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"Trailer" Archives
Detective Benoit Blanc Is Back in the First Trailer for Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Detective Benoit Blanc's latest case begins streaming on Netflix this December.
Trailer Alert: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Brings the Hype and Emotion
One of the more emotional trailers that I've seen in a long time, full of sorrow, rage, and pain.
Trailer Alert: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Seeks to Bring the Classic RPG to Life
Owlbears, mimics, and displacer beasts, oh my!
Watch: The First Trailer for Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Is a Stunner
The series, which is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, begins streaming on September 2.
Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird Al" Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The sordid true story lurking behind the delightful song parodies and goofy Hawaiian shirts will finally be revealed.
Kamala Khan Arrives in the MCU with the First Ms. Marvel Trailer
The character will be getting a cosmic upgrade when she arrives on Disney+ this June.
Trailer Alert: Superman and Batman Face off in DC's Injustice
Based on the popular video game and comics, "Injustice" imagines a world where Superman becomes a tyrant.
Neo Returns in the Trailer for The Matrix Resurrections
I'm here for all. Of. It.
A New Trailer for David Lowery's The Green Knight
I really, really hope this turns out to be a great Arthurian movie.
Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Just Keeps Looking More and More Gorgeous
The anime maestro's latest looks like a mash-up between Beauty and the Beast and his own Summer Wars.
In the Trailer for Shoplifters of the World, Denver Teens Mourn The Smiths' Breakup
Stephen Kijak's latest follows a group of teens mourning the breakup of their favorite band in the late '80s.
A Gorgeous (and Too-Short) Teaser for Mamoru Hosoda's Belle
The director's latest looks like yet another feast of stunning visuals.
Godzilla vs. Kong's Trailer Gives Us a Taste of the Monster Smackdown We've All Been Waiting For
Well, everyone knows that Godzilla is a good guy. What this trailer presupposes is… maybe he isn't.
Sisters with Transistors Reveals the History of Electronic Music's Female Pioneers
The film explores the influence of Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros, and many others.
Watch the Final Trailer for the Final Evangelion Film (Which is Finally Done)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time finally arrives in Japanese theaters on January 23.
Yes, the WandaVision Trailer Is Pretty Bonkers (and I Love It)
The bizarre trailer for the upcoming Disney+ miniseries has helped rekindle my interest in the MCU.
The First Dune Trailer Has Arrived
It looks about as epic as one could hope for a Dune movie — with one minor caveat.
Wolfwalkers: The Latest Animated Fairy Tale From the Song of the Sea Studio
The upcoming fantasy film from Ireland's Cartoon Saloon will be the first animated feature on Apple TV+.
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Looks Like the Cult Movie to End All Cult Movies
What sort of film blends Afro-futurism, Batman, virtual reality, aliens, Stalin, and Jesus?
Vintage '80s BMX Movie Rad Gets Remastered
My inner ten-year-old is beside himself with joy.


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The Copper Pig Brings an Eclectic Menu and Stylish Digs to South St. Louis
by Katie Ineich
Photo by Katie Ineich
The bar at The Copper Pig has a stylish feel — and some good pig art.
When you walk through the doors of the newest restaurant to open in the Macklind Business District in Southampton, the Copper Pig (4611 Macklind Avenue, 314-499-7166), you'll be greeted by a man named Nhat Nguyen. This is his restaurant, and throughout the dinner hours, he does his rounds, checking on tables and chatting with patrons.
The Copper Pig has been described as "Asian-meets-Southern fare," a gastropub featuring an Asian street food menu", but if you ask Nguyen, he'll tell you, "It's really just food I like to eat." Much of the menu's offerings hearken back to the Asian food Nguyen grew up eating but he has made a point to incorporate a vast variety of flavors and cuisines. "I've been fortunate to travel and experience different foods," Nguyen says.
The Copper Pig's menu includes starters, salads, large plates, desserts, and even a few kids' options. A favorite among the starters is a classic poutine, smothered in a rich, brown gravy and topped with cheese curds.
The classic poutine features a rich, brown gravy and, of course, cheese curds.
Several items on the menu—even a kids' grilled cheese—incorporate bulgogi, or Korean marinated, grilled beef. The Bi Bim Bap Bowl has bulgogi, garlic rice, kimchi, carrots, Chinese sausage, cucumber, bean sprouts, and a fried egg. The Bulgogi Cheesesteak is a twist on the Philly classic, including cheddar cheese, kimchi, and slivered apples on a soft, garlic baguette.
The Bulgogi Cheesesteak.
Another twist on a classic sandwich is the Pork Belly Cuban, which involves the usual ham, swiss, pickles, and mustard, but has the surprisingly tasty addition of maduros, or cooking plantains.
Nguyen takes pride in his original dishes and in introducing people to food they maybe wouldn't normally try. "Sometimes people just need to get over their fears and try different things," he says.
The place has gotten a warm reception from its Southampton neighbors.
The look of the place is modern restaurant chic. There are a couple large, circular booths, several standard and tall tables, as well as a full bar with two televisions mounted on the wall. The walls are brick and boast a few carefully selected colorful canvases. Hanging from the ceiling are rows of dimly lit, exposed lightbulbs; along the perimeter, however, the lights are surrounded by wooden cages.
The reception among residents of the Southampton neighborhood has been enthusiastic and warm; many have been looking forward to The Copper Pig's opening for months. Nguyen owns the building in which The Copper Pig is housed, and plans to stay there for the foreseeable future. "We want to be a part of the neighborhood as long as we can."
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Glover v. United States
United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division
Anthony T. Glover, Petitioner,
Warden, FCI Ashland, Respondent.
REPORT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Kevin F. McDonald United States Magistrate Judge.
The petitioner, proceeding pro se, brings this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for habeas relief. Pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(c) (D.S.C.), the undersigned is authorized to review such petitions for relief and submit findings and recommendations to the District Court. For the reasons set forth below, it is recommended that the petitioner's § 2241 petition be dismissed without prejudice and without requiring the respondent to file an answer or return.
The petitioner's § 2241 petition was entered on the docket on May 3, 2019 (doc. 1). On May 8 and June 5, 2019, the undersigned issued orders informing the petitioner that his petition was not in proper form for judicial screening (docs. 5; 8). On May 24 and June 24, 2019, the petitioner provided additional documentation to the court and the case is now in proper form.
Petitioner's Conviction and Sentence
On January 12, 2015, the petitioner pled guilty in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina to conspiracy to distribute narcotics and the unlawful transport of firearms.[1] See United States v. Glover, C/A No. 3:14-cr-0240-JFA-4, at docs. 254; 257 (D.S.C.). On April 20, 2015, the Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., sentenced the petitioner to two concurrent terms of 120 months' imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release. Id. at docs. 297; 303. The sentence did not include a career offender or an Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") enhancement, but was based upon the quantity of drugs for which the petitioner was charged. Id. at docs. 297; 303. The petitioner did not file a direct appeal of his conviction or sentence.
Petitioner's Previous § 2255 Motion
The petitioner filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on April 21, 2016, arguing that pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) and Welch v. United States, 136 S.Ct. 1257 (2016), his sentence was improperly enhanced and that he should not have received a 2-level guideline enhancement under § 2D1.1(b)(1). Id. at doc. 370. The petitioner's motion was denied on January 19, 2017. Id. at doc. 375. Judge Anderson ruled that the petitioner could not seek relief under Johnson/Welch because he was not sentenced as a career offender or as an armed career criminal; instead, his sentence was based upon the large amount of heroin attributable to him. Id. Judge Anderson also rejected the petitioner's challenge to the 2-level guideline enhancement he received for possession of firearms under § 2D1.1(b)(1). Id.
Petitioner's Present Action
The petitioner now seeks habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, claiming that his sentence is unconstitutional in light of Johnson/Welch, that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, that his indictment was based on an improper wire tap, his two level firearm enhancement was unwarranted, and that his one level "weed enhancement" was improper (docs. 1; 1-2). For his relief, the petitioner seeks a sentence reduction (doc. 1-2 at 9).
