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'Idol:' It's a man's world
'American Idol,' I've stuck with you for years. But these themes are really pushing it.
Tonight, the top four will tackle "California dreaming" and "songs they wish they'd written." Um.
I wish I'd written 'Supermodel' but I'd never want to sing it in a competition.
Sigh. Let's go …
Phil Phillips: 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain.' He looks like he's hungover. And sounds like it, too. Sick or not, this is not something new. Can someone get P2 a razor and a brush? He's sleepwalking through this song. It's not interesting or challenging or relevant to anything happening today.
And I have a growing feeling this is going to be your winner. Good luck with that one, America. And you thought 'The Voice' winner was underwhelming.
Steven Tyler calls him "something else." Jennifer Lopez likes the "vocal quality." Randy Jackson had "a good time."
Hollie Cavanagh: 'Faithfully.' GROAN with these song choices. When Hollie sings, "They say that the road ain't no place to start a family" — she loses me. I don't believe her singing this song for a minute. She's good on the power notes, but the buildup isn't nearly big enough or exciting. And Hollie herself admits she didn't understand what the song meant. Big notes aren't the only important things in a song.
Randy says she's "peaking at the right time." JLo calls it "very beautiful." Steven says she made it "bloom."
Joshua Ledet: 'You Raise Me Up.' This song needs to be added to the banned list. On EVERY competition show. Josh Groban should even cool it for awhile. Joshua is a terrific vocalist and does what he can with it, but the whole thing is lacking spark and energy. The choir does a lot of the heavy lifting.
JLo calls it "really, really great." Steven says he sang his "tush off." Randy thinks he will have "a ginormous career."
Jessica Sanchez: 'Steal Away.' Thank you, Jessica, for not going the obvious route and doing 'At Last.' I was worried. And now, she's the only reason I have hope. This performance is on another level, far and away the best in round 1. There's power, conviction and purpose. Jessica can do amazing things with her voice but makes it look easy. Nothing about this performance felt forced or fake. BACK OFF, HATERS.
JLo calls it "crazy, crazy." Steven calls it "a beautiful thing." Randy says she "can sing the phone book."
Joshua and Phil: 'This Love.' Taken its toll on me, indeed. This is like a mini-group performance. Which is to say, not good. I'm not sure who they have it out for, Phil or Josh. But they have no chemistry, and this does neither one any favors. And dueling pianos? When's happy hour? Randy calls it "amazing." WELL OF COURSE HE DOES.
Jessica and Hollie: 'Eternal Flame.' The Bangles — yes! Cirque de So-lame — no. Is it a "moment?" No. But it's fun. I guess I wouldn't be mad if this was the final two, but we all know that will never happen. Randy calls it "a little strange."
And after extended pimpage for 'Rock of Ages' — which looks sort of terrible — the top 4 is doing a performance of a Foreigner power ballad. This is more inconsequential than the results show. So much filler and interruption takes away from the real action. No one is going to even remember the first four performances. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS 'IDOL.'
Phil 2: 'Volcano.' This is less … P2-ish than his recent performances. Certainly his most commercial moment. I fully expect him to make the finale and likely win. Not that I agree with that. But it might just be facts. A girl just can't get a break on this show. That said, just because you turn down the lights and stop growling a bit doesn't make it amazing. Phil is one in a sea of scruffy singer-songwriters.
Steven calls it "beautiful." JLo thinks it was "one of the most, beautiful poignant moments." Randy calls it one of his "best performances."
Hollie 2: 'I Can't Make You Love Me.' This song choice alone might send Hollie home. Overdone, not enough of a moment and a bit emotionless. She just doesn't do anything with the song.
Steven thinks she didn't connect. JLo agrees. Randy says "there were no moments."
Joshua 2: 'It's a Man's World.' Perfect song choice. Great staging. (Great outfit.) And WOW. This is exactly why Joshua deserves to be in the finale. That someone like Phillip even has a chance against him is ridiculous. It should come down to him and Jessica. I love what he does vocally with the song. It's gloriously over the top. SANG IT, JOSHUA.
Steven says he has "never heard anything like that in my life." JLo calls it "sickening." Randy dubs it "one of the best performances" IN HISTORY EVER EVER EVER.
Jessica 2: 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.' Amazing. There's really nothing else to be said. Jessica plants her feet, stands still and lets it roar. Anyone who said they couldn't "feel" her in the past has to have felt that. Power and rage and passion and purpose. A finale without her would just be wrong.
That sound? Jessica wiping the floor with Phillip and Hollie. She and Josh are cranking it up to a level the others just can't match.
Steven calls it "another winning performance." JLo says it was "a real moment." Randy says she "slayed it."
Hollie, it has to be you going home. That's just the way it is. Right?
Which 'Idol' finalist will NOT make the top 3?
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The Hours: Michael Cunningham
On July 18, 2020 July 19, 2020 By suroor alikhanIn Fiction
"We throw our parties; …we struggle to write books that do not change the world, despite our gifts and our unstinting efforts, our most extravagant hopes. We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep. It's as simple and ordinary as that. …There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone…knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning; we hope, more than anything, for more."
The Hours is Michael Cunningham's homage to Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, (The Hours was Woolf's working title for her book).
This is a triptych of the lives of three women over a day: Virginia Woolf, living in Richmond, not long before she commits suicide; Laura Brown, a woman caught up in the stifling expectations of 1950s USA of women's roles as perfect mothers and homemakers; and Clarissa Vaughn, in New York in the present, preparing for a party that she is throwing for her closest friend Richard, a poet dying of AIDS. The link between these three women is Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway: Virginia is writing it, Laura is reading it, and Clarissa, whose days seems to mirror Woolf's book, is nicknamed Mrs. Dalloway by Richard.
All three are intelligent women who are feeling trapped in their lives. The book moves between them, and the chapters are headed Mrs. Woolf, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Dalloway, reflecting the way society can deprive these women of their identity.
Laura, married to the college hunk, feels trapped by her roles as a wife and mother—there doesn't seem to be the space for anything else. The chapters about her not only capture the claustrophobia she feels, but also the intense anxiety of her child, Richie, who adores her and clings to her, as if he senses that one day he would lose her. Although she tries—baking a cake for her husband's birthday with Richie (which ends up in the bin)—she knows that this is not her life, this is not where she belongs.
Virginia Woolf has suffered nervous breakdowns, which is why her husband has moved them to Richmond. She has the same sense of dislocation as Laura Brown—she wants to be in the bustle of London, a place that is supposed to be bad for her nerves. She is subject to devastating headaches so bad that just the thought of them terrifies her. "She can feel the headache creeping up the back of her neck. … No, it's the memory of the headache, the fear of the headache, both of them so vivid as to be at least briefly indistinguishable from the onset of the headache itself." She is desperate to find a way out of her life, even it means killing herself (as she eventually does—the book begins with her suicide and loops back).
Clarissa has been married to Sally for 18 years. Theirs is a happy marriage—they never fight, merely have disagreements. But Clarissa sometimes feels a little disconnected from her life. "She could simply leave and return to her other home, where neither Sally nor Richard exists; where there is only the essence of Clarissa, a girl grown into a woman, still full of hope, still capable of anything. It is revealed to her that all her sorrow and loneliness, the whole creaking scaffolding of it, stems simply from pretending to live in this apartment among these objects…"
Richard is one of the most important people in her life. "Richard had always been Clarissa's most rigourous, infuriating companion, her best friend." They have known each other for decades, and she was once in love with him. She takes care of him, fusses around him, and is nervous and excited about his prize and her party. But Richard, who is also feeling trapped by his illness and his ghosts, isn't sure he can face any of it. (Again, that feeling of being trapped in one's life.)
You move between the three characters, and you find the interconnectedness between the three lives as motifs in one narrative appear in the other two. Clarissa's yellow roses reflect the yellow roses Virginia's niece lays around the corpse of a dead bird and the yellow roses that Laura tries to put on her husband's cake.
There are echoes of Woolf's writing, and especially of Mrs. Dalloway, throughout: Clarissa's day mirrors parts of the book, and the style is reminiscent of Woolf—the way she had of following a character's thought processes, and the focus on the small details of a life.
Michael Cunningham writes perceptively about pain and love and how they are usually intertwined. You see these four people try to make sense of their lives, trying to understand how they got to this point in their lives, and their yearning for a return to a time in their lives when they were young and the world was their oyster. But you can't go back, you just have to make the best of what you have. It sounds depressing, but in the end, the book is redemptive.
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4 thoughts on "The Hours: Michael Cunningham"
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway was a literary awakening when I was a student in literature.
Reading from your review, Cunningham is apparently very learned in Woolf's work, literary themes and life (stream of consciousness, depression, suicide, homosexuality, marriage, Art etc).
Your review is beautifully written. I like your conclusion very much, because indeed, to me, reading Virginia Woolf was never a depressing experience. Thank you Surror!
On a side note (re your note): your blog looks good! 😀
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Glad you enjoyed the review, Sophie! Have you seen the film? I love it, and that's how I came to the book. Love Virginia Woolf's writing. I also discovered her in university.
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I'm afraid I haven't seen the film!
You should. It's very good.

