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The UWA School of Agriculture and Environment is located in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Surrounded by a wealth of agricultural, natural and mining resources, our location allows us to produce innovative research with worldwide application.
Our teaching and research benefit from a network of national and international collaborators, and our strong industry and government links are producing change in agricultural and environmental management, regional development, and urban policy and planning.
We have a strong track record in PhD supervision and external research grant success. The Australian Research Council rated Agricultural Science at UWA as 'above world standards' and Environmental Science at UWA as 'well above world standards' during the most recent Excellence in Research Australia assessment.
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We are a research intensive school that spans the broad disciplines of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science and Geography and Planning.
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Jonah Reinhard Fabisch (born 13 August 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Regionalliga team Hamburger SV II. Born in Kenya, he plays for the Zimbabwe national team.

Club career
Fabisch joined youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2012. He made his debut for club's reserve team on 6 September 2020 in a 1–1 draw against Lüneburger SK Hansa.

International career
Fabisch is eligible to represent Kenya, Germany and Zimbabwe at international level. He has played for DFB's under-17 and under-19 perspektivteams in 2018 and 2019.

In August 2021, Fabisch was named in Zimbabwe squad for World Cup qualifying matches against South Africa and Ethiopia. He made his international debut on 14 November 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Ethiopia.

Personal life
Fabisch was born in Kenya to a German father and a Zimbabwean Shona mother. His father Reinhard was a football manager and have coached national teams of Kenya and Zimbabwe. His mother Chawada Kachidza is a former national 100 metres hurdles record holder.

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I tried to use App.ExeName to locate the current executable.
This function exists in Jabaco, but returns an empty string.
Any idea how to find my own executable?
I'd like to know the path to open a configuration file in the same directory.
Dim file as vbfilehandler = open "yourfile"
Just open "yourfile" and it's okay. No need of EXEName.
Dim file2 as vbfilehandler = open app.path + "" + "yourfile"
App.Path points to the current working directory which was true when starting the application.
This is not necessarily the directory of the executable.
Example: I start my Jabaco IDE via a desktop icon. This determines the current working directory to be somewhere on my desktop.
Far away from the Jabaco project directory.
But you are right: When you compile an exe file and start it using the exe's directory, App.Path works as expected.
The file is assumed to be in the current working directory.
One workaround would be to start the exe in the directory of the configuration file.
But this is not really flexible for using Jabaco executables from CMD skripts.
in fact it returns the folder that jabaco creates in the temp-directory.
I tested this code and it works perfectly here (though changing "URL" with "url" in line 8 ) when i launch the app in jabaco IDE.
But, if i compile the program, it gives the error reported below.
It's a shame ther is not an easy, direct way to geth the program folder path!
this is interesting for you too!
App.EXEName does not return paths in VB6, just a simple name. For "C:\blahblah\Project1.exe" for example it returns "Project1" alone.
App.Path is supposed to return the path to the compiled EXE w/o the "\" as in "C:\blahlah" alone. However it is broken in Jabaco and returns the current directory. This is very sad.
Speaking of that, the ChDir statement is completely missing in Jabaco.


