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Le VIC 32 est un ancien navire d'avitaillement (en anglais : Victualling Inshore Craft), un navire dessiné sur le modèle de cargo de type . Restauré, il navigue comme bateau de plaisance en Écosse.

Ce bâtiment est inscrit au registre du National Historic Ships  depuis 1993 et il est aussi l'un des nombreux bateaux de la National Historic Fleet.

Histoire
Le VIC 32 a été construit par Richard Dunston à Thorne en 1943 pour l'Amirauté britannique au service de la Royal Navy durant la seconde guerre mondiale. Pendant la guerre, il a transporté du ciment, des munitions, du carburant d'aviation et des fournitures à la flotte du Loch Eil et de Scapa Flow.

Après la guerre, il fut rebaptisé C702 pour travailler au chantier naval de Rosyth sur l'estiaire du Firth of Forth. En 1963, il a été vendu  à la société Whites d'Inverkeithing pour la démolition. Mais il a été racheté et déplacé à Whitby pour sa restauration en reprenant son nom d'origine.

En , il a été racheté par Nick Walkerpour être ramené à Londres  en , où il a été restauré aux Docks de St Katharine. La cale a été transformée en logement sur deux niveaux avec un relévement du pont. Il a ensuite navigué avec son propriétaire pour des excursions sur la Tamise et pour des croisières sur la côte de la Manche.

En 1978, VIC 32 a navigué par Inverness et le canal de Crinan, sur le , jusqu'à Argyll and Bute. De là il opérait des croisières de 7 jours  de Tarbert à Loch Fyne et à Firth of Clyde, et sur le canal de Crinan, pour Highland Steamboat Holidays Ltd.

En 1994, il a été repris par Crinan Ferry. En 2004, sa chaudière est devenue inutilisable et il a cessé ses activités.  La Puffer Preservation Trust a été constituée pour recueillir des fonds pour une nouvelle chaudière. Avec l'aide d'une subvention du Heritage Lottery Fund, VIC 32 a pu reprendre ses activités en 2006 avec Puffer Steamboat Holidays Ltd.

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Notes et références

Articles connexes
 VIC 18
 VIC 96

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Lavrov excoriates Kiev's scheming remarks that Minsk accords not legally binding
The diplomat stressed that Russia's only 'red line' regarding the settlement process in eastern Ukraine is the need to fully implement the Minsk agreements
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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BELGRADE, June 18. /TASS/. The Minsk agreements must be fully implemented, and statements by Ukrainian officials to the contrary stem from their unscrupulous intentions or the lack of knowledge of the actual situation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Thursday.
Kiev's idea of consultations without Russia is aimed at ruining Minsk accords — diplomat
"The statements, which we hear from Ukrainian officials, that these decisions are not binding, all that stems from duplicity or ignorance of the issue, I can acknowledge that. There [in Ukraine], many are engrossed in the Ukrainian settlement in order to bolster their image on the back of this domestic political strife," Russia's top diplomat explained.
He stressed that Russia's only 'red line' regarding the settlement process in eastern Ukraine is "the need to strictly and fully implement the Minsk agreements in their corresponding order." UN Security Council resolutions are binding on all states.
Russia's top diplomat added that Western countries should make efforts to encourage Kiev to abide by the UN Security Council's decisions. According to Lavrov, Russia has repeatedly sent appropriate signals to international organizations and the capitals of European countries "regarding the need to persuade Kiev's representatives to stop neglecting their duties and shying away from meeting the requirements of the Security Council."
"We also hear statements, including from the top Ukrainian officials, that the Minsk agreements are important only in order to keep anti-Russian sanctions in place. I believe that our Western counterparts who work with Ukraine and verbally confirm that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements should be ashamed for their charges," Lavrov concluded.

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Archives|BIG APARTMENT FOR WEST END AVENUE; Ninety-third Street Corner to Be Improved With a Fifteen-Story Structure. PROJECT INVOLVES $2,500,000 Frederick Brown Makes Quick Resale of West Side Apartment Site.
BIG APARTMENT FOR WEST END AVENUE; Ninety-third Street Corner to Be Improved With a Fifteen-Story Structure. PROJECT INVOLVES $2,500,000 Frederick Brown Makes Quick Resale of West Side Apartment Site.


First, a big "Thank You" to Booze Nerds because without this MxMo, I might not have thought to add the Applejack foam to these! I love pumpkin and I've always been a fan of pumpkin bisque. I like mine to be savory. Save the sweet for the pie! Since I have a more than passing infatuation with rum, I simply looked to combine two of my favorite flavors. I tried this warm, with bourbon and with dark rum. Not great in any combination. Cold bisque and gold rum were the perfect match. The bitter sweet flavor of the apple brandy foam is perfect with the savory, slightly spicy pumpkin bisque.
I have included the recipe for my pumpkin bisque below, but you can use your own or even your favorite prepared brand.
Combine pumpkin bisque,rum simple syrup and bitters in a mixing glass without ice and stir to combine.
Refrigerate for 2 hours before use. Will keep refrigerated for a few days.
Saute the onions in the butter until translucent – about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 sec.
Place the mixture in a blender and puree until smooth.
Return the puree to the pot, add the cream and continue to cook until heated through.
Serve immediately or cool for the above shooters.


