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Bald Men Seen as More Masculine, Less Attractive?
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) -- Forget about the hair plugs -- new research suggests men with thinning hair would do better just shaving it all off.
A new study indicates men who choose to go bald by shaving their heads are perceived as being more masculine, even taller and physically stronger -- although less attractive than men with a full head of hair.
The study included three tests of people's perceptions of men based on how much hair they had on their heads. In each test, participants were asked to rate men with hair, shaved heads and naturally thinning hair on how dominant and attractive they appeared.
"The results were consistent across all three studies," said Albert Mannes, a lecturer at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania who conducted the study.
The results might not be surprising for anybody who has ever seen an action movie: men who shave their heads are perceived as being more dominant and masculine. Those men were also perceived as being on average one inch taller, and able to bench press 15 more pounds than other men.
They are also, however, seen as less attractive than their counterparts who have a thick head of hair.
Mannes said he has a number of theories as to why this might be the case.
One possibility is that shaved heads are associated with stereotypically masculine professions: the military, police, firefighting, and more recently, professional sports.
Another theory is that Hollywood has had an effect on society's views of bald men -- as anybody who has seen Bruce Willis, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vin Diesel or Jason Statham in one of their many action movie roles could attest.
"Take, for instance, Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad. He went from high school teacher to hardcore drug lord just by shaving his head," Mannes said.
Yet another possibility is that men who shave their heads are going against the norm of a society that places so much value on beauty, of which hair is a large part.
"It takes a lot of confidence to go the route of baldness, so we think they must be really self-confident," Mannes told ABC News.
He also points out this could be a largely American phenomenon, noting that in England, shaved heads are more closely associated with skinheads.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 6:13AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Attractiveness, Baldness, Masculinity
Study: Beautiful People Have Higher IQs
Photo Courtesy - Getty Images(LONDON) -- Beautiful people apparently not only have looks, but also brains. A joint U.S./British study conducted by the London School of Economics not only scored more than 52,000 people on their appearance, it also measured their academic achievements and IQ.
Researchers discovered that handsome men scored 13.6 points above the average IQ score of 100, while beautiful women were 11.4 points above.
"In samples, physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence, both with and without controls for social class, body size and health," lead researcher Satoshi Kanazawa tells Britain's Sun newspaper.
The research also seems to indicate that the offspring of good-looking couples will inherit their parents' higher intelligence genes.
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Monday, January 17, 2011 at 2:58PM by jc Permalink
tagged Attractiveness, IQ, Intelligence, London School of Economics
Despite Skin Cancer Warnings, Tan Still Hot in Study
Photo Courtesy - Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Jersey Shore uber-tan aesthetic may not be for everyone, but it seems that even for non-Guidettes, having a tan makes them sexier, according to a study from Emory University.
Researchers used the popular attractiveness-rating website HotorNot.com to gauge whether "hotness" scores would change when the same woman was shown with her natural complexion and then with a tan.
Using Photoshop, 45 photos of women aged 21-35 were doctored to look tan. The original photos and the doctored versions were posted to the site at different times. The researchers found that the darker version was twice as likely to be rated as more attractive.
Of course, tan enthusiasts would say that you don't need science to figure that one out.
"When I look in the mirror I feel more attractive when I'm darker, like my face is prettier. It's 100 percent a confidence boost for me," says Lauren Kafka, 31, of Miami, who uses a tanning bed three times a week to keep up her golden glow.
Kafka is aware of the skin cancer risks associated with her tanning bed habit, but she says the risk is worth it. "I wouldn't want a relative or someone I cared about to do it, but I'm willing to take the risk for myself," she says.
Campaigns by health organizations like the American Academy of Dermatology to warn the public about the skin cancer risks of tanning have had limited success. About 28 million Americans still frequent tanning booths each year and tanning-bed use among teens has only been growing.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 7:32AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Attractiveness, Skin Cancer, Tanning, Tanning Beds


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Divya Manthena: 2013 Presidents' Leadership Award
Divya Manthena of Camarillo, Calif., has been named a recipient of the 2013 USGA-AJGA Presidents' Leadership Award, the United States Golf Association and American Junior Golf Association announced Tuesday.
The USGA-AJGA Presidents' Leadership Award was created to recognize one boy and one girl junior golfer who demonstrate leadership, character and community service through their involvement with the Leadership Links program – a joint initiative founded by the USGA and AJGA in 2005 to further develop junior golfers through volunteerism.
Manthena and boys recipient Patrick Cover of Huntersville, N.C., will be honored and formally presented the award on July 10 in Lancaster, Pa., during the Rolex Tournament of Champions. Additionally, they will each receive tickets to a future U.S. Open and an automatic entry into the 2013 Rolex Tournament of Champions, one of the world's most prestigious junior golf events.
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Children suffering from cancer, and youngsters with special needs in the United States... poor children and farmers facing hardships in India... victims of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and flooding.
Those causes populate the mission page of the Krishak website, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that 15-year-old Divya Manthena started three years ago. Krishak's motto is "give while you live," a phrase that she personifies, not just through her organization, but through every aspect of life.
Manthena's family has long been dedicated to helping others. Manthena's great-grandfather was a freedom fighter in India and her great-grandmother was the founder of an orphanage.
"The inspiration from my family elders plus my personal experiences during visits to India where I saw people suffering from natural disasters and diseases led me to start Krishak," Manthena said. "I wanted to do something to help, and the immediate way I could was to use my talents."
An avid golfer since age 7, Manthena has combined her skills on the course with her passion for helping those in need by hosting charity golf tournaments. Her first tournament in 2011, organized in conjunction with the American Red Cross to raise money for Japanese tsunami relief, raised more than $6,000.
In 2012, Manthena began work with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., to host her second annual event. With her father, Manthena made all the fliers for the event, selected the venue and worked with St. Jude's Hospital to set up a website where tournament players could donate online.
In early 2013, Manthena and her father expanded the platform of her charity tournaments by organizing a tournament committee to help make this year's event more successful. For the 2013 event, Manthena chose an organization that she had past experience with, Special Olympics Ventura County.
As a volunteer with the Special Olympics golf camp, Manthena has learned as much as she is teaching.
"They [Special Olympics participants] have taught me how to be patient and to be respectful," Manthena said.
The third annual charity golf tournament hosted by Manthena's Krishak organization was held on March 22 and raised more than $13,000, but the fundraising efforts for the Special Olympics Ventura County have not stopped there. In conjunction with students at California Lutheran University, Manthena will raffle VIP tickets to a Justin Bieber concert in June, with a goal to raise $20,000.
"I believe the game of golf can give back to society in many ways," Manthena said. "On one hand, it can provide entertainment and drama, and on the other hand raise money to help people in need."
Manthena hopes to turn her passion for helping people into a career. Her goal is to earn a college golf scholarship and eventually become a pediatrician.
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2012 Brandon Pierce (Covington, La.)
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Der Jonsvatnet ist ein Stausee in der Provinz Trøndelag in Norwegen. Er liegt südöstlich der Stadt Trondheim nahezu vollständig auf dem Gebiet der Kommune Trondheim; nur einige sehr kurze Uferabschnitte gehören zur Gemarkung von Malvik. Der See ist die Hauptquelle des Trinkwassers der Stadt Trondheim.

