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Interview : How Luca Martorano And Mattia Albicini Took The Lead Of The New Generation of Italian Designers To Watch.
Industrial and Product Designers, they are reinventing the Italian spirit. And they aren't done fascinating us. Last week, we sat with the dynamic duo to discuss their upcoming design house ( DRAW) , their biggest project yet.
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DRAW STUDIO MILAN : Founders Luca Martorano And Mattia Albicini Sat Down With YEET MAGAZINE for An Exclusive Interview.
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BY Paola Bapelle YEET MAGAZINE Updated 0200 GMT (1000 HKT) July 20, 2021
Founders Luca Martorano And Mattia Albicini Sat Down With YEET for An Exclusive Interview.
Not an easy task to be honest but we finally made it, to interview two of the most prolic designers in Milan last week, Luca Martorano and Mattia Albicini, founders of DRAW.
Luca and Mattia, who graduated in 2005 in industrial design at Politecnico di Milano, but only met in 2008, were working in Milan in the same project team, and they had the opportunity to exchange views and ideas on product design, immediately perceiving a strong synergy and gradually establishing a deep friendship beyond the professional activity.
In 2018, they founded DRAW, which is not only a Studio based in Milan and Bolzano, but also a concept, a brand defined around their own design vision. Their values aim at production quality, expressiveness, and a composed and measured elegance.
DRAW is a container of projects and production experiences that are very different from each other, which can essentially be traced back to three main strands, often mutually contaminated
There are works pursued by means of 'reduction', i.e. aimed at stripping the result of everything that is not strictly necessary both on a functional and formal level.
These aspire to reach the typological essence or the most authentic value of use, bending every creative and constructive choice in this direction.
Then there are works of 'memory', which start from a historical quotation, be it an environment, an object, a technique or a formal language.
They are intended to recall authors or moments from the past, reinterpreting them with respect, contemporaneity and originality.
Finally, there are works of 'experimentation', in which an idea, a need or a particular technique has offered free inspiration for the project.
Despite the great differences, each work is linked to another in terms of depth of research, maximum care of the final result, attention to the relationship among the people involved, and certainly, from the first sketches to the final result, they are all fed by a passion for drawing.
YM: Can you tell us about your childhood and how your passion for design developed?
DS: We were both passionate about drawing but also and above all about construction and "deconstruction" of small objects.
Just like many children, the curiosity to look into things to understand how they work and how they were built, for us it has pushed itself to the limit imagination then, gradually, sensitivity to form, detail, and tactile appearance material of the world around us.
An exploration that continues today in the world artificial but also natural.
YM: What inspires you and your work?
DS: Inspiration can take place in very different situations and arise from different fields.
A need, a discussion, a visit to a museum, a film, an object designed very well orvery bad, even a walk in nature can be a source of inspiration.
In a particular sector as explored as the interior and the furniture, we look for inspiration looking at the past,to the authors (designers) who made the history of design.
The famous ones, but also the lesser known, or the anonymous objects of unknown authors. We observe objects, gestures, customs, fashion, traditions. We seek to reinterpret them with respect, modernity and originality.
YM: What's the one thing that sets a successful designer apart?
DS: This is a difficult question, we are not famous designers and there is still a long way to go for us to be able to say it ... What we think is that maybe there is not a single thing, but a good mix of different aspects: Tenacity and patience, continuous research, working with passion, care, attention, dedication.
Follow one's own path, have respect for the work of others and remember that
people you work with come before any other result. Perhaps it sounds rhetorical, but it is so, it must be so.
YM: What is your workspace like?
DS: In Milan we have an office made from a portion of a converted industrial warehouse, an old artisan workshop in the historic center of Bolzano . A place that was first converted into a laboratory office. We love being in places with a lived past, where people decades before us,have worked and transformed materials.
YM: How do you explain Italy being such a reference for Design trends and how do you intent to participate in keeping it that way?
Italy is special for its history, not only artistic and cultural, but also creative, of craftsmanship and production.
A large number of small and medium-sized companies continue to produce extraordinary objects and they keep centuries-old techniques and traditions alive, handing down and perfecting this know-how to future generations.
We love this aspect of our country, and we are committed to supporting these realities, experimenting with them and providing creativity transversal and dynamic
YM: Many think your work revolutionizes the industry, is it intentional?
DS: This is also a difficult question ... As stated in point 3, it is not so, and we do not feel so.
The feeling is that some things start to work, several customers have trusted us, and we hope to have more and more opportunities to continue working at a good level.
DS: For the moment we do not believe we have revolutionized or even changed much of the Italian production. Let's hope we can do it one day. For now it's just a dream ... but we're here working hard.
YM: Who's your favourite design icon?
DS: Italian architect Giò Ponti. Not only for the objective and now recognized quality of the works, but also for the variety of cultural and artistic projects and initiatives he has promoted.
From architecture to design, from publishing to theater, from artistic to theoretical and academic work). And then for the methodical personality, whimsical, resolute, stubborn.
YM: One big characteristic of the home of the future?
DS: Authenticity. When an environment is authentic, the mood of those who live there is also positive and well prepared. Unfortunately, today's homes are rich in values, objects, wall coverings, "fake" materials, that look like one thing but are actually another.
The same happens outside the home, where we try to remove from our sight what we don't want to see to move it elsewhere.
we'd like to imagine a future in which a house, a condominium, a city can be built around the real needs, leasant, autonomous and authentic towards those who live there and the environment surrounding.
YM: Where does the focus need to be, for aspiring designers?
DS: Many young designers could be more humble, spontaneous and less "built".
Often we have the feeling that some of them, despite being very young, build around themwork an artificial image, ephemeral and based on appearance. We like to think we should behind each image there is constant and concrete work, made of commitment and dedication.
YM: Do you have any exhibition coming?
DS: Certainly, the Salone del Mobile in Milan. We will participate with a series of living, dining complementsand night, and then a collection of lamps for some Italian companies of excellence.
YM:what prompted you to found DRAW and what do you want to express?
DS:DRAW, which besides being a physical practice based in Italy in Milan and Bolzano, is beforea whole concept, a brand created around our project idea, whose values aim at quality productive, with refinement and with a composed and measured elegance.
DRAW is a container of projects and production experiences that try to involve excellence in Italy and abroad productive able to combine constructive ability, dedication to tradition, availability to experimentation and quality in communicating one's values.
We are constantly working on alongside production, we like to observe how a material turns into an object, we care abouthow this is done and by whom it is done, trying to understand its secrets and appreciating the imperfection of manual labor.
YM:What are the distinctive features of your projects?
DS: In DRAW we have collected very different projects, but we can identify themessentially three types of work, often mutually contaminated.
There are jobs pursued by "reduction", that is to say, to strip the result from all that is not it is strictly necessary both on a functional and a formal level. These aim to achieve the most authentic typological essence or use value, and to bend any creative and constructive choice into this direction.
There are also works of "memory", which start from a historical quotation, be it an environment, a object, a technique or a formal language. These are intended to evoke authors or moments of the past, reinterpreting them with respect, modernity and originality.
Finally, we find "experimental" works, in which an idea, a need or a particular technique offered a free inspiration for the project.
Despite the big differences, each job has in common with others for depth of research, utmost care in every detail, attention to the relationship between the people involved and, starting from the first sketches to the end result, they are all fueled by a passion for drawing.
Mattia Albicini , Luca Martorano for DRAW studio.
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Upcoming exhibitions : Salone Del Mobile, Milan. 09 APRIL - 14 APRIL 2019.
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The factory boss - who is played by actress Alison King in the ITV soap - is going to be left terrified when the roof collapses in and she realises she could be held responsible after not having it properly fixed when she found out about the issues.
But when she shares her fears with Peter in a moment of horror, he will take drastic measures and offer the builders £10k to keep their mouths shut about Carla's role in the disaster that will see a beloved character killed off.
A source exclusively told The Sun Online: "Carla calls in the builders when she realises there's a problem with the roof.
"But when they tell her it's going to cost a fortune to fix it properly, she tells them to just patch it up.
"Carla's warned the roof is unsafe but she ignores the advice and carries on."
The source added: "Carla doesn't even think about it and orders the staff to continue to working so they can fulfil a big order.
"She's horrified and full of guilt when the roof collapses and realises she could be held responsible and is terrified the builder will spill how she was negligent.
"Peter realises Carla's in serious trouble and offers the builder £10k to keep his mouth shut and protect her."
Corrie boss Iain Macleod previously told The Sun Online about the huge stunt and heartbreaking death it will lead to.
He said: "It's a colossal big stunt. It will at first appear to be an accident. It will then be revealed that it was a criminal enterprise that caused it to collapse.
"And someone will be dying in said collapse. This is the beginning of the next generation of a Corrie bad guy. The factory collapse will be the start of that."
He added: "The death is really heartbreaking. There won't be a dry eye in the house.