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Union's Hawkish Foreign Policy Agenda Hampers Defense of Teachers
Stephen Zunes,
A high school senior speaks at Washington Teachers Union Rally for Respect, which also featured members from the American Federation of Teachers. (Photo: mar is sea Y)
Teachers and their unions are under assault throughout the country. Unfortunately, their ability to resist has been weakened by a series of actions over the past decade by the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest and most influential teachers' unions. These actions have seriously damaged AFT's credibility among its membership and progressive allies when they are needed the most. Of particular concern has been the AFT's support for the Bush administration's militaristic agenda in the Middle East, including the US war on Iraq and Israel's war on Lebanon, as well as the current leadership's apparent opposition to pro-democracy struggles in the region.
Had the hundreds of billions of dollars used by the federal government to pay for the Iraq war through 2006 – the period during which the AFT supported the costly occupation and counterinsurgency operations – instead gone to education, none of the massive teacher layoffs and other draconian cutbacks to education would have been necessary. Indeed, funding for education (as well as health care, housing, public transportation, environmental protections and other human needs) could have been dramatically increased, or the federal deficit – currently being used as the excuse for cutbacks in such programs – could have been dramatically reduced. As a result, the AFT is faced with the politically difficult task of arguing for the federal government to borrow additional money to support public school teachers in the states, money Washington would have available were it not for the war the AFT supported.
In addition, the policy has lost the union the support of large segments of the rank and file at a time when that support is needed most. Despite the urgency of the issues at hand, many thousands of AFT members – angered at their leadership's anti-Arab bigotry and support for war in the Middle East – are no longer active in the union. Many of us, in recent years, have even been withholding the portion of our union dues that support the AFT's political activity, not wanting it to be used to promote the union's right-wing foreign policy agenda, and not wanting to have our money go to the campaigns of hawkish Democrats endorsed by the AFT's political action committee.
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The union's hawkish stand has caused serious divisions within statewide chapters and locals, where dissent to the union's pro-war policies has not been welcomed by many in the leadership. (For example, the outgoing president of my union local referred to my opposition to the AFT's support for the Iraq war position as "demagoguery," and the incoming president of my local, an outspoken supporter of the war, accused me of "aligning with the forces in the world that would like nothing better than to see the USA fail in Iraq.")
In addition to problematic foreign policy positions themselves, it boggles the mind as to why a union faced with so many threats on the domestic front would risk serious divisions within its membership by adopting such right-wing foreign policy positions. Unfortunately, the AFT's insistence on taking such hawkish positions is not new.
A Militarist History
Albert Shanker, who served as the union's influential president for nearly a quarter-century until his death in 1997, was an outspoken supporter of the Vietnam War and US military intervention in Central America, as well as a booster of President Reagan's dangerous escalation of the nuclear arms race and dramatically increased military spending. He was a board member of the Committee for a Democratic Majority, a coalition of hawkish Democrats founded by Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson and professor Jeanne Kirkpatrick, who later served in the Reagan administration. Although outspoken in its criticism of Communist regimes and leftist governments – even to the point of supporting right-wing terrorists attacking Nicaragua – the AFT under Shanker was reticent about criticizing autocratic allies of the United States.
Shanker was also virtually the only prominent trade unionist to join the Committee on the Present Danger, the influential right-wing group that accused President Gerald Ford and Sec. of State Henry Kissinger of engaging in "unilateral disarmament." Shanker and his colleagues claimed that Soviet Russia was somehow getting stronger than the United States and its allies and that the Soviets posed "a clear and present danger" to America's national security when, in reality, the Soviet Union was actually falling way behind the West in its strategic capabilities and its whole decrepit system was collapsing.
Following his death in 1997, Shanker was succeeded by Sandra Feldman, who in turn was replaced by Shanker protege Edward McElroy in 2004. McElroy joined AFT Secretary-Treasurer Nat LaCour as an American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) vice president. Although much of the national labor federation had moved to the left since the 1970's, McElroy and LaCour stood out for their unrepentant right-wing agenda, serving as the only members of the AFL-CIO executive council who failed to express opposition to the George W. Bush doctrine of preventative war.
Support for the Iraq War
In January 2003, antiwar activists were scrambling to prevent a US invasion of Iraq by challenging the Bush administration's ludicrous claims about Iraq having reconstituted its chemical – and biological – weapons capabilities, offensive delivery system and nuclear weapons program. In an apparent effort to discredit such efforts and give credibility to the Bush administration's fearmongering, the AFT leadership went on record claiming that Iraq posed, "a unique threat to the peace and stability of the Middle East" and the national security interests of the United States.
This decision to parrot the Bush administration's alarmist and unsubstantiated rhetoric regarding Iraq's alleged military capabilities came in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary presented by UN arms inspectors, independent arms control specialists, investigative journalists, academic journals and analyses by independent research institutes that cast serious doubts upon such allegations. However, the AFT leadership in Washington apparently believed it knew more than arms control experts on the ground in Iraq, insisting that in order to avoid war, "There can be no equivocation. The Iraqi regime must disarm."
Given that the Iraqi regime had already disarmed as required years earlier and was already allowing unfettered inspections inside Iraq to confirm the disarmament, the demand by the AFT leadership appears to have been simply an excuse to back a US takeover of that oil-rich country.
In light of public opinion polls indicating that the only reason a majority of Americans would support a US invasion of Iraq was if they believed that Iraq constituted a threat to the national security of the United States, the decision by the leadership of one of the most powerful labor unions in the country – particularly one representing hundreds of thousands of primary, secondary and university teachers – to go on record making such false claims contributed to the political climate that made the US invasion of Iraq possible.
To this day, the AFT leadership has never apologized for misleading its members and the American public about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) or the alleged Iraqi threat.
Even after US forces invaded and occupied Iraq and the Bush administration admitted that Iraq had not failed to disarm as they and its supporters in AFT executive had claimed, the AFT continued to support the war. At the 2004 AFT biannual convention, the leadership rebuked antiwar elements of the union by passing a resolution declaring, in part, that, "we urge the Bush administration, the Congress and the American people to reject calls for the precipitous withdrawal of US forces." The resolution did not define what "precipitous" meant, and listed no criteria for when, or under what conditions, AFT leaders believed US forces should come back home, a choice of words widely interpreted to mean support for an indefinite US military occupation. This hawkish stance was in sharp contrast to the AFL-CIO as a whole and most of its other member unions, which had gone on record in opposition to the US war in Iraq and in support of an immediate withdrawal of American troops from that country.
There was widespread opposition within the union to the AFT's continued support for the war, however. In addition to rank-and-file opposition to the occupation in terms of its impact on the people of Iraq, including Iraqi trade unionists, there was also concern raised among the membership regarding its economic costs. It was presciently pointed out how supporting such a financially costly war could result in massive cutbacks to domestic programs, including education.
Meanwhile, the AFT leadership backed its hawkish position on Iraq with action: the majority of AFT's political contributions (funded from the dues of its members) in 2004 and 2006 went primarily to candidates who supported the Iraq war.
Although the union later criticized the Bush administration for misleading the nation about Iraq's WMD's, it was far more forgiving of Democrats who had done the same: in a 2002 meeting with McElroy, LaCour and other union leaders, then-senator Hillary Clinton insisted that Iraq had somehow reconstituted its WMD's and constituted a threat to the United States. Union officials later acknowledged her categorical claims played a major role in formulating their January 2003 statement. Despite being misled by Clinton, the AFT endorsed her 2008 presidential bid against Barack Obama, who had opposed the war and challenged the false claims of an Iraqi threat. To this day, Clinton has refused to apologize for misleading union leaders on Iraq's military capabilities or for her vote authorizing the war. The union poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into key primary states in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Clinton's antiwar challenger, with AFT president McElroy insisting that – despite the Clinton-backed invasion having alienated much of the international community from the United States- it was she, not Obama, who would "improve America's standing in the world."
Backing Bush on Lebanon
The AFT has also been eager to endorse the wars of America's allies. The AFT leadership was able to push through a resolution in the 2006 convention defending another aspect of the Bush administration's militaristic agenda in the Middle East: support for Israel's assault that summer on Lebanon, which killed nearly 800 Lebanese civilians, destroyed billions of dollars worth of that country's infrastructure and caused widespread environmental damage.
As with the decision by the AFT leadership in 2003 to repeat the Bush administration's false claims about Iraq, the 2006 resolution repeated a series of false claims by the Bush administration regarding the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
For example, the resolution claimed that Hezbollah, "proudly takes credit for the 1983 bombing of the Beirut barracks" that killed 258 US Marines. In reality, while some individuals who later became part of that extremist Islamist group may indeed have been involved in that attack, Hezbollah has repeatedly denied having any role. My repeated requests to the AFT leadership for evidence to back its claim that Hezbollah "proudly takes credit" for the attack have remained unanswered.
In defending Israel's war on Lebanon and its bloody assault on heavily populated areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, the AFT went on record claiming that Hezbollah and Hamas were, "holding the people of Lebanon and the Palestinians in Gaza hostage," as part of an effort to back the Bush administration's insistence that it was these Palestinian and Lebanese militias that were ultimately responsible for the deaths of their own countrymen, not the indiscriminate bombardments of civilian areas by US-supplied Israeli forces. This was also apparently an effort by the AFT to discredit human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which published detailed empirical reports rejecting the Bush administration's claims that Hamas and Hezbollah used human shields or were otherwise responsible for the large numbers of civilian deaths. The AFT has refused to respond to requests to provide evidence countering the findings of these reputable human rights organizations.
The AFT also went on record claiming that the aims of Hezbollah and Hamas are to, "carry out the agendas of Iran and Syria." Most analysts familiar with the parties, however, argue that the provocative actions by these indigenous Islamic groups were based upon their own issues and that neither the Iranian nor Syrian governments – despite some financial and military support – had any operational control over these militias. Passing a resolution claiming that these militias were somehow being directed by foreign governments – governments that happened to be targeted by the Bush administration for sanctions, diplomatic isolation and possible military action – appears to have been part of an effort by the AFT leadership, despite the lack of evidence to support such accusations, to give credence to the administration's efforts to further its broader Middle East agenda.
Similarly, in an effort to undermine Syrian efforts to reopen negotiations with Israel and the United States, the AFT resolution claimed that both Hezbollah and Hamas were attacking, "Israeli cities and civilians with rockets, mortars and other heavy weapons supplied to them by … Syria." In reality, the Hezbollah rockets fired into Israel appear to have been almost exclusively of Iranian origin, and the smaller, less-sophisticated Hamas rockets fired into Israel were largely homemade, with components smuggled in from Egypt. Again, the AFT has refused to provide evidence to back its claims that Syria supplied Hamas or Hezbollah with rockets.
While the AFT has done an admirable job of pushing the need to close the learning gap between middle-class white children and low-income children of color here in the United States, the union rejects such notions of equality when it comes to young Israeli and Arab victims of political violence. For example, the AFT has quite appropriately denounced Hezbollah and Hamas for the deaths of Israeli civilians, but at no point has the AFT ever expressed any concerns over the far greater number of civilians, including hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian children, who have been killed in recent years by US-supplied weapons and ordnance provided to Israel during that period. To the AFT leadership, the deaths of innocent civilians in Gaza or Lebanon, like the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have died as a result of the AFT-backed US war on Iraq, are apparently of little concern.
AFT Under Weingarten
In 2008, McElroy was succeeded as president by Randi Weingarten, who had led the important New York City chapter of the union. Weingarten came into office advocating an agenda that not only pushed for improved benefits for teachers and support staff in the nation's public schools, but advocated increasing state and federal funding for education and making it possible for schools to serve as community centers that could offer health and nutrition services for needy children (both of which are critical for the learning process). Instead, the AFT under her leadership has found itself on the defensive in the face of a right-wing assault on education.
Indeed, her leadership has been seriously damaged by her support for AFT's militaristic foreign policy, as well as her anti-Arab racism and her apparent opposition to the largely nonviolent struggles – labeled intifadas in Arabic – against autocratic rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, and elsewhere.
While head of the New York chapter, she contributed to a racist smear campaign that led to the dismissal of a newly appointed Arab-American school principal who had previously worked in an office in which some young volunteers printed out T-shirts which read, "NYC Intifada." In the face of vicious right-wing attacks falsely accusing her of supporting terrorism, the principal – a native Arabic speaker – who had nothing to do with the T-shirts, correctly pointed out that intifada simply means "shaking off" and does not connote violence. However, Weingarten – who does not speak Arabic – writing on the opinion page of The New York Post, falsely claimed that the use of the word was actually an endorsement of "rampant violence and bloodshed" and constituted "warmongering." Such intifadas, according to the AFT president, are inherently, "campaigns or ideas tied to violence" and should be "instinctively denounce[d]."
In reality, the word came into common usage in the West during the first Palestinian intifada in 1987-1993 against the Israeli occupation, which – while it included well-publicized incidents of stone-throwing and several slayings of suspected collaborators – was largely nonviolent, consisting primarily of peaceful demonstrations, strikes, boycotts, tax refusal, occupations, blockades and the creation of alternative institutions. The Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence, in a comprehensive study of resistance activities during the first two years of the uprising in the Palestinians' occupied homeland, noted that 92 percent of the actions called for by the popular committees were explicitly nonviolent.
Intifada was also used by the Lebanese in their successful nonviolent uprising in 2005 against Syrian domination of their government and the ongoing presence of Syrian troops in their country. As far back as 1985, the word "intifada" was used to describe the nonviolent insurrection in Sudan against the US-backed dictatorial regime of Jaafar Nimeiri. In more recent years, it has been used in reference to the nonviolent resistance struggle in the Western Sahara against Moroccan occupation forces. And, during the past six months, it has been the term used by pro-democracy activists in their overwhelmingly nonviolent struggles against autocratic regimes in North Africa and the Middle East. Indeed, the only intifada that engaged in extensive violence was the second Palestinian intifada early in the last decade. Any survey of the academic literature on this topic confirms that the origins and use of the term "intifada" are very different from what Weingarten claimed.
Despite efforts by me and other Middle East scholars to get her to withdraw the statement, however, Weingarten has refused to correct the disinformation, even in light of recent events. By remaining on record that those of us who support these pro-democracy intifadas are endorsing "rampant violence and bloodshed" and engaging in "warmongering" and should "instinctively denounce" them, the AFT president appears to be putting a prominent voice of American labor on the side of dictators and "stability" over freedom and democracy.
Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that those who forced the principal, Debbie Almontaser, from her post as a result of the false claims against her – including claims that "intifada" connoted violence – were guilty of discrimination based upon her Arab background.
Costs to the Union
Now, with teachers being laid off in record numbers and educational rights under assault, the AFT – now weakened by the alienation of its progressive base – is trying to mobilize its membership against the onslaught.
In addition to facing massive budget cuts, teachers – along with allies in organized labor, community groups and university schools of education – are battling "reformers" largely aligned with corporate interests.
There is a growing movement to hand over urban schools to anti-union corporations and to appoint as heads of school boards corporate executives with little to no background in education.
The Obama administration, while not completely giving in to the "reformers," has largely failed to defend the teachers and their allies. The administration's refusal to rescind No Child Left Behind makes it likely that the overemphasis on standardized testing rather than on more holistic approaches to learning – along with the decreasing input allowed by teachers and community groups – will probably continue.
Fortunately, there is a strong and growing progressive wing in the union which succeeded in reversing the AFT's position in support of the Iraq war at the 2006 convention. A number of major locals, and even entire statewide chapters, broke with the national leadership even before that in coming out against the war. In addition, AFT dissidents have been disproportionately represented in US Labor Against the War and other progressive union activities that have challenged the ongoing wars in the Middle East.
These efforts have been primarily supported by the AFT's younger members, however, who – due to their lack of seniority – are now losing their jobs by the thousands.
As a result, until the AFT abandons its right-wing foreign policy agenda, the union's credibility will continue to be compromised, and embattled teachers will be without the kind of leadership they so desperately need.
Earlier versions of this article appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus in 2008 and AlterNet in 2009.
Stephen Zunes
Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and coordinator of Middle Eastern studies at the University of San Francisco.

