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'The French Connection' or — The Perfection of Exhilaration.
by Colin Edwards | Jan 2, 2019 | Film Reviews
(Contains one use of very strong language)
The films starts with the blaring of dissonant horns, thumping percussion and woodwinds seemingly spluttering out a warning in Morse code as though trying to tell us we're entering dangerous territory and we should really be nervous as hell.
I love 'The French Connection'; it might be my favourite film. It contains what I consider the best chase sequence in movie history: it's the one that starts ten minutes into the picture and doesn't let up till the closing credits, leaving us a shivering yet exalted mess on the floor. It all starts when New York cops "Popeye" Doyle and "Cloudy" Russo are sitting in a downtown bar trying to wash the grime of the day from their throats when they spot small-time crook 'Sal' Boco living it up big time. Almost immediately "Popeye" knows something fishy is going on with Sal with Popeye's radar for trouble being almost as acute as his antenna for women in boots. That's when they decide to follow him. That's when everything changes.
What happens next is the best example of pursuit, cat-and-mouse, evasion, elusion and obsession put to film and once we enter into it we can't get out, even at the end when we are left still flailing in the darkness.
Like most of Friedkin's best films it starts with an almost dialogue free prologue where we're not quite sure what's going on. Everything is set up precisely so when the pieces need to click into place we hardly notice they've done so. We only know as much as Doyle and Russo so we get to admire their detective work and doggedness, those long nights in cars paying off. It's not until we're just over twenty minutes into the movie that we start getting some concrete information about what is going on. We know drug smuggling is involved and we know who is carrying it out but just how, when and where is a complete mystery. That's how the film weds us totally to Doyle, that's how we accept his behaviour and immorality.
And we need to accept Doyle because he is a racist, violent, nasty piece of work. In short, he is a cunt and that's not an exaggeration. How do we jump on board with him? It can't be under-estimated how much Gene Hackman brings to this role as, without him, it just wouldn't work. Hackman, somehow, humanises Doyle enough for us to cheer him on, to pound that steering wheel in rhythm with him as he blasts after the bad guys. That is no small feat for an actor.
William Friedkin's use of "induced documentary" also helps as, sure, Doyle is a piece of work but compared to the social havoc "Frog 1"'s junk will have on the streets it is nothing. That approach also ramps up to almost insane levels the tension and the almost unbearable pressure we experience. Everything feels so real. Friedkin admitted he was inspired by the documentary style of Pontecorvo's excellent 'The Battle Algiers' (1966) and it shows as this film is European verite spliced with the hard-boiled thrill of Jules Dassin. This approach that inspired directors such as Paul Greengrass but even Greengrass at his best with the Bourne franchise still doesn't come close to matching this degree of unstoppable force. The effect is overwhelming.
And the film works as a total whole. Despite the various set-pieces it's almost impossible to isolate them and separate them out. This is why even though the film has a chase sequence it isn't a chase sequence — it's just the film firing a shit-load of rocket fuel into what is already going on and shooting off into the stratosphere and all the air is forced from our lungs.
But some words do need to be said about that chase sequence. A minute before the chase starts we see the after-effects of a car-crash reminding us, as if we need it, of the bloody consequences of metal smashing into flesh. And when the chase does happen, between car and train, it is the best car-chase put to film, not just because of the sheer exhilaration of speed and momentum (Friedkin nails the camera-work by keeping the camera as low to the ground as possible making everything feel MUCH faster than it is) but the context in which it is place as well as Hackman's screaming, almost sexual, desire to get that motherfucker. And when the chase is over we're thrown, almost without time to catch our breath, back into the thrust of the larger pursuit. "Don't breathe a sigh of relief yet, I've not done with you" we can almost hear Friedkin telling us with that sly grin you can always hear in his voice.
Then there's the psyche-out in the subway station. Has there ever been a scene so beautifully staged and executed for tension, infuriation and humour? The influence of that sequence on the cinema of thrillers and police films should not be overlooked in the slightest. That would not be good detective work after all on our part, after all.
Something should also be said about Don Ellis' excellent score where his typical use of micro-tones and quarter tones, which are usually used for humour in his music but are here applied to signify obsession, mental collapse and the fragmentation of the (our?) mind. It is seamlessly blended into the world of the movie feeling almost like a foley track: is that the grinding metal of heavy machinery lifting a car or is it the actual soundtrack? Turns out it's both and it just amplifies the already blistering feel of it all.
'The French Connection' is a masterpiece. It is, in my opinion, the best cop movie of the 20th Century and easily one of the greatest films ever made. There is, still to this day, nothing else like it and I'm not sure there ever will be again.
The film led to a very good sequel where we get to see a more human side to Doyle, very much insisted for by Hackman himself. Yet, great though 'The French Connection II' (1975) is for me it isn't the same Doyle that is appearing in it. It is a more sympathetic "Popeye" and while that makes for a nice contrast and variation the Doyle from 'The French Connection' is still out there, in his own darkness, shooting FBI officers without remorse or any form of humanity, disappearing forever into his own darkness and, most frighteningly of all, taking us with him.
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Men's Lacrosse Loses Overtime Thriller to Norwich
2OT
Norwich (3-2) 2 2 3 2 0 1 10
Castleton (0-4) 3 3 1 2 0 0 9
G: Jason Sedell - 3
A: Jason Sedell - 2
Sv: Brandon Myron - 15
GB: Josh Gosselin - 6
G: 4 Players (#3, #6, #42, #77) - 2
A: Josh Jenkins - 3
Sv: Ian Kriger - 13
GB: Josh Jenkins - 4
CASTLETON, Vt. – Castleton University thought it had its first victory of the 2018 season with a go-ahead goal with 92 seconds left in regulation, but Norwich University forced overtime on a goal with 8.9 seconds on the clock and then scored in the second extra session as the Cadets defeated the Spartans, 10-9, Wednesday night in a non-conference men's collegiate lacrosse match at Spartan Stadium.
Norwich (3-2) never held the lead until it scored the game-winning tally, as Castleton scored the first two goals of the contest thanks to Colin Clark and Sam Siegel. After Norwich tied the game at 2-2, Tyler Crowningshield picked up his first goal of the season with 5:29 left in the first period to put the Spartans back on top, 3-2.
After Cody Moore scored 28 seconds into the second period to create another tie, Castleton scored three unanswered goals, starting with tallies from Jason Sedell and Kevin McCarthy 33 seconds apart. Siegel scored his second goal of the match to give Castleton a 6-3 lead, but Norwich's Michael Cashman scored with 2:59 remaining in the second quarter to close the Cadet deficit to 6-4 at halftime.
Goals by Moore and Josh Jenkins early in the third period tied the game at 6-6, but Ryan Stone scored 38 seconds after Jenkins as the Spartans retook the lead. Ian Kennedy scored with 6:05 remaining in the third period to force the contest into its fourth tie at 7-7 heading into the fourth quarter.
Sedell earned his second goal of the night early in the fourth quarter, and Castleton would hold onto that one-goal lead until Norwich took advantage of a Spartan penalty, as Jenkins set up Cashman with 2:31 left in regulation for the Cadets' third goal on an extra-man opportunity, tying the contest at 8-8.
Castleton won the ensuing faceoff and Sedell completed his hat trick with 1:32 to go in the fourth quarter. Norwich took possession off the next faceoff, but Cashman's shot was blocked and the Spartans gained control. However, Castleton committed a turnover, and Jenkins found Aidan Moulton with 8.9 seconds remaining in regulation to create the sixth tie of the contest.
Neither team could create a significant scoring opportunity in the first four-minute overtime session, but soon after Norwich won the faceoff to start the second extra session, Kennedy set up Moulton for the game-winning goal. Moulton became the fourth Cadet to score two goals in the game, while Jenkins finished with one goal and three assists.
Sedell led the Spartans with three goals and two assists, while Siegel earned his first multiple-goal game of the season with two goals. Brandon Myron finished with 15 saves for Castleton, and Ian Kriger made 13 saves as he picked up the victory for Norwich.
Castleton (0-4) hosts Southern Maine Saturday, March 24, at 4 p.m. at Spartan Stadium, while Norwich is scheduled to play at Curry College at the same time.

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We thank Richard Friend, Ayelet Vilan and Dassia Egorova, as well as the reviewers, for useful discussions, and Johannes Zimmermann and Tobias Glaser for the angle-dependent IR spectra. This work was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Onderzoek (NWO) through the ``Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie'' (FOM) research program. A.A.B. also acknowledges a VENI grant from the NWO. A.A.B. is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow. R.L.\ acknowledges a Marie Curie IE Fellowship from the EU, held at the Weizmann Institute. X.Y. thanks the Council for Higher Education (Israel) for a PBC program postdoctoral research fellowship. V.C.\ and J.L.B.\ thank support from the Office of Naval Research and MURI Center on Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics, award No. N00014-14-1-0580. D.C.\ thanks the Israel Science Foundation Centre of Excellence program, the Grand Centre for Sensors and Security and the Schmidt Minerva Centre for Supramolecular Architecture for partial support. D.C. holds the Sylvia and Rowland Schaefer Chair in Energy Research.