What makes one diamond more valuable than another? Ask any diamond and jewelry professional, and they will tell you the factors that influence the value of diamonds are much more complicated than the commonly referred to 4 c's: Clarity, Color, Cut, and Carat Weight.
The best scientific description of the 4 C's can be found on the web site of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). The GIA is the foremost authority on diamond grading and the only truly accepted laboratory in the world, with its system constantly mimicked by most appraisers and laboratories in the jewelry industry.
According to Andrew Fabrikant, at Fabon5th.com in New York, NY, "The 4 c's are really just the beginning of the factors that make up the value of a diamond. I call the remaining considerations 'Characteristics,' making a fifth c if you will." Characteristics include any properties that may affect the overall value of the stone, such as the construction of the diamond, the nature of imperfections, as well as natural or man made characteristics.
Andrew Fabrikant offers the following insider knowledge on the fifth c, Characteristics.
Table percentages act in very much the same way. If a table percentage is too large, light will not reflect well. If a table percentage is too small, the diamond will appear smaller than its weight, and although it may be brilliant, it will look smaller and thus less impressive.
Another significant characteristic that can affect the value of a diamond is fluorescence. Fluorescence is a naturally occurring property that can affect the look of a diamond. Fluorescence comes in many colors, blue (most common), yellow, white and red. Fluorescence varies in different levels, from none, faint, medium, strong and very strong. "Fluorescence has become a big factor when valuing a diamond. Stones showing medium fluorescence are discounted, and those with strong or very strong blue fluorescence are discounted to a much larger extent," Andrew Fabrikant continues to explain.
The truth about fluorescence lies somewhere in between. Diamonds that are darker in color (color grades J – Z) tend to benefit from the presence of blue fluorescence, often making the diamond look whiter. The term "Blue White Diamond," comes from the presence of fluorescence. Blue white is an old industry description of a diamond that appears whiter due to fluorescence rather than its color.
Medium or stronger Fluorescence in white diamonds (in the color range of D-I) can take away from the brilliance of the diamond and in some lighting conditions, make the stone less attractive.
Diamonds are grown and occur in nature. The same way woods, and grasses grow with grain, so do diamonds. In some diamonds, the presence of graining can affect the light reflection from the stone and give the diamond a hazy and cloudy look.
The girdle is the waist of the stone. It forms the border between the top and bottom of the diamond. Another description would be the "equator" between the "north" or top of the diamond and the "south", or the bottom of the diamond.
According to Andrew, when buying a diamond, ideally one would want to stay away from the term "very" when describing the girdle. "A girdle that is marked by the GIA as very thin or very thick should be avoided if possible. I find that, when a diamond cutter is trying to achieve a certain carat weight and realizes they may have trouble getting to their magic number, they may use a larger girdle to assure the weight. Sometimes the use of a thinner girdle helps the proportional construction of the stone," adds Andrew Fabrikant.