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Some of Soros' earliest political work was helping pro-democracy groups in the Soviet Union, an action that has gained him the hatred of Putin, who pines for the former USSR.
A key landmark in his political career was the establishment of the Open Society Foundation in 1984.
Soros made a $18 billion donation to his philanthropic organization, the Open Society Foundation.
This has invested money in a wide variety of causes including migration, drugs policy, and the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.
He has also inserted himself into the polarized world of US politics, earning the ire of Trump by becoming one of the largest donors to Hillary Clinton's 2016 US presidential campaign.
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namespace MyApp\ApBundle\Form;

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;

class ComptabiliteForm extends AbstractType {

    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options) {
        $builder->add('type', 'entity', array(
            'class' => 'MyApp\ApBundle\Entity\Type',
            'property' => 'type',
            'multiple' => false,
            'required' => false,
            'empty_value' => false,
            'label' => 'Type'
        ));

        $builder
                ->add('montant', 'text')
                ->add('date','date', array(
                    'widget' => 'single_text',
                    'format' => 'dd MMM yyyy',
                    'required' => false,
                    'label' => 'Date: '))
                ->add('paiement', 'choice', array('choices' => array('Chèque' => 'Chèque', 'Cash' => 'Cash', 'Carte' => 'Carte'),
                        ))
                 ->add('bilan', 'choice', array(
                        'choices' => array('Bilan' => 'Bilan', 'Hors bilan' => 'Hors bilan'),
                        ))
                ->add('note', 'textarea',array(
                        'attr' => array('rows' => '4', 'cols' =>'40' ),
                        'required' => false,
                    ));
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    public function getName() {
        return 'comptabilite';
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}


Get familiar with Adobe Illustrator working tool bar on the left hand side.By learning what each tool can do for you can make things so much easier.
If you have the creative cloud membership, you get regular updates and you can now customise your tool bar. So you can set up your tool bar with the exact tools you will need for the job.
1. open up a new project, set the page to 32 cm square. 300DPI.
2. Were going to create something new.
3. Click on this link to open a new page.
4. Now you must decide what sort of pattern you want to make – you can either draw something free hand in the illustrator panel to make into a pattern, or import a design you have sketched or painted into adobe Illustrator.
5. Lets import a pattern we have already designed.
6. Click file – open – find your motif you want to use for the design.
7. Open your sketch in Illustrator.
8. Click Image Trace – choose the correct setting that gives the motif a good outline.
9.Click object – Expand. (make sure object and fill are ticked) and click o.k.
10. Click object – ungroup – click ungroup again, then click the design background and press delete.
11. You can then click on the motif and select all and go up to object and click group.
12. Your motif is now ready to colour.
13. Colour using the top left arrow on tools panel, then select the live paint bucket and the colour chart pops up to help you choose the colours, select the ones you want and colour your motif.
14. When your motif is finished you can now make it into a pattern.
16. Select your artwork, then choose object – pattern – make.
17. Your design will be duplicated across your screen.
18. Here you can set the size and layout needed for your finished pattern tile.
A: Grid B: Brick by row, C: Brick by Column D: Hex by Column E: Hex by row.
20. Play around with the different layouts and decide which you feel suit your motif the best.
21. I've chosen Brick by column.
21. Brick offset: Again you can play around with this to see what suits your design best. We have chosen 1/2.
22. Width and height in the pattern options panel, this is where you can set the size needed for your finished repeat tile. It will start by creating the size of your original motif.
23.Size tile to art – amend as to what suits you.
24. Move tile with art – amend as needed.
25. H spacing / V spacing – amend as needed.
26. Overlap – this is where you can overlap you motif side and above – amend as needed.
27. Copies – how many rows of your pattern on your art board. i.e- 3 rows width by 5 rows height – amend as preferred.
28. Dim copies to : Here you can dim the copies of your motif as you correct the layout of your pattern.
29.Show tile edge – shows the edge of your tile.
30. Show swatch bounds – use as needed.
31. When you are happy with your finished pattern click done, it will say swatch added to swatch panel, you must then click on the swatch itself, then click on the library menu logo – (3 books logo bottom left side of the swatches panel), when this opens at the top click save swatches. This pattern will then be added to your swatches file. You can find again by clicking the library menu logo – arrow down to user defined and your pattern will be there.
Programme files – adobe – adobe illustrator – presets – en GB.
If you wish to amend an existing pattern, double click an existing pattern in your pattern swatches panel, or select an object containing the pattern and choose object pattern edit pattern.
Above we amended the pattern to highlight the white areas to give a Nordic feel to the design!
Hope that helps explain the basic method of using Adobe Illustrator for the first time and how to make a basic pattern Illustrator.
Next time we will move onto a more detailed pattern!
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Q: the position changing problem for multi-slides I have one problem with multi-slides. as you see below, I define some columns and "onlyenv". I put some minipages in this columns for organizing them into my language package. This type of slides is good for me. But when I change the multi-slides in slides, the position of my minipage contents changes. While my contents in multi-slides are the same. How can it be solved? the MWE code is as below:
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  \caption{reynolds 5000}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{.475\textwidth}
  \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{dimpprot10000.pdf}
  \caption{reynolds 10000}
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  \caption{reynolds 5000}
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\begin{minipage}{.475\textwidth}
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        \end{tikzpicture}
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        \end{tikzpicture}
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A: *