The undersigned has reviewed the petition pursuant to the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts; the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214; and other habeas corpus statutes. As a pro se litigant, the petitioner's pleadings are accorded liberal construction and held to a less stringent standard than formal pleadings drafted by attorneys. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89 (2007) (per curiam). The mandated liberal construction means that if the court can reasonably read the pleadings to state a valid claim on which the petitioner could prevail, it should do so. However, the requirement of liberal construction does not mean that the Court can ignore a clear failure in the pleading to allege facts which set forth a claim cognizable in a federal district court. See Weller v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 901 F.2d 387, 391 (4th Cir. 1990).
         The petitioner filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (doc. 1). The petitioner is incarcerated in the Eastern District of Kentucky and names the Warden of FCI Ashland as the respondent (doc. 1-2 at 1). As such, at this stage in the proceedings, the § 2241 petition is appropriately before this court for adjudication. See Hill v. Quintana, __ Fed.Appx. __, 2019 WL 1934892 (4th Cir. 2019) (mem) (unpublished) (finding improper sua sponte dismissal on the ground that the petition was filed in the improper venue). Liberally construing the petitioner's allegations, the ...


I took a big leap here and finally sent the client a rough look at the site. The one thing about using WordPress themes is that you start with something that looks ok, but not great. Then you start tweaking it without involving the client. It's dangerous as hell and I may have spent 12 hours tweaking for nothing. But at least the ball's in their court now.
I had to add that because this theme uses the enqueue script thing instead of the regular style.css in the theme directory. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING WITH LOS PRIMOS! Gah. Learning is good. Frustration is bad. I had to keep "inspecting element" to add stylesheet after stylesheet until mine started effecting the site. It works!


I've had really good luck with smartphones (/me knocks on wood) over the years. I've dropped phones a number of times, but other than a few scuffs and scratches, no permanent damage. (My first-generation iPhone did have an unfortunate encounter with a softball years ago, but since then – smooth sailing.) This weekend, though, I biffed the Nexus 6 just wrong on the tile floor and the screen got the worst of it.


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Barak's Vision Offers Scant Hope
Posted on: September 1, 2010 Posted by: Mitchell Plitnick Comments: 0
Tags: Barak, Generous Offer, human rights, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Settlements, Two-state solution, West Bank
Some interesting things happening in the background of the launch of the direct talks today…
JTA is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land alongside the Jewish one.
That's JTA's headline, anyway. The article itself indicates something rather different. It cites Bibi's speech today, where he said "…we recognize that another people share this land with us. And I came here to find an historic compromise that will enable both peoples to live in peace, security and dignity."
That's recognizing the simple reality that the Palestinians are there, not the legitimacy of their claim to the land.
Still, this certainly does strike a far more conciliatory tone than Bibi has in the past. It might reflect the effect of American pressure, and if it does, that gives pro-peace activists both in Israel and the Diaspora something to work toward.
That's the positive spin. The negative, of course, is that Bibi and his right-wing government is as intransigent as ever and is merely posturing so he can lay all blame for the failure of talks at the feet of the Palestinians. We can't really know, but sometimes even such plans can be thwarted by active politics.
The other development of note was Ehud Barak getting his vision of a two-state solution reiterated in Ha'aretz. If, as he says, Bibi is willing to split Jerusalem along the lines he suggests, that could be a promising start to talks.
Ehud Barak
But there was something else in what he said that was telling in a much grimmer way. His description of the two-state solution sounds almost whole cloth like the same offer he made to Yasir Arafat in 2000:
"Two states for two nations; an end to the conflict and the end of all future demands; the demarcation of a border that will run inside the Land of Israel, and within that border will lie a solid Jewish majority for generations and on the other side will be a demilitarized Palestinian state but one that will be viable politically, economically, and territorially; keeping the settlement blocs in our hands; retrieving and relocating the isolated settlements into the settlement blocs or within Israel; a solution to the refugee problem [whereby refugees return to] the Palestinian state or are rehabilitated by international aid; comprehensive security arrangements and a solution to the Jerusalem problem."
Much of this is the typical two-state formulation. What we need to pay attention to is the two words: settlement blocs.
In general, that phrase refers to three settlement areas: Gush Etzion, Ariel and Ma'ale Adumim. The Etzion bloc is generally expected to be part of Israel, with appropriate one-to-one land swaps to make up the difference. It doesn't intrude overly into the West Bank so it presents less of a problem.
But the other two are extremely problematic. Indeed, the maps, like this one, which show a largely divided and unviable West Bank, reflect the problem of contiguity that is created if Israel keeps these two settlement blocs.
Barak apparently hasn't changed his view in the past ten years, and it seems highly unlikely he's come up with some way to deal with the fact that Ariel and Ma'ale Adumim will hopelessly compromise Palestinian territorial contiguity.
Moreover, Barak seems to be on a very different page from Bibi. Barak seems most concerned with the settlement blocs. Bibi has shown himself to be most concerned with maintaining an Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley, which would effectively give Israel permanent control over the nascent Palestine's borders.
Either of those ideas are non-starters for the Palestinians.
So, while the talk on Opening Day of Direct Talks was lofty, the details that we see even at the beginning don't give a lot of cause for hope.
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Fri, January 27, 2023 | 11:59 am
Tight security and restriction of visitors as Tinubu, Shettima prepares to visit APC National Secretariat.
Security has been beefed at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in preparation for the visit of the party's presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
Several patrol vans were packed by the entrance of the secretariat with stern-looking officers moving around the premises.
Tinubu and Shettima are expected to attend an ad hoc meeting of the APC National Working Committee at the secretariat on Wednesday at 10:00am.
The development is coming barely three months after the party national leader postponed his maiden visit to the secretariat following his victory at the APC Convention.
Although no official statement has been released by the leadership of the ruling APC, a source said the political roundtable provides an opportunity to discuss Tinubu's campaign manifesto and restrategise ahead of the political campaign, which kicks off on September 28.
The source also warned that the number of visitors coming into the secretariat would be greatly restricted as a means of crowd control measure and for security purposes.
The presidential flag bearer and his vice presidential candidate are expected to address the APC press corps at the Media immediately after the meeting.
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Cloud, innovation key to East Africa's economic growth
by Hardeep Sound, Regional Sales Director for East Africa at SAP
NAIROBI, Kenya, 5 December 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- When the early days of the pandemic pushed industries across East Africa into survival mode, it sparked a wave of cloud adoption that has swept through the region.
Focused at first on ensuring business continuity, investment into cloud technologies and digitalisation has since helped organisations in the region build greater resilience and unlock new business models and revenue streams.
Even the most reluctant businesses and their customers have now come online. One of the reasons is that the benefits of greater digitalisation became clear almost immediately.
Businesses that took the opportunity at the outset to build new capabilities, establish new revenue streams or transform their business models rapidly gained an advantage over those that were slower to transform.
Consider how the retail sector embraced technology to adapt to lockdown restrictions and reach customers, sell products and improve visibility over volatile supply chains. Many of the businesses that digitised with speed now enjoy the benefit of more resilient business models that are better suited to the demands of the modern economy.
Cloud at heart of region's future success
For businesses across East Africa, the cloud presents a unique opportunity to innovate, develop new products and services, and scale into new markets or geographies.
Cloud technologies offer access to services and capabilities that are prohibitively costly for most companies to build themselves. By adopting cloud solutions for key business processes, organisations can drive greater efficiency and optimise their business processes without the upfront capital outlay of on-premise solutions.
Taking advantage of the wealth of cloud-based 'as-a-service' solutions can also augment internal capabilities and unlock access to supplier networks, tech skills and other capabilities that were previously out of reach.
Many businesses have experienced the benefits of such services when the first lockdowns created the need to enable remote work capabilities. By leveraging cloud technologies, businesses could maintain communication with teams and customers and ensure continuity. Today, cloud technologies play a central role in transforming how organisations measure, manage and motivate their hybrid workforce.
As the ripple effects of the pandemic travelled through the global economy, businesses turned to cloud technologies to improve visibility over their supply chains and assist with planning and risk mitigation. When a different, post-pandemic customer emerged, one that demanded greater personalisation, convenience and choice, organisations could once again leverage the power of cloud technologies to enable new ways of engagement with customers.
