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"Race against time": Fearing more attacks in pipeline, Obama orders immediate surge in air marshals
AllahpunditPosted at 7:39 pm on January 6, 2010
No specific imminent threat, they claim. Really? Sure does sound like a five-alarm fire:
President Barack Obama has ordered a "surge" of federal air marshals to be in place by Feb.1 in what officials said was a "race against time," with other suicide bombers believed to be in the terrorist pipeline, although there is no specific imminent threat, federal officials told ABC News.
Under a preliminary plan, the officials said the already existing federal air marshal force of more than 3,200 personnel would be deployed almost exclusively to overseas flights flown by U.S. carriers.
Domestic high-risk flights will be covered by agents from other federal law enforcement agencies who were trained as air marshals in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
"The personnel we trained back then comprised a kind of reserve air marshal force and they are now going to be borrowed on orders from the President to work domestic flights," said a senior law enforcement agent briefed on the plan.
Let me get this straight. According to ABC, both Abdulmutallab himself and independently collected intel point to more than a dozen other bombers ready to strike. (British intelligence claims the number could be as high as 25.) We've already seen one eerily similar plot broken up before it could come off. The feds are worried enough that they're actually yanking people out of other agencies to ride the sky and they want them in place before the month is out. Meanwhile, Yemeni forces are now staging near-daily raids on the sort of Al Qaeda scum they've tolerated for years. Oh, and of course The One just instituted special screening protocols for citizens of 14 nations, 13 of which are Muslim, despite the inevitable shrieking he'll have to endure as a result. Anyone seriously want to argue that they're not worried about a very specific, very imminent threat?
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John Emary who was a tailor and entrepreneur had produced the first waterproof fabric for coats in 1851, which was developed for the use of his company which was renamed Aquascutum meaning 'watershield' after the production success. Later during the Crimean War in October 1853 to February 1856, the British Army was wearing these coats during warfare. During the 1950's Aquascutum raincoats were made from Wyncol D.711 which is cotton and nylon poplin, which were available in grey, navy and beige. In 1955 the coats were then lined in satin and woven fabrics and in the same year a new fashion forward structure to the coats were introduced making the length to the knee. Whilst supplying coats for military use, as mentioned earlier Aquascutum also designed and sold shower proof coats for the use of both men and women civilians. The reproofing process for raincoats after dry cleaning was then eliminated in 1959 and the Club Checked for lining coats was launched in 1976-1977. This pattern was later used in the 1980's for Aquascutum's accessories.
During 1879 Thomas Burberry invented gabardine fabrics to be applied to trench coat designs and productions. In 1901 Thomas Burberry submitted his designs to the United Kingdom War Office. Which was then used for militant wear and in the Second World War he revamped the design to a shorter length and making the coat more practical to enable the soldiers with more mobility. When re-designing the trench coat, Thomas Burberry had to ensure that he applied the features demanded by the regulations of the Greatcoat,leisure wear and the features of the military waterproof cape. The British Army but only those with the ranking of Officers and Warrant Officers Class 1 wore these. The trench coats had shoulder straps for epaulettes, large pockets to store their maps and flaps and vents for odor prevention. Burberry like Aquascutum then also designed trench coats for public use and it was suggested that Thomas Burberry was then socially referred to as Burberry due to King Edward VII demanding, "Bring me my Burberry".
On the 29th of August 1917, New York Times reported that there was a growing demand for British trench coats in Plattsburg. It also described the change in design, with the trench coat then featuring a waist structure that flared out to 84 Inches to provide the soldiers with more legroom when climbing in and out of the trenches. These were also reported to be rainproof and had a sheepskin lining which was removable at ones desire.