*to fix the problem with the horizontal alignment, change the order of column and onlyenv

*xcolor is not necessary with beamer

*\footnotesize is a switch and does not take arguments. This means \footnotesize{bla} should be {\footnotesize bla}

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}

% \usepackage{xcolor}

\definecolor{tuelightblue}{cmyk}{0.2, 0.15, 0.04,  0.0}
\definecolor{tueblue}{cmyk}{1.0, 0.93, 0.18, 0.05}
\definecolor{tuepurple}{cmyk}{0.14, 0.97, 0.51, 0.01}
\definecolor{babypink}{rgb}{0.96, 0.76, 0.76}

\tikzset{onslide/.code args={<#1>#2}{%
\only<#1>{\pgfkeysalso{#2}} % \pgfkeysalso doesn't change the path
}}

\begin{document}

\section{first}

\begin{frame}
    \begin{columns}[onlytextwidth]
        \vrule{}%
        \begin{column}{.85\textwidth}%
            \begin{onlyenv}<1>%
                \begin{minipage}{1\textwidth}%
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                \end{minipage}%
                \begin{figure}%
                    \begin{minipage}{.475\textwidth}%
                        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}%
                        \caption{reynolds 5000}%
                    \end{minipage}%
                    \begin{minipage}{.475\textwidth}%
                        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}%
                        \caption{reynolds 10000}%
                    \end{minipage}%
                \end{figure}%
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                    \begin{minipage}{.475\textwidth}%
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It's not going to hurt anyone. Fish hates having to take ADHD medication. It helps him concentrate, but it also makes him feel weird. So when his crush, Ella, needs a boost to study for tests, Fish offers her one of his pills. Soon more kids want pills, and Fish is enjoying the profits. To keep from running out, Fish finds a doctor who sells phony prescriptions. But suddenly, the doctor is arrested. Fish realizes he needs to tell the truth. But will that cost him his friends?
Fish hates having to take ADHD medication. It helps him concentrate, but it also makes him feel weird. When his crush, Ella, needs a boost to study for tests, Fish offers her one of his pills. Soon, more kids want pills, and Fish is enjoying the profits. To keep from running out, Fish finds a doctor who sells phony prescriptions, but suddenly the doctor is arrested. Fish realizes he needs to tell the truth, but will that cost him his friends?
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Bad deal / by Susan J. Korman, Bad deal [electronic resource] Korman, Susan.


The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or state applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention).
In almost 60 years, the Court has delivered more than 20 000 judgments. These are binding on the countries concerned. The Court's case law makes the Convention a powerful, living instrument for meeting new challenges and consolidating the rule of law and democracy in Europe.
The European Court of Human Rights has published a factsheet on hate speech compiling the court's understanding of hate speech and its rulings on the issue in relation to the human rights articles of the Convention. Other factsheets cover a range of topics related to human rights and discrimination and can be found online in English and several other languages.


Africa sharpens R&D profile: innovations in science and technology have been the catalyst behind global growth. In Africa, the seeds of a technology revolution are being sown as many African economies are pursuing research and development as a key driver of socio-economic prosperity. Valerie Noury reports.
Africa is increasingly emerging as a dynamic and innovative continent, boasting a large source of young talent who are bringing fresh ideas to the world of cutting-edge technology. There is also a growing recognition across Africa that technology and innovation is a vital cornerstone for continued socio-economic development. In May, the first report on the outlook for innovation in Africa was unveiled at the three-day African Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators (ASTII) workshop in Addis Ababa.
"This initiative is the first major Africanled, politically authorised effort to generate a comprehensive and comparative survey of science and technology investment (STI) on the continent. It establishes a foundation for Africa to continue experimenting and measures the effects of STI on its economic and social transformation," states the report.
The African Innovation Outlook 2010 was prepared with data from the ASTII initiative, a project designed by African science ministers and assisted with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The venture which, for the first time, provides data created and researched in Africa, represents a strategic shift for the continent, who had previously mostly relied on data from outside.
The first comprehensive survey of its kind, it calls on African countries to invest more into the sector, and shows that already in 2007, South Africa, Uganda and Malawi invested more than 1% of their GDP towards science and technology. This is above the 2010 target adopted by heads of states in a 2007 African Union summit.
The report, which collects STI data from 13 countries, shows that South Africa still takes towers over others, spending nearly 30 times more than Malawi and over eight times more than Nigeria on science and technology.
The remaining countries in the survey spent an average 0.20% and 0.48% of their GDP on research and development (R&D). The report also shows that medical research has dominated African research, overtaking agricultural research, which dominated the field during the 1990s.
South Africa is a very strong contender to become the home to the world's largest radio telescope - a colossal deep space telescope project named SKA, or Square Kilometre Array, which is expected to receive a total investment of [euro] 1.5 billion.
The SKA project will be spread over 5,500 square kilometres with massive three-storey structures connected to a supercomputer, described by scientists as one of the most powerful computing machines in human history.


There is no doubt we are living in a data-driven world - and Multifamily has always loved it's data!
Using property or regional performance data to evaluate and incentivize property management staff is well-worn using metrics such as lease quotas, occupancy-rates, renewals, on/off budget, etc.
When it comes to evaluating & incentivizing maintenance staff, things get a bit more difficult. There are some macro-metrics such as average turn-times and budget performance that might be good to evaluate the maintenance supervisor, but finding good, consistently-generated metrics to evaluate technician staff can prove more difficult.
For multifamily operators using field-enablement maintenance technology, such as ServusConnect, there is likely quite a lot more data to work with...and hopefully more easily accessible!
With the goal of creating technician incentives based on tangible data, we've partnered with a handful of clients to dissect & reassemble their maintenance data to find correlation points. Below are 3 Data-Driven Incentive Programs for Multifamily Maintenance Technicians our clients are using that are powered by field-captured maintenance data...and we'd like to share them with you!
Getting rid of paper work orders and enabling mobile/digital service response for your maintenance teams will speed up service, provide precise repair documentation and significantly improve resident experience.
These alone are great reasons to make the move to mobile, as significantly more and more multifamily operators are transitioning, according to a recent Multifamily Insiders survey.
That being said, there are several tactical items for operators to decide on that could significantly impact success of the initiative. The most important of which is: Will your technicians actually adopt (and use) the software?
This isn't without risk; at the end of the day we're asking a predominately non-technical group of users to completely abandon a well-worn way of working (paper work orders, minimal documentation & tracking) and migrate to a completely digital/mobile process.
Let's face it, technician adoption of your digital/mobile maintenance initiative is your baseline key to success. Given that, we've assembled the Top 5 Factors that will ensure successful adoption, based on direct feedback we received from multifamily maintenance technicians located all over the country.


