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The combination of elevated commodity prices, an expected expansion in acreage sowed, low potash prices and the cash-rich position of (most) farmers, especially those in North and South America, provides a positive outlook for spring application demand.
Robert Winslow of National Bank Financial, however, is cautious. He told The Energy Report that both demand destruction and supply response are occurring globally as a result of rising crop and grain prices.
High grain prices have priced a number of consumers out the market, causing a corresponding reduction in food operations in some key markets. Expanding agricultural supply is also an issue; soybean acreage in Brazil and corn acreage in the United States are expected to increase by 8 to 10 percent and 2 percent, respectively.
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June 6, 2014 — By Ruth Levine
Willa Friedman has got me thinking about Hippocrates. In a recent blog post at the Center for Global Development, she asks a question we've probably all wondered about: in the face of poverty and suffering, "isn't doing something better than doing nothing?" Willa cites two recent studies demonstrating that aid projects intended to alleviate poverty instead led to an increase in violence. Yes, sometimes, despite the best of intentions, aid does harm.
So this made me wonder if we need some version of the Hippocratic Oath, the credo that newly minted physicians recite, which reminds them to wield a doctor's power and influence with humility and care.
While the Hippocratic Oath is well known for its injunction, "First, do no harm," there's more to it. The modern interpretation of the oath speaks of the physician's solemn responsibility to protect the privacy of patients, to practice the art as well as the science of medicine, and to place patients' needs above financial gain or social status.
What would the equivalent of a Hippocratic Oath look like for those working in international development? Surely we would need something about tempering enthusiasm for novelty and innovation with a respect for hard-won lessons of the past. Plus a commitment to leave an honest record of what succeeded and what failed, even at the risk of revealing one's own hubris, inexperience, or misjudgment. We'd have to commit to balancing data and expert knowledge with empathy, observation, and simply asking questions of the people we hope to help—and then actually listening to the answers. Perhaps we'd have to foreswear using photographs that evoke pity, particularly for the purposes of fundraising. Maybe we'd have to toss in a variant of the Golden Rule: Don't do unto those in other countries what we wouldn't want them doing unto us. And, of course, do no harm.
International development doesn't have its roots in a priesthood of physician-healers, and Hippocrates would probably have a tough time understanding the academic disciplines of international relations or development economics. But he just might see the value in thinking about the obligations of a profession like ours. What oath should we pledge when we bring money, scientific knowledge, and promises into the lives of poor people who live far away from us, imagining we can solve their problems?
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June 5, 2014 — By Daniel Stid
Our friend and grantee Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution recently offered the telling observation that "congressional primaries are the neglected stepchildren of American elections." She noted that, for the most part, journalists don't cover congressional primaries and scholars don't research them. Most citizens can't be bothered with them: historically, turnout rates among potential voters hover around 5% in mid-term primary elections.
Moreover, we know that the voters who do turn out for primaries are much more partisan and ideological than the vast majority who don't, giving rise to the reasonable conjecture that congressional primary dynamics are linked to polarization. For those of us concerned about the health of Congress, you can see how congressional primaries are a problem.
The dynamics around California's new "top two" primary election, which was held Tuesday, may help move questions about congressional primaries—how they are structured, which candidates run in them, how they run, and, not least, how voters participate in them—more onto the center stage of American politics.
In the top two system, which was first used in California in 2012, all candidates from all parties standing for a particular office run against each other. Voters can vote for any candidate, regardless of party affiliation (or lack thereof)—either their own or their preferred candidate's. The two candidates getting the most votes (and only those two) advance to the general election in November.
Can the top two primary reverse or at least alleviate polarization? Last fall, at the height of the government shut down, pundits pointed to California's primary innovation as a model for the nation. Meanwhile, leading political scientists have found little evidence that the extent to which primaries are open or closed has much to do with polarization, and California should be no exception to this rule.
I think the truth probably lies somewhere in between. Certainly the dynamics are shifting in some districts. Based on Tuesday's results, at least seven out of California's 53 House races will have candidates of the same party running against each other in November. For example, in CA-17, in the heart of Silicon Valley, two Democrats will be facing off, with the liberal incumbent Mike Honda defending his seat against a well-funded centrist challenger, Ro Khanna. To take another example, in CA-4, in the rural central Sierra, the incumbent Tea Party Republican Tom McClintock will have to fend off Art Moore, a West Pointer and Iraq War veteran running as a more moderate (though still conservative) Republican. In each instance, the challenger will be able to appeal not only to his wing of the party but also to the independents and voters from the other party.
I have also been struck by what I have heard in conversations with several California political hands, people running for office, anticipating running, or managing and funding the candidacies of others. To a person they see the top two primary as a big deal, one that will drive central tendencies in the state's politics. They haven't thought much about the idealism of the reformers or the analytical skepticism of the political scientists; they simply recognize that the rules of the game they are playing have shifted and they are preparing new strategies accordingly.
It is also too soon to tell what difference the top two will make. It remains a relatively new electoral institution. We should expect it will take a few electoral cycles for parties and their networks, candidates for office, their advisors and funders, and voters to get the hang of it.
As a grant maker endeavoring to be strategic, it is all too tempting for us to use engineering and mechanical metaphors in assessing systems change—e.g., if this component is adjusted, the machine will begin working in a different way. We have to keep reminding ourselves that gardening might be a better source of metaphors for how we think about and assess changes in the political system—they need to be seeded, well cared for, and then, depending on weather conditions, may or may not bear fruit. We also need to emulate the gardener's patience—because none of this happens overnight.
June 5, 2014 — By Rachel Quint
Do countries have the data they need to measure progress against the proposed post-2015 development goals and targets? As Kristen Stelljes described in her recent blog post, a Post-2015 Data Test is underway to answer that very question in real time. Through this project, local think tanks and research institutions in countries across the world are investigating what data is available to measure proposed post-2015 targets. Check out the latest updates from Turkey, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Senegal, and a blog update from Sierra Leone on strengthening data and statistics at the national level.
June 5, 2014 — By Eric Brown
It's hard to imagine, but after nearly eleven years as communications director at the Hewlett Foundation, I'm stepping down to stop and smell the roses, as they say. Why would anyone leave such a great job? Good question. The simple answer is that our daughter is heading off to college, so my wife and I are free to take some time off to travel and consider what's next.
It's my farewell week here at the Hewlett Foundation. In addition to making sure that I don't leave any metaphoric dishes in the sink, this is a time given over to reflection, and—dare I say it—introspection. Having just attended my daughter's high school graduation, I recognize the pitfalls of attempting to impart wisdom about, well, anything, but I'm going to do it anyway.