Der See
Die nur etwa 15 m lange Staumauer () an der Provinzstraße Fv861 ("Jonsvannsveien") im engen Tal der Vikelva (auch Lutelva genannt) wurde ursprünglich gebaut, um den enormen Wasserbedarf der 1884 in Ranheim gegründeten großen Zellstoff- und Papierfabrik zu sichern. Die Fabrik, inzwischen Teil des Konzerns Peterson AS, ist heute eine Anlage zur Herstellung von Recyclingpapier.

Der See besteht aus drei Hauptteilen: dem Storvatnet, dem weitaus größten, im Osten, dem langen und schmalen Litlvatnet () im Nordwesten, und dem Kilvatnet () im äußersten Südwesten. Er liegt auf 148 m Höhe, ist etwa 8 km lang und 4,5 km breit und hat bei Vollstau eine Gesamtfläche von 14,26 km² und eine maximale Tiefe von 94,4 m. Seine Küstenlinie ist wegen der vielen Ausbuchtungen und Seitenarme mit insgesamt 43,64 km sehr lang. Mindestens 15 Inseln liegen im See.

Der See wird gespeist durch eine Vielzahl kleiner Flüsse und Bäche, die in den Bergen südöstlich von Trondheim entspringen. Entwässert wird er – soweit sein Wasser nicht durch Rohrleitungen nach Trondheim geführt wird – durch die Vikelva, die nach etwa 3,5 km in Ranheim in den Strindfjord, einen Abschnitt des Trondheimfjords, mündet.

Da der See das wichtigste Trinkwasserreservoir für die Großstadt Trondheim ist, unterliegt er erheblichen Nutzungsbeschränkungen. Dazu gehört auch das Verbot von Zelten und Camping näher als 100 m vom Seeufer. Angeln von Land und von Booten ist erlaubt; zu den wichtigen Fischarten im See gehören Bachforelle, Hecht, Seesaibling und Quappe.

Wasserflugplatz Jonsvatnet
In den Jahren 1936 bis 1939 nutzte die Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL) den See in den Sommermonaten als Wasserflugplatz für ihre dreimal wöchentlich durch Wasserflugzeuge bediente Sommerroute zwischen Bergen und Tromsø mit Zwischenstopps in Ålesund, Molde, Kristiansund, Trondheim, Brønnøysund, Sandnessjøen, Bodø, Narvik und Harstad.

Während und nach der deutschen Invasion Norwegens im April 1940 wurde der zugefrorene See von der der Luftwaffe der Wehrmacht als wichtiger Behelfsflugplatz genutzt. Als das Eis dann schmolz, gingen mindestens drei Flugzeuge im See verloren: eine Heinkel He 111, eine Junkers Ju 88 und eine Junkers Ju 52. Das Wrack der Ju 52 wurde beim Bau einer der Wasserleitungen in den 1980er Jahren zerstört. Die Wracks der beiden Bomber wurden nach mehreren Jahren sorgfältiger Vorbereitung 2005 gehoben. Bei der Suche nach den Flugzeugwracks wurde auch das einer Arado Ar 196 gefunden, die später während des Kriegs in den See abgestürzt war; dieses Wrack blieb als Kriegsgräberstätte jedoch ungestört. Am 20. Mai 1940 musste der Gruppenkommandeur der Kampfgruppe 100 Hauptmann Arthur von Casimir mit seiner Heinkel He 111H-2 (Geschwaderkennung 6N+NH) auf dem See notlanden. Er und seine Besatzung konnten unverletzt gerettet werden. Das beschädigte Flugzeug versank im Wasser und wurde im Jahr 2004 wieder gehoben und restauriert.