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On August 29, 2011, the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) released its draft of ?Content Specifications with Content Mapping for the Summative assessment of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics? (henceforth, Draft).? Earlier this month, we posted our feedback to SBAC on their ELA content specifications. (See here.) Below is the feedback from W. Stephen Wilson, professor of mathematics and education at Johns Hopkins University and lead math analyst for our 2010 report, The State of State Standards?and the Common Core?in 2010. Wilson has participated in numerous projects on standards, curricula, and textbooks. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from M.I.T. and has published over sixty mathematics research papers in the field of algebraic topology.
The conceptualization of mathematical understanding on which SBAC will base its assessments is deeply flawed.? The consortium focuses on the Mathematical Practices of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) at the expense of content, and they outline plans to assess communication skills that have nothing to do with mathematical understanding.? In addition, they will be unable to provide student-level data for critical procedural skills, instead providing data only at the classroom or school level. And, unclear on the concept of a summative assessment, the content assessed on end-of-year assessments will generally be drawn from standards from previous years. In the end, the Draft supplies little guidance for curriculum developers or for the assessment of mathematical content knowledge.
The very hierarchy of the organization of the bulk of the Draft demonstrates the consortium's emphasis on the Mathematical Practices rather than content.? The five levels in the hierarchy are, from top to bottom, Claims, Rationale, Evidence, Targets, and Priorities.? The Claims lay out, very broadly, what the consortium plans to assess and the Rationale level deals entirely with Mathematical Practices. ?Actual content finally shows up at the fourth level in Targets, and the all-important setting of content Priorities is done as an afterthought in an appendix. We will address each level in turn.
From the Draft: ?The contents of this document describe the extent of the Consortium?s current development to specify critically important claims about student learning that are derived from the Common Core State Standards. When finalized, these claims will serve as the basis for the Consortium?s system of summative and interim assessments and its formative assessment support for teachers.?
Claim #1 - Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.
Claim #2 - Students can frame and solve a range of complex problems in pure and applied mathematics.
Claim #3 - Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.
Claim #4 - Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.
With difficulty, we will ignore the odd, guidance-challenged, approach to assessments through ?claims.? Instead, we focus on Claims as the top level in the structure of the Draft and immediately see discomforting directions the assessments are expected to take.? Essential ingredients in both Claim # 1 and Claim # 3 are communication skills.? Explicitly (from page 10), ?a major requirement for a successful performance in mathematics as outlined in the CCSSM is a high level of verbal and written communication skills.?? Communication skills are NOT critical to mathematical understanding and insisting on them in order to judge mathematical understanding is misguided at best.? These top-level claims already demonstrate a failure to properly interpret mathematical understanding.
The next level, Rationale, is a rationale for each Claim.? These rationales consist almost entirely of quotes from the Mathematical Practices of the CCSS-M, each Claim getting a page or two.
Unfortunately, while the Mathematical Practices in CCSS-M are probably the best process standards there are, they shouldn't be there.? Mathematical Practices, or what was usually called ?process? standards in most states, do little more than describe how someone pretty good at mathematics seems to approach mathematics problems.? As stand alone standards, they are neither teachable nor testable. Mathematics is about solving problems, and anyone who can solve a complex multi-step problem using mathematics automatically demonstrates their skill with the Mathematical Practices, (whether they can communicate well or not).
SBAC demonstrates the inappropriate use of the Mathematical Practices by making them a central theme of this Draft.? They acknowledge ?The Common Core State Standards for mathematics require that mathematical content and mathematical practices be connected (CCSSM, p. 8).?? However, they get the connection backwards.? Problem solving leads to mathematical practices, not mathematical practices leads to problem solving.
The next level, Evidence, is about ?what sufficient evidence looks like for Claim # __.?? Since Claim # 1 is about procedures, it is disturbing that they have made it explicit that they do not expect to be able to give a sub-score for individual students for Claim # 1, but possibly only for classrooms or schools.? This would miss giving essential feedback on foundational skills to teachers.
