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Video Game Review: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
March 10, 2014 | by Casey Curran | Comments Comments Off on Video Game Review: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
Remember when turning into a Super Saiyan was a big deal?
Dragon Ball Z is a show we have very fond memories of… until we start watching it again. The ideas it has are as epic as the fights, but then it forces hours of pointless filler on its audience to get to the good stuff. That is a good reason why video games are a better medium for it. All the senseless violence without pointlessly shoehorning what Hercule is up to or other crap no one cares about. Unfortunately, the newest game, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, is not the best way to enjoy the series, either.
CONTROLS (2.25/5)
Awkward would be the best word for the controls. The game relies heavily on a targeting system so you can focus on whichever character you want to damage. Without targeting, it is incredibly hard to hit who you want, and most of the time you'll be punching and kicking air. Switching between multiple targets can also get pretty wonky, as it is hard to tell where everyone is during a match, and therefore who you want to be aiming at next.
Pulling off special attacks is fairly easy, either by using a simple combination of buttons or tapping a specific spot on the touch screen. We are normally against switching between a touch screen and buttons, but Battle of Z offers one of the best ways to handle it.
What brings the controls down, however, is the movement. Getting to a faraway enemy either leaves you very exposed as you dash toward them in a way that still feels too slow, or you take quick, but way too short, bursts. As the arenas tend to be very large and attacks knock both you and enemies very far back, this gets incredibly annoying almost immediately.
GRAPHICS/SOUND (4/5)
Ever since Budokai 3, Dragon Ball Z games have done an excellent job of looking like the cartoon and Battle of Z is no exception. They are not quite on the same level as South Park: The Stick of Truth at mimicking the source material, but no DBZ fan will be disappointed by its visuals. However, there are a few issues, particularly that the character models can look really jagged when the camera zooms out, similar to the first inFAMOUS game.
Voice work uses the newer voices, which will be fine for fans keeping up with the newer Kai series. For those used to the older ones, however, many characters (particularly Gohan and Frieza) will sound really weird. Looking objectively, however, they do well for the most part, except for young Gohan. He just sounds annoying.
Music is pulled straight from the cartoon so it is naturally quite good. They sound exciting when things are supposed to be exciting, which is pretty much 90 per cent of this game. Sound effects ooze violence at every punch, while making ki moves feel very powerful, particularly when the character's special attack lands a perfect hit.
GAMEPLAY (1.75/5)
Battle of Z is set up very differently from your typical fighting game. Rather than have the usual one-on-one bouts, the game instead focuses on having teams fight against each other. This is a neat idea, in theory, but it is plagued with many problems that get in the way.
At its core, using the attacks feels satisfying. Punching and kicking feel exactly how they are supposed to, and ki attacks have a great deal of gratification in landing them. The game just does not use either of these well. For instance, regular melee attacks, which are set up as the bread and butter of combat, inflict moderate to very little damage to enemies, especially compared to how much they do to you.
In fact, if you are facing one of the big villains, expect to get over two-thirds of your health taken away from just one of their combos. This really contradicts the fighting game setup, which is designed in a way that does a better job of making things equal.
The teamwork mechanics are supposed to help this, but the friendly AI is very hit or miss. Sometimes they would be healing when they are supposed to be fighting with the player in perfect harmony. Other times, they just fly around doing nothing, even hovering above an unconscious ally without healing him.
Co-op can rectify this, but like the AI, is very dependent on who joins your game. With the right people, you can theoretically have a better experience, but in our playtime we could never get a group that wanted to fight in synergy, which the teamwork mechanics are dependent on.
The worst offender, however, is how the game liberally has any downed character be immune to damage. Get hit by three attacks then fall down a little? Immune for half a combo. This creates an incredibly one-sided battle system toward the enemy, as you will need to land multiple combos, while they only need to land a few. It really cuts how much damage you can potentially do and replaces much of the fun with frustration.
OVERALL (2/5)
The biggest Dragon Ball Z fans that are not sick of watching Goku beat Frieza or Gohan finish off Cell for the umpteenth time will find some enjoyment from Battle of Z. Even then, however, we would only recommend it if you know you can get a good group of friends to consistently join you. Otherwise, you are probably better off with one of the PSP entries.
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Q: Linux script for file change email notification ( not inotify or any other utility) I'm looking for linux script (not inotify tool or any other utilities ) which notifies me via email whenever file contents are changed. I have managed sample script via google, but i have to run it manually and it is not triggering any emails
[[ -z `find /path/to/file -mmin -60` ]]

if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo -e " /path/to/file nothing has changed"
else
  mail -s "/path/to/file has been changed" mailid
fi

