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Operations Research Perspectives
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Operations Research Perspectives - Editorial Board
Professor Rubén Ruiz, García
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Email: rruiz@eio.upv.es
Dr. Laura Albert, PhD
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Professor Ali Allahverdi, PhD
Kuwait University, Deptartment of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Al-khaldiya, Kuwait Scheduling
Professor Ramon Alvarez-Valdes, PhD
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Combinatorial optimization, Integer programming, Cutting and packing, Scheduling, Timetabling
Dr. Masri Ayob
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Faculty of Education, Bangi, Malaysia
Professor Ana Barbosa-Povoa, PhD
Técnico Lisboa Department of Engineering and Management, Porto Salvo, Portugal Supply Chain Design, Planning and Scheduling, Optimization, Sustainable Supply Chain
Professor Immanuel Bomze, Mag.Dr.
University of Vienna Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Vienna, Austria Continuous Optimization, Data Science, Game Theory
Professor Emanuele Borgonovo, PhD
Bocconi University Department of Decision Sciences, Milano, Italy Reliability Importance Measures, Sensitivity Analysis, Reliability Theory.
Dr. Marco Chiarandini
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Professor Kalyanmoy Deb
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Professor Robert Dyson, PhD
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom Data envelopment analysis, problem structuring, strategy support
Dr. Reza Zanjirani Farahani, PhD
Kingston University Kingston Business School, Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom Logistics/ Supply chain network design, Disaster management, Health operations, Service operations,, Facility location, ,
Professor Jose M Framinan, PhD
University of Seville Higher Technical School of Engineering, Sevilla, Spain Manufacturing scheduling, Production control, Supply chain management, Production management
Professor Liang Gao, PhD
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Machine learning, Optimization, Scheduling, Topology optimization
Professor Richard Hartl, PhD
University of Vienna, Department of Economics and Statistics, Vienna, Austria Logistics, Transportation, Operations management, Optimization, Metaheuristics
Dr. Graham Kendall
University of Nottingham - Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Malaysia
Professor Manuel Laguna, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business, Boulder, Colorado, United States Optimization, Simulation, Metaheuristics, Business Analytics
Professor Gilbert Laporte, PhD
HEC Montreal Department of Decision Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Vehicle routing
Professor Ben Lev, PhD
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Operations Research, Management Science
Dr. Xiaoping Li
Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Manuel Lopez-Ibanez, PhD
University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain mathematical optimization
Dr. Carlos Méndez
National University of the Littoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Dr. Lars Mönch, PhD
FernUniversity Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hagen, Germany Scheduling, Production Planning, Simulation, Multi-Agent Systems, Decision Support Systems
Professor Jairo R. Montoya-Torres
University of La Sabana, Chia, Colombia
Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel, PhD
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute of Operations Research, Karlsruhe, Germany Location Theory, Multi-Criteria Optimization, Online Optimization, Health Care, Combinatorial Optimization
Professor José Oliveira, PhD
University of Porto Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal Operational Research, Cutting and Packing, Mobility, Production Planning
Dr. Dario Pacciarelli
Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
Dr. Quan-Ke Pan
Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Dr. Luís Paquete, PhD
University of Coimbra Department of Informatics Engineering Multiobjective optimization, Combinatorial Optimization, Heuristics, Local Search., ,
Dr. Lorenzo Peccati
Bocconi University Department of Decision Sciences, Milano, Italy Applied Mathematics in Finance, Economics, Management, Law
Professor Marco Pranzo, PhD
University of Siena Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, Siena, Italy Job Shop Scheduling, Optimization Algorithms, Railway Traffic Management, Healthcare Applications, Manufacturing Applications, , , ,
Prof. Dr. Justo Puerto, PhD
University of Seville Institute for Mathematics Research Antonio de Castro Brzezicki, Seville, Spain Optimization, Location Theory, Game Theory
Professor Roger Ríos-Mercado, PhD
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico Discrete optimization, Location science, Districting, Metaheuristics
Assoc. Professor Francisco Saldanha da Gama, PhD
University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences, Lisboa, Portugal Facility Location, Combinatorial Optimization, Stochastic Integer Programming, Project Scheduling
Prof. Dr. Liji Shen, PhD
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany Scheduling, Metaheuristics, MIP, Production
Dr. Wenjing Shen
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Professor Roman Słowiński, PhD
Poznan University of Technology Institute of Computing Science, Poznan, Poland Intelligent Decision Support, Artificial Intelligence, Operations Research
Dr. Kenneth Sorensen
University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Thomas Stützle, PhD
ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium Automated Algorithm Design, Metaheuristics, Swarm Intelligence, Optimizitation
Professor Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Professor Ruud Teunter, PhD
University of Groningen Faculty of Economics and Business, Groningen, Netherlands Inventory control, Forecasting, Service logistics, Sustainable logistics
Dr. Franklina Toledo, Dr
University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Nesting Problems, Cross-docking problems, Heuristics, Mathematical models, Vehicle routing problems, integer programming
Dr. Greet Vanden Berghe, PhD
KU Leuven Department of Computer Science, Leuven, Belgium Combinatorial optimization, Vehicle routing, Personnel scheduling, Heuristics, ,
Professor Juan Villegas, Dr
University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia Metaheuristics, Multiobjective optimization, Facility Location, Vehicle routing, Logistics.
Professor Frank Werner
Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
All members of the Editorial Board have identified their affiliated institutions or organizations, along with the corresponding country or geographic region. Elsevier remains neutral with regard to any jurisdictional claims.


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Meiferdt trying to be as dominating as racing hero namesake
Rocky Ragusa
Rocky Ragusa's Speed Week column
Since the street stock class returned in 2008, four drivers that competed on a regular basis at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway carried the crown of UMP national champion. This past year, Coal City's AJ Meiferdt became the fifth member of a prestigious group to take the title.
Meiferdt also won his second straight Fairbury track championship and added 17 feature wins. Prior to last season, Meiferdt, in his ninth year of racing, was only able to grab a handful of feature wins, all at Fairbury.
"Last year our goal was to get 20 wins, but we didn't quite get there," said Meiferdt. "It was pretty cool to go to some tracks that I never raced at before and get a feature win. Our goal was to win the national championship and repeat at Fairbury.
"Winning those titles made for a good year. We put together a new car and were able to come out and win at the start, which set the tone for the year."
Following the year, Meiferdt put his car up for sale with hopes of moving up to a different class.
"I am OK with keeping the car," said Meiferdt. "We are just going to go out and race and see what happens. After the year, I will try and sell it again."
Meiferdt raced 32 times last year and has no set schedule for 2018.
"With all the races we ran, I was beginning to get burnt out," Meiferdt said. "The plans are to be at Fairbury unless there is a bigger paying race somewhere. Depending on where we are in the national points at mid-season, I might look at it more serious. Right now, I am just going to race and have fun."
Meiferdt is named after one of the greats of racing, A.J. Foyt. Foyt is a four-time winner of the Indy 500 and has won the Daytona 500, 24 Hours of LeMans and countless number of races in NASCAR, USAC and sports cars.
This year, Meiferdt honored his hero by having his helmet painted with a gold number #14, made famous by Foyt.
"A.J. Foyt was a racer that could drive any type of car and win," Meiferdt said. "Sometimes I feel like I grew up in the wrong era. The racing back then was so much cooler. It was sort of an outlaw style. One day a driver would be racing a midget in California and the next night a sprint car in Ohio.
"I love to learn about the history of the sport. Anytime I can bench race with some of the old timers, I love for them to tell their stories."
With 16 career feature wins in the street stock class, Meiferdt ranks sixth in the win total for that class at FALS. Although the competition is stellar in the class, Meiferdt is capable of going on a tear and moving into third by season's end.
If his fortunes pan out, Meiferdt will look to move up to a modified or his dream ride, a sprint car for 2019.
A busy weekend of racing is planned throughout Central Illinois with many tracks planning special events. Please make plans to support your local track.
Friday Racing
Farmer City Raceway
The AMS Modified series begins a weekend long tour starting at the Farmer City Raceway. Top modified drivers from far and near will seek the $2,000 first place money.
A full program of late models, pro late models and street stocks will take part in the night's program. Hot laps start at 6:30 and racing at 7:30.
Last week's winners include, Kevin Weaver (late model), AJ May (pro late model), Randy Lines (modified), Tim Hancock (B-mods) and Matt Maier (street stock).
Grundy County Speedway
Ladies will be admitted for half price with a full show of late models, Mid-Am, street stocks and pure stocks. Qualifying begins at 6:45 p.m. and racing at 8.
Eddie Hoffman was the feature winner last week in his late model.
Kankakee County Speedway
Part one of the Dick Potts Throw Down takes place with the street stock class in a 46-lap special. Pro late models, modified, I-mods and sport compacts will also be in action. Qualifying at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:30.
Torin Mettille (pro late model), Mike McKinney (modified) and Matt Hammond were among the drivers to take wins last week.
Saturday Racing
The AMS Modified Series makes its second stop of the weekend with a $2,000-to-win show. Point leader Trent Young of Kentucky will headline a strong field of drivers looking to take home the money.
Late model drivers will look to grab a $2,000 payday, while sportsman and street stocks compete for a $400-to-win show.
On Wednesday night, May 30, the "Greatest Show on Dirt" will make its inaugural appearance at the historic fairground oval as the track will welcome the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Fans can expect to see record-breaking times set by some of the greatest sprint car drivers today.
Point leader, Donny Schatz, along with Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Jason Johnson, and Daryn Pittman will contend with drivers representing the MOWA, IRA and drivers from the Knoxville, Iowa, speed plant.
Also on the card will be the POWRi Lucas Oil War Wild Card Series. Gates for both days will open at 3 p.m., hot laps at 6, followed by time trials and racing.
Peoria Speedway
Located on 3520 West Farmington Rd. in Peoria, the track will host the days of racing. The AMA Flat Track motorcycles tackle the quarter-mile, dirt oval on Friday. A regular six division program is planned for Saturday. Modified drivers will be featured in a $1,500-to-win special on Monday, along with a program of pro late models, hornets and crate modified. Hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 all three nights.
Lincoln Speedway
After being rained out last Friday, officials elected to have the Big 10 Super Late Model race this Saturday. Joining the program will be modified, B-mods, midgets and hornets. Hot laps start at 6 p.m.and racing at 7.
Sunday Racing
Bohmer's Rt. 66 Raceway
The first race under the direction of Pontiac's Robby Bohm will be held this Sunday afternoon. Kart racing will be held in as many as five classes. Gates open at 10 a.m., with racing beginning at noon. The track is located between Chenoa and Pontiac on old Rt. 66.
The fifth annual Gary Cook Jr. Memorial race for modified drivers is planned for Sunday night. A large field will be on hand to take home the $2,564 first-place money. The Big 10, super late models will go for a $2,000-to-win test and midgets hornets and E-mods will fill out the card. The speedway is located off Highway 24, seven miles west of Banner. Hot laps begin at 6:15 p.m., followed by qualifying and racing.
Monday Racing
Will feature a 50-lap race for both the super late models and B-mods. Modified, street stocks, hornets and micros are also scheduled hot laps at 5 p.m. and racing at 6.

