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Tā te Kāwanatanga tautoko i te rāngai waka Government support for the transport sector
Te tiaki i tētahi puna āwhina mō ngā take waka hei āwhina i te whakahaumanutanga o Aotearoa i te mate Kōwheori-19.
Administering a transport support package to help New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery.
In March 2020 the Government set up a COVID-19 support package including an initial NZD$600 million to support aviation. From this amount, $320 million was originally allocated to the International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) scheme. Based on forecast demand, extending the scheme to March 2021 will require an additional allocation of $52 million, which will be drawn from the aviation relief package.
To support domestic connectivity the Government allocated NZD$30 million to the Essential Transport Connectivity (ETC) Scheme for aviation initiatives and an additional NZD$20 million for an ETC non-aviation initiatives.
Maintaining a network that delivers effective regional connectivity is vital for New Zealand's social and economic wellbeing, and is critical for the COVID-19 recovery.
We administer the schemes. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) provides support to exporters.
The work to date
May 2020–Present
International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) Scheme
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 80% of New Zealand's airfreight was carried in the belly-hold of passenger aircraft, with the remaining 20% carried by cargo-only freighters. Pre-COVID there were approximately 550 international passenger flights into and out of New Zealand per week.
Border restrictions, implemented in March, significantly reduced passenger services resulting in a collapse of international airfreight movements due to the pandemic. The collapse in international air travel meant New Zealand's ability to import essential products, such as medical supplies, and export high value cargo was put at risk. As a small and geographically isolated island nation, international air services are vital to sustain New Zealand's connectivity for trade and passengers.
In March 2020 Government set aside $600 million for an aviation relief package as part of the $12.1 billion COVID-19 support package. Of the $600 million, $320 million was allocated to provide short term funding support to airlines and other aviation carriers to ensure capacity is provided on key international airfreight routes – the IAFC scheme.
The main objective of the IAFC is to maintain capacity for critical imports (such as medical supplies) and high value exports through the Covid-19 response and early recovery period. The scheme requires importers and exporters to pay for their freight on a commercial basis and aims to help the sector recover as quickly as possible.
Contracts were awarded under Phase 1 of the scheme in April, restoring capacity to the market. Since it was established, the IAFC scheme has enabled over 3,700 flights in and out of New Zealand carrying 70,000 tonnes of cargo.
The first phase of contracts ran to the end of November 2020.
Phase 2: 1 December 2020 to 31 March 2021
In September 2020, the Government agreed to extend the IAFC scheme until the end of March 2021.
We ran a second RFP process recognising that the first procurement round was done at a challenging time for the aviation sector and delivered to accelerated timeframes.
Airlines and carriers were invited to submit proposals to participate in Phase 2 of the IAFC scheme on 30 September. The RFP closed 5pm, 28 October. Proposals for Phase 2 of the scheme were assessed against a specific set of criteria by the evaluation panel.
The Ministry of Transport has appointed Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Southern, Qantas and Malaysia Airlines. These providers are successfully operating under Phase 2 of the scheme. Any subsequent provider appointments will be announced on the website as contracts are finalised.
Beehive release: Next stage of airfreight scheme keeps critical freight flowing(external link)
As well as the flights supported by the scheme a number of providers continue to operate outside of the scheme. Exporters and importers should consult with their preferred freight forwarder to identify the most appropriate air service for the requirements.
Applicants must contribute to our primary and secondary objectives.
Our primary objectives:
Ensure the supply of critical imports, particularly medical supplies, and
Maintain air connectivity with key trading partners, ensuring our exports that travel by air still make it to those markets.
Our secondary objectives:
Maintain air connectivity with key tourism markets to enable fast recovery when border restrictions and isolation requirements are relaxed or lifted.
Support the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the aviation sector in New Zealand, given its importance to trade, business, employment and travel in New Zealand.
Preserve connections to New Zealand's key international partners, including the Pacific islands
We must be satisfied that, without Government support, the airfreight capacity would not be provided or would only be available at a cost that undermined the objectives.
Essential Transport Connectivity (ETC) scheme established
The ETC scheme provides support for transport providers in the short to medium term. The scheme's goal is to ensure capacity, regional connectivity and essential services continue in the wake of COVID-19.
Airports, airlines, aviation support services and non-aviation transport services (land and maritime) can all apply for the ETC funding by checking their eligibility and requesting an application form from the Essential Transport Connectivity Team.
We consider applications for ETC funding support on a case-by-case basis.
Email: ETC@transport.govt.nz
At a high level, applicants are expected to:
have exhausted all other sources of funding support, including the Government's COVID-19 Economic Response Package, bank loans, support from shareholders and so on
taken all available and reasonable operational and commercial measures to ride out the impact of COVID-19 or adjust the size of their business
meet specific requirements for airports and airlines, aviation support services and non-aviation transport services.
Airports and airlines must be able to show they support regional connectivity and are key to the recovery of domestic or international aviation.
Aviation support services must be able to show they are essential to the aviation sector and that without it, the operation and recovery of the aviation system would be significantly impeded.
For non-aviation transport services there can be no substitutable service now or in the short term, and if the service fails, there must be a low probability of a market resolution within a reasonable timeframe.
Non-aviation services must also:
support economic activity, including maintaining the core transport network and critical supply chain
support inclusive access including enabling all people to access social and economic opportunities, or
be critical for emergency and resilience purposes.
Most taxi companies, rental car companies, tourism operators and aviation operators who do not run scheduled services will not be eligible. Tourism operators may be eligible for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's tourism recovery package.
Tourism recovery(external link)
Email: IAFC@transport.govt.nz
Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy
Delivering a freight and logistics strategy for the upper North Island that includes whether to move the location of the Port of Auckland.
Regulatory review
Review of Vehicle Dimensions and Mass
Reviewing the rules that govern the size and weight of vehicles that can travel on New Zealand roads.
Unmanned Aircraft Integration Leadership Group
Providing strategic guidance and oversight of the work programme to achieve the safe integration of drones as unmanned aircraft (UA) into New Zealand's airspace.
Maritime Security Strategy
Leading maritime security policy in New Zealand.
Green freight project
CLIMATE CHANGE — EMISSIONS WORK
Informing the Government's strategic approach to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road freight in New Zealand.
Kaikōura earthquake recovery work programme
Collaborating with other government agencies on a programme of work to respond to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.
Climate change — emissions work programme
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport.
Airline code-share and alliance agreements
Authorising agreements between airlines proposing to operate flights to and from New Zealand under alliance or code-share arrangements.
This information relates to the International Air Freight Capacity Scheme (IAFC).
Extension of the IAFC scheme
Existing IAFC agreements with airlines expired at the end of November. The flow-on effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic continue to impact international air movements and airfreight capacity.
The IAFC scheme extension ensures a predictable and regular schedule of air services to safeguard New Zealand's international connectivity. Extending the scheme through to the end of March 2021 helps to maintain critical airfreight capacity.
How the scheme works
Under the terms of the IAFC scheme, airlines and air cargo carriers have been invited to submit proposals to provide air services on key routes according to agreed criteria, submissions for Phase 2 have now closed.
For appointed carriers, funding is provided to guarantee air services on key routes. Airlines then offer that capacity directly to freight customers on commercial terms.
Airlines involved in the scheme
For Phase 2 of the IAFC scheme, proposals have been received from airlines with the capability to operate air services to and from New Zealand and have been reviewed against a specific criteria by the evaluation panel. We are now in the process of signing and finalising contracts with the airlines.
The table below sets out the routes and frequencies for arilines with agreed contracts. Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Southern, Qantas and Malaysia Airlines have already signed and are successfully operating under Phase 2 of the scheme. Negotiations with other airlines are still in progress and we will update the website as further contracts are agreed. Further adjustments may also be made to the schedule to reflect demand.
Proposed Portfolio for IAFC Phase 2 agreed upon by the Evaluation Panel
Frequency accepted by panel
AKL-LAX-AKL
AKL-SFO-AKL
AKL-HKG-AKL
AKL-PVG (Shanghai)-AKL
AKL-NRT (Tokyo)-AKL
AKL-ICN (Seoul)-AKL
AKL-SYD-AKL
AKL-MEL-AKL
AKL-BNE-AKL
AKL-PER-AKL
AKL-Pacific-AKL
AKL-CHC-LAX-AKL
AKL-CHC-CAN (Guangzhou)-AKL
AKL-CHC-HKG-AKL
AKL-CHC-PVG (Shanghai)-AKL
AKL-CHC-MEL
AKL-TPE (Taipei)-AKL
CHC-TPE (Taipei)-CHC
AKL-CAN-AKL
AKL-KUL-AKL
AKL-CHC-SYD
Scheme criteria and routes
The key assessment criteria apply for Phase 2 IAFC (from December 2020 to March 2021).
The primary and secondary objectives of the scheme form the basis for the key assessment criteria, namely:
Primary objectives: ensuring imports that are important for health, business operations, and other critical tasks continue to be brought to New Zealand, and maintaining air connectivity with key trading partners ensuring our exports that travel by air still make it to those markets.
Secondary objectives: to maintain air connectivity for passengers and future tourism capacity, international relations, and the competitiveness and sustainability of the aviation sector.
We have to be satisfied that, without Government support, the airfreight capacity would not otherwise be provided.
Deciding routes
Responses to the Request for Proposals were required to provide evidence of need and demonstrate there was demand for the route proposed. We are leading the IAFC scheme, and work closely with MBIE, MPI, NZTE, MFAT and Customs to understand the demand on different routes. These Government agencies are in regular dialogue with the private sector to better understand their needs. The scheme is flexible enough to vary the available capacity on different routes to respond to changing demand.
IAFC funding
Each agreement is different, and is tailored to the carrier's proposal, route and freight capacity. Within the terms of the funding agreements, flights that break-even on their own are not eligible for support.
The total level of funding is currently around $10m per week, but it does fluctuate depending on seasonal demand.
How the added capacity compares with current and pre-COVID-19 levels
The final selection of routes and the number of flights which will be supported under Phase 2 of the IAFC depends on the successful conclusion of contract negotiations with the airlines. Inevitably, the total number of flights will be less than pre-COVID, when most flights were carrying passengers.
Since it was established in April, the International Airfreight Capacity scheme has enabled over 3,700 flights in and out of New Zealand carrying 70,000 tonnes of cargo.
Returning to pre-COVID airfreight rates
The scheme does not return us to pre-COVID airfreight rates. Market rates for airfreight have increased and are likely to stay above pre-COVID rates in the medium term. This is because before the global pandemic, passengers provided the core part of the revenue stream for most air services to New Zealand.
The Government is stepping in temporarily to enable some air services. The scheme uses a robust market-led approach, requires importers and exporters to pay for their freight on a commercial basis, and aims to help the sector recover as quickly as possible.
Why the Government doesn't just fund Air New Zealand despite spare capacity
Our national carrier doesn't fly to and from all destinations, and the use of passenger aircraft for freight presents some limitations as well as some advantages. The other providers give us more destinations, flexibility and capacity, and provides for choice and some competition for customers.
Target number of flights
There isn't a target number of flights. We are carefully monitoring the overall airfreight market – this scheme is only part of a broader air freight market. Depending on market conditions, we are able to ramp up, wind down or adapt the scheme, this is particularly important heading into the peak season. We do not intend to supply all of the capacity demanded by the market. The more freight that is moved, the more market confidence will be restored, which will drive both increased capacity and increasingly competitive freight rates.
Repatriation of New Zealanders overseas
Some of the providers are using passenger aircraft and will work with Government on repatriation opportunities that occur along the freight routes.
How long does the scheme run
The scheme has been extended to the end of March 2021. Officials have been tasked with reviewing New Zealand's critical air transport requirements for the coming year to determine what, if any, Government response might be required going forward.
Monitoring the effectiveness of flights and the IAFC scheme
The appointed airlines/carriers are required to regularly report on their operations and will be monitored by the Ministry of Transport.
We have a monitoring programme which focuses on the positive (and potential negative) effects of the scheme on the airfreight market, and we are able to adjust the scheme accordingly. Our intention is to exit the scheme once the international airfreight market stabilises.
New Zealand's international trade obligations and our policy to oppose subsidies
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extra-ordinary set of circumstances. As a geographically isolated island nation, New Zealand has been severely impacted by the sharp drop in air connectivity.
The scheme is a temporary, time-bound measure to maintain air services that are essential for New Zealand's connectivity, and aims to help the sector recover as quickly as possible.
A number of other governments are, like New Zealand, stepping in temporarily to help maintain some air services.