A: Once you have a script that does what you want it to do, add the script to your cron table (or crontab), and the job will run at whatever frequency you like.  So:
#!/bin/bash
if ! [[ -z $(find /path/to/file -mmin 60) ]]; then
    # The file was changed, so:
    echo -e "The hash is:\n$(md5sum /path/to/file)" | mail -s "/file has changed on $(hostname -s) username@example.com"
else
    # If this is in the crontab, remove this else stanza; cron
    # jobs should not write to standard output, lest that output
    # be sent to the local mailer daemon to drop it into the owner's
    # mailbox.
    echo "No changes to /path/to/file detected."
fi

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Witnesses said a raft on one of the park's water rides flipped over, killing four adults but sparing a young girl.
Police have confirmed two men and two women are dead after a horror accident on Tuesday at the Dreamworld theme park on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Officers were called to the site at Coomera around 2:20 p.m. to respond to reports that "a number of people had been injured by a conveyor belt," police said in a statement.
Regional Duty Officer Inspector Tod Reid later confirmed that two men, aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, died at the scene.
"Specialist forensic and scientific officers, as well as detectives are currently at the scene," Queensland police said. "Investigators are interviewing a number of witnesses at nearby police stations with support services also being offered."
A spokesperson for Queensland Ambulance said the injuries sustained by the victims were "incompatible with living".
"One of the rides had sustained some sort of malfunction causing two people to be ejected from the ride, another two people were caught inside the ride, two males and two females," the spokesperson said.
After the accident, Dreamworld was closed to the public, park CEO Craig Davidson told reporters.
"At this stage the park is closed and Dreamworld is working closely with police and emergency services and authorities to establish the facts around the incident," Davidson said.
Police said the incident occurred on one of the theme park's water rides.
Witnesses told Sky News a raft on the Thunder River Rapids ride flipped over, killing the adults but sparing a girl.
"We just saw people hysterically crying, like running around," a witness told the network.
"We saw this girl crying. We think it was her mum involved in the accident. The whole thing like flipped over... I think there were six in the raft."
"There was just one little girl who survived," another witness said.


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Festival of Life - Yayoi Kusama
In a unique style that is both sensory and utopian, Yayoi Kusama's work possesses a highly personal character, yet one that has connected profoundly with large audiences around the globe. Throughout her career she has been able to break down traditional barriers between work, artist, and spectator.
Kusama's work—which spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design, and interventions within existing architectural structures—has transcended some of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century, including pop art and minimalism. Conveying extraordinary vitality and passion, her work seems to encompass an autobiographic, even confessional dimension. As stated by Roberta Smith in The New York Times, "These paintings form a great big infinity room of their own, but one in which each part is also an autonomous work of art, its own piece of wobbly, handwrought infinity. You may not want to know these paintings Ms. Kusama has made, but in the moment their vitality is infectious. It is the vitality of an artist who lives to work, whose work keeps her alive."
Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life documents the artist's exhibition at David Zwirner's Chelsea location in New York in late 2017, featuring a selection of paintings from her iconic My Eternal Soul series, new large-scale flower sculptures, a polka-dotted environment, and two Infinity Mirror Rooms. The monograph includes new scholarship on the artist by Jenni Sorkin, as well as a special foldout poster.
David Zwirner Books, 2018
Her and No - Reena Spaulings
Studio Visits No. 1 Henry Kitcher - Ian Kenneth Bird