Here's what I've learned about foundation communications in ten years, nine months, and four days:
1. Tactics without strategy are pretty much a waste of time.
I'm about to give away the secret to the nonprofit communications strategy kingdom—start your communications plan with a goal, and make it a good one. There, I said it. Organizations are pretty good about designing strategic plans that have reasonably good goals. They want the utility to remove a dam by 2015, or they want to provide reproductive health services for 25% more women in a particular district in Tanzania by the end of the year. Things like that. When the communications plans come in, though, often the goal is do some kind of tactic. Write an op-ed. Get people to like you on Facebook. If pressed, grantees might say that the goal is to "raise awareness" about an issue. Well, I have high awareness that kale is better for me than bacon, but that doesn't stop me from eating BLTs. You get my point. Good strategies start with good goals, not good tactics. It seems so obvious, but we all know that it doesn't always go that way.
2. That said, the tactics have changed a lot, and they're going to keep changing.
I started at the Hewlett Foundation during the first term of the George W. Bush administration. (Some days, but not many, it feels like it was the first term of the George Washington administration.) When I began, most of the popular tools we use today didn't even exist. There was no Twitter, no Facebook, no YouTube, none of that stuff. We basically had email. (I'm starting to sound like my grandfather.) Who knows what we'll have tomorrow? Nobody. Things keep changing, and it's important to keep up with the kids. So you should do that.
3.I love our communications training program—and I learned that training is hard work and it takes a lot of diligence.
One of my favorite times of the year is when we bring grantees together for communications strategy training. We pick grantees from across the foundation's programs and learn how to create a communications plan, how to do better presentations, how to improve our storytelling, and other fun things. Grantees are excited, our program staff who attend the training are excited, and everyone goes home energized, at least for a moment. The really important thing we've learned is to make sure we follow up with participants about what they learned, and provide as many resources as possible to make sure that what they learned sticks. As it turns out, this is true for just about any training. Many of us have been through speech training, or presentation training, or who knows what other kinds of training, and it's really easy to go back to the old pre-training ways. So I try to find a buddy who went through the training with me who can keep me honest, and remind me what I've learned and help me get back on track if I've strayed. So if you conduct or attend a training, spend at least as much time on follow up as you spent on the training.
4. Evaluating the effectiveness of communications is no more or less difficult than evaluating the effectiveness of anything else, which is to say that it's often more art than science. Nevertheless, you have to try.
Many people have heard the old line attributed to John Wanamaker: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." Regardless of whether he actually said this, it rings true today. It's hard to know whether your communications work was the thing that made the difference, but that's no reason not to try. At my going away party on Monday, after a bunch of speeches, my eighteen-year-old daughter said that she still doesn't know what her dad, the communications director, does. My colleague Fay Twersky said that the field of evaluation is similarly misunderstood. To this, I propose a new partnership for the twenty-first century—that of the communications and evaluations people. There is much to recommend this marriage. For starters, both evaluations and communications people should be alongside the program folks at the very beginning of a strategy, helping set achievable goals and the best ways to measure them. If you are a communications person, make friends with the evaluators and vice versa. I know you will each learn from each other.
5. The people in this business are really, really nice.
When I started at my job, there was no shortage of people who took me to lunch, took me under their wings, and who shared every bit of communications advice freely and incredibly generously. Chris DeCardy at Packard; Matt James, then at the Kaiser Family Foundation; and David Morse, then at Robert Wood Johnson, were among the first, but there are way too many to count. As they say at the Oscars, you know who you are. To the extent that I have been successful at the Hewlett Foundation, it is because I have been able to bounce most ideas (the good, the bad, and the oh-so-ugly) off my colleagues, and I have always gotten loving but candid feedback. If you are interested in communications (even if you are a program person, an evaluator, or anything else), the Communications Network is a good place to find your brethren and sistren. If you have other interests, there is most certainly a professional support group for you. I urge you to take advantage of the true generosity that our field offers.
With that, I will gallop off into the sunset for a time. I hope to come back next year and reenter the field in one way or the other. It has been an utter privilege to work at the Hewlett Foundation, and I wish my colleagues all the best.
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June 4, 2014 — By Heath Wickline
San Francisco's ABC 7 News recently reported on the The Kodály Center for Music Education and their efforts to preserve American folk music. A recent grant from our Performing Arts Program is intended to help the Center double the size of its collection.
May 30, 2014 — By Ruth Levine
"Scale up" is one of those terms that almost everyone uses and very few people can define. Sure, "scale up" means trying to make some small success much larger—taking a program from neighborhood-scale to country-scale or bigger, for example. But, as it's used (and over-used) in the development field, "scale up" applies to everything from getting soap to more people through private sellers to replicating a new way to pay teachers, tried in a few demonstration schools, introduced in all government schools.
Sometimes we're just talking about increasing the amount of spending, and other times "scale up" refers to expanding activities or even impact. Not quite the same thing.
People who talk about scaling up are rarely clear about the path to expanding coverage or impact. Is it through the use of technology, which dramatically reduces the marginal cost of reaching ever-larger populations? Or through the market, where the dynamics of supply and demand drive expanded availability of goods or services? Or through public or non-profit networks, where mandates from the top can, in theory, lead to new practices being rapidly adopted in multiple communities. These are, of course, radically different ways to go from small to big. None of them follows a linear "innovate, prove, scale" path.
But "scale-up" has become a one-size-fits-all phrase, a verbal tic that populates papers and speeches; it's the thing that motivates all sorts of investments in both new ideas and evaluation: why bother, if not to eventually serve millions? Yet getting from here to there is left in a black box. Truthfully, every time I hear the phrase "going to scale" I wonder if the people talking know themselves what they are trying to say.
That's why I've been intrigued to hear our friends out here in Silicon Valley use their own jargon: "scale up," "scale out," and "scale deep." All refer to the amount and efficiency of data storage, but there's a special vocabulary that differentiates among different ways to design more storage capacity into computer networks. I wonder if it would help the development field to coin some variants of "scale up" that distinguish what and how more people are being reached. Would it force some conceptual discipline on this sloppy space, or just scale up the use of development jargon?
May 28, 2014 — By Kelly Born
Lately I've been wrestling with the collapse in media coverage of Congress, its importance to our system of government, and what if anything foundations can do about it. Congress is ostensibly the people's branch, but arguably most people don't know much about what Congress is up to (other than the government shutdown, perhaps).
