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Cinema Bestius: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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#25 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
What can your Pope say about a film that perfectly conveys the awe and wonder of living on this planet? No less an authority than Ray Bradbury once called Close Encounters of the Third Kind "the best science-fiction film ever made."
Sometimes I think Close Encounters gets short shrift because Steven Spielberg has made too many great movies. When movie talk turns to Sci-Fi (which Harlan Ellison famously pronounces "skiffy"), ET: The Extra-Terrestrial usually dominates the conversation. Action-Adventure fans turn toward Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park. Fans of thrillers hold Munich and Bridge of Spies close to their hearts. Film buffs looking for probing drama need only turn to Schindler's List, The Color Purple, Amistad, or Lincoln. Spielberg's Jaws is one of the greatest horror films ever made.
Close Encounters, though nominally a science-fiction film, combines pieces of all of these genres into a unique whole. It is at once chase film, domestic drama, thoughtful rumination on our place in the universe, alien invasion film, horror movie, and sly comedy. If you question the assertion that Close Encounters contains horror elements, look at Spielberg's masterful use of lighting, editing, and sound effects in the scene where little Barry is abducted. The sheer ambition behind Close Encounters of the Third Kind puts many modern movies to shame.
The Plot In Brief: All over the world, groups of people report seeing bright lights and strange objects in the desert and hearing a haunting, five note tune. Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut), the lead scientist in the investigation, talks to witnesses with the help of interpreter David Laughlin (Bob Balaban). One night while responding to a call, telephone lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses something that he cannot get out of his mind. Neary begins to draw an odd shape over and over again, eventually creating it in his shaving cream, his mashed potatoes, and dirt from his front lawn. His obsessive behavior eventually drives away his family, and leads him on a quest to seek out the source of his visions and find other people who share his experience.
The new BFI monograph on Chaplin's The Gold Rush focuses on the different existing versions of that film, because Chaplin prepared a sound version in 1942 that replaced some footage and removed the title cards and added his fulsome narration… and then he failed to renew the copyright on his 1925 original, thus making it the stuff of public-domain-eyesore videotapes and discs. Just as I was thinking while reading the book, "Thank God we have no problem discerning the OFFICIAL VERSION for scholarship purposes regarding more modern films", I instantly realized that many modern films—Welles's Touch of Evil, Close Encounters, and Blade Runner, to name but a few—share the same problem of provenance.
When it comes to Close Encounters, I have always preferred the original version. Spielberg himself has said that the Special Edition, featuring scenes of Neary entering the alien mother ship, was a mistake. (Columbia Pictures dictated the need for those new scenes; the studio wanted a "hook" on which to hang the rerelease advertising campaign.) Besides adding footage to the Special Edition, Spielberg shortened other scenes, specifically the sequence where Neary runs amok, drives away his family, and re-landscapes his home's interior.
Many years ago, I was in charge of an annual "Film Day" event in my school district. Film Day is a daylong celebration of the movies, attended by hundreds of the district's film students (if your school district doesn't already have a Film Day, write your congressman.) The theme for the day was "Sci-Fi." In those days, if I wanted to screen a film I had to rent it on good old 16mm; this would have been 1988 or '89, and by then Spielberg's "Special Edition" had all but replaced his original cut for reparatory screenings and 16mm rentals. I was so overjoyed when the rental company sent me a pristine copy of the original version, which I always preferred. I prefaced the screening by telling all the kiddies in attendance just why they were in for a special treat!
Richard Dreyfuss gives the performance of his career in this film, and I am a big fan of Richard Dreyfuss. In Close Encounters, he is by turns everyman, best dad, worst dad, husband, dreamer, telephone lineman, visionary, exasperating, inspiring, really scary, really heroic, really sarcastic, and properly awed. He is one of the best audience surrogates in the history of the movies. We never question Neary's passion, vision, or zeal. Dreyfuss' line readings are all refreshingly off-kilter. My favorite is near the end of the film when, shown a drawing of Devil's Tower by the authorities, he dismisses it with the aside, "Yeah, I've got one just like it in my living room."
I am also an unapologetic fan of practical effects, and Close Encounters is a textbook of what can be accomplished with miniatures, forced perspective, stop-motion animation, matte paintings, smoke, mirrors, editing, music, and performance. Good Lord—one of the best special effects in the film is the truckload of dirt in front of Neary's TV. When Douglas Trumbull started the project, he joked that the film's $3.7 million special effects budgets could be used instead to make a whole other film. Columbia's original budget for Close Encounters was $7 million; the final cost was closer to $20 million—and them's 1977 dollars!
A child's sense of awe lights the heart of this film. What a breath of fresh air in our current political climate of gloom, doom, and fear. Maybe, just maybe, the film supposes, there is something coming from far away… and it is wonderful. At the same time I believe the film avoids simple Pollyanna-ish naïveté; there are bitter truths here too. Sometimes, the film whispers, no matter how painful, we must remove those people from our lives who do not believe in us.
Close Encounter of the Third Kind's Three Miracles: An American science-fiction film that takes its own themes seriously, is neither jokey nor crass, and respects its own audience's intelligence; special effects that both awe and delight; and another in a series of iconic scores by John Williams—five simple notes that have become synonymous with the film itself.
"In nomine Dreyfuss, et Truffaut, y spiritu Spielberg, Amen."
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Labels: 1970s movies, alien movies, cinema bestius, close encounters of the third kind, francois truffaut, richard dreyfuss, sci fi movies, steven spielberg
Darren Reid August 30, 2016 at 7:52 AM
Interesting follow-up to Pinocchio from a few weeks ago. Actually, I think the Special Edition's underwhelming ending had turned me off of Pinocchio for years. Close Encounters always had a precarious ending, with the conflict coming to a halt for a 30 minute light show. But Douglas Trumbull's effects photography of Greg Jein's models was so perfect that it actually worked.
Digital effects have come a long way. And I tend to give them a pass at this point as long as they are good enough to be coherent. But I don't think they ever produce the same awe, that real photography of physical models can generate. Close Encounters is not a film that could be made today because it would not be able to stick the landing.
Kunider August 30, 2016 at 8:05 AM
in the podcast, sombody once said E.T. was the best spielberg movie. while it very a very, very good movie, i say Close Encounter is the best spielberg movie.
aaaaagreed
Jiffy Knish August 30, 2016 at 8:36 AM
Thanks for this column! This will always be one my favorite movies, and I'll watch it whenever it's on. I think you're exactly right that Neary is one of the best audience surrogates ever; he's smart, funny, empathetic, and just plain human and it's a joy to follow him through the film. And I always thought it was interesting that Spielberg would follow up Jaws with a film about a man ultimately being rewarded for pursuing a vision (in this case, a literal vision) through an endless series of obstacles.
Wil A August 30, 2016 at 8:37 AM
For me, my favorite Spielberg movie is generally a rotation between E.T., Jaws, and Close Encounters. For Spielberg's best movie, though, I have absolutely no idea. I think this movie might have some (not all, but some) of my favorite practical effects.
Weird, I randomly put this on this week end and watch it a few times. Cool!
Dennis August 31, 2016 at 7:49 AM
I also feel the child's sense of Awe, it is that magic and wonder done very sincerely and believing in the existence of other beings in this galaxy, when a movie like this is made from the heart its hard for me to not enjoy it
Steve K. August 31, 2016 at 10:43 AM
Close Encounters is a brilliant film. Spielberg found a way to tell a compelling story about revelation and faith by wrapping it in a science-fiction package. When I was a kid, the middle section was a chore you had to get through before "the good stuff" in the finale. Now as an adult, the middle section (where Roy is struggling with his visions and what they might mean) is to me the heart and soul of the film.
Then there's E.T., which to me is an unofficial sequel to Close Encounters. Note how Elliot's family has the same composition as Roy's family - two older brothers, a younger sister, and an absent father. I think Spielberg used E.T. as a way for our alien friends to make amends to the family that lay broken at the end of Close Encounters.
