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Spain – Denmark
Serbia – Spain (20-31)
Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza. January 21, 19:00
Spain harrass Serbia with defence and counterattack.The 'Hispanos' entered the pitch with a lot of intensity with a particularly inspiring Dani Sarmiento. With an aggressive defence and under the direction of the Canarian, Spain managed to win a partial of 0-3 that broke the equality in the first 5 minutes. The Serbian coach, Veselin Vukovic decided to change his defence, casting away their 6-0 for a mixed defence with Nikcevic marking Sarmiento.
The game changed following a double save and counterattack from Stanic to Viran Morros and Valero Rivera. In the retreat, the brilliant Barcelona defender went a step too far in trying to stop the Serbian advance, strongly hitting Nenadic when jumping. The referee dealt with the action with a red card for Viran, that his excessive force in defence meant missing out on the rest of the game. The red card encouraged the 'hipanos' and raised the bar, the encouragement gave Valero Rivera's men the extra push that they needed. With an extraordinary defence and an impeccable counterattack (6/8 in this part) Spain went into the break with a lead of 12-20.
After the rest Spain didn't lower the intensity at all, converting the second 30 minutes into a party for the players and fans alike.The Serbian Marsenic received the second red card of the afternoon with a similar action to that in the first half, although this time on Ángel Montoro. With the pass to the quarter-finals was assured by the Spaniards which got up to 11 goals (18-29, 58th minute) that they maintained to the end (20-31).
THE FACT: Spain scored 8 fast break goals (8/11). Serbia, none.
Veselin Vukovic (Serbian head coach): "First of all congratulations to my ex-coach, Valero, and the Spanish team for a deserved victory. Maybe the difference at the end has been too big because we did a good second half. Anyway we made nineteen or twenty turnovers and that is the main reason for our defeat today. We conceded many fast breaks to Spain. I think we had always in mind the possibility of a victory today but reality has been cruel to us. So I can only congratulate the Spanish team and wish them luck for the rest of the Championship until the finals".
Darko Stanic (Serbia): "First of all congrats to the Spanish team and good luck for the rest of the tournament. We basically have to take care of our problems. Today we had the possibility to reach the quarter finals but we did not accomplish that. We have not played the way we wanted to play and now we have to evaluate the problems we have and look for solutions. By now there is nothing more to say but that Spain deserved the victory"
Valero Rivera (Spanish head coach): "I am very happy and satisfied of my team´s performance. We have made an excellent first half and in the second I think we have played thinking about the rest of the tournament although not forgetting the game we were playing. The team has put all the effort in the match again and all the players had the chance to play. I am very satisfied with our defence and fast breaks and also of our positional attacks. It has been a good result; we cannot forget that Serbia is Europe´s runner-up".
Albert Rocas (Spain): "I think we have made a very complete match from the very beginning. Maybe it has been hard to get a gap in the score in the first half but the team has been incredible after the disqualification of Virán Morros, who is a basic player within our defensive system. We have proved that we are a team over any circumstance and we could show character and strength in defence without him. We have managed to make fast breaks, which is a fundamental aspect of our game and Arpad made many brilliant saves and of course it has been good for the team. In the second half we have relaxed a little bit and we made more mistakes although at the end of the game we had a clear advantage again. We must keep on playing like this until the end of the tournament. We are in quarter finals but we have done nothing yet.
- MVP: Albert Rocas (Spain)
- Top Scorer: Albert Rocas (Spain, 7 goals)
Matchday 21/1/13
Germany – Macedonia (28-23)
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona. January 20, 15:45
Germany beat Macedonia with no trouble. Germany have qualified with clarity for the quarter finals, where they will play Spain or Serbia, by beating an inferior Macedonia. The Germans can track their win to their great start to the match (5-1, 10th minute) aided by the constant loss of possession from the Macedonians. The German team took control throughout the match thanks to their success from 9 metres and the 10 saves from their keeper, Heinevetter. The biggest advantage for the Germans in the first half was 6 goals (11-5, 23rd minute). Macedonia reacted in the last minutes of the first half throught the hands of Kiril Lazarov to go into the break trailing by four goals.
Things began to level out at the start of the second half when the Germans found it difficult to attack the static 6-0 defence from the Macedonians and Kiril Lazarov scored three consecutive goals. The key moment came 17 minutes from the end when Dejan Manaskov scored two goals for his team (18-16) and the Macedonians had two occasions to shorten the lead even more. A sensational save from the German keeper Heinevetter and a turnover lost them the game. Germany did not let them get away with these errors and puniched them with a 3-0 partial (all three from Schmidt) they recomposed themselves and drowned the opposition (21-16, 47th minute). The Germans dominated without trouble to the end of the match with a maximum lead of 8 goals (26-18, 56th minute)
THE FACT: Germany scored from 52% of their throws in their incredible first half.
Zvonsko Shundovski (Macedonian head coach): "I want to congratulate the German team. It has been complicated for us today. We have tried everything. We hoped have an equalized match but we have played bad. In the second half, we have been close to equalize the score but we have made mistakes in our tactic. It is always difficult to play against Germany"
Stojanche Stoilov (Macedonia): "We were very tired because of the last days. The German defense has been very strong and also they had a very good goalkeeper"
Martin Heuberger (German head coach): "I'm proud of this victory. FYRO Macedonia is a good team, they have good
players like Lazarov. Our pivot has been very good today, as well us our goalkeeper and the strong defense. We have had a few mistakes when the match was decided already"
Silvio Heinevetter (Germany): "We know good Macedonian team. They don't like a fast game. They prefer a stable defense. That's the reason why we played with speed"
- MVP: Silvio Heinvetter (Germany)
- Top Scorer: Kiril Lazarov (Macedonia, 8 goals)
Iceland – France (28-30)
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona. January 20, 20:15
France beat Iceland through wings. France had to work hard to beat Iceland and qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Championship in Spain. In an equal match, the French defence in the final minutes and the speed of Guigou on the left wing tilted the balance in favour of the holding champions. The two French left wings – Honrrubia and Guigou – were crucial with 13 goals from 14 throws.
France dominated the first half but with a maximum lead of only 2 goals (12-14, 29th minute). The rigid 6-0 defence of Iceland allowed the goals to run and in this respect Honrrubia starred with 6 goals in 7 throws. France's worst nightmare was Palmarsson, the author of 4 goals in the first half, who kept his team in the game. Claude Onesta ordered a marking man on the Icelandic back in the second half which disactivated him. Accambray took advantage of the deep Icelandic defence to give his team a 4 goal lead (21-25, 46th minute). Both teams opted to put their pivot at stationary attack. Iceland were rewarded three penalties in even minutes to tie the game (26-26, 54th minute). The Icelandic ball spills in the decisive phase were key so Guigou was allowed to score two more goals following defensive recoveries (27-30, 59th minute).
THE FACT: Michael Guigou had 100% accuracy in the second half with 6 goals from 6 attempts.
Aron Pálmarsson (Iceland): "We played against one of the best teams of the world. We were really close but unfortunately, it did not go the way we planned it. Our defense was not perfect and we made a lot of mistakes, we lost a lot of balls foolishly. France deserved to win tonight".
Thierry Omeyer (France): "Winning was the most important thing tonight, and we achieved it. I think we won because we were less tired at the end of the match, since they found the match really long and we kept the same intensity during the entire match. They were good in their shots from the long distance, but we knew how to face it and in the end we retrieved two balls which gave us the final victory. This was the key of the match".
