Is Portland America's best airport?
The nation's favorite large airport, according to the poll of 39,000 North American travelers? It's Portland International (PDX), for the second year in a row, scoring 786 on a 1,000-point scale.
In its 11th annual survey of traveler satisfaction with U.S. airports, J.D. Power and Associates found that customers are a little happier overall with the airport experience than they were last year – but the company suggests that may not last, as some facilities are embarking on huge construction projects that will impede passenger access.
Tampa came in second (775) and Las Vegas McCarran ranked third (759). The lowest satisfaction score among the 31 large airports in the study went to New York LaGuardia (649), just below Newark Liberty International (669). Also ranking in the bottom five were Philadelphia, Chicago O'Hare and Boston Logan.
The average score for the group was 724, and San Francisco International barely topped that at 725, while Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson rated 733. Los Angeles International was sixth from the bottom at 702.
Among medium-sized airports, the top three, in descending order, were Indianapolis, Buffalo and Ft. Myers/Southwest Florida. Cleveland Hopkins was dead last with a 704 score, just below Maui's Kahului and Connecticut's Bradley International, both at 724; and Oakland International, at 726. Ranking slightly above the median score of 760 were San Jose at 761 and Orange County/John Wayne at 765.
J.D. Power noted that the overall increase in the average satisfaction score — 731 this year vs. 725 in 2015 —came despite increased passenger traffic of 5 to 6 percent nationwide.
But the polling firm warns that passenger satisfaction could be damaged by big construction projects in the works at some major airports. "This heavy construction will make it more difficult for travelers to access the airport and, once there, it will likely make it even more difficult to navigate the crowded terminals," the company said.
In many cases, it's more about the airport terminal than the airport overall. For example, the new TBIT International terminal at LAX is awesome, but the rest of the airport leaves a lot to be desired. And anyone who has flown Southwest via SFO's slouchy (now under renovation) Terminal 1 should know that it's a far cry from the world class Terminal 2 or United's nice T3E boarding area. Same goes for JFK- some terminals (like Delta's new T4) are nice, others not so much.
Readers, do you agree with J.D. Power's poll results? Which airport do you consider the best or worst, and why?
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Of those who do use the apps, only 17 percent said they do so daily or weekly, while 26 percent use them at least once a month and 56 percent do so less frequently than that. Why? Pew says "With some exceptions, they are largely only available in and around urban areas." It notes, not surprisingly, that Uber or Lyft are most popular among young adults, urbanites and college grads.
Check out the Pew Survey here for some more enlightening numbers about the use of ride hailing services.
In related news this week Uber rolled out a new app for business customers – and it's not for smartphones.
Instead, it's for tablet computers. It's called UberCENTRAL, and companies can use it to order rides for their customers, clients and guests. The app can handle multiple ride requests simultaneously, and provides for payment by the company and centralized billing and reporting from different locations.
When a company orders a ride for a customer, that person will receive a text message informing them of the trip and driver, along with a link to a live map to facilitate pick-ups.
The company said UberCENTRAL works on any tablet and with any browser, and it is now available for use in the U.S. and Canada.
In other ground transportation news, JetBlue said this week that its new Silicon Valley-based venture capital subsidiary, JetBlue Technology Ventures, is putting money into a four-year-old tech star-up called Mozio. JetBlue said the San Francisco-based company's mission "is to build the ultimate urban mobility app," one that allows consumers to book shuttles, taxis, limos, express trains, buses and public transit from one interface.
Have you ever moved your business away from one airline to another that had better in-flight Wi-Fi service? According to a new survey, an increasing number of travelers are doing just that.
The poll of more than 1,000 U.S. air travelers, conducted by Honeywell, uncovered a growing dissatisfaction with current Wi-Fi service, and rising expectations for faster, more reliable in-flight Internet connections.
"Passengers are serious about getting the best in-flight Wi-Fi experience possible. To avoid losing passengers and revenue, airlines need a connectivity service that is reliable all the time, no matter where they fly," said Carl Esposito, vice president, Marketing and Product Management, Honeywell Aerospace, which supplies airlines with wi-fi systems.
Almost three out of four passengers said they would switch airlines to get a better Wi-Fi link – and 21 percent said they have already done so, giving up on their preferred carrier for another with better service (up from 17 percent in a similar 2014 poll).
Only 22 percent said their in-flight Wi-Fi was "extremely reliable" over the past year, compared with 27 percent who said so in 2014.
What kind of quality are travelers looking for? Eighty-three percent said in-flight Wi-Fi should be fast enough to stream video content from sites like Youtube and Netflix; 90 percent feel they should be able to get a reliable Internet link throughout their flight anywhere in the world; and 84 percent said they want a Wi-Fi signal that is as good as what they have at home or in their office.
As you might expect, in-flight Wi-Fi quality is more important to Millennial travelers (born between 1982-1998) than their older counterparts, with a larger percentage of Millennials (27 percent, vs. 15 percent of older flyers) reporting that they have switched carriers for a better experience, and requiring speeds fast enough for content streaming (89 percent vs. 77 percent).
Readers: Rate your overall inflight wi-fi experiences over the last year in the comments!
What are your odds of scoring the frequent flyer award seats you want, on the dates you want? The odds change over time, but the latest (i.e., 2016) annual study of availability by IdeaWorks Company and Switchfly suggests that Delta SkyMiles members are seeing significantly better odds this year, while availability declined on Alaska, United and especially American.
But among the U.S. carriers covered in the survey, Southwest's award seat availability was head and shoulders above everyone else's, with JetBlue running second.
The survey team made more than 7,000 queries during March for at least two roundtrip award seats on the websites of 25 airline loyalty programs worldwide. They requested travel on dates from June through October, looking for the lowest-priced (i.e. "saver style") award seats.
As for other large U.S. carriers, the success rate on queries to Delta was 68.6 percent, an improvement of 10.7 points over the 2015 survey. The comparable rate on United was 72.1 percent, down 2.9 points. For Alaska it was 72.9 percent, down 7.1 points. And for American, the success rate was just 56.4 percent, a drop of 10.7 percent from 2015.
Virgin America was not included in the study.
The report noted that availability varies considerably based on the month of travel. For 2016, the best availability was in September (84.3 percent) and October (84.8 percent), while the worst was in July (53.1 percent). It also observed that long-haul rewards can be especially elusive in the summer months. "Some airlines radically reduce reward inventory for long-haul travel during June, July and August. This is often a major source of member frustration," the report said.