Sussex Christian band Delirious? were "very pleased" at landing the number 16 spot on Sunday in the latest singles chart with their new release See The Star. But it still wasn't enough to win a slot on Top of the Pops. Hopes are that the single's impact will prepare the ground for the band's new album Mezzamorphis, due out shortly. Delirious? appeared on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast last Friday and are based at Arun Community Church in Littlehampton.


With numerous titles to his name, counselor Bai Zhen is one of the busiest people at Galileo. Working at Galileo since 2009, his roles include; being a newcomer counselor, being freshman sponsor, and being part of the ELAC and PTSA. Bai finds the work he does to be very rewarding because he is able to assist hundreds of students towards success.


Unlike the last host of Patch Tuesday batches of software updates, September's will contain no fixes deemed 'critical,' and instead is comprised strictly of 'important' updates.
Semantic differences aside, there are five bulletins that will be released on September 13th. Two deal with Windows, and three pertain to Office, of which two also impact 'Microsoft server software.' In other words, we are all quiet on the Western Front.
Microsoft will not provided more detail as to exactly what is being updated until the patches are made available.
Why did we note that there were no critical updates? Because it stands out. April's simply massive Patch Tuesday event contained a stunning 9 critical updates, among some 17 total bulletins. All told, 64 vulnerabilities were closed in April. The number of bulletins and their severity vary greatly month to month. In August, a total of 13 bulletins were issued, of which two were critical.
Technology publication The Register made a note in August that it seemed that Microsoft was in a cycle of releasing large amounts of patches one month, followed by a relatively quiet month. September's Patch Tuesday is set to continue the trend. July was small, August was larger, and now September is unimportant.
It does not seem likely that Microsoft is manipulating the releases in that way, but it has been a bit humorous to watch the trend continue. Another few months of this and we will have a conspiracy on our hands. We'll bring you the full patch notes on the 13th when they become available.


Nintendo Vs Sony! Comparing the current standards of portable gaming.
Today I'm going to compare two pieces of hardware with the help of my boyfriend Xander, the 3DS XL and the original PlayStation Vita.
Xander and I bought our Vitas at different times, we also bought different packages. Xander bought a package deal with a PS3 slim and PS Vita. I bought the Assassin's Creed III Liberation bundle just after Christmas that year.
Xander's came with the console, power supply (designed in two parts, a USB cable and a transformer), augmented reality cards, and safety instructions. He had to buy his memory card separately. Mine came with these, a 4GB memory card and a download code for the game I had purchased with it.
The 3DS XL comes with a 4GB memory card, a stylus and instructions. It didn't even come with a USB cable, let alone a charger. Fortunately, I was friends with my local GAME store manager, and he bundled one in for us as well as a good deal on an essentials kit that served Xander very well.
An Ace Attorney twist only Spike Chunsoft could get away with This has to be a game that slipped through a few radars last year. Eurogamer realised, when bombarded by its readers as to why this series was not a candidate for game of the year, that they hadn't reviewed it at all.
While very much its own game, there are some definite Spike Chunsoft notes, including the murderous mascot, Virtue's Last Reward saw Zero as a rabbit, this time we have Monokuma, a deranged animatronic bear who loves nothing more than to spread despair among the beacons of hope.


In Anderson v. Merkel, 393 Mich 603, 605; 227 NW2d 554 (1975), the plaintiff slipped and fell while walking through a passageway in the defendant's restaurant.
An ice-making machine was located close to the passageway.
There was evidence that ice had spilled from the machine on previous occasions, but there was conflicting testimony regarding whether there was ice on the walkway when the plaintiff fell. Id. at 604.
The trial court found for the defendant, noting that the plaintiff had failed to show that the condition existed for a sufficient length of time to attribute constructive knowledge to the defendant, and this Court affirmed.
The Supreme Court reversed, stating that if there was ice on the floor at the time of the fall, the plaintiff did not have to show that the defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of the condition because the defendant had ample notice that ice had been spilled by his employees on prior occasions.
The defendant was not entitled to separate notice on each subsequent occurrence for a condition created by his employees. Id. at 604-605.
The ice was actually spilled by the defendant's employees and because the dangerous condition was caused by the defendant, the plaintiff did not have to prove actual or constructive notice.


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Q: Generic type specified by inherits I do not think what I want is possible, but I hope someone can verify this and maybe explain why it is impossible.
We have an inheritance of Bar<T>, for which we cannot touch the source code of Bar<T>
abstract class Foo<T> : Bar<T>

We offer Foo<T> to be implemented by a third party, and we also want to dictate that whatever class inherits from Foo<T> is the specified type for T.
This can of course be done manually by the third party, for instance
class Fizz : Foo<Fizz>

However, I find the repetition of Fizz cumbersome and ugly.
Is it possible to have Foo<T> automatically use Fizz as the specified type for T?
In other words, is it possible to let Foo<T> be implemented something along these lines
abstract class Foo : Bar<T>
    where T : "Whatever class inherits from Foo"

... which I do not believe is possible because I cannot find a fitting generic type constraint.
Is it possible to do something like this instead
[SomeBlackMagic("Dear compiler, T is whatever inherits from Foo.")]
abstract class Foo : Bar<T>

... such that an implementation of Fizz could simply be
class Fizz : Foo

A: This might not be what your looking for, but have you considered implementing an interface onto Foo<T> so you can always be sure what type the generic T will be?
public class Bar<T>
{}

public interface IDev
{}

public abstract class Foo<T> : Bar<T> where T : IDev
{}

public class Fizz : Foo<Fizz>, IDev
{}

It would give you some control over the generic object being passed in.

