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For additional information please email or write to:
The Anglo-Hellenic League
The Hellenic Centre
16-18 Paddington Street
London W1U 5AS
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Note: Although the Anglo-Hellenic League is a member society of the Hellenic Centre, and has a post-box at the Hellenic Centre, it is not affiliated with the Hellenic Community Trust or the Hellenic Centre in any other way. If you would like to contact the Hellenic Centre, you will find information here. We regret that we are unable to forward messages to the Hellenic Centre.
Dedicated to promoting Anglo-Greek understanding and friendship, through charitable and cultural work.
Outline Cultural Programme for 2020 into 2021
The League's cultural programme for 2020 has been substantially affected by the Coronavirus and accompanying lockdown. Restrictions on conferences and events are likely to affect all of our usual venues until the springtime of 2021. As of 6 October, our outline programme is as follows:
Tuesday 27 October 2020, 7pm: Zoom Webinar. Polly Samson, author of A Theatre for Dreamers (Bloomsbury 2020), in dialogue. (Rescheduled from Monday 12 October 2020. You must register on Zoom in advance: details are available here.)
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 7pm: Zoom Webinar. Illustrated talk by Michael Cullen, 'Across the Peloponnese: a short walk through thyme'. (You must register on Zoom in advance: details are available here.)
Tuesday 16 March 2021, 7pm: Hellenic Centre. Illustrated lecture by Marios Psaras on 'The Weird Wave of Greek Cinema: a Movement or a Moment?' (Rescheduled from Monday 28 September 2020)
Tuesday 20 April 2021, 7.30pm: Hellenic Centre. Tasting of Greek Wines. Led by Lance Foyster MW. (Rescheduled from Monday 19 October 2020. We are contacting existing ticket-holders. Tickets are for sale.)
Further announcements about our cultural programme for 2021 will follow.
Tuesday 20 April 2021, 7.30pm
A Taste of Greek Wines
Hellenic Centre (Friends & Members Room), 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The tasting will be led by Lance Foyster MW. Lance is an experienced wine importer and a lifelong lover of Greece. He gained a degree in Classics at Oxford University before qualifying as a Master of Wine. Alongside his wife Isabelle Clark, Lance is co-founder and co-owner of Clark Foyster Wines Ltd., a specialist importer based in West London. Clark Foyster Wines began in 2003 and made its first imports of Greek wines in 2013. Both Lance and Isabelle have spent much time in Greece exploring the country and its vineyards. The company works primarily with small family-run estates in Greece, Austria, France, Portugal, Georgia, Australia and New Zealand. The wines imported by the company are handcrafted, many on a small scale. The company's clients include London's famous restaurants and wine retailers.
Greek wine is in a fascinating state of rejuvenation. For several decades, many Greek producers created "me-too" wines, using international grape varieties to copy the classics of France and Italy, mostly for the domestic market. But in recent years, Greek wine-makers have rediscovered many of the traditional grape varieties which better reflect the country's heritage: Agiorghitiko from the Peloponnese, Xinomavro from the north, and Assyrtiko from Santorini, to name but three.
We'll look at eight wines, all from indigenous varietals, covering red, dry white and sweet styles, and discuss the 'work in progress' that is making Greece such a dynamic and increasingly fashionable wine producing country.
This event has been rescheduled from 19 October 2020 and 23 March 2020.
This event is now sold out (at 12 October).
Saturday 22 February 2020, 9am
Troy – Myth and Reality: Private Exhibition Viewing
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
By kind agreement of the British Museum, a group of twenty members and supporters of the League had a private viewing of the widely acclaimed exhibition, 'Troy: myth and reality'. The tour was organised by curator Lesley Fitton and led by Alexandra Villing, lead curator of the exhibition. This event raised £690 for the League's charitable purposes. We are grateful to all who kindly donated.
Friday, 7 February 2020, 7pm
Second Annual Lecture in memory of Niki Marangou, by John Kittmer: 'Anglo-Hellenism: adventures in cultural exchange'
Cotsen Hall, Anapiron Polemou, Athens 10676
Tuesday 3 December 2019, 7 pm
Victoria Hislop
'Victoria Hislop in Conversation'
Wolfson Auditorium, The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Best-selling author Victoria Hislop was in conversation with John Kittmer (Chair of the League) about her passion for Greece and the role that Greece plays in her writing, including her latest book Those Who Are Loved.
