About a year ago I fell fully down the rabbit hole that is house music after stalking a group of friends who had spent a week in Ibiza.
One of the reposted a mix on Facebook and it was a Clapcast and I instantly became hooked to the groovy rhythm curated on this weekly show. Many times I was caught causally street dancing as I walked to my car in Los Angeles, imagining I was sipping a mojito by a pool or an ocean listening to the masked man lead us all into the sunshine. I mean, lets face it, Claptone is sunshine music. That is exactly the essence he is wishing to spread this summer on his Golden Summer Tour. The tour is taking place over 66 dates and traveling through 20 countries proves Claptone's worldwide influence on the house music stage. We had the chance to catch him recently in Ibiza, where he hold residency at the legendary club Amnesia, and will open and close the summer.
I, personally, am much looking forward to seeing him perform for the first time in Palm Springs at Splash House August 13th. Here I was able to ask Claptone questions as an artist. Questions about what it is to have made it to the top and that transition towards meeting expectations of fans, who may be new to a genre, while retaining the authentic underground vibe the movement started with.
It seems the first thing almost every interviewer asks you is about the fact that you are, and will remain, masked. You continuously point out that we are all masked. I agree. Self identity is constantly shifting and we change our masks depending on who and what we are in the presence. However, as artists a rise of popularity usually equates with a pressure to be what people have branded you as. I think we have seen a lot of artists crumble under this sort of pressure to perform. How much pressure do you feel to be the mask? Or do you find the mask has allowed you a higher level of authenticity and freedom to experiment, both in creation and performance?
You are right wearing a mask does take me out of the equation personally. I don't have to market my private life. But it does not shield me from the expectations my fans might have towards my work. So with music I walk the line every artist does, the line between constant repetition and constant change. Luckily music, especially dance music changes so quickly – so many artists, so much output – that it allows me to try out a lot of things within a very short time span. This lowers the pressure you're talking about.
You've been a force to be reckoned with in the house music scene for a few years now; but, I think its important we acknowledge that this year showed a huge shift for-ward from an underground artist into an international musical sensation. Your debut al-bum Charmer fused a sense of underground beats with indie and pop style vocals and it quickly dominated electronic charts internationally. If we fast forward six months, you then debuted your live act at Coachella. In the US music scene particularly this is THE defining festival for up and coming artists of all genres. How has this expansion of your audience changed the way you perform? Do you find you must play to a more pop con-scious audience vs an underground audience? Is there a pressure to play tracks people know rather than lose yourself in the music completely? How do you deal with this sort of shift as an artist and remain authentic to the original vision?
Claptone has always been about fusing genres. Starting with ' 'Cream' ' 'Night On Fire' on to ' 'No Eyes', ''Party Girl', and, 'Heartbeat'. But you are right the venues I play become bigger, so there is a shift away from an underground phenomenon. I still play many underground festivals and underground club gigs though and would never consider myself a pop music act only because I am an open minded House producer who enjoys being inspired by Hip Hop as well as Indie Rock and Dub for that matter. As a dancer I want to lose myself in the music, but as a DJ I want to create that special positive vibe and experience not mainly for me but for my audience. Authenticity is a concept we should long have overcome. I actually feel pressured by this concept because it's against the original idea of club music. I share no love for the concept at all, but yes I sweat. And I even produce my own music, hell, I am even mastering most of my tracks.
The location has an effect but it's a bit more complicated than that. It doesn't have anything to do with certain nations' audiences being more or less responsive. Factors in play for making a gig a great show are a) the people and their attitude b) the sound and it's quality c) the club, the setting, the lighting and visuals d) the city e) the country f) the planet. These factors influence my choice of tracks and the dramaturgy of my set to a certain degree, but all in all Claptone is a global phenomenon. I am very happy to say that I have fans everywhere on this beautiful planet from Peru to Russia, from Japan to South Africa, from the USA to the UK.
Specific to the US: do you find there to be a difference between broader festivals like Coachella and more "house centric" festivals like Splash House? What are some of the ways you change your tactic of performing to match the crowd?
I adapt slightly but in sound I never deny that I am Claptone. My sound is unique and some say magic, which could be the reason why I play with Jamie Jones one day and MK or the Foals the next. The sonic realm I create has a lot of connection points which allow me to appear in all kinds of line ups.
Another festival trend, especially in US culture, is the rise of conscious festivals (IE Lightning in a Bottle, What the Festival, and Further Future to name a few) — do you sense a difference between these audiences and other audiences you play for? In what ways do you seek to raise consciousness through your music? How do you feel these types of festivals aid that? Do you find there to be a similar trend happening in Europe? What European festivals that you've played this summer best embody that vibe?
We have conscious festivals as you call them for over 20 years in Europe, Fusion Festival in Germany would have been one of the first. I love playing festivals where people (artists and crowds) are aware, respect each other and each others freedom and make an effort to make this world a better place. I don't see myself as a preacher really and my songs don't give you guidelines on how to lead your life, some might give you an insight into the quest and struggle to become human and some don't have any particular meaning at all. But my music never lacks character and attitude.


Are Cell Phone Jammers Illegal in Schools?
If anyone is unfamiliar with what a cell phone jammer is, it a device used to block people's cell phone connections within a certain radius, rendering them useless. One of the teachers in my high school (public school) uses one so nobody within a certain area (in and out of her own classroom) can use their phone (even teachers). My question is, is this legal or illegal? I know that they are illegal in the United States with up to an ,000 fine and one year in jail, but does this apply to schools? Thanks.
Wow, thanks. Great information. I can see why you are a top contributor.
The previous poster is incorrect. Right now it is illegal to jam wireless communications anywhere in the US except in conjunction with an active law enforcement operation.
The problem is there is too much risk of the jammers interfering with emergency communications, plus there are specific issues regarding theft of service because wireless carriers purchase the rights to certain spectrums.
Now, the flip side is that up until 2007 at least, no one has been prosecuted for using a jammer, in most cases, the person has it confiscated and gets a warning.
The reason they made it illegal is that it infringes other peoples rights to use cell phones.
Example … I can't use one in my house because it would interfer with my neighbors.
But in school there is no right for you to be using a cell phone and in fact they are banned items in many schools.
they have them in the schools around here … but it is possible the police are involved maybe.
Is it illegal to live in the united states and sell cell phone jammers outside the usa???
what is the law behind cell phone jammers in usa?