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THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN A LASS NEEDS A LAWYER: To criticize the Bolly/Hollywood film Bride & Prejudice for being inconsequential or formulaic would be entirely accurate, yet miss the point completely.
I will readily concede that the movie's plot is little more than excuse to allow us to watch beautiful people do goofy things in exotic places around the world for two hours. If you've seen any romantic comedy, ever, you will not be surprised for a moment here. But so what? Sometimes you want a stately cocktail, and some days, you want a delicious milkshake.
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One final moviewatching note: in a crowded theater, we were stuck with a very loud older couple behind us, that talked nonstop for the first fifteen minutes of the movie, and not even the tradition Older People Have To Explain Things To Each Other kind of nonsense. They were talking about shopping and their friends.
Glaring at them didn't do anything. Saying "Excuse me?" or "Could you keep it down?" didn't help. Which, after a few more minutes of their obnoxious distraction, left me saying this, loudly: Could you please give me your address? I'll send you the DVD when it comes out, and then you can talk all you want.
That shut them up. Swear to God.
I AM MARK BURNETT'S BITCH: There's no other way to put it: The Contender is fantastic television, and if you're looking for early adapting, Isaac, jump on board right now.
The Contender is reality tv stripped to its essence: 16 men trying to eliminate each other the simplest way possible: beating each other up. (Which, if you saw Survivor this week, you know how much fun it is.)
All the Burnett trademarks are there -- clear structure (training/challenge/family/fight), high production values, solid challenges, great personalities in the cast, hosts that occasionally need to be overdubbed for clarity -- but what's new here is the level of family drama that's involved. When you see these guys boxing in front of their children, man, it hurts to watch.
(One minor note: so far, Jackie Callen has had as much a role as original Joe Millionaire host Alex McLeod, but that's neither here nor there.)
Stallone is as iconic as Trump, only he's willing to lend his expertise throughout the show and not just swoop in at the beginning and end. And Sugar Ray . . . that's a legend.
Yes, I'm fine with Burnett getting even richer off this. And I'll be thrilled if the show has some impact in cleaning up the sport, bringing back fans, making it a legitmate attraction again. I've spent some time at the legendary Blue Horizon and down the shore for fights with my dad, and at that level, it's a lot of fun. As the PTI guys love to point out, there used to be a time when boxing and horse racing were two of the premiere sports in this country, and I wouldn't mind at all seeing boxing make its way back to the top.
So watch this show. Because someday soon, Ahmed and Ishe are going to wail on each other, and it's going to be awesome.
edited to add: For readers interested in detailed analysis from a boxing fan as to who should win this competion, this TWoP post will be most educational.
BETTER THAN "MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN:" To be fair, I never saw Mike Binder's much-loathed HBO sitcom, but I'll trust those who loathed it. By that understanding, Binder's first film as a writer/director/actor, "The Upside of Anger" is an enormous step up. The plot makes no real sense (and ultimately depends on a third act plot twist that's borderline nonsensical), and secondary characters drift in and out, having scenes that do nothing to advance the plot or tell us about the characters (most notably, a subplot involving daughter Popeye's bungee jumping friend). The plot, such as it, revolves around a family with dour daughters that begins to break down when the father disappears one day in the fall of 2001, and their relationship with their neighbor, a retired alcoholic baseball player.
But that's not the point of the movie--the point of the movie is the performances. Although they're frequently given mediocre material to work with, the four young actresses playing the daughters (Evan Rachel Wood, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, and Alicia Witt) all acquit themselves quite well, especially Wood and Russell (who, admittedly, have the most to work with as the narrator of the piece and the anorexic(?) ballet dancer). But the heart of the movie is the lead performances. Kevin Costner is at his best, playing a modified version of Crash Davis--if Crash had made it to the majors and then flamed out spectacularly, and now, 10 years later is looking for meaning in his life.
The really good news is that this is a role that may finally win Joan Allen an Oscar. Allen has three nominations under her belt already, having lost to Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, and Mira Sorvino, and should've had a fourth for "Pleasantville." (Judi Dench's 8 minutes in "Shakespeare in Love" are unquestionably great, but Allen in "Pleasantville" was spectacular.) Allen is just spectacular as a woman who slides into a deep depression and anger, and spends the entire movie clawing her way out of it. Her performance alone is worth the money you'll spend seeing the movie, and I hope she's not forgotten a year from now when Oscar season comes around.
(That said, anyone who's seen the movie and can explain the ballet sequence, where a character appears to be in two places at once, can you do so?)
WELL, AT LEAST HE DIDN'T FLAUNT HIS CHAIN WALLET: As TWOP points out, last night's "Apprentice" demonstrates that "Gene Simmons is so gross." Then again, I think that was well established in this 2002 interview with Terry Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air," which infamously concluded with the following exchange:
Terry Gross: I would like to think that the personality you've presented on our show today is a persona that you've affected as a member of KISS, something you do on stage, before the microphone, but that you're not nearly as obnoxious in the privacy of your own home or when you're having dinner with friends.
Gene Simmons: Fair enough. And I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and -- I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.
MY BOY SAYS HE CAN EAT FIFTY EGGS, HE CAN EAT FIFTY EGGS: Or maybe he can't. Gawker reports on a Maxim editor and his intern's quest to eat 50 Cadbury eggs. I'm sick already.
BY THE DAWNZER LEE LIGHT: Yes, America's focusing on the truly important issues, like the fact that not enough people know the lyrics to the National Anthem. I'll freely admit that I wasn't as familiar with verses 2 through 5 of the Anthem (the whole of which is here), with such Sondheimian wordplay and rhymes as reposes/discloses and confusion/pollution, but haven't these people been to a baseball game? Also, if you think singing the Anthem is hard, you should take a look at the original lyrics to the tune, which contain tongue-twisting lines like "To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee," and "Apollo rose up and said 'Prithee never quarrel.'"
Of course, the Anthem, with all its flaws, remains superior to Maryland's state song (enacted in 1939), featuring such lovely moments as "The despot's heel is on thy shore!," "Huzzah! She spurns the Northern scum!," and other pro-South Civil War sentiments.
FIRST PRIZE IS THE GRETCHEN MOL GUESS-WHY-SHE'S-HERE SLOT ON THE COVER OF THE VANITY FAIR HOLLYWOOD ISSUE More so than anybody I know, Adam likes to get in on the ground floor of the reality shows. I first heard of TAR, ANTM, and Greenlight (all of which I love), and AI, Joe Schmo, and Project Runway (none of which I watch) from him. So, in an effort to scoop Adam, I am pleased to announce to you the greatest reality show on television: WB's The Starlet.
Disclaimer: I have never seen this show.
The premise is wickedly clever: Randomly kidnap ten delusional skinny girls from the malls, cafes, and Cingular stores of Los Angeles, baldly lie that one of them is going to be a star, and lock them in a room to claw each other to death while being judged by two actresses who apparently have a little free time plus the casting director from Project Greenlight. The reward: two or three years of unsuccessful auditions and a bus ticket back to the small town where the winner was the most attractive girl in her high school. In other words, same as every waitress in LA. Premise aside, this show really runs on the realistic challenges. Last week, and I'm not making this up, the contestants had to do the girl-on-girl kissing scene from Fastlane. Future challenges: reenacting artistic nude scenes from John Byner's Bizarre, "How Much Blow is Too Much Blow?" and "Brian DePalma's Casting Couch."
While on the topic of shamelessly exploitative reality TV, Defamer sadly reports that Paradise Hotel is not returning to Fox. Defamer sums it up better than I could: "the beloved reality show in which 'contestants' were locked away in a luxury resort with nothing to do but drown themselves in margaritas, screw, and tear out their hair at the capriciously-shifting rules concocted by sadistic producers." That gimmick -- changing the rules with no warning at all -- never got old. I don't know why nobody else uses it.
SPEAKING OF REALITY CRUSHES: This is directed to everyone with a hankering for "rocker" Harold "Bo" Bice on American Idol 4: just wait -- wait -- until you start seeing him sing "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car" in a Ford Focus promo, or massaging Herbal Essences shampoo into his luxurious hair -- and then we'll see how much "integrity" people think he has.
He's a famewhore, just like the rest of them. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But don't pretend he's not going after the same thing as Mario Vasquez, Jessica Sierra and Vonzell Solomon -- yes, as one TWoP reader put it, to stand on stage at the Kodak Theater and sing a song called "I Believe That A Moment Like This Flying Without Wings All This Time Evergreen This Is The Night While Angels Brought Me Here To Listen To Your Heart As You Take Me Tonight While She's So High And Awake In A Dream".
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AND HE PROBABLY WORKS OUT IN A GYM: I know I ought to keep man-crushes to a minimum. But Fireman Tom, on Survivor? Favorite castaway since Rupert (Before Rupert Got Full Of Himself). Seriously. What an ass-kicker.
I mean, I like Angie And Her Magically Blurred Nipple too. So far, good season.
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"DID YOU JUST SAY 'MY ASS?'" You probably didn't see any of the four episodes of "Wonderfalls" that aired this time last year on Fox, but I won't hold that against you. Fox didn't know how to promote a snarkier and agnostic variant of "Joan of Arcadia" about Jaye, a disgruntled holder of a Philosophy B.A. from Brown who decides to work retail while figuring out her life. Then, one day, after nearly choking on a ham sandwich, things begin to talk to Jaye that shouldn't--beginning with a defective wax lion that came out of the Moldarama machine in the store Jaye works at--and they won't shut up until she does what they cryptically tell her to do.
Unlike "Joan," "Wonderfalls" revels in the question of whether Jaye is sane, and rather than giving our heroine a generally happy family, places Jaye as the odd one out in a family of extroverted overchievers. Furthermore, the directions given by the talking animals are usually less than clear about what they want. I've been running through the episodes on DVD (the DVD's on special at Target this week, and for $29.99, you get all 13 episodes, which, honestly, is a pretty darn good deal), and on a second viewing, I think that "Karma Chameleon" is actually one of the best hours of TV of last year. In this one, the title stuffed animal orders Jaye to "Get Her Words Out!," which results in Jaye taking a stutterer under her wing, who winds up going all "Single White Female" on her. In the end, Jaye winds up learning about herself, and making a surprisingly thoughtful statement on the life of the twentysomething in America today. It's top-tier TV.
(All that said, I'm still watching "The O.C." tonight, not just because of the brilliant title "The Mallpisode," but because of that little "Star Wars" trailer, for unlike Adam, I am a "Star Wars" geek of some degree.)
TAKE OFF YOUR RAINBOW SHADES: Off to Arizona for 10 days or so, but given the myriad bloggers who make up the crack ALOTT5MA staff, I expect my absence--or at the very least diminished input--will hardly be noticed round these parts.
Any of you loyal ALOTT5MA fans in the greater Scottsdale area, you can recognize me as the guy playing a round of golf, watching the Cubs minor leaguers tussle with those of the Athletics for innings 3 to whenever I decide to cut my kids off on the stadium food and they realize they are at a baseball game and are bored, admiring the cacti, trying to decide which of the four books I brought to read before deciding to just tackle the Dan Rather profile in last week's New Yorker, thinking how we really should drive to the Grand Canyon but not making it much north of Sedona, craning my neck at every intersection trying to figure out if this is the right strip mall where my destination lay as I make another trip to buy something I forgot or overlooked or was too lazy to pack (baby shampoo, Legos and the like), trying to avoid chain restaurants and still ending up at the Cheesecake Factory at Kierland (though I do have Friday night reservations at Cowboy Ciao) and spending some quality time with my family.
AMERICA VOTED: And your final four will be missing Travis Tucker and Janay Castine (unsurprising), Nikko Smith and Amanda Avila (surprising), with Scott Savol and Lindsey Cardinale being perhaps the most surprising to survive.
As of now, I do think we're looking at the reverse of last year, and we'll have a final six with five men and just one woman -- Nadia Turner -- unless Mikalah Gordon figures out where she left her personality or Bo Bice joins an ashram. Lord knows, I'm looking forward to his take on Neil Sedaka night or, God forbid, the return of Gloria Estefan night.
One prediction I feel comfortable making: some night in mid-April, Anthony Federov will deserve to be eliminated, but Vonzell Solomon will go home instead. Book it.
HIS GAME IS LIKE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM: Longtime readers of this site -- all twelve of you -- know well by now that I believe that there's no better quote machine in professional sports than Shaquille O'Neal.
And now, Shaq Daddy delivers again. Upon being told that his listed measurements classify him as among the most obese players in the NBA according to body-mass index (did Oliver Miller and Shawn Kemp both retire?), the Big Aristotle responded: "I've read that same formula, but as an athlete, I'm classified as phenomenal," O'Neal told The AP. "You can look it up. You think that [I'm fat], stick to science. . . . Top 50, three rings, lot of money, two mansions."
The blessings of an LSU education . . .
YEAH, BUT HE PUT PEANUT BUTTER IN MY CHOCOLATE: It's not that the local Spokane paper reported on an Ookie Brownie prank that amuses me. It's that they decided to talk to an expert about the health implications:
Panhandle Health Spokeswoman Susan Cuff said the chance of the students' health being affected would be "extremely remote."
"Semen wouldn't survive the stomach acids and digestion process," Cuff said. "Anything that's in it would not survive being out of the body for any period of time."
Cuff said the only possible concern could be the spread of Hepatitis B, but for students to contract the disease, she said the semen would have had to come into contact with an open and bleeding sore.
Kids, let this be a lesson: do your own baking. (Via ObscureStore.)
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THEY CAN HAVE OPRAH WINFREY WHEN THEY PRY HER FROM OUR COLD DEAD FINGERS: Russell Crowe reports that he was the subject of an al-Qaeda kidnapping plot in 2001:
In an interview published in the March edition of Australia's GQ magazine, Crowe said FBI agents told him of the threat in 2001, in the months before he won a best actor Oscar for his role as Maximus in "Gladiator."
"That was the first (time) I'd ever heard the phrase 'al-Qaida,'" Crowe said. "It was about — and here's another little touch of irony — taking iconographic Americans out of the picture as sort of a cultural destabilization plot," he added.
Certainly, French culture would collapse without the keystone strength of Gerard Deparideu. But this threat leads the Pathetic Earthling to ask: what icon's absence would most destablize American culture? Brad Pitt? Gene Hackman? Abe Vagoda? Show all work.
CLAP ON: A bow is in order in the direction of Mobile PC magazine on the occasion of the pub's list of The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time. What given the source you would think would be a dry look at advances in, well, Mobile PCs and their ilk, is instead an immensley readable and enjoyable look at gadgetdom from the revolutionary (Powerbooks, Palms, Ipods, the first remote control, the first mouse, and digital camera) to the plain goofy (the Clapper, Magic 8-Ball, Rubik's Cube) to the ancient (the abacus and sextant). Both informative and intriguing, it's lists like this that make suffering though every VH1's 50 Smoothest Easy Listening Moments for our art worthwhile.
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SSSHH! USE YOUR LIBRARY VOICE: If I'm being perfectly honest here, the household TiVo failed to change channels at 9:00p, and we didn't realize it until 9:35p.
So I'm not entirely sure what happened on this leg of the Race, only that I assume that [The Team That I Didn't See That Whole Time] took a Fast Forward. But other than that, I need you to clue me in. And, if you're in the Philadelphia area, do you have it on tape? I feel like my week's going to be somewhat incomplete now.
(Also, a minor note on AI -- as of now, I think we'll have a field with five men and one woman after a month, and that one woman's got to be Nadia Turner. But more on that separately.)
YES, BUT DO YOU HAVE VISION? Ticky suggested it, so let's do it: the Blind Justice Dead Pool.
Tell us when Shemp's new show will be cancelled by ABC, and what it's being replaced with. Winner gets the same considerable fame and glory that Marsha did for winning the ALOTT5MA Oscar Pool (#5 in the world, she was!)
My call: dead on April 20, 2005, to be replaced for sweeps with some kind of Swapping show.
HE LIKES TO WATCH: I think we have our first candidate for the ALOTT5MA Hall of Fame (which will be abbreviated to the ALOTT5MA HOF in future posts). Meet Colin Leach, a 30-year-old pharmacist from Kansas City who has been systematically viewing all the films picked in the AFI's 100 years...100 lists. As if that wasn't reason enough for this blog to embrace, Leach, the beautiful thing about his obsession is that Leach says "I'm not obsessed with movies. My obsession is with completion."
Some other highlights from the Leach profile...
Before he launched his film-watching effort, Leach was at best a casual moviegoer. Even today he knows almost nothing about film history or film theory. He rarely turns on the TV except to watch a film. He and his housemates don't subscribe to cable.
So, he's watched some 500 movies and still doesn't know anything about the history of film? Umm, I'm not sure if I really want leach filling my next prescription.
After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia almost a decade ago, Leach realized that as a math-and-science type he knew virtually nothing about literature. So he found a list of essential novels and started reading.
He put that project on hold when he discovered the first AFI list issued in 1998.
Think he's read a book since?
"I realized I'd seen maybe 25 of these great movies," Leach recalled. "I didn't know who Grace Kelly or Humphrey Bogart were. I'd never seen a silent movie."
He was presumably born in 1974 or 1975 and didn't know Kelly or Bogart? I weep for the youth. The 25-year-old receptionist at my last job had never heard the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." Shouldn't there be some kind of pop culture studies requirement in our high schools?
Now as soon as the latest AFI list is issued, Leach scans it for titles he hasn't seen and devotes the next few weeks to filling the gaps.
And when he's done, he sets new goals. He has worked his way through Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. He has created his own must-see lists: the films of Paul Newman or Walt Disney's animated features. And he only recently discovered Westerns.
Among the films on the original AFI list are: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, High Noon, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stagecoach, Dances With Wolves, Unforgiven, The Wild Bunch, and The Searchers. A better student of film history may have been able to find a common link between those movies...hmmm, horses, guns, cowboys hats, good guys and bad guys, Indians, the West, you know they really should group these movies in some kind of genre.
There are other lists in Leach's life. For several weeks he got up each morning and cooked a different type of omelet from a list of recipes he compiled. Another time he decided to buy and sample every type of fruit juice available in Kansas City groceries.
OK, the fruit juice thing is a little strange.
Asked where this behavior comes from, Leach said he traced it back to his last year at MU and the deaths of two close friends in separate auto accidents.
"At first I was drinking a lot, staying out all night. Then I got sort of philosophical. I decided that life's short. If you like something, drown yourself in it."
Ummm, wasn't he already doing that? Still that's an interesting leap of logic. You hate to think that among his dying friends final thoughts were, "Damn, I wish I had seen Amadeus."
"The more movies I watch, the less critical I become. Now I just sit back and soak it up. I always find something that validates the time spent...How do you compare 'Braveheart' to 'Forrest Gump'? It's like looking at two supermodels. They're both great in their own way."
Wow, it's hard to get much more uncritical than that. Based on that, I'm guessing if this article were written in five years, Leach might be saying, How do you compare Weekend at Bernies 2 and Mannequin 2?"
Leach said he was especially blown away by "Casablanca," the Judy Garland version of "A Star Is Born" and anything with Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn, "these fantastic women I'd never seen before."
I was willing to give him a pass on Kelly, but he'd never seen Hepburn before his movie-watching binge?
Still, he says, he enjoys the feeling of accomplishment more than the actual act of watching the movie..."And watching old movies is a nice way of figuring out how the world came to be the way it is. If you watch an old movie, you can see what the people who made it and watched it were thinking."
What can I really say at this point?
Congrats to Colin, moviewatcher, list-completist, and a hero to all of us here at ALOTT5MA.
MORE FUN THAN "SEUSSICAL:" Not that you really needed to know this, but Rosie O'Donnell has a blog. (And, yes, it's for real, linked off her homepage.) Apparently, she's exploring post-feminist poetry and is a big fan of Kanye West. And for the record, I did see "Seussical," though not with Rosie, and it's an interesting failure, as opposed to an utter trainwreck.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR "72 LEAST METAL MOMENTS:" The Times doesn't have much good to say about the new play "The Name Of This Play Is Talking Heads," which chronicles a young pundit's discovery that not all is good, right, and legitimate in the world of list shows on VH1 featuring snarky commentary, and reveals that (horrors!) the allegedly "unscripted" pundit we find on quality shows like "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders" is not as unscripted as we might want to believe. That said, the Times review does reveal a few of the actual funny moments, including the titles of the "list shows" featured in the play--"100 Most Rockatrocious Moments" and "The 22 Greatest Jews In Hip-Hop." (Ad-Rock had better be number one!) Your suggestions for wholly unneeded list shows are invited.
EPISODE 2: 'IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES IT SMELL LIKE SOMEONE DIED IN HERE?': The worst high-concept I've heard in a while, "Blind Justice", debuts tonight on ABC. I'll be watching anything else. Yikes.
Best high concept? Craft Corner Deathmatch! Think "Iron Chef" meets a sewing circle, or "Wickedly Perfect" meets A Good Show.
COME INTO MY OFFICE, BECAUSE YOU'RE FIRED: Ten Tenors? What will they think of next?
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"YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I, HEADLESS PONCH:" I'm really not sure what to think about the newest Cartoon Network adult programming, Robot Chicken, other than that I, for no good reason, found it hysterically funny. Imagine an ADD version of "SNL" with five sketches in ten minutes, all of which are done in bad stop-motion animation, and you've got some idea of what's going on. In this week's episode, "Gold Dust Gasoline," we get a recurring joke involving people dying, an explanation for why some animals got left behind on Noah's Ark, a public service announcement starring the cast of "That 70s Show" (all voicing themselves) to remind us "Don't be a Douchebag," a third-grade production of a show involving a cowboy, a robot, and a beautiful girl, and a race that pits various pop culture icons (ranging from Vin Diesel to Speed Racer) against each other. It's the brainchild of Seth Green, who obviously needs some help, but it's hard to find a show with more bang for your buck.
MAKE NO SMALL PATTIES: Today's Windy City-centric news quiz. "I was just saying, this _________ is going to put Chicago on the map," says Beth Hart, a tourist from Ann Arbor, Mich. In the previous quotation from today's Chicago Sun-Times, Hart is referring to:
A) Millennium Park
B) Donald Trump's new skyscraper
C) The pre-Broadway run of Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity
D) the new McDonald's in the River North area which features 60-foot high golden arches among other tasteful design elements
I'VE GOT ONE HAND IN MY POCKET AND THE OTHER ONE'S DRINKING A SOY LATTE: "Jagged Little Pill" may have sounded edgy when it came out 10 years ago (has it really been that long?), but Alanis is planning an acoustic remake which will be sold initially solely at Starbucks to commemorate the album's anniversary. Yes, you'll be able to sip your cup of Chantico(tm) while listening to Alanis detail how she once fellated someone in a theatre. That said, "Jagged Little Pill" is an album that holds up incredibly well--not just for the four singles ("You Oughta Know," "Hand In My Pocket," "You Learn," and "Ironic"), all of which, save "Ironic," retain their power--but also for less-known cuts like "Wake Up," "All I Really Want," and "Not the Doctor."
A CIVIL ACTION II: REMAND AND RETRIAL All the talk about "Be Cool" overtly referencing Travolta's prior work (by the way, the Chili Palmer character is based on Chazz Palminteri, right?), made me wonder why such a large part of Travolta's career consists of sequels. In addition to "Be Cool," there's the classic Stayin' Alive, which is definitely in the top-5 of the "tough guy from the neighborhood tries to make it as a shirtless headbanded Broadway dancer" genre, plus Jesus Christ It Won't Shut Up Too and For the Love of God Make it Stop Talking Now.
Travolta, however, is just a pretender to the throne of Your King of Sequels. Look at that -- two Star Wars sequels, two Indiana Jones sequels (with a third in the works), a Jack Ryan sequel, and for good measure an uncredited cameo in the American Graffiti sequel, a reprise of a long-running television show, and -- omitted from the IMDB resume -- an appearance as "himself" in Hearts of Darkness, a feature documentary about another movie he did.
Not counting Sylvia Kristel in the Emmanuelle series, does anybody else even come close?
SUDDENLY, BRAVO DECIDES TO ADD GOLF COVERAGE: This may be the greatest sports photograph of all time.
GILDING THE LILY: Jim Emerson, a film critic whose piercing analysis I've always appreciated, does the kind of thorough analysis of Million Dollar Baby that you rarely see these days, and it's quite worth your time (once you've seen the movie). Sometimes, you need to be able to talk about the whole movie to discuss it in any kind of meaningful fashion, and this is one of those films.
And he likes it, but he finds flaws:
I can't think of another film that has won so much acclaim for being "deep," while given only the most superficial exploration by even its most ardent partisans. For a while in December and January I began to think "Million Dollar Baby" was less a movie than a religion, a sacred object beyond criticism of any kind. I couldn't find anybody – even professional film critics – who wanted to talk about it. It was as if you either drank the "Million Dollar" Kool-aid or you didn't, and that was all there was to say about it. . . .
But, to me, "Million Dollar Baby" seems a little too calculated to be convincing; it's so self-consciously "classical" and fussy in its austere design, that it seems clinical – more of an exercise in filmmaking than a fully reazlized film. At times it made me think of a paint-by-numbers masterpiece, if there can be such a thing.
To find out why, read the article. His analysis covers many of Henry's concerns here (spoiler-link!), and I tend to agree with him, especially on Eastwood's take on Maggie's family. Take a gander.
YOUR TIME-WASTER OF THE DAY: Our Girl in Chicago asks: what are the first five movie quotes that pop into your head? (Must be from five different movies, and no thinking involved. Just do it.)
1. Fuckin' Germans. Nothing changes. (Lebowski)
2. I'll get you yet, my pretty. And your little dog too!
3. Those These aren't the droids you're looking for.
4. All I have to do is stay black and die. (Lean on Me)
5. I'll meet you at the place where we did that thing that time. (Broadcast News)
THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN A LASS NEEDS A LAWYER: ...
I AM MARK BURNETT'S BITCH: There's no other way to...
BETTER THAN "MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN:" To be fair,...
WELL, AT LEAST HE DIDN'T FLAUNT HIS CHAIN WALLET: ...
MY BOY SAYS HE CAN EAT FIFTY EGGS, HE CAN EAT FIFT...
BY THE DAWNZER LEE LIGHT: Yes, America's focusing...
FIRST PRIZE IS THE GRETCHEN MOL GUESS-WHY-SHE'S-HE...
SPEAKING OF REALITY CRUSHES: This is directed to e...
AND HE PROBABLY WORKS OUT IN A GYM: I know I ough...
"DID YOU JUST SAY 'MY ASS?'" You probably didn't ...
TAKE OFF YOUR RAINBOW SHADES: Off to Arizona for 1...
AMERICA VOTED: And your final four will be missin...
HIS GAME IS LIKE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM: Longtim...
YEAH, BUT HE PUT PEANUT BUTTER IN MY CHOCOLATE: I...
THEY CAN HAVE OPRAH WINFREY WHEN THEY PRY HER FROM...
CLAP ON: A bow is in order in the direction of Mob...
SSSHH! USE YOUR LIBRARY VOICE: If I'm being perfec...
YES, BUT DO YOU HAVE VISION? Ticky suggested it, ...
HE LIKES TO WATCH: I think we have our first candi...
MORE FUN THAN "SEUSSICAL:" Not that you really ne...
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR "72 LEAST METAL MOMENTS:" T...
EPISODE 2: 'IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES IT SMELL LIKE S...
COME INTO MY OFFICE, BECAUSE YOU'RE FIRED: Ten Te...
"YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I, HEADLESS PONCH:" I'm...
MAKE NO SMALL PATTIES: Today's Windy City-centric ...
I'VE GOT ONE HAND IN MY POCKET AND THE OTHER ONE'S...
A CIVIL ACTION II: REMAND AND RETRIAL All the tal...
SUDDENLY, BRAVO DECIDES TO ADD GOLF COVERAGE: Thi...
GILDING THE LILY: Jim Emerson, a film critic whos...
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Amazon • 2012 • episode "Part 3" • Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall lifts the lid on an incredible world of intricate relationships and unexpected hardship in the Amazon rainforest, explores the way that the jungle's inhabitants interact, and reveals a hidden secret that might just be what keeps the whole place alive.
Nature's Microworlds • 2012 • 6 episodes •
2012 • Nature
A look at one of the most famous habitats on the planet, the Serengeti in East Africa, a vast grassland that is home to some of the greatest concentrations of herbivores on the continent. But what is the key to this exceptional grassland that allows such density and diversity?
Monterey Bay on California's coast is one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the world, its giant kelp forest bursting with life, from microscopic plankton to visiting ocean giants. The secret key to success in such a busy microworld is balance. Steve Backshall guides us through the unique geography of the bay and introduces some of its key characters in a quest to find the one species that keeps life in the kelp forest in check.
Steve Backshall tries to discover just what makes it possible for a river to stop in the middle of a desert. The Okavango is the world's largest inland delta and home to a one of Africa's greatest congregations of wildlife, and in asking the difficult questions Steve reveals the astounding secret to its existence.
In a revelatory look at Svalbard, the most northerly region in the series, Steve Backshall leaves no stone unturned as he unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of each year. Svalbard is cold, dark and foreboding, yet it is home to the world's largest land predator and the most northerly population of large herbivore, but Steve discovers that the real secret to this place comes from a very different world.
Land of the Sabre-Tooth
The series begins in the 'land of the sabre-tooth'; North America, a continent that was half covered by ice that was up to two miles thick. Yet this frozen land also boasted the most impressive cast of Ice Age giants in the world. Across locations such as the Grand Canyon, the sands of Arizona and the coast of California, Alice traces the movements of Ice Age beasts like bear-sized sloths, vast mammoths and the strange beast known as the glyptodon. These leviathans all have one thing in common: they were stalked by the meanest big cat that ever prowled the Earth, armed with seven-inch teeth and hunting in packs - Smilodon fatalis, the sabre-toothed cat.
1/3 • Ice Age Giants • 2013 • Nature
Take flight across Botswana's sprawling Kalahari Desert, through the Okavango Delta, and deep into its dynamic history. During the journey, Botswana's history of ancient civilizations, notorious slave traders, and enormous wealth are brought to life.
3/6 • Aerial Africa • 2017 • Nature
Dr Helen Czerski peers into the heart of the storm to find out how advances in technology are giving new insight into tornadoes - the fastest winds on the planet. From the breathtaking footage that capture the extreme weather events that produce them, to the latest experiments investigating their incredible destructive power, Helen discovers how understanding the subtle changes deep within the storm are improving predictions of when and where these devastating beasts will strike.
Part 5 • Dangerous Earth • 2016 • Nature
Part 4 • Nature's Microworlds • 2012 • Nature
Invaders from the Deep
Of the more than 180 invasive species found in the Great Lakes, two in particular stand out for their indiscriminate devastation: the fast-breeding Asian carp and the deadly sea lamprey. Join the front lines of an urgent battle to limit the impact of their ecological damage.
2/8 • Great Lakes Wild • 2017 • Nature
Debugged with Alex Jones
This documentary focuses specifically on insects. Giving you an unbelieveably up close and intimate view of the many unique secrets of the bug world. Answering scientific questions on how and why they have evolved certain bizarre adaptations, whilst using stunning imagery never seen before.