1. Should be Inter Mediate Pass With Physics and Mathematics From Recognised Board.
2. "O" Level form DOEACC or any other similar qualification.
Any degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or Electronics that should be recognised by UP Govt.
Candidates Who secured 40% marks in Written Test will declared as Qualified for Computer Typing Test Based on Merit they get in Written Test.
The up Police department called 3 times candidates of respective reservation categories of vacant post i.e. - 1865 * 3 = 5595 candidates for typing test. The typing test will be of qualifying nature, no marks will be given for typing test. If the candidate qualify the typing test then he/she will be eligible for selection. Merit list will be prepare on the basis of marks obtained in written exam.


Yes, you read that right...Tate Prescott, The Tate Prescott, Hollywood Superstar and now the most sought after movie director in the industry is mine. We've hidden our relationship from the world for so long that it's become second nature. The last thing we wanted was a media frenzy to rain down on us.
Big Talking Man is book 2 in the Kings of Castle Beach series by Marquita, but can be read as a standalone. My opinion is that you should read book 1 first or you will be a bit lost with the characters. If you've read the first book then you'll have already met Quinn and the rest of her family and got to know them all a bit which helps when reading this book.
The reason for my in the middle rating was the fact that I didn't massively connect to Quinn. Tate I loved, he made this book for me but Quinn I found annoying at times aswell as not connecting to her which kind of made it hard to invest in these to as a couple. For her age I felt that she needed to grow up and stop acting like the teenager she isn't, she was so immature to the point of been really very annoying. For the first time ever I actually didn't want them to be together as I just didnt believe in them as a couple and yet I just completly adored Tate. It was a really mixed book for me as you can see.
While I didn't love Quinn I did enjoy the book and the storyline and of course I loved Tate. I will definatly be reading more as I did love the first book in this series I just think I had a bit of a personality clash with Quinn which knocked this book for me.