As a receptionist you can often feel isolated from the rest of the office. Nowbridge keeps you connected with your work colleagues, whether they are in the office or working from the comforts of their own space. Provided you have an active camera at your computer, you can always check on the availability of your team.
When getting started you can select members of your team who you wish to see and add these individuals to your contact list. The application will deliver camera shots images at 3 second intervals from people you have chosen. Images are clear and all you need to do is just open up the app to check on their availability. If you would like an addition level of privacy there are a number of photo filters which you can overlay on your video feed – you can keep the original image filter, otherwise you can choose to have a blurred image or add a bit of creativity to your display picture with the cartoon or black and white effect.
If you need to leave a message with a colleague but you can see they are not available, you can type a short message for them in the app. This can be a lot better than sending a message via email which is often lost in their inbox, or leaving a phone message which often gets left unchecked. You can rest assured that the user will have an instant message notification and once they have returned to work, you can expect a quicker response than alternative methods of communication.
Part of the receptionist role is to answer all incoming calls to the office. With Nowbridge, it is now a lot easier to determine whether someone is available to take a call or not. This saves time in having to walk over to their desk to check, or transferring the call and having it bounce back to you. This is super helpful if you work in a larger office and staff are on different floors or located in a space quite far from you, or in some cases, their office is located in another city or overseas.
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When your employees feel that they can work in a way that suits them, they are less stressed because they feel more in control of their lives.
It's so easy to stay connected with people nowadays; smartphones, social media, project management tools and productivity software all mean that you could be on the other side of the world to your colleagues and still be connected.
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When some or all of your colleagues work remotely, they are able to engage with their work and each other more efficiently because of the lack of distractions that always come with working in an office. Although yes, there are other distractions when you work remotely, if you're sensible, you can manage these effectively.
In an earlier post, we explained how working remotely, can help save the planet but even if you can't work remotely in your role, by walking/cycling/taking the bus instead of driving to work, you can make a huge difference as reducing commuter traffic cuts air and water pollution and oil consumption. Working from your home or even from a local coffee shop is better for the environment than working in a huge office.
Successful remote teams all have three things in common: great communication, remote-specific management strategies in place and the right people for the job.
If one element slips, the whole remote working bubble could burst. Productivity could decrease, communication could break down and you'll understandably question the feasibility of remote working and whether it's the right fit for your business.
Think about it, you could have the best people for the job working for remote-specific managers but arguably the main thing that makes remote work possible, communication, goes wrong. Maybe your teleconferencing software is flaky, the WiFi connection is intermittent or your productivity software is suffering a glitch or being updated. Whatever it is, this means that you and your remote team can't do your job properly. You might have great technology and communication, great management but the wrong people in your team. If just one of the parts of the formula is off-kilter, remote working becomes a struggle rather than a success.
All sorts of companies can gain a lot from encouraging remote working but if these processes aren't developed or followed from the outset, the whole remote working culture can fall flat and rather than making your company more productive, it can have the opposite effect.
None of these things should be too difficult for any company to achieve but with a little forward-planning, you can ensure remote working success and hopefully benefit from the added productivity that comes from it.


"Africa Now" brings an impressive selection of artists, designers, singers and dancers to the French capital. When a French department store decides to hold a show on its rooftop, it's proof the event has gone mainstream.
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In response to the often-heard accusation that "austerity is killing growth in Europe", Daniel Gros asks in this new Commentary: "What austerity?" Looking at the entire budget cycle, he finds that the picture of austerity killing growth simply does not hold up. Since the bursting of the bubble in 2007, Gros reports that the economic performance of the US has been very similar to that of the euro area: GDP per capita is today about 2% below the 2007 level on both sides of the Atlantic; and the unemployment rate has increased by about the same amount as well: it increased by 3% both in the US and the euro area. Thus, he concludes that over a five-year period, the US has not done any better than the euro area although it has used a much larger dose of fiscal expansion.