"We thought restricting the body count was a good thing and making it somebody we care about and the death we cared about at that point in their story."
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JPMorgan's Hiring Practices In China Under Scrutiny
By Mike Koehler on August 19, 2013 in China, Financial Services Industry, Hiring Family Members of Foreign Officials, JPMorgan
Citing a "confidential United States government document," the New York Times reports that "Federal authorities have opened a bribery investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help the bank win lucrative business …".
The Times article states:
"In one instance, the bank hired the son of a former Chinese banking regulator who is now the chairman of the China Everbright Group, a state-controlled financial conglomerate […] After the chairman's son came on board, JPMorgan secured multiple coveted assignments from the Chinese conglomerate, including advising a subsidiary of the company on a stock offering, records show. The Hong Kong office of JPMorgan also hired the daughter of a Chinese railway official. That official was later detained on accusations of doling out government contracts in exchange for cash bribes, the government document and public records show. The former official's daughter came to JPMorgan at an opportune time for the New York-based bank: The China Railway Group, a state-controlled construction company that builds railways for the Chinese government, was in the process of selecting JPMorgan to advise on its plans to become a public company, a common move in China for businesses affiliated with the government. With JPMorgan's help, China Railway raised more than $5 billion when it went public in 2007."
As the Times article notes, JPMorgan made passing reference to the inquiry in its most recent quarterly filing. The August 7th filing identified, under the heading "Regulatory Developments" the following.
"A request from the SEC Division of Enforcement seeking information and documents relating to, among other matters, the Firm's employment of certain former employees in Hong Kong and its business relationships with certain clients."
The Times article quotes me as follows.
"While the hire of a son or daughter itself is not illegal, red flags would be raised if the person hired was not qualified for the position, or, for example, if a firm never received business before and then lo and behold, the hire brought in business."
Indeed, there have been Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions where the conduct at issue involved the hiring of children or spouses of alleged "foreign officials."
For instance, in the Tyson Foods enforcement action, part of the FCPA conspiracy alleged was "to place the wives of the [Mexican government] veterinarians on [a subsidiary company's] payroll, providing them with a salary and benefits, knowing that the wives did not actually perform any services …". According to the DOJ, approximately $260,000 "in improper payments were made to the … veterinarians, both indirectly and directly, including through payments to wives of [the] veterinarians."
In the Daimler enforcement action, the DOJ alleged that the company and its subsidiary in China "employed agents to assist in securing commercial vehicles and Unimog business from Chinese governent customers." Also the allegations supporting the FCPA conspiracy charge were: (i) the company made "a purported commission payment" to "the wife of a Chinese government official at Sinopec" in connection with the sale of commercial vehicles to Sinopec; and (ii) the company made a payment "to a relative of a Chinese government official" associated with the Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting in connection with the sale of commercial vehicles to the entity.
In the Siemens enforcement action, the DOJ alleged that that Siemens Bangladesh "paid $5,000 to the daughter of a Bangladesh Telegraph Telephone Board (BTTB) official ostensibly to work as an 'engineer' on the BTTB project, despite the fact that Siemens Bangladesh did not need such an engineer and did not have the budget for the position."
In the UTStarcom enforcement action, the SEC's allegations included that the company "provided foreign government customers or their family members with work visas and purportedly hired them to work for [the company] in the U.S., when in reality they did no work for the company."
In the Paradigm enforcement action, according to the DOJ, "during the same time frame as [a business deal was being discussed with an alleged Mexican "foreign official"], the same [alleged "foreign official"] requested that Paradigm Mexico hire his brother." The DOJ stated: "Paradigm Mexico acquiesced to that demand and hired the decision maker's brother as a driver. While employed at Paradigm Mexico, the brother did perform some work as a driver."
Certain other FCPA enforcement actions have also alleged other things of value given to children or spouses of alleged "foreign officials."
As to a potential cause and effect relationship between JPMorgan's alleged hiring of children of alleged foreign officials, the article, in addition to the above, also states:
"Before hiring [the son of the chairman of the China Everbright Group], JPMorgan appeared to do little if any business with China Everbright, based on a review of securities filings and news reports. Since then, though, China Everbright has emerged as one of its prized Asian clients."
"The Ministry of Railways has never hired JPMorgan directly, securities filings and news reports suggest. But those records indicate that the China Railway Group, the construction company whose largest customer is thought to be the Chinese government, hired JPMorgan to take it public in 2007. [The daugher of the former deputy chief engineer of China's railway ministry] was hired around this time. […] About four years later, when [the daughter] was an associate at the bank, JPMorgan won out again. This time, according to media reports, the operator of a high-speed railway from Beijing to Shanghai picked the bank to steer it through its own public offering. That deal fell apart after a 2011 train collision killed 40 people and injured hundreds."
For additional reading see here from the Wall Street Journal, here from Reuters, here from Fortune, here from the Washington Post, here from the Financial Times and here from The New Yorker (noting "of all the allegations of bribery lodged in recent years against foreign businesses in China … [JPMorgan's scrutiny] is likely to produce dyspepsia in corporate suites in Beijing and Shanghai, where bright, fresh-faced hires are sometimes known less by their credentials than by their parentage").
On Monday, the first day of trading after the Times article, JPMorgan's stock closed down 2.7% to $51.83.
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How many of you use the stop / start feature on modern cars ?
I find myself de-activating it.
One problem is pulling over to take a phone call. The engine stops and so does Bluetooth.
Mine is always on .i didnt think id like it .but to be honest im hardley aware of it doing its thing .its great .
Thankfully the 5 doesn't have it, but turned off on the new car.
Mine has stopped working, ive not taken it to be fixed, been like it for over a year now..
I think people are missing the point with these, they're not there to see whether or not you like them 😑 but to cut down on harmful emissions that are making towns and cities more and more polluted. Yes I agree the actual fuel saving for an individual is going to be tiny although even that can be big enough to notice in certain circumstances but if you think about slow moving traffic scenarios all over the country where a car may for instance be stationary for (20%+ of the actual journey time itself) the combined pollutants difference can be measured in substantial figures.
I love the technology of it all and have noticed the systems used are being refined, our first st/start car for example would wait a full second of stoppage before cutting out (which seemed too long) the newer ones do so instantly (which adds up when multiplied by millions), there are also no end of built in measures to prevent the system from switching the engine off unnecessarily, for instance when the steering is turned slightly the system assumes a maneuver is about to take place, it also waits until the engine has reached operating temperature hence saving wear on a cold engine.
In time they will not only be fitted to all cars but disabling them will become more and more difficult and frowned on, perhaps even made illegal. Starter motors will just have to be made durable to cope (as I'm sure they have been anyway), remember when F1 teams were allowed as many engines as they liked 😏 they often used 3 per race, now they're allowed 3 per season per car I believe and there are fewer blow ups if anything !
I agree with what hamster says .i don't have a problem with stop start .its fine when you get used to it .
The trouble is if the traffic is very heavy the system enriches the mixture for every start, so if it is happening very frequently it may actually be more polluting. (Please don't ask mw where the line should be drawn because I don't know) Some of this stuff actually seems to be voodoo science, like the push for diesel espoused by ignorant politicians, because the greens wanted it even though people were warned at the time about the risks of NOx emissions. People say they weren't warned but they were, it is just a smokescreen pushed out by the ignorant but loud mouthed.
If you can stand the "Straya'n!" schtick, this video is worth a watch on stop/start.
I went through a phase being in and out of hire cars in 2015/16 for work. Most, even on the higher spec cars were god awful, one Merc A-class even cutting out as I was decelerating towards a roundabout. No I wasn't coasting, it was an auto. Whoever signed off the software on that needs hanging upside down in Vetinari's mime scorpion pit.
I fully get that the idea is to reduce pollution, that is after all why it became compulsory, but it's the usual low cost "easy fix", stuff the motorist to please the climate hysterics scenario so beloved of bureaucrats.
A better idea would be to reduce the number of times traffic is brought to a standstill.
In Gloucestershire we have a highways department that seems to think it's good wheeze to bring traffic to an unnecessary stop as often as possible. For example all recently installed traffic lights - and there are many - always default to green but will recognise when a vehicle is approaching and immediately start to cycle through to red in order to make the vehicle stop (and it does this 24/7 even if the road is otherwise empty). As soon as the vehicle has stopped the lights begin their cycle back to green which is annoying enough but when, as happens near to me, there are 2 sets of lights 150yds apart and you get stopped twice for absolutely no reason, even at 6.30 on a Sunday when the roads are empty, you can't help but wonder about the mentality of the people who plan these things.
I could name at least a dozen equally idiotic stunts by the highways people within a mile of where I live which serve no useful purpose that I can fathom and which must increase pollution significantly.
You only have to drive the M42/A42 east to join M1 to realise that highways planners are the last people that should be planning highways.
I have turned mine off this morning.
Turned off in the country, left on in the town. Sometimes it was nice to be sat in silence.