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I thought I would share some musings on differences in the UK economic and social environment as different generations grow up, and the effect it might have on their approach to the future.
I hasten to add that all the characters here are completely made up. This is a deliberate caricature based on some of my own observations but I hope it's thought provoking at least.
Ok, so meet Peter, he's got 20 years experience and is currently head of Subsurface at Big Oil Co.
He was born in 1976 so he's 42 now. He graduated in Geology in 1999. He was taught computing on a Vax mainframe.
The University computers still ran DOS, not Windows. He had to go to the library to research material for his dissertation. When he started work Geology and Geophysics were separate departments and colour pencils were still being used to colour in seismic renderings.
This is what the UK economy was doing throughout his whole time in education.
The prevailing attitude of the time was "we have worked out the formula". Mankind rocks! You do this, you get that. Put money in the stock market, it goes up. "The end of boom and bust!" (link).
Companies were run by "Command and Control". You start at the bottom and you work your way up. You do your time. You wear a suit to work.
Peter started work in 1999 and the world turned upside down! This is the FTSE 100 during his career.
So pretty much the day Peter left full time education the formula stopped working! Don't get me wrong here, I don't mean the laws of physics stopped working. I just mean the accepted wisdom he was infused with during his education didn't hold true anymore.
Peter has now lived through his 3rd downturn in the Oil & Gas industry. The ups and downs of the cycle are driven by macro economic trends completely out of his control. The industry itself is slow to change.
Peter recognises the signs of cynicism appearing in his attitude. He fights them because he know's cynicism kills enthusiam! He is looking for ways to genuinely make things better. He's still got 20 years before he retires. He needs to prepare is company for the future and that means recruiting great talent. How can he attract them to an industry that's still talking about how to do that same things it was 20 years ago, and thinks it's funny when the person opening a "Hackathon" jokes that they can't spell the word and don't know how to turn on their iPad thing (link).
A few weeks ago, at a talk I was giving at a Finding Petroleum conference (link), I quipped that the Oil and Gas industry has been run on spreadsheets for over 30 years. Someone in the audience joked back during the questions afterwards that I wasn't quite right, it was actually Powerpoint! They had a point, but here's the reason I think spreadsheets have been the reason for the 20 years of progress between 1980 and 2000 and why they are not the right tool for the next revolution*.
Here is a chart of the FTSE 100 index between 1978 and 2017.
There was a period of about 20 years of near exponential growth between 1980 and 2000. I think there is a strong case to be made that this was thanks to the arrival of the spreadsheet. The first spreadsheet, VisiCalc, was released on the Apple platform in 1979. The first version of Excel came out in 1985 but it wasn't until the release of Windows 3.1 in 1992 that things really took off.
So why are they responsible for this growth?
That was great, but I believe this way of working came to an end with the Dotcom crash in March 2000, 19 years ago today as I write this. The spreadsheets had got too big and our faith in the models we built was misplaced. It's easy to make errors in formulas but is is very difficult to audit a spreadsheet someone else has built. Complex spreadsheets make it look like we know what's going on, and the person with the most convincing argument (best spreadsheet) at the time wins. But it doesn't mean the answer on the spreadsheet is what will actually happen!
Every model comes with implicit assumptions and what is not in the model is just as important as what is.
The world has changed. There is now a distrust of centralised decision making and a rebellion against command and control.
Spreadsheets are a great tool and will always be around, but I think we need to change our thinking in order to advance again. We need to move away from the old command and control style.
We must recognise that we don't actually know the future and we can't define exactly what we want/need up front.
We must recognise that we don't actually know the future and we can't define exactly what we want or need up front. We have to take small steps, get knowledge, fail fast and learn quickly.
Oh, and why did I pick 2008? Well that was the financial crisis caused by a lot of people doing stuff based on models (most probably on spreadsheets) that they didn't actually understand.
* This is based on a presentation I wrote with Gareth Davies in 2017 and presented at the Digital Energy forum in Aberdeen on 14-March (link).
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Marcus Caelius Rufus, a young politician, has holed up in a country town in the midst of a bloody and prolonged civil war. Great forces contend for Rome, and Caelius has ties to them ill -- the charismatic Julius Caesar, his beloved teacher Cicero, the hero Pompey the Great, Which side is he on? He must choose. Now he must reconsider who he is: his childhood and education, his loves and friendships, his complex relationship to Caesar, the man who has come to dominate his life. Before he is done, he will discover the shocking truth about Caesar, about Rome, and about himself. This book is a vivid and exciting read.
The Lock continues the portrait of the collapsing Roman society of the late Republic, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Pompey the Great, all make their appearance and play out their fateful struggle.


As one of its Institutional Learning Outcomes, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) holds that its students should strive to become Global Citizens who are "prepared to participate in regional and global communities." A dozen ASCC students in the Alpha Epsilon Mu chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honor society took the opportunity in late March to interact with visitors from beyond these shores when they opened their homes to students from the School of International Training (SIT), who spent five days familiarizing themselves with the people and culture of American Samoa.
This semester's visiting SIT group consisted of 12 young women enrolled in SIT's Pacific Communities and Social Change program, which examines the social, economic and political impacts of globalization, westernization and climate change in the Pacific islands. The 15-week program began with a late-January orientation at the East-West Center in Hawaii, and the students are currently based at the Alafua campus of the University of the South Pacific in Samoa. Their itinerary includes excursions to Lotofaga, Savai'i, American Samoa and Fiji.
The SIT group included Ms. Delia Brekken of Colorado Springs, CO; Ms. Rachel Duggan of Sharon, MA; Ms. Makynzie Horvath of Rossford, OH; Ms. Tieta Keetle of Sewanee, TN; Ms. Anissa Mendoza-Green of Denver, CO; Ms. Tracy Olson of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Ms. Olivia Primeau of New Orleans, LA; Ms. Coral Santos of Pawtucket, RI; Ms. Lilian Schafer of St. Paul, MN; Ms. Keara Sternberg of Shaftsbury, VT; Ms. Connie Tsai of Brentwood, TN; and Ms. Sofia Valbuena of Key Biscayne, FL.
While the SIT visitors' itinerary included a number of sites on Tutuila, they used ASCC as a "staging area" for their daily activities, and also attended a number of presentations by College faculty on topics including climate change, sustainable agriculture, architecture, and local music. Regina Meredith-Fitiao of the Fine Arts Department organized a lively hands-on session focused on indigenous art, in which the SIT group collaborated with ASCC art students, followed by a presentation on Samoan tattooing by master artist Su'a Wilson Fitiao. Former ASCC faculty member and administrator Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga, who now heads the ASG Office of Political Status, also returned to campus give his presentation on the Territory's political relationship to the United States titled Understanding American Samoa.
ASCC-PTK President Siamaotua Tuia, a resident of Aunuu, hosted SIT student Lilian Schafer, an experience she described as "a once in a lifetime opportunity." "I learned many things from hosting Lilian," reflected Ms. Tuia. "Since I'm the oldest, I never experienced having an older sibling, but with this program I got a chance to feel what that's like. Before the SIT group arrived, our advisor Kuki Tuiasosopo provided PTK with all the information we'd need to accommodate our guests. We were responsible for their meals, so I applied what I've learned in class about managing money and hosted my guest for five days without exceeding my budget. Most important to me was learning from Lilian about her own major, goals, morals and principles, family, culture and beliefs. This was also a great opportunity for me to share the uniqueness of our culture.
The SIT group's time in American Samoa culminated with a farewell luncheon hosted on campus by the PTK, which included each PTK member saying a few words about the experience of hosting a guest and the presentation of gifts. Having now returned to the Independent State of Samoa, the SIT group will prepare for a visit to Fiji during the first week of April. To learn more about the School of International Training and its program in Samoa, visit their web pages at: www.sit.edu.


