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Rowdies Grind Out Win Against Atlanta
Posted on September 15, 2018 September 15, 2018 Author Jake Nutting	Comments Off on Rowdies Grind Out Win Against Atlanta
With the official start of fall approaching next week, summer was showing no signs of relenting in its final weekend at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night, as the Tampa Bay Rowdies battled Atlanta United 2 in oppressive humidity to remain in the postseason hunt.
With a heat index of 95 degrees in downtown St. Petersburg, both sides enjoyed stretches of possession in the early stages until Sebastian Guenzatti buried a shot into the back of the net at the half hour mark. The tally proved to be the lone goal of the night.
Popping a bouncing pass into the box from Kwadwo Poku in the air, Guenzatti swiftly turned and powered a low shot through the legs of the defender at his back that zipped past the hands of keeper Mitch Hildebrandt. Guenzatti's deft finish was redemption from a miss only two minutes prior, when he skied a sitter from six yards out well over the crossbar.
"Sometimes the easiest ones are the hardest," Guenzatti said of the initial misfire. "I was too open. For me, I need to feel some people in the box, but I got up and on the next play and I got the ball, so it was really good."
A hydration break immediately followed Guenzatti's strike, and the Rowdies comfortably took hold for the rest of the half, but the second goal eluded them. While dominating in most aspects of the match, the Rowdies only managed to fire four shots on target all night.
Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins stressed after the match that achieving consistency in the attack is going to take effort from everyone that takes the field, not just those up top.
"I think we got into good positions. I thought our football up until the final third was excellent," he said. "It's not just the attackers. Can a center back score from a set piece? Can we have a midfielder drive through and score from the edge of the box? That's a team thing. If we start doing that, we're gonna have even better results."
Atlanta's attack had an even harder time finding the back of the net due to a sturdy defensive effort by the Rowdies. Keeper Daniel Vega was only called on for one save, easily handling a shot in the 73rd minute.
Even though the Rowdies remain 13th (34 pts) in the Eastern Conference, the win was vital for them in the standings. Ottawa Fury FC climbed all the way to 7th in the conference with a 2-0 win over the Richmond Kickers on Saturday. New York Red Bulls II (8th, 41 pts), Nashville SC (9th, 39 pts), North Carolina FC (10th, 35 pts), Penn FC (11th, 35 pts), Charlotte Independence (12th, 35 pts) all sit directly above the Rowdies. North Carolina or Penn FC could pull ahead even more as they square off against each on Sunday.
There isn't much runway left for the Rowdies to make a postseason push. Starting with Tuesday's massively important trip to Nashville, they only have five matches left to gain ground on the competition and secure one of the conference's eight postseason slots. Following Nashville, the Rowdies return to Al Lang to face Richmond and then will close out the regular season with three away matches and one more home match.
"I'm not even thinking about (the postseason.) Let's go and try and beat Nashville on Tuesday night," Collins said. "(Tonight) is one win. A win, with all due respect to Atlanta who're having a good run, a win that I expect to get at home. Atlanta's a good side in good form, but we expect to get that at home. Now Nashville, a very tough game, but one where we want to try and get three points."
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Holistic Human Factors and System Design of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems
Goals & Impact
Deliverables list
D.01.01. Requirements Analysis for the HF-RTP, Methodology and Techniques and Tools
This deliverable introduces to the Reference Technology Platform (RTP) and the idea of the Human Factors (HF) RTP, which will be developed during the course of this project. Whereas the RTP is a set of pre-integrated tools and services that could be compiled and installed to satisfy the needs of a particular use case, an RTP instance is a subset of RTP components that have been integrated through a stage known as tailoring, i.e., it is a choice of tools and services out of the "library" provided by the RTP.
D.01.02. Review of Human Factor Integration Concepts and Regulations
The objective of this document is the review of Human Factors Integration Concepts and Regulations substantiated for the four HoliDes domains. In this way, the acquired knowledge gained about the possible HF input relevant to the development and qualification of systems, should serve as a basis for the further working steps within WP1: definition of an initial Project Base Line and draft of the HF-RTP architecture and methodology.
D.01.03. HF-RTP Vs0.5 incl. Methodology and Requirements Analysis Update
This document was written to support Task 1.4 in its two aims which are:
i) To define the ADCOS methodology
ii) To define the RTP Architecture
This document describes the progress of the HoliDes consortium to develop a Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP), at its version 1.0. In software industry, version number 1.0 typically refers to the first official release of a new piece of software or tool. Thus, it seems to be appropriate to describe the overall approach which led to this important milestone of the project.
This document describes the progress of the HoliDes consortium to develop a Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP), at its version 1.5.
Before any details are explained it should be clarified: "What is the HoliDes HF-RTP?" According to the proposal the HF-RTP developed in HoliDes consists of a set of processes, techniques and software tools, which can be used for the development of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS) according to domain specific regulations and standards.
This document describes the final achievements of the HoliDes consortium to
develop a Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP). The HF-RTP
consists of a set of processes, methods, techniques and software tools (from now
on MTTs), which can be used for the development of Adaptive Cooperative
Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS) according to domain specific regulations and
Regarding processes, HoliDes focuses on the integration of human factors into
the engineering processes of four application domains (Health, Aeronautics,
D.02.01. Requirements Analysis for Modelling Techniques and Tools
This document describes the first results on the analysis of requirements, which have been collected from the application work packages (WP6 Health,WP7 Aeronautics, WP 8 Control Rooms and WP9 Automotive) regarding their relevance for human factor modelling techniques and tools. It will describe, which techniques and tools will be used within WP2 for the HF RTP v.0.5, how the requirements have been analysed and which requirements are relevant for WP2. Furthermore, this deliverable will be input for several other WP2 tasks and Deliverables, e.g.
D.02.02. Plan for Integration of Modelling Techniques & Tools into the HF-RTP and Methodology
D2.2 Integration Plan for MTT into HF-RTP gives details on the integration of MTTs into the HF-RTP for WP2. Please refer to the common Integration Plan document for further details on the HF-RTP and possible integration techniques.
D2.2-D.5.2 Integration Plan Common part describes our plans for integration of the MTTs into a HF-RTP and the accompanying methodology, by describing the successive steps to be followed to guarantee a smooth and iterative integration in the three Project Cycles
D.02.03. Catalogue for Psychological Model Assessment
D2.3 Catalogue for Psychological Model Assessment This deliverable consists of the elaboration of crucial HF aspects that need to be considered when constructing an AdCoS (Adaptive Cooperative System). The requirements from WP6-9 (D2.1) served as a basis. A list of exemplary requirements from D2.1 and addressed HF aspects has been compiled. Subsequently, these aspects were broken down to universal HF principles that are applicable cross-domain.
D.02.04. Modelling Techniques and Tools Vs1.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
The development of an interactive system is a complex problem, which is continuously growing with the evolving technology, i.e. growing cooperation between actors in distributed locations, or future application of adaptive systems. Model-based approaches can be very helpful to manage this complexity, because models can be described on different levels of abstraction, focused on the relevant information in a structured way. One advantage of model-based approaches is, that these models can be analysed in multiple ways, e.g.
Objective of WP2 is to develop modelling languages that support the modelling of adaptive and cooperative Systems (AdCoS), as well as editors for the specification of these models.
The development of the modelling languages has been started:
D.02.07. Modelling Techniques and Tools Vs2.0 incl. Handbooks
HoliDes addresses the design and the development of Adaptive Cooperative Systems (AdCoS). These systems are adapting to the cognitive abilities of the human operator(s) and facilitate cooperation between humans and machines with the goal to enhance safety, to reduce the human error risk, and to better support human operators facing too complex or critical situations.
D.03.01. Requirements Analysis for Adaptation Techniques and Tools
This document aims to describe and synthetize the mapping between requirements provided by the application work package (WP6-9) and existing partner's tools available in the WP3.
D.03.02. Plan for Integration of Adaptation Techniques & Tools into the HF-RTP & Methodology
This document describes the adaptation techniques and tools and how they could be adapted to the RTP if desired.