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1. Wash the salmon under cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
2. On a flat working surface using a sharp knife, make several deep cuts into the thickest part of the fish down to the bone on each side. This helps the fish cook more quickly and evenly.
3. Season the whole fish, inside and out including the slits, with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
4. Drizzle and rub or brush a liberal coating of the Lemon, Mustard & Dill Sauce inside the cavity as well as outside of the fish to prevent it from sticking to the grill.
5. Stuff with thin slices of lemon, onion, and a healthy dose of fresh dill.
6. Secure in place with cotton string.
7. Now it's time to fire up your grill.
8. Grill the fish with the lid on and grill vents open over medium-high heat for approximately 10 minutes per side – or longer depending on the size of your catch. A thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish should read between 135-145. The salmon will keep cooking after it is taken from the grill, so better to take it off too soon than too late. Using a large metal spatula or two, carefully lift the fish off the grill and on to your favorite platter.
9. Grilling vegetables along with your fish is delicious, super simple, and looks stunning plated around the whole salmon. Just toss them with a little oil and throw them on the grill with your fish.
10. Serve your salmon with a little Lemon, Mustard & Dill Sauce on the side for dipping and fun.
This is truly an everyday easy dish with gourmet gravitas. Grill up an extra salmon while you're at it for Sunday Salmon Cakes! Or Salmon Pasta Salad for a light, delicious dinner.


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Q: Google Docs style Autosave using TinyMCE I have a form using the TinyMCE Editor running on a LAMP system.  I wish to create an autosave feature similar to Google Docs.  I have thought of two scenarios however, both will produce an overhead on the server.

*

*Post an Ajax request on keyup

*Post an Ajax request every 60s

Obviously the first point is not feasible.  Can anyone suggest a better solution to point two?
Edit 1
Ok, so a third option could be a combination of Thariama's answer and my second point.
3) Post an Ajax request every 60s if there is signifcant change eg 10 chars or more
Any advances on this would be much appreciated.
Edit 2
Ok I have prototyped my solution based on point 3.  In case anyone is interested my code flows like this:
I am using JQuery.  I have a form with a textarea with TinyMCE attached to it and a hidden field to store a count of keystrokes.
tinyMCE.init({
  ...
  // Callback for counting keystrokes in TinyMCE
  handle_event_callback : "keyCount"
});

$(function() {
  autoSaveContent();
});

// Callback function - Get count, increment it and then set it
function keyCount(e) {
  if(e.type == "keypress") {
    var count = parseInt($("#keyCount").val());
    count++;
    $("#keyCount").val(count);
  }
}

// Autosave every 10s if there have been over 30 keystrokes
function autoSaveContent() {
  var keyCount = parseInt($("#keyCount").val());
  if(keyCount > 30) {
    tinyMCE.triggerSave();
    var formData = $("#programmedItineraryForm").serialize();
    $.post("/path/to/save.php", formData, function(data,textStatus) {
      if(data.success) {
        $("#keyCount").val(0);
      }
    });
  }
  setTimeout('autoSaveContent()',10000);
}

A: Hmm, there are many options.
Point 1 is indeed a bit too expensive.
I think it would be a good idea to send a request based on the number of new characters entered in the editor. For example send a request every 5-10 new characters.
You can increment a counter onKeyDown or onKeyUp and reset that counter when a request gets send.

A: tinymce.init({
    plugins: "autosave"
});


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Q: Metrics of change between vector datasets I have an old and a new set of parcel data which I'm looking to compare. I'm looking to compare changes in individual parcel geometries, so boundary/corner adjustment. Currently each parcel we have has a unique ID which is updated when it is subdivided or merged, so divisions/mergers are known and there are no other attributes to change.
Are there any standard metrics to measure the changes between each pair of parcels? Ideally I'd like to compile a report over a region and report on a moving average of change.