A: This is what's known as the Curiously Recurring Template Pattern. Unfortunately, most strongly-typed languages have no way of removing this code smell. C# has no way to improve upon this.
You could resort to runtime checks, but at the expense of compile-time checking. Also, you wouldn't actually get to use the type in your class interface. For example, you wouldn't be able to do something like abstract class Foo<T> { public T Bar() { ... } } because T wouldn't be known by the compiler.

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We also want to dictate that whatever class inherits from Foo is the specified type for T.

This requirement may be implemented as a custom Roslyn analyzer.
While this piece abstract class Foo : Bar<T> is unfortunately impossible, cause T generic parameter should be closed by some type or Foo must be generic as well.

A: abstract class Foo<T> : Bar<T>
    where T : Foo<T>
{ /* ... */ }

class Fizz : Foo<Fizz>
{ /* ... */ }

I know it's not what you're looking for, but it's best choice.

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Q: Ionic Cordova InAppBrowser Android LoadingSpinner I need the Loadingspinner, because the loadingtime between the Pages are very huge. I can easy chance the LoadingSpinner in IOS, because i can set a default Loadingspinner. I can chance some settings in the native Code (color, size, etc). I knew thats a very ugly solution.
But i don't have a default loadingSpinner in Android. How can i create a Loadingspinner in the InAppBrowser for Android?

A: I think you only need to implement ion-loading.
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A month ago I wrote 9 reasons why I thought the prospects for Bitcoin Cash becoming the dominant Bitcoin chain are very good. It seems like ages ago now, but at that time the price had been a stable $300. Now the price has been at the $1500s -- roughly a five times gain in the last month. Not a bad price increase at all.
There are still a lot of reasons the BCH price could be volatile this month. Xapo will be selling their BCH reserves till December 18. In addition, a lot of the infrastructure still hasn't been built yet.
Nevertheless, if one doesn't mind weathering the storms and volatility, there are a lot of excellent reasons to be quite bullish on Bitcoin Cash, even in the short term of the next three months. No need for a Operation Dragonslayer -- BCH's economic fundamentals are strong and getting stronger every day.
Below the tab (sorry, using that now infamous word!) I've gone through 10 reasons that have influenced my investing decisions.
Nice post! Didn't know about the fungibility. Will do some more research on that, checking out the suggested resources. Thanks!
Point 6 is really something to have in mind. Thanks for the insights!
@decentralizeTV Thank you! I'll update to mention Monero. They've definitely made some headway in the Dark Markets, because of their commitment to fungibility.
@gop Yes. Point 6 is quite fascinating. Thank you for your comment!
@jmuntingh Thank you! It's something I care very strongly about.
All great points to which I would add one thing. I see it being inevitable that BCH will be made available on more fiat - crypto exchanges. BCH could soon supplant BTC as the "on-ramp of choice" if the fees and the congestion problems don't sort themselves out.


