Emmanuel Gutman sat down with acoustic guitarist Johnny Took before DMA's O2 Institute gig.
With their second album For Now released in late April 2018, The Australian Garage-Pop band DMA's started their second tour all around the world. Allowing some time for their British fans in this month of May, they gave a very energetic and colourful concert in Birmingham's O2 Institute. In return, the crowd apparently enjoyed the show, dancing on each song, singing (if not yelling) until their voices were hoarse, and even throwing beers at their beloved rocking band! But before the show started, the acoustic guitarist Johnny Took kindly answered our questions. During 20 minutes, we chatted about how the band met, Johnny's vision of the genres in music, how they improved in recording their albums and the future of the band.
Where did this new tour start first?
Our first gig started … (Jesus can't even remember!). It started around London. So we left Australia about a week before the album was released, barely one month ago now.
You haven't really stopped this week! You were in Southampton on Monday, Exeter on Tuesday, Reading on Wednesday, tonight you're in Birmingham, you're playing for the Neighbourhood Weekender Festival this weekend. How do you feel about that? Tired, impatient, stressed?
I think we were tired yesterday. But a good thing about touring is that all you need is one day off. Get out of the bus for a bit, have a proper shower. Spending a night in a hotel and just not thinking about music for a night. But it's still pretty early in the tour so we're not doing too bad. At this point we're very excited to play for Neighbourhood Weekender, and festivals in general. But it's been a pretty special week because we've been to play in the Barrowland in Scotland which I think is one of the most special gigs I've ever played.
Because it's really a beautiful old venue. It has been around since the 60's. And the crowd was extremely passionate.
We were playing in different bands. Tommy and I used to play in a band together, he was the drummer and I was the bass-player, we met through that. Mason and I lived in the same area and we were both playing kind of country music, we played at festivals together. Liam and Mason were also playing together at festivals, I saw them playing and I definitely wanted to play with these guys! And naturally as I was living in the same area with Tommy we started to hang out all together, doing music and talking about music. And DMA's was a rising project before we released anything. We started to write three years before we played live. Originally we were not even thinking about playing live. So me, Tommy and Mason started to record things for a long time before we put the 6-piece live band together. I guess that's why DMA's is more considered as a three-piece band.
But would you say DMA's is more a six-piece band?
Oh, that's a hard one. I would say it's more a six-piece band, because of how we play when we're touring.
So what does DMA's mean?
I doesn't mean anything. It's like a bar code. (Johnny makes the sound of a machine). It doesn't have any meaning you know, a name is a name. It doesn't really matter.
How did you come to do such music?
I guess it's just by growing up. When we were kids we had a group of friends and together we loved that era of music, we loved guitar bands. So I guess it was always there. That's the beauty of the internet, when you grow up you can listen to all styles of music and you can be inspired by anything. In Australia it wasn't that common to be into playing or write some kind of Britpop style of music, and at the time DMA's was part of the only bands doing that. But it's just pop melodies with noisy guitars and great beats.
In my point of view, I would define your music as a mix of hard rock and indie rock. How would you define your music?
I don't know, Garage pop maybe?
So what does Garage mean then?
I think it refers to when the whole DIY aspects of bands became more prominent over the years. But all these terms are … you know. Technically people don't define Indie as a genre. Because Indie means made with an independent label. It doesn't has anything to do with any style of music.
Do you think genres have their importance?
Genre are useful because people love comparing. They love to compare the chicken sandwich they ate yesterday with the chicken sandwich they ate the day before. They love comparing a cup of coffee from here to just down the road. They compare the person that dresses like this with the person that dresses like that. It's just natural, it helps people understanding what's happening.
Would you like to break free from genres, and just do music without taking care of any classification?
To be honest, some of the songs we made like So We Know or Step Up the Morphine were country songs. But when Tommy sings it it doesn't sounds like this anymore. But you can still sing Step Up the Morphine and make it sound like a country song. I think genres have to do with production, not the songwriting. I could take any song and make it sound like Reggae for instance. People use genres as a point of reference. But we've never thought about it you know, we are just experimenting with sounds and writing, just writing pop music.
I would say that the first album Hills End (2016) and the second album For Now (2018) have a lot of similarities. In which way is your second album different from the first one?
So Hills End and the EP were mainly recorded in my bedroom. With extra help we recorded some stuff in a little studio. But most of it was recorded in my bedroom. And it wasn't monitored very well. Like when you pull a guitar sound, the guitar amp would be two meters away in the same room, so you can't hear what it really sounds like, which I guess gave Hills Ends its sound. But with For Now, the acoustic guitars were also recorded live into a tape machine. So the way that works is very different from the multi-tracking recording, we can have 5 or 6 takes but then the tape is full so we have to take a break in order for the tape to bounce and its data to be recorded in the computer. But that was kind of cool. Also we used a producer, and he has got more of a dance/electronic background. He had a lot of great ideas, that came from a drum machine, and synthesisers.
Do you expect your music to provoke something more than just music? For instance deliver a message, or a specific emotion?
Well, when I got into song writing, it's because of therapeutic means for myself, as a release… And I guess it's more like that for me. And I used it in order to go through personal things. But once it's released then I don't really feel like it's a hundred percent mine anymore and I'd like other people to use it as I use it, for the same purpose but in their own personal way. Because I think music can be therapeutic in lots of way: bringing people together, helping you through sadness and happiness.
You released the EP DMA's in 2015, Hills End in 2016, and two years later For Now in 2018. Without spoiling anything, what's next? Do you plan to keep up the same rhythm?
I'm not planning on rushing anything. There's two ways you can do it. There's this great Australian band called King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, they released 5 to 6 albums a year. That's so prolific and that's their vibe. But for DMA'S, I'd like – not to take out time, because I think this is important to keep up a certain rhythm – but the album will get released once it's ready.
Are there things you'd like to change for the next projects? Do you plan to keep doing the same music, same way of processing or recording, same sonorities, or evolving to something else?
I think it's very important to keep moving, keep pushing it. To be honest I think lots of musicians thinks DMA's is kind of a safe band, we write our pop music and we don't overcomplicate it, and there's no better or worse but as a song writer, I think I would like to experiment more you know, keep working on the song writing and keep pushing yourself because as an artist you can get stale if you don't, so keep moving forward in the right way.


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Immigration and children
The False Choice Between Jailing Children and Separating Families
6-12-18 Candice Bernd
The Trump administration is giving Congress an ultimatum: overturn legal limits on the incarceration of children and expand family detention, or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to separate families who illegally cross the border.
The administration is asking Congress to roll back protections for migrant children in immigration laws to allow DHS officials to more easily jail and deport them. The changes would also make it more difficult for children to pursue asylum.
Moreover, White House officials are blaming Democrats for an increase in migrants at the border, saying their refusal to spend more on border security has given immigrants fleeing Central America incentives to enter the US without permission. "The current immigration and border crisis … are the exclusive product of loopholes in federal immigration law that Democrats refuse to close," Stephen Miller, the president's top adviser on immigration policy, told reporters last month.
This isn't the first time the White House has tried to reverse protections in order to lock up more families. Facing a much more drastic surge of unaccompanied children and families in 2014, the Obama administration proposed some of the same changes, relying heavily on jailing families over releasing them with a court date.
But the administration was forced to scale the practice back, releasing thousands of families after a federal court ruled in 2015 that jailing children (even with parents) for longer than 20 days violated the 1997 Flores agreement, a court settlement resulting from a previous legal challenge to government's practice of incarcerating children.
Now, the Trump administration is pressuring Democrats to overturn the Flores agreement so the White House can again ramp up family detention. Without family jails, the Trump administration contends that its hands are tied, and must separate families so that the adults can be jailed and prosecuted under the Justice Department's new "zero-tolerance" policy.
Not only is there no statute mandating that the government criminally charge families who cross the border without permission, there have long been alternatives to both separating families and placing them together in immigrant jails.
Yes, there are alternatives that the left would like, but that basically allows the release of families, hoping they return for future hearings. How many will actually return?
No one in the left leaning media places any blame on the adults/parents that drag their children across the boarder knowing the consequences of violating US law. The kids are pawns and the parents are to blame, and the left is falling pray to the scheme.
Astonishing. They proudly repeat the lies.
boggsman1
Location: at a computer
Pretty remarkable we've gotten to a place where children are referred to as "pawns"... I guess we now live in a Fortnite society, where all senses, and common decency be damned....
Techno...why don't you go read the "Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck...just to get a sense of human desperation, and hopelessness...and what one will do to feed their family, and make for a better life....
mat-ty
Political theater, that's all this is. The Dems think they can ride this wave till November but as usual they are clueless about the pulse of the people.
The Russia BS has been a bust, Stormy and her scum lawyer are forgotten and all their other pathetic attempts have come up woefully short. So in typical liberal fashion it's now THE CHILDREN, THE CHILDERN!!!!
People want border control and Trump is delivering...ANOTHER PROMISE KEPT and exactly why he will win a second term...
Matty...everything for you is political theater...It's like a football game. This is real life for many, and I know Trump winning a second term is what you live for, but for many people in the country, it is not.
mac wrote:
How about the EPIC lie by Obama that he was deporting more illegals than anyone else. In fact he was only handing them orders to appear in court at a later date and then labeled DEPORTED by team scum.
Funny how you never hear about the American families being torn apart in this country everyday by child services, kids crying being taken away to live someplace else.
'Yeah but the parents did something against the law that put the children at risk!'
So did the illegal immigrant parents, if, they are really their parents, in some cases they aren't.
This faux outrage will die down like the other ones do, next week or so, it will probably be onto something new.
NW...why is that "funny"? I guess everyone has a different sense of humor...
boggsman1 wrote:
Faking being stupid again to try to make a point? That always works.
No, making a mockery of your false equivalency , and lame efforts to try to be cute. If you want to start a thread about child services, go ahead, this one is about immigration....