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McCain Provides a Dramatic Finale on Health Care: Thumb Down
07/29/2017 | Filed under: English | Posted by: admin
WASHINGTON — All week long, Senate Democrats had quietly groused that Senator John McCain made a stirring return to the Senate after a brain cancer diagnosis, that he preached the virtues of bipartisanship — and that he then backed a Republican-only push to replace the Affordable Care Act.
But early Friday morning, Mr. McCain, showing little sign of his grave illness, strode onto the Senate floor as the vote was being taken to repeal it, and shocked many of his colleagues and the nation. He sought recognition from the vote counters, turned his thumb down, and said "no." There were gasps and some applause.
He had just derailed the fevered Republican effort to undo the Obama-era health care law.
It was a stunning moment that will be long remembered in the Senate, a flash of the maverick John McCain, unafraid of going his own way despite the pleas of his fellow Republicans. In teaming up with Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who had already opposed the bill, Mr. McCain made good on his earlier promise to help defeat the measure if it didn't meet his personal test.
No amount of arm-twisting by his peers, Vice President Mike Pence or even President Trump could sway him from the decision that he had telegraphed to some Democrats and Republicans in the anxious buildup to the vote.
Ms. Collins said Mr. McCain told her that he felt compelled to "do the right thing." It probably didn't hurt that it was also a measure of cold revenge against Mr. Trump, a man who on the campaign trail in 2015 had mocked Mr. McCain's ordeal as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Mr. McCain made no mention of that, however, and instead used his time of maximum impact in the spotlight to say that the spectacular collapse of the health bill provided a chance for renewal, an opening to get the Senate out of its dysfunctional and partisan rut.
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"The vote last night presents the Senate with an opportunity to start fresh," Mr. McCain said in a statement on Friday. "I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to trust each other, stop the political gamesmanship, and put the health care needs of the American people first. We can do this."
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— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 28, 2017
His decision to reject the measure represented a remarkable turnaround from Tuesday. Mr. McCain, 80, whose brain cancer had been diagnosed just days earlier, arrived in the Senate to provide the vote Republicans needed to open debate on their jumbled efforts to find a legislative path to repeal the health care bill they had railed against for seven years. Mr. Trump praised Mr. McCain's courage in returning to the capital.
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Leading up to the vote, Mr. McCain, not untypically, had confounded both critics and admirers. His speech Tuesday had the potential to go down as a Senate classic, a call to restore the work-across-the-aisle traditions of the past.
"We've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues," Mr. McCain scolded his colleagues. "We're getting nothing done, my friends, we're getting nothing done."
Mr. McCain's vote that day left Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, smiling as his sometime foe, sometime friend from Arizona helped rescue the Kentucky Republican's reputation as a master strategist.
He provided the vote to move the Republican measure forward and seemed to work throughout the week with his constant ally, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, to explore ways to get the legislation out of the Senate and over to the House as Mr. McConnell so badly wanted.
A hastily scheduled Thursday evening news conference set off alarm bells among Democrats that Mr. McCain was going to back the last-ditch "skinny" repeal effort and sustain the drive to overturn the Affordable Care Act.But he had also been working back channels with Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, about his intentions. A relieved Mr. Schumer praised Mr. McCain after the vote.
"John McCain is a hero and has courage and does the right thing," Mr. Schumer told reporters. "He is a hero of mine."
Mr. McConnell was no longer smiling.
"So yes, this is a disappointment," the majority leader said in an emotional speech after the vote. "A disappointment indeed."
Other Republicans, while crediting Mr. McCain with a flair for the dramatic, said it was Republican voters who would be left disappointed by Mr. McCain's act.
"The losers tonight are the people who believed in the democratic process, believe that actually when candidates run and say, 'I will fight to repeal Obamacare,' that that actually means they will fight to repeal Obamacare," said Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who has clashed with Mr. McCain in the past. Mr. McCain was re-elected last year after making the repeal and replacement of the health care law a central element of his campaign.
As a senator from a state with a large population of older Americans, Mr. McCain has long involved himself in health policy, although the fine points are far from his chief area of expertise, military affairs. In this health care fight, Mr. McCain's resistance appeared to be driven partly by concerns raised by Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona about the potential loss of coverage in the state.
After turning Washington upside down over the last few days, Mr. McCain planned to be in Arizona on Monday for what his office described as a "standard post-surgical regimen of targeted radiation and chemotherapy." Mr. McCain intends to keep working but does not plan to be back on Capitol Hill before September.
The question now is whether Mr. McCain's vote will produce the results he wants: a more bipartisan approach to making changes in the health law that both sides acknowledge are needed. Or will it simply produce a stalemate that leads to a failure of the current system and a chorus of "we told you so" from Republicans?
The president made clear his unhappiness and issued a warning of what would come, predicting the current system would implode.
But for now, it was Mr. McCain who had seized the moment and set the course of the Senate.
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U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota
Published by Adrian Welch updated on April 20, 2019
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U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesotas
NFL Sports Development in USA – design by HKS, Inc. & Lawal Scott Erickson Architects
Design: HKS, Inc. with Lawal Scott Erickson Architects
Location: Minneapolis, USA
By enhancing the landscape and culture of the Twin Cities, the versatile U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota has quickly earned the title of "The People's Stadium." Home of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, this venue provides Minneapolis with a year-round venue for concerts, baseball, high school and college athletics, conventions, festivals and more. Through exhaustive anthropological research, U.S. Bank Stadium has been tailored to the diverse communities of Minneapolis.
Craft, value and a celebration of simplicity drove the aesthetic of U.S. Bank Stadium. By drawing from Scandinavian architecture and design, including Viking longboats and longhouses, the angular, sloped form of the building emerged. The resulting structure is distinguishable from any other building in the world, becoming an instantly recognizable silhouette on the Minneapolis skyline.
U.S. Bank Stadium connects to the city in both symbolic and literal ways, acting as a gathering place and focal point for Minneapolis. The Legacy Gate, comprised of five, pivoting glass doors ranging from 75 to 95 feet tall, opens outward to a nearly three-acre plaza. Standing on the concourse, patrons can look through the gate to the skyline, or straight into the stadium bowl and onto the field.
The doors of Legacy Gate remain open for events during good weather, connecting the stadium's 66,200 seats and six club spaces to downtown Minneapolis and 40,000 square feet of new green space. Regardless of weather, a revolutionary transparent roof connects the interior to the outside environment, with none of the drawbacks of a traditional designs.
A testament to these efforts and their success, U.S. Bank Stadium was chosen to host Super Bowl LII in 2018 and the NCAA Final Four in 2019, all within a few years of its July 2016 completion. The building also won the 2017 World Architecture Festival's award for completed projects in the sports category, and is under consideration as a venue for soccer games in the 2026 World Cup.
A Vernacular Design
Initially intended to be an open-air stadium, the cost of building an operable roof in Minnesota's winter climate was prohibitively high, and usage would be limited by snow and ice. The first objective in designing the form of the building was to get snow off the roof of the stadium as quickly and simply as possible.