Visiting the recent Malaysia International Dive Expo (MIDE) in Kuala Lumpur on its last day on 31st July 2016 recently, I took home with me a brochure about a new product in the market. I didn't know what the brochure was at that time, and a few days after the Expo, as I was going through some old brochures, I noticed that I had unknowingly taken this one about a new dive computer. It is so new that there were not many online reviews about it at that time. Without knowing much about how it fared in the real world, I took a leap of faith and went ahead and bought the Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion from a local dealer.
I will try and give my best on what this new dive computer is about and how it measured up underwater.
2.2-inch high-contrast LCD screen with pixel-less EBTN technology.
Deepblu Decompression Algorithm based on Bühlmann ZH-L16C calculation model.
Nitrox-capable – oxygen level (FO2) adjustable between 21% and 40%.
Measures all vital dive data and performs decompression, saturation and desaturation calculations for Standard Air and Nitrox dives.
Dive Plan function for planning dives in advance.
Freedive Mode specifically for Apnea / Freediving.
Gauge Mode for use as a depth gauge and timer.
Sound and visual alarm warnings.
Dive logbook saves data for up to 25 dives.
Bluetooth 4.0 for uploading data to Deepblu mobile app.
Digital dive logs and photos on Deepblu mobile app as social media sharing.
Setting adjustments performed via Deepblu mobile app through Bluetooth syncing.
Deepblu is a new upstart based in Taiwan founded by a group of like-minded divers who saw the need for a new dive computer in the market. Their aim was to make dive experiences easy for divers, and to simplify the process of creating dive logs and sharing of photos and videos on their own social media platform known as the Deepblu mobile app available for download for iOS and Android smartphones.
Up until then, I had been using the Mares Matrix as my regular dive computer (and, sometimes watch) and have been very happy with it. The Mares Matrix retails for about US$650, and was bought in the last MIDE in 2015. It is feature-rich, and I truly didn't have any need for another dive computer. After researching on dive comps last year, I concluded that the Mares Matrix was the one to own and use. Still, there was something enticing about the COSMIQ which I will explain about later.
The COSMIQ Dive Companion retails for US$299 at the time of writing, and can be purchased from the company's website at https://shop.deepblu.com/products. Replacement accessories such as straps and magnetic USB charging cables are also available, if these are lost, worn or damaged.
The Deepblu COSMIQ comes in a shockproof hard EVA outer shell case, much like the ones that are normally used to store underwater cameras, GoPros and the like. A cardboard loop wraps around the box identifying the product within. Here are some photos of the case and its contents.
The contents (clockwise from top-left): Bungee Cord, Charging Cable, deepblu COSMIQ dive computer, documentation, and screen protector.
A label on the dive comp strap urges the user to login to the Deepblu personal account to pair and activate the COSMIQ.
The included Quick Start Guide is intended to inform the user about the most basic functions of the COSMIQ and is not a substitute for the Product Manual.
The USB charger cable with a magnetic connector at the charging end.
Generous of deepblu to include two screen protectors. Some other manufacturers suggest you purchase this separately for their dive comps at a premium.
My next dive session was about two weeks away when I decided to get this. Until then, I have a few days to see what this dive computer is capable of, before submerging it to 40m depths. I'll start by first removing the screen's protective film.
The Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion features a 2.2″ high-contrast LCD screen with pixel-less EBTN technology. EBTN stands for Enhanced Black Twisted Nematic, a technology which when applied on a Liquid Crystal Display offers a dark background with low light leakage, at a contrast that may go as high as 500:1. It has a wide operating temperature without the need for any temperature compensation. This sort of display is usually best suited for icons and 7-segment display such as those found on watches, measuring instrumentation…and the Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion.
Here are the modes and features of the Deepblu COSMIQ.
Watch Mode: As a watch, with the time and date in large numberics on display.
A dive computer that doubles as a watch is a plus, and extends its usability beyond diving to be used when…not diving. However, as a daily watch, the Deepblu COSMIQ may be considered too large on the wrist for some, and depending on your fashion style (and need for attention), you may choose to only use this underwater and never on land. Still, this is not COSMIQ's raison d'être, but it's there if you'd like to draw attention to yourself, or maybe turn it into a conversation piece.
I wore it out to shopping malls during the first few days, but realised that it isn't as convenient as a regular watch, as you would need to push a button to read the time. The display will remain on for 20 seconds by default upon the push of either button, and will turn off into standby to conserve battery power. The display on duration can be changed in the setting via the Deepblu app. Call me old-fashioned, but I still prefer to read an analogue face at the turn of my wrist.
It's a huge face on a small wrist like mine, and it is sure to draw attention, if that's your thing.
As a watch, the COSMIQ displays the time and date in bright, bold, readable numerics. The battery level is shown at the top right when the display is on.
Scuba Mode: The depth reading starts automatically from 2m depth onwards.
One of the key features which drew me to the COSMIQ was its backlight / self-illumination. This feature is normally found in higher-end dive computers at three times the price. However, Deepblu have found it necessary and possible to incorporate backlighting into a basic dive computer, while at the same time not being the most basic in the market. I was keen to see how the display would appear underwater, and have no doubts it will be a much appreciated feature for night diving.
The COSMIQ as a dive computer is explored in the section Trying the Deepblu COSMIQ in the Water further below.
Gauge Mode: The display readings are similar as found in Scuba Mode, but without decompression stop warnings and the chart for no deco limit.
The COSMIQ Gauge feature is similar as in Scuba Mode (As a Dive Computer above), except that calculations on decompression, saturation and desaturation are not performed. As a safety precaution, the COSMIQ will be locked for 24 hours after a dive in Gauge Mode. This is to ensure that subsequent use of the COSMIQ does not present any false readings in regards to tissue saturation in the immediate following dive.
The COSMIQ Gauge Mode was not tested as all my dives were carried out in Scuba Mode.
Freedive Mode: Depth and Dive Time are presented boldly for better visibility.
For the freediver, the COSMIQ in Freedive Mode measures the current depth, dive time and water temperature. The Dive Time is also presented with higher precision than in Scuba Mode, as every second counts to the freediver. Maximum Depth and Maximum Time alarms can be set which will prove useful in regards to safety for the cautious freediver.
The COSMIQ Freedive Mode was not tested as I am not certified for freediving, although it is an activity I find rather interesting, and hope to attempt one day.
Log Mode: The COSMIQ is still new and yet to register any data.
In Log Mode, dive data from previous dive sessions can be accessed for reference. This mode displays the maximum depth, dive time, water temperature, entry time, date, and dive number for each dive session. These data can also be viewed in the Deepblu app, which provides a chart of the dive profile.
The COSMIQ is still new at this point and yet to register any data. In this mode, each dive session is numbered and the corresponding data such as water temperature, dive duration, maximum depth, time in and date are reflected on this screen for reference. The information and data are also transferred to the Deepblu mobile app when the COSMIQ is synced with the smartphone.
Sync Mode: Upon activating the Sync Mode, a countdown timer starts from 1 minute 30 seconds as the COSMIQ attempts to establish connection with the Deepblu app on your mobile device.
Unlike other dive computers in the market, the COSMIQ is touted as a device that makes sharing your dive sessions and experience with dive peers and enthusiasts from around the world a convenient affair . At this moment, this remains the COSMIQ's most unique feature, and is certain to sit well with divers who are keen to share their dives with friends, family members and even strangers from across the globe.
At time of writing, the COSMIQ connects to an iPhone or Android smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0. The Deepblu mobile app is all you need and is downloadable from the App Store and Play Store. The app integrates with the dive comp rather well, and all of the dive comp's setting is configurable through this app once connected. The various settings which can be set are described in the next section below.
When connecting to the COSMIQ, the app requires that the Bluetooth and Location be turned on. While I can understand the need for the former to be turned on, I find it irritating that the app requires Location (or GPS) to be turned on as well. Often, I just needed to connect to change some settings, and I certainly don't require Location to be turned on for that. Still, it forces you to, otherwise it won't connect. Perhaps there's a reason for that, although at this moment, it seems rather unnecessary.