D.03.03. Framework for Adaptation
This document serves the purpose of finding a common understanding of adaptation as well as the formulation and definition of terms all project partners can agree on. At first, the framework for adaptation is outlined theoretically, on the basis of which the project partners from different industries elaborate their AdCos and modeling approaches. This document is a living document that will evolve during the project.
D.03.04. Techniques and Tools for Adaptation Vs1.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
The objective of this public document "D 3.4a - Techniques and Tools for Adaptation Vs1.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update" is to present the techniques and tools for adaptation, including context assessment, adaptation computation and communication/feedback.
D.03.07. Techniques and Tools for Adaptation Vs2.0 incl. Handbooks
The objective of this document "D 3.7b - Techniques and Tools for Adaptation Vs 2.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update", confidential, is to give a final update on the use of the Adaptation Framework proposed and improved along the project and the last status about the development of the techniques and tools concerning Adaptation, and their integration in the different AdCoS.
D.04.01. Requirements Analysis for Model-based Analysis Techniques and Tools
This document describes the objectives, the methodology and the results of the analysis of requirements which have been collected from application work packages (WP6 to WP9) regarding their relevance for model based analysis techniques and tools.
D.04.02. Plan for Integration of Model-based Analysis Techniques and Tools into the HF-RTP and Methodology
This document gives details on the integration of MTTs into the HF-RTP for WP4. Please refer to the common Integration Plan document for further details on the HF-RTP and possible integration techniques.
D.04.03. Metrics for Model-based and Empirical AdCoS Qualification
This document provides the definition of metrics for requirements that have been selected within the preceding requirement analysis (Deliverable D4.1).Using such metrics, requirements imposed on particular AdCoS can be verified and if the AdCoS satisfies all the requirements then the AdCoS is qualified for usage. In the second part, this document contains brief description of model-based and empirical techniques and tools that could be used for verification of these requirements.
D.04.04. Techniques and Tools for Model-based AnalysisVs1.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
This document describes Techniques and Tools for Model-based Analysis in WP4 and their integration into a tailored HF-RTP specifically dedicated to WP4 objectives.
D.04.05. Techniques and Tools for Model-based Analysis Vs1.5 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
D.04.07. Techniques and Tools for Model-based Analysis Vs2.0 incl. Handbooks
D.04.6. Techniques and Tools for Model-based Analysis Vs1.8 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
D.05.01. Requirements Analysis for Empirical Analysis Techniques and Tools
The objective of WP 5 is to develop techniques and tools for the empirical analysis of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS) against Human Factors and safety regulations. In WP 5.1 the collected requirements of WP 6-9 were analysed both by WP5-members who were also members of one of the WPs 6-9 with domain specific expertise and other WP5-members with more experience in Human Factors. The starting point of this analysis were the requirements of WP 6-9 which were fixed in Excel tables.
D.05.02. Plan for Integration of Empirical Analysis Techniques and Tools into the HF-RTP and Methodology
This deliverable consists of two parts. The "Integration Plan Common Part" is shared by the deliverables D2.2 to D5.2. It explains how to integrate methods, tools and techniques (MTTs) into the Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP). The present document details the MTTs which will be contributed by WP5 as components to the HF-RTP. Details concerning the HoliDes RTP, its methodology and the integration of components can also be found in D1.1 and the forthcoming D1.3.
D.05.03. Techniques and Tools for Empirical Analysis Vs1.0 incl. Handbooks and Requirements Analysis Update
This deliverable reports the progress of the HoliDes consortium to develop methods, techniques and tools (MTTs) for the Human Factors-Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP), version 1.0. For work package 5 (WP5), it concludes project cycle I. During this cycle, as a first step we received the requirements from the application work packages WP6-9. After an analysis of these requirements (cf. D5.1), we selected those metrics and methods to be developed in WP5, which could best meet the AdCoS owners' needs.
The objective of the document is to provide a general overview of the status of the activities conducted in WP5 since the last deliverable (February 2015).
D.05.06. Techniques and Tools for Empirical Analysis Vs2.0 incl. Handbooks
The main objective of WP5 within HoliDes was to develop methods, techniques and tools (MTTs) for the empirical analysis of Adaptive Cooperative Human Machine Systems (AdCoS). This last deliverable thus presents the final state (version 2.0) of the developed MTTs and shows their integration into the AdCoS development process and the Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP). WP5 was designed to receive requirements from the application work packages 6-9 and from the HF-RTP definition in WP1.
D.06.01. Requirements Definition for the HF-RTP, Methodology and Techniques and Tools from a Health Perspective
The overall scenario we selected to derive the requirements from WP 6: Health, is defined from point of view of a patient, who needs to have medical examinations and treatment.
D.06.02. Tailored HF-RTP and Methodology Vs0.5 for the Health Domain
Within the Holides project a number of tools and services is available or will be developed. The integration of these tools leads to the Reference Technology Platform (RTP). In this context the tools and services are also referred to as RTP-components. The RTP-components become useful when they are tailored into an RTP instance. Tailoring here means the selection of tools and services that match the needs of a specific application use case.
D.06.03. Requirements & Specification & first Modelling for the Health AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
This document describes the results of a first attempt to model the AdCoS using the HF-RTP and methodology with pre-existing tools and provides feedback to WP1-5. The resulting requirements and specifications will further be used in task 6.3 for developing models of the AdCoS, and task 6.4 for providing the implementations.
The objective of this document is to explain the tailoring of the HF-RTP for the AdCos in the healthcare domain. It follows deliverable D6.2 and describes the use and tailoring of MTTs in the AdCos context. For each AdCos the tailoring steps as defined in D1.4 are described in more detail.
D.06.05. Modelled and Model-based Analysis of the Health AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
This document contains the results of the modelling effort for the AdCoS being developed in WP6, the health application domain.
The following document describes the process of adaptation of the HFRTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the Healthcare domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and tool chains developed by the partners. It is the follow up deliverable of D6.4. It is explained how the tailoring methodology provided by WP1 is applied in the Healthcare Domain.
D.06.07. Implementation of the Health AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
D.06.07. Implementation of the Health AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update v7 final
D.06.09. Empirical Evaluation of the Health AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update(Feedback)
D.06.10. Final Version of the Health AdCoS
This document describes the final implementation of the Health AdCoS and feedback to the HF-RTP. Since there are multiple AdCoS's for the Health domain, each chapter covers a separate AdCoS. Each chapter starts with a short AdCoS introduction, followed by a description how the MTT's from the HF-RTP have been integrated. The benefits of the HoliDes approach for qualification and certification is described. Furthermore, an impression of the HMI is given. Finally, each chapter concludes with feedback and recommendations.
D.07.01. Requirements Definition for the HF-RTP, Methodology and Techniques and Tools from an Aeronautics Perspective
This document is the result of the analysis made by the WP7 group for the definition of methods in the assessment of target scenarios, use cases and requirements in the aeronautical domain. The document is an overview of data gathered in other documents.
D.07.02. Tailored HF-RTP and Methodology Vs0.5 for the Aeronautics Domain
The purpose of this document is to describe how the HF-RTP and methodology received from WP1 will be tailored to aeronautics domain.
D.07.03. Requirements & Specification & first Modelling for the Aeronautics AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
In WP7 two adaptive cooperative systems are built. The first aims at supporting pilot in not quite rare situation when due to unpredictable unavailability of destination pilots need to quickly find an alternate destination considering number of complex factors. The second AdCoS considers difficulties pilots encounter when they aspire for license on new aircraft type. Typically the pilots need to undergo long and costly training regardless of their previous experience.
The main objective of this deliverable is to describe the current tailoring process in each of the two AdCoS composing the use case of the aeronautic domain.
D.07.05. Modelled and Model-based Analysis of the Aeronautics AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