Because the raw material of the Sand Washing Machine is made of metal such as steel, it is prone to oxidation after being exposed to the wind for a long time. However, when it is particularly oxidized, it will delay it. Production, so we must pay attention to it.
The Sand Washing Machine has a good market in recent years, and it is useful in mine mining, road construction, and water conservancy construction. Although it has many technical advantages, it still does not overcome a common problem of most mechanical equipment, which is oxidized.
The working conditions of the Sand Washing Machine are very bad, and with its own working principle, the Sand Washing Machine will have some wear inside and outside, and the oxidation will occur easily after prolonged placement. For a mechanical device such as a Sand Washing Machine, the oxidation reaction generally starts from the outer casing and then gradually extends to the inside of the device, accompanied by some appearance changes during the oxidation of the device. How should it prevent or mitigate this oxidized phenomenon?
Since the oxidized portion of the shell of the Sand Washing Machine device forms an oxide attached to the surface of the device, for example, after being oxidized, reddish-brown iron oxide is formed to adhere to the surface of the Sand Washing Machine device. When the Sand Washing Machine undergoes long-term wind and sun exposure, oxidation will further corrode the material inside, deeply affecting the production process.
The oxidation process of the Sand Washing Machine is complicated and long. Therefore, when using the crusher equipment, it is necessary to pay attention to the maintenance and maintenance of the equipment frequently, so that it can be well treated and the surface damage of the equipment can be checked in time. Do not expose the device to the air for a long time, or prevent it from further oxidation to a certain extent.
In addition, we can also apply anti-oxidant on the surface layer of the Sand Washing Machine, which will play a certain role to a certain extent. The surface of the steel is plated with a layer of metal that is not easily rusted by electroplating or hot plating. These metal surfaces can form a dense oxide film to prevent the iron product from rusting due to contact with water, air and the like. Apply mineral oil, paint or fired enamel, spray, etc. to the surface of iron products.
In the course of use, mechanical equipment must be maintained, and reasonable maintenance is also an anti-oxidation measure, which makes the Sand Washing Machine better for us.