To reduce structural loads and minimize building costs, we analyzed traditional Nordic architecture, determining that a sloped roof would offer both cultural and structural precedent to the challenge of building in Minneapolis' snowy climate. A single truss allows air to circulate through stadium in both winter and summer months in a way that is fundamentally new to this building type but closely connected to the way buildings have traditionally been built in northern climates.
In addition to its simplicity and cost-effectiveness, the sloped roof forms a lofted interior heat reservoir that stores solar heat and acts as a natural snow melt system. The building contains a system of vertical air risers that – in winter – draw warm air from the heat reservoir above and distribute it throughout the stadium and seating bowl below.
As an alternative to an operable roof, we proposed the first major use of ETFE roofing in North America. EFTE, a lightweight and transparent material, comprises the entire southern facet of the roof line. Light coming through the ETFE roof substantially reduces the need for daytime artificial lighting, and offers a clear connection to the outdoor environment.
Overall, the roof design removed the need for 2,000 tons of structural steel, solved the snow control problems, provided a connection to the outside environment and the city, reduced heating and cooling costs, and provides natural lighting. In conjunction with the Legacy Gate, U.S. Bank Stadium blurs the line between an indoor and outdoor stadium and provides patrons with the best of both worlds.
The Fan Experience
With seats, just 41 feet from the sidelines, Vikings fans are as close to the action as any stadium in the NFL. There are 131 suites of seven distinct types, including 23 Turf Suites,located directly on the field. Six clubs are available for private events, like corporate meetings, galas, proms and weddings.
One of the stadium's clubs – Mystic Lake's Club Purple – offers two unique features targeting millennial audiences. The first is an exterior rooftop area with sweeping views of the Minneapolis skyline, and the second is a seating area in the stadium bowl with the look and feel of a rooftop bar, replete with couches and table service.
The stadium's seven levels, including two general admission concourses with 360-degree circulation, offer various views into the bowl. Two of the largest and highest-quality high-definition video boards in the NFL are located 12 feet above the concourse, helping fans feel connected to the stadium's impressive suite of technology. Designed as a part of the overall experience, people walk under and around the video boards.
High school baseball, a community pastime in Minneapolis, was often played in the Metrodome. U.S. Bank Stadium now carries that mantle, with an entire section of seating capable of retracting into the stadium, creating space for right field.
U.S. Bank Stadium has only 200 parking spaces, allocated to players. The public accesses the stadium from public transportation or existing city parking. The city has 32,000 parking spaces within a 20-minute walk of the stadium. Located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, the stadium is also connected to the city's intricate network of pedestrian skyways and the Metro Transit system.
Minneapolis' average winter temperature is 23.7 degrees Fahrenheit, and heating costs typically comprise a little more than half of the region's energy usage. Managing heating costs was a design priority. Compared to the much smaller Metrodome, energy usage is reduced by 16 percent through heat recovery, air handling units, ventilation and high-efficiency motors.
LED lighting – the first of its kind in a new NFL stadium – can adjust color temperatures and turn off and on quickly to allow for unique pregame and halftime entertainment and an enhanced viewing experience. Energy usage by lighting was reduced by 26 percent due to the installation of LED sports lighting. These successes helped U.S. Bank Stadium achieve LEED-Gold certification.
U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis – Building Information
Title: U.S. BANK STADIUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Architects: HKS, Inc.
Associate Architects: Lawal Scott Erickson Architects
Client: Minnesota Sports Authority
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Construction cost: 1.061 billion USD
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Cancer Research Archives - How Many Miles?
I have regained 60lbs (having lost 170lbs); I have arthritic knees; I fall off my bike more regularly than Evel Knievel (look him up, millennials) and I cannot swim.
So my decision to sign up for an Ironman event in 2018 may seem a little reckless and a tad foolish. And it probably is. Ok, it definitely is.
However, I am a man of dreams and according to followers of the Law of Attraction, I just have to visualise myself crossing that Mallorca Ironman 2018 finishing line and it will happen.
Of course, I may also want to do something about that whole unable to swim thing.
I say unable, but that isn't strictly true. At the tender age of eight, my father instructed me. The instruction being not to drown as he pushed me into the water at Pollokshaws swimming pool. I didn't, but as you might see from the video below, my technique since then hasn't changed much. I basically flap my arms and try to stay afloat.
For years, I have vowed to learn how to swim and for years my fear of feeling embarrassed by my weight has stopped me. Even when I lost weight, I didn't feel completely comfortable and any time I have tried to swim, my complete lack of talent has been clear for all to see. Even the brilliant Olympian Robbie Renwick failed to turn me into a swimmer when I trained with him for my Strathmore Water DoMore Blog.
So, if I was going to conquer my fears and feel confident about a 2.4 mile swim in the sea (what am I thinking?) I decided that I would need some expert coaching. Now, I don't know any expert swimming coaches but I do know Robert Hamilton (sorry Robert, I couldn't resist), of Vigour Events, and I also know that Robert teaches Total Immersion, the swimming technique that is seemingly quick to master and which makes swimming almost effortless and less exhausting.
I had watched videos of Robert's class in Hamilton and as the weeks passed, my doubts started to drain away. Robert and I engaged in a game of Facebook Messenger tennis. He would serve me an invite to a class and I would volley back an excuse not to go.
I didn't have the time, it was too far way' I had child care issues and I wasn't competent enough to try Total Immersion. I used all of them and more. Eventually however, he broke down my barriers and for the past few weeks, I have been receiving and even enjoying his expert tutelage at Shawlands Secondary School.
With the changing room and pool almost to ourselves, my inhibitions didn't surface as I approached the pool and climbed in for my first lesson.
The first thing Robert asked was to see how I normally swim and he must be a great poker player as at no point did his eyes or face reveal what he thought about my er, swimming "style".
He simply advised that over the course of the next few weeks that he would instill upon me the basics of Total Immersion swimming and that the secret to success isn't about the power or a high turnover stroke rate but in the positioning and alignment of my head, leading arm and body as I glide through the water.
At his request, I allowed him control of my body and relaxed as he coaxed my head into a neutral position under the water. It felt so relaxing and so right that my usual desire (and urgency) to break the surface and seek air was replaced by a calmness. Robert had managed, with a wee tweak of my head, to release the tension that courses through my body whenever I attempt to swim.
Next he worked on my leading arm position. Again, I allowed him free reign and control of my limbs. He gently maneuvered them under the water until he found a resting point at which my arms automatically returned to when relaxed. Everything felt natural. I knew that I was in safe hands.
Over the course of two weeks and two hours, Robert continued to describe, display and direct me in the many small but vital components of the Total Immersion stroke and the result of our efforts is below.
I am far from finished and over the next few months my lessons and my practice sessions should help me progress even further. However, I have a wee confession. As I watch this clip over and over again, I am beaming with pride.
In just two hours, I had learned the basics of Total Immersion and the prospect of swimming 2.4 miles is a little less daunting.
If Total Immersion swimming sounds like something that you would like to try, then Robert has Swim Sessions on Monday nights at Hamilton College and in January and March he will again be at Hamilton College for his full day Total Immersion Workshops.
And if you want to support my efforts, please consider making a small donation to my Ironman Cancer Research page.
I had seen a physiotherapist and an osteopath; I had consulted my personal trainers (yep, I have two) and I had even spoken to fellow runners, but after 10 months and endless numbers of leg raises and squats and even some sessions with the Core Momentum Trainer (that deserves a post of its own) and a stint in barefoot shoes I was still no closer to putting on a pair of running shoes in earnest.
