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"I wanted it to be an update of the "Mrs. Robinson" idea. It was a contrast of that story against a track that sounded like '80s new wave, like the Cars or something. One of my best friends told me that he thought my grandmother was really hot, that added a little bit to the song. That's a true story. And my grandmother was pretty hot." Adam Schlesinger (148)
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Whale watchers were delighted by the sight of a southern resident killer whale calf and it gave experts a chance to learn the newborn's gender.
The calf was first spotted near Tofino in May and since then, the pod has been travelling south until it reached San Juan Island, Washington Friday morning.
"The new mother, J31, swam around in circles with her new calf and three other young females -- it looked very much like they were showing off this new addition to the population," the Center for Whale Research says in a press release.
For a short moment, the newborn came up to the surface and revealed its underside to show it is a girl, researchers explain.
Read more: 'Three cheers!' DFO photos show endangered orcas off B.C. coast
The baby girl has been designated J56. Researchers determined she was born on May 24 and her mother is J31, a 24-year-old whose other calf died in January 2016.
It's unknown if J31 had any other pregnancies in the past 10 years.
Researchers say this is welcome news that the newborn is female.
The endangered southern resident population has been struggling with pollution, boat noise and a shortage of chinook salmon.
J-pod captured international attention last summer when the 20-year-old J35 carried her dead calf for 17 days in a poignant show of mourning.
Female orcas birth once every three to 10 years to a single offspring. In the first year of life, the orca mortality rate is 50 per cent.

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Well, that'll wake you up good and proper.
Wednesday is bin day here at Cooper Towers. When I opened the bedroom curtains this morning, I noticed that my beloved spouse, when he left for work at oh-my-god-o'clock, had neglected to put the blue recyclables bin out for collection. Not to worry, I thought; I'll put it out after breakfast.
Except by the time I got down the stairs, I could hear the bin lorry in the next street. Oh noes!
So out I trot, barefoot but otherwise dressed, opened the gate and trundled this big 240-litre wheelie bin out to the path. Since wheelie bins are not the nimblest-handling things, I managed to trundle it over my left foot in the process.
More precisely, over my toes. And the bin was full.


As with our Training Resources page, this page stems directly from the input of our clients and attendees. In many ways, this is their page, however it also serves us in providing prospective clients further insights into our programs. As our workshops are presented for the benefit of our client's organization with their expected objectives and outcomes in mind, we do not offer public attendance, however, we want to make available to you an idea of the exercises we conduct in our workshops. Therefore, in the accompanying pages, there are photos of a few of the exercises we conduct in our workshops.
Our experience is that we make greater impact as educators if we are able to invoke both mental and physical components in the training and developmental process. Which is precisely why we make use of such activities as….
Our patented "Nocando" spider web, designed to instruct in overcoming limited resources.
For a look at a movie of this exercise.
The "Board Meeting" which challenges previous belief systems via breaking a board with nothing more than a hand and newly acquired knowledge!
Our "Mine Fields" created to simulate environments filled with explosive situations and challenges!
In the future, we will strive to make more photos available on-line for the enjoyment of participants, however please recognize, access to workbooks, photo CDs along with other applicable information is generally available only by contacting the offices of Strictly Success. We hope out Team Place proves helpful to meet your immediate informational needs.


Facebook has been a challenging venue for marketers and advertisers ever since it started really getting popular in 2009. At that time, it was clear that it was the social network to beat and the company started trying to cash in with different types of advertising options. Most of them failed miserably for the same reason that many marketers continue to fail today: people go to Facebook to be entertained, not to be the recipient of ads.
Today, it's getting easier. People are more accepting of ads. A lot of it can be attributed to the way that Facebook has handled their promoted posts. They have done an excellent (some would say Draconian) job of keeping messages off of news feeds that are too promotional. Between the manual vetting they do of ads and the 20% text rule they apply to images, they've been able to keep a relatively strong balance between letting advertisers get their message out and keeping their users happy through minimized spam.
When it comes to putting out a message that resonates, that users can enjoy while still getting the promotional message out, businesses (local ones in particular) should consider adding a touch of fun and flair to their posts. In the example above, the goal of the car dealership in question is to promote their oil change special. There are a couple of different ways to go about doing this. They can make it a Facebook offer which can be very effective if the special is a true Facebook-only special. They could make it an event, but they would have to really make it a true event for that to work and few people would consider car maintenance an event. They could be direct – post about the special and throw some ad money at it. This is not recommended as the negative sentiment would murder the page's EdgeRank.
"Spring in Waynesville, NC. You know what that means, right? Time to plan a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By positioning it in a way that takes a positive aspect of local life and applying the marketing message at that point, it allows for the post to flourish. Even though the page itself has around 700 fans, it was liked by 80 people, shared by 3, and commented on by several. Branding was achieved. Positive sentiment was achieved. The link to the special itself on their website received a nice amount of clicks. Most importantly, the message was seen by around 10,000 locals.
There's a fine line between tricking people into interacting with a post to click on an advertisement and actually engaging with them on their terms and getting the message to them as a result. Using local flair is one of the easiest ways to make this happen.


U•Bass® – Kala Brand Music Co.
Since first being introduced in 2008, the Kala U•BASS® has grabbed the attention of bass players and media alike. Bass Player Magazine praised the original U•BASS® for its colossal low end and huge fun factor. The Acoustic-Electric U•BASS® features a custom Shadow pickup and EQ with built-in tuner to dial in the sonic boom. All U•Basses are set-up in the USA with our proprietary Pahoehoe strings. We also have select models available with Kala Metal Round-Wound strings that can be purchased separately on our online store.
Developed for educational and therapeutic environments, the Paddle Bass is a collaborative effort between Kala and internationally recognized music therapist Kalani Das. Designed as an easy and affordable way to add bass to any musical ensemble, the Paddle Bass offers instructors, therapists, and students an affordable, durable, easy-to-clean alternative to traditional bass options.


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        <source>Keep track on your working hours easily with a native Working Hours Tracker application.</source>
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Os  foram um povo do Japão antigo, que provavelmente viveram no sul de Kyūshū até ao menos o Período Nara. William George Aston, em sua tradução do Nihongi, diz que Kumaso se refere a duas tribos distintas, Kuma ("urso") e So ("atacar"). Em sua tradução do Kojiki, Basil Hall Chamberlain registra que a região também era conhecida simplesmente como "Distrito So" e elabora na descrição feita pelos japoneses antigos sobre um povo "similar aos ursos", baseado em suas interações violentas ou distinção física. (O povo chamado de tsuchigumo pelos japoneses é um exemplo da transformação de outras tribos em monstros lendários no imaginário popular. Tsuchigumo—a monstruosa "aranha da terra" dos mitos— pode se referir aos abrigos escavados de um povo do Japão.) O último líder dos Kumaso, Torishi-Kaya, conhecido como O Bravo de Kahakami, foi assassinado no inverno de 397 pelo príncipe Yamato Takeru de Yamato, que se disfarçou de mulher durante um banquete.

Geograficamente, Aston registra que o domínio dos Kumaso envolvia as províncias antigas de Hyūga, Ōsumi e Satsuma, ou as atuais prefeituras de Miyazaki e Kagoshima.

Alguns autores, como Fumio Kakubayashi, defendem que os Kumaso e os Hayato tinham origens em comum com povos austronésios, "apesar de informações serem extremamente limitadas".

A palavra 'Kuma' ("urso") se manteve nos nomes da prefeitura de Kumamoto (prefeitura) ("origem do urso") e do Distrito de Kuma, Kumamoto, conhecido por seu dialeto distinto.