Readers: Is it getting easier to use you miles and points….or not? Please leave your comments below.
Are passengers really happy with air travel?
Is U.S. airline service getting better? Or are passengers just becoming more resigned to things as they are?
According to J.D. Power's just-released 2016 North American Airline Satisfaction Survey, respondents' satisfaction with their air travel experience is at a 10-year high, reaching an overall score of 726 on the company's 1,000-point scale, up 9 points from last year.
But it also noted that a 12-point improvement this year in satisfaction with costs and fees is partly due to the fact that "passengers are more tolerant of paying ancillary fees such as baggage fees or fees for extra legroom." It also noted that the score for in-flight services (650) is still "the lowest-scoring factor overall" in satisfaction levels; other factors include costs and fees, boarding/deplaning/baggage, flight crew, aircraft, check-in and the reservations process.
The survey splits airlines into "traditional" carriers and "low-cost" carriers, although the distinctions don't seem as significant as they once did (and for some reason, it does not include Virgin America or Spirit Airlines in the survey). Once again, "low-cost" carriers got the highest overall scores, with JetBlue in first place with 790 – its 12th year at the top of the J.D. Power charts. Southwest scored 789. The highest score for a "traditional" carrier was Alaska at 751.
United had the lowest score among traditional airlines at 675, while Frontier ranked at the bottom in the low-cost category at 662.
In a companion survey on airline loyalty programs – which did not divide the airlines into two categories — the same airlines dominated the results, with Alaska's Mileage Plan earning the highest score (757) for the third year in a row, followed by Southwest's Rapid Rewards at 754 and JetBlue's TrueBlue at 743. United also took the bottom spot in the loyalty survey, with Mileage Plus earning a score of 673.
J.D. Power recognized that loyalty programs at major carriers are changing from mileage-based to spending-based schemes, although it didn't ask respondents what they thought about that. It said the most significant factor for travelers in rating loyalty programs is still the ease of redeeming points/miles.
What do you think about the airline survey, readers? Are J.D. Power surveys worth reporting on?
A new consumer survey finds that Americans love the air travel experience – they even love all those fees!
A4A said its online survey of more than 3,000 consumers found that fully 80 percent of them "are satisfied or very satisfied with air travel." Only six percent were somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied, A4A said. That seems pretty low based on the mountain of complaints we get at TravelSkills, but we are probably lightning rods when it comes to complaints.
When queried about the old air fare system where most things were included in the price vs. the new "a la carte pricing" system where most things carry an extra fee, "two-thirds of travelers said they prefer to pay only for the items and services they want 'so my ticket ends up being less expensive.'" Was that how they phrased the survey question? If so, it just goes to show how easily a pollster can get the results he or she wants.
It's important to note that this was not a survey of business travelers but a broad cross-section of the public, and A4A said that only 45 percent of U.S. adults traveled by air in the past year (although 81 percent had done so sometime in their lives). The survey group covered all the demographic bases, and 86 percent of them said that price is the biggest single factor in their decision to fly instead of using another form of transportation or staying home.
By contrast, the majority (57 percent) of "road warriors" in the survey (i.e., those who fly 12 or more times a year) said their biggest concerns are comfort and inflight options such as seat outlets, wi-fi and entertainment, in addition to logistics – airline schedules and routes.
The increasing affordability of air travel has indeed led to a sort of democratization of the skies, the survey found: Whereas business trips accounted for 47 percent of all air travel 20 years ago, A4A said, that number has now dropped to 31 percent. Everyone else is flying for personal or leisure purposes.
Apparently the survey didn't give respondents a chance to evaluate the things they might not like about the air travel experience. It provided no data about respondents' opinions on seat size, service quality, airport lines and so on. Nor did it address the inevitable results of cramming a cross-section of society into cramped seats in a metal tube for a few hours: Google the term "air rage" and you'll get more than 3.4 million search results. Or just bring up the topic at your next cocktail party and you'll stir up plenty of prattle!
Consumer complaints to the Transportation Department about air travel jumped 34 percent last year, but FAA reauthorization legislation currently in the Senate tacked on only a few modest provisions to make life easier for travelers, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More significant reforms, like defining acceptable seat dimensions and requiring airlines to justify all those fees, were rejected.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) commented: "I know there are some who think we should go further and re-regulate the airline industry, but we know deregulation has helped make air travel more accessible and more affordable for families and business travelers." He sounded very much like an A4A press release.
Let's take a TravelSkills poll and see how our view of the airline experience stacks up against the A4A findings. How would you rate your satisfaction with airlines?
How would you rate your satisfaction with the current air travel experience?
A new survey of business travelers confirms what many already know: That enrolling in the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck program makes life a lot easier.
That mirrors the results of our own recent reader survey, which gave positive marks to PreCheck from those who belong to it.
The new survey, from the Global Business Travel Association, finds that PreCheck membership impacts not only a road warrior's satisfaction with the airport security experience, but also with his or her flight.
It found that fully two-thirds of travelers enrolled in PreCheck expressed satisfaction with the way they moved through airport security, vs. only 47 percent who do not belong to the expedited screening program. Two-thirds of PreCheck enrollees also expressed satisfaction with their flight experience, vs. 54 percent of non-members.
Of the surveyed business travelers who are already in PreCheck, those age 55-plus showed a much greater participation rate than others: 51 percent of those Boomer travelers are in PreCheck, compared with 37 percent of GenXers (age 35-54) and only 32 percent of Millennials (18-34).
On other subjects, the poll found that business travelers are increasingly satisfied with the formerly odious task of expense reporting, no doubt thanks to the adoption of digital tools for that task by their employers. Surprisingly, Boomers seem to be adapting to the new electronic expense reporting environment better than the supposedly tech-savvy younger crowd. Four-fifths of Boomer business travelers said they were very satisfied with the way they keep track of receipts, and 74 percent said the same about expense reporting; for Millennials, the comparable figures were 59 percent and 55 percent.
