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12 Years a Slave and the new wave of black cinema
Steve McQueen's magnificent 12 Years a Slave will be a highlight of the London Film Festival, which kicks off next week. And, says Guy Lodge, it signals the arrival of something even bigger
Published: 04 October 2013
Updated: 10:15, 17 October 2013
Even by the sombre standards of hefty historical biopics, Steve McQueen's breathlessly anticipated new film, 12 Years a Slave, is coming to cinemas with an awful lot of weight on its shoulders. McQueen is no stranger to serious subjects, of course: his first two films, Hunger and Shame, were vivid, bruising studies of hunger-strikers and sex addiction respectively. But in adapting the harrowing memoirs of Solomon Northup, a freeborn black American sold into slavery in 1841, McQueen has not only brought a brutal chapter of black history to life but also become the inadvertent flag-bearer for an exciting new wave of black cinema — a wave that is well represented in an excitingly diverse line-up at this year's BFI London Film Festival.
"Audiences can smell what's real and what isn't," fumed American director John Singleton — the first black film-maker to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar — recently in the Hollywood Reporter, in which he bemoaned the prevalence in Hollywood of black-themed films from white directors. 12 Years a Slave, he claimed, is the kind of film that can turn the tide: the toast of the Toronto Film Festival, where it premiered last month, it is the odds-on favourite to win the Best Film Oscar next year, which would make McQueen the first black film-maker — and a British black film-maker at that — to do so.
It seems unwise to bet against it: superlatives from critics of all nationalities have been heaped upon McQueen and his British leading man, Chiwetel Ejiofor, a long-simmering talent here given the role of a lifetime as a noble man duped into a living hell.
McQueen's regular collaborator Michael Fassbender is on hand as a devilish slave owner, as is Brad Pitt in a modest supporting role. Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln brought America's lingering shame over slavery back to prominence in contemporary cinema; 12 Years a Slave looks set to eclipse both.
Yet McQueen is by no means the only black director making significant strides this year. Singleton might feel a lot less grumpy if he hopped over to London and saw the range of film-makers showcasing their talent at this year's festival — from the US and the UK, of course, but also from underexposed film industries such as Nigeria and Chad.
Ejiofor, for his part, is something of a mascot for this movement: not only is he front and centre in 12 Years a Slave but he is also on fine form opposite a superb Thandie Newton in Half of a Yellow Sun, the long-awaited screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Orange Prize-winning novel from 2006. A global bestseller, this engrossing romantic saga of two sisters and their lovers, buffeted by winds of change during the Nigerian-Biafran War, could easily have been scooped up by Hollywood. Instead, respected Nigerian playwright and first-time film-maker Biyi Bandele assumed responsibility for bringing this very locally flavoured story to the screen — a significant victory for African cinema.
Half of a Yellow Sun, moreover, is only the most high-profile of a host of LFF titles from film-makers of Nigerian origin. It's a vital reminder that there's a lot more to Nigeria's thriving film industry — the country's second-largest employer of labour — than the cheap-and-cheerful exploitation films that go by the "Nollywood" label.
"More creative-minded people are making films in Nigeria now," says Chika Anadu, whose debut feature, B For Boy, is one of the films shortlisted for the festival's Sutherland Award for first-time film-makers. A spare, character-driven drama about the social pressure on Nigerian women to bear male children, it tackles challenging issues of politics and gender with a woman's touch still rare in the industry. "While in the West there's a migration away from cinema to the internet, it's the opposite for us. The Nigerian audience is getting more sophisticated, so there's a need for more cinematic films."
Also in the LFF line-up, Andrew Dosunmu's Mother of George would make a striking companion piece to B For Boy — though while Anadu's film, like Half of a Yellow Sun, concerns itself with the Igbo population at home, Dosunmu's is sensually steeped in the sights and sounds of the Yoruba immigrant population in New York.
Telling the story of a naïve young woman (touchingly played by Danai Gurira, of The Walking Dead fame) driven to desperate measures by her inability to bear her husband a child, it has a pulsating ethnic score and is visually saturated in African print motifs; it may be a US production but former fashion photographer Dosunmu's Nigerian roots come through loud and clear.
The theme of Nigerian expat alienation receives very different, and very British, treatment in Destiny Ekaragha's breezy London-set comedy Gone Too Far!, for which the young female film-maker has been shortlisted for Best British Newcomer at the festival. South Londoners, in particular, will find much to recognise in this fast-talking farce, in which a streetwise Peckham teen faces acute social embarrassment when his estranged older brother comes to visit from Nigeria — complete with third-world fashion sense and third-rate flirting technique. It's a light-hearted film that none the less has much to say about the complicated social fracturing of the capital's black community, in which tensions exist between those of African origin, those of West Indian origin, and those who identify simply as British.