Once-in-a-generation opportunity
Now, the region faces a golden opportunity to drive innovation and achieve new gains across their internal and customer-facing operations by leveraging the cloud.
A recent study revealed that some East African industries have taken the lead with cloud adoption, including the banking, marketing, agriculture and education sectors.
Considering the importance of manufacturing and tourism to the regional economy, organisations operating in these industries should leap at the opportunity to digitise.
Business-to-business spending in Africa's manufacturing sector is set to reach $1-trillion by 2050, and the sector is well-placed to grow and become more competitive through digitisation. By building Industry 4.0 capabilities underpinned by the cloud, manufacturers could unlock the benefits of AI and robotic process automation with predictive analytics to gain unprecedented control, predictability and operational efficiency.
The tourism sector was one of the hardest hit by pandemic restrictions as international travel came to a total standstill at the peak of the pandemic. Considering the sector contributed 8.1% to the region's GDP in 2019, the impact of the restrictions on local businesses could not be overstated.
By leveraging the cloud to build new ways of engaging with travellers and removing friction from the travel process, the tourism sector could tap into a global tourism sector hungry for new experiences.
Three focus areas for cloud success
Businesses will benefit from choosing priority areas for cloud deployment that can deliver the greatest benefit with the shortest time-to-value, and use the learnings to drive adoption in other areas of the business.
Based on our work helping organisations in East Africa leverage the cloud for business success, the following key focus areas could offer the most valuable starting points for cloud adoption:
1 Innovate, innovate, innovate
East Africa can benefit from greater investment into innovation and research and development to improve the region's global competitiveness and lure foreign direct investment.
The pharmaceutical sector, for example, holds enormous potential for research and development initiatives that can drive economic growth and create new industries while also reducing our need to import product and service innovations.
Regional innovators could consider to leverage the experience and market insight of cloud service providers with experience supporting pharmaceutical innovation. This can help avoid costly mistakes, close the gap on best practice, and ensure there is an optimal technology mix to support innovation. As an example, 18 of the world's 20 largest vaccine manufacturers run their production facilities using SAP technology, so any new facility can tap into SAP's domain knowledge to fast-track success.
2 Remove uncertainty from decision-making
The continued volatility in the global economy has created an environment of uncertainty that is hampering growth and innovation. To remove some of this uncertainty, organisations should invest in enterprise resource planning solutions to achieve greater clarity and control over key business functions and core processes.
Cloud adoption can also unlock access to data and analytics capabilities that can empower decision-makers with accurate insights over their businesses, enabling them to guide the business through challenges more effectively.
3 Aim for speed
One of the greatest advantages cloud offers is speed. Instead of spending long periods of time building on-premise capabilities, businesses can readily tap into a wealth of cloud-based solutions to immediately enjoy efficiency and innovation gains.
For mid-market organisations, this could unlock opportunities to quickly test new digital channels and trial new business processes. Successful trials can be rapidly scaled to the rest of the business or to new geographies, powering their growth.
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Cloud accounting – an easier way to work remotely during a crisis
Partners | 3 minute read
Author: Alistair Hayward Wright
Alistair Hayward Wright is the founder and managing director of UK based Hayward Wright Accountancy Group. Formed in 2007, the firm has grown to employ 35 people over the past 13 years – with offices in Redditch, Worcester and Solihull. You can read more about the firm through www.haywardwright.co.uk
As a huge advocate of the Xero software and cloud accounting, widely respected UK chartered accountant Alistair Hayward Wright underlines why working in the cloud could give field service businesses and the self-employed a big advantage during and after the crippling COVID-19 crisis.
Working in 'the cloud' is a term first introduced to the commercial world in 2006 by then Google CEO, Eric Schmidt. Almost 15 years on and it has changed forever how we work and provided flexibility and data security like never before. Cloud-based solutions have simplified both our personal and our professional lives. And in today's uncertain climate, that is nothing but a positive.
At Hayward Wright, we have been using the Xero software for a number of years and I am proud to have seen so many clients prosper after making the transition and transforming their financial reporting. It has given them up-to-date and accurate information to help their planning, provided them with the ability to automatically chase outstanding invoices and use live financial data to track cash flow at any minute of the day. These are the kinds of benefits which many field service businesses have seen.
The Xero system has been a game changer for all types of field service businesses. With some add-on applications, it can allow plumbers, electricians, security, fire and facilities management companies to focus their efforts working on the business rather than in the business. Using job management software like simPRO assists field service businesses with planning, tracking engineers out on the road and generating accurate stock updates on supplies and materials. Some field service businesses are also integrating Xero with their CRM system or pulling customer information from simPRO so all customer information is available in one place. Some are also smartly integrating with their CRM systems so customer information is available in one business package.
The data security which cloud accounting can offer is also second to none and now gives people the peace of mind they need – with many overcoming the sceptical view of a few years ago that data outside of local networks is not secure. A password-controlled cloud system is probably the safest of them all.
Stepping away from the general business and security benefits, cloud accounting has also helped me. More than anything, it has given me the opportunity to have regular and meaningful conversations with my trade business clients. We can work off real-time data, interrogate quickly where problems are and identify where efficiencies can be made. That can all be done online which removes the need for travelling for shorter face-to-face meetings. So, it's been a game changer for us too.
At the time, when we were all unsure of when full lockdown measures would be lifted, and when office staff were working from home, cloud accounting really came into its own and offered greater visibility and control for the future.
In the weeks following the introduction of lockdown measures, it has been incredibly important for people to access their files and systems as we all adjusted to a new way of working. It has certainly not been easy for any of us, myself included, but having the comfort that systems are reliable and accessible has helped millions of people, especially trade businesses, cope with what is an unprecedented situation.
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Bruce Barton is a performance maker and research/creation scholar located in Calgary, Alberta. His stage and radio plays have been produced across Canada, celebrated with regional and national awards, and anthologized. He works extensively as a director, playwright, dramaturg, and designer with numerous devising and intermedial performance companies across Canada and internationally. He is also the Artistic Director of Vertical City, an interdisciplinary performance hub. Recent Vertical City projects include 2YouTopia (Toronto's Nuit Blanch 2014), All Good Things (Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax 2013-14), and the award-winning Trace (Toronto 2014).
Bruce has published in a wide range of peer-reviewed and professional periodicals, including Performance Research, TDR, Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, Theatre Research in Canada, and Canadian Theatre Review. He is a former general editor of Theatre Research in Canada and has several times been issue co-editor of Canadian Theatre Review ("Theatrical Devising," "Memory," "Dance and Movement Dramaturgy"). He has contributed articles to several international essay collections and is the author or editor/contributor of seven books, including At the Intersection Between Art and Research (2010), and Collective Creation, Collaboration and Devising (2008).
Bruce is a core member of Performance as Research Working Groups of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR/FIRT) and the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), as well as a founding member of the Artistic Research Study Circle of the Nordic Summer University (NSU). He is also the co-ordinator of the Articulating Artistic Research Seminar at the Canadian Association for Theatre Research, which he began in 2012. Bruce has also been a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada for over 15 years.
Recent international keynote/plenary presentations include "Engineered Affect in Posthuman Performance: Vertical City's YouTopia" at the 2014 ASTR conference in Baltimore, MD, and "Interactual Dramaturgy: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Collaborative Performance Creation" at the VIII Congresso da ABRACE (2014) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Bruce's interdisciplinary orientation runs deep: he holds two Bachelor degrees, one in Literature and one in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Guelph. His Masters degree, also from the University of Guelph, is in Drama, and he received his Doctorate in Theatre and Film from the University of Toronto. Bruce taught performance creation, dramaturgy, intermedial performance, and practice-based research at the University of Toronto between 2001 and 2014. In January 2015 he became the first Director of the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary.
1. "At the Intersection of Interpretation and Affect in Interdisciplinary Performance" A multiyear SSHRC-funded research project exploring the possibilities of/for/in intimacy in interdisciplinary performance. The research employs theories of theatricality, performativity, and affect theory in a practice-based research methodological framework. Collaborators include Eve Egoyan (composer and musician), Sherri Hay (visual, media, and installation artist), Stephanie Tremblay Abubu (dancer), Pil Hansen (dramaturg), and Bruce Barton (director and writer).