It's no secret that the news media is struggling greatly—the rise of the internet has been met with a concomitant fall in subscription and advertising revenues. Many newsrooms have had to reduce staff, or close entirely. According to a recent report on the State of the News Media in 2013, employment of full-time editorial staff, which peaked at 57,000 in 1989, had fallen by 29% by the end of 2011. The same report found that the number of newspapers with daily circulation has fallen by about 14% since 1990, while another recent study found that over 400 local newspapers had closed or moved to web-only between 2007 and 2011.
Other platforms (radio, TV) cannot really step in to fill the void. Another study found that 80% of all news stories simply repeat or re-package information that has already been published elsewhere. Among stories that contain original news, 95% has come from traditional media, primarily newspapers. Someone has to do the original reporting upon which everything else is based.
This negative transformation has profound implications for citizens' understanding of Congress, and thus for the quality of representation that we receive from Congress. Consider the following trends:
A recent study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 27 states now have no Washington reporters. The number of papers with bureaus in the capital has dropped by "about half since the mid-1980s."
An online news website in Maine, a state which now has no Washington reporters, describes the implications well: "In place of having someone on the scene, Maine news organizations rely on interviews with delegation members to determine what they're up to. This method has several obvious drawbacks, the most glaring being that our elected officials in the nation's capital aren't likely to tell us anything they don't want us to know."
Not only does the demise of print journalism impact what we know about what our representatives are doing on our behalf in Washington, it also means citizens are flying more or less blind when it is time for them to vote. A study of five small-market daily newspapers in 2008 and 2010 found that the papers paid little attention to local congressional races. On average, the papers ran 2.6 articles per congressional race in their circulation area in 2008 and 3.3 articles per race in 2010. Challengers viewed as highly unlikely to win are often especially marginalized in local campaign reporting, further reinforcing incumbents' advantage.
If small-town newspapers are bad, large-market papers do no better. A 2004 study, looking specifically at the Los Angeles market, found that "not one story about a race for the U.S. House appeared in the Los Angeles stories."
So back to my question: What, if anything, can foundations do about all this? The estimated $160M that foundations contributed to journalism in 2011 is a drop in the bucket compared to the $1.6B in annual cuts to newspapers' editorial spending estimated by the FCC. Is there anything we can do in the face of these market forces that could improve reporting on Congress, of both its day-to-day work and around elections time?
Moreover, quite apart from the supply of quality reporting, in the modern age of information proliferation, what can be done to improve demand for news coverage of "the people's branch"—of its current and potential members. Especially when this democratically essential information has to compete with Kimye wedding videos?
We are convinced of the need to improve both the supply of and demand for quality reporting on Congress. What we're trying to ascertain is whether, and how, we might help those forces start to reinforce each other in a positive direction.
May 27, 2014 — By Heath Wickline
As part of our Grantmaker Speaker Series, Joel Fleishman of Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy visited the Foundation to discuss spend-down foundations. While the Hewlett Foundation is intended to operate in perpetuity, a growing number of foundations plan to grant all of their assets within a specific timeframe.
Mr. Fleishman served from 1993-2003 as president of the Atlantic Philanthropic Services Company, the U.S. program staff for the Atlantic Philanthropies, which is scheduled to spend down by 2016. During this session, he discussed his reflections on the advantages and limitations of spend-down foundations as compared to perpetual foundations.
Nell Edgington interviews Fay Twersky, DIrector of our Effective Philanthropy Group, for the Social Velocity blog. Topics covered include need for openness in relationships among funders and grantees, our Organizatonal Effectiveness grantmaking, and the importance of evaluation for examining nonprofit effectiveness.
May 23, 2014 — By Ruth Levine
One thing you can count on at the Hewlett Foundation is our affection for data, but here's a little-known secret: even more than numbers, we love stories. In the Global Development and Population Program we make bunches of grants to add to the amount, quality, and availability of data about where a government's money comes from, how it's spent, and whether people end up better or worse off for having spent it. We promote evaluation and metrics. Heck, it's right there in the Foundation's new tagline: we're "helping people lead measurably better lives." Alongside our belief in the value of quantitative information, though, we're cultivating an increased appreciation for storytelling. And it's paying off.
I'm not talking about random, tug-at-your-heart-strings anecdotes. I'm talking about finding ways to elevate and put into context stories people tell about their own experience. It's a core part of the notion that we can focus resources so that people's own voices can be heard, from within their own communities to distant capitals. And by being heard, be understood and help lead to positive change.
Let me give just a few examples. In our grants to protect reproductive health and rights in the U.S., we're following closely the "provoice" work that Exhale is doing to find and tell the stories of women who have had abortions. One in every three American women will have an abortion in her lifetime, but because of stigma few have the chance to talk about the often complicated thoughts and feelings that accompanied their decision to terminate a pregnancy. The women who've participated in Exhale's abortion storytelling project do have that chance. They report a greater sense of wellbeing and acceptance; those who've heard or read the stories are far more likely to empathize more and judge less, regardless of whether they change their views on abortion.
We also admire the partnership that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has developed with MTV to connect viewers of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom to accurate information about birth control. These reality TV shows, showing the truth of what girls' and boys' lives are like when they become responsible for a baby, are a radical departure from any standard approach to educating young people about the risks of early and unprotected sex. They aren't necessarily intended to be educational at all, which is probably what makes them work. Study after study has found that these shows don't just grab viewers' attention; they also make it more likely that young viewers will have important conversations with their parents, and end up with healthier attitudes about sex. Remarkably, one recent study estimates that up to a third of the impressive drop in teen pregnancy in the U.S. can be attributed to changes in behavior resulting from watching 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom.
We're supporting creative work with storytelling overseas, too. Global Giving, a partner in Feedback Labs, has refined its methods of collecting hundreds of stories from people affected by aid projects, and then analyzing those stories so non-governmental organizations (NGOs) know what community members are saying about what they need and whether they're getting it. One interesting feature of that work is that it doesn't start with the NGO's perspective— "So, how do you feel about me?"—but instead starts from the individual's viewpoint— "What problems do you have, and who can you turn to for help?" (Their Storytelling Tool is available for anyone to use.)
Great stories also are at the forefront in the work that Well Told Story does in Kenya. WTS produces Shujaaz, a wildly popular radio show and comic book series, written in street-slang. Focused first on entertaining, young Kenyan artists who write and produce Shujaaz are telling the story of fictional characters struggling to succeed at school, maintain friendships, make a living and understand what the powers that be are up to. Along the way, while subtly dispensing information and advice, Shujaaz has become one of the most widely read publications in the country, capturing not one but two Emmys.