Beyond the London Film Festival, meanwhile, there's a wealth of black cinema to look forward to. 12 Years a Slave might well be joined in the Oscar race by Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, a simple account of the tragic 2009 killing of Oscar Grant — an innocent black man senselessly shot by a white police officer in Los Angeles — that won top honours at Sundance. Lee Daniels's The Butler shows 34 years of White House history through the eyes of a faithful servant, with a cast including Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey — a surprise summer hit in the US.
All three films show black film-makers taking possession of their own history. Meanwhile, Amma Asante's upcoming Belle adds some welcome colour to the British heritage film: a costume drama centred on a mixed-race heiress in 18th-century England, it received strong notices in Toronto last month, and will be released here next year.
There's enough evidence to suggest that complaints such as John Singleton's may soon be obsolete, though Chika Anadu is quick to point out that a post-racial cinema is an even more desirable goal. "No two directors with the same script will tell the same story," she says. "Whether it's a 'white' story or a 'black' story, and who it's told by, doesn't matter to me."
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The 57th BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, runs October 9-20 (020 7928 3232, bfi.org.uk/lff) at various venues.
12 Years a Slave screens at the London Film Festival on Oct 18, 19, 20; Half of a Yellow Sun, Oct 19, 20; B For Boy, Oct 13, 16; Mother of George, Oct 13, 17; Gone Too Far! Oct 18, 19, 20
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For the president of the U. S. I found the goofy selfies degrading for a president. Shame, shame and a shame. AJMHOOC
Years ago, I was employed by a welfare program. I tried to tell upper echelon supervisors there is a big problem with welfare. They could not comprehend what I was telling them. People that were employed, whose income classed them as low middle class or low income, the people on the welfare programs had more spending money than the people working. This means after: housing, FS, medical, optical, dental, clothing, etc paid by welfare then they received cash allowance above that giving them more spending money than the employed. Think about it..
What irks me is that not one democrat has said "illegals you are not welcome here, go home. Apply through the front door ". Republicans are not far behind. mo
3 cheers for Wal Mart for raising the starting wage. This is the way wages are supposed to be determined, not by gov't mandates. Wal Mart gets a free zillion dollars worth of advertising.
These idiots refer to American Sniper as a coward because he killed some of the enemy when they weren't looking. How stupid. War means killing people. If a sniper is a coward so is the machine gunner; the drone operator; jet bomber pilots; any one that kills the enemy when they are not looking or know they are going to get it.
These idiot I guess think the ISIS head chopper is a hero because their victims know they are going to get it. Shame, shame and a shame. JMHOOC
Get you facts correct. BO was 'brought up' by his white mother and 2 devout muslim stepfathers in Hawaii and Indonesia until about the age of 12 when he was shipped to his grandparents . From what I have read on the internet.
every little bit helps. announcement caused the pps to go up.
Slick Willie and Hillary have collected over 2,000,000,000 dollars for their 'foundation'. TV news.
Idiot followers of CO2 warming the earth need to read the research of John O'Keefe and supporters of his theory of climate change. Makes more sense than CO2. Check it out on the internet.
This is the way wages are supposed to work. A company raising wages to keep good employees. It is idiotic gov't reps that believe they are to be in charge of how much employers pay. There is no politician that knows what any employer can pay unless they have been given this information by God. And to date none has given credit to God.. Time to get rid of these gov't idiots. mo
The big disaster is just waiting to happen: the giant asteroid; the giant tsunami; the new ice age; the new bacteria that has shown its nose in CA; etc. not if but when. mo
Our illogical thinking of our country leaders. So many of the radical terrorists come from families or had positions of reasonable wealth, but yet gave it all up to be slaughterers of infidels. Idiotic thinking that giving these people a job will change their killer religious thinking. The fanatical philosophy of the muslim terrors goes back to the birth of the wahabi sect that says all infidels must convert immediately or die. It has nothing to do with a job. Time for our country leaders and all the other world infidel leaders to wake up.
Shame, shame and a shame. AJMHOOC
You speak jokingly, but which is better to kill your captives or to sell them into slavery? Since slavery in the world was dramatically reduced about 1875 the world has no place to put captured 'enemy'. Since then at least 10,000,000 people have been killed in tribal wars. Almost no country is exempt from this fact. Shame, shame and a shame.