Claim # 2 is about non-routine problems, i.e. problems ?the student will not have been taught a closely similar problem.?? ?It is recognized that such tasks will be new to many students.?? If CCSS-M is followed, and students work many complex problems, they should not be new to students when they are tested.? Non-routine problems cease to be non-routine when students have worked enough problems, witness the education students get in Singapore and Shanghai, where students easily perform well on PISA, a collection of so-called non-routine problems.
Worse, with Claim # 2, ?Because of the high strategic demand that substantial non-routine tasks present, the technical demand will be lower ? normally met by content first taught in earlier grades.? (page 33) In other words, the content assessed for this Claim each year will be content that students should have mastered in earlier grades (likewise for Claims # 3 and # 4).? One may well ask what the point of teaching grade level content is, if it is the previous year's content that will be assessed?? This will be extremely problematic for curriculum developers and teachers.
Claim # 3 (and Claim # 4) will have problems that are difficult to score in a consistent, fair manner because they rely heavily on communication skills, and, as such, will be hard to connect to mathematical understanding.
Finally, at the Targets level of the Draft, mathematical content shows up in ?summative assessment targets,? at this stage of production only for grades 4, 8 and 11.
Now that something seriously relevant has been brought into the picture, it is necessary to see how well these priorities are set up.? As it turns out, the setting of priorities is almost identical (but not completely) to the priorities set in PARCC's framework, and, on the whole, are reasonable. Unfortunately, it sits as an afterthought and doesn't reassure that, in the end, the assessment will be focused where it should be.
Ultimately, the actual assessments will tell us all what SBAC thinks is important.? This Draft does not give good guidance for curriculum developers because content is an afterthought. It appears that the assessments will focus on communication skills and Mathematical Practices over content knowledge.? As such, there is little to be optimistic about.


GRIMSBYTown made sure of a place at Wembley Stadium as they reached the FA Trophy final with a goalless draw against Dartford at Princes Park.
The Mariners finished off the job they started with the 3-0 semi-final first leg victory at Blundell Park with a professional performance in the second leg in Kent.
Dartford started brightly and could have reduced their deficit on several occasions in the first half but Town held firm to leave themselves on the brink of a trip to the national stadium.
After the break, Grimsby had chances make absolutely certain of their final appearance but could not force a breakthrough on the day.
In the end though, it did not matter, as the Dartford challenge faded and the Mariners were able to celebrate with their travelling supporters and begin making plans for the final against Wrexham on March 24.
Three changes were made to the Town side that slipped to the club's first defeat since November at Braintree in midweek.
Out went Aswad Thomas, Marcus Marshall and Andy Cook, with Bradley Wood, Jamie Devitt and Richard Brodie coming into the starting XI.
That meant Lennell John-Lewis continued in attack after impressing on his first start for the club against the Essex side.
James McKeown started in goal, with Sam Hatton, Shaun Pearson, Ian Miller and Wood forming the defence.
Joe Colbeck began on the right of midfield, as Craig Disley and Derek Niven continued their partnership in the middle and Devitt slotted in on the left.
Brodie and John-Lewis were the strikers, which meant Ross Hannah again had to settle for a place on the bench, alongside Frankie Artus, Cook, Thomas and Marshall.
Dartford were without Lee Noble, who was sent off in the closing stages of the first leg at Blundell Park last week, while Jacob Erskine came into Tony Burman's side in attack.
The home side had the first chance of the game when a cross from Ryan Hayes had to be put behind by Wood for a corner, which was headed away by Pearson.
At the other end, a cross from Colbeck almost caught home keeper Marcus Bettinelli out but the stopper managed to gather the ball underneath his crossbar without it crossing the goal-line.
A free kick for Dartford soon afterwards provided another good chance but Elliot Bradbrook could only power a free header straight at McKeown.
Two more Dartford corners followed around the ten-minute mark as the hosts looked for the early goal that would bring the tie back to life as a contest but nothing came of them, despite appeals for a penalty for a handball against Hatton.