This report describes the results of using the HF-RTP and methodology with new techniques and tools from WP2, WP4, and WP5 to model the AdCoS and to perform model-based analysis. Feedback will be described for WP1-5. The deliverable is furthermore supplemented with a common annex, providing a cross-domain introduction and conclusion to AdCoS modelling (Annex II).
In deliverable D7.2, which was the initial version of the tailoring process, we defined the RTP and described how the RTP can be applied in the development process of the aeronautics domain. Deliverable D7.4 was built upon the initial version by refining the tailoring steps and updating the whole process based on experiments and inputs from the preceding work packages (mainly the tailoring rules derived in WP1, D1.5). The current version of the tailoring process applied to the AdCoS is described in section 2 of this document.
D.07.07. Implementation of the Aeronautics AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update(Feedback)
D.07.09. Empirical Evaluation of the Aeronautics AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
D.07.10. Final Version of the Aeronautics AdCoS
D.08.01. Requirements Definition for the HF-RTP, Methodology and Techniques and Tools from a Control Room Perspective
This document is the result of the analysis made by the WP8 group for the definition of methods in the assessment of target scenarios, use cases and requirements in the Control Room domain.In that context, the report provides the approach used to collect the needs of the WP8 partners for requirements as well as the target scenarios and use cases. The report will describe the requirements to be delivered to WP1-5 from a Control Room perspective.
D.08.02. Tailored HF-RTP and Methodology Vs0.5 for the Control Room Domain
The purpose of this document is to describe how the HF-RTP and methodology received from WP1 will be tailored to control room domain. It will describe the rationale for every tailoring step and will give feedback with regard to the application of the rules. This document is the first of 4 iterations. Each iteration thereafter will add more functionality and tools into the RTP instance. For more information regarding the RTP topic please refer to D1.3.
D.08.03. Requirements & Specification & first Modelling for the Control Room AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
This document describes the requirements for the AdCoS applications in the Control Room domain along with specification including use cases referred to both the Border Surveillance Control Room and the Energy Network Surveillance Control Room. It includes the results of a first attempt to model the AdCoS using the HF-RTP and methodology utilising either pre-existing and new tools to be developed in the frame of the HoliDes project. In addition, feedback from WP1-5 is reported.
The following document describes the process of adaptation of the HF-RTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the Control Room domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and tool chains developed by the partners. It is explained how the tailoring methodology provided by WP1 is applied in the Control Room Domain.
D.08.05. Modelled and Model-based Analysis of the Control Room AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update(Feedback)
The objective of this document is to provide a common template that will be used by all four AdCoS deliverables D6.5 Health, D7.5 Aeronautics, D8.5 Control Rooms and D9.5 Automotive.
The following document describes the process of building the HF-RTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the Control Room Domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and tool chains developed by the partners. It is the follow up deliverable of D8.2. It is explained how the tailoring methodology provided by WP1 is applied in the Control Room Domain.
D.08.07. Implementation of the Control Room AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
D.08.09. Empirical Evaluation of the Control Room AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
D.08.10. Final Version of the Control Room AdCoS
The present document describes the final version of the Control Room AdCoS and provides a final assessment of the HF-RTP, methodology and used MTTs against the Project Baseline. Recommendations are given for future development and usage of the HF-RTP and methodology.
D.09.01. Requirements Definition for the HF-RTP, Methodology and Techniques and Tools from an Automotive Perspective
The following document describes the generation of target scenarios, use cases and the derivation of requirements for the Automotive domain in the HoliDes project, a European Union Project, which aims at the development and qualification of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS). The methodology is described as well as the used terminology. In the "Annex II: List of Requirements, a complete list of the currently used requirements can be found.
D.09.02. Tailored HF-RTP and Methodology Vs0.5 for the Automotive Domain
The following document describes the process of adaptation of the HF-RTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the Automotive domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and tool chains developed by the partners. The HoliDes project is a European Union Project, which aims at the development and qualification of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS). The methodology is described as well as the used terminology.
D.09.03. Requirements & Specification & first Modelling for the Automotive AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
The main objective of WP9 is the development and qualification of AdCoS in Automotive (AUT) domain using the tailored HF-RTP and methodology from WP1, to demonstrate the added value for industrial engineering processes, in terms of reduced cost, fewer necessary development cycles and better functional performances.
The following document describes the process of adaptation of the HF-RTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the automotive domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and toolchains developed by the partners. It is the follow up deliverable of D9.2. It is explained how the tailoring methodology provided by WP1 is applied in the Automotive Domain.
D.09.05. Modelled and Model-based Analysis of the Automotive AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
Deliverable D9.5 describes the progress and provides feedback concerning the modelling and model-based analysis of Adaptive Cooperative Human-Machine Systems (AdCoS) using the methods, techniques, and (software) tools (MTTs), provided by the Human Factors Reference Technology Platform (HF-RTP) developed in HoliDes. It follows the deliverable D9.4 , in which the tailoring of available MTTs to the automotive domain and use-cases has been described. D9.5 consists of a public and a confidential part.
The following document describes the process of adaptation of the HF-RTP, which is being developed in the HoliDes project (WP1), to the Automotive domain, with a special focus on the description of the AdCoS and tool chains developed by the partners. It is the follow up deliverable of D9.4, which was the first tailoring period. It is explained how the tailoring methodology provided by WP1 is applied in the Automotive Domain.
D.09.07. Implementation of the Automotive AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update (Feedback)
D.09.09. Empirical Evaluation of the Automotive AdCoS and HF-RTP Requirements Definition Update(Feedback)
D.09.10. Final Version of the Automotive AdCoS
The objective of this document is to describe the final implementation of the Automotive AdCoS, with feedback to the HF-RTP and related methodology, including the assessment against the Project Baseline. Since there are multiple AdCoS applications for the Automotive (AUT) domain, each chapter covers a separate one. Each chapter starts with a short AdCoS introduction, followed by a description how the MTT's from the HF-RTP have been integrated. Furthermore, details about the HMI implementation are given.
D.10.01. Webpage Initial Version
This document is about the explanation of the different sections and contents of the HoliDes website. The web portal, ww.holides.eu, is one of the main contributions to dissemination activities for the HoliDes project.
D.10.02. Webpage Final Version
This document is about the explanation of the different sections and contents of the HoliDes website. The web portal, www.holides.eu, is one of the main contributions to dissemination activities for the HoliDes project.
Considering the importance of the international partners involved in the project and of its users, the web application has been designed and built taking into consideration the specific project and its diverse areas of activity, balancing the functionality on the needs and expectations of users. It is an effective communication tool.
D.10.03. Exploitation & Dissemination Plan Initial Version
D.10.04. Exploitation & Dissemination Plan Intermediate Version
D.10.05. Exploitation & Dissemination Plan Final Version
D10.5 documents the activities that are related to the outreach of the HoliDes project to the outside world, specifically to the exploitation activities and to the dissemination activities.
In the first part of the deliverable (D10.5 a), the exploitation activities are provided. This part includes an overview of the overall exploitation strategy and of the market innovation in the four application domains, followed by the current exploitation & business plans of the partners.
D.11.01. Project Management Plan (incl. Budget, Risk Management)
D.11.02. Project Quality Assurance Plan
D.11.03. Initial Progress & Financial Report First Year
D.11.04. Intermediate Progress & Financial Report Second Year
D.11.05. Final Progress & Financial Report Third Year
HOLIDES is made possible by funding from the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. Grant agreement no.: 332933 Núm. de identificación del expediente: ART-010000-2013-4

