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Indiana Jones Remake
January 27, 2015 Steven Ray Marks	Leave a comment
A god-damned Indiana Jones remake.
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On the other hand, at least this couldn't possibly be as bad as that awful weird alternate reality fan-fic film that explored what would happen if an elderly Indiana Jones fought aliens.
On the third hand, one of my Iron Laws of Filmmaking is that every time you say, "Movies couldn't possibly get any worse," you are wrong.
At least this is still in the hypothetical phase, so we still yet may be saved from this abomination.
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Spectacle and Sequel
July 1, 2014 Steven Ray Marks	3 Comments
This is some screenwriting/story theory geekery here, but I think that if you like movies you'll probably be interested in this. It's a theory I've developed about why some movies work and some don't.
There are certain movies that I call Spectacle Movies, which throw out all the craft of storytelling and instead focus on the spectacle. Either with compelling visuals, thrilling action, hilarious comedy, or engaging song and dance. If the spectacle is spectacular enough, the movie can work despite having massive logic problems and flawed, cliched, or non-existent story and character development.
Examples include the original King Kong, Marx Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, most musicals, and (though I wasn't personally a fan of these) 2001 and Avatar. These aren't stories. They're showcases for tangentially connected bits.
Just to be clear, I'm not using Spectacle Movies as a pejorative. Two of my all-time favorite movies are Raiders of the Lost Ark and Singin' in the Rain, which are both horribly crafted stories if you ignore all the ways the movies are awesome. Singin' in the Rain literally has an entire sequence that consists of someone saying "I thought of a good song and dance number," and then it cuts to his imagination for ten minutes. But it works, because it is a really good song and dance number.
But spectacle isn't a binary thing. It's a continuum. With the exception of straight drama, all movies have some element of spectacle. And the more spectacle a movie has, the more story and character problems it can get away with.* For a well-crafted story, adding spectacle will make a good movie better. (We all love Jurassic Park, but who would remember that movie if we never actually saw the dinosaurs?)
I would define spectacle as "Showing something amazing that the audience hasn't seen before." The more a movie can do that, the better it will be. This is true regardless of the quality of the underlying story.
Now lets talk about sequels, and why sequels so often leave the audience feeling empty.
Movies that get sequels are almost always movies that have a lot of spectacle to them, whether or not they also have good storytelling. There are two reasons for these. The first and most obvious reason is that spectacle movies do well at the box office, especially internationally, and financially successful movies attract sequels. But the more subtle reason is that in a well-crafted story, the end of the story is the end of the story. The problems are resolved. The character has completed an arc, and no longer has room to undergo a completely new arc.** Whereas spectacle movies end when the bad guys are defeated and the explosions stop. But you can always find new bad guys to generate new explosions.
But remember when I said that a key element of spectacle is showing something we've never seen before? That presents an inherent problem with sequels, because by default the sequels are showing us exactly what we've seen before.
So sequels tend to lose the spectacle aspect that made people like the original. Which means that as a baseline sequels are going to be much less compelling.***
There are two ways for a sequel to overcome this: It can either ramp up/change the spectacle, or it can improve the story.
Examples of movies that ramped up or changed the spectacle, so it was still showing us something we hadn't seen before, are Aliens, Terminator 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Avengers.
Examples of movies that improved the story are Spider-Man 2, X-Men 2, Toy Story 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Terminator 2, and The Empire Strikes Back. (T2 and Empire both ramped up the spectacle and improved the story.)
But most sequels just give us more of the same. More of the same doesn't work for spectacle. And without a story to carry them, they're left with nothing. Which is why most sequels are so bad. They may be commercially successful, and in fact usually are, which is why Hollywood keeps making them. People show up based on how much they liked the original.
But I judge the quality of movies based on how much the audience cares about them. By that measure most sequels fail. Which is why Transformers 4 had a hundred million dollar opening weekend but only 16% on Rotten Tomatoes. (And keep in mind the Rotten Tomatoes percentage is only from people who saw the movie. Meaning that among people who *thought* they would want to see a movie where a giant alien robot truck rides a gianter alien robot dragon while waving a huge sword, only 16% actually did enjoy it.)
* For example, the 2009 Star Trek was obviously much dumber than Looper. But Star Trek keeps you moving too fast with exciting action to think about how little sense it makes. Whereas Looper is slow and contemplative, which leaves you with time to contemplate all the story and logic problems.
** The only example I can think of of a successful sequel to a movie that didn't rely on spectacle is The Godfather 2. And that only half-worked by focusing on flashbacks of a supporting character that didn't have an arc in the first movie. In my opinion, the Michael half of Godfather 2 didn't work and aside from one or two scenes was entirely forgettable.
*** One interesting point here is that perceived quality depends on the order you see a film. We all think Raiders of the Lost Ark is great and Temple of Doom is mediocre. But if we saw Temple of Doom first, would we think that was the great one? Or consider the 1964 movie A Shot in the Dark, which is a sequel to the 1963 The Pink Panther, and recycles all of the jokes from the original. If you watch The Pink Panther then Shot in the Dark, you'll think Shot in the Dark is boring and pointless. But if you watch Shot in the Dark first, you'll think Pink Panther is the boring and pointless one. (Or if you don't like 1960s slapstick humor, you'll think both are boring and pointless.)
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Update to Movies We Still Care About – 1981
April 6, 2014 Steven Ray Marks	Leave a comment
I updated the 1981 entry of Movies We Still Care About, to talk more about Raiders of the Lost Ark's role in the development of the Fun Action Movie sub-genre, and to include Stripes in the Other Notable Movies section.
So if you read that entry when I initially posted it, you might want to revisit it.
