundations of Russian federalism development, administrative-territorial system of the Russian Federation and its principles, relations between subjects-regions and federative centre is presented. The results of the research indicate that at the moment a request for political and administrative autonomy of the subjects of the Federation is not obviously formulated by either citizens or regional elite groups. Regional identity is not a common phenomenon. The authors mark out necessary factors of federalism development: expansion of economic self-dependence of regions, existence of ethno-national or regional identity of citizens, democratization and decentralization.
The "Russian" attitude to time
Apresyan V. In bk.: Space and Time in Languages and Cultures. Language, culture, and cognition. Iss. 37. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012. Ch. 5. P. 103-120.
The chapter explores the semantics and pragmatics of the Russian temporal syntactic phraseme 'X to X,' (a construction characterized by a semantically restricted set of lexical items able to fill in its syntactic variables) which expresses either the speaker's surprise at the fact that events go as planned (surprising punctuality interpretation) or the speaker's surprise at the fact that unplanned events go as if they had been pre-planned (surprising fateful coincidence interpretation). While the construction is not unique, and occurs in other languages, its preferred interpretations are language-specific. The chapter demonstrates differences between Russian and English outlooks on time, based on their fundamental differences in linguistic worldviews. According to one of the central key ideas of the Russian linguistic worldview, events are difficult for human subjects to control, as they are commonly controlled by outside forces, such as fate, and therefore surprising punctuality interpretation prevails in Russian. English, which does not view punctuality as something out of the ordinary, favours the surprising fateful coincidence interpretation of this syntactic phraseme. The idea of fate in relation to temporality is also found in other languages, as demonstrated by Bernard Charlier's research on Mongolian temporality in his chapter in the current volume.
The Crimean War 1853-1856. Colonial Skirmish or Rehearsal for World War? Empires, Nations, and Individuals
Edited by: J. W. Borejsza. Warsz.: Neriton, 2011.
This volume brings together twenty four articles by eminent historians from around Europe, presented in form of papers at the international conference on the Crimean War (1853-1856) held in Warsaw in 2007.
Sociologia.Наблюдения, опыты, перспективы. В 2-х томах. Том 1.
Филиппов А. Ф. Т. 1. СПб.: Владимир Даль, 2014.
The first volume contains articles devoted to the problems of sociology of space, as well as the theory and the history of sociology. The main issues considered here are the theoretical analysis of the phenomena of empire, the theoretical problems of mobility and globalization and the perspectives of sociological theory in Russia. The are followed by the articles on the value of the classical works of J.-J. Rousseau, F. Toennies, M. Weber et al. The conluding chapters are devoted to the German conservative sociology of intellectuals.
Категориальный статус времени и пространства в «Колымских тетрадях» В. Шаламова
Романова Т. В. Функциональная лингвистика. 2010. № 1. С. 200-202.
Политическая социология. Учебно-методический комплекс
Edited by: Т. В. Евгеньева М.: РОССПЭН, 2013.
Observing Reality on Different Time Scales
Alyushin A. In bk.: Endophysics, Time, Quantum and the Subjective. Proceedings of the ZiF Interdisciplinary Research Workshop, Bielefeld, Germany 17 – 22 January 2005.. L.; Singapore: World Scientific, 2005. P. 441-462.
In the first part of the paper, I examine cases of acceleration of perception and
cognition and provide my explanation of the mechanism of the e®ect. The explanation
rests on the conception of neuronal temporal frames, or windows of simultaneity. Frames
have di®erent standard durations and yield to stretching and compressing. I suggest it
to be the cause of the e®ect, as well as the ground for di®erences in perceptive time
scales of living beings. In the second part, I apply the conception of temporal frames
to model observation in the extended time scales that reach far beyond the temporal
perceptive niche of individual living beings. Duration of a frame is taken as the basic
parameter setting a particular time scale. By substituting a di®erent frame duration, we
set a hypothetical time scale and emulate observing reality in a wider or a narrower angle
of embracing events in time. I discuss the status of observer in its relation to objective
reality, and examine how reality does change its appearance when observed in di®erent
time scales.
Эмпирические исследования власти на начальных этапах развития политической социологии в США
Ледяев В. Г. В кн.: Элиты и общество в сравнительном измерении. М.: РОССПЭН, 2011. С. 60-80.
Социальное обеспечение и социальная помощь: запросы среднего класса
Салмина А. А. Социология. 2010. № 2. С. 122-135.
Based on the data of European Social Survey we made a research of the opinion of the middle class on the welfare and social assistance, the main functions of the state in resolving a number of social issues in different countries with different models of social policy. The results of investigation showed that the population's vision of the role of the government in solution of the social problems, as well as of its general functions is different in various countries. Besides we can speak about a certain difference of attitudes of the middle class and working class regarding the social support program.
social policies, Middle class, working class, Public opinion, welfare
Наблюдения над палеографией византийских надписей Северного Причерноморья
Виноградов А. Ю. Вестник древней истории. 2012. № 1. С. 182-195.