Indivíduos Kumaso mencionados no Nihongi

 Torishi-Kaya (O Bravo de Kahakami): um líder dos Kumaso
 Atsukaya: um líder dos Kumaso
 Sakaya: um líder dos Kumaso
 Ichi-fukaya: O Imperador Keikō casou-se com ela em 82 d.C. e a condenou à morte no mesmo ano, pois ela estava envolvida no assassinato de seu próprio pai.
 Ichi-kaya: irmã mais nova de Ichi-fukaya, "cuja beleza era perfeita e cujo coração era valente". Após o assassinato de seu pai, Ichi-kaya foi dada ao Miyakko da Terra de Ki.

Ver também
 Hayato (povo)

Referências

Grupos étnicos da Ásia
História do Japão

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JRWperformance wrote: I looked through the previous posts to see if there are any specs on those wheels. I am looking at the same wheels for my 88. Did you get them from TireRack? What tire size did you use?
No longer available on TireRack in white but I see it in grey.
16x7 ET35. Tire size is 205/50/16.
Time to finally drop the rear end for a refresh.
Ordered new bushes and fresh control arms.
Subframe stripped to bushings to prepare for bushing removal.
Now to fix this. I'm tossing up between stripping it down entirely and taking it to a radiator shop for refurbishment or just applying some JB Weld Stik.
What would cause all that spider webbing on the tank?
Loving the progress. Keep it up. The webbing could be due to age/heat or both. I'd empty the tank and take it to a specialist, or check Eastwood products. Then later apply something that would keep moisture away and protect it from the elements. Something like a truck bed-liner coating. That's what I'm doing to my gas tanks.
Looks like you have a aluminum radiator. Any idea on the brand and part number?
MST Engineer wrote: Looks like you have a aluminum radiator. Any idea on the brand and part number?
How was the fit and finish? Was going to buy a new rad for mine but worth the extra $40 for a AL on if its decent quality.
Fitment is good. Highly recommended. Wheels were a rare find indeed.
I was originally going to go with a RENU but after stripping the tank and looking at the inside, I think I'm just going to have the crack welded.
What is the diameter, width and offset of the Sparcos that you had? The only ones that I can find are the grey ones.
MST Engineer wrote: What is the diameter, width and offset of the Sparcos that you had? The only ones that I can find are the grey ones.
Supra TT fuel pump upgrade.
All new bolts and gaskets.
Added wheels and dropped on ramps to torque suspension. Rear end completed.
Just curious if you have the boots and gasket part numbers handy?
tHeGeeK wrote: Just curious if you have the boots and gasket part numbers handy?
Which boots? The gaskets for the gas tank?
Sorry bolts. Disregard, I see the number in your picture. Thanks for the part numbers.


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James "Jim" Terhaar
August 28, 1928 - July 29, 2021
James Lawrence "Jim" Terhaar was born on 8/28/1928 in the little town of Genola, MN. He lived in St. Cloud until the age of 8 when he moved to Cold Spring with his parents, Nicholas and Amanda, and his 9 siblings. Jim and his loving wife of 64 years, Mary, who also was born in Cold Spring, raised five children and remained in their home of 58 years until a brief stay within Assumption Community. He passed away peacefully surrounded by family on 7/29/2021 at the age of 92--one month shy of his 93rd birthday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, August 3rd at 11am at St. Boniface Church in Cold Spring, MN with lunch to follow. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate Jim's life with family on Monday, August 2nd from 4-8pm at Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring or at the Church at 10am prior to Mass. Jim attended St. Boniface schools where he excelled in sports, music, and theater. He led his team to state tournament appearances in football and basketball; he was cast in the lead role in operettas. His love of music was deeply rooted in his family. They regularly sang together at home, led by his father, Nick, who was a founding member of the Cold Spring Area Maennerchor. Jim started singing with them at the age of 17 and continued to do so for over 60 years. After high school graduation in June of 1946, he attended St. John's University (his dad's alma mater) until entering the U.S. Army in February of 1947 where he served as a Sergeant for 18 months. Honorably discharged in 1948, Jim returned to St. John's and then worked with his father in the State Bank of Cold Spring. After his father's death in 1953, he began working at The Cold Spring Granite Company as a salesman until his retirement in 1993. His retirement years were spent doing the things he loved: golfing, singing, gardening, spending time in nature and, most importantly, being with family. He was a founding member of the Rich-Spring Golf Club where he golfed regularly. He continued to sing in the Maennerchor, he grew a large garden every summer, and he spent several years wintering with Mary in Arizona. He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren, and extended family, and he helped host the annual "Terhaar Open" golf tournament for over 30 years. He was a gregarious, fun-loving man who embraced life and connection with others. Survivors include his wife of 64 years Mary (Peters) Terhaar; children: Joseph (Kathy Wolf), Stephen (Patricia McGee), Susan (Butch Nelson), David (Cheryl Thielman), and Jean (Randy Pauly). He is also survived by 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his sister, Jeanette Mischke Andrews. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Hortense, Dolores, Mary Louise, Fred, Doraine, Jerome, Claire Ann and Richard. Jim's family would like to thank the Cold Spring Assumption Care Community, St. Croix Hospice Care, and SPOT Rehabilitation and Home Care for their loving care and kindness. He meant the world to us.
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HomeNewsAmerican-Muslim Entrepreneur Eesha Sheikh makes it to Forbes next 1000 list 2021
American-Muslim Entrepreneur Eesha Sheikh makes it to Forbes next 1000 list 2021
Eesha Sheikh, C.E.O of PlayPal, has made it to the famous Forbes Next 100 list.
The Pakistani-American based in Richardson, Colorado was featured in the Health and Science category for the self-health monitoring platform she developed, PlayPal.
PlayPal is a digital web and secular platform that provides its users with advanced health profiles and preventive health analytics by tracking their physical and cognitive data through third-party integrations.
PlayPal is also a published medicinal chemist specializing in anti-cancer drug development.
Eesha Sheikh with her passion for promoting better health then officially launched PlayPal while pursuing her education at John Hopkins University back in 2014.
Eesha announced the good news through a post that she uploaded on her personal Instagram account. She wrote that she was excited to officially announce that she had been selected for the Forbes Next 1000 list.
She called it a "first-of-its-kind initiative" to celebrate the courageous and inspiring entrepreneur who gave a new definition of what it means to run a business today.
In addition, Eesha also emphasized that she is very grateful and honoured to be able to represent Pakistani women on the global platform, and also dedicated her success to all Pakistani women.
She ended her post by encouraging women to persuade to continue fighting and conquering barriers.
She wrote, "let us conquer; let us rise, and let us break barriers. Let's be limitless!". Indeed her tenacity to fight in the technology sector – a male-dominated field – deserves admiration. She said that it is more about barriers to entry than the ability to excel.
Based on the available information, the entrepreneur launched PlayPal to help their users to pursue their healthcare goals by 'gamifying' them using AI.
According to Forbes, so far, the company has raised a huge amount of revenue totalling $2 million.
A Man Was Spotted Praying In The Middle Of The Road, Muslims Are Angry
Dr Omar Atiq First Muslim to head the prestigious American College of Physicians
Overseas Pilgrims Aged 12 And Above Are Now Allowed To Perform Umrah
Tunisia appoints Najla Bouden Romdhane as the first prime minister in the Arab world
Muslim Man Killed Over Loan And Not Cow Slaughtered, Says Bihar Police
Turkey Arrested Students For Showing Kaaba Poster with LGBT Flags


Nitride fuels have been regarded as one viable fuel option for Generation IV reactors due to their positive features compared to oxides. To be able to close the fuel cycle and follow the Generation IV concept, nitrides must, however, demonstrate their ability to be reprocessed. This means that the dissolution performance of actinide based nitrides has to be thoroughly investigated and assessed. As the zirconium stabilized nitrides show even better potential as fuel material than does the pure actinide containing nitrides, investigations on the dissolution behavior of both PuN and (Pu,Zr)N has been undertaken. If possible it is desirable to perform the fuel dissolutions using nitric acid. This, as most reprocessing strategies using solvent-solvent extraction are based on a nitride containing aqueous matrix. (Pu,Zr)N/C microspheres were produced using internal gelation. The spheres dissolution performance was investigated using nitric acid with and without additions of HF and Ag(II). In addition PuN fuel pellets were produced from powder and their dissolution performance were also assessed in a nitric acid based setting.