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Movies We Still Care About – 1981
April 4, 2014 Steven Ray Marks	3 Comments
(For an explanation of this, read the Introduction. Other posts in this series can be found here.)
(This post was edited on April 6 to discuss Raiders of the Lost Ark's role in the development of the fun action movie sub-genre, and to include Stripes in the Other Notable Movies section.)
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Other Notable Movies
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Top Grossing Films (US)
Rotten Tomatoes Top Movies
The Evil Dead (98%)
Das Boot (98%)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (95%)
Diva (96%)
An American Werewolf in London (91%)
Blow Out (90%)
In the introductory post to this series, I mentioned that various factors can skew the Rotten Tomatoes rankings, and that seems to have happen here. If you look at that Rotten Tomatoes list, #1 is a microbudget amateur film that would have been forgotten if it didn't spawn two popular sequels. #2 is a foreign film beloved by cinephiles but not known to a widespread American audience. I've never even heard of #4 and have barely heard of #6. And #5 is a cult film that is unknown to modern mainstream audiences.
This is the best action spectacle movie of all time. Like Star Wars, this is at the highest level of mythology for modern film. Everyone knows Indiana Jones. The hat, the whip, the ark, fear of snakes, etc.
It's a spectacle movie because it isn't structured like a normal film. There's no character development – Indy is exactly the same at the end as he is at the beginning. And rather than the traditional three acts with rising action, it's an episodic string of distinct action sequences. In a lesser film, the audience would be bored and confused, even if they didn't have enough film theory knowledge to explain why they felt that way. But Raiders is so awesome that nobody cares about its lack of structure or character growth.
In fact, nobody cares that Indiana Jones is entirely superfluous to his own movie, as explained on The Big Bang Theory:
Raiders of the Lost Ark was a deliberate attempt by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to recall the Saturday morning movie serials that they loved as kids. Those were in turn based on radio serials. Which were based on pulp/dime novels. Which were inspired by the late 19th century adventure novels by authors such as Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. Rider Haggard. Haggard's character Allan Quatermain specifically is considered to be the template for Indiana Jones. This came full circle in 1985 and 1986 with the Richard Chamberlain movies King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold. These movies are blatant rip-offs of Indiana Jones, even though the character of Allan Quartermain predates Indy by a century.
Raiders is important for the development of cinema as an art-form, as it established the sub-genre of the Fun Action Movie. You can generally split action movies into those that are intense, and those that are fun. These easiest way to see which category a film belongs in is to ask yourself if you would want to be the main character. Would you want to be Indiana Jones, traveling the world having fantastic adventures and punching Nazis? Of course you would. Because the most important thing about Indiana Jones as a character is that even when things go wrong, when he's captured, beaten up, or exhausted by a string of fights, he still absolutely loves being Indiana Jones,
Look at the bringing a gun to a sword fight scene. He's fatigued and exasperated, yet every single person watching the movie can live vicariously through him and would delight in being Indy in that situation.
(Side-note: That scene was ad-libbed. The script called for Indy to get into an elaborate sword fight. But Harrison Ford was sick that day, and didn't feel like doing it. So he used his gun instead, Steven Spielberg realized that was much better, and cinema magic was born.)
In the 70s, action movies had taken a gritty turn, as exemplified by films such as The French Connection. And prior to the 70s, action wasn't quite so dark, but still was more dramatic than fun. Films like The African Queen, North by Northwest, and John Wayne westerns. Some excellent movies, but that sense of playfulness was mostly absent.
There were a few fun action movies before Raiders, such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, James Bond films, and Star Wars. But It was really Raiders that brought this feeling of fun into its own, and sparked countless imitators trying to capture that high-spirited adventure.
Raiders expanded the medium, such that from the 80s through today and into the future, we are able to experience both fun action movies and intense action movies, and as fans we are all better off.
Also, if you ever get the chance to see the shot-for-shot remake of Raiders made by twelve-year-olds, do it. It's amazing. Unfortunately I couldn't find it online. (I saw it 15 years ago on a VHS tape owned by someone who knew one of the guys who made it.) The best I could find is the first 10 minutes with no audio. (If any of you can locate the full version online, please link to it in comments.)
The official website for the Raiders remake is here, though unfortunately it doesn't have the full movie.
Other Notable Films
"Kneel before Zod." That's all that needs to be said for this. And all that really should be said. Because aside from a great villain, this film is an incoherent mess that is much better in your memory than in reality.
"Release the Kraken!" This is a special-effects spectacle movie whose effects were amazing in 1981, but really don't hold up today. And without that to carry it, there's not much point to watching this.
I talked about this in my write-up of The Muppet Movie in the 1979 entry.
I love Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. But the original Evil Dead isn't in the same league. It's notable to see the clever techniques that Sam Raimi used to stretch his limited budget while still having a unique feel. But the story's generic, and the humor from the later films is lacking here. Plus the entire events of Evil Dead are re-done with much better acting, humor, and production value in the first 10 minutes of Evil Dead 2. So you can just watch the sequel and skip the original.
Stripes continues the Laid-Back Comedy tradition developed by Caddyshack, featuring Bill Murray, John Candy, and Harold Ramis being Bill Murray, John Candy, and Harold Ramis. While it doesn't still enjoy widespread appeal after 33 years, it does have a small but devoted following of some who consider it among the all-time great comedies. It's certainly worth checking out or revisiting if you're a fan of Murray/Candy/Ramis.
Do you disagree with any of these choices, or think that I missed something? Leave a comment below.
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Egaleo (, , ), auch Aigaleo, ist ein Bergzug in Griechenland. Der nordöstliche Teil (nordöstlich der Überquerung durch die Autobahn 8 bei Dafni) wird auch Pikilo () genannt.

