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Annecy is picture-perfect
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest and largest regular animation festival.
The program spans the gamut from blockbuster 3D films to avant garde indie experiments. This is where emerging animators and upcoming hot new films often first debut---it is a glimpse into both the near future of film and to many great ideas that never emerge commercially.
Part of the charm of the festival is the way it mixes so many cultures and media in a beautiful old city in the French alps. Contrasts and synergy abound. Sitting in a screening, you'll hear ten different languages spoken in your row, and find that you're sitting between a purple-haired film student from Spain and Matt Groening.
Continual storms turned the park into a second lake but
produced dramatic cloudscapes over the mountains.
I've been attending the Annecy festival for over a decade. You can see some of my previous summaries here.
In recent years I've been joined by friends and family in the industry, which has deepened the experience and my perspectives on the works. The trip is always a personal and professional highlight of my year (and exhausting! Screenings run very late and this town parties hard).
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One standard for judging a film: would I rather
leave the screening and go eat a crepe?
This was the most conservative slate of films I've ever seen at the festival. The highs were sparse and concentrated in a few screenings. The lows were also sparse...everything was reasonable, just often not exciting.
I'd rather the animators and the jury take more risks to give us lots of gems mixed among some truly awful films than play it safe all around. I left happy to have seen what I did and collected a lot of great films, but also wondering where the magic had gone from the programme as a whole.
One more word about the disappointments before moving on to the highlights. Almost everything I saw had good technique. In particular, the 3D films were all gorgeous, which has not been the case before. I think we're finally getting the hang of CGI for animation and not just showing off the technology.
However, much of that technique was wasted on weak scripts and self-indulgently long works. A character or art style that is charming in a two minute film needs a lot more to sustain it when the run time stretches to 30 minutes for a "short." Perhaps the falling cost of animation production has encouraged sloppy pacing. For features, production costs are still pretty high and nothing was self-indulgent. But it was disappointing to see great production teams execute well on scripts and characters that were simply generic. Fart joke. Skateboard. Squash and stretch an animal. Token female and token heavy-set or dark-skinned character. Video-game like quests. Really? When working in a medium that can depict anything, why keep re-making two old CGI films with a fresh coat of new paint and names? Can't we produce blockbusters that are also imaginative any more?
I was delighted to see a VR programme for that nascent animation medium. This is clearly experimental and I hope that this continues. Most of the "VR" films in it were 360 videos, and interactive experiences that really leverage VR and create telepresence. That makes sense because the technology for hosting true VR screening to large audiences doesn't exist, but perhaps in a decade we'll be closer to jacking into The Matrix between ice creams and crepes at Annecy.
Here are the strongest films my group saw at Annecy in 2016. We were able to cover all of the shorts in competition and almost all of the features, as well as many of the side programs. I look forward to using many of these in my courses next year.
Usually our picks align closely with the jury's...since they didn't this year, I suspect that the conservatism in the program came from them and not the submission pool. Although we usually disagree a bit (why would you discuss films with people who always agree?), there was pretty clear consensus that these were the hot films and we just had different favorites among them.
Especially interesting is that the best films landed on opposite ends of the spectrum of complexity. Some were great because they did so much with so little, focusing on the pace and characters to deliver without bells and whistles. I'm personally a fan of very short shorts that deliver a complete experience in under 5 minutes.
Other films were great because the stories received the elaborate productions that they deserved. Like a magic or circus act, many great animations create dissonance between the fact that the audience is aware of the painstaking hours behind the work and the apparent effortlessness and grace of the performance.
All of these embrace their medium, which is one of my criteria for a great work. They would have been undermined if the same script was filmed as live action and wouldn't have worked at all if directly translated to static images or prose.
Ma vie de Courgtte (My Life as a Courgette)
Claude Barras
France and Switzerland
Courgette deservedly won both the Audience Award and the Feature Film Cristal this year. This is a stop-motion feature about an orphan boy named Courgette ("Zucchini") that offsets its realist darkness with bright colors in a way that underscores instead of undercuts them. It is ultimately charming and upbeat, and would be appropriate for older children as well as adults.
Frankfurter Str. 99a
Evgenia Gostrer
This student film was my favorite this year among all films for its visuals. Each frame is abstract back-lit oil paint on glass. When viewed as a film, they form snatches of representational images illustrating the garbage collector's voiceover. Each image is geometrically precise. Despite the inherent sloppiness of the chosen materials, their placement is impeccable and the result is controlled, beautiful, and minimalist. This graduation film is a vignette without a real dramatic arc and conclusion, but Gostrer is clearly a new animator to watch closely and I'm already a huge fan.
Leanne Pooley
I missed this screening. The senior McGuire in digital media production, Mick, writes,
"Taking the unique approach of animating the characters in a documentary film, director Leanne Pooley and team brought to life the tragic tale of New Zealand soldiers during the disastrous WWI Battle of Gallipoli, Turkey.
Stories extracted from letters and diaries of the soldiers were told by the actual realistic animated characters during the time of the invasion. The crisp color images brought a sense of realism to the documentary that is often lacking in grainy, scratched, black and white stock footage.
This poignant film stands alone as a documentary, as well as an animated feature film."
Dancing Line
Shelly Dodson
Dodson's economy is inspirational. A single (aliased!) line performs a burlesque act. Apparently good animator can make art with one bit per pixel. The integration of visuals and music is excellent and sells the piece.
Le Bruit du gris
Vincent Patar and Stephane Aubier
Belgium and France
Using only a child's toy set, this film tells a fun story and develops several memorable characters in its short run time.
Kaspar Jancis
In the structure of a classic European animated short, Piano weaves several storylines--sex, violence, mystery, romance--together with impeccable animation. The conclusion isn't as resounding as I might have hoped, but at every moment up to it I was pleasantly kept on my toes and enjoyed the ride.
Beast!
Pieter Coudyzer
This is a longer short that earns its runtime. Social justice, politics, science fiction, and character study are all packed well into this piece. Every time that you think you know where it is going, it makes a justifiable yet surprising turn. The story is very reminiscent of early Heinlein or Clarke.
Caminho dos gigantes (Way of Giants)
Alois Di Leo
A beautiful, slightly abstract story told through beautiful 2.5D animation. The setting of indigenous people in the forest was fresh and explored with love.
Celui qui a deux ames (He Who Has To Souls)
Fabrice Luang-Vija
The official description is completely accurate but (at least in the English translation) undersells the film:They called him "He Who Has Two souls". He was beautiful like a woman and handsome like a man. He hesitated.
Instead, this is straightfoward film about gender expression without affectation. The arctic is a frequent short film setting, but this is one of the first films that I've seen which chooses native characters and researches and then integrates a non-European culture carefully with the plot.
Jailbreak ("Ausbruch")
A tongue-in cheek stop motion animation (see the behind-the-scenes set shot) that feels like a student film. It screened out of competition but could have held its own in competition...the length is perfect for the two-note story and it is a great example of how to develop a character, get in, deliver the twist, and then get out crisply.
Journal Anime
Donato Sansone
A great nonfiction film requires luck--the direction, style, world events, and funding have to all come together at the right time. Animating daydreams and criticism over the actual pages of leftist French newspaper Libération is a nice art project. When rising European tensions over immigration and the economy form a backdrop and then the Paris attacks explode on to the page, that project becomes essential.
Ainslie Henderson
2 min 30 sec
Henderson is a singer-songwriter who has also made several warmly received short films. This stop-motion film about stop motion is clever, poignant, and effective. It also boasts drippingly gorgeous cinematography that is honest and stops just short of parody.
Trial & Error
Antje Heyn
The film looks like ballpoint pen on graph paper (I'm almost certain it isn't). Heyn tells two stories: the foreground of a man trying to repair a missing button, and the background of his life and marriage. The latter is done entirely through his monologue on the former, through what is said, how it is said, and what is unsaid.
There's no attempt at a heavy hit here. Instead, we're treated to a character study presented elegantly through good technique.
Marc Hericher
I admit that the description sounds grotesque: a Rube Goldberg machine made out of human body parts. It isn't grotesque...it is fascinating in a clinical sense, and the CGI is near-perfect. Each body part is used for its corresponding function, such as a lens for focusing light or a tendon for contracting.
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Q: Hijack `repaint()` call in Java Swing component I'm writing an app which runs in a headless environment and needs to output to a BufferedImage instead of a screen. I have a Display class managing the BufferedImage. My app extends JPanel and in order to make it automatically repaint when a component updates, I've re-implemented repaint() as:
public void repaint(){
    Graphics2D g = getDisplay().getGraphics();
    paint(g);
    getDisplay().repaint();
}