- MVP: Samuel Honrubia (France)
- Top Scorer: Kiril Lazarov (Macedonia, 8 goals)


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George C. Wallace
The Politics of Redemption
Life and Politics of Americas Greatest Third Party Candidate
In 1968 when Alabama Governor George C. Wallace ran for President, he did so leaving the Democratic Party and running as an independent. Speaking of the national political spectrum concerning the Republican and Democratic parties Wallace said, "Yes, they've looked down their nose at you and me a long time. They've called us rednecks (Republicans and Democrats). Well, we're going to show, there sure are a lot of rednecks in this country (PBS)." This quote shows the lifetime battle that George Wallace took upon himself to bring the voice of Southern and Northern middle and upper middle class working people to the forefront of American politics. Though at times throughout history Wallace is painted solely as a man who brought deep hatred and injustice upon blacks during the Civil Rights era, his legacy and spirit carry on not only in Alabama or the Southern section of the United States, but also throughout every inch of this country. Through close analization of the career and times of George Corley Wallace, it can be seen that he was a man made up of more than fiery rhetoric and political persuasion. By focusing on Wallace's work within his own state of Alabama as a four term Governor, his campaigns as a candidate for President of the United States (and thereby their affects on the country and the new sphere his candidacy created), and his evolution as a political populist, we will be able to see what George Wallace's legacy should properly entail.
George Wallace grew up in Southeast Alabama in an area where poverty was very prevalent. As a young boy he would accompany his grandfather, who was a doctor, on house calls. It was on these trips that Wallace experienced the harshness and reality of poverty which would end up playing a large role in how Wallace felt politically. Coming up in politics he was elected to the state legislature in Alabama and also became a judge. During this time in the 1950's Wallace backed a very moderate platform and stayed true to his belief in the Democratic Party to be a watch dog for the poor and socially disadvantaged. This was seen very early in his career when serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1948, Wallace refused to join the walkout by segregationalist "Dixiecrats," a move that placed him firmly in the progressive, racially moderate wing of the state Democratic Party (Carlson).
Ten years after this event Wallace makes his first attempt to become Governor of Alabama. During this election he declines the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which is accepted by his opponent, and instead garnishes the support of the NAACP (Schoolnet). He ends up losing the election, which comes to be the defining moment in Wallace's political career. When this loss occurs it doesn't take long for Wallace to realize why he lost and what must be done if he does not want to lose again. At this point Wallace decides to reinvent himself as a strict state's rights individual who is strongly opposed to integration and desegregation of the South. When the next gubernational election in Alabama comes up in 1962, Wallace is ready for the task winning the election hands down. Seeing these results, Wallace realizes the key that will carry him throughout his political career.
The stemming point from the above events during the early political career of George Wallace, are the roots of the populist movements and campaigns of individuals like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. The populism created by Wallace carries different parts for different people though. For people like Richard Nixon it was adapting views and changing his image in order to swing perspective of his often stiff and far right persona. After being dealt a hard blow, losing the 1960 Presidential election, Richard Nixon sat down and reevaluated his political situation. He adopted the same strategy that Wallace did, choosing a new polished view that fit more to the mainstream of the constituency he was aiming at. For Wallace it was using segregation and the evils of the federal government as a jumping point, with Nixon it was the bums and hippies. Traces of Wallace can also be seen when "his theme of middle-class empowerment was borrowed by Richard Nixon in 1968 (Carlson)." Nixon saw the way that Wallace grabbed the middle and upper middle class whites, especially males, making them feel alienated by the system so as to get them fired up and organized. Nixon was able to utilize things like the Vietnam War, integrated busing, and the new neo-conservatism that was sweeping the South and turn it all into his "Great Southern Strategy," which in reality was Wallace's great strategy.
For Ronald Reagan it was also the issue of "middle-class empowerment." Reagan, again like Wallace, continually reinvented himself finally falling under the heading of populist and again using the strategy of George Wallace within the now Republican south. Reagan, a former Democrat himself, used race and the beatnik generation as fuel to get elected to the Governor's office in California. In 1976, when he ran very unsuccessfully as a third party candidate for president, something Wallace did so successfully in '68, Reagan sat down afterwards and adopted the strategy that Nixon did in '68 and '72 which came from George Wallace. This was the idea of strict populism or the ability to read the changing tide of such a large body of people and to adapt to their focuses. The major theme in the victories has to come from that political switch which the populism caused. Wallace "was surely the first in his generation to galvanize the white, working-class voters later labeled as Reagan Democrats (Riechers)." It wasn't just in the South though that this strategy adhered to, it was coast to coast, it was the whole white working class who saw things like affirmative action and quotas as an injustice upon their lives. With Wallace, Nixon, and Reagan the things they said may not have always been what they actually firmly believed in, it was what their constituency believed in, and that is the true root of the populism which Wallace introduced. Southern historian and Auburn University Professor Wayne Flynt remarked about Wallace saying, "His belief is winning and his belief is listening to the constituency and trying to see where they go. I think Wallace was a genius at seeing where American public opinion was going and shifting his course with the public opinion" (Flynt).
The next area which ties into the idea of the creation of Southern strategy and the Reagan democrats, or populism, is the Presidential campaigns of George Wallace. In all Wallace ran four times for the office, two of the times accomplishing overwhelming tasks and gaining success of unbelievable leaps. The other two attempts left room for improvement. The two which did not yield a political windfall were the campaigns of 1964 and 1976. In 1964 Wallace dropped out of the race, deciding that his candidacy would serve no purpose when he saw that Republican candidate Barry Goldwater would be taking on the issues of forced busing and the lawlessness of the Federal Government. In 1976 he ran as a Democrat in the primary against the man that would become President, Jimmy Carter. In this election he realized that he would not be able to pump up crowds like he used to, now that he was paralyzed from being shot while campaigning in 1972. Some of his campaign aides tried to get him to stay in the race by comparing him to Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected four times as President in a wheel-chair. Wallace's response was, "Yeah they elected Roosevelt, but they didn't watch him on television every night getting hauled on a plane like he was half dead (Carlson). The two campaigns, which were successful in many ways, were the campaigns of 1968 and 1972. Through these two elections it is widely believed that Wallace made the idea of a Southern being elected President possible, allowing for people like Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Al Gore to be successful on the national scene (Carlson). Professor Flynt remarked concerning this saying, "This man proved that a Southerner with a clear, focused idea of what he stood for could run very well (Flynt)." In the 1968 election George Wallace left the Democratic Party to pursue the Presidency as an independent. He created the American Independent Party (AIP) as a vehicle to push a platform of states rights and anti-federal government issues into the heartland of white middle-class America. Not since the election of 1800 had any third party candidate (when election had more than two people) gained as many electoral votes as George Wallace, and no one since has even come close. Wallace won an amazing 46 electoral votes along with garnishing 13% of the popular vote, adding up to almost ten million individual votes (American Experience). To show the significance even more, in the election of 1980 incumbent President Jimmy Carter received 49 electoral votes while only running against one opponent. Wallace was running against two national political heavyweights who had the media and money on their side and he only received three votes less than sitting President Carter did in '80. In the election of '68 Wallace won five states; Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. In Alabama he received 65.9% of the vote and in Mississippi 63.5% which is the largest percent won by one person in any of the states. Nixon, the eventual winner, did not win any state by over a percentage of fifty-five. Wallace also finished second in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee putting Humphrey a distant third in all three. It is very possible that if Wallace had won one of these states, which he was very close to doing, that the national election would have gone to the U.S House of Representatives to be decided. Without Wallace in the race it is very hard to imagine that Richard Nixon would have won. The people that supported Wallace in 1968 were the same people that usually made the South a Democratic stronghold. In an AP article from CNN, this is described stating, "The defection of Southern Democrats helped sink the party's nominee, Hubert Humphrey, and made possible the election of Richard Nixon (CNN)." It is clear that the election of 1968 showed a division within the country which would cause a political shift. White Southern democrats were upset that their national party had taken the stance it had on civil rights and the issue of states rights concerning segregation. Wallace was key here, giving these people a voice which they had never before had and aiding in the eventual switch of Southern conservatism to becoming a Republican quality. USA Today columnist Deborah Sharp said about Wallace, "he helped sow the seeds that would lead eventually to the political transformation of the South from a Democratic stronghold to a Republican one (Tormented)." Republican leaders of today like Trent Lott, Haley Barbour, and Roy Moore all embody that rich southern conservatism that at one point was a strictly democratic idea. Sharing the same view as Ms. Sharp, William Schneider, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute said, "I think he precipitated what is probably the single largest political shift in our lifetime (Tormented)."