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CRUSH Walls is tripling in size in 2018, solidifying RiNo Art District's reputation as an outdoor gallery and national attraction
A mural alley in RiNo. Five Points, Aug. 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Ashley Dean
Believe it or not, there's still room for more murals in the RiNo Art District.
They've spread around the district's territory in the Five Points, Cole, Elyria-Swansea and Globeville neighborhoods, creating a brightly colored and highly photographable environment. And at least some of the area's transformation into an art exhibit is thanks to CRUSH Walls, an annual event featuring days of live mural-making by local and out-of-town street artists.
(Since we assume you're asking, yes, CRUSH is an acronym. It stands for Creative Rituals Under Social Harmony.)
This year, the festival that started as a grassroots event organized by local artists is going international. Founder Robin Munro last year gave the reigns to the RiNo Art District, who this year brought in Carlo De Luca of Montreal's Station 16 Gallery to take the helm as executive director. Under his leadership, CRUSH is tripling in size in 2018, expanding across 30 blocks and incorporating sculpture, photography, film screenings, live artist battles, workshops, art talks, print launches and guided tours of the art. Around 80 artists are involved, with the large collection of locals joined by the likes of Shepard Fairey, UK duo Nomad Clan, Spain's PichiAvo and Montreal's Laurence Vallières, who builds large animal sculptures out of recycled material.
CRUSH's abrupt growth is a signal that outsiders are taking notice of Denver's art scene, and that the RiNo Art District is positioning itself on a bigger stage.
"As we have worked with the founders of CRUSH to bring it under RiNo's umbrella, we try to stay true to the original values, which were about local art, community and creating access for all. Every event is totally free and open to the public," said Jamie Giellis, president of the RiNo Art District. "So certainly we look at this event as first and foremost a way to create a platform for exposure for local artists, but definitely to continue to promote RiNo as a destination in the city for creative activity."
The art district became one big gallery. And outsiders are taking notice.
The RiNo Art District was just a few years old when CRUSH started nine years ago. Since then — spoiler alert — the neighborhoods the district calls home have wildly changed. What was once a lightly trafficked industrial pocket of Denver is now teeming with new businesses, new buildings and new people. Artists who once lived there cheaply or rent-free have been pushed out by development and skyrocketing rent, though some have hung on to see success and drawn creative businesses to the area.
And all the while, the district was becoming a free, open-air art gallery.
A mural by Detour in RiNo. Five Points, Aug. 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Large-scale murals and small-scale street art seem to cover every available surface. Wander the area and you'll see work by dozens of artists, local and non-local. (Take a scroll through the RiNo Art District location tag on Instagram and you'll find endless mural-backdropped portraits.) Street artists have always found good canvases in the blocks and blocks of boxy buildings. CRUSH catalyzed that and turned the creation of murals into an attraction.
The event has been so successful that the RiNo Art District Board invested just under $300,000 in it this year and was able to fundraise the rest of the money needed to put on the event, which Giellis said tripled in budget to match its tripling in size. They found De Luca and Station 16 through the Zeppelin family, who've worked with them in the past and mentioned the gallery's experience as a partner in the Montreal Mural Festival. (That's not the only wall-based art festival Denver has in common with Montreal. Our Side Stories festival is based on a similar program in the Canadian city.) There were other candidates, but De Luca and his team of 20 were chosen to run what Giellis said is now the art district's signature event.
"Relaunching CRUSH Walls has been a fantastic opportunity, and that's down to the already-thriving art scene that's grown here thanks to the determination of some of the country's best street artists," Munro said in a statement. "As they've worked across their own increasingly ambitious projects within the district, it's not only created a deeper sense of community and connection within RiNo, but has also highlighted Denver's own unique potential."
The growth of CRUSH is great news for local businesses, too, who participate and see crowds from the event. For Denver Graffiti Tour, it means fresh interest from potential customers and fresh art to tour.
A mural by the KD Crew, which the artist will repaint for Colorado Crush in RiNo. Five Points, Aug. 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
The tours started back in May, inspired by the owners' trip to Bogota, Colombia, where they took a similar street art tour. To put on the tours, they've interviewed more than 30 artists whose work can be found in the RiNo Art District. They've reached out to all of them, co-owner Erin Spradlin said, but some never reply and some don't want to discuss their work. It's a fun and easy way for locals or tourists to learn about Denver art.
They are, of course, acutely aware of what they're really touring.
"I think one thing we've noticed is that the art is really beautiful and it's super exciting to see big-time artists coming into Denver, but with that there's a lot of gentrification and housing affordability issues," Spradlin said. "So we try to talk about the art in the context of Denver as a growing city. In many ways it's awesome and in many ways it's not awesome."
She's also aware that some might see the tours as a contributing factor to gentrification or a symptom of it.
"We think the most respectful way to respect that is to address it," she said. "It's beautiful, it's exciting that it's here, but it's not good for everyone."
Denver Grafitti Tour also gives back, she said — 5.28 (yep, 5280 reference) percent of proceeds goes to local arts organizations.
Gentrification is always a looming issue for the RiNo Art District, of course, and during CRUSH the team is careful to keep things local. The event can draw an out-of-town or even out-of-country crowd, but as Giellis said, it stays free and stays focused on the locals. Every single artist, local or not, will receive a stipend and have their materials covered, De Luca said. And the idea is that finding a bigger patronage for Denver's outdoor art gallery will help the local scene.
"We came in this year to try and bring CRUSH Walls to an international level so it could help spotlight the Denver local artists — bring in some international artists to shine a spotlight on Denver," De Luca said. "That's how people discover local artists."
What's new this year:
Because it's gotten so much bigger, CRUSH is going to be much more carefully organized.
"We we curating this year … it wasn't just 'grab your cans and go paint.' It was really thought out where [it would be] and how it would look," De Luca said. "We're keeping the history of what was there, we're just going to build around it."
"The big change, of course, is having major artists like Shepard Fairey," he added. "They're coming from Portugal, Spain, the West Coast here in the United States, two artists are here from Canada, and we also have artists coming in from Mexico. To have them all in 30 blocks for those seven days is going to be awesome. It's like having rock stars here."
Laurence Vallieres makes a giant cardboard T-Rex eating a familiar cartoon mouse for Colorado Crush. RiNo, Five Points, Aug. 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
There's a lot more happening this year, in addition to the live mural creation the event is based upon. Here are a few of the events happening Sept. 3-9 that the art districting is highlighting:
Opening party – Sept. 4 at the Juxtapoz Clubhouse at B-SPOT, from 7 to 10 p.m., featuring Grandoozy artists
Secret Walls – An unparalleled live illustration battle where two teams of artists have 90 minutes to paint their walls against the pressure of the clock, at a secret location to be announced
BYOB – Bring Your Own Beamer event – in collaboration with Supernova Digital Animation Festival: participating artists will project their digital artworks in alleyways
The immersive art installation Juxtapoz Clubhouse – The first edition of Juxtapoz Clubhouse to take place outside of the Art Basel, Miami circuit: a massive and immersive art installation, including live performances and site-specific works by high-profile and emerging urban artists.
Vauxhall Screenings – Held in the theater hall of The Ramble Hotel in RiNo, a two-night film screening highlighting street art culture and social practices in urban art throughout the world.
Denver Bazaar Arts Fest – In partnership with Red Wolf Collective: gallery pop-ups, exhibiting artists, live mural painting and street art demonstration hosted by Red Wolf Gallery at Boozhall RiNo
Zine Art Fair at The Source – Come print your own Zine Experience workshop with a small print shop
Denver Orbit Pop-up Story Booth – Pop-up booth by the award-winning magazine, featuring voices, stories and music from Colorado's creative community, and recording station to tell one's story – at Zeppelin Station.
Outdoor Stencil and Chalk Spray Workshop – Held in collaboration with the Denver Public Library, children from all ages will be offered the chance to express their creativity in a Chalk Spray and Stencil Workshop
Literary Crawl Denver – A tour of literary landmarks and thought-provoking talks held across numerous venues in the city, the literary crawl is held in conjunction with At The Inkwell, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, the FBomb, Mile-High MFA (Regis University), Tethered by Letters, Colorado Humanities and BookBar.
There's also going to be a mini-skate park set up at Zeppelin Station throughout the festival, with a skate deck exhibition curated by Jean-Claude G/Raud of France. Art talks in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver will be happening throughout the week, as will limited-edition print releases. And, notably, CRUSH will have the first edition of Juxtapoz Clubhouse ever outside of Art Basel, Miami. The massive, immersive art installation will offer live performances and site-specific pieces. Plus: De Luca says one of the artists, whose name is being kept secret, will be DJing a party. (We bet you can guess.)
A mural and tribute Colorado Crush in RiNo. Five Points, Aug. 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
CRUSH is also involving more RiNo businesses in 2018.
"The focus this year was to try and make sure that all arts-related businesses and merchants have an opportunity in CRUSH this year," De Luca said. "You want it to empower the community, which is not only local artists, but the merchants, the developers — the whole community."
His team reached out to every art district gallery, and Giellis said they "made a focused effort this year to look at how we incorporate the creative businesses … while keeping the street art at the heart of it."
"The artist community has said to us, 'We love what you do at CRUSH and it's great that you support street artists, but what about all the other creative venues here?' And I think it's a really valid point."
You can probably expect to see more people out there, though it's hard to know when no tickets are sold.
"I think we're definitely anticipating more people," Giellis said. "Last year, particularly on the weekend days, we would see 15,000-20,000 people per day coming through the district. I expect at least that and significantly more this year given the exposure and the number of artists involved and the promotion that's happened. We've been talking to some folks who've reached out and said they are coming to town."
Everyone involved will be watching and learning throughout the week, taking notes for next year. It'll be CRUSH's 10th year, Giellis said, "I expect we'll start planning that on Sept. 10."