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Sicily Histories APP for smartphone
Innovation technology applied to Sicilian territory and cultural heritage
Sicily Histories is an application for android and iOS that makes the use of cultural heritage more engaging.
Archaeological, medieval and baroque and contemporary sites of the entire region are intertwined with narratives that cross the epochs of Sicilian history and culture
The App provides 3 different functionalities:
- 3D maps
- digital guides for cultural tourism
- story & games.
The idea comes from the implementation of the Sicily Histories project, created in March 2016, and the establishment of the homonymous social promotion association, specialising in organising historical excursions characterised by the development of a light role-playing games during guided tours.
Thanks to the co-financing made available by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism the project was transformed into a technology application. The goal of the project is to promote the Sicilian territory thanks to the implementation of the digitalization of the cultural use of the Sicilian heritage.
Today, Hi.Stories is a start up technological services company for cultural heritage based in the province of Catania. Its mission is to integrate digital technologies into the cultural environment, through gamification and storytelling. To achieve this, it creates custom games, mobile device applications with augmented reality, and 3D printing. These solutions all make it easier to give visitors a more dynamic and engaging tour, using the tools that they are most familiar with.
More information are available on http://www.histories.it/index_eng.html
TWA Heritage Digitisation Grant – Increased award amounts for 2019
Following strong interest and some excellent applications from archives and other memory institutions over the last three years, the TWA Digitisation Grant has relaunched in 2019. We are very pleased to be increasing the fund this year and now grants of up to £6000 will be offered for UK libraries and special collections to digitise their holdings. The TWA Digitisation Grant opens for applications on 19th June 2019 and welcomes applications from public, private, and special collections librar...
A new generation of professionals and Cultural Heritage Messengers
The European Young Heritage Professionals Forum was organized by UNESCO in partnership with the European Union within the joint project '2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe'. It took place from 20 to 24 May 2019 in Zadar, Croatia, hosted by the Croatian Commission for UNESCO and the Croatian Ministry of Culture. The Forum is developed in close cooperation with the non-governmental organization Diadrasis. The aim of the Forum ...
Brtnice town, REACH associate partner, winner of the Historical Town of the Year competition
The Historical Town of the Year competition is organised by the Association of Historical places of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Regional Development of Czech Republic. The activities of the Association are in all respects focused on the preservation, protection, and permanently sustainable use of the cultural heritage. The prize is awarded for the best regeneration of urban monument reserves and the revival of historical town centres. This ...
COURAGE Policy Brief
The COURAGE project (Cultural Opposition – Understanding the CultuRal HeritAGE of Dissent in the Former Socialist Countries) is an international research project funded by Horizon 2020, it studied the role of culture in opposing authoritarian regimes and the efforts to preserve the memory and material heritage of cultural opposition to communist rule in most countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. It has just finished its action and has producted its Policy Brief titled "Learnin...
#participateinculture 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage Berlin Best Practices Bologna Budapest call for papers Charles University citizen participation civic engagement conferences and events COURAGE project Coventry University cultural heritage Cyprus University of Technology digital preservation Eötvös Loránd University Europa Nostra European citizens European Commission European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation EYCH H2020 Horizon 2020 III Asamblea General Ordinaria Imperial College innovation Institutional Heritage Pilot intercultural dialogue MEMOLA project MEMOLab migration Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico minority heritage Minority Heritage Pilot participatory approaches POEM Prague preservation Promoter SRL Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation REACH project Resilient Cultural Heritage and Communities in Europe Roma Rural Heritage Pilot Small Towns Heritage Pilot sustainable development UNESCO University of Granada workshop