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Vom Aigaleos mit dem Blick auf die Bucht von Salamis soll der Perserkönig Xerxes die Schlacht von Salamis beobachtet haben. In der Antike lag der Aigaleos teilweise auf dem Gebiet des Demos Kolonos.

Der Egaleo gab seinen Namen unter anderem der an seinem Fuße liegenden Gemeinde Egaleo, dem Fußballklub Egaleo AO Athen und der Umgehungs-Autobahn "Egaleo-Ring" (GR-A65).

Verkehr

Im südlichen Bereich wird der Höhenzug auf der Trasse der antiken "Heiligen Straße" (, Iera Odos) von der Autobahn 8 beim Kloster Daphni überquert, die als Verlängerung des "Athinon Boulevard" Athen mit Patras verbindet. Im Norden verläuft die Autobahn 6 "Attiki Odos". Entlang der westlichen Flanke verläuft die Autobahn 65 "Egaleo-Ring", die die Verbindung von Piräus zur Attiki Odos darstellt; der Anschluss zur GR-A8 ist jedoch noch nicht voll ausgebaut.

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Q: How to use validation groups in Spring MVC I have a DTO, which will be used by 2 endpoints.
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Consider the DTO with two fields, say fieldA and fieldB.
For /groupA, fieldA shouldn't be blank and fieldB can be blank
For /groupB, fieldB shouldn't be blank and fieldA can be blank
I understand that this can be achieved by validation groups. I created two interfaces GroupA and GroupB.
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public class RequestDto {
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In the controller, I used @Validated annotation:
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If I do not pass fieldA in request body, I expect the endpoint to give 400 BAD REQUEST. However, it is not functioning as expected. It is returning 200 OK response.
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U.S. pulling troops out of Afghanistan
Grant Warner, B&G Staff|May 10, 2021
On April 13, President Biden announced that he plans to withdraw all U.S. Troops out of Afghanistan by September 11th.
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The company's quarterly results indicate substantial growth thanks to rising demand for visibility among organizations in the industrial and healthcare sectors.
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Racketeering lawsuit said former producer tried to discredit actress before her memoir was published
By Bob Cronin, Newser Staff
Posted Dec 8, 2021 5:39 PM CST
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(Newser) – Rose McGowan's racketeering lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein has been dismissed, apparently because she missed a filing deadline. The suit accused the former movie mogul of trying to discredit McGowan before the publication of her memoir, which was to include her account of being sexually assaulted by Weinstein in 1997, NPR reports. The suit said Weinstein plotted to get an advance copy of the memoir; the judge had ruled that did not constitute racketeering. Weinstein denied the assault accusation, and the two negotiated a $100,000 settlement in which Weinstein did not admit guilt, per the New York Times.
A spokesperson for Weinstein praised the dismissal of the suit, in which McGowan was representing herself, by the federal judge in Los Angeles. "Out of the public glare, with proper time, legal work, evidence and facts, this is the way we believe they ultimately will all go," the spokesperson said, per NBC. The lawsuit also named lawyers and investigators it said were working for Weinstein against McGowan. The former producer has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting two other women and is imprisoned in New York. He also will be tried in Los Angeles on other rape and sexual assault counts. Weinstein's legal team failed Tuesday in a bid to have those indictments dismissed, per Deadline. (Read more Rose McGowan stories.)