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Flashback! To "The Dark Knight…!"
May 13, 2009 · by plok · in Movies. ·
John Candy as Poirot, in the SCTV parody of "Murder On The Orient Express":
"Perhaps…zee train itself ees a murderer…!"
Hey, it's not the craziest idea I ever heard of.
Way back when Batman Began, I amused myself by imagining that the apparent inconsistencies and fuck-ups in that movie were entirely deliberate: in service to a somewhat unusual theme, for what you'd expect to find in an action movie, superhero movie, or coming-of-age movie.
Of course, this was just a supposition, a theory: I still could've been wrong about it.
But because of this little pet theory of mine, when I went to see The Dark Knight in the theatre I was on the lookout for just such inconsistencies in that movie, that might hint at a similar thematic treatment. And I thought I saw a couple of them.
But boy, was I wrong.
They're everywhere.
So for all that I've had my fun saying it's probably wrongheaded to read too much of allegory into TDK, it seems I may have to eat a bit of dark, flapping crow about it now: because either this movie is much more complex than I originally gave it credit for, or it's a colossal screw-up on a scale simply unprecedented for a big-budget studio picture. Are there no well-paid continuity-checkers? Actually, forget the continuity-checkers, they're not even necessary as far as catching this level of inconsistency goes…this stuff's out there.
And you know…I didn't even notice!
Even though I went in there looking for them!
But that's how this stuff works. It's a magic trick: pledge, turn, and prestige all in one. All the sleeves are turned inside-out, but we get misdirected from it…and it's all on purpose…
Because the movie itself, just like its villain, is an unreliable narrator.
And that is what this is all about.
So we'll start small: Batman jumps from one parkade level to the next, and lands on the Scarecrow's van. It's an absolutely stunning comic-book scene, straight out of Marshall Rogers. The cape looks fantastic.
Except, he lands the wrong way round.
Look at it again. He does.
Oh, what's that? You say you don't care? FOOL! I care, a LOT! I freaking LOVE it, that he lands the wrong way around!
Because don't you see that it's all on purpose?
Let's stay small, and take another: Lucius and his bloody jokes. It gets TIRESOME, because it's supposed to. It's misdirection. It is so stupid, that we're always paying attention to it…! Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox stand some feet apart, as Bruce Wayne explains that no, he doesn't want a more stylish sport-jacket, he wants a new Bat-suit. Lucius looks down at the sketch in his hand, unfolding it: "ah, you want to be able to turn your head."
But how did he get that sketch into his hand?!
If you think about it for one second, you will see that the ordinary way this scene would go is for Bruce Wayne to hand Lucius Fox that paper with the Bat-sketch on it. I promise you, however: he doesn't. Regular movie:
BRUCE: "Ha ha, no here is what I want, Lucius! Observe as I utilize the space between us filmically, in order to place it in your hand and thus advance the plot while producing the opportunity for a cool composition!"
LUCIUS: "Oh I see, Mister Wayne, I say as I take it from you, it is a new Batman costume that you want! And from your drawing here it seems you want to have more mobility! I employ my expressive facial movements in close-up to signify that your previous gesture had great emotional meaning for me, in that I realized you were the heroic protagonist of this superhero movie, who wants to do better still than you have been, because you're awesome!"
Regular movie: that's how it shakes out. This movie: a lot of Twin Peaks dream-sequence stuff, instead. Lucius' hands are basically full of creamed corn, all of a sudden. But we don't notice…
…Because we're not looking, and this will not be the last time Lucius ostentatiously misdirects us out of our drawers, believe me. But let's get back to that later; first let's just bear in mind the fact that it will be over an hour until we see this new Bat-suit, and that when we do it will be in the context of another magic trick altogether, in an altogether different context. There are so many things in this movie that we never see: this is only the first of them. Think about it, hold it in your mind, for just a second…now it's gone. But what's that behind your ear…?
Is this your card…?
Why is the new Bat-suit even mentioned?
Never mind, we'll come back to that. Let's look now at the admirably-understated motif of the spiral: the ramp in the parking garage. This whole movie is a spiral: it takes Batman Begins and moves it forward, but in a curved section, and upwards…we never notice. Hey, remember those bat-men here, those wannabes? Watch as Nolan makes them disappear too…poof! Were you expecting some comment on the old "super-hero-fascist-bad" social deformation thing, here? Hope you didn't blink, friend…!
But that's not actually the beginning, of course. The real beginning is when the Joker carefully steps…steps…manoeuvres…
…Manoeuvres his henchman into standing in front of the bus, as it backs in through the wall of the bank at high speed, thus killing him.
Or…wait.
It backs in?
Through the wall? Of the bank?
Misdirection again, folks: the Joker has manouevred you just exactly as he's manoeuvred his flunky. You try to approach, to see…he shifts, you shift…the masks try to suss each other out, across a tension-filled distance…
And then WHAMMO. What you end up looking at, is the one thing you have to look at, for the trick to be successful. What you end up not looking at, is the one thing you have to not look at, for the trick to be successful. And that thing is usually the biggest thing. Because it's a performance, okay? This is a comic-book movie. The bus can't back in through the wall to split-second timing, that can't happen. Hey, for that matter, there's little reason for the dizzying zip-line scene at the very very opening of the movie…that's not necessary either…
And, not to just skip around and ahead, but how does the Joker affix the pencil to the table?
It doesn't matter, because he speaks an absolute truth when he says: "and now the pencil has disappeared." Well, naturally.
It was never there. By which I mean: you did not see it.
You only thought you did.
Why "how about a magic trick?", for heaven's sake? I mean really, should we take anything at face value in a movie like this? The Joker just suddenly "decides" to do a magic trick? And the filmmakers have nothing to do with that choice, I suppose.
Of course they do.
Let's jump ahead again! In Batman Begins, Batman does not "punch people out, Bam SOCK!" — instead there is a flapping of black fabric and a sound of some kind of ninja flurry, and the bad guys fall to the sound of the bat-wings that terrorized Bruce Wayne in the cavern under Wayne Manor when he was a boy. Neat touch. Here it's different, though. Batman punches, in this one, blocks kicks, snaps limbs all rectilinear and steps into people, pushing them along…and the black flapping frenzy is reserved for the visual chaos of the bat-sonar. Itself pushed along the curved section, and up one storey, you see?
Everything spirals up, in this one.
Also note that the bat-sonar takes less time for Bruce Wayne to develop, than the new Bat-suit takes Lucius to make…
Of course, it seems he's been working on it for a while now!
So we're told!
But of course that's plainly bullshit!
Jump back down now; land, impossibly, the wrong way 'round.
The Joker isn't crazy. He says he isn't crazy, in the most believable way possible. He's not crazy! He isn't. He isn't.
Is he?
I don't know: all the upright men of Gotham do seem to experience a very weird lack of panic at the more bizarrely freaky scary developments in this movie…maybe they're crazy? Alfred doesn't want to apply jojoba oil to the Russian ballerinas on the sailboat…is he crazy? Oh, poor Alfred, only there to voice meaningless sentiments that properly belong to the guy sitting behind me in the theatre…half the time, but then the other half of the time you say remarkably profound shit that no one seems to even hear. Hey, how does a comic book work? Does it make sense?
It doesn't, really, does it?
No, and neither does this…but this is really quite in your face about it. Bruce Wayne wants to fall back up into a plane, and Lucius, like Walt Disney, licks his chops at the prospect of a really cool piece of pseudo-acrobatics…but Bruce also never leaps out of the plane, as he promises he will, and so it isn't as Pirates Of The Caribbean as all that, after all, and…hey, what the fuck happened, man? I was waiting for that!
They set me up…!
And then they made me forget. Suddenly, somehow, he's just standing there on top — on top! — of a building. How? Why? I won't go back to the "Shock And Awe" bit, I said my piece on that in "Allegory Revisited"…but I will note that if Bruce Wayne and Alfred have a conversation about his limits…God, but Alfred is such an old woman, isn't he…?
MISDIRECTION!
…Then really there is a substantial allegorical bit in there, and here, and over here, and is this your card, America? Because it's all about America after all, as it turns out, but not the way you expect…
Because it's all about how America can't afford to stop and think about what's going on.
Yes, all that is logic and consequentiality…America can't stop to think about that. Can't. Big flapping wings. Inability to move on. And not that the Bush presidency political stuff isn't in there, because you KNOW it is…but there's something more primal, here. Limits?
"Please God, keep them ever-mysterious", wishes Bruce Wayne.
Poor bastard: he gets his wish.
Let's jump around and ahead again for a moment: talk about that hospital. HOLY JUMPIN' CATFISH did that thing blow up good! YEE-HAW!!! Incredibly ridiculous: that's not "gasoline", Joker!
Whatever that is, it's not cheap…!
Jump back: let's look at Maggie Gyllenhall. Eerie how she replaces Katie Holmes, right? I wish she'd lived, so that they could've found yet another actress who looks disturbingly like the old actress who played the same role. One hopes desperately that in the next Batman movie (and oh yes, there will be a next one), that this mysterious unknown next Rachel will appear to Bruce Wayne as a ghost. As a TRICK…!
Or a clue.
It is all about the tricks and the clues, anyhow.
Because man, you know…I kind of felt she was a ghost already.
Jump back. You know, the conversation between Lucius and Chinese Osama in Hong Kong doesn't make any fucking sense at all. Watch it again. Watch carefully, too, the lame business with the magic cell-phone: it doesn't make any more sense than Lucius unfolding the magic piece of paper that the creamed corn is in, back in the boardroom when Bruce Wayne revealed the meeting had all been a bit of misdirection.
Our Chinese Osama even says it's ridiculous…echoing Lucius himself, as it happens, a little earlier on. It actually verges on totally awful, as indeed the whole movie does. It's a mess. Everything is lantern-hanging here, there are lanterns everywhere: yes, we already deliberately pointed out that it makes no sense, thank you for noticing. Now observe this extreme nonsensical corporate breast-beating, this pseudo-polite tough-talk sparring, that makes no sense at all. Seriously: it makes no sense. And now whatever you do, don't think about how a witness might go about smuggling a loaded gun into a courtroom, or what would have to happen to the whole world if he did! Concentrate on Eric Roberts' smug bad-guy face instead….my God, the man practically shines like an obnoxious sun in every scene he's in, we are not meant to look elsewhere! BAM! SOCK! POW! We're not meant to look at anything we're not supposed to.