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The Portuguese language is classed as one of the Romance languages and is derived from the medieval language spoken in the Spanish province of Galicia. It currently has more than 272 million speakers around the world, with the vast majority of them living in Brazil. It is also spoken in some African countries, as well as countries in the South-East of Asia. This prevalence makes it the fifth most common language found around the world today.
It also has co-official language status in Macau (China), Equatorial Guinea and East Timor. As the result of expansion during colonial times, Portuguese speakers are also found in Goa, Daman, and Diu in India, and in Malacca in Malaysia,
There has been a huge demand for Portuguese knowing professionals for assignments in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, São Tomé & Príncipe.
Portuguese language proficiency is certified by the Portuguese as a Foreign Language Assessment Centre (CAPLE),
I. Level: A1
Duration: 1.5 Months (2 Months for weekend classes)
Upon successful completion of this level, the student will be able to:
Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
Use basic vocabulary in simple conversation.
Introduce him/her and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
II. Level: A2.1 (Basic)
Acquire the ability to communicate in writing and speech using more complex sentences.
Gain greater comprehension and begin reading and writing sensibly.
III. Level: A2.2
Transform himself or herself into next level category in all segments (LSRW)
IV. Intermediate B1.1 (Pre –Intermediate)
Deliverables: Upon successful completion of this level, the student will be able to
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
V. Level: B1.2 (Intermediate)
Deliverables: Upon successful completion of this level, the student will be able to:
Begin actually thinking in French, which helps them gain more proficiency in speaking it.
Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
VI. Level: B1.3
Engage in discussions and express themselves in their new language, in order to maintain fluency in it.
Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
VII. Level: B2.1 (Advanced)
Understand the complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.
Communicate with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
Generate detailed, clear text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
VIII. Level: B2.2 (Advanced)
Understand everything and can speak without difficulty. Correct mistakes that just a short time ago were so frustrating.
Create a wide range of vocabulary, words, phrases and use like a witty.
Use and understand the different tones of various francophone along slangs and idioms.
IX. Level: B2.3
Crack the B2 level of CAPLE
Illustrate hypothetical situations and to understand the variety of songs, music, videos and debates, dramas, what not.
Translate the verbal, written or visual content
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Retro fix–Revisit Matt Reeves' epic, 1980s era, genre-bending Let Me In
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If you have been watching closely, you may notice that streaming platforms, pay channels, and cable networks rely on hit movies for the bulk of their replays. Try to find some of your favorites outside the mainstream on Netflix, for example, and you're likely to find mostly films made since streaming itself started to be a thing. Starz has been one monthly pay channel option that is slowly bringing back more obscure films from the past 50 years, films like Outland and Wolfen. Another you may have missed is Let Me In from a decade ago, another of those rare genre-bending films that–if you're lucky enough to just stumble across it–is the kind of film to remind you why you love genre films. It stars twelve-year-old actors Chloe Grace Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee in powerful breakout performances, the same year Moretz would deliver one of the big screen's best superheroine performances as the cute but foul-mouthed Hit Girl in the movie Kick-Ass with Nicolas Cage, and just after Smit-McPhee would co-star in the dystopian film The Road with Viggo Mortenson.
Is it horror, an early 1980s coming-of-age tale, a love story, crime-suspense, a story of an abusive father, or something more (as Starlord might say, "a bit of both"?). If you enjoy not knowing what genre of film you're jumping into, this is for you. Like Midnight Special, Skeleton Key, 12 Monkeys, and The Others, much of the film will creep by before you even have any certainty as to what is "really" going on. Writer-director Matt Reeves, who brought audiences the Cloverfield series and the latest Planet of the Apes movies and is working on The Batman for 2021, mixes some truly dramatic moments into Let Me In, while also adding the next must-watch for coming of age movies, suspense-thrillers, horror, and romance. Just as James Mangold delivered a father-daughter love story in Logan, Reeves puts his own stamp on a compelling tale of a boy and the girl next door.
The clues Reeves delivers along the way will be more obvious to some than others. Donnie Darko, Fargo, Logan, The Outsiders–Don't be surprised if Reeves' deftly drawn scenes evoke feelings from all sorts of big films. Disturbing, poignant, triumphant, chilling. You might even get twisted into feeling a certain sympathy for one of the film's creepier characters. A police detective played by Elias Koteas (Shooter, Zodiac, Gattaca) will have you think you're following Mark Ruffalo's character in another Zodiac movie.
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See how the old became new again in The Addams Family: The Art of the Animated Movie
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Writer Ramin Zahed is back with his next dive behind the scenes of the latest animated films (including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Missing Link, The Little Prince, and Klaus), this time exploring this year's CGI version of The Addams Family in The Addams Family: The Art of the Animated Movie. You might have thought you'd seen it all when it comes to the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky (and ooky) family that became a classic to two generations, first as a 1960s television series and later as a 1990s movie series. What you might not have known was the Addams Family dates back to a New Yorker cartoon from the 1930s.
For the 2019 movie The Addams Family, co-directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan didn't want to make another version of the TV or film versions in animated form. So they went back to the source, creator Charles Addams. In interviews with executives and animators, Zahed explores the source material and concept artwork that inspired the new film. It turns out Charles Addams created character descriptions for each of the famous characters, Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma, Thing, and It–it was these descriptions that the character designers used to guide the personality of the new animated version of the characters.
The Addams Family: The Art of the Animated Movie walks readers through each of the above characters, supporting character art designs, a portrait gallery from the mansion, props, vehicles, and setting locations, providing images of the designs artists went through before deciding on the final, with concept art, storyboards, and production art, and inspiration from Charles Addams' original cartoons. Contributors from the film include producers Gail Berman, Alison O'Brien, Alex Schwartz, and Danielle Sterling, character designer Craig Kellman, production designer Patricia Atchison, story lead Todd Demong, animation director Mike Linton, and animation creators Rav Grewal, Casey Kirkpatrick, Marie-Eve Kirkpatrick, Laura Brusseau, and Yiqun Chen.
Tags: Alex Juhasz, Alex Schwartz, Alfonzo Salazar, Alison O'Brien, animated movies, animation, Bastien Pourchier, Bette Midler, Casey Kirkpatrick, CGI animation, Charles Addams, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Souza, concept art, Conrad Vernon, Craig Kellman, Damien Labonte, Danielle Sterling, Finn Wolfhard, Florian Fiebig, Fran Delgado, Gail Berman, Greg Tiernan, Jack Yu, Jake Collinge, James Tohill, Jeannie Lee, Laura Brusseau, Maisha Moore, Marie-Eve Kirkpatrick, Michelle Lannen, Mike Linton, Negar Ahmadi, Nick Kroll, Nicole Garber, Oscar Isaac, Patricia Atchison, production design, Ramin Zahed, Rav Grewal, Snoop Dogg, The Addams Family, The Addams Family: The Art of the Animated Movie, The Addams Family: The Art of the Animated Movie book review, Todd Demong, Yiqun Chen
All the movies you'll want to see in 2019
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It's that time of year again, time to take a look forward at what movies should be on your radar for 2019. Are you going to see them all? Heck no. These are the genre films we think borg readers will want to know about to make their own checklists for the coming year–and they are only the films we know about so far. We pulled 78 of the hundreds of films that have been finalized or are in varying stages of final production, slated for next year's movie calendar.
What looks to top the list for most fanboys and fangirls? The last of the nine films in the Star Wars saga. Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Shazam! is DC's contribution. Quentin Tarentino returns to movies to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Martin Scorsese is back with an all-star cast in The Irishman (on Netflix). M. Night Shyamalan finishes his dark superhero trilogy with Glass. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton return in Terminator. Jordan Peele is back with another horror film with Us.
Do you like sequels? This is your year. Another Men in Black, X-Men, Shaft, Happy Death Day, Lego Movie, Hellboy, John Wick, Kingsman, Jumanji, The Secret Life of Pets, How to Train Your Dragon, Fast and the Furious, Zombieland, Addams Family, Charlie's Angels, Godzilla, Shaun the Sheep, Annabelle,and Stephen King's It and Pet Sematary—Disney is trying to get you to move into your local theater with another Toy Story, Aladdin, Dumbo, Frozen, and Lion King–all in one year. Yep, lots and lots of sequels are coming.
Some films don't have locked-in release dates yet. Amazon Prime and Netflix haven't revealed dates for these 2019 releases:
Martin Scorcese's The Irishman, a film about Jimmy Hoffa starring Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, and Bobby Cannavale (Netflix)
The Kid, a Western biopic with Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, and Vincent D'Onofrio (Netflix)
The Man Who Killed Hitler Then Bigfoot, starring Sam Elliott (Netflix)
6 Underground, a Michael Bay film starring Ryan Reynolds, Ben Hardy, Dave Franco, and Mélanie Laurent (Netflix)
The Last Thing He Wanted, Dee Rees directs Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe, and Toby Jones; journalist quits newspaper job to become an arms dealer for a covert government agency (Netflix)
The Laundromat, Steven Soderbergh directs Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, James Cromwell, about the Pentagon Papers (Netflix)
Radioactive, Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie, with Anya Taylor-Joy (Amazon)
Some of these films will have revised release dates, or get pushed to 2020.
So grab your calendar and start making your plans–here are the movies you'll want to see in 2019 (and many you might not):
Glass – Superhero, M. Night Shyamalan trilogy part 3, stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy; continues where Unbreakable and Split left off – January 18.
Serenity – Mystery/Thriller, stars Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Diane Lane; sorry, no relation to Firefly – January 25.
King of Thieves – Heist Comedy, stars Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon, and Ray Winstone – January 25.
Tags: 2019 movies, 6 Underground, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Aardman Animations, Ad Astra movie, Adam Lambert, Addams Family 2019, Al Pacino, Aladdin 2019, Alan Arkin, Alan Ruck, Albert Brooks, Alexandra Shipp, Alfre Woodard, Alison Brie, Alita: Battle Angel, Amy Adams, Anna Paquin, Annabelle 3, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Antonio Banderas, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arctic 2019 movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avengers: Endgame, Ben Affleck, Ben Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, Beyoncé, Billy Magnussen, Bobby Cannavale, Bobby Moynihan, Brad Pitt, Bradley Whitford, Brie Larson, Bruce Willis, Call of the Wild, Call of the Wild movie 2019, Captain Marvel, Captive State, Cate Blanchett, cats, Channing Tatum, Charlie Cox, Charlie Heaton, Charlie Hunnam, Charlie's Angels, Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christian Bale, Christmas 2018, Christoph Waltz, Clive Owen, Cold Pursuit, Colin Farrell, Common, Craig Ferguson, D.B. Sweeney, Daisy Ridley, Dakota Fanning, Dan Stevens, Dana Carvey, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Radcliffe, Danny DeVito, Dave Bautista, Dave Franco, David Harbour, Death on the Nile, Dee Rees, Dennis Quaid, Diane Lane, DJ Khaled, Djimon Hounsou, Donald Glover, Donald Sutherland, Downton Abbey, Dumbo 2019, Dwayne Johnson, Eiza González, Elisabeth Shue, Elizabeth Banks, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Emmy Rossum, Eva Green, Evan Peters, F. Murray Abraham, Finn Wolfhard, Ford vs Ferrari, Frozen 2, Gabriel Bateman, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, Gemini Man, Gemma Chan, Glass, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Greyhound 2019 movie, Happy Death Day 2U, Harrison Ford, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Hellboy, Hellboy 2019, Hellboy 2019 movie, Helter Skelter, Hobbs and Shaw, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, IT: Chapter 2, Jackie Earle Haley, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Cromwell, James Earl Jones, James McAvoy, Jason Clarke, Jason Statham, Jay Baruchel, Jeff Fahey, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jeremy Strong, Jesse Eisenberg, Jessica Chastain, Jessica Rothe, Jessie T. Usher, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carrey, Jim Gaffigan, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Pesci, Joel