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Home » Region » Heavy clashes in Yemen's Taez, medical aid blocked
Heavy clashes in Yemen's Taez, medical aid blocked
By AFP - Oct 25,2015 - Last updated at Oct 25,2015
People move boxes of cake from a damaged truck outside a food storage warehouse hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday (Reuters photo)
ADEN — Heavy clashes and air strikes in Yemen's third city Taez left at least 36 fighters dead on Sunday, army sources said, as aid workers struggled to make medical deliveries.
The fighting between Saudi-backed pro-government forces and Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies killed at least 21 rebels and 15 loyalists, the sources said.
New clashes broke out when loyalist forces tried to take back a presidential palace on a hill overlooking the city's east.
Loyalists control the centre of Taez, encircled by the Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The city in central Yemen has been a key battleground as forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi seek to regain ground from the Iran-backed Houthis.
In a statement on Sunday, aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said essential medical supplies it hoped to deliver to a besieged enclave of the city were being blocked.
"It is very frustrating that, after weeks of negotiations, we have made no progress in convincing officials of the need to provide impartial medical assistance to the victims of the ongoing fighting within this enclave," Karline Kleijer, MSF's emergency manager for Yemen, said.
She said that this was despite MSF's support to health facilities in Houthi-controlled areas.
Only six of 20 hospitals in the city of more than 600,000 continue to function due to the conflict, and often only partially, MSF said.
"They lack staff, fuel and essential medicines, and are overwhelmed by the high numbers of wounded seeking to access their emergency services on a daily basis," it said.
Intensifying fighting has left Taez in a desperate situation, with closed hospitals and acute shortages of medicine, food, water and fuel, the Red Cross said this week.
The Houthis overran Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014 and went on to seize control of several regions, aided by Saleh's forces.
In July, loyalists backed by the Saudi-led coalition evicted the rebels from five southern provinces and have set their sights on Sanaa.
At least 4,500 civilians have been killed in the conflict since March, when the coalition began targeting the rebels in air strikes.
Yemen MSF says hospital hit by air raid, no casualties
SANAA — Air strikes have hit a medical facility run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in north Yemen, MSF said Tuesday, as rebel shelling kil
Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city — medics
SANAA — Iran-backed rebels in Yemen fired rockets into a residential district of Taez, killing 14 civilians, mostly women and children, offi
South Yemen clashes kill dozens as ceasefire nears end
Fierce clashes between rebels and pro-government forces killed dozens across south Yemen on Saturday, threatening to derail a humanitarian ceasefire drawn up to bring vital aid to the war-wracked country.


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Amy's temporal echo, his very own ghost.
something that's yet to be, waiting till the event that brings them into being.
have that yet, just 'a girl Matt knows'.
The problem is, it hasn't happened /yet/, which gives Matt even more fidgets.
brothers are good at - apart from Sylv, anyway.
Even so, Matt thinks it's going to be worth it, in the end.
'Doctor Who' is the BBC's.


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Élodie Godin, född den 5 juli 1985 i Cherbourg-Octeville, Frankrike, är en fransk basketspelare som tog OS-silver i dambasket vid olympiska sommarspelen 2012 i London.

Klubbkarriär
  Bourges (2003–06), Valenciennes Olympic (2006–07)
  USK Prague (2007–08)
  Cras Taranto (2008- )

Referenser

Källor
 Denna artikel är helt eller delvis översatt från motsvarande artikel på engelskspråkiga Wikipedia

Externa länkar
Sports-reference.com

Franska basketspelare
Franska olympiska silvermedaljörer
Olympiska silvermedaljörer 2012
Tävlande vid olympiska sommarspelen 2012 från Frankrike
Tävlande i basket vid olympiska sommarspelen 2012
Kvinnor
Födda 1985
Levande personer
Personer från Manche

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The work here was produced by members of Islington Art Society who spent a day at Crouch Hill in July 2014. They are reproduced by kind permission of Janet Payne, Sue Lees and Rosalind Readhead.