Both acts, killing or slavery is terrible. JMHOOC
As a democrat I have trouble finding one democrat since 1930 that was a real winner. FDR that started all of the welfare programs was a loser until WW II. This conflict erased all of his social boo-boos. Shame, shame and shame. AJMHOOC
As the president, he embarrassed me with his selfie stick pictures. He came off at beer hall level. Shame, shame and a shame. AJMHOOC
The articles I have read is that the Secret Service along with bro.- in-law Peter C. they always had the ladies of the night contracted before John and Bobby would get into town. Rumors had it that poor Maryln had been contracted for both John and Bobby. The reports both were big womenizers of the night. A shame, shame and a shame. AJMHOOC
His statement: When a gov't 'suppresses' its citizens, it does not take long before some turn to terrorism. Think about it. Rules, regulations and laws 'suppress' the citizens. In just the past year this administration has passed over 100,000 new rules, regulations and laws.
Is this suppression or not? Think about it. mo
Jesus was a community organizer and he did a good job until he was executed. Obama was a good community organizer and he should have stayed on the street as an organizer.. Jesus healed, Obama has just scr-wed up everything he has touched since he left the street.
Yes, Obama is changing the world, he is letting the middle east show the world that life is very cheap. Any one you don't like cut their head or or burn them to a crisp. Shame, shame and a shame. mo.

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Sunday September 6, 2009 11:35 PMSo I am starting a game with the new Green Ronin song of ice and fire game next Sunday. Tonight my players rolled up their House, and let me tell you I love this mechanic, And They haven't named it yet but they have fulfilled everything else. I am very excited about this to be honest. I am a huge fan of the books and all but 2 of my players have read at least the first the book. Timeline wise I am setting it to begin right before Robert's Rebellion, the choice of which side to choose being one of the key events in the beginning of the campaign. Do they follow the Tully banners to Robert's aid, or does their loyalty to the Targaryens cause them to side against not only Robert but their banner lord? Not that the house has been made next Sunday I am planning a 3 fold process, Initial character creation, followed by a few mechanics based scenarios set around what they intend their characters to want to be able to do followed by a second character building session to be used to move things around and make some changes to the characters after they see how the system works.
I have created an Obsidian Portal Site where I'll be (hopefully) keeping everything updated and running. The only thing thats there right now is the basic information of the House as rolled up by the players. The historical events are fairly open yet as the players have done the basic details and will flush them out more through out the week.
Also if anyone is running or playing in a song of ice and fire game and has any advice or insights into the system and what not feel free to share. I am such a big fan of the series and the world GRRM made I want to make this game as great as I can.
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Tuesday September 8, 2009 9:25 AMI'm drooling right now.
My brother has the setting book, and I think he's played a few games, although not in a while- he has, however, in the interim persuaded most of his friends to read the books so there's hope for the near future, lol.
He's actually just about to start a game combining house rules and a homebrew setting with unisystem and the ASOIAF setting rules (using some of its qualities/drawbacks etc- like Skinwalker, mwahah!), so if any issues come up I'll drop a line here to let you know in case some trouble shooting is necessary.
In the meantime I may push for him to run a game at just the time you mentioned, lol.
It's a good choice on your part, I reckon, because it leaves lots of room for intrigue- lots of dealing and side-shifting behind people's backs for both you and your players, lol.
Are you going with established houses from the books, or are they doing their own? The latter might be more interesting as you won't necessarily know who ends up aligned where in the end.
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Thursday July 22, 2010 1:59 PMI am not sure if either of you are still around. But I am desperately looking for other people who play the Ice and Fire RPG. If you get my message and have the time please drop me a line. I would like to chat about the game and other links you may have to other players ect.
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The research, conducted in a rural area in Wales, reveals that although the views of practitioners reflect the concerns reported by young people in other studies, there can be barriers to meeting these needs. While policy prescribes engaging with children, at the institutional level, operational priorities and increasing administrative demands can actually reduce opportunities for working directly with children. These demands may hamper the development of multi-agency practice. 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z ¿Amenazas para la seguridad o amenazas para los individuos? El derecho internacional y los desafíos de la seguridad internacional Marco http://hdl.handle.net/2160/26641 2015-01-12T22:02:48Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z ¿Amenazas para la seguridad o amenazas para los individuos? El derecho internacional y los desafíos de la seguridad internacional Marco Jose González 'Human rights, international relations and globalization' is a collection of the contents presented at: International Symposium on Human Rights, International Relations and Globalization (1. 2006. Madrid). 