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The Bible, Gender and Church (BGC) Research Centre focuses on biblical and practical gender studies, and how these intersect and inform the lives of women and men in the contemporary church.
The Sophia Network's 'Minding the Gap' report recently demonstrated that, although women make up 65 per cent of the church in the UK, 62 per cent of these women have experienced some form of sexism in church. More than half of the respondents also indicated that this was a problem that existed on an institutional rather than on an individual level. View the full report here. These statistics and others make it clear that research on gender, both in the Bible and the church, is sorely needed. The BGC Research Centre aims to foster research in biblical gender studies, as well as through various projects to affect change in the church and academia so that both women and men can be empowered to 'live life to the full'.
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'Lies Abusers Tell: Weaponisation of the Bible in the Home' was an online seminar hosted by the BGC Research Centre in April 2021. Hosted by Drs Holly Morse and Kirsi Cobb, the main speaker was Revd Dr Helen Paynter, the director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Her paper was followed by a response from Natalie Collins, an international speaker and trainer on issues of violence against women and wider gender injustice. You can watch the recording of the paper, response and following Q&A below.
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It is set on a peninsula surrounded by fresh water rivers and open lagoons feeding into the Indian Ocean. With its never ending stretches of white sandy beaches and excellent diving and snorkeling sites, it goes without saying that Mtwara is set to become more popular with local and international travellers.
Mtwara, one of Tanzania's larger towns is in the south eastern corner of the country, close to the Mozambique border. Mikandani, is a smaller town nearby, an area with vast empty beaches - ideal for a beach holiday without other tourists.
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Mtwara's proximity to the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park means that visitors can experience some of the most isolated dive sites on the coast. It makes an excellent supply stop for trips to the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park and is a good base for exploring nearby Mikindani.
Along the southern coast of Tanzania, the old Swahili town of Mikindani and the surrounding beaches of the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park make a tranquil and quiet alternative to larger beach destinations to the north. Travelling to Mikindani is an adventure in itself. With rugged road access and a small airstrip, the area is very much off the beaten path. But such secluded surroundings mean you'll have the Indian Ocean Coast, and the Swahili ruins, all to yourself -- an unimaginable privilege that makes for an unforgettable experience. The beaches of southern Tanzania have much that is undiscovered, and offer the chance of adventure and the siren call of exploration to the willing visitor.
The new Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park was gazetted in 2000 having been identified as an area of high biodiversity value at both a national and international level. It has world class diving -possibly the best available in Tanzania. The nearby plateaux of Mkonde and Rondo have excellent walking and panoramic views, and due to their altitude (900m) a pleasant climate. There are several rare species of birds in the forest reserve.
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Q: Graph-Drawing / TSP-Route-Drawing in C++ with "known" coordinates: How? Which Library/Tool? i'm developing some kind of heuristics for a variation of the vehicle-routing-problem in C++.
After generating a solution, i want to plot this solution. The solution is a composite of various tours, all starting and ending at a common depot.
Therefore i have a vertex-set with all the coordinates and edges defined by two vertex-id's each. Furthermore i have all the distances between vertex-pairs of course.
It would be helpful to plot this in an extra-window opening in my program, but writing a plot to a graphics-file should be okay too.
What is an easy way to plot this? How would you tackle this?
First i tried to look for common graph-visualization packages (graphviz, tulip, networkx (python)), but i realized that all of them are specialized at graph-layouting (when there are no coordinates). Correct me when i'm wrong.
I don't know if it is possible to tell these packages that i already have the coordinates, helping the layouting-algorithms.
Next thing i tried is the CGAL library with geomview output -> no luck until now -> ubuntu crashes geomview.
One more question: Is it a better idea to use some non-layouting 2d-plot-libraries risking a plot, which isn't really good to view at (is there more to do than scaling?) or to use some layout-algorithm-based-libraries (e.g. graphviz, tulip, networkx), feed them with the distances between the vertices and hope the layouting-algorithms are keeping the distances while plotting in a good-to-view-at way?