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TUCSON, AZ--(Marketwire - October 20, 2008) - "NASCAR Angels" reality TV series will air an episode featuring the car makeover of an Arizona woman who co-founded a non-profit organization benefiting single moms with cancer. The car is currently being repaired at Von's CARSTAR, a Tucson collision repair center.
Von's CARSTAR is working on the car before it's transported to a Goodyear Gemini store in Phoenix for additional repairs. The car belongs to Andy Royal, who co-founded Singleton Moms. The non-profit group is named after her best friend, Michelle Singleton, who died of breast cancer. The organization serves as a lifeline for financial aid, preparing meals and even housecleaning for single moms with all forms of cancer.
Yvonne Loop, co-owner of Von's CARSTAR, said it was a great opportunity and served a wonderful purpose for a local cause that is giving back to the community. Loop, who owns Von's CARSTAR with her husband Patrick, said their affection for cars began a long time ago. "Patrick and I have owned Von's for two years, but we have been car enthusiasts for decades. We are thrilled to be helping Andy and the 'NASCAR Angels' fix up this car," she said.
Loop added that women in general need to be more vocal when it comes to their cars. "The No. 1 tip I can offer women is: ask questions. Ask to see a finished car so you can review their work. Too many times women are afraid to speak up and say: 'What are you talking about'? It's okay to ask and understand how your car is being repaired," said Loop.
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Pirelli to continue as sole GT Cup tyre supplier and sponsor
Bute Motorsport is delighted to announce that its strong relationship with Pirelli is set to continue unhindered, as the Italian tyre manufacturer will remain the sole supplier and sponsor for the GT Cup Championship in 2018 and 2019.
The series continues to provide a welcoming and challenging environment for sporting drivers wishing to compete in modern sportscar racing, with an impressive 15 different winners across the four Groups this year, with three races still to run.
GT Cup has been celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2017 since founder Marc Haynes created it for like-minded racers. In the past eight years the Championship has run on Pirelli tyres, with enormous success and to great effect.
Bute Motorsport believes that Pirelli offers the best complete solution for such a mixed marque championship and its continuing popularity among the teams and drivers stands as testimony to mutual success both now and into the future.
Pirelli currently provides a range of slick and wet tyres to competitors, based upon the needs of each entrant and the range of machinery entered. The manufacturer will continue to provide technical support and tyre quality, which results in confidence among the paddock, and Bute Motorsport is therefore delighted to ratify the sponsorship and tyre supply deal.
"We look forward to continuing our close partnership with Pirelli into the future," said Chris Haynes, Managing Director of Bute Motorsport. "Pirelli has been incredibly supportive of GT Cup since the start of our partnership, and offers our Championship the best option on the track. I am delighted our relationship continues to provide our drivers with the stability and reliability that we all want to see. The future for GT Cup is resoundingly and reassuringly set with Pirelli."
"We are pleased to be continuing our long-standing support of GT Cup and its competitors," said Jonathan Wells, Pirelli UK Motorsport Manager. "The wide variety of different cars raced in the championship makes for an exciting spectacle on track, and also helps us to demonstrate the versatility of our products using the knowledge gained from supplying tyres to numerous GT series around the globe."
The GT Cup Championship heads to Snetterton for rounds 20, 21, and 22 – the final races of the 2017 season – on October 14/15. The full 2018 calendar will be published in due course.
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22 January 2022 Brands Hatch
Duration Full day
Skill level All
Requirements Closed Wheel Only
Brands Hatch Paul Rivett – www.paulrivett.com Brands Hatch was once a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, but is now one of the most thrilling circuits in the UK with races from grass track to DTM. Below is an expert guide to Brands Hatch by Paul Rivett, three-times Clio Cup Championship winner. The circuit begins on the Brabham Straight, an off-camber, slightly curved stretch. The ideal line is to hug the pit wall until the start/finish line and then move to the left of the circuit to Read more
22 January 2022 Snetterton
Snetterton Ben Clucas – www.benclucas.co.uk Snetterton has three configurations, split up into the 100, 200 and 300. By far the most used circuit for almost all track days, test days and races is the 300, three-mile configuration, completed in 2011. It isn't the easiest of the main UK circuits to get to, situated in Norfolk, with parts of the A11 still single carriageway if you are coming from the Midlands or South, although this road is currently under construction and may all be dual Read more
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25 January 2022 Oulton Park
Oulton Park Jamie Stanley – www.jamiestanley.co.uk Oulton Park is the longest circuit in the UK, excluding Silverstone. It also has the steepest banked corner in the UK in the form of Shell Oils at 11 degrees. The circuit's natural undulations and blind crests make this one of the most challenging circuits in Europe, both feared and revered by drivers on both two and four wheels. There is very little run off anywhere, so take your time – it is unlikely you will master the circuit on your first Read more
29 January 2022 Donington Park
Donington Park Paul Wilson – www.paul-wilson.net Vantage GT3 for a Leonard AMR in the VLN Nordschleife series Donington Park (with one N!) was the first permanent park circuit in England, opening in 1931. During the Second World War, the track was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence and it took until 1971 before the track was purchased by local man Tom Wheatcroft and turned back into the track it is today. Below is an expert guide to Donington Park by Paul Wilson, Caterham R300 Champion, Read more
29 January 2022 Cadwell Park
Cadwell Park Jamie Stanley – www.jamiestanley.co.uk Cadwell is just off the A153 between Louth & Horncastle. From the south, leave the A1 at Grantham and take the A153 all the way to the track. From the north, take the A18/A16 to Louth, then the circuit is 7 miles south on the A153. Coppice is a very fast corner but be really smooth with the turn in and allow the car room on the exit of the corner. Following the first corner, bring the car back to the left, light brake and then turn the car in Read more
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This taut suspenser juggles perspectives of patriotism, media roles and the relationship between government officials and their economic interests. After a journalist covers a story about a secret military transaction between an American aerospace engineer and a Japanese agent, she continues her investigation with the help of a private eye. Before long, she figures out that she is merely a pawn and nothing around her is as it seems to be--including the people she has trusted.
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ENGL 504-01: Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
TTh 11:00 – 12:15PM
ENGL 506-75: Teaching of Writing
TTh 4:00 – 5:15 PM
Professor K. Kopelson
ENGL 510-01: MA Level Internship
*Requires Permission
ENGL 518-01: Foundations of Language
TTh 9:30 – 10:45 AM
Professor K. Swinehart
ENGL 522-01: Structure of Modern English
MWF 1:00 – 1:50 PM
Professor T. Stewart
ENGL 543-75: Studies in Commonwealth Literature
Professor D. Billingsley
ENGL 550-01: Studies in African American Literature
Professor K. Chandler
ENGL 551-01: Animal Studies
Professor G. Ridley
ENGL 551-02: Jewish Graphic Novels
Professor R. Sherman
ENGL 574-01: 1960's American Lit.
MWF 10:00 – 10:50 AM
ENGL 577-01: Harlem Renaissance
MW 2:30 – 3:45 PM
Professor K. Logan
ENGL 599-01: Documentary Film
Professor T. Johnson
ENGL 601-01: Introduction to English Studies: Autobiography
T 4:00 – 6:45 PM
According to the University's catalogue, this course is designed to "introduce students to research methods, print and electronic resources, strategies for reading and writing scholarly texts, and the seminar format." We will undertake these goals through close attention to an inclusive American genre: the autobiography. We will examine how autobiographers have used different media and literary forms to interpret and present their lives: the prose narrative, film, the children's book, and poetry. A tentative list of texts that we will explore includes autobiographical writing by Elizabeth Ashbridge, Venture Smith, Samson Occom, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Zitkala-Sa, Richard Wright, Allison Bechdel and Maya Angelou; films by Michael Mills, Marco Williams, and Jerome Hill; and poetry by Walt Whitman, Robin Coste Lewis, Marilyn Hacker and Marilyn Nelson.
ENGL 602-01: Teaching College Composition
M 4:00 – 6:45 PM
Professor B. Brueggemann
Course Description: English 602 focuses on the theory and practice of teaching writing at the college level. We will engage reading, activities, and discussion that encourage reflective, critical, and flexible teaching practices in college-level writing classrooms. This course is designed for (graduate) students who are teaching in the Composition Program at the University of Louisville.
Course Materials:
1) Informed Choices: A Guide for Teachers of College Writing (Bedford St. Martin's, 2015) Tara Lockhart & Mark Roberge
2) Various links & PDFs (through Blackboard)
Course Requirements/Activities:
1) (10%) Unit III (Analyzing Arguments) for your 101 courses: More developed plans/materials and a statement of goals for Unit III of English 101. You are strongly encouraged to work with a partner/group on this assignment.
2) (10%) Unit IV (Constructing Arguments) for your 101 courses: More developed plans/materials and a statement of goals for Unit IV of English 101. You are strongly encouraged to work with a partner/group on this assignment.
3) (30%) Weekly Posts to The Post Office: Teaching College Composition!
These posts are "what you make of it." I will sometimes have a few prompts toet you started thinking/writing. Sometimes I will ask you to write you own prompts too! These are intended to be weekly "post-it notes" that reflect back on what was covered in class (and possibly connect it forward too). I encourage you to experiment and engage form with content (try out some new things, yes). But always, yes always, be critical (in a constructive way). Make some meaning!
4) (30%) (Theory to/in) Practice Pods:
Student Learning Outcomes Focus
Here is where the rubber (of our reading/theory) meets the road of our own teaching/classrooms. In "pods" of 3/4, you will share with us all—during your PP week—various activities, assignments, lesson plans, strategies you might use for teaching about the "subject" of that week's class. Your PP subjects will run (in general) around the 101 Student Learning Outcomes. Your pod will have 90 minutes to present and share with us:
• an Annotated Bibliography of ~10 additional good sources in the field on this topic.
• a selection of 2-3 readings for EVERYONE to read that week
• a discussion/activity (you lead) of 2-3 readings on this topic for class focus (these readings must be announced/ready by Thursday September 25); this discussion is targeted at your 602 peers.
• A specific lesson plan/activity presentation of 15-20 minutes (targeted AT STUDENTS) on this topic.
5) (20%) Final Portfolio & Philosophy: Leaning Back, Being Present, Looking Forward.
A Portfolio of your work + Teaching Philosophy in 602/101 this Fall 2015 term (more specific prompt later)
ENGL 604-01: Writing Center Theory and Practice
Professor B. Williams
ENGL 606-01: Creative Writing I
Professor P. Griner
ENGL 610- 01: PhD Level Internship
ENGL 615-01: Thesis Guidance
ENGL 621-01: Sociolinguistics
Professor T. Soldat-Jaffe
ENGL 632-75: Shakespeare
Th 7:00 – 9:45 PM
Professor S. Matthew Biberman
Since the rise of queer theory, literary critics have extensively explored Shakespeare's understanding and representation of human sexuality. At the same, little thought has been given to the question of how Shakespeare understands and represents the experience of human love in his work. In this graduate seminar, we will attempt to rectify this problem by connecting the two topics. We will focus on a range of plays, as well as the sonnets and the narrative poems. Our reading will include work from Freud, Lacan, and others as warranted.
ENGL 654-01: American World Literature: Fiction, Post-1945
W 4:00 – 6:45 PM
Professor A. Jaffe
The course explores intersections of the global dimensions of American literature, its representations of itself in the larger world, focusing on post-1945 fiction. The troubles with the term American are familiar. It isn't just a sobriquet for one country, the USA - but also designates various pluralities, two contiguous continents and various proximate lands. A hemisphere, half the world brain, the word designates a force-field of reception - a form of quasi-nationalism abstracted into a semi-formed aesthetic. Here, I very much am thinking of the course with "hemispheric" and "geo-spheric" orientations. The three key words of this seminar might be understood as a three distinct conceptual problems. What I have in mind for the title is less a special patriotic container - and even less a market for some worthy literary objects in an age of US-American hegemony (though we'll read some excellent and frequently discussed novels of this period, including (probably!) Nabokov, Pynchon, Cole, Yamashita, Adichie, Lerner, Rankine) - and more a belated sense of a need for methodological orientations for a kind of mobile or wayward literature "in a plastic and assimilable age," to borrow from Vilém Flusser, the Czech-Brazilian theorist.
ENGL 681-75: Mobility Work in Composition: Translation, Migration, Transformation
Professor B. Horner
In coordination with the October 2016 Watson Conference theme "Mobility Work in Composition: Translation, Migration, Transformation," we will devote this seminar to exploring emerging models and countermodels for mobility work in composition and beyond as these are engaged in scholarship on knowledge transfer, translinguality in writing, transnational writing programs, transnational rhetorics, and more broadly in scholarship on the movement and transformation of writers, writing, knowledge, and writing programs within and across borders of nation states, genres, institutions, languages, modalities, and disciplines, the globalization and "internationalization" of higher education, and the mobility and mobilization of students, faculty, and knowledge attending these. Watson conference keynote texts will be approached in the context of this growing scholarly literature. Seminar projects taking the form of responses to the keynote texts will be considered as potential contributions to the edited collection to emerge from the conference.
ENGL 681: Victorian Jewels
W 7:00 -9:45 PM
Professor S. M. Griffin
Amber, diamonds, jet, pearls; amulets, cameos, crowns, rings: Jewels and jewelry glitter in the plots and on the characters of many nineteenth-century fictions. In their beauty coalesces some of the central ideologies and cultural and economic practices of the age. At various times, Victorian jewelry can serve as an emblem of wealth, taste, mourning, and even race. Jewels point to gendered gift economies, imperial pillage, laws governing inheritance, international trade, class structures, geological history, and the commodification of beauty. This is an era in which the British regard India as "The Jewel in the Crown" of Empire, in which mourning jewelry becomes a major industry; events ranging from the California Gold Rush to Anglo-American archaeological discoveries caused shifts in jewelry fashions. Superstitions accrued around gemstones that embody histories of themselves, their owners, and their origins.
In this seminar we will read a number of Anglo-American fictions in which jewels figure prominently. What is the nature of these jewels? Where do they come from? How are they fashioned and re-fashioned—and by whom? Are they best understood as commodities? Fetishes? Art? Things? In attempting to answer these and other questions, we will draw on a variety of theories including thing theory, marxism, psychoanalysis, and post-colonial theory, as well as on scholarly work in cultural studies, material history, and fashion history.
Readings may include:
Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
Emily Dickinson, selected poems
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, "The Speckled Band," "The Blue Carbuncle," "The Ring of
" Thoth"
H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
Henry James, "Paste"; Guy de Maupassant, "The Necklace"
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Gold-Bug"
Harriett Prescott Spofford, "The Amber Gods," "A Lost Jewel"
Bram Stoker, The Jewel of the Seven Stars
Anthony Trollope, The Eustace Diamonds
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
ENGL 687-01: From the Primary to the Presidency: Campaign Rhetoric in Post-Truth Age
Professor S. Schneider
Paul Krugman famously said of the 2012 presidential election: "Welcome to Post-Truth Politics." While we might question whether the factual distortions of that election cycle are all that new, Krugman's statement nonetheless seemed to sum up a shift in how campaign rhetorics were practiced and perceived. 2016 looks to be no exception, with several primary campaigns defying the expectations that many of us have about facts, truth, and fair play. This seminar will offer students a chance to not only study how the rhetorical study of campaign rhetorics has changed in recent years, but also to examine how contemporary media environments challenge how we understand the relationship between rhetoric and politics on the campaign trail. We'll likely start with debates about the political function of the public sphere before looking at the role of the "public screen" and social media in the shaping of campaign rhetorics. We'll also look at recent arguments about data, polling, and other prediction models in order to assess how campaign rhetorics function in an age of fast media. Possible readings may include Tulis' Rhetorical Presidency, Geer's In Defense of Negativity, Jurgen Habermas' Between Facts and Norms, Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise, Cohen and Karol's The Party Decides, Judis and Teixeira's The Emerging Democratic Majority, and George Lakoff's Moral Politics.
ENGL 689-01: Directed Reading for Exam
ENGL 690-01: Dissertation Research
ENGL 692-75: Engaging Some of the Greatest Hits
Professor M. Sheridan
Within Writing Studies, what we study and whom we draw upon seem to be ever expanding. In this class, we'll track some of that expansion by focusing on 6 key terms, reading oft cited interdisciplinary theorists and works that represent how they've been taken up within our field. The terms and theorists may change, but at the moment include: Heterglossia (Mikhail Bakhtin), Institutional Ethnography (Dorothy Smith), Assemblage (Bruno Latour), Networks (Manuel Castells), New Materialism (Laurie Gries), Circulation Studies (DeVoss & Ridolpho; Catherine Chaput). The goal of the course will be to read important, primary texts, and to investigate how and why these theories and methodologies have become important to Writing Studies scholars today. Like many graduate courses, this will be a reading heavy course.