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Is reciprocity a foundation of international law or whether international law creates reciprocity? Fard, Shahrad Nasrolahi http://hdl.handle.net/2160/14052 2014-10-23T03:09:34Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Is reciprocity a foundation of international law or whether international law creates reciprocity? Fard, Shahrad Nasrolahi Summary The absence of a powerful uniform legal authority, to enforce international law and international agreements, has placed reciprocity in a pivotal position in inter-State relations and the extent to which States rely on reciprocity. This thesis examines the significance of reciprocity and the extent to which reciprocity manifests itself in international law, more specifically is this manifestation a foundation of international law or whether international law creates reciprocity. The present work argues how reciprocity in international law is a multifaceted concept. On the one side it is a principal tool incentivising States away from wrongful acts, and to abide by their obligations; alternatively it is a tool for establishing the right to a reciprocal response. Thus the study sets out to explore how international law shapes the international community's interactions and how, in turn, these interactions shape international law. Considering the important role that the rule of law plays in the context of international law, the thesis aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the rule of law particularly in its relationship with international law. This analysis will provide a useful discussion on the interactions between the rule of law and reciprocity. The United Nations was established to enhance co-operation amongst the international community with the goal of maintaining international peace and security. This thesis will explore the role of reciprocity in international law on enhancing international commitment and international co-operation. The significance of this lies in reciprocal and 'remedial' options in international law that maintain States' commitment to international obligations which in turn develops friendly relations and international co-operation. This thesis will aim to contribute to scholarly works to bridge the existing gap in interdisciplinary studies exploring the connection between reciprocity, co-operation and the rule of law in the realm of international law. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruling Law: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Activism Graddon, Thomas http://hdl.handle.net/2160/13781 2014-10-23T03:08:04Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruling Law: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Activism Graddon, Thomas At the end of the Twentieth Century, as the theory of legalism in the common law lost its grip, it had been suggested that the idea of Parliamentary Sovereignty was an outdated model for British constitutionality, and that the practice of Judicial Activism should be permitted to expand. Based upon this premise, this thesis proposes that the Courts should adopt the legal title of Sovereign, based on evidence of their actively both making and overturning laws and statutes in the United Kingdom. Based on accounts gathered from case law from both the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions, and interviews with Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, it shall be shown that Parliament's relationship with the courts has changed radically since Parliamentary sovereignty was first popularised, and that in the United Kingdom Parliament is subject to the will of the judiciary, and not the other way around. However, this thesis will also demonstrate that this system is not without its own flaws. Examples of judicial corruption, widely criticised decisions and a lack of democratic transparency in jurisdictions can be found across the world; all tarnish judicial sovereignty as a viable alternative to that of Parliament, and erode the public's trust in the Courts to protect and defend the ideals of justice and the Rule of Law. Without these principles, the courts become a black-robed agency of the Government or worse, a publicly funded old-boys network that principally protects its own interests and its grip on authority. Though the ideals that the courts claim to uphold are virtuous, history has shown the worrying consequences of Judicial complacency as Governments ignore the rule of law and the concept of Justice, most prominently observed in the dictatorships of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. If Judicial Sovereignty is to survive, it must learn from, and overcome, the mistakes of the past, and harmonise their role as appointed public figures with ideas of popular democratic government. To do this, it must accept Parliament's rule-making capacity, but doing this in a way that preserves their Legal Sovereignty is the central challenge the Judiciary must face. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z


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- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- Release Date: Aug 13, 2013
- Summary: Europa Universalis IV explores the world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. The experiences of true exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy will be brought to life in this epic title rife with rich strategic and tactical depth.
- Developer: Paradox Development Studio
- Genre(s): Historic
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Positive: 31 out of 34
Mixed: 3 out of 34
Negative: 0 out of 34
Oct 24, 2013The ultimate strategic simulator of an early modern history state with wide options for both success and failure. Do you want to unite Britain under Scotland, thwart the Spanish Reconquista or maintain the Inca empire? Suit yourself. [Issue#234]
Aug 26, 2013Paradox Development Studio has shown that it understands grand strategy like no other studio. Europa Universalis IV is the defining game in the genre, laying out the whole world in front of players and just letting them have at it. It's a polished, almost terrifyingly vast title that gets its hooks in you the moment you click on that first country, and simply refuses to let go.
Aug 16, 2013So, Paradox have done it again – learning from the design of Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis is an excellent starting foundation.
Oct 14, 2013The newest installment in the "Europa Universalis" franchise is yet another evolutionary step forward. If you liked EU1 – EU3, you will want to pick this one up. If you are interested in grand strategy and you have not played it, you should pick up a copy. If only they could fix the combat system.
Sep 5, 2013How does it feel to lead a nation over a couple of centuries? As fascinating as it is frustrating. The handling is overly complicated, you can get overwhelmed by the most simple matters. But if you're willing to invest time, you might just etch your name in history.
Aug 27, 2013Europa Universalis IV is the game of August for all the proud PC owners. Paradox Interactive wanted to give to his Grand Strategy game a fourth chapter that is even more refined.
Aug 13, 2013Europa Universalis IV is the game you graduate to when you're tired of Civilization. That's ultimately also why all those numbers are there, beneath the surface: because you never graduate away from Europa Universalis IV. It drops you in the deep end before you're ready, but if you can swim back towards the shallows during those first five hours, you'll unlock a game so rich, it'll be helping you tell stories for years.