Whenever I start up my app, though, I get a NullPointerException when it tries to draw to the Display. This is supposedly some code in the JPanel constructor that tries to repaint. The problem is that getDisplay() returns null. However, the Display has already been instantiated and passed to the app at this point. I've verified this by having the Display print out its own properties on creation, before sending it to the app.
The exception is as follows; the topmost location refers to the line containing getDisplay():
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mypapyri.clay.ui.App.repaint(App.java:28)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.setFont(JComponent.java:2746)
    at javax.swing.LookAndFeel.installColorsAndFont(LookAndFeel.java:208)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPanelUI.installDefaults(BasicPanelUI.java:66)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPanelUI.installUI(BasicPanelUI.java:56)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(JComponent.java:655)
    at javax.swing.JPanel.setUI(JPanel.java:153)
    at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(JPanel.java:126)
    at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:86)
    at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:109)
    at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:117)
    at com.mypapyri.clay.ui.App.<init>(App.java:18)
    at ClayOS.<init>(ClayOS.java:22)
    at ClayOS.main(ClayOS.java:84)

EDIT: I've researched this and could not find a satisfactory resolution.

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*The repaint() method and the GUI thread

*Javadocs for Component

*PaintManager and RepaintManager

A: nidu told it first, but since he doesn't answer I put it.
Probably you're calling super() in the constructor method, and the JPanel constructor is trying to repaint before the display has been set.

