"I en tid, hvor online video fylder vores feeds, og kvaliteten af indholdet samtidig er støt stigende, skal der meget til, for at bryde igennem contentmuren. I et stærkt felt af indsendte arbejder, var The Road to Recovery i periferien af shortlisten. Men da voteringen gik i gang, og banen blev kridtet op, stod det klart, at FCK og Unibet havde nogle kvaliteter, som bragte dem foran til sidst.
Kort fortalt – En gennemført og modig produktion, der viser styrken i, at benytte video til at aktivere på tværs af platforme."
Having partnered with F.C. Copenhagen since 2012, studies had shown that Unibet, the official betting partner of the football club, had reached a stand-still in both brand awareness and preference amongst fans of the team.
Challenging this status quo, we needed to strengthen ties between the two brands through activation. As the club presents a very rich fan community with entertainment offers ranging from front-row game coverage, daily insights, video portraits, articles, competitions etc., we knew that we had to aim higher to truly gain awareness and preference for Unibet.
Through previous experiences, we had found that the results of our activations were greatly affected by the performance of the team. I.e. if the team was losing, our activations were not received as positively and the results would suffer from it. Such is the nature most often for sports partnerships. However, we wanted to explore the opportunity to create an activation that would transcended the performance of the football team and unite fans around a common goal.
Further, we believed that if the right activation was created, the partnership could be leveraged to gain national awareness for Unibet and the partnership.
Having experienced success with branded video content, we knew that this would be our path. However, since FC Copenhagen fans were already being offered arguably the best club TV in Denmark (FCK TV), we needed to go bigger than ever before.
Through a series preliminary meetings with Unibet and FC Copenhagen, we sought out a story that could captivate and unite fans around the country. We set our sight on the story of Bashkim Kadrii.
Setting the bar higher than ever before, we spend an entire year working on a documentary, which offered fans full access into Bashkim Kadrii's road to recovery after suffering the second severe knee injury of his career. The story would develop organically as we did not know how Bashkim's rehabilitation would go. We toke this risk willingly.
We followed the popular footballer through rehabilitation - the ups and downs, the mental struggles, the endless tests, visiting specialists abroad and finally, the much anticipated comeback to the highest level of play. We visited his home, sought answers to where is drive came from and interviewed his teammates and club staff.
This production spared no attention to detail with exclusive access to surgery, custom made sound design and top of the line color grading.
We teamed up with a local movie theater, Park Bio, located next to the home field of the team, and ran the trailer in the weeks leading up to the big online release. We then aired the film exclusively for season ticket holders at a galla premiere. This event aimed at striking the very core of the fan community. We covered this event to give additional airtime to Unibet and shot video reviews from fans and players of the team.
All other fans were invited to see the movie at the theater the following week. Unibet covered the price of admission and the movie sold out four days in a row boosting the hype around the online release and creating goodwill for Unibet.
To reach our target audience online, we leveraged the sizable audience on the social channels of FC Copenhagen. Over a period of four months, we strategically shared campaign content (trailer, videos, articles, pictures) on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and SnapChat. A total of 57 social posts were created.
The 35 minutes long documentary titled 'Bashkim - The Road to Recovery" aired in October.
With more than 1 million social impressions delivered organically and more than 18.000 engagements on the social media channels of FC Copenhagen, the campaign was a huge success for both Unibet and the football club.
The video content we created captivated football fans and generated more than 150.000 video views online and in the excess of 500.000 minutes of played video content on YouTube and Facebook. That is equal to 8.401 hours of viewed video or a constant stream of campaign content for 350 days.
As a result of the high quality of the content creation, we managed to capture the attention of the wider sports community and MTG aired a preview of the film in their post-Superliga show 'Onside' (TV3 Plus) with more than 110.000 viewers on the night. They then proceeded to air the full documentary on the TV3 Sports Channels three times in the following week. Hereby, the campaign successfully re-invigorated the 'earn media' category and brought national attention to the film and to Unibet.
The campaign reached the desired target audience with 93% of F.C. Copenhagen's Facebook followers having been exposed to assets from the campaign.
Unaided, 80% of F.C. Copenhagen fans connected the film to Unibet and when asked how they felt about Unibet getting involved in this manner, 93% where either positive or very positive.
Finally, an impressive 93% of the fans wanted to see more of these activations going forward.
With a commitment to bringing novelty to sports fans, we spend an entire year preparing the largest content production the sports community of Denmark had seen in years unknowing of what the finale story would look like, but it paid off in a big way.
On the 23rd of September 2015, Bashkim Kadrii was re-introduced to the squad for the game against FC Vestsjælland. His selection marks the results of an incredible journey and we remain thankful to him for allowing us to cover his road to recovery.
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Law enforcement officials in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, indeed across the United States, routinely initiate sobriety checks (also known as DUI checkpoints). A sobriety check involves blocking the flow of traffic and temporarily stopping vehicles as a means of detecting or identifying intoxicated motorist.
A key element of most sobriety stops is running a driver's license and a license plate check. With today's technology, these types of checks typically can be undertaken in a matter of seconds.
Keep in mind that law enforcement officials will not always run a driver's license or license plate at a checkpoint. An officer may only visually inspect both to ensure they are valid and current on their faces.
At a DUI stop, a motorist has the constitutional right to refuse to answer questions. This is the case even if the officer asks a driver, upon making the stop, whether or not the motorist has been drinking or where the motorist has been.
While at a DUI checkpoint, a motorist typically is best served by not responding to questions put forth my enforcement. The motorist should be polite and unconfrontational, but firm in asserting the right not to submit to questioning.
In some isolated instances, a police officer may be able to undertake a search of some portion of a vehicle incident to a DUI sobriety checkpoint stop. Such a search becomes possible if probable cause exists to believe that a motorist is intoxicated or that the individual may have committed some other crime.
In this type of situation, a police officer would be able to search the interior of the vehicle, specifically any areas in the vehicle under the immediate control of the motorist. Absent exigent circumstances, a search of the trunk would require a warrant from a judge.
A person charged with DUI needs contact a Pennsylvania DUI, such as David C. McKenzie III, attorney promptly. Doing so ensures that his or her rights and interests are protected fully. This includes those associated with being stopped at a DUI checkpoint on a Pennsylvania roadway.


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La ventilation mécanique contrôlée (VMC) est, dans le bâtiment, un dispositif mécanique destiné à assurer le renouvellement permanent de l'air à l'intérieur des pièces. Plusieurs systèmes existent telles que la VMC simple flux et la VMC double flux.

Historique
Dans les constructions anciennes la ventilation mécanique contrôlée n'existait pas et l'air était renouvelé à l'aide de bouches d'aération, situées dans le bas de certaines pièces de l'habitat, évacuant naturellement les gaz nocifs (, radon et fuites de gaz éventuelles), plus lourds que l'air. Le renouvellement de l'air se faisait par aération, c'est-à-dire en ouvrant les portes et fenêtres.