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Aug 13, 2013WOW! For about ten years Paradox Development have been a small team of nice guys working hard to give us good games and mostly failing. TheirWOW! For about ten years Paradox Development have been a small team of nice guys working hard to give us good games and mostly failing. Their games have been for the most part tedious, pretentious and ugly, with cluttered mechanisms, and hideous micromanagement. Most of the Paradox efforts suffered from terrible tutorials and ridiculous learning curved that discouraged any vaguely casual gamers. But beyond inaccessibility, the games were finally not that good, because even when you figured out the mechanisms they were still too MECHANICAL: not even really worth learning in the end because they were all variations of a sausage machine. However something miraculous happened with Crusaders Kings 2, and echoes of the good things we saw in earlier games (Hearts of Iron 2) reappeared: Better looking graphics. Simpler, yet DEEPER gameplay. The machine kept churning away but Paradox learned to save us from the worst of it, and the gameplay began to blossom. Europa Universalis IV seems to demonstrate that Paradox has really turned the corner. The game is beautiful. Gameplay is fluid. The depth and complication is welcome, but it has been softened with a more thoughtful and gaming friendly structure! GREAT WORK PARADOX! Good things take time, and your grand ambitions are finally bearing fruit. I'm very excited about where this will lead with the Hearts of Iron series, because all the design wisdom that we can see in CK2 and EU4 is leading in the absolute correct direction. If you love strategy gaming please go and buy this game and support this developer! This is a FAR, FAR superior game to Civilizations 1-5 as well as anything put out by Creative Assembly. It's been a long wait but worth it. Can't wait to see what we get when the final few pieces of the game design puzzle fall into place. If they get the budget to build something with a more solid multiplayer experience we will see the PERFECT game.… Expand
Oct 6, 2013Everything about this is an improvement over EU3, the mechanics the coalition system the ways the governance benefits change etc etc etc... ifEverything about this is an improvement over EU3, the mechanics the coalition system the ways the governance benefits change etc etc etc... if you love the franchise or are a new player then get this game at all costs it will provide hours of fun with the 2 main most unique playthroughs coming from a Central European country such as Austria or (my personal favorite) Bohemia, or as Western European colonizing country such as GB France Spain. The game is addictive the AI is relentless and in the end you feel like a true conqueror for your insane worldly exploits that somehow made you come out on top with absolutely no forgiveness from the AI and hours worth of hard fought planning and scheming your way to greatness. However I wrote this reason for one reason and one reason only, f*ck you France. F*ck you so god da*n f*cking much... ALL Y'ALL KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!… Expand
Aug 18, 2013Note: This is not a game for everyone. It is a game with complex economic, diplomatic and political models that are obtuse and difficult toNote: This is not a game for everyone. It is a game with complex economic, diplomatic and political models that are obtuse and difficult to grasp for your first, oh, 10 playthroughs, however, it is the apex of the series, a masterwork of UI, strategy and fun. If you love CIV and are ready for the next challenge, this is it.… Expand
Mar 29, 2014Having never played an EU title previously, I can can hands down say that I am now hooked on this franchise (along with Crusader Kings). IHaving never played an EU title previously, I can can hands down say that I am now hooked on this franchise (along with Crusader Kings). I have played the Total War series of games for years and enjoyed them for the most part, but this game has opened my eyes to how detailed and in-depth a strategy game can really be. OK, you don't get the fancy battle scenes like the TW series but, you know something, I don't miss them. In fact, when I go back to TW, I miss the better strategy map and depth from EUIV than I miss the battles when playing EUIV. Now that basically says it all. Maybe it's an age thing, but you can stick all your fancy 3D graphics as far as I'm concerned - as I'd rather have this level depth and enjoyment any day of the week.
One word of warning, this can be a brutal experience for the uninitiated. Best thing to do is to start small and work your way up to a super power so you can learn the ropes, otherwise you'll just get frustrated in the early days of play. The amount of alliances and enemies you have to deal with when your one of the big guns can be overwhelming at first.
Buy this. You owe it to yourself to witness one of the finest PC games in years.… Expand
Aug 28, 2013A masterpiece! One of the best strategy games I've ever played. EUIII was a very good game but full of flaws and boring mechanics. In EUIV,A masterpiece! One of the best strategy games I've ever played. EUIII was a very good game but full of flaws and boring mechanics. In EUIV, Paradox got a lot of that and corrected the way they should do it. It's not a perfect game, sure, but it got close. Correct the bugs, especially the achievements ones, and some minor problems, like England being too weak and France too powerfull, and voilá a 10 will be deserved. Right now, I am content with the 9.… Expand
Aug 19, 2013Europa Universalis IV is much better than older iterations especially when it comes to how stable this game runs. What is holding me back fromEuropa Universalis IV is much better than older iterations especially when it comes to how stable this game runs. What is holding me back from giving it a 9 is that still some things are not easy or simply not transparent enough to understand so one needs to be willing to spend some time outside the game to learn the game because the in-game tutorials and help system are not helpful enough.