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Revamping the China Model for the Post Global Financial Crisis Era: The Emerging Post-Washington, Post-Beijing Consensus
Randy Peerenboom, Professor of Law, La Trobe University Melbourne
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The Washington Consensus ("WC"), which dominated the development world for over two decades, has been called into question on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Those countries that adhered most closely to the it have failed to achieve sustained growth, while the East Asian 'tigers' that rejected it and followed their own development path achieved remarkable growth. Many attributed the success of the early East Asian tigers to the East Asian Model, and the more recent success of China to the China Model or Beijing Consensus ("BC"). However, the lost decade in Japan, the Global Financial Crisis ("GFC") and growing concerns that China may be caught in the dreaded "middle-income trap" have called into question the viability of the East Asian Model and its more specific China variants.
Randall Peerenboom is a law professor at La Trobe University and an associate fellow of the Oxford University Center for Socio-Legal Studies. He was a professor at UCLA Law School from 1998 to 2007 and director of the Oxford Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Rule of Law in China Programme. He has been a consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Ford Foundation, EU-China, UNDP and other international organizations on legal reforms and rule of law in China and Asia, and is the Co-Editor in Chief of The Hague Journal of Rule of Law. He is also a CIETAC arbitrator, and frequently serves as expert witness on PRC legal issues. His recent sole-authored and edited books include Judicial Independence in China (2010); Regulation in Asia (2009); China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? (2007); Human Rights in Asia (2006); Asian Discourses of Rule of Law (2004); and China's Long March toward Rule of Law (2002).
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Book Blast: Thunder in the Wind by Curt Orloff
Title: Thunder in the Wind
Author: Curt Orloff
Genre: Fiction/Westerns
Thunder in the Wind is a historical novel concerning the assimilation reservation American Indians underwent at the turn of the twentieth century. The first part of the work describes how the Assiniboine, and one family in particular, deal with the onslaught of a society that not only was technologically superior, but also thought itself so morally superior it treats the tribe as if it was a hopeless dependent. The second part follows the exploits of the main character as he tries to unite the Plains, Great Basin, and Southwestern tribes in revolt, not to defeat the whites, but to scare them so badly they would restore to the Indians the selfhood they had stolen. Miskaw deals with the same trials Tecumseh experienced early in the previous century while uniting the tribes east of the Mississippi and, in dealing with them learns several truths about himself and the human condition. If not for hubris, the outcome of his endeavor may have been dramatically different.
I'm a Yankee who became a damn Yankee when I wouldn't leave the South. When I did leave it, was for overseas where I comfortably acquired the moniker of "yank". I have two bachelor degrees. The one in geology I use to support myself, the one in history just showed I am curious about human nature. This curiosity culminated in Thunder in the Wind after I found out about a Cree named Almighty Voice while I was engaged in geologic fieldwork in Montana. His revolt almost united the tribes. I was an Army 1st Lieutenant, lived for golf as a youth and got to play on the University of Houston golf team, and was an Eagle Boy Scout. I've been writing books for over two decades, getting only to the agent level. At present, one agent is peddling a novel I wrote about the oilfield. I was a well-site geologist for fourteen years and a petroleum engineer, mostly overseas, for seven years.
Curt is giving away a $25 Gift Card!
This giveaway begins January 27 and ends on February 7.
Winners will be contacted via email on February 8.
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2013 Oscars: Congratulations to the Nominees and Honorees
Sun, Feb 24 2013
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Congratulations to the 2013 Oscar nominees and winners… for complete list of winners pls scroll down. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – "Django Unchained" Best Animated Short: "Paperman" – John Kahrs Best Animated Feature: "Brave" – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Cinematography: "Life of Pi" – Claudio Miranda Visual Effects: "Life of Pi" – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De[...]
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The Big Boys are in town: Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman to present Oscars®
Fri, Feb 22 2013
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Multiple Academy Award® winners Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman will present on this year's Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Nicholson has been nominated 12 times and won for his leading performances in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "As Good as It[...]
Stars, Stars and more Stars presenting at the Oscars! Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart and Kerry Washington
Thu, Feb 21 2013
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Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda will join Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart and Kerry Washington to present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Fonda earned seven nominations and won Academy Awards for her roles in "Klute" and "Coming Home." Garner was seen in this year's[...]
Jennifer Hudson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Crowe will sing at the Oscars
Wed, Feb 20 2013
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Academy Award® winners Jennifer Hudson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Crowe join this year's Oscar® nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway along with Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, and Helena Bonham Carter in a celebration honoring movie musicals of the last decade, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil[...]
And more Stars to present at Oscars: Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence
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Academy Award® nominees Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Academy Award-winner Affleck, who is nominated this year for producing the Best Picture nominee "Argo," won the award in 1997 for co-writing the Best Picture nominee[...]
More Stars to present at Oscars: Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman
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Academy Award® winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. All four have previously won the award for Best Actress. Berry won the award for her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001), Bullock for "The[...]
'Chicago' Stars to present at Oscars – Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Mon, Feb 11 2013
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Academy Award® winner's Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join their "Chicago" cast mates Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together on-stage at the Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. "We are very excited to reunite the stars of 'Chicago' to present on the Oscars, on[...]
Screen Actors Guild Awards is Star Central!
Fri, Jan 25 2013
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Jude Law was named as a presenter at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today. He joins and completes the roster of actors who will honor their colleagues at the SAG Awards including Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Rose Byrne, Jessica Chastain, Bradley[...]
"Skyfall" topped the box office in its fifth weekend
Sun, Dec 9 2012
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The decision by Warner Bros. to move The Gangster Squad (trailer) to January, 2013 and Universal's choice to move Les Miserables from next weekend to Christmas day should have caused a giant game of musical chairs. It didn't, and now we have the second December weekend in a row[...]
Hollywood Film Awards Does Some Good – Artists For Peace and Justice
Mon, Jun 25 2012
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HollywoodNews.com: Artists for Peace and Justice offer exclusive opportunity to dine with Hollywood A-Listers thanks to Hollywood Film Awards' Hollywood Gives Back(r). Ten tables up for grabs for star-studded Hollywood Film Awards® with 100% of proceeds benefiting Haiti's school system through the Academy for Peace and Justice Los Angeles, California. On[...]
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New Releases for the Week of December 13, 2019
(Columbia) Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Alex Wolff, Colin Hanks. Directed by Jake Kasdan
The gang is back, sucked into the world's most dangerous videogame like dust bunnies in a vacuum cleaner. This time they are there to rescue one of their own and will brave unexplored territory – deserts and mountains in addition to the jungle – to make it home alive.
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Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Rating: PG-13 (for adventure action, suggestive content and some language)
(Universal) Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue. A black masked killer stalks sorority women at a college during Christmas break in this remake of a classic 1974 horror film.
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, terror, thematic content including sexual assault, language, sexual material and drinking)
(Vertical) Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Sung Kang, Greg Byrk. *insert gravelly trailer voice here* In a world where 4% of the world's population has super powers, those with extraordinary gifts have been discriminated against and forced to live in poverty. A young power-enabled man who is fighting to survive and is drawn into a seedy underground of crime.
Hell on the Border
(Lionsgate) David Gyasi, Frank Grillo, Zahn McClarnon, Ron Perlman. This is the true story of Bass Reeves, who went from being an escaped slave during the Civil War to becoming the first African-American marshal in the American West.