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*If non-layouting-plotting is the way to do it: which library do you recommend?

*If layout-based-plotting is the way to do it: how can i make use of the distances/coordinates in these libraries? And which library do you recommend?

Thanks for all your input!
Sascha
EDIT: I completed a prototype implementation using the PLplot library (http://plplot.sourceforge.net/). The results are nice and should be enough for the moment. I discovered and chosed this library because a related project (VRPH Software Package / Groer) used this plot and the source code was distributed. So the implementation was done in a short amount of time. The API is in my opinion bit awkward and low-level. Maybe there are some more modern (maybe not a c-based library) libraries out there? MathGL? Dislin? Maybe i will try them too.
The nice thing about drawing multiple tours in a vehicle routing problem is that "not so bad" algorithms tend to discover nice non-overlapping and divergent tours which is really good for the eye ;-)

A: It is not quite clear what you are trying to archive, but if I understand your question correctly, then you could do it using OpenGL. Having vertex coordinates, it should be fairly easy.

A: You can use Gnuplot with a input text file that contains your solution.
It is convenient to draw the points (vertex) then lines (agents paths) than link them.
To make the plot script easy, you can have a separate file for each vehicle, if the number
of vehicles is known.
check out:
http://www.cleveralgorithms.com/nature-inspired/advanced/visualizing_algorithms.html