All of the above leads into the campaign of 1972 where Wallace would run as a Democrat taking on Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern in the party's primary. In this election, "he moved beyond his base in the South and made inroads in northern industrial states" with middle class working families (American Experience). During the middle of his campaign Wallace was shot and as a result would be paralyzed from the waist down. When this occurred, his candidacy too was shot. He would have to drop out of contention for the 1972 race. One must wonder what would have happened if Wallace had not been shot. He won five states in the primary including more "progressive" states like Michigan and Maryland. He also placed close seconds in Northern states like Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Pennsylvania (American Experience). Even though paralyzed and out of the race he still came within 2.3% of the eventual winner of the primary. It was during the general election that Wallace's force and impact could truly be felt. Republican candidates Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew adopted much of Wallace's philosophy. The Wallace vote (people who voted for Wallace during the '72 primary and the '68 general) got folded into the Republican Party (Tormented). After this devastating blowout of McGovern by Nixon in 1972, the shift of the Democratic Party was inevitable. A clear line had been drawn and sides had been taken, "the Democratic Party refused to adopt any of Wallace's rhetoric or Wallace's positions and the Democratic Party got...clobbered (Flynt)."
George Wallace's effect on the national political situation: its leaders, its philosophy and strategy, and its outcome do no justice to the real genius that is George Wallace. To see what Wallace did in Alabama, during his four terms as Governor of the state, is where the real George Wallace is discovered. Here he is not seen through as small of a window as the national press had created over the years. In Alabama he is remembered for far more then the New York Times or Washington Post would have you believe. After his lose in the 1958 race for governor, George Wallace refocused his efforts to become one the greatest political and social leaders of his time. Winning the governorship in 1962, Wallace began one of the greatest political dominations in history while at the same time improving conditions drastically in a state extremely poor; economically, socially, and educationally.
Politically Wallace ran Alabama for nearly thirty years. Holding the office of Governor four separate times; first from 1963-67, then again with back to back terms from 1971-79, and finally his last term dating from 1983-87. Even when state law prohibited a sitting governor (then Wallace) to be elected to another term in 1966, Wallace went right around it an had his wife nominated for the office. She won the election and Wallace kept control (Columbia). One of the other amazing things to consider is the span of time that he covered in office. With all of the changes that happened over time and the way things reversed around on Wallace, it's unbelievable that he was able to get reelected twenty years after his actions during the Civil Rights era in a predominantly black voting state. Columnist for the Birmingham News and the Montgomery Journal Peggy Roberson said, "black voters' support was responsible for placing him in the governor's office for a fourth time in 1982 (Roberson)." Blacks in the state of Alabama saw Wallace the same way that whites from Alabama and the South saw him. Color seemed to be blind in the South when it came to George Wallace. African-American Pastor Rev. Michael Thurman, of the famous DexterAvenueChurch, said of Wallace, "I saw a historical figure who towered over society (Tormented)." He towered over society because of the way that he stood up for the right of a group of people to decide what is right for them. When Washington came knocking Wallace answered the door and didn't back down.
Through his political genius Wallace was able to take control of the entire state, this made it possible for Wallace to provide for the people in many ways. It's hard to believe that Wallace is considered such a racist when "as governor of Alabama, he appointed more blacks to state offices than any Alabama governor before or since (Tormented)." The black's in Alabama love Wallace and proved it through electing him time and again. Everyone loved Wallace because he worked hard to see that the people's way of life was improved. Instead of finding quick fixes for problems, Wallace invested in the future of the state through educational programs and the creation of new jobs and surplus. In Alabama "Wallace is remembered for starting the state's junior college system, for free text books, and for his...stands on behalf of the poor (Tormented). Some specific years can even be looked at to show the monumental attempts Wallace made to aide the lives of all Alabamians. In 1972 he created the Alabama Office of Consumer Protection. In 1973 under Wallace's leadership 1000 new or expanded business began as well as 43,000 new jobs. He also pumped more than $500 million into educational expenditures during 1973-74 (American Partisan). At a time when many other governors and leaders in poor states like Alabama looked to the federal government for handouts, George Wallace refused and convinced his people of different ways to build the state. He gave them pride, and because he gave them pride he gave them something to work for and to achieve. Above, his legacy has been revealed as more than just a political figure, his initiatives and programs still resound today throughout the South and the state of Alabama.
Looking back, George Wallace was able to become the greatest Third Party candidate for President of all time. He forced people to take Southern politicians and their messages seriously, and created the template which formed populism and the adoption of populism by many mainstream Republicans and Democrats alike. This populism also eventually changed the South to Republican and the Northern major cities Democratic. Wallace shaped the face of the modern day politician and created the strategy which all sides use today to try and win the conservative Southern vote while also grabbing large amounts of working-class Northerners. Aside from his tremendous effect on the national scene and the political realm of the country, Wallace showed within his own state what one determined person could do. Being elected to four separate terms as Governor throughout different periods of time and handling the changes that took place during a twenty year upheaval. The people of Alabama, black and white, will always hold George Wallace, "The Governor," as a cherished treasure. There they will not hold grudgingly to his stand in front of the school house doors and his "segregation forever" speech of 1963. One of the reasons is for his admittance of wrongdoing concerning the segregation era. In 1979 while speaking to a congregation of black people at Martin Luther King Jr.'s old church, Wallace said to the people, "I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask your forgiveness (Tormented)." And he received forgiveness, at least from the people of Alabama. In his final bid for Governor he won with overwhelming support from the black community. People looked back at his life and who he really was, and they saw a man who at the start wasn't the racist the national people painted him as. Describing the way that the South felt about Wallace, President Jimmy Carter remarked, With the death of George Wallace, Alabama and the American South have lost one of our favorite sons. His political career both helped to define and to reflect the political life of our region (CNN). I think President Carter does an excellent job at placing Wallace in the right context. He may have been looked upon as an evil person by many in the Northern section of the country during the 1960's. All he was actually doing though was what he had promised when campaigning to become Governor of Alabama. George Wallace understood he was the voice of the people and that he was at their will, he did his job by doing what the people wanted him to do. In one of his last know statements in public Wallace said, "May your message be heard. May your lessons never be forgotten. May our history be always remembered (Roberson)." Amazing advice considering that those things could be his ultimate curse. That too many people only heard a small part of his message, only remembered a small part of his teachings, and that history will always remember him for such a small part of his tremendous life.
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Warning: moderate to major spoilers
First off, it should be stated that I am coming at this movie from the perspective of someone who loves the book. And as is often the case (I know it certainly is for me) my evaluation of the final product is largely seen through that lens.
Second of all, I'll say off the top that overall, I really liked the movie. It's a good - occasionally - great film, an overall honorable adaptation; and I walked out of the movie theatre really, really glad that I saw it.
Some of the movie's biggest flaws were those that often plague book-to-film adaptations, to the point that they're almost the nature of the beast. The pacing struggled at times, and there wasn't always enough time to really get to know the characters, and relationships and scenarios that we needed to in order to have proper emotional and narrative context.
I felt this particular problem hamper the story more than once. Graff has been intentionally isolating Ender from his fellow students from the very start, all the way to when the launch shuttle first leaves Earth. (The movie doesn't go much in-depth to explain this, but in the book, it's described as being because they never want Ender to think he can ever count on someone else to resolve a conflict, or to win.) So it supposedly carries over into his initial months spent on the station with his fellow "Launchies." There's then a pivotal moment when a big deal is made of many of Ender's fellow Launchies joining him for the first time at the table for a meal. Except because the film never was able to convey that isolation - not to mention the resentment and hatred - then that moment carried very little weight.
I also disliked what this film did with the major female characters of the story. Yes Valentine Wiggin is defined by her compassion, but she's also defined by her brilliance. And while the movie did away with the side-story of Peter and Valentine using the internet to take over Earth's government (because all of the Wiggin children really are geniuses) I wish they had done more than make her an emotional appendage. This is also a problem because the same thing happens to Petra. In the book, she's tough, and a brilliant solider and commander all her own. And there even comes a point when she herself comes to resent Ender his successes and brilliance. But here, Petra replaces Valentine on Ender's arm to act the emotional component to his icy demeanor. It lessens her character, and typifies her in a role that women are far too often relegated to.