One thing the Millennial road warriors excel at is extending a business trip for leisure purposes: 43 percent of them said they had done so recently,. compared with about a third of Boomers and GenXers.
In other findings, GBTA said convenient scheduling continues to be the most important single factor in a business traveler's selection and booking of flights, cited by 33 percent of those surveyed, with price in second place (27 percent) and frequent flyer program considerations in third (20 percent). And almost half said that their company requires them to follow its travel policy guidelines when booking trips.
As the year draws to a close, we'd like to thank you for your support and attention! TravelSkills has been getting bigger and better all year, adding helpful new content and also bringing on a lot of new readers (now more than 100,000 per month!).
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FEWER FREEBIES AT SKY CLUBS. With little notice, Delta has moved several beverages from the Sky Club complimentary bar menu to the Luxury Bar pay menu. You'll now be asked to pay for beers like Heineken or local brews, liqueurs such as Bailey's and other popular pops. We contacted Delta to determine what it still offers at no charge at Sky Clubs and a spokesperson sent over this list of the free stuff: Vodka – Gordon's; Gin – Gordon's; Rum – Myers's Platinum; Scotch – Scoresby; Bourbon – Jack Daniel's; Sweet & Dry Vermouth – Martini & Rossi; Beer- Budweiser & Miller Lite; Wine- no changes. Delta also sent us the new Luxury Bar Menu, effective May 15. Which of your favorite adult beverages has disappeared from the "complimentary" list and what are the new prices? Please leave your comments below.
Delta now operates from T4 and T2 at JFK. The old Pan Am Worldport will soon be gone.
DELTA'S JFK EXTENSION. On May 24, Delta took the wraps off its new digs at New York- JFK, which will replace the now shuttered vintage Pan Am Worldport, or Terminal 3. Delta is currently demolishing that leaky old Mad-Men-era terminal to allow easier movement and more parking between terminals 2 and 4. It's important to note that Terminal 4 is not brand new—it's been around since 2001– but Delta has completely remodeled and lengthened the B-side space adding nine new gates to the existing seven. The new terminal also features TSA PreCheck, something that many international terminals do not have presently. New dining options include an outpost of Manhattan's favorite burger joint, Shake Shack. T4's opening also gives Sky Club members their first look at a new SkyDeck, an open-air, glassed-walled terrace overlooking the tarmac—great for spotting all those exotic tails that float around JFK runways. Outdoor seating and umbrellas are a great way to get some fresh air. A similar SkyDeck will open later this year in Atlanta's F concourse. The Sky Club at JFK's T4 is now Delta's largest. Many domestic flights and nearly all Delta Connection flights will continue to use Terminal 2 (JFK's oldest), while most Delta transcons and all international flights will now use T4. By 2015, Delta will add an additional 11 gates to T4.
DELTA WAITS IT OUT. Earlier this month CEO Richard Anderson said that Delta is in no hurry to order new aircraft like the Boeing 737 Max or Airbus A320neo. He said Delta would rather have other airlines test them first to work through any kinks such as the recent battery issues exhibited by the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. He said that not only does this allow for a more efficient rollout of aircraft within its fleet, but it also allows for more affordable pricing when it comes time to upgrade a fleet. Delta is, however, taking new Boeing 737-900s in the coming years, but these are already being flown by a number of airlines including United, Delta's closest domestic rival at the moment.
MORE PRECHECK AT ATL. Atlanta's north security checkpoint now has a TSA Pre-Check lane for expedited security. The north checkpoint is used primarily by non-Delta flyers, which means Southwest/AirTran travelers will eventually enjoy speedier access once it joins in on the PreCheck fun. Southwest will only say that it is working on getting into PreCheck…nothing certain yet. If it wants to compete with Delta for business travelers in Atlanta, it frankly needs to get on the stick and become part of PreCheck. Agree?
FLAWS IN RECENT AIRLINE SURVEY. IdeaWorks' fourth annual survey of airline award seat availability ranked Delta dead last. But to be fair, we must point out that the survey only used airline websites to gauge availability, and we all know that Delta's is pretty dismal when it comes to redemptions. IdeaWorks searched for two tickets on 280 different dates, at the restricted award levels. Southwest clocked in at first place, and Delta tied with US Airways for the worst among domestic airlines. By picking up the phone (after doing significant research via other websites like AirFrance.us via its Flying Blue program), Delta flyers usually find much more open space. But, the survey does not reveal that. What was accurate and fair about the survey was that it ranks Delta much higher for close-in availability as award seats are often released more freely within two weeks of departure.
ON THE OTHER HAND, KUDOS. On a brighter note, Delta ranked as the top legacy carrier in the recent JD Power survey. It also ranked second best (after Southwest) among majors in a recent Consumer Reports survey. It's easy to pick on the dominant, hometown carrier…but compared to its peers, Delta's sitting pretty these days.What do you think? Do Atlantans whine too much about Delta when they might have the best of the bunch in their own backyard? Please leave your comments below.
THOUGHT DELTA WAS SNEAKY? Delta is not the only airline monetizing its upgrade programs. For example, passengers can bid how many miles or how much money they are willing to spend to upgrade on long flights. Air New Zealand, Austrian, Etihad, and Virgin Atlantic are all offering this type of program. Customers can still use miles for business class seats, but this new auction system allows the demand to ratchet up the price on busy flights putting more money in the airline coffers. It also helps to fill seats that would otherwise go empty making low bidders quite happy (although the cheapest fares are often restricted). Could Delta be next? What do you think about such an idea? Please leave your comments below.
NEW SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS. Atlanta will see additional Southwest flights to New Orleans, New York LaGuardia, St. Louis, West Palm Beach beginning Nov. 3. Also on that date, AirTran's Atlanta to San Juan flight will switch to Southwest instead of an AirTran plane with business class.
CURTAIN CALL FOR AIRTRAN BUSINESS CLASS. AirTran regulars may have noticed that there are no longer curtains between business and coach class. This removal is part of the alignment with the Southwest model and preparation for operating with a single cabin of service. So its buh-bye business class…but at least it's a long buh-bye!
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PLUS PORTLAND. MINUS SEATTLE. Delta partner Alaska Airlines will add a new Boeing 737-800 nonstop between ATL and Portland, Oregon on August 26. When the Portland-Atlanta route begins Aug. 26, Alaska Air will reduce its Seattle-Atlanta route to once daily.
FLINT. With AirTran/Southwest out of the picture on the ATL-Flint, Michigan route, Delta is deploying a larger A319 on the route, adding 60 extra seats between the two cities starting in June. Delta is currently using an RJ on the route. With Delta as the only nonstop in the market, you can only guess which direction prices have gone recently….