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Auto Industry Faces A Heavy Blow After Another Airbag Recall
The auto industry has faced a number of troubles this past year; troubles which have only deepened with this weekend's recall of more than 2.1 million older vehicles from three major carmakers-Toyota, Chrysler and Honda.
The announcement comes only days after the family of Carlos Solis filed a lawsuit against Takata, the airbag manufacturer for Toyota. Solis, 35, was killed on Jan. 18 in a minor crash in Texas. The lawsuit alleges that as an air bag in his 2002 Honda Accord inflated, it sent a piece of metal into his neck. Solis was pronounced dead at the scene. His death has not officially been linked to the air bag, but officials are speculating the airbag played a role.
The vehicles are being recalled a second time to fix potentially faulty air bags that may inadvertently inflate while the car is running. Recalled vehicles include some Acura MDX, Dodge Viper, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Honda Odyssey, Pontiac Vibe, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Avalon models made from 2002 to 2004.
According to a statement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all of the vehicles covered in Saturday's announcement had already been under a recall for the defective air bags, but the carmakers' original attempts to fix the defects worked only about 85% of the time. Since the initial recall, there have been about 400 reported cases of faulty air bag deployments in the recalled vehicles. The incidents resulted in minor injuries but no known deaths. The recall highlights the problems automakers and regulators face with increasing number of complex electronic systems.
Under this latest recall, automakers are to fully replace the faulty electronic control unit, which is made by TRW Automotive Holdings of Livonia, Michigan. In the previous recall, the unit was only partially replaced. The new remedy will be available to all affected vehicles by the end of the year. The NHTSA urges consumers with cars under the first recall to have the partial unit installed, even if they have to return to the dealer under the second recall.
"Even though it's a temporary solution until the new remedy is available, (consumers) and their families will be safer if they take the time to learn if their vehicle is covered and follow their manufacturers' instructions," a spokesperson for the NHTSA said. About 39 air bags that had been replaced under the previous recall inadvertently deployed again.
According to the NHTSA, 1 million Toyota and Honda vehicles are subject to separate recalls related to defective air bags made by Takata of Japan. Those air bags can deploy and rupture with enough force to cause injury or death. In nine cases, cars had problems that included both the inadvertent deployment and the Takata rupture. Three of those cases resulted in injuries, including eye injuries, scratches and burns.
Carmakers, like all consumer products manufacturers, are responsible for ensuring that their products are mechanically safe and do not pose a threat to consumers. And when car companies fail at making sure their cars are safe, they are liable if and when an individual is injured because of their negligence.
At Altman & Altman LLP, our seasoned Products Liability Attorneys have nearly 50 years of knowledge and experience handling all types of defective products and products liability cases, and we have the skills to fight against large consumer products companies so that our clients achieve the highest financial compensation for their injuries. If you or a loved was injured as the result of a faulty product, call our office today to speak to an attorney to discuss your legal options and whether you might qualify for a products liability claim. All initial consultations are completely free of charge and of no obligation to you. Our team of lawyers is available around the clock to answer any and all questions you may have about your case.
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Eavesdropping at the Movies: 206 – The Gentlemen
January 17, 2020 UncategorizedBritish, Charlie Hunnam, Crime, Gangster, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, London, Matthew Mcconaughey, Michelle DockeryNotesonFilm1
Guy Ritchie returns to the guns 'n' geezers mine with The Gentlemen, a caper with a beautifully dressed and enjoyably playful cast. We discuss his stylish direction, ability to work with actors, the audiences that adore his work, how the film functions as fantasy, and its issues with being casually offensive.
The podcast can be listened to in the players above or on iTunes.
With José Arroyo of First Impressions and Michael Glass of Writing About Film.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 193 – The Irishman
November 23, 2019 UncategorizedAl Pacino, Crime, Harvey Keitel, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, mob, Netflix, New York, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro, Stephen Graham, Teamsters, The IrishmanNotesonFilm1
A three-and-a-half-hour epic in his signature genre, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman looks back on the life of a gangster, hitman, enforcer, and WWII veteran, who loses everything. There's a familiar tone to much of the film, Scorsese getting the gang back together – Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel are wonderful to see, but perhaps the most enjoyable performance comes from Joe Pesci, his Russ a calm, knowing presence, a characterisation that feels like a deliberate defiance of the volatility we remember so vividly from Tommy in Goodfellas. The film weaves a tapestry of power structures throughout 20th century New York, incorporating the mob, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and politicians, all tied together by the wild, paranoid, braggadocious figure of Jimmy Hoffa, played by a brilliant Al Pacino in his first ever collaboration with Scorsese.
Scorsese's use of digital technology to take years off his cast is a matter of debate between us. José thinks that the use of younger actors would have been beneficial, comparing it to De Niro's portrayal of Marlon Brando's character in The Godfather Part II; Mike arguing that the technology convinces, facilitates a smooth telling of the story, where, had different actors been used, he might have felt like he was waiting for the 'real story' to begin, and doesn't hamper the facial performances as it might have – though he agrees wholeheartedly that, in his mid-70s, Robert De Niro simply can't convincingly kick a baker as a man thirty or forty years his junior should be able to.
José asks whether Frank feels enough guilt about having to kill Jimmy, by this point a man who's been his friend for years. We agree that we think his emotional state is too opaque, though Mike suggests that he's also tamping down his feelings for the sake of getting on with a task he can't avoid. The feeling of loss and guilt that this event leads to, though, enormously affects the final half hour of the film, and for Mike it's a beautifully moving coda to a film that, while hugely enjoyable, often felt free of a clear destination – something José disagrees with, never wondering where it was going.
We also consider Scorsese's recent remarks on Marvel, suggesting that his perspective is a surprisingly ahistorical one, and that had he been making films in the 1950s he'd have had identical complaints about Westerns, for instance – the dominant genre of the time. But José takes time to agree with his aesthetic and artistic complaints, arguing that Marvel's films lack ambition, and Mike suggests that his issue really comes down to a level of dominance that is marginalising films of lower budgets and greater ambition. We also discuss the fact that Scorsese has made The Irishman for Netflix, hardly the home of a lover of the cinema, as their model is Internet-based and doesn't allow for wide theatrical releases, Mike suggesting this represents a conflict between Scorsese's words and actions; though José argues that, as limited as it is, the film has been given a theatrical release, and one would be stupid to turn down money if it gets one's film made, no matter the source.
But to bring it back to The Irishman, we had a terrific time and the film throughout is layered with great jokes, considered compositions, and brilliantly written, performed and directed set-piece scenes in which conversation is king, stakes are high, and power is in play. If you get a chance to see it during its brief theatrical window, do so.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 180 – Joker
It's as though we've seen two different films, with José bowled over by Joker's social commentary, Mike bored and annoyed by its perceived self-satisfaction – not to mention an audience that applauded at the end. Joaquin Phoenix's Joker is explored to be a product of an uncaring, broken society that reaps in him what it sows, in a 1981 Gotham City that is the New York City of the era in all but name. José argues that the film will become a bellwether of the time, depicting the anger of the oppressed and downtrodden – Mike suggests, though, that in demonising them and aligning them to villainy, it gives the right-wing what it wants, in a vision of antifa, the enemy it believes it faces.
We discuss issues of race and representation, Mike seeing similarities between some of the film's scenes and real-life historical crimes to which they may refer, and in observing racial components and changes to them, asks what the purpose may be, though, struggles to work towards an answer. And José remarks favourably upon everything aesthetic, including the way in which poverty is written into Phoenix's withered form, the expressiveness and grace of his movement, and the film's use of shallow focus.
There's a lot going on in Joker, both on its own terms and in the cultural conversations it has ignited, and it may be worth a second go.
The film is just out and has already incited interesting debate:
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Yet another good essay, this one from Leslie Lee
With José Arroyo of First Impressions and Michael Glass of Writing About Film
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 176 – Fight Club
October 4, 2019 Eavesdropping at the Movies, UncategorizedBrad Pitt, Chuck Palahniuk, Crime, David Fincher, Edward Norton, Fight Club, Helena Bonham Carter, masculinity, psychological, satire, Steve Erickson, The Quietus, violenceNotesonFilm1
A film that jogs memories for Mike, as in the process of revisiting Fight Club he realises what an impact it had on him as a teenager. David Fincher's outrageously stylish and visceral story of a generation of dispossessed men finding purpose in violence has only increased in relevance in the twenty years since its release, drawing comparisons to incels and school shooters, but it also leads Mike to recall how it affected his interests and attitudes in his youth. José, who saw it on its release, was on the positive side of its mixed response and recalls trying to convince his friends of its greatness – and is proud to have been proven right in the years since, in which it rapidly became perhaps the defining cult hit.
Mike is surprised to discover a sexual dimension to it that he hadn't quite realised was there – obviously, Tyler and Marla's ceiling-shaking lovemaking sessions hadn't escaped his attention, but it wasn't until this screening that he saw Marla as desirable and human, rather than simply present and symbolic. She's weary but hopeful, fiery and alive but constantly flirting with death, and with the benefit of knowing the film's infamous twist, deeply sympathetic. Mike argues, too, for a strain of homoeroticism — Steve Erickson writes that Chuck Palahniuk came out as gay in 2004. The clues are everywhere both in his book and Fincher's film — in the fighting and particularly in Brad Pitt's appearance – more than powerful and intimidating, he's attractive, the narrator's ideal self (though we don't, as José points out, see him topless and sweaty nearly as often as we might remember).
It's not without its problems. The question of exactly what it says, and indeed how deliberately it says it, is dependant perhaps on the viewer's mood and cultural context as much as anything. Fight Club wants to be thought of as a satire, that's clear, but of what – and is it as much of a satire as it thinks it is? Mike suggests that much of what drives this problematic area of debate is the effectiveness with which the film brings us into the narrator's mental state, conveying beautifully his attitudes, desires, repressions, regardless of whether we might think of them as positive or negative. Were the film more objective, more willing to offer judgement of its characters, these questions would be less troubling but the film would have none of its potency.
We agree that Fight Club is a considerable piece of work – José less enthusiastically, but it would be hard to be as turned on by it as Mike is. To have seen it on the big screen is a treat – every one of its compositions is electrifying, beautiful, considered and inventive – and the themes it explores have only grown in relevance since 1999. If it comes round, don't hesitate to buy front row tickets. If it doesn't, dig out the DVD, which you definitely own, and watch it again.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 172 – Hustlers
J-Lo runs the show and steals every scene in Hustlers, Lorene Scafaria's crime flick about a team of strippers who run a scam to steal from Wall Street traders and CEOs. Its style, energy and representational strategies impress us, it drew an audience to Cineworld that we aren't used to seeing, and we discuss how it fits into what we decide to call "state of the nation cinema", films that brazenly and deliberately depict, condemn and critique the institutions and power structures of modern America.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 135 – Double Indemnity
The film noir to end films noir, Billy Wilder's classic crime drama Double Indemnity made its way to The Electric in Birmingham for a one-off screening, where a packed cinema ensured a great atmosphere. Mike, as usual, hadn't seen it, while José is very familiar with it, even having taught it before.
Mike didn't entirely click with it, though he's able to appreciate much of what makes it a classic. Perhaps the stylistic and thematic elements that identify film noir are so perfectly employed by Double Indemnity that it leads to an ironic, detached mode of viewing – the genre, though it has existed since its inception, is strongly connected to its classical era of the Forties and Fifties, and has been parodied and pastiched more than most, burdening the film with unfair baggage to audiences not in that frame of mind. José, on the other hand, relishes the chance to see it with a paying, enthusiastic audience, finding that he notices different details and appreciates the film differently outside of an academic setting.
Unquestionable is the strength of Barbara Stanwyck's seductive performance as the femme fatale, her Phyllis Dietrichson the archetype of the dangerous woman who bewitches her doomed victim, in this case a chump played with distracting self-importance by Fred MacMurray. And every time Edward G. Robinson appears on screen he lights it up, capturing the audience, whether with the array of witty retorts and bon mots with which the script furnishes him, or dialogue as ostensibly dull as a recitation of an actuarial table for types of suicide.
With all of this in mind, Mike is sure that a second run at the film would help him appreciate it more. There's no doubting its place in cinema history, and that it continues to pack out cinemas with eager filmgoers is testament to that.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 110 – Angels with Dirty Faces
We continue our Michael Curtiz kick with Angels with Dirty Faces, a James Cagney gangster film with surprising subtleties. We consider Cagney's stardom and how he remains unique, the film's themes of hero worship and glorification of crime, and the interesting relationship between Cagney's gangster and Pat O'Brien's priest.