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Previous festival history
About theatre
Situated in the historical Old Town of Tallinn, Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences is a theatre for the young viewer that shapes young people's cultural space, broadens their senses, reflects their perception of the world, and helps them to get to know themselves and the world. The Theatre also comprises the museum of puppetry arts and the international visual theatre festival Tallinn Treff, which form a synergistic whole with the theatre.
The main target group of Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences is viewers aged 5-15, but the content, theatrical language and artistic quality of productions aimed at young viewers also speak to adult theatre enthusiasts. Alongside shows created for the main target group, the repertory always includes productions for adults and smaller children.
In its creative work, Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences follows the belief that theatre can help young people understand their place in the world or inspire them to change themselves and/or the world. Through theatre, young people can see and value relationships with all that is around them – family, friends, the society, nature and different cultures – but also see what is unhealthy or dangerous about these relationships. Growing up in the sphere of influence of such a theatre, they will hopefully enter adulthood as empathetic, open-minded and inspired individuals.
Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences is the only theatre in Estonia that consistently includes puppet and visual theatre productions in its repertory. When creating productions, we look for a dialogue of the goals of content and visual forms of expression.
Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences (formerly known as Estonian State Puppet Theatre, Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre and NUKU Theatre) was founded in 1952 and is to date the only professional puppet and visual theatre in Estonia. It was founded on the initiative of puppeteer and director Ferdinand Veike, who steered its artistic course for nearly three decades.
Rein Agur, who had a puppetry degree from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, joined the Puppet Theatre in 1963 and at the end of 1960s proved to be a fundamental reformer of the puppetry genre, bringing actors on stage alongside traditional performances with glove and rod puppets. In 1981, Rein Agur became the artistic director. The theatre was constantly experimenting. Adaptations of Shakespeare and Estonian folklore were added to its repertoire, which consistently offered something for adults as well. Eero Spriit, who took over as the artistic director in 1993, tried to unite the elements of drama and puppetry. This line was continued by Evald Hermaküla in 1999.
In 2000, Meelis Pai became the head of the Puppet Theatre and Andres Dvinjaninov its artistic director. Their goal was a theatre for children and youth that would offer both puppet as well as drama performances. In the autumn of 2002, the fi rst class of master's level puppetry students started their studies at the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The creative as well as the administrative personnel went through a change, the theatre building was renovated and the Puppet Theatre began once again gaining recognition at international festivals.
In 2006, a new venue was opened – the courtyard was covered with a roof, thus creating a hall that seated more than 600 spectators. In those years, the theatre was renamed Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre, which reflected its goal to commit more to staging puppet plays for adults and musicals popular among teens. In 2007, the theatre sent seven young men and women to the Turku Arts Academy in Finland to acquire higher education in puppetry. In 2011 when the artistic director was Vahur Keller, they joined the theatre as actors and directors. In 2010, a puppetry museum was opened in the neighbouring building in Nunne 8 and joined with the theatre under the name NUKU.
NUKU Foundation was established at the beginning of 2013 and since May of that year, the head of NUKU Theatre and Museum is Joonas Tartu. Led by the new artistic directors – Taavi Tõnisson from 2013 to 2017 and Mirko Rajas since May 2017 – the theatre is committed to telling moving tales with contemporary means of expression of puppet, object, visual and drama theatre. In November 2016, a new extension was opened between the theatre and museum buildings; at the heart of it is the 400-seat Ferdinand's Hall. The theatre, which had waited for a grand hall for decades, and the museum, which introduces the world behind the curtains and offers numerous educational programmes, were thereby united into a unique and versatile ensemble that offers fi rstrate puppet and visual theatre experiences for audiences of all ages. From season 2020/2021 the theatre uses the name Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences.
Learn more about the history of the theatre's buildings on Lai street 1 & 3.
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Scott Turow: 'In legal thrillers it's rare to hit upon a setting that seems completely new'
Author Scott Turow.
Jeremy Lawson Photography
Published May 26, 2017 Updated May 26, 2017
One of the United States' bestselling writers, Scott Turow is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including Personal Injuries, Presumed Innocent and Reversible Errors. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages, and he has sold more than 30 million copies of his books around the world. Turow's new novel, Testimony, was recently published by Grand Central Publishing.
Why did you write your new book?
The germ of Testimony came to me while I was on a book tour in the Netherlands in 2000. The American Ambassador, Cynthia Schneider, was kind enough to host a small reception in my honour at her residence in The Hague. Given the subject matter of my books, it was no surprise that several of her guests were American attorneys working at The Hague's many international courts. I remember standing in a circle of lawyers who seemed united in insisting that I 'had to write a book' about one of The Hague's international war-crimes tribunals, which they characterized as nests of relentless intrigue, both because of the complexity of the investigations and the personal and political manoeuvring within the courts. I loved the idea and always held onto it, since in legal thrillers it's rare to hit upon a setting that seems completely new. Four years ago, I realized I could use that scene while also satisfying some of my lifelong curiosity about the Roma – Gypsies. Thus Testimony, about an American prosecutor recruited to The Hague's International Criminal Court to work on a politically charged case about the alleged massacre of 400 Gypsies in Bosnia a decade before.
What's the best advice you've ever received?
Regarding life, I've always accepted the wisdom of the bromide, 'There's no such thing as a free lunch.' About writing, I've never forgotten the simple advice of the esteemed American novelist, Wallace Stegner, when I was in his class as a writing fellow at Stanford in 1971. Wally emphasized that writing a novel was, first and foremost, a job, which, like any other job, required you to work every day. Wally himself wrote two pages each day of the year except Christmas, but for those less dogged, he insisted that at least 30 minutes a day was required. With those words in mind, I started Presumed Innocent, writing every day on my 30-minute morning commute, right after I'd graduated from law school and began work as a federal prosecutor in Chicago.
What agreed-upon classic do you despise?
Finnegans Wake by Joyce. Not only is the book unreadable, but it consumed 17 years in the life of a literary genius who otherwise might have given us more monumental works, like Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
Would you rather have the ability to be invisible or time travel?
Since I was a boy, I've been fascinated by the prospect of invisibility. Leaving aside the juvenile and prurient aspects, invisibility would seemingly bring with it a chance to answer my perpetual curiosity about what is actually going on inside other people. What better avenue than to see what they say and do in complete privacy?
What's more important: the beginning of a book or the end?
E.M. Forster said in Aspects of the Novel that novels generally don't come to a satisfying conclusion because of what we might call a failure of verisimilitude: stories end but the life of the world does not. There are many books that end unconvincingly that are still widely and deservingly appreciated – Robert Stone's fine novels, for example, all seemed to me to have that defect. But if you can't draw a reader into the imagined world of a novel in the first few chapters, you're in deep trouble as a writer.
Funding for school libraries in Canada is woefully inadequate and children at high-needs elementary schools are paying the price. Read Between the Lines, a documentary produced by the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, captures the importance of early literacy and the challenges we face in Canada by underfunding school libraries.
Colm Toibin: 'I like the idea of the blurred figure in the photo, the person at the edge of a story'
Cory Doctorow: 'Common sense tells us that running for the hills won't rebuild civilization'
Paula Hawkins: 'The beginning of a novel is at once hopeful and dangerous'


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Date: 2015 (29 found)
Aladdin (Disney; 2015 Hamburg, West End Production)
Allegiance (2015 Broadway Production)
American in Paris, An (2015 Broadway Production)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Carole King; 2015 United States Tour)
Bullets over Broadway (2015 United States Tour)
Clockmaker's Daughter, The (2015 London Production)
Color Purple, The (2015 Broadway Production)
Doctor Zhivago (2015 Broadway Production)
Fiddler on the Roof (2015 Broadway Production)
Finding Neverland (Missing information; 2015 Broadway Production)
Fun Home (2015 Broadway Production)
Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, A (2015 United States Tour)
Gigi (2015 Broadway Production)
Guys and Dolls (2015 West End Production)
Gypsy (2015 West End Production)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (Disney; 2015 Paper Mill Playhouse Production)
If/Then (2015 United States Tour)
It Shoulda Been You (2015 Broadway Production)
King and I, The (2015 Broadway Production)
Little Mermaid, The (Disney; 2015 United States Tour)
Matilda (2015 United States Tour)
On the Twentieth Century (2015 Broadway Production)
On Your Feet (2015 Broadway Production)
Peace On Your Wings (2015 United States Tour)
Producers, The (2015 United Kingdom Tour)
Something Rotten! (2015 Broadway Production)
Sound of Music, The (2015 United Kingdom Tour)
Sound of Music, The (2015 North America Tour)
Visit, The (2015 Broadway Production)


This is the Technical Preview of Windows 10.
The major change in new in this build is the return of the Start Menu.
Modern Internet Explorer is still included but you can run it.
Download the file below and follow the instructions.
The Notification Center shown in the demonstration by Joe Belfiore.