SHOCK AND AWE! Okay, I lied. Because here we've got Batman's voice, too: we are not meant to look around. Not meant to. Growl. What is that growl distracting us from? What is it we're not seeing, in the lights over Baghdad?
No one dies at Bruce Wayne's party. Even though the Joker is there. You would've thought he'd have made them all fight it out with broken champagne bottles. It didn't happen. But don't blame the Joker. He would've killed them all, if he'd only been given the chance…! But Nolan switched the scene. Just as Batman writers and artists for years upon years have switched the scene, "making their own luck" — a real-life Joker would never be sent to Arkham only to escape again and again, and continue his mass-murder rampages. Think, for two seconds. This isn't Batman's fault. It isn't Gordon's fault, or the fault of the police, the lawyers, the judges, the citizens of Gotham…it's the authors' fault, of course. But why would you complain, when you get Batman stories out of it?
Hey, how did that "get fragments of the bullet, set up a range, find a fingerprint, then an apartment number" thing work, anyway?
Well, obviously it didn't.
What about the brilliant plan of Gordon's to throw himself in a bullet's path?
Really low-percentage plan, Jim.
Gaping holes? You want gaping holes? I'll give 'em to you. How did Batman find Harvey when he was working over the Joker's goon, and at just the right time? There's no way he could've done that. How did he figure out the goon was an Arkham patient? We never see him figure that out. How did the Joker get from one side of Gotham to the other in a heartbeat? In a car? He fucking teleported. This is a comic-book movie, with real talent. Space and time don't need to apply. No reviewers even complained about this, I swear. None of them even noticed. I didn't notice.
That's Nolan's genius, here.
Keep 'em focussed on the party where no one dies. Beat beat beat. Beat away at the lunacy. Bruce and Rachel could never have survived that fall, NEVER. The school bus never backed in. Batman never made his way to the top of that building in Hong Kong. There was no pencil. Creamed corn is everywhere, seething. If this was a comic book, we wouldn't accept it. Nothing here makes sense.
It's truly gorgeous stuff. Wanna know how I got these scars?
Batman gets shot, in the Hong Kong adventure.
Then suddenly, he is behind the shooter.
Oh, it's Shock and Awe, all right. I watched that scene five times on slo-mo. Batman teleports too. And I don't know how anyone could call that a mistake.
Jump forward. It's interesting to me that the Joker thinks the moment when one ferry will blow another up is at the last second…but if we think about this for a first second…
The prisoners aren't in command, never are in command, of their ship's detonator.
The cops are. Like a dozen of them. With guns. The prisoners don't even rush them.
On the other ship: like three hundred innocent people.
It's a rummy problem, eh? But not really. Because all the "bad" cops have to do is not press the button. That's all. And all the "good" cops have to do is wearily press it, or not. Should've been over in a minute…the tension, that is. Because like all of the Joker's plans the only threat is sleight-of-hand…and only if you believe in it are you phuqued. Also like most of the Joker's plans it relies on everything going just so…but he can't make it go just so, and doesn't even try to. Mayor Batmanuel might have overruled Gordon about putting prisoners on the ferries…
But we will assume the Joker had another contingency. He always does! Because after all, he's not crazy…
But how crazy would the prison guards have to be, to wait until the last second to press that button?
What was it, that they thought they were waiting for?
Let's JUMP, now, to a big one. A big inconsistency, a big issue. Not the biggest. But big. Something everyone wants to know.
If Batman told R'as, "I'm not going to kill you…but I don't have to save you…"
Then why did he save the Joker, whom he despises much more?
This one, I'm happy to report, is straightforward. It's about Batman's vengeance on the Joker. Think of it this way:
"I'm not going to save you…but I don't have to kill you."
He does save him though, but give the man a break, it's a good comeback. It is beautifully inverted. The Joker, of course, doesn't care if he lives or dies! He just wants to fuck with Batman! But Batman says no to that.
What a beautiful character this Joker is. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if I was fifteen years old and going to a pot party, and I was the guy getting the movie…yes, this, THIS, is what I'd get. Everything is crooked here; no one ever does the thing they say they're going to do. They tell us what they're going to do, and then they don't do it. Everything's corkscrewy, like a corkscrew. This isn't just a bunch of loosened threads, as in Batman Begins. This is a whole weave of loosened threads. This is barely fabric at all.
Jump sideways!
There are only two, maybe three scenes people really care about in this movie. Okay maybe five. Let me just preface my remarks about all of them by saying: REALLY? Harvey rejects pain medication?
I tell you what, no he doesn't. Not unless he's a supervillain already. But okay, look at that coin come down (by the way, why the FUCK!!! does Batman save that coin for him?!?!? This is freaking Velvet Goldmine levels of not-making-sense, here!), down on the wrong side, where it never had a wrong side before…it's brilliant. Harvey was never responsible for anything before; everything always came up okay for him, because he made his own luck. Now he's responsible because he can't…it's screwy, I tell you! And he is Two-Face at that moment. That's when he snaps. Under the weight of the world. And…okay, the biggest moment in the movie: the Joker as nurse, to Harvey. And this would have been an extremely amazing scene even if it did make sense, eh? But oh Lord, it so doesn't. It is the one scene in the movie that cannot — CANNOT! — be explained! Because I said Harvey was Two-Face at the moment the dark face of the coin came down…but that isn't really true, is it? Harvey isn't Two-Face until he doesn't shoot the Joker.
But, there is no reason for him not to shoot the Joker, is there.
Heck, he could always be Two-Face the next day, right? You'd shoot the Joker. I'd shoot the Joker.
But it's a comic-book movie. So the journey just isn't as important as the destination, you know?
Nolan gives us all destination.
Ordinarily, this doesn't work.
But in this movie, it does.
Let's talk a little Jim Gordon, the everyman with whom no one sympathizes. The psychological insulator, between Dent and Batman. No, let's not talk about him. He's invisible. In this movie, he's invisible…until he's not. Time and again. He's real, but he's not there: like us. Meanwhile Harvey Dent is there but not real: he's an illusion throughout. I mean the man starts as No-Face…he might as well have been called "White-Man". There's absolutely nothing to him, as soon as you see him it's like a Jump. Bruce's endorsement of him is cruel indeed: he doesn't care who Harvey Dent is, he just chooses to believe in what suits him…his belief is strictly provisional…
Jump. Here comes the new Batman mask, the one with "mobility". Wait, jump back. Question: how long is this movie, anyway? Answer: a hell of a lot shorter than "Spider-Man 3", but it's still plenty long enough to realize that Batman never gets into that cell with the Joker. It just doesn't happen.
It just doesn't happen. There's only one FUCKING DOOR…!
But Batman's got a new mask, and Gordon was just there…seriously, whenever that guy leaves a room, he drags a vacuum behind him. Invisible plot-lubricant. Suddenly he was there…suddenly he's not…
But oh look: suddenly, on the opposite side of the room, it's Batman.
Pop! He's just there.
Absolutely impossible. This, if anywhere, is where the Joker's "won". Because Batman's changed: he's gotten personal. This isn't armour anymore, it's skin: he can be hurt in it, he speaks with the Batman voice when he doesn't need to (even to Lucius!), he doesn't have properly human eyes anymore (think on that, Bat-fans!), he's become the thing that the Scarecrow saw in Batman Begins…and he's done something really, really forbidden by getting in that cell when he can't possibly do so. This is where Bruce Wayne commits to the Batman persona, not as a guise but as an identity, where the Hong Kong foreshadowing of "what the, how'd he get up there…?" finally pays off. This is the start of a whole new movie, right here: where Batman gets limits, because he finally becomes someone other than Bruce Wayne in a mask, and he just does shit from now on, superhumanly…as Bruce Wayne's face, his voice, his very "secret identity" itself is made to disappear…or at any rate it's in serious danger of disappearing, and he must get it back somehow by the movie's end.
Not that the Joker makes it easy for him. It is almost too hard to go on, Bloggers: the Joker plans for Batman to find him when he can't, so of course he does, and then — impossibly! — the Joker's ready for him. Except, he really isn't. Look again, this is all just chaotic shit, it really is. Dark, flapping wings; storms of bats. Everything the wrong way 'round. The action sequences versus the cops don't make sense. Look again. LOOK AGAIN. The way Lucius pinpoints the Joker doesn't make sense. LOOK AGAIN. It all becomes creamed corn, in the end. Everything the Joker does makes sense…if he planned to go crazy and become a supervillain. But, how in the hell, as good a planner as he is, could he plan for that? When he can't do it, not really do it, until the "new" Batman shows up in his cell, finally for him to properly try to fuck with. Everything bootstraps itself, in this movie, pulls itself up…and around…like a, like…like a…
Yes. Well. Say, how is it that the mobsters manage to contact the Joker anyway? Do they use their one phone call, and ask the operator to connect them to a playing card? Alternatively, how do the people way back at the party not end up knowing Bruce Wayne is freakin' Batman? Because I am not the sharpest spoon in the drawer, friends, but I think even I would've figured that one out…
They said it was "escalation". Remember?
But that's the wrong word.
This is a superhero action movie that cheerfully eats itself right up in front of you, licking its lips, and then it asks you (while you're staring at the bizarreness of it) to pass it the salt, and you look down at the salt…and the salt's not in front of you, it's in the movie's hand instead, and at that moment it SLAPS you with the other hand, and you spit out your ravioli all over the carpet…I'm telling you, this movie's like watching Mission: Impossible while incredibly stoned. This movie's the Showgirls of superhero movies. This movie is a goddamn satire…oh, thank you, yes the crow looks perfectly done, my compliments to the chef…
And thus it is absolutely and 100% full of shit. It is absolutely and 100% fucking tail-yanking, chain-rattling crap.