So, when the College of Podiatry suggested that I should see a podiatrist, my only thought was that it might make for another nice Feet For Life post.
I would never have guessed that six days later, I would be out running 5km.
I was referred to Podiatrist Mandy Abbott (now forever known as Magic Mandy) at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and right up until I entered the clinic, I wasn't completely sure what help a podiatrist would be, although she certainly helped me with my obligatory selfie!
Sure, I do possess typical runner's feet and I could benefit with having some hard skin removed, but just how would a podiatrist help me to run again or even walk without pain again?
Well, I soon learned that in addition to being a lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, Mandy Abbott also specialises in biomechanics and she offered to review my gait and examine my feet, ankles and knees.
This wasn't like the standard treadmill gait analysis found in your average running shop. Mandy checked my range of motion in my ankles before asking me to walk up and down the clinic. After what felt like about 300 laps, she told me to stop.
I had excess hard skin along the outsides of my feet and especially in the heel. The latter wasn't a surprise, as I know that I am a heavy heel striker (when my foot lands, it lands heel first), but the explanation for the outer foot was more of a shock.
During my walk up and down the clinic I displayed signs that I have Genu Varum or bow legs as they are more commonly known. I walk on the outside of my feet (supination) and my my lower legs are inverted. This is yet another sign/symptom of osteoarthritis and I am close to finally accepting that I cannot continue living in denial. At some point my knees will require further investigation.
However, at the very least , I now have a more than viable explanation for my knee pain. Something that I have been searching for. With this knowledge, I can move on.
So what does it all mean and why is it causing pain?
Whenever I walk or run it is most likely that my tibia and femur are making contact which is increasing my knee degeneration and causing the associated pain. I am also possibly stretching the lateral ligaments and this might explain my reluctance to attempt any movements that involve bending or twisting my knee.
Training sessions with Scott Devenney (using the HUB and the CMT) prove that I can perform lunges and that I can apply load to me knee. I will continue to train and I will keep strengthening my body and lowering my body fat. This will all help me move better and without unplaced fear. I will not lunge into anything too quickly, but I will lunge.
As as well as an explanation for my mobility issues, Mandy also recommended and provided me with an orthosis for my shoes. It has a lateral wedge that will enable me to walk with less pronation with the force of each landing being absorbed more centrally thus increasing knee joint stability. It will also help with my knee alignment and increase the space between my tibia and femur which should help ease my symptoms and reduce the pain.
Mandy provided me with something else too. Hope. Hope that I will run again and hope that my dream of being an Ironman isn't over before it even starts.
Even after only a week of wearing the orthosis and making a conscious effort to walk that little bit more straight, the frequency and the intensity of the pain has decreased. It hasn't gone completely, but it is no longer ever present and I don't feel that it is restricting me as much as it has in the past.
So much so, that when my girlfriend Teresa suggested that we go for a short run this week I agreed. Without hesitation. It wasn't fast but it was pain free and even after 5km I felt that I could have kept going. However, taking small steps has always been my approach and 5km was far enough for my first run.
I'll rest my knee and I will look forward to my Cancer Research Tough 10 event on November 6th for which I am an Ambassador. It will be my first (and possibly only) event of this year and although I will not be fast I will run and after 10 months out, I hope you all appreciate just how much this means to me. I've lost and given up a few things in the past year and I had begun to believe that I would never run again.
It's too soon to say that I'm back and I doubt that I'll ever again fully consider myself as a runner, but I can and I will run. And I will be an Ironman.
And if that wasn't good enough, Mandy provided me with an excuse to buy new running shoes. With my supination and bow legs, my current shoes are undoubtedly worn away on the outer edges and it is in my best interests to replace them (I'll ignore the fact that I do already own several as yet unworn pairs). My first pair arrive on Wednesday.
When I partnered with the College of Podiatry to promote the Feet for Life campaign I never envisioned that it would be a podiatrist that would hold the key to my knee pain and to me running again. I simply wanted to show that our feet deserve more attention and more care. Now, I also want to show that Podiatry is about much more than treating athlete's foot or removing corns…..although that will probably be the content of the next Feet for Life blog.
Autumn is creeping upon us and it is one of the best times of year to pack in the pavements and to take your running off road. Trail running is becoming more and more popular with more and more events being launched to meet the demand and to showcase the wonderful spirit of the trail running community.
It is getting darker and colder, so I have decided to offer a free Trail Running themed competition for you all to enter and hopefully brighten up your day.
Maybe it was my trailblazing Shite Runners blog or my efforts in the Hoka Highland Fling Relay, but I am delighted to announce that I have been selected to be an Ambassador for one such event.
That event is Tough 10 and it is the latest charity run from Cancer Research and also the event that I hope to mark my return to running in.
It will have been 10 months without running and I cannot think of a more apt race to make my return in. It has been a Tough 10 months.
The Tough Ten events are, you guessed it, tough.
The Tough 10 events have no obstacles, other then the terrain and your mental and physical strength, the odd chance of mud and some of the most stunning running routes that you are likely to encounter this autumn. The Tough 10 series kicks off this weekend in the Peak District before heading off London's Epping Forest on the 23rd October and ending the 10 race series in the sumptuous surround of Margam Country Park in South Wales.
Only one event has sold out (well done Essex) and you can find and register for your closest Tough 10 event here. Why not recruit a team of Tough runners and make this challenge your introduction to trail running. At only £20.00 per entry it is also great value.
On October 15th, Glasgow sees the return of the terrific TrailFest Trail Running Festival. Trail running legends and the trail running community come together to celebrate all that is great about running in the great outdoors.
Speakers such us as Debbie and Marco Consani (the JOINT creators of Marcothon-before I start another debate) are joined by the almost human James Stewart, who ran an incredible 160 miles in 24 hours, and many other inspiring runners, including my fellow Tough Ten Ambassador Lucja Leonard. You can listen to their tales or hit the trails with special events and coaching sessions.
Tickets for this all day event cost £45, but one person can win a free entry, while two more can win one of the special and limited edition #RunDirty Buffs (as modelled by the one and only Ryan Scott).
If the Tough Ten and Glasgow Trail Fest prizes are not enough, then allow me to put a little colour into your life. The colours of the rainbow, to be precise.
Sept 19-25 sees the launch of Stonewall Scotland's Rainbow Laces campaign. A week when we can all show that running and sport are for everyone. Unfortunately, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia still rear their ugly heads in sports as well as in society and it is great to see running groups like the Glasgow Frontrunners and events such as the Jedburgh Three Peaks Ultramarathon offering inviting and friendly running environments for all.
And as part of Rainbow Laces you can buy, you guessed it again, rainbow coloured laces to show your support. These can be bought here for the small sum of £2.99 but one lucky winner will win two pairs.
To win all of these fantastic prizes, Just enter below and follow the instructions Every entry will be entered into a draw to win one of these fantastic prizes. Due to the dates of all of the events and the campaigns, you will have up until Friday 7th October to enter. This will allow you to enter almost all but one of the Tough Ten events.
Follow myself (@howmanymiles_ ) and CRUK on twitter and enter your twitter handle (i'll follow back) and hit the "I follow"button.
All will earn you entries and the tweet can be done daily. It IS a bit complicated, but it makes selecting winners fairer and easier if I get lots and lots of entries. Plus it hopefully generates lots and lots of tweets about the Tough 10 events and #RainbowLaces.
Good luck with the competition and don't forget to get out on those trails. A whole new world awaits and it beats pounding the streets.


