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I upgraded my daughter's laptop this weekend, with some incredible results.
We bought this laptop three years ago for general home use and over time it became my daughter's. We only spent $350 on it from Best Buy, where it was one of their back to school summer specials. For the price, it had decent specs and has proven to be rather solid. It's a Lenovo B570 with 4GB ram, Intel Pentium processor, 720p 15" screen, and a 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard drive.
It's still running Windows 7 x64 Home Premium.
Since we bought it, I've had some experience with machines using solid state drives (SSDs) instead of traditional spinning hard drives. The price has really come down, so I decided to buy one as an upgrade for this laptop.
I bought the replacement drive from Newegg, a 256GB Crucial MX100 SSD. When deciding on which SSD to get, I looked at only a couple of key specs: capacity, IOPs, price, and name brand. I knew she'd need at least a 256GB drive, since it would be replacing a 500GB drive. 256 turned out to be plenty, once I cleaned off some the apps and data that had accumulated over the years.
IOPS is the standard for measuring input/output operations per second – the higher the number the better. I have a Samsung SSD in my home desktop, which had a read speed of 94k IOPS and write of 35k IOPS, and I've been happy with it. The Crucial drive, which is a year newer and has twice the capacity, for the same price as I paid for that Samsung, is rated at 85k IOPS read and 70k IOPS write.
The price was pretty good – Newegg was running a special, so I was able to get it for $99, but the price as I write this is $122. As I said, I paid around that for a slower drive with half the capacity in 2013.
The last decision point was the name brand. I wanted one that I had at least heard of, so drives from Samsung, Crucial, or Kingston would have been fine.
One last part I found necessary was a EZ-Connect kit that I picked up from Microcenter the last time I was in one of their stores. This kit has the cables to connect from USB 2.0 to SATA and IDE drives, as well as providing a power cable. This allowed me to hook up the new drive to the laptop via USB, and copy the contents of the existing hard drive to the new drive (using Acronis True Image software, which came with the kit or the SSD). It was all very straight forward.
After I copied/cloned the drive, I powered down the laptop and swapped out the old drive for the new drive. The Lenovo was pretty simple to open and the hard drive compartment was clearly labeled.
I then booted up the laptop using the new drive.
I timed three things before I swapped the drives, so I could measure the difference:
With the old drive, these times were:
With the new drive, these times are now:
That's better than twice as fast for every measure!! Wow.
I also checked out the Windows Experience Index (Windows 7) and the "Disk data transfer rate" went from a score of 5.7 to 7.9!
With this kind of improvement, I expect this laptop will be very usable for at least another couple of years.
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HowTo:Sell Your Soul To the Devil
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Many people desire to sell their soul to the devil, but have no way of knowing how to go about it. Perhaps their marketing knowledge is scarce, or they do not have contact information for the devil. For those who have always wanted to sell their soul to the devil, by reading this guide, you will soon have the means at your disposal.
Step One
Determine what your soul is worth. Peruse Consumer Reports to find out what other souls are going for. If you sell too cheaply, you will resent the bad deal for the rest of your eternal life in Hell. If your asking price is too high, the devil may laugh while declining your proposal. He may find you so idiotic that he will refuse to meet with you again. If you choose to bargain with the devil, be prepared for a long business meeting. Just to end it all, you will make an agreement you regret. So, think long and hard about the worth of your soul before planning to sell it. If you have difficulty, see a financial adviser. Note that the financial adviser should under no circumstances have a law degree, as it is common knowledge that all lawyers sell their souls during the last stage of the bar exam.
Step Two
So you've put a firm monetary value on your soul. Plan very carefully what you will do with this money, because you will only be able to enjoy it for a short time compared to your eternity in hell. Perhaps you will create a bucket list of things to do before Satan comes knocking at your door.
The amount you can receive depends largely on your intelligence. Obviously, Satan doesn't see any challenge to tricking stupid people, and, if Charlie Daniels is correct, he also appreciates musical talent. Another factor in your soul's value is how desperate you are. Money is nothing to a supernatural being like Satan, and with and endless supply provided by the Federal Reserve Bank, He'll often give you a little extra just for your troubles.
At this point, you are probably having doubts and fears. No doubt angels have visited you and pleaded with you not to go through with this decision. The important thing is to hold your chin up, proud that your selfishness in the here and now is more important than a life of charity leading to eternal peace. "Begone, Goodness!" will become your catch phrase.
Step Three
Know how to contact the devil. Your local Satanic Church may be able to provide you with the address and phone number of one of Satan's trusted representatives on Earth. If you would rather speak to the devil without a mediator, you may purchase a Ouija Board for less than $20. A cheaper method is to buy a tub of black ink. Pour it in a bowl and gaze into it after lighting candles in the shape of a pentagram. Stare into the darkness and the devil should appear. If he does not appear, the line is busy and you should try again later.
Step Four
Set out your terms for the Prince of Darkness to consider. Remember to include such things as how long you will live, how healthy you will be and whether you will have romantic opportunities. Many forgo these considerations in lieu of only money. Ask for unmarked bills and don't leave until you get them. Sign nothing until you see the cash. Don't grab the cash and attempt to run off before signing, either. Satan gets very, very angry, and will likely damn you to Super Hell.
Step Five
Celebrate your achievement! You are now an insider! Go out and have a beer with your friends. Live it up, secure in the knowledge that your comfy stateroom beside the Fiery Pits awaits you when Eternity arrives.


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It's been less than a week since courageous 2 year old Faye Burdett lost her fight against Meningitis B. At times it feels like a lifetime ago, at others it feels like it was just yesterday. It's been six days.
In those six days Faye's story has been headline news across the country. The photographs shared by her equally courageous parents have been shocking and brought tears to many people's eyes, and put Meningitis B firmly back in the public consciousness. The petition to the government to expand on the Meningitos B vaccination programme has attracted more than 600,000 signatures (and counting), making it the most signed government petition since the system was introduced.
Despite her tragically short life, in the past six days Faye has touched more hearts and influenced more people than most adults can hope to achieve in their lifetime. That's quite some legacy already.
Yesterday I listened to an interview on Radio 4's Today Programme given by Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, chair of the health committee in the House of Commons. In her interview, which has been widely reported, she told us "This is a very serious condition but if we're to run vaccination policy purely on the size of a petition then we would run ourselves into very difficult territory."
She's quite right. The petition system is not and should not be a popularity contest.
But parents have not been signing the petition because they wanted to knock the petition to keep Donald Trump out of Britain out of the top spot. They signed it out of one of the most powerful base human emotions – fear; for the most precious things known to them – their children.
This fear is based in part on what Meningitis can do, brought starkly to life by Faye's story. And based in part on how Meningitis strikes – its seemingly innocuous initial symptoms, easily confused with a host of common and usually harmless (if unpleasant) bugs and viruses. And fear also based in the speed at which Meningitis strikes and does its terrible damage.
But this is nothing new. Meningitis has always been like this, even if it does sometimes take a story like Faye's to remind us of that.
The fear we as parents feel right now is particularly pertinent because of the context in which we operate. A context where our NHS is stretched, we are told, close to breaking point. Where Junior Doctors – those with whom we trust our lives and those of our children – tell us those lives will be put at risk by contractual changes being forced upon them. Where GP's appointments sometimes feel like gold dust, walk in services are cut back, A&E departments are over capacity, and where we are told to "Google a rash" rather than put more unnecessary strain on an overburdened service.