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Playing Super Mario 64 on Chromebook
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Whether you have a Chromebook or not, there are a number of ways to play Super Mario 64 on your computer. You can use an emulator or you can use the Cloud gaming platform SuperNDS.
Whether you are a fan of Super Mario or have never even played it before, Jelly Mario is definitely worth a look. You can play it in your web browser for free, and it's guaranteed to make you laugh. But don't expect to be able to play the game on a real Nintendo console.
The game is built on WebGL, which means that it can be played on any modern browser. However, you will need to install the Unity reproductor web in order to play it. You can then use the arrow keys to move Mario around the screen.
Jelly Mario has an unusual physics system. Instead of physics based on gravity and other physical laws, it relies on "jelly inertia," which bounces around in controlled chaos. It is affected by the number of cubes and pixels on the screen.
The music in the game is affected by how the player is moving. As the player accelerates, the melody returns. However, the music's tempo is lowered.
Using an emulator to play Super Mario 64 on your Chromebook is a good way to experience the wonders of the Nintendo DS without the hassle of purchasing and installing software on your device. These applications allow you to play games from the DS as well as ROMs from other platforms, such as the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and more. You can also create your own ROMs, upload them to your device, and play them as long as you have the proper storage permissions.
SuperNDS is the best of the free emulation options for your Chromebook. It supports a lot of features, such as a fast forward function, a desktop layout, mouse support, and a microphone. It is also a free app. If you want to go all out, you can buy a licensed version of the app for $2.99.
Aside from the fact that it is free, the SuperNDS app boasts features that you can't find in other free emulation solutions, such as a full-featured gamepad and mouse support, a nifty little UI that allows you to map keystrokes, and a cool interface that makes it easy to find ROMs and other gaming goodies.
Whether you're looking for a way to play Drastic NDS and Super Mario 64 on Chromebook or you're a developer looking to test apps on a Chromebook, you'll find that there are many emulators available to help you get the most out of your device. These apps are free and allow you to run programs from different platforms on your Chromebook. You can even play some of the most popular Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games on your PC.
While emulation is a great way to experience PlayStation and Xbox games on your PC, you need to be careful about the legal ramifications of using emulators. While many people aren't facing any legal problems, others could. That's why it's important to find the right emulator.
The best option for Android emulators is melonDS. This Linux-based application provides precise Nintendo DS emulation. It's free and open-source. It requires one-time installation, but once it's set up, you can enjoy a wealth of features.
Using the Cloud to play games has its drawbacks. For example, input latency is an issue, while servers for a particular game can go down. It's also difficult to have a great internet connection when you're on the go.
Fortunately, Nintendo Switch offers a different Cloud gaming experience. For one thing, you don't need to be a Nintendo Account member to access games you buy.
Another issue with the Switch is that it has a hardware issue that prevents the console from streaming taxing games. You'll also find that the console has a few frame rate issues, as well as graphical downgrades.
In addition, there are a lot of games that don't translate well to the Cloud. Some games are too demanding for the console, while others run at a slower pace. This can cause frame rate issues and input latency.
On the other hand, the Switch's OLED screen works perfectly for streaming games from Steam and Xbox Game Pass. The console's list of exclusives is also long. You can share these games with others in local multiplayer.


Today's post on Smashing Magazine has interesting examples of cutting edge display and user interface technology.
In this post we present stunning examples of cutting edge technology which is already reality today or will become reality in 2008. Please notice that some videos might not provide you with a concrete idea of what the technology offers, e.g. it's impossible to display the advantages of 3D-TV using videos produced by a 2D-video-camera.
I particularly liked the "Funky Forest" installation and seeing how the children enjoyed interacting with it.
Funky Forest is an interactive ecosystem where children create trees with their body and then divert the water flowing from the waterfall to the trees to keep them alive. The health of the trees contributes to the overall health of the forest and the types of creatures that inhabit it.
The article also mentions some of the possibilities for using a Nintendo Wiimote to make interesting user interfaces for computers. As well as showing Johnny Chung Lee's Wiimote experiments it links to a demo by Mike Rouse building on Johnny's idea of tracking infrared lights on your hands. He has made an interface similar to Microsoft Surface using gloves with infrared lights in them and the wiimote to track them.


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James Hanley
A Kingdom
An elderly farmer dies, following an accident on a remote mid-Wales smallholding, leaving the kingdom he had ruled over so fiercely to his two daughters, Lucy and Cadi.
As they prepare for the funeral, the novel charts the courses whereby each sister came to be what she now is; Lucy, the one that got away, fleeing the farm secretly and without warning, never to see the old man again, and Cadi, who promptly gave up her job as a teacher in Manchester to take Lucy's place in her father's lonely, narrow world, beginning a pattern of guilt, self-submission, self-reliance, and occluded rage that would last until his death.
A haunting, elegiac evocation of hill-farm life, from its very first line A Kingdom is preoccupied with the connotations surrounding the word rooted and with what it means, for good and ill, to be tied to such a place.
James Hanley was born into a Liverpool-Irish family in 1897. He served at sea (and briefly in the Canadian army) during the First World War, worked at various jobs, educated himself, and began publishing fiction in the 1930s most notoriously Boy (1931), an unsparing account of sexual abuse on board merchant ships, which became the subject of an obscenity trial. He produced a dauntingly large output some 20 novels, plays, volumes of stories, and radio dramas, and was held in the highest regard by other novelists, including E. M. Forster, V. S. Pritchett, and Doris Lessing; his reputation was for uncompromisingly realistic accounts of working-class life (The Furys, 1935), of situations of extreme privation (The Ocean, 1941), and for compellingly intense, Camus-like portrayals of alienation and disengagement (Levine, 1956). A Kingdom was his last completed work, and he died in London in 1985.


Histone H4 is one of the five histones, along with H1/H5, H2A, H2B and H3. Two copies of each of the H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 histones ensemble to form the core of the nucleosome [(PUBMED:16472024)]. The nucleosome forms octameric structure that wraps DNA in a left-handed manner. H3 is a highly conserved protein of 135 amino acid residues [(PUBMED:8121801), (PUBMED:2041803)]. Histones can undergo several different types of post-translational modifications that affect transcription, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. The sequence of histone H4 has remained almost invariant in more then 2 billion years of evolution [(PUBMED:8121801), (PUBMED:6808351), (PUBMED:3340182)].
There are 2776 H4 domains in 2524 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.
Taxonomic distribution of proteins containing H4 domain.
This tree includes only several representative species. The complete taxonomic breakdown of all proteins with H4 domain is also avaliable.
Click on the protein counts, or double click on taxonomic names to display all proteins containing H4 domain in the selected taxonomic class.
DNA binding within the nucleosome core.
The high resolution structure of the nucleosome core particle of chromatin reveals the form of DNA that is predominant in living cells and offers a wealth of information on DNA binding and bending by the histone octamer. Recent studies imply that chromatin is highly dynamic. This propensity for unfolding and refolding stems from the structural design of the nucleosome core. The histone-fold motif, central to nucleosome structure, is also found in other proteins involved in transcriptional regulation.
Histone-like transcription factors in eukaryotes.
Histone proteins have long been recognized as important regulators of eukaryotic gene expression. Condensation of DNA into chromatin by the core (H2A, H2B, H3, H4) and linker (H1, H5) histones effectively represses transcription initiation from the promoters of genes that have been packaged. Recently, eukaryotic transcriptional activators and coactivators (both positive and negative) resembling core and linker histone proteins have been discovered. Substantial progress has been made on structural and mechanistic studies of histones and histone-like transcription factors. Three-dimensional structures solved include the core histone octamer, an archael histone homodimer, two core histone-like subunits of transcription factor IID, a linker histone, and a linker histone-like transcriptional activator.
The X-ray crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle of chromatin shows in atomic detail how the histone protein octamer is assembled and how 146 base pairs of DNA are organized into a superhelix around it. Both histone/histone and histone/DNA interactions depend on the histone fold domains and additional, well ordered structure elements extending from this motif. Histone amino-terminal tails pass over and between the gyres of the DNA superhelix to contact neighbouring particles. The lack of uniformity between multiple histone/DNA-binding sites causes the DNA to deviate from ideal superhelix geometry.
Phylogenetic analysis of the core histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4.
Despite the ubiquity of histones in eukaryotes and their important role in determining the structure and function of chromatin, no detailed studies of the evolution of the histones have been reported. We have constructed phylogenetic trees for the core histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. Histones which form dimers (H2A/H2B and H3/H4) have very similar trees and appear to have co-evolved, with the exception of the divergent sea urchin testis H2Bs, for which no corresponding divergent H2As have been identified. The trees for H2A and H2B also support the theory that animals and fungi have a common ancestor. H3 and H4 are 10-fold less divergent than H2A and H2B. Three evolutionary histories are observed for histone variants. H2A.F/Z-type variants arose once early in evolution, while H2A.X variants arose separately, during the evolution of multicellular animals. H3.3-type variants have arisen in multiple independent events.
A highly basic histone H4 domain bound to the sharply bent region of nucleosomal DNA.
A nucleosomal core particle is composed of two each of histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 located inside the particle with approximately 47 base pairs (bp) of DNA wrapped around the octamer in about 1.8 turns of a left-handed superhelix. The path of the superhelix is not smooth; the DNA is sharply bent, or kinked, at positions symmetrically disposed at a distance of about one and four double-helical turns in both directions from the nucleosomal dyad axis (designated as sites +/- 1 and +/- 4 respectively). This non-uniform bending is considered archetypal to other DNA-protein complexes, but its mechanism is not clear (reviewed in ref. 4). DNA-histone chemical cross-linking within the core particle has revealed strong binding of each of the two histone H4 molecules to DNA at a distance of 1.5 helical turns either side of the nucleosomal dyad axis (sites +/- 1.5). In each of these sites, a single flexible domain of H4 was previously shown to contact three points, at about nucleotides 55 and 65 on one strand and nucleotide 88 on the complementary strand, numbering from the 5' terminus of each 147-base strand; these three locations are closely juxtaposed across the highly compressed minor and major grooves (Fig. 1). Here we report that the amino-acid residue of histone H4 cross-linked at the 1.5 site is histidine-18, embedded in a highly basic cluster Lys-Arg-His-Arg-Lys-Val-Leu-Arg which is probably involved in the sharp bending of the DNA double helix at the +/- 1 sites.
3tu4 Crystal structure of the Sir3 BAH domain in complex with a nucleosome core particle.