And absolutely and 100% one of the most brilliant things I have ever seen. Allegory? Check out this for allegory, I despise Lucius Fox and I want to punch him in the face. Also, Jesus Christ is Alfred an old woman, and I want him to punch Lucius Fox in the face. Bruce Wayne is an idiot throughout, a sentimental meathead whose mental compass points south-southeast AT BEST, and if you look carefully, the guy goes flat-out nuts. Harvey Dent is a fucking blond-haired lantern-jawed cipher, who does a lot of acting. Jim Gordon is not even there.
Misdirection's everywhere!
Because what this really is, is the Adam West "Batman" played STRAIGHT, and for CHILLS…or to put it another way, it's a dream gone well off the rails, that the dreamer has to somehow put back together by the time time runs out…a dream that he has to drag himself out of. Very Batman, really. But some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb, you know?
Hey, how about a magic trick?
Jesus, how about one.
Nothing up my sleeve but Gary Oldman. I defy any of you to watch this movie three times and say it makes sense. It's pure genius. It's absolutely bananas. It's drug-addled. It's "this happens, then this happens". If Batman Begins was about the necessity of rejecting other people's ideas about your identity, this movie's about what in the HELL happens once you've done it…once you've seen it, and liked it. And what happens is: congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a big double-handful of creamed corn. TA-DAA…! And now, for my next trick…
…I'm going to make you believe me.
And now…the disbelief…has disappeared. Applause, applause! It is just what I wanted from a superhero movie! It was smart.
And of course, Heath Ledger was bloody marvellous in it.
Would see again.
Possibly, stoned.
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22 responses to "Flashback! To "The Dark Knight…!""
Tucker stone May 13, 2009 at 3:41 am · · Reply →
fucking genius shit happening here
pillock May 13, 2009 at 4:48 am · · Reply →
You're too kind, Tucker. Seriously, it gets more nuts every time I watch it. Insane: you're tripping over it all by the end. The first time round, you're so busy watching Ledger be the Joker, right? But it's all right there at the beginning, he pulls off the clown mask, and he's wearing another clown mask. It's fucking crazy. When Adam Star gets to this one, he's going to pull out stuff that isn't even there, like rabbits from hats. It's gonna be massive.
Tom Bondurant May 13, 2009 at 4:51 am · · Reply →
Well, I liked TDK, saw it twice in the theater, and now I'll have to watch it again to see if you're right.
Bet you like it even more, Tom!
Er…you're not going to come back saying "man, you musta gone to the bathroom during some key scenes" or anything, are you…?
Damn, now I'm gonna have to watch it again. Or…wait…
I have an excuse to watch it again, whoopee!
Terry Georgeson May 13, 2009 at 6:32 am · · Reply →
The biggest plot hole in the entire film for me was the whole ferry nonsense. It is never demonstrated or explained exactly what The Joker's done to the bridges, forcing the ferries to be used, how the police know it is true or what may happen if they don't ferry people off the island.
RAB May 13, 2009 at 9:13 am · · Reply →
I must concur with Tucker. Also, the creamed corn reference made me laugh out loud for real.
Justin May 13, 2009 at 9:23 am · · Reply →
This was a long time coming, but man was that worth it.
The misdirection thing is a hell of an observation, particularly because it's so well done as to fool intelligent people. Roger Ebert's review seems to miss the point of the multiple "scar stories," and Ebert is, even if you don't care for his criticism, not an idiot. My brother-in-law took the Joker's line about "I'm just a mad dog chasing cars" completely at face value despite all the labyrinthine planning, and he's one of the guys working on connecting prosethetic limbs up to the central nervous system (or something; I don't understand it, anyway).
Have to admire the ballsiness of the filmmakers to make some of the movie's most memorable lines be absolute lies meant to actually *inhibit* the audience's understanding. And this movie made, like, a billion dollars! Literally!
Aw hell, now I'm gonna have to watch this movie again tonight. Maybe The Prestige as well…
Ooh, more foreshadowing for that jail cell moment: Batman getting in and out of the bank vault at the beginning of the movie when the whole place is full of cops and surrounded by reporters. Gordon doesn't even turn all the way around and Batman vanishes at the end of that scene. Yeah, the door is right there, but there's no way that scene is happening in "real life" unless Batman is hiding just around the corner or under a desk or something. Which would be a little childish: "Okay, I've got to stay here out of sight for a few hours until everyone leaves, but it's totally worth it because Gordon has no idea how I did that!"
But in comics, where everything is already crazy, I just eat that up as "Wow, is Batman a totally competent mysterious dude or what?"
sean witzke May 13, 2009 at 11:07 am · · Reply →
CRANK 2. NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A YEAR, SEE IT TODAY, REVIEW IT TONIGHT.
David Fiore May 14, 2009 at 12:39 pm · · Reply →
I've only seen it the one time, but I may have to take another look at it through the Plokkian lens! I definitely found it incoherent right off the Bat, although I can't say I ever thought of it in a Showgirlsian light… the one problem I can foresee, before I try to do so, is that, even if the manifest folly of this film has critical value, I'm not sure if its presumed target (superhero comics) is anywhere near as worthy of critique as, you know, Patriarchy!
(this is probably why I've never cared as much about Moore's superhero-stuff-qua-superhero-stuff as most people do, I think of the genre as an engine for critique (which, of course, often isn't employed very skillfully), not a thing to bother with, in its own right)
but then again, my reluctance to embrace this thing could just come down to the fact that I hate Batman… I'm certainly keener on the narratornado effect generated by Spider-Man 3 (or, far, far better, Gerry Conway ASM) than anyone else I know of…
either way though, this was a damned fun read sir!
Duncan May 14, 2009 at 2:02 pm · · Reply →
*agape*
Yeah, that's… yeah. You are totally fucking right as always.
pillock May 14, 2009 at 2:58 pm · · Reply →
"Okay, I've got to stay here out of sight for a few hours until everyone leaves, but it's totally worth it because Gordon has no idea how I did that!"
Nic Cage as Batman, in other words.
I'd watch it!
Dave: I may have reached a little high with the Showgirls comparison…but I definitely think you'll see something interesting in the sheer profusion of things-that-don't-add-up. Impossible for it not to be deliberate, I think: much easier to see it as an enormously-extended dream sequence, and look for angles of critique in that. I still want my money back for Spider-Man 3…however I'll yield to no one in my love of Conway/Andru Spider-Man…dare I hope you'll do a little series on it?
Duncan: as always, your check is in the mail.
By the way, this was the one that was supposed to be the dismount from my Final Crisis and Dollhouse posts. Not sure I could say I nailed it, though…
LurkerWithout May 17, 2009 at 3:22 am · · Reply →
Holy Shit. You've honestly just changed the entire movie for me. Damn dude. Just damn…
High praise, Lurker! I'll take it quick, before you come to your senses…
Bill Reed May 28, 2009 at 5:51 pm · · Reply →
AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH MY BRAINNNNNNNNNN
Y'r welcome!
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Many people believe that playing video games is a solitary activity. But as technology changes, so do the way we play and connect with each other. Today, there is a growing market for co-op mobile games geared towards those who want to be able to share their experience with others, whether they are nearby or across the world.
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DAYTONA, Fla. — Chevrolet has established a new performance benchmark with the introduction of the 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE — the most track-capable Camaro ever.
Taking the track-focused 1LE formula to an unprecedented level, the ZL1 1LE incorporates racing-based suspension and aero technologies, as well as exclusive Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3R summer-only tires,* in an extreme track performance package.
In preliminary testing, the new ZL1 1LE was 3 seconds faster than the standard ZL1 Coupe around General Motors' 2.9-mile, 18-turn Milford Road Course test track.
Aerodynamics: New aero features including a carbon fiber rear wing, specific air deflectors and dive planes on the front fascia produce grip-generating downforce to help the car stick harder and drive faster in turns.
Adjustable suspension: The ZL1 1LE features racing-derived, lightweight Multimatic DSSV® (Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve) dampers front and rear for exceptional wheel and vehicle control. The front-end ride height is adjustable with the front dampers, which are used with all-new, adjustable camber plates. The rear stabilizer bar also offers three-way adjustability. All of the components are designed for quick changes at the track for optimal performance and a quick return to street settings when the track day ends.
Wheels and tires: New, lightweight forged aluminum wheels are an inch wider but an inch smaller in diameter, front and rear, than standard ZL1 wheels and are used with new Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3R tires that deliver max lateral grip of 1.10g. Developed exclusively for the Camaro ZL1 1LE, the 3R tires are designed to warm up faster to help maintain more consistent grip and speed, lap after lap. The overall footprint grows approximately 10 percent over the ZL1, but the wheel-and-tire package weighs about 1.5 pounds (3.3 kg) less per corner.
Lighter weight: The lighter wheels and dampers, along with reduced thickness rear glass and a fixed-back rear seat, contribute to an approximately 60-pound (27 kg) lower curb weight than a standard ZL1 Coupe.
The power behind the ZL1 1LE is the 650-horsepower, supercharged LT4 engine backed by a six-speed manual transmission featuring Active Rev Match. Brembo brakes, including red calipers with the 1LE logo, are also included. Additional standard features include dual-zone automatic climate control, Bose premium audio system, heated/ventilated front seats and heated steering wheel.
The 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE goes on sale later this year. Pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date.
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Are there any details available about the capital and operating costs for the housing development program, such as: land/site development cost assumptions, density and floor plan assumptions, construction cost estimates, and operating and maintenance cost assumptions. Also, have the council members shared their ideas on what entities will develop and operate the housing?
I'll dig through the materials again and look. There are pretty standard metrics that the Office of Housing uses for these things.
Don't go to any special trouble. Unless the City already owns well-located sites (access to transit in particular) land costs could be a challenge.