Using hula hoops, bean bags, volleyballs, and boxes, little ones cooperate to simulate a reduction of carbon emissions. There are three different obstacles to compete in, making this a fun team challenge. In addition to carbon clean up, it also could be used to demonstrate a variety of topics such as recycling plastics.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars make up the solar system's inner planets. How are the weather patterns on these planets different from Earth's? This is the focus of a video that explains weather conditions on the inner planets.
Young scholars explore pollution. In this pollution activity students participate in activities to help them better understand industrial pollution.


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In Conversation: Sarah J. Maas
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All tickets include entry to the event and a copy of A Court of Silver Flames. The book cost is $26.50 with an added $5 for shipping. The book will be shipped to the address you provide at checkout; please note a Canadian mailing address is required. Books will be shipped on the February 16, 2021 release date, and may take up to 14 days to arrive.
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Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas for a discussion about the highly anticipated fourth novel in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, A Court of Silver Flames. Purchase the Indigo Exclusive edition of A Court of Silver Flames for access to this exciting event (the tour edition has now sold out).
Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.
The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.
Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts.
Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance-and healing-in each other's arms.
Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series and A Court of Thorns and Roses series, as well as a USA Today and international bestselling author. Sarah wrote the first incarnation of the Throne of Glass series when she was just sixteen, and it has now sold in thirty-five languages. A New York native, Sarah currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and dog. Empire of Storms, the fifth Throne of Glass novel,is available now.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College in 2008 with a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in Religious Studies.
In Conversation: Sarah J. Maas will take place on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.Doors Open at 6:50PM, and the Show Starts around 7:00PM. In Conversation: Sarah J. Maas includes Sarah J Maas.
Cutoff is Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:59 pm EST unless it sells out earlier.


Story telling is at the very heart of our culture as human beings, but few of us have the opportunity or the pleasure to pursue it as a career path. Ahsan, a poet and writer and director of the Dhaka Literary Festival, tells us of his literary journey, and all the ups and downs it's brought him over the years.
How do you start a career as a storyteller?
One can say storytelling is my passion, and that is why I enjoy the three things that take up most of my time: writing, organising a literary festival, and running a PR company. However, when I graduated, I didn't find my dream job, nor did I have the experience to start a business. Like most of my class, I joined the banking industry.
The City of London was seen as the coveted space for anyone with a degree in Economics or Finance. The competition for a place was intense. I succeeded only to realise my heart was not in it. Like many of my colleagues, I bit the bullet and carried on working - there were some aspects of the work that I enjoyed but mostly it proved to be monotonous. I stuck at it for 10 years before deciding to start my own business in the Far East. It was then a question of using the savings to either make the move or buy a house here. I chose the former as I always believed in the mantra: "fortune favours the brave".
After two years in Malaysia and Singapore, with no major breakthroughs in my commodities trading enterprise, I was forced to close it and return to London. My savings had been depleted and I was back in a market that would offer me jobs in banks. Recruiters, sadly, often miss the idea of transferable skills, and so I decided to take my own path. And that is one thing that I reiterate to all aspiring entrepreneurs: if you have the belief in yourself, let no one stop you!
The main difficulty or challenge was the inevitable; setting up a new business initially with no staff, no office and no existing leads to get clients. Like any market, it is extremely hard to break into it and gain confidence of a client. In PR and marketing, there is no tangible product, so one has to really buy the person and his/ her ideas before agreeing to work together. The other aspect is all results are longitudinal. These are some of the common problems that are faced by any new PR company, anywhere in the world.
What drove or inspired you?
go back to finding a job. I had been dreaming to starting and building my own business for a long time. I knew it was now or never; it was do-or-die. When human beings are pushed to that extreme, everything suddenly falls into place, maybe the Universe even responds to help you out.
What "one piece of advice" would you give to someone just staring out?
Be determined and try to surround yourself with positive-minded people.