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The Timeline for 2024 Lincoln Navigator
Written by FutureCarsTalk in SUV
What's happening to 2024 Lincoln Navigator? Lincoln and their Navigator may be a bit late when it comes to electrifying their vehicles, but they do have bold plans for their upcoming productions (for catching up). This luxury label from Ford plans of having at least 5 electric vehicles by 2026, which means that they need to start soon. And they are going to unveil their first electric ride soon enough. It's in fact scheduled to happen close to the end of 2022, which should be electric Aviator that would be twinned with electric Explorer (from Ford, of course).
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Both of these electric vehicles would be constructed on a completely new platform for EV. It would be created for unibody midsize rides. Reports say that production time would start somewhere in 2024 (quite likely late in that year), which means that both of them may be released as the 2025 model. However, other sources state that it's always possible for Ford to have early production timeline, which means that having the 2024 model is possible. But then again, we can't really be sure about it until the company makes an official confirmation about their upcoming production.
Source : Motorillustrated.com
The original plan for Ford is to construct both vehicles at their Cuautitlan manufacturing plant in Mexico, but there is a change of plan. The plant doesn't have enough production capacity because the company is focusing on producing Mustang Mach-E and they have never thought that demands would be stronger than they have expected. So, the Lincoln and Explorer would have to be built elsewhere. It's possible that they are moving production to their Oakville plant in Ontario, which is currently the home to Lincoln Nautilus and Ford Edge.
As it was mentioned before, Lincoln has more plans about producing more electric vehicles as they want to catch up to other rivals. Aside the first electric Aviator, Lincoln has prepared (and confirmed) their plans for more EVs to be launched within the decade. By 2026, they will have more additional EVs (four of them). Those of the electric versions would include Nautilus, Corsair, and Navigator. Another one isn't known. Its identity is somewhat a mystery, but it's predicted to be the smaller crossover (even smaller than the Corsair). It's also possible that the last one would be coming on MEB platform (from VW Group). Ford has planned to incorporate the MEB platform for their compact crossover for the European market.
Source : Carscoops.com
Wait, if the first electric vehicle would be the Aviator, what's going to happen to 2024 Lincoln Navigator? If we are following the company's timeline, it means that Nautilus and Corsair may likely start production in 2025 (taking place in Oakville). If there is late production, it's even possible that it will start production in 2026. They would be constructed on the dedicated EV platform used by Mustang Mach-E, but the updated version one.
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It means that the electric Navigator may start production in 2026, which makes it possible to be set as the 2027 model. It's likely that it would be coming on a (dedicated) EV platform for body on frame construction, which has been used by the redesigned Ford F-150.
Is it possible that there would be a regular 2024 Navigator? Although it's possible, it doesn't seem likely. The company is focusing on their upcoming electric technology. With their plans of releasing 5 EVs by 2026, they don't seem having the power and the resources to produce both regular and electric types. But then again, we can never know what their plan is. For now, they haven't said a word about the regular Navigator as they only talk about electrifying the upcoming lineups. We should learn more about 2024 Lincoln Navigator once the information is available – whether it's electric or not.
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Michael Bloomberg Said He Can't Win Without A Contested Convention
Bloomberg insisted he's not dropping out of the race and grew irritated when asked if he was taking votes away from Joe Biden.
by Rosie Gray
Posted on March 3, 2020, 4:50 pm
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Democratic presidential hopeful former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
MIAMI — Michael Bloomberg acknowledged Tuesday that his only path to the nomination is through a contested convention but insisted that he was staying in the race.
During a testy exchange with the press corps following him while he campaigns in Florida, Bloomberg said he was "in it to win it" and rejected the idea that his presence in the race was helping Bernie Sanders' candidacy.
Reporters pointed out to Bloomberg that other moderate candidates, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg, have dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden to consolidate the anti-Sanders vote, and asked if he would do the same.
"Joe's taking votes away from me," a visibly irritated Bloomberg said. "Have you asked Joe whether he's going to drop out?"
"I have no intention of dropping out," Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg was appearing at a campaign field office in Miami where he was introduced by former mayor Manny Diaz. Though Florida doesn't vote until March 17, Bloomberg is spending the day here campaigning while the Super Tuesday states hold primaries. Bloomberg has built his strategy around Super Tuesday, in which 14 states and one US territory are voting, after skipping the first four states on the calendar. Though Bloomberg has polled fairly well in many of the states voting Tuesday, he's faced increased pressure to drop out of the race as the Democratic establishment has united around Biden, who won South Carolina last weekend.
"I don't know why that's the case," Bloomberg said when a reporter asked him about criticism that his presence in the race is helping Sanders secure the nomination. "Miss, are you gonna ask a question or give a lecture?" Bloomberg said before relenting and responding to the questions. "I think that I know how to beat Donald Trump. I think I know how to run this country, I've been practicing that for a lot of years."
Asked what states he expects to win Tuesday, Bloomberg said, "I don't know whether you're gonna win any. You don't have to win states, you have to win delegates."
When a reporter asked him if he wants the primary to go into a contested convention, he said, "I don't think that I can win any other ways."
"A contested convention is a democratic process. There are rules in the Democratic Party about how you go about this, and I did see Bernie Sanders said all of a sudden he didn't want to follow the rules." Bloomberg said. "I find it offensive that Bernie Sanders, who, the last time he ran, was in favor of that kind of a convention and now he's opposed to it."
Rosie Gray
Contact Rosie Gray at rosie.gray@buzzfeed.com.


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The Statewide Coordinating Council for Public Health (SCC) received an update at their September 19 meeting in Augusta. Shane Gallagher and Kate Marone, Accreditation Coordinators from Portland Public Health and Maine CDC respectively, provided a brief overview of Accreditation, followed by status updates from their agencies.
Maine CDC continues to prepare to apply for Accreditation, and plans to submit its application in January 2014. Portland Public Health applied in late spring, and is now gathering the necessary documents to submit to the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The Accreditation process includes gathering and preparing several hundred documents in order to demonstrate how the organization is meeting the 32 Accreditation Standards. Both agencies hope to achieve national Public Health Accreditation status by the end of 2014.