A film that's very much of its time but remains an interesting and entertaining watch.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 104 – Bad Times at the El Royale
We pick at flaw after flaw in a film we sincerely enjoyed! Drew Goddard's post-noir, post-Tarantino, post-Hitchcock thriller is an oddball, a delightfully playful collection of stories about secrets and regrets and temptations and damage. A fabulous ensemble cast is split up and paired off in all sorts of ways, histories are exposed, deception is currency, violence is brutal and shocking. And it all happens on one rainy night in a broken old motel in 1969.
We have few issues with Goddard's screenplay, which, but for the exception of one or two characters who we reckon could have been given a little more flesh, is creative, clever, witty, and energetic. But as a director, we find him lacking – as José phrases it, he has no instinct for cinema. It's a significant problem in a film that's building upon and pastiching entire genres and movements of cinema.
We go back and forth on some of the performances, though they're primarily good, and Jeff Bridges and Lewis Pullman in particular are just perfect. Mike appreciates that the film understands when to pull the rug out from under you and when not to. We agree that it's destined to become a cult success, the type of film you want to know if your friends have seen. And we like trifle.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 85 – Dial M for Murder 3D
It's Eavesdropping's first anniversary and we celebrate with a film Mike's been looking forward to seeing for almost a decade. Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder was released at the tail end of the short-lived Fifties 3D craze, and has rarely been seen in that format (even at the time). But it rolls around every so often and this week came to the Electric, so we jumped at the chance to see it.
A dialogue-heavy chamber piece, Dial M for Murder might not seem the obvious choice for the spectacle of 3D, but it's for this reason that we find it interesting. José, who has seen it before in 3D, recalls his previous impressions of the importance of items – the keys, the handbag, the scissors – and how the stereoscopy relates to it. Mike, who wrote on 3D film at university and has defended it ever since, places Dial M for Murder in context, comparing it to both 3D of the time and today, suggesting how it was ahead of its time.
Away from the 3D, we find the film slight, a trifle, though enjoyable throughout and respectful of the audience – the film's methodical nature is lovely. We find some of the performances disappointing, and one in particular delightful. We're glad we saw it, even though José's spectacles were broken.
José's note on Dial M for Murder can be found here: https://notesonfilm1.com/2013/08/07/a-note-on-dial-m-for-murder/
Recorded on 23rd August 2018.
In Conversation With Guy Bolton, author of The Pictures
Guy Bolton, author of The Pictures, is the subject of our third 'In Conversation With ….' Podcast. The Pictures is a detective novel set in 1939, around MGM, during the making of The Wizard of Oz. It begins with two deaths: a young woman, Florence Lloyd, has been brutally murdered; and Herbert, Stanley, an MGM producer, married to MGM star Gale Goodwin, has hung himself.
Detective Jonathan Craine of the LAPD is called in ostensibly to 'investigate' but really to present whatever happened to the producer in the best light so that it doesn't affect the box office of his wife's new film. In doing so, he and his partner Patrick O'Neill begin to discover links between the murders that lead them to the mafia, Las Vegas, the corruption of the film unions, the availability of drugs in the studios, the uses of prostitution in Hollywood, how coverage in newspapers can be bought and the fine line dividing a studio 'fixer' from a hardened criminal.
It's a tough, sexy, brilliantly textured whodunit that depicts a 1939 Hollywood in a rich and layered way, with characters as you like them in noir, and a plot that will keep you guessing. It's been widely and excellently reviewed and we here get an opportunity to discuss it with its author: on the lure of pulp; the attractions of Hollywood as setting; what are the influences, both literary and filmic; what decisions were made as to structure and point-of-view; and when the next one is coming out. Enjoy.
The podcast can be listened above or by clicking here
José Arroyo
The Pictures is published by Oneworld and available in bookshops across the country and on kindle via Amazon
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Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Monday, January 2nd, 2022
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Thompson: 49ers defense gets a 'needed' humility check and a ninth straight win (paywall)
"In overtime, on second-and-10, Bosa bull-rushed Raiders left tackle Kolton Miller like he was spiked onto a sled. Three seconds after the snap, Miller's back was crashing into the throw of Las Vegas quarterback Jarrett Stidham, who'd terrorized the 49ers' defense all game. He was going deep to Davante Adams, a connection that had already produced 153 yards and two touchdowns. But Bosa, who'd nearly gotten to the agile Stidham all game, finally got to the quarterback. More accurately, he got Miller to get to the quarterback..."Man I was happy to see the ball fluttering in the air," Bosa said. He ran towards the 49ers' sideline with both hands raised while the duck of a pass sailed into the arms of San Francisco's Tashaun Gipson Sr."
That was exactly what the 49ers, Brock Purdy needed
"For weeks, Fred Warner had been mentioning how there were things to clean up defensively. Given how dominant — for the most part — the performances had been, it was something to take with a grain of salt. It came off a bit like coach-speak from a leader demanding excellence....But when you look a little closer, the weaknesses were there, especially in coverage. Deommodore Lenoir has been inconsistent on the outside, and Talanoa Hufanga, often his designated help over the top, tends to be far too eager to play-make in the run game, abandoning his coverage responsibilities."
Brock Purdy earns high marks for leading 49ers from behind
"What Brock's doing is real," Shanahan said. "He's a talented guy who is very tough, and when he does make mistakes he understands why and then he tries to learn from them. He doesn't have a ton of experience in this league. So, every time he goes out there, whether it is good or bad, I feel like when you've got the skill set and play the game the right way, he's only going to get better from it. So, there was a number of situations that happened today that he didn't get in his other four games, and yes, I do think that helps."
49ers' flaws were highlighted by Raiders in OT win — and Nick Bosa is thankful (paywall)
"After the game, Bosa saw something positive in the defense's second-worst performance of the season: It will force that unit to address its issues, perhaps in the same way it did following the loss to the Chiefs..."I think we needed this as a defense," Bosa said. "That's a really good team, the best running back I've played against in my career, no doubt about it. That dude's a beast. … The NFL will humble you 100 percent of the time."
Kawakami: The 49ers' clunky but very constructive jump to the NFC's 2 seed — and why they need to keep it (paywall)
"Purdy can absolutely win games on the road. He proved that in Seattle in a very hostile environment and he did it Sunday in front of a split crowd but under some amount of pressure. Still, the more games you can play at home, the better it's going to be for a rookie QB … or any QB, really. Maybe Purdy's a road warrior like Jimmy Garoppolo was last postseason. But I'm sure the 49ers will be just fine if they don't have to figure that out until future postseasons."
How Brock Purdy overcame struggles in the 49ers' epic outburst against Raiders (paywall
"Griese did a great job on the sideline," Purdy said after the game. "When I felt a little off-schedule with things, just getting back centered. Like, 'Hey man, you've done this time and time again. In games, at practice, nothing's changing. The situation is a little different, but just do your job.'"
49ers stumble, rumble in punch-drunk overtime win over Raiders
"What followed was insanity. Both offenses ran rampant, and turned the ball over in outrageous fashion. There was even a Robbie Gould game-winner miss, followed by overtime redemption. It had everything… except defense."
Where 49ers stand in NFC playoff picture after Week 17
"If the Eagles lose to the Giants next week and the 49ers beat the Cardinals, they'd clinch the top spot in the conference, a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. However, even if Gardner Minshew is playing quarterback again for Philadelphia, they will still be 14-point favorites against a New York team that has clinched a playoff berth and has nothing to play for."
Kyle Shanahan provides injury updates on Aaron Banks, Dre Greenlaw
"The severity of that injury is fairly wide-ranging. Elijah Mitchell has suffered two MCL sprains this season, with six-to-eight-week timelines given for both. Kevin Givens suffered an MCL sprain on December 4 and is expected back for the start of the playoffs. Colton McKivitz suffered an MCL sprain on October 3 and returned to practice on November 7."
Grading 49ers' offense, defense in overtime win vs. Raiders
"I think it was a good game for us," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. "We didn't play perfect. But to still be able to find a way to win, I'm real proud of the guys."
49ers' Path to Super Bowl LVII: Don't Let Nick Sirianni Fool You 4 keys to a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Moves Corporate Headquarters to Cambridge, Massachusetts
...CAMBRIDGE Mass. Dec. 22 2011 /- Inspiration ...Inspiration's new location at One Kendall Square is ideally located wi...Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals One Kendall Square Cambridge MA ...John P. Butler Chief Executive Officer of Inspiration commented Th...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Inspiration), the only biopharmaceutical company focused exclusively on the development and commercialization of new treatment options for people with hemophilia, announced today the Company will relocate its corporate headquarters to Cambridge, MA from Laguna Niguel, CA. The move is integral to Inspiration's plan to accommodate its anticipated future staffing and facility needs as the Company transitions to product commercialization.
Inspiration's new location at One Kendall Square is ideally located within the greater Boston area's technology and life sciences cluster. The new address is:
Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals
One Kendall Square
John P. Butler, Chief Executive Officer of Inspiration, commented, "The Boston metro area has always been a center for growth and innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry. As we move toward the launch of Inspiration's first products, including IB1001, our recombinant factor IX product for hemophilia B, it is the perfect location to establish our corporate office. We expect the close proximity to some of the leading academic and research institutions will help attract top talent as we continue to build a world-class company focused on improving the life of individuals with hemophilia."
In October 2011, Inspiration named John P. Butler Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Butler joined Inspiration from Cambridge-based Genzyme Corporation, where he most recently served as President of the company's rare genetic diseases business.
One Kendall Square is in the heart of Cambridge's life-sciences community. Since its inception, this address has served as headquarters for many early-stage to mid-tier companies, including a number that have gone on to develop blockbuster drugs and employ thousands of workers in Greater Boston. The office and research park is situated on nine acres.
About Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals
Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals is dedicated exclusively to developing treatments for hemophilia, with a primary mission to broaden access to care to safe and effective recombinant therapies and advance innovation for people living with these conditions. Inspiration has a broad portfolio of recombinant hemophilia products, which includes two products in late-stage clinical development and two preclinical programs.
Inspiration's lead product candidates are IB1001, an intravenous recombinant factor IX (FIX) product for the treatment and prevention of bleeding in individuals with hemophilia B, and OBI-1, an intravenous recombinant porcine factor VIII (FVIII) product for the treatment of individuals with congenital hemophilia A who have developed inhibitors against human FVIII and for individuals with acquired hemophilia. Inspiration recently submitted its first marketing application for IB1001 in Europe, with a subsequent regulatory filing planned in the U.S. Earlier-stage preclinical programs at Inspiration are focused on human recombinant factor VIIa (FVIIa), for individuals with either hemophilia A or hemophilia B who have developed inhibitors, and for individuals with factor VII deficiency; and human recombinant FVIII, to treat individuals with hemophilia A.
Inspiration's senior management team has broad experience and expertise in hemophilia product development, biologics manufacturing and the successful commercialization of products to treat both hemophilia as well as chronic orphan diseases.
In addition, in January 2010, Inspiration entered into a strategic partnership with the Ipsen Group (EURONEXT: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), leveraging the combined expertise and resources of the two companies, to develop a broad portfolio of hemophilia products. As announced in late August 2011, Ipsen and Inspiration extended their partnership to create a hemophilia business unit structure that will act as the exclusive sales organization for all hemophilia products commercialized under the Inspiration brand in Europe. For further information on Inspiration, please visit http://www.inspirationbio.com.
Contacts: MediaCompanyJustin JacksonGordon H. BusenbarkMichelle SzwarcbergSenior Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerBurns McClellanEmail: gbusenbark@inspirationbio.com Tel: +1-212-213-0006
Email: jjackson@burnsmc.com
mszwarcberg@burnsmc.com
SOURCE Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
1. Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of European Marketing Authorization Application for IB1001 for the Treatment of Hemophilia B
2. Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures of self-assembled clusters
3. Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Presents Safety Data on IB1001, a Novel Recombinant Factor IX for the Treatment of Hemophilia at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Annual Meeting
4. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Upcoming Poster Presentations of Zerenex™ (Ferric Citrate) at the Upcoming American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2011 Annual Meeting
5. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in Zerenex™ (Ferric Citrate) Phase 3 Long-Term Study
6. Planet Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Theron (Ted) Odlaug, Ph.D. as Executive Chairman
7. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in KRX-0401 (Perifosine) Phase 3 Refractory Advanced Colorectal Cancer Study
8. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
9. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. To Host Conference Call on First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
10. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Final Data from Zerenex™ Short-Term Phase 3 Study
11. Reportlinker Adds Upstream Processing in Biopharmaceuticals - Increasing Use of Low-Cost Disposable Bioreactors to Drive the Upstream Bioprocessing Market