Upon successful connection, dive data is promptly synced and uploaded to the mobile app. Photos taken with your underwater camera may be uploaded to the platform as well, which intuitively tally with your dive session based on when the photo was taken, based on the date and time stamp of each photo in tandem with your dive profile. This is a very smart feature by the Deepblu team and deserves praise.
The Deepblu Discover social media platform can also be accessed on your smartphone as well as your PC browser, as seen here on Google Chrome. Users may follow, like and comment on posts as they normally do on Facebook.
As the strength of social media climbs and the improvements made to integration with other personal digital devices, it is quite likely this feature will find its way into the future dive computers of other makes. Kudos to Deepblu for taking the lead in this.
The screenshots shown here are samples taken from the Deepblu mobile app on my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Other than to serve as a social network platform, the app also allows the user to configure settings for the COSMIQ over a Bluetooth 4.0 connection. This is found under the Menu tab on the lower right corner of the app screen.
…we finally reach the Freedive Mode. This is where the maximum depth and time alarms are set – all for the safety of the freediver in mind.
Under the Discover tab found on the bottom left corner of the app screen, users are able to browse and view the photos and videos uploaded by other divers around the world. Users may follow, like and comment on posts much like they already do on Facebook.
In the Edit Log screen is where a user keys in his dive log and data. Here is a screenshot of my dive profile, on 22nd August 2016 at 9.34 am, in Indonesia. Maximum depth reached was 36.1 m and the dive duration was 43 minutes. The chart in yellow shows the dive profile throughout the session. The map is scrollable and allows you to pinpoint the exact dive spot stored in the database.
Here's a post from a user having dived in Bohol Island yesterday, who has uploaded a series of underwater photographs, which can be viewed by swiping the photos left and right. The moment each photo was taken is indicated in the dive profile chart below, which tallies with the time stamp of the photo. For this to work, the time on the COSMIQ and camera should be synchronised.
Divers may also upload videos of their dives, and the time duration the video was recorded is also reflected in the dive profile chart below, shown here in lighter green.
The Deepblu mobile app is an elegant solution for a divers-only social media platform, where dive memories and experiences can be shared with other enthusiasts from around the world.
The COSMIQ was tested across nine dive sessions at Manado, North Sulawesi in the third week of August 2016. The COSMIQ works like a charm in the water. Like most dive comps, the COSMIQ automatically switches from watch mode to scuba or dive mode the moment you hit a certain depth, in this case at 1.2 m or 4 feet. You do not need to switch modes or push any buttons before descent, although you may do so if you wish. Tested at the swimming pool of the Cocotinos Resort and keeping it just slightly above the maximum pool depth of 1.2 metres, the COSMIQ did not switch over to dive mode once, hence no false switchover there.
Looking at this screenshot, at the current time of 9.09 am, I was at a depth 27.3 metres where the water temperature was 27.8 deg.C. The elapsed time is 7 minutes, and the no deco limit at this depth is a remaining 10 minutes. The maximum depth reached in this dive was 35.3 metres. Important and critical information such as the current depth and remaining no deco limit are given in large readable digits.
Bar chart on the left of the display indicates the Rate of Ascent, while bar chart on the right indicates the No Decompression Limit. Here, 2 bars on the left side shows that I am ascending at a rate of 6 – 8 metres per minute, 3 bars on the right side shows I have a remaining 15 – 30 minutes of no deco limit time. While the no deco limit time is given more accurately as 27 minutes in numbers, the bar gives a visual graphical representation of this figure.
The COSMIQ comes with 2 bar charts on both sides of its display.
The left side of the display is a bar chart that provides the diver with a visual representation of the ascent speed, which as any novice diver would know, is of critical importance. The COSMIQ's algorithm considers a rate of ascent exceeding 12 metres or 40 feet per minute to be unsafe, and an alarm will sound to remind the diver to reduce the ascent speed.
The right side of the display is a bar chart that provides a visual representation of the no deco time limit. Even though the no deco time limit is given in large numerics in the top right of the display, having a bar chart you can quickly take a glance at to gauge your limits can be helpful.
In one of the few deep dives at Manado recently in an attempt to catch a glimpse of a nurse shark which resided in a cavern, this NDL bar chart came in handy as quick way to tell how much time was left for me to remain at that particular depth before I exceeded the no deco time limit. As the chart went down to last bar in red, I then began to check the no deco time limit in numbers given in the top right corner of the display, and began my ascent when the figure indicated one minute remaining.
A few strange and unexpected things happened whilst using the Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion.
In one of my dives (the 4th or 5th dive), I noticed that the COSMIQ did not automatically switch to dive mode even after descending past the 2-metre depth. After about 3 metres down, I decided to switch over to dive mode manually by pushing the left button. That solved the problem.
The depths were off by about a metre on one of the safety stops. The Mares Matrix indicated 3.3m while it was 2.0m on the Deepblu COSMIQ.
Strangely, during that same dive itself, as I was ascending to do a safety stop, I noticed that the depth gauge on the COSMIQ was off by about a metre when compared to the reading on the Mares Matrix. I double checked the depth on my Mares Mission II Submersible Pressure Gauge just to be sure. True enough, the COSMIQ was showing about a metre plus higher than actual depth. It was a concern at first, but the COSMIQ regained its accuracy on subsequent dives, putting my worries to rest. I can only conclude that this was an isolated incident, but still wondered if it will ever happen again in the future. Not a big deal really.
The third strange incident actually happened a few times. In the air! On my flight to and from Manado, as the plane was approaching its destinations on the descent, the COSMIQ automatically switched to scuba mode as shown on the displays below. I suspect this is a hardware (depth sensor) issue which is not likely solvable through the firmware. Maybe yes, maybe no. Again, not really a big issue, unless you don't like your display coming on in-flight. And by the way, the Deepblu COSMIQ should have been turned off during flights as suggested in the instruction manual. For safety reasons, due to the nature of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, devices with such built-in batteries such as the Deepblu COSMIQ should be switched off before boarding and stored in the pressurised cabin (i.e. with you) during flights. I was then using it as a watch and had forgot to turn it off.
…and again on the descent in-flight going home from the destination.
The COSMIQ is a capable dive computer with above average features at a competitive price of US$299. Its decompression algorithm is based on calculations on the Bühlmann ZH-L16C model, with safety factor settings that can be adjusted to your preference, between conservative, normal and progressive. If you're a dive comp user, you would know what these are. It would serve a diver well in use, with all critical information easily visible on its backlit high-contrast display at a glance. For night divers, that means you won't need to shine a torch at it or push a button to turn on a backlit green display. The two buttons keep all dive comp operations simple, and allow the diver to focus only on the essentials.
as it does in water.
The built-in rechargeable lithium battery means costly replacements and service will not be required, and caseback flooding will be a thing of the past. The battery life is highly commendable, as I turn on the Deepblu COSMIQ now after 4 months of shutdown since the last dive and noticed that there are 2 out of 3 bars of battery life remaining.
When I first bought the Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion, only two colours were available – the all-black and black-red. Deepblu has since added a new model – the COSMIQ+ with 3 other colour combination models to their catalogue to suit the diver's personal taste and style. COSMIQ+ is a new model based on the original COSMIQ reviewed above, with advanced bottom timer function for technical divers.
But what truly sets the Deepblu COSMIQ Dive Companion apart from other dive computers in the market is its ease of use and sharing of dive experience, photos and videos on a social network provided by a seamless platform via the Deepblu mobile app for smartphones. It has proven to be of great appeal and popularity, evident by the fact that the COSMIQ and COSMIQ+ in all its colours are currently sold out at the time of writing.
Different colour combination to suit a diver's personal taste and style.