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Property Litigation column: LTA 1987 - Tenant's right of first refusal
Kellie Jones
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Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) grants certain residential tenants a right of first refusal where their landlord wishes to dispose of some or all of its reversionary interest. If the landlord does not comply with its obligations under Part 1 of the LTA 1987 and disposes of its interest, the tenants can acquire the relevant interest from the purchaser on the same terms. The recent Court of Appeal case Mahmut and another v Jones and others [2017] EWCA Civ 2362) serves as a reminder to purchasers of a reversionary interest that they need to consider LTA 1987 rights prior to purchase.
To initiate the process, the landlord must give the tenant notice of the terms on which the disposal is to take place and offer to enter into a contract with the tenant on those terms. In this case, the landlord gave notice to the tenants but before the two month notice period had expired, the landlord completed the sale to Messrs Mahmut. In these circumstances, section 12B of the LTA 1987 enables the tenants to serve a purchase notice on the new reversioner requiring the new reversioner to dispose of the interest it has acquired to the tenants on the same terms as those on which it acquired that interest.
The effect of section 12B of the LTA 1987 is that if a purchase notice is served on the new reversioner, it has an obligation to comply with it. The tenant served a purchase notice on the new reversioner on 25 June 2013. The LTA 1987 does not lay down any particular procedure or timeframe applicable to compliance with a purchase notice but section 19(1) LTA 1987 provides that:
"the court may on the application of any person interested make an order requiring any person who has made default in complying with any duty imposed on him by any provision of his part to make good the default within such time as is specified in the order".
The tenants applied to the County Court on 19 August 2013 for an order requiring Messrs Mahmut to comply with the purchase notice.
On 29 October 2013, DJ Lightman made an order that Messrs Mahmut dispose of their interest in the property to the tenants on the terms which the property was purchased by Messrs Mahmut. The order further provided that Messrs Mahmut were to execute and deliver the executed transfer to the tenants' solicitor no later than 4pm on 19 December 2013 and in default of them doing so, a District Judge of the Central London County Court was at liberty to sign and execute the transfer on their behalf. Messrs Mahmut did not deliver to the tenants' solicitor an executed transfer by 4pm on 19 December 2013. On 2 January 2014, they confirmed that they held an executed transfer but they did not send it to the tenants.
On 2 April 2014, Messrs Mahmut's solicitors gave notice to the tenants under section 17(4) of the LTA 1987.
Section 17 of the LTA 1987 provides so far as relevant as follows:
"(3) Where a period of three months beginning with the date of service of the notice under section 12A, 12B or 12C on the purchaser has expired (a) without any binding contract having been entered into between the purchaser and the nominated person and (b) without there having been made any application in connection with the notice to the court or to the appropriate tribunal, the purchaser may serve on the nominated person a notice stating that the notice and anything done in pursuance of it is to be treated as not having been served or done.
(4) Where any such application as is mentioned in sub-section (3)(b) was made within the period of three months referred to in that sub-section but (a) a period of two months beginning with a date of the determination of that application has expired (b) no binding contracts has been entered into between the purchaser and the nominate d person and (c) no other such application as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b) is pending, the purchaser may serve on the nominated person a notice stating that any notice served on him under section 12A, 12B or 12C and anything done in pursuance of any such notice is to be treated as not having been served or done.
(5) Where the purchaser serves a notice in accordance with subsection (1), (3) or (4) this Part shall cease to have effect in relation to him in connection with the original disposal."
The tenants' application was made within the period of three months following the service of the purchase notice under section 12B LTA 1987. Two months from DJ Lightman's order expired on 29 December 2013 by which time Messrs Mahmut were in breach of the order (and the contract had not been completed). The question on appeal was whether the notice under section 17(4) of the LTA 1987 was effective to discharge Messrs Mahmut from any obligation to comply with the court order and to relieve them from any further obligation to transfer the freehold to the tenants.
The Court of Appeal accepted that an application under section 19 LTA 1987 is an application of the kind contemplated by section 17 LTA 1987. Lewison LJ noted that in his judgment the main thrust of these provisions is that the LTA 1987 contemplates two ways in which tenants' rights can be vindicated: either by the parties voluntarily entering into a contract following the establishment of the tenants' rights or by the court making an order. Here the Court made an order and Messrs Mahmut did not comply with it. It was open to Messrs Mahmut to apply to discharge the order if there had been culpable delay on the part of the tenants but instead of doing that they gave notice under Section 17(4).
By disobeying the mandatory order to execute the transfer and deliver it to the tenants by 4pm on 19 December 2013 Messrs Mahmut were in contempt of court. The Court of Appeal held that the purpose of the LTA 1987would have been frustrated if by refusing to comply with the mandatory order of the Court Messrs Mahmut could put themselves into a position in which they were entitled to give notice under section 17(4) LTA 1987 and deprive the tenants of their rights under the LTA 1987..
It is perhaps unsurprising that the Court of Appeal did not allow Messrs Mahmut to take advantage of their own breach of the court order but this case serves as a reminder to purchasers of reversions of the importance of compliance with the LTA 1987. It is the seller who risks committing a criminal offence by disposing in breach, but the consequences for the purchaser are almost equally severe: they can be forced to sell the property back to the tenants for the price they paid. A further point to note is that once an order has been made under section 19 of the LTA 1987, the terms of that order govern the way the transfer is to take place; the order is treated in the same way as a contract for sale.
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Contemporary Saudi Arabian Art, in Context
The traveling show GENERA#ION, brings nuanced reflections of modern Saudi Arabian identity to Minnesota Street Project.
by Donna Kazimarki
Courtesy the artist Detail from work by Shaweesh.
GENERA#TION will show through Sept. 6 at Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota St, San Francisco. Free. MinnesotaStreetProject.com
On the second floor of Minnesota Street Project, there's a giant photocollage that features Darth Vader standing among Emir Faisal's delegation at the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference. The image bedecks the reprinted front page of an actual Saudi Arabian newspaper from that year chronicling the historic conference that ended in the construction of the modern Middle East — its boundaries and borders shaped by the investments of colonial empires and imperialist power politics.
The piece, entitled "Vader and Delegation," is by Shaweesh, one of thirteen artists in GENERA#ION, a traveling art show presenting contemporary art from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. GENERA#ION is currently on view through September 6, spanning multiple galleries in the San Francisco Dogpatch art complex.
The thought of Darth Vader kicking it with political leaders in turn-of-the-century Paris is
silly, yes. But doesn't the absurd violence enacted in the name of Western imperialism and its ongoing repercussions sometimes feel cartoonishly evil — almost impossibly bad? It would only make sense that colonial-era earthlings were in contact with the worst celestial dad we love to hate.
In other words, "Vader and Delegation" critiques the rhetoric of nationalism and state building through the merging of fictive characters and historical events, asking, "How much of our dominant historical narratives and origin stories are real, and how much of them are mythologies perpetuated for political agendas?"
But without the appropriate historical and political context, "Vader and Delegation" would
likely register simply as a silly collage. Therein lies the challenge of GENERA#ION: appreciating the work as an American is not merely a matter of viewing, it's a matter of translation.
Grab a copy of the catalog, read every placard, and don't be afraid to ask questions. The artworks say more than what a mere cursory glance would indicate. Ranging from textiles to video installations, the pieces are aesthetically pleasing, but they are not merely beautiful objects or static ethnographic artifacts out of time and place.
Although the scope of GENERA#ION is broad, ranging from Abdulnasser Gharem's interrogation of censorship to Ahaad Alamoudi's engagement with capitalism and globalism, it is unified by a critique of nationalist rhetoric informed by contemporary politics and the history of colonialism. By coding the works with historical, religious, pop culture, and political symbols, the artists put forth images that are inseparable from Saudi Arabia's position within contemporary transnational politics. However, by radically rereading and repurposing these symbols, the artists also offer alternative understandings and nuanced critiques of Saudi politics and pop culture.
As I took in the show, I heard murmurs of conversations assuming that it would be expressly forbidden for Saudi Arabian artists to be traveling alongside their work throughout the United States. But GENERA#ION is actually spearheaded and sponsored by the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture. For some Westerners, this may come as a surprise. But that assumption illustrates the way that Western stereotypes of the Middle East — dominated by extreme oppression, severe censorship, and exotic savagery — inform how we approach and value contemporary Saudi Arabian art: Nuanced, political pieces are easily misread as merely interesting artifacts that offer an opportunity to learn more about a culture so different and distant from ours.
The featured animated YouTube series Masameer directly engages such stereotypes by tracing their deployment in a variety of cultural realms, from the reception of art to the justification of war. In the wacky futuristic world of the episode "Oblation," for example, the proposed solution to Arab unity is the elimination of all Arabs. Of course, the video ironically implies, all Arabs must be inherently violent, and, in turn, American exceptionalism and Islamophobia must be valid.
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Q: Solving a differential equation with substitution I have this equation, $y''=2y(y')^3$ here. To solve this I first need to substitute another variable since it's second order. I think using $y'=u$ is a good choice here since it covers  all cases. What do I do next to solve this? I manipulated the equation to make it into $u'u=2yu^3$.