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I recently started a book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck.
It's amazing how one line — one sentence can change your outlook.
I think I have finally figured out the meaning of always moving forward, even when you may set yourself back.
And as such, we make mistakes. We are not perfect. We live a little.
It is with every mistake, every time we are not following our goals to a tee, that we are able to either look at it as a failure, or as a chance.
A chance to move forward.
A chance to forgive ourselves, and begin again.
We must not sit and beat ourselves up. We must continue on, on the same path, reaching toward our goals.
Just because we are not perfect in pursuit of our ultimate dreams, does not mean we want them any less.
It just means we're human.
I often get in the mindset that if I can not be perfect in following a path, that it mustn't be for me.
Well, I'm here to tell myself, and you, that that simply isn't true.
So no, I don't save my money perfectly. No, I don't read every single night. And no, I am not perfect in every single thing I do as I follow my dreams.
And so, it might take a little longer to get there.
And I'll enjoy the ride along the way.
Someone said it's about the journey, not the destination — so I'm choosing to see each setback as a chance.
A chance to learn, a chance to grow, and a chance to progress.
And that, that is what it's all about.


"Looking for Mr. Right Now" is an attempt to understand the current phenomenon of virtual dating in the form of mobile dating-apps such as Tinder. The filmmaker establishes a dialog with men and women of different ages and social class and engages with their experiences, desires and expectations with thiskind of partner search. Unusual vacant impressions of the German capital Berlin allow the audience to reflect on the topic on a personal scale.