With the long awaited releases of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child inching ever closer, it's fair to say that the Harry Potter hype train is officially back in town. With it comes the highly anticipated Marauders 'prequel' Severus Snape and the Marauders, an epic 25 minute short film that follows Snape and the Marauders just after graduation from Hogwarts. We spoke to Director Justin Zagri about casting the perfect Snape, those gorgeous VFX shots and dissecting the semantics of Queen Rowling's characterisation.
The behind the scenes battle of Severus Snape and the Marauders is almost as epic as the film itself – you encountered a major setback when the legal giants at Warner Bros effectively shut down your fundraising sources. How far into the crowdfunding campaign were you and how did this affect not only the project's funding but also the momentum you had built with fans?
Well, the dispute was not really much of a dispute and more of a request. Warner Bros was very considerate in their reasoning with why they didn't want us to raise more money. Our Kickstarter focused on getting the film produced and shot, while the second one would have covered post-production. So they said we could keep the money we raised, but asked us not to raise more. Considering how hard Liana Minassian the producer and I worked on that Kickstarter, it was much more a relief than anything else. So all post-production was done out of pocket. Because of some incredible volunteers, the film was still able to get done without any decrease in production value, but we did delay our release by two months. We are just grateful they still let us make and release the film.
A Marauders film has been awaited by Harry Potter fans since the series began. Is there a reason you chose to set the film after the characters' graduation from Hogwarts as opposed to during their school years?
When I did a survey of what the fans wanted to see next after the success of The Greater Good, the answer was almost unanimously Marauders. Knowing I couldn't really tell a story in Hogwarts as Los Angeles doesn't really have castles and building a set would have been just too impossible, I decided their story should be outside Hogwarts. Once that was decided, I took the story from there and asked, who are these guys really? A lot of fans have their own points of view. In fact a whole community have created a point of view that is very interesting. James has square glasses, Sirius and Remus have anything from a closeted crush on each other, to a full fledged relationship. But I wanted to make sure I developed my own point of view based on the facts in the book.
From what I gathered, many people in the books had kind things to say about the Potters, a lot of high praise. But when we saw Snape's worst memory, things became much more clouded. At least for James. What I realized, and this is a credit to J.K. Rowling for her brilliant writing, is that people were describing the Potters in ways that people would do to memorialize someone who passed. Focus on the good memories, suppress the bad ones. There's no doubt that what Remus, Sirius and others had to say about James and Lily WAS true, but they would hesitate to bring up the bad things In front of their son. It's the old saying that we thought our parents were gods, until we saw they weren't. So, putting all this together, I decided that I would tell a story about the Marauders beginning their path into adulthood, when mischief was no longer inconsequential. James would have a trial by fire of his own making, and his trial would be Snape. We would see the beginnings of his transition from a teenager to an adult.
The film begins in a very mannered, low key way before exploding into that incredible VFX fight scene. Was there a concern about maintaining audience interest during the 'talky' opening scenes? Could you walk us through the processes which enabled you to achieve such an impressive wizard battle?
I love fight scenes so much and I was really looking forward to putting together this fight. The best fights tell their own stories in themselves. But to do that, context had to be set up both for fans and non-fans. We needed time to get to know these characters as if they were brand new. Eight minutes may or may not be enough time, I hope it is. But also, the fans who want to see The Marauders, want to see them un-filtered. In their prime. At their best. They needed to be alone for a while to do that. If I could have afforded a castle, the first thing we would see them do is pulling a prank on a teacher. Or use the map to get through the castle to get Remus into the Shrieking Shack when he is just about to transform. That would require a budget to use animals or CG animals which was just impossible. Since I was really limited on what these guys could do, I wanted them to relax, sit at a bar, and reminisce. The strength of the opening scene with them talking is their chemistry. The actors are so phenomenal with each other, that whenever we would rehearse, a five minute scene would turn into a twenty minute ad lib. I let the actors take advantage of that in the opening minutes of the scene. Up until James asking "You alright, mate?" is entirely ad-libbed. They came up with a story on their own, on the spot, on that day. I had no part in it. All I asked is when they came up with their story, that they stick to it when we move into coverage. So the talent of those guys is what keeps you interested until the meat of the story gets started.
As for the duel, that was an entire story of its own. It needed to start with Snape vs James on their own. Right off the bat, I wanted to establish Snape as more powerful. More skilled. But not completely one-sided. James could hold his own, and was willing to raise the stakes of the duel to win. But then I wanted to establish that James wasn't thinking things through with his decisions. He had a chance to disarm Snape, but instead decided to escalate it. This is when things went bad for him. He was being overpowered, forcing Sirius to aide his best friend. Here, I wanted to establish that Snape was well prepared to face these guys. He has prepared for this for years. Being a better wizard doesn't necessarily mean being a more powerful one, it just means knowing your opponent better than he knows himself. By the time Remus came in, the Marauders strategy was to overwhelm Snape. Since they came at him as a direct attack, Snape could see what they were using, and could be prepared. When Peter came in, the power of all four of them was enough to out-do Snape. That was one of the themes of the movie. When The Marauders are together, they are unstoppable. And it's true, cause Snape noped right out of there.
Once it was back down to one at a time, Snape used his skills to best them, and it worked. Until he was surrounded. He couldn't keep track of everyone. He couldn't see what everyone was doing. He was being worn down. Again, James could have disarmed him, but he wasn't thinking about that. He wanted to defeat him. Cause him pain. Put the fear in him. What he didn't count on, was the pure emotional rage that would come from Snape. He was being taunted, pushed, cornered. A cornered animal is when he is at his most dangerous. And then he channeled on the pain of his anger from his worst memory and his rejection from Lily, and exploded. Much like Voldemort did when he was dueling three other wizards and saw Bellatrix get killed. It was sort of inspired from that moment.
After it was all shot and edited, VFX took over and did some amazing things. Some of it was directed by me, some of it was ideas by the artists. Jake Akuna did the huge figure-8 shot and the entire lightning shield sequence. He created some awesome spell work in the shots just prior to all that. Navid Sanati did over a hundred shots, and the fiendfyre by Julian Rodriguez took almost 6 months to complete.
While the VFX shots are unquestionably impressive, it's their combination with sound design and score that really sells the reality of what we see. What was the brief you set out for composer Alexander Arntzen and your sound design team and how did one influence the other?
I have worked with Alex since he was just about to graduate high school. He has scored all my films since I was in college. That's 6 films now. He is a prodigy and will be the next Howard Shore. Jordan King did the sound design and really killed it. All the subtle things like walking, rolling around in dirt, breathing, he added in – no one will notice but they took just as much time as the spells and fire and everything else. For me, the score was important to support the emotions of the moments, and really get our chance to put together something that creates a swell of excitement. I mean how often do you get to make an action scene? But what always stands out for me is the music after "I hope to see you again" and the full marauders theme literally being combined with Snape's theme when the duel is at its peak.
There's been a fair amount of controversy surrounding your portrayal of James Potter, and you've previously mentioned that Snape is your favourite character. I personally really enjoyed the characterisation, but what would you say to those who disagree?
People who think I got James wrong will roll their eyes no matter what I say hahaha. They have their own version of James, I have mine. And their version is just as right as mine, because there is so very little information on James. So much is left to interpretation. Having said that, I spent just as much time figuring out James as I did Snape. In fact, this movie is secretly about James. He is in his own way, the protagonist. Snape is also the protagonist, but then shifts to become the villain. At least briefly. It's all very complicated. And Snape is my second favorite character. Dumbledore is my favorite. I love them both because they are both so mysterious. From book one, you knew there was much more to these people than Rowling was letting on, and she kept it that way until the final chapters of the final book. The reason I love Dumbledore more is because of his compassion and kindness. I'd want to hang out with him. Learn from him. Be him. I don't want to be like Snape. He is bitter, resentful, callous, cold. Makes for a very interesting character on paper, but would you want to hang out with him? Would he even let you hang out with him? Probably not.
So back to James. James, to me represented the reality of Harry's parentage. That his dad wasn't all he was cracked up to be. We have all experienced this with our own parents. They weren't perfect growing up, and we often will never know the details, but we do find out over time that they had their own issues growing up, as we all do. He was arrogant, cold to people he didn't like, he was fine with stealing (knicked the snitch he was messing with in the memory), and objectified Lily – "Go out with me, and I'll leave Snivvey alone" – at least as a 15 year old teenager. Now, as a 17 year old, graduating Hogwarts, having been made head boy, and in a new relationship with Lily, there was evidence that he had matured. But, Rowling did say that he would still hex and curse Snape any chance he got, behind Lily's back while they were dating. So that led me to believe that James had started maturing, but when it came to Snape, still had a lot to learn.
So this story was about his transition into becoming a real man. One who takes real responsibility for his actions. James' excuses for attacking Snape were actually to me, well justified. He knew why he was there, he wanted to talk to Lily. He didn't want that because he knew of his previous relationship with Lily, but on a larger scale, he knew Snape was going to become a Death Eater, and as far as he was concerned, was now the enemy. So when you decide to fight for the people you care about, you become capable of a lot of things. Even dark magic. BTW the biggest criticism I get, James didn't like dark magic? Would never use Fiendfyre? Again this is fan fiction and merely my interpretation, but keep one thing in mind. Harry used the Cruciatus curse. Twice. First time he didn't mean it. Second time he definitely did. And that's an unforgivable curse.
You've described the production of The Greater Good as being "two guys and a camera". How did your approach on the two projects differ?
Snape and the Marauders was a full fledged production. Mind you it was still voluntary, but we got all the toys this time. Shooting at night and making sure people are well lit is quite the endeavour, so we got a giant crane that had about 200K watts shining down, big reflectors, dimmers, the works. Same with bar, more toys. We also had two cameras, both RED, one dragon, one epic. We also had dollies, and much of the duel was shot on steadicam. A lot of awesome shots turned out amazing without direction on my part because the steadicam op knew what he was doing.
The Greater Good, with just under 4m views, has garnered a frankly huge fan base for your work. How did you go about marshalling that audience over to Severus Snape and the Marauders?