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HOUSTON,TX—Chef Steve Samson will represent the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, February 4, the eve of Super Bowl LI, at the University of Texas, at Party With A Purpose, a gut-busting, foodies Oasis.
Taste of the NFL's annual strolling wine and food event features a chef from each NFL city serving their SIGNATURE dish alongside a current or alumni NFL PLAYER. The result? Over 35 plus food stations where guests can sample fine cuisine, meet and mingle with renowned chefs and NFL greats and participate in this worthy cause.
The NFL's greatest players, (current, alumni and Hall Of Fame) support and/or participate in their local team events or the Super Bowl eve event: former Rams Defensive Tackle and current Director of Player Engagement La'roi Glover, will be on hand to sign autographs and mingle with fans and friends over fantastic pasta impeccably paired with wine.
The Band Perry will be performing at Taste Of The NFL bash. Party With A Purpose will be held at the University of Houston, beginning at 7:00 p.m. and is an out of this world experience!
Samson will offer up Maltagliata pasta, porcini mushrooms Dandelion greens paired with Mac Murray Estates Vineyards, Pinot Noir. Wanting to return to his hometown of Los Angeles, Samson partnered with his wife, Dina Samson to open Sotto in 2011. It achieved imediate acclaim by being named me of Esquire magazines, "Best New Restaurant In America," and Los Angeles magazine's"#1 Best New Restaurant." After 4 years Sotto remains as popular ever, largely because chef Steve has remained committed as ever to tradition and craft.
"I'm really excited to be Taste of the NFL's first Los Angeles chef representative! It combines two things I love, football and food," joked Samson.
As you read this, millions of people in America are struggling with hunger. In fact, 1 out of 6 people in our country face this serious issue – many of them are children and seniors. For over 25 years, Taste of the NFL has been working to kick hunger. While we're proud to report that we've raised more than $25 million during that time.
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This week the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (CoP) opened debate on a wide range of proposals intended to protect biodiversity and ensure its sustainable use.
tourists are educated to minimize their footprint on ecosystems and species – particularly by avoiding the illegal taking or purchasing of endangered and threatened plants and animals.
By-catch, the unintended catching of a species not targeted for fishing, is estimated to be the largest threat to whales and dolphins worldwide, killing 300,000 animals per year. IFAW recommended that the CBD address reducing by-catch of non-target and protected species, building on the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) new work to reduce the impact of by-catch on cetaceans by sharing best practice measures and improving coordination among fisheries management bodies.
Cetaceans should be recognized as an important indicator of the state of biodiversity conservation and critical habitats for marine mammals should be used to inform the designation of internationally protected marine areas.
Human-caused underwater noise has harmful impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity, particularly marine mammals. Fortunately, unlike some other marine threats, the impact of noise on marine biodiversity is eliminated immediately with the noise itself.
IFAW invites the countries to focus on reducing noise at its source, as this is more effective than other mitigation methods. With shipping, significant gains could be made by targeting the small proportion that make up the noisiest ships by retrofitting them with quieter propellers or rerouting their shipping lanes around important areas for cetaceans. For seismic and other impulsive sounds (e.g. pile driving) there is a need to employ new technologies that are quieter.
Climate change is impacting the ecosystems wildlife and communities depend on for survival. IFAW echoes the IUCN on the importance of science-based assessment of climate change-related risks for imperiled species and ecosystems, and supports landscape conservation efforts that take an ecosystem-based approach to climate adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction.
IFAW encourages governments to acknowledge the impact of illegal wildlife trade on security, safety, physical and mental health. In addition to the disease transmission threats illegal trade poses, the capture and transport of live species and biodiversity components across vast distances by transnational criminal networks threatens community security and wellbeing.
IFAW also invites further investigation of the links between biodiversity and mental health and wellbeing, including the non-use values of biodiversity that are not easily quantified in economic terms.
The transport of a wild species from one ecosystem to another, whether intended or accidental, can have serious consequences for native species.
Online trade of wildlife is one cause of species invasions that should be addressed by updating national laws to ensure that they specifically control e-commerce in wild animals and plants in coordination with the recent CITES CoP17 Decision on Combating Wildlife Cybercrime.
When it comes to control of invasive alien species, IFAW advocates the protection of biodiversity through the application of management programs that are precautionary, ecologically sustainable and humane.
Both biological evidence and societal values play a role in decision making, and IFAW advocates that animal welfare considerations for both invasive and non-target species, grounded in animal welfare science, be assessed along with other important considerations when determining how to manage invasive alien species.
IFAW highlights the negative impacts of illegal wildlife trade and the need to enhance enforcement. Given the severity of the current poaching crisis, which is becoming a leading cause of decline in some species, we would advocate for it to feature more prominently in government decision making. Communities have a central role to play in preventing illegal killing and capture of endangered species, and law enforcement efforts must engage local communities as active partners.
Increasing access to sustainable livelihood opportunities that reduce the incentive to poach or support poaching is essential. In light of the ongoing species decline documented in the IUCN Red List, IFAW emphasizes precaution when assessing what types of biodiversity use, of which species, in which areas, and in what numbers, are truly sustainable.
We look forward to sharing positive outcomes with you as the Conference of the Parties here in Mexico concludes.