Genre: Biographical Western
Now Playing: Premiere Fashion Square
Rating: R (for violence and language)
Mickey and the Bear
(Utopia) Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield. Mickey Peck works a job in a taxidermy shop in Anaconda, Montana. She must cope with her father, a veteran with severe PTSD who isn't getting better, an oversexed boyfriend and her upcoming high school graduation – all without her late mother. This amazing first film from Annabelle Attanasio was recently reviewed by C365 – check the link in the section "Scheduled for Review" below.
Rating: R (for substance abuse, language throughout and some sexual material)
(Warner Brothers) Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm. Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort is the story of the security guard at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta who thwarted a bomb planted in Centennial Park and then wrongly came under suspicion for planting it there. The film has been controversial due to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution taking exception to the portrayal of its coverage and one of its reporters.
Rating: R (for language including some sexual references, and brief bloody images)
(Netflix) Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujin, Sidney Cole. Pope Benedict, a staunch conservative, is the leader of a Catholic church in crisis. He soon develops a relationship with the cardinal who would one day become Pope Francis, one who has sought to reform the Church.
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content and some disturbing violent images)
Ernesto's Manifesto
Kettyolanu Ente Malakha
Line of Descent
Mamangam
The Mandela Effect
Venky Mama
Mardaani 2
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The obligatory uncomfortable car ride shot.
(2019) Drama (Utopia) Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield, Rebecca Henderson, Rob Grabow, Gabriel Vega, Katee Ferguson. Directed by Annabelle Attanasio
Recently, director Martin Scorsese stirred up an Internet hornet's nest when he disparaged Marvel films (and their like). He spoke about the films he grew up watching and quite frankly, this one from first-time director Attanasio would be the sort of film that he would dig.
Mickey (Morrone) lives in the small Big Sky town of Anaconda, Montana. Her mother has recently passed away due to cancer; the toxic waste from mining operations there have decimated the population of the town. Mickey's dad Hank (Dale) is an ex-Marine who came home with a drinking problem, a severe case of PTSD and wild mood swings that his medication isn't really regulating anymore. Mickey is his sole caregiver and support; she works after school in a taxidermy shop and supplements his veterans benefits with the little income she can make. Hank is chronically unemployed, and an object of pity in the town; he is not only a vet but a widower. He is essentially given a pass for his bad behavior, which is growing steadily worse.
Mickey has a boyfriend, Aron (Rosenfield) who professes undying love for Mickey, but steals her father's Oxycontin and seems most interested in her female parts than in any other part of her. Mickey is trapped in the small town, unable to leave because her father couldn't survive without her, but sees any sort of hope for a life of her own slipping away from her.
But there are some bright spots. New kid at school, Wyatt (Demba) – a transfer from the UK – sees potential in her and encourages her to go out and seek it. VA psychiatrist Leslee Watkins (Henderson) takes an interest in her and sees that the situation she's in is not likely to improve…ever. Mickey is beginning to take tentative steps out of her situation but then her father drags her right back into the nest.
Attanasio is one of the new breed of female directors who not only has something to say but knows how to say it in a compelling manner. It's hard to believe this is her first feature; it's even harder to believe that she was only 25 years old when she made this. It's directed with such assurance that you would think that the person behind the camera had decades of experience in the director's chair. I'm excited for the future of this young woman.
It doesn't hurt that she has a pair of actors giving career-defining performances. Dale, a veteran character actor, has never been better. He walks a tightrope between portraying Hank as an utter bastard and an object of pity. Hank is neither; he is prideful and his mood swings can lead to violence. At the same time, there's just enough charm to allow us to see what he must have been like before he went off to war. This isn't a textbook PTSD performance; it's more true to life.
The revelation, however, is Morrone. With a limited resume behind her, there was no reason to believe she had this kind of performance inside her but quite frankly, it's Oscar-worthy. Mickey is strong and vulnerable; making a terrible decision one moment and standing up for herself the next. She is, in short, a young woman who has seen far too much of life for a girl her age; it has caused her to grow up way too fast, but she is still at the end of the day only 18 years old.
Most of the other performances are strong as well, although Demba looks way too old to be a high school student. The Montana landscape is shown off nicely while the town is basically the working-class kind of place that has been hit particularly hard by the economic hardships that have caused them to embrace outsiders in politics. There's a quiet desperation in the town that is heartbreaking; elitist liberals would do well to take notice.
Attanasio keeps the mood tense; one never knows when Hank is going to erupt. It's a slow burn rather than an explosive conclusion. At the end of the day, the only flaw here is that the ending feels a bit more cliché than the rest of the film. Even though the final image of Mickey is hopeful and inspiring, it doesn't really jive with the tone of the film.
The movie is currently playing in New York and opening in Los Angeles later this week; at the end of the month, it will start playing nationwide. Keep an eye out for it; this is a very strong movie that cinephiles should want to experience for themselves.
REASONS TO SEE: While Badge does a good job, Morrone is incredible. Gritty Americana at its finest.
REASONS TO AVOID: The ending is a little too pat, too predictable.
FAMILY VALUES: There's a good deal of profanity, scenes of drug abuse, some sexual situations and violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Attanasio is best known as an actress on the CBS drama Bull; she left the show following the third season in order to shoot this movie, her directorial debut.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 11/19/19: Rotten Tomatoes: 100% positive reviews: Metacritic: 76/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Princess of the Row
NEXT: Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond
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New Releases for the Week of August 9, 2019
Posted on August 8, 2019 by carlosdev
(New Line) Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge dale, Brian d'Arcy James, Common, Margo Martindale. Directed by Andrea Berloff
In Hell's Kitchen in 1978, the wives of three low-level hoods in the Irish Mafia find themselves in dire financial straits when their husbands are sent to jail. Despite assurances by the mob that they'll be taken care of, it turns out that it's all just lip service. Desperate, the ladies take matters into their own hands and start running their husband's rackets on their own.
See the trailer, video featurettes, a clip and an interview here
Rating: R (for violence, language throughout and some sexual content)
(20th Century Fox) Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, Kathy Baker, Kevin Costner (voice). A puppy, picked up by an aspiring Formula One race car driver, grows philosophical, realizing that the techniques that make one successful on the race course also apply to success in life.
See the trailer and video featurettes here
Rating: PG (for thematic material)
(Bleecker Street) Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, Sherri Shepherd, Melanie Liburd. A young high school All-American football player is ready to take that first step towards turning pro when he enrolls at the University of Southern California but finds his plans derailed when he is accused, tried and convicted of a crime he didn't commit. After years of trying to prove his innocence, he at last is successful and is determined to fulfill his interrupted dream of playing in the NFL.
See the trailer, video featurettes and clips here
Genre: Sports Biography
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content and related images, and for language)
(Paramount) Isabella Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Pena, Eva Longoria. The beloved Nickelodeon animated show Dora the Explorer gets a live action treatment as high schooler Dora along with her faithful monkey companion and some of her pals from school go on a wild adventure in the jungles of South America to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a legendary city of gold.
See the trailer, video featurettes and a clip here
Genre: Family Adventure
Rating: PG (for action and some impolite humor)
(Citadel) Lathrop Walker, Tabitha Bastien, Helena Grace Donald, Michael Winters. A former assassin, living quietly with his family away from his former life, finds his cover blown by his former employers. Now he must rely on his skills to protect his loved ones and hunt down those who betrayed him and in whom all his sins reside.
See the trailer, interviews and video featurettes here
Now Playing: Old Mill Playhouse, Regal Oviedo Marketplace, Regal Pointe Orlando, Regal Waterford Lakes, Regal Winter Park Village
Rating: R (for violence including bloody images, language, and some sexuality/nudity)
(Vertical) Reiko Aylesworth, Francois Arnaud, Danny Ramirez, Rebecca Watson. A radio DJ, attempting to break the world record for staying awake, is beset by a troubled caller warning him to raise $5 million for charity or face disturbing consequences.
(CBS/Lionsgate) Zoe Margaret Colletti, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Michael Garza. A group of teens find a book of terrifying tales written by a young girl named Sarah whose terrible images turn out to be all too real.
See the trailer, video featurettes, a clip and a promo here