A: If you switch variables, you end with
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A: Here is my solution
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0&=2y\cdot\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right)^{3}-\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}\\
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A: There are several good solutions here, but I thought I'd submit yet another, which seems more direct:
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\int\frac{y''}{(y')^2}\,dx&=\int 2yy'\,dx\\
-\frac{1}{y'}&=y^2+C_1,
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Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced nominations
Lapacazo Sandoval January 12, 2023 Movies
NOMINATIONS IN MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PROGRAM CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED
FOR THE 34TH ANNUAL PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS
Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced nominations in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The biggest award of the night, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, has historically been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar each year.
Nominees for Theatrical Motion Pictures, Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials, Limited/Anthology Series Television, Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures, and eligible producers for Documentary Motion Picture are:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Pam & Tommy
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Hocus Pocus 2
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
George Carlin's American Dream
Lucy and Desi
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
The following nominees were previously announced.
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Fire of Love
Nothing Compares
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off
The Award for Outstanding Children's Program
Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown
Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training
Love, Death + Robots
Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question
Sesame Street's #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series
Final Ballots for TV (Comedy, Drama, Limited/Anthology Series, Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures, Non-Fiction, Game/Competition, Live Entertainment/Variety/Sketch/Talk Series) and Film (Theatrical Motion Picture, Animated Motion Picture, and Documentary) will close on February 17, 2023. Winners of these categories will be announced at the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards on February 25, 2023.
Final Ballots for Children's, Short Form, and Sports Programs will close on February 10, 2023. Winners of the Sports, Children's, and Short Form categories will be announced at the Guild's Nominee's Events in New York on February 21 and in Los Angeles on February 23.
At the Producers Guild Awards ceremony in February, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to powerhouse producers and leaders who have left their undeniable marks on the industry. Honorees this year include Tom Cruise (David O. Selznick Achievement Award), Mindy Kaling (Norman Lear Achievement Award), Michael De Luca, and Pamela Abdy (Milestone Award). "Till" will receive the Stanley Kramer Award sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
The 2023 Producers Guild Awards Event Chairs are Mike Farah, Chief Executive Officer at Funny Or Die, and Joe Farrell, Chief Creative Officer at Funny Or Die. The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards are produced by Anchor Street Collective for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is Executive Producer, Carleen Cappelletti is the Co-Executive producer, Matt Ullian and Jane Sarkin of Boldface Partners are talent executives, and Jim Piccirillo is Director. The PGA Awards team also includes Diane Salerno (Six Degrees Global) managing sponsorship, and the PGA's PR agency of record, Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis for PR.
Sponsors of the 2023 Producers Guild Awards include Cadillac, the Official Vehicle, Delta Air Lines, the Official Airline, Glenfiddich Scotch, and GreenSlate, a PGA Partner.
Any questions regarding the 2023 PGA Awards can be submitted to PGAAwards@ssmandl.com.
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Green Bridges > blog > Why would they listen to us, when we don't even listen to ourselves?
And we mess things up so badly, that we make the original problem worse. A systems archetype of 'fixes that backfire'.
This blog is only about the first of those pairs: emotions and facts. I used my systemic perception to discern a pattern that I see happening, which is counterproductive to inviting people to open up to the facts about climate change.
What we – who care about climate change – tend to see when we look at society, is a bunch of leaders who consciously speak to people's fear and promise measures which are contrary to doing what is necessary to reduce the magnitude of climate change, let alone mitigate for its effects. We also see a lot of people who vote with their guts. People who don't seem to care about facts and who follow their emotions.
When we take a wider scope we see a whole society hypnotized by advertisers, who play to our emotions, making us want to consume in anticipation of something that might go wrong, or as a means to enlarge our status or our sense of freedom. We've become the plaything of those who want to manipulate us into buying.
Not strange that some of us, who've let the facts sink in, are fearful of the role that emotions play in society at the moment.
And yet, I've come to the conclusion that we should look at ourselves and at the concept of emotions, in order to understand why nobody's listening to us. Better still: to understand how we might get our voice back and be heard, while speaking from the heart.
What I've learned about this subject is primarily through self-discovery. The last few years I've engaged in deep self-work, introspection, journaling, workshops and looking at my own reality as a mirror for what's going on inside. One of the things I discovered in the process is that my cognition works over hours in general, but even more so when I'm feeling trapped or stressed. If I think I'm losing control in a project, I have the tendency to start analyzing, and advocate my point of view with facts. I let my thinking take over. This gives me a great sense of control again. At the same time, when I hear myself talking when I'm in such a cognitive mode, saying the same thing over and over again in different words, I can see my conversation partner go more and more quiet and slowly withdraw, or become more defensive. Not very effective. I realize this very well.
Recognizing this survival pattern in myself, has made me aware of a more general pattern in society, to speak to the facts more loudly, more boldly and more convincingly, the more we feel stressed and about to lose control.
That this doesn't work and even deteriorates the original problem, is obvious when you bring that same dynamic back to your own experience.
Think about your children – what happens if you introduce facts when they're upset?
If he'd introduce facts whenever his child is really upset, telling his child it doesn't need to be so upset, would make his child even more upset. Or, and that's also a serious option, he would see his child go quiet and suppress its emotions. It would conclude that apparently those emotions are not okay.
So what does work in the case your child is upset? My neighbor says: 'I'd connect with my child, acknowledge its emotions, sincerely listen, and ask what my child might need. Maybe then, when the emotions wither down, I come up with suggestions to change the situation: shall we go outside and look at the birds? Do you feel like we grab your teddy bear and have him give us a hug? After I do all this, my son is relaxed and open to questions and new ideas'.
As a child calms downs and the emotions wither down, the child becomes open to listen to you. By providing suggestions, the child becomes positively engaged, and reestablishes a connection with its own self; it connects with its deeper needs.
At the international Club of Rome meeting, where people kept talking about the question why so few people would listen to the facts of climate change, and about their fear for a fact-free society, I drew the following systems diagram to explain the dynamics that I see occurring in the whole of our society, when it comes to emotions and facts.
Systems diagram 'fixes that backfire' – this diagram contains two loops. One balancing loop (B) and two reinforcing loops (R). The upper balancing loop consists of the problem and an answer to the problem as a response. In the short term this answer seems to help solve the original problem. The lower reinforcing loop shows that the consequence of the fix that is chosen, reinforces the original problem in two ways: after introducing the facts, the problem owner feels even less heard and will get the feeling that the original problem is worse. Secondly, the problem owner will tend to suppress his or her emotions, which will also make the original problem worse. When the problem is worse, the tendency to introduce even more facts exists, hence the reinforcing dynamic. Legenda: S= same – when one variable changes, the other variable changes in the same direction (both up, or both down). O= opposite – when one variable changes, the other variable changes in the opposite direction (one up, the other down).
Fixes that backfire – in your face!
What you see here is the following. The bigger or more serious the problem and its associated emotions, the larger our tendency to introduce facts to either solve the problem, diminish the problem or explain that the problem is not seen correctly. Maybe we even introduce facts to explain there isn't a problem. Or, we introduce facts that show that what the other is experiencing as a problem, is nothing compared to the real problem (climate change/ the state of the world?).
As a consequence of this tendency to introduce facts, the problem and its associated emotions seem to diminish. People suppress their emotions. Those who brought in the facts, might even for a moment feel like they solved the problem with the introduction of the facts.
However, when you hang on there, and enlarge your time scope, you'll see that another effect occurs. An unintended consequence of the introduction of more and more facts as a response to a problem and its associated emotions, is that the person experiencing the problem, will feel less and less heard. And as a person feels less and less heard, in the perception of the problem owner, the problem deteriorates and its associated emotions increase. Also; the more facts as a response to emotions, the larger the chance that emotions will be suppressed. Causing energy to get stuck, which is similar to experiencing a small trauma, which is nothing more than stuck energy, decreasing the amount of energy we have to engage in positive action. The more the original problem deteriorates, the larger the tendency again, to introduce facts, hence the reinforcing effect.
This is a typical example of 'fixes that backfire', a well-known systems-archetype that shows that well-intended actions can have unintended consequences, that make the original problem worse.
The whole dynamic is beautifully, and funnily illustrated in the 2-minute film: 'it's not about the nail'. Of course, there's a nail in the forehead of the girl in this movie, but that's not what it's about. The girl is emotional and wants acknowledgment of her emotions. A factual conclusion that the nail can be removed, seems logical, but will deteriorate the situation; she will feel less heard, and will feel more upset.
As a side note: The only problem I have with this movie is that it seems to point to the fact that mostly women act like this, while I know for a fact, that the same dynamic holds just as well for men.
Intuitive responses get lost – why?
Now, how come we intuitively know that if our loved ones are scared, angry or sad*, we shouldn't present them the facts, yet we forget this logic in any other setting? Whether it comes to the organizations that we're part of, or society in general; we hardly ever respond with the same intelligence that we obviously have, and use in our most intimate settings. This puzzles me.
I've been thinking and reading about this a lot and I've come to a few key observations when it comes to our society as a whole.
We no longer tend to see emotions for what they are; as a signaling mechanism. Worse: we look down upon emotions.
Emotions are dangerous. That's the first thing I learned working in the energy sector. The internal slogan of one of the companies I worked for to reorganize their energy transition program was 'Let's move from emotion to ratio'. The strong conviction was that the energy transition would never succeed if people wouldn't learn about the facts. And emotions were to blame for all 'unwise (read: stupid!)' decisions.
The same company kept wondering why ordinary citizen didn't seem to care about the energy transition. Why weren't people inclined to act? Why did people not feel involved? Speaking with them often, I believe they understood very well that for positive action, people need to trust that their actions matter, they need to be excited about the opportunities for change, they need to love the planet and their family and get positive energy or joy from taking action. All these positive feelings and underlying emotions, should be stronger than their fear.
Or in other words: I think they knew that we need people to feel emotional about what's happening to our planet, so that they will act whole-heartedly.
Why then, while they obviously understood this, did they keep longing for an energy transition based on facts, far from emotions?
When I let that sink in, one of the things that came up is how differently we look at different emotions. We value positive emotions, which we associate with self-control and taking responsibility. Yet we label many other emotions as bad, or dangerous. And in general, I notice the tendency to 'deal with emotions', to prevent that they bring chaos, rather than valuing emotions for what they are: a very strong signaling mechanism.
Emotions help us regulate our own system, our body, but also our communities and society. Emotions signal a problem or confirm a positive state, and as such trigger action.
In the Pixar film 'Inside Out' we are taught that the function of our dominant emotions 'joy, sadness, anger, disgust and fear', is to help us navigate our life. We need all these types of emotions to understand what's going on with ourselves, and to determine what needs to be done. When in the film the character 'sadness' is not allowed to be there, since the protagonist, a little girl, doesn't want to make her parents even more sad, trouble starts. She eventually becomes depressed, for sadness takes over control, even though she doesn't want to.