En France, la première installation de ventilation mécanique contrôlée est testée sur une opération de  livrés à Créteil en 1961. La technique, alors expérimentale, est surveillée par le Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment (CSTB). Elle est issue de technologie utilisée dans les pays scandinaves. En France, les systèmes de ventilation posés dans les logements neufs sont étroitement liés aux règlementations depuis 1958. L'arrêté du 22 octobre 1969 fixe pour la première fois l'obligation d'une ventilation générale et permanente. L'arrêté du 24 mars 1982 fixe les débits minimaux d'air extrait et introduit la modulation du débit en cuisine : c'est cet arrêté qui a conduit au développement de la VMC. Il est complété par l'arrêté du 28 octobre 1983 qui ouvre le marché vers des systèmes de modulation automatique de l'air extrait (VMC hygroréglable par exemple).

VMC simple flux

Une VMC simple flux met en dépression certaines pièces dites humides, par un extracteur d'air constituant le cœur du dispositif. Il s'agit d'un ventilateur (placé généralement dans les combles) aspirant l'air par des conduits situés dans les pièces humides. La dépression ainsi créée assure que l'air humide ou chargé d'odeurs ne circule pas dans le reste de la construction. Cette mise en dépression force également l'air extérieur à entrer dans la construction par des entrées d'air disposées dans les pièces sèches. La circulation de l'air est ainsi à sens unique.

VMC simple flux autoréglable
Le contrôle du volume d'air renouvelé par heure se fait manuellement par les occupants : en général, le débit d'air sortant peut être contrôlé par le réglage du degré d'ouverture de la trappe d'aspiration d'air. Parfois, le débit d'air entrant peut également être réglé, par un volet sur les ouïes.

VMC simple flux hygroréglable
La VMC « simple flux hygroréglable » fonctionne sur le même principe que la « VMC simple flux autoréglable », la différence se situant au niveau du contrôle de la ventilation, qui prend en compte le taux d'humidité relative. Les systèmes les plus simples disposent d'un contrôle uniquement au niveau du ventilateur, tandis que les systèmes plus élaborés proposent une modulation en fonction de l'humidité au niveau des bouches d'extraction (hygro A), ainsi qu'éventuellement des entrées d'air (hygro B), ce qui permet une régulation du débit d'air pièce par pièce.

L'humidité relative constitue un paramètre pertinent de modulation de la ventilation dans l'habitat, dans la mesure où la plupart des activités humaines (cuisine, salle de bains, buanderie), ainsi que le métabolisme produisent de l'humidité, en quantité plus ou moins importante. Certains modèles peuvent adopter d'autres critères, .

VMC double flux

Une VMC double flux fonctionne sur le même principe qu'une VMC simple flux (extraction forcée d'air vicié, créant une dépression dans l'habitat, aspirant de l'air neuf), mais adjoint un échangeur thermique (ou récupérateur de chaleur sur air vicié). Les flux d'airs entrant et sortant échangent des calories au niveau de cet échangeur. En hiver, ce système permet de préchauffer l'air (froid) entrant à l'aide de l'air (chaud) sortant, tandis que l'été, il permet de rafraîchir l'air (chaud) entrant avec l'air (relativement plus frais) sortant.

 VMC double flux hygroréglable  La VMC double flux hygroréglable associe le principe de fonctionnement de la VMC double flux classique à un système permettant de faire varier le débit d'air aspiré et/ou insufflé en fonction de l'hygrométrie.

VMC double flux thermodynamique

L'hiver
En hiver, la VMC double flux associée à un échangeur thermique dénommée VMC double flux thermodynamique, permet de récupérer une partie de l'énergie qui serait perdue par le renouvellement de l'air avec une VMC simple flux, cela représente pour une récupération de 60 à 90 % environ de l'énergie de l'air chaud, pour , soit un petit convecteur de salle de bains. Par exemple pour un système à 60 % :
 S'il fait  dehors, l'air entrant est à  au lieu de ,
 S'il fait  dehors, l'air entrant est à .
ce qui rafraîchit beaucoup moins l'atmosphère des pièces.

Cependant, l'hiver, lorsque les températures sont fortement négatives, l'échangeur thermique peut alors être "pris en glace", l'air sortant chargé en humidité gèle au contact de l'air entrant, et la VMC doit être munie d'un système adapté sous peine de la rendre temporairement inutilisable. L'admission de l'air via un tube souterrain du type puits provençal, puits canadien ou  permet d'avoir une arrivée d'air à température positive toute l'année et ainsi d'optimiser son fonctionnement pendant les périodes les plus froides.

L'été
Certaines VMC double flux disposent d'une fonction by-pass ; cette fonction permet pendant les journées chaudes d'été de rafraichir l'air intérieur du domicile. Durant la nuit, l'échangeur thermique va supprimer les échanges d'airs, et ainsi l'air provenant de l'extérieur va directement être soufflé dans le logement, sans passer par l'échangeur.

La VMC double flux thermodynamique va également permettre de rafraîchir l'air entrant, si la température de la maison est plus basse que celle extérieure, et éventuellement permettre d'économiser de l'énergie sur la climatisation.

Une entrée d'air unique
La centralisation de l'entrée d'air d'une VMC double flux permet d'utiliser un puits provençal pour réguler l'air entrant (été comme hiver) grâce à la géothermie. L'autre avantage est de pouvoir filtrer l'air entrant plus aisément.

Une installation plus complexe
En revanche, ce système est plus onéreux à l'installation, du fait de l'installation du double réseau de conduits (air frais insufflé et air vicié aspiré) ainsi que par le coût supérieur de l'extracteur avec échangeur de chaleur qui est statique ou composé d'un disque mobile. Il faut prévoir également le coût de l'isolation des gaines et le raccordement des caissons au réseau d'eaux usées (évacuation des condensats).

L'État français favorise la rénovation du système de ventilation
En France, afin de faciliter la rénovation du système de ventilation des logements avec l'installation d'une VMC double flux, le gouvernement français propose plusieurs aides financières. Une des aides les plus importante est MaPrimeRénov', proposé dans le cadre de la plateforme du service public France Rénov'. Il existe aussi le dispostif CEE, qui a été instauré en 2005 par le gouvernement afin de diminuer l'empreinte carbone des entreprises du secteur de l'énergie, qui doivent délivrer une prime CEE lorsqu'un ménage fait appel à eux pour des travaux de rénovation énergétique, tel que la rénovation du système de ventilation.

VMC Gaz
Une VMC gaz est une VMC simple flux mais avec certaines spécificités car elle est destinée en plus de renouveler l'air du logement, à évacuer les gaz de combustion d'une chaudière gaz. Elle a des impératifs de débit et de sécurité.