Exciting as the storytelling work is now, I'm guessing there's even more interesting stuff ahead. I think there's more to learn about how storytelling can change people's sense of their ability to affect the conditions of their lives; and how storytelling can be paired with traditional data to paint a full picture of on-the- ground realities for policy makers. I'm guessing, too, that we're going to start seeing opportunities for computer-enabled storytelling to capture information from people in ways that cannot be done in a survey format. (Think what commercial game developers already can know about how gamers think through problems.) And I'm sure that as these and other ideas develop, the Global Development and Population Program will be closely following the story.

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The CEO of Persimmon Technologies Corp. in Wakefield says that a $5.8 million round of Series B funding will go toward development of its hybrid-field motor technology as well as expansion of its manufacturing facility for vacuum robotics.
The funding, which was revealed in a federal filing in late December, comes from new investors Intel Capital and The Bernard M. Gordon Charitable Remainder Trust, President and CEO Michael Pippins told Mass High Tech. Nidec Sankyo provided the company's Series A round.
The company was launched in 2011 by Pippins as a provider of vacuum robotics for the semiconductor, LED, flat-panel display and solar markets, and currently makes those products in the Wakefield headquarters. He said the company is now developing so-called hybrid-field motor technology, which replaces the traditional stamped and laminated sheet metal motor stators - the stationary part of a motor - with spray deposition technology. The result will be a motor that 25 percent cheaper to manufacture, but with 15 percent higher power density, he said.
Persimmon was awarded a $500,000 follow-on Phase II SBIR grant in September 2012 by the National Science Foundation to develop the technology. Pippins said a finished product is still about a year away, and will potentially have applications far beyond the robotics market.
The company has more than 20 patents pending, with seven of them for the new hybrid motor.
Pippins declined to provide the number of employees, but said that as part of the expansion of manufacturing, he plans to double headcount.
Pippins, who spent 17 years at the publicly-held Brooks Automation, leaving in 2009 when he was president, said he doesn't know yet whether Persimmon will eventually go public.
"My philosophy is, if you build something of value, you always have options, whether you want to go public or operate as a successful private company," he said. "We don't want to be a little company. We want to be a substantial company in Wakefield."
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These are some of the best and most useful action cam accessories we've laid our hands on for anyone who wants to move beyond the basic helmet mount.
There's a good reason why GoPro's tagline is "the world's most versatile camera."
With their super-compact design and point-and-shoot operation, it's a device that anyone can set up and use. And with its waterproof housing, you can use it in the snow or rain, in or out of the water, or really anywhere you want to go.
But to get the most from a GoPro -- or any action cam for that matter -- you need to go beyond the adhesive helmet mount that came with the camera.
What follows are accessories to help you do just that. And this list isn't just for GoPro users.
Though many of these use the pronged mount used on GoPro's housings, the first product on the list shows you how to get around that. Also, the accessories here that don't use GoPro's mount use a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount.
This list just scratches the surface of what's out there. If you have a favorite action-cam accessory or one you're curious about, please let me know in the comments.
Editors' note, November 26, 2014: This story was originally published February 18, 2014, and has been updated with additional products.
Delkin makes a lot of camera accessories and also had an action cam called the Wingman HD. I haven't tested the camera, but this mount is a great cheap-and-easy option for GoPros as well as any camera with a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount.
For example, I removed the 1/4-20 tripod adapter from the Delkin mount and attached it to GoPro's QuickClip mount for baseball caps (see the inset picture).
Basically, if you want to buy or use something other than a GoPro housing with a GoPro mount, this is an inexpensive solution. If you can track down this specific one, just search your favorite accessory retailer for a 1/4-20-to-GoPro adapter.
The Jaws flex clamp from GoPro has become a favorite of mine because it allows for quick and secure repositioning of the camera. It's a simple tension clamp with a diameter of 0.25 to 2 inches, but the tips of the clamp move slightly so it can grab onto irregular shapes securely. There's a GoPro quick-release base on top of the clamp, so you can attach a camera right to it. Or, you can use the adjustable neck if you need more height to your shot. It works really well, but it also costs about $50 (£50/AU$89).
Camera accessory maker Joby also has a couple of clamps as part of its Action series. On the left is the $30 Action Clamp and GorillaPod arm (£25/AU$35), and on the right is the Action Clamp and Locking Arm for $40 (£33/AU$40).
The action clamps take a bit more effort than the flex clamp since you have to turn a knob to tighten them, but they can clamp down on something as thin as a stop sign, or anything thicker up to 2 inches. The Locking and GorillaPod arms are attached to the clamp by a 1/4-20 screw. The clamp has a mount on each end, so if you want to move the camera to the other side, it's as easy as unscrewing the arm and screwing it on the opposite end.
The $40 Action Tripod is pretty much the same as a regular ballhead GorillaPod, but it comes with a GoPro mount quick-release clip as well as a standard 1/4-20 quick-release clip. What's nice is the bottom of the GoPro mount clip is threaded for use on a tripod. It goes for about £24 in the UK and AU$30 in Australia.
If you want a suction cup mount to use inside or outside your car, you want the Panavise 809. The locking mechanism can be done with one hand: push down on the big button on top and pull up the handle. As long as it's on a smooth, flat, non-porous surface, it'll stay put -- even at high speeds. If the mechanism looks or sounds familiar, it's because several accessory manufacturers license Panavise's design.
On top is a 1/4-20 stud, so anything with a tripod mount can be attached. The ratcheted metal arm has 140-degree vertical movement and a single knob allows you to tilt the camera 210 degrees as well as turn and rotate it 360 degrees.
It's the best-quality suction-cup mount you can get and well worth the $30 (£25, AU$33).
If the 809 doesn't offer you the mounting flexibility you need, check out the $45 13150 ActionGrip (£30/AU$55, converted). You don't get the bent arm of the 809, but instead you get pieces to create three different lengths: shorty, single knuckle and double knuckle. Plus, you get a GoPro-mount ballhead.
The Panavise GoPro ballhead (pictured here with the double-knuckle length) allows you to tilt, turn and rotate the camera to get just the right angle you want, but without the need to add GoPro adapters. The shorty (inset image) gives you a lower profile, while the single-knuckle gives you some rotation for better positioning.