The first Town corner came on 12 minutes but Devitt's delivery from the left was cleared.
Another Mariners corner, this time from Colbeck on the right, led to John-Lewis heading wide.
The game was moving from end to end and Lee Burns was the next to have a chance for Dartford, although his shot was saved by McKeown in the Town goal.
Grimsby looked to launch a break when a mistake by defender Tom Champion allowed Brodie to bring the ball clear but Champion recovered well, before he was fouled by Brodie.
A Town free kick from Colbeck was won by Pearson on 18 minutes but a free kick was given against John-Lewis for dangerous play as he attempted an overhead kick.
Another Dartford corner taken by Hayes was dealt with by the Town defence as the 20-minute mark passed with the away side's three-goal first leg lead still intact.
Colbeck hit a shot well wide at the midway point of the half but the home side, as expected, were asking most of the attacking questions and an effort by Bradbrook was blocked for a corner by Hatton after a free kick given away by Brodie.
Town were still creating chances though and John-Lewis headed wide after a cross from Colbeck on 28 minutes.
A free kick for a foul on Brodie was chipped in by Hatton but keeper Bettinelli gathered the ball at the second attempt.
The Mariners created a good opening when Disley found Colbeck and his shot was saved by Bettinelli, only for the offside flag to go up against John-Lewis as he looked to get onto the rebound.
Brodie won a corner on the right with seven minutes of the half to go but Colbeck could only find the arms of Bettinelli from the flag.
Town won a free kick inside the Dartford half on 42 minutes but Hatton's delivery was too strong for Pearson and the ball went through for a goal kick.
The Mariners were having more possession as the half drew towards its conclusion and John-Lewis sliced a cross over the bar, before good work by Devitt almost led to a chance inside the penalty area.
Two added minutes were played at the end of the half and with no further chances for either side, it remained goalless at the break.
Dartford had started brightly but Town ensured they retained their three-goal cushion from the first leg and were still in full control of the tie with 45 minutes to go.
No changes were made at the interval and Grimsby had the first opportunity of the second half, as Devitt forced Bettinelli into making a good save to tip his shot away for a corner.
The Mariners were looking for the goal that would put the tie to bed and they almost had it with a prod from John-Lewis on 48 minutes but again, Bettinelli was there to make the stop.
Another chance came soon afterwards, with a run by Devitt getting him into the box but after he found Brodie, the striker could not profit.
Devitt was the main threat and he fired a cross-shot on 50 minutes that was almost touched into the net by John-Lewis, although the offside flag went up against the striker.
Dartford's first chance of the second half came when a long throw into the box fell for Erskine but he mis-kicked in front of goal and the ball eventually found its way out for a throw-in.
Miller had to make a good challenge after the ball broke free when a shot by Danny Harris was blocked but the defender got to it ahead of Erskine.
The resulting corner was not dealt with by McKeown and Town struggled to get it clear but striker Harry Crawford could not force the ball into the net and instead, hit it wide for a goal kick.
Another Dartford corner came on the hour but Pearson and Colbeck combined to clear it after Hayes' delivery.
John-Lewis went close on 62 minutes, after he collected Hatton's pass and beat defender Tom Bonner but hit a powerful drive just over the bar.
A good chance came at the other end soon afterwards, when a cross from Hayes was met by Harris but his header flew wide.
Colbeck tried a 30-yard shot on 66 minutes and the ball bounced in front of Bettinelli but the keeper was able to make the stop.
Marshall replaced Devitt with 20 minutes to go and his first involvement was to set off on a run before crossing for Brodie to head wide.
Cook was the next to come off the bench as he replaced John-Lewis up front for Town with a little more than 15 minutes to go.
A flashpoint came when Brodie and defender Adam Green were involved in an altercation, with both men receiving yellow cards.
That proved to be Brodie's last involvement in the game, as he was replaced by Hannah for the last ten minutes of the game at the same time as Dartford also made a double substitution.