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Root of Cypriot economy's problems not economic but political, experts say
By Stelios Orphanides August 30, 2016 August 30, 2016 0120
The challenges Cyprus's economy faces are not the outcome of a series of unfortunate decisions which led to the 2013 crisis but instead are the symptoms of sick political system in which decision making does everything but serve public interest, an economist and a political analyst said.
Five months following the completion of Cyprus's adjustment programme, the Cypriot economy is growing at the fastest pace over the past eight years, but the political system seems ready to forget what caused billions of euros in wealth to evaporate overnight three-and-a-half years ago and return to the business as usual practices of the past, they said.
"The causes of our problems are not financial but have to do with the political system," economist Marios Clerides said in a telephone interview. "The quality of political decisions leaves a lot to be desired".
As a result of geopolitical upheaval in recent years which allowed the Cypriot tourism industry –and thus the economy– to perform better than expected, Cyprus's political system saw little reason for carrying out reforms included in its adjustment programme, which aimed at helping Cyprus improve its competitiveness, Clerides, a former banker who chairs the Cyprus Economic Society said. "It is not something that you can continue relying on. There is no guarantee that this year's favourable circumstances will continue".
"While in the adjustment programme, we simply took a few tax measures and fixed to some extent public finances," he said. "We carried out none of those reforms included in the memorandum of understanding which were to help the economy in the long run. We have forgotten what our previous plight was".
Debates on how to best utilise existing resources never take place as politicians are traditionally prepared to vote in favour of expenditure benefiting certain groups putting concerns aside how this would be financed "as if the state had unlimited resources," Clerides continued.
Instead for instance "of granting pay rises (to civil servants), it could be wiser to hire more teachers if their number is lower than needed" or invest in "a better healthcare system or better guaranteed minimum income or better infrastructure to attract foreign investment," he said. "We never discussed these things".
To political analyst Christophoros Christophorou, doesn't come as a surprise. "Generally, decision taking is not based on concrete studies by experts, universities, research centres or the very administration in order to support the rational and course of these decisions," he said.
In addition, and as a result, politicians decide without taking factors such as "sustainability" into account, said Christophorou, author of the Sustainable Governance report on Cyprus for the Bertelsmann Foundation who served in the past as head of the Press and Information Office. "From the moment on that there is no (underlying) study to look into all parameters and short-term and medium-term impacts, we can never know exactly what they can be".
In the 2015 Sustainable Governance report, Cyprus scored poorly and ranked 38th among the 41 countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
On top comes that a number political decisions serve "certain interest groups," such as the interest of certain organised professional groups and the interests of "the five to ten entrepreneurs we know who finance parties," as the Paphos municipality scandal demonstrated, instead of the public interest, the political analyst said, adding that a third group benefitting from political decisions are those linked to decision takers.
"The most illustrious example which has determined the course of the economy and life in Cyprus in general, is how land is used," Christophorou said. "Since 1960 until now and in particular following 1974, wealth has been accumulated in the hands of a few following as a result of changes of zoning which are usually known to the entrepreneurs beforehand".
While this type of decision making cannot guarantee sustainability on the one hand, it also leads to "so called unexpected results" which an elementary school pupil can predict, Christophorou said.
Political parties do not seem to matter that much as often a party which traditionally has a certain position in a particular issue may take a different position when it realises that nepotism and graft serve its interest in expanding its influence better, he added.
Grand scale land development projects including golf courses, which are generally constructed on agricultural land after a change of zone and propagated by successive governments as an enrichment of Cyprus's tourism industry, show "that graft is a determining element of all parties," he said.
Difference in policies are minimal also in other areas, Christophorou continued. While "Christofias delayed the signing of the memorandum of understanding (with Cyprus's international creditors) in order to preserve wage indexation" and avoid displeasing civil servants, –even as this came at a price–, the Anastasiades administration is also trying to be on good terms with their union PASYDY, Christophorou said. "Now they are talking about restoring all benefits".
Town planning and environmental standards are often sacrificed to serve the interests of few as the need to overcome the crisis became a convenient pretext, Christophorou continued.
Politicians should take into account that the economy is still not out of the woods even as it is expected to grow more than 2.5 per cent this year, economist Clerides said.
Cyprus's public debt, 108.9 per cent of economic output, "is somewhat high and the slightest false step could mean serious trouble," he said. "We were lucky that tourism did well. It's it good as it helps somewhat the recovery process but it would be a thousand times more preferable to see banks extend loans for investment in the productive sector than mortgages".
After all, "it is not the size of the debt that matters but why you borrow," he said. "It's one thing to borrow 300 per cent of gross domestic product in order to invest in new technologies and robotics and a different story to do so in order to consume or build mansions".
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La Poussière, la Sueur et la Poudre () est un anti-western américain réalisé par Dick Richards et sorti en 1972.

Synopsis
Le protagoniste du film est un adolescent, Ben Mokridge, qui rejoint la société d'élevage d'un ancien bandit dans l'espoir de devenir un vrai cow-boy. Alors qu'il prend part à un grand rassemblement de bétail, il se rend rapidement compte que le travail d'un gardien de troupeau n'est pas très romantique, mais qu'il comporte beaucoup de travail et de danger.

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 Titre français : La Poussière, la Sueur et la Poudre
 Titre original américain :  ou
 Réalisation : Dick Richards
 Scénario : Dick Richards, Eric Bercovici, Gregory Prentiss
 Photographie : Lawrence Edward Williams, Ralph Woolsey
 Montage : John F. Burnett, Desmond Marquette
 Effets spéciaux : Cliff Wenger
 Musique : Jerry Goldsmith (musique composée initialement pour  d'Irvin Kershner), Tom Scott
 Décors : Walter M. Scott
 Costumes : Theodore R. Parvin
 Maquillage : Del Armstrong
 Production : Paul Helmick, Jerry Bruckheimer
 Sociétés de production : 20th Century Fox
 Pays de production :
 Langue originale : anglais américain
 Format : Couleur - 1,85:1 - Son mono - 35 mm
 Genre : Anti-western
 Durée : 92 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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France :

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 Billy Bush, dit « Green » : Frank Culpepper
 Luke Askew : Luke
 Bo Hopkins : Dixie Brick
 Geoffrey Lewis : Russ
 Raymond Guth : Cook
 Wayne Sutherlin : Missoula
 Matt Clark : Pete
 Anthony James : Nathaniel
 Charles Martin Smith : Tim Slater
 Gregory Sierra : Rustler