Overall I like the game very much and would recommend it to everyone who is willing to spend some time to learn the game. What helped me a lot was a tutorial from quill18: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH-Sc1EfdI… Expand
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Aboriginal Recording of the Year:
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Don Amero – Heart On My Sleeve – MB
Donny Parenteau – Bring It On – SK
George Leach – Surrender – SK
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Blues Recording of the Year:
Donald Ray Johnson – These Blues – The Best Of Donald Ray Johnson – AB
Jack Semple – In The Blue Light – SK
James 'Buddy' Rogers – My Guitar's My Only Friend – BC
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Jason Cullimore – The Sparrow and the Hawk – SK
Jeffrey Ryan – Burn – BC
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Antonio Peruch – Logos Futura - AB
Jason Cullimore – Cinematic Symphony and Gamescores - SK
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Gord Bamford – Is It Friday Yet? – AB
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Electronic/Dance Recording Of The Year:
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Excision - X Rated: Remixes - BC
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Mira Black – MIRA – MB
Titus 1 – Everything About Something - AB
Francophone Recording of the Year:
Alexis Normand – MIRADOR – SK
Ca Claque! – Automne – MB
Jill Barber – Chansons – BC
Jocelyne Baribeau – Petits papiers – MB
Oh My Darling – Venez Danser - MB
Independent Album of the Year:
Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas – BC
Japandroids – Celebration Rock – BC
JP Hoe – Mannequin - MB
Rah Rah – The Poet's Dead – SK
Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk - BC
Instrumental Recording of the Year:
Donovan Seidle – Chinook – AB
Ed Henderson – Guitar Wall – BC
Five Alarm Funk – Rock The Sky – BC
Jason Cullimore – Cinematic Symphony and Gamescores - SK
Mahogany Frog – SENNA - MB
Jazz Recording of the Year:
Erin Propp & Larry Roy – Courage, My Love – MB
Hutchinson Andrew Trio – Prairie Modern – AB
Jill Barber – Chansons – BC
Jonathan McCaslin – Sunalta – AB
Presslaff/Bonness Keyboard Duo – Rhapsodies by Two – MB
Metal/Hard Music Recording of the Year:
Hellrazer – Operation Overlord - AB
Incura – Incura – BC
KEN Mode – Entrench – MB
KingDoom – KingDoom – AB
This Is War – A Substitute For Silence - AB
Pop Recording of the Year:
Fine Times – Fine Times – BC
Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas – BC
Indicator Indicator - Indicator Indicator – MB
Jordan Klassen – Kindness – BC
JP Hoe – Mannequin – MB
The Zolas – Ancient Mars - BC
Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year:
Kyprios - The Lap Dog EP – BC
Madchild - Dope Sick – BC
Moka Only – Airport 6 – BC
Swollen Members – Beautiful Death Machine - BC
The Lytics – They Told Me - MB
Rock Recording of the Year:
Bend Sinister – Small Fame – BC
Japandroids – Celebration Rock – BC
Rah Rah – The Poet's Dead – SK
The Sheepdogs – The Sheepdogs – SK
Wool on Wolves – Measures Of Progress – AB
Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk – BC
Roots Solo Recording of the Year:
Corb Lund – Cabin Fever – AB
Del Barber – Headwaters – MB
Ian Tyson – Raven Singer – AB
Keri Latimer – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – MB
Leeroy Stagger – Radiant Land - AB
Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year:
100 Mile House – Wait With Me – AB
Jon and Roy – Let It Go – BC
Pharis and Jason Romero - Long Gone Out West Blues – BC
The Bills – Yes Please – BC
Twin Peaks – Twin Peaks - BC
Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Daniel Wesley – Daniel Wesley, "Fuel to Fire" - BC
Jay Sparrow – Jay Sparrow, "Cold Winter Song" - AB
Steph Macpherson – Steph Macpherson, "Bells & Whistles" - BC
Ewan Currie - The Sheepdogs, "Feeling Good" - SK
Bob Sumner – The Sumner Brothers, "Going Out West" - BC
Spiritual Recording of the Year:
Cities Under Fire – Bright Lights – SK
High Valley – Love Is A Long Road – AB
Jennifer Jade Kerr – Permission to be Broken – BC
Steve Bell – Keening For The Dawn – MB
Transit - Stale - AB
Urban Recording of the Year:
DiRTY Radio – Cassette – BC
Joanna Borromeo – Kaleidoscope – AB
Masia One – Bootleg Culture – BC
Nuela Charles – Aware – AB
Raghav – The Phoenix - AB
World Recording of the Year:
Alex Cuba – Ruido En El Sistema – BC
Casimiro Nhussi – Gweka - MB
Delhi 2 Dublin – Turn Up The Stereo – BC
Ivan Tucakov and Tambura Rasa – In Concert – BC
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Q2 2013 Earnings Conference Call
July 24, 2013 9:00 ET
Jennifer Ford Lacey – Manager of Legal Affairs
Jack Cronin – CFO, VP of Finance and Administration
Kevin Horner – President, CEO
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Greetings, and welcome to the Mastech Holdings Incorporated Second Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference call.