It's the same with Anderson's character - who was changed from the book into a woman, and cast with Viola Davis in the role. Davis does a decent job (as do Breslin and Steinfeld, with what they're given), but they use her to act as the moral compass to question Graff's determination to use Ender in whatever ways he needs to. It not only calls into question what Anderson was expecting when she joined the IF and was assigned to Battle School, but heightens the fact that Anderson wasn't made into a woman to diversify the cast - she was made into a woman to represent the emotional and compassionate side of the psychology, to question the morals and ethics. What are generally more seen as feminine traits. She's not there as a fellow soldier and commander - she's there as a typified woman. I wish they had left Anderson a man.
My one biggest criticism of the movie are the general changes to Ender's character, and the loss of his emotional journey. While this could, in part, be chalked up to the general difficulties of having to compact so much into such a short amount of time, it's still disappointing to see the loss. Asa Butterfield does fine with the character, and my issue with him is much more in the writing than in the presentation. What always needs to be made clear with major characters are their fears and their wants; in the book, Ender is burdened by the weight of expectation, and the need to complete out all the tests the adults give him so he can finally go home and have his own life. It's constantly seen as a war against the adults. And he is frequently struggling with his fears that by this usage of him to win the war, he's becoming more and more like Peter, who is well-demonstrated to be a sociopath.
But there's no such emotional weight here. From one point to the next, I hardly knew or had an understanding of Ender's emotional state, and how I should be feeling for him. (Except perhaps for the last 20 minutes or so.) It made him a decent protagonist - but nowhere near as interesting and empathetic as he is in the book.
It also made the confrontation with Bonzo that results in Bonzo's departure from Battle School less potent, and the film slightly oversold its significance. In the book, Ender thoroughly beats Bonzo into the ground - as this confrontation has been simmering for months and months; and coupled with Ender's aggravation over the increasing unfairness of the battles being pitted against his army, it all comes to a head emotionally. He falls into a lethargy and temporarily gives up on being the commander Graff wants him to be, because everything has been taking a toll, and Bonzo's death was a final straw. But here, because there was almost no build-up to it, then it reads more like Ender plodding along, doing as he's told and succeeding - then Bonzo confronts him, is injured...and just like that Ender gives up. It has nowhere near the emotional weight, and perfectly demonstrates the lack of depth in his character, especially compared to the book.
But onto the good. And there was a lot of a good.
I think one of the things I enjoyed most about this movie was how much it reminded me of why I love the book (and its sequel) so much. There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that this was a faithful adaptation. It picked out what it knew to be all the most important moments and relationships, and it was widely smart in doing so. For the most part, I felt the changes appropriate or understandable. And when they hit that final, climaxing battle with the Formics, I felt all the weight of this world, this story, this moment.
My three biggest loves in this film:
It centered on two of the most important themes from the book - the first one being just how far can you justifiably push an individual to sacrifice their sanity and existence for the sake of a war (and how much can you really justify any sacrifice for the sake of a war); something that was admirably explored in the frequent interactions between Ender and Graff.
The second theme being that of understanding - and I love that they included it, because it's one of my favorite aspects of the book (and plays an even greater role in Speaker for the Dead). The film even opens with a quote from Ender about how understanding of an enemy gives love for that enemy as well.
I love that they largely kept the ending as is. Ender was tricked into committing Xenocide, and afterwards concludes that this was a terrible thing. He's seen wondering if and how the Formics communicate, and then asks Graff why they didn't try to attack again in the 50 years since the invasion. It's not quite as perfectly conveyed, but there's still the general sense that no matter how much humanity may celebrate, the acts that have just been committed are horrific and tragic.
But lastly, what really deserves a lot of praise is the visuals. And this praise is two-fold - not only is it staggering and thrilling and impressive; but I also found it enormously satisfying as a fan of the book. Everything in the Battle Room and the battles at the end are exhilarating. In no small part because having loved the story world for as long as I have, it's immensely gratifying to see all those visual elements realized on the big screen. It's something I imagine a lot of fans have looked forward to seeing, and Gavin Hood did a particularly excellent job in this regard. All of these grander moments alone are worth the price of admission.
Also, Steve Jablonsky's soundtrack is killer.
So my predictions were somewhat inaccurate - this film was neither awesome, nor was it terrible. It was overall a very good, very enjoyable experience, balanced out with a few moments of great. It was satisfying to finally see, and a great ride on the big screen. What's more, it was a refreshing reminder that science fiction - underneath the supposed trappings of space battles and explosions - is about so, so much more than what it appears.


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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:47 PM
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Rachel's show in 2009: Dorgan warned us 1999 on the repeal of Glass Steagal.
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This was posted in 2011. Rachel Maddow interviews Byron Dorgan on his warnings about the repeal of Glass Steagal.
Byron Dorgan's words in 1999
Consequences of Glass-Steagall repeal
I think we will look back in 10 years' time and say we should not have done this but we did because we forgot the lessons of the past, and that that which is true in the 1930's is true in 2010. I wasn't around during the 1930's or the debate over Glass-Steagall. But I was here in the early 1980's when it was decided to allow the expansion of savings and loans. We have now decided in the name of modernization to forget the lessons of the past, of safety and of soundness."
Here is more from Dorgan in the NYT in 2009:
10 Years Later, Looking at Repeal of Glass-Steagall
Mr. Dorgan still feels the same way. I thought reversing Glass-Steagall would set us up for dramatic failure and that is exactly what has happened, the senator told DealBook on Thursday. To fuse together the investment banking function with the F.D.I.C. banking function has proven to be a profound mistake.
Also from the NYT, look at the lopsided vote. I would say we can pretty much blame bipartisanship for this fiasco.
But 10 years ago, the revocation of Glass-Steagall drew few critics. In the House, 155 Democrats and 207 Republicans voted for the measure, while 51 Democrats, 5 Republicans and 1 independent opposed it. Fifteen members did not vote.
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Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:55 PM
elleng (78,306 posts)
1. and President Clinton said:
CLINTON: Well, I think on the derivatives before the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed, it had been breached. There was already a total merger practically of commercial and investment banking, and really the main thing that the Glass-Steagall Act did was to give us some power to regulate it the repeal. And also to give old fashion traditional banks in all over America the right to take an investment interest if they wanted to forestall bankruptcy. Sadly none of them did that. Mostly it was just the continued blurring of the lines, but only about a third of all the money loaned today is loaned through traditional banking channels and that was well underway before that legislation was signed. So I dont feel the same way about that.
I think what happened was the SEC and the whole regulatory apparatus after I left office was just let go. I think if Arthur Levitt had been on the job at the SEC, my last SEC commissioner, an enormous percentage of what weve been through in the last eight or nine years would not have happened. I feel very strongly about it. I think its important to have vigorous oversight.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:01 AM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
2. Clinton admitted he was wrong to listen to Rubin, Summers.
From your link:
"In an interview on This Week with Jake Tapper, President Bill Clinton said he made a mistake listening to Bob Rubin and Larry Summers on derivatives, and said he should have tried to regulate them, despite Republican opposition"
He should have vetoed.
Response to madfloridian (Reply #2)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:04 AM
elleng (78,306 posts)
3. Right, I didn't post the entire piece.
Not only should he have vetoed, he should have objected throughout the process.
Response to elleng (Reply #3)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:23 AM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
4. Amen to that.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:53 AM
Festivito (13,452 posts)
8. What? For show? There were enough votes to override a veto.
The only thing he would have from a veto is less time to start regulating it, maybe setting a good pattern of regulation on a bad idea.