Courtney August 31, 2016 at 7:33 PM
Great post...I need to give this film a revisit! It's been decades since I've seen it :O
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Space: Cheap Orbital Launch Services
January 30, 2022: In January another commercial firm, Virgin Orbit, used its 30-ton LauncherOne orbital launch rocket to put seven small satellites into orbit for several customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA. This was the fourth of five tests of LauncherOne delivering small satellites for customers. The first use in 2020 failed but the three in 2021 and the recent one was a success. LauncherOne is carried by a modified B-747 airliner to an altitude of 11 kilometers (35.000 feet) and then released. LauncherOne can put a 500 kg (1,100 pound) payload into a 230-kilometer LEO (Low Earth Orbit) or a 300 kg (660 pound) payload into a 500-kilometer SSO (Sun-synchronous orbit). Each LauncherOne mission costs about $12 million, which includes the use of the transport aircraft. It cost less than a billion dollars to develop LauncherOne. Work began in 2007 and fourteen years later the first successful launch occurred, after only one failure. Putting satellites into the higher SSO is useful for payloads that are meant for longer missions to asteroids or other planets, like Mars or Venus.
An even more ambitious version of LauncherOne transporter is under development by a New Zealand firm that has developed the jet powered Aurora UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that can fly to an altitude of about 31 kilometers and then launch a rocket carrying small satellites into LEO. The MKI Aurora was built and flight tested in 2018. The larger MKII Aurora was then built and flight-tested four times in 2021. MKII can carry a larger expendable rocket-propelled satellite delivery vehicle that can put up to 100 kg (220 pounds) of satellites into LEO. The larger MKIII Aurora is being built to carry out regular flights, several times a day, delivering 250 kg (550 pounds) of small satellites into LEO at less cost than LauncherOne. While innovative and economical, Aurora and LauncherOne are not new ideas, just a better implementation of the original concept first introduced and demonstrated in the 1990s.
These are novel evolutions of earlier efforts that used the same concept to launch ASAT (anti-satellite) missiles from high-flying aircraft. ASAT missiles are not new and back in the 1980s the U.S. developed and tested both ASAT missiles (ASM-135) and air-launched satellite launcher rockets (the Pegasus). Back then the U.S. Air Force developed the ASM-135 for knocking down LEO satellites by using a 1.2 ton-missile launched from a high-flying jet fighter. This was done in response to news that Russia was developing a similar system. The Russian system relied on killsats and was never that effective. A successful test of ASM-135 was conducted in 1985, but the program was shut down three years later because the Air Force preferred to spend the money elsewhere.
A little later, in the 1990s, a civilian firm (Orbital ATK) developed, tested and built Pegasus air-launched, from a B-52 or modified large airliner, three-stage solid fuel rockets for putting small (up to half a ton) satellites into LEO. The first version of Pegasus weighed 19 tons and the latest one 23 tons. Between 1990 and 2021 Pegasus carried out 40 successful launches. In other words, Pegasus is still in use and the Air Force has admitted that the ASM-135 could resume production and be even more reliable, effective and cheaper because of advances in missile and guidance tech since the 1980s.
More recent systems like Aurora take advantage of advances in UAV and small satellite technology. In the late 1990s several countries in the West (especially the U.S.) began developing very small satellites mainly because the technology had improved to the point where small was affordable and useful. The earliest of these ultrasmall satellites developed by the U.S. Department of Defense were called CubeSats. That is, their volume was no more than one liter (10x10cm or 4.1x4.1 inches) and weighed no more than 1.3 kg (three pounds). The military got the idea from the increasing use of commercial nanosatellites (which weigh no more than 6.8 kg/15 pounds). The U.S. military launched its first CubeSats in 2008 by piggybacking with a larger satellite that had unused space and weight in the payload nose cone.
It was quickly proven that CubeSats could be used for photo or electronic surveillance, or communications. The rapid advances in communications and sensor technology in the early 21st century made it possible to build a useful reconnaissance satellite weighing less and less. A tiny satellite like this includes solar panels to provide power. A British firm pioneered this technology in the 1990s and made it possible to get scientific satellites in orbit for a fraction of the usual price. Since 2008 nearly thousands of CubeSats (or similar designs) have been launched and the number is increasing each year. Most of the 173 micro-satellites used in the recent Soyuz and PSLV launches were based on the CubeSat design. That standardization also allowed for the establishment of standards for placing many micro-satellites in a rocket's final stage, another factor in keeping delivery costs down.
A satellite launcher like Pegasus, Aurora or LauncherOne can get satellites weighing up to 300 kg, or dozens of large cubesats into orbit on short notice and at much less cost than a rocket. That is a useful capability that is more important now that China is making an effort to destroy a large number of American satellites on short notice in any future conflict.
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Author: Rachel Elena Bessman
Wai Koa is an adaptive paddling program for physically and mentally disabled veterans, active military, and first responders to get them outside and engaged in on-land and on-water activities.
Once a week between Memorial Day and Labor Day, members of the Live Water Foundation teach a dedicated group of partially disabled veterans rehabilitating at a local military hospital. The Veterans are taught the basics of stand-up paddleboarding in a group environment while socializing with one another.
We also led Team Red, White, and Blue (Team RWB) and Wounded Warrior Project on paddle adventures, like guided tours through the various creeks and rivers of Annapolis or on land activities like helping to beautify the parks we enjoy. Throughout the season (May to September), we had seven events, each averaging about 15 participants.
When military veterans are returning home, they're leaving a life that provides them with a clear sense of purpose day after day, as well as a built-in, tightly knit community. It is vital to their well-being that that sense of purpose and feeling of closeness isn't suddenly torn away when they do get home.
"Giving people purpose is huge. Allowing them to feel accepted while still being active is huge," says Harvey Naranjo, an adaptive sports director at a nearby military hospital. "It's also providing meaningful activity. Because we've learned from our previous conflicts that you can't just throw a prosthetic or wheelchair or whatever device on someone unless you've also given them goals and things to do. Because if not, all they're going to do is take that device and maybe just sit in their room, and what does that serve?" adds Naranjo.
Naranjo says that he is choosy about which organizations he will work with because of how important inclusion is for the veterans he works with. To him, it's not just about included; it's also about being seen and heard. "There are many programs out there that will include you, but you still don't feel welcome. The guys can feel it, especially in the environment they come from. You want to feel part of the team like you're working for the team," says Naranjo.
"The Live Water Foundation and Capital SUP team are wonderful," says Naranjo, "It's like [the veterans are] hanging out with friends, and people that [they] relate to, and can have all different types of conversations with. And they're also motivating because they're young guys who are out there– they're athletes, they're business people, and they're also within their age group. They're peers."
Team RWB is essentially a nationwide network for military members to connect through physical activity, from paddleboarding to rock climbing and everything in between. Ken Fitzgerald, a chapter leader of Team RWB, also emphasized the importance of feeling that camaraderie. "We've been working with the Live Water Foundation and Capital SUP team for a few years now, and it's just a great feeling of everybody getting together and hanging out. Chris "Goose" Norman would teach a fitness class, and it sort of started there and became doing these paddles on Back Creek. The [Live Water Ambassadors] would be pointing things out and answering any questions, acting as sort of 'on-water mentors,'" said Fitzgerald.
Our Wai Koa program makes so much sense to us because of our focus on community enrichment. We always honor and respect our veterans, but we also recognize that they are a significant part of our local community in Annapolis and the DC Metro area in general. With more troops coming home every day, we are hopeful that this program will continue to make a meaningful impact. "Not everyone's going to go back home after an injury or a deployment – sometimes there was a reason they left home," says Naranjo. "And then after an injury, they're trying to figure things out, 'Where am I going to go? What am I going to do? Where am I going to feel comfortable?' Giving them options to get exposure to new communities is a huge rehabilitative resource that we provide just by accessing programs [like Wai Koa]."