If you're not familiar with UKPro, you really should be. It is the largest manufacturer of GoPro third-party accessories and the quality is fantastic. For example, UKPro's camera poles make it easy to get great POV video. The tough, but lightweight anodized aluminum poles are tipped with a GoPro mount and have supergrippy handles, so they stay in your hand in the water or with gloves on. And if you do drop one, the brightly colored handles are easy to spot. The $30 8-inch Pole 8 (£18/AU$45) is a good size for tossing in a backpack, while the Pole 22 at $35 (£24/AU$50) gives you a little more reach to get more in the shot. Check out the company's blog if you want to see the poles in action.
If you're not sure what size pole will work best for you, UKPro has you covered here, too. With the 38HD and 54HD poles, you get the same great quality of the fixed models, but they're extendable. The 38HD goes starts at 16 inches (41 cm) and extends to 38 inches (96 cm) while the 54HD goes from 22.5 to 54 inches (57 to 137 cm). Big grippy knobs make it easy to telescope the poles even with gloves on and they're fine to use in fresh or salt water. But, if you do plan to use them in water, you might consider getting the floating versions of these poles.
Like the UKPro poles, the Sandmarc pole telescopes, in this case from 17 to 40 inches (43.2 to 101.6 cm). It, too, is made from aluminum and is waterproof. And at $40 (£40/approximately AU$60), it's priced about the same.
However, if you shoot with something other than a GoPro camera, this is like getting two poles for the price of one. The GoPro mount on top is attached by a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount. That gives you a pole you can mount other cameras on as well as use the removeable GoPro mount on other tripods or monopods or anything with a 1/4-20 mount like the Panavise mounts mentioned earlier.
It doesn't look like much, but the Mule's design is really pretty clever. The lightweight, plastic bar has a GoPro-housing mount on each end and then in the middle is a connector for attaching it to any GoPro mount.
Don't have a mount or need a lower profile? The bar can be securely attached with inexpensive cable ties. The rubber grooves on the bottom help keep it in place while the two rubber pieces at each end on top help keep the ties from slipping.
Plus, you can use it handheld if you just need a simple handle to shoot with.
Here's what it looks like mounted in the middle. And as you can see in the inset picture, the groove below the mount gives you a place to rest your thumb and steady the camera when shooting handheld.
Not bad for $20. You can buy it direct from the maker and get it shipped worldwide. There is no pricing listed for the UK and Australia, but the price converts to about £15 and AU$25, respectively.
If you want to shoot handheld with two cameras or shoot at night with some extra light, you want the Flex Grip ($50/£40/AU$109). At each end of the big, textured grip is a GoPro mount so you can shoot with cameras pointed forward and backward. The top mount is on an extendable arm that can be pulled up and out allow you to pivot the camera.
Shooting at night or underwater? You can swap out the top camera for one of UKPro's waterproof LED lights -- the Freestyler or Aqualite -- to brighten up the scene while still shooting with the bottom-mounted camera. And with the pivoting arm, you can shine the light just where it's needed.
The $70 3-way (£53, AU$120), as its name implies, can be used in three different configurations. Completely folded up it's a basic camera stick that lets you comfortably shoot handheld. You can then extend it to get closer to your subject or, if that subject is you, use it as a selfie stick. Lastly, screwed upside down into the handle is a small set of legs that you flip around and twist back into the handle, converting the 3-way into a tripod.
Though the iOgrapher's primary purpose is to help steady video shot with your iPhone 5/5S, it can also be used as a mount for a GoPro or other action cam with wireless capabilities.
There are two accessory shoes on top giving you a place to mount a mic or an LED light panel. But, mount a GoPro into one of these shoes and you can use your iPhone as a remote viewfinder and controller when shooting handheld video. Or simply put the whole setup onto a tripod so you can get in the shot.
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If you're looking to make your handheld GoPro video look more professional or just eliminate shake, you'll want to consider a $150 Steadicam Smoothee (£140, AU$220) or $100 Curve (£90, AU$150). While I preferred using the larger Smoothee, the Curve is small enough to drop in your backpack, which is really what you want for shooting with the GoPro. Unfortunately, both require you to have the LCD back for the GoPro for the camera to balance properly.
A skate dolly allows you to get smooth tracking or panning shots with your action camera. They can be expensive, though, which is where Monoprice comes in. Its dolly only costs about $20, but is solidly built and rolls smoothly. The base plate has markings so you can precisely angle the axles to turn a full circle in as small as a 7-inch radius.
GoPro accessory maker Polar Pro got its start in 2011 making a simple polarizer filter for Hero cams.
It didn't stop there, though, and the company now has the Venture3+ combo pack that includes polarizer and neutral density (ND) filters and a 3.8x macro lens.
The most important filter in the pack for most people will be that original fixed horizontal polarizer. It helps tame glare off of water or snow or really any reflective surface. It will also make your blue skies pop a bit more.
The ND filter basically slows down the shutter speed of the Hero3+. By doing this you can create motion blur in clips where you're traveling at high speeds. An ND filter will also help cut down on wobble from rolling shutter and with blown-out highlights in really bright scenes.
You can buy each lens individually for about $30 each, but all three go for $50 (£59).
Camera accessory maker Fotodiox took its WonderPana filter system designed for wide-angle lenses and adapted them to use on GoPro housings. You can check out videos on the company's YouTube channel to see them in action. To go along with the WonderPana Go system, Fotodiox also makes metal thumbscrews, extenders, and tripod mounts as well as a wrench called the SharkBite for getting your thumbscrews supertight and opening bottles.
If you only have one camera and a few accessories to keep track of, a simple inexpensive case like this one from Fotodiox is sufficient. I like this one because it has three separate storage areas with the main camera tray on the bottom.
The Pill Box is great for any action cam, not just GoPros. Elastic bands on one side can be used to secure the camera or bigger accessories, while the zippered pouch keeps all your smaller bits and pieces from falling out. It's just some good extra protection for when you want to toss your camera in your bag and go.
The 903 is a great little case that can handle some abuse and the elements. The case is impact resistant and waterproof with locking claw closures so they won't pop open accidentally. It also has an automatic pressure release valve so you can open it easily after pressure changes. It's available with a foam-block insert letting you set it up for your specific camera needs, or without if you're just looking for a safe place to store your miscellaneous accessories.
Along with its poles, UKPro has several case options. The POV20 LT, POV20 (not pictured) and POV30 are single-camera cases. The LT is a lightweight soft-shell nylon, while the regular cases are tough ABS polymer that are waterproof with pressure releases so they're still easy to open after an altitude change. A removable foam tray gives you storage below the camera.