My work is either for or about the home.
My artistic beginnings are deeply rooted in a potpourri of traditions that surround functional wares. I continue to respect and honor utilitarianism while simultaneously developing a body of sculptural forms. My work is either for or about the home. To me the home is more than a specific place or structure. It is often a feeling and/or geographic location. I am drawn to the domestic environment through personal artifacts, repetitious rituals and intimate relationships. The act of creating artwork that stems from this notion dissolves the boundaries between my home and studio. It allows me to embrace both the permanent and the ephemeral qualities of place and life. This mode of working unifies the home with the studio and creates an all-encompassing life aesthetic.
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Jack McGee's height is 5 feet and 5 inches. That's 65 inches tall.
Or in metric units, Jack McGee is 166 centimetres. That's 1 metre and 66 centimetres.
Jack McGee is 5 centimetres (2 inches) shorter than the average celebrity (the average is 171 centimetres, 5 feet 7 inches or 67 inches tall).
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STRATA Skin Sciences Announces CFO Transition
HORSHAM, Pa., Oct. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSKN), a medical technology company dedicated to developing, commercializing, and marketing innovative products for the treatment of dermatologic conditions, today announced that Mr. Christopher Lesovitz, STRATA's current Controller, has been named Chief Financial officer. He succeeds Matthew Hill, who has decided to leave effective October 15, 2021 to pursue a new opportunity. Mr. Lesovitz will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective October 16.
Since July 11, 2021, Mr. Lesovitz has served as the Company's Controller. Previously, he led the finance department at Encore Dermatology, Inc., a fully integrated dermatology company. Prior to that, Mr. Lesovitz held various finance roles with Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a pharmaceutical company specializing in pain management, serving as its Assistant Controller and as its Senior Accounting Manager. Mr. Lesovitz received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from Villanova University in 2004. Additionally, Mr. Lesovitz is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Bob Moccia, STRATA's CEO, stated, "Chris has already become an integral member of our finance team and I look forward to working closely beside him as he steps into his new role of CFO. Having previously worked with Chris at Encore Dermatology, where he successfully led the financial organization, we were delighted to add him to the STRATA team. His recent experience with the Company through our last earnings cycle, as well as in the dermatology space, will prove to be invaluable as we continue to grow our footprint and drive value to our stakeholders."
Mr. Moccia added, "With Chris' impending promotion, the Company will immediately initiate a search for a new controller."
"On behalf of the STRATA team, I want to thank Matt for his nearly three and a half years at the Company and his many contributions, including the completion of our most recent financing, announced today, as well as his instrumental role in our recent acquisition of the U.S. Dermatology business of Ra Medical Systems. We wish Matt well in his future endeavors," concluded Mr. Moccia.
Financing Agreement
In an 8-K filed today, STRATA announced that it has completed an $8 million financing with MidCap Financial Trust ("MidCap"). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company entered into a credit and security agreement with MidCap. The MidCap Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured term loan facility of $8.0 million, of which the full amount was drawn by the Company on September 30, 2021. Borrowings under the MidCap Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR (with a LIBOR floor rate of 0.50%) plus 7.50%.
In connection with entering into the MidCap Credit Agreement, STRATA paid $7.275 million, plus interest due, on its loan with Israel Discount Bank of New York ("IDBNY") and in satisfaction of the Assignment and Pledge of Time Deposit with IDBNY. The Company also paid $500,000, plus interest, satisfying its obligations under its loan from the United States Small Business Administration pursuant to its Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance program.
STRATA Skin Sciences is a medical technology company in dermatology dedicated to developing, commercializing and marketing innovative products for the treatment of dermatologic conditions. Its products include the XTRAC® and now Pharos® excimer lasers and VTRAC® lamp systems utilized in the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo and various other skin conditions.
The Company's proprietary XTRAC and recently acquired Pharos excimer lasers deliver a highly targeted therapeutic beam of UVB light to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, eczema, atopic dermatitis and leukoderma, diseases which impact over 31 million patients in the United States alone.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include but are not limited to the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and may contain words such as "will," "may," "seeks," and "expects," that suggest future events or trends. These statements, the Company's ability to generate the growth in its core business, the Company's ability to develop social media marketing campaigns, and the Company's ability to build a leading franchise in dermatology and aesthetics, are based on the Company's current expectations and are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from the Company's expectations due to financial, economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory, adverse market conditions or supply chain interruptions resulting from the coronavirus and political factors or conditions affecting the Company and the medical device industry in general, future responses to and effects of COVID-19 pandemic and its variants including the distribution and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, as well as more specific risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company's SEC reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Given such uncertainties, any or all these forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect or unreliable. The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, even if subsequently made available by the Company on its website or otherwise. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise these statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release. The Company urges investors to carefully review its SEC disclosures available at www.sec.gov and www.strataskinsciences.com.