Well the fans asked to see these guys, so that's what I went and did. And from the moment I revealed the very first teaser poster, I kept the fans up to date with everything we were doing. I revealed my cast picks one by one and gauged their reactions. I gave them ideas on what the story would be. I told them up front that this movie would be mainly about Snape. And while there have been some vocal detractors, the response on the whole was overwhelmingly positive. I did the best I could to respond to fan's questions, and I made sure they felt like they were part of the process. The film literally wouldn't exist without the fans, so I have them to thank for that.
As for what I learned from The Greater Good, I learned to take my time with the writing process. I went through a lot of drafts to get these characters where I thought they should be, and wanted to make sure each one had clear motives and conflicts. I also wanted to make sure there was a central theme for the story, and how each character revolved around that theme. I wanted to make sure each character had something to learn, whether it be positive (James admitting it was his fault) or horrific – Peter's beginnings of betrayal, Remus getting Sectum Sempra to the face. Poor guy, he's my favorite Marauder. It's the best way I could think of to show Snape was capable of being truly evil.
As far as promotion goes, we went all the way. 8 posters, 2 trailers, the works. Janie Walter did an amazing job with all those posters.
Do you plan to revisit the wizarding world through film any time soon? What new projects do you have on the horizon?
Man I would love to keep making fan films, but there's a few problems with that. They don't pay, and they cost a lot of money to make on this level of production value. Since WB won't let us raise any more money, then my options are very limited. We are considering a radio drama to continue the story, answer a few questions the film left us with, and begin James' arc into the noble, heroic man that thrice defied Voldemort. As of now, I'm hoping this film will show people that I can make a good movie, and will trust me with an original movie, which is a sci-fi romance about multiple universes.
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Convict of 2010 rape-murder case sentenced to death in Manipur
This is the third time a death sentence is awarded to a convict by judge A Noutuneshwari Devi in connection with crimes against women.
By IFP Bureau | Updated on: Dec. 31, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
The court of Special Judge, Thoubal A Noutuneshwari Devi on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a man convicted of rape, murder of his pregnant girlfriend and causing death of his own unborn child. This was the third time a death sentence was awarded to a convict by the judge in connection with crimes against women.
On Monday, the special judge had announced the conviction of Irom Chaoren Singh, 30, son of Irom Biren of Leishangthem Khongmanung, Thoubal district in connection with rape, murder of a 23-year- old pregnant woman of Thoubal district and causing death of the unborn child in June 18, 2010. Chaoren has been convicted of killing her by strangulation and submerging the body into the Imphal River at Chongtham Konna Meitei Leikai. Choaren was convicted under section 376/302/316 IPC.
The court while considering the nature of the case stated that the type of such case falls under the category of the rarest of rare and as such, there is no mitigating factor to deter in other alternative punishment. Therefore, the maximum punishment should be awarded and it should be an eye opener for the society at large in order to prevent such brutal and heinous crime in the society, the court stated.
Hence, the convict Irom Chaoren Singh is sentenced to death with a fine of Rs 50, 000 and should be hanged till death, the court stated.
The court has directed to give the fine amount to the mother of the victim. Further, the court has recommended for awarding compensation under section 357-A (2) CrPC as per NALSA's compensation scheme for women victims/survivors of sexual assault/other crimes-2018 and a sum of Rs 10 lakh to the victim's brother by district legal services authority, Thoubal within a period of 60 days.
The court verdict stated that the convict had played his girlfriend like an object and not as a human being. He not only raped and murdered her but also killed his own unborn child, it stated. As such crime is so brutal and shocking to the conscience of womanhood, sympathy would be misplaced, and it would lose confidence of the society at large in the administration of the criminal justice system, the court stated.
The court should respond to the cry of the society, and the incident made the entire society on its heels and it is a burning incident which cannot be ignored, it stated. The court should respond and settle with what would be considered a deterrent punishment for what was apparently an abominable crime, it stated. It further stated that this case is categorised as rarest of rare as the crime committed by the convict is so inhuman, barbaric and merciless and his intention and motive was beyond the thoughts of a rational human being. Such cruelty and inhuman acts deserve to be wiped out and there is no mitigating factor to deter in other alternative punishment, the court stated on judgment.
On June 26, 2010 the deceased family lodged a complaint stating that the victim had gone out to meet her boyfriend Chaoren at Thoubal bazar but gone missing afterwards. The police registered a case under section 368/302 IPC read with section 120-B/376 IPC, as the complainant raised suspicions that the body could have been kept concealed after killing her.
Subsequently, Police arrested the accused Chaoren on June 26 and the body was fished out from the Imphal river at Chongtham Konna Meitei Leikai.
Police investigation said, the convict disclosed that as per a plan, he eloped the lady and they stayed together in a house near the river. At around 7 pm of June 18 2010, they came out from the house near the river bank, and he killed her by strangling her neck with his shirt, he stated. He also named one Loitongbam Ibomcha alias Jugeshwor of allegedly raping her. However, the court released Ibomcha as there was no sufficient evidence against him.
The police submitted the charge sheet under section 120-B/304/302/201 IPC on January 13, 2017 against Irom Chaoren and Loitongbam Ibomcha under section 120-B/302/201/376 IPC. As charges were framed against them, another accused person, Ibemcha Devi of Yairipok was discharged from liability of the case.
Further, the police submitted another charge sheet against Irom Chaoren under section 376 IPC in a separate sheet on December 4. The court had examined 20 prosecution witnesses during the trial.
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I typically read one or two books for review a week, so reading time is always at a premium; some books, however, force me to linger. The amount of time a volume of poetry requires of me isn't necessarily an indication the book is dense or complicated or opaque or even good or bad; some just provide more rabbit trails than others, and it is good to wander. I feel like I've been shoving the pit of Four-Legged Girl around with my nose for weeks like my cat when she's unsure if she's able and allowed to bite into the morsel in front of her, or unsure if she's ready to in either case. Actually, I don't think she gives a damn if she's allowed.
The title of Seuss's book, and the subject of its title poem, is Myrtle Corbin, a woman who lived from 1868 to 1928. She was born not only with four legs, but two pelvises and, as Seuss points out in this fascinating essay on her muse, two reproductive systems, including two vaginas, both of which she birthed children from. Corbin spent years in the sideshows of multiple circuses, and eventually married and had children. Seuss seems compelled by this image of a woman who was denied what many would consider beauty but delved deep nonetheless into love and its hurts and joys, who claimed agency over those things that could be crafted as weapons against her, who posed for pictures with four knees bared to the camera.
Four-Legged Girl is divided into five sections that roughly partition Seuss's life chronologically, beginning in childhood and marching into her current middle age. I wondered as I read if these five sections did not also retroactively overlay with the five stages of grief–the denial we are afforded in childhood, the wild anger of our teen and early adult years, the bargaining compromises as we come to terms with reality in our late twenties and early thirties, the depression of what is before us and what is behind us as we eye middle age on the horizon, and the acceptance of reaching it, in possession of saggy skin and regrets and lessons learned and, hopefully, something approaching comfort with all of them. I am very possibly projecting that onto the book; I'm not sure it's there, though I think it is available to the reader in reflection if we choose to see it. It is a tool for reading, another angle to dig meaning from the book.
Hope was a vinegar-colored halo that formed around our heads.
It came and went, like fighting and fireflies.
Often the sweet imagery of childhood is thrown sickly at us from the elbow, as when she references her father, who died of cancer while she was young – He'd walk in the rain like his tumors were made / of sugar (page 13). Seuss removes herself from nostalgia with one simple phrase while describing a violet – not so much an image / of tenderness as an image of a memory of tenderness (page 19). In adulthood, when we have been cut enough times to know that being cut is a thing to expect if we have skin, we can do a few different things with childhood. We can turn it into escape, hold it in a snow globe and remember it as the time when things were simpler and gentler. Or we can realize the world hasn't changed in the time we've been alive, and the hurts were there all around us even before we recognized them, and we can reframe our own childhood not as a garden of innocence but as the same wild place we live in now; it's our ability to see and name and know and tell that has changed. Childhood is not an image of tenderness itself; it is an image of what we once held as tenderness, and what was offered to us as tenderness, or what is widely projected as tenderness. What it actually was for each of us differs. It might have had a lot of good in it or a lot of bad or more than likely a lot of both. Nostalgia is a just a second, thicker skin. Feeling safe is not the same as feeling.
of the drain, we swirl.
The word hub is oft-recited in these poems of childhood and young adulthood, and it's a curious one to return to in this setting. Over and over the image is referenced, with and without the actual word–the post of an umbrella, the center of a drain, the eye of a flower, the charismatic figure. To a young life uncentered, a center will be found somewhere. One tilts into the gravity of lovers, dealers, abusers, friends, spins around the fulcrums of beauty, art, grief, religion, is expelled by centrifugal force when the energy at the orbital center of any of these things is exhausted or consumed. From the aerial viewpoint of retrospect, you could almost see it as a dance if it had only involved less scarring.
It is in this section devoted to her early adulthood we best sample the dueling/harmonizing settings of the book – the urban wasteland of her young adulthood and the feral rural environment of her childhood and late adulthood. In referencing these two settings throughout it is remarkable how little clash and contrast they create. Unkempt and dirty and dangerous and free are largely the same where you find them, whether in a roach-addled apartment or the primordial backyards of rural summers. The imagery of the two blend seamlessly in Seuss's verses here.
by filling it with desire. A sorry replacement, really.
I have to wonder as I read through this laundry list of the deceased if every one of them is Seuss. Did she die with every error, every hurt, every grief? Is every loss a death, and we are resurrected time and again to make another go of it? The imagery in those final lines once again takes us back to the image of spinning around a center point, and in this case, they are layered–the spiraling dryer and the rampaging tornado, drudgery nested inside devastation. Surprisingly, neither the poem nor Four-Legged Girl is depressing for all this. They are a four-legged girl staring into the camera, curls falling on her forehead and four knees displayed above striped socks. You see what you want to see in that case. You can see loss or you can see life. Diane Seuss sees both in this stunning new collection.
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Another well-written review. I appreciated the numerous quotes from Seuss's poems. They connected me to the photo of the four-legged girl; both, illustration and poetry, appeared to be so remote to me.. However, despite Seuss's very different life experiences, I began to feel my own partaking of life in her words. She does weave a spell with her images and yet, does leave us with concrete understandings. I hear echoes of Buddha and Jesus in her description of desire and its false promises. In her wild youth, she would have terrified me, repulsed me with her self-indulgent struggle for survival. As she presents herself now, amid her sad recollections, I find myself full of tender feelings for this Diane Seuss. It is strange how ferocity can morph into wisdom and disgust ease into an appreciation of beauty. I would have liked to have seen the face of the four-legged woman.