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Abstract: I define a set of wavefunctions for SU(N) lattice antiferromagnets, analogous to the valence bond solid states of Affleck, Kennedy, Lieb, and Tasaki (AKLT), in which the singlets are extended over N-site simplices. As with the valence bond solids, the new simplex solid (SS) states are extinguished by certain local projection operators, allowing us to construct Hamiltonians with local interactions which render the SS states exact ground states. Using a coherent state representation, we show that the quantum correlations in each SS state are calculable as the finite temperature correlations of an associated classical model, with N-spin interactions, on the same lattice. In three and higher dimensions, the SS states can spontaneously break SU(N) and exhibit N-sublattice long-ranged order, as a function of a discrete parameter which fixes the local representation of SU(N). I analyze this transition using a classical mean field approach. For N>2 the ordered state is selected via an "order by disorder" mechanism. As in the AKLT case, the bulk representations fractionalize at an edge, and the ground state entropy is proportional to the volume of the boundary.


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Arts Administration and Policy
Kate Dumbleton Makes Newcity's "Music 45" List
Associate Professor Kate Dumbleton (MA 2008). Photo by Sally Blood courtesy of "Newcity"
Associate Professor of Arts Administration and Policy Kate Dumbleton (MA 2008) was included on Newcity's annual "Music 45" list. Recognized for her work as executive director of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dumbleton was also applauded for launching Back Alley Jazz in South Shore last year. Dumbleton describes the event as, "a reimagining of the sixties and seventies informal jazz jams neighborhoods on the South Side had in the alleyways. It was amazing!" This year's list was devoted to the folks behind-the-scene including club owners, label executives, radio hosts, artists' reps and more.
SAIC and Joyce Foundation's Program, RE-TOOL 21 Featured in Chicago Tribune
RE-TOOL 21, a collaboration between SAIC and the Joyce Foundation was featured in the Chicago Tribune.
The New York Times Highlights Exhibition on Wars in Iraq, Curated by Ruba Katrib
The New York Times highlighted a current exhibition at MoMA PS1, Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011, co-curated by Ruba Katrib (BA 2004).
Art History Theory and Criticism
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Art and Technology Studies
Film, Video, New Media and Animation
MoMA's Reopening Features Exhibit Curated by Alum Yasmil Raymond
On October 21, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will reopen after a summer-long closure and an ambitious renovation project of its gallery spaces. Among the 10 fall shows opening, Yasmil Raymond (BFA 1999) was an organizer of Surrounds: 11 Installations.
Fiber and Material Studies


Forklifts are one of the most important tools and industrial innovations of modern times. They are both practical and popular for the moving of various products over short distances and over 150,000 of them are distributed to material handling buyers every year. The forklift may not be the most interesting piece of machinery in the world, but it effectively saves companies loads of money by doing the work of twenty men. That being said, here's some things you may not know about the forklift.
While forklifts are dangerous and operators are mandated to pass safety tests before being licensed to drive them, forklifts actually don't cause too many accidents in factories or warehouses. In fact, of all accidents in these workplaces, forklift accidents make up only 1% of them. However, 10% of physical injuries are caused by forklifts.
While forklifts have generally been used in the working world, there have been people who have thought of slightly more creative/illegal ways to use this machine. In Fayetteville, Georgia, some enterprising thieves somehow managed to steal a forklift and then used that stolen forklift to make off with an ATM machine. Security video reveals a forklift ramming into the 2,000 pound ATM machine and taking it out from its foundation. Apparently, using forklifts in robberies similar to this is becoming somewhat of a trend. It may go without saying but use your forklift for good!
The forklift wasn't just invented out of thin air, there were some important forerunners that paved the way for the forklift. It's the tractractor that is particularly credited as being the precursor to the traditional forklift. Clark's axle plant produced the tractractor in 1917 solely for its own use, but when visitors started requesting their own models developments began and in 1923 Yale produced the first electric truck with raising forks. Thus, the forklift came into existence, though it took sometime to truly become popular, and the modern forklift didn't appear until 1960.
The forklift has made several important evolutionary steps to improve its working capabilities and World War II served as a major catalyst. In 1930 the wooden pallet became standardized and, when laborers were looking for a more efficient way to load the large quantities of war supplies on ships and wagons, the production of forklifts soared. One company moved from just 500 units in 1939 to well over 23,000 towards later end of the war. This continual movement of goods led to another important forklift development. When it became essential for forklifts to last longer, models were developed to work a full eight-hour shift on a single battery charge.
While they are most associated with warehouses, forklifts of varying types can also be found in other workplaces. The specially designed rough-terrain forklifts can move construction equipment, roofing supplies, bricks, and lumber. They technically work the same way as normal forklift trucks, but are equipped with a very rugged transmission that allow them to work in the various ground conditions. The 4-wheel mechanism gives this forklift a larger turn radius and it's a bit slower at work because there's 4 wheels creating traction.