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Want to Understand Boris Johnson, Britain's Probable Next Prime Minister? Read His Incendiary Journalism.
Written by William Booth and Karla Adam, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Boris Johnson, the far-ahead front-runner to become Britain's prime minister this week, waved a vacuum-packed fish over his head and railed at the European Union."
A younger Boris Johnson in his office, with bound volumes of the Spectator magazine behind him. (photo: Neville Elder/Corbis/Getty Images)
By William Booth and Karla Adam, The Washington Post
oris Johnson, the far-ahead front-runner to become Britain's prime minister this week, waved a vacuum-packed fish over his head and railed at the European Union.
A smoked herring seller from the Isle of Man, Johnson said Wednesday, "has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by" — he paused to reach for another prop — "a plastic ice pillow! Pointless, expensive, environmentally damaging, health and safety."
The audience roared. Johnson, populist charmer, always gets a laugh.
Did it matter that the ice pillow was actually the result of a British regulation and had nothing to do with the E.U.? Does it matter that the likely future British leader has a loose relationship with the truth?
The key to understanding Johnson, say his biographers, lifelong observers, friends and enemies in a dozen interviews with The Washington Post, is to see him first as a hack — a hack being the self-deprecating but not pejorative Britishism for a working journalist shoveling reams of copy to his masters on deadline.
Johnson was fired from his first job, at the Times of London, for making up a quote about Edward II's catamite lover and attributing it to his godfather, the Oxford historian Colin Lucas.
But he would go on to find his voice, and develop his shtick, during his years as a Brussels-based foreign correspondent — racing around in his lipstick-red Alfa Romeo, speaking intentionally bad French and banging out outrageous and only semi-true dispatches.
Before he was a lawmaker, London mayor or foreign secretary, Johnson made his name as one of Britain's top columnists. And he has continued as a hack through much of his political career.
It was as a hack, writing for the middlebrow "Tory Telegraph," that Johnson learned to combine his high and his low. He is an upper-class Oxford-educated classicist who sprinkles his rapid-fire remarks with Latin aphorisms. But he has also cultivated a persona as a populist everyman in frayed trousers who bikes to the office. He is a version of his favorite meal: links of proper British sausage quaffed with $100-a-bottle Tignanello.
It was as a hack, too, that Johnson stoked the cheeky, slanted, self-pitying euroskepticism that would set the stage for Brexit — and ultimately send him in the direction of 10 Downing Street.
"Beware of newspaper columnists," Martin Fletcher, a former associate editor at the Times, told The Post. "They are paid to be controversial, to be colorful, to be provocative. There are very few consequences to what they write. But those are not attributes you want in your prime minister."
The ranks of the British political class are full of former journalists. But Johnson — if he bests Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt when the results of the leadership race are announced Tuesday — would be the first hack in the top job in recent times. In this, he is thought to aspire to be like Winston Churchill. Johnson, by all accounts, has never been lacking in ambition.
Hardly anyone had heard of him when 24-year-old Johnson arrived in Brussels in the spring of 1989 to begin life as a foreign correspondent for the Telegraph. He and his new first wife moved into an inauspicious flat above a dentist's office in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a bourgeois neighborhood where fussy Flemish residents would scribble anonymous notes complaining about the misplacement of trash bins, according to his biographers.
By the time he left Brussels about five years later, Johnson was one of Margaret Thatcher's favorite commentators — the banner man for a new type of Tory, an irreverent, kind of hip Conservative who would shortly launch his rocket of a political career.
In Brussels — the often dull, bureaucratic capital of the E.U. — the young Johnson found a way to run at the front of the field, ahead of older, more docile correspondents who tended to stick up for the E.U. and stick to the facts.
Johnson hit on a theme: that the European Union was run by the devilish French and rules-obsessed Germans, who were out to pass all sorts of onerous rules designed to clip the wings of a once-great Britain.
Skewering European officials at theatrical news conferences, then letting it rip on his Tandy 300, Johnson became the object of envy and admiration in the British press corps in Brussels.
"His stories about the idiocies of the European Union were received with rapture by an ever-growing circle of fans, and he became the only Brussels correspondent of whom ordinary mortals have heard," wrote Andrew Gimson, his former colleague and the author of a biography, "The Adventures of Boris Johnson."
But these same stories were viewed, by colleagues and competitors, as deeply dubious.
Peter Guilford, who worked alongside Johnson as a Brussels correspondent for the Times, credited Johnson with turning euroskeptic journalism into "an art form." But Guilford took issue with Johnson's willingness "to ham up the story, so there wasn't much difference between news and entertainment. . . . He would write outrageous stories with only the slenderest connection of truth in them."
Fletcher, the former Times editor, has compiled a list of Johnson's greatest hits from Brussels: Johnson wrote that the E.U. wanted to standardize coffins, the smell of manure and the size of condoms — and had rejected an Italian request to make undersized ones. He warned Britons that their prawn-cocktail-flavored chips could be banned, that their sausages were under threat and that their fishermen would be required to wear hairnets.
Further goosing fears of the supranational state, Johnson wrote about the coming of compulsory European identification cards. (They are not coming.) He speculated that French, German and Dutch citizens would be elected to the British House of Commons. (Also not happening.) And he sought to underscore E.U. wastefulness with his description of a "kilometre-high Tower of Babel" to be built in Brussels.
James Landale, who worked with Johnson in Brussels and is the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, wrote a poem to mark Johnson's departure from the E.U. capital: "Boris told such dreadful lies / It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes."
Johnson has acknowledged that there was a bit of a game in all this.
"Everything I wrote from Brussels I found was sort of chucking these rocks over the garden wall," he told BBC's "Desert Island Discs" in 2005. "And I listened to this amazing crash from the greenhouse next door over in England. It really gave me this, I suppose, rather weird sense of power."
Johnson and his spokesman did not respond to The Post's interview requests.
Bill Newton Dunn, a long-serving British member of the European Parliament, said that, in person, Johnson was like a "puppy dog, anxious to please and get on with everybody."
But less so in print.
"What was irritating is that he then started coming up with some extraordinary and, it turned out, completely inventive untrue stories about Brussels," Newton Dunn said, recalling one headline: "Brussels recruits sniffers to ensure that Euro-manure smells the same."
His former editor at the Telegraph, Max Hastings, has declared Johnson "unfit for national office."
"There is room for debate about whether he is a scoundrel or mere rogue, but not much about his moral bankruptcy, rooted in a contempt for truth," Hastings wrote in the Guardian.
Conrad Black, who once owned the Telegraph, fired back in the Spectator that Johnson is "more reliable and trustworthy" than Hastings.
Black had his own run-ins with Johnson, but he called his former charge "such an effective correspondent for us in Brussels that he greatly influenced British opinion on this country's relations with Europe."
"Boris's peccadilloes were more absurd, complicated and over-publicized than the shambles of the personal lives of other journalists," Black said. "But his editorial opinions were sensible and consistent. His shtick grew tiresome, like an over-familiar vaudeville act, but he was at all times a person of goodwill and his foibles were deployed to the benefit of the enterprise."
Sometimes, when Johnson's words have not been supported by facts, people have excused him with the notion that he's inattentive to detail. But Guilford emphasized that Johnson is not lazy: "He's a workaholic. I've never seen someone so committed at the expense of everything."
He recalled that while the two were at a mutual friend's wedding in Ireland, Johnson "spent every waking minute talking to Irish people" about their views on an upcoming abortion referendum.
"On Monday, we all woke up with a hangover to see this big center page piece about the referendum. He spent the whole time doing it — irrespective of being there with friends and family," Guilford said. "In my view, he never stops."
Sonia Purnell, author of "Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition," was Johnson's deputy in the Brussels office.
She told The Post that working alongside Johnson "wasn't fun and it wasn't productive. He's very secretive, he's really difficult to work with for that reason." She said that he has a "frightening temper" and there's "no team playing. He's very much the solo performer."
In the biography, she recalls Johnson's launching into closed-door rants just before deadline, screaming obscenities at a potted plant, to lather himself up to write another scathing column.
To The Post, she characterized Johnson as ubercompetitive — suggesting that, going back to his childhood, he "competed at everything, including who was the blondest, who was the fastest, who was the cleverest." In the adult Johnson, she said, that has resulted in a desire for "approval and love of the crowd" and an "incredible drive to be top dog."
Purnell told the Guardian that she once said something to Johnson — made a joke about an official — in the kitchen of the Telegraph's Brussels bureau. She saw her remarks in print a few days later. Johnson attributed them to "an E.U. source."