2. In a large bowl, beat butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar together until creamy. About 3 minutes. Scrape down bowl as needed.
3. On low, beat in eggs one at a time.
4. Add vanilla, honey and water and mix only until combined.
5. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
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Blowing up the status quo: Elizabeth Warren changed the game
by Lauren Leader, opinion contributor - 03/06/20 8:30 AM ET
Shirley Chisolm, the first black candidate for president, ran in 1972 with the slogan "Unbossed and Unbought" but the same could be said for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) who ended her campaign for president after disappointing losses on Super Tuesday. Warren may not be the Democratic nominee for president, but her campaign has permanently and irrevocably changed the playing field for women candidates for years to come.
She refused to bow to the standard expectations that women be polite, warm, kind, pretty, smiling, not too aggressive but aggressive enough and in doing so, she singlehandedly reset the standards for every woman who ever runs again.
From her commitment to addressing the needs of every concerned citizen through her mountain of detailed policy plants to her debate performance in Las Vegas when she eviscerated not just Mike Bloomberg but a century (or more) of gender norms, Warren changed the political game for women, permanently. And for that, we should all be grateful.
An avalanche of data that shows women continue to face subtle and unsubtle bias when they try to break high and hard glass ceilings in politics so it's certainly reasonable to wonder how much of that bias factored into her failure to win. Women candidates face impossible standards of femininity and double binds.
They are expected to be overqualified but unambitious and they have been consistently overlooked by still mostly male-dominated media. In August I highlighted the data on this for an article in the Hill. The point clearly struck a nerve.
Many women had already recognized what the data showed: women candidates received less coverage overall and the coverage they received was more negative than that of the men.
This trend continues. In the week before the Nevada debate, the networks cut away from Warren's speech after the New Hampshire primary and then, she was left off a major poll WSJ/ NBC poll. People noticed. The hashtag #WheresWarren trended on Twitter.
Warren could have accepted the double standards and tried to move past them or ignored them which has been the MO for women running in the past, especially for women of Warren's generation.
Throughout her political career and perhaps especially in 2016, Hillary Clinton faced an egregious, relentless, blatant level of highly gendered negativity from her opponents and from the press.
Indeed, Clinton faced that sexism at every step of her career — even Barack Obama famously played on the gendered likeability trap calling her "likable enough" in 2008. But Clinton never tried to take on sexism head-on while she was running.
She accepted it as unavoidable and mostly ignored it. She was willing to own the possibility of being the historic first woman president but not the fight to call out everyday sexism on the campaign trail. In her recent interview with Howard Stern Clinton acknowledged that she had faced sexism for so long she just assumed it was part of the deal.
Warren has accepted no such deal. She showed a willingness to blow up, expose, upend and destroy every sexist double standard she faced even as those same double standards were harming her prospects. She exposed the electability bias by calling out Bernie Sanders for supposedly saying a woman couldn't win — triggering a week-long news cycle about it. In an interview before the Nevada debate, she called out the sexism she faced on the campaign trail. But in the Nevada debate, she did something transformative.
She brought an explosive, take no prisoners grit, intensity, focus and yes anger that made her impossible to ignore. In fact, she managed to garner the most airtime of any candidate on the stage. Her performance seemed to mark not only her own liberation but the liberation of women everywhere, finally free to bring their righteous rage to the table. It may not have won her the nomination, but it reset norms for all the women who will most certainly follow her
Warren was of course not the only woman who ran for president this cycle. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was the first black woman since Shirley Chisolm to run resetting norms with her presence, short-lived though it was. Amy Klobuchar's campaign also contributed to rewriting the norms about women running but Warren is the one who really rewrote the rules.
Yes, she pioneered selfie as a strategy and refused to hold high dollar fundraisers. But perhaps just as revolutionary: she wore sneakers on the campaign trail. She didn't let handlers coif and style her into some vision of what a woman candidate is "supposed to" be. But most of all, Warren's righteous anger, her willingness to take no prisoners, to fight back and fight relentlessly against chauvinism and for women has never been seen before. It will most certainly be seen again.
Women have made significant strides toward greater political representation in recent years and won elected office in historic numbers that are certainly changing politics in myriad ways. In 2019 I ran for local office in my town of Harrison, N.Y. and won. I'm now the lone woman in elected leadership in my Town. Thanks to the women before me, from Chisolm to Warren, I will not let the male majority steamroll me, try as they may.
The fact is, for all the gains women have made in politics, any woman who has run for office at any level can give you a long list of biases they faced. As a single mom, I was often questioned about who was watching my kids (men are never asked this).
Women are expected to be warm, kind, smart but not too smart, authoritative but not a know it all, assertive but not aggressive. Claire Freidman recently captured this perfectly for the New Yorker in a column called the Electable Female Candidate: "She is everything to everyone. She would be pleased to be the president, but she is not ambitious enough to run." Exactly.
Warren flipped to the proverbial bird to outdated norms and blew right past them. Of course in the process, she lost the race to be president. But her relentless challenge of the status quo is a win for women already. Her example will liberate countless women candidates who follow to make the most radical choice of all: to be who they are. And for that, Warren, and women everywhere, won.
Lauren Leader is the co-founder and CEO of All In Together, a non-partisan, non- profit dedicated to women's civic education. She is also the sole elected councilwoman in Harrison, N.Y.
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As people approach the end of their lives, many will require specialist end-of-life and palliative care. Such care aims to 'help those with advanced, progressive, incurable illness to live as well as possible until they die' and includes the management of pain and other symptoms, and provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support'. Over 250,000 people in Canada died in 2016, and it is estimated that up to 75% of people will have palliative care needs prior to death. Yet just 1/3 of people in Canada had access to palliative care. In 2017, the Canadian government launched a consultation aimed at increasing access to, and improving the quality of, palliative care services. The outcome of the review is likely to place greater demands on health services to provide cost-effective palliative care. It will also lead to greater demand on economists to understand how to assess the value of palliative and end-of-life care services.
It has been argued that end-of-life care should be considered a special case within economic evaluation, with different methods used and different values placed on outcomes. In this session I will discuss the actual and perceived challenges of undertaking economic evaluations within end-of-life care research. I will explore arguments about what methods we should use, including questions of what outcomes to measure (and in whom), how to evaluate the complex interventions that typify much end-of-life care, and I will highlight problems associated with missing data in palliative and end-of-life care research. I will also explore questions about societal preferences in relation to end-of-life care provision, including whether and how end-of-life care is seen as special case by policy makers and the public, and what the empirical evidence tells us about how to value care at the end of life.
Jeff Round is a Senior Health Economist at the Institute of Health Economics. Jeff specializes in decision analytic modelling and HTA, and his research encompasses both applied and methodological topics in health economics and economic evaluation. In recent years his research has focused on topics related to end of life and palliative care. A recent paper on the societal costs of providing care at the end of life was recognized as the Research Paper of the Year for 2015 in the journal Palliative Medicine, and in 2016, he published an edited book, Care at the End of Life: An Economic Perspective.