It looks more like a driving decision whether to hit a brick wall or a parked car. Whichever one hits, in retrospect, one can regret not having made the other choice.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:06 AM
DallasNE (4,624 posts)
5. Two Words: "Christopher Cox"
When Bush nominated Chris Cox to head the SEC I said at the time that he must be opposed by all means available, including a filibuster. This was not an easy call because I believe administrations should have wide latitude in appointing their own people and thus deserve an up or down vote. Cox is the only exception I have made to that standard - ever. Sadly, he sailed through and the rest is history. Cox was a life long deregulator and putting him in charge of a regulatory body was certain to have disastrous results and was the basis of my alarm bell. But nobody was listening. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aPus5C5B.JhQ
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:40 AM
DeSwiss (27,137 posts)
6. You can't ''unrotten'' the apple.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:48 AM
sigmasix (794 posts)
7. Gingrich speech
Wasnt this the same legislation that Gingrich speech-ified on in congress? Didnt he claim this legislation would unleash American free market spirit, or some shit. Didn't Gingrich also claimed that American bankers had learned thier lesson and would never do something to damage the entire economic system; that Americans could trust the bankers. I remember many politicians claiming this legislation was needed- But all of the active, vocal support and assurances came from leading right wingers, not progressives. Shouldn't the partisans that assured Americans about the need for this legislation bare the bulk of responsibility for the failures in our finacial system that can be attributed to this legislation? Right wingers always seem to find someone else to blame for the damage they cause. Does anyone else remember Gingrich giving a speech that was in earnest support of this legislation?
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:15 AM
onwardsand upwards (276 posts)
9. There's always money to be made from eliminating regulations ...
... and always politicians ready to take money to do the deed.
Politicians are paid peanuts, relative to corporate executive salaries, and they line their pockets by doing what corporations dictate.
Glass-Steagall was an obstacle to quick bucks for the few, to avert disaster for the many. In the 1930s, the political system had enough legitimacy to put GS in place. Today, even after the GFC, there is not enough legitimacy in the system to do anything remotely similar.
But then came Elizabeth Warren ...


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Grade: The Story Of A Cheat: A; The Pearls Of The Crown: A-; Désiré: B; Quadrille: B
Sacha Guitry made a name for himself in the French theater in the early 20th century as an actor, director, and playwright, and when cinema entered the sound era, he reluctantly tried his hand, first by turning out stagey adaptations of his plays. Then in 1936, he wrote, directed, and starred in The Story Of A Cheat, and his approach to the medium changed. Working from his own novel, Guitry recounts the multiple rises and falls of an orphan turned croupier, and does so almost entirely in voiceover narration, using the actors as puppets to pantomime the hero's picaresque adventures. Guitry moves the camera around gleefully, and illustrates his ideas about luck, romance, and human folly with snippets of newsreel footage and quick sight gags. The Story Of A Cheat plays like a cross between Citizen Kane and a Goofy "how to" cartoon (though it pre-dates both), and expresses a worldview that's simultaneously unsentimental and sweet, as Guitry describes how gambling is a more sublime vice than cheating.
The other three films in Eclipse's Presenting Sacha Guitry box set aren't as revelatory as The Story Of A Cheat, though each has its charms, and 1937's The Pearls Of The Crown is brilliant in its own scattered way. The movie opens with Guitry explaining that he's discovered the most remarkable true story, about how seven identical-looking pearls connected monarchs, patriarchs, and thieves across Europe and throughout history. Again, Guitry skips merrily through eras and locations, tossing out anecdotes in multiple languages as he demonstrates the petty desires that sidetrack even the noblest kings and queens, and ponders why we continue to identify with tales of royalty. (Telling the story, Guitry says he sees himself as François I, a part he actually plays.) The Pearls Of The Crown isn't a narrative film in any traditional sense; it's more like a dozen narratives, darting around each other for Guitry's amusement.
Désiré and Quadrille are more conventional. The former has Guitry playing the randy valet for a stuffy family, and though the farce becomes a little strained by the end, the lavish sets, class-conscious spoofing, and sexual innuendo are all plenty entertaining. In the latter, Guitry plays a magazine editor whose actress-mistress falls for a movie star, leaving Guitry to settle for the consolation prize of a sexy ace reporter. As with Désiré, Quadrille is full of rapid-fire banter and trenchant observations about how silly we act when we're aroused. Neither is as inventive visually or structurally as The Story Of A Cheat or The Pearls Of The Crown, but they have moments of stylistic daring, and even a straightforward Guitry film maintains a puckish self-awareness. In the opening credits of The Story Of A Cheat, Guitry introduces the cast and crew via quips like "Here, Marguerite Moreno pretends to point something out to Jacqueline Delubac, but they both know they're being filmed." Some might call that irreverent. But to Guitry, exposing the artifice was a way of gaining the audience's trust, before leading them merrily into the fog of frustrated romance.
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As Walmart moves up Black Friday to Thanksgiving day itself, retailers nationwide are bracing for a smaller-than-usual boost from holiday shoppers.
As Reuters noted, customers will have chance to start their holiday shopping before the Thanksgiving leftovers have even cooled, as Walmart moves up Black Friday to 8 pm on Thursday. The retailer is loading up on electronic gadgets for its holiday shopping rush as it prepares to generate more than a quarter of its annual sales.
The news that Walmart moves up Black Friday is part of a trend of more retailers seeking ways to entice shoppers. Holiday shopping is expected to rise only 4.1 percent this year, Reuters noted, down from 5.6 percent growth last year.
Walmart hopes moving up Black Friday and featuring a load of gadgets and technology sales will bring in more shoppers.
"We bought deep, very deep, and we bought deep on items that matter to our customers," said Walmart US Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer Duncan Mac Naughton.
As I4U News reported, Walmart's Black Friday deals are heavy in technology. The deals offered include Apple iPad 2 16GB with Wi-Fi for $399 plus (which also gives shoppers a $75 Walmart Gift Card), and Emerson 32" 720p LCD TV for $148, and an LG Blu-ray Player for $38.
Retailers are making attempts to push the Christmas shopping season back more and more. As Walmart moves up Black Friday, it also started layaway a month earlier, starting in mid-September. Sears plans to offer online access to many Black Friday deals to members of its loyalty plan from November 18 to November 19.


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The athletes at the Sochi Olympics are getting all the glory, but there are a lot of people behind the scenes who've quietly supplied vital support to the sporting stars reaching for the podium. Whether they are moms, dads, siblings or coaches, these unsung heroes have devoted countless hours – and often countless dollars – so their loved ones can perform on the world's biggest stage.
McGill arts student Alexandra Duckworth, a member of the Canadian National Snowboard Team and a participant at the Sochi Games, knows this full well. Her mother, Anne Fouillard, and her father, John Duckworth, BEng'61, have seen her through all sorts of ups and down, including three concussions, two broken wrists, a broken thumb and a dislocated shoulder.
"They've never been resistant to my wanting to pursue this, and whenever I'm injured, they give me a nice place to come home and recover," Duckworth told the Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin. "I'm really lucky." Her rooting section at home also includes half-sisters Tiffany (BEd'90, BScN'95) and Samantha (BMus'92) and her sister, Anna (BA'06).
The McGill News recently caught up with some other alumni who have played pivotal roles nurturing some of the top athletes now competing in Sochi.
Ed Vlasic, BSc'79, BEng'83, MEng'87, first put his son Marc-Édouard on hockey skates when he was 18 months old, and it did not go well. "He skated for all of one minute and he was crying the whole time."
Undeterred, he and his wife Marie-Josée Lord, BSc(PT)'84, tried again when Marc-Édouard was three, this time teaching him on a rink they built in the backyard of their West Island home. He caught on quickly, and by the time he was enrolled in organized hockey two years later, he was already distancing himself talent-wise from most of the other kids.
"Marc-Édouard has always been very athletic. Sports are a part of who he is, and we knew early on that he'd never have a normal desk job," says Lord, a physiotherapist.
They were right. Today, Marc-Édouard Vlasic is one of the NHL's elite defensemen, having made a name for himself as an ultra-reliable, stay-at-home blue-liner for the San Jose Sharks, one of the league's top teams. The eight-year NHL veteran is also a member of Team Canada, representing his country at the Olympics alongside the likes of Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and Carey Price.