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Sponsorship Speech for Ambassadors Leslie Baja and Raymond Balatbat; and FSO II Leandro Manantan at the Commission on Appointments
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Commission on Appointments, this Representation as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presided over a public hearing this morning to deliberate on the nomination of two (2) Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and one (1) Foreign Service Officer Class II of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Your Committee, after deliberating on their qualifications and fitness during the public hearing, determined that they are fit and qualified to be in the posts where they are nominated and appointed and therefore ruled to recommend to the plenary their appointments for the consent and approval of this body.
Mr. Chairman, it is my honor and privilege to recommend that the Commission give its consent to the nomination of Ambassador Leslie Junio Baja. Our subject nominee joined the Foreign Service in 1986. He consequently served key roles overseas for diplomatic missions in Egypt, Berlin, Germany, Athens, Greece, Switzerland and Liechtenstein until his recent nomination.
During his post as the Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt from August to September 2018, he ably assisted about 10,000 Filipinos in the countries under his jurisdiction, particularly, in the case of missing seafarers in Eritrea, which reportedly required close coordination with Eritrean authorities.
Ambassador Baja also aided in establishing the Philippine presence in Ethiopia for his significant role in the establishment of the honorary consulate of the Philippines in Addis Ababa. In 2013, he worked on the passage of the Compensation Act for Human Rights Victims as the Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Mr. Chairman and distinguished colleagues, it is my privilege and honor to recommend that this body give its consent to the appointment of Ambassador LESLIE JUNIO BAJA as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Morocco with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Guinea, Republic of Mali, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and Republic of Senegal, with the rank and emoluments of a Chief of Mission, Class I.
I so move, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, it is my honor and privilege to recommend that the Commission give its consent to the nomination of Ambassador Raymond Balatbat as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Lebanese Republic with the rank and emoluments of a Chief of Mission, Class II.
Before his stint at the DFA, our nominee was a legislative researcher and writer who even worked as a budget analyst at the Senate Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office (LBRMO) from 1992 to 1993.
He joined the Foreign Service in 1997 and has since held key roles at the home office and overseas, including stints at the Philippine Embassies in Jakarta, Indonesia; Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and Brunei Darussalam.
For his various accomplishments and exemplary work in the Department, Ambassador Balatbat was conferred Gawad Mabini, Rank of Commander in 2007.
Mr. Chairman and distinguished colleagues, it is my privilege and honor to recommend that this body give its consent to the appointment of Ambassador RAYMOND BALATBAT as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Lebanese Republic, with the rank and emoluments of a Chief of Mission, Class II.
Mr. Chairman, I also recommend to the Commission the confirmation of the ad interim appointment of Mr. LEANDRO LUIZ SOLIVEN MANANTAN to the rank of Foreign Service Officer, Class II.
Filed under: 18th Congress, Commission on Appointments, Leandro Manantan, Leslie Baja, Raymond Balatbat
Opening Prayer at the Senate Regular Session | Dec. 15, 2020
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Alexandria, VA—The National Art Education Association has named Joshua Drews, of Columbia, SC, to receive the 2020 National Secondary Art Educator Award. This prestigious award, determined through a peer review of nominations, recognizes the exemplary contributions, service, and achievements of one outstanding NAEA member annually at the National level within their division. The award will be presented at the NAEA National Convention in Minneapolis, MN, March 26-28, 2020.
NAEA President Thom Knab states, "This award is being given to recognize excellence in professional accomplishment and service by a dedicated art educator. Joshua Drews exemplifies the highly qualified art educators active in education today: leaders, teachers, students, scholars, and advocates who give their best to their students and the profession."
Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators. Members include elementary, middle, and high school visual arts educators; college and university professors; university students preparing to become art educators; researchers and scholars; teaching artists; administrators and supervisors; and art museum educators—as well as more than 54,000 students who are members of the National Art Honor Society. We represent members in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, U.S. Possessions, most Canadian Provinces, U.S. military bases around the world, and 25 foreign countries.
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Wicklow (Irish: Cill Mhantáin , which means "church toothless one")   is the county town of Wicklow and capital of the Mid-East Region of Ireland.Located south of Dublin on the eastern coast of the island, has a population of 10,356 according to the census of 2011.  The town is to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail network with Dublin commuter services now extending to the city.Additional services contact with Arklow, Wexford and Rosslare Europort, a main port. There is also a commercial port, mainly importing timber and textiles. The Vartry River is the main river that runs through town.
Looks north of Wicklow Golf Club (foreground, with rock formations visible on the right), Wicklow Bay towards large Sugarloaf (center) and Bray Head (right) in the distance. Wicklow Town is hidden in the golf club house.
Wicklow town forms a rough semicircle around Wicklow harbor. To the immediate north is "The Murrough," a popular grassy walking area by the sea, and the eastern coastal strip. The Murrough is a place of growing commercial use, so much so that a road that runs past the town directly to the commercial part of the area began construction in 2008 and was completed in summer 2010. The eastern coastal strip covering the Wicklow bay, a crescent-shaped stone beach about 10 km long .
Ballyguile Hill is in the southwest of the city. A large part of the residential areas in the 1970s and 1980s occurred in this area, despite the significant gradient from the center.
The country rises in the rolling hills to the west, going to meet the Wicklow mountains in the middle of the county. The dominant feature in the south is the rocky headlands of the bride's head and Wicklow Head, easternmost point of mainland Ireland. On a very clear day it is possible to see the Snowdonia mountain range in Wales.
As with much of the rest of northwestern Europe, Wicklow experience a maritime climate ( Cfb ), with cool summers, mild winters, and lack of extreme temperatures. The average maximum January temperatures are 9.2 ° C (48.6 ° F), while the average maximum August temperature is 21.2 ° C (70.2 ° F). On average the sunniest month in May The wettest month is October with 118.9 mm (4.6 inches) of rain and the driest month is April with 60.7 mm (2.4 inches). With the exception of October and November, the rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year, with rain falling within a relatively narrow band of between 60 (2.4 in) and 86 mm (3.4 inches) a month. But a significant spike occurs in October and November that records almost double the typical rainfall in April.
Wicklow is protected locally by Ballyguile slope and the more distant of the Wicklow mountains. This sheltered location makes it one of the driest and warmest places in Ireland. It may only be about 60% of the rain on the West Coast. Moreover, since Wicklow is protected by the mountains from the south and westerly winds, has higher average temperature than many parts of Ireland. The average high in August of 21.2 ° C (70.2 ° F) is a full 1 ° C higher than the highest average month in Dublin, only 50 km (30miles) north.
While its location is favorable for protection against the winds that are common to a large part of Ireland's Wicklow particularly exposed to easterly winds. As these winds come from northern European countries Wicklow, along with a large part of the east coast of Ireland, experience relatively sharp temperature drops in winter for short periods.
Since 1995 the city has undergone major changes and expansion that reflects the simultaneous growth in the Irish economy. Significant residential development has occurred west of the city along Marlton Road (R751). More recently, residential areas concentrated in the northwest of the city towards the neighboring village of Rathnew. The completion of the Ashford / Rathnew Bypass in 2004 has meant that Wicklow is now linked to the capital Dublin, located 42 km north of dual carriageway and motorway. These factors have led to a steady growth in population in Wicklow and its surrounding townlands while its importance as a commuter town for Dublin increasing.
The Swedish toponymist Magne Oftedal  criticize the usual explanation that the name comes from the Old Norse Vikingr (meaning "Viking") and Norse Ló (which means "meadow"), that is, "the Vikings' meadow 'or' Viking meadow". He notices that -LO never been used outside Norway (see Oslo) and Scandinavia. Furthermore, this word almost never in combination with a male name or a generic word meaning "a category of persons". Moreover, it seems "Viking" Never in toponymic records. For him, the first element can be explained as Uikar- or Uik- "bay" in Old Norse, and between N of the old forms is a mistake of the clerks.
Wykinglo were common names used by Viking seafarers and traders who traveled around the Anglo-Scandinavian world. The Normans and Anglo-Normans who conquered Ireland preferred the non Gaelic placename.
The origins of the Irish name Cill Mhantáin has no connection with the name Wicklow . It has an interesting folklore own. Saint Patrick and a few followers are said to have tried to land on Travailahawk beach, south of hamnen.Fientliga locals attacked them, causing one of Patrick's party to lose their front teeth. Manntach (toothless one), as he became known, was undeterred and returned to the city, eventually founding a church. Therefore Cill Mhantáin , which means "church toothless one." Although its anglicised spelling Kilmantan  was used for a time, eventually fell out of use.
Norman influence can still be seen today in some of its rooms and surname.After the Norman invasion, was granted Wicklow Maurice FitzGerald, who started to build the "Black Castle", a country facing the fortification is destroyed on the coast just south of the harbor. The castle was briefly held by the local O'Byrne and the O'Toole Kavanagh clans  in the uprising in 1641, but was quickly abandoned when British soldiers approached the city.Sir Charles Coote, who led the troops then recorded engaging in "wild and indiscriminate" slaughter of the citizens in an act of revenge.  Local oral history claims that one of these documents "wanton cruelty" was trapping and intentional burning to death of an unknown number of people in a building in the city. Although no record of this detail Coote attack on Wicklow is a small laneway, locally called "Melancholy Lane", said to have been where this event took place.
Bus Eireann and Irish Rail both active through the city. Bus Eireann provide an hour which is half an hour at peak time service to Dublin city center and Airport.Also a service operated twice daily via Arklow Rathdrum.
Jump up ^ DeAngelis, Camille (2007). Moon handbooks: Ireland. Avalon Travel Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 1-59880-048-5. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
Jump up ^ "Legal Wicklow Town results". Central Bureau of Statistics .2011. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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#ifndef _SPACE_VECTOR_GEN_H_
#define _SPACE_VECTOR_GEN_H_

#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <stdexcept>

#include <space/space_vector.h>

namespace similarity {

/*
 * A generic vector space: can be used with
 * an arbitrary distance function.
 */
template <typename dist_t, typename DistObjType>
class VectorSpaceGen : public VectorSpaceSimpleStorage<dist_t> {
 public:
  virtual ~VectorSpaceGen() {}
  explicit VectorSpaceGen() {}

  virtual void CreateDataset(ObjectVector& dataset,
                            const vector<vector<dist_t>>& sourceData) {
    fillDataSet(dataset, sourceData, NULL);
  }

  virtual void CreateDataset(ObjectVector& dataset,
                            const vector<vector<dist_t>>& sourceData,
                            const vector<LabelType>& labels) {
    fillDataSet(dataset, sourceData, &labels);
  }
  virtual std::string StrDesc() const {
    return "custom space";
  }
  Object* CreateObjFromVect(IdType id, LabelType label, const std::vector<dist_t>& InpVect) const {
    return VectorSpace<dist_t>::CreateObjFromVect(id, label, InpVect);
  };
 protected:
  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(VectorSpaceGen);

  DistObjType      distObj_;

  virtual dist_t HiddenDistance(const Object* obj1, const Object* obj2) const {
    CHECK(obj1->datalength() > 0);
    CHECK(obj1->datalength() == obj2->datalength());
    const dist_t* x = reinterpret_cast<const dist_t*>(obj1->data());
    const dist_t* y = reinterpret_cast<const dist_t*>(obj2->data());
    const size_t length = obj1->datalength() / sizeof(dist_t);

    return distObj_(x, y, length);
  }

  void fillDataSet(ObjectVector& dataset,
                   const vector<vector<dist_t>>& sourceData,
                   const vector<LabelType>* pLabels) {
    size_t dim = 0;

    for (size_t index = 0; index < sourceData.size(); ++index) {
      const vector<dist_t>& oneElem = sourceData[index];

      size_t currDim = oneElem.size();

      if (!dim) dim = currDim;
      else {
        if (dim != currDim) {
          PREPARE_RUNTIME_ERR(err) << "The # of vector elements (" << currDim << ")" <<
                      " doesn't match the # of elements in previous lines. (" << dim << " )" <<
                      "Found mismatch, index : " << (index + 1);
          THROW_RUNTIME_ERR(err);
        }
      }
      LabelType label = pLabels ? (*pLabels)[index] :  -1 ;
      dataset.push_back(CreateObjFromVect(index, label, oneElem));
    }
  }

};

