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The Unfinished Work of the Church Committee
James Comey, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, Susan Rice, John Brennan, Michael Hayden
According to Merriam-Webster, a "secret police" is "a police organization that is run by a government and that operates in a secret way to control the actions of people who oppose the government." Of course, in this day and age, it's not easy to define "the government". We live in an oligarchical society. There are elected officials, including the President, who stay in office for a fixed amount of time and have a certain amount of power to change the way that things are done. …
The Modern Counter-Renaissance
Why do they want to cancel Beethoven?
2020 has been a weird year all around, but some recent developments on the cultural front really take the cake. There are pernicious efforts underway to rewrite history and re-define culture. Let's look at some of the initiatives that we have witnessed this year.
What is "Cancel Culture"?
"Cancel Culture", according to Merriam-Webster, works like this:
The reason for cancellation can vary, but it usually is due to the person in question having expressed an objectionable opinion, or having conducted themselves in a way that is unacceptable, so that continuing to patronize that person's work leaves a bitter taste… As troubling information comes to light regarding celebrities who were once popular, such as Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, Roseanne Barr, and Louis C.K. — so come calls to cancel such figures. …
Let's Bring Back the Freedom Democratic Party
MFDP leader Fannie Lou Hamer
In April of 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was founded by a group of Democratic Party activists who rejected the policy of the official Democratic Party in the southern states, which was to exclude African-Americans from voting in Democratic primary elections and from running as Democratic candidates. The argument that was offered by the Democratic establishment in support of this policy was that the Democratic Party was a private organization, like a country club, and was entitled to make its own rules, including rules about who was qualified to be a party member.
The Freedom Democrats created an alternate version of the Democratic Party that was organized around the Party's better traditions, and attended the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City in August 1964, asking to be recognized as the real representatives of the Mississippi voters. Their request was denied, but their presence had an impact. …
#Ecofascism Today
Ninety years have passed since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and once again, untrammeled financial speculation has rendered the financial system insolvent. The panic-stricken oligarchs who dominate that system are once again trying to preserve their position by transferring wealth from the poor to the rich, using the mechanism of radical austerity, or in other words, fascism. It's not easy to get the public to accept the kind of suffering that this will entail. Although we are seeing an increase in racism and xenophobia, which played a big role in marketing the fascism of the 1930s, it is unlikely that they will rely on those means again, because the public remembers and will repudiate them. …
America's "Color Revolution"
Updated 1/13/2021. During the final three months of 2020, this article appeared second from the top of Google searches for "color revolution", immediately following the predictably disinformative Wikipedia article. In the course of that three month period it received roughly 80,000 page visits. However, for some mysterious reason, toward the end of the year this article disappeared into the nether regions of the Google rankings.
For those readers who may be unfamiliar with the term "Color Revolution", it refers to what has now become the standard technique for promoting "regime change" in targeted nations.
Why "The Boys" is Excellent Social Commentary
Television entertainment often includes a dose of social criticism (just as it, unfortunately more often, includes a heaping helping of state propaganda.) Some of the more audacious TV series, such as the 2004–2008 ABC series "Boston Legal," have dared to wield a fair amount of snark in references to the neocon faction and its dominant role in US foreign policy. However, the new series "The Boys" has gone farther than any of its predecessors in providing a metaphor that captures the sordid underbelly of the neocon ethos.
Homelander
For those of you who haven't watched it, "The Boys" depicts a fantasy version of the US in which superheroes are relatively numerous, "differently-abled" individuals. However, unlike the traditional presentation of these creatures as plucky altruists, in this series they are like a gang of sleazebag Hollywood icons, represented by the Vought Corporation, a giant talent agency that micro-manages their careers, covers up their sexual peccadilloes, and arranges their acts of derring-do as carefully scripted photo-ops. This agency aspires to make its stable of heroes a component of the US military in order to get a slice of the Defense Department's fabulous budget. "The Boys" refers to a rag-tag group of vigilantes who want to expose and ruin the whole project. …
The Slow Demise of KUSC-FM
My interest in classical music began in the late 1970s, and I was first introduced to KUSC shortly thereafter. It was a terrific resource; I spent a lot of time on the freeways in Los Angeles, and took the opportunity to educate myself, tuning in to KUSC and becoming acquainted with a tremendous variety of great music. I remember vividly the first time I heard Schumann's Piano Quartet Op. 47, or Dvořák's Serenade for Winds, as I was driving through Culver City and Downey, respectively.
KUSC emerged as the largest non-profit classical music station in the US. It had its good and bad points; although Jim Svejda's announcing style was maddeningly pompous, and he insisted on inflicting upon the listener his fixation on third rate English composers, he also made genuinely insightful observations and programmed classic archival performances of tremendous educational value. Rich Capparela was consistently witty on the air. But somewhere around 2016, KUSC began to morph into something else. …
R.I.P. Lyndon LaRouche
Lyndon LaRouche died on February 12, 2019 at the age of 96. In the week that followed, a frantic series of Fake News retrospectives ushered forth from the most venerable oligarchic press outlets. Many of these stories were derived from the Wikipedia bio of LaRouche, a compendium of fantasy libels going back 50 years and lovingly preserved and curated by Wikipedia's neocon ruling elite.
Seeing this fresh outpouring of establishment rage brought back many memories for me from the 1970s and 1980s, when most of these stories were concocted. Today's political activists who are indignant about the way the DNC disenfranchised Bernie Sanders voters, or at the calumnies being directed at proponents of Palestinian rights such as Jeremy Corbyn or Rep. Ilhan Omar, or the casual arrogance with which the corporate media repeat the latest laughable State Department talking points to manufacture consent for the latest war, should know that these tactics were refined decades earlier in a desperate attempt to suppress the ideas of LaRouche, a man who may have been unknown to many younger people until the recent eruption of obituary vitriol. …
The Green New Deal: A Right-Wing Austerity Ploy
The financial system of the NATO-bloc nations is increasingly bankrupt, and the people running the show hope to prop it up through massive transfers of wealth from the poor to the rich. The dilemma facing the ruling oligarchs is how to accomplish such a policy without provoking messy popular uprisings like that of the gilets jaunes in France.
Is there some way that the poor could be induced to willingly embrace such a policy? Why not package it as a liberal policy? It worked for the insurance/financial sector with Obama's Affordable Care Act. An amazing number of people thought that they were getting some form of universal health care like the civilized nations have. Instead, they got an opportunity to contribute to the Wall Street bailout. …

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Chiang Mai University Outranks Chulalongkorn on The Times List
by CityNews | Fri 14 Mar 2014 10:05 ICT
CityNews – Five Thai universities make the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014. The ranking by Thomson Reuter is compiled by the FTSE from only countries with emerging economies.
Chiang Mai University ranks at number 82 while Chulalongkorn University fairs at #85. Other Thai universities include King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi (#29), Mahidol University (#52), and Prince of Songkhla University (#89.)
See the full ranking on the Times Higher Education website. Visit Kapook Education for the story in Thai.


A bouldering co-op for climbers, by climbers.
Learn how to rock climb at the Kingston Bouldering Co-op. With a friendly community atmosphere and a huge variety of problems at every skill level, it's a great place to develop technique and have fun.
Take ownership of your climbing by taking ownership of your gym. Climb challenging problems, and set your own to push yourself further. Meet new people to climb with and train with. Become a supervisor, get a key, and climb whenever you want.
Check the schedule to see when a KBC supervisor is climbing.
If no one's signed up yet, drop us a line on the Facebook group to let us know!
Come climb! The drop-in fee is $10, and the first time you climb with us it goes towards an ownership share in the co-op.


Nina is a Research Associate in Social Science in the Complex Intervention and Social Practice in Health Care unit within the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health.
Nina joined QMUL in 2017 to take a lead role in collection, management, analysis and interpretation of data for the APOLLO-MM project - an in-depth ethnographic case study of patients' and healthcare professionals' experiences and practices of polypharmacy to inform a safe, effective and person-centred approach to medicines use in primary care (www.polypharmacy.org.uk).