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Q: How to find the time when an order was fulfilled? When getting the order information form the api we get the fulfilment status but not the exact time when the order was fulfilled. The fulfilment information from the api is missing.
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Micah loves helping clients move beyond their traditional approaches to problem-solving and finding novel ways to innovate on their current products and enter new markets. This pursuit of creative paths to success is a throughline in Micah's 20-year career, from his days as a graphic designer to managing design and product teams through his work helping medical and industrial clients discover and apply market insights at Start Something Bold. At every stop, Micah has refused to settle for a paint-by-numbers approach.
Some days, Micah goes deep into the weeds with a client's customers to discover how they behave, how they think, and how they feel. Other days, the fifth generation designer is applying the skills he learned at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, producing inventive ways for clients to visualize opportunities and insights. For Micah, his work isn't just about helping customers bring products to market; it's about making an impact in people's lives.
Micah has delivered lectures about design around the world. He holds patents related to the design and the graphical user interface pressure therapy devices and sample medical device inventory software.


High speed internet access is essential to operate effectively in a 21st century economy. Minnesota must invest in its rural communities by connecting them with the rest of the world by way of the internet. Current representation at the state legislature slashed rural broadband funding. I believe we need to go in the other direction. I will fight for the residents of Houston and Fillmore counties to have equally fast and accessible internet as those in the metropolitan areas enjoy.
With our roads and bridges in desperate need of repair, Southeast Minnesota deserves a comprehensive and sustainable transportation funding plan. Every option should be on the table, however, we cannot continue to shift money and play games with our public safety. There are 50 structurally deficient bridges in Fillmore and Houston counties. The average age of all deficient bridges is 77 years. This is completely unacceptable and there must be leadership in St. Paul willing to tackle this problem. I will work for the people of Fillmore and Houston Counties to ensure we have an ambassador to the needs of our people for safe, reliable roadways and infrastructure.
We only have access to one habitable planet, let's make sure we take care of it. Our natural home here in Southeast Minnesota provides us with great economic and aesthetic benefits, that allow us to enjoy our land and our waters. Our rolling hills, streams, and hardwood forests must be maintained for future generations. As a state legislator, I will make sure our local units of government, as well as our state agencies in charge of environmental protections, have the tools necessary to protect our natural resources for generations to come.