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I guess I haven't really felt much like blogging lately. Most of my blogging gets done late at night when everybody's gone to sleep and I'm alone with my thoughts, but lately I've been kind of occupied late at night chatting with a new friendish person. He works nights, so he's around when nobody else is.
I like talking to him, but he seems pretty emotionally stable and that's kind of weird for me. It's not bad by any means, I'm just... not used to it. I don't think I've ever had lengthy conversations with anybody who didn't have some kind of emotional problems. Having a hard time wrapping my head around the concept that this dude is just... normal.
Whoa. On my flight back home, I sat next to a guy and we actually had a conversation instead of just completely ignoring each other. He asked if I'd like to get coffee sometime and I gave him my number.
I'm honestly shocked. I've thought about this scenario happening tons of times but didn't think it ever would, what with people being glued to their smartphones. Anyway, I don't expect it to go anywhere, but it would be nice to make a new friend.
I'm at Kyle's house right now, visiting for the weekend + Monday. Yesterday we did a whole bunch of stuff. My flight got in pretty early, so we went to get breakfast at this strange cafe that was located in a business center. The front of it was a vape shop, and it seemed like it had just been set up temporarily, but also kind of looked like a Chinese restaurant. The dishes they gave us our food on had a "grandma's china" feel to them, and were strangely ornate compared to everything else. Both of us got omelettes, and the omelettes were weird too. Not bad per se, but they looked like they had been prepared in a circular mold, and instead of being folded over like a normal omelette, they just... had all the ingredients kind of suspended in the middle of the egg patty. Mine looked like it was injected with cheese.
After that, Kyle took me to this awesome bird store nearby. It had parrots just sitting out in the store! Realizing now that I was so wrapped up in looking at the birds that I didn't take any pictures... The birds were friendly though, and you could pick them up. I held a Hahn's macaw and it climbed up my arm and bit my ear. >.> It also bit Kyle's ear, so... I guess it got both of us, haha. Despite the pain, it was a cute experience.
Met up with a friend from IRC in LA once we were done at the bird store. We visited the Museum of Death, which was... kind of weird. Very graphic and gory. It wasn't quite what I was hoping for, but it was still interesting. They had conjoined twin turtles! Honestly that was kind of cooler than seeing all the horrifying pictures of dead people. We also walked around Hollywood a little. Nothing too exciting there, but it was somewhat enjoyable.
On the way back from LA, he and I stopped at Chick-fil-a because I had never been there. As it turns out, they have almost nothing to eat for people who don't eat chicken, but we both got an order of waffle fries because we were hungry. That took the edge off the hunger until we got to the Indian place near his work that we'd been planning to try during my visit. For... whatever reason, in between chill electronic songs, the restaurant played the Ghostbusters theme song.
Kyle bought a smoker recently, and wanted to try smoking fish, so we bought some salmon and mackerel after dinner.
Surprisingly, I didn't pass out at any point. I barely got any sleep the night before, but I stayed awake all through the day (got kind of sleepy sometimes but not badly). Was even awake enough to watch The Matrix at his house together and go for a walk. It was Kyle's first time seeing The Matrix somehow, and it had been a long time since I saw it, so that was fun.
Today was more laid back than yesterday. We got some wood chips for the smoker and some cheese from Whole Foods to try smoking, then got pizza for lunch. Man, that pizza was really good. @[email protected] Hard to go wrong with spinach, garlic, and feta. After eating, we seasoned the smoker and played a game, then watched some movies. The first movie was really awful and cringey and had three separate scenes within 30 minutes where women surprised a guy by stripping to naked when he wasn't looking. After the third time it happened I'd had enough and we switched to a different movie. Ended up picking Grave of the Fireflies, which neither of us enjoyed. It just dragged on and on and one of the main characters was annoying... I'm starting to think I just don't like Studio Ghibli films. Kiki's Delivery Service was similarly boring and unenjoyable to me.
I guess we stayed in more today because we were smoking fish and had to stick around for it. The salmon turned out pretty good though! The mackerel... eh, not so much. It was too salty, I think. Shouldn't have put it in the same brine as the salmon for so long. It's okay though, it was a learning experience.
We walked again for longer tonight, and went to a playground nearby. All the equipment was slightly damp, which surprised me. Kyle said it's probably because we're closer to the ocean than where I live, which I guess makes sense. We wandered over to a shopping center after the playground, but barely anything was open, so we got Choco Tacos from a weirdly upscale gas station store because I'd never had one before. It was pretty good, but I think mine might have been defrosted and refrozen at some point, because the shell wasn't crunchy at all. It reminded me of Drumsticks I'd had that had that problem. While we were headed back to his house, we passed a big fenced off lot that had a former car dealership on it. Kyle mentioned that he'd thought about climbing the fence to go see if the building was open before, but had never done it because he didn't want to get in trouble for trespassing. I suggested we go in anyway (there was a huge gap under the fence we could have crawled through), but he was very reluctant. We ended up walking around the fence and finding that it was open in a certain spot, so we just walked right in and looked in the buildings, a couple of which turned out to have open doors. Given the trash and stuff we found, it seems safe to guess that someone had been in there not too long ago. There was mostly just debris and abandoned furniture inside, and we didn't have flashlights so we couldn't see everything anyway, but it was cool. He took a picture of me in the second building we went into, which smelled gross. It had that San Francisco/homeless person/old urine odor. Didn't stay in there long, though if I'd had a flashlight and it didn't smell disgusting, maybe I would have wanted to?
Once we'd returned to the house, we melted some of the cheese we bought on pretzels and ate them. I don't think either of us was particularly hungry, but he'd realized that he wasn't sure if he could smoke cheese in his smoker, and we wanted to try the cheese if we weren't saving it for smoking. The pretzels were good with the cheese (New Zealand white cheddar and three chili Gouda), but I'm not sure if I thought they were significantly better than microwave nachos.
I've been asking Kyle a lot of hypothetical questions while I've been here. Mostly "If they were otherwise perfect, would you date someone who ___?" format. That's been fun, haha. I used to love asking people hypothetical questions, but I toned it down a lot after high school... I think my favorite one this trip was "If they were otherwise perfect, would you date someone who had a badly done full back tattoo of your face and they only wanted you to do it with them from behind with the lights on?" He said he wasn't sure, but maybe. Somehow though, when I asked "If they were otherwise perfect, would you date someone who played Candy Crush for three hours a day?" he said no instantly, hahaha. Apparently he wouldn't be able to respect someone like that, which I can't blame him for. I don't want to date people I can't respect either. Anyway, I've had a good time visiting him, and I feel... pretty good in general.
Talked to someone new for almost 8 straight hours, whew. It's fun though, I like it when conversation flows like that.
It's sad to have a really good memory that you can't share with anybody who would understand it. Sometimes I wish I could go back and relive certain moments. Reminiscing with others is like a small step in that direction, but when even that option is unavailable, I just end up feeling mildly wistful.
I can't remember the last time I couldn't stop laughing the way I was in the memory I'm thinking about. There were a few times like that, actually, a few years ago... but nothing's been like that since.
"Dark Cold Magic" by The Blow.
Does it hang around your head like a cloud?
Does it dissipate with the hot winds that blow out of your mouth?
Interview tomorrow. I don't feel particularly worried. People tend to like me if they get to know me. When problems do arise it's usually because I get invested/attached, but that won't be a risk with an interview. No issues when things are kept at arm's length.
Was reading about how friends we feel ambivalently about cause more stress than people we actively dislike. That seems pretty true to my experience. People whose friendship I question stress me out much more than people I just don't like altogether. Maybe that's why it's so much easier to just transfer people to the dislike pile when things go downhill. Ambiguity is a heart breaker.
Still not totally healthy, but went to the gym and did a little on the treadmill. Felt bad, but I didn't die.
I helped with the suicide watch at the Golden Gate Bridge on Thanksgiving day. It was an interesting experience, and I would do it again. Felt better to volunteer than to celebrate, actually. I didn't see any would-be jumpers, but that's good. The bridge is apparently the second most popular place in the world to attempt suicide, with an average of 2-3 people a day going there for that purpose (that's what we were told by the coordinator of the event). Seems like they should have regular patrols, not just holiday ones. I guess that advertising it as a holiday thing gives people something to do if they don't have a celebration planned, though.
Might have been a mistake to give the guy I was partnered with my number, because now he keeps texting me. Walking and talking with him was fine, but the texting is getting overwhelming because we're not really having a conversation, he's just... texting a lot of stuff at me. And he doesn't seem to be picking up on cues that I'm not super interested in what he's texting me... I don't dislike him, I just don't want to talk to him THIS much, I guess?
From reading The Righteous Mind, I'm starting to wonder if I might like dating someone a little more on the conservative side. I think I'm more morally conservative than most, if not all, of the people I've dated, and that's always bothered me, but I've more or less put up with it. This book is making me think I might be better off with a moderate conservative though (not an extremist, obviously). I met a guy a few months ago who was a bit more conservative in some of his viewpoints, and it was... REALLY refreshing, actually. He had well-thought out points and was informed about what he was saying, so he wasn't conservative out of ignorance or anything. I think that's important to me. I'm willing to hear people's opinions out as long as they've put a good amount of thought into them, which honestly, most people haven't.
We were keeping in touch via email for awhile, but he stopped responding a few months ago. :( Sometimes I think I'd like to date somebody like him (but not him specifically, because he's poly and in a relationship, and also he lives in Florida). I really liked being around him. I wonder how he's doing... Even though we didn't know each other very long, I miss talking to him.
I remember telling my old therapist, the one I used to see before I moved for school, that I imagined having a lot of conversations with people, and he looked surprised and told me that was something to be aware of. It seemed strange to me at the time, because I'd never questioned it before. As far as I knew, everybody had conversations in their heads like that. Isn't that why we have so many memes about people only thinking of good comebacks hours or weeks or even years later?
The tiniest bit of reflection makes it seem like a strange thing to assume everyone does, though. I spend a lot of my thoughts on thinking of what to say in a variety of situations, maybe as some form of social preparation... Socializing still isn't super intuitive for me, so I guess this is how I compensate.
My friend Mike asked me to take a character strengths test, which gave me some... interesting results. Like all self-report tests, it's pretty subject to error depending on how self-aware the respondent is (and most people are not good at knowing themselves). I tried to answer to the best of my abilities though, even though many of the questions were ambiguous and didn't account for context. Social intelligence was one of my lowest-ranked strengths, which according to the site doesn't mean it's a weakness, but rather that it doesn't come naturally to me and takes more effort. Mike was really surprised by that, because he thinks I carry on conversations well and am decent at understanding people, and at first I was surprised too. After reading the site's explanation of the ranking though, it made sense to me. Social stuff is really hard and I just happen to put a lot of conscious effort into it, I guess to the point where it might come off as natural to some people. Still, I'm continually shocked when people can't tell how nervous or uncomfortable I am sometimes. Maybe I don't show it as much as I feel. I don't feel it as much as I used to though, so I think things have gotten better over time.
The internet is once again flooded with calls to defend net neutrality... Everyone is saying to call your representative, make sure they know you're demanding that they support net neutrality. My representatives are already supporting it, so I wonder if I should still try calling them. I've sent a bunch of emails to various congresspeople already, so at least I haven't done nothing.
I feel put off by people who refuse to do anything and just adopt lazy fatalistic stances like "it doesn't matter anyway." Maybe some of it is learned helplessness, but that doesn't mean you're incapable of doing things. Some of the most frustrating people in my life have been the ones who wouldn't try. Then again, I suppose not everyone has my perspective. I had a big existential crisis almost ten years ago and I decided to embrace the absurdity of life and persist despite everything. I can't force that mindset into people. Makes me wonder if it's better to just stay away from them. I just don't have the energy anymore to let new people into my life if they're like that.
Speaking of new people though... I think I have something of a pen pal now? Nothing too interesting so far but it's kind of cool to message back and forth with a different person.