Monday 17 June 2019, 6pm
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2019
King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Dr Anastasia Bakogianni: 'Fidelity vs. Creativity: The Screen Reception of Ancient Tragedy in Modern Greece'
The League announced the winner and short-listed students for the Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2019.
The winner of the £500 award was Gina Prat Lilly for an essay entitled: 'Between dictatorship and exile: Two Antigones of postwar Spain. Salvador Espriu's Antígona and María Zambrano's La tumba de Antígona.'
The two highly commended entries were Medea Manaz for an essay entitled: 'Is Acting Madness? A Metatheatrical Reading of Euripides' Bacchae' and Mark Coomber for 'The Importance of Christianity to the Imperial Ideology of the Empire of Trebizond 1204-1448'.
The award ceremony was followed by an illustrated lecture given by Dr Anastasia Bakogianni, Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University, New Zealand.
Thursday 13 June 2019, 7pm
Runciman Award Ceremony 2019
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The Runciman Award Ceremony 2019 took place in the Great Hall of the Hellenic Centre at 7pm on Thursday 13 June.
The £9,000 award, sponsored by Elias Paraskevas Attorneys1933, was shared between:
Time and its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire
Paul J Kosmin
Belknap Press of Harvard
The Transformation of Athens
Robin Osborne
Princeton University Press
Also on the short list were the following four books which the judges commended highly:
The Gardens of Corfu
Rachel Weaving with Marianne Majerus
The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past
Andras Németh
The Best of the Grammarians
Francesca Schironi
University of Michigan Press
Hesiod, Works and Days
A E Stallings (trans.)
Penguin Classics
For further information visit our website: runcimanaward.org.
Thursday 13 June 2019, 5pm
Annual General Meeting of the League
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The Annual General Meeting for the year ending 31 December 2018 took place at the Hellenic Centre at the above date and time. The AGM approved the minutes of its meeting in 2018; noted the Chair's report; noted the Trustees' Report and Financial Statements for 2018; and elected members of the Council for 2019-2020.
Tuesday 2 April 2019, 7 pm
Sofka Zinovieff
'Three Anglo-Greek families: three books'
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
Sofka Zinovieff spoke to the League about the Anglo-Greek lives of the families described in three of her books: two fictional, Putney (2018) and The House on Paradise Street (2012), and one autobiographical, Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens (2004).
The event raised £525 for the Greek disability charity, ELEPAP.
Tuesday 12 February 2019, 7pm
Prof. Michael Scott (University of Warwick)
'We are going where?' TV and Classics, now and in the future
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
Prof Michael Scott gave an illustrated talk, to the League and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, about the making of his latest BBC2 TV series, Ancient Invisible Cities, in which real-life exploration of hard-to-reach ancient locations combine with high resolution laser-scanning and virtual reality to open up spaces and landscapes never before seen on TV.
Tuesday 27 November 2018, 7pm
Prof. Gonda Van Steen
Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo?
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
Prof. Van Steen gave a presentation that delved into the postwar adoption movement of Greek children dispatched to the United States (1950s-1960s). Her illustrated talk situated this understudied phenomenon against the backdrop of Cold War politics and society.
Thursday 15 November 2018, 7pm
Anastasios P. Leventis, CBE
Climate change, biodiversity and the need for action in today's Hellenic world
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
Tassos Leventis gave a presentation on climate change, its effects on the natural world and on human society. The Mediterranean basin and Middle East are among the areas most at risk and the presentation assessed how Greece and Cyprus are responding to the challenge. The event raised €600 for Elliniki Etairia: Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage.
Thursday 25 October 2018, 7pm
John Kittmer
My Thessaloniki - A personal tour of the city and its culture
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
John Kittmer gave a personal tour of the city of Thessaloniki, its immediate environs and culture, highlighting places, history and the people of the city.
Monday 18 June 2018, 6pm
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2018: A celebration of 100 years from the founding of the Koraes Chair
King's College London: Great Hall King's Building Strand Campus
The League was represented at the event to celebrate the centenary of the Koraes Chair. Three members of the League's Council gave addresses: Prof. Roderick Beaton (outgoing holder of the Koraes Chair), Prof. Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and John Kittmer. The keynote speaker at the event was Ms Lydia Koniordou, Greek Minister of Culture. The Koraes Professor-designate, Gonda Van Steen, gave the vote of thanks.