Nina is an experienced social scientist with an interest in the use of ethnographic methods for understanding health, and the systems and practices of health care and research. She gained her first degree in Anthropology from Cambridge University in 1997. She completed an MSc in Environmental Epidemiology and Policy in 2000 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD from King's College London in June 2013.
Her research interests include long-term conditions, in particular stroke, polypharmacy, concepts and practices of citizen and patient participation in health systems, the role of patients in research implementation and concepts and practices of knowledge production in biomedical research.
APOLLO-MM: Addressing the polypharmacy challenge in older adults with multi-morbidity.
Cook J, Fudge N, Stevens E, McKevitt C. Stroke through a lens: exposing the challenges of establishing a visual arts project as a research engagement activity. Research for All 2017 In press.
Fudge N, Sadler E, Fisher HR, Maher J, Wolfe CDA, McKevitt C. Optimising translational research opportunities: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of basic and clinician scientists' perspectives of factors which enable or hinder translational research. PLOS ONE 2016 Aug 4;11(8):e0160475.
McKevitt C, Fudge N, Redfern J, Sheldenkar A, Crichton S, Rudd AR, Forster A, Young J, Nazareth I, Silver LE, Rothwell PM, Wolfe CD. Self-reported long-term needs after stroke. Stroke. 2011 May;42(5):1398-403.
Fudge N, Wolfe CDA, McKevitt C. Assessing the promise of user involvement in health service development: ethnographic study. BMJ. 2008;336(7639):313-7.
McKevitt C, Fudge N, Crichton S, Bejot Y, Daubail B, Di Carlo A, Fearon P, Kolominsky‐Rabas P, Sheldenkar A, Newbound S, Wolfe CD. Patient engagement with research: European population register study. Health Expectations. 2015 Dec 1;18(6):3248-61.
Fudge N, Redfern J, Wolfe C, McKevitt C. Streamlined research governance: are we there yet? BMJ. 2010 Aug 27;341:c4625.
McKevitt C, Fudge N, Wolfe C. What is involvement in research and what does it achieve? Reflections on a pilot study of the personal costs of stroke. Health Expectations. 2010;13(1):86-94.
Fudge N, Wolfe CDA, McKevitt C. Involving older people in health research. Age and Ageing. 2007;36:492-500.
Totlandsdal AI, Fudge N, Sanderson EG, van Bree L, Brunekreef B. Strengthening the science-policy interface: experiences from a European Thematic Network on Air Pollution and Health (AIRNET). Environmental Science and Policy. 2007; 10(3):260-266.
Sanderson EG, Fudge N, Totlandsdal AI, Brunekreef B, van Bree L. Stakeholder needs for air pollution and health information. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A. 2006;69(19):1819-25.
Sanderson EG, Fudge N, Totlandsdal AI, Hovelynck I, Korbee H, Rameckers E, et al. National Workshops for the Communication of Air Pollution and Health Information: Summary of Four Workshops in Different Regions of Europe. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006;114(7):1108-1112.


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Q: How to plot a plane with three variables in gnuplot? If have a function x+y+2z=5, how can I plot it with gnuplot? Using splot gives error that z isn't defined. How do I define it?

A: splot works with an explicit definition of z=f(x,y), thus, in your case:
splot (5-x-y)/2

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Local elections vary widely across jurisdictions. In electoral system that roughly follow the Westminster model, a terminology has evolved with roles such as Mayor or Warden to describe the executive of a city, town or region, although the actual means of elections vary. Political careers are often made at the local level: Boris Yeltsin, for instance, as the top official in Moscow, was able to prove his effectiveness and eventually take the job of President of Russia after the collapse of the USSR. When he fought his first contested local election, he demonstrated a willingness to put his policies to the ballot.
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India Adda
Aviation Sector - Access To All
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INDIA ADDA – PERSPECTIVES ON INDIA
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India's aviation industry overview
The Indian aviation sector is the third biggest domestic aviation market worldwide and the ninth largest international aviation market. On the demand side, India's passenger traffic grew at a 11% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between FY16-20 to touch 341 million in FY20. On the other hand, 62 airports have been built between 2014 to date taking the total tally to 136 to boost airport infrastructure to cater to growing demand.
Key drivers
The fundamental drivers for aviation industry growth are growing demand from middle class, growth in population and tourism, higher disposable incomes, favourable demographics, rising aircraft penetration and aviation infrastructure growth. While the underlying drivers will continue to prevail in the future, India's aviation sector, to become the third largest market worldwide will depend on heightened demand across the country by providing "access to all." To achieve this and take India to new peaks, increased private sector investment coupled with increased public sector involvement will be very essential.
Government Initiatives
The Government of India has taken several steps for the growth of aviation sector in India. These include -
Regional Connectivity Scheme – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik):
Launched in October 2016, the aim of this scheme was to develop new regional airports, upgrade the infrastructure of existing ones, and develop subsidized air routes.
To subsidize regional flights, a small levy of Rs 50 (US$ 0.6) is charged on flight tickets between major routes.
Cap airfare at Rs 2,500 (US$ 32.8) for a 1-hour journey of 500 km.
Develop 100 new airports, heliports, and water aerodromes between 2019-24, for which the airport authority of India (AAI) had set aside Rs 25,000 crores (US$ 3.3 billion).
Allott 780 routes to airlines.
The scheme detailed three types of concessions:
Central Government - Viability Gap Funding (VGF), provided to make air travel routes more viable for airlines.
State Government - reduction of Value-added Tax (VAT) to 1% or less for ten years to airports developed under the scheme, as well as providing land for airports at subsidized rates.
Airport Operators – waive parking, landing, and storage charges at participating airports, and no TNLC (Terminal Navigation Landing Charges).
Union Budget Incentives:
During the Union Budget for FY 2021-22, the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced few positive measures for the aviation sector:
Tax holiday for capital gains income of aircraft leasing and financing companies, and tax exemptions for aircraft lease rentals or royalties paid to a foreign lessor.
Custom duty was reduced from 2.5% to 0% on aviation sector components, including engines, for aircraft manufacturing done by PSUs of the Ministry of Defence. This will decrease the input cost for domestic manufacturers.
GST:
In March 2020, the GST rate for manufacturing, repair and operations (MRO) for services provided locally was reduced from 18% to 5%, and the place of supply for B2B MRO services was changed to the location of the recipient. This would help invite foreign investment in the aviation sector and generate meaningful employment.
FDI:
FDI is a huge driver of economic growth and a good source of non-debt financing for the country's economic development. In the aviation sector, FDI helps in setting-up new airports, and improving the infrastructure and services of existing airports. It encourages competition, helps lower the prices and provides the consumer with more choice. According to leading national credit agency CRISIL, FDI of up to US$ 6 billion is expected to flow into the Indian airport infrastructure by FY23.
New Airports:
To increase the nationwide connectivity via the construction of new airports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation approved plans to set up 21 greenfield airports in India over the next four years. Besides that, there are more than 40 new airport projects currently under development at various stages in India with the most notable ones being –
Navi Mumbai International Airport (Maharashtra)
US$ 2.58 billion
Pune Airport Development Project (Maharashtra)
Sriperumbudur Airport Development Project (Tamil Nadu)
Private sector investments:
To ensure accessibility, inclusivity and affordability, increased private sector contribution will also be required through Public-Private Partnership (PPP). As per Mr. Rajiv Bansal, Civil Aviation Secretary, investments to the tune of Rs 90,000 crore (US$ 12 billion) will be made over a five-year period starting FY21 for airports. Of this amount, Rs 68,000 crore (US$ 9 billion) will come from the private sector and Rs 20,000-22,000 (US$ 2.6-2.9 billion) will be invested by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Furthermore, for the first time in two decades, two new airlines will start operations in 2022 -
Akasa is backed by billionaire investor Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and is looking to breach the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) segment.