Genre: Family Horror
Rating: PG-13 (for terror/violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language including racial epithets, and brief sexual references)
(1091) Olivia Colman, Kathryn Dever, Walton Goggins, Jim Gaffigan. In this 2019 Florida Film Festival favorite, a young girl raised in a church that practices serpent handling, the pastor prepares for his daughter's wedding, which unwittingly unleashes a secret that may change the girl's perception of her father forever.
Now Playing: Barnstorm Theater, Regal Winter Park Village
Rating: PG (for ] language, thematic elements, some suggestive content and brief smoking images)
Bring the Soul: The Musical
Manmadhudu 2
Nerkonda Paarvai
Parey Hut Love
The Best Summer of My Life
The Bravest
The Quiet One
Hamlet Pheroun
Kobbari Matta
Popcorn Frights Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale
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Posted on May 25, 2019 by carlosdev
When you're knocked to the floor it can be a savage affair getting back to your feet.
(2018) Drama (NEON) Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Lance Reddick, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale, Elizabeth Maxwell, Luci Christian, Rochelle Robinson, Morgana Shaw, Joe Stevens, Brandon Potter, Alexis West, Lydia Tracy, Gary Teague, Jeremy St. James, Carolyn Hoffman, Lawrence Varnado, Jason Newman, Stan Taylor, Charlie Ray Reid, Max Hartman, Allison Moseley. Directed by Nia DaCosta
Sometimes, I wonder how on earth we ever ended up with our current President. One need look no further than this film which addresses issues that hit close to home for far too many working Americans, particularly those in rural areas – issues that the other party failed to address in 2016 and if they don't get their act together and start talking to these same working Americans about these issues, will end up in a very similar result in 2020.
Ollie (Thompson) lives in a bleak town in North Dakota near the Canadian border. The town is booming thanks to the fracking industry and filled with plenty of rough and tumble men who work the pipeline. However, it's a rough existence in which muscles are constantly in pain and the nagging work injuries aren't well-served by the town clinic where the waits exceed the amount of time these men have to visit a medical facility so they rely on drug smugglers bringing Oxy from Canada at prices they can afford. This isn't their story.
Ollie was one such smuggler who got caught. Out on probation, she is mourning her mother for whom she was caretaker during an extensive and eventually terminal illness. She remains in her mom's house, sleeping on the floor of her mom's room, trying to eke out a living selling coffee and sandwiches in lieu of painkillers. The house is in foreclosure and the bank isn't particularly compassionate. Making money legitimately for a woman in this town is almost impossible; the career choices that pay enough to survive for women are essentially what Ollie got busted for and dancing on a pole (the world's oldest profession goes unremarked upon but is likely a choice as well).
Ollie's estranged sister Deb (James) returns at an inopportune time. Pregnant by her abusive alcoholic boyfriend (Dale) and trying to support a little boy on her own, Deb lives in a trailer illegally parked on a diner waitress paycheck that doesn't begin to cover the cost of her pregnancy. The nearest abortion clinic (and the only one in the state) is 200 miles away and is still expensive enough that Deb can't afford it. As Ollie puts it, your choices are only as good as your options.
The two manage to reconcile but it becomes obvious to Ollie that the only way out is to resume her previous life. She will need to make a run to Canada and get a Manitoba health care card for her sister to do it; the drug dealer (Evans) she worked for previously who is as dangerous as they come. As things spiral down from bad to worse to untenable, the two women must find an inner reservoir of strength that may not even be enough to get them through.
Although the movie addresses a lot of topics that have some serious political ramifications here in 2019, this isn't the kind of movie that hits you in the face with its politics. DaCosta sets up a situation that is not uncommon among women in rural areas and lets the characters tell their own stories. When considering the assault on reproductive rights and Roe v. Wade that is occurring in certain states at the moment, one can appreciate the frustration and concern among women who are stuck in similar situations where money isn't plentiful and neither are good options.
Okay, I need to stop getting political here but it can't be denied that the issues are exceedingly timely. It also can't be denied that Thompson, as Ollie, shows a range that puts her in very elite company and marks her as a potential Oscar contender down the road – maybe not necessarily for this film but for others that follow. She has that kind of capability. DaCosta, who has been tapped by Jordan Peele to helm the upcoming Candyman reboot, has a similar capability.
My issue is that the movie is taking too many clues from films like Frozen River and Winter's Bone, both with powerful female leads placed in an environment of despair, drugs and bleak prospects. It gives the overall film a sense of familiarity that isn't a good thing. The movie's ending is also a bit disappointing and derivative. DaCosta didn't have to reinvent the wheel but I thought her choice was a bit too safe. I also thought the score was a bit intrusive.
There is much to like about the film and despite its relatively low score I do urge most cinephiles to check it out. There is some real talent here in front of and behind the camera. There is a raw tone to the movie that might turn off some but nonetheless as mentioned before these are the people who are suffering in 21st century America and whose needs are far from being met. There is enough power here that despite the film's flaws it is worthwhile to consider it for a look.
REASONS TO SEE: Thompson cements her reputation as an actress with big things ahead of her.
REASONS TO AVOID: Been there, seen that.
FAMILY VALUES: There are a lot of drug references and profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The story was conceived as a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Othello.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 5/25/19: Rotten Tomatoes: 96% positive reviews: Metacritic: 74/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Frozen River
NEXT: If the Dancer Dances
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You see dead people.
(2016) Sci-Fi Horror (Netflix/Legendary) James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Greenwood, Max Martini, Cory Hardrict, Clayne Crawford, Gonzalo Menendez, Ursula Parker, Aaron Serban, Stephen Root, Royce Pierreson, Jimmy Akingbola, Philip Bulcock, Ryan Robbins, Dylan Smith, Louis Ozawa Changchien, James D. Dever, Mark O'Neal, Michael Bodie, Declan Hannigan Directed by Nic Mathieu
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by the minds of mortal men. Sometimes the minds of mortal men think up some amazing things. Some of those things are way too dangerous and should be left alone.
A group of elite U.S. soldiers are in the country of Moldova whose government has collapsed. They are attacked by something strange; glowing vaguely human beings that might be ghosts who kill with a single touch. The commander of the U.S. force (Greenwood) calls in DARPA scientist Mark Clyne (Dale) who developed goggles that allow men to see the invisible to the naked eye spectral beings.
He is accompanied by Fran Madison (Mortimer), a CIA analyst who believes that the deaths are the result of some super-weapon that the insurgents have developed. Using the goggles that Dr. Clyne built, the soldiers determine that the specters can't be harmed with small arms fire. Clyne modifies searchlights so that they can see the specters more easily. They also find out that the creatures, which can move through solid walls, can't go through iron. They modify their explosive devices so that they fire iron filings at the things.
The soldiers find a laboratory and discover to their shock that these specters were the results of weapons experiments in which human beings were duplicated with advanced 3D printers and are kept alive by the brains of the originals. However, control was lost of the experiment and now the city is full of these specters and it won't take long before they overrun everything.
This was originally developed at Universal as part of their deal with Legendary who had just separated from their long-time distributors at Warner Brothers. However, when push came to shove the studio declined to release the film and Netflix eventually snapped it up. So Netflix essentially got a ready-made (relatively) big budget genre film.
Dale has been on the ragged edge of leading man duties for awhile and this should have been a career boost but sadly it likely won't be now. That's a shame; he's a fine actor and while I don't think this particular role really benefits him well, he at least does a decent enough job with an underwritten role that is largely a video game character.
In fact the whole movie reminded me of a video game. Sort of like Call of Duty meets Aliens with a dash of Ghostbusters thrown in only with the humor excised. That might work for some but I think it's a serious miscalculation. People who like videogames want to have some control rather than passively watch someone else's vision. The filmmakers would have been better served to make this less of a videogame cinematic.
The special effects aren't half bad in some places and while the plot tends to meander a little bit, it doesn't do so enough to make the film incomprehensible. I can see why Universal hesitated about releasing this wide; it seems to appeal to a niche audience and given that most videogame adaptations have been epic failures both critically and at the box office, I'm not sure that a videogame adaptation of a game that doesn't exist would do any better. It seems tailor-made for Netflix and while I thought it was a bit disappointing, it is entertaining enough and interesting enough to be worth a look.
REASONS TO GO: Some of the special effects are nifty.
REASONS TO STAY: The plot is a little bit convoluted.