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La Clase Anzac es un grupo de ocho fragatas de la Royal Australian Navy (RAN) y dos fragatas de la Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Es una fragata derivada de la fragata MEKO 200 del constructor alemán Blohm + Voss.

Características
Fragata de 3600 t de desplazamiento, 118 m de eslora, 14,8 m de manga y 4 m de calado; con propulsión CODOG de 1 turbina de gas + 2 motores diésel (velocidad 27 nudos y autonomía 6000 mn). Carga 1 cañón Mk-54 de 127 mm, dos (2) lanzadores cuádruples Mk-141 (misiles Harpoon) y un (1) Mk-41 VLS. 1 helicóptero MH-60R (RAN) o SH-2 Seasprite (RNZN).

Historia de servicio
La RAN actualiza sus fragatas Anzac con el programa AMCAP; en 2022 completó el upgrade de cinco de las ocho unidades.

La RNZN actualizó a sus dos fragatas Anzac mediante el programa Frigate Systems Upgrade (FSU); equipó nuevo radar Thales SMART-S Mk-2, misiles CAMM y electrónica.

Unidades

Véase también
 Clase Oliver Hazard Perry

Referencias

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There is a 692 miles (1,113 km) direct distance between Seongnam-si (South Korea) and Shijiazhuang (China).
Pokémon Clauncher (Udeppō, Udeppou) is a Pokémon number # 692 of the National Pokédex. Clauncher is a water-type Pokémon in the sixth generation. Pokémon egg is a group Water 1 and Water 3. indexes ontros of Clauncher are Kalos Center index 032 - Pokédex Coastal Zone.
United Nations Security Council Resolution number 692, adopted 20 May 1991. Establishes the United Nations Compensation Commission for Iraq and Kuwait. Resolution text.
692 is a number that does not have any digits in common with its cube.
Number 692 or +692 or 00692 is a dial the international call prefix for Marshall Islands. (00/+) is dial the international call prefix.
How to say or write the number six hundred and ninety-two in Spanish, German, French and other languages.
seiscientos noventa y dos
sechshundertzweiundneunzig
six cent quatre-vingt-douze
seiscentos e noventa e dois
六百九十二
ستمائةاثنان و تسعون
šestset devadesát dva
육백구십이
sekshundrede og tooghalvfems
שש מאות תשעים ושנים
zeshonderdtweeënnegentig
enam ratus sembilan puluh dua
seicentonovantadue
seks hundre og nitti-to
sześćset dziewięćdzisiąt dwa
шестьсот девяносто два
altıyüzdoksaniki
หกร้อยเก้าสิบสอง
шiстсот дев'яносто двi
sáu trăm chín mươi hai


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Acting helped Charlotte Armitage cope with the stress of bankruptcy. Now her film and television acting academy is providing a springboard to success. She spoke to Ismail Mulla.
Charlotte Armitage didn't get off to the best of starts in business. Back in 2011, she was convinced by an ex-partner to set up a chain of hairdressing salons.
Charlotte Armitage, managing director of Yorkshire Academy of Film and Television Acting. Picture: Tony Johnson.
Ms Armitage said: "I went into that and it was just hell on earth every single day I was running it.
In fact, the young and naive Charlotte Armitage went personally bankrupt in 2013 after the business spiralled out of control.
To compound matters she was also expecting a child. Understandably, it put a lot of pressure on her.
To cope with the stress of the business going under, she turned her hand to acting. It was a natural move for someone who paid her way through university by modelling.
Ms Armitage said: "When the business was going under I went to London and I did an acting course down there.
"I found that I was paying a lot of money to go to classes that are taught by people who don't really know anything about acting.
She also came to realise that there was no real acting school up in the North and believed that there was a need for such a provision here.
So while she was seven months pregnant, Ms Armitage decided to set up the Yorkshire Academy for Film and Television Acting (YAFTA).
Today, the Leeds-based business employs 22 staff and is also a talent agency for some well-known soap actors.
While others, who had gone through the emotionally wringing process of bankruptcy, might shy away from challenges in their industry, Ms Armitage is different.
The entrepreneur is playing an active role in improving diversity in the film and television industry.
YAFTA has its You Can scholarship programme, which provides someone from an under-represented background an opportunity to undertake a diploma at the acting school.
Ms Armitage is a particular advocate for disability representation on screen. YAFTA represents James Moore, who earlier this year became the first actor with a disability to win a National Television Award (NTA).
He plays Ryan Stocks, a character who like the actor himself has cerebral palsy, on the popular soap Emmerdale.
She says the award win was a "massive moment" and Ms Armitage hopes that it can be the catalyst for more roles for actors with disability.
Ms Armitage's passion for disability representation comes from her own experiences growing up in Harrogate.
Her older brother had fits as a baby that left him with brain injuries. Having a brother who was mentally incapacitated put the family under a lot of pressure.
People would treat Ms Armitage and her family differently as a result.
She said: "I felt hurt a lot as a child because of the way people would be towards my brother or towards me.
Despite this there is a lot of work to do on levelling the playing field when it comes to disability, Ms Armitage says, and film and television can play a key role in changing perceptions.
She said: "The media, soaps, film and TV, has the power to influence the younger generations. Normalising certain things in younger generations leads to acceptance. That will reduce prejudice.
The only way the situation is going to improve is if roles for people with disability are written in. Production companies also have to make special allowances when it comes to logistics and extra support.
Ms Armitage said: "More roles need to be written for people with disabilities. I think there is a fair representation of race on screen right now.
As well as running YAFTA, Ms Armitage is also pursuing her passion for psychology. She did a degree in psychology and worked for the National Policing Improvement Agency before her ill-fated run in the hairdressing industry. "I worked in their examination and assessment department, which was all occupational psychology," Ms Armitage said.
She is now doing a doctorate in counselling psychology and hopes to help improve people's mental wellbeing in the future.
Ms Armitage is juggling her doctorate alongside not only running YAFTA but also raising a daughter on her own.
Having people at YAFTA, who she can trust, helps her with the juggling act.
Looking back it could have been very different for the entrepreneur but by riding the knocks she's come out stronger on the other side.
"What I would say is I'm really grateful for all of the negative experiences that I've had because actually those are what have shaped who I am now and what I'm doing now," Ms Armitage said.
Most proud of: My gorgeous daughter.
Education: BSc (Hons) Psychology, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management, currently studying for a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Teesside University and working as a trainee counselling psychologist in the NHS.