Débit
La chaudière, généralement située dans la cuisine, est raccordée à une bouche d'extraction spéciale (par exemple "Baz") munie d'un ballon souple qui obture plus ou moins l'évacuation, selon que le bruleur est allumé ou pas, pour éviter un trop grand débit permanent. Il y a aussi une tirette qui permet le plein débit lors de la cuisson.Les modèles pour ces bouches d'extraction sont normalisés, en fonction du nombre de pièces du logement mais aussi de la puissance de la chaudière.

Sécurité
La chaudière gaz a, par elle-même, une sécurité (klixon) qui stoppe l'allumage s'il n'y a plus d'évacuation des gaz brulés : il s'agit d'un capteur thermique qui disjoncte s'il n'est plus balayé par l'air frais admis dans la trémie d'évacuation par effet venturi, mais il y a aussi souvent au niveau de l'extracteur de la VMC un capteur sensible au flux d'air. Si le moteur s'arrête ou si l'extraction est bouchée, la chaudière est bloquée.

Dans les immeubles collectifs l'ordre d'arrêt est transmis par relais ou par courants porteurs à toutes les chaudières de l'immeuble, car celles-ci étant toutes raccordées sur le même conduit, il y a un risque mortel : le monoxyde de carbone d'une chaudière située en bas pourrait ressortir dans les logements supérieurs par simple convection .

Enfin, il est évident que pour assurer une bonne combustion sans risque, les arrivées d'air ne doivent en aucun cas être obturées ou diminuées.

La VMC gaz, solution de facilité, a tendance à disparaitre au profit des chaudières à ventouse, car ce n'est pas une solution économique (trop d'air extrait du logement, refroidissement rapide de la chaudière, contrat d'entretien plus cher).

Avantages et inconvénients

VMC simple flux
 La maison étant en dépression, il est dangereux d'utiliser un chauffe-eau au gaz, un poêle ou une cheminée qui ne soit pas raccordé à une prise d'air et un refoulement extérieur.
 L'air qui rentre dans le bâtiment est de l'air froid en hiver, non préchauffé par l'air sortant, de plus il ne peut être que peu filtré.
 La circulation d'air au sein de l'habitation se fait via des ouvertures entre les pièces où l'air entre et les pièces où il est extrait, généralement les toilettes ou la salle de bains. Or les sons passent par les mêmes ouvertures que l'air qui circule. Ceci diminue l'intimité des pièces, que ce soient les chambres à coucher ou les toilettes.

VMC double flux
 Solution plus chère lors de l'installation, mais qui peut s'avérer économique à long terme principalement dans les climats froids avec une longue saison très froide ;
 Le préchauffage de l'air entrant supprime la sensation de courant d'air froid. En été, elle permet au contraire de rafraîchir le logement ;
 Nécessité de rendre le bâtiment étanche à l'air. On peut effectuer une mesure de l'étanchéité de la maison en la mettant sous pression. Un ordre de grandeur pour une habitation passive est de  à .
 Filtration de l'air entrant, permettant une meilleure hygiène principalement dans les zones polluées, mais nécessitant de changer les filtres .
 En cas de mauvaise conception ou de mauvaise mise en œuvre, le bruit des bouches d'insufflation peut être désagréable, notamment dans les chambres.
 L'installation et la maintenance est plus complexe que la VMC simple flux. En rénovation notamment, il peut être impossible d'installer une VMC double flux avec des travaux simples.
 La température opérative d'une pièce : le brassage effectué par la VMC double flux permet d'augmenter la température des parois et d'homogénéiser les températures de l'air intérieur. D'où un meilleur confort, un ou deux degrés de consigne en moins pour la même sensation de confort, et moins de condensation dans les murs car le point de rosée est déplacé à l'extérieur du complexe isolant.
 La fonction by-pass, qui permet de rafraichir le logement.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Renouvellement de l'air intérieur
 Qualité de l'air intérieur
 Ventilation positive hygrorégulée

Liens externes
 Guide pratique - L'habitat individuel - ventilation
 Mesure d'étanchéité à l'air
 Arrêté du 24 mars 1982 relatif à l'aération des logements

Installation de récupération de chaleur
Installation de ventilation

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The action begins on Thursday, May 24 at 7:30pm EST when the Profs face Illinois Wesleyan in the opening round of the NCAA Softball Championship on WGLS-FM Channel 2.
Rowan enters Oklahoma City as one of the final eight teams left in the country and looking to claim the program's first national title. The Profs swept Moravian in the NCAA Super Regionals to advance to Oklahoma City.
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Araripe es un municipio brasileño del estado del Ceará. Su población estimada en 2004 era de 21.550 habitantes. Posee un área de 1.327 km².
La zona es conocida en el mundo de la paleontología por la calidad de los fósiles de pteurossauros de las rocas de Araripe.

Política
La administración municipal se localiza en la sede: Araripe.

Subdivisión
El municipio tiene distritos: Araripe(sede), Alagoinha, Brejinho, Pajeú y Arroyo Grande

Geografía

Clima
Tropical caliente semiárido con un promedio de lluvias media de 640 mm con lluvias concentradas de enero a la abril.

Hidrografía y recursos hídricos
Los principales cursos de agua son: arroyo Quinquelerê, represas Monte Bello y de la Alagoinha,