Annapolis is synonymous with being on the water. Whether you're a student here, a long-time resident, a seasonal worker, or just passing through, two things come to mind when you think of Annapolis: The State House and the water.
However, spending time on the water isn't as easy as it should be, and it seldom happens for some of Annapolis' most disadvantaged youth. Our Junior Wai Koa program provides an unforgettable summer experience for children living in communities under the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA). This year, we were able to add two sessions to our regular four-session camp, allowing us to offer kids a summer-long experience.
"The children were totally thrilled," said Sarah Clarke-Akinrinde, a HACA curriculum specialist and case manager, who chaperoned the children. "We started at the HACA swimming pool, and the children were very engaged. At the end of that day, the kids were looking forward to their next time with the Live Water group, but I figured [the excitement] would fade. But by the time we got to the creek, it was out of this world – every child was asking me, 'Can we go back? Can we go back?'. They were really excited."
Akinrinde says that other than the Live Water camp, the kids' options are minimal. There are only two pools to accommodate the four developments. Even if parents know of paddleboarding or kayaking, the cost of rental equipment or transportation to the water acts as a barrier. "Mostly, what we provide for them is what they get," says Akinrinde. "We get this opportunity every year to take them out on a sailboat where they go to the harbor, and they are out in the water for like an hour and 30 minutes, but that's about it."
This year, we were able to add two more sessions to our regular four-session camp, allowing us to welcome even more children. "As a chaperone, I was scared out of my mind," said Akinrinde, "But the Live Water team made it so easy; they were just phenomenal, providing the children with all the equipment that they needed and then giving them a little snack at the end of the session."
"It was good for the soul. It was good for the kids," says Akinrinde, adding, "And it was good for me as well."
Clean Water & Eco Initiatives
We utilize community action to beautify our parks and clean our waterways by empowering individuals to actively look after what they can enjoy. Last April, we teamed up with Annapolis City Greenscape, UpCycle, Capital SUP, and dozens of volunteers to revive the Ellen O. Moyer Nature Park after a long and isolating winter that left it in need of attention.
Together, we removed trash from the land and the water, cut down dead trees, and hauled off dozens of bags of yard waste. Under the helpful guidance of Annapolis City Greenscape, we planted over 50 perennial flowers and grasses, some of which into a flower bed made by UpCycle from 100% recycled materials.
Full-Service Marylanders Grow Oysters Program
Since 2008, the Severn River Association (SRA) has diligently repopulated oyster reefs and facilitated Chesapeake Bay restoration. The strength and persistence of the SRA – a civic organization in operation since 1911 – has galvanized over 400 community residents to take part in the Marylanders Grow Oysters program, an initiative started by Oyster Recovery Partnership that allows waterfront property owners to maintain cages of spat-on-shell (oyster larvae) to repopulate designated sanctuary reefs.
We hugely admire the work of the SRA and asked ourselves what we could do to aid in their effort. In 2015, Live Water Foundation board member and Capital SUP CEO Kevin Haigis decided to try his hand at oyster growing and personally managed 50 cages in Spa Creek. Haigis' experiment was successful, but not without a bit of assistance in cage maintenance. From there, an idea was sparked, and with the generous funding of the nonprofit Palmer Foundation, our Full-Service MGO Program was born.
Through the power of Capital SUP's community engagement, volunteers aided us in building 80 oyster cages that we installed for our first full-service participants: Bert Jabin Yacht Yard, Severn House Condominiums, Oasis Marinas at Nautilus Point (Formerly Watergate), and several Back Creek waterfront residents.
We're also pleased to hear that the cage builds have inspired more people to take part. "We are getting more requests for cage building and questions about growing oysters [with Marylanders Grow Oysters]," said ORP representative Kaylee Fleury. "Having dedicated partners at the Live Water Foundation helps play a part in contributing to the success of our programming."
Live Water Foundation Co-Founder and President Brian Meyer said that the full-service program – an idea of his for several years – aims to close the gap by doing all the work to grow the oysters for a small fee. "The self-service model is great; however, there are a lot of waterfront residents and businesses with piers in Annapolis that chose not to participate for a variety of reasons," says Meyer. "My vision is one day every pier in the Annapolis waterways will be participating in oyster growing by way of the self-service or full-service model. Achieving this vision will require a collective effort from numerous local nonprofit organizations."
We are humbled by the success of these programs and the feedback we have received. There are no limits to what can be accomplished when communities organize. The continued success of these programs is emblematic of what can be done when putting an actionable goal in front of people. Of course, we all want to help our neighbors, but we don't always know how. We view it as our job to implement solutions that work, and we know what works because we are watching it happen. Given the opportunity, people do come together. We aim to not only provide the option but to make it incredibly easy to reach.
The momentum of this past season's success propels us into our 2022 planning with even bigger goals. We were so happy to add two sessions to our Junior Wai Koa program because it allowed us to provide a summer camp experience for groups of 20 or more children for the full six-week camp. But we would love to offer two sessions a week or accommodate as many kids as we can. Ideally, we could do both.
$150 will sponsor one Underserved Youth to partake in our Junior Wai Koa Program DONATE
We continue to have many veterans who request having another paddle session for Wai Koa, and we think we could work with even more people. Ken Fitzgerald talked about how they often have people from out of town who join paddles. "Team RWB has an app," says Fitzgerald, "and events are advertised by Chapter, so if someone is visiting, they can look at the app and see there's a paddle event happening in Annapolis." We envision Annapolis as a hub for veterans and military members to connect and socialize, but we need help getting there.
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This year, Marylanders have raised enough spat for ORP to plant 3.5 million oysters, and the MGO program continues to grow. But we are billions of oysters away from reaching our restoration goal, and we know we can help. Our team will continue to build as many cages as possible, but they will need to be filled.
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Shaftesbury Hospital Services 'Safe' Says Matron As Staff Celebrate Inspection Result
6th August 2019 Community
Staff at Shaftesbury's Westminster Memorial Hospital say they are proud that their work has contributed to Dorset Healthcare achieving the top rating from the healthcare watchdog.
Care Quality Commission inspectors visited Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust sites across the county, including the Shaftesbury Minor Injuries Unit, between 30th April and 2nd May.
The CQC inspectors recognised a 'consistent pattern of improvement in the quality of core services' across Dorset. They found 'strength, knowledge and integrity' in the leadership of the Trust, 'well-led' services and 'a strong learning culture'. They also highlighted some areas which need addressing, including recruitment and bed availability in acute mental health wards.
"It makes a massive difference to the staff and for patients receiving care from us because I think you do check about how good your hospital is doing," said Shaftesbury Team Administrator Claire Williams. "If the hospital is doing really badly, people would notice. We should really celebrate that we're doing so well."
"I think it's amazing working for an organisation that's just achieved such an outstanding accreditation," added Jayne Simpson, Community Rehabilitation Administrator, who works at the Westminster Memorial Hospital.
On Tuesday lunchtime Matron Helen Lawes led a brief celebration, where some of the on-duty staff got together to pose for a photo to record their achievement. "Three cheers to Dorset Health Care for their outstanding CQC award," shouted Helen, over the loud wind whistling along Park Walk. "I would also like to say three cheers for the Westminster Hospital team, too," Helen bellowed. And thirty-three of her colleagues cheered back.
Helen was insistent that all the available team got together for five minutes to mark their achievement. "Because everybody counts, everybody is part of the team. Every single thing that they do is just as valuable. You don't have to be a doctor. Everybody is a jewel in the crown and that's really, really important," said Helen, whose staff-centred approach seems to go down well with her colleagues.
"We are team Shaftesbury. That's what we like to call ourselves, and we love our Matron," said Advanced Nurse Practitioner Debbie Langridge.
Matron Helen Lawes
Helen explained that the CQC was like a healthcare version of Ofsted and that their findings carry weight. "The Care Quality Commission's job is to visit care homes and hospitals within the private sector and the NHS to find assurance that the services are up to standard, are safe, effective and that there's good leadership. This is really a big deal for us," she said.