}  // namespace similarity

#endif

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The Robot Shuttle is a six-seat self-driving bus that goes 10 kph (6 mph).
Japan is bringing autonomous vehicle technology to rural areas of the country where a majority of the population is over the age of 65.
Nishikata, Japan, 115 km (71 miles) from the capital of Tokyo, is one such area. Roughly one-third of its small population ofvc 6,300 people are elderly, and with limited buses and bus drivers, it can be difficult for these residents to get around.
Enter the Robot Shuttle, a six-seat driverless bus from game developer DeNA Co, which recently entered the world of self-driving vehicles. During the initial testing, which began in September, the bus transported people from a service area to a municipal complex with healthcare services.
As reported by Reuters, the bus goes a slow and steady 10 kph (6 mph), though some test participants would like to see it go faster and reach speeds of 40 kph (25 mph). It's an understandable request — if someone has a desire to get somewhere quickly, such as a hospital, 10 kph wouldn't be nearly fast enough.
We typically think of self-driving cars as only being used in cities and autonomous driving services as only being used by a younger population. DeNA Co's testing is proving that the concept can be used by more than this small, young population, even potentially being more beneficial to the elderly.
One test rider, Shizu Yuzawa, 77, said she'd be open to using services like the Robot Shuttle in the future. She explained that she worries about being unable to travel when she can no longer drive.
The bus is also being tested under various road conditions, and to see how people crossing in front of the vehicle react to its warning signal.
Depending on the results of these tests, Japan's government will convert highway rest stops into hubs that elderly residents can be picked up from. One day they may be able to use the service to travel to medical, retail and banking destinations. Iwelll goes will, additional self-driving services could be launched in other rural communities by 2020.


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We wentwere goinghad gonehad been going to the theatre last friday.
He put a glass on the table that I cleanedwas cleaninghad cleanedhad been cleaning only a minute before.
Yesterday at ten he satwas sittinghad sathad been sitting in front of the computer.
When their dad got home, the girls watchedwere watchinghad watchedhad been watching TV for three hours.
We went to the theatre last friday.
He put a glass on the table that I had cleaned only a minute before.
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When their dad got home, the girls had been watching TV for three hours.
Wendy and John swapped phones.
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Giulia is a complete departure from the existing Alfa Romeo sedans
ShinyAndChrome
Will the 2016 RWD Guilia be the first in a series of sedans and quite possibly a wagon for Alfa?
The Alfa Romeo Giulia is a complete departure from the two existing Alfa Romeo sedans, the subcompact MiTo and the compact Giulietta (whose U.S. cousin is the current Dodge Dart). Eschewing the less sporting front-wheel drive layout of the two current sedans (the last RWD Alfa was the 75/Milano, discontinued in 1992), the Giulia is a contemporary rear-wheel/all-wheel-drive four-door sedan, designed to compete against the triumvirate that includes the Audi A4, BMW 3-Series, and the Mercedes-Benz C Class. (While additional models were not announced at the launch, it is expected that a four-door station wagon and possibly a two-door coupe will be added to the lineup by 2017 for markets outside North America.)
The Giulia was developed in almost total secrecy by a small group of Alfa Romeo engineers at a skunkworks-like facility near the Maserati factory in Modena.
"The Giulia would not have been possible without the merger with Chrysler," CEO Sergio Marchionne said during the Giulia's reveal. "It provided the necessary financial resources, the technical capability and a global distribution network." Insiders have reported that Marchionne personally vetoed an earlier design in late 2012, thus the crash two-year redesign that sent the small team of engineers back to the drawing boards for a totally different approach, delaying the car's launch until late June.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/fiat-chryslers-billion-dollar-gamble-on-alfa-romeo/#ixzz3fz9pCeyk
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Unfortunately Alfa is saying they currently have no plans for a wagon...
http://www.giuliaforums.com/forum/4...upe-estate-wagon-renders-leaked.html#post6866
Vinales said:
Actually from what Car and Driver is saying Alfa isn't planning a wagon Giulia at all...
http://blog.caranddriver.com/hauling-hotties-alfa-romeo-giulia-wagon-crossover-rendered/
The article published by digital trends is more recent than the one made by car and driver. Maybe their plans have changed or they're keeping that option open for future releases.
In Europe, a wagon seems like a good move. And I think that the Giulia would take well to that body style.
ShinyAndChrome said:
Car and Driver spoke with FCA, Digital Trends just mentions an expectation that they probably got that from our site regardless...
http://www.giuliaforums.com/forum/4...giulia-coupe-estate-wagon-renders-leaked.html
GiuliaAdmin said:
The Estate is trickier, its not likely that AR offers up a Giulia Estate QV, unless they feel there is significant appetite to hunt down the Audi RS4 Avant. Otherwise we do expect the Giulia estate eventually, albeit in more pedestrian flavor and featuring the rumoured 2.0T.
Vinales Jul 16, 2015


Tom's Thumb is a granite spire that caps a high ridge on the northeast side of McDowell Sonoran Preserve. This iconic formation is visible from miles around, and has quickly become one of the area's most popular hiking and climbing destinations.
About 1.4 million years ago, rising magma intruded overlying rhyolite and quartzite rock layers and lithified into granite.
Crystals formed and produced a course-grain rock in pockets where magma cooled slowly; faster cooling magma holds fewer crystals and a finer grain. Both are high-traction surfaces prized by climbers and mountain bikers.
Exposed granite has been dramatically rounded by erosion, with horizontal and vertical joint patterns in larger rock masses. This rounded, light colored rock contrasts sharply with the dark, jagged basalt and rhyolite found throughout the McDowell range.
Visitors may notice a strong resemblance to Joshua Tree National Park, whose predominate monzogranite rock is of similar origin and complexion.
Tom's Thumb Trail heads south through large plots of well-spaced brush, a good place to find jackrabbit, roadrunner, quail and a variety of songbirds. Sculpted boulders litter the bajada, which is noticeably absent of saguaro and barrel cactus.
The trail rises gently past the Feldspar Trail to a climbing access spur (.45 miles : 2,980'), past which it steepens considerably on tightly wound switchbacks.
Despite challenging grades the surface is smooth from finely eroded granite (grus), a welcome departure from many local trails.
The trail climbs 683' in just .9 miles to a crest overlooking the McDowell interior, and a surreal landscape of immense rock features and lush vegetation (1.35 miles : 3,663').
It dips to the East End Trail split (1.6 miles : 3,582'), and curls west up to the Tom's Thumb access trail (1.9 miles : 3,721'). You'll pass the Glass Dome en route, a worthwhile destination in itself.
The spur breaks north and weaves nimbly through large outcrops to the base of Tom's Thumb (2.15 miles : 3,830'). This spacious, elevated area is easy to explore, with many shaded nooks and terrific views in every direction.
Higher elevations with the opportunity to find shade amid large boulders make this trail a good choice in warmer months.
Tom's Thumb Trailhead sees heavy use, especially on weekends. Arrive early to secure parking and avoid crowds.
Dogs must be on a hand held leash at all times.
Tom's Thumb Trailhead is located on the northeast side of McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
This newly renovated and expanded trailhead is located 11.9 miles from HWY 101 on McDowell Mountain Ranch Road.
From Highway 101, take the Pima Road Exit (#36) and head 4.7 miles east on Pima to Happy Valley Road. Turn right on Happy Valley for 4.5 miles to McDowell Mountain Ranch Road. Follow signs (right) for Tom's Thumb Trailhead.