The business of writing is in a constant cycle of evolution. With the digital age still strong and growing stronger, many writers are able to put themselves out there more easily. Some have argued that anyone with a computer can now call themselves a writer and blogger. It's just not the case. Good quality writing is easy to distinguish from that of slathered words, painted loosely on the screen pages just to bring in traffic or sell products.
There are constantly new voices emerging, while very few veteran voices disappearing. One has to of course respect the choices that a person makes in the business. Even if we hate to see a brilliant talent call it a day. Many great voices will allow themselves to step to the sidelines very quickly because they are not achieving the great results the expect so soon. Any writer who would put that kind of pressure on themselves is teeing up a potential depreciation of their self-worth. It can take a toll on a writer both personally and professionally.
Many who walk away from the business do so with the heaviest of heart. They might feel resigned to committing to the life they are leading. In some respect I can certainly understand that feeling. They might want to devote whatever free time they can find to resting in between family obligations. Again, it is an honourable thought to consider. That reflects devotion to life and family.
How many people have walked away from this business only to come up with a potentially best-selling book idea and never develop it? How many have turned down great freelance opportunities because they just are too busy with other things outside of the job?
Everything about this business makes me want to stay with it. I decided some time ago that quitting is a zero option. Even with all of the responsibilities that I have, the idea of walking away from this business for good is now plain ridiculous. I took a significant amount of time away from aspects of my business this year like marketing and pursuit of freelance work due to a family commitment. As those commitments began to lighten I was suddenly working again steady. A great flow of freelance assignments. Stuff like creating content for client websites, service descriptions for a multimedia company, blog posts for a few news sites, and some humour for comedians and motivational speakers.
Truth is I never did stop. Throughout the year I managed a few decent posts on this site, while getting some press and promo work done related to my first book and I continued to work a notebook whenever I needed to. I maintained my drive and focus for my business and continued to reach more readers.
The early morning starts to the day are worth it. The occasional late-night and hours of time on the weekends are all worth it. Every rejection, every acceptance, every email and social media post connected to what I do, is all worth it.
The enjoyment of the trade, the enjoyment of having a strong enough writing voice that many readers appreciate, the enjoyment of the rewards that come with it all, are all worth it.
So if you are thinking about calling it a day in this business no matter what your reasons might be, take a step back and think about how life would be if you gave up what you truly enjoyed doing. Hold off on handing in that resignation letter to yourself. Go develop an idea and make it work, make it fail, put it away for another day.
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Leicester City Council launches development study
Leicester City Council has appointed us to carry out a major study aimed at increasing the amount of prime office space in the city.
The study will examine commercial office space in Leicester, analysing stock and rent levels, determining levels of future demand and identifying sites for office development.
Lack of grade A space a barrier to investment
Jane Taylor, Director in our Leicester office who is leading the project, said: "The city's commercial area has a shortage of grade A office space and in recent years the city centre has lost financial and professional services occupiers to business parks on the outskirts of Leicester. Current economic conditions and a lack of investment finance have restricted the development of speculative office development, and Leicester, like most cities, has seen only a limited amount of new grade A office space developed."
City Council to engage with developers, investors and occupiers
Our work will involve information gathering and analysis to provide an evidence base which will assist the City Council engage with developers, investors and potential occupiers, review current policy and identify potential office development sites for assessment through a site allocation planning process. The culmination of the project will be the production of a detailed Commercial Office Market Review for 2012.
Essential research will invigorate Leicester's commercial office market
Jane adds: "This is an essential piece of work to help invigorate the commercial office market in the city. The study will provide an evidence base to enable a review of planning policy in respect of office development. It will also assess future demand and provision, providing an important source of information for the property market and investors, and help to promote the city as a commercial centre."
Jane Taylor will be supported by our planning expert Steve Hemming, Ian Leather and Jenny Clarke, with Warwick Business Management Ltd and PACEC – Public and Corporate Economic Consultants.
Leicester Office Forum to plan for the future
The City Council also plans to establish a Leicester Office Forum modelled on similar bodies in Birmingham and Nottingham. This would bring together property agents to input information to the study, and, supported by the Leicester and Leicestershire Economic Partnership, plan office strategies for the future.
Unity Square 'ripple effect' will boost region News Plans for a major new office development in Nottingham, which will bring 4,000 jobs t...
Record deals boost East Midlands office market News
Speculative office development set to start News
New dawn at Equinox for recruitment firm News
Growing optimism as businesses snap up offices News
Office market activity to hit 14 year high News Demand for office space in 2014 will return to its highest level since 2000, accordin...