Jet Airways 2.0 will begin operations in early 2022 with the plan to start services from metro cities, and gradually expand into tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
Aviation Industry Outlook:
The Ministry of Civil Aviation unveiled the Vision 2040 document in January 2019, which highlighted the growth potential among the different sectors within the aviation industry in India, as well as the steps that need to be taken to reach the desired objective. As per the document, passenger traffic is poised to hit 1.1 billion people by FY40 and to satisfy this demand, India will aim to have 190 - 200 functional airports by 2040. If these targets are indeed achieved, then it can be reasonably concluded that India has made serious progress in making air travel accessible to all.
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Games, Impressions
The Path To Die (Game Impressions)
Date: May 18, 2019Author: cublikefoot
Take Hotline Miami, strip away the guns and 80's aesthetic, and drop the player into Feudal Japan with a katana and you pretty much get the idea behind The Path To Die. It's a fast-paced little indie game that provides some really meaty combat, but does come with some rather glaring issues.
Let's start with the game's main draw is here: its combat. The Path To Die is a game that really understands what it means to have "impactful combat". By that, I mean that hits actually provide ample feedback, both on enemies and on the player. It does not feel like you're fighting with sticks, but with actual blades and all of the weight that comes with them. It makes for some very meaty combat, but unfortunately, it is far from perfect.
The main problem here is that the game's controls simply do not feel intuitive, nor are they anywhere near responsive. All of the different sword strikes are mapped to a movement on the right stick. Quarter rotations in either direction will result in generic swings, a 360 will result in a spin attack, pressing forward will do a jab attack, and pressing back will charge a downward slice. These all sound great in theory, but in actual gameplay, I found that it was oftentimes hard to pull off the moves I wanted to.
For example, I would dash into an enemy with the intent of doing a spin attack, but somehow end up doing a simple jab despite doing the input for a spin attack, resulting in my death. Other times I would want to do a regular swing right out of a block, but end up doing nothing at all. It was like the game was only reading half of my inputs, and despite wrestling with the controls both on a controller and on keyboard and mouse, I could not quite get used to how clunky they felt. In a game where two hits can kill you, messing up an input like this can really be quite disastrous, hence why it's such a big problem here.
Now, while the game may have some issues with its combat, it definitely has no issues when it comes to its overall aesthetic. It employs a very detailed pixel art style, with relatively simple looking characters, but some incredibly well-done environments. Not only is there a ton of detail there, but the game's use of lighting was also superbly done, allowing its environments to stand out even more.
The game's UI, on the other hand, is decent for the most part, but does have some issues worth noting. One is the complete lack of direction at any given moment. Most of my time spent playing was aimlessly wandering around hoping to find something to help progress the story. When I did eventually find someone that provided a clue as to what I should do, their directions were not put into some menu and I was unable to speak to them again. Instead, the game expects you to commit these instructions to memory and hope that you don't need to reference them later. This can bring all sorts of problems to the table, so some sort of indicator on the current quest objective would be very beneficial to have.
Another big issue with the UI is that it does not tell you which buildings can be entered and which cannot. To check this, you must walk up to the building and see if a button prompt is presented to you. Given that there are a ton of buildings and many look like they can be entered, this became a bit annoying to deal with. It certainly doesn't help that the map does not appear to indicate this either, leaving it up to the player to manually check each and every building, less they miss something important.
The last issue I had with the UI was a rather minor one, that being that the first option listed on the game's main menu was "new game" rather than load. This is a game where you will be dying a lot, with the game kicking you back to the main menu every time. As such, a simple misclick can bring you to a new game rather than loading up your current one, a mistake I made a couple times within just the first hour. The game really needs a continue button at the top of its main menu to eliminate this annoyance and get the player back into action as quickly as possible.
Given all of this, I unfortunately cannot recommend The Path To Die. While the combat itself is fine, controlling it is another question entirely and one that I still had issue with an hour into it. The UI issues on top of that just add to the frustration. Hopefully these are some issues that can be patched up, but as it stands, the game is just not worth the recommendation.
You can buy The Path To Die on Steam here.
I was provided a review copy of this game. Read more about how I do my game reviews/impressions here.
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Aggressiveness is a universal characteristic among humans throughout time and therefore of great anthropological interest. As a consequence, the serious examination of the range and variety of martial systems and the development of a cross-cultural typology has important implications for the discipline.
SOURCE: Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Vol. 2 No. 1 (1993): 12 pages.


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Car Lanes Going Bye Bye for New Buffered Bikes Lanes on Arborway as Early as This Fall
By David Ertischek | September 22, 2020
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While the Department of Conservation and Recreation work on a longterm plan to improve the Arborway, some short-term changes, including buffered bike lanes are coming as early as this fall.
"We are proposing to remove travel lanes in three locations. Before making this
proposal, we carefully reviewed pre-pandemic traffic volumes (on which we have collected data on several occasions over many years) for the corridor," wrote Jeffrey Parenti, Deputy Chief Engineer for DCR.
The short-term improvements could also begin in spring 2021.
Parenti provided a list of short-term improvements and the intended goals of the changes. The changes include:
Adding clear lane lines to Murray Circle. New lines in that rotary which has none at all
today, will better organize movements approaching and within it. This will result in less
confusion and fewer crashes.
Directing through traffic into the "main barrel" between Kelley and Murray Circles. Today, the roadway design, combined with the line painting, guide through traffic onto the carriage roads at both Murray and Kelley Circles. By rearranging the line painting, the proposed markings will direct through traffic into the middle four-lane section (also known as the "main barrel.")
A bike lane proposal along the Arborway carriage roads between Kelly Circle and Murray Circle. Currently, these roadways each have two lanes of traffic going in the same direction for a total of four lanes (two lanes going northbound and two lanes going southbound). The agency's proposal would decrease the travel lanes for vehicles in each direction from two lanes to one lane (one vehicle travel lane going northbound and one vehicle travel lane going southbound). (Please see image below)
A bike lane proposal along the Arborway carriage roads between Kelly Circle and Murray Circle.
A single bike lane near the Arboretum along the Arborway (southbound) in an effort to connect with the existing path at Forest Hills. Similarly, there are currently two travel lanes going southbound, which would potentially be reduced to one vehicle travel lane going southbound. (Please see image below)
A wider parking lane southbound in front of the Arboretum. The existing parkway section has no bike facility, and a very narrow parking lane forces people exiting the driver's side to step into traffic. The proposed parking lane will be much wider and includes a buffered bike lane. This requires removing a lane of travel.
A proposed single bike lane near the Arboretum along the Arborway (southbound) in an effort to connect with the existing path at Forest Hills.
"We found that eight lanes in the carriage road section is not necessary to carry the amount of traffic we counted. Additionally, a single lane southbound will be adequate to carry traffic in the Arboretum section. Further, these improvements will be made with paint only and are adjustable," wrote Parenti. "lf we find that queueing
or delays to vehicles substantially increases, we will revisit these changes where appropriate."
A full description of short-term improvements can be viewed here. The public comment period to comment on the design proposal is Oct. 2, 2020. DCR will review public comments and then decide when to begin the short-term improvements.
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Seiki Sets $1,500 Price For 50-Inch Ultra HD
Greg Tarr ⋅ Published: April 15, 2013
Diamond Bar, Calif. — A mass market for 4K Ultra High-Definition TV may have arrived a bit earlier than many had expected Monday, as value CE manufacturer Seiki Digital unveiled a 50-inch 4K Ultra HD LED-edge-lit LCD TV at an eyebrow-raising suggested retail of $1,500.
Seiki's 50-inch set is one of the smallest announced to date offering native 4K by 2K (3,840 by 2,160) resolution, which is four times that of FullHD 1080p.
At $1,500, it beats Westinghouse Digital's previously announced low price point for a 50-inch Ultra HD model by $1,000. Westinghouse has also announced plans for a 55-inch Ultra HD model at $3,000 and a 65-inch version at $3,995.