When I saw my best friend from high school last year, she handed me a big stack of International Living magazines and explained that an American of retirement age could survive quite well in Latin America. After my initial shock at realizing that I was indeed old enough to collect Social Security, and that that alone could qualify me to apply for a residence visa in countries like Panama and Ecuador, I gave it some serious consideration. I had the vestiges of Spanish acquired in Chile as an exchange student in 1967 and a couple of months to kill during the slow season at our family owned fireplace store, so off we went, David and I, to Ecuador.
Fulfilling our tourist obligations on the way to Otavalo to see the largest flea market in South America.
The Air BnB's in Ecuador were a great way to get to meet the Ecuadorian people. We made some soon to be lifelong friends this way. After a week or two of sightseeing, we started meeting families in the selva (jungle) and the Andes outside of Riobamba and we became involved in their lives in ways that we could not have predicted.
We started our trip in Quito, Ecuador's capital city, by getting accustomed to the altitude of 9350 feet. Quito is overwhelming with it's 1.6 million people perched atop the peaks and valleys of the city. We stayed in an Air BnB in a middle class neighborhood with a lovely family who introduced us to Ecuadorian food and they even provided tour services to Otavalo for the day.
In Riobamba, we stayed at the Casa 1881, a restored Spanish Colonial Bed and Breakfast with a vintage feel and all the luxury of home. While we were there, our host Santiago got us tickets to the bull fight, a rare event even in Ecuador. We came to love staying at the Casa right in the old town of Riobamba and would soon come to think of it as home.
Our trip to Baños rewarded us with our new friend Sebastian Moya, a guide to the selva and many parts of South America who lived in Europe for many years working as a tree surgeon. Sebastian speaks 5 languages and he organizes volunteer groups all over Ecuador.
Part of Sebastian's vast network of friends and family lives in Ulpan where they are restoring a 100 year old adobe farm house, named Bio House, for the purpose of entertaining guests from Air BnB. After David helped Sebastian repair his fireplace in Baños, we were asked to join the family in Ulpan to help with another fireplace at the Bio House.
David working on Sebastian's fireplace in Baños.
The story continues in Ulpan with building projects, fishing trips and English classes, but that is the subject of a few more posts. Why Ecuador? The people.