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A game of two halves befell the Jubilee Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as Gloucester City were, in the end, well beaten by a very good Braintree Town side, writes Kelsey De Maria.
The opening quarter of an hour was as lackadaisical a display of football from both sides as will grace the Jubilee Stadium all season.
The first actual chance of the game came for the Tigers as Lewis Hall picked out Karnell Chambers with a great cross, but the forward could only volley over with the goal at his mercy.
The former Cheltenham Town youth player would not be so unfortunate the next time he had a sight of goal, though.
Marc Okoye got in all sorts of trouble at the back, allowing Chambers to rob possession and duly slot past Nathan McDonald.
Jack Storer was becoming more involved in the game as the Birmingham City loanee played a nice give-and-go with Tom Webb, only to see his shot deflected behind for a corner.
Braintree were pressing well and looked good going forward, but their end product in the final third left a lot to be desired, as Alfred Mugabo fired well wide.
Storer was looking like a handful for the visitors' back line, as he showed quick feet but was hounded out by relentless Braintree pressure.
The Iron had their best opportunity of the game just before half time as he got up well in the box but could only glance a header wide.
Again Braintree were mounting pressure, but Bouhmoutine skied his effort from the edge of the box, but that was where Braintree's dry spell ended.
Brad Quinton sent his side out with half of the interval still to go, and the team talk clearly worked, as Phil Roberts drew Braintree level after the Tigers didn't even touch the ball from kick-off.
The quick turnaround was complete as Roberts volleyed home from Oliyide's cross after Lewis Hall lost possession on the edge of his own box.
City were shell-shocked and the game was put to bed on the hour, as he snuck a shot into the far corner from inside 18 yards.
Chris Knowles made his first appearance of the season after a long injury lay-off as he replaced Jamie Edge, which can certainly be seen as a positive looking forward for Tim Harris' men.
The Tigers gaffer was certainly left disappointed after the match, but what should have been a good contest was seemingly spoiled by a refereeing performance that can only be generously described as 'poor', as Mr. Durkin brandished no fewer than eight yellow cards.
City will look to put things right in two weeks time when they welcome Welling United on Saturday 21 October, as their game with East Thurrock has to be rearranged following their FA Cup progress.