2. "'How the Doing is Done': Canadian Physical Dramaturgies" A multiyear SSHRC-funded research project on modes of exchange and collaboration in physically-based and devised theatre contexts. Involves international literature review, six in-depth, practice-based case studies from across Canada, and a one-week "Performance Lab" with member companies of Vancouver's Progress Lab association of theatre practitioners. Goals: theoretical articulation of "inter/actual" approach to dramaturgical practice and a conceptual vocabulary of direct utility to devised theatre practitioners.
Developing Nation: New Play Creation in Canada. Essay Collection. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2009.
Collective Creation, Collaboration, and Devising. Volume 12, Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008.
Reluctant Texts from Exuberant Performance: Canadian Devised Theatre. Volume 9, New Canadian Drama. Co-Editors: Birgit Schreyer, Natalie Corbett, & Keren Zaiontz. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 2008.
Imagination in Transition: Mamet's Move to Film. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2005.
Canadian Theatre Review 155 (Summer 2013): "Dance and Movement Dramaturgy." (co-editors Pil Hansen and Darcey Callison).
Theatre Research in Canada 32.2 (2011): "Theatre and Intermediality." (co-editor: Bruce Kirkley).
Canadian Theatre Review 145 (Winter 2011): "Memory." (co-editor: Pil Hansen).
Canadian Theatre Review 135 (Summer 2008): "Theatrical Devising." (co-editor: Ker Wells).
"Performing the Paradox of Affect and Interpretation: Turbulence in Vertical City." Performance Research. 19.5 (2014): 59-66.
"Subtle Spectacle: Risking Theatricality with Vertical City." About Performance 12 (2014): 103-25.
"New Betrayals: Intimacy in Mediatized Performance." In Mediating Practice(s): Performance as Research and/in/through Mediation. Ed. Bruce Barton, Melanie Dreyer-Lude and Anna Birch. Experiments and Intensities Series. University of Winchester Press. 2013.
"Bullet-Time, Becoming, and the Sway of Theatricality: Performance and Play in The Matrix." In Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema. Ed. André Loiselle and Jeremy Maron. U of Toronto P, 2012.
"Coherent Confusion and Intentional Accidents: bluemouth inc.'s Dance Marathon." Theatre Research in Canada. 32.2 (2011): 241-52.
"Intimacy." Mapping Intermediality in Performance. Ed. Sarah Bay-Cheng, Chiel Kattenbelt, Andy Lavender, and Robin Nelson. Amsterdam: Amsterdam UP, 2010. 46.
"Paradox as Process: Intermedial Anxiety and the Betrayals of Intimacy." Theatre Journal 61.4 (2010): 575-601.
"'Stop Looking at Your Feet': bluemouth's Dance Marathon and Inter/Actual Dramaturgy," Performance Research 14.3 (2010): 13-27.
"Subjectivity<>Culture<>Communications<>Intermedia: a meditation on the 'impure interactions' of performance and the 'in-between' space of intimacy in a wired world." Theatre Research in Canada 29.1 (2007, published 2008): 51-92.
May 15 "Articulating Artistic Research 3.0: Ideas of Knowledge." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Ottawa, ON. With Natalia Esling.
May 14 "Articulating Artistic Research." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, St. Catherines, ON.
May 13 "'Talking and Walking': PBR/PaR Design, Methodology, Articulation." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Victoria, BC.
Nov. 14 "Engineered Affect in Posthuman Performance: Vertical City's YouTopia." Plenary, American Society for Theatre Research, Baltimore, MD.
Nov. 14 "Interpretation and Affect in Micro Performance." Performance as Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Baltimore, MD.
Oct. 14 "Interactual Dramaturgy: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Collaborative Performance Creation." VIII Congresso da ABRACE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Nov. 13 "'Hang On': Disrupting and Disruptive Intimacy in All Good Things." Performance as Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Dallas, TX.
July 13 "Echoes of YouTopia: Intermedial Intimacy." Performance as Research Working Group, International Federation for Theatre Research, Barcelona, Spain.
Nov. 12 "New Betrayals: Intimacy in Mediatized Performance." Performance As Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Nashville, TN.
Aug. 12 "From Understanding to Experience: Intimacy in Mediatized Performance." Performance as Research Working Group, International International Federation for Theatre Research, Santiago de Chile.
June 12 "Auditory Manipulation and/as Economic Contention: Site-Specific Sound Design." Performance Studies international, Leeds, UK.
May 12 "Losing Boundaries, Finding Ways: Practice-Based Research at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Waterloo, ON.
Feb. 12 "'Navigating Interactuality': PBR Positioning." Nordic Summer University, Helsinki, Finland.
Nov. 11 "Praxis in Practice: PBR at the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama" Performance as Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Montreal, QC.
Nov. 10 "Articulating Interactuality." Performance As Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Seattle, WA.
July 10 "Embodying Mediated Autobiography." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Los Angeles, CA. With Pil Hansen.
June 10 "'How the Doing is Done': Research-Based Practice." Performance Studies international, Toronto, ON.
May 10 "Navigating Memory: Dramaturgical Strategies and Swimmer (68)." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Montreal, QC.
May. 09 "Dancing Between Theatre and Performance: Inter-Actual Dramaturgy with bluemouth inc." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Ottawa, ON.
Nov. 08 "Situating Vertical City between practice-based research and applied cognitive science." Performance As Research Working Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Boston, MA.
May 08 "Running Away from the Circus: Confronting Habit on the Way to Vertical City." Association for Canadian Theatre Research, Vancouver, BC.
May 08 "Bullet-Time, Becoming, and the Triumph of Theatricality." Film Studies Association of Canada, Vancouver, BC.
Feb. 08 "PBR and the Productivity of Artistic and Academic Exchange." Practice-Based Research in the Performing Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2YouTopia. A Vertical City Performance. Toronto City Hall, Nuit Blanche. October 2014.
Trace. A Vertical City Performance. SummerWorks Festival, Toronto. August 2014.
All Good Things. A Vertical City Performance. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto. February 2013, and Boca del Lupo Theatre Micro Performance Series, Vancouver, June 2014.
YouTopia. A Vertical City Performance. Glen Morris Studio Theatre, Toronto. September 2013.
The Rogue Show. Kaeja d'Dance. Dovercourt House, Toronto. April 2014.
Swimmer (68). Solo devising project co-created with Ker Wells. Hopscotch Collective. Glen Morris Studio Theatre, Toronto. May 2011.
Supers. A Vertical City / Zuppa Theatre collaboration. In development, Banff (AB) Playwrights Colony (March-April 2015) and Halifax, NS. July 2015.
Foreign Radical. Theatre Conspiracy. Written by Timothy Carlson, with the company. The Cultch, Vancouver, BC. April 2015.
.0. Kaeja d'Dance production. Choreographed by Allen Kaeja. Enwave Theatre (Next Steps Series) Toronto, ON. March 2015.
STAY (A)WAKE. bluemouth inc. production. Created by the company. SummerWorks, Toronto. August 2013.
X-ODUS. Kaeja d'Dance production. Choreography by Allen Kaeja. NextSteps Program, Harbourfront Performing Arts, Toronto. May 2013.
Under Wraps. Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland production: By Robert Chafe. Directed by Jillian Keiley. LSPU Hall, St. John's, NF. May 2013.
The Sacrifice Zone. Theatre Gargantua production. By Suzie Miller and the Company. Directed by Jacquie P. A. Thomas. Factory Theatre, Toronto. November 2012.
Imprints. Theatre Gargantua production. By Michael Spence. Directed by Jacquie P. A. Thomas. Factory Theatre, Toronto. November 2011.
Five Easy Steps to the End of the World. Zuppa Theatre production. Created by the company. Directed by Alex McLean. Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Ottawa. June 2011.
Poor Boy. Zuppa Theatre production. Created by the company. Directed by Alex McLean. Neptune Studio Theatre, Halifax. March 2009.