Helen says the assessments have not always been so positive in the past. "Some of our journey has been a little bit rocky because we've needed to have some improvement in services. The staff has worked very hard in all areas throughout Dorset Health Care. That is why we are celebrating the fact that our hard work has paid off."
This report covers all of Dorset Healthcare's facilities, across the county. "It's not just the hospital here in Shaftesbury. It is the mental health services, older people's mental health services, some of our work down in Bournemouth and Poole with mother and baby mental health units, learning disabilities and district nursing," said Helen.
Urgent Care and Minor Injuries Units were also assessed. The CQC visited Shaftesbury to inspect provision and the local 'score' was merged with that of the other community hospitals. "The inspectors have come to the hospital and inspected our services here. When they inspected the inpatient unit, the ward, they also inspected all of the other inpatient units. The rating was given for all of the inpatient services for Dorset Health Care," said Helen, who feels both satisfied and relieved that her team's work has not gone un-noticed.
"I've been in the scenario when they came and we needed some improvement. It doesn't make you feel good when people see things that you need to improve. It's been a hard journey at times, but we've got a lot to celebrate now, and to maintain all the good work that we've done. I'm really proud of this hospital, and I'm really proud to work with Dorset Healthcare," said Helen.
Staff are clearly proud of the part they play within the Westminster Hospital and Dorset Healthcare. I spoke with some of the team to hear how they make a difference.
"I look after people how I would expect to look after a member of my family. My standards are high," said Debbie Langridge, adding, "We're very proud of the NHS and we want to keep it."
Cook, Beverley Rowe, finds personal satisfaction from making meals that patients enjoy. And she's keen to use veg from the hospital gardens. "It's always better to have fresh, isn't it?" said Beverley. "We get lots of comments, because we're a smaller hospital, saying how delicious the food is."
"What people assume hospital food is, I think, is nothing compared to what we serve here," added Mel, who assists Beverley, often making sandwiches for patients. Mel believes that well-presented food boosts patient morale. "I'm quite famous for my salads. I think you eat with your eyes. I think it makes them feel a bit better. It makes them feel like they are being looked after a bit more."
First impressions count and Liv knows her role as a cleaner is important in how the hospital is perceived. "There's nothing more satisfying than making sure you've done it all nice, and you can see it looking so clean – and people notice it." Liv says she sometimes stands back, leaning on her mop, to admire her gleaming floors with pride. "I always get a bit cross when someone goes and walks over a nice clean floor."
Tracey Cole is a Rehabilitation Assistant and she has been at the Westminster Memorial Hospital for 24 years. She appreciates the team approach in Shaftesbury. "I have worked in other hospitals but this one offers an awful lot of therapy for patients to rehabilitate. It is certainly quite rewarding," she said. "There's a lady that's been struggling for a couple of weeks and she needs to get home. She needs to be able to do stairs, so we have persevered and worked with her. She's on her way home this week, so she's thrilled to bits."
Tracey can see the important role that the hospital plays in Shaftesbury life. "Back along, we were scared that the hospital wouldn't be here. With the community's support, it has stayed. I think it's vital that it does. It's an awful long way to go to the acute, where they come from, in Salisbury. There are a lot of elderly here and when they've got visitors, it's elderly people visiting. So it's nice that it's on their doorstep."
I asked Matron Helen whether a report like this CQC inspection helps strengthen the case for retaining Shaftesbury's hospital facilities into the future. "Healthcare is changing and over the next ten years, who knows where this building will be? I don't know. I believe that there will be services and beds in our locality. At the moment we're very positive about the future and we'll carry on providing and doing what we do, here on this site," said Helen.


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Erie County Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams (left) honored Maureen Bartley (right), the owner and operator of Maureen's Wholesale Flower Market, located on Ellicott Street in downtown Buffalo, as the Erie County Legislature's Citizen of the Month award recipient for January 2019.
"Maureen Bartley is a role-model for business owners in the city of Buffalo," said Legislator Miller-Williams. "She has been a pioneer in the Ellicott Street Corridor, establishing a thriving business in an area so many were ready to write-off just twenty years ago." In 1998, when businesses and people were still leaving Buffalo, Ms. Bartley doubled-down on her professional and personal investment in downtown, establishing her business. Ms. Bartley has been working in the floral sector for 37 years.
In addition, Ms. Bartley has also developed relationships with local non-profits and community organizations, providing them with affordable flowers for their charitable events. Ms. Bartley's public spirit has been an inspiration to her son, Aaron, the activist and civic leader who helped found and lead People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH-Buffalo).
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Hot Deal: North Texas Shopping Center, Customers Endure Broken Air Conditioning In Stores For Last 2 Months
by Erin Jones | CBS 11 July 10, 2019 at 10:13 pm
Filed Under:Air Conditioning, Beat the Heat, DFW News, Firewheel, Firewheel Town Center, hot day, hot temperatures, Shopping Center, summertime
GARLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Across the Metroplex heat indicies were in the hundreds on Wednesday.
Many people chose to stay indoors, but at Firewheel Town Center in Garland some shoppers didn't stay in certain stores for long.
"We were trying to hurry up so we could get out of there because outside there's a bit more of a breeze," Cindy Veltran said.
Veltran cut her shopping trip short.
She wanted to get outside where there was a breeze. She described the shoe store she was in as stuffy, pointing out that even with fans the temperature inside was nearing 90 degrees.
Veltran was worried for the employees, one of whom is pregnant.
"I heard them speaking how the A/C was off for almost nine weeks now. It seems pretty crazy to me," Veltran said. "The moment that I was in there, I was hot and I don't think I could last as long as they have. I would want something to be done fast."
"Having to work in that is unimaginable," Matthew Aleman said. "It's not fair."
Some employees, who didn't want to give their names, fearful they might lose their jobs, told CBS 11 they've called maintenance crews multiple times asking when the air will be back on, but so far have received no official response.
CBS 11 asked when the repairs are expected to be complete as well. A spokesperson for the shopping center couldn't give an immediate answer, but is looking into it.
In a statement to CBS 11, Firewheel Town Center's General Manager, Dillon Francois, said, "While the A/C units are being repaired inside some of our retailers, we have installed multiple cooling units to maintain a comfortable working and shopping atmosphere. Crews have been working tirelessly to resolve this issue."


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His experience in establishing and managing technology companies for over 30 years is the driving force behind ei3. Spencer provides leadership and creative thinking for developing strategic plans, financing projects, licensing technology, and inspiring innovation.
Spencer serves on the boards of PaceWorx, an energy assessment company, and OMAC, the Organization for Machine Automation and Control. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Spencer is a USCG licensed Captain and enjoys sailing with family and friends.
Craig Rowles has been managing operations at ei3 for seven years. In his role as Executive VP, he uses a customer-centric approach to define and develop product and business opportunities and customer relationships that create mutual long-term value.
Prior to joining ei3, Craig held executive engineering, R&D, and operations positions at Pratt & Whitney, Albany Engineered Composites, and numerous high-tech medical device manufacturing companies. He graduated with a BSME from Tufts University and with an MS in Engineering Management from MIT. Craig enjoys fine wines and skiing.
Richa Patel is Global Marketing and Communications leader at ei3. Relying on her deep understanding of strategic communications, content creation, and cutting-edge digital marketing, she showcases the company's portfolio of powerful IIoT and AI solutions.
Prior to joining ei3, Richa worked on projects with consumer companies and their suppliers at IBM. She was responsible for applying technology to help optimize productivity, reduce costs, and improve sustainability performance. She found ei3's vision, strong team, and expertise to be the perfect match for her professional and personal interests.
Her passion for connecting with people and her ability to make technical topics relevant to audiences has helped ei3 become a trusted AI and IIoT partner for manufacturers and machine builders worldwide.
Richa holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a master's degree in Corporate Communication and Public Relations. She loves spending time in nature and is a huge promoter of vegetarianism and sustainable living. She is a certified yoga instructor who enjoys her daily practice leading to a more compassionate, true existence.