Enlaces externos
 Brejinho - Araripe
 Maiden Araripe

Referencias

Localidades de Ceará


The man with the Syrian passport — which Greek officials said had been registered at the Aegean island of Leros on Oct. 3 — was 25, and died at the stadium. Another assailant, who died at the concert hall, was 29 and a native of Courcouronnes, about 20 miles south of Paris. He had a criminal record and was known to be involved in extremist Islamic ideology, Mr. Molins said. Officials later identified him as Ismaël Omar Mostefaï and said they had detained several of his relatives for questioning.
Mr. Hollande actively stepped up French participation in the military air campaign in Syria at the end of September. Just last week, France attacked oil operations under the Islamic State's control in Syria. On Oct. 8, it conducted a targeted strike against militants in Raqqa, Syria, apparently against Salim Benghalem, a Frenchman fighting for the Islamic State.
The archbishop of Paris, Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, said he would celebrate a Mass at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame on Sunday for the victims, their families and France. "Our country has once again known pain and mourning and must stand up to the barbarism propagated by fanatical groups," he said.
At the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou in west Paris, about 40 people were in surgery as of the early afternoon. Julien Ribes, 33, was at the hospital to search for his friend, who was at the concert hall. "I'm in total shock," he said.
At the Town Hall for the 11th Arrondissement in Paris, Delphine de Peretti, 35, said she had learned early Saturday afternoon that her sister Aurélie, who was at the Bataclan music hall, had been killed. The family had been desperately trying to reach Aurélie all night.
The death toll far surpassed that of a massacre at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and related attacks by Islamic extremists around the French capital in January. Friday's attacks were the deadliest in Western Europe since the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, which killed 191 people. And it prompted Mr. Hollande to pronounce a state of emergency, the first time in France since 2005, when riots rocked downtrodden urban areas across the country.
Parisians were left struggling to make sense of their new reality. Parents whose children slept through the ordeal were facing the difficult task of trying to explain what had happened, and why so many planned activities had been canceled and public spaces were closed.
On the Champ de Mars, at the base of the Eiffel Tower and along the pedestrian promenade that hugs the Left Bank of the Seine, joggers and cyclists tried to carry on with their Saturday routines.
Bertrand Bourgeois, 42, an accountant, was lost in thought as he cast a fishing line beneath the Invalides bridge.
He normally avoids fishing in Paris, he said, preferring quieter sections of the Seine near his home in Poissy, a northwest suburb. But after the violence, he said he felt drawn to come into the city out of a sense of solidarity.
Although his wife asked him to stay home, "something in me felt like it was important to be here, to say 'still alive,' " Mr. Bourgeois said.
The day after the deadly attacks in Paris, people around the globe turned out to light candles, lay down flowers and console each other.CreditCreditVideo by Ainara Tiefenthäler. Photo by Hilary Swift for The New York Times.
On the Champs-Élysées, rows of Christmas market stalls stood shuttered. Several vendors stood idly, awaiting word about whether they would be allowed to open for business, while clutches of heavily armed police officers patrolled the largely empty sidewalks of one of Europe's most famed avenues.
At Charles de Gaulle Airport, it took two and a half hours for some passengers arriving Saturday morning to reach passport control. Some passengers who had arrived on overnight flights learned what had happened only when they switched on their devices; many read the news in a state of stunned silence.
After the deadly attacks in the French capital, people spoke of the horror and how they were coping with their grief.
Pope Francis joined a chorus of world leaders — including the heads of government of Belgium, Burundi, Canada, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Spain and the United States — who have condemned the attacks.
The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, meeting on Saturday in Vienna with Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats to discuss the continuing crisis in Syria, said the attacks highlighted the urgency of the talks. "It is more necessary than ever in the current circumstance to coordinate the international fight against terrorism," he said.
The F.B.I. is already heavily focused on the threat from Americans inspired by the militant group. The government had so many people under surveillance in those cases that, this spring, officials pulled agents off other cases to help monitor them.
Adam Nossiter and Aurelien Breeden reported from Paris, and Katrin Bennhold from London. Reporting was contributed by Lilia Blaise, Nicola Clark, Rachel Donadio, Rosalie Hughes, David Jolly and Alissa J. Rubin from Paris; Melissa Eddy from Berlin; Julie Carriat from Brussels; Palko Karasz from London; Rukmini Callimachi from Sinone, Iraq; Julie Hirschfeld Davis from Vienna; and Matt Apuzzo and Michael Schmidt from Washington.


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While Christopher Columbus and his crew of explorers were not the first Europeans to set foot on land in the western hemisphere (i.e., temporary Norse timber colonies of Leifsbudir and.
You may have learned in school that Christopher. indigenous people Columbus found living on the islands he "discovered." As for Columbus himself, he mapped the coasts of Central America and South.
Native Americans have long held that Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the land they were already living in nor. Further, the Order of the Sons of Italy in America argues that the day.
( – promoted by navajo). Christopher Columbus: The Christian Crusades had ended in 1291, the Black Death had been deliberately blamed on innocent Jews who said what their Christian torturers forced them to, that they poisoned water wells, causing the Black Death. Of course, the real cause was in the stomachs of fleas, not planetary alignment, earthquakes, or God's Judgment.
Monday is Columbus Day, time to buy appliances on sale and contemplate other things that have nothing to do with Christopher. Columbus discovered America. Yes, let's ignore the fact that millions.
Christopher Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas.
Feb 21, 2011. In his popular book Christopher Columbus, Mariner, written in 1954, Powhatan watched the English settle on his people's land, but did not.
Despite the popular misconception that Christopher Columbus discovered North America, he never actually did set foot there. Through four different excursions starting in 1492, Columbus explored.
Oct 13, 2014. Christopher Columbus (Italian, Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish, Cristóbal. After a grueling five weeks, which was much longer than he had originally anticipated, they saw land. Many Italian-Americans celebrate their heritage on this day with. Other people oppose the holiday because Columbus did not.
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And of course, that narrative seems to suggest that Christopher Columbus simply arrived, claimed this land. So when did Columbus Day celebrations, if that.
What exactly did Christopher Columbus see when he traveled the ocean blue in 1492?
Mar 30, 2011. In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas, It's certain that indigenous people discovered America. returned to these lands with 30 men in 1004, but his expedition did not go nearly as well.
Columbus didn't think he was in India as we think of India today. The fourth voyage searched for a passage through today's central America, that they may in fact have discovered a new land mass not attached to China.
Columbus did not set out to "discover" America. Although popular culture today depicts him as mainly concerned about gold, this desire was actually part of his larger motivation to finance a crusade.
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Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was a Genoese trader, explorer, and navigator.He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451."Christopher Columbus" is the English version of Columbus's name. His real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo; his name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. In 1492, Columbus landed on an island of the Bahamas, the first European to do so.
Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus is remembered for his 1492 discovery of the 'New World,' and how his legacy of European colonization is a controversial one. Learn more at Biography.com.
In 1492, a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus encountered the Americas, continents which were largely unknown in Europe and were outside the Old World political and economic system. The four voyages of Columbus began the Spanish colonization of the Americas. For a long time it was generally believed that Columbus and his crew.
Jul 27, 2013. Every school child knows that in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America. then the term for Asia — land of gold, spices, silks, perfumes, jewels. How did Japan — Spartan, resource-poor Japan — acquire such a.
How Did Theodore Roosevelt Become President In 1901? Theodore Roosevelt, bynames Teddy Roosevelt and TR, (born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York), the 26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government in support of the public interest
Christopher Columbus – The fourth voyage and final years: The winter and spring of 1501–02 were exceedingly busy. The four chosen ships were bought, fitted, and crewed, and some 20 of Columbus's extant letters and memoranda were written then, many in exculpation of Bobadilla's charges, others pressing even harder the nearness of the Earthly Paradise and the need to reconquer Jerusalem.
Oct 14, 2008. When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island. dominion" over the lands of America during the Age of Discovery, and that– upon. Spain did not rest her title solely on the grant of the Pope.
Communities across America are beginning to embrace Indigenous People. It's true that by modern standards, Christopher Columbus was clearly a genocidal maniac, although his brutality toward.
Until 15 years ago, the document that gave the United States of America the basis. But unlike Christopher Columbus, who purposefully spread his toponymic seed all over the globe in the late 15th.
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Oct 14, 2013. Brimming with the excitement of discovering new land, Columbus offered a. I wanted to put my desire into execution but she did not want it and treated. Christopher Columbus presents Native Americans to Queen Isabella.
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GAZIANTEP - NGOs representatives in the city reacted to fashion show held at Gaziantep University [GAUN], that the young girls took the podium with the obscenely dressed.
NGO representatives who reacted to the modeling of little girls said that it is unacceptable children took the podium with obscenely dressed in an education place like university.
"It is not something to accept to see young children get on podium with other obscenely dressed manikins," said Göral, who stated that it is not right for small girls to perform at a show together with obscene-dressed young girls. It is not acceptable to do such a thing, especially at a state university. Our society and the people of Gaziantep are a religious community".
Mustafa Kaya, the president of Gaziantep Association for Guidance, Research and Education [Rehber-Der], said that they condemn in an educational center like university that little girl children being abused in such programs.


Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli is an Italian independent author.
She lives in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), where she works as a writer, technical, scientific and literary translator, and web copywriter. She is also a biologist and worked as researcher, tutor, and professor's assistant in the field of ecology at "Dipartimento di Biologia Animale ed Ecologia" of the University of Cagliari until 2004, when she founded Anakina Web. As part of her firm remit, she manages her creative writing and translation activities, as well as web design and music management.
She writes fiction since 2009. In 2011 she completed her first original science fiction novel, which will be published in November 2014 in Italy, and in March 2012 she published "La morte è soltanto il principio", fantasy novel about ancient Egypt, inspired by the movie "The Mummy".
Between 2012-2013 she wrote a science fiction series titled "Deserto rosso", including four books, which are having success in Italy. The whole "Deserto rosso" series was also published as omnibus in December 2013 (ebook and paperback). Thanks to this series, Monticelli was selected in February 2014 as one of the best ten Italian self-published authors by the Italian version of Wired Magazine and was invited to be a speaker at an event during the Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin, the most important Italian book fair.
"Deserto rosso" is now being published in English with the title "Red Desert".
She also published a crime thriller in Italian, titled "Il mentore", in May 2014.
Since October 2012 she is part of the cast of FantaScientificast, an Italian podcast about science fiction. Since April 2013 she an Italian Representative of Mars Initiative.
If you could only read one book for the rest of your life what would you read?
Hello there, first of all thank you for your hospitality! Second, I must apologise with your readers because I'm Italian, so my English isn't perfect. Hopefully they'll understand me well enough!
If you rewrite one part of your book, what would you change?
I wouldn't change any part of my already published books, but I'm currently rewriting a novel. I had originally written it between 2009 and 2011, then abandoned after finishing the first draft. Now I'm rewriting it by putting the narration closer to the POVs, and adding a lot more of emotions of the characters to enhance the involvement of the readers.
I've decided to face this long work because in the meantime I've improved my craft (hopefully) and I've written other novels in the same timeline, so I must do some rearrangements.
These novels are part of a science fiction series titled "Red Desert". The original Italian title is "Deserto rosso" and it includes four books, all of which have been released in Italy between 2012 and 2013. It is the story about the first colonisers of Mars and in particular of one of them, Anna Persson (you can find her on Twitter), a Swedish exobiologist. The story opens with Anna leaving in secret the habitat and driving into the Martian desert, with enough air for only fifty hours. We don't know why she is doing so; it seems she wants to kill herself.
Today the English edition of the first book of the series, "Red Desert - Point of No Return", hits the online stores. And the book I'm rewriting, "The Isle of Gaia" (original title "L'isola di Gaia"), is part of the same saga, called "Aurora", but it's set 35 years after the end of the last book of "Red Desert".
Have you ever thought about doing a spinoff series?
All the time! There are so many interesting characters I'd like to develop. Actually "The Isle of Gaia" is technically a spin-off of "Red Desert", because even if it is in the same universe the main characters and the settings are totally different. There are some points in common, but a reader would be able to read the book also without reading the previous series, or just in a different order.
It isn't a series, though. Anyway it's a very long novel made up of five parts, each one with a distinct story arc, and it might be published as a series, too.
I think the book I've liked most when I was a child was "Momo" by Michael Ende. I can't remember most of it, but I do remember it was about some bad guys stealing time from people. That scared me! But also made me think about how precious time is and how much it is important to use it well. Maybe I'm a bit obsessed by time. It is never enough. I think it's my worst enemy, and I started to understand that back when I was a child while reading "Momo".
What was the first book you remember reading as a child?
It was "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. It took me about a month to read it, but I had mostly enjoyed the reading. In fact I had then read the sequels. It was my mother who gave it to me and I'll never thank her enough for instilling in me the love for books.
Where do you get some of your ideas?
Mostly from my dreams. It seems like my mind records everything I see, hear, or read, and processes it while I'm sleeping. I don't get the whole story from a dream, of course, but just the main feeling of it. This is the best way I can explain how it works, as it is just a feeling at the beginning. It can be an emotion of the main characters, a little part of a scene, a line of dialogue. Then I start thinking about it, taking notes, and structuring the plot.
If your book could be made into a movie, who would play what role?
Some of the characters of "Red Desert - Point of No Return" have been inspired by actors. For instance Jan De Wit, the ex-boyfriend of Anna Persson, was created around actor Eric Stoltz. Well, a younger version of him. That was because at the time I wrote the first draft, I was watching the TV series "Caprica".
But things become difficult for other characters. Though I have created some images of Anna and I know how she looks like for me (more or less), it's hard to find a match to a real actress. While drawing her face for the cover I took inspiration from Caterina Scorsone (you'd remember her in the TV series "Private Practice"), but it's just a far idea. Anna is different, also because she has got some Middle Eastern blood.
At a certain point I've imagined Jeremy Renner as a good actor for the role of Robert Green, one of the four other astronauts of the Mars mission Isis. And the mission director, who appears for the first time in the second book, is definitely Denzel Washington.
I'm still trying to find the right person for the role of Hassan Qabbani, the surgeon and the second in command of the mission, though I perfectly know his face as I have created it for the cover of the second book, "Red Desert - People of Mars", which will be published in September.
Can your books be read as a stand alone?
No, all the books of these series end with a cliff-hanger, so you must read until the last one, the fourth, to learn about the ending. Anyway each book has got an arc, an important part of the story is developed in it and many threads are closed, but new questions arise. Even the last book has got a quite open ending, though the main story comes definitely to an end.
If you could step into a book world, what book would it be?
I would love to enter the universe of the Void Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, which is set in the 36th century. Hamilton has got the biggest imagination I have ever encountered in an author and it would be great to see and feel it directly.
If you could hang out with another author that you have never met, who would it be?
Maybe I'm a bit repetitive, but again it's Peter F. Hamilton. I would ask him so many questions about his ideas, his writing process, how he is able to write 300k-word novels, very complex ones, without getting confused (!) and the like.
Besides, he seems a nice person. He's quite talkative with his fans on Facebook and once he even commented on a series of articles I had written about the Void Trilogy, showing that he had actually read them.
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With spiky hair, lasers, and guitars that go to 11, Rascal Flatts isn't your daddy's country band, and Jim Riley sure isn't your middle-of-the-road sideman of yesteryear.
Trey Songz tour drummer and musical director Antwan J. Thompson always had big plans for himself.
So strong was his teenage attraction to modern percussion music that he outright defied his parents in order to dive headfirst into the budding genre.
If you try to pigeonhole Ume, you'll fail miserably. The same can be said for the band's hard-hitting drummer, whose road to rock 'n' roll glory has been anything but predictable.