The travelling Town supporters were now beginning the countdown to Wembley, as the Dartford challenge appeared to have run out of time.
Five additional minutes were played at the end of the game and the Mariners were able to see it out, ensuring a clean sheet bonus to complete a job well done.
The Town players celebrated with their supporters, who will surely travel in big numbers for the final against Wrexham.
But the immediate focus for Rob Scott, Paul Hurst and their squad will be getting back on track in the Blue Square Bet Premier when they face Ebbsfleet United at Blundell Park on Tuesday.


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Battles of the past few days have only supported the assessment that Islamists, not moderates, hold sway in the anti-Assad movement. Al Qaida-linked fighters seized Free Syrian Army strongholds, most notably the town of Azaz near the Turkish border, amid intense firefights.
Attacks on foreign journalists by al Qaida-linked Islamists have risen so dramatically in the last few days that for the first time since the conflict began in 2011, Peter Bouckaert, the director of emergencies for Human Rights Watch, warned all foreign reporters Thursday to stay out of northern Syria.
"The risks can no longer be managed, even with the strongest security," said Bouckaert, who administers a Facebook page on logistics and security for war correspondents.
The changes in the fighters' makeup are at odds with the words of politicians such as Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who's been a vocal supporter of arming the "moderate" rebels as a counterweight to al Qaida's influence. McCain caused much fanfare when he slipped into Syria on a secret trip in May, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. visitor to rebel-held territory.
Asked whether McCain could make the same trip today, Bouckaert was categorical.
"Absolutely not," he said. "He might be able to hop across the border in some places, but going deep into Syria would be impossible because ISIS is operating in many places they weren't before."
He referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, an al Qaida affiliate made up primarily of foreign fighters (Sham is the Arabic word for the region that includes Syria). McCain's office didn't respond to a request for comment.
American pundits and officials are fond of sorting Syrian rebels into three broad categories: the "good rebels" affiliated with the Supreme Military Council, the conservative Islamists of an umbrella group called the Syrian Islamic Front, and the extremists in al Qaida-affiliated groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and the Nusra Front.
Analysts who study the rebel forces complain that such broad catchalls overlook the complexity and nuance of the 1,000 or more anti-Assad militias.
In the case of the Supreme Military Council, for example, several units not only have adopted overtly sectarian and religious rhetoric but also have shown signs of only a nominal relationship with the council's leadership, preferring to align themselves with the much more effective fighters of Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, along with their allies.
One such group is the Sheikh of Islam Ibn Taymiyya Battalion, a fighting unit in Tel Abyad, a town in eastern Syria across from Akcakale, Turkey.
The group proclaims loyalty to the Supreme Military Council and describes itself as part of the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army. But Aymenn Tamimi, a student at Oxford University who studies jihadist groups that operate in Syria and Iraq, said the battalion had aligned itself with Ahrar al Sham – an Islamist group that follows the literalist ideology of the more radical factions – as well as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham in battling local Kurdish militias.
"Its logo claims FSA affiliation, but I know it is an ally of ISIS," Tamimi said. "If you look at the Facebook posting dated 19 August, they feature a post with the ISIS banner on it."
"What this shows is that the name FSA and the banner are not all that helpful in determining who is 'moderate' or not," he added.
The role of Ahrar al Sham is also disputed. While Lister doesn't include it among al Qaida-affiliated groups, former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell did during an interview that aired Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes."
Even the term "moderate" is problematic, and it has a meaning on the Syrian battlefield that's different from the one it has in a Washington think tank. Advocates of the U.S. arming Syrian rebels talk about the need for a "federal, democratic Syria" as one way to determine whether a rebel group is moderate.
But, Tamimi said, many large rebel groups, including Liwa al Tawheed, a military council-affiliated group that's taken the lead in fighting in Aleppo, "are hostile to this concept," particularly if it means granting autonomy to Syria's Kurdish minority, concentrated in the country's northeast.