The government's response so far said "When any immunisation programme is introduced there has to be a date to determine eligibility: a decision based on the best independent clinical recommendation to ensure we protect those children most at risk. When our vaccination programme was introduced last year, England became the first country to protect babies from this disease."
They're right too, of course. The introduction of the Meningitis B vaccine to the immunisation programme is groundbreaking and should be applauded. Generations of children will have protection from this deadly disease, who would not otherwise have been protected.
A variety of professionals have also said that we must wait to see the real world impact of the vaccine before we expand the immunisation programme.
So why do we continue to campaign? Should we just accept that Faye's story has succeeded in raising awareness of Meningitis? This is after all a great achievement in its own right.
The problem is that we have a cohort of children who have been forgotten in this picture: at increased risk of meningitis by virtue of their age, but without the protection afforded to those children who come after them.
How long will it take to gather the evidence of the vaccination's effectiveness? By the time the evidence is in these children will be growing older and out of the high risk age bracket, whilst younger children will have been vaccinated at birth.
Except not all of this cohort of children will grow up…
Some, like Faye, will get Meningitis. Some will survive it unharmed. Some will have lifelong effects as a result of meningitis. Some, sadly, will die from Meningitis or associated septicemia. Not many, true, but too many for me to feel comfortable with when I know there is a vaccine there for them.
This, in my mind, is what we are fighting for. This cohort of forgotten children.
And these are the reasons I believe that the immunisation policy needs to be changed:
1. The government tells us that the most at risk children are being protected by the immunisation programme. This is not true.
The evidence as it has been widely reported shows us that children up to 1 year are most at risk of contracting Meningitis. Yet the immunisation programme launched on the 1st September 2015 only made the vaccine available to children born after 1st May 2015, who would have been aged up to 4 months. So that leaves children aged between 4 and 12 months on 1st September 2015, who we are told are at the highest risk of Meningitis, not receiving the vaccination that would protect them.
This equates to over 500,000 children at high risk, who should have been protected but were not.
In addition, although it is true that 0-1 year olds are the most at risk, 1-5 year olds remain at increased risk of Meningitis, around 4 times higher than the next age group. The JCVI report (the body who advise on what immunisation schemes should be run in the UK) did not actually look at the cost effectiveness of a catch up programme for this age group due to it already only being borderline cost effective for newborns. This is despite the fact that 1-5 year olds cost one third less to immunise, as they only require two doses of the Bexsero vaccine rather than three.
2. We are told that professional, independent advice is being followed. This is not true.
The government green book on immunisation against infectious diseases says that it incorporates the advice for the JCVI on immunisation programmes including MenB immunisation. This document states that infants under the age of 12 months should receive 3 doses of the MenB vaccine at the appropriate intervals. But it also states that children aged between 1 and 2 years should receive 2 doses of the MenB vaccine. By my understanding, this is a government policy handbook which does not reflect what is being rolled out in the real world.
There are approximately 775,000 children born each year in Great Britain. So that's another 775,000 children aged between 1 and 2 years who should have been protected, but were not.
3. We are told that it is not affordable to vaccinate any children beyond the current programme. This is not true.
In March 2014 JCVI recommended that the Meningitis B vaccine be included in routine immunisations. But the protracted negotiation period with Novartis in order to secure the Bexsero vaccine at an acceptable price resulted in 14 month's worth of children, born after the recommendation was made but before immunisation began, not being protected from Meningitis B.
To vaccinate these children does not actually reflect an increased cost burden on the NHS – after all, if a price had been agreed on day one of the negotiations then the NHS would have begun vaccinating those children, no questions asked. It is not the children's fault that negotiations took so long, they are still at increased risk of Meningitis, and they should not suffer as a result.
That's over 900,000 children who should have been protected, but were not.
It's worth also noting that the JCVI report on the introduction of the MenB vaccine states that a 5-12 months cost benefit scenario (ie looking at whether it was cost effective to roll our a catch up programme for 5-12 month olds) was not recommended as 'it had not been specifically considered in the cost-effectiveness analysis'. Not that it wasn't cost effective, it had not even been considered.
I can accept that it may not be cost effective to roll out the vaccine on the NHS to all children up to the age of 11, especially as the real world efficacy of the vaccine is yet to be proven. However I do believe the government has a duty to protect the public from profiteering private clinics, who not only charge 2-3 times more than the NHS list price, but have also been seen to increase their prices in the wake of the increased awareness. With reports of NHS GPs split over whether they are willing or even able to offer private prescriptions to parents wiling and able to pay, I believe the government should step in to help those parents who wish to have this vaccine for their children access it at a price that reflects the real cost of the vaccine.
I'm not a medical expert. I'm not a statistician, a political advisor, an activist, a professional campaigner or a policy expert. Hell, I'm not even someone you would refer to as even remotely politically engaged, beyond a belief in the importance of always exercising my right to vote.
I'm just a mum, with a child who sits within this cohort of forgotten children. This is what I see in the evidence that is available to me. And this is why I continue to support this campaign.
I don't know if policy will change as a result of this campaign, but I can hope that it will, with the support of all the other parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, sisters, brothers and friends who have supported the campaign to date.
Because I believe that children deserve the right to have access to the protection that science has developed for them, should they choose to receive it.
Because I believe that right should not be based on those most able to afford inflated private clinic prices.
And because I believe that Faye deserves this legacy.


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Joel on Software against tailoring software
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Shrink-wrapped software makes more financial sense, says Joel Spolsky,
warning of the dangers of consultingware.
No problem with that, but _I_ like tailoring software to an insane
extent, and will happily code a one-off thing that will never be used
again. That's because it's usually used again, and it makes people
very happy. Good thing I don't need to worry about maximizing profit. =)


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'Joker' Wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Gets Grand Jury Prize. The top prize of the Lido went to Todd Phillips' revisionist take on the DC comic villain..
The Souvenir • Movie Review
Tom Burke and Honor Swinton Byrne appear in The Souvenir by Joanna Hogg, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival..
Filmmakers Escorted Rasoulof to the Revolutionary Court
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof went to the Revolutionary Court to appeal his sentence on Monday, with a group of filmmakers reportedly accompanying him..
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower • 2017
Documentary about Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong. When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua..
'Astronaut' • Film Review • Edinburgh 2019
Richard Dreyfuss plays a grouchy grandfather with interstellar ambitions in writer-director Shelagh McLeod's debut feature. Even though he knows the mission could kill him..
Cannes, New York Film Festivals • Calls for Release of Mohammad Rasoulof
Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival are calling on Iran to release dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who was sentenced..
Bahman Mohasses •
Fifi Howls From Happiness
Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. Mitra Farahani's direction is..
ROBERT BRESSON • Retrospective
Despite a relatively small body of work consisting of thirteen feature films made over forty years, Robert Bresson is one of the most revered and pivotal of French filmmakers..
Disconnect • Movie Review
A complicated view of life in the Digital Age with its conflicts and relationships initiated through laptops, iPads and cell phones. People fall in love, exploit one another, reveal their deepest secrets and even commit..
Dictatorland • Series 1 •
1. Kazakhstan
From golden handprints of the president to the scene of a massacre, in Kazakhstan Ben Zand experiences the sinister and bizarre sides to living in a dictatorship..
"Travel to the Morning"
To commemorate Abbas Kiarostami at Tehran gallery
Tehran's E1 Gallery will organize an exhibition entitled "Travel to the Morning" in memory of legendary artist Abbas Kiarostami..