Vice President Data Science
Dr. Stefan Hild is a veteran in the global IT industry with more than 25 years of experience as a mentor, innovator, leader, and business executive. He has a proven track record capturing emerging trends and developing them into products and, to date, has contributed to 44 issued patents. Stefan has authored many scientific publications, books, and conference and industry presentations.
Stefan joined ei3 in 2017 to lead the data science team. He also conceived the concepts behind ConnectedAI, a groundbreaking innovation that makes AI-based problem solving accessible to industrial clients at scale. Prior to that, Stefan held various high-level positions at IBM, including Executive Partner responsible for Industrial Solutions and for most high-profile client projects.
Stefan holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, England. He is the happiest flying his Piper Malibu to new places. He also enjoys sharing fine food and wine with family and friends.
Donna Meier has been Controller at ei3 since 2006. Drawing on her years of accounting experience, she oversees all the daily accounting operations, including payroll as well as the accounts receivable and accounts payable departments. In addition to handling all insurances for the company, she is also responsible for ensuring that ei3 provides comprehensive and complete benefits and programs to all its employees.
Donna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Ramapo College. She enjoys spending weekends at the Jersey shore.
Vice President Client Solutions
Ken Herndon is a software development executive with more than 30 years of experience in the field of Software-as-a-Service. He adds both depth and breadth to the ei3 team by contributing to the development of custom ei3 solutions, including to the specification, design, and development of system architectures, databases, user interfaces, and mobile platforms.
Ken leads the Client Solutions team, which is responsible for expanding the company's reach by incorporating new technologies and addressing specialized customer needs. His key strengths include communicating with clients, analyzing complex project requirements to define implementation strategies, and following through to achieve successful results.
He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Brown University. In addition to spending time with his family and his dog, Ken also enjoys playing his guitar and taking long rides on his ebike.
Director of Customer Experience
With his leadership and follow-through, Chad ensures that every customer contact at ei3 is a positive experience. His customer focus and attention to detail have been instrumental in creating the company's customer-first corporate culture.
In addition to customer support, Chad is also responsible for supervising the ei3 premium installation service team. His team provides on-site provisioning of industrial machine secure connections and accelerates the onboarding of SaaS customers by delivering configuration assistance and training.
Chad has been with ei3 since its founding and has participated in and developed many of the internal systems and policies essential for the solid growth and success of the company. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Fordham University. He loves everything about sports, from watching and playing to learning about obscure sports from around the world.
VP Technical Services
Gokhan Kucukgirgin has been the Manager of ei3 Technical Services in Canada since 2017. Guided by his 24 years of experience, ei3 Canada has become a key contributor to the company's global success.
In his leadership position, Gokhan is responsible for increasing ei3 brand presence in the market and growing the Canadian team in parallel with corporate needs. He oversees intercompany relationships and has played a significant role in establishing ei3 Canada as an exceptional place to work.
Gokhan graduated from Istanbul University with a bachelor's degree in Business in 1998. He enjoys spending time outside hiking and camping with his family and friends.
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Frazier Sinker is an Information Technology executive who joined ei3 in 2009. He has more than 20 years of experience managing high profile and mission critical projects in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Industrial Internet industries.
Frazier leads the ei3 Applications Team that uses an Agile methodology to create and deliver innovative Software-as-a-Service platforms based on the ei3 portfolio of proprietary intellectual property, research, and development. With his background and experience in custom application development, management, and systems integration, he is responsible for the company's award-winning no-code IoT application suite. Frazier is instrumental in bringing applications to market and adapting technology to meet changing requirements and technological advances.
Frazier holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from New York University. Outside of work, he enjoys touring national parks, listening to progressive rock, and consuming science fiction.
Dr. Mark Goldberg is a technology investor and has served on the board of several growing technology companies. Drawing on his experience with early and mid-stage organizations, he helps develop and implement the ei3 corporate strategy.
Mark has served as the Chief Medical Officer at Syncardia, the maker of a total artificial heart, Micromed Cardiovascular, the manufacturer of a left ventricular assist device, and Saguaro Clinical Research. He directed the Chest Pain Center at TMC from 2011 to 2018 and has also been the principal investor on 53 clinical research studies.
Mark received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his cardiology training at the University of Arizona. He also maintains a private practice in cardiology. He enjoys playing tennis whenever the opportunity presents itself.
In addition to his position on the board, Sheldon Hirt is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Orbia (NYSE:MXN). Prior to joining Orbia, he worked with Johnson & Johnson, Actavis, and Progenics Pharmaceuticals.
Sheldon brings his experience with handling legal and compliance matters affecting international companies to ei3. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, licensing, securities, and corporate governance.
In addition to holding a bachelor's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, Sheldon also received a juris doctor degree from Columbia Law School. He is a US Marine officer with combat experience and enjoys dialing in a scope at the rifle range when time permits.
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Christopher Sapka is currently CFO at Talener Group, LLC, an IT staffing and recruitment firm. He has more than 20 years of experience in the professional services industry, focusing primarily on the technology sector.
As a member of the board, Chris strives to find new opportunities for increasing operational efficiencies at ei3. His prior experience includes serving as CFO for Axon Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded global business transformation consultancy and SAP integrator, until its acquisition by HCL Technologies in 2008. At Axon, he was involved in mergers and acquisitions, including valuations, due diligence, and integration.
Chris is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.


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Portugal is a new and surprising country, a country emerging from the young entrepreneurs, a country rich on traditions, charm and enchanting beauty and genuine hospitality, a diverse country which is daily re-invented; It is a new and modern Portugal that has created the perfect balance between history, cultural heritage and natural beauty with the latest modern consumption demand. Meet our young generation of top chefs restaurants, taste our unique "petiscos", our gourmet flavors, try our top class boutique hotels, or listen to our contemporary Ffado, or enjoy Portugal's world class surf spots. Our value and mission is to create an unforgettable experience and a lifetime experience for your group. With a single point of contact, local expertise, know how, we are able to deliver to show you the new Portugal that has risen. WOW!
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Q: Purify html string in Yii I'm trying purify a string to prevent a XSS atack, but if a string don't have a script tag but have html attributs, the string isn't purify.
Example:
$str = 'http://www.example.com/54f74"onmouseover%3d"alert(1)"style%3d"position%3aabsolute%3bwidth%3a100%25%3bheight%3a100%25%3btop%3a0%3bleft%3a0%3b"54f74';
$purifier = new CHtmlPurifier();
var_dump(
    $str,
    $purifier->purify($str)
);

result:
string 'http://www.example.com/54f74"onmouseover%3d"alert(1)"style%3d"position%3aabsolute%3bwidth%3a100%25%3bheight%3a100%25%3btop%3a0%3bleft%3a0%3b"54f74' (length=145)
string 'http://www.example.com/54f74"onmouseover%3d"alert(1)"style%3d"position%3aabsolute%3bwidth%3a100%25%3bheight%3a100%25%3btop%3a0%3bleft%3a0%3b"54f74' (length=145)

A: Yes, because that string is valid XSS-free HTML. To purify it if you were planning to use it in an attribute, you could use HTML Purifier's internal AttrDef classes to manually purify it. For URLs, you probably want HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_URI:
$def = new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_URI();
$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::default();
$context = new HTMLPurifier_Context();
$pure_url = $def->validate($your_url, $config, $context);

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The police described the incident as "an act of revenge" on the part of the woman, a widow, after Bhola Thakur, 45, the man who was set alight, raped her.
According to the police, Thakur entered the woman's house around 1.30am Tuesday and forced himself upon her.
"Thakur was so drunk that he fell asleep in her house after committing the crime," said an officer.
He said the woman at first contemplated self-immolation out of shame and even poured kerosene on herself.
Thereafter, she changed her mind and decided to seek revenge.
"She threw her kerosene soaked sari, which had caught fire, on Thakur and rushed out of the house. A little later, the house was reduced to ashes and Thakur was burnt to death."