Dance Marathon. bluemouth inc. production. Created by the company. Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Performing Arts, Toronto.
Bruce began university teaching in 1988 and has been a faculty member at the University of Guelph (ON), McMaster University (ON), Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Prince Edward Island, and Dalhousie University (NS). Between 2001 and 2014, Bruce taught performance creation, dramaturgy, intermedial performance, and practice-based research at the University of Toronto with the undergraduate Theatre and Drama Studies program and the graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies.
In Fall 2015 Bruce will teach Drama 560: Performance Creation III with the Division of Drama in the School of Creative and Performing Arts.


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The story of Princeville
Wading in the water of this historic North Carolina town
February 18, 2017 Laura Ashley Lamm Features
As we celebrate Black History Month, we venture down to Princeville, the oldest town chartered by blacks in America. Nestled next to the Tar River in Edgecombe County, we take a closer look at the history and mystery of this small North Carolina town.
PRINCEVILLE — It was 1865, and the Union soldiers declared victory over the South. The defeat of the Confederate soldiers in the Civil War gave approximately 4 million slaves their freedom. These men and women with newfound freedom needed somewhere to go, somewhere to live, and somewhere to call home.
Follow the Tar River down to Edgecombe County where there was water, land, and a little bit of swamp the white men no longer needed.
"It was nothing but swamp land, the white men didn't want the freed slaves to live in Tarboro (the county seat), but wanted them to live close enough to come to work for them," said Calvin Adkins, Princeville native and historian.
'Freedom Hill' the freed slaves called it. The white men saw this land as not being valuable so they offered it to the slaves for a place to live. Looking at a swamp of nothing, the black men began to make something. The black men chopped down trees to make homes, and the freed slaves continued to come.
"Slaves crossed the river to come here. Slaves came from all over Edgecombe County," said Adkins.
One freed slave who found his way to Freedom Hill was Turner Prince. A Pitt County native, he was a talented carpenter who assisted in the building of homes as well as the Town of Tarboro's courthouse at the time. Twenty years removed from slavery, the freed slaves went to Congress to ask for a charter for the town.
"We know the slaves who went to Congress were smart and had help, but we don't know who helped them," said Adkins.
Slaveholders were opposed to educating their slaves, but these slaves who went to Congress had become educated and the mystery remains as to who and how. As the tale goes, the freed slaves appeared before Congress and were originally turned down. Congress wanted this new town to be named for President James Garfield.
"The slaves said no. It took a lot of strength and courage for these freed slaves to stand up to Congress," said Adkins. "Eventually, the slaves won the argument."
In 1885, Freedom Hill became incorporated as Princeville, having been named after Turner Prince. Though Prince continued to play an important role in the Town of Princeville, he remains a mystery.
The details of his life are lost. It is rumored he built a house and lived on Main Street in the largest home in town. Floods have long ago destroyed what could have been this historical home. More so, the details of his death and even his body are missing.
"We have looked and searched for decades, but we can't find his grave. Which is disappointing," said Adkins.
One of the town's most esteemed residents seems to have vanished. A grave marker? Maybe a wood marker? There isn't even a photograph of him.
"We've not given up hope. Someone somewhere may have an artifact, pictures, or more information that may have moved away from Princeville," said Adkins.
Flood waters have silently crept through the town since the 1700s. One major flood came in 1867, shortly after the town was incorporated.
"The land was no good, but the people didn't have anywhere else to go. Despite the floods, the people continued to stay," said Adkins. "Princeville has always been filled with determined people, proud people."
In the 1900s, the Town of Princeville was self-sufficient with stores and businesses lining the main street.
"You didn't go across the bridge into Tarboro for much except to work," said Adkins.
Back during the mid-1920s, as the legend is told, wealthy businessman Orren James was mayor and owned two popular stores.
One day, as the river began flooding the town, James gathered his money in stacks, placed them in his boat and was last seen floating down the Tar River never to have been heard from again.
Historical documents, photographs, and evidence of a town established by freed slaves disappears a little more each time the water washes through town. The people of Princeville know their history, share stories through storytelling, and are proud of where they come from. They don't need a historical marker or document to tell them. They remain resilient and dedicated to returning to the place freed slaves built.
"This is home. This is our history here," said Adkins. "If God wants water, he'll send water. But look at what the slaves went through to get this land. They made something out of nothing."
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KATYA IS AMONG A number of local teens who have been diagnosed in recent years with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), an illness that medical experts say a;ects one in 100 teenagers, predominantly girls. ;e syndrome is a form of dysautonomia, an umbrella term covering illnesses caused by the malfunctioning of the body's autonomic nervous system. In POTS patients, the nervous system sends the wrong signals, causing blood vessels to not constrict enough. ;at significantly reduces the volume of blood that returns to the heart when a person stands up after lying down, according to the National Institutes of Health.
;e lack of blood flow causes the heart to beat abnormally fast—increasing 30 to 50 beats per minute—which can make a person feel faint, dizzy and nauseous. People a;icted with POTS also often experience other symptoms that can range from mild to debilitating, including chronic fatigue, headaches, anxiety and depression, and digestive problems.
living with POTS since adolescence.
Diane Damskey, left, helps her daughter, Katya, deal with her daily regimen of medications.


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Little adult humans only three feet tall, are a problem for evolutionists.
Flores, Indonesia has recently produced fossil bones of humans three feet tall. Evolutionists are amazed. They have decided they are 18,000 years old. Much is being made of their "brain size." John Gurche, one of the absolute best painters and sculptors of fossil animals and people has sculpted his idea of how one of the women looked in life. His recreation is on the front cover of the April 2005 National Geographic. It is stunningly realistic. And there I will end with the compliments.
The entire article, like Gurche's model, is based on the same blind dogma of evolution. I just find it offensive that such a great magazine as National Geographic and such incredible talent as John Gurche's could be so "racist", to use the hue and cry of the NAACP.
Gurche's female is dark brown. She has the upper lip of an ape with no crease in the center. Her ears are flattened to the sides of the head like an African. But an African is not being depicted. An ape-like hominid is. The message is the same as that advanced in Darwin's Origin of Species "Africans are less evolved than Europeans." That is the message.
Any "Origin Of The Races" based on Biblical history is completely ignored. Evolutionists apparently feel compelled to make all fossil humans "primitive", therefore Negroid. It is more probable that the Negroid or Hamitic race is "newer" than the Caucasian. We don't know what color Ham was at the time of the flood, but his descendents are the Africans of today.
Since Flores is apparently on an island that could have formed as a result of the flood, it is likely that these people came there in the last three or four thousand years, after the flood. They may even have been Blacks. But they were not dim-witted and barely human. Because there are fossil elephants and saber toothed cats found with them, it is likely that they lived at the same time as the rest of the so-called Pliocene/Pleistocene, about three or four thousand years ago or less.
The other illustrations in the article put ape-like heads on very well formed modern human bodies. Why are they so small? National Geographic strains to understand it and concludes dwarfism from living on an island must be it. Have they ever heard of the Pygmies? What about the Oriental people living there now? They're not dwarfs. And why do artists always depict "primitive" humans with black skin, ape lips and no facial hair? How do they know they weren't blonde and heavily bearded? The very natives of Flores even tell of folk tales of little hairy people.
Scientists just can't imagine how such "primitive" people ever made it across 15 miles of water to get here. Old-fashioned ideas die-hard. KonTiki, KonTiki, KonTiki, fellows! Ancient people tied reeds together and crossed the ocean.
Today, illegal aliens from Cuba cross ninety miles of ocean in heavy old American cars! Primitive people weren't dim-witted children like some of these "big-brained" scientists imagine they were. John Gurche, why don't you model a little person based on the Scottish Picts, the little red-haired green-eyed people who defeated the Romans?
And what about brain size? The article tries to link them to monkeys because they had the same sized brains. These were little people with brains proportionate to their size. Neanderthals had bigger brains than we do. So what's the point? The old idea that humans have risen from little monkeys to humans, six feet tall is just nonsense.
*The giant man and the little man were found 60 miles south of Crosbyton. I've been to the site.