As part of the centenary event, the Chair of the League announced the winner of this year's Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award. This prize is awarded annually in honour of Katie Lentakis, a former Vice-Chair of the Council, to a final-year undergraduate in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King's College London, for an essay on a topic related to any field of Hellenic Studies.
This year, three students were short-listed for the award:
The winner for 2018 is Harry Tanner. The League congratulates him for his excellent essay. A copy of the introductory remarks contributed by the Chair of the League is attached.
For an account (in Greek) of the event in the newspaper Καθημερινή, click here. To see the full video of the centenary event, click here.
Thursday 14 June 2018, 6pm
Runciman Award 2018
The Hellenic Centre, 16–18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The winners of the Runciman Award 2018 were announced at a ceremony, in the presence of our President and Chief Patron HRH Prince Michael of Kent, on Thursday 14 June 2018.
Congratulations to Matthew Simonton, author of Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History, and Colm Toibin, author of House of Names.
Guest speaker: Neil MacGregor, OM
Sponsored by Elias Paraskevas Attorneys
Information about the award (including list of books submitted, short-list and interviews with short-llisted authors) can be found at www.runcimanaward.org.
Awarding the winners (from L - R): HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Chief Patron and President of the League; Dimitris Paraskevas, Sponsor of the Runciman Award; Mary Mount, publisher of Colm Toibin (joint winner); Prof. Matthew Simonton (joint winner)
The winning books
Thursday 14 June 2018, 4.30pm
Annual General Meeting
The Hellenic Centre, 16–18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The Annual General Meeting for the year ending 31 December 2017 was held on Thursday 14 June 2018 at 4.30 pm, with John Kittmer in the chair.
Thursday 31 May 2018, 5.45 pm
Private visit to "Rodin and the art of ancient Greece"
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Under the guidance of distinguished art historian and archaeologist Ian Jenkins, a private visit by members of the League took place of "Rodin and the art of ancient Greece".
Tuesday 17 April 2018, 7pm.
'The Macedonian Front 1915-1918: Soldiers, Nurses and Politicians at the forgotten front'
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
The League, together with the Macedonian Society of Great Britain, presented a round table with illustrations on Macedonia in the First World War.
Speakers were:
Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Visiting Professor, King's College London
Professor Vasilis Gounaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Alan Wakefield, Imperial War Museum
Professor Christine Hallett, The University of Manchester
Dr Anthony Hirst
Wednesday 21 March 2018, 8.45 a.m.
Private visit to "Charmed lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor"
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
The private visit to the exhibition was guided by two of its Curators, Evita Arapoglou and Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith.
Monday 27 November 2017, 7pm
Post-crisis Greek Foreign Policy: Challenges and Prospects
Round-table discussion
Monday 9 October 2017, 7pm
Prof. Roderick Beaton
"Nikos Kazantzakis: a retrospect, 60 years from his death"
The Hellenic Centre, 16–18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS
Thu 15 June 2017, 7.00pm
Runciman Award 2017
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington St., Marylebone, London W1
Directly following the League's Annual General Meeting, the ceremony for the Runciman Award 2017 took place. The Prize is sponsored by Elias Paraskevas Attorneys.
The Prize was awarded jointly to Professor Ivan Drpić and Professor Marc Domingo Gygax.
Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium by Professor Ivan Drpić (CUP)
This is a gripping book with wonderful illustrations that evoke the richness and complexity of the texts and objects explored in it.
Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos, Chairman of the Judges
Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism by Professor Marc Domingo Gygax (CUP )
This is an entirely new way of looking at the system of the gift in ancient Greece. Focusing on benefaction of various kinds and the reciprocity it sparked the author explores the origins of the system in archaic Greece and illuminates the tensions with which it was fraught.
Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos, Chairman of the Judges
Fri 31 March 2017, 7pm
John Kittmer
Former British Ambassador to Greece (2013-2016)
Reflection on four years in Greece: Optimism amid crisis?
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington St., Marylebone, London W1
Tue 11 October 2016
All that glitters is gold: The Grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington St., Marylebone, London W1
This fund-raising lecture by the husband-and-wife team of Jack Davis and Sharon
Stocker presented for the first time in London an account of the major archaeological discovery in Greece last year, next to the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos in the Peloponnese: the unrobbed, and unexpected, grave of a 15th century BC Mycenaean warrior-prince, buried with his weapons and in his finery with a wealth of sealstones and jewellery. The Grave of the Griffin Warrior is a spectacular find that matches contemporary graves such as those Heinrich Schliemann dug at Mycenae, while helping to explain the Cretan connections with the southwest Peloponnese and the rise of the site that later hosted the Mycenaean palace.