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BMW Design spotlight
Iconic BMW Designs: Z8
BMW Vision M Next
Iconic BMW Designs: 8-Series (E31)
Iconic BMW designs: M5 (E60)
Iconic BMW Designs: the i8
Design interview: Domagoj Dukec, BMW Head of Design
Iconic BMW designs: the 2002tii
By Steve Carter2019-12-19T11:53:00+00:00
BMW fan and M-car obsessive Steve Carter recalls the 507 homage by Fisker and Lempert, immortalised in The World is Not Enough
I really can't put my finger on exactly what first drew me to the James Bond featured, V8 powered, two-seated, open topped, red leather-upholstered and stunningly designed sports car that is the Z8… But joking aside, the Z8 is a styling tour de force which, although created at the height of Chris Bangle's reign as head of BMW design, has none of the wild 'flame surfacing' treatment and sharp creases associated with that era in BMW's history.
– 1997 BMW Z07 concept
The Z8 was first shown as the Z07 concept car at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show and received acclaim for both its beautiful curves and proportions, and the clear homage to BMW's 507 two-seater of the 1950s with many design cues carried over; long bonnet, short rear overhang, elongated wide front grills and chrome wing vents behind the front wheels (only this time integrated with side indicators).
The Z8 was eventually launched three years later in 2000 and carried virtually all of the Z07's design cues across to production – with the exception, unfortunately, of the very cool Zagato-esque double bubble roof. Within Bangle's team, it was Henrik Fisker that is credited with the beautifully flowing and curvaceous external design. The stunning interior, meanwhile, is accredited to Scott Lempert, and whilst the exterior is truly wonderful, it is Lempert's interior which is a masterclass in the execution of retro cool.
– The production Z8
What strikes you first about the Z8's interior is the sheer simplicity of its design, the obvious hand-crafted quality, and that car wide body-coloured dashboard containing the most prominent interior feature, the centrally mounted instrument cluster (apparently located as such to assist the driver to have an unimpeded view over that long bonnet). The amount of painted plastic might be a little kitsch for today's tastes, but some of the simplified technology contained within it was quite inspired at the time – the re-introduction of an engine start/stop button being a great example. How commonplace is that nowadays?
BMW Z8 interior
But the one element of the interior – which if the rumour is correct, had a single designer assigned to it – is the steering wheel. Three-armed, with four wires per arm securing the delicate rim to the steering boss, it is a thing of absolute beauty, and without it, the Z8 would just be that little bit less special.
And the entry price to owning something this special? Well that will be £150k (or US$200k) of your hard-earned pennies.
The final featured BMW design in this little series is the company's '90s flagship: the E31 8-Series.
BMW fan and M-car obsessive Steve Carter on the E60 – controversial when new, but ageing more gracefully than expected… especially in M5 form
BMW fan and M-car obsessive Steve Carter highlights his Top 5 BMWs of all time, including this mould breaking i8 hybrid
CES 2020: Fisker Ocean
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CES 2020: Mercedes-Benz releases the AVTR concept
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FYI: Cal App (2nd Dist) Holds No Duty of Care Owed in Loan Mod Negotiations
Disagreeing with contrary rulings from the First and Sixth Districts, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District recently affirmed a trial court's ruling that no duty of care is owed to a borrower during contract negotiations for a mortgage loan modification.
In 1998, plaintiff borrower ("Borrower") obtained a $500,000.00 loan secured by a deed of trust (the "First Loan"). The First Loan is not at issue. In 2005, Borrower obtained two junior loans from defendant bank ("Bank") in the amounts $167,820.00 (the "Second Loan") and $82,037.00 (the "Third Loan") (collectively, the "Junior Loans"). Borrower subsequently encountered financial troubles leading the Bank to record a notice of default on the Second Loan in September 2009.
In January 2010, Borrower contacted the Bank seeking to modify the Junior Loans and subsequently submitted loan modification requests to the Bank on January 29, 2010. In March 2010, Borrower received correspondence from the Bank concerning the Second Loan, which Borrower claimed led him to believe the Second Loan had been converted into an unsecured loan. Around this time, Borrower separately alleged the Bank contacted his wife and informed her no foreclosure sale would occur and that the Bank "was simply trying to recover money through standard collection practices."
In April 2010, Borrower received a second letter from the Bank where it offered to charge off 50% of the Second Loan's balance if the Bank and Borrower could reach a satisfactory arrangement. Borrower claims the letter reinforced his belief that the Second Loan had been converted into an unsecured loan.
In November 2010, the Bank sold the Second Loan to a different entity ("Note Holder") and canceled the Third Loan in March 2014. In August 2013, Borrower separately modified the First Loan.
In April 2014, the Note Holder recorded a notice of default as to the Second Loan leading Borrower to submit several loan modification requests. Borrower asserted the Note Holder never responded to his modification attempts, and instead informed him in August of 2014 that the Second Loan service transferred to another entity (the "Current Servicer"). Thus, Borrower submitted another loan modification application to the Current Servicer who rejected as a result of Borrower "having too little income."
Borrower subsequently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief and submitted two additional loan modification applications during the pendency of his bankruptcy. The Current Servicer rejected both of loan modification applications again citing Borrower's low income. In 2014, Borrower, with the assistance of a legal aid representative, submitted a third loan modification application. The Current Servicer allegedly informed the legal aid representative that it no longer considered the Second Loan as being in "active foreclosure." Borrower separately contacted the Note Holder who informed Borrower that "it would consider a modification in lieu of foreclosure."
In October 2014, Borrower's bankruptcy was dismissed lifting the bankruptcy stay. Borrower subsequently learned that the property at issue would be sold in five days' time. Borrower immediately contacted the Current Servicer who confirmed the property's sale date.
The property was subsequently sold via foreclosure sale with the Note Holder being the highest bidder.
Borrower subsequently instituted the instant action against Bank asserting causes of action for: (1) negligence; (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress ("IIED"); and (3) violations of Business and Professions Code section 17200 ("Section 17200").
Relevant to this appeal and his negligence claim, Borrower alleged the Bank owed Borrower a duty of care to: (1) "process, review, and respond carefully and completely to the loan modification applications [Borrower] submitted to [the Bank]; and (2) refrain from engaging in unfair and offensive business practices that confused Borrower and prevented him from pursing foreclosure prevention alternatives. Borrower further alleged the Bank breached its duty of care by failing to respond to his loan modification applications and by stating it would not conduct a foreclosure, among other things.
The Bank demurred to Borrower's operative complaint, which the superior court granted without leave to amend. Specifically, the trial court dismissed Borrower's negligence claim because Borrower failed "to plead facts supporting a tort duty of care by [Bank] to Borrower regarding the loan modification." The trial court sustained the Bank's demurrer to Borrower's IIED claim for failure to plead outrageous conduct and separately dismissed the Section 17200 "for want of an underlying claim."
Borrower appealed the lower court's order sustaining Bank's demurrer without leave to amend.
On appeal, Borrower argued the Bank owed him a duty of care under the holdings of Alvarez v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 941 (Alvarez); Daniels v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (2016) 246 Cal.App.4th 1150 (Daniels).
As you may recall, the Alvarez and Daniels rulings held that a lender owes a borrower a duty of care in tort during mortgage modifications negotiations. However, there is a sharp conflict among California courts as to whether a lender owes a duty of care to a borrower during mortgage loan modification negotiations, and the California Supreme Court has not resolved the conflict.
The Court began its analysis by examining Southern California Gas Leak Cases (2019) 7 Cal.5th 391 ("Gas Leak Cases"), which recently found there is no tort duty where the damages complained of purely are economic. Specifically, the Gas Leak Cases held that economic losses flowing from "a financial transaction gone awry" are "primarily the domain of contract and warranty law or the law of fraud, rather than of negligence.'" (Gas Leak Cases, supra, 7 Cal.5th at p. 402.)
The Court further noted "a striking degree of unanimity" weighing against the Alvarez and Daniels decisions as courts in at least 23 jurisdictions refuse "to import tort duties during mortgage modifications negotiations.
The Court next examined the Restatement of Torts ("Restatement") and found it provided that "no liability in tort for economic loss caused by negligence in the performance or negotiation of a contract between its parties." Indeed, the Restatement further explained that the economic loss rule "prevents the erosion of contract doctrines by the use of tort law to work around them…[and] also reduces the confusion that can result when a party brings suit on the same facts under contract and tort theories that are largely redundant in practical effect."
The Court separately noted "the ability of legislatures to craft remedies beyond the ken of courts…[as] through the democratic process, the Legislature can bring to bear a mix of expertise while considering competing concerns to craft a solution in tune with public demands." Gas Leak Cases, supra, 7 Cal.5th at p. 413.
Thus, the Court held that the trial court properly dismissed the Borrower's negligence claim because "a lender does not owe a borrower a common law duty to offer, consider, or approve a loan modification."
Concerning Borrower's other causes of action, the Court found his IIED claim was frivolous and that the trial court correctly dismissed Borrower's Section 17200 claim.
Accordingly, the Court affirmed the trial court's order sustaining Bank's demurrer without leave to amend.
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• Austin Gregory Moser made an initial appearance on two counts of a burglary-second degree charge, a theft-third degree charge and a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. The public defender's office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is scheduled at 1 p.m. on May 14. Bond is set at $10,000 cash only.
• Sher Ni made an initial appearance through a Thai interpreter on a public consumption of alcohol charge. Ni pleaded guilty and the fine is $65 with a $22.75 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $147.75, due within 30 days.
• Justice Edwin Thompson made an initial appearance on a failure to appear for a trial charge. The public defender's office will continue as counsel. The trial will be rescheduled by the District Associate Court. Bond is set at $2,000 cash only.
• Ceisha Rose Vanwey made an initial appearance on a driving while revoked charge, a driving under suspension charge and a no insurance charge. The public defender's office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is scheduled at 1 p.m. on May 24. Vanwey is released on her promise to appear.
• Daniel Dion Scates made an initial appearance on a probation violation charge. The public defender's office is appointed as counsel. The probation revocation hearing will be scheduled by the District Associate Court. Scates is being held without bond.
• Lewis Randolph made an initial appearance on a violation of a no-contact order/contempt of court charge. The public defender's office is appointed as counsel. The contempt hearing will be scheduled by the District Associate Court. Bond is set at $1,000 cash or surety. A new no-contact order has been for the protected party.
• Refugio Gonzalez made an initial appearance on a assault-simple charge and a interference with official acts charge. Gonzalez will hire his own counsel. The pre-trial conference is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. on May 30 in Magistrate Court. Bond will continue as posted until the conclusion of this case.
• Brittany Ann Hansen made an initial appearance on a disorderly conduct charge. Hansen pleaded guilty and the fine is $65 with a $22.75 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $147.75, due within 30 days.
• Hector Dario Hernandez Hernandez made an initial appearance on a criminal mischief-fifth degree charge. He pleaded guilty and the fine is $65 with a $22.75 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $147.75, due within 30 days.
• Kayti L. Shaffer made an initial appearance on a probation violation charge and new charges of two counts of child endangerment, possession of marijuana-second offense and possession of drug paraphernalia. Tyler Heeren is appointed as counsel. The probation revocation hearing will be scheduled by the District Associate Court. The preliminary hearing on the new charges is set at 1 p.m. on May 24. Bond will continue as posted until the conclusion of this case. A substance abuse evaluation is ordered with the results submitted to the court within 60 days. Two no-contact orders have been issued for the protected parties.
• Marvin Dominick Duran made an initial appearance on a failure to stop in the assured, clear distance charge and a no insurance charge. Duran pleaded guilty to the failure to stop charge and the fine is $65 with a $22.75 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $147.75. The no insurance charge was dismissed when proof of insurance was produced with court costs of $60 assessed. All payments are due within 30 days.
• James Richard Cuellar made an initial appearance on a theft-third degree charge. The public defender's office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is scheduled at 1 p.m. on May 24.
• Ramon Alejandro Medina Angel made an initial appearance on a driving while revoked and a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. The preliminary hearing is scheduled at 1 p.m. on May 24. Bond will continue as posted until the conclusion of this case.
• Two 16-year-old males and a 15-year-old male made initial appearance on curfew violation charges. They all pleaded guilty and the fines were $100 with a $35 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $195, due within 30 days.
• Victor Arquis Garcia made an initial appearance failure to maintain control and a no insurance charge. The failure to maintain control charge is scheduled for a pre-trial conference at 9:30 a.m. on June 6 in Magistrate Court. The no insurance charge was dropped with proof of insurance was produced with court costs of $60 assessed, due within 30 days.
• Matthew C. Hagedon to Kevin J. Dubon, 1307 W. Linn St.
• Marc Alan Cole to Donovan Cole, 308 N. 13th Ave.
• Stella Jean Howe to Angelina Marie and Matthew Paul Claus, 212 Palmer St.
• On Thursday, an incident of vandalism was reported in the 400 block of Melody Lane.
• On Friday, Colton Jagger Baker Lagerquist, 23, was cited for no insurance.
• On Friday, Milla Petepete, 28, was arrested for driving under suspension.
• On Friday, Lewis Randolph, 47, was arrested for contempt of court/violation of a no-contact order.
• On Friday, Douglas Salyers Jr., 32, was arrested for driving under suspension.
• On Friday, Colton Lagerquist, 23, was arrested for driving under suspension.
• On Thursday, Zachary Miller, 19, was arrested for trespass, public consumption of alcohol-first offense, theft-fifth degree, criminal mischief-second degree and burglary-third degree.
• On Thursday, Austin Moser, 36, was arrested possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and burglary-second degree.
• On Thursday, Daniel Scates, 27, was arrested on a warrant.
• On Thursday, Omer Omer, 43, was arrested for failure to obey a traffic control device and driving under suspension.
• On Thursday, Justice Edwin Thompson, 20, was arrested on a warrant.
• On Thursday, Omer Abdalla Omer, 43, was arrested on a warrant.
• On Thursday, Omar Garcia, 25, was arrested for driving while license is denied or revoked, driving while barred and no valid driver's license.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to an unauthorized burning to 208 1/2 S. Fourth St., a medical assist with the EMS crew to 403 E. Southridge Road, and a police matter at 305 Melody Lane.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a smoke or odor removal at 511 E. Church St., a grass fire at 402 N. 10th Ave., two unauthorized burnings at 1013 E. South St., and 509 W. Linn St., and two medical assists with the EMS crew to 1 W. Grant St., and 409 N. First Ave.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a grass fire at 506 W. Main St., an unauthorized burning at 207 N. Second St., an arcing shorted electrical equipment at 2502 S. Second St., a fire at 1831 Prairie Ave., Albion, and five medical assists with the EMS crew to: 1211 W. State St., 206 Nicholas Drive, Iowa Avenue and Sixth Street, 202 N. Second Ave., and 208 Nicholas Drive.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a gas leak at 18 N. 10th Ave., a vehicle accident at Third Avenue and Boone Street, a dispatched/cancelled en route to 1505 S. Fourth St., two unauthorized burnings at 505 W. Linn St., and 214 N. 11th Ave., an authorized burn at 503 NewCastle Road, and six medical assists with the EMS crew to: 406 Melody Lane, 2802 S. Center St., 2 N. Second Ave., 613 Jerome St., 308 S. Second St., and 713 Swayze St.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a gasoline or other flammable liquid spill at 1611 W. State St., and seven medical assists with the EMS crew to: 808 Patterson Lane, 200 S. 12th Ave., 205 1/2 N. Ninth St., 514 N. Second St., 409 N. 13th Ave., 507 Bromley St., and 1211 W. State St.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a building fire at 1012 Fremont St., an authorized burning at 311 S. 14th Ave., two brush fires at 2101 E. Nevada St., and 300 Iowa Ave. East, two smoke detector activations-no fire-unintentional at 808 Patterson Lane, and 2306 S. Third Ave., and four medical assists with the EMS crew to: 312 N. Fourth St., 203 S. Third St., 204 N. Fifth Ave., and 2607 Governor Road.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a dispatched/cancelled en route to MM183 on Highway 30, a unauthorized burning at 411 N. 15th Ave., a grass fire at 200 Glenda Drive, a wrong location at 200 N. Vine St., Le Grand, and five medical assists with the EMS crew to: 403 Union St., 404 Plaza Heights Road, 401 N. 13th Ave., 1516 E. Olive St., and 1406 S. 12th St.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a gas leak at 3303 S. Center St., an unauthorized burning at 408 E. State St., and 10 medical assists with the EMS crew to: 206 W. Grant St., 111 N. Seventh St., 627 W. Nevada St., 607 E. Church St., 206 N. Center St., 408 W. Nevada St., 109 1/2 W. Webster St., 204 S. Seventh Ave./Linn Street, 200 E. Main St., and 502 Plaza Heights Road.
• The Marshalltown Fire Department responded to a smoke detector activation-no fire-unintentional at 408 Carson Drive, and four medical assists with the EMS crew to: 309 S. 12th Ave., 407 Melody Lane, 3202 S. 12th St., and 2005 Bryngelson Drive.