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Last week was School Choice Week. If dollars were allowed to follow the kids instead of being handed to school districts, how would education change?
Schools would have to complete for your kids. More specialized schools would arise to meet the differing needs of kids. Today kids are herded into classrooms that can't address the ways they learn. They aren't allowed to learn at their own pace or concentrate on areas of interest that spur their imagination.
If families were given money to pick the schools of their choice, there would be an almost overnight cost decrease and quality increase.
Evidently progressives think kids can choose their own gender, but not their own school.
Illinois wants your kids in their state-run indoctrination camps instead of allowing them to achieve their own greatness.
Yes, progressives have a war on children. One would think all people want the most intelligent future workers possible.
Illinois government schools like creating sheep instead.
Beat them by home schooling, cheap and even free programs are available on-line.
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I agree with you 100% and of course J.elly B.elly Pritzger doesn't like anything that smacks of non government involvement. Keeping children practically ignorant of especially History has been a progressive goal for at least 20-30 years now, they are very near that goal, a few kids do manage on their own to glean some knowledge but those who don't have knowledgeable parents or an innate curiosity that has been nurtured remain ignorant, especially if they attend a public school in a district controlled by "progressives" (regressives). An indoctrinated and ignorant populace is soooo easy to control.
Remember it is always about the money. Lets say a Public School has 300 to 400 kids in it. Their State School funds are based on actual attendance. So if all kids stay in this same school, the school board can with some surety make a viable budget. Now lets remove 30%? and they now go to some other type school. How is a tax paying district going to make up for the loss of student moneys? Wait I'll tell you, but you already know, yep, taxes must go up to catch back up to at least try and keep the student dollar spent on their education where it was. The mind set to cripple public schools further is an idea professed as a way to re-segregate schools. May not be over a color but most likely over Country of recent origin.
But, but, but the unions support the agenda!


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The National Audit Office concluded that the restructuring was well thought out and helped to maintain private sector discipline over cost. The arrangements that were put in place have now proved their effectiveness, as the project was completed on time and within budget. As planned, the new railway is fully open and the Eurostar services moved successfully from Waterloo to St. Pancras International overnight last week. I take this opportunity to thank everyone who played a part in that.
Government support will always be needed to fund major rail projects, but given the investment made by taxpayers, we now need to get the best possible return. In 2006, after speculation about the ownership of LCR, its shareholders decided that at that point they did not want to sell their interest in the company. However, as was announced to Parliament in March last year, the LCR board and the Secretary of State agreed to undertake a joint programme of work to evaluate potential restructuring options. The objective of that work was to identify and implement a future structure for the company that was affordable and maximised value for taxpayers. The work is not yet complete, but we have made significant progress.
A separation of LCR's three different businesses is planned—the infrastructure, including the track and stations, the land interests and the UK stake in Eurostar. Ultimately, as the Secretary of State said last year, we anticipate that there will be an open, competitive process for any sale, to secure best value for the taxpayer. The Bill is the first step towards that. Outside the Bill, a number of regulatory approvals must be granted.
Damian Green (Ashford) (Con): The Minister makes the important point that when the sale happens he will seek to gain the best value for the taxpayer. Can he cast some light on whether the Department will also have some regard for the travelling public who use the line, particularly in Kent, because one can imagine circumstances in which there would be a genuine tension between those two demands?
Mr. Harris: I can assure the hon. Gentleman that any restructuring process—indeed, any wider policy of the Department—will make the interests of the travelling public an absolute priority. I understand that he has concerns about the service pattern of Eurostar as it affects Kent, and he may want to say something about that later.
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet) (Lab): While my hon. Friend is on the subject of the travelling public, he will know that my constituents are very much looking forward to using the domestic high-speed service. Many of them will want to go to Stratford international station and then get on to the docklands light railway to go into the City, as will be possible from 2010. Others will want to transfer from Stratford international station to Stratford domestic station to get on to the Jubilee line. Those two stations were supposed to be linked by a travolator, but I understand that there are now some second thoughts about whether that will be constructed or whether the link will be delivered in some other way. Will the arrangement that he is proposing make it more or less likely that we will get that essential link between the two Stratford stations?
Mr. Harris: That was an ingenious intervention by my hon. Friend. The short answer is that I am afraid that the Bill will make absolutely no difference to whether the travolator—an inelegant word if ever there was one—will be constructed. He is right that the requirement to build a mechanical link between the international and regional stations at Stratford was part of the original planning consent. He will perhaps already know that plans are now in place to build an access route from the eastern side of the station that will require passengers to walk about 200 m, and the procurement process to identify a suitable contractor is under way.
Outside the Bill, there are a number of regulatory approvals that must be granted, but if the timetable proceeds as we anticipate, the most significant sale—of the rail infrastructure—is likely to take place in 2009.
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab): We have had all sorts of problems with Railtrack in the past; now we have a unified railway system under Network Rail, with the exception of this line. Will Network Rail be able to bid to bring the line into the national network?
Mr. Harris: The answer is yes. However, I will not speculate about who might ultimately win that particular bidding process.
The Bill, though short, is the first visible step in the restructuring work package. Our work with LCR identified that High Speed 1 might be subject to two existing pieces of legislation—the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 and the Railways Act 2005. As a result, there is a risk that legal or regulatory uncertainty about how the legislation interacts could jeopardise the Government's ability to get the best price. The first clause confirms that the Secretary of State's powers under the 2005 Act to provide financial assistance can be applied in relation to High Speed 1 and the train services that run on it.
The second and third clauses change existing provisions in relation to the regulation of the line, which is exempt from economic regulation by the Office of Rail Regulation. However, the Secretary of State has certain regulatory duties in relation to HS1, such as setting an access-changing framework and ensuring fair and non-discriminatory terms of access to the railway. There are some areas where the duties of the Secretary of State and the ORR overlap, or could overlap, and the Bill clarifies who is responsible for what and allows the ORR to recover the costs that it reasonably incurs when exercising its function and duties in relation to CTRL or HS1.
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester, South) (Lab): Does the Minister accept that while there has been an understandable focus on the enormous success of the passenger facilities that will be available with the reopening of St. Pancras, there needs to be an equal focus on the potential use of the rail link for freight? That has been a much less successful development, with, at times, as few as one train a day using the line for that purpose, and that needs as much attention in future as the successful passenger-related developments that have already taken place.
Mr. Harris: My hon. Friend makes a valid point. I know that he takes a close interest in rail freight matters. High Speed 1 might be appropriate for freight usage. The Government's hope is that decisions about access to High Speed 1 will be taken on a completely commercial basis. He is right to point out that the recent history of through-tunnel rail freight has been a difficult one, certainly in relation to the charging regime for travel through the tunnel. The Government have been trying to work that problem through with the owners and the rail freight companies. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there is no reason why domestic freight should not use High Speed 1 in the future.
The Bill amends the statutory definition of "development agreement" in the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 to include the word "operation". We are now starting to see the full extent of this project's value to the UK taxpayer. The financial receipts from any sales are likely to be significant, but the benefits of the rail link are wider than any simple financial transaction. LCR estimates that the new line is facilitating £10 billion in private investment in some of the most deprived areas of the south-east. King's Cross Central is a 27 hectare former goods yard that will accommodate new-build homes and reused warehouses, shops, offices and leisure facilities. Taxpayers will receive an agreed proportion of the proceeds from that development.
In Stratford, a 30 million sq ft development, including a new station, shopping centre and accommodation for athletes, will support the successful staging of the Olympic games in 2012. Journey times to the continent have been cut by at least 40 minutes, compared with before HS1 was built, and through tickets are now available from regional stations across the UK.
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West) (Lab): My hon. Friend talks about through tickets from regional stations and the regeneration effects of HS1. Bearing in mind that his constituency is on the west coast main line, as is mine and that of Madam Deputy Speaker and several other hon. Members present, can he say when we might see HS3 serving that line so that people outside the south-east can quickly get to the continent if they wish to do so?