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Q: image_window is not found Dlib Python package on MS Windows I am currently dealing with object recognition and decided to use Dlib, however python package cannot find the image_window() function on MS Windows machine.
The example code:
import dlib
from skimage import io

detector = dlib.get_frontal_face_detector()
img = io.imread('obama.jpg')
faces = detector(img)

for d in faces:
    print "left,top,right,bottom:", d.left(), d.top(), d.right(), d.bottom()

win = dlib.image_window()
win.set_image(img)
win.add_overlay(faces)

I get the following error:

'module' object has no attribute 'image_window'

An answer is proposed on https://github.com/davisking/dlib/issues/7 , however since I downloaded the package via conda, I cannot recompile it.

A: This might be due to a bug in one of dlib's cmake scripts that caused certain things to not be built unless cmake was run twice.  However, this has been fixed. So if you pull the latest code from dlib's github repository it should work without issue now.

A: i use "conda install -c conda-forge dlib=19.0"
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In the late 90s I was employed by the University of Cape Town to co-ordinate a course for 'street photographers' (freelance photographers working within informal settlements in Cape Town). After a while we split from the institution and formed Umlilo, the first non-profit organisation for 'street photographers' in the city. This organisation provided a hub from which a previously disorganised fraternity could mobilise itself. The core of Umlilo has since gone on to form Impilo Yethu whose activities are represented in many places on the internet.
Through my friendship with various studio photographers I gained access to their places of work – usually small tin shacks. The end of this gallery also features work by my friend Dumile Mbebe.
These photographs of studios have been shown at the Michael Stevenson Gallery, are part of the permanent collection of the South African National Gallery and have been included on other shows outside of South Africa too, including Olvida quien soy [Erase me from who I am] at the Centro Atlantico de Art Moderno in the Canary Islands, during 2006.


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Socionext's New Media Edge Server with Codec Functionality Enables Expanded Video Data Utilization Solutions
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Data Analysis and Capturing Meta-Data Allows Use of More Value-Added Video Data
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 18, 2017 /CNW/ -- Socionext Inc., a global expert in SoC-based imaging and computing solutions, has developed a prototype of a media edge server, the M820, which features the company's hybrid codec technology. A demonstration utilizing TeraFaces®, the face recognition software provided by Tera Probe, Inc., will be showcased during the upcoming Medtec Japan at Tokyo Big Sight April 19-21, and at the NAB show at the Las Vegas Convention Center April 24-27.
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The M820 is a new media edge server equipped with Socionext's multi-format codec MB86M30 and high- efficiency SC2A11A central processor. The M820 features Socionext's hybrid codec technology, the optimal combination of high-speed data processing using dedicated hardware and flexible, software-based processing by a general-purpose CPU. It enables data processing such as video decoding and encoding, meta-data capturing through real-time analysis, and meta-data integration to the original video. The high value-added data generated by the M820 can be used for additional complex and sophisticated processes, including its use with artificial intelligence (AI) in the cloud.
As an example of solutions enabled by the M820 server, Socionext has demonstrated real-time data processing using the face recognition software "TeraFaces", to detect positions of individual faces in a video, then identify if those individuals match the faces of those who were registered, and then integrate the generated information with the video data.
Socionext will showcase the solution at the upcoming Medtec Japan and the annual NAB show. With the M820, Socionext will continue to propose new solutions in various fields where data analysis and hybrid codec technology can be utilized.
About Medtec Japan
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Main Specifications of M820
LAN port
Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) x2
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HEVC/AVC/MPEG2 multi format codec
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About TeraFaces
TeraFaces is a face recognition software provided by Tera Probe, Inc. It detects feature points of people's faces in the video (center of an eye, edge of lips, etc.), measures the distances between these feature points, then identify individuals by matching these data. Images of human faces vary daily due to hairstyles, facial expressions, growth, aging, orthography, shaping, sickness, injury and so on. Data correction for authenticating without being affected by these factors is a big challenge, in order for the technology to be used in practical use. TeraFaces has achieved the world-class face recognition rate, by solving the data correction issue.
"TeraFace" is a registered trademark of Tera Probe, Inc., located in Japan, China and the United States.
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Socionext is a new, innovative enterprise that designs, develops and delivers System-on-Chip products to customers worldwide. The company is focused on imaging, networking, computing and other dynamic technologies that drive today's leading-edge applications. Socionext combines world-class expertise, experience, and an extensive IP portfolio to provide exceptional solutions and ensure a better quality of experience for customers. Founded in 2015, Socionext Inc. is headquartered in Yokohama, and has offices in Japan, Asia, United States and Europe to lead its product development and sales activities.
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Gábos, A., Branyiczki, R., Binder, B. and Tóth I. Gy. (2019). Employment and poverty dynamics before, during and after the crisis. In: B. Cantillon, T. Goedemé and J. Hills (eds): Decent incomes for all Improving Policies in Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 34-55.


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WAG to host Sunshine State Book Festival
Ronnie Lovler
Some members of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville who are also part of the committee putting on the Sunshine State Book Festival plot out event details. The festival will be held January 27-28. (From left) Jenifer Dearinger, Bonnie Ogle, Pat Caren, Richard Gartee and Mallory O'Connor. (Courtesy of Writers Alliance of Gainesville)
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It's that time of year again for the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) to host its Sunshine State Book Festival to bring writers and readers together in a two-day event.
This year's festival, free to the public, opens with a reception from 7 – 9 p.m. on Jan. 27 followed by the main book event all day on Jan. 28, when attendees will be able to visit authors at their tables for conversation, book purchases and more.
Both events take place at the Trinity United Methodist Church at 4000 NW 53rd Ave.
"We hold the festival to support writers, give them a platform to showcase their work and give people a chance to connect with writers so people will come to read these books," said committee chair Pat Caren.
Authors are donating books to be given away in drawings throughout the day. WAG and its 200 members have done a lot to make people aware of how much of a writing community Gainesville has become.
"As the festival has grown, so has our reach. Authors are coming from all over the country to Gainesville to participate in the festival," said committee member Richard Gartee.
When WAG began holding the festival in 2020, 75 authors signed up. This year, the number has doubled to nearly 150, with 91 authors still on a waiting list.
"If we had more room, we could have served more people," Caren said.
In a group interview, committee members spewed out the names of well-known writers associated with Gainesville including Robert Frost, Harry Crews, Lauren Goff, Jack Davis, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cynthia Barnett, and William Bartram.
"We came to the realization that Gainesville is probably the literary center, certainly the literary cultural center of Florida," Gartee said. "There is an artistic and cultural force driving things in Gainesville that you don't find in other cities."
Caren said WAG doing what it can to bring attention to the written word.
"We have music in Gainesville, we have art festivals," she said. "We needed a literary festival to even things out."
On Saturday, authors will read from their books in half-hour presentations starting at 10 a.m. When the readings conclude at 4 p.m., there will be an Other Worlds panel discussion with science fiction and fantasy authors.
There will also be storytelling for kids by children's book authors that will kick off at 10 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.
"There will be storytelling every half hour and activities for kids," said award-winning children's author and illustrator Bonnie Ogle, coordinator of the children's area.
A special lure for high school students and their teachers is an essay contest on building a believable fantasy or sci-fi world. Ten winners will be awarded $100 scholarships, courtesy of Steve Spurrier's HBC Foundation. English teachers of the 10 winning students will each receive a one-month membership to Gainesville Health and Fitness.
The Alachua County School Board approved the essay contest for students from 9th to 12th grade. Essays will be accepted until the day of the festival, but early submission is best via a tab on the festival web page.
"The topic is world building to go along with the world building discussion panel," said WAG President Jenny Dearinger. "Building the next generation's love of writing is important to current writers and the way to do it is to reach out to youth through the school systems and to keep nurturing the upcoming generations.
The festival website, https://www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com has all the information attendees will need. It also includes a call for volunteers to help our all-volunteer staff on the days of the event. You can get more information about volunteering on our website as well.
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Ronnie Lovler has 40 years of experience in journalism, including assignments all over Latin America for CNN and CBS. Ronnie teaches journalism at UF and public speaking at Santa Fe College. She was a recent fellow in the Gerontological Society of America's Journalists in Aging Fellows Program and a previous Knight International Journalism Fellow in Bogota, Colombia. She is an editor and contributor for the book titled, Local Lives in a Global Pandemic: Stories from North Central Florida and a contributing author to the anthology Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America. She began her career in journalism at the San Juan Star in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ronnie resides in Gainesville and loves to travel.