The name of Sheikh of Islam Ibn Taymiyya Battalion indicates its extremist leanings. The name references an early Islamic scholar whom many al Qaida adherents consider an intellectual innovator who advocated a doctrine of rejecting and even killing fellow Muslims who fail to uphold the tenets of the religion. Such thinking, labeled "takfiri" in Arabic, argues that Muslims who advocate for any system of government beyond the most rigid interpretations of the Islamic state are heretics subject to death at the hands of "real" believers.
Such thinking is on the fringes of mainstream Islamic thought. Blind adherence to the ideology can breed especially dedicated and ruthless fighters, and might be one reason that fighters from Nusra and the Islamic State compose the most effective rebel units, a fact that's forced the U.S.-backed military council to coordinate with them.
"They have trucks that give them the ability to move and lots of experience from Afghanistan and Iraq," said Abu Omar al Homsi, a commander with the council-affiliated Farouk Brigades in Homs province. "They'll appear and join with our offensives, and of course we have to coordinate with them on some level. Even if we know that one day we might have to fight these people, most commanders have decided to deal with that problem after we deal with the bigger problem of Bashar."
Lister has said the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham has another important quality that most military council groups lack: the ability to coordinate military resources in 11 of Syria's 14 provinces. With most rebel groups operating on a hyper-local basis, that gives the Islamic State, and to a lesser extent Nusra, the ability to see the fight against Assad in broader geographical terms and an advantage in determining how to effectively manage their resources.
Hannah Allam contributed to this article from Washington.
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Photo Of 12-year-old Son Woman Gave Birth To After $ e x With A Chimpanzee Goes Viral
Expressinfo reports that a dying Angolan mother named Anita Dembo has confessed on her deathbed that her 12-year-old son is the offspring of a human-chimpanzee love affair she had.
According to reports, the child's mother allegedly entertained an affair with a chimpanzee that endured for many years during her employment at the Parc national de Cameia where she worked as a conservation officer since 1998.
Since the woman who is now dead made this revelation, the genetic makeup of the Angolan boy is being disputed by experts.
Although the young boy has become an instant famous celebrity, many experts dispute the claim that he is the product of the sxual intrcourse between a human and a chimpanzee.
"S*xual relationships between humans and chimpanzees are fairly common in the region, but this is the first time a pregnancy is officially reported," said Dr. António Mendes of the Hospital Municipal do Luena.
The boy has also been nicknamed the "Angolan Miracle Child" by Angola President João Lourenço.
The president also called him a "National treasure", "a sign from God", and a "testament to the majesty and greatness of the Republic of Angola."
"This discovery could even challenge the basic foundations of modern science," commented the current Minister of Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira.
A spokesperson from the Parc national de Cameia stated that they sincerely regret the loss of Anita Dembo but also condemned "any inappropriate or sexual acts with any animals in the park."


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Lan Zheng (Classical Ballet/Pointe Instructor) Born in Chengdu, China, Lan started dancing at the age of nine at the encouragement of her mother who was a Chinese Folk Dancer. When Lan was ten, she auditioned for admission into the Beijing Dance Academy, the top ballet school in China. Lan was one of only fifteen girls in all of China selected by the Beijing Dance Academy for its prestigious pre-professional ballet program in 1992.
Lan moved to Beijing to live at the Beijing Dance Academy where she trained for seven years. Under the guidance of Shu Xiang Wang and Sin Rong Cao, Lan learned Classical Ballet technique as well as other dance forms such as Chinese Folk Dance, Russian and Spanish Character Dance and Modern Dance. Upon her graduation in 1999, Lan was hired by the Shanghai Ballet Company, one of the five national professional ballet companies in China.