Sony recently announced it would be shipping a 55-inch 4K Ultra HD XBR LED LCD TV set at a $5,000 suggested retail and a 65-inch at $7,000, to join its currently available $25,000 Ultra HD 84-inch set.
LG has not yet issued pricing on its previously announced 55- and 65-inch models, due later this year.
Seiki said the set is slated to ship to retailers in late April, and is the first such set to be introduced in the U.S. by Seiki.
The company plans to roll out a 65-inch screen size model in 2013. The 50-inch model will be available through select authorized retailers, including Amazon.com and QVC, the manufacturer said.
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PA Board Statement on Nonrenewal of County Manager Contract
Dear Durham,
In 1979, three years after the People's Alliance was founded, Republican Harry Rodenhizer was elected mayor of Durham. Mayor Rodenhizer was central to getting the Durham freeway — which had already displaced the Hayti community — extended along the route it takes today through another historically-Black neighborhood, Crest Street. Joining Crest St. residents to block this extension was one of the PA's first campaigns.
At times in the following decades, PA worked closely with the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and other groups to help shift Durham's political landscape. Today, when over 80% of the county voted for Democrats in the last election, Republican candidates don't even contest for many local offices.
However, even when so many of us vote blue, the recent conflict over Durham's former county manager goes to show that we aren't without our differences. In fact, without a meaningful local presence of the far right to unite against, the volume on those differences has been turned way up.
The progressive tide
Over the last few years, Durham politics has seen the rise of a new wave of progressivism and a renewed focus on racial, gender, LGBTQ+, and economic justice. We see the power of this movement reflected across our county in the election of a new district attorney, a new school board, and new county commissioners like Nida Allam. Nida's entry into politics is a symbol of the way that immigrants, religious minorities, and people of color are breaking barriers and leveling the playing field all across the country. She has been a tireless advocate for equity and justice for Black and brown communities. With strong leadership from Black and Brown women, queer and trans people, and working people, Durham has seen a resurgence of organizing to end money bail and ICE collaboration, empty the jails of people being held only because they are poor, and bring dignity and living wages to educators and fast food workers.
The people of Durham County elected Nida and the other members of our historic, all-female Board of Commissioners to pursue progressive policy goals that are aligned with the needs and values of our community. As we've said, we believe this means spending public dollars for public goods like public schools, living wages, and social welfare. You can see in this article that our schools' capital needs have long been neglected.
County administration should reflect progressive values of elected officials
Our county government deserves an administrative team that is willing to move decisively to fulfill the board's progressive agenda. While it is true that a county manager should not take political positions or favor particular commissioners, they have discretionary power that influences how the will of the board is actually enacted. It is not an apolitical position.
We saw former manager Wendell Davis continuing to follow the fiscal and policy requests of the board that hired him, and that is why we opposed the renewal of his contract. He was hired in 2014 by a previous board of commissioners that predated the progressive wave that swept through Durham politics. That board had a fiscally-conservative orientation that prioritized cutting costs over spending on public goods. Davis reflected that board's philosophy.
We appreciate Mr. Davis' commitment to our community, that board, and their priorities, but times have changed, and our county's residents deserve leadership that will aggressively pursue the progressive policy solutions for which voters have long clamored. Durham residents of all races know that progressive ideas like living wages for Durham Public Schools staff, who are largely people of color, offer ways of promoting equity via the public purse that will better the lives of all who call Durham County home.
We may disagree...
While we are in strong support of the board of commissioners' decision to part ways with Mr. Davis, we know that this was not a unanimous decision. We understand that there are those in our county, including Chair Howerton and Commissioner Burns, who strongly disagree with our sentiments.
It is important for us to acknowledge that Mr. Davis' supporters say his removal was racially motivated. He is Black, as are the commissioners who voted to continue his employment. We do not paper over these differences and will continue to address the broader dynamics around how race is understood, how anti-Black racism manifests itself, and how racism's destructive effects are always implicated in class oppression, sexism, homo- and transphobia, and other vectors of discrimination.
... But we can still work together
Together, we have the ability to advance justice, even when we disagree. Together we can build a Durham County committed to racial, gender, and economic justice for all its communities. We recognize that Durham's Black and Brown communities are diverse, not monolithic, and we honor that by creating space for their voices and leadership within PA. We encourage you to write to [email protected] thanking Commissioners Allam, Carter, and Jacobs for their service and encouraging the commission to help us all to move forward together by demonstrating their ability to work together as a coalition elected by the Durham Community. Our board issued the following statement to our Commissioners:
Dear Durham Commissioners:
Thank you for the courage it took not to renew the expiring contract of Wendell Davis. Over the last few years, Durham's politics has seen the rise of a new wave of progressivism and a renewed focus on racial and economic justice. We see the power of this movement reflected across our county in the election of a new district attorney, a new city council, and new county commissioners like Nida Allam. Nida's entry into politics is a symbol of the way that immigrants, religious minorities, and people of color are breaking barriers and leveling the playing field all across the country. She has been a tireless advocate for equity and justice for Black and Brown communities, and we know that this advocacy informs all of her decisions as a County Commissioner. We are proud that you are taking steps to acknowledge that this new wave of progressivism requires senior management to be innovative in bringing forth LGBTQ+ protections, aggressive tax assistance programs to protect Durham residents from gentrification, and investment to improve our public schools. We thank each of you for taking a hard look at the contract as we requested in our letter and for making a decision in line with Durham's values. We hope you remember those requests as you begin your national search.
We applaud the appointment of Claudia Hager as Interim County Manager, and we are pleased that PA board members had the chance to meet her when invited by Chair Howerton. We were impressed then by Hager's skills and professionalism and appreciated her invitation to reach out to her about issues of common concern in moving Durham County forward. We are also impressed with the new Durham City Manager Wanda Page's impressive presentation of next year's budget to the Durham City Council. Its forward-looking vision illustrates what we have advocated for in city and county management. We look forward to working together with both the city and the county leadership in our shared commitments even as we respectfully debate our differences.
Thank you for your service,
Durham People's Alliance
Sherri Zann Rosenthal commented 2021-05-24 15:20:33 -0400
I appreciate the clarity of this policy-centered statement very much, and am encouraged by these steps to move our community forward.
Mark Hellman commented 2021-05-24 12:21:07 -0400
This is both a clear statement of the policy positions that moved PA to take the actions it did and a heartfelt call for Durham residents and leaders to work together to build a better community, supporting one another when they can and disagreeing with mutual respect when they must.
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Boardgame Café
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Carl_H Mon 02 May 2016, 20:53
Evening all.
For the last couple of years opening a board game café in Sheffield has been on my mind, even before the other UK cafe's were opening up. I'm sure a few others on here have thought the same, and few will be unaware of the growing popularity of them.
Far from just an idea, I ventured quite far into the idea. I had a venue eyed up, drew up cost plans, spoke to marketing companies and much more. One of our most promising boosts was after speaking to Patriot Games. They hold regular game nights at their place in the small adjoining rest room and their most popular evening, Magic the Gathering nights, attract about 40 gamers about twice a week. They said that they would be open to the idea of holding their game nights at our game cafe possibly in exchange for selling their games. Or something along those lines.
The biggest problem in going ahead with the plans was that I have a full time regular job and could not justify giving it up to open a cafe when I have a house etc to pay for. Nor was it feasible to hire someone to run a new unknown business.
Another problem was trying to maintain a real gaming community feel. It was going to be hard to find a balance between making enough profit to keep the café open and running, and cheap enough not to drive anyone away. The boardgame cafés I have been to and seen online all seem rather pricey.
Anyway, the thought is still on my mind after working away from Sheffield for some time.
The thought came, would and could interested members of sheffield board games club work together to open and run a board game cafe? Whilst I've only met a handful of people at sbgc, the range of skills between us is pretty wide.
So rather than let my imagination run wild with the possibilities, I thought I'd post on here for people's thoughts and opinions. I'm sure most would agree that having a regular and dedicated place to meet up for board games would be amazing. Would something like this be manageable? Has anyone else had a similar idea?