Now what do you think would happen if we only want 'joy' as an emotion and create a society where 'sadness, anger, disgust and fear' are not welcome? I think we only need to pick up the newspaper. We not only, not welcome sadness, anger, disgust and fear, but we don't even seem to have any healthy societal mechanisms to deal with sadness, anger, disgust and fear. Other than soccer matches, hooligan fights or political arena's where people can share their anger by taking it out on others or on specific causes. Some churches still play this role, but how many of us still actively go to a church?
Even worse; when negative, or any strong emotion is expressed we tend to look down upon the person who shows the emotion, we tend to ignore the subject, or speak to the mind, and demand for a more neutral, cognitive response.
Now again; how would your child react, if you wouldn't allow its emotions to exist? What would be the long-term consequence?
Worse than not valuing emotions for the signaling function they have, is that we pretend we don't have any emotions and we actively suppress our emotions with our mind. Working with horses has made it clear to me, that this has a very scary consequence.
Anyone who ever worked with horses knows that horses react instantly to what they sense. They need to determine whether you are a reliable part of the herd, and will sense what your position is in the herd; leader or follower. Both positions are fine, as long as is clear what you are. When it comes to determining whether we are reliable, the suppression of our emotions is very dangerous.
Whenever you bring someone who is really afraid of horses, nearby a herd of horses, something interesting might happen. If a person feels fear yet suppresses that fear, as if pushing a giant emotional ball underneath the water surface, this will trigger huge unrest in the horses. The horses will start to run around, sniff the air and prepare for what might happen. They might even attack you, but more likely, they will try to flee. The physical incongruence that arose in the person that experienced the emotions of fear, yet used the mind to actively tell him or herself that those emotions didn't exist, made this person highly untrustworthy for the horses.
Another fearful person, that approaches the horses openly scared, acknowledging his or her fear, while just 'being with the fear', will have no effect on the horses. The morale: horses are fine with you being afraid of them. They're far from fine with you suppressing, or even denying your emotions. This leads to energetic incongruence and that's unreliable. Any horse in the herd needs to be able to trust your signals, so that the whole herd has more chance to survive. If you're incongruent, you're endangering the herd.
Though we are no horses, I wouldn't be surprised if the same reality holds for humans. Aren't we too some kind of herd? In daily life we suppress our emotions all the time, unconsciously making us highly incongruent and unreliable in the eyes of our colleagues, or fellow members of society.
My hypothesis is that especially those of us that know about the gruesome facts of climate change and have let that sink in, suppress their emotions about this all the time, with potentially disastrous consequences. What if our physiological incongruence makes us highly unreliable, to those who simply sense whether they can trust us, when we tell about climate change? I wouldn't be surprised if it works like that. We humans are super sensitive when it comes to who we can trust.
Quite recently, I've worked a lot with the writings of Joanna Macy, an environmental activist, scholar and writer, who also speaks about the general tendency to suppress our emotions, and the extreme consequences this can have. She speaks of the numbing of our mind and heart, when we suppress the emotions of fear, anger, sadness and confusion.
When we are fearful, and the odds are running against us, it is easy to let the heart and mind go numb. Because the perils facing us are so pervasive, and yet often hard to see, this numbing touches us all. No one is unaffected by it. No one is immune to doubt, denial, or disbelief about the severity of our situation – and about our power to change it. Yet of all the dangers we face, from climate chaos to nuclear warfare, none is so great as the deadening of our response. The numbing of mind and heart is already upon us – in the diversions we create for ourselves as individuals and nations, in the fights we pick, the aims we pursue, the stuff we buy.
Macy advocates that we should do anything in our power to open up to the pain we feel.
Pain for the world is not only natural, it is a necessary component of our healing. Pain has a purpose: it is a warning signal, designed to trigger remedial action. It is not to be banished by injections of optimism or sermons on 'positive thinking'. It is to be named and validated as a healthy, normal human response to the situation we find ourselves in.
Thich Nhat Hanh: "What we most need to do is to hear within us the sounds of the Earth crying".
As a way to unleash the power of the emotions we suppress, Macy suggests truth-telling rituals in groups, where those present share the truth about their fear, anger, sorrow and confusion. These four emotions underlie the blanket of despair we feel when it comes to the state of our world, according to Macy. And all of theses emotions have a positive counter side. The other side of fear is trust. You will be angry when justice is at stake. We're only sad for something we love. And in our confusion and not-knowing, room for renewal arises.
When we go through these rituals, energy opens up to act from love, engage in action towards more justice, trust rises that a way forward exists and the room for renewal expands.
The two times that I facilitated the truth-telling-ritual suggested by Macy, have been extremely powerful, and unleashed a lot of energy. Macy explains this as follows: Faced and experienced, its power [red: of the emotions] can be used. As the frozen defenses of the psyche thaw, new energies and intelligence are released.
If it is true that we constantly suppress most of our difficult feelings and negative emotions, than we miss out on a lot of energy. Energy we need in order to step up and do what's needed to redesign our societies so we may live in line with universal principles.
Now let's contemplate – is our problem really the fact-free society?
How often have you not heard lately, that the problem of all problems is that we live in a fact-free society where emotions roam free? If only people would understand the facts and 'wisen up', we'd really get going when it comes to the societal change that is needed.
I come to quite the opposite conclusion. Even though we're faced with politicians that speak to our fears and advertisers that push our emotional buttons constantly, we also live in an age where emotions are looked down upon and actively suppressed. We, the so-called 'reasonable, knowledgeable' people, have forgotten how to deal with emotions and we tend to introduce facts as a response to emotions. Even though in intimate settings, we know that we should allow friends or family members to be with their emotions, rather than present them with the facts. When it comes to our children, we listen and acknowledge their emotion and by doing that, make sure their emotion are not suppressed. On a societal level and in organizations we do the opposite. We prefer that people don't show their emotions and if they do we hint that a cognitive mode would be better.
I believe that facts matter enormously, especially when it comes to understanding the severity of the situation and taking the right action, yet facts are very often introduced at the wrong moment and in the wrong way, especially by those of us who know the facts well and suppress the emotions those facts trigger.
At the same time those emotions matter enormously, since they help us navigate our life, by providing very clear signals upon which we can act. When we wouldn't suppress our negative emotions, yet would find ways to ventilate them, and be with them, what do you think would be possible? How much more energy would be available to act? How much more trustworthy and reliable could we (who know deeply about climate change) become in the eyes of those we speak with, if we would not actively hide and suppress our emotions.
My call to all of us; let's learn to acknowledge our own emotions, speak our emotional truth, and tap into the huge energy resources that come with the acknowledgment of our despair. Let's not diminish the importance of facts, but choose the moments we introduce them much more wisely.
**What's also missing in our society is positive rituals; to give thanks, to acknowledge all that is and that what we love.
A small film about the same question: why don't people get the message about climate change?
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Elon Musk is no longer the world's wealthiest person
According to Forbes
By Rob Thubron December 13, 2022, 8:45 31 comments
What just happened? Elon Musk is often referred to as the richest person in the world, but not everyone agrees that he currently holds the title. According to Forbes, the Twitter boss has been overtaken on the rich list by Bernard Arnault, who is now number one with a $187.5 billion fortune.
Most of Musk's wealth is tied to his Tesla stock. Although the EV giant has seen its share price rise by more than 1,000% over the last two years, it has been on a downward trajectory for much of 2022—it's fallen 50% this year—partially due to Musk's protracted and distracting $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
"The big problem is that many investors have lost some confidence in Tesla because Musk is being forced to focus so much of his attention on Twitter," Miller Tabak's chief market strategist Matt Maley told Forbes.
Tesla's price fell another 6.3% on Monday, wiping around $7.4 billion off Musk's wealth. The CEO is now worth $181.3 billion, which puts him below new number one Bernard Arnault. The chairman of French luxury conglomerate LVMH has a fortune of $187.5 billion.
Tesla's share price is falling after two years of rising rapidly
Arnault and Musk have been swapping places on Forbes' real-time billionaires list for a few weeks now. The Frenchman had only been able to hold onto the top spot for a short while before Musk retook the number one position, but the current $6 billion difference between the two men is a vast chasm, so unless Tesla shares surge, Musk might have to accept the title of second-richest person in the world for a while.
The big caveat here is that the list is put together by Forbes using its own methodology to work out an individual's total wealth. Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, which uses a different method of measuring fortunes, also notes Musk's $7 billion decline this week, but it still has him at number one with $168 billion. Arnault is breathing down his fellow billionaire's neck with $167 billion, so the positions could soon change on Bloomberg's list, too.
It's no secret that Musk has a lot to deal with a Twitter right now, from the lawsuits filed by former employees to EU warnings about the platform's lack of moderation helping Vladimir Putin.
Tesla's director of software admits 2016 Autopilot demo video was staged
Elon Musk becomes the first person in history to lose $200 billion
The first small modular nuclear reactor has been approved for use in the US
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Meghan Markle's Maternity Clothes Cost a Whopping $630,000, So, Who's Paying?
There's no doubt that Meghan Markle was already a fashion icon prior to becoming an official member of the royal family. Understandably this surfaced as well in her outfit choices when she became pregnant, and there's no denying that her maternity ensembles have been nothing but on point.
The Duchess of Sussex may probably have unseated Kate Middleton as the most fashionable but with beautiful pieces put together come with great price… No, literally, the expectant's clothes come with a hefty price tag.
Meghan Markle vs Kate Middleton's Costs of Maternity Wardrobe
One can only imagine how Meghan can instantly turn heads upon entrance of a room or when she graces an event not only with a beautiful face and a striking aura but also with her outfits of the day.
But beware, it will burn a hole in your pocket if you try to cop her looks, which, according to Love the Sales, a fashion search engine, already cost $632,000 till March. This amount accounts for the 75 stylish looks since October, or the time the Kensington Palace gladly announced that the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex are expecting their bundle of joy that will arrive by Summer 2019.
Kate Middleton has lower maternity clothes expenses than Meghan Markle
The sum is significantly higher than that of the Duchess of Cambridge, seven times to be exact, and those who are always putting the ladies head to head would be happy about this news.
Liam Solomon, Love the Sales' fashion editor, said that even before marrying Prince Harry, Meghan already had a penchant for designer clothes, especially because of her LA-living and being an actress who walks red carpets all the time. As for Kate, she did not hail from a high-fashion background, which explains her more affordable choices.
Most Expensive Piece
Of the more than half a million dollars the former "Suits" actress invested on her maternity outfits, the most expensive is the $13,200-Oscar de la Renta black and white dress, the designer she has been fond of as she was spotted wearing multiple outfits from the brand.
However, don't scold her just yet, Meghan has also donned affordable yet stylish pieces, with the cheapest from H&M that's just $26. Because of the so-called "Meghan effect," the dress was sold out within a day and apiece was sold on eBay for $100.
This was the affordable H&M dress Meghan Markle wore
Love the Sales also noted the fan-favorite Givenchy sleeveless dress Meghan wore at the 2018 British Fashion Awards in December, which accentuated her baby bump. This garnered the most number of like, totaling 365,000 on the internet. The least favorite was the Givenchy ensemble that consisted of a navy blue skirt and sweater that only accumulated 39,000 likes.
Who's Paying for All This?
Prince Charles is paying for Meghan Markle's expenses
As for who is footing the bill, it is Prince Charles that pays for her expenses, including clothes, her staff, and royal visits, and not the taxpayers, so you should calm your horses down. According to "The Prince of Wales' Annual Review," his income from the business Duchy of Cornwall makes it more than enough to pay for Meghan's and Kate's, along with their husbands', wardrobe.
The post Meghan Markle's Maternity Clothes Cost a Whopping $630,000, So, Who's Paying? appeared first on Finance Blvd.