From 1999 to 2002, Lan was a member of the corps de ballet. She was appointed Leading Dancer in 2002 and Soloist Dancer in 2004. Lan's repertoire with the Shanghai Ballet Company included: Mirlitons and Snow Flakes in Nutcracker; first pas de deux in La Valse; four Russian girls in Serenade; pas de six in Romeo and Juliet; pas de quart, Italian dance and four swans in Swan Lake; pas de sept in La Sylphide; and contemporary soloist in Modern Dance Dialogue Chopin.
During her 13 year tenure at the Shanghai Ballet Company, Lan performed in productions directed by Jose Martinez and Pierre Lacotte of the Opéra National de Paris, Derek Deane of the English National Ballet, Ben Huys of the New York City Ballet and Bertrand d'At of the Opéra National du Rhin. As a result, while Lantrained under the Vaganova style, she has been influenced by the French and English styles as well. Lan performed internationally in Australia (2002), Spain (Coppelia, 2003), Japan (Swan Lake, 2006), United States (Coppelia, 2007), Thailand (Romeo and Juliet, 2009) and Finland (2010). In 2011, Lan was recognized as a "Master" dancer by the Chinese government.
In 2012, Lan moved to New York City and joined the Ballet des Amériques as a Company Dancer and Teacher. At the Company, Lan performed in contemporary dance productions choreographed by Artistic Director Carole Alexis. She also taught advanced ballet technique to the School's students enrolled in the pre-professional program. In the Summer of 2013, Lan joined the faculty of Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore's premier community school for the arts. Peabody Preparatory is a division of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Shortly afterwards, Lan joined the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts, the magnate arts high school for the City of Baltimore.


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Starring Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Paddy Considine & Sally Hawkins
by Jack Gregson
There is truly something wonderful about this movie. Oliver Tate (Roberts) is a neurotic Welsh teenager in the 80's. It's a difficult time for young Mr. Tate, he's fallen in love with the mysterious Jordana (Paige), his parents are having marital troubles and his mother (Hawkins) is looking to her ex-boyfriend (Considine) for comfort, now Oliver feels that he needs to take action. The plot is a typical coming of age story but it is the way the story has been told and the style that the director has brought to the picture that make it so stunning. It's a lovely comedy that nails the agony of being a child and wanting the world to work around our needs.
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The film really belongs to director Richard Ayoade, who has definitely shown some flare as director on TV shows such as Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and with the music videos he has done for The Arctic Monkeys but the question I had when going into this film was "would Ayoade be able to transition to the big screen?" The answer is a resounding yes! If you are fan of Ayoade's style of comedy (and if you are not I highly recommend you check out the first series of The IT Crowd now) you will be happy to see that it is so clearly displayed on the screen and none of it is lost in the translation. For those who don't know, Ayoade is a man known for a more awkward style of humour (and I don't mean Ricky Gervais awkward). Last year, this type of humour tried to make a leap to the big screen through the film Bunny and the Bull, which tried to hard to create a world of extremes to balance its humour with but sadly it failed for me, here in Submarine the setting is very realistic and that completely works to its advantage as it is a wonderful juxtaposition to the comedy.
It's nice to see a film running with an awkward style of humour, it never tries to appeal to a mass audience by throwing in some jokes for everyone; it sticks to its guns. The film is supposed to be directed by the character of Oliver and that is represented in a really beautiful way, the shots are mainly naturally lit, Oliver is always displayed as a tragic hero despite being a bit of fool; it's a really great way to examine a character. It's quite interesting to see how Ayoade has shot Wales, a country that has been the butt of many jokes yet here it looks quite beautiful. It's odd as he has chosen quite a trashy landscape filming at areas that look like landfills and beaches on cloudy days, yet Ayoade seems to have an eye for making the mundane become spectacular which completely compliments the idea that we are looking through the rose tinted eyes of a youngster.