FAMILY VALUES: There are some intense sci-fi action sequences.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: James Badge Dale and Max Martini also played military roles in 13 Hours.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 3/26/17: Rotten Tomatoes: 80% positive reviews. Metacritic: No score yet.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Objective
NEXT: The Salesman
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Posted on February 7, 2016 by carlosdev
(2016) True Life Drama (Paramount) John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini, Alexia Barlier, David Constabile, Peyman Moaadi, Matt Letscher, Toby Stephens, Demetrius Grosse, David Giuntoli, Mike Moriarty, David Furr, Kevin Kent, Freddie Stroma, Andrew Arrabito, Kenny Sheard, Christopher Dingli, Manuel Cauchi, Frida Cauchi. Directed by Michael Bay
One of the watershed moments of the last five years is the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. temporary embassy in Benghazi, Libya. Three people were killed, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Since then, it has been used as a rallying point for the right to display the incompetence of the current administration and to place themselves in the role as advocates for the victims. The left has come to see the attack as something of a conservative media Judas goat in which facts are obscured or downright fabricated for the sake of scoring political points, particularly against presidential candidate Hilary Clinton who was Secretary of State at the time.
The movie is based on the accounts of three members of the Global Response Staff, the private contractors employed by the CIA to protect agency installations worldwide. The GRS is mainly made up of ex-military members. Jack Silva (Krasinski), a veteran of GRS tours of duty, arrives in Benghazi to find a city in chaos. Their longtime military dictator, Moammar Qaddafi had fallen and the government was struggling to keep order. The city of Benghazi was essentially ruled by competing militias of which the 17-Feb was most closely allied with American interests.
Included in the six man team protecting the Annex, the CIA installation a mile from the embassy, was Tyrone "Rone" Woods (Dale), his good friend and commanding officer; Mark "Oz" Geist (Martini), Dave "Boon" Benton (Denman) – the team sniper, John "Tig" Tiegen (Fumusa) and Kris "Tonto" Paronto (Schreiber). The station manager, known only as "The Chief" (Constabile), seems annoyed by the presence of the security professionals and warns them against engaging with the locals. Even though tensions are high, the men have a lot of down time to think about their families and their choices to serve their country so far from home.
As the anniversary of the attack of 9/11 nears, Ambassador Chris Stevens (Letscher) arrives with a small Diplomatic Services security team with the aim of strengthening U.S./Libya relations. Despite security worries on the part of the GRS team, he is determined to stay at the temporary embassy which is a security nightmare defended mostly by members of the 17-Feb militia. When after darkness falls an attack on the embassy is made by militants, the militia runs for their lives and the embassy is left wide open for attack. The GRS team wants to head over there to rescue those who are being overrun but The Chief refuses to allow them to go, unwilling to let the Annex go undefended. However, as it became clear that those at the Embassy were in mortal danger, the GRS team elected to mount a rescue mission, realizing that the militants might well follow them back to the Annex and mount an attack there as well.
Bay is known for his big budget special effects extravaganza and while there are some well-choreographed combat sequences, this is a much smaller scale than we're used to seeing from him. In some ways you get the sense that he tends to be better suited for the Transformers-style action epics, but he handles the scale here pretty well although there doesn't seem to be a ton of character development. I had a hard time differentiating the GRS team from each other (there are also other GRS operatives who show up later, including Glen "Bub" Doherty (Stephens) who also perished in the attack. There is a lot of gung-ho testosterone bonding among the men, which is to be expected.
The filmmakers took great pains to recreate the embassy and annex in Malta, and the combat sequences look pretty darn realistic from my uneducated point of view. Those sequences are pretty terrifying as it must have been for those inside both compounds. I would have been the one balled up in a corner weeping for my mommy. I can't imagine living through something like that.
What was unexpected for me was the emotional impact of the film, and that has more to do with the significance of the event rather than Bay's skills as a filmmaker. I can imagine that if the characters were a little more drawn up I would have cared a great deal more and the film would have had even more resonance. As it is you leave the movie feeling genuine grief for those who didn't make it, as well as admiration for those who did.
Earlier I discussed the politicization of the event and it bears discussion here. Much of how you see this film is likely to be colored by your politics. Some critics of a right-wing leaning have overpraised the film (in my opinion) while other critics of a left-wing leaning have been unduly harsh (again in my opinion). I think that Bay went out of his way to make the movie apolitical, but let's face it; making the film at all was a political statement. As best I can, I tried to leave my political hat out of it and tried to judge the film purely on entertainment value, and found that this is a solid, better than average movie that in a season when most of the offerings out there are pretty awful, can be recommended with little reservation although again, you'll tend to see this movie viewed through the lens of your political outlook. As long as that's duly noted, you should be okay.
REASONS TO GO: A very realistic account. A powerful emotional experience.
REASONS TO STAY: Politicization or the events may inform your perspective. Not a lot of character development.
FAMILY VALUES: Plenty of combat-style violence, rough language and some images of bloody carnage.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Krasinski, Denman and Constabile all starred on the hit sitcom The Office.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 2/6/16: Rotten Tomatoes: 55% positive reviews. Metacritic: 48/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: American Sniper
NEXT: The Finest Hours
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New Releases for the Week of January 15, 2016
(Universal) Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Ken Jeong, Bruce McGill, Michael Rose, Sherri Shepherd. Directed by Tim Story
The two polar opposite cops are back. One is preparing for his wedding – to his partner's sister, which still makes him throw up in his mouth a little. However, the two are being sent from Atlanta to Miami to stop the flow of drugs into their city from South Florida. They take on as partners members of the Miami PD Narcotics squad, and it won't be easy for the two of them to avoid getting shot by the drug gang – or the Miami cops.
Genre: Cop Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of violence, sexual content, language and some drug material)
(Paramount) John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman. Most of us are aware of the tragedy of the assault on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya in which a U.S. Ambassador and several others lost their lives. However, most people aren't aware the death toll might have been much higher if it wasn't for the heroics of a group of security operatives. This is their story, based on their personal accounts of the events that took place that night and directed by Michael Bay.
See the trailer here.
Genre: True Life Drama
Rating: R (for strong combat violence throughout, bloody images and language)
Band of Robbers
(Gravitas) Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress. A modern retelling of the stories of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn shows Huck newly released from prison and hoping to mend his ways. However, Tom (a corrupt cop here) has other plans, obsessing over a childhood fantasy of a lost treasure that he's sure he and his criminal pal can still find.
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall
(The Orchard) Ross Partridge, Oona Lawrence, Jess Wexler, Scoot McNairy. When a man is hit by the end of his marriage and the death of his father within the space of a week, he tries to find some sort of meaning in his life. Encountering an unpopular and awkward 11-year-old girl, he sees something in her that might allow her to avoid his own fate of an empty, meaningless life. He decides to take her on a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies to show her how beautiful the world can be, but the trip doesn't exactly go to expectations.
Now Playing: AMC Disney Springs, AMC West Oaks
(Cohen) Gűnes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Tugba Sunguroglu. Five spirited sisters living in a remote Turkish village play an innocent game with a group of boys. When they are observed by a religiously conservative neighbor, the consequences change their lives radically as their strict grandmother and uncle begin to impose limitations on the girls. They also begin to arrange marriages for them, and slowly the young girls begin to break. Nominated for both a Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a review for this film will appear in Cinema365 tomorrow.
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Q: Uncountable set extension for Lebesgue integral? Let $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ be two disjoint measurable sets in $\Bbb R$, and then $\int_{{\Omega _1} \cup {\Omega _2}} f  = \int_{{\Omega _1}} f  + \int_{{\Omega _2}} f $ where $f$ is a measurable function. We call this as "set extension".
Let $\Omega_i,i=1,2,...$ be countable many disjoint sets, then $\int_{\bigcup\limits_{i = 1}^\infty  {{\Omega _i}} } f  = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty  {\int_{{\Omega _i}} f } $, which can be proved by dominated convergence theorem. We say this is a countable set extension.
My question is does similar equation holds for uncountable set extension? That is, let  $\Omega_i, i\in I$ be a family of disjoint sets where $I$ is an uncountable index set, does it hold that $\int_{\bigcup\nolimits_{i \in I} {{\Omega _i}} } f  = \sum\nolimits_{i \in I} {\int_{{\Omega _i}} f } $, and how can we prove this? Thank you!