Mr. Harris: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that very helpful intervention. [ Laughter. ] We have plenty of time, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I am not sure that you would want me to digress to that extent. However, since the question has been asked, the channel tunnel, which was first suggested as a genuine capital project that would actually go ahead in the 1980s, gained support in the House because there was a commitment to link it via high-speed lines to points throughout Great Britain. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct about that. Subsequently, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the then Conservative Government decided that direct high-speed links to the channel tunnel would not be provided—I am not making a political point here; this party supported their decision.
To bring the House completely up to date, it is a matter of record that our party's 2005 manifesto committed the Government to considering the case for high-speed links from north to south, and we have done that as part of the process leading up to the publication of our White Paper, "Delivering a sustainable railway", in July.
The Government concluded correctly that although there may be a case in the medium to long term for high-speed lines as a way of meeting additional capacity demands, there was not as strong a case for them with regard to connectivity and journey times, given that Great Britain is a relatively small island. That discussion is still ongoing in the Government. We will make further consideration of the case. I hope that whoever is in this job in 2012 will make a relevant announcement at that time, in the run-up to the high-level output specification planned for publication in that year that will cover the control period from 2014 to 2019.
Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab): My Friend or his ministerial colleague told me that the Government would not consider extending HS1 north until 2012. That is a tragedy because its extension would make a transformational impact. I have just come back from Taiwan, where a high-speed railway was opened in April. All domestic flying has stopped in Taiwan because it makes sense for people to travel on that railway.
Mr. Harris: I am grateful for my hon. Friend's brief travelogue, but I must emphasise that, in the context of connectivity in the United Kingdom, the case for high-speed lines is not as strong as it might be in other parts of the world. I do not accept that the high-speed line is, of itself, necessarily a good thing. There must be other economic and environmental reasons for such a line. It is a vast financial commitment over a long time, with certain consequences such as blight. Ultimately, travel times in Great Britain are comparable with some of the times that are achieved for similar distances between cities and other locations on the continent. I have not ruled out the prospect of more high-speed lines in Great Britain, but they must be considered on the basis of whether they benefit the economy and meet the demands of increasing capacity in the next 10 to 15 years.
Adam Price (Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr) (PC): Given the Under-Secretary's comments and the fact that people in the north of Scotland and in my constituency in the west of Wales currently and for the foreseeable future derive no direct benefit from the channel tunnel rail link, why is it still regarded as a UK-wide project? Why is Government funding under clause 1 excluded from the operation of the Barnett formula? Why that exclusion when we do not receive any direct benefit from the line in Wales or Scotland?
Mr. Harris: We are considering the first high-speed line to be implemented and inaugurated in our country and our capital city. I do not perceive any benefit in following the nationalist, narrow-minded dead end that the hon. Gentleman's comments suggest. To describe a high-speed line from St. Pancras to the channel tunnel as some sort of parochial benefit for the south-east is the worst form of nationalism. Nationalism takes many bad forms but that is one of the most small-minded attacks that I have heard since I gave an interview to BBC Radio Scotland two weeks ago.
Dr. Ladyman: The discussion is becoming terribly negative. I have worked out that my constituents in Ramsgate will be able to get to Leeds in four hours, including the time it takes them to change trains at St. Pancras, on the new service. We should celebrate that, not criticise it.
Mr. Harris: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for again bringing the debate back on track. We should celebrate High Speed 1. More than £8 billion has been spent on upgrading the west coast main line, slashing journey times between London and Glasgow, which will have a knock-on effect on people in Glasgow, including in my constituency, who want to use the west coast main line to travel to King's Cross and Euston, then go to St. Pancras for their onward journey to the continent. That is unalloyed good news for the whole of Britain, especially the British rail industry.
Sir Peter Soulsby: I want to revert to the pressure that has been put on my hon. Friend to consider other high-speed links in the UK. He has talked about the excitement that opening High Speed 1 has generated. Given the genuine excitement, the continuing and growing concern about climate change—and the effect of other modes of transport on that—and the ever-increasing congestion on existing lines, is not now, rather than 2012, or who knows when, the time to consider other high-speed links? We would thus capture the excitement of the moment.
Mr. Harris: I add a note of caution to my hon. Friend's comments. The environmental case for a high-speed line is often overstated and painted in black and white terms. Pushing any train up to significantly higher speeds takes great increases in energy, which has to come from somewhere. I return to the point that I made earlier. Connectivity cannot always be addressed by high-speed rail in a country the size of Britain. Given that the journey times between most of the major cities in Britain are already fairly modest, we are left with the conclusion that the main argument for new high-speed lines lies in the need to meet the increased expectation of higher capacity in the medium and long term. The Government are committed to considering that option. I hope that my hon. Friends and hon. Members in all parts of the House will accept that as a reasonable and mature strategy to pursue.
Sir Peter Soulsby: I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. Does he not accept that the energy necessary to get those high-speed trains up to speed is worth expending if they get people off domestic airlines and make rail a realistic alternative for them?
Mr. Harris: Take, for example, the journey from London to Manchester as it stands currently. Even without high-speed lines, rail already has the majority share in that market. Once the west coast main line is finally upgraded, I expect that advantage to increase.
The Government are not in the business of telling airline passengers that they should not use airlines. We want to ensure that realistic alternatives are available when people make a judgment about which form of travel to use. Thanks to our investment in the wider rail industry over the past 10 years, and in the west coast main line in particular, people in this country have a realistic choice of whether to travel by train, rail or car. That was not always the case. Before 1997, and certainly 20 years ago, most people did not have a choice between rail travel and air travel. They now have a realistic alternative to travelling by air, and more are choosing railways even without the high-speed lines.
Rob Marris: My hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. Given his background, can he tell me of a single Member of the House representing a constituency in Glasgow who takes the train more than once a month to get from his or her constituency to the House and/or back?
Mr. Harris: I would not want to speak for any of my colleagues representing the first city of Scotland, but I can tell my hon. Friend that I certainly use the railway to get from Glasgow to London every Monday morning—although that is a hostage to fortune. I use the train whenever possible, which works out at three times every month at least.
Local people in Kent will experience reductions in journey times to London from the end of 2009, with travel to Folkestone and Canterbury estimated to take about an hour. The brand new fleet of class 395 Hitachi trains will also be used to deliver the high-speed Javelin service during the 2012 Olympics, travelling from St. Pancras to Stratford in just seven minutes. The Bill sets in motion a restructuring package that will optimise value for money for taxpayers and put the railway on a firm financial footing for the future. I commend it to the House.
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con): Today we have the Second Reading of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill. It is a small Bill of only six clauses; none the less it is a difficult Bill and to some people almost impenetrable. However, behind it lies a unique British achievement: the channel tunnel rail link or High Speed 1, as we are now to call it. The first service left St. Pancras last week to universal acclaim, achieving recognition from all the national newspapers; indeed, even the Evening Standard put it on its front page. Those of us who attended the opening ceremony the previous week will remember for a long time the excitement and sense of achievement that we experienced that night. The crowning achievement is surely the reinstatement of the single span roof.
As the Minister rightly said, the contributions of Lord Heseltine and the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) are to be saluted. We on the Conservative Benches should also like to offer our congratulations to Mr. Rob Holden of London and Continental Railways and his team at the channel tunnel rail link on completing the project on time and on budget. We would also want to salute, as did the Minister, the efforts of all those who moved operations seamlessly overnight from Waterloo to St. Pancras. That was a major success and when the first train rolled out last week, it was a huge achievement.
High Speed 1 now stretches from the mouth of the channel right the way through the Kent countryside into east London via Stratford, terminating at St. Pancras—a total of 109 km or 67.7 miles. Although the London St. Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord service will be the main focus at the moment, we should not forget that about 40 per cent. of the capacity is being reserved for high-speed domestic services. Clearly, that will be a huge advantage for the commuters of Kent.