Kinnaman, John Goodman, John Lithgow, John Malkovich, John Oliver, John Wick: Chapter 3, Joker movie 2019, Jon Bernthal, Jonah Hill, Jordan Peele, Josh Gad, Josh Lucas, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Jumanji 2, Karen Gillan, Keanu Reeves, Keegan-Michael Key, Keira Knightley, Ken Watanabe, Kenan Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Branagh movies, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Hart, King of Thieves, Kingsman 3, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kristen Stewart, Kurt Russell, Kyle Chandler, Laura Dern, Laurence Fishburne, Lee Pace, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Linda Hamilton, Little Women, Luke Kleintank, M. Night Shyamalan, Mads Mikkelsen, Mahershala Ali, Maisie Williams, Margot Robbie, Mark Strong, Martin Scorsese, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Masi Oka, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Matthew Vaughn, Meghan Trainor, Melanie Laurent, Men in Black International, Meryl Streep, Michael Bay, Michael Fassbender, Michael Gambon, Michael Keaton, Michelle Rodriguez, Midway movie 2019, Mila Kunis, Milla Jovovich, Millie Bobby Brown, Mira Sorvino, Missing Link 2019, Mr. Rogers, Naomi Scott, Nicholas Hoult, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Oscar Isaac, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Pedro Pascal, Pet Sematary 2019, Playmobil: The Movie, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Quentin Tarentino, Radioactive, Rashida Jones, Ray Winstone, Rebel Wilson, Rene Russo, Richard Roundtree, Rocketman, Rosamund Pike, Ruby Rose, Ryan Reynolds, Sally Hawkins, Sam Elliott, Samuel L. Jackson, Sasha Lane, Serenity 2019, Shaft 2019 movie, Sharon Tate, Shazam, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sophie Turner, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spies in Disguise, Star Wars Episode IX, Stephen Fry, Steven Soderbergh, Stuber movie, Taron Egerton, Terminator movie 2019, Tessa Thompson, The Aftermath, The Good Liar, The Hustle 2019, The Informer, The Irishman, The Last Thing He Wanted, The Laundromat, The LEGO Movie: The Second Part, The Lion King 2019, The Man Who Killed Hitler Then Bigfoot, The New Mutants, The Secret Life of Pets 2, The Woman in the Window, Thomas Haden Church, Tim Allen, Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Burton, Tim Miller, Timothy Olyphant, Toby Jones, Tom Bateman, Tom Courtenay, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tommy Lee Jones, Toni Colette, Toy Story 4, Triple Frontier, Us 2019 movie, Velvet Buzzsaw, Vera Farmiga, Will Arnett, Will Smith, Willem Dafoe, Wonder Park, Woody Harrelson, Wyatt Russell, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, You Are My Friend, Zach Galifianakis, Zachary Levi, Zazie Beetz, Zoe Saldana, Zombieland Too
Our annual "All the Movies You'll Want to See…" series has been one of the most viewed of all of our entries at borg.com each year. So this year we again scoured Hollywood and its publicity machine for as many genre films coming out in 2016 as have been disclosed. Usually we select the 24 that look like the biggest hits, but we're going all out for 2016. The result is a whopping 48 movies, many you'll probably want to see in the theater or catch on video. We bet you'll find a bunch below you've never heard of. Bookmark this now for your 2016 calendar!
Most coming out in the second half of 2016 don't even have posters released yet, but many do. We've included descriptions and key cast so you can start planning accordingly.
What do we think will be the biggest hits of the year? How about Star Wars: Rogue One? Or Star Trek Beyond? You've heard endlessly about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but 2016 will also see Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, and X-Men: Apocalypse. There's even a handful of Westerns, with The Hateful 8, Jane Got a Gun, and another remake of The Magnificent Seven heading our way.
The Hateful Eight – January 1
Tarentino's Western! Ennio Morricone score! Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Channing Tatum!
The 5th Wave – January 8
Chloe Grace Moretz and Liev Schreiber in an alien invasion.
400 Days – January 12
The CW's Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, and Tom Cavanaugh in a movie about astronauts that seems to be a play on Ender's Game.
Tags: 2016 movie checklist, 2016 movie releases, 2016 movies, 400 Days, Alan Tudyk, Albert Brooks, Alexander Skarsgard, Alice Eve, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Asa Butterfield, Assassin's Creed, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Hader, Bill Murray, Bobby Moynihan, Bourne Identity 5, Brandon Routh, Brendan Gleeson, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Byung-hun Lee, Caity Lotz, Captain America: Civil War, Carla Gugino, Central Intelligence movie, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Lambert, Christopher Walken, Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins, Cobie Smulders, Criminal, Dana Carvey, Deadpool, Deepwater Horizon, Denis Leary, Denzel Washington, Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Doctor Strange, Dolph Lundgren, Dwayne Johnson, Eddie Redmayne, Emily Blunt, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Finding Dory, Frances McDormand, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Ghostbusters, Hail Caesar!, Henry Cavill, Ice Age: Collision Course, Idris Elba, Independence Day: Resurgence, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Jane Got a Gun, Jason Isaacs, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, Jeremy Irons, Jessica Chastain, JK Simmons, John Hurt, John Leguizamo, Jonah Hill, Josh Brolin, Jr., Jungle Book, Karl Urban, Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet, Kevin Costner, Kevin Hart, Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur, Kurt Russell, Lara Palmer, Laraine Newman, Lauren Cohan, Liev Schreiber, Luke Evans, Lupita Nyong'o, Margot Robbie, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Bomer, Max Greenfield, Maya Rudolph, Michael Fassbender, Moonwalkers, Morena Baccarin, Natalie Portman, Nick Frost, Now You See Me 2, Passengers, Pete's Dragon, Peter Dinklage, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Romano, Robert Picardo, Robert Redford, Ron Perlman, Rupert Evans, Rupert Grint, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Simon Pegg, Star Trek Beyond, Star Wars Rogue One, Stephen Amell, Suicide Squad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Angry Birds Movie, The BFG, The Boy, The Fifth Wave, The Girl on the Train, The Hateful Eight, The Huntsman - Winter's War, The Infiltrator, The Legend of Tarzan, The Magnificent Seven, The Nice Guys, The Secret Life of Pets, The Space Between Us, Tilda Swinton, Tom Cavanaugh, Tom Cruise, Tommy Chong, Travis Fimmel, Triple 9, Underworld: Next Generation, Warcraft, Woody Harrelson, X-Men: Apocalypse, Zootopia
First look–Body snatchers seize Earth in "The 5th Wave"
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The aliens have arrived.
It's flat-out one of our favorite sci-fi sub-genres. The alien invasion flick.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Thing from Another World (1951), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T, the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Predator (1987), Alien Nation (1988), They Live (1988), Independence Day (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Men in Black (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), Signs (2002), War of the Worlds (2005), Cloverfield (2008), District 9 (2009), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Edge of Tomorrow (2014). These are some of the most exciting and fun sci-fi movies to watch and re-watch.
Kick-Ass and The Equalizer's Chloë Grace Moretz stars in a new Sony/Columbia Pictures release, The 5th Wave, which looks like it's mixing the alien invasion film with the disaster movie, the epidemic movie, and the body snatcher movie. The only thing missing is zombies. But body snatchers are close enough.
The 5th Wave co-stars Office Space star Ron Livingston, X-Men Origins and The Sum of All Fears' Liev Shreiber, and Prime Suspect and Assault on Precinct 13's Maria Bello. Is Moretz a normal Earthling or one of us taken over by the aliens?
Check out this first trailer for The 5th Wave:
Tags: alien invasion, alien movies, Alien Nation, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chloë Moretz, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Cloverfield, Columbia Pictures, Cowboys & Aliens, District 9, E.T., Edge of Tomorrow, Independence Day, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Liev Schreiber, Maria Bello, Men in Black, Predator, Ron Livingston, Signs, Sony Pictures, Star Trek: First Contact, Starship Troopers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, the Extra-Terrestrial, The Thing from Another World, They Live, War of the Worlds
Now streaming–See Denzel as tough guy, action hero in The Equalizer
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The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia, Crimson Tide, Fallen, The Manchurian Candidate, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Unstoppable, 2 Guns—movies big and small, and all feature the Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington. In each, like with Cruise, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, and most recently, Wahlberg, the lead character is really Denzel as Denzel, but each new time round the actor is lurking around in a different environment. In each, he has a new name and a new job, but it's Denzel—striving to fight his way to the end, to wrestle with anger or grief, or pain, or to just get by.
In the 2014 theatrical release The Equalizer, as retired ex-CIA operative Robert McCall, Denzel gets to be the guy usually played by Cruise, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or Willis, or even Chuck Norris or Charles Bronson. He gets to be the Dark Knight, or name any other superhero. He's not only the good guy, but the good guy with the means.
Have you ever considered taking responsibility for everyone around you–everyone you regularly encounter each day? Maybe for you that's the shop owner, the barista at your coffee shop, the guy who cleans your office, your family, friends, co-workers? Have you ever considered what it would take for you to stop what you're doing and assume responsibility for everyone around you? Everyone's problems, every failing, every pain—it's all on you. If you see it, you own it. Like the character and TV series the movie is based on, Robert McCall takes charge with that message repeated on each episode of the TV series, and parroted in the film: If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is the Equalizer.
Denzel's acting work in The Equalizer is great, as you'd expect. It's among his best. And the character itself is great. Those two elements are enough to get anyone to watch The Equalizer and enjoy the ride. Even the several payoffs in the film are worth cheering for. But the film still has its problems. Unfortunately, as exciting and intense as it is, the movie itself doesn't live up to its potential.
Tags: action movies, Antoine Fuqua, Bill Pullman, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denzel Washington, Denzel Washington movies, Jack Reacher, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, Nighthawks Edward Hopper, The Equalizer, The Equalizer movie, The Equalizer movie review, Vladimir Kulich
On DVD and Blu-ray–Moretz and Taylor-Johnson kicking it again in Kick-Ass 2
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If you like edgy superhero flicks and missed Kick-Ass 2 in theaters, it's now available on Blu-ray and DVD. If you liked the original, you'll love the sequel. Kick-Ass 2 pretty much requires you've seen the original Kick-Ass, a truly novel, unique, and interesting piece of filmmaking. It's a good film that takes an idea from a Mark Millar comic book series and propels it into a big-time action movie. But Kick-Ass 2 does something rare–its success is being better than both the original film and Millar's source material. It's a great superhero flick and a fun, awesome, over-the-top action movie, with villains you'll want to see crushed and downtrodden heroes you'll want to see persevere.
The caveat for the Kick-Ass franchise is you can't be offended by a teen or pre-teen with a thorough and eloquent knowledge and use of George Carlin's seven dirty words. You'll hear all of them. Many times. And if you can't tolerate a big dose of over-the-top violence, pick another film to watch. This probably rules out a big segment of the adult audience. In another director's hands, this would be a gimmick, even an annoyance, but Jeff Wadlow knows his characters and audience and deftly moves beyond the Whedon-Buffyverseworthy dialogue to a superhero film that can be both gritty and tongue-in-cheek, and manages to be on par with Stan Lee's original Spider-man, only juxtaposing innocence against the worst of society to an in-your-face extreme.
The only missing piece in Kick-Ass 2 is Nicolas Cage, who played Damon Macready, alias Batman-esque Big Daddy, in the original film. Father to Chloë Grace Moretz's Mindy, aka Hit Girl, events in the original explain his absence in this sequel. But Kick-Ass 2 makes up for his absence with some other great performances from new additions. One is Jim Carrey's almost unrecognizable performance as an ex-mob enforcer turned superhero called Captain Stars and Stripes. Carrey completely embraces the role of the leader of a league of good guys trying to take back their streets, and the result is one of his best performances–up there with his shape-shifting Ace Ventura, and zany Stanley Ipkiss aka The Mask. The always superb John Leguizamo turns in a similarly good performance as a majordomo for the show's villain, the returning Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad) as Chris D'Amico. Mintz-Plasse plays the evil villain bit for all it's worth–he'll make you cringe while you cheer for his imminent demise.
Tags: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hit-Girl, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Kick-Ass 2 review, kick-ass women, Mark Millar, Nicolas Cage, tough women
WandaVision--What's going on here?