'Diego Maradona' (2019) • Movie Review • Cannes
A Gripping Saga of Soccer Legend's Fall From Grace. It's a dramatic shift, but only a starting point. "Amy" director Asif Kapadia's crafts an absorbing look at Maradona's epic journey..
How the Tiananmen Massacre Changed China forever
"There is a lesson the world could learn here, engagement as a policy is not wrong, but engagement… that obscures human rights is morally and politically wrong."
A Love Letter to Caramel • What happened to you Nadine Labaki?
I just finished watching Caramel on MUBI and, ladies and gentlemen, I am totally shocked. How on earth could I have misjudged this film?
Cannes 2019 • Atlantics
Mati Diop's Dazzling Ghost Story
Mati Diop's feature-length directorial debut is a romantic and melancholy film, part social commentary, part ghost tale, that works best in its evocation of loss and female solidarity..
First Reformed • Review
A Stunning, Enrapturing Film
Paul Schrader's "First Reformed," in which Ethan Hawke brilliantly plays an alcoholic Protestant minister undergoing a profound spiritual and psychological crisis, is..
CANNES 2019 • Competition
Antonio Banderas • Pain & Glory
Antonio Banderas wins Cannes 'best actor' as Almodovar alter ego. Cineuropa met Spanish thesp Antonio Banderas to discuss Pedro Almodóvar's Pain & Glory..
CANNES 2019 • Competition
Elia Suleiman • It Must Be Heaven
Cineuropa sat down with Palestinian director Elia Suleiman to delve deeper into his Palme d'Or contender It Must Be Heaven. Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds..
Cannes 2019 • Winners List
Bong Joon-ho Wins Palme d'Or
Alejandro González Iñárritu and his jury has announced the festival's best performances and films.The 2019 Cannes Film Festival officially comes to an end..
CANNES 2019 • Sylvester Stallone • Cannes Darling
Stallone was at the festival to promote "Rambo V: Last Blood" opening this fall. But the conversation, moderated by the journalist Didier Allouch, was mainly a look back at his..
CANNES 2019 • Critics' Week
Cesar Diaz • Our Mothers
"Once we've all finished killing each other, what do we do with our dead? How do we heal our wounds? We need to take a look at the scars of our past. It has to start with..
Sorrentino's Youth (2015)
A Meditation on Art and Aging
Watching Youth, you'd swear Fellini had risen from his grave and returned to make another movie. Give it up for Michael Caine and Jane Fonda in this autumn-years drama that's an..
Cannes 2019 • Nadine Labaki
President of the Un Certain Regard Jury at the 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival, the director, actress and screenwriter Nadine Labaki's career was first launched on the Croisette, and it is here that all her films..
Cannes 2019
Refn's "Too Old To Die Young"
After world premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the television series will hit Amazon Prime Video this summer. A detective thriller from film provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn..
Nancy (2018) • Review
This is a movie whose behind-the-camera creative team is almost entirely female. In several respects, "Nancy" exhibits a seriousness of purpose that's rare in American movies today..
'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
Melissa McCarthy is a lock for a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of Lee Israel, a lonely, embittered author of celebrity biographies who took up forgery to pay the bills..
BIF&ST 2019 • Ali Vatansever • Director of Saf
How do you stay human in a difficult place, when you're surrounded by monsters? How do you manage to stay pure when the world obliges you to take one side or the other?
'Never Look Away' • Review
Germany's submission for the Best Foreign-Language Oscar turns a Gerald Richter-like painter into a symbol of social change. 'Never Look Away' concerns itself with love and war and the limitless reach of art..
Fernando Colomo • La Banda Picasso (2013)
Filmed in French and set principally in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, La banda Picasso is a caper comedy about a burglary that is based on real characters and events..
Sundance Review • 'Queen Of Hearts' (2019)
An intriguing, smartly sustained drama in which we learn to be wary of those who claim the moral high ground. Things are never going to end well in Queen Of Hearts, which follows a..
Rotterdam Review • 'Sons Of Denmark' (2019)
This political thriller has shades of traditional tragedy and revolves around the question: How do you stay calm when society succumbs to fear and hate?..
CANNES 2019 Opening
Cannes to be opened by 'The Dead Don't Die'
The film by US director Jim Jarmusch will raise the curtain on the 72nd Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May) and will be screened in..
Review: The Wind. A Documentary Thriller
Michał Bielawski's fourth feature-length documentary about a mysterious and destructive wind is a real tour de force..
'Born in Evin' •
Processing the trauma of the Islamic Revolution
Born in Evin tells the story of the family of director and actor Maryam Zaree, who sets out to investigate the circumstances of her birth in one of the world's most notorious jails for..
'All the Money in the World'
Replacing Kevin Spacey in true-life kidnap thriller 'All the Money in the World,' Christopher Plummer plays tycoon John Paul Getty "with acid humor, stunted emotion and magisterial skill," writes Peter Travers..
'The Wild Pear Tree' • A study of the conversational art
Whereas 'Winter Sleep' played like a journey into the darker corners of a troubled brain, 'The Wild Pear Tree' spends as much time being playful as it does cogitating on the great..
'The Bookshop' • Review
The script may stutter but the cast - especially Mortimer and Nighy - hold this uneven project together. And Clarkson is but one of a legion of baddies to enjoy loathing. A free-spirited widow arrives in a whispering community..
'3 FACES' by JAFAR PANAHI • at the Irish Film Institute
Iranian film '3 Faces' by Jafar Panahi is among three new films open at the Irish Film Institute on the 29th of March 2019: Irish documentary 'The Man Who Wanted to Fly,' drama..
CPH:DOX 2019 • Marie Skovgaard's The Reformist
Marie Skovgaard's fascination with the woman behind Europe's first mosque run by female imams is contagious. The opening title of this year's edition of CPH:DOX (20-31 March)..
'Beautiful Boy' • Review
Beautiful Boy, made through Brad Pitt's production company Plan B, is a moving, insightful and very delicately observed drama about a dad whose son is a crystal meth addict. Carell gives his finest performance..
"I DO Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians"
[The film] makes clear that you can have all the right answers, but they hardly matter when you're missing the questions and in fact aren't even having the same conversation..
'The Eyes of Orson Welles'
Mark Cousins' extraordinary, singular, complex take on a man who gave us Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, some of the most baroque screen adaptations of the Bard ever made..
Under the Tree (2018)
• Movie Review
What makes 'Under the Tree' a better-than-average satire on the unthinking hostilities that human beings are prone to is its steady intelligence, combined with a humor ..
'Before We Vanish' (2018) • Movie Review
What happens to people when they're no longer sure of their character-defining obligations? We get it, we are prisoners of our beliefs. What now?..
They Shall Not Grow Old • Movie Review
In this profound documentary event, Peter Jackson creates digital miracles-in 3D yet-to revitalize archival footage of World War I until faded history comes to vivid, vital life..
'Capernaum' • Movie Review
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki's Capernaum ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life..
The Kindergarten Teacher
• Movie Review
Elevated by a bravura performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Kindergarten Teacher is one American remake that retains its impact the second time around..
'Synonyms' • Movie Review'
Nadav Lapid's astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether unmissable new film "Synonyms" opens with a sequence that might be described as a sideways attempt at psychic suicide..
BERLIN 2019 • Competition
Roberto Saviano • Author
Cineuropa met up with Italian author Roberto Saviano to discuss Piranhas, the newest adaptation of one of his novels. 'The more they want me to keep silent, the more I talk'..