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Peter Fleischmann (* 26. Juli 1937 in Zweibrücken; † 11. August 2021 in Potsdam) war ein deutscher Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent. Er gilt als Vertreter des Neuen Deutschen Films.

Leben
Fleischmann studierte am Deutschen Institut für Film und Fernsehen (DIFF) in München und am Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. In Frankreich lernte er Vertreter der Nouvelle Vague kennen und schloss Freundschaft mit Jean-Claude Carrière, mit dem er später noch mehrere Drehbücher schrieb. Nach einigen Jahren als Regieassistent inszenierte er von 1963 bis 1965 Kurz- und Kinderfilme. Sein Dokumentarfilm Herbst der Gammler über die Gammler-Subkultur in München erregte 1967 einiges Aufsehen, da er die starken Generationenkonflikte und die sich anbahnende 68er-Bewegung abbildete.

1969 erschien Fleischmanns erster abendfüllender Spielfilm Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen gesellschaftskritischen Theaterstück von Martin Sperr, der auch die Hauptrolle übernahm. Der Film, der sich kritisch mit dem Umgang eines bayerischen Dorfes mit seinen Außenseitern, allen voran dem von Sperr verkörperten Homosexuellen, auseinandersetzt, erhielt mehrere Auszeichnungen wie das Filmband in Silber. Er wurde als deutscher Kandidat für den Oscar als Bester fremdsprachiger Film ins Rennen geschickt, wurde aber nicht nominiert.