Company Reduces Voltage By 8 Percent -- Con Edison is asking customers in midtown west to conserve energy while company crews work to repair equipment problems. Con Edison has also reduced voltage by 8 percent in the area as a precaution to protect equipment and maintain service as repairs are made.
The affected area includes 12,700 customers and is bound by West 43rd Street on the north, Hudson River on the west, West 30th Street on the south and 7th Avenue on the east.
Con Edison has asked customers in this area not to use appliances such as washers, dryers, air conditioners and other energy-intensive equipment and to turn off lights and televisions when not needed until the equipment problems are resolved.
The equipment problems in midtown west have no effect on the rest of the Con Edison system. Con Edison will provide updates to affected customers both directly and through the media as the situation warrants. The company is in constant communication with the New York City Office of Emergency Management.


The Wareham Whalers have been rocking the boat with our powerful shanties since 2004. Over that time we have seen many changes, but our Commodore, Dave Wheatley remains at the helm.
We sing Shanties as they would have been sung for work on board ship and for the rare moments of recovery down below. We aim to capture the strength of this music and ensure that there is never a dull moment when the Whalers are about!
Somebody once made the mistake of spelling our name Wareham Wailers – our Bosun ensured that that would never be repeated.
As well as our performances we also run hour long workshops illustrating the history of Shanty singing and showing how the shanties were used…. with real rope!
We are indomitable supporters of the Falmouth International Shanty Festival, and can be seen all over the town during that weekend.
Closer to our home port of Wareham, we support our local RNLI, and collect charity money for the Wareham and Purbeck Multiple Sclerosis Society.


The famed Broadway show so vividly brought to life on screen and equally celebrated with 10 Academy Awards, mondo box office bucks and full pop culture infusion arrives on Blu-ray with bells and whistles, as well as a robust high definition transfer.
For the most part it's still a marvel and a strangely vacant tragic love story. Of course, the original source material is Romeo and Juliet reset in the streets of New York. Although here, with its bubble gum musical treatment, the environment feels significantly less gritty and less threatening than Shakespeare's 17th century Verona. But more on that later.
The opening scene is still electrifying. After the overture and the calm helicopter view across the city, the film settles in on an enclave of one of the boroughs, a school yard where a gang of 'thugs' snap their fingers in unison. It's part of their intimidation of the other kids around them to assert their authority. There's no dialogue and little music. Then, as the guys strut down the street, a glide of the foot, a ballet leap and a twirl signals a full-on dance number, during which we're introduced to the Jets and the Sharks, two rival gangs, one made up of Polish descendants and the other Puerto Rican immigrants.
Jerome Robbin's innovative and startling dance numbers combined with the energetic direction from Robert Wise results is a superlative introduction to the film. The first third of the film, in fact, is one eye-popping scene after another. In the tradition of the best studio musicals of the '30s, Wise's camera whips around freely and moves as elegantly as the dancers. And when punctuated by Leonard Bernstein's punchy score, everything is perfectly in sync.
Where the picture suffers is the love story between Maria (Wood) and Tony (Beymer). Wood, as a Puerto Rican, still distracts us from her star-crossed infatuation with Tony. And Richard Beymer is unfortunately upstaged by both Russ Tamblyn and George Chakiris. Tamblyn and Chakiris are so prominent in the first half of the film that we actually forget it's about the lovers. As leaders of their clans, they both express themselves with wildly different but equally mesmerizing dance styles.
The 'Dance at the Gym' sequence is one of the most impressive numbers showcasing both dancers at their best. Chakiris features a tightly wound and controlled Latin-America style while Tamblyn shows off his acrobatic 'Donald O'Connor' flips and jumps. The terrific Blu-ray featurettes consist of numerous acclaimed choreographers and dancers breaking down the innovations from Robbins in these sequences for lay viewers like myself.
The film loses much of its energy with the deaths of Tamblyn and Chakiris after their second act rumble. With them out of the picture, we can only rely on the love story to maintain the momentum. Sadly, the romance falls flat all the way to the end. Robbins and company do manage to pull out one great sequence in the second half, perhaps the greatest musical number in Hollywood history. The 'Cool' number, which takes place in the dark and claustrophobic parking garage, was famously reworked by Martin Scorsese in his Michael Jackson 'Bad' video. There's no Chakiris or Tamblyn in this scene, but the rest of Jets kick it up a notch with style.
Even though this is the small screen, we can feel the sense of scope from the original 70mm cinematography. The wide shots look bigger, the colours pop brighter and the close-ups are more pristine and detailed than most pictures of its time (or now!). None of this grandiloquence is lost over the years. And although the love story doesn't work, the doomed finale feels utterly tragic. It's a strangely downbeat ending to a monumentally successful film.
West Side Story is available on Blu-ray from MGM/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.


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A man walks into a restaurant and explains to the manager that he's from the mental hospital up the street. He says he would like to bring a group of the better-adjusted patients in for a meal, as part of their socialisation process.
The manager says that would be fine, he's always glad to support the local community.
"Fine", says the visitor, "but one other thing. We don't allow the patients to have money, so they all carry bottle caps. They will offer these for payment, just take them and I'll settle with you afterwards."
The manager agrees, and they set a date.
The patients come in, order, enjoy their meal, are extremely polite to the wait staff, and when they leave, thank the manager and give him large handfuls of bottle caps.
The manager tells the man from the hospital how pleased he is, and presents him the bill.
The man looks at it and says "That's a little more than I expected, you got change for a manhole cover?"