'At Eternity's Gate' • Review
There have been plenty of films about the tortured Dutch artist, but none as evocative and affecting as Julian Schnabel's latest, led by mesmerizing work from Willem Dafoe in the central role..
Shoplifters (2018) • Review
"Shoplifters" is full of gray areas. What exactly does family mean? Does giving birth to someone automatically make you a mother? One of Kore-eda's most nuanced, layered examinations of the concept..
Hollywood's DiCaprio
has voiced his support for jailed Iranian environmentalists
In a tweet on February 6, DiCaprio calls for support for the eight Iranian detainees who went on trial last month, some facing serious..
BERLIN 2019 • Lone Scherfig's film to open the Berlinale
The 69th Berlin International Film Festival has announced its opening film. The world premiere of Lone Scherfig's latest English-language film The Kindness of Strangers will..
The Panama Papers (2018)
The Panama Papers is a lively and level-headed exposé, but it's also a moral inquiry into how the top echelon is now united, structurally and spiritually, in robbing the rest of us blind..
Becoming Astrid • Review
This film about an exemplary woman, made by women, is as much a pleasure as it is a lesson. A story that shows how overcoming turns to becoming if you're able to stick to your principles..
Gifted • Movie Review
A man tries to raise the brilliant young daughter of his dead sister, but battles his mother over custody. Gifted isn't quite as bright as its pint-sized protagonist, but a charming cast wrings respectably engaging..
The Wife • Movie Review
In Swedish director Bjorn Runge's film version of the 2003 Meg Wolitzer novel, the brilliant Glenn Close plays Joan Castleman, the wife of celebrated author Joe Castleman..
The Hours • Movie Review
Three women, three times, three places. Three suicide attempts, two successful. All linked in a way by a novel. In Sussex in 1941, the novelist Virginia Woolf fills the pockets of her coat with rocks and walks into a river to..
Juliette Binoche Will Head The 2019 Berlinale Int. Jury
With French actress and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche serving as Jury President, the International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver..
Collette (2018)
Formally familiar but a brilliant match for its lead, Colette is a thoroughly entertaining biopic and an overdue testament to Keira Knightley's underrated gifts..
Julia (1977) • Movie Review
Fascinating, well structured drama with Fonda and Redgrave at their best. "Julia" is the story of a fascinating woman, told from the point of view of someone who hardly knew her..
'Bad Times at the El Royale' Movie review
A piece of major studio entertainment so patient, artful, and thrilling that it might as well be a time machine to the mid-'90s...
'Bird Box' Review • Susanne Bier's inventive drama
A welcome addition to the post-apocalyptic canon. If ever you find yourself trying to survive the end of the world, don't look to Malorie for an inspiring pep talk..
Claude Lelouch pays a final tribute to Francis Lai
Claude Lelouch brings honor to his "angel", French composer Francis Lai, who won an Oscar for the iconic "Love Story" soundtrack. He died on Wednesday November 7..
Roma (2018) • Alfonso Cuarón's Masterpiece of Memory
In "Roma," the Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón uses a large canvas to tell the story of lives that some might think small..
Searching (2018) • Movie Review
"Searching" follows a panicked father's online moves as he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. It aims for and earns genuine emotion rather than cheap thrills..
CAIRO 2018 • Bille August • Director of A Fortunate Man
At the Cairo Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to Bille August about his duties as head of the international jury and his latest feature, A Fortunate Man, which is screening at the gathering..
Bernardo Bertolucci Oscar Winner Dead at 77
Bernardo Bertolucci, the legendary Italian director behind classics such as "Last Tango in Paris" and "The Last Emperor," has died at age 77..
Lars Mikkelsen wins international Emmy award
Lars Mikkelsen last night became the first ever Danish actor to win an international Emmy, picking up the gong at a lavish ceremony in New York..
Death in Tehran • Murder In The Name Of God
On November 28, 1998, the couple, now well-known Iranian opposition politicians, are murdered in their home in Tehran. A touching film documentary by the German journalist..
Last of the 'Olsen Banden' stars dies at 83
Morten Grunwald, the last surviving member of the 'Olsen Gang', passed away after a brief stay in hospital. He was 83. Grunwald played the affable goof Benny who is best..
Review: Kabul, City in the Wind
"This is our beloved country; this is Afghanistan, the fatherland of thieves," sings bus driver Abas, sporting a charming smile, in the opening scene. The documentary debut..
The Ice Storm • Movie Review
In a wooded suburb, affluent adults stir restlessly in their split-level homes, depressed not only by their lives but by their entertainments. Their teenage children have started experimenting with the same forms..
Valkyrie • Movie Review
The 20 July plot in 1944 Germany
"Valkyrie" is a meticulous thriller based on a large-scale conspiracy within the German army to assassinate Hitler, leading to a failed bombing attempt on July 20, 1944..
Movie Review:
The Guilty (2018)
With its single setting and real-time story, "The Guilty" is a brilliant genre exercise, a cinematic study in tension, sound design, and how to make a thrilling movie with a limited..
Looking for Mummy:
Nazanin's Story
This electrifying portrayal of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe's ongoing struggle to be released from an Iranian prison is a brand new play by Emi Howell..
Michael Moore on 'Fahrenheit 11/9' documentary
'We got here not by Trump. Trump didn't create the mess we are in. When we get rid of him, we are still going to have the mess. We are still going to have mass shootings..'
Movie Review: Casino Jack
"Casino Jack" is so forthright, it is stunning. Political movies often play cute in drawing parallels with actual figures. They drop broad hints that a character is "really" Dick Cheney or Bill Clinton and so on. The film is "inspired by..
'Disappearance' • Venice Review
Teenage architecture student Sara claims to have been raped. She is bleeding and may require an operation. Yet, there is something about the situation that doesn't ring true..
Movie Review: The Children Act (2017)
'The Children Act showcases yet another powerful performance from Emma Thompson, who elevates this undeniably flawed picture into an affecting adult drama..
TIFF 2018 • It's That Time of Year for Paprika Steen
From Danish director and actor Paprika Steen comes a caustic comedy about the deep-rooted grievances that can rip families apart -- and the ties that bind them together..
TORONTO 2018: Soudade Kaadan • Director • Interview
'You don't know how much you are traumatised until you leave.' Soudade Kaadan's magical realist tale set in Syria in 2012 won Best Debut Film at Venice. Cineuropa chatted to..
VENICE 2018 • Interview
Sudabeh Mortezai on "Joy"
The second film by Sudabeh Mortezai, winner of the Europa Cinemas Label in the Giornate degli Autori, is a provocative unique and feminine take on human trafficking..
Film Review: A Fortunate Man
Bille August, the director of Pelle the Conqueror, nails another Danish classic. A Fortunate Man, as challenging as any project that August has taken on, is based on Henrik Pontoppidan's Nobel Prize-winning Lucky Per..
As I Lay Dying (2018)
Mostafa Sayyari's free adaptation of William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' will be screened in the Orizzonti Competition, which is dedicated to films that represent the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in..
Three Iranian films at Venice festival 2018
Three Iranian movies will be screened in the various categories of the 75th Venice International Film Festival which opened in the Lido on Wednesday..
Iranian 'Master Actor' Entezami Dies at 94
Ezzatollah Entezami, one of the most prominent actors of the Iranian cinema and theater, who was named 'master actor' in his memoirs, died on Friday at the age of 94..
Tickets on Sale Now:
The 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco
Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, will present 48 films at its 11th annual event..