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Film américain sorti en 1972
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Film tourné en Arizona
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Film avec une musique composée par Jerry Goldsmith
Premier long métrage sorti en 1972
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The United Nations has turned a noble report on child abuse into an assault on Catholic theology
Tim Stanley - The Telegraph - Mon, Feb 24th 2014
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published a report into child abuse that, rightly, criticises the Catholic Church's handling of this gravest of sins. It recommends that the Vatican "immediately remove all known and suspected child sexual abusers from assignment", that it refers all allegations to the police and that it open its files up to scrutiny. It's unlikely that anyone would disagree with these suggestions and the Church has slowly – too slowly – been adopting its policies to match that agenda for a decade. There's no denying that reform needs to be expedited and, hopefully, that is what Francis will do.
But what's very troubling is that the UN has wandered into areas that are well beyond its competence. The panel members have taken the opportunity to attack aspects of Catholic moral theology that are a) the Church's business and no one else's and b) are never going to change anyway.
On abortion:
The Committee urges the Holy See to review its position on abortion which places obvious risks on the life and health of pregnant girls and to amend Canon 1398 relating to abortion with a view to identifying circumstances under which access to abortion services can be permitted.
Right, so the UN is instructing the Vatican to do something that generations of liberals within the Church have never succeeded in doing. Good luck with that one. And the idea that dogma could be rewritten to permit a sin to occur under "certain circumstances" completely misunderstands the nature of morality. If something's wrong, it's wrong full stop. And the Church won't be permitting it because some secular panel told it to.
Next, gay rights:
The Committee also urges the Holy See to make full use of its moral authority to condemn all forms of harassment, discrimination or violence against children based on their sexual orientation or the sexual orientation of their parents and to support efforts at international level for the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
The Church already does condemn the persecution of gays and lesbians, albeit sometimes not loudly enough. From the Catechism: "They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided." Yes, there are some clerics who have ignored this instruction. They are wrong, the Catechism is right. Pray that they see sense.
And so it goes on – the UN tearing the faith apart for its views on everything from contraception to illegitimacy. The only surpise is that it doesn't conclude with, "And the Trinity makes no sense. Can you cut it down to just God the Mother?"
Whether you think the Catholic Church is the clarion of truth or an anachronism from the Medieval ages, there's no escaping the fact that this UN report represents a grotesque assault on freedom of thought. Most Catholics accept that their Church has no right to interfere in the workings of the state, that the state's separation from the Church is right and proper. But it works both ways: the Church has to be free from state interference, too.
And the report could be taken an insult to the noble cause of tackling child abuse. The UN's investigation is an important one, and it owes it to those it is trying to help to focus on the subject at hand. But the panel risks reducing the power of its findings by giving the impression that it is pursuing a political agenda. It's hard not to read this as a liberal assault upon the beliefs of millions of Catholics – an act of hubris on the part of the UN. A secular sin, if you will.
Tim Stanley
Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His biography of Pat Buchanan is out now. His personal website is www.timothystanley.co.uk and you can follow him on Twitter @timothy_stanley.


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Different perspectives – A strategic approach to change in the ADR industry
By Tresca Rodrigues
The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) industry is at a pivotal point of change and its ability to respond effectively is vital for future success.
Changes to the ADR landscape (EU ADR Directive, the government's civil justice agenda, legal aid cuts) have pushed dispute resolution away from the expense of a lengthy court process. These changes continue to gain further momentum with the recent Civil Justice Council's recommendation on the use of online dispute resolution (ODR) to settle claims valued under 25K. This would use online ADR as the major component in the resolution process.
All of this has thrust ADR services into the limelight as a much-needed alternative that should stand up to robust scrutiny as being fit for purpose, cost-effective, transparent and accountable.
It must deliver consistently high quality services across the EU board. The public should feel confident in assuming the same level of service regardless of which UK sector the dispute falls within or which member state deals with a sectoral dispute.
Identifying the issue
The ADR Directive has set a minimum baseline standard for accessibility and service quality for EU schemes dealing with consumer issues. Currently, the ADR landscape across member states is extremely varied with differing levels of experience, maturity and approaches. These factors mean that, despite the baseline standard, consumers will continue to be faced with a disparity in accessibility and quality levels, depending on which ADR scheme they use. Therefore, while the setting of minimum standards is an important first step, it doesn't fully achieve the Directive's aim of a 'holistic' approach with 'consistent' quality.
While ADR bodies must meet the set minimum standards, they must also continually strive to improve in order to be responsive and agile in today's changing environment. To do this, and maintain consistency, a coordinated approach to evolving best practice would make sure all providers can move forward together.
Addressing the issue
An approach could be employed that initially involves defining the elements of what makes good ADR practice. Best practice from current schemes, research and latest developments can then be amalgamated, distilled and translated into a single overarching self-regulatory framework. This framework can be shared with ADR bodies to implement best practice as well as providing a guide to competent authorities as part of their certification process.
Essentially, the framework would define good practice principles for use by ADR providers. These can be converted into practical templates, toolkits, with examples taken from existing schemes (indicating which elements work best under certain conditions). By working this way, new ADR schemes can develop and mature quickly while current schemes can be further improved where deficiencies exist.
The framework could have an essential 'core' element that covers how to deliver the Directive's requirements practically – while still allowing for flexibility to cater for the different way schemes operate.
It would also cover two further objectives. Firstly, increasing the core offering to give more depth and the expansion of best practice areas, such as:
dispute prevention
consumer vulnerability
publishing of decisions and complaint data
Secondly, proactively identifying ways to take full advantage of emerging trends, wider peer-group thinking and technological developments including:
the full benefits of ODR
the potential of data analytics for complaint intelligence (including big data)
This would provide a robust comprehensive framework that remains relevant in a changing landscape as well as having a more powerful voice in advocating positive change through policy and practice.
It has been proposed that creating and advertising a recognisable brand may raise consumer awareness of ADR. The brand promotes the vision of "This is who we are. This is what we do". The framework underpins that by saying "This is how we will deliver that vision".
The Ombudsman Association (OA) might be well-placed to oversee this process in its role as a promoter of good practice within complaint handling.
Consistent ADR quality EU-wide through shared best practice
To promote consistent ADR quality across the EU, Article 16 of the Directive calls for member states to conduct regular exchanges of best practices. It also states that the Commission shall support and facilitate the networking of national ADR entities and the exchange and dissemination of their best practices and experiences. Therefore, with the Commission's support, could a new function be set up to allow collaboration between member state ADR representatives (possibly OA for the UK) to set and share best practice via a single online EU-wide platform that all ADR bodies can access?
This platform could also support the call for cooperation between ADR entities and national enforcement authorities to report recurring issues (Directive's Article 17). It is likely that some established providers may already have in place the appropriate technology and processes to obtain this intelligence.
Facilitating the sharing of this 'know-how' across all ADR providers would help achieve this objective.
A shared platform will also enable smoother coordination between states to promote the ADR brand, in a consistent way across the EU.
Changes in the market have shone the spotlight on ADR to provide an effective way to resolve disputes. How we adapt to these inevitable changes is crucial. There is a limited window of opportunity to put in place the right structures and processes by effective collaborative working, so avoiding duplication of effort. There is a strong business case for doing so. This would include:
the provision of a high quality, affordable and accessible justice for all
driving the EU single market economy
gaining public trust and confidence
the effective channeling of resources
the relevance of services in an evolving environment