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Take roasted carrots to the next level with this hasselback version of a vegetable-side favorite. Adding thin hasselback cuts to whole carrots not only allows more flavor to seep into the veggies, it also speeds up the cooking time.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat an 8-inch-square baking dish with cooking spray or line with foil.
Make crosswise cuts every ¼ inch along each carrot, slicing almost to the bottom but not all the way through. Fill as many cuts as possible with a garlic slice. Carefully transfer the carrots to the prepared baking dish and drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil.
Bake the carrots until just tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine lemon juice, paprika, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper and the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a small bowl.
Transfer the carrots to a serving platter. Drizzle the dressing over the carrots. Top with parsley and olives. Serve warm or at room temperature.


You need a speedometer, ball, solid cylinder, hollow cylinder and an inclined plane.
1. Put a cylinder on the inclined plane.
2. Record the height of location of the ball and release it.
3. Record the the speed of the ball at bottom end of inclined plane.
4. Repeat the above experiment for different heights and fill the table below.
5. Repeat above for solid cylinder and ball.


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Q: how to enable/disable the dropdowns by selecting either of the dropdows below? how to enable/disable the dropdown Country and State ,When i do select an option of country option the State dropdown should be disabled and the other side Viceversa(When i do select the dropdown of State the dropdown of Country should be disable.
and also hot to move to the other JSP page when i click a submit button in JSP page syntax?

        jQuery select / dropdown box example

jQuery select / dropdown box example

    <select id="country">
    <option value="None">-- Select --</option>
    <option value="China">China</option>
    <option value="United State">United State</option>
    <option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
    </select>
    <select id ="state">
    <option value ="AP">AP</option>
    <option value ="SP">SP</select>

A: Hiya Working demo : http://jsfiddle.net/vAJuc/ & I have also made this for you if you want disable enable on specific country choice: http://jsfiddle.net/vAJuc/4/ (in this particular case if you select china it will disable just for example)
So you had the HTML wrong I have corrected (Missing end option tag etc...) in the jsfiddle as well as the code below; Also this might be good help; http://api.jquery.com/change/ (Play around and read query api.
Below code will give you good start for you r submit button I would recommend improve the question or might ask again with this code. Hope below stuff will be helpful. :)
JQuery Code
$(function() {

   $("#country").change(function () {

     if($("#country option:selected").length){
         $('#state').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
     } else {
         $('#state').removeAttr('disabled');
     }
   });

});

// OR // If you want it to behave disabled on specific country select see below: (In this case if you select china it will disable
$(function() {

   $("#country").change(function () {

     if($("#country option:selected").val() == "China"){
         $('#state').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
     } else if ($("#country option:selected").val() == "Malaysia"){
         $('#state').removeAttr('disabled');
     } else {
         $('#state').removeAttr('disabled');
     }
   });

});

HTML

jQuery select / dropdown box example

    <select id="country">
       <option value="None">-- Select --</option>
       <option value="China">China</option>
       <option value="United State">United State</option>
       <option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
    </select>
    <select id ="state">
         <option value ="AP">AP</option>
        <option value ="SP">SP</option>
    </select>