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What is the meaning of the phrase 'Satyamev Jayate'?
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Would we even know if a theory was the truth? He was a man of truth, who sought truth in others. Everybody has already lied to someone. He not only spoke truth, but also acted and thought truthfully. Patchett writes from a colloquial sidelines point of view meaning Grealy is depicted as a type person who is like an unyielding force. However, now I see that there are essentially. That doesn't mean that the truth wins on human timescales - because we are merely human, with all the weaknesses that implies - or that truthful people win. He feels he must be truthful, even if honesty brings him loss or pain, simply because it is right to be honest and wrong to be dishonest.
Neither the old belief nor the new one are true, which isn't to say that one people or person is in a general sense superior to another. We walked in unison, the cold wind chilled our noses as we huddled together. Ce spectacle grandiose, professionnel et divertissant ne cesse de croître année après année. When the authors are addicted to these drugs, their brains are affected to the point that they can no longer distinguish between truth and memory and thus result in blurred and false memories. Brooks was born June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas but her family moved to Chicago shortly after her birth, according to her biographer, Georg Kent 2. It was hard enough saying what I had.
When a person is truthful, not only he is admired but he also commands respect from everyone around him. Rodriguez In 1993, Luis Rodriguez wrote an autobiographical book Always Running. Liars are threatened with dam nation and the tortures of hell. Many Christians subconsciously form a worldview based on the environment they have grown up in. Now exactly what truth is depends upon whom you ask.
Facts are not always bright and always telling the truth sometimes can't maintain the relationship but break it. Some people who do not have dare of telling truth to their dear ones, generally tell lie and face bad situations of being dishonest. Hence should we always tell the truth? Great acts and challenges have been overcome by people working together. They find excuses to distance themselves from us. The very situation has arisen here in Salem.
However, i vote for the confession as the most significant trait when it comes to handle people since keeping the truth bridges a good relationship within them by creating more senses of integrity and honesty which are core values and foundation in the relationship development. This has lead to countless endeavors in the dynamics outside of earth. The lies have been existed since the first humans learnt to talk. In addition, some lies are considered harmless because of their weight. A lie spoken intentionally means. An honest life with simplicity is the life excluding all the nonessential which marks oneness in the family and society if followed by everyone.