If you've got a growing collection of GoPro cameras and accessories, the POV60 will keep you organized. It has room for up to four cameras in their housings as well as batteries, a charger, remotes, knobs and nuts, cables and whatever else you've got lying around.
Like the POV30, it's water-tight and constructed from ABS with steel hinges and two-stage locks to keep it from accidentally popping open. It's also shockproof from up to 7 feet (2 meters) onto concrete.
No, it won't make your camera perform better or help you capture video where you couldn't before. But, if you feel like adding a little personality to your camera, SkinIt has a full selection for GoPro. They're actually made for the standard housing that comes with the Hero3+ and 4, so you won't be putting them on the camera itself. Not bad for $15.
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(A/N: I'm using two of the characters from my other story, 'Alice, Stay Home' but this story is set before the events in 'Alice, Stay Home' just thought I should point that out)
Lela could remember the whole incident all to clearly. She knew it would be something she simply could not forget, how could anyone forget such a thing? She sat in the woods just outside town, it was the only safe place she go. Tears fell from her eyes, loud sobs escaped her throat and her body shivered from the cold. Her weapon was gone, it was a long way down the road where she had discarded it, as a way to forget. Even though she knew in her heart she could never forget. Their blood was all over her, their screams still rang through her head, it had all happened merely hours ago...
She had woke up early in the morning, her father laid in the other room snoring loudly. Lela slipped on her pink dress and walked slowly down the hallway, being careful not to wake her father. She wanted to leave early so she wouldn't have to deal with him. Lela's father was a savage and angry man, his anger stemmed from an unknown source, his daughter could never understand it.
Leaving the house, Lela first looked around her to see if anyone was about. The street appeared to be empty. With no one around, she walked away from the house and down the deserted road. When she walked in to town, she made sure to avoid the people that were around. This was the part of town that was run down and where few people ventured, most of the buildings were abandoned. Lela felt she could relax her, with a deep breath she sat down on the steps of one of the buildings. If anyone passed by she made sure to avoid their gaze. Some of them she had seen a few times before.
"Your sitting on my property" someone said. Lela looked to her side and saw a woman standing there. The woman's appearance was almost shocking. Her brown hair was severely matted and tangled, Lela's own hair was very similar. Her clothing was torn and stained. What was really shocking about this woman was her eyes, they were red along with that her face was covered with many scars and bruises. Her teeth were sharp and her fingernails jagged. "I'm sorry, I'll leave" Lela had never seen this woman around before and did not want to deal with her today.
"I didn't say you had to leave" the woman said.
"I think it's better if I do" Lela said quietly, trying to avoid the woman's gaze as she did with everyone. She didn't like awake eyes, they could read her. When Lela got up to leave, the woman grabbed a hold of her shoulder and sat her right back down. Her body shivered at the touch of the cold and rough hand. "Please just let me go" she said desperately, she was almost close to tears.
"Why can't you look me in the eyes?"
"I-I don't know" Lela could almost feel the woman's stare burning through her flesh. Soon she felt her shoulder being gripped harder, the woman's sharp nails digging in to her skin, causing her to cry out. "Look me in the eyes now" the woman said in a savage and voice. When Lela didn't do as she was told, the sharp fingernails were dug in deeper, so that they scraped against her bone. Sharp pain shot throughout her frail body. The few people about did not even look her way, Lela wanted to cry out for help, but she simply could not.
"Look at me and I just might let you go."
Lela turned her head and looked the woman right in her red eyes, her body shook with fear. "That's right darling" the woman said as her eyes began to glow brightly. Lela soon became drawn to them and she could no longer turn away. Her tense body began to relax as she started to feel weightless. This woman's eyes were the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Her mind went blank and then blackness.
The Place She Designed:
When she awoke her vision was blurry, she felt cold metal around her wrists and ankles. Two smiling faces stared down at her, one was all to familiar with those red eyes. The other woman was strikingly beautiful, her hair and eyes were hauntingly dark, her skin amazingly pale. She wore a tight red dress that showed off her lovely figure.
As a shiver went throughout her body, Lela realized that she was naked. She began to thrash in her restraints, crying uncontrollably. Her fear of the red-eyed woman was great. "Enough!" she was struck hard by the woman in the red dress. Lela stopped her thrashing but her breathing was heavy, she just couldn't calm down.
"Thank you Queen" the monstrous woman said to the beautiful one. She then looked down at Lela and smiled, "My name is Dani" Her tormentor's name was Dani, Lela of course now knew to avoid her eyes. The task was actually difficult, she felt a strange connection to those beautiful eyes. Lela sobbed loudly, her crying was the only sound in the room. She once again began to thrash madly, she screamed as loud as she could. They weren't in some isolated area, surely someone would hear her. "Help me! God please help me!" she cried out.
"Scream all you want, darling. No one can hear you, this building is special, I designed it all by myself" Dani said, smiling. "No one outside can hear a damn thing and if they happen to wonder in, it just looks like a boring run down place...that is until I wanna play with them" She was embracing Lela's screams, loving the sound of them. The two women looked at each other and chuckled.
"Help me! God help me!" Queen screamed mockingly. "Enough of this, lets play with her now!" She ran her long black painted nails across Lela's naked flesh causing tremors throughout the girl's body. Queen stroked Lela's small breasts, her touch was gentle but fear still filled her. Her whole body was shaking. Lela saw Dani grab a large sharp knife from a nearby table, "N-no please don't hurt me" The blade shined from the room's bright light.
Dani's pressed her hand on top of Lela's breast, pain exploded throughout her body as the blade was forced between the bones of her ribcage. Lela screamed out loudly, "No more! Please stop!" The pain was more than she could take, she wanted to vomit. Dani chuckled, "Oh come on now, we're just getting started" Dani slipped the knife out and tossed it aside. She reached inside the wound with both her hands and began to spread, "So lovely" she said under her breath, wrapping her hand around one of the girl's rib.
Lela's screams had become hoarse. She could feel Dani trying to break off one of her ribs from the inside and she could hear Queen's laughter. She then saw Dani and Queen, release their unbelievably sharp teeth. Dani pulled back her hand and smile, "I want to taste you" she whispered as she was kneeling down, getting a better look at the wound she had inflicted. Lela would soon feel Queen's hand pierce through her stomach. Grinning, Dani licked at the flesh on the girl's exposed rib.
The pain was unbelievable. Lela closed her eyes tightly, she could not understand this pain and the cruelty of these monsters. She then went in to blackness once again, she hoped she would stay there.