Sharon Stocker and Jack Davis have worked principally on Kea, in the Argolid and
Albania, and at Pylos, where the University of Cincinnati has excavated since 1939.
Dr Stocker is a Senior Research Associate at Cincinnati, and Professor Davis the Carl
W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology and Head of the Classics Department at Cincinnati; he has also been Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
The Anglo-Hellenic League was honoured to present this lecture, sponsored by the A. G. Leventis Foundation.
More information on the topic at www.griffinwarrior.org
Sat 10 September 2016
The 2016 Albania – Corfu Swim
The Anglo-Hellenic League Council, in its effort to contribute to other good causes, agreed to support the organisers of the 2016 Swim from Albania to Agios Stephanos, Corfu. All funds raised were given to The Smile of the Child Home, which is situated in the north of Corfu where 22 children are currently housed and educated. The Smile of the Child also distributes clothes, food and medicines to needy families throughout the island as well as continuing to support the children when they go on to further education.
Wed 15 June 2016
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2016
Council Room, King's College London, Strand WC2
The Centre for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that the winner of this year's award is:
Vanessa Szymanska (Classics), for a dissertaton entitled
What significance did the cult of Artemis at Brauron bear upon the lives of young girls and their families in Classical Attica? An exploration of key scholarly debates and a reconcilation of literary and material sources',
supervised by Professor Hugh Bowden.
Tue 14 June 2016
Runciman Award 2016
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1
This year's winner of the Runciman Award for books published in 2015 was Sharon E J Gerstel's, Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium (CUP).
The Award was announced at a ceremony by the Chairman of the panel of judges Prof. Tom Harrison. See www.runcimanaward.org for further details.
Wed 9 March 2016
Visit to the Travellers Club, London SW1
A joint event of th Anglo-Hellenic League and the Friends of British School at Athens
On 9 March 2016 members of the Anglo-Hellenic League held a joint gathering with the Friends of the British School at Athens in the Library of the Travellers Club. The purpose of the occasion was to view some of this Library's rare and fascinating books relating to the earliest expeditions made by British travellers to the historic sites of ancient Greece, and to see the replica of the frieze from the temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae. The temple was 'discovered' by a group of travellers including Charles Cockerell, one of the founding members of the Travellers Club. Its original frieze, brought back by this group, is now in the British Museum, and the replica in the Travellers Club Library is one of only two ever made. Nearly 40 members of the two organizations attended. The Librarian of the Travellers Club, Sheila Markham, and Ian Jenkins of the British Museum greatly added to the interest of the occasion with deeply learned and fascinating talks about what we were seeing. From comments received after the event it appears that all present found it a richly rewarding experience.
Wed 24 February 2016
'For the Greece We Love'
A special event to support Elliniki Etairia
(Greek Society for the Environment & Cultural Heritage www.ellet.gr)
On 24 February 2016 the Anglo-Hellenic League hosted a special event to support Elliniki Etairia, the Greek Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage, at the Hellenic Centre in London. An audience of 140 attended the evening, which was generously sponsored by the A. G. Leventis Foundation, and supported by the Centre. Costa and Lydia Carras, the founders of Elliniki Etairia, spoke powerfully about the struggles and achievements of the Society over the last 40 years throughout Greece, with a stirring account of the campaigns it has fought against governments and developers, with many notable successes.
They showed the broad range of work Elliniki Etairia undertakes, to protect the built environment — buildings of national or local significance, or whole areas of a city like the Plaka in Athens — and areas of the natural environment, whether significant for their natural history or (as with protection of the coast and restoration of long-distance footpaths) for people and recreation. We heard how the Society wins supporters inside Greece and beyond, working with the Europe-wide organisation Europa Nostra.
An estimated total, including Gift Aid, of £7300 was raised to support the work of Elliniki Etairia.
Thu 18 June 2015
Runciman Award 2015
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1
This year's winner of the Runciman Award for books published in 2014 was Armand M. Leroi's The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (Bloomsbury Publishing)
The Award was announced at a ceremony by the Chairman of the panel of judges
Dr Chris Burnand.