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Samsung Galaxy S 2 (International) Review - The Best, Redefined
by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on September 11, 2011 11:06 AM EST
Galaxy S II
Exynos
Intro and Physical Impressions Physical Impressions and Comparison Table Software - Android 2.3.3 and TouchWiz 4.0 Keyboards, Messaging, and a Smooth Browser Applications and Storage Partitioning Super AMOLED+ Display Super AMOLED+ Display Continued Camera UI and Video Quality Camera Sensor and Still Quality Inside the SGS2 Cellular Connectivity - HSPA+ and X-Gold 626 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi, GPS, and Audience Audio Quality Explored by François Simond The Fastest Smartphone SoC Today: Samsung Exynos 4210 Understanding Rendering Techniques The Mali-400 GPU Performance: Staggering Battery Life and Conclusions
SGS2 Intro
The road to our Galaxy S2 review has been a long one. The first time we saw the device was at Mobile World Congress, where it was initially announced. There, Anand and myself played with and hurriedly benchmarked one and came away more than a bit disappointed with performance. I set my expectations based on our initial experience and came away from the conference prepared to be underwhelmed when the device launched internationally and stateside. There was never any doubt in my mind that the device would be a runaway success just like the first one, but I still came away disappointed.
Boy was I wrong. The device that launched internationally is completely different, in the positive sense.
It took a long time for us to get an international Galaxy S 2 in our hands, but we finally got one, and for the past few weeks I've been using it as my primary device here in the US on AT&T. It's not an exaggeration at all to say that we've received more requests for a Samsung Galaxy S 2 (henceforth SGS2) review than any other smartphone, by at least an order of magnitude. The tomes of information already written about this phone has made it all the more daunting to dive head-first into a comprehensive exploration of the device, and we've tried to do our best.
Physical Impressions
First things first, how does the phone feel? I keep going back to MWC because that's when first impressions were made, and thankfully in-hand feel didn't change at all since then. The SGS2's back eschews the plasticky smooth back of the previous SGS, and instead includes a textured battery door which snaps on. The new battery cover doesn't wrap around to the front, instead only snapping into the back. There's a notch in the top right which you can get a thumbnail into and pry the battery cover off with.
Moving to a textured surface instead of the SGS' oft-derided slick plastic back gives the device a much needed boost of in-hand-feel. When I first encountered the phone at MWC I was shocked how much of a difference this simple change made. The edges are still lipped in smooth glossy plastic, but on the whole the device feels much more competent than SGS1. It appears to be the same material, but now there's much less of a propensity for scratching or slipping around. I feel like the design language of the original SGS is still here, but it's all grown up.
It's impossible to go any further without noting just how thin the SGS2 is. Samsung has taken something of an obsession with holding the thickness crowns for its products, something the SGS2 did indeed hold for some time, at 8.49 mm at its thinnest point. Like the other SGS phones, there's a bulge at the very bottom which throws a bit of a wrench into the device being completely uniform in profile. It is here that Samsung also locates antennas and the loudspeaker, though the real purpose for this bulge seems to be at least somewhat ergonomic. This bulge is around 10.1 mm thick, which is 1.61 mm thicker than the rest of the phone. For comparison, the old SGS was around 10.0 mm thick all over. As a result, the SGS2 is on the whole noticeably thinner, all while dramatically increasing power and features which we'll get to in a moment.
Next up is the relocation of the microUSB port. The original SGS' microUSB port placement drew a lot of discussion, as it's at top left and behind a small door on the international variant and most regional variants. The SGS2 however relocates the microUSB port to dead center of the bottom face of the device, and just right of it is the primary microphone port. I got used to seeing the microUSB port up top and understood that choice, but having things at the bottom just feels more natural.
The volume rocker and power button are placed basically in the same position on SGS2 as the previous generation. Power is on the right about three quarters of the way up the right side of the device, and volume on the left side positioned with the top of the volume rocker in-line with the top of the power button. Thankfully these buttons are communicative and clicky as ever, I can't find any fault with them.
There's a notch which looks like the slot for a hand strap just above the volume rocker. There's no microphone attached on the inside to this area, so it's a bit unclear to me what this is for if it isn't for a hand strap.
At top is another microphone port for both noise cancellation during calls using a discrete solution by Audience. Right next to it is the standard 3.5mm headphone jack.
The front of SGS2 is one unbroken glass surface, just like you'd expect for a top-tier smartphone launching this generation. Starting at the top is the 2 MP front facing camera, and right next to it is the proximity sensor and ambient light sensor. Of course, the real centerpiece is the 4.3" WVGA Super AMOLED+ display (henceforth SAMOLED+) which we'll talk more about in a moment.
Physical Impressions and Comparison Table Intro and Physical Impressions Physical Impressions and Comparison Table Software - Android 2.3.3 and TouchWiz 4.0 Keyboards, Messaging, and a Smooth Browser Applications and Storage Partitioning Super AMOLED+ Display Super AMOLED+ Display Continued Camera UI and Video Quality Camera Sensor and Still Quality Inside the SGS2 Cellular Connectivity - HSPA+ and X-Gold 626 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi, GPS, and Audience Audio Quality Explored by François Simond The Fastest Smartphone SoC Today: Samsung Exynos 4210 Understanding Rendering Techniques The Mali-400 GPU Performance: Staggering Battery Life and Conclusions
Deann - Friday, October 7, 2011 - link
Maybe I misunderstood, but if you take a look at this swedish website the Samoled + looks much better than the Amoled: http://www.appsandroid.dk/joomla/skaermtest-af-htc...
aritai - Saturday, October 8, 2011 - link
You may want to consider counting number of web pages browsed before battery exhaustion and report those as well. Perhaps even calculate a "joules per page viewed" as part of your power metrics. (i.e. it may be that running at max benchmark rate on a more powerful system displays twice as many pages - and that these systems are being penalized for not being as slow as their competitors - where in terms of raw energy usage they would last longer than their slower competitors if asked only to do the same amount of work).
Paulman - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - link
I just started reading some comments about upgrading the Galaxy S II to 2.3.5 of Gingerbread, and people are reporting improvements in the sound quality. They were quite surprised! Do you think one of you / Francois can take the time to look into it? Thanks.
san3536 - Friday, October 28, 2011 - link
I am planning to buy a Samsung Galaxy S2 in US and to use it in India.... is it possible that way to use it in different country ? i would like to know what are specifications to be asked for the same like unlocked & International etc ... does unlocked mean just it can be used on any network only in US or else where or is international version mandatory ? please inform the disadvantages of using the phone in India which is brought in US ...like any of phone functions wont work etc ..
Naengmyun - Monday, November 21, 2011 - link
Me and about a gazillion of my GS2 owners are experiencing problem connecting to our home WiFi networks. Everything, including visitors' laptops, iPads, Android Tablets, smartypwns, netbooks and even the kitchen sink connect seamlessly to my Great Home WiFi Network. But not the GS2! Amazing. Everyone's playing the blame game for now~provider says it's the router, router tech support says it's the phone, Samsung says it's me, phone carrier wants to know if I'd be interested in their latest unlimited plan.
Anyone else having trouble with GS2 WiFi connectivity?
Bibm
Ravil - Saturday, November 26, 2011 - link
i bought the samsung galaxy s2 from sri lanka for LKR85,000/= on the 4th of november 2011 with android 2.3.3 and i have some issues with it.
1) screen issue
when the phone is on the lowest brightness level the left part of the screen has a yellowish tint and i took it to the sri lankan warranty agents THE PHONE COMPANY four times and they replaced the screen and now its worse now the whole screen has a yellowish tint.
2) signal issue
the signal is unstable signal bars are at 2bars sometimes 3bars sometimes full and when i connect to the in ternet it connects from hsdpa and edge, when i'm not connected to the internet it shows the 3g icon, the above mentioned warranty agents THE PHONE COMPANY replaced the motherboard but i still have the issue.
3) no NFC
i don't have NFC (near field communication)
pls help me with these issues can samsung replace the whole phone and give me a new one?
my email address is ravildealwis7@gmail.com
sgxsingapore1 - Friday, February 3, 2012 - link
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Jedi2155 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - link
I have an Epic 4G (Original SGS), and I have to say the audio quality is horrendous compared to an iPhone, Creative Zen X-Fi, and my home X-Fi on my PC. Nothing compares, especially since I hear some clear static even though nothing is playing pointing to poor isolation. To say that the original SGS phones were good sound quality (my sister's also has the same Epic 4G with same issue) would be hard to swallow based on my personnel experience.


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