It's an incredible achievement, but also one that might have been unattainable without the tireless support of his parents. And when you factor in the many early-morning practice skates, weekly games and long road trips to participate in tournaments, those costs were high indeed. Ed Vlasic even went one step further and volunteered as a coach on several of his son's teams.
"It has meant a lot of time and a lot of sacrifice," says Vlasic, an engineer for Pratt & Whitney. "If you looked at the calendar we kept on our refrigerator, there was rarely a blank day on it. But we knew he enjoyed hockey and we wanted to support him wherever his talents took him."
Marc-Édouard has an impressive hockey pedigree. His father and his uncle, Thomas Vlasic, BCom'83, both played varsity hockey for the McGill Redmen. His parents continue to play the sport recreationally, as do his three younger brothers, Thomas, Charles, and James – and all five of them are defensemen for their respective teams.
When Marc-Édouard laces up his skates in Sochi, Vlascic and Lord will be there to cheer him on. And the role that his parents have played in his development has not been lost on the Olympian.
In an interview for NHL.com, the younger Vlasic explained that the best piece of advice he ever received came from his dad. "He said you should always believe you can do things that may seem out of reach. He said, 'A lot of guys have the talent, but if they don't believe they can reach their goals – they won't.'"
Belleville Bulls head coach George Burnett, BEd'85, thinks back fondly on the first time he met P.K. Subban. It was 2005, and Subban, who had just been selected by the Bulls in the sixth round of the Ontario Hockey League draft, boldly informed him that he had every intention of playing on the team in his first year.
"P.K. was just 16 years old at the time, but he was very confident. He told me that he had designs on making our team from the start," Burnett says.
True to his word, Subban earned a spot on the Bulls and went on to have four stellar seasons in Belleville. He's carried that same determination with him to the Montreal Canadiens, where he has established himself as an NHL star and Norris Trophy winner, and earned a spot at the Sochi Olympics on Team Canada's blue line.
"Most people recognize P.K.'s natural ability, but what has really set him apart is his competitiveness and confidence. He is constantly working to get better," Burnett explains.
In some ways, Subban's road to Sochi has been paved by Burnett's good intentions. The head coach, after all, saw the defenseman's true potential when he was just a teenager and Subban blossomed during his time in Belleville. Under Burnett's tutelage, Subban emerged as one of the best and most popular players in the OHL, amassing 42 goals and 148 assists in 234 games. Plenty of fans took notice – and so did NHL scouts.
Burnett, however, is quick to downplay his impact on the hockey phenom. "We gave P.K. guidance and an opportunity to play, but everything else came through his hard work and belief in himself," he explains.
Burnett has always had an eye for talent and an instinct for the game. Following his junior hockey experience with the London Knights, he suited up for the McGill Redmen while pursuing a degree in physical education, earning all-Canadian honours in 1983. He started his coaching career in 1989, and served as assistant coach with the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks from 1998 to 2000. He has been with the Bulls since 2004.
Though Subban played his last game in Belleville back in 2009, the two remain in regular contact – after phoning his parents to tell them he had made the Olympic squad, Subban's next call was to Burnett. The coach will be paying close attention to his former pupil's play at the Olympics.
"He is fun to watch and I know he is going to be a factor in a very positive way," he says.
Mere minutes before mogul skier Hannah Kearney stepped into the starting gate at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, her mother, Jill Kearney, BEd'79, texted her a few words of inspiration. "I told her that I am proud of her, I told her that I love her and I encouraged her to give it her best shot," Kearney says.
Hannah undoubtedly delivered, playing the role of spoiler and edging out heavy favourite Jennifer Heil, BCom'13, to become the first American to win a gold medal in British Columbia. The stakes were just as high when Hannah hit the mounds in Sochi to defend her title this year. And on February 8, she once again delivered a strong performance, earning a bronze medal behind Canadian sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe.
But long before she was an Olympic champion, Hannah was a little girl growing up in Vermont learning to ski with her mother's help. "When she was two years old, we would go to the baby hills on warm winter afternoons and then drink hot chocolate together," recalls Kearney, the recreation director for the town of Norwich, Vermont.
Hannah had such a knack for the sport that she was running expert slopes by age five and freestyle skiing by the time she was nine. Kearney and Hannah's father, Thomas Kearney, MA'79, who met as students at McGill, tried to give their daughter every opportunity they could to follow her passion.
"From the very beginning, it was clear that she had an aptitude for the sport. She had excellent balance and caught on very quickly," Kearney says. "But skiing is an expensive sport, so we often had to get creative with money," adding that they relied on sponsors from the close-knit Norwich community for additional support.
Hannah has not let those sponsors down, becoming a dominant competitor in freestyle skiing throughout her career. In addition to her two Olympic medals, she is a 40-time World Cup moguls medalist, a 14-time dual moguls medalist and a three-time U.S. moguls champion.
"She trains incredibly hard every day and she wants to win each time she gets in that starting gate," she says.
Kearney has advice for both amateur athletes and their parents: "For athletes, I'd say dream big and go for it. For the parents of athletes, I'd say dream big and support them as they go for it."


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Can I Use # 4 NMB To Feed A 100 Amp Subpanel?
March 20, 2006
Q: What is the ampacity of # 4 AWG copper NMB cable when used as the main feeder to supply a branch circuit panelboard in a single family home? The service conductors are three # 4 AWG copper conductors with Type THWN insulation in 1 inch rigid metal conduit protected by a 100A main circuit breaker.
A: Type NMB cable has conductors that have an insulation rating of 90 C. However, 334.80 limits the ampacity to the values shown in Table 310-16 for 60 C insulation, but if the conductors must be derated, the 90 C ampacity is permitted to be used provided the final derated ampacity does not exceed the ampacity for 60 C conductors. To further confuse the issue, this sentence appears in 320/15(B)(6): "The feeder conductors to a dwelling unit shall not be required to be larger than their service-entrance conductors." Based on these various NEC references, the electrical inspector should accept the 4 AWG copper NMB cable as a 100A feeder. Because this is an area that is not very clear, you should check with the authority having jurisdiction before making this installation.
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One hundred years on from its heyday as Europe's most glamorous playground for royals and starlets, the Venice Lido is set for a €430m facelift aimed at creating a 21st-century version of the belle époque.
This 11-mile strip of land dividing the Venice lagoon from the Adriatic comes alive once a year in September for the Venice Film Festival, when it is besieged by actors, journalists and paparazzi. But for the rest of the year it lapses into a genteel slumber. Elegant beachfront hotels such as the Excelsior, which once hosted Joan Crawford and Errol Flynn, have seen business fade, while tourists flock in ever greater numbers to the main island of Venice, just a short vaporetto (ferry) ride away.
"The Lido has slowly turned residential and gone to sleep, covered in dust," said Giovanni Gusso, president of the Lido's municipal council.
Hundreds of millions of euros in private funding have been lined up to restore the Lido's art nouveau and art deco gems and the wide expanse of beach where servants once set out silver cutlery in beach huts, while government cash is being spent on a new vaporetto terminal and a vast new cinema to serve the festival and double as a year-round conference centre for 6,000 visitors.
One of the most famous films in the history of Italian cinema is at the heart of the battle for the Lido's future. More than 2,000 people have signed up to protest against plans to demolish the turn-of-the-century Alberoni beach pavilion at the south end and the beach huts featured in the closing scene of Luigi Visconti's 1971 film Death in Venice, starring Dirk Bogarde.
The Hotel des Bains, in which Thomas Mann wrote the masterpiece on which the film is based, and which appears in Death in Venice as well as in The English Patient, will also be spruced up.
The bar at the Excelsior is still the preferred hangout for stars at the film festival but the slow trade during the rest of the year means the hotel will also be closed next year for restoration. "In 40 years, the previous owners of these hotels invested zero and people just stopped coming," said Gianfranco Mossetto, a spokesman for Italian fund manager EstCapital, which is behind the investment plan.
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Until then, the Lido remains "ghostly and sad, frozen in time", said Renata Codello, the Italian government's architecture and environment officer for Venice and the Lagoon.