When you are searching for a new high-tech phone accessory that will improve the quality of your photographs, a humble phone case might not spring to mind straight away.
But Primark's accessories ranges always seem to go that extra mile. We know they do amazing Disney merchandise, fabulous homeware and who doesn't love a great designer shoe copy? But now everyone is talking about one particular Primark phone accessory that is said to help you achieve celeb-style flawless selfies – the 'Illuminating Selfie Case'.
The budget chain has launched their own version of Kim Kardashian West's LuMee phone case. The light-up accessory is said to be one of the secrets behind Kim's flawless selfies.
In good old Primark fashion, its phone accessory is much friendlier on your bank balance than the LuMee equivalent. At just £7.33 you can enjoy picture perfect snaps at a fraction of the price – and could afford to treat your best mate to on one too!
A LuMee case can set you back either £38 or £53.89 depending on which set of LED lights you go for.
We would love to hear your thoughts on Primark's latest much loved item. Is it something you would buy? Let us know in the comments section or join the conversation on our Facebook page!
Primark released the news on its Instagram page – and got its 4.7 million followers very excited!
However, shoppers still have to wait until the case hits UK stores. It's looking likely to be before Christmas but an official release date has not yet been confirmed.
The 'Illuminating Selfie Case' is perfect for when you want to get a picture but the room is too dark. Plus, it's a lot more flattering than the aggressively bright flash setting.
If you're interested, keep your eyes peeled for updates from us – and it could be the secret to those flawless festive pics!


Technology is constantly changing as we all know, but recently this has been happening at a completely unprecedented pace. Just to put things in perspective, it's only been about 6-7 years since the launch of the first iPhone. Before that people didn't surf the web on their phones really, and we certainly didn't have tablets like the iPad. As such, social apps like Instagram didn't exist either, and concepts like Google Glass would have seemed like they belonged on Star-Trek.
And yet here we are, using technology in completely new ways and taking it all for granted. It has changed the way we live our lives, and yet most of us have hardly even noticed. Weird.
For the most part this is because the new technology has been designed to fit into our lifestyles seamlessly. The brilliance of technology like the iPad, is that it allows us to surf the web without crouching over a computer – now we can do it while kicking back on the sofa and watching the TV at the same time. Likewise we can check Twitter while we're using the little boy or girls room, and we can watch YouTube while peeling potatoes. Technology has become versatile, seamless and enjoyable.
No longer is there any great need to have a large computer desk in the living room. Now your communal web-viewing device can be your iPad or another tablet that will be easy for anyone to just pick up and play with.
But in order to enjoy using a tablet on a sofa or in an arm chair, you're going to need the right set up so that it's comfortable and conducive to reading on a digital device. That's why it's important to firstly ensure that you have a coffee table to place your device on. This will allow you to keep it right next to where you're sitting so that you don't have to get up and retrieve it: it makes a big difference to be able to grab it and go.
At the same time though you also need to think about lighting and particularly with regards to windows – you need to ensure that there isn't going to be too much glare on the screen, so arrange your furniture to avoid this.
Of course technology is not just for media consumption though, it's also for media creation. If you want to get creative and productive on your tablet though, you're going to need more than an arm chair to use it with – you'll need something to lean on and some way to prop up your device.
To this end there are a few purchases that can make life easier. One is simply to buy a small table that you can pull over yourself where you're sitting at the sofa. These need to be open on one side so that they can fit over the seat you're in.
Another option is to buy a lap tray which will enable you to lean on your lap without getting up. Alternatively you can make changes to your computer/tablet device itself. For instance, by adding a kickstand and the right case to your tablet, you can work comfortably on your lap as though it were a laptop.
Take the original Surface Pro for instance: a great and versatile device, but one that lacks the ability to be used easily on the lap. Well the best solution to this problem would be to buy a folding case that fitted they keyboard too. There are several of these, all of which allow multiple viewing angles and more support on uneven surfaces.
In short then, if you think carefully about your devices and the spaces you will be using them in, then there are many ways you can make them more versatile and convenient to use around the home.
Jenny Wadlow, the author of this article, is a freelance blogger, currently writing for, Mr. Convenience, leaders in home furnishings in Toronto. She takes keen interest in renovations and is great with design.