A guy without many everyday worries finds a door floating in the ocean and soon suspects he is being followed. He discovers that it is himself that has been doing the following and that the door allows him to travel back in time. He sets about trying to improve his life by changing his past; leaving himself notes all while trying to track down and correct the corrections his future self keeps trying to make.
On Jake's first day of work at the comic book store he finds out that he has entered a strange new world where anything is possible. Jake becomes embroiled in a power struggle of comic book proportions as he tries to make it through the day, making friends and enemies amongst his co-workers, and finding a place for himself in a powerful new world.


Accounting Today has named Geni Whitehouse of US CPA firm Brotemarkle, Davis & Co in their 'Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting'.
A consulting member of the 'BDCo' team since 2007, Whitehouse has worked closely with the firm's managing partner, Craig Underhill, in creating and delivering free training to Napa Valley wineries and in delivering specialized Mentor Plus Level 5 Advisory services to their customers. At BDCo, Whitehouse has been able to practice what she preaches both inside the firm and with customers as she pursues her mission of helping leaders and their teams make sense of financial concepts through applied technology and improved communication.
September has been a memorable month for Whitehouse, who is a frequent speaker at events around the country, as the recognition was announced in the same month in which she successfully delivered her first International Keynote presentation in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her topic, which was presented with the help of a translator to a Portuguese-speaking audience, was "Building Your Dream Firm in the Cloud" and included only a single signature basset hound image to make her point. An author and instructor, Whitehouse is known on the speaker circuit as one who draws freely from her southern heritage and her childhood experience raising basset hounds as a way of de-mystifying complex subjects.


Please find below a range of documents related to the admissions process, the school curriculum and school fees.
Find out more on how you can join us.
How will I know if my child will be accepted?
The structure of our fees are inclusive and detailed.
You can apply online or on paper.
You won't be the first or the last to have questions. This section can help.
We offer a few merit-based scholarships each year to students entering the IB Diploma.
Some simple facts and figures.