Thoughts anyone?
Carl_H
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Re: Boardgame Café
Admin Tue 03 May 2016, 07:27
Lots of people have expressed an interest in starting a cafe in sheffield. I think the same old problem remains - a central location costs way too much in rent and boardgamers aren't renowned for spending lots of money - ask our last few landlords - which means people look at table charges - which can put people off. You could offset that against the price of a drink I guess. But then people play TI3 with a single bottle of water
One of Karl's friends recently set something up in Hull. You should speak to him.
Personally - I wouldn't want to mix my hobby with work.
karl_b Tue 03 May 2016, 08:26
Aneurin's right, a friend of mine recently started one in Hull, cultural hub of the north. It's early days but going really well, I'd be happy to chat in more detail about what I know of his set up and could put you in touch.
Aneurin's also right about city centre location costs but personally I think a board games cafe in Sheffield would thrive. I thought Patriot would/should have gone down that route when they relocated.
I'm also available for architecture/ interior design consultancy and planning and building regulations!
Location : Norton, Sheffield
paulyg Tue 03 May 2016, 09:06
I think it's a good idea, and if you locate and price it right then it should do really well!
I think you have to come up with either a cover charge or membership fee (or some combination of both). If you rely just on income from food and drink then you've basically got a cafe where people don't buy much and stay for ages (and you've got to maintain a board games library on top of that). I agree that some board game cafes do seem expensive but I think it depends on how you look at it.
If you compare it with options that 'experienced' gamers have then it doesn't look that favourable. They can go and play games at Patriot, or at SBGC or their own house essentially for free. If they've got some games that they like, and they know some people to play games with, then it's going to be a harder sell to pay an entrance fee to play games in a cafe.
But for the less 'hardcore' (who perhaps don't have many/any games of their own or know much about the hobby) I guess the price is more a comparison with something else they might go and do for a few hours of fun - the cinema or the football or something - and it doesn't look so bad. They get the advantages of the games library and knowledgeable staff who can explain rules to them. When we visited Thirsty Meeples in Oxford I'd say that the majority of customers didn't appear to be hardcore gamers (not that I went to interview them!)
To get the more hardcore in as well you could look at offering incentives, membership perks, special events (e.g. Thirsty Meeples have had people like Reiner Knizia come and visit) and tournaments but then you're competing with game stores. I think a lot of the business would still come from couples / families who like traditional board games and fancy trying something new.
As Aneurin says, I think location is the big problem. I won't claim to know a lot about retail, but it's clear that Sheffield city centre is a lot quieter than other comparable cities and I don't imagine that the rents are a lot lower. Finding that perfect, affordable, spot could be tricky. On the other hand, there do seem to be opportunities for 'pop-ups' so maybe you could give it a go for 6 months to iron out the kinks? One place that a friend goes to in the US is a gaming cafe, but they've tried to keep it simple to begin with and they get all their food delivered in from other local business (local bakery & coffee shop) so that they can concentrate more on the gaming side of things whilst also being able to provide decent food & drink without having to run their own kitchen.
Aaaanyway, I'll stop rambling on. I don't think I could spare the time to help 'run' a cafe but I'm more than happy to talk through ideas and help with any business modelling.
Location : Greenhill
BeardyTom Tue 03 May 2016, 15:36
I'd love to see a tabletop cafe in Sheffield and I'm sure I'd give it some custom if there was one. I'm not sure I've got much in the way of relevant experience to help with setting up and running a cafe (although I do make a decent butternut squash risotto) but I do know a couple of people who have done it themselves (one that built up a successful business which they then sold for a healthy profit, and another that struggled for a couple of years before closing). If you want to speak to someone who's been through it all, perhaps I can put you in touch for a chat.
The only games cafe I've been in was the Tabletop Cafe on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. What they do is charge £3 if you want to play games but then you can play as long as you like. The food was really nice, too, which I'd guess is the most important thing to get right.
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Location : Nether Edge/Highfield
Carl_H Tue 03 May 2016, 16:19
All valid and shared concerns. I've been to the one in Edinburgh too Tom, can't say I was that impressed tbh. My plans always included large enough tables to be able to play larger games, which they didn't seem to have, and when I was there it was £3 each per game, which would be half the cost of buying it yourself if there were 4 or more players!
My original location was a large old art gallery. But more recently I've been looking at existing cafés and utilising their existing services. There is one that has a whole derelict floor above it in the centre of town that's quite large. I haven't approached the subject with them yet.
My main problem is the hours it would take to run the place. Which is why my thinking shifted to a combined effort in the running of the café and putting the question out there to the SBGC members. My hope would be a place where everyone working there would be involved and playing the games, not stuck behind a counter making teas watching everyone having fun. Would people be interested in being more of a 'minder' and introducer of games a couple of hours a week? And not a maker of tea and condiments?
If running costs were kept to a minimum by using the upstairs of a café instead of a visible shop front and people helping out, I'm sure it could easily be successful for hardcore gamers to hang out all day without pressures to keep buying drinks.
The café would most definitely have to be licensed too for anyone that loves a good pint with a game!
Carl_H Sun 19 Jun 2016, 15:10
OK so it looks like this venture may be coming to fruition! The Mrs is on board and will soon be taking some time out of work to draw up a business plan etc. She loves board games just as much as me but due to work commitments struggles coming to the Tuesday sessions.
Our aim is to provide a place that hardcore gamers will want to attend frequently too, not just new gamers looking to check out the new place. To do this it would be great to have the support of SBGC.
Our biggest problem is finding premises that are big enough but affordable enough to accommodate our growing hobby. We will be generating a questionnaire some time soon to find out what your priorities are for you to frequently attend a games cafe, so your participation would be greatly appreciated. At the moment our assumptions on the priorities are;
- Large enough area for large and small games for everyone
- Parking (free or cheap)
- Affordable enough to spend a full days gaming there
We are looking at a minimum of 1000ft2, preferably about 2000ft2, so if anyone knows or sees of an ideal venue it would be good to hear from you.
Throughout the process we hope to keep you guys updated and hopefully involved in the decision making so it becomes a place you would all like to hang out often, (and somewhere bigger than the Uni Arms with more chairs!)
If anyone would like to offer their support or help it would be much appreciated. We are in the early stages at the moment, having just recently decided on full steam ahead!
Carl and Leanne
SamVS Sun 19 Jun 2016, 16:59
That's exciting, Carl! I would certainly be interested in helping out with this in some capacity. Maybe I'll do some very serious "market research" at other board game cafes, which might just coincidentally require me to travel around a lot, eat lots of food, and play lots of games. You can reimburse me for that, right?
No, but seriously, it sounds great, and maybe when you've worked out the business plan we should talk and see if there's anything I can help you with. Mostly I just love board games, but in my eclectic work experience I've experienced several small businesses from many angles. As long you don't ask me to balance your books (which I can do, but I hate) I expect you might find me useful for something
I have a friend who is also in talks to start up a board game cafe at The Portal. Could be useful if I try and put you in contact, if you like.
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Cheers Sam! Any help would be great. It definitely sounds like your the guy we'll need!
And we just love board games too, that's why we want to avoid the whole commercial, charge too much to play side of it. We're just aiming for a big enough room dedicated to board games where anyone can come and play at any time in the week.
As for the 'market research', you might have to find that bit yourself :p
karl_b Mon 20 Jun 2016, 08:20
Carl, I hope chatting at the Expo with Tom was helpful. I'm glad you've decided to go ahead with it and wish you luck.
Whereabouts do you want to be? Have you looked around Kelham Island? Up and coming area, rents might not be too high, close to town, decent on-street parking, etc.
I'm interested to see how things develop, keep us in the loop.
A couple of things I'd add on the actual running of it: don't underestimate the amount of work needed to run the place, whilst the idea of being able to join in and play games all day sounds great, the likelihood is there will be a lot of drinks to get, food to make, etc; never forget it's a business, don't let your love of the hobby and affinity for other gamers too heavily influence your costs and business model. As Aneurin said above, and we discussed at the Expo, gamers aren't particularly going to be big spenders.