Criteo Labs > ABTest > A pupil's week long internship in our Recsys team.
In France, pupils ending their middle school studies have to perform a one week observation internship in a company. The goal of this internship is to help students have a firsthand experience with work-life in a company and help them decide on their future career paths. This seems logical as they do not have enough skills to tackle "real-world" development tasks.
When Nicolas Jonasz , (a middle school student) who had already done his mandatory internship in an architecture company, reached out to me to know whether he could come intern for one week at Criteo, I replied "Sure, but are you ready to do some real work?". He quickly affirmed his decision to join us for a week.
One month before his arrival, I sent Nicolas a couple of tutorials about Python and some simple exercises on data analysis and plotting, because he was just starting to learn about programming. When he arrived at Criteo, he was ready. In 2 days, instead of a week, he coded a visualization tool able to aggregate multiple features and help us analyse faster the results of our A/B tests.
During the next three days, he went far above our expectations by coding an algorithm to detect outliers, the local outlier factor1. As a benchmark, we compared it to scikit-learn's outlier detection example and the performance is comparable with other proposed algorithms. Obviously, the code can still be optimized but it provides a strong basis for, eg, discovering faulty partners in our online tests for example.
In a nutshell, although Nicolas was a middle school intern in our team for a week, he added value helped us in spotting regressions in our AB test analysis. This further shows our team's push in always getting the best of its engineers by providing them with the best supervision and challenges to help in achieving amazing results. If you love problem solving and curious about an adventure in Criteo R&D, click here for more.


The list of things I know about Burton is short, and doesn't include where it is. This town of fermenting individuals are obsessed with beer, their team plays in yellow, and they've been on a wild crusade up through the divisions. Similar to Chesterfield and Port Vale, it's one of those teams and places that for all I know only comes into existence for the 90 minutes Coventry City play them every few seasons. Annexed from any credible conurbation by a good distance, ask any semi clued up Brit to pin them down on a map and I bet the majority would be struggling.
We rolled into this forgotten footmark of the midlands via the comparatively notable Tamworth – and made our way to the ground in a haze of early winter sunshine. To add to the Truman Show-like surrealness of supposed-real-place Burton, a single direct road leads you from the platform edge to the Pirelli Stadium, carefully shaperoning you along the only possible route. Perhaps if we'd turned down the wrong street we would have seen the scaffolding behind the set, a couple of camera crew smoking fags and looking sheepish and a rolling wasteland of nothingness.
Putting aside my scepticism of whether it really exists for a moment, now is also the time to mention that I love going to Burton away. My only previous visit was a scarcely comprehensible away win in front of the Sky cameras, with a Marcus Tudgay (!) header securing our come back against the eventual champions. How Adam Armstrong ever got back into the team I do not know. I basically skipped home, floating on a cloud of disbelief, a world of beautiful possibility crystallisng around me. We all know how that ended.
Fast forward a few years and here I was again, squeezing myself into their heaving away terrace, elbows bashing into elbows, knees nudging arses, heads bashing shoulders, a whole fanbase cheek to jowel, smelling, breathing and inhabiting the same semi-disgusting quarters for 90 minutes in the only way football should ever be watched. Never has a single fart been bequeathed with more power than in a packed football terrace. Use it wisely.


This sweet little card was a super-quick make, as most of the elements came from the same pack. I think it was a free gift with a cardmaking magazine and contained the backing paper - which looks like three different papers but it is actually one!
The sentiment in a little frame looks cute - this came from the same pack and I stuck it into the middle of the card. I had some 'happy Mothers Day' sentiments in red in a pack of stickers and placed this on the top of the card.


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Dittany Dit"ta*ny, n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon, di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. (b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. (c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.


My very first encounter of the millinery trade was in the late 80s.
I lived in small market town called Wokingham and regularly attended Ascot races which was virtually on our doorstep … people watching at the races was my favourite but it was the Hats that took my breath away.
My imagination would run wildly away with me, watching the feathers dancing in the breeze was mesmerising and the colours were spectacular.
I ran my shop for over 20 years. After taking early retirement 7 years ago I decided to focus on the dressing of hats rather than the making or creating.
This has proved to be so much fun.
We buy feathers from all over the world and we dye them, paint them we even add diamantes.
In the past we have supplied The Moscow State Circus and the West End Theatre Group with our fabulous Feathers.
We stock almost every kind of feather and colour imaginable Ostrich, Duck, Goose, Pheasant, Peacock, Fluffy Marabou , Guinea Fowl to name but a few.
They are sold in individual packs and we post worldwide.
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Tag: small business loans
US gives new direction for private company advances, constrains open organizations to bring assets back
Post author By Anouk Brabaum
The Small Business Administration gave new direction on Thursday that makes it "far-fetched" that huge traded on an open market organizations can get to the following round of financing for the U.S. government's independent company alleviation program.
Organizations applying for coronavirus help supports must guarantee that the advances are fundamental and that they can't tap different wellsprings of subsidizing, the SBA said. By definition, open organizations approach the capital markets. For example, Shake Shack restored the $10 million it traversed the PPP after it sold $150 million in new offers.
"It is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification in good faith," the SBA said.
In a key detail, the SBA demonstrated that huge open organizations who tapped the PPP before the standard change can dodge examination by restoring the help advances in about fourteen days.
The Small Business Administration gave new direction on Thursday making it more uncertain that huge traded on an open market organizations can get to the following round of financing for the U.S. government's independent company alleviation program. It additionally ventured up pressure on open organizations that have tapped assets to restore the cash.
The update comes after an open excitement that huge organizations tapped the office, known as the Paycheck Protection Program, for a huge number of dollars in credits while a large number of private companies presently can't seem to get financing.
Organizations applying for the coronavirus alleviation finances must ensure that the credits are essential and that they can't tap different wellsprings of cash, the SBA said. By definition, open organizations approach the capital markets. For example, Shake Shack said it restored the $10 million it got past the PPP after it sold $150 million in new offers.
"Borrowers still must certify in good faith that their PPP loan request is necessary," the SBA said. "It is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification in good faith, and such a company should be prepared to demonstrate to SBA, upon request, the basis for its certification."
The change comes as a second round of financing for PPP, after the underlying $350 billion was exhausted a week ago, is set to be endorsed by officials later Thursday. The program is set to get $310 billion in new assets, and industry officials have said that even this sum will probably last just days. There is no assurance that administrators will favor more cash for the program after that.
While the soul of the PPP, a key part of the Trump organization's $2 trillion or more monetary reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, was to support private ventures, the standards during the program's underlying round permitted huge eatery and lodging organizations to apply for advances of up to $10 million.
At the point when that occurred, and organizations including Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and Potbelly Sandwich Shop were uncovered to have utilized the program, entrepreneurs got frustrated.
The kickback extended as organizations worth more than $100 million in the securities exchange effectively applied for help. Organizations including DMC Global, Wave Life Sciences and Fiesta Restaurant Group won the credits, as per a Tuesday look into note from Morgan Stanley.
Moneylenders including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have borne the brunt of the evaluate as entrepreneurs guaranteed that greater organizations got particular treatment while applying for the life saver. JPMorgan has explicitly denied that claim, while additionally unveiling that customers of its business banking division, which takes into account bigger organizations, for the most part fared better than those of its private company office.
In its most recent direction, the SBA seemed to permit banks to depend on borrowers' confirmation about the genuine need of their credits.
In any case, in a key detail, the SBA demonstrated that enormous open organizations who tapped the PPP before the standard change can maintain a strategic distance from examination by restoring the alleviation advances in about fourteen days:
"Any borrower that applied for a PPP loan prior to the issuance of this guidance and repays the loan in full by May 7, 2020 will be deemed by SBA to have made the required certification in good faith," the SBA said.
Tags PPP loan, SBA, small business loans, U.S. government