Beyond the Darkness:
Lela found herself in a strange and empty room. Was it over? She thought, the pain had been far too real, it could not have been a dream. She had her dress back on, Lela pulled at the top part of the garment and looked down. There was no trace of her wounds, not even a scar. How could this be happening? Lela looked around the room and saw that there was no door, in fact, there was nothing.
"Miss me?"
Lela jumped and right behind her stood Queen, smirking. "Please just let me go"
"Please just let me go" the woman said in that mocking voice of her's. "You're pathetic, you can't save yourself can you? Typical woman, are you waiting for a man?"
"No" Lela answered, she was trying too hide her fear. She did want someone to save her, no matter what gender they were.
"Oh really, little Cinderella? That's sure what it looks like, you're so weak!" Queen grabbed at Lela's dress, ripping it off in one swift motion. "Please stop!" Lela shrieked over the sound of the woman's cruel laughter.
"Please stop" she mocked, "Poor ole' Cinderella" Lela fell to the ground and buried her face in to her hands as she began too sob. Why was this happening? How was this happening?
"Get up right now!" Queen shouted.
Lela breathed heavily and looked up at the woman with hateful tears falling from her eyes, "No, you fucking cunt" she whispered angrily.
"Oh, so now you're getting brave" Queen said, unfazed, "But you're still gonna do what I say" she grabbed Lela by the hair and pulled her up from the floor. "Now put your little dress back on, you need too look nice and pretty for Dani" She her go and quickly Lela tried putting on her dress, which was practically torn apart. "Well your dress is a little raggedy but that's okay. You sure look nice and helpless" Queen gave Lela a hard shove, "Have fun Cinderella" Lela fell backwards with a scream, it was a long fall into darkness.
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The sun was shining so brightly, Lela realized she was in town. She heard the faint laughter of children and stood up from the concrete. Three little girl in pink dresses were dancing together in a circle, Lela watched them for a moment but then turned away to look for Dani or Queen. Surely this was one of their mind tricks. Her surroundings seemed ghostly and faded, her body felt so light.
"Cinderella! Cinderella!" the girls shouted in unison. "Come and rip us open Cinderella!"
Lela would then feel something in her hand. She looked down at her left hand and saw that she was holding a large knife, dripping with blood. It was the same knife Dani had used on her. "Go and get them, you know you want too" It was Dani's voice, but she was no where in sight. The raspy voice rang through Lela's ears from all around. Lela tried to drop the knife, but she could not. Her hand held on to tightly and painfully.
"Go get 'em Cinderella" Laughter sounded from all around. An unbelievable pain went throughout Lela's body like lightening. She screamed and ran straight for the three little girls. When they saw her coming they did not run, they only giggled. Lela jammed the knife in to one of the little girl's chest and the others laughed madly. The three of them suddenly became one. Lela yanked out the knife and shoved it deep in to the child's right eye, the blood leaked out beautifully.
Lela wanted too see more blood, she craved it. She pulled out the knife and shoved the girl to the ground and immediately she pounced on the child. With the knife she slashed and slashed, blood splattering all over and dripping down her body. The child's eyes soon became lifeless. "N-no I'm sorry" Lela whispered, snapping back into reality as she backed away. The child became three once again, and now they were all an appalling sight. Lela cried out angrily and threw the knife as hard as she could.
"You're not sorry, you enjoyed killing those little cunts and you know it" Dani said. Lela could picture the mocking smile on the demonic woman's face. That hideous face, leering at her and her suffering. She covered her ears and she ran, she didn't know where she would go, but she wanted to get away. Too find somewhere she could be safe.
"Go ahead and run"
Lela did her best to ignore the voice and she kept on running. Her legs were becoming numb but she did not care. She not stop until she found her safe place.
The Safe Place:
The woods where so peaceful but her mind was not. She fell to the ground and began to cry. The woods were the only safe place she could find but she did not know if they were truly safe. Lela was almost waiting for Dani to come out and kill her. She waited hours and nothing happened but still she was afraid to move from the place she sat. Perhaps these woods truly were a safe place, or maybe it was part of Dani's game.
"Hello darling, have you missed me?"
Lela looked up and saw Dani standing before her, but she did not move. She was beginning to feel truly safe and fearless being in these woods. She felt not even Dani could hurt her. "Do you feel safe here?" Dani asked, she moved closer and stroked Lela's cheek. "Answer me"
"Yes I do" Lela looked to the ground, avoiding the woman's gaze. She would stay where she was and not move. No matter how tormenting Dani's voice was, Lela would not move or even flinch.
"Oh, then you'll stay here forever. I give you your own little killing ground, I see potential in you Cinderella" said Dani. She place her hand on Lela's forehead and Lela felt a jolt of pain throughout her skull.
"This is your home now, you'll never leave again. You will destroy anyone who tries to step into your haven" Dani kissed her on the cheek and then she faded away, leaving Lela all alone. Lela stood up and saw the knife she had killed the girls with. She felt drawn to it as if it were a part of her.
Lela picked up the blade and held it tightly, she knew she could never leave her safe place. Here she could be alone and away from everyone who taunted her. And if anyone tried to invade her safe place, she would be ready for them.


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Crimson Tide's senior class persevered
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- In its past 28 games, Alabama has lost just twice.
It's the kind of run nobody takes for granted, not even the Crimson Tide, who have their sights set on a national championship Thursday (ABC, 8 p.m. ET) when they take on the Texas Longhorns in the Citi BCS National Championship Game.
For Alabama's seniors, specifically the ones who were around during the darker days, it has been a long and winding road to get to this point.
But they wouldn't trade that journey for anything, nor would they trade what they've experienced along the way.
"You can't write it up any better," said cornerback/return specialist Javier Arenas, who epitomizes what this Crimson Tide senior class is all about.
"It's something we're going to notice after the season when we look back on it as seniors. We're going to pride ourselves on it. It will make us better as people, not just playing football, but better as people because you know what kind of hard work you put in and know the results if you do that. It's a special time for the seniors."
Arenas came to Alabama pre-Nick Saban. The same goes for offensive guard Mike Johnson, linebackers Cory Reamer and Eryk Anders, defensive ends Brandon Deaderick and Lorenzo Washington, kicker Leigh Tiffin and the rest of the senior class with the exception of noseguard Terrence Cody and tight end Colin Peek. They transferred in after Saban was already running the show.
"When you go through what some of us went through, you definitely appreciate this a lot more," Reamer said. "You take advantage of every practice and every game."
The Crimson Tide lost 13 games combined during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, which included a losing season in 2006. That was also Mike Shula's last season. He was fired after a 22-15 loss to Auburn -- at the time Alabama's fifth straight to the Tigers -- and Joe Kines served as interim coach during the 34-31 loss to Oklahoma State in the Independence Bowl.