During the June 5, 2018 Town Council meeting, there was a discussion on MUNIS. MUNIS is the computer software used by the town to control the majority of its business. This software package cost the taxpayers $680,000.00 for a period of 7 years.
The first mistake was taking advise from someone who had absolutely no credentials or certifications in the Information Technology field. She never thought to professional advice first.
The second mistake is pushing the Town Council into entering into a 7 year contract without first having the software installed and seeing how it would work for the town.
This is yet another example of the Town Manager duping the Town Council into getting her way. On June 5th at the meeting, she did it again and no one realized it. Instead of providing all the options and information, she left off a very important fact, "What is the cost of termination this contract?" To me and the Council because they asked, this information would be critical to making a sound decision but neither the Finance Director nor the Town Manager had that information. This is how she has always manipulated the Town Council.
The Town Council voted to spend $5,000.00 tax dollars on an assessment verses terminating this contract and going with another software package. Having the information on the penalty to terminate the contract early may have had an impact on the decision by the Town Council.
Chairman Ward should have tabled any further discussion until the Town Manager was able to provide ALL information needed for the Council to make a sound and logical decision. It should be a rule that if all the information is not available at the time of the discussion, the item will be tabled until all information is available to the Council. Information needed to make decisions by the Town Council is conveniently not available. This is how our Town Council is being forced to make decisions that the Town Manager wants.
The Town Manager is being paid over $90,000.00 yearly and should be providing better recommendations to our Town Council.