Many barristers devote their time to pro bono work, whether by providing legal advice or representation for free to those in need, or by volunteering their skills in another capacity, such as giving careers advice in schools, acting as a trustee, or even coaching a team of students for a mock trial competition.
The Pro Bono Hub lists details of projects for barristers wishing to get involved.
Every year, the Bar Council sponsors the Bar Pro Bono Unit's annual award, which is presented at the Annual Bar & Young Bar Conference.


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Q: How to convert a parametrised vector function in terms of arc length to a vector function in terms of t Given a vector function $\overrightarrow r(t)$, we know that its arc length $s$ between time $t=a$ to $t=b$ is given by the integral $s = \int_a^b \sqrt{\overrightarrow r'(t)} dt $. We can reparametrise this in terms of $s$ by writing $s = f(t)$ and rearranging to obtain $t$ in terms of $s$ by writing $t = g(s)$. We then plug in this new value of $t$ as a function of $s$ into the original vector to obtain $\overrightarrow r(t(s))$. This new vector function in terms of $s$ allows us to find at what point the curve is at after travelling a distance $s$ along it.
My question is how can we convert $\overrightarrow r(t(s))$ back to $\overrightarrow r(t)$? I know that $s = \int_a^b \sqrt{\overrightarrow r'(t)} dt $ so I would guess that to obtain $t$ in terms of $s$ again I would have to divide both sides by $dt$, but there is still the issue of the limits of the definite integral. And this still does not allow me to find $t$. Any help is much appreciated.


When people consider starting a home business, they may not realize that the first step in achieving their dream is to have explicitly stated goals (a plan) and then slowly working toward them. One goal in your list of home business goals, should be the date you want to begin working from home full time. If you think that you'll just quit your job and start your new work at home life, you're probably mistaken. Very few home-based workers have the means to cut the safety line of their day job income and jump into the deep end. You'd be well advised to touch your toes in the water first then wade in the shallow end for awhile before making a splash in the deep end.
Many successful home-based businesses owners realized their dreams because they were realistic and made a slow transition from full-time day job to full-time home business. For some, it meant working a day job and working for themselves at night. For others, it meant keeping their day job and building their home-based business on weekends, or, reducing day job hours to half time and committing the other half of the week to their home business.
If you quit your day job and begin your home-business career without a transition period, you'll experience great financial pressure. Freelance income is often variable from month to month and you'll no longer have the safety net of a reliable and steady income. There will also be expenses associated with starting a business like paying for website design, marketing and advertising, insurance, software, bookkeeping, business registration fees and the like.
If, on the other hand, you make the transition gradually from your full-time day job to your home business, you can spread associated startup costs over time. You can set aside money each month until you've saved a few months of income. When you begin working full-time in your home-business, these funds can be used as a safety net when unexpected expenses arise or when your freelance income experiences inevitable valleys.
If you remember back to a time before you began your working career, you'll remember the "Catch 22" you may have faced: to get a job you need experience, but you get experience you need a job. This is somewhat true of providing services from a home-business. You'll be competing with other established companies that may have a strong presence in the marketplace, experience providing services, a portfolio or body of work to showcase, and knowledge managing business finances.
If you slowly transition, working part time at first, you'll slowly gain this experience without undue emotional or financial stress.
If, over time (1-3 years for example), you keep your day job and work part time building your home business, you'll slowly get clients, build a reputation, establish a presence and build a portfolio. When the time comes to quit your day job, you'll do so with far less stress and a greater assurance that you'll succeed.
Working for yourself has its freedoms, but it also increases both emotional and financial stress. If you quit your day job today and begin your new home business tomorrow, the stress is further increased. When you work for yourself, it's all on you. When you worked at a day job all you had to worry about was showing up and doing your work. You could rely on a pay check. In a home business, not only do you have to do the work, you'll also have to wear many hats. You'll spend some of your time doing administrative work, business planning, performing small business accounting, and marketing. You are also responsible for finding work!
If you gradually transition from your day job to running a home business full time, these stressors are still there but are drastically reduced.
Read "Managing Self-Employment Stress" for some quick tips on staying sane as a home business owner.
If you've done any research into starting a home business you've probably read that having a business plan is essential. A gradual transition from your day job to working full time in your home-based business will allow you to develop a detailed business plan.
describe the features and benefits of your services.
understand your target market including developing customer personas.
research competitors in your market.
Sample home business plans at BPlans.
Read "How to Write a Home Business Plan" at thebalance.com.
Read "Run a Home-Based Business? – Find the Licenses and Permits You Need" from sba.gov.
Get 55 home business ideas at Entrepreneur.com.
At Flare, we understand that running a home business takes work! Flare Cloud Accounting makes it easier by giving self-employed professionals, freelancers, and consultants the tools they need to easily perform home business bookkeeping, invoicing, expense tracking and budgeting. Best of all, you don't need any business experience to use Flare.


How Long Does a Poor Credit Rating Last? How Do You Repair It? Canstar.
Note that financial counsellors are not the same as debt solution companies; ASICs MoneySmart warns consumers employing the services of these organisations, saying they can charge high fees for things you can do yourself. How long does a poor credit rating last, and how long does it take to repair it?
How to Fix a Bad Credit Rating Fox Symes.
How to Claim Bankruptcy 30 May 2014. How to Fix a Bad Credit Rating 30 May 2014. Beware of Credit Repair 9 December 2015. How to Budget During the Silly Season 30 November 2015. Financial Hardship Things You Need to Know 30 October 2015. Hi Lynette, You will be able to apply for a loan, however the debt agreement is listed on your credit report for five years, which could affect you. Read on Fox Symes 22 February 2016. Bankruptcy or debt agreement: whats the best option? Hi just a query can I apply for a loan once I have paid off my Debt Agreement?