PaulC Mon 20 Jun 2016, 09:49
I wish you every success, Karl. I don't think I have any specifically relevant skills to help you, but when you're up and running I'll definitely be a customer!
Carl_H Mon 20 Jun 2016, 11:40
Yeah Tom was helpful thanks. I'll have a trip across to see their place at some point and hopefully talk to them some more about it. Maybe as a SBGC road trip like Jamie suggested!
We're looking at broomhill/crookes area but have considered others including Kelham Island. There's not much that's come up really apart from a couple of bare units that need a complete fit out.
And me and the Mrs are still going to be working. We have a close mate that has experience in running bars etc and looking for a new job, so he will be working there full time and me and Leanne will be available to work evenings, hopefully when it's busy with gamers! So yeah we won't be disappointed at not playing games all day, just the evening times.
And as for the spending, it's one of the reasons we were looking for a bigger space to hopefully get more numbers spending less than aiming at fewer people paying more. We're hoping for a place people can come and spend a whole day there without it costing too much, as I love having full day gaming sessions round our place, and to take that away isn't what were aiming for. It's also why we're hoping for SBGC support, as 40+ gamers every Tuesday night is a good basis to start from, even though we don't send all that much! Bit hopefully that won't matter.
Looking forward to progressing it further anyway and chatting to all of you about it as we go. We've got our first premises viewing tomorrow before SBGC so fingers crossed we might be one step closer!
And thanks Paul, it's all we ask haha, although if you really wanted to help I'm sure there'd be some dishes to wash! :p
See you all tomorrow
Carl_H Fri 24 Jun 2016, 13:40
For those that I didn't excitedly tell on Tuesday, the viewing for the new venue went really well and it was the perfect place. All in all nearly twice the size of the uni arms room.
I'm in France for a week now (if we're allowed in haha) but looking forward to getting things moving when I get back. Hopefully soon enough there won't be the same problem with the room as we had on Tuesday. Bloody knitters!
Admin Fri 24 Jun 2016, 17:41
What are you planning to charge for table usage?
We're hoping to not have to charge a thing.. Our aim is to make it a place that regular/hardcore gamers will want to visit regularly as well.
To cover costs the approach we are looking at taking at the moment is an optional membership scheme, but obviously make the benefits appealing enough so that everyone will want to join. We're hoping to put together some of our plans in the next few weeks and pass it round you fellow SBGC members to see if we're hitting the mark.
It's also another reason we've chosen a large enough place so we can hopefully get the numbers in and cover costs with food and drink.
It's not something we're trying to make a million bucks on, we just really think sheffield needs a dedicated place for board gaming, and hopefully if we have the approach of not trying to make as much money as possible, people will appreciate it and keep coming back!
That's the plan anyway
Any plans for a license? I know Karl's friend got this in place. Think it's a good idea. I like a beer and scratchings with my game.
Good to hear you aren't looking at table charges. I'm afraid that would put me right off from the get go.
As for membership... I personally think the only way it would work in a cafe setting is to offer money back in food/drink purchases. Almost like a guaranteed minimum income per person for you. Why? Because I can still play for free in many pubs across the city or even Patriot Games. Could be difficult to set the pricing for that though. I don't envy your task. Balancing the small income with the replacement board games as they inevitably get damaged.
Definitely going to be licensed! Wouldn't do it without one!
Well it's still early days but to lay it on the line, we're looking at 6k pm overheads, and early ideas for membership benefits so far are;
Tiered membership, eg bronze (£5pm), silver (£10pm), gold (£15)
Food and drink discounts
Free tournament entry
Free event entry
Free game rental
No deposits for games
Bring your own games
Also I love having a full day gaming, so we're thinking more that if there's no table charge, people can stay all day gaming and hopefully buy plenty of food and drink, but no pressure
Like I said we're just throwing ideas round at the moment. We will be bringing them all together into some sort of plan soon and will give you guys a look to see what you think and for any ideas or changes. But in the mean time if anyone has any other ideas in general or for membership let us know so we can chuck them in the pot
Carl_H Sat 02 Jul 2016, 22:29
Does anyone have any good names for a board game café? We have some decent ones to choose from so far and some terrible ones. I'll list some below but if you could any others that would be a awesome. If we choose your name we'll get you a pint or something
D12 café
Bar and board
Cafe of Catan
Games beer games
JohnH Sun 03 Jul 2016, 08:44
Cafe des Cartons (cafe of cardboards). Sounds French.
Victory Pints? The Victory Point? The Old Victory Point. Where you off Jim? Oh just down the old vic.
The Dick and Pickle (not sure how you feel about Will Wheaton)
Chits and Giggles.
The Thirsty Meeple.
Rolls and Moves, Card Draughts, and other punny mechanics...
Veni, Lusi, Vici. (I came, I played, I conquered)
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Tokens & Teabags
The Token Teabag
Brewing Boards
The Cardboard Cuppa
Cuppa Cardboard
Cardboard Kettle
The Strategic Spoon
Nowt Token Out
Moccha (&) Meeples
Settlers of Cappachino
DicePots & TeaTowers
The Leading Latte
Dicejeeling
PaulC Sun 03 Jul 2016, 09:01
Boarders
BeardyTom Sun 03 Jul 2016, 09:19
Munchkins?
Ludicafe?
Reiner's?
Game of Scones?
PaulC wrote: Boarders
I thought you voted remain - now you are going on about this... Jeez
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Oh no, don't send me off on another EU rant...
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How long can you hold on to yourself when it comes to not sleeping? Apparently, there are people out there who seem much fond of not sleeping ………. well, at least, not as much as most of us. Different people in different times have attempted to set (or break) records in this regard.
Randy Gardner, in 1964, at the age of 17 years, went through this endeavour of staying awake without the help of any stimulants. It was a well recorded and documented event where Dr. William C. Dement and Lt. Commander John J. Ross supervised his attempt that spanned through 264 hours or 11 days. Gardner was reported to have undergone various cognitive and behavioural issues like paranoia, short term memory loss, hallucinations and lack of concentration.
Another such notable attempt was undertaken by Maureen Weston of Peterborough, the largest city in Cambridgeshire County of the U.K, as she participated in a rocking chair marathon. She went on rocking her chair for 18 days and 17 hours. During her attempt, she was observed to have suffered from paranoia, concentration lapses, slurred speech and blurred vision. Out of the two, sleep researchers' community values Randy Gardner's attempt to be recorded and document more accurately.
Tony Wright, a famous consciousness researcher and author from Penzance, located in Cornwall County of the U.K, holds another widely accepted sleep deprivation record. In his attempt in 2007, Tony Wright was able to get past an earlier landmark set by Randy Gardner in 1964, some 43 years ago. Tony, being a researcher himself, also confessed of some tricky moments during his attempt.
Though sleep deprivation is deemed to have various cognitive and physical implications of different types on humans, people like the ones mentioned above will continue to explore more of this avenue. We can just hope and pray that such undertakings might lead scientists and researchers to bring out something positive for humanity.


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3rd-strike.com | Patria (DVD) – Movie Review
Follow	Genre: War, Biography
Director: Klaas van Eijkeren
Distributor: A-film
Patria (DVD) – Movie Review
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Good: Intresting premise
Bad: Wooden acting, uninprised directing
It has taken over 60 years for the Dutch movie industry to create a movie about the Great War – World War I. What better time then, as the reminisce of the start of the war, exactly 100 years ago? We know that the movie wasn't made with the largest budget (sources say it only costed around 20.000 Euro) and this is something we'll keep in mind during this review.
The movie follows the life of Arthur Knaap (Timothy Flohr) and it's based on the writings that Knaap left behind, so everything that happens in the film happened for real. Patria starts in 1914, in Paris. When the war breaks out, the family Knaap, under guidance of pater familias Otto Knaap, moves back to the neutral Netherlands. Arthur however doesn't approve of this, in his eyes it feels like cowardly running and instead he wishes to aid the Allied forces against the invading Germans.