The Hills of Milk & Honey, an educational farm in Dripping Springs, needs a new classroom. Help us get it!
What is Hills of Milk & Honey?
Hills of Milk and Honey is a family farm located in Dripping Springs, Texas. We are committed to uniting our community while seeking to preserve food security for the people of the Texas Hill Country and beyond.
It is our desire to build a healthy community of organisms through the underground soil-food-web while providing nutrient-dense food for the community living above ground. Our farm focuses on rotational livestock grazing and no-till crop planting. It is our long-term goal to create an agricultural ecosystem on our farm that is sustainable and self-sufficient.
In turn, we hope folks of all ages who participate in classes, camps and tours at Hills of Milk and Honey will be inspired to create innovative ways to continue this movement for generations to come.
Our most pressing need is air-conditioned classroom space for our summer campers! We offer camp weeks for preschoolers, elementary, middle schoolers, as well as a camp week dedicated to children, teens and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Phase 1 | Help Us Build a Farm Classroom!
We offer camps, classes and tours to children and adults in order to grow future farmers and build a thriving community revolving around regenerative agriculture practices.
Children enjoy becoming a farmer for a week when attending camp on the farm. However, the summer heat requires that an air-conditioned classroom space be available for rest and quiet time before heading back out into the gardens and with the livestock.
Once built, this classroom space will be used year-round to teach gardening and composting classes, beekeeping classes, art workshops, farmer educator workshops, and lots of hands-on experiences for children and adults throughout the year.
What If We Pass Our Main Goal?
If we pass our goal of $15,000, the money will be used to upgrade the rest of the farm! Check out our plans for growth below.
Currently, water is available on the farm from a well, but as we grow, we need to upgrade the water system throughout the farm. We dream of days where we no longer must pump water into trailers and haul water all over the farm to fill livestock troughs.
Our goal is to trench and pump well water throughout our fields right to the animals' pastures. The well water would be dedicated to the farm. For the humans in our home, and guests staying in our farm guest house, we plan to build a rainwater harvesting system to collect, and pump water from our 3,000 sq ft barn up to the homes as a dedicated water source.
We have partially constructed farm hand living quarters built that would be extremely handy to complete with running water, full bathroom, and bedroom space. This has been bid out and is just waiting for the funds to complete the project.
A greenhouse on the farm will allow us to get a head start in the winter as we grow vegetables for a small CSA program for our local community. This greenhouse will have a watering system installed and operate as an incubator for college interns taking part in on-farm lab experiments.
We currently borrow and rent heavy equipment as needed, and that has worked fine until now. It is necessary for us to purchase a tractor in order to implement the next phases of the farm which include completing the implementation of the whole farm permaculture design.
This design has already been created by a permaculture designer and is awaiting funds to move forward. The tractor will allow us to quickly get to work. The tractor plus volunteers will create a beautiful farm that will serve as an example to the community of what permaculture practices look like and feel like up close and personal as people visit the farm for camps, classes and tours.
There are several upgrades to the farm that would allow us to expand our offerings to our community. The most pressing is to increase the number of restrooms on site. Once we add more restrooms, our capacity can increase. In addition, we have a waiting list of folks excited for us to be able to offer overnight camp experiences.
We hope to soon be able to build out a portion of the barn to add overnight bunk rooms for summer overnight camps, family reunions, etc. By adding the needed restrooms, in addition to the overnight bunk rooms, we will be all set!
It is our desire to close the loop on the whole food system. We already have a chef on staff, ready and anxious to teach children and adults how to cook using whole, nutrient-dense foods that are raised on site, or within 50 miles of the farm.
If we were able to build a teaching restaurant, we would be able to have folks come to the farm, learn how to plant food, raise livestock, harvest food, process the meats, prep and prepare the food, serve the food, and compost remaining scraps back into the soil to start the process all over again.
This is the dream. We want to provide educational opportunities throughout the whole process right here on the farm while connecting with the local community and supporting small-scale, local farmers the entire time. We believe our grandparents would be proud of us as we strive to live by their example.
Farming in and of itself is entirely dependent upon the weather. The most used app for most farmers is a weather app. Although we have a timeline we prefer for implementing everything on our wish list, we are prepared for our timeline needing to adjust a bit if the weather throws us off our plan from time to time. All of our rewards will be provided to backers regardless of the level of progress we are making as we apply the funds that have been so generously awarded. We have provided many rewards that involve folks visiting the farm because we can't think of a better way for you to feel like you are a part of the Hills of Milk and Honey community. Thank you for your financial support!
Acknowledgement on website and one packet of pollinator-friendly seeds.
One ticket to exclusive VIP farm-to-table dinner event on Sunday, May 20th at 6 PM at Hill of Milk and Honey, and a dozen farm fresh eggs to take home the night of the event.


but oh my it was exhausting!!
like the miniature spring flowers on my table.
Remember those pots I planted?
should run out right now and plant some for next spring.
I love it on the wall here where I can look up and see it all the time.
I'm loving spring flowers so much this year.
hung it on my kitchen wall.
I'm loving last week's tiny thrifty finds, like this 1/4 cup jug.
So so sweet. Must get some more blue tack to stick it down to the shelf.
I've pulled out my Spring Carnival quilt to work on in quieter moments.
and life is full right now.
just a back door, and it tends to attract clutter and mess.
and tidied up the deck on Saturday and I have to keep popping out to visit it.
but at least it's nice and tidy on the outside!!!
and hopefully spring will linger a bit for us.
What are your plans this week????
Three birthdays in one weekend, you have been busy.
Love seeing the little snippets of your home. What a lovely space.
I can't imagine that someone would put that vase in the rubbish! It looks perfect on your wall.


This website hosts the iHRIS software, demos, community platform, blog, and toolbox.
To meet countries' demands to help build their information technology capacity, CapacityPlus's HRH Global Resource Center launched an eLearning course that provides instructions on the basic skill set needed to administer and customize CapacityPlus's human resources information systems software, iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify. Also available in Spanish and French.
This free eLearning course hosted by CapacityPlus's HRH Global Resource Center provides instructions on how to set up and manage human resources data in iHRIS Manage, which supports ministries of health and other service delivery organizations to track, manage, deploy, and map their health workforces. Information on managing employee and job applicant data, as well as training data, is included. Each module is designed to be used separately, as an online help guide, to teach human resources staff and hiring managers how to use the software. The modules use audio as well as visual teaching aids to reduce any potential learning barriers. The course was developed using the open source learning platform Moodle so that it can be easily exported and modified for use in different countries. For example, a module teaching specific customizations for that country can easily be created and added to the full course. Also see the related course, iHRIS Administrator: Level I.
CapacityPlus expanded use of the open source human resources information systems platform, iHRIS, to enable countries to use data to make decisions to more effectively recruit and deploy health workers for increased access to services and to track health worker qualifications and education pipelines; the iHRIS software is now used in 20 countries to manage almost a million health worker records at a potential cost savings of over $275 million when compared to commercial software.
For additional resources and publications see the HR Informations Systems section of the CapacityPlus Knowledge Library.