Hope this helps, cheers


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Home Geography [SOLVED] In a critical essay, indicate the main considerations Saudi Arabia faces from a currency perspective (e.g., currency values, interest rates, inflation, and trade issues) that ensue given two scenarios:
[SOLVED] In a critical essay, indicate the main considerations Saudi Arabia faces from a currency perspective (e.g., currency values, interest rates, inflation, and trade issues) that ensue given two scenarios:
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While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar.
In a critical essay, indicate the main considerations Saudi Arabia faces from a currency perspective (e.g., currency values, interest rates, inflation, and trade issues) that ensue given two scenarios:
The first scenario is a dramatically declining world oil price.
The second scenario is a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Analyze the results you expect from each scenario.
Your essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
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Two scientists and moms move to Portland, meet at their daughters' science fair and go on to start a small business together. Although it sounds like the plot of the next summer blockbuster, it's the real-life story of Yellow Scope — an innovative company founded by two women who are every bit as engaging as the science kits they create.
Kelly McCollum, MPH, built a career in academic research in Philadelphia, specializing in epidemiology and biostatistics. Marcie Colledge, Ph.D., has loved science for as long as she could remember, preferred looking at specimens under her microscope to playing with dolls as a child, and, ultimately, discovered her passion in neuroscience. For different family reasons, both McCollum and Colledge ended up taking work sabbaticals and moving to Portland, Oregon. It didn't take long for these two kindred spirits to connect.
McCollum and Colledge volunteered to run a Family Science Night program together, where they were constantly looking for ways they could integrate a fun theme to capture the kids' attention and engage them in the scientific process. The buzz around the events sparked conversation in the classroom, the lunchroom and everywhere in between. The kids never had so much fun learning. They knew they were onto something.
"Then, we hit on the idea of packaging the experience into a kit. We bought art kits for our kids all of the time. Why not a science kit?" McCollum said.
McCollum and Colledge had already done a substantial amount of STEM research and realized that women were dramatically underrepresented in these fields. It wasn't that girls weren't good at science; it was a confidence gap. So, they knew they wanted to focus their efforts there.
They had their product. They had their target audience. And, they most definitely had their mission.
Nearly from the beginning, Yellow Scope has been a FedEx customer. So, McCollum and Colledge have known about the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest for years. This year, they decided that they were at the right stage of their business to apply, and were happy to make the Top 100.
McCollum and Colledge will use the grant money to ramp up Yellow Scope's digital marketing strategy — something they've looked at, but didn't have the budget to pursue before.
Most importantly, Yellow Scope wants to continue making a difference.
Running a small business is a process, with lessons learned along the way. Those lessons can come in the form of corrected mistakes or good decisions that ended up being great decisions or unexpected victories.
Neither had started a business before. Before they moved forward with Yellow Scope, they took a class on the foundations of business where they wrote their business plan, perfected their elevator pitch and learned about the cost of goods sold. Taking the time to learn business skills up front reduces missteps down the road.
When you're building a new small business, it's important to operate lean. "We've learned a lot along the way about managing cash flow effectively. Even the simple things, like getting terms when you can and being a little more thoughtful about timing how your money flows out makes a difference," McCollum said.
Kickstarter can be an exceptional way to gain funding and visibility for a new, innovative product. But, you can't just put the product out there and expect to do well. McCollum and Colledge primed their community. They emailed every contact, telling him or her about the Kickstarter launch and asking for support. They ended up 50 percent funded in 24 hours, and ultimately overfunded by 32 percent.