Putin's Witnesses
Interview • Vitaly Mansky
Cineuropa met up with Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky at the Odesa IFF to discuss his latest award-winning movie, Putin's Witnesses. Putin in 1999 and what he is..
Brothers (Kardeşler) (2018)
Turkish filmmaker Ömür Atay's Brothers is a heady slice of familial melodrama that centres on the fractured relationship between two brothers and the secrets of the past that threaten to tear them apart..
Tully (2018)
The Importance of Self-care
"Tully" unearths uncomfortable truths in a wry, wise way. It delves into the modern parenthood experience with an admirably deft blend of humor and raw honesty..
Film Review: 'Pollock'
What happened to Jackson Pollock when he was painting? That's what Ed Harris communicates in the film. What Harris, in an Oscar-nominated turn, is able to show in "Pollock" is that..
'20th Century Women'
Chain-smoking and Birkenstock-wearing 55-year-old Dorothea "comes from the Depression," explains her 15-year-old son Jamie, as though "The Depression" is the planet Jupiter..
Film Review: 'Aquarius'
Led by a powerful performance from Sônia Braga, Aquarius uses a conflict between a tenant and developers to take an insightful look at the relationship between space and identity..
Factory of Lies (2018)
The False News From Russia
Russia has launched an information war - introducing a new weapon. Hundreds of young Russian are producing fake news from fake profiles. But some brave Russian..
Film Review: 'Mary Shelley'
"Mary Shelley" is a rarity: a literary biopic with an argument. Which is by no means to say that the film, directed by Haifaa al-Mansour ("Wadjda") forgoes the expected pleasures of the genre..
The legendary actress leaves our world
Today the legendary Iranian-American actress Vida Ghahremani passed away after battling cancer for many years. She went beyond taboos of her time to have the very first..
A Thousand Times Goodnight: Absorbing fact-based drama
Beautifully filmed and powerfully acted, 1,000 Times Good Night achieves absorbing fact-based drama without overindulging in Hollywood contrivances. Starring Juliette..
Cannes 2018 • Changeless Change • Jean-Luc Godard and Jia Zhangke
"We are never sad enough for the world to be better," laments a concluding female voice in 'The Image Book.' "Something that burns so..
Sridevi honoured At the Cannes Film Festival 2018
Veteran Bollywood actress Sridevi was honoured with the TITAN Reginald F Lewis Film Icon Award at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival..
CANNES 2018 • Awards
Hirokazu Kore-eda's film has scooped the top prize, while other names on the winners' list include Europeans Alice Rohrwacher, Marcello Fonte, Pawel Pawlikowski and Jean-Luc Godard..
CANNES 2018 • Un Certain Regard • Awards
CANNES 2018: Victory for the film by Swedish-Iranian director Ali Abbasi. Girl scoops the Award for Best Performance, while Sofia, Donbass and The Dead and the Others are..
Cannes Film Review: 'Ash Is Purest White'
Jia Zhangke's gangster epic is a twisting tale of love and survival in 21st-century China. A winding tale of love, disillusionment and survival that again represents his vision of..
Cannes 2018: Lars von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built'
It's a drama that leaves you shaken yet detached, chilled and a little numb. Almost every scene in it has been overly designed to grab your attention..
Cannes Film Review: 'Bergman — A Year in a Life'
Ingmar Bergman emerges as a compulsive figure with a very grand hunger in a penetrating documentary about his pivotal year of 1957..
CANNES 2018 Competition • 'Summer' (Leto) • Review
CANNES 2018: You'd be right in thinking this was a biopic, but Kirill Serebrennikov's new film – in the running for the Palme d'Or – is above all a ray of light and colour..
Cannes Film Review: Jean-Luc Godard's 'The Image Book'
Jean-Luc Godard's new film is a kaleidoscopic bulletin on the state of our world, and the question it asks could apply to itself: Is anyone watching?..
Iran's Asghar Farhadi • On the push and pull of home
CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival opening-night premiere of Asghar Farhadi's "Everybody Knows" coincided almost exactly with President Trump's announced..
Cannes Film Review: 'Sextape'
Half the conversation in "Sextape" is about blowjobs
Two cads treat their girlfriends like sex toys in a slice of bad behavior that would like to be a vérité youthquake but sticks to the raunchy..
CANNES 2018 • Un Certain Regard • Ali Abbasi • Border
CANNES 2018: Cineuropa talked to Tehran-born director Ali Abbasi about his sophomore effort, Border, based on a short story by John Lindqvist and screening in Un..
Cannes 2018: The directors who are banned from attending the film festival
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi and Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov – who both have films competing for the Palme d'Or – have..
'Wonder Wheel'
A larger-than-life Kate Winslet
Actress sets the screen on fire in filmmaker's torrid period drama about broken Brooklyn dreamers. Kate Winslet is on fire in Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel..
Through the Black Forest
A Rare Interview With von Trier
Here he looks back at his work, talks about his forthcoming movie, and reveals his idea for a new series of small films. Finally he makes a comment on his controversial statement..
Nasser Cheshmazar
'Rain of Love' creator dies at 68
A prominent Iranian composer who was best known for his memorable album "Rain of Love" and theme music for over 20 movies, died of a heart attack on Friday. He was 68..
The Young Karl Marx
Brainy Content Bracing
The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussells and London. In Paris, Marx struggles, unpaid by Ruge, unable to provide for his wife Jenny..
'Lucky' • Movie Review
Harry Dean Stanton Gets the Goodbye He Deserves
Lucky is a bittersweet meditation on mortality, punctuating the career of beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton. The late, great..
U – July 22 • Film Review
Norwegian kills for thrills?
Erik Poppe's hyperrealist one-take dramatisation of Anders Breivik's summer camp massacre offers little sign of moral perspective..
Interview • Kamyar Mohsenin
The Fajr International Film Festival's manager of international relations, Kamyar Mohsenin, explains to Cineuropa how the gathering has played a vital role in the development of Iranian cinema..
Inuit drama "Aga"
Crowned best at Fajr Film Fest
Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov's drama "Ága" about two Inuits that live with the dream of reuniting their family has been picked as best movie at the 36th Fajr International Film..
Interview • Director Sergei Loznitsa on Russia
The acclaimed Ukrainian director discusses his latest drama A Gentle Creature, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and the 'hell' of Russian history. "Hell isn't when horrible things..
Oliver Stone In Iran 2018
For attending Movie Festival
American movie director Oliver Stone was Iran on Monday attending an international film festival. Stone hosted a workshop for filmmakers during the Fajr Film Festival..
Cate Blanchett • To Lead Cannes Film Festival Jury
Chaired by Australian actress Cate Blanchett, the competition jury at the 71st Cannes Film Festival (9-19 May) has now had its line-up unveiled in its entirety..
CANNES 2018 Official Selection
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Yann Gonzalez and Sergey Dvortsevoy are all now in the race for the Palme d'Or. Lars von Trier will feature out of competition, while Terry Gilliam will close the festival..
Lars von Trier
Receives Denmark's Largest Cultural Award
Denmark's largest cultural award of one million kroner, awarded to Danish film director Lars von Trier on Thursday at the University of..
IRAN NOW • A Mini Festival
The Danish Film Institute 2018
IRAN NOW is a mini festival that looks into the situation in Iran right now, as it is expressed artistically, culturally and socially. Through plenty of guests, we explore the..