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namespace LaravelDoctrine\Fluent\Extensions\Gedmo;

use Gedmo\Tree\Mapping\Driver\Fluent as FluentDriver;
use LaravelDoctrine\Fluent\Buildable;
use LaravelDoctrine\Fluent\Builders\Field;
use LaravelDoctrine\Fluent\Extensions\ExtensibleClassMetadata;

class TreePathHash implements Buildable
{
    const MACRO_METHOD = 'treePathHash';

    /**
     * @var ExtensibleClassMetadata
     */
    protected $classMetadata;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    protected $fieldName;

    /**
     * @param ExtensibleClassMetadata $classMetadata
     * @param string                  $fieldName
     */
    public function __construct(ExtensibleClassMetadata $classMetadata, $fieldName)
    {
        $this->classMetadata = $classMetadata;
        $this->fieldName = $fieldName;
    }

    /**
     * Enable TreePathHash.
     */
    public static function enable()
    {
        Field::macro(self::MACRO_METHOD, function (Field $field) {
            return new static($field->getClassMetadata(), $field->getName());
        });
    }

    /**
     * Execute the build process.
     */
    public function build()
    {
        $this->classMetadata->mergeExtension($this->getExtensionName(), [
            'path_hash' => $this->fieldName,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Return the name of the actual extension.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getExtensionName()
    {
        return FluentDriver::EXTENSION_NAME;
    }
}

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Q: Laravel 5.4 One to Many relationship (check if record exist in pivot table) I want to check if current user already has this car.
User.php:
public function car()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Car::class);
    }

Car.php
public function user()
    {
       return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
    }

For example, I'm passing to view all cars from cars table and I want to check if current user already has this car:
@foreach( $cars as $car )

   @if(Auth::user()->cars->where('car_id', $car->id)->exists())

        You have this car!

   @else

        Buy this car!

   @endif

@endforeach

Now, this code returns an error:

Call to a member function where() on null

How can I check if User already has this car?

A: 2 Problems:
First the typo car/cars.
Second, you have public function car() so it should be Auth::user()->car()->where('car_id', $car->id)->exists() for condition chaining.
Check out the "One To Many" Section in Laravel 5.4 Documentation about chaining query conditions (pretty much at the end of the section).

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