Apart from the hotels, Codello has catalogued 150 fine specimens of art nouveau and art deco villas on the Lido, giving it Italy's largest concentration of architecture from the era.
Mossetto said he was not fooling himself that Europe's aristocrats would reappear like magic when the hotels reopen.
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Critical Survey: Big Lots (BIG) & Family Dollar Stores (FDO)
Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) and Family Dollar Stores (NYSE:FDO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitabiliy, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Big Lots pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Family Dollar Stores does not pay a dividend. Big Lots pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Big Lots has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Big Lots and Family Dollar Stores' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
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|Earnings Per Share
|Price/Earnings Ratio
|Big Lots
|$5.18 billion
|$368.08 million
|Family Dollar Stores
Big Lots has higher revenue and earnings than Family Dollar Stores.
This table compares Big Lots and Family Dollar Stores' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
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|Return on Equity
|Return on Assets
|Big Lots
|Family Dollar Stores
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|Hold Ratings
|Buy Ratings
|Strong Buy Ratings
|Rating Score
|Big Lots
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Big Lots currently has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.32%. Given Big Lots' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Family Dollar Stores.
Big Lots beats Family Dollar Stores on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Big Lots, Inc. is a non-traditional, discount retailer operating in the United States. As of January 28, 2017, the Company operated a total of 1,432 stores. The Company operates through the discount retailing segment. As of January 28, 2017, the Company's stores are located at various states of the United States, such as Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington. The Company's merchandise categories include Furniture, Seasonal, Soft Home, Food, Consumables, Hard Home, and Electronics, Toys, & Accessories.
About Family Dollar Stores
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. operates a chain of retail stores. The Company offers a range of merchandise for the whole family, ranging from household cleaners to name brand foods, from health and beauty aids to toys, and from apparel for every age to home fashions. The Company has approximately 10 distribution centers for its supply chain management. The Company has over 8,000 stores within its approximately 50 state operating area. The Company's subsidiary, Family Dollar Trucking, Inc., services Family Dollar Stores located in southeastern states with localized operations at the corporate fleet offices. The Company offers various categories of products, such as food and beverages, household products, family apparel, personal beauty and care, pet supplies, home decor, electronics, baby care, automotive, hardware, health and wellness, mobile phones, candy, toys and outdoor. The Company's other product categories include Halloween, Game Day, Holiday, Valentine's Day and Easter.
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SPORTS >>Jackrabbits get big sweep of Mt. View
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Lonoke got two very important wins Friday at Mountain View. The Yellowjacket boys and girls teams are contenders in the 4A-2 Conference, and play in one of the toughest places to play in the league. For the Jackrabbits to come out of there with a 53-49 win, and the Lady Rabbits a 42-36 victory, was a big deal for both teams.
The Mountain View boys are exceeding preseason expectations, but by the time Lonoke coach Wes Swift took his team north to face the 8-1 Yellowjackets, he knew his squad was in for a tough night.
They were sitting there 8-1 and undefeated in conference; there wasnt any surprise left to it, Swift said. I knew they were good and I knew we needed to be ready to play.
Lonoke led throughout the first three quarters, but never by much. Its lead was two after one quarter and three at halftime. The two teams turned up the defensive intensity in the third quarter, and Lonoke struggled shooting the ball at the same time. The result was a six-point quarter for Lonoke and a 37-37 game going into the fourth.
Lonoke pushed back out to a six-point lead midway through the fourth, and had a chance to put the game away, but free throws wouldnt fall. The Jackrabbits hit two of six free-throw attempts during a Mountain View surge that pulled the game back to within a two-point margin.
The Rabbits two them when they needed them most. With seconds to go and still trailing by two, Mountain View still needed to foul, and Lonoke got two big free throws from Clarence Harris to put the game out of reach.
Lonoke assistant coach Dean Campbell thought the free throws at the end were indicative of his squad.
We didnt shoot well at all, but we got a couple of clutch ones when we had to have it, Campbell said. This was our first real road test and we knew it was going to be tough at their place, especially after the up-and-down game we played against Marianna. Mountain View is much more deliberate and controls the ball. It was a big adjustment in styles, but we have a good veteran group that understands how to do both and knows how to make plays.
Senior Bradley Spencer led Lonoke with 14 points while Harris finished with 13. Mountain Views Ferris led all scorers with 25 points.
Lonoke improved to 4-0 in conference while Mountain View dropped to 8-2 and 4-1.
Lonoke hit just seven of 15 free-throw attempts, including four of 10 in the second half.
The Lady Jackrabbits also had to battle to the end. Like in the boys game, there was a moment early in the fourth in which Lonoke appeared to be taking control, but the Lady Yellowjackets battled back as well.
After leading by as much as eight points in the fourth, Mountain View came back to tie it at 30 apiece, led by senior Kelsey Burns. Lonoke sophomore Asiah Scribner answered the challenge, scoring 10 of her game-high 21 points in the fourth period.
Asiah stepped up for us, Lonoke coach Nathan Morris said. She got three field goals for us in the fourth quarter, and she and Ashleigh Himstedt were able to get to the basket and get to the foul line. We were able to hold them off; that was a tough bunch.
Mountain View opened the first quarter with the games first salvo. The hosting Lady Yellowjackets opened up an 11-2 lead, but Lonoke closed with the final four points of the quarter. That was just the beginning of a defensive stand that lasted the rest of the half.
The Lady Rabbits turned an 11-2 deficit late in the first quarter into a 16-13 lead at intermission.
We didnt come out and match their intensity, Morris said. We couldnt get anything going from the outside, but we were finally able to start feeding it inside because they werent packing the middle on us. We did an outstanding job defensively in the second quarter, especially with Scribner on the bench with foul trouble. That defensive stand in the second was the difference.
Himstedt and Haley OCain each added seven for Lonoke, while Mountain View was led by Burns 17.
That was a very, very good win for us up there, theres no doubt about it, Morris said. Thats a tough place to play. Theyre very tough kids, very well coached and just hard-nosed basketball players. Even with all the success we had last year, we werent able to win up there, so this was a big one.
The Lady Rabbits improved to 9-3 overall and 4-0 in league play while Mountain View dropped to 3-2 in conference.
On Saturday the boys traveled just down the road to England for a makeup game. The Jackrabbits cruised to a 69-35 win after jumping out to a 22-5 lead in the first quarter. Michael Howard led all scorers with 17, while reserve guard Trenton Spencer added 12.
We have been trying to get Trenton to adjust and get comfortable offensively, to find what is a good shot for him, Campbell said. Hes a defender anyway. He plays hard and aggressive for us on the defensive end. We were glad to see him have a game like that because we need a couple of those bench guys to come along and give us some production.
The win lifted Lonoke to 9-3 overall.
On Friday the Jackrabbit boys and girls will travel to Stuttgart to close out conference play for this semester. They will be in the Badger Holiday Classic in Beebe over the Christmas break. That tournament begins on Dec. 27.


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Thanks man, completely missed the sticky post. MY apologies for creating a new thread.
It sucks though cause I take it all the stats on the item and comments etc is gone? Would of been way better if the item was just "disabled" from public view.
EDIT : Silly me its just soft disabled puts foot in mouth awesome I'll upgrade it
Just noticed that my Theme has dissapeared from my portfolio, any idea why that would happen?
Just wondering what happens to inactive accounts, there is a blank account registered since 2008 which has no activity on it at all… Myself and another content creator created a joint company and want to set up a Theme forest account. We have a couple of joint projects we would like to submit to TF.
But that account already exists, the ck docs and everything is already registered so its sorta inconvenient especially with an inactive account.
Is there anyway that the inactive account can be deleted, since it has not contributed anything to the network?
Thanks Mark this is a great!
I use su.pr to track all my links, the stats I get on that vs the stats on my account are very very different. So also wondering how accurate tracking is?
Regardless, I want to post about more detailed referral tracking.
Things I'd like too see :
- Username : the user signed up with.
- Registration Date : they signed up.