On getting information, the police rushed to the spot and took the woman into custody.
During interrogation, the woman said she extracted revenge from her rapist.
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Phileas Fogg is a brilliant inventor living in Victorian London. His inventions fill his home with whistle-activated light bulbs, an automated fan system, and a steam-hydraulic vehicle for when he doesn't want to wear his wheeled shoes around. After he discovers that man can travel at 50mph via experiments with steam-powered rockets, he goes to announce his discoveries to the Royal Academy of Science. The Royal members, though, are unimpressed. Desperate to earn the respect of his fellow scientists Fogg makes an incredible wager: if he can make it around the world in 80 days he replace Lord Kelvin and become the new head of the Academy. However, if he loses, he must publically denounce his inventions, destroy his laboratory, and never enter the Academy again. With the assistance of his newly acquired French-Chinese valet, Passepartout, Fogg sets out to complete his quest. The journey already promises to be difficult from the word go, but the sabotages set upon them by Lord Kelvin, as well as a mysterious assembly of Chinese assassins focused on Passepartout, this wager could cost Fogg more than he bargained for.
Bottom Line: Filled with steam powered inventions, colorful cravats, and a hilarious collection of unexpected guest appearances this movie is an all around delightful.
When the American Civil War came to an end, the nation was teeming with gunslingers, saloons, and angry defeated confederate soldiers. One soldier, Arliss Loveless, refuses to accept the new order of the US and begins building a heavily weaponized machines. His machines, based partially on the design for his own steam-powered wheelchair, are the support for his plan to force US president Ulysses S Grant to divide the states once again. Set to stop him are an unwilling pair: gunslinger Capt James West and US Marshal Gordon. The two are facing an uphill battle again ex-Confederate troops as Capt West struggles to maintain authority as a black officer in the prejudiced South and the steam-hydrolic technologies may just be more than the pair can handle. Assisted by Rita, the daughter of one of Loveless' engineers, will the US be able to maintain its rebuilt unity? Or will the Transcontinental Railroad be a failed attempt at cohesion, leading to all out war?
Bottom Line: A little corny but a lot of fun WWW offers an American spin on steampunk. Filled to the brim with weapons, flying machines, and the iconic Spider this film offers a chance to sit back with the family and laugh while appreciating the American corset style for a change.
Prepare for an adventure mystery that leaves you in awe. Miyazaki films are known for their incredible animation and gripping stories, and this is no different.
Aboard the immense flying warship Goliath the mysterious Muska is holding young Sheeta hostage. Sheeta is the last living inheritor of a long family secret to the flying city of Laputa; part El Dorado myth part steampunk sky-city. When the Goliath is attacked by air pirates Sheeta escapes by jumping from the airship. She takes refuge with Pazu, an orphan living alone in a harsh mining town. With Muska and the pirates hot on their heels, the two must race to reach Laputa and understand her secrets before her technologies can be used for war.
Bottom Line: Absolutely beautiful film with all the fantastical steampunk elements (airships, robots/automatons, in-charge female air pirates captains) you want from a movie, but with a new animated flair.
It's 1885, and Mariah Mundi is watching is young brother Felix run amuck in the British Museum while his father gives a lecture. When a severely wounded man suddenly appears demanding to see his father, Mariah knows something isn't quite right. Mariah and Felix soon find themselves on the run when their parents go missing and the wounded man, Capt. Will Charity, may be their only hope of finding them. The search takes them to the Prince Regent Hotel off the coast of Scotland, where mystical spas heal the sick, for a price. A family-safe adventure based around a reimagining of the King Midas myth, this beautifully costumed film offers a lot for the eye but little for the imagination. A mix of mysticism, G-rated action, and terrible plot holes The Adventurer is best suited for young audiences with a flair for fashion. Additionally, the forced cliffhanger credit scene will likely only serve to frustrate older audiences.
Bottom Line: The only steam-powered device in the film is an over-sized elevator, despite elevators being in existence since the 1840s; grossly insufficient to carry the Steampunk label Netflix gives it.
This short film is pure steam punk. In a fully mechanized world with visible gear-shift elevators, flying machines, steam spewing carts, and Gothic shadow animation. This Australian short film was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Short Films – and for good reason. Not only is the shadow/back lit animation flawless, an almost whispering narration paired with creative, heavily stylized yet wholly functional engineering makes the film beautiful to experience. At only 27 minutes, the film is not a major time commitment, but the characters, adventure, and unexpected plot turns will leave you talking about it for days.
Bottom Line: Beautiful, creative, and should have won the Oscar.


Not one to listen to the old adage advising one not to mess with perfection, Nike continues to introduce new takes on its celebrated Lunarglide+ 4 with this Shield NRG. Earlier this month we previewed a trio of colorway options offered by NSW as well as a Wolf Grey/Blue Tint model, but for this release Nike strips the Lunarglide+4 of its color to offer a black-on-black model of the new-age runner. The dynamic Flywire body, which provides a glove-like fit around your foot as well as superior breath ability, comes with a mesh upper while the Lunarlon cushioning and Dynamic Support midsole does their job below. At the heel, a speckled heel cup adds just a hint of color while the Swoosh blends in with the design. The build is finished with Nike+ technology integrated into the sole. You can get the Nike Lunarglide+ 4 Shield NRG - Black/Black via Undefeated's online chapter store beginning Friday, November 23, 2012.


(Polish Lowland Sheepdog) (Valee Sheepdog) (Berge Polonais de Vallee) The Polski Owczarek Nizinny (Polish Lowland Sheepdog) is a medium sized herding dog. The breed's square head is covered in long flowing hair. Covered by more hair are their long ears and round eyes which are rarely seen. These dogs also have beards flowing off their short rectangular muzzles. Their broad necks, square bodies, and medium length legs give them an unusual look, almost like a miniature version of an Old English Sheepdog. Their fur is very thick and flowing with an abundance of hair on their head and feet especially. Coat colors are commonly black, grey, or white but all colors are accepted.
The Polish Lowland Sheepdog is a friendly and sometimes stubborn dog. Friendly and social with family members and familiar children, the Polish Lowland Sheepdog is loving and affectionate. However, they are wary with strangers. They do well with small animals but will fight a dog if their dominance is challenged. The breed is sweet most of the time, but they will become aggressive if provoked. This dog is often eager to please, but they also are independent and have a mind of their own. Intelligence also makes this a stubborn dog which will not always listen to training. One main bad habit of this breed is their tendency to nip at people's ankles.
The Polish Lowland Sheepdog has no known health concerns. Their life expectancy is 12-15 years.
The Polish Owczarek Nizinny probably came from Asian herding dogs that were working in Hungary thousands of years ago. While those dogs had a corded coat, this breed is shaggier like the herding dogs found in the rest of Europe. For this reason, some historians have speculated that the Polish Owczarek Nizinny could be a genetic link between the two types of breeds. After World War II, the breed was devastated and almost extinct. A handful of dedicated breeders revived the dog and helped it regain its status as a popular dog in Poland and in other parts of the world.
Grooming is fairly easy to do for the Polish Lowland Sheepdog. Brushing should be done once a week because their wirehaired coat can become matted easily. Exercise is extremely important like it is for all herding breeds. A large yard should be provided for running, and the breed would particularly enjoy getting to use their herding abilities. Herding is great for them because it also provides mental stimulation.
The Polish Lowland Sheepdog is a good family dog. Family members and familiar children will be treated affectionately. This breed is good with other animals but may be aggressive with dogs who challenge their dominance. Cool climates are good for this breed. The Polish Lowland Sheepdog can live in an apartment but needs to have a job and somewhere to run. This breed requires training and socialization with people. This breed will nip at people's heels so training them out of that behavior is important.
I've heard that Polski Owczarek Nizinny dogs are hypo-allergenic. Is this true? I've read that they shed a little - is that really accurate?