The Party (2018)
It Knocks The Wind Out of You
Potter's comic dissection of the London intelligentsia's personal and political angst is completely of the moment. Old-fashioned charm meets sharp wit and modern social..
'Umbra' and 'Like a Good Kid'
Two Iranian movies join Cannes competition
Two movies by Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the Cannes Film Festival as the 71st edition of the event will open with..
Peter Bradshaw on the Cannes 2018 lineup
Some mixed signals with the traditional unveiling of the Cannes film festival's official selection: a very lively and effervescent list, with eight newcomers in competition and..
Cannes Festival To Feature Films By Dissident Iranian, Russian Directors
France's Cannes film festival has made a show of support for dissident directors in Iran and Russia in unveiling its selection of films..
Cannes 2018
Un Certain Regard puts its faith in young talents
The Cannes selection features a strong European presence, six feature debuts, and films by Valeria Golino, Bi Gan, Ali Abbasi..
Jafar Panahi: Cannes 2018
French Authorities To Appeal Iran For Filmmaker's Fest Presence. Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux said today that the festival will appeal to Iran for the filmmaker's presence..
Copenhagen to screen
'The Home' (Ev) from Iran
A superbly cinematic chamber piece, 'The Home' (Ev) has been selected for screening at Danish Film Institute during a festival of Iranian films..
Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Feras Fayyad's Breathtaking Work
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature and winner of the Grand Jury documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival..
Doc on Farhadi's "Salesman"
to premiere in Tehran
A documentary on Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning drama 'The Salesman' is scheduled to premiere in Tehran in the near future. It will be screened at the Art and Experience..
'Everybody Knows' to open the Cannes Film Festival
The film by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will be screened in competition as the opening movie of the 71st Cannes Film Festival starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin..
Faces Places (2017)
A Visual Ode to Ordinary People
Agnes Varda is almost 90 years old and she is still making fantastic films. Searching, compassionate, provocative, funny, sad ones. This is one of them..
A Fantastic Woman (2018)
The story of Marina who undergoes several misfortunes after losing a loved one. A woman who is not granted the respect a grieving wife or girlfriend would receive. All she wants is be allowed to say goodbye, to grieve publicly..
'In the Fade' (2017)
A Tale of Grief and Violence
How should liberal societies deal with homegrown political extremists, who seek protection from the democratic norms and institutions they are committed to destroying?
John Malkovich • Interview
Recently, at the Hotel Caron in Paris, I got up to use the bathroom one night and found myself out in the hallway instead. But that is one of a million: I am a constant source of embarrassment to myself..
'Loveless' (2017)
Unnerving and Fearless
Loveless is a stunning indictment of complacency, and a reminder of how fast something you love — like our democracy — can suddenly go poof if you look away..
The Big Lebowski
A typical Coen brothers film is like no film you've ever seen. It blows other more recent slacker comedies out the water and proves that Bridges can do any role..
Berlin: Mani Haghighi's "Pig"
Talks Buzzy Black Comedy
Iranian director and actor Mani Haghighi is a Berlinale aficionado. His gender-bender "A Dragon Arrives!" made a splash when it launched from the fest's competition section..
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Anger is an energy in Martin McDonagh's brilliant "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ," one of the best films of the year. A vigilante mother takes matters into her own..
36th Fajr Film Festival
winners honored
The annual Fajr Film Festival (FFF) came to an end on Sunday at Tehran's Milad Tower after presenting awards to the best of cinematic productions in the past year..
The Glass Castle (2017)
Affecting, Moving and Well acted
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's..
Lars von Trier receives the biggest award in Denmark
The biggest cultural award in Denmark, the Sonning Prize (Sonningprisen) this year goes to Danish filmmaker and screenwriter Lars von Trier, who was elected by a committee..
Armed With Words & Wings
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Poet of the wastes - Shaere zobale-ha (2005)
Directed by:
Mohammad Ahmadi
Date of birth:
12 April 1962, Yazd, Iran
Writing credits:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Music by:
Daler Nazarov
Japan | Iran
81 minutes
One man's trash is another man's treasure
The pain and pull of unrequited love, the fight to maintain dignity while living with broken dreams in poverty, and the loneliness while living in the midst of millions – is what makes this film universal.
With a spare, conceptual screenplay by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
, the grandfather of Iranian cinema, comes a remarkable debut from director
Mohammad Ahmadi
This is an unusual fare from Tehran: a film whose intent is to steer absolutely clear of political commentary.
The protagonist, a self-conceived street cleaner-fortune teller, adeptly portrayed by Farzin Mohades, collects what others have discarded, and in so doing takes the audience on a romantic adventure in which he encounters a beautiful girl and a poet.
Poet of the wastes (2005) - Clip with English subtitles
One man's trash is another man's treasure, so they say. In this whimsical narrative, it just might be that one neighborhood's trash is, in the hands of a silent observer, the stuff of poetry.
In the streets of Teheran, a street-sweeper-poet learns the most intimate secrets of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, when he examines their bags of rubbish. One day he finds a desperate letter from a woman.
Poet of the wastes (2005) - The Movie
He begins to write to her and follows her every morning to an embassy where she is waiting for a visa so that she can leave the country.
He nurtures romantic love without finding the courage to declare himself. From the bags of rubbish, the frustrations of the other street-sweepers, the endless queues for the visa, the malaise and concerns of Iranian society are exposed in tragicomic and poetic tones.
An unnamed young nebbish (Farzin Mohades), struggling as a street cleaner, comes across rejected poems by a housebound writer (Mohammad Eskandari) and the first drafts of letters written by a woman (Leila Hatami) to her brother.
Anonymously delivering the poems to the woman's house, the cleaner attempts to win her heart by passing them off as his own.
Pic accurately catches the desperation of working poverty but Mohades' whining voice soon grates. Hatami's turn as the woman is boosted by the enchanting music of Tajikistani composer
Daler Nazarov
("Luna Papa") that coincides with the actress's every appearance. Helming and all tech credits are clean. --
Leila Hatami ...................... Girl
Farzin Mohades .................. Main Actor
Mohammad Eskandari ........... Poet
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Obama scorecard: Most promises kept
One of the political fact-checking organizations is giving President Obama high marks for promises kept in his first term.
PolitiFact reports that Obama "has fulfilled or made substantial progress on 72% of the 508 promises he made when he ran for president in 2008."
"The ongoing project by the Tampa Bay Times' fact-checking website reveals that Obama has achieved 47% of his promises, earning a rating of Promise Kept. Another 25% were partially fulfilled, earning a rating of Compromise.
"Obama fared best in the areas of education and health care. He kept 54% of his education promises and 48% on health care. Most of those were muscled through Congress with the economic stimulus and health care law, which passed when Democrats controlled the House and Senate in the first half of Obama's term. He also kept a promise to end the war in Iraq, an issue that dominated the 2008 campaign.
"Still, Obama failed to keep 119 or nearly one-fourth of his promises, including many high-profile ones such as his pledges to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to create a cap-and-trade system to combat global warming and his vow to 'bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda.'"


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Penniless Inventor Gets Million for Photo Machine (Nov, 1928)
Penniless INVENTOR Gets Million for Photo Machine
Ten years ago a penniless prisoner of the Bolsheviks; today an American millionaire! This fascinating story tells how a young Russian inventor persevered through years of discouragement and finally perfected a machine for taking automatic photos which he sold for a million dollars.