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Asia: Leading the world to shape the future of hybrid work
April 15, 2021	 | Microsoft Stories Asia
By Ahmed Mazhari, President, Microsoft Asia.
Remote working has kept many businesses and economies going through the pandemic. Some have even grown and expanded. But at what cost to employee morale, wellbeing and commitment?
Microsoft's 2021 Work Trend Index surveyed workers across the world and came up with some disturbing data from our region. It found that 54% of employees in Asia felt overworked and 38% felt exhausted after more than a year away from the workplace. And almost half of Asia's workforce was likely to consider changing employers, while an even greater proportion was mulling over a complete career change.
As the economic sting of the pandemic lingers and digital exhaustion increases, there's a lot at stake for business leaders. With competition for global talent intensifying, remote work has created new challenges around leadership, employee engagement, and talent management.
Asia was the first to feel the pandemic's impact, and now we are the first to move into a hybrid workplace. We have the opportunity to redefine how we work and how we create a better work-life balance.
An inclusive culture: the new workplace imperative
Work as we knew it will never be the same. Business leaders must now shape a corporate culture that puts their people at the center of their hybrid work strategy. They need to build a culture of inclusion that fosters a sense of belonging; embraces diversity in all its incarnations; prioritizes clear and authentic communication, and creates an environment where employees feel they are meaningfully contributing, listened to, and appreciated.
At Microsoft, we are fostering this culture in multiple ways. We encourage a growth mindset that starts with a belief that everyone can grow and develop; that potential is nurtured, not pre-determined. As leaders, we also adopt a "Model, Coach, Care" approach, which grounds us in active role modeling and enables us to better develop employees.
These approaches naturally support an inclusive culture, one where we are open to learning about our own biases and changing our behaviors, so we can tap into the collective power of every employee. We don't just value differences, we seek them out. And as a result, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our customers are better served.
This is something for all organizations to consider. The pandemic allows for a reset; it gives everyone an opportunity to shape their culture so that they create a sense of purpose for employees in the emerging hybrid work environment. Elements of an inclusive culture include establishing multiple pathways for growth, shaping collaborative workspaces, reviewing team dynamics, and prioritizing leadership and people management initiatives.
Engaging employees through flexible work
Just as employees took time to transition to remote work a year ago, many will take time to re-adjust to office settings. The Work Trends Index found that 74% of workers in Asia want flexible remote work options to continue, while 67% crave more in-person time with their teams.
Our research shows that flexibility has three key dimensions: collaboration, learning and wellness. Consider encouraging experimentation – whether that's shorter meetings, trialing flexible start times around core office hours, or finding the right balance between working in the office and from home. Relooking at the workspace and investing in spaces and technology that are geared for hybrid working can also encourage new ways of collaboration. It could also include supporting continuous learning with opportunities to upskill people across the organization.
Re-energizing work with wellness
It is important for leaders to be aware of the risks of digital exhaustion. Remote work has tilted the balance of work and life for everyone. It's on us to ensure employees feel both engaged and also able to disconnect for meaningful downtime.
We also need to lead by example – "unplugging" after hours to help encourage our teams to do the same. Finding ways to optimize the workloads of teams where possible and re-balancing work with time off is key. This can be achieved by being clear on team priorities, triaging what's most important and by offering support for mental and emotional wellbeing through authentic check-ins.
For us at Microsoft, it isn't always easy staying connected to our 30,000 employees across Asia, but we aim to walk the talk. Most recently, we have decided globally to add five additional "wellbeing days" of annual leave for every employee. However, we know that taking this time off with all the current work-life balance challenges isn't easy. To ensure we are living our "Model, Coach, Care" ethos, we have coordinated a decision to close all Asian offices on a specific day in April. As leaders, by committing to be offline for the day we will give people space to re-energize and focus on themselves and their families.
Change is never easy, but hybrid work is here to stay. Cultural transformation takes time, teamwork, and technology. It often requires us to un-learn or re-learn certain approaches. Every organization will need a plan that puts people at the center and factors in changes in policy, physical space, and technology. In a highly connected and digitalized Asia, approaching leadership with humility, empathy, and a growth mindset will help shape an inclusive work culture and set up organizations for success. We can even be role models for the rest of the world, as we all embark on shaping the future of hybrid work.
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From 'Made in Asia' to 'Born in Asia' – how Asia's new tech vanguard will fuel societal progress
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We may not be hiring at present but if you are interested in working at Woopi Physio and joining one of the best physiotherapy clinics on the mid north coast then you have come to the right spot. We offer flexibility with work hours as we know that work and home life balance is important.
Woopi Physio is located on the NSW Mid North Coast in Woolgoolga, boasting some of Australia's best beaches and the climate to enjoy them. The Northern Beaches Coffs Harbour Coast area is ideal for anyone interested in an active lifestyle and work/life balance.
You would be joining a committed team that enjoys the challenge of getting great results, will go the extra mile to exceed our patients expectations and assist in developing the role of Physio in our community.
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We have the flexibility to offer part-time or full-time so let us know what you are looking for. If you feel that you would be a great fit within the Woopi Physio team, there are always exciting opportunities for clinical roles, with a fantastic work environment, career pathways and excellent support. All applications and enquiries will be treated in absolute confidence.
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Morning commuters were on Monday morning forced to walk to the city centre after Governor Mike Sonko's ban on matatus from picking up and dropping off passengers in the CBD took effect.
The ban took effect as early as 4.50am, with police and county traffic marshals blocking matatus from entering the city centre.
The armed security officers, some in full combat gear, were deployed to designated termini (outside CBD) that the Sonko administration directed matatus to operate from starting today.
Commuters on Racecourse Road on December 03, 2018.
The traffic marshals with clubs and police with guns and batons mounted roadblocks at the termini, including Muthurwa, Muranga Road Fig Tree A, Desai Road, Ngara Road, Hakati, Railways and Central Bus Station.
Their orders to matatu operators were swift and firm: Stop! Do not drive beyond this point.
The officers stopped and directed matatus seeking to enter the city centre to either make U turns or take the possible route back.
Commuters trek to the city centre on December 03, 2018.
At the City Stadium roundabout, police parked their Toyota Land cruisers to block a section of the CBD-bound traffic and all PSVs plying Jogoo Road had to drop off passengers at the Muthurwa terminus.
The situation was similar along Thika and Limuru roads, where majority of passengers disembarked at the Fig Tree Terminus A in Ngara as matatus.
In the city centre, most matatu termini, which are usually busy during the morning hours, were deserted.
City askaris on a roadblock mounted on Muranga Road on December 03, 2018.
There were no matatus and virtually no activity at Koja, Odeon, Kencom, GPO, OTC, Commercial, Ronald Ngala Street, Ambassadeur, Murang'a Road and other bus stops along River Road.