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Overview of the most popular blockchain games
We used to have to pay for games, nowadays in the era of blockchain one can make good money on them.
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Blockchain gave people the qualities that we lack the most - honesty and openness. Games "applied" to this technology were no exception. Its transparency requires all users to be honest with each other. Developers can no longer cheat players, and the "random" has become truly "random." All that whipped the development of the industry, and especially online casinos, which have always got complaints in regards of their honesty. We bring to your attention a selection of interesting games on the blockchain that are popular with users.
This game is unusual not only because of virtually complete lack of plot, but also because of the fact that it plays ... itself. The task of the user is to equip the three war heroes - a warrior, an archer and a witch, so that they can protect their settlement from countless hordes of evil. We hasten to add that - it won't be possible to win in EOS Knights, because the user only watches the battle, and does not direct it. But our heroes, having died during one of unequal battles, come to life and gain experience, new armor, weapons and protective amulets made by the player makes from the collected materials shot by defeated enemies.
The more cycles - the more experience and strength, the cooler the bonuses that can be obtained after each battle. The game will never end, so you can spend at least a day in it. Unnecessary materials and heroes can be exchanged and received in exchange for the platform currency. EOS coins can be converted to any fiat or digital asset of your choice.
There is really nothing to watch during the game itself - the gameplay consists in collecting materials and pumping characters. For one battle, the duration of which increases with the development of heroes, the developers give three random rewards. The better your fighters are, the more likely they are to get something really worthy. The most important thing is that you don't have to pay for anything, instead you can sell materials (which, in fact, are tokens) and get paid for it. Here is an obvious thing: since developers earn commissions for selling materials and withdrawing funds, they will have to make changes to the game in order to maintain a steady influx of new players and, as a result, demand for materials.
Everyone must've heard about this game, since from time to time it crashes the Ethereum blockchain. The players get the opportunity to acquire thoroughbred kitties (for money) and organize a cat nursery. The results of the breed crossing, just like in real life, can be sold - each cat represents a unique token.
The owner determines the price for the animals himself - the more unusual the pet, the greater the chance of selling it for a lot of money. Experienced breeders say that you can literally get your investments back in just a few days and start playing for getting pure profit. Well, the strong and independent users can just collect cute cats and admire their unearthly beauty. Also, it's absolutely possible to look for rare pets - to buy them for cheap, and sell them at higher prices. In simple terms - to speculate.
The game from Japanese developers and in Japanese, giving its users from other countries to check it out only thanks to the smartphone application, which was translated into English. To log into the game, there must be some ethereum in the wallet - it's just has to be there, there are no limits for maximum or minimum amount.
As in any RPG, the player will create and improve characters who fight evil, protecting their world. The strongest and most protected character has every chance to become the best of the best and receive a bonus in the form of game tokens that can be traded for real ethereum. It goes without saying that, the hero trade is flourishing, and many gamers improve their characters only in order to be able to sell them at high cost.
Pixel art lovers will like the game and visual aesthetes will be scared away - the design and characters' detailing remained at the level of the old Dendy console, and the faces of the characters were borrowed from world celebrities. The game can be recommended to enthusiasts who know Japanese well - otherwise you simply cannot read the "strategy" section.
The game is suspiciously similar to EOS Knights - when looking into details, the games have more similarities than differences. Players also plays for three heroes, improve them and fights against goblins, protecting his settlement. They are helped by pets, which are divided into four classes of uniqueness. They will be useful on expeditions, and the higher the class of the pet, the greater the chance of finding something worthy.
The battle is divided into four stages, the higher the stage - the more valuable rewards can be found. Materials can also be collected during the battle. As in Knights, the developers did not bother with the graphics, so there isn't much to watch during the battles. The player will have to learn how to mix materials and synthesise the new ones based on the old ones. Naturally, there is a market in the game, where you can try to sell all of that.
The last game on our list (and the first at the moment according to the DappRadar website) is a decentralised online multiplayer strategy with an economic base, the main goal of which is gold mining. To the delight of our users, the developers brought the Russian language into the game.
First you have to invest and buy a starter tools for gold, which is purchased for the game token. The list of proposed jobs will help you decide which tool is needed - there are more or less profitable tasks. In this case, you must also consider the distance that your heroes have to cross to get to the right places. And yes - the tool wears out, so you need to carefully analyse the offers on the market. Any action takes a lot of time, and the player only needs a few minutes to make a decision. The game will appeal to fans of the genre who are tired of playing strategy without getting any profits.
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Terry, Congratulations to you and your men. The pews are installed and look great! Thank you and them for the great work. We look forward to starting the lower church after the holidays.
Our old friend Terry Eason, a Chapel Hill, NC, Liturgical Designer, called upon our expertise to work hand in hand with a major new pew manufacturer to refinish the pews and furniture, manufacture and install new kneelers, and replicate pews and pew ends to round out the new floor plan for St. Stephen's Church in Richmond, VA. The pews were picked up in January, 2015, with the completion date set for November, 2015. The production time was eight weeks, so storage was also on the menu.
Terry Eason is a staunch believer in restoring pews and furniture to a natural looking state, i.e., no high sheen, no non-historical stain coloring like limed oak or opaque finishes, with the final product not dramatically different from the original color. In this case, we had 18 replicated pew ends manufactured to remove the hole originally locate to place the heat ducts which were now removed. Additionally, the old heater boxes were removed, and the new kneelers fabricated to reach the pew ends. We took great pride in the restoration of the pulpit; missing hands and fingers were carved, and the entrance steps modified to tie into the new platform height.
A request to move the delivery from Mid-January, 2016, to December 5th, 2015 came as a surprise, but we were able to accommodate and had the pews and furnishings installed for Christmas. We have since been contacted by other area churches wishing to have their pews refinished at the direction of the well-satisfied restoration committee.


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The ultimate afro-Caribbean networking mixer heads to UK, January 28
Face2face Africa is proud to announce the third edition of the hit series "I am a Professional African" (IAAPA) Networking Mixer taking place on January 28, 2012. This time, they are taking it overseas. The series will be making an international debut in the United Kingdom this month says Marjorie F. Fiedler who is the coordinator of Face2face Africa in Europe. Face2face Africa has partnered up with Famous Ghanaians UK to host the London edition of "I am a Professional African" Networking Mixer, which was created by Face2face Africa to bring African professionals, friends of Africa, and leaders together to network, mingle, and exchange ideas. The London Chapter of IAAPA Networking Mixer is inviting all African professionals and friends of Africa to join us for a night of networking, mingling, dancing, and sharing ideas with business minded people. "2012 is really going to be a great year for Face2face Africa as the company takes its mission global. London is the first stop, but very soon you will hear about IAAPA networking mixers in all parts of the world. Moreover, we are really excited about the great things that Face2face Africa has in store for this year, starting with the launching of the globally distributed print magazine, the second annual F.A.C.E. List Awards, and many more new initiatives." Says Rita Kusi For more information and updates visit www.face2faceafrica.com The London mixer will take place at the exquisite Carter Rooms, 56 Carter Lane, London, EC4V 5EA. http://www.carterrooms.com ]]>
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Q: How many such three digit numbers are possible? Certain $3$-digit numbers have the following characteristics:

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*all three digits are different

*the number is divisible by $7$

*the number on reversing the digits is also divisible by $7$
How many such numbers are there? I have tried using a brute force approach and found $168$ and $259$. Is there a better way to solve these questions?

A: We can say that the number has distinct digits $a,b,c$ and then we can write it as $$10^2a+10b+c$$
Now we have \begin{align}\left(10^2 a+10 b+c\right)\mod 7&\equiv 0\tag{1}\\
\left(10^2 c+10 b+a\right)\mod 7&\equiv 0\tag{2}\end{align}
Now we consider $(2)-(1)$:
\begin{align}\left(10^2 c+10 b+a\right)-\left(10^2 a+10 b+c\right)&=10^2(c-a)+10(b-b)+(a-c)\\
&=10^2(c-a)-(c-a)\\
&=99(c-a)\end{align}
Can you continue from here?

A: Let
\begin{align}
N_1 &= 10^{2}a+10b+c \\
N_2 &= 10^{2}c + 10b +a
\end{align}
Whence
\begin{align}
N_1-N_2 &= 100a-100c+10b-10b+c-a \\
&= 100(a-c)+(a-c) \\
&= 99(a-c)
\end{align}
Thus the difference between your two numbers should also be divisible by $9$.