A: No, with one reason being that every subset of $\mathbb{R}$ can be written as a (possibly uncountable) union of singleton sets. If we take $f$ to be, say, constant $1$ and our family to be $\{x\}_{x \in \mathbb{R}}$ (here just using the standard Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}$), then
$$\infty = \int_{\bigcup_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \{x\}} 1 \ne \sum_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \int_{\{x\}} 1 = \sum_{x \in \mathbb{R}} 0 = 0$$
Two other issues come up:

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*The example above doesn't even have any technical issues regarding convergence or existence of sums over uncountable sets. For example, if $f$ is a positive function, then the sum converges only when $I$ is at most countable.

*Measurability does not interact nicely with uncountable unions. Adapting the example above to use a non-measurable set rather than $\mathbb{R}$, then the right side may make sense while the left does not.

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December 6, 2020 - Charitable Work, Contributors, International, Marketing and promotions, Media, Performances, Research, Reports, Commentary, Uncategorized - Tagged: A Quarterback With N.F.L., Adam Wainwright, Basketball Program, Bellarmine Knights, Brandon Bellamy, Deshaun Watson, Europe's great clubs, fantasy football, Former NBA lottery pick, H.B.C.U., NBA players, pope at Vatican, Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke, Stuttgart's Matarazzo, U.S Soccer, US swimmer Caeleb Dressel, USWNT to the front lines of COVID-19 - no comments
Welcome to week three hundred and fifty-two of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week's 10 stories include:
How Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke went from the USWNT to the front lines of COVID-1 (LA Times)
A Quarterback With N.F.L. Potential Pledges to an H.B.C.U., Joining a Trend (New York Times)
Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming (AP/Yahoo)
Brandon Bellamy buys into one city's vision (Sports Business Daily)
In Stuttgart's Matarazzo, U.S. soccer already has a coach in charge of one of Europe's great clubs (ESPN)
US swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks two world records in one hour (CNN)
How Adam Wainwright's love for fantasy football has benefited more than 30 charities (ESPN)
The Rise of the Bellarmine Knights: How a Hometown Hero Built a Division I Basketball Program (SI)
How Deshaun Watson is finding inspiration amid chaotic season (The Undefeated)
NBA players hailed by pope at Vatican for demanding justice (AP News)
10+ The power of sport for inclusion: Including persons with disabilities in sport (Hums and Wolff) (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/power-sport-inclusion-including-persons-disabilities-sport
Sport and livelihoods: An introduction to the special issue (Journal of Sport for Development)https://jsfd.org/2020/11/27/sport-and-livelihoods-an-introduction-to-the-special-issue/
European policies to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in sport: The Erasmus programme opportunity (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/european-policies-promote-inclusion-persons-disabilities-sport-erasmus-programme
Using Sports To Address Taboo Topics—Like Sexual and Reproductive Health—in Tanzania (Beyond Sport)https://msmagazine.com/2020/12/01/world-aids-day-using-sports-to-address-taboo-topicslike-sexual-and-reproductive-healthin-tanzania/
The nominees of the 2020 PEACE AND SPORT AWARDS are revealed! (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/news/the-nominees-of-the-2020-peace-and-sport-awards-are-revealed/
We present again our "Featured Video" offering(s). With the explosion of video content out there highlighting the good in sport, we want to showcase such content for your enjoyment and learning. This will be an ongoing effort.
The 2020 Courageous Use of Sport Award Winners supported by WWE (Beyond Sport)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82mwPUZtALI&feature=youtu.be
I'd like to start with a special offer for you, the readers of the SDG newsletter. For my side effort, apparel brand Love Equals (www.loveequals.net), I am offering a 20% discount on all orders of $50 or more for the rest of 2020. The discount code is SDG20. One of the themes that has come up over the years in the SDG newsletter is "second acts." That is, athletes, whether professional or even collegiate, who have found joy, and often success, in a new venture or role in their lives. We have had athletes who have become entrepreneurs, investors, business executives, lawyers, actors, actresses, even opera singers! Another profession that has had its fair share of one-time athletes is healthcare, including doctors and nurses. In light of what we as individuals and society have gone through this year and will continue to go through, we hold up these front-line individuals as heroes, risking their lives in service of others (shout out, of course, to all frontline folks such as delivery persons, grocery store workers, etc.) The demands of having to be an expert at your craft, having to work in a team setting, and working under extreme pressure, are just a few shared elements by athletes and healthcare workers. We start off this week's stories with a look at former USWNT star Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke. Rachel's story, in a way, sounds familiar, in that her ascent to physician did not start after she was done playing, but before. It started with her being a human biology major at Stanford University and it continued with her studying for the MCATs while on the national soccer team. And then medical school came after she formally ended her time on the national team. Rachel's time as a physician has her utilizing many of the skills and the disciplined approach to things she had as a professional athlete. It is all about serving and supporting others. Her former teammate Christie (Rampone) Pearce, seemed to capture her essence when she said, ""It's not about you, it's about everybody else. That's what Rachel is all about. She's all about everybody else and making those around her better and stronger." Another great part of Rachel's "second act" is that it is not just one act. In addition to being a doctor, which surely could be enough, she is also part of the investment group behind Angel City, the NWSL expansion franchise that is scheduled to begin play in 2022. So soccer and sports will continue to have a place in her life, for sure. Finally, I also want to send one more reminder about a virtual movie premiere presented by Hoops for Hope. "Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters," will have a two-night premiere, December 5th and 6th. The premiere will be free of charge and include an expert panel discussion entitled "How Basketball Can Change the World." http://hoopsafrica.org/movie/
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How Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke went from the USWNT to the front lines of COVID-1 (LA Times)For full story, please click here.
A Quarterback With N.F.L. Potential Pledges to an H.B.C.U., Joining a Trend (New York Times)For full story, please click here.
Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming (AP/Yahoo)For full story, please click here.
Brandon Bellamy buys into one city's vision (Sports Business Daily)For full story, please click here.
In Stuttgart's Matarazzo, U.S. soccer already has a coach in charge of one of Europe's great clubs (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
US swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks two world records in one hour (CNN)For full story, please click here.
How Adam Wainwright's love for fantasy football has benefited more than 30 charities (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
The Rise of the Bellarmine Knights: How a Hometown Hero Built a Division I Basketball Program (SI)For full story, please click here.
How Deshaun Watson is finding inspiration amid chaotic season (The Undefeated) For full story, please click here.
NBA players hailed by pope at Vatican for demanding justice (AP News)For full story, please click here.
Our mission is to have Sport Doing Good be a consistent, and significant, contributor to the areas of sports, social responsibility and development. We look forward to partnering with other stakeholders in producing content, in creating and/or sponsoring athletic and service events, knowledge sharing, and conferences/seminars, and even having a commercial arm that could be the source of innovative social businesses.
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On April 21 and 22, The Moores School of Music Jazz Department will give its final concerts of the year with saxophonist Bill Evans. This concert marks Evans's return appearance with the Moores School Jazz Orchestra since they last performed together for the 2009 MSM Jazz Festival. Together, they will be playing selections from Evans's latest album, Vans Joint. Check out "Soulbop" below for a sample.
Thursday, April 22 at 6pm at Miller Outdoor Theater Kicking off Waste Management's four-day "Houston Celebrates Earth Day" Festival, presented in part with Da Camera and Whole Foods Market.