Fleischmann galt seitdem als Repräsentant des Neuen Deutschen Films. Zusammen mit Volker Schlöndorff gründete er 1969 die Filmproduktionsfirma Hallelujah Film. Auch Fleischmanns spätere Arbeiten kreisen in allegorischen Handlungen um das Problem der erzwungenen Anpassung des Einzelnen an eine verständnislose Umgebung. Immer wieder entpuppen sich dabei der vermeintlich Böse als gut und die vermeintlich Guten als böse. Das Unheil (1972), für den er gemeinsam mit Martin Walser das Drehbuch schrieb, prangerte Kleingeistigkeit in einer hessischen Kleinstadt an und thematisierte als einer der ersten Filme Umweltverschmutzung (in Cannes erhielt er den Prix Luis Buñuel); in Dorotheas Rache (1974) verarbeitete er die damalige Sexfilmwelle auf satirisch-provokante Weise. Sein Film Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979) mit Helmut Griem über eine in Deutschland sich ausbreitende Seuche und die Frage, wie der öffentliche Umgang mit dieser sein sollte, erhielt im Zuge der COVID-19-Pandemie 2020 noch einmal Aufmerksamkeit.

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Regisseuren des Neuen Deutschen Films erhielten Fleischmanns Filme zwar oft Respekt von Kritikern und anderen Regisseuren, selten aber die Aufmerksamkeit des Massenpublikums. Deshalb fiel ihm die Finanzierung größerer Projekte ab den 1980er-Jahren zunehmend schwer – Völker Schlöndorff beschrieb ihn in dieser Hinsicht als "Renaissance-Mensch, eine Art deutscher Orson Welles, der immer größer und weiter sah als andere, den viele auf seine ersten Filme reduzierten (...)". 1990 realisierte er Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein, eine mit viel Aufwand gedrehte Verfilmung des Science-Fiction-Romans der Brüder Arkadi und Boris Strugazki. Er blieb aber auch dem Dokumentarfilm treu und drehte im selben Jahr Deutschland. Deutschland, in dem mit einfachen Passanten aus Ost und West Gespräche über die Wende führte, die bereits zukünftige Schwierigkeiten erahnen ließen. Im Jahr 2006 drehte er nach langer Pause den Film Mein Freund, der Mörder, eine Dokumentation über seinen Freund Bernhard Kimmel. Zuvor hatte er Kimmel bereits in Der Al Capone der Pfalz (1987) porträtiert. 2008 erschien sein Roman Die Zukunftsangst der Deutschen. Zuletzt war er an der Restaurierung von mehreren seiner Filme beteiligt.

In den 1990er-Jahren war Fleischmann an der Leitung der Babelsberg-Studios (früher UFA bzw. DEFA) beteiligt und kümmerte sich dabei maßgeblich um die Rettung der Studios, wozu er Investoren aus verschiedenen europäischen Ländern anwarb. Peter Fleischmann gehörte 2003 zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der Deutschen Filmakademie. Er lebte zuletzt in Werder bei Potsdam und starb im August 2021 im Alter von 84 Jahren an den Folgen eines Sturzes.

Filmografie
Als Regisseur und Drehbuchautor
1957: Die Eintagsfliege (Kurzfilm)
1961: Geschichte einer Sandrose (Kurz-Dokumentarfilm)
1962: Brot der Wüste (Kurzfilm)
1963: Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (Kurz-Dokumentarfilm)
1964: Der Test (Kurzfilm)
1965: Alexander und das Auto ohne linken Scheinwerfer (Kurzfilm)
1967: Herbst der Gammler (Dokumentarfilm)
1969: Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Spielfilm)
1972: Das Unheil (Spielfilm)
1974: Dorotheas Rache (Spielfilm)
1975: Der dritte Grad (Spielfilm)
1976: Rückkehr nach Unholzing (Dokumentar-Kurzfilm)
1979: Die Hamburger Krankheit (Spielfilm)
1984: Frevel (Spielfilm)
1987: Der Al Capone der Pfalz (Dokumentarfilm)
1990: Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein (Spielfilm)
1991: Deutschland, Deutschland (Dokumentarfilm)
1993: Mein Onkel, der Winzer (Fernseh-Dokumentarfilm)
2006: Mein Freund, der Mörder (Dokumentarfilm)

Bücher
 Die Zukunftsangst der Deutschen. Roman, Fahrenheit, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-940813-01-5.

Auszeichnungen
 1966: Filmfestspiele von Venedig Auszeichnung (Spezialpreis erzieherisch-didaktischer Kinderfilm) für Alexander und das Auto ohne linken Scheinwerfer
 1967: Lobende Erwähnung beim Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1968 für Herbst der Gammler
 1969: Filmband in Silber für Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern
 1972: Prix Luis Buñuel in Cannes für Das Unheil
 1980: Mystfest: Auszeichnung in der Rubrik Beste Regie für Die Hamburger Krankheit
 1990: Drehbuchpreis des Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya für Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein (gemeinsam mit Jean-Claude Carrière)
 1991: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in der Rubrik Bester Film für Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein

Literatur
 Wolfgang Jacobsen: Peter Fleischmann – Regisseur, Autor. In: CineGraph – Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film, Lieferung 10, 1988.
 Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 3: F – H. John Barry Fitzgerald – Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3, S. 16.