"That was the low point," Johnson said. "Coach Shula was already gone, and Coach Kines was coaching us. We lost that game, and we all knew that was it, that we weren't going to be with those coaches anymore. We were telling each other goodbye, and that was tough. I didn't know where I was going from there. They were the only coaches I'd known in college. We were coming under a different regime and didn't know what to look forward to.
"We were all full of questions and had no answers."
The answer was Saban, who brought his rigid way of doing things and track record for winning championships to town in 2007.
There still would be some rough stretches. The Crimson Tide ended Saban's first regular season with four straight losses, although they rebounded to beat Colorado in the Independence Bowl.
"The main thing is that we bought in, the guys that are seniors now and the guys that are the leaders on this team," Johnson said. "It took us a while to get used to doing it the way Coach Saban wanted it done, but you could see where we were going."
Where they were going was the first back-to-back unbeaten regular seasons in SEC history since Bear Bryant did it in 1973 and 1974 at Alabama.
And, more importantly, to Alabama's first shot at a national championship since its last one in 1992 under Gene Stallings.
"We've been through so many coaches, coaching staffs, everything," Washington said. "I remember signing here and people asking, 'Why are you signing with Alabama when they're [just coming off] probation?' A lot of us seniors came from out of state, too, but we all stuck through it, and now we're getting ready to play for what every college football player wants to play for."
Indeed, one of the common denominators with most of these seniors is that they came from different parts of the country, and lot of them weren't highly recruited.
Washington is from Logansville, Ga. Arenas is from Tampa, Fla., and Johnson is from Pensacola, Fla. Deaderick is from Elizabethtown, Ky., and Anders is from San Antonio.
Arenas was down to Florida International and Florida Atlantic until Alabama offered him a scholarship the week before signing day. Johnson said he didn't really have anybody recruiting him when Alabama offered, and Anders received no interest from any of the big Texas schools.
"It's been a long haul," said Johnson, who, like Arenas, earned first-team All-American honors this season. "You say this is what you thought was going to happen when you signed. But at the same time, it's a different coaching staff, and you really couldn't see this happening a couple years ago when the coaches we signed with got fired.
"We didn't choose Coach Saban as a coach. He was with the Dolphins when we all signed, but we bought into his system. We adapted and picked up and went with it, and that speaks volumes for the guys in our class. We all wanted the same thing, to win, and I think it's all going to pay off here at the end."
Chris Low covers college football for ESPN.com. You may contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai, Sadler's Wells
This epic tale of Anglo-Japanese relations is part entertainment, part endurance test
There is never a dull moment in this three-hour historical epic, even if it is not always clear what is going on. Directed by Gregory Doran, of the RSC, Anjin follows the 17th-century story of William Adams, the first Englishman to land in Japan. The production has lines in English and Japanese, with surtitles above the stage and on either side, but it is sometimes difficult to read the words and watch the characters, especially for audience members in the middle of the stalls. This is not a fatal flaw – a well-plotted narrative and bold staging help the unenlightened follow the gist – but it is a challenge.
Doran has worked with writer Mike Poulton on this production. The pair were behind The Canterbury Tales for the RSC and a Japanese translation of The Merchant of Venice, and Anjin fits in well with both. It is also a tale of journeys and prejudice. Like Shakespeare's histories, it is driven by politics. Adams arrived in Japan just months before the Battle of Sekigahara in October 1600 (the battle brought in a Shogun who unified Japan), and Poulton and co-writer Shoichiro Kawai convey the tense climate. Sword fights and samurai presenting army leaders with the enemy's severed heads certainly liven things up, whoever the characters might be.
The relationships Adams forms in Japan are more interesting. He ingratiates himself with the Shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, by sharing tales of his travels, and learns Japanese customs. Ieyasu changes the Englishman's name to Anjin (Stephen Boxer, pictured right) and makes him a samurai (he is the first foreigner to gain this rank). Adams, a Protestant, also develops a close friendship with Domenico, a Japanese Jesuit, who tries to save his soul. With their internal conflicts, these characters are fascinating. Adams feels he has one foot on land (he has a wife and daughter in London) and one foot in the ocean (he loves life at sea). Ieyasu dreams of travel, but has never left Japan. And as a priest, Domenico must remain submissive, but gets over-excited by battles.
Yuki Furukawa is particularly convincing as the well-intentioned Domenico, and Stephen Boxer, an RSC actor, plays William Adams with enthusiasm. Masachika Ichimura, one of Japan's leading actors, is an expressive Shogun. Of the supporting cast, the children are professional and adorable, while Yoshiko Tokoshima stands out for her impassioned performance as Yododono, a leader's widow intent on disrupting the peace.
Doran's production hints at a lavish design, but the results are inconsistent. Yuichiro Kanai's sets are a mishmash of styles: video projections of a night sky and a fire; cut-outs of a boat and blossom; and traditional Japanese screens painted with cranes. The costumes, designed by Lily Komine, are also a peculiar mix. Some kimonos are beautiful, but the Japanese warriors wear hats for battle that look like they have been taken from a dressing-up box - Viking-like helmets with gold horns, a shiny hat with black antlers, and another with feathers sticking out of the top. Post-War Horse, the plastic-looking horse (pictured above) that appears during fights looks sorry for itself. Dozan Fujiwara's sweeping music, with its dreamy Japanese flutes, is a highlight, although the production would benefit from a live score and more choreography.
Anjin gives an insight into Japanese culture and is, by turns, funny and serious. The play was a success in Toyko in 2009, but an English audience unfamiliar with the story might find there is an overload of information and the staging not quite impressive enough to compensate. With its aim of promoting cultural exchange (this production launches a year of events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Anglo-Japanese trade), it deserves to do well. But come armed with stamina and a synopsis.
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we had the wheelchair accessible room- water got all over the bathroom floor. Also the receptionist was kind of snappish when I checked in or anytime I asked a question
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Having an indoor pool I would have loved if the hotel had a hot tub as well. The cost of snacks in the lobby were very high. I understand profits but a $5 for a 16oz bottle of iced tea and Kit Kat candy bar was bit of a price gouge in my opinion.
The staff was incredible. They had an extremely convenient shuttle to the nearby casino. Great Hotel. Breakfast was great, and very clean rooms.
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The hotel needs some upgrades but the worse was the smell of our non-smoking room. In fact, the entire hotel smelled of smoke.
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