In the documentary that was reviewed a couple of weeks ago (14 – Diaries of the Great War) we found out that this was pretty much the standard behavior of kids during that period. They imagined that the war was some kind of event where one would gain honor and become a mature and responsible man. The reality however, turned out to be different. Knaap gets accepted in the army and joins De Rooy (Pascal Vugts), Tinus (Gabriel van Eekelen), Jules (Tijs Huys) and Sjarrel (Ricardo Esser). Together they will face the hardships of war: fear, hunger, the loss of comrades and the toxic gas that the Germans use.
Knaap kept in touch with his family through letters. The events in Patria are taken from said letters and are re-enacted. By doing so, the movie becomes the story of one man in a worldwide conflict.
Patria is a very ambitious movie. Taking on any war as a subject for your movie is a challenge, since it must combine elements of facts, but show it in an engaging and captivating way. While the uniforms and trenches seem very lifelike, director Klaas van Eijkeren forgets to humanize the characters. The acting is quite 'wooden', so it's very difficult to feel for Knaap during his though times. It's a shame really, because it seems like there is an interesting story buried under the boredom.
The performance of Huys (who is playing the traumatized Jules) gives the best moments in the movie. His thousand-yard stare is impressive and you can see his disillusion in the war and in his fellow man. Flohr, who is given the role of Knaap, doesn't succeed in giving this much emotion. He is very superficial in his portrayal of the lead role and this creates a distance between the viewer and the character of Knaap, a distance that shouldn't be there if you are watching the events of World War I through the eyes of one man.
While the actors weren't that impressive, a lot of blame probably falls on the screenplay. Instead of attempting to create a full-fledged story out of the diary entries, van Eijkeren decided to film the movie as close to a diary as possible. Patria is very fragmented and lacks a story arch. The entire movie feels like random moments that are pasted together as a sort of "best of" of Arthur Knaap's diary. Instead of a tribute, it feels like a mocking of the man's life, which is really disappointing. There's certainly pride in sticking to the truth as closely as you can, but a lot is done by how you shoot it. If van Eijkeren wanted to show us that the war was monotone and bland, he has certainly succeeded in passing that message. A concrete example: every scene (which last around 5 minutes) ends with a fade to black. In a movie that last 77 minutes, you get almost the same time devoted to a black screen as to the story itself.
It's probably unfair to compare Patria to the aforementioned documentary, since the budgets were likely vastly different, but still. They both have the same approach to the continental conflict, basing their stories on diaries detailing the time period. Still, the finished products are at different spectrums. While the documentary easily fills eight episodes of an hour, this movie has trouble providing content for an hour and a half. To end on a high note: the movie looks pretty. The lighting is excellent and there are at least two shots in the movie that can live up to any Hollywood movie.
The basis for Patria is no doubt an interesting one. A young man gets disillusioned by the hardness of war. It fails to deliver on this excellent premise, by having a weak direction and equally poor acting. It isn't a very long flick, but even then it seems to last for ages. The only thing that Patria succeeds in is having a decent portrayal of the uniforms and general living conditions of 1914, everything else needs work.
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The International Impact of Brexit on Foundries
Market Scenario The International Impact of Brexit on Foundries
18.09.2019 Author / Editor: Ahlam Rais / Isabell Page
Brexit is already making headlines on the global stage but what does this mean for the die casting sector across the world? We talked to experts from the industry in order to get a better perspective on the situation.
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A 'no deal' Brexit would have a devastating impact on the UK's automobile sector and the hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports.
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The world has been closely watching the United Kingdom's every move as it struggles to pull out of the European Union (EU). Despite many extensions and parliamentary discussions, Great Britain has failed to lay down a concrete Brexit deal which is expected to show the future road map for the country. With the deadline fast approaching, the UK needs to put forward its best plan.
Jose Javier Gonzalez works for the World Foundry Organisation in the Executive Secretariat.
(Source: World Foundry Organisation)
Amidst this tension, there is a growing level of business uncertainty amongst industry players in the region. Numerous sectors including die casting from the manufacturing industry will be affected by this move and its ripples will influence the global die casting industry. Jose Javier Gonzalez, Executive Secretariat, World Foundry Organization says, "Business needs political and market stability, and these uncertain prospects are not going to help die casting companies establish long-term strategies."
Current Situation in the UK
The global die casting industry caters to the automobiles sector, which occupies a major share. In a report by the UK-based trade association, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders it is mentioned that a 'no deal' Brexit would have a devastating impact on the UK's automobile sector and the hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports. It would end frictionless trade, add billions to the cost of importing and exporting and put jobs at risk.
"Half of UK's exports are transported to Europe, hence foreign and domestic investors are worried about limited access to the EU's single market. Companies like Honda have already relocated their activities abroad, to ensure their access to this market," mentions Gonzalez.
Stormy Times in the Foundry Industry
Potential Effects on Relevant Economic Markets
Europe is the second largest market in the world for the die casting industry in terms of size owing to the large and well-established automotive sector in the region, mentions a recent report by Market Research Future. The UK is the most important sales market in the EU for main automotive suppliers like Germany. The Executive Secretariat of WFO adds, "Some studies suggest that in case of a 'no-deal', Europe will experience a reduction in sales of nearly 800,000 cars, which accounts to around 4 % of the EU's current automotive production. Also, if the UK economy undergoes a recession because of the exit of the EU then the direct and indirect dependency between die casting suppliers in European countries and the UK can create a direct reduction in sales for the automotive industry."
With the rise of the automobile manufacturing sector in Asia, countries such as China and India are expected to remain the largest market for die casting, states the report. Gonzalez shares that currently; the biggest concerns for the Chinese die casting companies are the possible negative impacts of policy changes from the US, UK, and the EU, such as raising tariffs, as well as currency depreciation. This could lead to a more complex international market and increase the price of die casting raw materials as well as imported equipment. These factors will affect the export of Chinese die casting products.
Stephen P. Udvardy is the President of the North America Die Casting Association.
(Source: North America Die Casting Association)
North America holds the third spot in the global die casting industry; however, the impact of Brexit will be relatively low in this region. Stephen P. Udvardy, President, North America Die Casting Association explains, "Die casting exports from the US to the UK has ranged from 4.5 million dollars to 8.9 million dollars per year over the last five years. When compared to our total production of about 8 billion dollars, it means that only about 1 % of our die casting products gets exported to the UK."
The Brexit development will have an impact on the die casting industry but the level of impact may vary depending on a country's business relationship with the UK.
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Robin Williams' suicide seizes the year on Google
Brynn Mannino, AOL.com
Dec 16th 2014 3:48AM
Robin Williams Quotes
"You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
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"Comedy is acting out optimism."
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"You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous."
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"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel alone."
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"We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins."
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"If I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life's work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling; seen that. If I ask you about women, you'd probably give me a syllabus about your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy. You're a tough kid. And I'd ask you about war, you'd probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, "once more unto the breach dear friends." But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap, watch him gasp his last breath looking to you for help. I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in the hospital room for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes, that the terms "visiting hours" don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you… I don't see an intelligent, confident man… I see a cocky, scared shitless kid. But you're a genius Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine, and you ripped my fucking life apart." (From Good Will Hunting)
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"Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."
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"You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars." (From August Rush)
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"We were romantics. We didn't just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?" (From Dead Poet's Society)
"They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you. Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen. You hear it? Carpe—hear it? Carpe, carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." (From Dead Poet's Society)
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"Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string."
"All of life is a coming home. Salesmen, secretaries, coal miners, beekeepers, sword swallowers, all of us. All the restless hearts of the world, all trying to find a way home." (From Patch Adams)
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"You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win." (From Patch Adams)
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"Do you think God gets stoned? I think so … look at the platypus."