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Meet the Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance Water Watch in Steel
By Roberta Naas / June 13, 2017
Offering a somewhatmore affordable version of its highly technical Mirrored Force Resonance watch (heretofore offered in rose gold), Armin Strom unveils the Mirrored Force Resonance Water watch — crafted in stainless steel. This model is also in keeping with the brand's well-known "elements" concept, wherein it offers each watch in a material reflective of the…
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With Father's day coming this Sunday, ATimelyPerspective dedicates the week to exceptional watches for Dad. Today, we are taking a close-up look at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Collection of watches that are all about high-tech complexity. Not a new collection, the Duometre line has been around for some years. This year, however, Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils several new…
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Bremont AIRCO Mach 1 and Mach 2 Aviation Watches Make Their Way to Stores
Aviation watches have been around as long as airplanes have, and certain brands are well known for their aviation-inspired and instrument watches. British brand Bremont, whose owners Nick and Giles English, are both pilots, is one of those brands. Earlier this year, Bremont unveiled its newest timepieces for 2017 and among them was a celebration…
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Kate Winslet Designed a Watch Now Up For Charity Auction: Longines Flagship Heritage by Kate Winslet
From now until June 30, customers can bid on line to purchase one of three identical Longines Flagship Heritage by Kate Winslet watches — with all proceeds going to The Golden Hat Foundation, a charity co-founded by the award-winning actress. Winslet, a Longines Ambassador of Elegance, is, of course, the stunning and talented British actress…
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I doubt there is anyone who doesn't know the story by famed author Robert Louis Stevenson: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. It features scientist Dr. Jekyll, who, in his laboratory, develops a potion that he hopes will separate this good side from his sinister side. Unfortunately, the experiment goes wrong and…
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World Oceans Day: Oris Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition Dive Watch (price)
Today, June 8, marks World Oceans Day – a day recognized by the United Nations since 2008 as being dedicated to preserving our oceans and marine life. Several top watch brands put their support behind this effort on a regular basis. Oris is one such brand. In fact, the company offers a Hammerhead Limited Edition…
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University Ombuds Services
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Office Charter
E-mail: ombuds@csusb.edu
There is convenient elevator and stair access at the north east corner of the building.
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Twillea Evans-Carthen
University Ombuds Officer,
Director of Ombuds Services
Administrative Support Coordinator
The Ombuds is available by appointment Monday through Friday.
Ombuds Services
California State University, San Bernardino Office of Ombuds Services is a confidential, informal, impartial, independent resource for the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members with a university-related concern seeking assistance with resolving problems, disputes, or complaints. The university Ombuds Officer will assist visitors in exploring the full range of problem-solving options and help to identify constructive resolutions.
The office supplements, but does not replace, the University's formal channels, such as the grievance process. The university Ombuds Officer treats all inquiries following the International Ombudsman Association Ethical Principles.
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Does anyone know where I might buy small amounts of biochar for my home garden?
from overseas.They also stock EMs if you want to treat your char.	EMNZ is another company that provides EMs.
A number of group members are producing char from various systems around NZ. I'm sure small quantities can be provided for home gardening trials. We just need to organize the communications and logistics for this (where are you?).
We could also work together to provide advice on testing and application methods. Feed-back and discussion on results would also be great. The comment above… "you are on your own" should read… 'at your own risk'. We want to encourage experimentation and collaboration.


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Long Shot – film review
Jamie Havlin
Long Shot (1978)
Director: Maurice Hatton
Cast: Charles Gormley, Neville Smith, Anne Zelda
Runtime: 84 mins
Format: Dual format
Jamie Havlin assesses an obscure micro-budget film about filmmaking shot mostly during the 1977 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
1977 proved to be a key year in British independent music. The Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch proving to be the catalyst for what would become a boom period for the D-I-Y ethic. That spring The Desperate Bicycles set out to prove how easy it was to record, release and distribute an entirely independent single, the band even going so far as to provide a run down of every cost involved in the making of the record on the back of its sleeve.
"It was easy, it was cheap, go and do it," they sang on B-side Handlebars but in the pre-digital era, easy and cheap were not words that anybody would likely use in connection to independent filmmaking.
Mithras Films, the production company behind Long Shot, was certainly far removed from the studio system while the film's director, Maurice Hatton, was once dubbed 'the most incorruptibly independent' of British filmmakers.
Shot on some super grainy film, mainly short-ends and stock that was on the brink of expiring, the film illustrates the struggles of Charlie Gormley (played by Charles Gormley), a producer touting around a script by his pal Neville Smith (played by – you guessed it – Neville Smith). He's a likeable Glaswegian, passionate but never too in-yer-face when delivering his spiel regarding Gulf and Western, a 'movie about oil' set in Aberdeen and he elicits interest from one distributor, who promises to front some money if Gormley can land a name director, preferably Sam Fuller, to helm the film.
Most of Gormley's time is spent on wild goose chases, desperately trying to track down the veteran American director who is due to make a guest appearance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival; persuading typists to update the screenplay and hustling his script to any exec, agent or possible investor prepared to listen, who will then – if they judge the project has any merit – insist that compromises will have to be made.
I'm not sure how much easier it is to get a feature film made today but at least in the age of mobile phones, Microsoft Word and the internet, the majority of wannabes will at least spend less time being rejected.
Fuller is a no show and in a meeting with Wim Wenders, Gormley brings up the idea of him becoming involved – something which Wenders doesn't totally rebuff. Later it will be the turn of John Boorman to be courted and he shows genuine interest in working on Gulf and Western, albeit with no guarantees.
As for stars, Susannah York (who Neville confuses with Julie Christie and then Lynn Redgrave) and Sylvia Kristel are both apparently in the frame for the role of the lead female – knowing how popular softcore porn and sex comedies (which featured not very much sex and even less comedy) were with British audiences of the time, the latter might be the better choice purely in terms of the box office.
In real life, Charlie Gormley co-ran an independent production company, Tree Films, in Glasgow along with Bill Forsyth around this time, the pair earning their money mostly by shooting sponsored documentaries for local tourist boards and large businesses (Forsyth is seen briefly in a cameo where he discusses what I'm guessing is an authentic project that he worked on together with Charlie).
Yes, fact and fiction blur incessantly here – most cinematic luminaries play themselves (or versions of themselves) although a few others are morphed into completely invented characters: Alan Bennett providing a turn as a hapless and hopeless doctor while Stephen Frears is a nameless biscuit salesman whose car is hijacked by Neville and Annie – incidentally, Frears' debut directorial effort, Gumshoe, had been penned by Smith.
Long Shot is episodic, fading in and out and utilising a plethora of title cards throughout. Shot mostly in black and white (with colour only making an appearance very late on as things finally start looking up for Charlie and Neville) the film, despite its obvious financial limitations, is a fascinating watch and might just be the most insightful fictionalised look at what would later become known as lo-fi or guerrilla filmmaking that I have seen.
The performances are solid and naturalistic with particularly enjoyable turns from both Gormley and Smith – I know I was rooting for their project to be green-lit. It's also very amusing with some strong farcical comedy and it undoubtedly deserves to be more widely known, having only ever been screened once on British TV, on Channel 4 over thirty years ago.
Luckily after all these years it finally has the opportunity to do so via the British Film Institute and Flipside, a series of DVD/Blu-ray releases dedicated to rediscovering cult British films, previous entries including Bronco Bullfrog and Bill Forsyth's That Sinking Feeling. Long Shot is a valuable addition to the list.
The extras here are generally very strong, the best of the bunch being Hooray for Holyrood from 1986, an enjoyable and informative look at the first forty years of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (with a couple of brief detours to Cannes) presented by a delightfully caustic Robbie Coltrane.
There's also Scene Nun, Take One, a short and almost silent comedy directed by Hatton that comes over as a love letter to the French New Wave; Sean Connery's Edinburgh, a 1982 TV documentary that does exactly what it says on the tin and an enlightening 22 page booklet with new writing by Dylan Cave, Bill Forsyth (whose award winning Local Hero could also be called a movie about oil) and Vic Pratt.
Gormley (in real life) went on to direct several films and TV dramas, the best known being Heavenly Pursuits, which starred Tom Conti and Helen Mirren. Fans of trivia might like to know that his son Tommy has also successfully forged a career in cinema, progressing from a stint as a gofer on some of his dad's dramas to working with the likes of JJ Abrams as first assistant director on blockbusters like Super 8 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
For more information on Long Shot visit the BFI's site.
Watch the trailer for the film on YouTube.
All words by Jamie Havlin. More writing by Jamie can be found at his Louder Than War author's archive.
Bill Forsyth
Charlie Gormley
Edinburgh International Film Festival 1977
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Listening to the album for the second time now. The end credits track is one of my favourite things Horner has ever written. The pop first half is definitely better than any of his terrible songs.
First world problem. More that I fancied a small rant about my anti-night-owl post office, not really aimed at Intrada.
They mess up more than most seem to notice or care about, but thankfully for the assembly and mastering, this was a Matessino project. Nice essay from John Takis too!
A Son's Worries And Simulator Crash (4:37) - This is THREE cues combined into one.
03. The Docking Simulation (0:51-2:11) - this is unused.
22. A Square Peg (3:49) - This is two cues. First is start to 1:40.
22. I call it "A New Plan" (1:40 to end) This is unused.
The sound upgrade on this set is amazing. High marks to Matessino on delivering a superb job on this set. I love it.Its like a whole new experience.
And I also find that the near-chronological listening experience with the smaller electronic cues placed in the main programme actually works very well and gives some breathing room between the lengthier orchestral pieces. A fantastic release and one that I am bound to listen to as much as The Rocketeer, another top-tier Intrada produced expanded Horner soundtrack.
What about the bad cut and paste job on the cover - is it as visible on the printed booklet?
I couldn't see anything wrong with the actual printed booklet.
And I also find that the near-chronological listening experience with the smaller electronic cues placed in the main programme actually works very well and gives some breathing room between the lengthier orchestral pieces.
Those electronics didnt do much for me so I pretty much stuck to the main program. But do you think the promo version on disc 2 is a different mix than the one on disc 1. Because I think Disc 1 sounds better. Haven't really done much of A & B comparason.