I always enjoy working with teachers in Lafayette, IN, where I taught classes on literacy work stations. During the training we brainstormed ideas for having an observation station in K-2. You might cover a table with a large piece of bulletin board paper, set up in a similar fashion to the chart pictured below. Place an object or two in the middle for kids to observe, place a few related books at this station, and include a magnifying glass. Possible objects include: fall leaves, rocks, shells, a bug in a jar, an ant farm, worms in a terrarium… The possibilities are endless! Provide crayons or colored pencils for students to jot down their observations and thinking in words and pictures on the paper.
First, talk with your class about questions they might answer as they observe, and list each question in a quadrant on the paper. Here's a sample of what this might look like. Please let me know if you try this in your classroom. We'd love to see pictures of what your kids do!
Just like when we teach students, we built upon our successes with literacy work stations. From there, we learned how to teach with math work stations, too! As I talked about how to get started, I used the analogy of a cake with layers. One of the teachers is starting a new business, baking cakes, and brought one in for tasting. (Yum! I think she will be very successful!) I pointed to the cake and explained that the first 4-6 weeks of school are like the first layer of the cake. After it has been established, layer on small group instruction. A delicious lesson!
Voila! Literacy Work Stations in French!
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These videos were just posted on YouTube, so I thought I'd share these with all of you so that you can get a taste of this great video! Enjoy!
While working in Tennessee with upper grade teachers this week, we looked at how to have students make a class ABC book related to a content-area topic. After viewing the ABC Book clip in 5th grade from my video, Stepping Up with Stations, teachers each made an ABC book page. First we brainstormed words from A-Z that went with our topic of study– literacy work stations. Then each teacher made a page for the book to experience the process.
I modeled how to make an ABC book page first. If this were at a station, we'd have directions (brainstormed with students) of how to make an ABC book page. We'd also have books related to the topic of study, a list of words to choose from created by the class, and blank pages ready to fill in for the book. Here are some photos of our work. If you have an ABC Book station in your classroom, we'd love to see what your students are doing, too!