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Sugar cane workers in south of Iran, with their determination, unity, and resilience have inspired many and mobilised society to support struggling workers and to fight for their rights against the regime.
The elected representative and leader of workers' council of sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh, Ismail Bakhshi, who has had a key role in uniting, organising and leading the workers was arrested on 18th November 2018. He was admitted to hospital on 29th November after being subjected to brutal torture in custody. He is being tortured to accept delusive accusations by the authorities who try to sentence him for the bogus "national security" case.
The sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh have been on strike for four weeks over their unpaid wages, harsh working conditions, demands to expel embezzlers who have been exposed by the workers, and running of the corporation under supervision of the workers' council.
Islamic Republic of Iran aims to push back dissident workers and the people by arrests and torture of workers' leaders and activists. The regime must feel the pressure of international humane solidarity!
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Reforms will continue despite AAP's Delhi sweep: Jaitley
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley today sought to assure investors that the Bharatiya Janata Party's dismal showing in the Delhi assembly election will not put the government off its reform agenda.
"The fact that four elections have been won, and one has not, is absolutely no ground for believing that there will be any slowdown on the path that we have taken," Jaitley told reporters in New Delhi after talks ith US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party virtually swept Delhi, winning 67 of the 70 assembly seats - leaving the BJP with just three seats, and the previously ruling Congress with none at all.
Jaitley said India's economy is "poised to take off at a much faster pace", and the government is determined to continue economic reforms.
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The Top 10 Films of 2017
Posted on January 10, 2018 June 4, 2018 by Kevin Andres Díaz
Over the past year, I have had the absolute pleasure of watching truly great films. Though there have been a variety of sadly disappointing movies, I feel that 2017 has been the year where new, original motion pictures have been championed and celebrated. Making this list has proved to be a gut-wrenching affair. The rankings aren't necessarily a statement on one film's superiority to another. I believe these films to be amazing in their own, respective right. However, not making this list would be a disservice to my love for the following films.
Honorable Mentions: Split, Thor: Ragnarok, John Wick: Chapter 2, Logan Lucky, IT, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman, and Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
*Tony Stark reveals Iron Spider Armor*
"Why don't you try that on, and we'll introduce the world to the newest official member of the Avengers: Spider-Man.
Spider-Man's debut to the motherland of the MCU in 2016's Captain America: Civil War was a glorious highlight in that film. To see Marvel's most popular hero interact with Cap, Iron Man, and almost the rest of that film's cast was just a taste, a tease of what Tom Holland can do as Spider-Man's third cinematic incarnation. Homecoming was exactly that: a welcoming celebration of the title character, giving us a fresh, yet faithfully familiar portrayal of the web-slinger. While this is no means an origin story of Spider-Man, Homecoming truly delights and excels as a coming-of-age tale of Peter Parker turning into Spider-Man: the hero. Bombarded by adversity and clear and present dangers, witnessing Peter Parker scream "Come on, Spider-Man!" on the top of his lungs brings levity and much-needed vulnerability to comic book's greatest anomaly: a frightened, at times delusional boy behind a mask claiming to the outside world to be a man.
Chris Washington: All I know is sometimes, when there's too many white people, I get nervous, you know?
[pause, Georgina laughs creepily with tears in her eyes]
Georgina: Oh no, no. No. No no no no no no. Aren't you something? That's not my experience. Not at all. The Armitages are so good to us. They treat us like family.
Certainly one of the biggest surprises of 2017, Jordan Peele's directoral debut is a hauntingly brilliant, hilarious and terrifying commentary of racial and class prejudice. There is such a fine line to walk on if one wishes to make a horror film. You want to be flashy, yet subtle; terrifying, but palpable. Not only does Jordan Peele pass with flying colors on this front, but to add the social commentary in the mix seemed to inevitably result in a pretentious, preachy film. Miraculously, Get Out manages to stray away from cinematic convention, resulting into a timely, smart and genuinely unpredictable film. As far as debuts go, Peele is a force to be reckoned with. Delivering Hitchcockian suspense in his first feature from beginning to end, Get Out works superbly well on all fronts of the cinematic experience.
Marion McPherson: I want you to be the best version of yourself.
Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson: What if this is the best version?
Speaking of debuts, long time writer and actress Greta Gerwig delivers her first feature on the director's chair in the form of Lady Bird, chronicling the life of high school senior Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson as she tries to answer that all important yet impossible question: Who am I? What's with the name, you ask? "Lady Bird" is her name, given to her, by her. Gerwig delivers a snappy, often hilarious screenplay, anchored with a direction that is lovingly intimate, making the viewer truly feel they are with these characters as they interact. As rich the direction might be, however, a film also hinders on what is presented on the screen, a la the actors, this film's greatest strength. Laurie Metcalf beautifully plays the mother of the title character, displaying a generational disconnect between her and daughter. She loves her to death, but feels her advice has and always will fall on the seemingly deaf ears of Lady Bird. In addition to Metcalf, Saoirse Ronan delivers yet another career defining performance with a charismatic relatability and wisdom once thought to be lightyears of her youth. Along with last year's amazing The Edge of Seventeen, the once dead young adult drama is on a full-on revival with this recklessly adolescent masterwork.
The enemy has driven the British and French armies to the sea. Trapped at Dunkirk, they await their fate. Hoping for deliverance. For a miracle.
When I think of 2014's Interstellar, I think of a director's masterwork with somewhat paradoxical execution. I felt the last act of the film to have much too dialogue for a film that prides itself in its visual sophistication, especially in regards to its themes of love and parenthood. Christopher Nolan's latest war epic Dunkirk, however, completely rights the wrong of his last odyssey. Gone are the expositional science lessons. Standing at an uncharacteristically lean 106 minutes, Nolan delivers his most intense, cutthroat, and bombastic picture to date. The war genre has been gradually, and jadedly, glamorized, as if war is to be encouraged, like the loss of life is something to be fond of. Dunkirk strips away every convention that has plagued this cliché ridden genre, making a new, original beast of a war film. Character development is at a deliberate minimum, focusing on the horrors and sheer intensity of the event itself. Dunkirk shows Nolan at his most potent, focused and bombastic, a true lover of the cinematic art and experience.
When he looks at me, he does not know – how – I am incomplete. He sees me… as I am.
It's weird. It's different. It's beautifully tailored by the mad mind of Guillermo del Toro. Easily his best and most wondrous feature since 2007's Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water pits del Toro delivering a gorgeously original love story between a sea creature and a mute janitor. The premise alone sounds offputting and inadvertently comedic, but del Toro's confident and fearless direction matched with pitch perfect performances from Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Jenkins and Doug Jones as simply "Amphibian Man" makes this odd love story into a whimsical and joyous anomaly of a film.
Emily: I didn't heckle you, just woo-hoo'd you. It's supportive.
Kumail: Okay, that's a common misconception. Yelling anything at a comedian is considered heckling. Heckling doesn't have to be negative.
Emily: So, if I… if I yelled out like… "You're amazing in bed!", that'd be a heckle?
Kumail: Yeah. It would be an accurate heckle.
By far the most straightforward film on this list, The Big Sick sees the beginnings of Kumail Nanjiani's and Emily Gordon's relationship and the all-too true tumultuous happenings around it. Not only does love interest Emily fall into a coma, but the internal conflicts practically blossom almost in spite of this. Kumail sees himself in the cross roads of his life, reminded of his cultural upbringing, being a first generation American from Pakistan, and his life of a stand-up comic despite his conservative parents' wishes. They don't know about his relationship with Emily, having the guise of actually wanting an arranged marriage. This well-intended deception is eventually revealed, leaving for some truly heart wrenching moments that perfectly encapsulates one's wish to please their parents but, at the same time, trying to live their own, satisfactory life. The drama is ever present, but the comedy is where The Big Sick truly shines, giving Kumail Nanjiani a star making performance with pure and perfect comedic timing, layered with the aforementioned cultural dilemma. The straightforward nature of this film is almost deceptive to the naked eye: this is a smart, hilarious and honest film about love and the insanity it can bestow.
Greg Sestero: You're really gonna make this thing?
Tommy Wiseau: No, Greg. We are going to do it. Together.
The irony. The Room, the cult phenomenon often touted as the "Citizen Kane of bad movies" is a true paradox of cinema. The film is so bad, so incomprehensible and odd, that the story of how The Room was conceived and made turns out to be one of the most gratifying experiences in the theatre. The Disaster Artist is not a 100 minute-long bashing of its source material; it shows the power of friendship, with two unlikely friends pushing each other to their very best, because anything less than the best won't cut it in their world. James Franco annihilates the role of Tommy Wiseau, the writer, director, star and producer of The Room. This isn't an imitation of Wiseau, so much as it is a portrait of the man, and all the oddities that come with it. The Disaster Artist is a peak behind the curtain, a character study of a man too odd and eccentric for those around him. He accuses others of not understanding his vision, misguided at it is. The film is ultimately a surprisingly heartfelt love letter to friendship, and one's will to present his uncompromised vision and the greatest pleasure of all: to call it his.