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Trump's Executive Order On Climate Is "Life-Threatening," Says People's Action Climate Justice Organizer
WASHINGTON – The Clean Power Plan, which would reduce emissions from U.S. power plants 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, is the latest target of President Trump's effort to eventually destroy President Obama's programs to address climate change.
Trump not only wants to cut the Environmental Protection Agency budget by 31 percent and cut 15,000 EPA workers' jobs, he also wants to endanger the lives of vulnerable communities by nullifying key environmental regulations, including the Clean Power Plan – a vital first step in reducing climate change.
Jordan Estevao, a senior strategist and climate justice organizer for People's Action, provided this statement in response to Trump's order:
"The climate crisis is here. And it's been here. Take a look at the coal plants and waste incinerators surrounding black neighborhoods, like in Cincinnati where residents die 20 years younger than their neighbors in whiter and less polluted neighborhoods. Then we have the 11,000 uranium mines on Native and federal lands poisoning the water, the land and the people. Within the 48217 zip code of Detroit – the most polluted zip code in America – you'll find staggering rates of asthma, heart disease and neurological disorders. In Louisiana, rising waters swallowed the Ninth Ward, turning the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaws in the Bayou into climate refugees.
"When so many people are already at risk, especially in marginalized communities, Trump's order is life-threatening. Our future and our health depend on policies that keep us safe. The green energy economy not only protects us from dangers arising out of climate change; it's also a source of tens of thousands of jobs. As a result of Trump's order, some families will pay the price with their lives. Trump said he would help the working class, but his policies say otherwise.
"The climate crisis is the product of an economy and government that put profits over people and planet. It is the product of centuries of structural racism, class oppression and the legacy of stolen land worked by stolen people.
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Fantasy/Animation
Christopher Holliday researches animation history and digital media at King's College London (UK). Alexander Sergeant is a Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at University of Portsmouth (UK), specialising in the history and theory of fantasy cinema. Each episode, they look in detail at a film or television show, taking listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation.
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Inception (2010) (with Todd McGowan)
Are we dreaming, or are we awake? How do we choose which realities to believe in? What levels of fictionality count? Find out in Episode 65, which works its way through the dream logic and desires of Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010), a film that probes deep into our unconscious to revel in how dreams allow us to participate in a shared fantasy. Joining Chris and Alex as they kick back through the layers of Inception's rhizomatic, mazelike structure is Todd McGowan Professor of Film Studies in the Film and Television Studies Department at the University of Vermont, and author of a number of books on psychoanalytic film theory, film comedy and popular media, including The Real Gaze: Film Theory after Lacan (2007) and The Fictional Christopher Nolan (2012). Topics for discussion include Christopher Nolan's pre-occupation with revelation as a narrative device; how Inception's interweaving, puzzling plotlines demonstrate trends towards complex narration by showing how beginnings can be constituted by the end; Nolan's relationship with practical effects traditions, and the interplay between visual effects and the diegetic coherency of a fantasy world; why Inception is a rich film for thinking about what we want from visual effects, and what we desire of spectacular computer-generated imagery; spectatorial investments in social reality (as fictionality) and its application of "timespaces"; and the status of Inception as a broader metaphor for cinema going.
Captain Marvel (2019) (with Trixter VFX Studio)
2021 kicks off with a supersonic bang as Chris and Alex return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to explore the world of Kree Empires, alien shapeshifters, flerkens, and digital de-aging in American superhero feature Captain Marvel (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2019), based on the celebrated Marvel Comics character. Joining them for a discussion of Hollywood special effects production and the labour of fantastical imagery are the film's VFX Producer Christine Neumann and VFX Supervisor Dominik Zimmerle of German visual effects studio Trixter based in Munich, whose work also includes a number of Hollywood blockbusters and other MCU entries Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jon Watts, 2017), Thor: Ragnarok (Taika Waititi, 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (James Gunn, 2017), Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018) and the upcoming Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021). Topics for discussion in Episode 64 include the industrial relationships between Marvel Studios and its VFX vendors; the splintering of effects workflow into elements of animation, camera/layout, simulation, body dynamics, lighting, pre-visualisation, rigging and compositing; what goes into the creation of digital assets/artefacts, and the challenges in Captain Marvel of replicating everyday or domestic spaces and objects; taste cultures and connoisseurship in contemporary VFX spectatorship; the vital role of controlled lighting environments and virtual camerawork in the design of pristine effects imagery; and the distinctions between a 'photorealistic' and a 'caricatured' cat.
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Animated Christmas Adverts (1951-2018) (with Malcolm Cook)
The Christmas spirit is finally in the air, with Chris and Alex using Episode 63 of the podcast as their annual opportunity to discuss all things seasonal - this time examining the fantasy of Christmas advertising, and the repeated role played by animation in the construction of festive commercials, television ads and brand promotions. They are joined in their Yuletide deliberations by Dr Malcolm Cook, Associate Professor in Film Studies (University of Southampton), whose numerous publications include the monograph Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018) and the co-edited collection (with Professor Kirsten Moana Thompson) Animation and Advertising (2019). Listen as they discuss the style and form of the following selection of Christmas-themed animated advertisements: Lotte Reiniger's "Christmas is Coming" (1951) made in collaboration with the General Post Office (GPO) informing audiences about the last postal dates; "The Flintstones - Cocoa Pebbles" (1985) that provides a playful prehistoric retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; the stargazing and fizzy drink-loving marine mammals of Coca-Cola's "Polar Bears (Northern Lights)" (1993); the mixed media John Lewis advert "The Bear and The Hare" (2013) influenced by the sentimentality of Disney's animated animals; Cartier's 2016 luxurious offering titled "Winter Tale" replete with spectacular digital effects; and Hershey's recent musical commercial "Heartwarming the World (Play the Kisses)" (2018) set to the tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Topics include the entwined historical and formal exchange between the animation and advertising industries; the role of desire, enchantment and the magical-making quality of Christmas-as-fantasy (including thematic connections to the "film blanc"); the challenges of archiving animated advertising and its many pioneers; the value of analysing animation's place within a variety of popular cultural experiences; the politics of audiovisual capitalist consumption and the business of Christmas; and the ways in which global brands historically lean in and out of the festive period through highly-animated commercial enterprises.
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James Bond Title Sequences (1962-2015) (with Ed Lamberti) (Part 2)
The names Bond…James Bond in Episodes 61 and 62, as Chris and Alex tackle the official Eon James Bond 007 film series by casting their eyes over a longstanding staple of the franchise - the celebrated credits sequences. Beginning with Dr. No (Terence Young, 1962) and culminating in Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015), listen as they place in rank order their 'Top 24' title sequences, judging their audiovisual spectacle, structural elements and broader connections to traditions in animated fantasy (Part 1 focuses on Bond films #24 to #13, while Part 2 counts down from #12 to their #1 ranked 007 title sequence). Joining them for this extended double-header is Dr. Ed Lamberti, an independent researcher in Film Studies who has been a teaching assistant at King's College London, a screenwriting mentor at the London Film School, and who is currently Policy Manager at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). In 2019, Ed published his monograph Performing Ethics through Film Style, which discusses the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas alongside films directed by the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader. He is also the editor of Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age (2012), and the assistant editor of the upcoming V. F. Perkins on Movies: Collected Shorter Film Criticism (2020). Listen as the trio examine elements of design, movement, rhythm and pacing in the Bond titles; the gendered imaginaries and Anglophonic fantasies of race that support the sequences' progress of imagery; authorial figures such as Maurice Binder, Robert Brownjohn, and Daniel Kleinman; questions of coherency and the relation between image and soundtrack; and the broader structural role of the credits across the Bond series. Quite simply, nobody does it better.
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Christopher Robin (Marc Forster, 2018)
Heffalumps and Woozles take centre stage for Episode 60 of the podcast, as Chris and Alex take a trip deep into Hundred Acre Wood to confront Christopher Robin (Marc Forster, 2018) (not to be confused with the earlier A.A. Milne biography Goodbye Christopher Robin [Simon Curtis, 2017]…), and its pleasures of nostalgia. For this latest Listeners' Choice, they discuss the role of illustration and illusionism in relation to Disney's earlier Winnie the Pooh animated adaptations; how imagination and impossibility manages the film's treatment of childhood fantasies, and the extent to which this is mirrored in elements of Christopher Robin's digital/analogue production; the politics of niceness and the film's gestures to a Trump-era "nicecore" cinema that delights in kindness and the intrinsic value of 'being good'; the construction of a malleable, fluid virtual urban space to form bricolage architecture (particularly in its CG portrayal of postwar London); what Christopher Robin has to say about coming back to family, returning home, and simply seeing the world differently; and how doing nothing often leads to the very best kind of something.
Sherlock Jr. (1924) (with Peter Adamson)
Episode 59 heralds Chris and Alex's first foray into silent film comedy via the work of performer Buster Keaton, looking at his feature Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924) that celebrates the dreams and psychology of a movie theatre projectionist. Joining them as the lights go down is Peter Adamson, Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Münich and King's College London, and host of the successful History of Philosophy without any gaps podcast that examines the "ideas, lives and historical context" of both major philosophers and more lesser-known figures. From Buster Keaton's gag structures to the unruliness and absurdity of early nickelodeon audiences, this episode of the Fantasy/Animation podcast covers distinctions between theatrical vaudeville performance and the 'staging' of action afforded by the film medium; how Sherlock Jr. relates to classical film theory's post-romantic emphasis on dreams and psychology to explain the emotion and aesthetic experience of moviegoing; experiments with editing and the power of the 'cut' in Keaton's comedy; the cyclical arrangement of comic narrative structures; Keaton's expressive relationship to both silent-era animation stars (such as Felix the Cat) and the sentimentality of contemporaries like Charlie Chaplin; and how Sherlock Jr. offers the potential to think through the division between 'film philosophy' and 'philosophical cinema.'
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Roobarb (and Custard) (1974) (with Birgitta Hosea)
The anarchy and artistry of British television animation provides the springboard for Episode 58 of the Fantasy/Animation podcast, which welcomes London-based media artist, animator and curator Professor Birgitta Hosea (who is also the Director of the Animation Research Centre at the University for the Creative Arts) to talk about Roobarb (Grange Calveley, 1974) directed by English animator Bob Godfrey. Godfrey's particular connections to the UCA (he established the Animation course at the university back in 1969) were the subject of the recent Cartoon Animation - Satire and Subversion event earlier this year that examined the animated medium's more radical histories through Godfrey's surrealistic and pointed creations. For this episode, listen as Chris and Alex join with Birgitta to identify Godfrey's particular relationship to political cartoons in Britain, notwithstanding his marginal and underrated status within animation history. Other topics include the honesty and transformative energy of cel-animation embodied in the programme's streaky, "boiling" aesthetic; the importance of white cartoon space within the visual style of Roobarb, and how this connects to traditions of overdetermining/underdetermining with fantasy storytelling; questions of imperfection in relation to the very technology of drawing; the power of Richard Briers' voiceover and anthropomorphic characterisation; and what Calveley's cartoon tells us about the way self-reflexivity can - and does - operate in the animated fantasy.
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Rango (2011) (with Neil Brand)
Performer, composer, silent film accompanist and television presenter Neil Brand is the special guest joining Chris and Alex for Episode 57 of the podcast, which celebrates the musical beats and Mariachi owls of Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011). Listen as they discuss how this curious 2011 computer-animated film revels in the power of telling tales alongside its broader relationship to folk ballads; Rango's cinephilic evocation of canonical Hollywood Westerns and U.S. cinema history; themes of ambition, isolation, and aimlessness, and how this ties into a film whose existentialist narrative is predicated on the question of inevitability; Rango's musical score that functions as a bridge between landscape and character; and what Gore Verbinski's film tells us about what audiences might want from contemporary fantasy/animation (namely highly sophisticated anarchy rather than structures that organise, and a fantasy better realised onscreen that we can ever imagine!).
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Bright (David Ayer, 2017)
The latest Listeners' Choice episode sees Chris and Alex turn to Netflix and the much-maligned yet curiously provocative feature film Bright (David Ayer, 2017), whose narrative of racism, police corruption and latent magical forces is set against the backdrop of an alternate fantasy vision of contemporary Los Angeles. With a budget of $90 million, Ayer's social discourse via fantasy (the script was written by Max Landis) was critically-derided despite being Netflix's most downloaded feature within its first week of release. There is certainly much to say about Bright's heavy use of metaphor that points a number of fingers at systemic violence and racial hegemony through themes of respect, tolerance and acceptance. Listen as the discussion in Episode 56 takes in Bright's evocation of Hollywood buddy movie story structures and the popular police procedural; categories of the fantastic, the allegoric and the parodic, and how allegory functions as a deconstructive impulse against fantasy's pursuit of reconstruction; the depiction of Elftown and the film's portrayal of whiteness; Orc clan politics, Will Smith's racial coding and the role of the Other; and how Bright offers a complicated - and, at times, highly uneven - possible world that presents its modern urban fantasy setting as a social class commentary.
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