The High court of Mumbai warned flat purchasers to verify all documentation and legal papers of real estate projects before putting money in them.They said this while disposing off the petition of the flat purchasers in the infamous 'Green Heritage' building in Kharghar.The petitioners wanted the High Court to regularise the illegal constructions.The High Court told the petitioners that the flat buyers should not blindly trust the brochures and catalogues of the builders but verify the legality with the various planning agencies like CIDCO etc.
The court said that the safety and greater good of the society cannot be put on stake for a few people.
The Green Heritage project is an example of just one case of blatant violations of building norms by the builder with active connivance of the CIDCO officials along with Police and other staff.The Green Heritage scam has been recently issued demolition orders of the top 3 floors.
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Pétros Orologás (, 1892–1958) était un journaliste et éditeur de journaux grec. Il fut l'une des personnalités les plus importantes de la presse de la ville de Thessalonique pendant la période 1912-2012.

Biographie
Orologás est né à Korçë, dans le Vilayet de Monastir de l'Empire ottoman (aujourd'hui situé en Albanie méridionale) (Épire du Nord). Dans les années 1920, on le retrouve à Thessalonique, en Grèce, où il devient actif en tant que journaliste dans la presse locale. À partir de 1921, il fut directeur du journal Tαχυδρόμος Bορείου Eλλάδος (Messager de la Grèce du Nord), poste qu'il occupa en compagnie de son frère, Aléxandros Orologás, jusqu'en 1927. Le journal en question était politiquement orienté contre le vénizélisme. Il y contribua, également, en tant que chroniqueur.

En 1938, Orologás fut impliqué dans un conflit littéraire avec les auteurs et journalistes progressistes du magazine « Μακεδονικές Ημέρες » (Temps Macédoniens), défendant une approche conservatrice en matière de littérature. Plus tard, en 1939, il devint l'un des directeurs du journal local « Απογευματινή » (Apogevmatiní), où il écrivit, également, plusieurs articles, en particulier des critiques, sous le pseudonyme « Vradynós ». Il écrivit, également, pour plusieurs autres journaux publiés à Thessalonique, comme « Μακεδονία » (Macédoine), « Εθνική » (Nationale), « Φως » (Lumière) ou « Νέοι Καιροί » (Temps Modernes).

Héritage
Orologás fut décrit comme la « forme la plus spirituelle et la plus courageuse du monde journalistique » de son temps en Grèce. Son œuvre comprenait également des essais critiques liés aux questions littéraires, tandis qu'il influença, également, la pensée littéraire grecque contemporaine.

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Naissance en 1892
Décès en 1958
Journaliste grec du XXe siècle
Écrivain grec du XXe siècle


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Bill Hassell was born in Western Australian and apart from a period as a student overseas and later working overseas has lived his life in the State.
He is a lawyer by profession and was a partner in an old firm which was later absorbed into one of the larger national firms.
In the 1970s he became the State Member for Cottesloe in the Western Australian Parliament, subsequently a Minister of the Crown in the governments of Sir Charles Court and Hon Ray O'Connor, then Deputy Leader and Leader of the Opposition in the 1980s.
He held innumerable positions in the Liberal Party starting with the University of Western Australia Liberal Club in 1961; he was State President of the Party in the mid 1990s during which term the government of Hon Richard Court was elected to office. He is a Life Member of the Party.
He became the Western Australian Agent General in Britain and Europe from 1994 to 1997.
Since resigning from Parliament in 1990 he has been engaged in many business, public service and charitable roles.
Latterly, he has been a Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Nedlands.
His work has been recognised by several honours including the Order of Australia and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Bill has been married to Susan for 42 years and they have three adult children and four grandchildren.