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Single Working Women Locked Out of Rental Market
Ellie Cooper
Single working women are being locked out of Melbourne's rental market, with only 25 per cent of suburbs affordable today, compared to 50 per cent a decade ago.
Ellie Cooper | 4 October 2016 at 11:51 am
New data analysis from Council to Homeless Persons found a woman on the average wage of $882 a week could only afford to rent a one-bedroom flat alone in 28 out of Melbourne's 106 suburbs without suffering the rental stress of paying more than 30 per cent of a low income on rent.
In 2007 single working women could afford to rent in 52 suburbs. The suburbs which have become unaffordable over the past decade include Northcote, Brunswick, Preston, Essendon and Caulfield.
Council to Homeless Persons CEO Jenny Smith told Pro Bono Australia News gender inequalities made women particularly vulnerable in the rental market.
"Women still earn less money than men and have less superannuation than men," Smith said.
"And many women have gone into the role of the bringing up a family and being in and out of the workforce, working part time, and then find themselves single later in life.
"Even young people now, if they're working, just the impact of the rise in housing prices, which then flows down into the cost of rent means that the proportion of income that single women are having to spend on housing is higher than their income."
She said the surprising finding from the analysis was housing affordability problem was creeping into new demographics.
"We all understand that we're in a situation with housing in Australia that [for] people who haven't got very much disposable income and very little savings, when a health issue arises or a loss of job or family violence or a relationship breakdown occurs, something like that tips you towards homelessness," she said.
"But these figures show us that even a single woman on the average wage really can't afford to live anywhere in Melbourne, and I think you'd see the same pattern around the country.
"I think at the moment, nationally, we don't actually have a plan in place for tackling the unaffordability of housing, and the inevitable increase in the prices of housing pushes through to every part of the housing sector from people trying to get into homeownership as well as renters, and certainly we're now seeing something that's been a crisis for people at the lower end of the market now creeping into being the situation for average people.
"So in the absence of any federal plan to do anything about this, I think it's inevitable that more and more it's going to be the norm for us to be spending more on putting a roof over our head than we can afford."
Smith called on governments to address the housing affordability crisis by changing current tax systems.
"We've really got to stop inflating the housing market through capital gains tax and negative gearing," she said.
"We need state governments to be introducing inclusionary zoning where every time there is a housing development or redevelopment there is consideration for low-cost housing as part of those developments and redevelopments.
"And we need governments to be investing in social housing, we need to be housing our population effectively in order to be a healthy and productive community.
"And clearly it's going to require leadership at both federal and state level."
Ellie Cooper | Journalist | @ProBonoNews
Ellie Cooper is a journalist covering the social sector.
Tags : Council to Homeless Persons, Housing Affordability, Jenny Smith, Melbourne, single women, working women,
Try being a single mother of a toddler in Sydney when working two jobs is just enough to afford a one bedroom small flat. I.e. sharing a bedroom with my daughter and still paying 50% of my wage to rent…
Katie Rusty says:
One of the reasons we have a housing crisis is that we are taking too many Immigrants into Australia.
Australia takes in over 140,000 people each year. These Immigrants come to Australia in the hopes that they can start a new career but they are unable to do that without any local work experience. So in effect they are locked out of employment opportunities, and then they are placed on Centrelink
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Last week the City's Public Service Director, Gene Roberts gave a presentation to City Council concerning options to consider regarding possible changes to trash service management in Kent. As you probably know, Kent residents currently make arrangements with a private trash hauler for trash service on their own (also known as a trash free-for-all). This is the first city I've worked in that didn't manage trash service in any way and based on Gene's research I tend to agree that it's time to at least look at our options. Many communities have decided that there are advantages to their residents to have the city participate in managing trash services and Gene described those advantages to City Council in his presentation.
After Gene's presentation, City Council voted to allow staff to continue to research this issue and they asked us to bring back a recommendation later this year for Council to consider.
Here's the memo that started it all and if you scroll all the way down you can watch Gene's powerpoint from the Council meeting.
On October 25, 2006, Kent City Council requested staff to investigate City Wide Trash Hauler Franchising and during discussions of the Pending List Council was informed that they would be provided an update prior to the end of summer. The following information and attached matrix is provide of Council's consideration. During our preliminary informational investigation, several positive issues surfaced and some issues which create concern but as an initial summary, the potential for citywide trash pickup service seems very plausible.
Staff investigated the feasibility of implementation of a City Wide Trash Hauler Franchise. What was learned is there appears to be a wide range of methods currently in place and being used by other Cities. The most simple of methods is bidding trash service for a community's residents allowing for rate stability and equality and the trash hauler companies work for and invoice directly the individual residents. The other end of the spectrum includes City's where municipal employees and equipment are used to pickup residents' trash.
Currently in the City there are eight companies licensed by the Health Department to operate in the City. The Health Department licensure process is designed to verify that the equipment operating in the City is safe from a health standpoint (i.e. that trash trucks are not leaking fluids onto the City streets). Using a factor of 75-percent of the eight licensed companies operating on each city street equates to six trash trucks on each City street collecting trash weekly.
Operationally there are a few trash haulers that could collect all trash from all residential property in one day. However, it is reported that if the City could be divided into quarters additional companies could bid based on their current available equipment and manpower. Dividing the City into quarters has the additional benefit of trash removal operations four days a week thus placing equipment in the City to respond to requests for additional services as requested by the City.
Discussions continued regarding bidding the franchise to include the total City or individual quadrants of the City. Two issues surfaced, first the potential for service cost differential between different areas of the City and second the possibility that one quadrant may not receive bids.
Review has determined that typical franchise agreements in other communities are for 5-years. The agreements are structured as 3-years at a guaranteed price with two one-year options to be exercised by the City. Typically negotiations with the vendor that demonstrates an increased operational cost such as cost of fuel, labor or dumping charges are the bases for a cost increases to the trash hauler. Additionally the agreements typically include a fuel surcharge and land fill fees increase clause that defines when and if additional costs associated with increased operating costs could be passed to the City.
The last topic investigated is how to handle commercial and industrial accounts. The recommendation that the City not venture into the commercial and industrial trash service because of the major differential that occurs between commercial and industrial versus residential accounts. As an example, some commercial accounts receive daily or every other day pickup where others require every other week pickup. Industrial accounts depending on what is deposited in a dumpster may require special handling.
We respectfully request Council Agenda time to discuss staff preliminary findings and determine Councils interest in continuing further staff efforts to determine detail contract, costs and operational specifics for implementation of Citywide Residential Franchise Trash Collection Service.
CLICK HERE to review Gene's powerpoint presentation.


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A third of patients do not have access to the orphan medicine that they need and another third only have access after waiting years. More recently, some important medicines are not being made available because of their high prices & high impact on healthcare budgets.
In 2015, the European Patients' Forum (EPF) and EURORDIS launched a call on the national authorities responsible for medicines pricing and reimbursement within EU Member States to collaborate on medicines pricing at a European level, all with the aim of improving patient access to medicines.
The increasing number of rare disease therapies approved is good news for patients and public health but it puts pressure on national healthcare budgets. Wider access to orphan medicines needs to be reconciled with the need to make health systems sustainable. Our common objective should be more, better, cheaper treatments that are available faster.
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Decisions on reimbursement of a medicine should remain with national authorities but there should be pan-European collaboration. EPF and EURORDIS are therefore calling on national pricing & reimbursement authorities to create a European-level table for price negotiation. This table will enable national authorities to take a collaborative European approach to negotiating the prices of medicines with pharmaceutical companies, rather than one that is fragmented across different countries, or even at the regional or hospital level.
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