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Untold histories uncovered in M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019
SINGAPORE – Artist Suzann Victor sat in a flooded drain at the Singapore Art Museum for her 1997 work Still Waters (Between Estrangement And Reconciliation). It was a metaphor for the limbo performance art existed in then, because of a de facto ban on the art form.
Responses to her work have been curated for the upcoming M1 Singapore Fringe Festival: Still Waters from Jan 16 to 27. Many delve into parts of local history that have been overlooked, much like the drain Victor focused on in her work.
For Victor's 1997 piece, glass panels were installed in a drainage gutter at the museum so the space flanked by panels and museum wall could be filled with water, reversing the original purpose of the drain. Viewers facing the work were also turning away from the "glam spaces" of the then refurbished museum, "similar to protests when you face away from a presidential motorcade," says Victor.
Speaking on the phone from Sydney, where she is based, the 59-year-old artist adds: "I didn't expect to get permission to do a critique on the museum and the architecture, but I did."
The work was created with the support of museum curator Joanna Lee and presented soon after a 1994 ban on funding performance art (which was lifted a decade later) .
In 2001, Victor was one of four artists showcased during Singapore's debut at the prestigious Venice Biennale, leading her to believe that there were no negative consequences to her defiant act.
She will speak about her artistic practice on Jan 12, ahead of the Fringe Festival opening. "I'm interested in how the body can respond to architecture," says the artist, who is best known for public art installations that are often kinetic sculptures responding to architectural spaces. One hangs in the glass atrium of the National Museum Singapore, Wings of a Rich Manoeuvre, 2016, made of bird-like Swarovski-crystal-studded chandeliers that swing in eight different patterns and are meant to mimic the flight of fantastic beasts. It replaced a similar work by Victor that hung in the museum from 2006 to 2016 – Contours Of A Rich Manoeuvre, made of eight red swinging chandeliers.
Of the 12 ticketed performances and exhibitions in the Fringe programme next year, six are created by local artists. Festival director Sean Tobin says: "It is also important to see how the programme itself can become a fresh conversation too; each artwork responding to Suzann's work, but also allowing for a conversation of sorts between the different works."
Overlooked migrants workers are the focus of two pieces: local theatre collective Patch And Punnet has created a darkly comic fantasy starring a migrant construction worker, The Adventures Of Abhijeet; while Singapore photographer Sean Cham is showcasing images of migrant workers in various industries here. The exhibition titled This Is Where will be displayed at selected bus shelters from Dec 26 to Jan 29 and is co-presented with outdoor advertiser JCDecaux.
Interdisciplinary artist Loo Zihan, 35, was struck by Victor's ability to produce performance art in a space – physical and metaphorical – that was not supportive of it. His lecture-dialogue Catamite explores what everyday objects can say about the owners, for example, an antique watch belonging to a gay couple and symbolising their relationship. Loo points out that queer histories are often overlooked in Singapore and says: "The entire piece asks how we can draw attention to objects that have been ignored?"
Next year marks the 15th edition of the home-grown annual Fringe Festival, which is sponsored by telco M1 and organised under local troupe The Necessary Stage. The 14th edition held this January was also programmed in response to a work by a seminal local artist – Amanda Heng's 1999 performance against beauty stereotypes, Let's Walk, and included a recreation of the work by the artist herself.
For the full line-up of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019, go to www.singaporefringe.com/fringe2019
ESTRANGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION: A TALK WITH SUZANN VICTOR
WHERE: Moving Image Gallery, SAM at 8Q, 8 Queen Street
WHEN: Jan 12, 3pm
CATAMITE
WHERE: Black Box, Centre 42, 42 Waterloo Street
WHEN: Jan 25, 7pm and 9pm; Jan 26, 1pm, 3pm, 7pm and 9pm; Jan 27, 1pm and 3pm
ADMISSION: $27 from Sistic (call 6348-5555 or go to sistic.com.sg)
INFO: Rating to be confirmed
THE ADVENTURES OF ABHIJEET
WHERE: Esplanade Annexe Studio, 1 Esplanade Drive
WHEN: Jan 20, 2pm and 4pm
ADMISSION: $15 from Sistic
Other highlights of the festival
* precise purpose of being broken
WHAT: Singaporean theatre-maker Koh Wan Ching adapts a collage of texts by playwright Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage into a multi-lingual narrative peopled with fascinating characters. This work was first presented last year (2017) by the Esplanade – Theatres On The Bay for its The Studios: Raw season.
WHERE: Esplanade Annexe Studio
WHEN: Jan 24 and 25, 8pm; Jan 26, 3pm and 8pm
* Q&A (THE 36 QUESTIONS)
WHAT: This playful and intimate dance production is based on a famous 1977 psychological study about the 36 questions that make strangers fall in love. It is presented by British-Israeli choreographer Rachel Erdos and her Rachel Erdos and Dancers troupe.
WHERE: Esplanade Theatre Studio
WHEN: Jan 25 to 26, 8pm
* A FORTUNATE MAN
WHAT: British theatre company New Perspectives explores the tensions and pressures of being a medical practitioner in today's world. The title comes from the biography of an English doctor held up as a model of wisdom and compassion, who took his own life.