The Giving Bank 创办人Dr. Janson Ang 说到: 知识就是力量。 教育是你可以用来改变世界的最强大的武器。 帮助那些需要帮助的人。 只有这样,社会才能进步,才能和谐稳定.
Wendy...long time no see. Nice fashion show now is collaborating for a good cause.
Charity help support children to school! A good program. We should help the poor kids too. They have dream to be archive.
Program charity mmeg terbaik !! Ada kelebihan..kita kongsikan bersama..moga sihat ya Wendy ..
that's a good thing your doing for the children. really kind of you. thanks for sharing!
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Daviess County Bicentennial Celebration
McCreary, Thomas Clay
McCreary, Thomas Clay, senator, was born near Owensboro, Ky., in 1817; son of Robert and Cynthia (Clay) McCreary. His mother was the daughter of Thomas Clay of Virginia, sixth in descent from the immigrant ancestor, John Clay, who came to that colony in 1613, and from whom also Henry Clay, his second cousin, was descended in the same degree. He received a liberal education at Centre college, Ky., in the class of 1837, but did not graduate; studied law in Daviess county, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. He practiced law for a short time and then devoted himself to agricultural pursuits in his native county. He was married, in 1845, to Clara Hawes. He is said to have been of "scholarly tastes, broadly read, and a speaker of force and eloquence." He was candidate in 1852, on the Democratic ticket for elector for Pierce and King, and in 1860 for Breckinridge and Lane, but was defeated. With these exceptions he was never a candidate or held other office than that of U.S. senator. He was first elected U.S. senator in 1868. to fill the unexpired term of James Guthrie, taking his seat Feb. 27, 1868. and served until March 3, 1871. He was elected for a full term in 1872, serving 1873-79. During his service as senator he introduced a bill to restore the property at Arlington, Va. , to the family of Robert E. Lee, which was defeated by a party vote. In his second term he was a member of the committees on foreign relations, Indian affairs, civil service and retrenchment. He died in Owensboro, Ky., July 10, 1890.
Source: Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of The United States, Edited By John Howard Brown, James H. Lamb Company, Boston, 1899
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The uniform can be bought at Trutex, Rye Lane Peckham.
All articles of clothing must be clearly marked. Trutex now sells labels that cannot be detached from clothing easily.
Trainers are only allowed to be worn in school for games lessons and for the 'year group football day' which is indicated regularly in the Newsletter.
Children should bring their PE & Games kits to school ready for the days when they have their lessons.


Could you do us a favor and pause the new trailer for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" just for a second? We have more stuff to show you.
After an eventful Tolkien Week, filled with the kind of Middle-earth geekiness that we've been living on in the lead-up to December, director Peter Jackson sprinkled one last morsel on top of the already generous trailer.
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If it sounds like an idea inspired by the Animal Planet show "Animal Cops," it's because it was. There will soon be 500 police officers on the streets of Holland protecting the welfare of the country's animals. The proposal originated with a uniquely powerful animal rights political party -- and brought to fruition by Geert Wilders' anti-Islam Party for Freedom.
Even the enforcement of animal welfare can be a tricky issue when a chief proponent is one of Europe's most out-spoken and well-known far-right politicians, known more for his calls to ban the Koran than for his defense of the puppy next door. The Netherlands will soon have 500 new "animal police" officers, thanks to a move from Geert Wilder's anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV).
As part of the government coalition agreement signed in the Netherlands last fall, Wilders pushed for the 3,000 officers who were once slated to be cut from the police force to be retained, but with 500 of them reassigned to work on animal welfare issues. It was reportedly the pet issue of Dion Graus, a PVV member of the House of Representatives whose previous jobs include selling cars and veterinary products.
The new "animal police" will consist of regular police officers, with the same powers, but with special training that is still being developed, said Job van der Sande, spokesperson for the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice. The first 100 should be in place by the end of the year.
The Party for the Animals
The proposal originated with The Party for the Animals (PvdD), a party in the Dutch parliament that is the first of its kind in the world -- a political party elected by the people to represent the animals. The Party for the Animals first entered Parliament in 2006, and now holds two of the 150 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives, one seat in the Dutch Senate, and nine seats in eight provincial governments.
Marianne Thieme, chairperson of The Party for the Animals, said the original idea for the new officers came from the TV show "Animal Cops," a popular program on Animal Planet in the Netherlands and in other European countries, including Germany. "Animal Cops" chronicles the work of animal welfare officers in different US cities, including Houston, Philadelphia and Phoenix.
Thieme said her party supports the new animal police, but is waiting to see how they work in practice. "We think it's a good idea, of course, as an animal rights party we are always in favor of working for animal welfare," Thieme told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "But at the same time they are cutting budgets for people to enforce the laws for animal transport and slaughterhouses ... We are afraid that these animal cops are only to protect pets and not for livestock, for example."
The Netherlands is a major meat exporter, and about 450 million animals are slaughtered each year in the country, according to the animal rights party. Details on what duties the police will actually perform are still being worked out with the country's Agriculture Ministry, said van der Sande, and a proposed plan should be ready in the next few weeks.
'We Don't Make Fun of It'
Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten, who has taken issue with PVV proposals in the past, has publicly referred to the new force as the "guinea pig police," but a spokesman for the Dutch police chiefs' organization says his commission is taking the new force seriously.
"It has a public demand, and it has a political demand, so we don't make fun of it," said spokesperson Jelle Egas. He said it remains to be decided which officers will take part in the new force.
Until now, most animal cruelty cases in Holland have been investigated by a private entity, the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals. Founded in 1865, the organization has more than 200,000 members and employs 14 full-time investigators. Along with 150 volunteers, the investigators are dispatched on 8,000 calls a year, says Casper Schrijver, spokesperson for the organization.
The calls might include anything from pets not being taken to the vet in a timely manner to something as drastic as a case that recently generated local headlines in which a dog owner reportedly stabbed his pet three times. Schrijver says they support the new animal cops, but the laws have to be changed so judges can more easily sentence offenders for their crimes. Such changes, he says, are under discussion, but it "is a long and hard road."
Still, they are likely to find support amongst the populace. According to Schrijver, some 60 percent of Dutch people rank animal welfare as an important issue. And it's an effort that is being watched abroad: About 74 percent of readers surveyed by a regional German newspaper in Saxony thought Germany should have animal cops, too.
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