By ORVILLE H. KNEEN
BEGINNING in 1888 with the first crude gum-dispenser, hundreds of different steel-encased, gear-spring, lever-plus salesmen have been invented, down to the latest which pleasantly says "thank you" as it digests your nickel. But until a few short months ago the very idea of automatic portraiture seemed absurd. Certainly anyone familiar with the complicated and highly technical process of adjusting the light, posing a trembling sitter, waiting for an elusive smile or appearance of sanity, developing and fixing plate or film, and finally making recognizable prints, would be the last to turn the job over to machinery.
Whether the admitted complication discouraged inventors, or whether their ingenuity was baffled, it is a fact that until a certain Russian immigrant landed in New York, short on dollars but long on ideas, the hands that waved the little birdie and pressed the bulb still pictured the nation's beauty and chivalry.
The inventor of the Photomaton, Anatol Josepho, could do that, too, but for fourteen years of war-buffeting and wandering, he had firmly believed that machinery could do it better.
As we see it now, the important thing was that Josepho knew photography first, and mechanics second. It is a great deal easier to generate ideas than to make them work, or to know beyond question that they are worth the trouble of making them work. When Josepho told his own tale of those long years when life itself was a daily gamble, I felt that his story could not fail to inspire every discouraged inventor.
No Films Used in Photomaton
Perhaps the most interesting part of the indomitable little Russian's machine is his method of direct photography on the paper. Much of the complication of photography comes from the use of glass plates or film. Josepho uses specially sensitized paper. Two inches of this are exposed at each snap of the shutter, while the sitter thinks pleasantly of sweetheart, friends, foreign travels or similarly cheerful subjects. In just 20 seconds his eight poses have been recorded, and he has but eight minutes to idle while the machine does the rest. Five 400-watt projection lamps, well placed, give just the right light on the subject.
An eighth-horsepower motor hums merrily. The strip is cut from a roll which will suffice for 800 more patrons. The exposed strip is fed by rollers into a 9-compartment tank, where it is quickly developed, "blanched," cleared and toned, with a thorough washing between each process. Electric drying finishes the job, and the sitter is handed a strip faithfully recording his looks, such as they may be.
Every photographer, amateur or professional, is surprised at the simplicity and effectiveness of Josepho's direct-photography. The paper is treated with a sensitive emulsion, in which are millions of microscopic particles of silver compound. The light rays from the sitter affect the particles, and when the paper is passed through the developer, those most affected are blackest, forming a negative similar to that usually made on transparent film or plate. Dark objects show up white, and all white objects are dark colored.
After a washing, the "negative" now passes into a powerful solution called "blanchite." This dissolves all the black silver away, leaving the silver-compound image. After washing and "clearing" in another solution, the picture is a distinct but faint positive. Compartment No. 8 contains "seepitone," which changes the pure white silver compound into a dark brown or black silver, and the strip of pictures is clear and complete, with every shading and item of detail as in ordinary photography.
Your Photo for 3-1/2 Cents!
Anatol Josepho's amazing success, first in solving highly intricate problems in photography and mechanics, and second in interesting capital in his idea, proves anew the opportunities awaiting the practical inventor. He realized that it was not enough to have a new idea, or even to devise a working model of a machine designed to replace human hands.
From experience he knew the human being's craving, among all races and all lands, for a permanent record of his face. Josepho's photographic life had likewise taught him the constant demand for utilitarian portraits —for identification cards of all kinds, passports, employment records, expression-study, groups, and so on.
Thus, long before he was 32 and had received his "first million" all in one check, he knew that there was a place for a machine which would take pictures while the sitter was "off-guard," develop them swiftly, and hand them over at 3-1/3 cents each. The success of the Pho-tom-aton (accent on the tom, please) is attested by the rapid installation of 120 machines in this country, Great Britain, South Africa, Shanghai and other lands. But it took Josepho some three years of unremitting work, not the least arduous being the trips from financier to capitalist to financier, before he had a machine and a capitalist who could see the profit in taking the "scare" and most of the cost out of portraits.
As an official of the company pointed out to me, Josepho early appreciated the advantage of eight views from which to choose.
A department for making enlargements is being installed by some of the large department stores in New York City, where the automatic portrait machine is enormously popular, it is said, with buyers of new hats, new furs, and new "bobs" as well as garments.
"I was born in the central part of Siberia," Joseph told me. "I attended grammar schools, and later studied at the Institute of Engineering at Omsk. There I became interested in photography. To continue my studies in this field I scraped up enough money to go to Berlin.
"But my money soon ran low. I opened a photographic studio, and later moved to Budapest. My studio there made me a living while I experimented. When the World War broke out I attempted to return to Russia. I was caught at the border and interned under strict military surveillance.
"During the long idle days I conceived the idea of an automatic camera. In the extreme disorder following the Armistice I again tried to escape to my native land, but was imprisoned. For weeks I despaired. But then I found that most valuable of assets— a friend.
Risking Death for Freedom "We managed to bribe a Hungarian officer. From him we secured forged documents and Hungarian uniforms. On a dark night we scaled the prison camp's barbed-wire walls, dodged the sentries, and a few hours later boarded a troop-train bound for Odessa. There we exchanged our uniforms for those of Russian prisoners.
"But the Revolution was under way. As we began to work our way across Bolshevik Russia, we were stopped and thrown into prison once more. But we had risked our lives too often by that time to be deterred. Three nights later we took advantage of a heavy storm and tried another escape. The alarm was given, and our lives hung in the balance as we fought our way past two guards.
"In the nick of time we reached the protecting forests. For eighteen days we traveled only at night. Nearing our homes, we grew careless and traveled by day. We thought our ragged condition would save us, but a second time the Bolsheviks picked us up as suspects and we were herded into a prison at Tchellisbinsk.
"Finally we interested an officer. He swung open the prison doors, even provided us with railroad passes. My friend and I parted, not to meet until years later, in a foreign land of promise. I went to Harbin, in Manchuria, and made money by buying goods in China and selling later at a high profit. But one day, while I was on the train, bandits took all my money. Once again I was penniless. But the thought of the automatic camera was always haunting me.
"I went to Shanghai and opened a photograph studio. There I took pictures of the English colony and the slant-eyed Chinese, while I worked out the details of my invention. By 1923 all I needed was money, and some delicate parts such as optical apparatus. I knew I could get them in America. Like all Europeans I had heard of the fortunes to be made there. So I sold my studio and sailed to San Francisco. For months I wandered about the country, arriving in New York with thirty dollars.
A Check for a Million "The next year was hard. Many times I found myself down to my last dollar. I sought friends willing to sink a few dollars in making a working model and getting patents. I knew it would revolutionize the making of portraits. At last some New York business man gave me enough to open a studio on Broadway. Six months' trial was to prove whether the invention on which I had staked so much for fourteen years, was wanted by the public.
"We soon found out. Two thousand persons a day lined up at the studio and their quarters flowed into the slots. The Broadway crowds proved that my rapid-fire picture machine was a gold-mine. I will never forget the meeting where Mr. Henry Morgenthau, who you know was once ambassador to Turkey, handed me a check for one million dollars for my interest in the Photomaton camera.
"This proved to me how generous American business men can be. I am now able to work on other ideas I have, to make the necessities and luxuries of life available to every one."
One unexpected result of the immigrant's success, apart from making him an American citizen, is the trust fund he has established to help other inventors. Out of this timely aid may come some of the great inventions on which tomorrow's progress, comfort and happiness will depend.