WHEN: Jan 18 and 19, 8pm
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Stew's Reviews: Kingdom Come
Back in my high school days, I went through an unfortunate "I'm too old to keep reading comic books" phase for two or three years. I'd try to keep up with some stuff in passing (which was much harder back in the formative days of The Internet), but I wasn't reading or buying anything with any regularity. Kingdom Come was the book that put the kibosh on that something fierce.
With Mark Waid providing the fancy words and Alex Ross painting the pretty pictures, Kingdom Come hit me like no other comic ever had. To that point in my life, I had been almost strictly a Marvel fan. I knew of DC, but as a kid, I had always fallen into the camp that thought DC's heroes were lame stuffed shirts with little beyond stereotypical personalities. Even so, I couldn't help but start hearing the buzz about Kingdom Come and wanting to know what all the hubbub was about. When I got my hands on it, even with my then-extremely-limited knowledge of DC (going into this story, I knew next-to-nothing about characters such as The Spectre, Captain Marvel, J'onn J'onzz, and others), I was captivated.
Kingdom Come is an Elseworlds story (DC's version of bigger, more grandiose "What If…?" concepts, essentially) that takes the reader to several years into the future of DC's continuity. The story is grounded in the narrative perspective of Norman McCay, a pastor of wavering faith who is the recipient of a dying Sandman's visions of an impending apocalypse. From there, McCay is tapped by The Spectre to guide him across the universe to determine who is "at fault" for this oncoming tragedy, and the two discover the fates of the heroes of the past. In these legends' absence, a brutal batch of heroes and villains, their roles indistinguishable from each other, have taken to using the planet as their playground until their reckless behavior destroys a large portion of the Midwest. The old guard decide that they need to return to set things straight, even as their old foes plot against them and… you know what? It is impossible that I could ever do this story justice by recalling the plot in a paragraph or two. I'd just end up bastardizing this tale, and then I think I won't be able to sleep tonight.
Ultimately, this is more-or-less a Superman story, even though the point of view isn't attached to him. He's the hero who retired first, his choices move the story forward, and the dynamics of all his relationships (be it with Wonder Woman, Batman, Orion, or Captain Marvel) provide the emotional punches, of which this story pulls few. This is a distant, angry Superman whose age and experiences seem to mean little against his own naiveté. Having lost his ties to humanity, when Kal-El does finally decide to return as Earth's protector, he decides to do it without oversight or input from the very people he thinks he needs to defend. This puts him on a collision course with an old, broken Bruce Wayne who seeks to undermine his former partner with a coalition of human heroes. And on the periphery of their conflict lies Lex Luthor and his plan to defeat Superman once and for all…
As someone who had only a rudimentary knowledge of the DC universe, I was amazed by Kingdom Come's ability to immerse me right into the corners of it without my feeling lost. The narrative of Norman McCay is ideal in that instance, as everything is new to him and he is able to guide the reader through all the changes that have occurred since the present day without it coming across as forced. In a story flooded with godly beings, this elderly widower, a pastor wrestling with whether or not he truly believes any longer, is the perfect voice for the reader to follow. Waid outdid himself when he designed this character.
Ultimately, what this book will always mean to me is that it is the one that smacked me out of my teenage self-conscious idiocy and got me back to reading comics. And when I returned, I did so as a much bigger DC fan than I had ever previously been. It's not hyperbole to say that this book had a bigger impact on me as a reader than any I ever read before or since.
+The art, obviously. I mean, does anything more need to be said than "Alex Ross"? This story could be scrawled by a child and it would still be a good story, but with Ross' layouts? Fuhgeddaboutit. Every character is realistic. Every facial expression is emotional. Every fight scene is epic. Ross is the man.
+There are just MOMENTS in this story. Moments that hit you right in your soul. The last page of chapter one. The last two pages of chapter three. Superman's speech to Captain Marvel (and his response to it) in chapter four. These are some of the most impactful comic moments ever.
THUMBS DOWN!
-Superman's logo change for this story is an iconic one, but for my taste, it's a bit too on-the-nose. And Supes himself never gives any reason for it. He's just wearing this weird red-and-black bar when he decides to unretire. It'd be nice to either see his own rationale for it.
-Some of the major DC characters like The Flash and Green Lantern and Hawkman and Aquaman are just left on the fringes of the story and don't get much focus on them. The story does a fantastic job giving us characterization for Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman, but others are just so comparatively hollow.
I have all but outright said it so far, so allow me to be more blatant here: Kingdom Come is my single favorite comic story of all time. If I was trying to convince someone who doesn't like comic books to respect them, this would be what I would hand them.
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