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It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Jennifer Ford Lacey, Manager of Legal Affairs for Mastech Holdings. Thank you, Ms. You may begin.
Jennifer Ford Lacey
Thank you, Operator, and welcome to Mastech's second quarter 2013 conference call. If you have not yet received a copy of our earnings announcement, it can be obtained from our website at www.Mastech.com.
With me on the call today are Kevin Horner, Mastech's Chief Executive Officer; and Jack Cronin, our Chief Financial Officer.
I would like to remind everyone that statements made during this call that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, include our financial, growth and liquidity projections, as well as statements about our plans, strategies, intentions and beliefs concerning our business, cash flows, costs and the markets in which we operate.
Without limiting the foregoing, the words believes, anticipates, plans, expects, and other similar expressions are intended to identify certain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information currently available to us, and we assume no obligation to update these statements as circumstances change.
There are risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from these forward-looking statements, including those listed in the Company's 2012 annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on their website at www.SEC.gov.
As a reminder, we will not be providing guidance during this call, nor will we provide guidance in any subsequent one-on-one meetings or calls.
I will now turn the call over to Jack for a review of our second quarter 2013 results.
Jack Cronin
Thanks, Jen, and good morning, everyone. Revenues for the second quarter of 2013 totaled $28.9 million, or approximately 14% higher than second quarter 2012 revenues, and represented a 7% improvement over the first quarter of 2013.
Our IT operations continued to see solid activity levels during the quarter but we grew our consultants on billing by 9% in Q2.
Market conditions in our healthcare operations were in line with last quarter from an activity standpoint. However, higher assignment ends in our traveling nursing business, negatively impacted revenues during the quarter.
Gross profits for the second quarter of 2013 totaled $5.5 million or 18.9% of revenues, compared to $4.8 million or 19.1% of revenues during the same period last year.
Despite being done 20 basis points from last year's margin performance, it's important to note that we were 80 basis points higher than the previously reported quarter.
Our gross profit expansion reflects an increase in billable consultants on assignment in the second quarter of 2013, compared to the corresponding 2012 period.
Our slight gross margin erosion was due to declines in our healthcare business; largely the result of an unfavorable service offering mix of revenues.
SG&A expenses were $4.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, which were was slightly higher than last year's $4.1 million.
SG&A expenses represented 14.5% of total revenues in the second quarter of 2013, compared to 16% of revenues in the corresponding 2012 period.
While we prudently added productive capacity to both our sales and recruitment organizations during the quarter, we continued to rationalize every aspect of our SG&A expense.
Accordingly, net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $789,000 or $0.23 per diluted share, compared to $458,000 or $0.14 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2012.
A growth in our financial position, at June 30th 2013, we had outstanding borrowings, net of cash balances on hand, of $2.9 million, and had borrowing capacity of approximately $14 million under our existing credit facility.
During the quarter, our primary source or our primary use of cash was for investments and for operating working capital to support our revenue expansion. In our view, that's a very healthy use of cash.
I'll now turn the call over to Kevin for his comments.
Kevin Horner
Thanks, Jack, and good morning all.
I am pleased to report another quarter of impressive year-over-year top line and bottom line growth at Mastech. As Jack had said on the year-over-year basis, we grew revenues by over 14% and increased diluted earnings per share by 64%.
More impressively, sequentially, our performance are equally inspired with revenue growth of 7% and an earnings per share improvement of 35%.
Additionally, we've expanded the number of our IT billable consultants by 9% for the quarter, which is one of our best performances over the last five years that the Company's been public.
I'd like to offer a well-done for the team at Mastech and, importantly, a thank you to our clients.
Operationally, we continue to see steady incremental improvements from both our sales and recruiting organizations. Our activity levels during Q2 were largely in line with the previous quarter, yet all of our key operational metrics, including assignment wins were materially up during the quarter. Clearly, we're starting to see payback from our focus investments to our optional recruiting organization.