None of these objections to listing your home during the holiday season are totally true. In fact, listing your home during the holiday season may be the best decision for your family – and your wallet! And here are the top 5 reasons why!
Buyers determine value by comparison shopping. They look at the homes on the market, and compare the features and benefits of your home with those that are most similar. In the Spring, buyers may be comparing your home with 100+ other properties. At that point, you may want to price your home more competitively or run the risk of prolonging your days on market.
In the winter months, you will have less homes on the market similar to your for buyers to compare it to. You can price your home appropriately and have a good chance of receiving asking price , or even above asking price, for your property.
In the Spring you tend to have a pretty solid ratio of window shoppers to real buyers. During the holiday season is when we see the largest number of real, qualified buyers come out to search for their next home.
Let's face it. We live in New England. It's cold, wet, dark, and mostly miserable for the duration of the winter months. People are not hopping from open house to open house for the fun of it. They are ready, willing, and able to buy! This means you are entertaining suitable potential buyers, for the most part, instead of really weeding them out from all of the other curious "just-looking" folk.
Half of the hassle in home selling and home buying is timing and logistics. Buyers in the spring are working, have super tight schedules, and are trying to fit in viewing as many similar homes as possible. During the holidays, buyers generally have more time off and less property to choose from! This makes them scheduling time to view your home easy. And everybody loves easy.
There are a number of buyers in two different situations. One, they must purchase before the end of the year for tax purposes. And, two, they are starting a new job in January and must find suitable housing before their start date.
Motivation to move is very high for these buyers during the holiday season, and that is just what you want from potential buyers interested in your home! You may find buyers to be more committed to the process when they are motivated and have a deadline.
Homes show beautifully when decorated for the holiday season, and the general population tends to run on the more emotional side during this time of year. The odds of potential buyers becoming emotionally attached to your home all decked out for the holidays are high. They can see themselves spending their future holidays in your home. They can envision making it their own. When buyers are emotionally invested, it makes them more likely to pay your price!
As always, I am never too busy to assist you in your real estate needs or take your referrals! If you or someone you know is thinking of selling their home in Massachusetts, I'd love to assist you!


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Q: RemoteWebDriver connects successfully in Java but not in C# I am using RemoteWebDriver to test, when I run the following Java code everything works as it should.
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://10.0.1.10:4444"),
            new DesiredCapabilities());

When I run the following C# code I get a ClassCastException (Cannot Convert String to Dictionary) from RemoteWebDriver.StartSession()
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("http://10.0.1.10:4444/wd/hub"),
            new DesiredCapabilities());

I've also tried using DesiredCapabilities.Safari() with the same result, any ideas what could be going wrong please?

A: try this
  System.Uri uri = new System.Uri("http://localhost:7055/hub");
  WebDriver = new RemoteWebDriver(uri, DesiredCapabilities.Firefox());

or this
  System.Uri uri = new System.Uri("http://10.0.1.10:4444/wd/hub");
  WebDriver = new RemoteWebDriver(uri, DesiredCapabilities.Firefox());

A: The problem is a very strange one, the C# implementation of WebDriver seems to be stricter than the Java (and Python) implementation. It seems that the C# implementation check that the HTTP responses have the content type set to JSON, the Java and Python counterparts just try to parse and complain only if there are problems. The id's of the elements need to be formatted as strings else you get another similar exception; again this is not true for the Java and Python implementations and it seems that C# does not allow locating elements using compound class names.
To fix this problem I had to modify the implementation of WebDriver I was using to cater for these differences.


~Mrs. Mathis' Homeroom~: Monday Math Game - Dice!
Monday Math Game - Dice!
I love dice games to help reinforce math skills and the web is filled with amazing ideas! Some of my favourites are Stuck in Mud, Mouse and Snake.
The object of the game is to score the highest score. You will need five (or more) dice for this game. The first player rolls all the dice and adds up the numbers. If a 2 or 5 are rolled, they become stuck in the mud and cannot be counted in your score.
For example, if you throw a 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, your total would be 8 since you cannot count the 2 and the 5. The dice that rolled a 2 and 5 are taken out of play and the same player continues to roll with the dice that are left. Keep going until player has lost all of his or her dice. Second player does the same. Player with the highest score wins.
Players have to draw a mouse by rolling a die. Each number of the die is for a certain part of the body.
They must roll a 6 to start since everyone has to start with the body. Taking turns, students roll the die and draw the part accordingly. If they roll the die and that part has already been drawn they miss their turn and pass the die to the next player. If younger students may have a difficult time drawing a mouse, they could trace over a picture of one.
One of the reasons I like this game so much is because it's a whole class game. Guided Math has a perfect explanation of this game, along with a free download for the game board!
This next simple game teaches place value and can be played with as many dice as you'd like, depending on the age of your students.
Depending of the age of your students, you can use 2 or 3 dice (or more). The first player rolls the dice. They then put the digits together to make the highest number they can. For example if they roll a 4 and 5 – the highest number they can make is 54. The other player does the same. Players play three times, then add up their three numbers. The person with the highest total after three throws is the winner.
Yahtzee is another classic favourite of mine to practice addition facts. It only requires 5 dice and a piece of paper to keep score. Click here for a FREE score sheet! There are several ways to play Yahtzee. The rules to the classic game can be found here.
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