Mozart in a Go-Kart
Original films are slowly becoming an endangered species, though 2017 has seen a resurgence in original material, not unlike 2014. Edgar Wright's Baby Driver is the epitome of original filmmaking and the excitement that new stories can bring. Nearly every aspect of the film is fresh and new: Wright's snappy dialogue matched with his break-neck paced direction, the way the characters interact with each other, and the soundtrack that quite literally acts as the DNA of the film entire. Music often acts as the backbone, the pulse of the film, acting as an emotional commentator to what is happening on screen. Baby Driver's soundtrack does more than amp up the suspense or turn the action into a glorified music video; it is the driving force (shameless pun not intended) of the film by acting as a second screenplay of the film. Edgar Wright has hardly been better and more razor sharp, and with an already legendary soundtrack and all-star cast (Kevin Spacey not withstanding), Baby Driver is an insatiably sweet piece of celluloid.
2. Logan
Laura: You are dying. You want to die.
Logan: How do you know?
Laura: Charles told me.
Logan: What else did he tell you?
Laura: To not let you.
Last year's Deadpool was a much needed deconstruction of the superhero genre, relentlessly poking fun at the plot holes that have become commonplace in the genre. It was a satire, a lampooning of the genre that has become too long at the teeth. Logan also deconstructs the prototypical superhero film, but decides to reside within convention to do so. Gone are Wolverine and Professor X, as Logan and Charles live tragic lives almost in spite of their former glory. The very things that made them special, what made Charles the poster boy of mutant/human equality, is the exact thing that causes harm to the people he wishes to befriend. Their gifts, mutations, or abilities haven proven to be the catalyst to the predicaments seen in this film. Logan is a brutal, violent and honest portrayal of a beloved character who actually reaches the final act of his life, something that seldom happens in this generation of remakes and reboots. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart deliver award worthy performances of these characters who they know like the back of their hands. Steven Spielberg spoke of the superhero genre, saying that it will go the way of the western. The Western had Unforgiven, a last hoorah for the heroes and villains who encapsulated that era of film, due to meet a brutal and unceremonious end. In Logan, these heroes, once titans among common folk, meet a quiet demise, with the world having already forgotten them.
Luv: You can't hold the tide with a broom.
There's a phrase many use when discussing current films: "They don't make them like they used to". It is a presumptuous dismissal of an entire filmography simply based on its youth. Films are made all the time, and good films are made some of the time. Blade Runner 2049 is a straight up masterpiece. Every single facet of filmmaking is done to effortless and sheer perfection. The performances are convincing and captivating. Hans Zimmer's score perfectly compliments Vangelis' hypnotic work in the 1982 original. The sound design is the thing that dreams are made of. From the opening logos to the closing credits, 2049's sound immerses you into 2049 Los Angeles and the film's task at hand. The cinematography is pure, cinematic ecstasy. Roger Deakins' command of color and silhouettes has never been better, which is quite the statement considering the man's legendary body of work. Every single shot is done with the grace and focus only befitting of Deakins' loftily high standards. If this doesn't win him that elusive Oscar, literally nothing will: this is some of the best cinematography of all time. However, all of these attributes would go in vain if helmed by the wrong director. Hell, not even Ridley Scott himself could make a better film than the original. So it must be noted that Denis Villeneuve's direction will surely become the thing of legend, making the sequel that dare not be made, resulting in the best sequel of the decade, and one of the best ever. The idea of a Blade Runner sequel has been in the cards for some time, but the idea of actually making it was a hypothetical many cautioned to have it stay as such. It is because of Villeneuve that 2049 didn't end up being a trainwreck, using the amazing aforementioned individual aspects of the film and making a picture that is greater than the sum of its parts. As a sequel, it perfectly captures the iconic dreamy and rain soaked neon Los Angeles of the original, also capturing the methodically patience testing pace that has divided moviegoers. As a film, it stands on its own with the greatest of ease, constantly rewarding your patience with a beautifully realized behemoth of a film, delivering the quintessential cinematic experience, reminding us why movies are made and why we watch them: to see the impossible come true.
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How real estate and rental agents find ever-more subtle ways to keep a neighborhood white.
When the Department of Housing and Urban Development first began to systemically study housing discrimination in the United States in the 1970s, the most blatant forms of it were still common. Blacks were denied appointments to meet with real estate brokers or rental agencies to tour homes that had been publicly advertised. Or they were told those homes were no longer available, a lie that helped perpetuate the racial divides between whole neighborhoods.
Today, illegal incidents like these rarely occur (although they have not disappeared entirely). Discrimination, though, persists in a much subtler form. Minorities in search of a home today typically get to meet the agent and see the property. But they're less likely than whites to then learn about the full range of housing options available to them – to be told "I have another two-bedroom you might like to see," or "let me show you one more house."
"It's very subtle," says Margery Turner, a senior vice president with the Urban Institute. "It's pretty much impossible for the victim to detect that this is happening to him or her."
We know, however, that this kind of discrimination takes place across the country based on the results of a sweeping new study released today by HUD and conducted by the Urban Institute. The research is the fourth in a series of HUD-sponsored studies of housing discrimination in America that have taken place roughly once a decade since 1977.
In this latest study, 8,000 pairs of matched testers – one white, one minority, both equally qualified for the home in question – responded to ads for a variety of housing in 28 nationally representative metropolitan areas. Blacks in the market to own a home, for example, were then shown 17 percent fewer properties than whites.
In effect, this practice still constrains housing opportunities available to minorities.
"It still matters," Turner says. "It still really makes a difference. Not only is it fundamentally unfair that somebody doesn't find out about available housing because of the color of their skin, but it also really raises the cost of searching for housing for minorities, or it restricts their choices."
This may mean that minorities don't find the most affordable housing or the housing located in neighborhoods with the best schools or parks or proximity to jobs. In this study, the race of the rental or real estate agent appeared to have no effect on the results. But minority testers whose race was more easily identifiable – by name, by voice over the phone, or in person – experienced more discrimination than minorities who were more likely to be mistaken as white.
The findings raise a curious question about the property agents on the other side of all these transactions: Are they doing this intentionally? Is there some unconscious bias at work?
"Paired testing is incredibly good at capturing whether discrimination occurs, when it occurs, and what forms it takes," Turner says. "But it doesn't answer the 'why' question. I don't know that there really is a reliable way to capture the answer to the 'why' question fully."
There are, at least, a few hypotheses. Of course, conscious prejudice is one of them. Or agents may be assuming that minorities are less likely to be able to afford the home, or to be reliable tenants (in this experiment, however, paired testers were given identical financial profiles). Another theory suggests that whites – even if they're unconscious of it – may be less comfortable interacting with minorities and so may cut short such interactions. "Maybe they don't volunteer as much information," Turner says, "or they don't drive around to yet another house."
The results of this study also likely underestimate the phenomenon. Testers in this experiment were all unambiguously well-qualified for the homes they sought (perhaps a one-bedroom for a single man, or a large home for someone posing as the head of a family of four). If some of this discrimination is rooted in stereotypes about the ability of Hispanics to pay their rent on time, or of blacks to be good tenants, discrimination might plausibly be even stronger for candidates who are marginally qualified for a home.
The good news in all of this, Turner says, is that the kind of "blatant, door-slamming" discrimination that was detected in the 1977 study has declined dramatically. But alongside that trend, we might expect to see a steady decline in these subtler forms of discrimination as well. And that hasn't really happened. "It seems to be kind of hanging on," Turner says. "It isn't dwindling away to nothing."
"Segregation is in many ways the legacy of past discrimination," Turner says. American communities are racially divided today for a variety of reasons: because of earlier red-lining by banks, because of the history of white flight to suburbia, because of mobility patterns that perpetuate segregation from one generation to the next. But the overt housing discrimination of the past played a significant role in influencing our cities as we see them today. It's harder to say what role this subtler kind of discrimination plays.
It is clear, though, that if the victims of this practice don't even realize it's taking place, fair housing advocates and agencies must be that much more proactive in weeding it out.