- Deposit Amount : since that is the amount our commission is calculated from.
- Earnings : The amount that was earned from the deposit.
Would work well if done in the same table structure as everything else in earnings.
Lastly it would be cool if we can see which page they entered the site on.
Anybody else looking for this?
I was wondering where I could get some info on creating some email templates that are compatible with gmail yahoo outlook etc.
Any ideas?
Will be happy to help you with a custom design, that I wont sell on TF obviously. Email me via my page if your interested.
Actually that is not true, you do have to register first to use 'buy now' – otherwise authors can't track who has purchased and who has not… think of it as just another payment option.
I didn't take support into consideration there, though I still stick to my suggestion by simply checking if the user has bought items before or doesn't have a 0 balance.
Alternativly spin it into a more positive light by saying buy any two files and get a 2$ discount or in that case a $4 discount since there's two files involved each priced 2 dollars higher. (of course only if the above case was not true cause it will display the higher prices to those users)
I love the fact this features been added, I expected it to be a no mess no fuss kind of thing. And with that I mean you buy the file you don't have to register first.
Meaning that normal members (that have already bought files) will not even of seen the 2$ increase (since the deposit thing was all about loyalty right?)
I'd suggest making the system check if you already purchased a file / or deposited money (eg: your balance does not == 0, or user bought a file before) , if you did you get the normal price.


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Wow. Regardless of whether it works or has worked before. Don't just embed scripts like that. Read all these in their entirety. Don't scan / skim. Read all of it.
jQuery is already part of WP core and by default is setup for no conflict mode. Adding jquery and other scripts incorrectly to a WP site will likely cause plugin / theme conflicts immediately or later for you or someone else. Just don't do it.
The menu will never work reliably until jQuery, the menu JS and the menu CSS are all at least enqueued properly. Then the document must be in a "ready" state.
You'll need to integrate with the WP Menu system. I've not built a menu walker myself but I know what they are / for. Do not just hardcode HTML into php because it's easier. This is just how menus work in WP.
Lastly, none of this code really belongs in a theme or child theme (read – don't put it in the functions.php). Instead, you should endeavor to put it into a plugin for maximum modularity / maintainability.
Here's a popular way to begin a new plugin without having to start from scratch as much has already been done for you and it's free too – http://wppb.io
So, there you have it – adapting a JS menu into WP is easy to do WRONG. Learn to do it right. Figuring out how to extend the WP walker class and the Appearance
> Menus screen is one of those things on my to do list but I keep having to put it off. Eventually I'll get there. Never stop learning. :)
I'm interested in people's reactions to this news. Are you in favor or against it? Do you think it will affect the future of competing eCommerce solutions for WordPress at all?
Why or why not?http://www.woothemes.com/2015/05/woothemes-joins-automattic/
WordPress Theme Developer Handbook Updated with Comprehensive Guide to the Customizer API
In response to more than 150 comments debating on the topic, Nick Halsey, who has worked extensively on the feature in WordPress core, stopped by the WP Tavern to offer a few words in support of the Theme Review Team's decision:
Many of the comments here are misinformed or unaware of both the full power of and the future importance of the Customizer. I've given an overview of my perspective on my blog, and while those views don't directly represent the views of the WordPress project, I can say that most people working on the Customizer in core would agree with my points. Like it or not, the Customizer is here to stay, and ignoring that fact will eventually cause users to turn against you. – Nick Halseyhttp://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-developer-handbook-updated-with-comprehensive-guide-to-the-customizer-api
@Theme-Paradise – The current interface is basic but very programmable. You can either make custom controls or use custom controls made by others. There are several already linked in this thread. I'm also pretty eager to see what the recent Redux / Kirki team-up will produce. Even though Kirki already provides a better customizer experience as is, the support of the Redux team should make things very interesting!
If you have concerns that can't be address by the current state of the Customizer API (adding custom controls, etc), another way to improve it is to submit a ticket in the WP Core Trac. WP v4.3 will be out in a few short months it could include changes from anyone especially this early.
@HighGrade – Thanks for taking the time to post! You may not have read through this entire thread (or articles linked within – I don't expect that). It's clear to see that the market is already too saturated with 1000 option themes types though. Redux and Kirki Advanced Customizer are now joining forces. You'll soon be able to use your Redux Options config file with Kirki instead to make the switch that much easier.
There are many segments to any given market and ThemeForest is no different. The number of themes that use the customizer today are far fewer than that of other options frameworks but that should represent an opportunity rather than obstacle. It's all about perspective, I suppose.
Why choose to compete in the most crowded space if your product may not be well suited for it? If you think you have to because users won't buy anything else or it won't be profitable enough, I'd submit those may just be excuses. Regardless of the target market for a given theme, it's really up to the author to educate / convince the prospective buyer they're worth purchasing. That's the pretty much the challenge of any seller trying to market their wares though as well as choosing the right audience within that market. Even though TF's WP market only represents a portion of the WP community, this is still a necessity since it's one of the larger ones.
I like your McDonald's analogy. Those who go to eat at McDonald's often especially those take the extra food deals will likely become fat over time. This is not unlike what will happen to a website using certain themes especially those with unnecessary junk bundled in. McDonald's can offer all the good deals it wants but if it'll make one fat or it will just go to waste (like non-used features), whether it's a good deal or not may not be relevant. While Caveat Emptor still applies here, authors sometimes specifically prey on the ignorance of a certain buyers. It's not exclusive to Envato markets as Apple does it too. It can certainly be profitable so I understand why it is done even if I may not agree with the practice.
There will almost always be plenty of the less savvy users that will still go "Ooh, shiny!"over such deals due to being uniformed / lacking experience. These users perhaps should not be your target market if you're worried about the competition. They may even eventually outgrow their WP adolescence and no longer be in the market for such offerings. You may actually find it easier to sell to them then.
This has just been my experience. I'm always interested to hear stories from others whether they're contrary to this or not.
Some awesome news here, folks!
Redux and Kirki Frameworks Join Forces to Provide Better Support for the WordPress Customizerhttp://wptavern.com/redux-and-kirki-frameworks-join-forces-to-provide-better-support-for-the-wordpress-customizer
@BoldBocks – Wow. That's a great, helpful bunch of links! I happen to be a DRY lover myself and was already was aware of those you posted. There were still a couple, I hadn't seen before though.
@Splendous – I think you're referring to the "The Canvas" WP the here on TF? Yes, that theme really pushes customizer use to the next level and then some.
It shows the customizer can cope quite well with lots of options. It's fairly well organized but looked like overkill to me. The author apparently didn't feel limited at all. He probably had too much fun creating it and didn't want to stop. Lol.
Best reasons to use Unyson are that it's a plugin, allows modular extensions and isn't a theme (but can integrate into almost any theme). Good for making a theme since it is a framework. It also comes with a instructional theme to illustrate use of the framework. It has a builder extension which is optional and uses shortcodes AFAIK. Themes made with it will likely not be accepted to the WordPress theme repository (at least until it's brought up to date / Customizer compliant) because of how it currently does theme options.
Best reason to use LayersWP is because it leverages the WP customizer. It is not a framework though and shouldn't be used to build another theme. This a builder (not a framework) and also probably is not the best choice for a paid client site especially if you want future portability. If it's not a client site or you're not the type to think ahead / worry about the future, it could be a fine choice. This builder uses widgets instead of shortcodes though.
To be clear, Themes are NOT frameworks. Themes are themes. To call a theme a framework is disingenuous at best IMO. Genesis IS NOT a framework as much as they would like to call themselves that or convince people who don't know better of it. It is too old / popular to change that misnomer now though. I don't expect to change anyone's mind on this as there are more people misusing the terminology than not. I just prefer not to perpetuate the misinformation any further. Smarter people than me have already said as much and some even before I even knew what WP really was.http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/08/16/frameworks-parent-child-and-grandchild-themes
Another take – http://wpsmith.net/2014/wp/theme-framework-child-themes-grandchild-themes/
Found this thought it might be useful to those reading this thread – http://wptheming.com/2015/02/page-select-customizer/