Between summer vacations, spring breaks, fall festivities and the holidays, the first few pages on our calendars are often left blank as many of us look ahead to April and May. While we are all for taking some time away from our daily grinds for a sun-soaked seaside summer retreat, we also firmly believe that all seasons have something to offer in Virginia Beach. With mild temperatures and a laid-back local vibe, a winter in VB offers the perfect chance to take a couple of days to just unwind and reset. Bring your loved ones. Or don't. There's a weekend escape for everybody, and our picks are sure to keep those winter blues firmly at bay.
For those who prefer to get away by adventuring outside, the rustic cabins at First Landing State Park are a great way to get acquainted with the nature and wildlife of Virginia's largest state park. By day, explore the trails of the park and take in the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, and by night, enjoy some fireside fun with friends. When you get hungry, head a few miles down the road for some delicious peak-season seafood at Dockside Restaurant, or just throw a hot dog on a stick and put it on the fire. You can't go wrong either way.
After spending the holidays surrounded by friends and family, sometimes you need to get away and spend quality time with your significant other. The charmingly restored Church Point Manor, a historic bed-and-breakfast, may be exactly what you need. The 1860's farmhouse is tucked away in the bay area, just steps away from the Lynnhaven River, offering a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the modern world. Stroll past the Chef's garden and down into The Cellars, a fine-dining restaurant, to enjoy dinner for two. This weekend escape may soon become an annual tradition.
When you want to get away in style, live the pampered life for the weekend at the Oceanaire Resort Hotel. Spend your days floating in the adults-only indoor infinity pool, followed by a lavish meal at Salacia Prime Seafood and Steaks, one of three AAA Four-Diamond restaurants in VB. Trust us, the surf and turf here will have all lovers of luxe rejoicing!
However you choose to unwind this season, winter in Virginia Beach is the perfect time to hit the pause button. You may have allotted your vacation days to the last nine months of the year, but there's always time for a vacation in our books, even if it's just for the weekend.


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Best Of, Lists
Fight the power: The Top 50 protest songs
As we face a not-so-peaceful transition of power, we assemble our songs of protest.
Counter-Culture: The Top 100 Songs of the '60s
The best songs from the weirdest corners of the 1960s.
The-Dream releases Sam Cooke covers album, IAMSAM
Covers set released as a tribute to The-Dream's mom.
Feature, The 90-Minute Guide
The 90-Minute Guide: Election 2008
A mixtape summary of the last year and a half in presidential campaign politics.


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Q: How to get family/types from category using Revit API? I'm working on a Revit tool using visual studio. This particular tool will apply batch tags of a specific type/family. So far my tool filters through all categories in the model and lists types categories.annotation which is for tagging. The user can select one of those categories, this is where I'm stuck once I get the user to select a category how can I get families or types from that selection?

A: There are many way to achieve that.
Here is a code snippet from The Building Coder samples that filters for family instances of a specific category:
ElementClassFilter f1
  = new ElementClassFilter(
    typeof( FamilyInstance ) );

ElementCategoryFilter f2
  = new ElementCategoryFilter(
    BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors );

ElementCategoryFilter f3
  = new ElementCategoryFilter(
    BuiltInCategory.OST_Windows );

LogicalOrFilter f4
  = new LogicalOrFilter( f2, f3 );

LogicalAndFilter f5
  = new LogicalAndFilter( f1, f4 );

FilteredElementCollector collector
  = new FilteredElementCollector( doc );

You can easily adapt that or search for other code snippets in the samples to collect the family symbols instead.
Collecting the families is a bit more tricky than the symbols, since their category is not always well-defined.
That topic was recently discussed in the Revit API discussion forum


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Q: Read image from database and send through web service I have a table in my data base that contains system users data, and one of these data is profile picture,
I'm trying to read these data and send it to smart phone using web service,
i try the following code but it didn't work
        public User select(string username, string password)
    {

        SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand("select * from users where userName = @uname and password = @pwd or email = @uname and password = @pwd");

        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@uname", username);
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pwd", password);

        DBAccess db = new DBAccess();
        DataSet ds = db.select(myCommand);

        User user = new User();
        DataRow dr;

        try
        {
            dr = ds.Tables[0].Rows[0];

            user.Id = Convert.ToInt32(dr["userID"]);
            user.FirstName = (string)dr["firstName"]+" ";
            user.LastName = (string)dr["lastName"] + " ";
            user.Email = (string)dr["email"] + " ";
            user.Username = (string)dr["userName"];
            user.Password = (string)dr["password"];
            user.type = (string)dr["type"];
            user.followingID = Convert.ToInt32(dr["followingID"]);
            user.theme = Convert.ToInt32(dr["theme"]);
            user.tel = (string)dr["tel"] + " ";
            user.mobile = (string)dr["mobile"] + " ";
            user.fax = (string)dr["fax"] + " ";
            user.lastLoggedIn = Convert.ToDateTime(dr["lastLoggedIn"]);
            user.image = Convert.ToByte[](dr["Image"]);

            return user;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            DAO.exDao myEx = new DAO.exDao();

            return null;
        }
    }//end of select method

I don't know how to read image from database and save it as array of bytes in order to send throw web service, so the error on the following line
user.image = Convert.ToByte[](dr["Image"]);

A: You can store the path of the image in the database. Then after retrieving that you can show the image.


We want to deliver service that's beyond our customers' expectations so they will frequently visit our stores and website as well as refer Hunkemöller to their friends and family. To create the perfect customer journey – from the passionate welcome, alongside inspiring and helpful in-store and fitting room advice, to the 'kiss goodbye' – staff need to be informed and encouraged to be the best they can be. To help make that happen, we've invested in learning and development more than ever before.
We think training is even better if it's as fun and accessible as possible. Our World-Class Training includes a set of learning and development modules that bring out the best in our people. The Hunkemöller Academy, our online learning platform enables us to transform our already engaged staff into true brand ambassadors. Employees are becoming an expert in different area's, varying from a Bra Expert to an OmniChannel Expert. Thanks to the Hunkemöller Academy, our staff members can now also be properly certified after completing each level of their training.


Many people wondered why I wrote about 'the occult' in my first book. Well, I guess that was what was on my mind when I wrote the book. I am writing again ()someone said I have gained boldness with the launch of Njansi). This time, the subject is more appealing I hope.
Till Death is about Marriage. That would surprise some people who are close to me but like I told Osas, I do have a very sound imagination. Till Death starts out with the wedding ceremony of Emeka and Dupe being narrated by one of their unknown guests. The variety of 'stuff' known to happen in Nigerian weddings are represented in some kind of 'maze' (for want of words).
In chapter two, (which I am yet to start), the couple start seeing marriage from inside and at some point, a gruesome event shakes the union and the true journey begins. It will definitely be a very emotional and 'romantic' story. I am writing a bit at a time and I am sure I can make 365 pages in a year this time. lol.
Look out for it early next year while you digest Njansi. By the way, a preview is available on this site.
This is my first post. i am going to enjoy this.
Ken!Ken!!Ken!!!hw many times did i call u.I think u are going 2 join the likes of Chimamanda Adichie,Chinua Achebe Wole Shoyinka etc.Keep it up.