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The concept, content and essence of the price. According to economic theory, the price - is a converted form of value. Price (value) is an internal measure of the volume (scale, significance) of the product. If the value is expressed in money, it determines the price. From the time of Aristotle, it is customary to divide the concepts of consumer and exchange values. Consumer value reflects the ability of a product to meet a person's needs. The exchange value is the value of the commodity in terms of its ability to exchange for other goods. The exchange ratio of the two goods is the relative prices of these goods, expressed in a constant monetary commodity. The exchange value of a commodity is determined by the costs of production (wages, profit and rent). So explained the price of the goods A. Smith, who proceeded from the fact that the costs of production determine the natural chain of the goods, relative to which, depending on the changes in demand, the actual prices fluctuate. The founder of the labor theory of value (value) D. Ricardo argued that "the value of a commodity ... depends on the relative amount of labor necessary for its production."
In the second half of the XIX century. economists of the neoclassical school concentrated their attention not on the intrinsic value, but on the factors that determine the market price. Unlike their predecessors, when developing a theory of exchange value, they turned to the utility of the commodity. The price is determined by marginal utility, which is the cause and source of exchange value. On this basis A. Marshall put forward the idea that the market price is determined by the interaction of supply and demand. Modern economic theory continued to develop in this direction, rejecting the Marxist approach, according to which the theory of value and the theory of pricing were divided in the process of analysis.
• shadow price (shadow price) - the conditional price of a product or service that does not have a market price. Where market prices do not reflect alternative costs, in analyzing the results of costs resorted to shadow prices. The term is also used in the analysis of the shadow economy, where there are adequate (but not having anything to do with the scientific approach), shadow prices.
Historically, the first exit of any company or individual trader with a specific commodity for its sale beyond the national border meant a search for a higher rate of profit, while the price factor played a key role. The price of the goods (sold or purchased) is one of the most significant aspects of the contract of sale. Accordingly, each foreign trade transaction necessarily contains a price condition as a key element of the entire transaction.
• Different levels of state interference in domestic and foreign trade, etc.
It should be noted that the world market is a much more complicated phenomenon than any national market. World markets, in particular, are characterized by more intense competition and specific forms of state intervention. Each country has laws that affect price formation and price movements in different ways. Here it is necessary to take into account the costs of studying the conjuncture of the world market for a particular product (and its substitutes), the promotion of goods on the market, etc. This is the so-called transactional, or marketing, costs.
• prices of actual transactions and contracts (most fully reflect market prices for specific types of goods).
In the contract price, the unit of measure of the price, the basis, the currency, the fixing method and the price level are determined.
• the price with subsequent fixation is established in the process of execution of the contract; in this case, the conditions of fixation and the principle of determining the price level are specified (these are the so-called on-call prices).
The price base - is an important element of the contract, as it establishes the most significant conditions, in particular, whether the transportation, insurance, warehouse and other costs for the delivery of goods in the price goods.
Price currency. Most often, the price in a contract is expressed in the currency of the exporting country or importer; but, as a rule, in binding to the third currency country (with a stable currency).
How to fix the price. Depending on the way the price is fixed in the contract, the following types are usually distinguished: solid, mobile, sliding (with subsequent fixation). Each of them may have certain reservations, most often they are used when establishing a mobile price. Usually the contract specifies the allowable minimum deviation of the market price from the contract price in the range of 2-5%.
The exporter and importer in the context of contract pricing. Since the exporter and importer proceed from the opposite interests in pricing issues, their role is different and, accordingly, the approaches to contract pricing are also different. Each side seeks, first, to avoid damage and, secondly, to profit, profit. Therefore, many factors that can influence the implementation of the transaction (transportation costs, fees, financing costs, insurance costs, commission, packing of goods, unforeseen expenses, etc.) are taken into account.
Methods for determining prices in foreign trade. The practice of foreign trade usually uses two methods of determining prices. In accordance with the first method, the total production costs are calculated and the percentage premium added to the aggregate costs received is added as the profit that a particular firm plans to receive. The second method involves the use of marginal costs; in this case, only those costs that are directly related to the production of goods entering the external market are taken into account.
2) the price of raw materials.
The prices of the first group are formed on the basis of export prices of large firms with a general orientation to domestic prices. When determining the prices of the second group, the main role is played by the supply-demand ratio in world markets and the prices of large countries exporting or importing raw materials. For primary commodities, the world prices are the prices of the main producers of these goods and the prices of the US, China and Western European markets. For example, the prices of large stock exchanges and auctions (non-ferrous metals prices determine stock quotes of the London Stock Exchange of non-ferrous metals) are practically world prices for the corresponding products or prices of OPEC (through the definition of quotas) - world oil prices.
where - the dollar price of the commodity i when it is sold to the United States; - the corresponding price of the goods in euros; - the ratio of American and European commodity prices. In this case, the law of a single price assumes that the dollar price of the commodity i will be the same, wherever it is sold in the world.
The influence of the state on foreign trade prices. The government's extensive activities to regulate domestic prices and subsidize exports, support imports, and conduct customs and tariff policies - all this has the most significant impact on foreign trade prices. The state regulates the prices of the domestic market mainly with the help of two instruments: guaranteeing producers the level of selling prices and providing subsidies to cover the costs of production. Widely known examples are the policy of state support of agriculture in the US and the agricultural policy of the EU. In the United States, the government grants subsidies if the prices are below the guaranteed level. A special government organization at guaranteed prices accepts agricultural products as a pledge from producers, and if market prices exceed collateral, the producer buys out his goods and sells it on the market, and if prices are lower than mortgages, then the goods remain in the ownership of the government organization. Almost a third of the entire consolidated budget of the EU goes to support and state regulation of agricultural production and livestock in the EU countries. All this has a powerful impact on pricing and distorts the natural nature of the price.
The secret alliances. The nature and practice of pricing for the products supplied show that any decisions taken by exporters - setting prices, determining production volumes, purchases, investments, etc. - require the study of the reaction of competitors. Informal agreements of the main competitors play an important role in preserving the relative stability of the situation in matters of world pricing. In the course of special negotiations, agreements are reached on fixing prices, on the division of sales markets, and on the volume of production. These are the so-called secret or overt conspiracies of the oligopoly, which often border on outright fraud. Secret conspiracies remain secret (often they are called gentlemen's agreements, concluded on friendly lunches or dinners); As for explicit forms, the most classic example is OPEC, since the early 1970s. regulating prices in the world oil market.
Cartels. In a number of specific cases, the need for coordination in the world market led to the creation of special mechanisms, through which it became possible to influence with a sufficiently high degree of efficiency. A well-known international form of such a mechanism is the cartel, which involves an agreement on production volumes and price policy. Companies agree on the division of sales markets in order to maintain agreed price levels. A classic example is the same OPEC.
For companies involved in the operation of such mechanisms, there is a tendency to maximize profits, and their actions are similar to those of pure monopolies.
Dumping. The establishment of understated prices (usually below the cost of domestic goods) is often called dumping. In most countries, the law prohibits import of goods at dumping prices. This legislation is usually applied only if the imported products destroy domestic production. If such domestic production is not available, the only effect of dumping for the importing country will be subsidizing consumers in this way. As for the country producing products, its consumers and taxpayers seldom realize that they actually subsidize foreign countries. American anti-dumping legislation is extremely contradictory. For example, a firm can be fined if its export price is 0.5% lower than the domestic price, while fluctuations in the exchange rate may give even greater discrepancies. One of the reasons for the state impact on trade is the theory of the optimal tariff, which proceeds from the assertion that a foreign producer will reduce its prices if its products are taxed; in this case, the benefits will be transferred to the importing country. While the foreign producer is going to reduce its price, there is some shift in favor of the importing country and the customs tariff is considered as optimal. It is known that any measures taken by any one country to influence its foreign trade always have a corresponding reaction abroad and the response of governments of other countries is a potential obstacle to achieving the desired goals. Therefore, when choosing tools to implement the tasks of foreign trade, it is necessary to take into account the fact that domestic and foreign population groups will react to them in completely different ways. Influence on trade can be provided with the help of funds, affecting, first, the change in the volume of sales of goods by regulating prices for them and, secondly, directly on the flows of goods themselves. The tariff and non-tariff barriers affect trade in different ways. Tariff barriers affect prices, and non-tariff barriers - either on prices or directly on sales.