Former Seahawks long snapper Matt Overton signed with the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.
Miami defensive end Kendall Langford lost a diamond earring he forgot to take off on the practice field that he said was nearly 2.5 carats, and reported to be worth nearly $50,000. Langford, along with several of his teammates looked for the earring after practice, but had to give up his search to attend a meeting. The grounds crew mowed the lawn soon after.
While the Seahawks continue to make moves they believe improve their chances to win long term, the window seems to be closing for the Arizona Cardinals. The latest from down in the desert is quarterback Matt Leinart asserting that he has outplayed Derek Anderson, even though Anderson will likely be the starter for the Cardinals.
Rumor has it Lineart is now being shopped around the league as potential trade bait.


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RFC1441: Introduction to version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
Related keywords: (Framework) (Management) (SNMP) (SNMPv2)
Introduction to version 2 of the
Internet-standard Network Management Framework
2 Components of the SNMPv2 Framework ....................    3
2.1 Structure of Management Information .................    3
2.2 Textual Conventions .................................    4
2.3 Protocol Operations .................................    4
2.4 Transport Mappings ..................................    4
2.5 Protocol Instrumentation ............................    5
2.6 Administrative Framework ............................    5
2.7 Conformance Statements ..............................    5
3 Acknowledgements ......................................    7
RFC 1441            Introduction to SNMPv2          April 1993
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of
version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management
Framework, termed the SNMP version 2 framework (SNMPv2).  This
framework is derived from the original Internet-standard
Network Management Framework (SNMPv1), which consists of these
three documents:
RFC 1155 [1] which defines the Structure of Management
Information (SMI), the mechanisms used for describing and
naming objects for the purpose of management.
RFC 1212 [2] which defines a more concise description
mechanism, which is wholly consistent with the SMI.
RFC 1157 [3] which defines the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), the protocol used for network access to
managed objects.
For information on coexistence between SNMPv1 and SNMPv2,
consult [4].
2.  Components of the SNMPv2 Framework
2.1.  Structure of Management Information
[5].  It is the purpose of the Structure of Management
Information for SNMPv2 document [6] to define that subset.
2.2.  Textual Conventions
reading the MIB module.  It is the purpose of the Textual
Conventions for SNMPv2 document [7] to define the initial set
of textual conventions available to all MIB modules.
2.3.  Protocol Operations
The management protocol provides for the exchange of messages
which convey management information between the agents and the
management stations.  The form of these messages is a message
"wrapper" which encapsulates a Protocol Data Unit (PDU).  The
form and meaning of the "wrapper" is determined by an
It is the purpose of the Protocol Operations for SNMPv2
document [8] to define the operations of the protocol with
respect to the sending and receiving of the PDUs.
2.4.  Transport Mappings
Management Protocol, may be used over a variety of protocol
suites.  It is the purpose of the Transport Mappings for
SNMPv2 document [9] to define how the SNMPv2 maps onto an
initial set of transport domains.  Other mappings may be
defined in the future.
2.5.  Protocol Instrumentation
It is the purpose of the Management Information Base for
SNMPv2 document [10] to define managed objects which describe
the behavior of a SNMPv2 entity.  The Manager-to-Manager MIB
document [11] defines an initial set of managed objects which
describe the behavior of a SNMPv2 entity which acts in a
manager role.  It is expected that extensions to this MIB will
be defined in the future.
2.6.  Administrative Framework
It is the purpose of the Administrative Model for SNMPv2
document [12] to define the behavior of a SNMPv2 party - a
conceptual, virtual execution context whose operation is
restricted (for security or other purposes) to an
administratively defined subset of all possible operations of
a particular SNMPv2 entity.
Associated with each SNMPv2 party is a single authentication
protocol and a single privacy protocol.  It is the purpose of
the Security Protocols for SNMPv2 document [13] to define
those protocols.
The Party MIB for SNMPv2 document [14] defines managed objects
which correspond to the properties associated with a SNMPv2
2.7.  Conformance Statements
achieved.  It is the purpose of the Conformance Statements for
SNMPv2 document [15] to define the notation used for these
purposes.  There are two kinds of notations:
(1)  Compliance statements are used when describing
requirements for agents with respect to object
definitions.  An ASN.1 macro, MODULE-COMPLIANCE, is used
to concisely convey such requirements.
(2)  Capability statements are used when describing
capabilities of agents with respect to object
definitions.  An ASN.1 macro, AGENT-CAPABILITIES, is used
to concisely convey such capabilities.
Finally, collections of related objects are grouped together
to form a unit of conformance.  An ASN.1 macro, OBJECT-GROUP,
is used to concisely convey the syntax and semantics of a
The SNMPv2 framework is based on the outstanding technical
direction pioneered by the original authors of the SGMP: James
R. (Chuck) Davin, of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science,
Mark S. Fedor, of Performance Systems International, Inc.,
Martin L. Schoffstall, also of PSI, and Jeffrey D. Case.
Since the invention of the SGMP in 1987, many individuals have
devoted much energy toward creating the unprecedented success
of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework.  As
such, the list of people worthy of acknowledgement is too
great to enumerate here.
However, in retrospect, it seems clear that the concepts in
the original architecture, as envisioned by Chuck Davin, have
provided the basis for the success of the current framework.
We hope that the SNMPv2 framework will be able to successfully
build on this work.
"Manager-to-Manager Management Information Base", RFC
[12] Galvin, J., and McCloghrie, K., "Administrative Model for
[13] Galvin, J., and McCloghrie, K., "Security Protocols for


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Home What to do How to enjoy Hanoi nightlife?
Although Hanoi is not a world-famous place for nightlife, you will not regret a minute you spend on the street in Hanoi at night because of many exciting things.
Hanoi nightlife is one of the must-see things when it comes to Vietnam travel. If you are young, active, and enjoy the lights after sunset, this could be a great place for you to discover more. Spending a night as a local and experience Hanoi yourselves.
– Visitors can see the bustle of Hanoi night market at the weekend, walk around Old Quarter or Hoan Kiem lake.
– Watch water puppet performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theater. It is a pastime has a history of thousands of years, now it has gradually eroded in folklore, but Thang Long Water Puppet Theater still preserved and make it live again.
– Go to attend a symphonic music night at Hanoi Opera House.
– Drink "Bia hoi Hanoi". This is probably thing that you can ignore when coming to Hanoi. It is almost like draft beer but mixing and drinking unlike any beer in the world. You can find a beer restaurant in any street in Old Quarter in Hanoi.
Hanoi is a city that that is active not only during the day but also with much awe-inspiring fun night centers you can choose. Do not waste your nights while you visit Hanoi; explore the nights, visit lovely places that will live the lasting memory on you.