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Search - The Cave (Widescreen Edition) on DVD
Actors: Piper Perabo, Morris Chestnut, Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Lena Headey
Director: Bruce Hunt
Genres: Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
DEEP IN A ROMANIAN FOREST, SCIENTISTS STUMBLE UPON THE RUINS OF A 13TH CENTURY ABBEY BUILT OVER THE ENTRANCE TO AN UNDERGROUNDCAVE SYSTEM. THEY HIRE A GROUP OF AMERICAN CAVE EXPLORERS TOINVESTIGATE THE CAVES. BUT THE GROUP... more »'S ESCAPE ROUTE IS CUT OFF &THEY ARE HUNTED BY THE MONSTROUS CREATURES THAT LIVE DOWN BELOW. « less
Creators: Andrew Mason, Gary Lucchesi, James McQuaide, Judd Malkin, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Steinberg, Tegan West
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Studio: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Dubbed,Subtitled
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Total Copies: 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
The Cave [UMD for PSP]
The Cave (Full Screen Edition)
Unrated Full Screen Edition
Director: Neil Marshall
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Darkness Falls
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud, Hideo Nakata
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R 2007 2hr 4min
Single-Disc Widescreen Edition
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
PG-13 2009 2hr 1min
Dave J. (oldhondaguy) from MARION, IN
Reviewed on 3/8/2015...
I enjoy movies and am not a critic. Gave the movie 4 stars!
2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
William J. (billystan3) from AUBURN, NY
Reviewed on 12/30/2011...
Good movie.
NANETTE G. (radientred) from MOSCOW, ID
Reviewed on 2/14/2010...
This is a very suspenseful and gory movie. It really gets you on the edge of your seat. I have watched it more than once and find it spellbinding each time. The acting is very good in my opinion as well as the sets and layout.
Sarah F. (Ferdy63) from DALTON, GA
Pretty decent action, adventure horror flick. A group of cave explorers is trapped in a huge underground river system and they discover they are not alone. Good creature effects.
The best meets the worst
J. J. Chiappelli | Pasadena, MD | 08/29/2005
"The good news: this movie features some of the best sets I've ever seen in a movie. The set design, the props, the colors---everything that is visual about this movie is top-notch. This is the definition of eye-candy, right here. Beautiful. Brilliant images fill the screen from start to finish. And since not many movies are set underwater or within caves, many of the sets look exotic and otherworldly, which is all the more reason the visuals are so appealing.
The bad news: everything else.
"The Cave" is a subpar action-horror with a bunch of slimy, fanged monsters stalking and/or eating a group of young, attractive explorers. It features pretty much all of the cliches you'd expect from an action-horror and doesn't really try to break the mold. This wouldn't be a problem, necessarily, if the script and acting and direction were at least done well. Unfortunately, they aren't.
There are only two good actors in the whole movie: Cole Hauser and Daniel Dae Kim. The latter is on screen for about ten minutes, total, and for six of those minutes he just runs around screaming. Not a great opportunity to show off talent. Hauser does a decent job, but the character he has to play is ludicrous and his lines are laughable, so you don't really notice his performance half the time.
Everybody else is forgettable. The female lead, in particular, is bland.
The screenplay is aggravating. We are told, in the beginning of the movie, that these characters are professionals and scientists, but they speak like losers. For example, when they first go into The Cave, Blonde Girl screams, "Totally awesome!" While this is certainly the sentiment that comes to mind when seeing the set, you might think that a scientist would be able to say something a bit more intelligent. Unfortunately, the dialogue stays around that same level of sophistication throughout.
Needless to say, the characters are all flat and uninteresting. But you probably guessed that already.
But even with a bad script, bad acting, and a cliched plot, this movie could still have mustered at least a three star rating if it wasn't for the gaping plot holes and inconsistencies. Dr. Old Guy and Dr. Hot Chick examine two slides of cells collected within The Cave and discover a parasite within them. Then they find one of the monsters' claws and cut it open. Within three seconds, they are able to conclude that the claw is infected with the parasite, too. Huh? They don't need a microscope or anything? Okay, whatever....
Dr. Hot Chick explains that they are dealing with a species that evolved in total isolation. Uh, okay, don't know how she surmised all of that from exactly ten seconds of observing a claw, but then why would the monster be a parasite? Isn't it a little bit contradictory for a parasite to live in an environment where there isn't much life to leech off of?
And if the animals are predators, then why are they also parasites? Shouldn't they just be eating the humans instead of infecting them and transforming them? Do the monsters act like vampires and get to choose who transforms and who just turns into food? And if they don't, then how have the monsters lived for so long in The Cave? After a bazillion years in isolation, shouldn't everything be infected, and consequently they would've died from starvation? Or are they cannibals? And if they are cannibals, then why are they hunting the humans, specifically?
The monsters just plain don't make any sense. Sure, this isn't one of those newfangled "thinking" movies, but you would think that a couple of simple things could be sorted out before the filmmakers set out to film this crap.
It all leads up to an ending which is among the lamest and least explicable endings I've ever seen. I won't ruin it, but let me just say this: I thought the movie already couldn't get any more incomprehensible, and then I saw the ending. Now my brain hurts.
Txjack | Central Texas | 12/23/2005
"I saw the previews for this low budget horror/thriller and saw it at the theater. I thought it was decent. Was it an oscar winner? No, but really, was it supposed to be?
As for a couple of hour diversion, The Cave was fine. I came in with fairly low expectations and walked away feeling satisfied. I don't understand all the negativity towards it.
If you buy the DVD, don't expect a megabuck blockbuster flick. It is a fairly low buget movie that put most of its money into really classy sets. Aliens, it ain't, but for spending a fun night in front of the TV, The Cave meets the bill. There are many, many horror movies that are really terrible. I just don't think The Cave fits that bill."
Pitch Black meets Alien and goes Underground...
Schtinky | California | 03/12/2006
"If you like good B-horror movies with nasty critters that go Bite in the Nite, a group of people (in this case scientists and cave divers) waiting to get picked off one by one, and a unique atmosphere that adds to the creeping horror, then you will love The Cave. Whether alien planet or dark underground caverns, backdrop is important to a horror film, and the location of this film helps to highlight the monstrosities that come crawling out to greet their guests.
The film starts with a group of treasure hunters who break into this ancient church, hoping to discover riches buried underneath the decorative seal on the floor. After a silly mistake in which they blow up the seal while standing too close, they all fall down. Screaming.
Later, in more modern times, a group of scientists and cave divers enter, hoping to go where no man has gone before. They set up a base camp in a cavern while sending a diver through a long, long underwater tunnel to map it out. Because of a strange message from said diver after he enters the next cavern, the entire team, typical of b-horror, follows. The tunnel collapses behind them, about the same time our crew discovers they are not alone in the cave. Trapped, with no communication to the outside and low on food and water, our merry group of mistake-makers must find a way out before they are all eaten. Rock wall climbing, ice climbing, diving, riding down wild water tunnels and waterfalls, hiding in still pools, escape begins to look bleaker and bleaker as the way out becomes harder to reach.
The scenery and photography are great, the cave is creepy and dark, and the acting, while not memorable, is not as bad as some folks have mentioned. The best part, as with any monster movie, are the monsters. Sinister and pale, slimy and toothy, tricky and clever, hungry and unpredictable, its lunchtime underground as our beastly brutes stalk the humans. There are a few revelations to be made along the way, such as discovering they are parasitical and can fly, the parasitical aspect leaving members of the human team suspect.
Okay, so 'The Cave' is not the kind of movie that will ever be up for an award, and it's not the kind of movie that should be analyzed too closely. 'The Cave' is a movie that you kick back and enjoy with some beer and popcorn, surround sound turned on, and wait for the deliciously bizarre and slimy human-eaters to appear. Many people haven't cared for this movie, but in my opinion, it is a 'buy'. Enjoy!
Not a bad film
Catherine A. Cochran | 04/06/2006
"If you can accept the idea that no matter what it looks like, creatures always come across as corny, then you will find this movie entertaining. Also what appears to be a mistake is not, on rebreathers that they use in the movie, there is a mic for the divers can use to talk to eachother underwater on."