Thus the self-portrait machine of a penniless photographer may hasten the age of the slot-machine salesman. As human hands become increasingly expensive for purely mechanical work, Josepho and his million doubtless will replace them with steel-faced salesmen of everything from shoes to hats, from balloon tires to new limousines, and automatic portraits of ourselves in the chauffeur's seat. If only Josepho and his inventor-friends could make us a coin-operated greenback machine, and "nickelodeons" that yield bright new nickels instead of devouring them!


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The highlights
The highlights of the first Swatch Prime Line Munich event as part of the Munich Mash weekend...
The highlights of the first Swatch Prime Line Munich event as part of the Munich Mash weekend...
The new Swatch booth as its best at the MUNICH MASH Event with the Swatch rollergirls.
The weather was gorgeous with a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius – the perfect weather for the Swatch Prime Line.
The best jumps of the Sunday afternoon Swatch Prime Line event – here one of the Proteam Mountainbike at a height of 15 meters.
Our Club members chilling in the sun with a nice cocktail and the new Prime Line Swatch watch.
The Proteam at the Swatch booth for a live signing session.
All the new models on two wrists – one of our proud German collectors showing the newest models.
A room with a view: the Swatch booth was actually next to the Olympia lake – here a club member in full action.
More than six thousand people were attending the Saturday afternoon for the X-Fighters event.
After such a heat our guests were a bit knocked-out!
Every guest will certainly remember Sunday afternoon and this jump at the Swatch Prime Line.
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Astros tag Yanks, snap road skid
Bronx, NY – Lucas Harrell spun 6 1/3 strong innings and batterymate Carlos Corporan went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBI, with the duo leading Houston to a 9-1 shellacking of the New York Yankees that halted the Astros' nine-game road losing streak.
Harrell (3-2) also stopped Houston's four-game overall slide, while ending a string of four straight Yankee wins, by yielding just one run and scattering eight hits. Fourteen of the 19 outs the right-hander recorded came on the ground.
He was helped out by an offense that pounded out 17 hits and rocked Andy Pettitte (3-2) for seven runs in 4 1/3 innings of work. Brandon Barnes finished 3-for-5 with three RBI in the rout, with Carlos Pena contributing a run-scoring single as part of a 2-for-5 night.
"I've seen Andy since 1996, and I don't know if I've ever seen him not have his slider," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Jose Altuve, Chris Carter and Brandon Laird also had two hits for Houston, which went 6-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
"You're just waiting for it to happen night in and night out and be consistent. That's why we stay positive, because we know it's in there," Astros manager Bo Porter said.
Vernon Wells, Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano each collected a pair of hits for New York, with Wells driving in the Yankees' lone run with a sixth-inning single.
The Astros wasted little time moving in front, with five straight hitters reaching base against Pettitte with two outs during a three-run top of the first. Consecutive singles by Laird, Carter and Pena accounted for the initial run, and Corporan followed a walk to Ronny Cedeno that loaded the bases with a double into the right-field corner that plated both Carter and Pena.
Pettitte briefly regrouped to hold Houston scoreless over the next two innings, but ran into trouble again in the fourth. After a Corporan base hit and Altuve double put two men in scoring position, Barnes extended the lead to 5-0 by ripping a hanging pitch down the left-field line for a double.
A Carter single and one-out double by Cedeno in the fifth ended Pettitte's night, with replacement Adam Warren immediately uncorking a wild pitch to bring in Carter before serving up Corporan's first homer of the season that staked Houston to a commanding 8-0 advantage.
The Astros scored once more during the inning, with Matt Dominguez drawing a walk after Corporan's blast and later coming home on Barnes' second hit of the game.
Aided by a trio of double plays, Harrell didn't allow a runner past first until the Yankees finally broke through in the sixth. Singles by Gardner, Cano and Wells in succession put New York on the board, though Harrell prevented a big inning by retiring Jayson Nix with the bases loaded and two out.
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(Pocket-lint) - Ever wondered how the other half live? Well, today we got to find out, during a short acquaintance with Bentley's newest car, the Mulsanne. A moment of context is needed here. Bentley's sales have climbed from almost nothing in the past 15 years, thanks to the smaller Continental GT. The recently revised coupe, beloved of footballers (and their wives) the land over, gave the comfortably well-off easier access to the "flying B" than any of the large barges Bentley produced throughout the previous 70 years of its existence. At about £100,000 the Conti GT's combination of opulent luxury, comparative space, easy drive, power and badge cachet means they've flown out of the showroom.
The Mulsanne is the other, less well-known car in Bentley's range. It's a car that, let's just say, you'll need to be doing rather better than the average Championship footballer to afford. It costs £225,000 - well, we've rounded that up, but when you're spending that much, what's a few grand between friends?
This is a car you buy if you own land. You know, half of Scotland amounts of land – that kind of thing. And whereas the average Continental GT buyer might have a Range Rover alongside it in the garage, the person who buys the Mulsanne is likely to have a couple of other Bentleys, possibly a Ferrari or two, a garage full of classic cars and a yacht.
So how does it feel to live on the other side? Simply, like you're king of all you survey. The whole experience of climbing aboard the Mulsanne is rather odd. Your eye sees a vast, luxury saloon car, but you almost step up, rather than in, to it. The seating position is half-way to SUV and from the driver's seat you have an ocean-going liner's worth of bonnet spread in front of you, with that flying B badge standing proud at its end.
Try not to be overawed by the vast expanses of stitched leather and walnut veneer inlays, because the reality is - though opulent - the Mulsanne's not that intimidating to get going in. Just use the knurled aluminium knob to adjust the steering wheel to your chosen position, stab and hold the starter knob until the twin-turbo V8 whirs into life and then nudge the, totally normal, automatic gear shifter back into drive.Yet we actually think that "D" for drive on the gear knob's somewhat mis-placed. You don't "drive" a Mulsanne, you command it.
And it's commanding you'll feel when you first prod the throttle fully into the shag-pile carpet. With a 6.7 litre, twin-turbo V8 under it, that huge bonnet rises its nose into the air with some alacrity. Give it the beans and suddenly 2.6-tonnes of Bentley is hurtling you toward the horizon at a quite obscene pace. The whole experience is slightly surreal and rather unlike anything else you normally experience in a car.
But we didn't think it was fair to test this car properly without experiencing it as many owners will – from the back seat. Here, it eats the competition alive. Not only is there more room than you'll find in a typical airline's business class, there are all kinds of olde-worlde ashtray pots, mirrors and tables surrounding you. Gentleman's club might be the cliché but behind the slabs of walnut in the centre console and seat back, you'll discover your own heating and seat adjustment controls. In the centre console, you get two jacks for head phones, a bunch of SD card slots, a 12V port and a CD/DVD slot. It might be olde-worlde in appearance, but if you want your own back seat office hub, the Mulsanne's clearly the place to provide it. And because the core tech looks like it's come from Audi, it works very well and looks rather modern.
You might even be able to balance your netbook on the walnut table if it's small enough. And when you're done working, the back-of-headrest screens allow you to watch DVDs, listen to separate radio stations and different music from Perkins up front. It's just a pity you have to control it with a remote that – although artfully stored in the cubby between the front seats - feels like the kind of thing that comes with a supermarket brand plasma screen.
Still, we reckon all that room out back's wasted. If you ever get the chance, get in the driver's seat of a Mulsanne and simply squeeze that giant milled throttle into the carpet and hold it there - we dare you. Because as that B-emblazoned nose barrels you towards the horizon, you'll feel like king of the world, and everyone should experience that once in their life, even if it's just for a day.