Weblinks

Offizielle Website von Peter Fleischmann

Einzelnachweise

Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Literatur (Deutsch)
Roman, Epik
Mitglied der Deutschen Filmakademie
Träger des Kurd-Laßwitz-Preises

Person (Zweibrücken)
Deutscher
Geboren 1937
Gestorben 2021
Mann

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Eurocup Finals Game 2: Galatasaray takes the crown!
Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul is the 2016 Eurocup champion! Galatasaray defeated Strasbourg 78-67 at a sold-out Abdi Ipekci Sports Hall to win the first continental trophy in the club's 105-year history. It also became the first Turkish team to win the Eurocup. Strasbourg won the opening leg of the two-game, total points series 66-62 in France and entered the final minute of regulation down 2 points on aggregate, but Galatasaray scored the final 5 points, including a steal and layup by Sinan Guler in the closing seconds, to win the series by a total score of 140-133. Stephane Lasme was voted Eurocup Finals MVP after posting 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks for the winners. Errick McCollum also scored 16.


Submissions on the Education Amendment Bill regarding the removal of charter schools and National Standards were heard by the Education and Workforce Select Committee today.
The Education and Workforce Select Committee today heard arguments for and against charter schools as people made their submissions on the Education Amendment Bill, which seeks to remove the provisions relating to the partnership school model and National Standards from the current legislation.
NZEI Te Riu Roa President Lynda Stuart told the committee that their members welcomed the end of the "charter school experiment".
"Our education system is already hugely diverse and most of these schools could have been established under the special character model, which is what most of them will now switch to.
"They were set up based on the flawed notion that competition and choice improves educational outcomes, and that the private sector can run schools better – even while they could hire unqualified teachers and the trustees could cream off large administrative payments from their generous operating grants," she said.
ACT Leader David Seymour gave a contrasting submission, and challenged members of the Education and Workforce Committee to visit a charter school in their area before they decide to close them down.
"No Government member of the Education and Workforce Committee has visited a charter school to see the outstanding results they are achieving.
"I believe these MPs are capable of changing their minds after experiencing for themselves what is going on inside charter schools.
"The interests of the students and their whanau have not been taken into consideration in the Government's decision to close charter schools. Nor does the decision take account of the evidence, including the independent MartinJenkins evaluation.
"1500 mostly disadvantaged Maori and Pasifika children will suffer if the Government forces them back into the state system that failed them in the first place," says Seymour.
But Lynda Stuart argued that kura kaupapa and bicultural options in mainstream schools made a huge difference for Māori and Pasifika students, and more funding should be going into supporting those schools, rather than setting up a privatised and low-accountability system funded by taxpayers.
In her submission, Stuart also voiced the NZEI's support for ending National Standards, due to their "negative impact on quality public education".
"We're so happy about this Bill. National Standards did nothing to lift student achievement – all it did was narrow the curriculum and force teachers to label children as "below standard" when they didn't hit an arbitrary target at a certain point each year," she said.
The Education Amendment Bill was introduced on 8 February 2018 and makes a number of amendments to the Education Act 1989 and the Education (Update) Amendment Act 2017. In addition to the changes concerning National Standards and charter schools, the Bill also makes amendments to the new strategic planning and reporting framework for schools. The Bill also creates a new offence of making a false representation in relation to an application for fees-free tertiary education, and restores guaranteed places for staff and students on the councils of tertiary education institutions.