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Hitting back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP leader L.K. Advani on Friday insisted that he is the "weakest PM" heading a government showing symptoms of "terminal decline" after suffering multi-organ failure.
Mr. Advani's comments come two days after the Prime Minister asked the BJP leader not to use harsh words against him.
"The Prime Minister has said that we should not use harsh words. What harsh words have I said? The only thing that I have said is that among all the Prime Ministers I have seen since (Jawaharlal) Nehru, Manmohan Singh is the weakest. This is a political comment. Where is the harshness?" Mr. Advani told a press conference.
Making it clear that he will not retract his comments, he said, "The Prime Minister claims he is hurt because I called him the weakest Prime Minister in living memory. If calling a spade a spade is improper, I plead guilty. But it is not me, it is the Supreme Court that has observed that the 2G scam could have been avoided and the estimated Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss to the exchequer saved had Mr Manmohan Singh acted."
Mr. Advani, who was equally unsparing about the Congress, said, "With every passing day, the UPA government, nominally led by Manmohan Singh, but commanded by Sonia Gandhi, is exhibiting all symptoms of terminal decline.
"Several of its former ministers are crowding the cells of Tihar Jail on charges of corruption, others are waiting in the queue to enter. Senior ministers of the PM's own party are publicly criticising and contradicting one another," Mr. Advani said without elaborating.
"The ruling party's most powerful general secretary makes daily statements that are routinely contradicted by other leaders of the party. Such a condition in a patient would be described as multi-organ failure," he said.
Mr. Advani said allies like the Trinamool Congress were distancing themselves from the Manmohan Singh regime which is getting increasingly "unpopular", although they are unwilling to go public at the moment with their frustration.
Wondering why Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was being silent about the scams, Mr. Advani said, "I miss the outspokenness of Mamata."
He said the disarray and internal dissension within the UPA, which, he thinks, should be renamed as 'Divided Regressive Alliance,' stems from mounting "public anger against the systematic loot of the country."
"This is exemplified by the 2G, CWG, Adarsh, Air India and myriad other scams. India's image in the world is at an all-time low as its governing alliance has become a by-word for corruption," he said.
Asked about corruption charges against his own party leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddurappa, he said, "So far as our party is concerned, we have never been soft on corruption charges. As soon as the Lokayukta report came, we asked him to resign." Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's latest remarks against Sonia Gandhi's "extravagant populist proposal" for a Food Security Act were due to the NCP's annoyance at having to bear the cross of the Congress' "nosediving image as a perpetrator and overseer of humongous corruption" in the upper echelons of the government, he said.
On the issue of an estimated Rs 25 lakh crore of black money allegedly stashed away in Swiss Banks, he said, "I hope the government comes out and says what steps it has taken to stop outflow of money to tax havens and bring back black money from those places."
The BJP veteran said the government's "disarray" was reflected in its "paralysis" in decision making.
"Its vacillation and prevarication over Telengana has resulted in an unprecedented standoff between the government and the people of the region. The Union government's volte face has caused complete mayhem in Andhra Pradesh," he claimed.
Mr. Advani said his yatra was aimed at awakening the people to the "serious crisis of faith that has enveloped the country."
"This is a yatra to unite the people of India to fight corruption, demand good governance and seek deliverance from the misrule of the Congress-led UPA regime that has brought India to its knees," he said.
Mr. Advani said he had been overwhelmed by 'spontaneous' outpouring of support during his earlier country-wide yatras, and "this has probably seen the highest (support) among all the six nationwide Yatras I have undertaken over the last 21 years."
In Ranchi, Mr. Advani told a rally that by bringing back black money from foreign banks a 'New Bharat' could be created.
"I believe once black money is brought back, six lakh villages in the country would get electricity, drinking water, hospitals, schools, roads and other amenities," he said.
'New Bharat' could be possible only when every village got the benefit of all these amenities, he said.
Stating that the international community seldom clubs India among leading nations, the BJP leader said western countries would be "forced to recognise once a 'New Bharat' emerges."
Mr. Advani will next fly to Andaman from here and observe a 'Jan Shangh Day' there.
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Now it is nearly time for parents to see their little ones in The Argus.
We have been to schools across the county and have snapped 179 first year classes.
Our 28-page souvenir special First Class feature starts on Wednesday, November 14 – so make sure you don't miss it.
See the latest news headlines from The Argus:
- Bus company to review policy of allowing passengers to board its vehicles with hot food following passenger's 20 minute stand off with driver
- Disabled man fighting for life after street attack
- Boy left "shaken" after stranger grabs him in Tesco while he looked at Easter eggs
- Items found in canal possibly stolen from Sussex homes
- Man in fourth floor flat plunge believed to have been climbing on ledge to try and get into room with locked door
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