In the second role I've seen her in at this years festival, Sally Hawkins once again delivers another strong and powerful performance in a small role, she portrays all our mothers during the times we've been worried about them and she does it wonderfully, I'd never have never believed she could pull off a mother role until I saw this movie. Newcomers Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige turn in great performances, spouting off their dialogue as if they were adults who had been classically trained, in fact Craig Roberts might have given my favourite performance of the year, he reminds of Woody Allen, if Woody Allen was a Welsh teenager, every line of dialogue is delivered in a style of dry wit that is so pitch perfect that after a while you're not sure if he's a comic genius or just has some bizarre vocal chords; whatever it was, I found it wonderful. Paddy Considine is an actor who I have come to respect as the next great British talent, someone who handles very serious roles which is why I was so delighted to see him as a huge comic relief in this film, he plays a life guru who you just want to punch in the face, and I can tell you this, I never thought I'd want to punch Mr. Considine.
The film is split into 3 act plus an epilogue and prologue which make the film feel far longer than 97 mins and sadly some of the inspired directorial ideas to make the film look a little more home made come off as looking like sloppy visuals but there are so many positives in this movie that you completely forget about the negatives. The performances are perfect, the story is strong and it has given us a new talented director. I really loved this film and I will be very surprised if it does not pop up on my top 10 list at the end of the year. It's awkward, it's funny, it's being a teenager in love, and we've all been through it, just not quite like this. Go see it!
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Whether you're traveling to a new city or going on a road trip, you're going to want to be present. Before you shove your computer into your carry-on, think - "what's the point of this trip?" Remind yourself of this simple question and consider whether your computer fits into the equation.
Chances are, all the things on your computer can wait. Vacation time is YOU time. Besides, will you even have internet where you're going? And even if you do, how much time will you be realistically spending on your computer? And why would you be spending that time on your computer in the first place?
Computers are usually distraction tools on vacations. You really don't need to be on social media or checking your email. Plus, checking the latest email from your co-worker only causes stress and work-related thoughts to circulate your brain during a time when you're supposed to remove yourself from that space.
Save yourself the distraction and choose to focus on the present: the awesome trip that you're on.
Let's face it - computers can be heavy. Even your new ultra-fancy-featherlite MacBook can get heavy when you're carting it through the streets of France. Those extra LBs make a huge difference when you're toting your own bag around the world. Plus, let's be real - you could totally be using that space for the awesome souvenir you're eyeing.
Our bags always end up with more stuff at the end of the trip whether we bought anything or not. Leave the computer at home and use the extra space when you need it most: at the end of your trip.
Unless you're working for a client, chances are you don't need to be editing or downloading your photos during the trip. Bring a pile of memory cards to last you the entire time and save your editing for when you get home.
If you're not sure how many memory cards to bring, look at how many photos per day you've taken on previous trips. Take that in to consideration based on how long your upcoming trip will be and bring enough cards to cover that amount. If you need to borrow memory cards from friends or invest in new cards, then do it. Memory cards are tiny and light. Computers and harddrives are big and heavy.
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5. Need to look things up? Use your phone instead.
If for some reason you're not living in the current times and you don't have a smartphone, drop what you're doing and go get one. It's basically a computer in your pocket - so utilize it as so!
If there's documents you will need on your trip, cover your bases: print them out, email them to yourself, take screen caps and save them on your phone, upload things to dropbox and get the dropbox app on your phone, etc do whatever you need to do.
Before going on a trip, I usually made an itinerary in Word that I turn into a PDF. Not only do I print the PDF out, but I also upload it to dropbox and download it ahead of time on my phone so that I can access it offline. I also do this with pretty much any document or image I may need on my trip.
You can also stop at a coffee shop or anywhere where there's internet if you need to send emails. I'm sure your parents might appreciate the occasional, "I've arrived here safe!" message.
I totally get that it can be annoying to do certain things on such a small screen, but a smartphone does the trick on the fly, especially when it comes to ditching the computer.
What are your thoughts? Do you prefer to travel without a computer? What do you do instead?


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