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It's a publicity stunt. 1 votes (5.56%)
No. the BBC will pardon him, again. 9 votes (50.00%)
Yes. Jeremy will move on to start his own show. 3 votes (16.67%)
Yes. Clarkson's career is basically over. 1 votes (5.56%)
No. They'll get a new presenter to replace him. 2 votes (11.11%)
No. They'll scrap all the presenters and get 3 new ones. 2 votes (11.11%)
Is Top Gear UK now toast?
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Originally Posted by Doc HM
Since it's still the most watched show produced by the BBC, I'd say not.
mindwaves
They need to get younger blood.
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I know of only one guy who could pull it off (Chris Harris), and he hates the BBC.
Waragainstsleep
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Either they'll forgive him or he'll clone the show and sell it to the highest bidder. The BBC owns the name but I think the format might be Clarkson's. I expect the other two would go with him for a nice big payday. Maybe a foreign licensee of the format will hire them. Who knows?
Its the BBC's most valuable export, this is clearly an internal issue, I can't see them dropping the hammer for that. A producer is far easier to replace.
I don't know who Chris Harris is.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Clarkson's boorishness is a key part of an entertaining episode IMO, but it's hard to imagine he'll come out of this clean. At any rate I doubt his career is over, just his current job.
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKBICDja6Sg&t=59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaAQW8lVaRM
and the best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNJ_RLWlmI
A producer is far easier to replace.
Singly yes, and I'm sure that the BBC would rather throw a lowly producer under the train, but the BBC could't be seen firing a producer because the host hit them (apparently).
They really have no option but to can the show and Clarkson however much money they make form it.
They're better off without the BBC.
They could "promote" him to another show with a pay off salary.
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Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants
I was also thinking of him right away. But of course it's not clear whether he'd integrate well with the other hosts.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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No "Hopefully." option.
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That would be Fifth Gear. And, it's not better off.
Anyway...I hope Clarkson is toast. His act has long-ago become stale and repetitive, as has the entire show, really. Even the new shows felt like re-runs because it seemed like they were just repeating themselves over and over. I used to watch Top Gear religiously years ago, but these days I'm barely aware of it still being on.
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If I were constructing a new Top Gear I'd pick; Chris Harris (main host), Carlos Lago (Hammond-type replacement), and Megan Agrusa (because shes young, feisty, and actually knows about cars).
I've never heard of Megan Agrusa, who is she?
She's a Fiat spokesperson, model, and general car nut. Pretty damned good driver, too.
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I still watch, but agree that it has gotten stale. I tend to only really enjoy the episodes (or parts of episodes) where they go drive their cars somewhere fun and we get to see a new country and how they interact with it.
That's why the piece in Canada an episode or so ago was pretty disappointing. There was basically nothing about Vancouver or interior BC, even though that area may be one of the most beautiful stretches of country...[ClarksonVoice]..in the world.
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They'll pardon him. I'm hearing he punched a producer because he was hungry...
anyhoo, I won't watch without Jeremy.
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no, it's become much more exciting the past 4 seasons.
BBC suspends him for "allegedly hitting" someone, Clarkson denies "punching" someone . This is going to turn out to be a minor altercation involving him shoving someone as part of an argument or something like that, and someone higher up overreacting because Clarkson's name came up.
All of this is going to hang on what happened. If it was truly a minor thing as above, I think the other presenters and the general audience will support him - and leave together to some other network if needed. If it was more of a real fight, then I can maybe see him leaving and the others continuing with some new guy as the third wheel, but I don't think that will work - the setup is that Clarkson is some sort of top dog, and you can't put the new guy in that spot.
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The BBC owns the name but I think the format might be Clarkson's.
It seems Clarkson and the exec producer owned the format, but sold it to the BBC for an undisclosed sum in 2012.
Originally Posted by P
I have the impression that it's not necessarily about this latest incident, but rather that Clarkson got more and more difficult to deal with because he could afford it – or so he thought.
All of this is going to hang on what happened. If it was truly a minor thing as above, I think the other presenters and the general audience will support him - and leave together to some other network if needed.
Does the audience care (or even know) whether Clarkson has hit somebody, shoved somebody or something in between?
If it was more of a real fight, then I can maybe see him leaving and the others continuing with some new guy as the third wheel, but I don't think that will work - the setup is that Clarkson is some sort of top dog, and you can't put the new guy in that spot.
I'd reckon it's more likely that Clarkson will resurrect Top Gear at another TV station with Hammond and Captain Slow. I agree with you that this unique chemistry and relationship between the hosts goes awry if you just replace Clarkson with somebody else.
I think part of Clarkson's appeal is the "common man" bit, how he "says what everyone thinks" etc. If he is being politically incorrect with jokes about Mexicans and Asians, that is just part of the bit. This incident portrays him as a bully and a spoiled rich guy if true - that gives a very different image.
We all know he's rich. He's been driving very expensive cars of his own for a long time.
The format will struggle without Clarkson because he's hilarious. I got bored of the US clone after a handful of episodes even though they had some cool bits the presenters characters were just meh in comparison. No decent banter going on.
I agree, that's definitely part of his appeal, and some of the criticism seems to be blown out of proportion (e. g. him drinking gin in the middle of nowhere on the way to the North Pole). But on the other hand, it's clear that the persona he is on camera isn't necessarily the guy you work with.
ajprice
James May was asked about the situation: "No, I think he has been involved in a bit if a dust up, but I don't think it's that serious."
He was originally asked whether Clarkson was innocent: "Of being a knob? No."
As for the "Who would do Top Gear instead" thing, Chris Evans (not Captain America, the other one) has ruled himself out if it ever happens Chris Evans rules himself out of presenting Top Gear: 'It's never going to happen' - Top Gear News - TV - Digital Spy
In one of the Drive videos, Chris Harris talks about what he does and what Top Gear does, said they are different things, they are great at what they do and he's happy doing his thing.
It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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The best thing about all this is that I learned that he's only 54 years old.
WTF! The man looks and moves like he's in his late 60s.
Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton
Yeah, I was shocked by that revelation, too. I'm a few years his elder and damned if I don't look absolutely young and robust compared to Clarkson.
Shows you what a lifetime of heavy drinking and heavy smoking will do. I believe the word "moderation" is not in Jeremy's vocabulary.
I had the same reaction - especially since I know that he was on Top Gear the first time back in the eighties.
Clarkson's first Top Gear appearance in 1989, so he was 29 at the time
Hah.
Yes. Way to go making light of violence in the workplace Snickers.
Turns out you CAN punch someone for not getting you a steak dinner. Who knew.
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You sound like someone who would get punched if in a room with a hungry Jeremy Clarkson. Lighten up
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Doc HM has a black eye and won't say where it came from.
Can't help but think if it was that big a deal the police would be involved. They should just all just kiss and make up, give Clarkson a fine and get on with the end of the series.
Clarkson is a one trick pony. I used to love Top Gear but in recent years the boorish, racist and thuggish act was just getting old. Calling Mexicans lazy, sabotaging electric cars, these were all the acts of a spoilt schoolyard bully who knows he's difficult to fire. Brand new shows felt like reruns, jokes were repetive and I stopped both watching and caring.
May is the only member of the crew who has a significant career outside Top Gear. If I'd be him, I would have said good bye years ago. He doesn't need the money and his association with Clarkson doesn't do anything to show the world what an interesting guy he really is.
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Originally Posted by Phileas
May is the only member of the crew who has a significant career outside Top Gear.
Doesn't Hammond also have a few other TV shows (e. g. he used to do Braniacs)?
Originally Posted by OreoCookie
I think so, but his main career is to be Clarkson's harmless sidekick. There's more to him, but he's never managed to translate that into anything meaningful.
It's got to be hard to emerge from the umbrella of Clarkson, who basically uses Top Gear as a platform to amplify everything Clarkson. Clarkson caters to the lowest common denominator, both May and Hammond would be well advised to move on in my opinion.
The more I hear, the stupider this becomes.
The entire thing was about the fact that when the Top Gear team arrived at the hotel where they were staying, the kitchen was closed. This drove Clarkson into a rage and he started yelling at a producer for not organizing this better when they realized that the team would arrive so late to the hotel. Hotel management, eager to avoid a scene, then reopened the kitchen and Clarkson could have hot food - a steak, apparently. None of the report from "members of the public" claims to have seen any punching, and the producer who got yelled at has not report the issue - the report comes from Clarkson himself.
Which makes one wonder. If it truly was just yelling, why report yourself - and why did this cause the BBC to suspend the program? Note that all contracts for the presenters are up for renewal after this season, and the exec producer - the man with whom Clarkson started this, back in -02 - has described 2014 as a terrible year for the show.
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Washed up host has a show with a "terrible year".
Said host, who fakes the broken electric vehicle, tells story no one else corroborates.
People start talking about him.
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I'm sure something else is going on behind the scenes, and that this event was just the trigger and not the cause. It seems to me that someone really high up was fed up with him for reasons that are not necessarily public.
Originally Posted by subego
Was that the story that a Tesla (the old one, based on the Lotus Elise) won't even last one lap around the track?
IIRC, the episode showed them pushing a Tesla back into the garage, without detailing how long they had been driving it, but Tesla could show that it had never been out of power during the test. Top Gear says that it was meant to illustrate the fact that if you run out of power, you can't just fill it up and keep going, you have to take a lengthy break, but they certainly didn't show it like that in the episode. This was Top Gear as a show rather than Clarkson personally, however.
Well, RIP?
Wait... he punched Oisin?
You can't go hitting MacNN people.
One of the more amusing things that happened to show was they were refused visas last time they wanted to shoot in the US.
The visa application stated that Top Gear was a Documentary or fact based program. US Immigration made them change that to Entertainment before granting them entry.
From what I've heard, this pissed Clarkson off something rotten.
The Tesla episode was all Jeremy. He hates electric cars and insisted on faking the breakdown not knowing that Tesla would be able to tell the real story. The BBC had no option but to back him up at the time, but it created bad blood. Whatever one might think about them, and history has certainly seen them with their pants down, but the BBC hates being caught lying.
Top Gear fakes a lot of stuff. Most of their foreign adventures are creatively edited and probably involve 5 star hotels when they show tents. Who cares, its hilarious.
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