Our volunteers come from far and wide!
We benefit from the work of many volunteers at Mount Stewart. Some have been volunteering here for a long time; others have arrived more recently – especially in relation to the project.
Most of our volunteers are local people who give their time regularly to us (whatever they want and can spare), others are people who come and stay in our volunteer accommodation and work for a specified number of weeks or months.
Many of these live in volunteers come to work in the gardens, others in the house and/or on the project.
One of the most recent was Laura Tohila, a Finnish girl who worked here for some fifteen weeks over two different spells, summer and then autumn – she was determined to come back!
Laura comes from the town of Oulu, which is situated on the Western coast of Finland, slightly over half way up the country. Founded in 1605, it is the fifth most populous city in Finland with over 190,000 inhabitants. Her parents run a chemistry company where her elder brother and sister both work.
She attends Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, which is on the East coast of Finland, facing Russia. She is taking a course in general conservation, having already studied painting.
Laura has an interest in history and likes working with her hands so conservation is an ideal career choice. In her free time she likes to draw, read (especially myths and legends), play the piano and do handcrafts.
While she was here at Mount Stewart she worked mostly with Fergus Purdy, our Furniture Conservator. Fergus told me how quickly she picked up things and how he valued her assistance, in fact it seemed strange to see Fergus working on his own again after she left!
After all her on the job training with Fergus, Laura would like to specialize in furniture conservation and has been doing some more in this after her return to Kouvola. She is currently working on a small table and a long case clock from her school's storage collection.
Conservation in Finland is a small, individual type business with people running their own firms, probably similar to the UK and Ireland where conservators operate independently and are employed by those who need their skills and services.
Laura's work was much appreciated and all of her friends at Mount Stewart were sorry to see her leave. We hope she enjoyed her time with us and benefited from the experience.
If you would like to find out more about volunteering at Mount Stewart, please visit our website and click 'Join In'.
Welcome to the house diary!
My name is Sheena and I am the Assistant House Steward in Mount Stewart House. This is the start of a house diary in which I aim to show you some of the work we do.
So, to begin with, a quick introduction to our wonderful historic house…..
While the estate was purchased by the Stewart family (later the Marquesses of Londonderry) around 1740, the present Mount Stewart House was built over two phases – 1780s & 1840s. It has been lived in by many of the family, including Lord Castlereagh, British Foreign Secretary during the Napoleonic times. It was gifted to The National Trust by Lady Mairi Bury (the youngest daughter of the 7th Marquess – she and her Mother previously gifted the gardens and the Temple of the Winds during the 1950's) and opened to the public in 1977. Lady Mairi lived much of her life in the house she was born in, until her death here in November 2009. Her daughter, Lady Rose Lauritzen, has taken over the mantle & her personal memories of Mount Stewart are invaluable to us.
We are currently in the middle of a major restoration project which is due to complete in March 2015, which makes it a particularly exciting time to visit Mount Stewart House! It is a massive work in progress which aims to restore Mount Stewart to its glory days in 1920's & 1930's when Charles & Edith, the 7th Marquess & Marchioness, lived here while he was the minister of Education in the first Northern Ireland government. Over the years Edith, Lady Londonderry, redecorated the house and started her world famous gardens. Jill, one of our garden volunteers keeps her own weekly garden diary of the ongoing work happening outside our front door; it is well worth looking at – even for a non-gardener like me!
The building is being stabilised, redecorated, rewired and replumbed. All the windows are to be removed, repaired and replaced – our chief joiner, David writes interesting blog posts about their work, whenever he can find a few spare seconds in which to do it! Our main contractors are a local firm H & J Martin and they are certainly kept busy here at Mount Stewart.
Also, inside the house there is much work needed to look after the contents. Apart from the day to day care (carried out by me and my house team colleagues) there is expert care that is done by specialist conservators – we have had several of these here during the past year or so and look forward to enjoying their skillful and knowledgeable work in the future.
So, that is a brief introduction about Mount Stewart House and I look forward to delving into these subjects, along with many others in the future.
This week our restoration project was featured on RTE's Nationwide programme, it's only available for the next 21 days so be sure to watch the video and find out more about what's happening in the house.
The Mount Stewart segment starts at 8mins 10 secs.
Joe Heaney, Building Surveyor for the project getting suited up to go down and inspect the drainage culvert that runs from the lake down through the property, under the courtyard and reception right through the gardens and under the main road and out into the lough!!
Excess water from the property should drain through this culvert down into the Lough but over time the culvert has collapsed in places causing the water to back up and flood the property and the gardens, especially during high tides. Part of the conservation project will be to identify the damaged areas and repair the drainage system to prevent future flooding.
Recently our apprentice joiner, Callum spoke to the Daily Mirror about his work at Mount Stewart.
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Robert Guerrero & Jesus Cuellar added to Porter vs. Ugas this Sat.
March 4th, 2019 - Comments Closed
Multiple-Division World Champion Robert Guerrero & Former Featherweight World Champion Jesus Cuellar Enter the Ring In Separate Matches to Lead a Packed Undercard on Saturday, March 9 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter Makes First Title Defense Against Mandatory Challenger Yordenis Ugas in Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes Main Event
Multiple-division world champion Robert Guerrero returns to the ring to battle Colombia's Hevinson Herrera in a 10-round welterweight bout, while former featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar duels Colombia's Carlos Padilla in an eight-round lightweight bout to lead a packed undercard on Saturday, March 9 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
The event is headlined by PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes show that will see WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter making his first title defense in primetime against mandatory challenger Yordenis Ugas in the main event of the broadcast beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Televised prelims on FS1 feature undefeated bantamweight prospect Damien Vazquez battles former world champion Juan Carlos Payano in an eight or 10-round attraction, while unbeaten welterweight prospect and 2016 Lithuanian Olympian Eimantas Stanionis will face once-beaten Sammy Figueroa in an eight round showdown on the telecast beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
In other undercard action, undefeated lightweight Rolando Romero (7-0, 6 KOs) meets Nicolas A. Velazquez (10-4, 3 KOs) in a four or six-round match that will be the TV swing bout on the FOX telecast and unbeaten featherweight Isaac Avelar (15-0, 10 KOs) clashes with Juan Antonio Lopez (12-5, 4 KOs) in a six or eight-round match that will be the TV swing bout on the FS1 prelims broadcast.
Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at AXS.com.
The 35-year-old Guerrero (34-6-1, 19 KOs) has a rich career filled with intriguing matches against some of the best boxers of this generation – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia – and has won titles at featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight and welterweight. Fighting out of Gilroy, California, he will be taking on Herrera (24-16-1, 18 KOs) following a knockout victory over Adam Mates in December.
Cuellar (28-3, 21 KOs), who is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, won an interim featherweight title by defeating Claudio Marrero in 2013 that was eventually made the regular title as he made five successful defenses. He dropped the title the next year with a split decision loss to Abner Mares and followed that up with a TKO loss in a junior lightweight championship match against Gervonta Davis last April. The 33-year-old Cuellar is seeking to get back into the world title picture but first will have to get past Padilla (16-9-1, 10 KOs).
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In other undercard bouts unbeaten super featherweight Viktor Slavinskyi (7-0-1, 4 KOs) takes on Mexico's Angel Morrell (11-11-2, 4 KOs) in a six-round match, super featherweight prospect Jose Perez (6-1, 2 KOs) battles Carlos Trevino (6-13-1, 1 KO) in a four-round bout, unbeaten super lightweight prospect Ruben Rodriguez (4-0, 2 KOs) meets Jeremiah De Los Santos of Brownsville, Texas, who will be making his pro debut in the four-round bout.
Rounding out the action is unbeaten super lightweight prospect Justin Cardona dueling Phillip Bounds in a four-round affair, plus a pair of lightweights will be making their pro debuts as David Gomez of Huntington Park, California battles George Carranza in a four-round fight and Gabriel Muratalla of Fontana, California steps in for a four-round lightweight fight against Bryann Perez.
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In Venezuela, a once-leading AIDS program lies in ruins
Written by Stephanie Nolen
This article originally appeared in The Globe and Mail.
Juan Coronel was so thin that his kneecaps jutted out like tent poles in his sweatpants. He was 39 when I met him a few weeks ago, with reddish-brown hair that clung to his scalp like a baby's and deep hollows below his cheekbones. His voice was soft and raspy, and he seemed dazed at his own fragility. "I need to go and look for medicine," he said, "but I'm having trouble getting around."
I had not seen a person who looked like Mr. Coronel – a person dying of untreated AIDS – since I covered the pandemic in Africa at its height more than a decade ago. In fact, there is nowhere in the world today where people are dying of AIDS at the pace and in the sheer numbers that they are in Venezuela: Even the poorest African countries today have HIV treatment programs. They still don't reach everyone, and people are still dying, or getting treatment only after they become very ill – they may come to look as Mr. Coronel did when I met him. But in other countries, they are the exception. Today, in Venezuela, his case is the rule.
Back when I was covering the African epidemic, Venezuela was invoked with admiration: This country has had free, public treatment for HIV since 1999. Its AIDS program was a model for countries throughout the developing world. Venezuela's socialist government imported affordable generic drugs from India, challenged the patent monopolies of Western pharmaceutical companies and targeted marginalized communities, including sex workers, gay men and transgender people for free condom distribution – while most other countries were still grappling with the shame of HIV.
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Month: March, 2015
TV Orient – Having a Voice in the Media
Interview airs Monday at 10pm — Comcast Channel 90
The first television interview I did was in 2004 by TV Orient, a cable programming channel that catered to the local Arab and Chaldean community. This was during the release of my first book, The Feminine Art. Later that year TV Orient named my book one of 2004's greatest accomplishments by a Chaldean American. So understandably, I've always had a fondness for this television station.
TV Orient started in 1986 when a reputable business man in the community, Norman Kiminaia, found a need and helped fulfill it. This was the first and only daily TV station in the country that catered to the Arab and Chaldean community. In 1999, Kiminaia left TV Orient to venture into other businesses. Last year, with the growing Arab and Chaldean community in Metro Detroit, he felt that it's time to bring TV Orient back to life.
According to the U.S. census, there are about a quarter million Michiganders with roots in the Middle East. The city of Dearborn has the largest concentration of Arabs outside the Middle East and Sterling Heights is nicknamed "Little Iraq."
"There are already hundreds of satellite television channels that cater to non-English speaking Arabs and Chaldeans," said Kiminaia. "What's needed is a local cable channel that caters to the new generation as well as the general American public who are interested to learn more about the Arab and Chaldean culture."
His station currently airs on Comcast's channel 90 seven days a week, from 10pm-midnight. His goal is to slowly increase it one hour at a time, to where it'll ultimately be from 7pm-midnight. Channel 90 broadcasts to one million homes in Oakland, Macomb, Wayne and Washtenaw counties.
"Even if we don't have a million viewers, we go into a million homes," he said.
Recently some colleagues and I were interviewed on TV Orient about an upcoming cultural event at Wayne State University. The segment aired last week and will air again tonight at 10pm. As my colleagues and I discussed our artistic and humanitarian work, I felt much pride to see our community moving into a powerful place of creativity where we are able to have an English speaking voice in the media – not have others define us.
Every Rock Has a Story
Last week Cranbrook Institute of Science and Schuchard teamed up to provide a family science night. We enjoyed visiting the different centers and watching various experiments, observing stunning crystals, beetles and butterflies under a microscope, making oobleck and having a giant cockroach walk on our arms (well, I did not volunteer to have that experience). My favorite part was listening to the rock stories.
Rocks change, transform and have cycles. The process is slow and sometimes takes millions of years and that's why most people assume that the rock is just sitting there doing nothing. We're usually long gone by the time sand particles form into sedimentary rocks and then the rock either breaks up by weather and turns into sand again or if transforms into magma.
Native Americans honor not only the process of the rock's outer formation but the sacredness of its existence. Chief Seattle addresses this relationship to rocks in his original speech of 1854, as reported by Henry Smith in 1887:
"Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished. Even the rocks, which seem to be dumb and dead as the swelter in the sun along the silent shore, thrill with memories of stirring events connected with the lives of my people."
Much mind opening information was shared during the two hour event. My children had fun and I learned quite a bit, including the fact that the Statute of Liberty was made of copper but that it has rusted over time and turned into a green coating. But I also felt a little sad. The earth deserves more than those few hours of recognition and honor. The environment provides us with everything we need to survive and thrive, and yet oftentimes we take nature for granted. This negligence on our part has not served us one bit, and actually it has done the exact opposite.
It's a great effort and generous gesture of institutions like Cranbrook and Schuchard to bring this knowledge to our doors, but ultimately it's our jobs to make the connection between spirit, man and nature a natural part of our daily lives.
Detroit 1967 Project
At last week's National Association of Black Journalists, guests from the Detroit Historical Society introduced the launch of the Detroit 1967 Project. For the next nine months, Detroit 67 will collect stories and images relating to conditions in Detroit prior to 1967, as well as the events of that summer, and explore how those factors have affected our past and present – and, very likely, our future. This research, along with personal accounts, media reports and artifacts, will culminate in a groundbreaking exhibition about Detroit's struggles with racial and cultural diversity.
The Detroit Race Riot in Detroit was one of the most violent urban revolts in the 20th century. Early morning Sunday, July 23, the Detroit Police Vice Squad officers raided an after-hours bar on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue in the center of the city's oldest and poorest black neighborhood. People inside were celebrating the return of two black servicemen from Vietnam. Although officers had expected a few would be inside they found and arrested all 82 people at the party. As they were being transported from the scene by police, a crowd of about 200 people gathered outside agitated by rumors that police used excessive force during the 12th Street bar raid. For the next couple of days the violence escalated to the point where Governor George W. Romney ordered the Michigan National Guard into Detroit, and President Lyndon B. Johnson sent in Army troops.
"We lived close to the 6th precinct," said one of the NABJ members. "I remember tanks coming down the street and literally crushing people. We regularly had to hit the floor because of gun shots. You saw rifles sitting at the corner of people's homes, to defend themselves."
In the five days and nights of violence during the riots, 33 blacks and 10 whites were killed, 1,189 were injured and over 7,200 people were arrested. Approximately 2,500 stores were looted and the total property damage was estimated at $32 million. Until the riots following the death of Dr. Martin Luther King in April 1968, the Detroit Race Riot stood as the largest urban uprising of the 1960s.
"You have to understand your history so you don't repeat your history," said Vicki Thomas, award winning reporter at WWJ/CBS radio in Detroit. "This is a timely conversation and a timely topic."
Detroit 1967 Project invites anyone who was in Detroit during the riots to contact the Detroit Historical Society and share their story.
"A lot of people tell stories for us, but we want to tell our stories by Detroiters," said Kate Baker, Managing Director at the Detroit Historical Society.
Those interested in participating in the Detroit 1967 Project or in sharing hteir story can visit the project website at Detroit1967.org and click on "Get Involved" or call the project's dedicated phone line at (313) 885-1967 and leave a message.
The World Celebrates Women Through Murder, Displacement and Captivity
This morning I received a letter written by Alyaa Al Ansari, the executive director of Bent Al Rafedain Organization (BROB), a women's organization in Babylon, Iraq. She wants everyone to hear her message, so I'm publishing her letter here.
Every year, on the 8th of March, the world celebrates women; honoring them, reminding the importance of their rights, the vitality of a respectful life for them, and encouraging all those who neglect women to revaluate their ideas and consider them as a person with equal rights even if from a different gender.
But I wonder, how would the world celebrate women this year? And which woman will the world celebrate? The Iraqi woman? The Syrian woman? The Yemeni woman? The Lebanese woman? The Egyptian woman? The Libyan woman? The Burmese woman?
These women have been celebrated through preparations and assemblies to murder them and their husbands, to captivate, displace and kidnap them. Isn't it the world which assembled ISIS and Alkayida, financed them and provided them with weapons, political power and media and paved the way for all this to happen?
Didn't the silence of this world against what is happening in our country and other countries, against the violation of human rights, contribute to the violation of the women's rights and destruction of their lives? For what crime should the Burmese woman and her children be burned alive or hanged because they are Muslims? Where do the international human rights foundations and United Nation stand against the murder and displacement happening in Burma? For no reason other than their religion?
Don't we believe in the freedom of belief, opinion and speech in this era? Would the world keep this silence if the Burmese women had any religion other than Islam?
Who would the world celebrate for? For these women? Or for itself, to justify that it supports human rights and democracy and that women deserve more?
I am not against celebrating this day. On the contrary, I would be a part of this celebration. But what I demand is for it to be a real, honest celebration arising from the women's misery; I want it to be celebrating their bleeding wound, their futile rights
, their ever vulnerable gender, their homeless children with no shelter or future, their ever anticipating eyes, which fear that the future will take away what is left from the past.
Let us celebrate this day by visiting the camps of the displaced women along the borders of our Arabic world, celebrate by financially supporting women through job opportunities, hope opportunities. Let us celebrate this day by putting a smile on their exhausted faces through a kind word or sympathy.
Let our celebration this year be solidarity with all the agonized women who are mourning their families, their countries, their dignity, and themselves, the women who are mourning their birth in this part of the world.
Bent Alrafedain Org. (BROB) *** Babylon City, Iraq *** Mobile: + 964 07810072762 ***
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Jon Grinspan
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There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. In the second half of the nineteenth century--as voter turnout reached unprecedented peaks--young people led the way, hollering, fighting, and flirting at massive midnight rallies. Paren
Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations
Jacqueline Mitton
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This collection of brightly illustrated constellations makes a great introduction to astronomy.
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Fritz maintains her reputation for fresh and lively historical writing with this biography of the 19th-century American feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), imparting to her readers not just a sense of Stanton's accomplishments but a picture of the greater society Stanton strove to change
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Dynamic portrayal of two boys longing for something they no longer have and finding the resources to face the future. This story offers a fresh perspective on the thousands of children who moved west via the Orphan Trains in the late 19th century.
Yankee Doodle America
Beginning with the Stamp Act that angered the patriots, readers meet George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other historical figures, and learn about the documents and battles that kept the fight for freedom alive. Each striking illustration introduces readers to the people, places, and events
Working Cotton
Sherley Anne Williams
A poetic look at life as a young cotton field laborer.
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for A Woman's Right to Vote
Ann Bausum
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Author Ann Bausum peels back the layers of the story of the women's suffrage movement, exposing grit, fiery determination, and radical tactics. After covering the importance of familiar names, she devotes the bulk of the book to the events of 1906 to 1920, when a new group of young women emerged
Winners Never Quit
Early Elementary School,Pre-School
Triple Olympic medal winning Mia Hamm tells a story inspired by her own experience as a very young athlete in this story for the youngest of readers. Little Mia overcomes her frustration by learning an important lesson in sportsmanship.
Wilma Rudolph
Victoria Sherrow
A picture book that tells the story of athlete Wilma Rudolph, her struggle against polio, and her encounters growing up with discrimination.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
Kathleen Krull
After contracting polio at the age of 4, Wilma Rudolph was told she would never walk again. This book tells the inspiring tale of how Wilma battled disease, her leg brace, and segregation to become the fastest woman in the world at the 1960 Olympics.