Kenya's Patrick Makau and Ethiopia's Dire Tune nearly wrote themselves into the record books with superb runs of 58:52 and 1:07:18 at the RAK Half Marathon on Friday (20).
Makau's time was the second fastest ever while only five women have ever gone faster than 2008 Boston Marathon winner Tune.
The RAK Half Marathon is an IAAF Silver Label road race.
Pacesetter Matthew Koech quickly ensured that Sammy Wanjiru's World Record of 58:33 was a possibility from the outset by towing the leading pack of eight runners through the opening 5km in 13:40, exactly the same split time that the 2008 Olympic Marathon champion had recorded en-route to his record run in The Hague two years ago.
Despite the super-fast pace being set by Koech, who stopped the clock at 10km in 27:42 for a deficit of 15 seconds on Wanjiru's world record schedule, alongside and just behind him were still five of the main protagonists: the Kenyan quartet of Makau, Wilson Chebet, Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Joseph Maregu and the lone Ethiopian Deriba Merga.
Shortly afterwards, Merga decided it was time to make his move and his surge split up the leading pack with only Makau prepared to follow him. The early pace combined with the 26-year-old Ethiopian efforts to break clear lead to him passing 15km in 41:29*, which equals the World Record of Kenya's Felix Limo set in 2001.
However, Makau was only two seconds in arrears, running faster than ever before, to become the fourth fastest man of all time and Kipsang Kiprotich was only a further four seconds in arrears in third place.
Merga's 5km split of 13:47 also obviously put the World Record for the Half Marathon right back on the agenda as he was one second inside Wanjiru's intermediate time in The Hague. Unfortunately, his effort over the previous five kilometres soon started to take its toll another two kilometres down the road. Makau finally overhauled Merga in the 18th kilometre and quickly put daylight between themselves, passing 20km in 55:38* with his Ethiopian rival four seconds adrift.
Makau's 20km time was 10 seconds inside Haile Gebreselassie's official World Record of 55:48, which he set in Phoenix, Arizona, three years ago but it should be noted that Wanjiru's ran 55:31 during his Half Marathon record although the mark was never ratified, despite electronic photo-cell timing being used, owing to the lack of a manual timer being present, a requirement for full world record status.
Nevertheless, despite the incentive of a $100,000 World Record bonus and a substantial early birthday present as Makau turns 24 in two weeks time, the two-time IAAF World Half Marathon silver medallist couldn't quite raise his tempo enough over the final kilometre to put his name in the record books although he still finished in the superb time of 58:52 to take the first prize of $28,000, the second fastest Half Marathon time in history and the seventh occasion that the super-consistent Makau has gone under the world-class benchmark of one hour since he emerged as a world-class runner two years ago.
"I think the wind today cost me the World Record," Makau said. "It was quite a strong breeze and there was not much shelter. It was particularly bad when I was chasing Merga and trying to catch him between 16 and 18 kilometres. I used up a lot of my energy at that point and didn't have anything extra in the final kilometre or so, which would perhaps have made the difference."
"I was ready to run a good time and the pace we maintained throughout the race was good and it kept getting higher," Makau said. "The rest of the guys, mainly Deriba, kept pushing and challenging, but I was determined to hold them off and I'm glad with the way I defended the title."
Makau will now return to Kenya to train for the Rotterdam Marathon on 5 Apri, where he will make his debut.
"This was a tough race and I will practice in Kenya before heading to Rotterdam," Makau said.
Kipsang Kiprotich came through strongly in the final kilometre to overtake the flagging Merga and come home in a personal best 58:59 while Merga, perhaps still not quite fully recovered from his Houston Marathon win just over a month ago had to be content with third place in 59:18.
Chebet was fourth in 59:32, taking one second off his best while Koech finished fifth in 59:54, more than a minute faster than he had ever run before.
Compared to the men's race, the women started more modestly with a big pack of 14 runners going through the first 5km in 16:12, compared to the 15:38 of The Netherlands' Lornah Kiplagat when she set the current World Record of 66:25 in the Italian city of Udine in October 2007. One women surprisingly struggling despite her veteran status was 1992 and 2000 Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu, who was 35 seconds in arrears of the leaders at this stage.
Ethiopia's Teyiba Erkesso and Kenya's Philes Ongari, the fastest woman in the world over this distance last year, who had been sharing the majority of the work at the front of the pack, increased the pace slightly over the next stretch of the course to pass 10km in 32:13 - more than a minute outside Kiplagat's split of 31:10 - but there were still eight other women in contention at the front.
In mirror image to the demography of the men's race, five Ethiopian women: Erkesso, Dire Tune, Aselefech Mergia, Abebu Gelan, Amane Gobena, started to work together to increase the tempo, with only the lone Kenyan Ongari representing the rest of the world.
The six women went through 15km together in 47:53 but Tune then accelerated hard and nobody else could stay with her. She had put 31 seconds between herself and second-placed Ongari by the time she reached 20km in 1:03:42 and kept the same rhythm going all the way to the line.
Tune finished in 1:07:18 to take nearly three minutes off her previous best of 1:11: 11, set when finishing fourth at the inaugural edition of the RAK Half Marathon two years ago. Her run was also a national record, eclipsing Bezunesh Bekele's 1:08:07 set in Udine in 2007. Mergia won the battle over the final kilometre for second place in a personal best of 1:07:48 with Ongari finishing two seconds behind, with the first six all coming home in under 69 minutes.


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Evaluation of Efficacy of Marma Therapy with Janu Basti in the Management of Janu Sandhigata Vata (Osteoarthritis of Knee)
Alka Mishra+−
Vandana Shrivastava+−
Alka Mishra
Department of Ayurveda and Holistic Health, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Gayatrikunj-Shantikunj, Haridwar, India
Vandana Shrivastava
Janu Sandhigata Vata
Marma Therapy
Janu Basti
Ksheerbala Taila
Mishra, A., & Shrivastava, V. (2020). Evaluation of Efficacy of Marma Therapy with Janu Basti in the Management of Janu Sandhigata Vata (Osteoarthritis of Knee). Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal, 15, 29-45. https://doi.org/10.36018/dsiij.v15i.139
Background: Janu Sandhigata Vata (Osteoarthritis of knee) is one of the most disabling musculoskeletal disorder. It is a type of Vata-vyadhi (Vata disorder), involving the Janu Sandhi (knee joint), whose symptoms include Shoola (pain), Shotha (swelling), Stabdhata (stiffness), and Atopa (crepitus). Ayurvedic texts recommend repeated use of Snehana (oleation) and Swedana (sudation) therapies for its management. In recent years, Marma Therapy has also been used for the management of various Vata disorders. Methodology: The present study explores the efficacy of Marma Therapy (on four Marma points of the legs, i.e. Kshipra, Gulpha, Indravasti and Janu) with Janu Basti (with Ksheerbala Taila) in the management of Janu Sandhigata Vata. The therapeutic procedure was administered for 9 days, with a followup of one month, when the patients did self-administration of Marma Therapy and massage at home. Twenty patients completed the study. Results: Significant improvement was observed in all the subjective parameters (Shoola, Shotha, Stabdhata, and Atopa) and objective parameters (WOMAC Index, Range of Motion, Walking Time) analyzed during the study. Mean values of all the parameters decreased continuously during the study period, including intervention time and follow-up. Verbal feedback taken about six months after the completion of the study period indicated almost complete relief for 4 patients (pursuing Marma Therapy regularly), and self-management by 10 others through regular Marma Therapy and massage. Conclusion: The present study illustrates the significant efficacy of the administered therapeutic intervention in the management of Janu Sandhigata Vata, both with regards to short-term relief, and long-term self-management.
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