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(CNS): If you get email from a friend saying they are in trouble and need you to send funds to Nigeria, it's a scam. This is one of two new scams targeting Cayman Islands residents that the Financial Crimes Unit of the RCIPS is warning residents to be on their guard against, the other purporting to be from the Canada Revenue Agency.
The first scam involves people receiving an email claiming to be from their email account provider, such as yahoo. The email claims to come from the customer care department and requests information such as their username, account password, date of birth, country of residence and occupation, to ensure continued emailservice. Once this information has been given, an email is sent from the account to all contacts claiming to be from the account holder and stating that the person is in trouble overseas and requires money to be sent to an account in Nigeria as a matter of urgency. Needless to say, after receiving the log-in information for the account and some personal details the scammers access the account and send a bogus email requesting cash.
"This is a hoax email. No legitimate email provider would ever ask you for your personal information such as password and date of birth," said Detective Constable Adrian Neblett of the FCU. "If anyone receives an unsolicited email asking for personal details or claiming that you have won money in a competition a red flag should go up immediately."
Another email scam that has been reported involves a message claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. The email states that the recipient is entitled to a tax refund and asks that the lucky winner fills out an online form which asks for personal details.
"It can be hard to tell genuine communication from non-genuine," said DC Neblett. "If you receive any communication that is from a stranger, informs you that you have won money or a prize in a competition you have never heard of or asks for personal information be very wary indeed. Chances are this is a scam which could result in you losing out financially. The best way to deal with these emails is to delete then and not give them another thought."
Anyone with information about crime taking place in the Cayman Islands should contact their local police station or Crime Stoppers on 800-8477 (TIPS). All persons calling Crime Stoppers remain anonymous, and are eligible for a reward of up to $1000, should their information lead to an arrest or recovery of property/drugs.
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Grab a first look at The Railway Man, a harrowing new drama starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth.
Based on the memoirs of a former prisoner of war, the film follows the plight of Eric Lomax (Firth) as he struggles to come to terms with his traumatic past of forced labour on the Burma railway during World War II.
Years later, Patti Lomax, his wife (Kidman) - a woman he meets and falls in love with on a train - helps him to confront the torture and deprivation he suffered as a prisoner under the Japanese, in a bid to find forgiveness and closure.
Take a look at our exclusive clip from the critically acclaimed biopic, below.


Welcome to Marine Central! I built this site with one thing in mind, helping all marine businesses compete in highly competitive markets.
At age 15, I started working around boats, scraping bottom paint from barges. Later, I started detailing yachts and that's when my passion for the marine industry grew. I worked all through college washing and waxing boats, detailing yachts, and running charters.
I noticed a trend with yacht captains and crew. They were always looking for help. They would walk the docks and ask if someone was available to help with a charter, complete a job, run a delivery or if there was a trusted marine service company nearby to fix this or repair that.
Word of mouth is key in the marine industry and with today's technology, there has to be a better way to find help, right?
As a Marketing Consultant for an AC company here in South Florida, we struggled competing on major search engines in such a highly competitive market. We had to rely on lead generation companies to find new clients. I was frustrated with the way lead generation companies operated. We received a number of cold leads every month that never converted or were incomplete. I wasn't getting the results we needed, and I knew there had to be a better way to do business.
I started looking at the lead generation industry to learn how I could create a better experience for businesses and consumers. As I looked closer, I had a major breakthrough. All these companies were focused on Home Repairs and I couldn't find anything for the Marine Industry.
So I changed my entire life focusing on one thing: connecting the marine industry one lead at a time.
Over the next year I created Marine Central. A free digital marketplace connecting marine service providers, yachting professionals, and everyday boaters alike. A platform where yachting professionals and recreational boaters can post service requests, anytime, anywhere. A digital directory of local businesses at your fingertips. A job board to hire crew anywhere you need them. A place where every business gets an equal opportunity to be seen by our users and a site that doesn't hide a business's information from our users to gain an advantage.
Marine Central is truly the go-to digital marketplace for all your yachting and boating needs.


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MPs from CPRF proposes to deploy missiles to Cuba
The lawmakers from Communist Party of Russian Federation (CPRF) proposed Putin to deploy Russian missile systems to Cuba as a respond to Pentagon's deployment of HIMARS missile systems to Turkey.
ICP, 28th April 2016
Russia Today reported that two lawmakers from the Communist Party of Russian Federation (CPRF) proposes to deploy missile systems to Cuba and reactivate the Loudres spy base as a respond to the US plans to place HIMARS multiple-lunch missile systems in Turkey.
CPRF representatives in the State Duma, Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov sent a letter addressing President Putin. In the letter, lawmakers stated that, these systems can pose a threat to the member countries to the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) like Armenia.
The Communist MPs argued that resuming the activity of the former Soviet intelligence base in Cuba and deploying Russian missile systems are the two important steps "to protect Russia's interests and the safety of its allies."
Rashkin and Obukhov also sent copies of their letter to Defence Minister and Foreign Minister of Russian Federation.
Deputy head of the upper house Committee for International Relations, Vladimir Djabarov, told that in his perspective the proposal is just "a populist step" by the CPRF.
"First, the situation on Cuba is different now – they have restored the diplomatic relations with the United States. Second – placing missiles there would have no effect on our security. Therefore this is just a populist proposal which hardly matches the interests of our country's security" said the senator.
Soviet Union, had been an intelligence base in Lourdes, Cuba, since 1967. The base was the largest of all Soviet centers abroad. After the dissolution of the USSR, the base continued operations as a Russian base untill 2001. In 2001, the center stopped its activities.