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Communication at the St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS) will certainly be improved now that an intercom system has been donated to that institution.{{more}}
Last Tuesday, Gary Thomas, a Geography teacher at the school, donated the intercom system as part of his practicum for a BEd in Educational Administration at the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Thomas said the project involved the installation of an intercom master control panel in the headmaster's office and speakers in a number of classrooms. He said the system offers two-way communication and can cover up to 75 rooms. Thomas believes that the intercom is one that "can grow along with the St Vincent Grammar School".
He explained that the system is capable of ringing the school bell and sending music programmes throughout the school. He said that he is hoping to develop a radio club in the school. This announcement was well received by the boys present.
Thomas noted that the system will allow the administration of the school "to monitor and supervise classroom instruction". He believes that the school will put the intercom to good use and thanked everyone who contributed to the programme.
Headmaster of the Grammar School Frank Jones said the system will improve communication in the school as it now makes it possible for him to sit in his office and communicate with 800 persons at the click of a switch.
Jones said that the programme will be "utilize(d) only for the benefit and upliftment of the SVGS". (VM)


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Home Reviews Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Part 2
Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Part 2
Author: Kouhei Kadono
Illustrator: Kouji Ogata
Translator: Andrew Cunningham
U.S. publisher: Seven Seas
Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Part 2 is the third volume in the Boogiepop light novel series written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. It is also the third out of four Boogiepop novels to have been released in English. Translated by Andrew Cunningham, the second part of Boogiepop Returns was published by Seven Seas in 2006. In Japan, the volume was released in 1998, the same year as the first two books in the series. Boogiepop Returns is actually a two-part story, and so after reading the first novel in the arc I was particularly anxious to read the second. With all of the setup and steadily increasing tension in the first part, the story needed a conclusion and the final volume of the arc promised to deliver just that. Boogiepop is kind of an odd series which freely mixes the surreal with the real, making use of multiple genres in the process. But it's also a series that I find peculiarly appealing because of that and because of its willingness to explore the more troubling aspects of the psyche.
A year ago a young woman committed suicide under the influence of an entity known only as the Imaginator. Her life was ended when, being pursued by Boogiepop, the Imaginator failed to change the world through her. But now the Imaginator has returned to inspire yet another person, this time with much greater success. Asukai Jin, with the Imaginator as a catalyst, has begun to use his unique abilities to not only read the hearts of other people but to manipulate them as well. Meanwhile, the mysterious Towa Organization also has a vested interest in the direction humankind is taking. Spooky E, a synthetic human and one of its agents, is actively hunting Boogiepop in order to prevent the spirit's interference with the organization's affairs. In an effort to draw Boogiepop out, he has arranged for the love-besotted Taniguchi Masaki to serve as a decoy by impersonating Boogiepop. Masaki didn't initially realize he was being used as a pawn, and even if he had there was very little he could do to stop the developing crisis.
Despite the title being Boogiepop Returns, the real Boogiepop actually plays a very small albeit very important role in the two novels and is mostly relegated to the edges of the narrative while the other players take center stage. Granted, when Boogiepop finally does make an entrance during the second volume's finale, it's pretty spectacular. But until then the story largely follows the more mundane characters, the seemingly normal teenagers who have been caught up in the battle over the fate of humanity and who frequently are the victims of the supernatural and superhuman forces at work. At the same time, they are also dealing with their own personal issues and troubled relationships. In many ways I actually found these smaller struggles to be more emotionally immediate than the novel's grander schemes, probably because they're more relatable and the more realistic elements help to ground the stranger aspects of the Boogiepop series.
The doomed love story between Masaki and the girl he likes, Orihata Aya, has always been an important part of Boogiepop Returns but it become especially prominent in the second volume. It is because of his love for her that he "becomes" Boogiepop, his feelings and the burgeoning romance becoming closely entwined with the larger events of the novel. The second part of Boogiepop Returns has some fantastic fights and action sequences, but the novel also has deeper contemplative and philosophical aspects to it as well. Employing the trappings of science fiction and the supernatural, the Boogiepop novels explore thought-provoking themes of free will, personal identity, the individual's place within society, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be human. The characters are all damaged or suffering in some way but it's how they choose to live their lives despite that pain that makes them who they are and makes Boogiepop Returns such an interesting and at times even compelling story.
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