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Route 2 Bridge Replacement
Town of Brunswick, New York
New York State Department of Transportation
Ryan-Biggs Associates, PC
Harrison & Burrowes
Span: 60-ft.
Rise: 17-ft.
Length: 45-ft.
During a bridge inspection, NYSDOT reviewed the bridge carrying Route 2 over the Poesten Kill in the Town of Brunswick. Built in 1923, the bridge was exhibiting increased concrete deterioration and poor structure condition. Due to its condition and non-standard bridge width, NYSDOT recommended a complete bridge replacement.
The goal was to restore the bridge condition to "5" or greater for at least 50 years and to provide a structure with improved geometric features. A collaborative decision was made by NYSDOT, the Town of Brunswick and the residents of the community. A BEBO® Arch structure was chosen to meet the bridge criteria, minimize adverse environmental effects on the land and maintain the historical character of the project area. The project marks the first twin leaf BEBO® Arch structure approved and utilized by NYSDOT.
After evaluating several construction alternatives, NYSDOT elected to replace the bridge in phases. During Phase 1, two lanes of traffic were maintained on the existing bridge while half of the new bridge was installed. In Phase 2, traffic was shifted onto the new bridge, utilizing one-way traffic. General Contractor Harrison & Burrowes installed the bridge during the summer with an accelerated schedule.
Additional road work included realignment of the road, new high visibility cross walks and new lighting. Retaining walls were also added at various locations to minimize impacts to adjacent properties.


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