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Relationship between Minkowski distance and Minkowski space
The metric induced by the p-norm:
$d((x_1,\dotsc,x_n),(y_1,\dotsc,y_n)) = \left(\sum_{i=1}^n |x_i-y_i|^p\right)^{1/p}$
is often called the Minkowski distance.
There is also Minkowski space, which as I understand is a bit like Euclidean 4-space. And there is the Minkowski metric tensor defined for it.
Is there a relationship between Minkowski distance and the Minkowski metric tensor? If not, why is the metric induced by the p-norm called Minkowski distance? Does anybody have a reference for this name?
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$\begingroup$ Isn't the relationship just Hermann Minkowski? $\endgroup$ – martini Apr 24 '12 at 10:27
$\begingroup$ @martini Well, that's what I assumed, but what has Minkowski got to do with the metric which I mentioned? Basically I'm looking for a better source for the name and origin of this metric than Wikipedia. I thought the origin might have been from the metric tensor, but apparently not. $\endgroup$ – Borbus Apr 24 '12 at 15:43
$\begingroup$ @Borbus, why did you said you think is like the euclidean 4-space? isn't it more like euclidean n-space? $\endgroup$ – user286485 Jan 1 '17 at 18:11
No. The Minkowski metric tensor is actually based on a very different metric: $$d((x_1,...x_n),(y_1,...,y_n))=\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}{(x_i-y_i)^2}- (x_n-y_n)^2$$ Which in fact is not really a metric, since $d$ can be smaller than zero (if you want to be formal - this is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold)
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$\begingroup$ Ok, that's what I thought the metric tensor looked like, or it can be +--- apparently (where time is the first component). It's still a mystery to me why the metric I mentioned is named after Minkowski in that case. $\endgroup$ – Borbus Apr 24 '12 at 15:44
$\begingroup$ As @martini pointed out, they are both named after the same person - that's it. $\endgroup$ – nbubis Apr 24 '12 at 16:44
$\begingroup$ Not quite. The correct formula is $d((x_1,...x_n),(y_1,...,y_n))=\sqrt{ |\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}{(x_i-y_i)^2}- (x_n-y_n)^2|}$ and it is a pseudo-distance. By abuse, though, it is still called "metric". $\endgroup$ – Alex M. May 10 '17 at 15:07
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We are so honored to be bringing back our acclaimed work which premiered in 2017 this spring for YBCA's Transform Fest.
After both PDP shows, the innovative DJ Spooky will perform at 9pm and your ticket to GLASSlands gets you in to both!
GLASSlands (2017) is an evening-length work which explores proximity, visibility, technology and connection in a culture of ever increasing emotional and intimate distances. Choreographed by Printz Dance Project Artistic Director Stacey Printz, GLASSlands features set design by Sean Riley. The set pieces are large, transparent pod-like structures, or "bubble rooms" that inhabit the performance space, providing a plastic world that dancers populate and explore. As human, face-to-face interaction is dismantled and technology-driven encounters become more pervasive, GLASSlands explores how our ability to communicate and connect is impacted.
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Zuckerberg ludicrously claimed he didn't remember paying teens to spy on them
When you're the head of a company as scandal prone as Facebook, it's perhaps difficult to keep track of all your varying and grotesque missteps.
Even so, Mark Zuckerberg's claim at Wednesday's House antitrust hearing that he didn't remember paying teens to spy on them is truly one for the record books. At issue was Facebook's late 2018 and early 2019 use of an app to track teen smartphone usage in exchange for a measly $ 20.
First reported by TechCrunch, the app — dubbed "Facebook Research" — was brought up by Democratic Congressman Henry Johnson of Georgia. After asking about Onavo, a VPN app owned by Facebook that reported on users' activity and was forced out of the App Store, Congressman Johnson pressed Zuckerberg on his company's next step. Read more…
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TranceForming Ericksonian Methods: 21st Century Visions (ebook)
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The syncretic evolution of their approaches implies a synthesis of different psychotherapeutic traditions: the Palo Alto School and the pragmatics of communication; the pure Ericksonian approach; the evolution of medical hypnosis; the application of experimental hypnosis and the rigorous hypnotic stratagems in brief therapy. TranceForming Ericksonian Methods is not only a treatise on hypnosis and hypnotic therapies. "It is also an innovative contribution to psychotherapy, because it summarizes and combines different renowned and appraised models of therapeutic intervention."
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