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We need to end the use of secret shell companies, so that the corrupt no longer have an easy and anonymous way to hide their loot and move it across borders. As the segment of humans who can be outcompeted by robots increases, capitalism passes by more and more people until eventually it locks out the human race entirely, once again in the vanishingly unlikely scenario that we are still around.
Erasmus found few adherents to his way of thinking. Britain has already done much to make global corruption more difficult. All that we have ever possessed of true civilization, and indeed all that we still possess, can be traced to a manifestation of this spirit.
Currently, a corrupt tax official is likely to have two key networks in which they seek prestige: But, still on the level of immediate experience, the native, who has seen the modern world penetrate into the furthermost corners of the bush, is most acutely aware of all the things he does not possess.
Equality psychos are tearing down the most egalitarian society that ever existed except for initial communist experiments, before they turned bloody. For a bunch of reasons evolution is not quite as Malthusian as the ideal case, but it provides the prototype example we can apply to other things to see the underlying mechanism.
Earth could be fair, and all men glad and wise. She does not call the native to God's ways but to the ways of the white man, of the master, of the oppressor.
In environments where corruption is systemic but lacks cultural resonance, creating a climate where social sanction can be applied against corrupt practices has been challenging. Turner's thesis quickly became popular among intellectuals. In fact, the terms the settler uses when he mentions the native are zoological terms.
I am well aware that what I have had to say on the problem of peace is not essentially new. There were increasing demands from business leaders and from a newly emerging civil society for a different, more modern form of government that would prioritise merit and knowledge over political connections.
It reappears in Tolstoy12 and in other contemporary European thinkers.
Lemon it was also shown that the defendant's intent didn't matter to the conviction [Bone, ]. The need for this change exists in its crude state, impetuous and compelling, in the consciousness and in the lives of the men and women who are colonized. As with other clientelistic systems, patronage led to astonishing levels of corruption, particularly in cities such as New York, Boston and Chicago where machine politicians ruled for generations.
We see that if this nationalist reformist tendency which often takes the form of a kind of caricature of trade unionism decides to take action, it will only do so in a highly peaceful fashion, through stoppages of work in the few industries which have been set up in the towns, mass demonstrations to cheer the leaders, and the boycotting of buses or of imported commodities.
From within the system, everyone is following their own incentives and will continue to do so. The libertarian-authoritarian axis on the Political Compass is a tradeoff between discoordination and tyranny.
But we have precisely chosen to speak of that kind of tabula rasa which characterizes at the outset all decolonization. But membership of the OECD is confined to the governments of high-income countries. The release by WikiLeaks of US diplomatic cables in was a controversial episode of unofficial transparency and a powerful interrupter to the global status quo regarding corruption in relations between nation-states.Before you begin your essay, we ask applicants to familiarize themselves with FIRE's work by watching these two short videos about real students who faced censorship and punishment for exercising their right to free speech.
The speech later became known as "The New Frontier." In his remarks, then Senator Kennedy famously states, "The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-- it is a set of challenges.
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We have now placed Twitpic in an archived state. Video: JFK's New Frontier: Definition, Speech & Program John F. Kennedy's presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in laid out his 'New Frontier' policy.
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to Sport After Injury Scale: Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version
Nahid Pirayeh, Farshid Razavi, Amin Behdarvandan, and Neda Mostafaee
Background: The Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to Sport after Injury scale (ACL-RSI) is used to measure athletes' psychological readiness in terms of their emotions, confidence in performance, and risk appraisal with respect to return to sport after ACL reconstruction. Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the ACL-RSI to the Persian version and evaluate the reliability and validity of this scale in patients with ACL reconstruction. Study Design: Clinical measurement study (psychometric analysis). Methods: To assess test–retest reliability, 100 participants were asked to complete the Persian version of the ACL-RSI 2 times with a 7- to 10-day interval. In the first assessment, the patients also filled the Injury-Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport Questionnaire, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form, and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score. Internal consistency (Cronbach alpha, α), test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients), measurement error (standard error of measurement and minimum detectable change), and construct validity (Pearson r) were determined. Results: Our results showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha = .94) and excellent test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients = .90 (.85−.93)]. Standard error of measurement and minimum detectable change were 4.64 and 12.85, respectively. No significant bias was observed between test and retest. In addition, based on the results of correlation analysis, all hypotheses of this study were confirmed. The Persian version of the ACL-RSI had a strong correlation with Injury-Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport (I-PPR) (P < .001, r = .76) and Tampa scale of Kinesiophobia (TKS) (P < .001, r = −.68). Furthermore, a moderate correlation was observed between the Persian version of the ACL-RSI and the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form (P < .001, r = .44) and between this version of the ACL-RSI and the subscales of Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (P < .001, r = .30–.55). Conclusion: Given its acceptable reliability and validity, the Persian version of the ACL-RSI seems to be a suitable tool for evaluating psychological readiness to return to sport after ACL reconstruction.
In Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Ahead of Print
Comparison of the Effects of Isometric Horizontal Abduction on Shoulder Muscle Activity During Wall Push-Up Plus and Wall Slide in Individuals With Scapular Winging
Seok-Hyun Kim, Heon-Seock Cynn, Chung-Hwi Yi, Ji-Hyun Lee, and Seung-Min Baik
Context: Wall push-up plus (WPP) and wall slide (WS) are commonly prescribed in early rehabilitation to increase serratus anterior (SA) muscle activity. For individuals with scapular winging (SW), synergistic muscles such as upper trapezius (UT) and pectoralis major (PM) may compensate for weak SA during scapular movement. However, no studies have applied isometric horizontal abduction (IHA) during WS in individuals with SW nor have compared it with WPP with IHA. Objectives: This study compared the effects of IHA on shoulder muscle activity during WPP and WS exercises in individuals with SW. Design: Cross-sectional study; 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to assess the statistical significance of observed differences in SA, UT, PM, lower trapezius (LT), and infraspinatus (IS) muscle activities. Setting: Research laboratory. Patients: We recruited 30 individuals with SW comprising 20 men and 10 women. Interventions: The individuals performed WPP and WS exercises with and without IHA using Thera-Band. Main Outcome Measures: Surface electromyography was used to measure muscle activity of the SA, UT, PM, LT, and IS during the isometric phase of WPP and WS. Maximal voluntary isometric contractions were recorded to normalize electromyographic data. Results: There was no significant interaction between IHA application and exercise type for any of the shoulder muscles. IHA application increased SA (P = .008), UT (P = .001), LT (P = .009), and IS (P = .000) activities and decreased PM (P = .001) activity compared with those without IHA. WS exercises elicited higher PM (P = .017) and LT (P = .011) activities than WPP. Conclusion: WPP and WS with IHA may be effective in increasing the muscle activities of shoulder stabilizers and preventing overactivation of PM activity. WPP may be recommended for individuals with overactivated PM, whereas WS may be used to increase LT activity.
Cross-Cultural Translation and Adaptation of the Perceived Recovery Status Scale to Brazilian Portuguese
Rodrigo Rodrigues Gomes Costa, Matt Laurent, Frederico Ribeiro Neto, Luis Felipe Castelli Correa de Campos, and Ciro Winckler
Context: One of the primary training variables, although often overlooked, is recovery level achieved before starting subsequent training sessions. To find a more practical measurement that is consonant with the daily training routine, the Perceived Recovery Status (PRS) scale is proposed. In this perspective, the present study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the PRS scale into Brazilian Portuguese. Design: This was a clinical measurement. Methods: The cross-cultural translation was performed according to guidelines. Linguistic validation consisted of 5 stages: forward translation, translation synthesis, back translation, analysis of inconsistencies, and cognitive debriefing. Results: During forward translation, different interpretations were obtained from the 2 translators (versions V1 and V2). Supported by an expert committee, a combined version (V3) was obtained from V1 and V2. During back translation, different interpretations were obtained from the 2 translators (versions V4 and V5). Discrepancies, applicability, and cultural equivalence were documented and analyzed by the expert committee participating in the cross-cultural translation procedure. During the cognitive debriefing, a group of 5 Brazilian people from the general population were asked to participate in a cognitive debriefing to assess the comprehensibility of the translated items. Conclusions: The PRS was translated and culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese (PRS-Brasil).
Horseback Riding-Related Injuries in Portugal and Prevention Strategies
Luísa V. Pinto, Filipa C. Gouveia, Joana F. Ramalho, Sara R. Silva, and Joana R. Silva
Context: Horse riding (HR) has gain popularity in Portugal, thereby increasing the number of related injuries. This study identifies frequently occurring injuries in Portuguese riders, the conditions under which they occur, and preventive measures. Design: A retrospective cohort study. Methods: We included 216 Portuguese riders practicing HR at the time of the study with ≥1 year of experience. Data were obtained from a questionnaire that characterized first and second rider injuries; we opted for a systematic method to assess the riders' injuries, in a temporal order. Questions regarding demographic data, sports-related background, systematic training workload, number and characteristics of the first 2 injuries, and the need for treatment were included in the questionnaire. Results: Most first and second injuries were musculoskeletal, occurred from falling off the horse during training, and primarily affected the lower limb. Rehabilitation was required in almost 50% of all cases. The occurrence of injury was significantly associated with the number of days of training per week, years of experience, height and weight of the rider, and practice of another sport. Riding different horses was also significantly associated with the number of injuries. Conclusions: The most frequently occurring injuries during HR are musculoskeletal and in the extremities. Injury prevention is essential in HR, as most riders have at least one injury while practicing. Rehabilitation should involve a physiatrist and core strengthening exercises.
Secondary School Athletic Trainers' Strategies and Barriers to Overuse Injury Treatment in Adolescent Athletes
Kevin M. Biese, Madeline Winans, Grace Rudek, Mayrena I. Hernandez, Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, Susan J. Andreae, M. Alison Brooks, Stephanie Kliethermes, Timothy A. McGuine, and David R. Bell
Context: Studies have illustrated that overuse injuries occur in adolescent athletes more often than previously reported. The general purpose of this study was to provide a thorough report of secondary school athletic trainers encounters, practices, and perceptions of overuse injury in adolescent athletes. Design: Cross-sectional. Methods: An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed via email to athletic trainers in the secondary school setting. The questionnaire was sent to participants during the summer of 2021 and 430 participants (highest educational degree earned: master's degree = 66%) completed the survey. Various survey methods were used to evaluate athletic trainers (1) demographics, (2) estimations about what percentage of injuries evaluated and treated were classified as overuse, (3) methods for treating overuse injuries, (4) confidence in treating overuse injuries and the complete implementation of their treatment plan, (5) perceptions of various barriers to treating overuse injuries, and (6) perception as to why patients did not want to reduce activity to treat their overuse injuries. Results: Participants reported that about half of all evaluations and treatments in a year were overuse injuries and they were "fairly" or "completely" confident (90%) in their ability to treat these injuries. The most common treatments cited were stretching (91%) and reducing activity (90%). Only 61% of participants were "fairly" or "completely" confident in the complete implementation of their treatment plan. Participants believed that patients' reluctance to reduce sport activities (82% "moderate" or "extreme" barrier) was the most significant barrier to treatment. Participants cited athletes' avoidance of missing games as the most common reason athletes were reluctant to reduce sporting activity. Conclusions: Participants felt confident in treating overuse injuries yet faced significant barriers in treating these injuries. Clinicians should be prepared to have conversations about the importance of reducing sporting activity to allow proper healing for overuse injuries in adolescent athletes.
Assessment of Bilateral Shoulder Range of Motion in Firefighter Trainees Using a Markerless Motion Capture System
Conner Howard, Alexis Kahnt, Jennifer L. Volberding, and Jay Dawes
The unpredictable environments firefighters face paired with biomechanically compromising shoulder movements, such as overhead and lifting movements, place this population at an increased risk for shoulder injury. The purpose of this study was to assess firefighter trainees' bilateral shoulder range of motion (ROM) using the Dynamic Athletic Research Institute Motion system. Retrospective anthropometric and ROM data for 31 male firefighter trainees were analyzed. Firefighter trainees' mean shoulder ROM for bilateral external rotation, internal rotation, and extension were lower than previously published values. External rotation demonstrated the lowest percentage of trainees within normal ROM (left—6.67%, right—16.67%). Noting the susceptibility of upper extremity injuries among firefighters, establishing baseline ROM measurements for reference may improve musculoskeletal evaluations, training interventions, and injury rehabilitation.
In International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training Ahead of Print
"It Shaped My Future in Ways I Wasn't Prepared for—in the Best Way Possible": Alumni Volunteers' Experiences in an Adapted Sports and Recreation Program
Meredith Wekesser, Guilherme H. Costa, Piotr J. Pasik, and Karl Erickson
Adapted sport participation can have many positive benefits for adults with disabilities. However, one barrier to implementing successful adapted sport programs is lack of knowledgeable volunteers who understand accessibility and disability. In fact, little is known about volunteers' experiences in adapted sport programs. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine experiences of able-bodied volunteers in an adapted sport program. A sample of 105 able-bodied volunteers (M age = 24.28 ± 1.93) completed an online qualitative survey to share their experiences. Data were analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis, and seven main themes were identified. Results showed that despite differences in initial motives for volunteering, involvement in an adapted sport program was transformative and, for some, life changing. Able-bodied volunteers experienced a wide range of benefits including deeper understanding and awareness of disability and inclusion in sport. Practical recommendations are provided for volunteer-based adapted sport program leaders.
In Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Ahead of Print
Table Tennis, as a Method of Sensorimotor Training, Induces Haptic and Motor Gains in Children With a Probable Developmental Coordination Disorder
Yu-Ting Tseng, Chia-Liang Tsai, Tzu Hsuan Wu, Yi-Wen Chen, and Yi-Hsuan Lin
This study examined whether table tennis as a method of sensorimotor training improves haptic and motor function and to what extent haptic function gain correlates with changes in motor ability in children with probable developmental coordination disorder (pDCD). Children with pDCD were randomly assigned to the table tennis and nontraining control groups. The children in the table tennis group received 36 sessions of table tennis training, including ball balancing, hitting the ball against the wall, strokes, and serving. Haptic sensitivity, acuity, and motor function domains were measured. The results showed a 41.5% improvement in haptic sensitivity in children exposed to table tennis training compared with 2.8% in those without training. This improved haptic sensitivity significantly correlated with motor function gain, suggesting that somatosensory gains occur simultaneously with changes in motor function in children with pDCD. This novel upper limb motor training approach may be an interesting method of sensorimotor training in neurological rehabilitation in children with pDCD.
In Motor Control Ahead of Print
Coach and Athlete Perspectives on Talent Transfer in Paralympic Sport
Nima Dehghansai, Alia Mazhar, and Joseph Baker
Research pertaining to the experiences and motives of Paralympic athletes who transfer between sports is scant. This study aimed to address this gap through semistructured interviews with Canadian Paralympic coaches (n = 35) and athletes (n = 12). Three higher-order themes of "alternative to retirement," "career extension," and "compatibility" were identified. The subthemes of "psychobehavioral" and "physical and physiological" (from the higher-order theme of alternative to retirement) captured reasons leading to transfer, which are similar to reasons athletes may consider retirement. The subthemes of career extension—"better opportunities" and "beneficial outcomes"—shed light on factors that contributed to the withdrawal of negative experiences and reinforcement of positive outcomes associated with transferring sports. Last, compatibility had three subthemes of "resources," "sport-specific," and "communication," which encapsulated factors athletes should consider prior to their transfer. In conclusion, the participants highlighted the importance of transparent and effective communication between athletes and sports to align and establish realistic expectations for everyone involved.
A Minimal Sensor Inertial Measurement Unit System Is Replicable and Capable of Estimating Bilateral Lower-Limb Kinematics in a Stationary Bodyweight Squat and a Countermovement Jump
AuraLea Fain, Benjamin Hindle, Jordan Andersen, Bradley C. Nindl, Matthew B. Bird, Joel T. Fuller, Jodie A. Wills, and Tim L.A. Doyle
This study aimed to validate a 7-sensor inertial measurement unit system against optical motion capture to estimate bilateral lower-limb kinematics. Hip, knee, and ankle sagittal plane peak angles and range of motion (ROM) were compared during bodyweight squats and countermovement jumps in 18 participants. In the bodyweight squats, left peak hip flexion (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = .51), knee extension (ICC = .68) and ankle plantar flexion (ICC = .55), and hip (ICC = .63) and knee (ICC = .52) ROM had moderate agreement, and right knee ROM had good agreement (ICC = .77). Relatively higher agreement was observed in the countermovement jumps compared to the bodyweight squats, moderate to good agreement in right peak knee flexion (ICC = .73), and right (ICC = .75) and left (ICC = .83) knee ROM. Moderate agreement was observed for right ankle plantar flexion (ICC = .63) and ROM (ICC = .51). Moderate agreement (ICC > .50) was observed in all variables in the left limb except hip extension, knee flexion, and dorsiflexion. In general, there was poor agreement for peak flexion angles, and at least moderate agreement for joint ROM. Future work will aim to optimize methodologies to increase usability and confidence in data interpretation by minimizing variance in system-based differences and may also benefit from expanding planes of movement.
In Journal of Applied Biomechanics Ahead of Print