"The Moon… It hangs like a testicle in the sky…"
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"I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be."
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"Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding'."
"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."
"Death is nature's way of saying, 'your table is ready.'"
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Robin Williams' suicide seared into the world's collective mindset more than anything else this year, based on what people were searching for on Google.
The reaction to Williams' death in August topped Google's list of 2014's fastest-rising search requests. It beat notable events such as the World Cup, the Ebola outbreak, the March disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the Ice Bucket Challenge, an Internet video craze to raise awareness and money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Other topics of worldwide intrigue on Google included the addictive smartphone game "Flappy Bird," bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst, the Middle East extremist group ISIS, the hit Disney movie "Frozen," and the Winter Olympics in Russia.
Williams, Ebola, the World Cup and the Ice Bucket also ranked among the most-discussed subjects this year on Facebook, which released its list last week. Google released its list Tuesday.
Williams' death drove many people to reminisce about his career highlights. In the first few days after his suicide, there was a six-fold increase in the number of Google searches for "carpe diem" - a Latin phrase for "seize the day" that Williams popularized in the film "Dead Poets Society." Reports about Williams' long-running battle with depression caused searches for that term to triple. There was also a flurry of searches about his movies (the top five were: "Mrs. Doubtfire," ''Dead Poets Society," ''Good Will Hunting," ''Jumanji" and "Patch Adams.")
Google's worldwide list of the year's hottest search requests mirrored the activity in the U.S. with a few exceptions. Wurst didn't make the Top 10 list in the U.S., nor did the Winter Olympics. Instead, Web surfers in the U.S. were seeking more information about the August confrontation that culminated in a white policeman shooting and killing an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri. Ukraine's conflict with Russia also held more intrigue in the U.S. than the rest of the world.
Google's review follows annual roundups compiled during the previous two weeks by its main search rivals. Although Google's list usually comes last each year, its rankings typically provide more telling insights into what people were thinking because the company's technology processes about two out of every three search requests made on the Internet.
Yahoo's search lists indicated that its websites tend to attract entertainment-minded people. While Ebola topped Yahoo's rankings for 2014, celebrities or entertainers occupied six of the other slots. They were singer Ariana Grande (No. 3), actress Jennifer Lawrence (No. 4), actress Kaley Cuoco (No. 5), reality TV star Kim Kardashian (No. 6), singer Miley Cyrus (No. 8) and actress Jennifer Aniston (No. 10). Yahoo's list was rounded out by: the video game "Minecraft," whose popularity prompted Microsoft to buy it for $2.5 billion earlier this year; "Frozen," and Apple's latest gadget, the iPhone 6.
Instead of doing a wide-ranging compilation of top searches, Microsoft's Bing separated its lists into disparate categories, such as athletes (NBA star LeBron James soared the highest), celebrities (Kardashian reigned), vacation destinations (Costa Rica) and musicians (Beyonce).
Robin Williams, in memoriam
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 18: Zak Williams and Robin Williams attend the Timo Pre Fall 2009 Launch with Interview Magazine at Phillips De Pury on November 18, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage for Timo Wallets LLC)
Robin Williams with son Zak & wife Marsha during 'Death To Smoochy' Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 26: Zak Williams, son of Robin Williams, throws out the ceremonial first pitch as Zelda and Cody Williams look on before Game Five of the 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals at AT&T Park on October 26, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Robin Williams, son Zak & wife Marsha during 'Death To Smoochy' Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)
Robin Williams with son Zak & wife Marsha during 'One Hour Photo' Premiere at Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
Portrait of actor Robin Williams, Marin County, California, 1999. (Photo by Chris Felver/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12: A makeshift memorial for Robin Williams seen in front of Carolines on Broadway comedy club on August 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Robin Williams in the kitchen in a scene from the film 'Mrs. Doubtfire', 1993. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)
You're a grown man now and I'm so proud of you. A little bit of you will always be my "Mr Pym". Happy Birthday, @zakpym!
Happy Birthday to me! A visit from one of my favorite leading ladies, Crystal.
Robin Williams visits a sick child in a scene from the film 'Patch Adams', 1998. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images)
#tbt and Happy Birthday to Ms. Zelda Rae Williams! Quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl. Happy Birthday @zeldawilliams Love you!
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - Emmy Award-nominated 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. The guests for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 included actor Robin Williams ('The Crazy Ones'), Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons ('Modern Family') and musical guest The Killers - also featuring Jimmy Kimmel Lives' 'Modern Family Feud: Kids Edition.' (Photo by Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) ROBIN WILLIAMS, JIMMY KIMMEL
LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 5: 'Breakfast Burrito Club' -- Left to Right: Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Zach (James Wolk), Simon (Robin Williams) and Andrew (Hamish Linklater) delve into each other'™s personal lives while brainstorming ideas for an ad campaign, on THE CRAZY ONES, Thurs. Oct. 17 (9:01 -" 9:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Richard Cartwright/CBS via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 5: 'Breakfast Burrito Club' -- Simon (Robin Williams) brainstorms ideas for an ad campaign for the breakfast burrito, on THE CRAZY ONES, Thurs. Oct. 17 (9:01 9:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Richard Cartwright/CBS via Getty Images)
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Episode 1515 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actor Robin Williams, host Jay Leno during an interview on December 22, 1998 -- (Photo by: Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Robin Williams, Zelda Williams and Cody Williams at the Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
HOLLYWOOD, : Academy Award-winning actor Robin Williams wears a clown nose as he places his hands in cement during his hand and footprint ceremony outside Mann's Chinese Theatre 22 December in Hollywood, California. Williams is currently starring in the critically acclaimed film 'Patch Adams' about a doctor who uses humor to help heal his patients. AFP PHOTO/Vince BUCCI (Photo credit should read Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images)
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Robin Williams during The 13th Annual Moving Picture Ball American Cinematheque Award Honoring Arnold Schwarzenegger at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, UNITED STATES: Academy Award winning actor Robin Williams signs autographs for fans as he arrives for the premiere of his new film, 'What Dreams May Come' 28 September in Beverly Hills, CA. The film, a romantic-fantasy based on the Richard Matheson novel, tells of one man's journey to other worlds to find the woman he loves. AFP PHOTO Vince BUCCI (Photo credit should read Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images)
Off to the Emmys with my beautiful wife, Susan.
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: Oscar winners Robin Williams (L), Best Supporting Actor and Jack Nicholson (R), Best Actor pose for photographers 23 March at the 70th Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Williams won for his roll in 'Good Will Hunting' and Nicholson for 'As Good As It Gets.' (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Hector MATA (Photo credit should read HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)
Robin Williams is covered in paint in a scene from the film 'What Dreams May Come', 1998. (Photo by Polygram Filmed Entertainment/Getty Images)
324574 35: Robin Williams stands with Matt Damon at the fourth annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremonies March 18, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA. Various actors and entertainers attended the ceremonies to honor the accomplishments of their fellow performers. (Photo by Russell Einhorn/Liaison)
FRIENDS -- 'The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion' Episode 24 -- Pictured: (l-r) Billy Crystal as Tim, Robin Williams as Thomas, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Nathan Lane and Robin Williams standing in pajamas on the porch in a scene from the film 'The Birdcage', 1996. (Photo by United Artists/Getty Images)
Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce, Kirsten Dunst and Robin Williams hold each other in a scene from the film 'Jumanji', 1995. (Photo by TriStar/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 23: U.S. actor Robin Williams holds his Golden Globe after winning for best actor in a comedy for his role in 'Mrs. Doubtfire' 22 January 1994. The movie also won a Golden Globe for best comedy film. (Photo credit should read DAVID CRANE/AFP/Getty Images)
Robin Williams and Tim Robbins in a scene from the film 'Cadillac Man', 1990. (Photo by Orion Pictures/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - MARCH 16: Robin Williams (Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Getting ready for The Tonight Show with The Man, @jayleno. Jay got me my first paying stand-up job.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 26: Robin Williams and Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Heather Wines/CBS via Getty Images)
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