A: If the number is $10^2a+10b+c$ as digits then considering $(10^2a+10b+c) - (10^2c+10b+a)$ leads to realising $99(a-c)$ must be divisible by $7$ and cannot be zero and, since $99$ is coprime to $7$.

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*$1b8$ but $108 \equiv 3 \pmod 7$ requiring $10b \equiv 4 \pmod 7$ making the only possible value of $b=6$, which is neither $1$ nor $8$ $\checkmark$

*$2b9$ but $209 \equiv 6 \pmod 7$ requiring $10b \equiv 1 \pmod 7$ making the only possible value of $b=5$, which is neither $2$ nor $9$ $\checkmark$

*$7b0$ but $700 \equiv 0 \pmod 7$ requiring $10b \equiv 0 \pmod 7$ making the only possible values of $b=0$ or $7$, which are either $7$ or $0$ $\times$

*$8b1$ but $801 \equiv 3 \pmod 7$ requiring $10b \equiv 4 \pmod 7$ making the only possible value of $b=6$, which is neither $8$ nor $1$ $\checkmark$

*$9b2$ but $902 \equiv 6 \pmod 7$ requiring $10b \equiv 1 \pmod 7$ making the only possible value of $b=5$, which is neither $9$ nor $2$ $\checkmark$

So the possible solutions are $168, 259, 861, 952$


KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Mah Sing Group Bhd's Managing Director and CEO Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum said the second half of the year would see stronger buying momentum in the property sector, ahead of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation on April 1, 2015.
"We expect stronger buying momentum in the second half of the year, with potential buyers expected to buy ahead of the GST implementation next year," Leong said in a statement after Mah Sing's 22nd. AGM.
He said fundamentals that drive the property market were still strong, adding Mah Sing was selectively optimistic on certain segments.
"Our market research and consumer feedback tells us that the focus of this year is to ensure affordability in strategic location coupled with good concept," he remarked.
According to Leong, this year, 87% of the group's planned residential product launches are priced below RM1 million, while 81% are priced below RM700,000.
Earlier at the AGM, shareholders voted in favour of several resolutions payment of a first and final single-tier dividend of 8 sen per ordinary share.