You may fancy yourself a 1981 pop culture savant, but how much do you really remember about the pop culture of this year? It's time to find out! Take these 12 80's trivia quiz questions and put your knowledge to the test!
Who became US president in 1981?
MTV debuted in 1981. What was the first video played on the network?
"9 to 5" was a number one pop and country song for which artist in 1981?
On which popular toy could you get the colors to match on all six sides without taking it apart?
In 1981, Microsoft released this operating system?
Wocka, wocka, wocka, one had to beware of ghosts while playing this video classic in 1981.
Actress Valerie Bertinelli married which rocker and guitar hero on April 11, 1981?
On December 11, 1981, this boxer lost his last boxing match to Trevor Berbick before retiring for good.
"The Tide Is High" hit number one for which band in 1981?
In May of 1981, this religious leader is shot four times in an assassination attempt.
In 1981, this tv show about an oil-rich Denver family starring Joan Collins, Heather Locklear, and John Forsythe made its TV debut.
Which actress tragically fell overboard and drowned while sailing with husband Robert Wagner?
Though your knowledge of pop culture in 1981 may be average, you still rank higher than the average American! You remember most of the important pop culture events of 1981, foregoing only those you deemed unimportant!
You are 1981 pop culture perfect! It's clear that this year in time held great significance in your life, as you remember just about every major pop culture moment this year had in store. Not only is your memory impressive, but your pop culture prowess is one for the books.
You possess all of the 1981 pop culture mastery! Not only are you obviously a pop culture trivia buff with a keen mind on the 1980s, but this year has always held a special place in your heart. From the royal wedding to the inauguration of Reagan, you haven't forgotten a stitch of this year in time.


These 12 DIY Wine Bottle Feeder Ideas are the perfect way to utilize your wine bottle collection.
While there are countless ways to make use of empty wine bottles, you can also make DIY bird feeders out of them.
Put on your safety glasses and turn a simple beer or wine bottle into one of the above bird feeders. For the supply list and the tutorial, watch this video.
Tighten a wine bottle to a bird feeder channel with a clamp to imitate the feeder idea here. Don't fasten the roof to the top to ensure easy removal of the bottle.
Wrap copper wire around a bottle so that the end of the bottle has an S shape hook for hanging. Fill the bottle with bird seeds and add feeder base to the mouth of the bottle. We found the idea here.
Cut out a fish design on a wood piece and secure the shape to a wine bottle using a wire. It's a bit complicated in the picture above but you'll be able to understand the tutorial well in this video here.
Employ your glass bottle collection in making a set of these bird feeders for your garden or balcony. Learn the steps at She Knows.
You'll need cedar boards, brad nails, wood glue, wine bottle, bird seed, a pencil, and some technical assistance. Check out the tutorial at Bloglovin.
Hang a wine bottle upright in your yard to invite little friends to your garden. You can give it a decorative touch to make it look attractive. Click here for the tutorial.
Attach a large wine bottle to a plate and drill holes in the bottle to let the seeds come out of them. Use wires and a plier to hang it from a tree. The Chilly Dog has the directions.
Drill two holes on either side of the bottle's bottom and secure it to a plate. Hang the feeder from a tree or anywhere you want with copper wire. The tutorial is here.
This upside-down wine bottle bird feeder requires easy-to-find supplies. Have a look at the directions here.
Hang this paracord wine bottle near your porch or patio to enjoy seeing the bird while they feed themselves. This is one of the most good looking DIY wine bottle bird feeder ideas, the tutorial is available at Four Oaks Crafts.
To attract hummingbirds, hang a bright red colored wine bottle as a feeder in your yard. The instructions are right here.
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