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Maria Apollonio (13 June 1919 – 1990) was an Italian sprinter.

Biography
She won bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay, first medal of ever for the Italian women in a relay race, at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna, with Maria Alfero, Rosetta Cattaneo and Italia Lucchini She has 3 caps in national team from 1937 to 1938.

Achievements

See also
 Italy national relay team

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1919 births
1990 deaths
Date of death missing
Italian female sprinters
European Athletics Championships medalists
20th-century Italian women

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After impatiently waiting for a full album release from Perth darlings Black Stone From The Sun since their inception in 2012, their first studio album, Dreamalysis, has just been released.
The first track, Sleep Deprivation starts off slow and sedate before hitting you hard with its gritty, hard, loud and fast beat. The rough vocals of Sean Mackey and the intense drumming of Jack Nelson only serve to complement their unique sound. It's the perfect combination and you can just feel that the transition from recording to live will be even better; even more powerful.
If this track is any indication (along with previous releases Paralysed In Dreams and My Tibetan Funeral), you just know that the rest of the album will have been worth the long wait.
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Man, 36, collapsed and died in the street after taking cocktail of drugs including cocaine and codeine, inquest hears
A man who was rushed to hospital after police discovered him in cardiac arrest in a Sunderland street died as a result of a drug overdose, an inquest has heard.
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Tests found that Mark Haley had, cocaine, codeine and methadone in his system when he died, an inquest heard
Mark Andrew Brian Haley died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in a Sunderland street on Tuesday, June 23.
An inquest into the 36-year-old's death, which was opened and concluded on Tuesday, June 30, heard a mixture of drugs were found in Mr Haley's system.
Police officers had discovered Mr Haley, of Sunderland, in cardiac arrest near Ella Lea Court, on Lower Dundas Street in Roker.
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Mr Haley, a production operative, was then transferred to Sunderland Royal Hospital where a number of tests including a CT head scan were carried out, the inquest which took place at Sunderland Coroner's Court at the Civic Centre heard.
Intensive care doctors discovered Mr Haley had suffered an anoxic brain injury - which is caused when the brain is starved of oxygen.
Toxicology tests from urine samples found codeine, cocaine and methadone in Mr Haley's system.
Derek Winter, senior coroner at Sunderland Corner's Court, said: "The formal cause of death is severe anoxic brain injury due to a mixed drug overdose.
"There were no suspicious circumstances and nothing to suggest Mr Haley intended to bring his life to an end."
Ending the inquest, Mr Winter made a conclusion of 'misadventures' stating Mr Haley's death was the 'unintended consequence of his own actions'.
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For an actor with 6 decades of acting under his belt, starring in some of the most recognisable films ever made and with 5 of those films being the top 30 largest grossing films of all time, it's funny to think how Harrison Ford once quit acting and become a carpenter instead.
STAR WARS
The first of Ford's franchises is one of the biggest franchises in movie history and along with its new delivery of the science-fantasy genre, Harrison and much of the cast of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), did something that reminds me of a specific Harrison Ford quote: "Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction". It may be personal opinion, but I consider this sentiment as one of the reasons that the original trilogy has an enduring quality, even amongst people that don't normally like the genre. That beyond space, the battle stations, the aliens and all the other oddities, ultimately what you have in Star Wars are a bunch of people with a dynamic that could be your friends and family. They didn't always get on with each other and heroes or not, they all had their own motivations for why they were doing what they were doing. The discordant camaraderie that existed within the original gang of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, the droids, Obi Wan Kenobi and of course Harrison's Han Solo has not been replicated to any satisfactory degree in later efforts, which is why the much revered nostalgia of the past has not been successfully replicated. Ford's portrayal of Han Solo as the roguish scoundrel out for nothing but money and glory, was instantly likeable because underneath all that bravado he was a man who turned out to be a layered hero with a heart. A New Hope was followed by two sequels in the forms of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return Of The Jedi (1983) cementing every actor's portrayal of their character in movie mythology forever. Altogether, Harrison appeared in four instalments of the space opera. Star Wars: A New Hope grossed $775,398,007 and was only made for $11,000,000. The Empire Strikes Back which surprisingly took a dip in profits made $538,375,067 and then to complete the trilogy Return Of The Jedi went onto make $475,106,177. 32 Years later, Harrison reprised his the role for what became the third biggest grossing film in motion picture history circa 2015 - The Force Awakens, which earned a whopping $2,068,223,624.
Whereas Harrison began to take a dislike to playing Han Solo and even wanted him to die at the end of Return Of The Jedi, he has always had much love for his next iconic character role, that appeared in the form of Henry Jones Jr. a.k.a. Indiana Jones. Debuting right after The Empire Strikes Back's release, cinema audiences were introduced to the adventurer and archaeologist in biblically inspired Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981). With the Indiana character there was an immediate interesting duality, as in one moment he was busy punching Nazis in the face whilst riding galloping horses in pursuit of preserving all of mankind, then in the next, he was calmly situated in a classroom being the passionate, but wholly academic teacher-nerd, whos biggest worry was fending off infatuated school girls. Raiders Of The Lost Ark's budget was $18,000,000 and grossed $389,925,971 and subsequent sequels, which would all include 'Indiana Jones' in the title maintained the high quality...well the next 2 instalments did, but the verdict is still out on the 4th outing. Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom (1984) made $333,107,271 and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (1989) made $474,171,806. By 2008, the year that Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls was released, the Indiana Jones franchise had its brand firmly established over multiple generations and though it was the poorest artistically, it is to no one's surprise that it went on to gross $786,636,033.
Released after Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Blade Runner (1982) was a big departure from the pace, commotion and noise of the other fantasy films Harrison had been involved with. Playing Deckard, an ex-cop who now hunts down renegade, bioengineered humanoids known as 'replicants' in order to 'retire' them, on paper it sounded like it could have been yet another action packed vehicle, but Blade Runner was the complete opposite. A noir flick reminiscent of a 40s drama, but with 80s aesthetics, the movie earned the nickname "Blade Crawler" because of its slower than slow pace and though Blade Runner went gone on to become a revered cult classic the movie instantly split audiences in their opinion. Some might say that it enters the same rhetorical battle-arena as Marmite, either you love it or you hate it and you have plenty of reasons for whatever your position is. The sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) came along 35 years after the original and has been described as one of the most expensive arthouse films in history and whereas its predecessor was made for $28,000,000 and made $32,868,943, Blade Runner 2049 was made for $150,000,000 and was saved by it's international audience, eventually making $259,239,658. Its domestic gross was only $92,054,159, showing that Deckard is certainly iconic, but perhaps not loved.
After the cinematic introduction and success of Jack Ryan in The Hunt For Red October (1990), it has only just been revealed by the then Jack Ryan - Alec Baldwin, why he didn't appear in the subsequent sequels.
"According to Baldwin, director John McTiernan asked Harrison Ford if he was aware that Paramount was still negotiating with Baldwin to return as Jack Ryan in the sequel. Ford's reply, according to John, was 'F--k him," Baldwin wrote."
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As it stands, Harrison Ford is the only actor within the Jack Ryan franchise to make more than one silver screen appearance, first in Patriot Games (1992) followed 2 years later in Clear And Present Danger (1994). Following Ford's departure Ben Affleck took up the role of a younger Ryan in Sum Of All Fears (2002) and Chris Pine became the Shadow Recruit in 2014. In the Ford productions, against its $45,000,000 budget Patriot Games grossed $178,051,587 and Clear And Present Danger against its $62,000,000 production costs earned $215,887,717.
LEGACY: Other than starring in some of the biggest movies in history, whilst playing 2 of the most iconic figures on the silver screen, Harrison has also cultivated an appreciation for his stunt work too. He casually fobbs it off with "I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years I know exactly what I'm doing." Yet former Harrison Ford stunt double and veteran stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong has cited that his biggest challenge on set, was to stop Harrison from doing the truly risky stuff, going as far as to guilt tripping Ford by saying that if he (Vic Armstrong) didn't do the stunts, he wouldn't get paid! Harrison has cemented his place in cinema history, but he hasn't finished yet, as one more outing of Indiana Jones is currently in production.
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Grammy Award-winning composer Yanni – one of the first international music stars to perform in Saudi Arabia in recent years – dazzled a packed crowd on Friday night with some of his popular pieces in a spectacular show at Al-Ula as part of the extended Winter at Tantora festival.
"This is pretty awesome. Let me say something to my Saudi friends, 'ana kateer saeed' (I am so happy) … thank you. This is such a great honor to be here, we've been here for a few days and I have been touched once again since the last time I have been here, you always honor me," the Greek musician, at his keyboard and clad in his trademark black t-shirt, told the cheering crowd.
The pianist will always be remembered as one of the first world musicians to have kicked off a series of concerts in Saudi Arabia in late in 2017, that opened the long-locked doors to public musical performances in the Kingdom.
Yanni's latest performance took place as part of the extended Winter at Tantora festival that has featured a long list of Arab and international musicians who performed each Friday since the festival's launch on December 20.
The site of the concerts is adjacent to Mada'in Saleh, a major UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia, once home to major civilizations including the ancient kingdoms of Dadan/Lihyan and the Nabataeans.
The artist gave the first live performance of When Dreams Come True, a piece composed in parts over 60 shows in 60 cities, which he dedicated to the Saudi people. He performed some of the most popular numbers including Reflections of Passion and The Rain Must Fall.
"I just wanted to talk to you about dreams, you have a lot of dreams in this country," Yanni told the audience. "I've heard about it from a year and a half ago when I was here and I was very impressed and was very touched.
Since Yanni's initial series of concerts in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Dhahran, in 2017, Saudi audiences have been treated to performances by such international stars as French-Algerian Rai musician Cheb Khaled, American rapper Nelly and more recently US pop rock band OneRepublic, American R&B star Jason Derulo, global Latin pop music star Enrique Iglesias, hip-hop, pop & dance royalty Black Eyed Peas, as well as famous Egyptian singer-songwriter Amr Diab and superstar DJ/producer David Guetta.
The line-up at the Winter at Tantora festival in recent weeks has included renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Chinese pianist Lang Lang, French violinist Renaud Capucon, Egyptian composer Omar Khairat, famous Saudi singer Mohamed Abdo and Lebanese crooner Majida El-Roumi. A real crowd pleaser there was the Middle East debut on January 25 at Al-Ula of an orchestra-backed concert featuring a hologram projected onto the stage of legendary Egyptian diva, the late Um Kulthum, the Arab world's iconic songstress. It was first time that hologram technology has been used in the Middle East to bring a performance depicting a deceased legend back to the stage.
At Al-Ula, festival visitors toured many sites in and around the ancient oasis town founded in the 6th century and located some 380 kilometres north of Madinah. Today it serves as the gateway to Mada'in Saleh. More than 2,000 years old and carved out of rocky mountains by the Nabataeans, the tribe that also built Petra in Jordan, Mada'in Saleh is expected to become one of Saudi Arabia's premier tourist destinations as the Kingdom forges a tourism and hospitality industry.
Winter at Tantora, originally due to end on February 9, has been extended until February 23. Visitors also enjoyed a show where scores of multicoloured hot-air balloons, tethered to the ground, were released to hover in the skies above Al-Ula.
Upcoming concerts include a show on February 15 by famous singer Kadim Al-Saher and guitarist, singer and composer Ilham Al-Madfai, both of Iraq, to be followed on Friday February 21 by a performance by Iraqi singer Majid Al-Muhandis and Saudi-Bahraini singer Rashed Al-Majed in honour of famous Kuwaiti singer and composer Abdul Karim Abdul Qader.
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