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By Lucy Farnham
If you were active on Twitter.hell at the time, you may have seen a certain name trending in March: Lindsay Ellis.
Lindsay Ellis was an online content creator and media critic with over a million subscribers on YouTube. She was considered a part of "LeftTube," the umbrella term for YouTubers who create content through a left-wing political lens. As a media critic does, she posted a Tweet in March in which she compared Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon" to the beloved animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender". And then all hell broke loose.
The Twitter crowd accused Ellis of racism for comparing two properties heavily inspired by Asian cultures, even going so far as to imply that comments like Ellis's were a contributing factor to anti-Asian hate crimes. This innocuous Tweet triggered a campaign of harassment so severe that Ellis recently announced that she's effectively quitting the Internet.
I want to be clear about this. Canceling is a good way for the masses to wield public shame as power when someone previously untouchable commits grievous and objective harm — sexual predators like R. Kelly and Harvey Weinstein come to mind. Far more minor figures, like former musician, current convict, and sex offender Austin Jones, must be held accountable, too, when they abuse their power in such abhorrent ways.
But choosing to aggressively bash a content creator who contributes to left-wing causes and whose mere existence pisses off the alt-right for a potentially racially-insensitive remark? That is completely inappropriate — not to mention a highly hypocritical and self-injurious project for self-proclaimed leftists.
There are definitely kinds of behavior that the left should not tolerate, and when someone crosses a forbidden line, we should deplatform them. But we need to, on a context-by-context basis, weigh the value of ostracizing the person with the consequences of losing them. On balance, the value of keeping Ellis around as a figure who could pull centrists and moderate conservatives further into leftist politics is far higher than the price of her Tweet.
Ellis expanded on and clarified her Tweet later in a YouTube video, and has reflected on and apologized for how it hurt some of her viewers. Even without those explanations, it's difficult to make the jump from "overly simplified Tweet-length media critique" to "unbridled racism." (I hope the people who harassed her online stretched first.) I have not seen the people who were so mad and aggressive conduct a similar reflection on their own actions since the incident. The zeal with which we cancel rapists and child groomers was not warranted here.
Let's assume for a moment that Ellis actually did commit a microaggression (which is the worst possible outcome of a good-faith interpretation of the Tweet). Even so, this is exceedingly minor in the grand scheme of things. Political movements fail when they aren't willing to budge a single inch or make any sacrificial alliances, and a movement is strongest when it has as many people working together as possible. Civil rights organizations of the 1950's and '60s had ideological disagreements, but they worked together anyway because Black people's safety, empowerment, and dignity were on the line, and they were all adult enough to prioritize what mattered most.
The right absolutely loves it when the left eats their own. Because it makes us weaker.
The case study of Lindsay Ellis reveals two important things. The first is that we have fooled ourselves into believing that Twitter is an appropriate space for nuanced political discourse. It's irresponsible to pretend that a website with a character limit of 280 per post and whose algorithm has an active interest in making discourse as toxic as possible is a decent vehicle for political thought and activism. The Internet most definitely needs spaces to have political discourse, but Twitter is never going to be that space. We should probably cut the bird app loose.
The second lesson is that the specific breed of cancel culture that made Ellis, in her own words, "[shit] blood for weeks on end" from sheer stress, is the result and tacit acceptance of online political spaces as social cliques instead of actual political movements with real world consequences. This is a way for people to collect brownie points and look like good little activists for joining in on a dogpile that serves as a low-effort, emotionally-gratifying substitute for actual political activism.
You don't always see these people attacking the Ben Shapiros or Jordan Petersons of the world, and more importantly, putting in effort to support these causes outside of the Twittersphere. The shameless can't be shamed, so they go for people like Ellis instead. They are unwilling to engage in comprehensive critiques about the social and political systems that compel people to act in unsavory ways both consciously and unconsciously — after all, it's far easier to pretend that person is just evil. But when you are just as invested in taking down a left-wing personality as 4channer neo-Nazis are, you need to take a step back and really consider if what you're doing is in the left's best interests.
So, now we're down a LeftTuber because a bunch of bad-faith actors decided that doubling down was more important than keeping around someone who countered conservatism by encouraging critical thinking and explicitly tackling relevant political subjects like transphobia. The people who chased her off the Internet will never contribute as much to the left's cause as Ellis did.
Good job, guys. I hope you're happy.
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Venom Trailer Reaction
25/04/2018 SDCC 2018, Feature 0
With Spider-Man now on the verge of being an Avenger, you'd think we'd all be dancing in the streets, happy that Sony saw sense enough (thank you Fiege) to let him become part of the MCU.
But it is a joint custody, and that leads to questions.
"Well, those movies will all take place in the world that we're now creating for Peter Parker,"
"They'll be adjuncts to it, they may be different locations, but it will all be in the same world, and they'll be connected to each other as well."
Amy Pascal, former big-cheese at Sony and Producer of Spider-Man: Homecoming
Guys…this doesn't say 'MCU' to me…
An adjunct is an "optional, or structurally dispensable, part of a sentence, clause, or phrase that, if removed or discarded, will not otherwise affect the remainder of the sentence." Doesn't help does it?
So it's not very clear what the situation is, and the trailers for Venom have done nothing to make it clearer. I'll ignore the 'Teaser Trailer' (Tom Hardy shaking on a bed does not a Venom trailer make), and immediately focus on the now released 'Official Trailer'.
Of course there's only one aspect of this trailer that most will focus on, the title character! We finally get to see Venom himself, and it's a good first impression. The tongue, the teeth, the eyes. That's him alright. The 'we' speak sounds good too, as Hardy's Brock barters with the SIM-BUY-OAT (My goodness this is annoying. You don't need to say each syllable).
Moving on, I see the massively overdeveloped shoulders and traps. But I don't see any white markings, and that leads me to my biggest question.
Does this Venom have anything to do with Spider-Man?
My gut says it would be weird if it doesn't, as Venom is tied very closely to Venom in my mind (I'm all about the 90's FOX show). But with some more thought, perhaps the white markings aren't there, and a future interaction leads to Venom taking on board more spider-like traits and becoming less like 'that guy from Prototype', as my brother put it. In the 'Ultimate' universe, Venom doesn't have such close ties to Parker, with the SIM-BUY-OAT instead originating as a medical experiment. It could even be a mix of things. This Venom's inspiration is a concern for me personally, but there's nothing to say it couldn't work without web-head.
Most of my Marvel education came from this and X-Men
Hardy is in good nick, has 'shady reporter' nailed, and the head and neck of Venom looks suitably scary. Tom Holland's Spidey would shit his pants at the first sight of this brute!
But then I take real notice of the rest of the trailer, and it's very, how do I put this…eh? There's a shady company, possibly a downed spacecraft, and a great actress possibly wasted in a small role. Not much else after that. The whole thing is about Hardy and the Symbiote (sorry, SIM-BUY-OAT), and when they aren't on-screen there isn't much to get excited about.
I want to be excited. Post Logan and Deadpool there is clearly a market for adult comic-book films. Stories unhindered by the need for merchandise, that ask lots of questions, and deal with more adult themes. But bar Tom Hardy and an impressive visual, I'm concerned we're going to get something far less than either of those.
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New evaluation brigade to test emerging warfighter technologies
By Donna Miles, American Forces Press ServiceDecember 13, 2006
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FORT BLISS, Texas (Army News Service, Dec. 13, 2006) - A new brigade here will test some of the most revolutionary concepts and systems being developed for future warfighters, report how they operate under field conditions, and ultimately speed their fielding to troops on the battlefield.
The new Evaluation Brigade Combat Team being stood up here will test 18 major systems being developed for the Army's Future Combat Systems program, explained Col. Michael Wadsworth, chief of training and leader development for the Future Force Integration Directorate here.
"This is the most ambitious and far-reaching modernization the Army has had since World War II," he said.
The program's goal, Wadsworth explained, is to tap into the most advanced technologies possible "to enable Soldiers and leaders to see the enemy first and understand his intentions.
"And once we understand what the enemy is going to do," he added, "we can act first and finish decisively, which is the whole notion of the Future Combat Systems."
The FCS will offer Soldiers detailed battlefield information, provided through an advanced data and communications network to give them the upper hand in combat. By knowing what the enemy is up to, FCS-equipped brigade combat teams will be able "to act first on their own initiative to defeat the enemy on terms favorable to us," Wadsworth said.
The Future Force Integration Directorate is establishing a blueprint for that future force as it stands up the new Evaluation Brigade Combat Team and uses it as an operational test bed for new systems. Within the next six months, the brigade team is expected to reach its full strength of just under 1,000 troops.
"Basically, we're standing up an organization to inform the Army if (the FCS program) is doing what we think it will do," Wadsworth said.
As the evaluation brigade, the Future Force Integration Directorate is developing the doctrine, organizational structure, training programs, and tactics, techniques and procedures it will need to operate. Like the systems the brigade is testing, this groundwork will be tweaked along the way to ensure it's on target, Wadsworth said.
"We'll hand the brigade the concepts, get feedback and move forward," he said. "The beauty of this is that we'll have actual Soldiers on the ground with the equipment, and these Soldiers will advise us as we move this concept forward."
The Evaluation BCT will use a mixture of live training, experimentation and simulation to test systems ranging from sensors to automated systems to manned vehicles over the next 10 to 12 years. Testing will be conducted, both here and at neighboring White Sands Missile Range, N.M., through four "spinouts" that will enable the Army to build the new technology over time, Wadsworth said.
During Spinout 1, in fiscal 2008, the evaluation brigade will evaluate five new systems. These include the Intelligent Munitions System; the Tactical Unmanned Ground Sensor, which detects and reports on ground movement; the Urban Unmanned Ground Sensor, which detects motion inside a building; the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System, nicknamed "rockets in a box"; and a battle command surrogate.
The second spinout, in 2010, will test a series of unmanned aerial vehicles. Spinout 3 will test six varieties of unmanned ground vehicles. The final spinout will evaluate eight kinds of manned ground vehicles that operate from a common platform, as well as the network.
The network is evolving incrementally, with additional sensors added to it with each spinout, Wadsworth explained. The goal is a fully capable, fully equipped Future Combat System brigade combat team supported by a state-of-the-art network in 2014.
But the Army doesn't intend to wait until then to get some of the best new technologies being developed to warfighters in the field, Wadsworth said. Some, including unmanned aerial vehicles that can be carried in a backpack and small unmanned ground vehicles that can carry sensors into buildings, caves and other dangerous spots, are already in limited use in the combat theater.
Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army chief of staff, emphasized the importance of the Future Combat System, and of getting its capabilities into the operational force as quickly as possible, in October during his keynote address at the Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington.
"The goal is to enable the Soldiers to see first, understand first, act first and finish decisively," Schoomaker said. "I want there to be no doubt that we are totally committed to fielding the future force, enabled by the FCS."
(Donna Miles writes for the American Forces Press Service.)
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