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from importio2.commands import AdBase
import requests

# - Inputs
#   * Extractor Id
#   * Crawl Run Id (optional)
#   * Output directory
# - Outputs
#   * File in file system

class CsvDownload(AdBase):

    def __init__(self):
        super(CsvDownload, self).__init__()
        self._csv_id = None

    def cli_description(self):
        """
        Provides the description of what operation this CLI performs
        :return: Description of the CLI's operation
        """
        return 'Downloads a CSV from an Extractor to a local file system'

    def get_arguments(self):
        """
        Returns the required arguments after they are processed by handle_arguments
        :return:
        """
        super(CsvDownload, self).get_arguments()

    def handle_arguments(self):
        self.add_crawl_run_id_arg()
        self.add_file_output_path_arg()
        super(CsvDownload, self).handle_arguments()

    def run(self,
            crawl_run_id,
            csv_id,
            output_path,
            api_key=None):
        """
        Executes the CLIs operation which is to down load a CSV file from an extractor
        :param crawl_run_id: Identifies which of the crawls to extract from the Extractors crawl runs
        :param csv_id: CSV file attachment id
        :param output_path: Path to write the CSV file in the local file system
        :param api_key: Import.io API Key from the account that has the extractor to download from
        :return: None
        """
        if api_key is not None:
            self._api_key = api_key
        self._crawl_run_id = crawl_run_id
        self._csv_id = csv_id
        self._output_path = output_path
        self.download_csv()

    def extractor_get_csv(self):
        """
        Returns the contents of the crawl run from an extractor.
        :return:
        """
        url = "https://data.import.io/crawlrun/{0}/_attachment/csv/{0}".format(self._extractor_id, self._csv_id)

        querystring = {
            "_apikey": self._api_key
        }

        headers = {
            'accept-encoding': "gzip",
            'cache-control': "no-cache",
        }

        response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
        response.raise_for_status()

        return response

    def download_csv(self):
        """
        Calls the member function to get the CSV file contents and
        then writes to a file
        :return: None
        """
        response = self.extractor_get_csv()
        with open(self._output_path, 'wt') as f:
            f.write(response.text)

    def execute(self):
        """
        Main entry point for the CLI
        :return: None
        """
        super(CsvDownload, self).execute()
        self.download_csv()

def main():
    cli = CsvDownload()
    cli.execute()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009, Daniel Alfredson), the extended edition
Leave a Comment	/ 2009, Film, Foreign, ⓏⒺⓇⓄ / Lena Endre, Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Nordisk Film, Per Oscarsson, Peter Andersson, Reuben Sallmander, Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire / 31 January 2013 31 January 2013
Calling The Girl Who Played with Fire pointless is an insult to all the other pointless sequels out there. Fire–and I'm sure it's a faithful adaptation of the source novel, which is undoubtedly pointless as well–is the worst kind of sequel. It has no new story, so it just goes back and forces one out of the first film.
Oh, there's the hint of a new story–something about human trafficking–but it's all a MacGuffin to reveal Noomi Rapace's protagonist is a mix of Riggs from Lethal Weapon and Luke Skywalker. Her character's incredible change from the first film can likely be attributed to the bad fake tan Rapace wears at the beginning. It changed her brain chemistry.
Screenwriter Jonas Frykberg's attempts to seriously discuss misogyny, while occasionally effective in the beginning, are tiresome by the end. He doesn't believe in subtlety. Or in the need to plot well.
Since they're adapting a popular novel, the filmmakers fill the runtime with useless scenes. Instead of fixing a badly plotted story, they stay faithful.
Rapace is okay, but can't overcome the inane writing. Her erstwhile co-star Michael Nyqvist sort of wanders through the picture. The plot does him no favors.
As far as the supporting cast, there are only a couple standouts. Yasmine Garbi, Tanja Lorentzon and Per Oscarsson are good. Georgi Staykov is awful as Darth Vader.
Alfredson's direction is dispassionate, but competent.
Fire might amuse as an example of contrived, predictable plotting… but little else.
Directed by Daniel Alfredson; screenplay by Jonas Frykberg, based on the novel by Stieg Larsson; director of photography, Peter Mokrosinski; edited by Mattias Morheden; music by Jacob Groth; produced by Søren Stærmose; released by Nordisk Film.
Starring Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist), Noomi Rapace (Lisbeth Salander), Lena Endre (Erika Berger), Peter Andersson (Nils Bjurman), Michalis Koutsogiannakis (Dragan Armanskij), Annika Hallin (Annika Giannini), Sofia Ledarp (Malin Erikson), Jacob Ericksson (Christer Malm), Reuben Sallmander (Enrico Giannini), Yasmine Garbi (Miriam Wu), Ralph Carlsson (Gunnar Björk), Georgi Staykov (Alexander Zalachenko), Hans Christian Thulin (Dag Svensson), Jennie Silfverhjelm (Mia Bergman), Per Oscarsson (Holger Palmgren), Sunil Munshi (Dr. Sivarnandan), Anders Ahlbom (Peter Teleborian) and Micke Spreitz (Ronald Niedermann).
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From Kirkus, no less, the folks who called THE SKELETON BOX "Complex But Lumpy." Which got me a cool T-shirt bearing those words from my wife.
Authors love it when a reviewer appears to "get" their books. Being an insecure writer type, I thought at first that "murky" and "exhausting" could be on a new T-shirt. But they're actually meant as compliments for a book that explores many murky ethical pools and exhausts (or at least tries to exhaust) every possibility for drama it can.
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This round of drawings started with me forgetting 90% of my tools at home. Oops!
I tried to make do with what I had, but it was getting really annoying having only a blunt pastel tool, charcoal powder, an eraser pencil, and a blending stump. You just can't do much with it.
It'd been a really long time since I'd used a pen for life drawing. It's a good exercise to try to not have an eraser to fall back on. Being as direct as you can will make you quicker.
This one was actually a Pilot Fineliner. It's cool but not quite as smooth as a ballpoint pen.
Here are a few more 20-minute drawings.
People seem to enjoy the novelty of a ballpoint pen more than the look of it, but it's definitely one of my favorite drawing tools. Not as much as charcoal(nor as permanent, unfortunately) but worth trying if you are in some sort of rut.
Ballpoint pens can make very sensitive drawings. It's really surprising the range they have. I haven't used one for awhile, thanks for reminding me, I might have to try a few.