Tue 16 June 2015
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2015
Council Room, King's College London, Strand WC2
Winner of the prize:
Miss Rebecca McNamara (Department of Classics), for her dissertation entitled
'The Ambiguous Home of Life and Death: the symbolic uses of the skene and the female in Aeschylus' Agamemnon',
supervised by Dr Emmanuela Bakola.
Tue 25 November 2014
The 'Anglo-Hellenic Review' 50th Issue Celebration/Farewell Dinner
Vasis Taverna, 56 Maple Street, London W1
A celebratory supper to celebrate the final issue, and to express the League's appreciation of the generous contribution of the Review's editorial staff, writers and sponsors.
Thu 19 June 2014
Runciman Award 2014
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1
This year's winner of the Runciman Award for books published in 2013 was Roderick Beaton's Byron's War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (Cambridge University Press)
The Award was announced at a ceremony by the Chairman of the panel of judges Dr Angeliki Lymberopoulou.
Tue 10 June 2014
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award 2014
Council Room, King's College London, Strand WC2
Winner of the prize:
Miss Melissa J Gardner (Department of Classics) for her dissertation entitled
'A Comparison of the Representation of Divinity in the Homeric Epics and the Epic of Gilgamesh', supervised by Professor Giambattista d'Alessio.
Tue 27 May 2014
'Crete on the Eve of Enosis', Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith KCVO
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
A joint Anglo-Hellenic League and Friends of the British School at Athens lecture
chaired by Mr Gerald Cadogan.


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Leicestershire 152 for 4 (Akaml 76*, Ball 3-42) beat Nottinghamshire 148 for 7 (Hales 54, McKay 4-24) by six wickets
Umar Akmal showed his experience to guide Leicestershire to a six-wicket victory at Trent Bridge. The Pakistan international, on his Foxes' debut, made an unbeaten 76 as the match ended in slightly controversial circumstances.
After Akmal plundered his third six of a Luke Fletcher over, the 19th of the innings, the umpires intervened and announced that they had imposed a further six penalty runs against the home side, as they would be unable to start their final over in time.
Akmal scored his runs from 49 balls, hitting four fours and five sixes as the Foxes ended a bleak series of results in Nottingham, that has seen them lose on six of their previous seven visits.
The home side, including England's Stuart Broad in their T20 side for the first time since Finals Day in 2010, had made 148 for seven for after being inserted, with Alex Hales top scoring with 54. Clint McKay shone with the ball for the Foxes, finishing with figures of four for 24 in front of a crowd of 11,057.
Leicestershire's reply appeared to hit the buffers from an early stage, with Jake Ball removing three batsmen with his first 14 deliveries. Ball, who claimed career-best first-class figures of six for 49 earlier in the week, had Ned Eckersley taken at point in the first over of the chase, before clean bowling Ben Raine and Mark Cosgrove on his way to finishing with figures of 3 for 42.
Andrea Agathangelou hit Broad straight to Samit Patel at midwicket but the expected romp to an easy victory was put on the back boiler as the Foxes fought back through Akmal and Matthew Boyce, who put on an unbroken 99 together for the fifth wicket.
Earlier, Hales and Brendan Taylor had laid a foundation for Notts' eventual total with a third-wicket partnership of 71, after Riki Wessels had fallen for 18 and Steven Mullaney for just 4.
Hales' second half century in just three innings in this season's Blast competition was reached with a huge six over midwicket, off Robert Taylor, his third maximum of the evening. Once the England one-day specialist had miscued Jigar Naik high to long-on, shortly afterwards, the innings fell away alarmingly.
Brendan Taylor, although making his highest score in this season's competition, was far from his fluent best in making 47 from 39 balls on his 100th T20 appearance. The former Zimbabwe captain had made an indifferent start to this season's Blast competition, failing to get beyond 12 in his three previous matches but he looked to be on course for a maiden fifty before being given out lbw to McKay.
Incredibly, that was the first of a three wickets in three balls spell to end the innings, with two former Leicestershire players both being dismissed without scoring. James Taylor, batting at No. 7, perished first ball as his attempted reverse slog ballooned high before falling into the gloves of wicketkeeper Ned Eckersley.
McKay was denied a hat-trick but the next delivery did produce a wicket, nevertheless, as Broad was run out without facing, trying to steal a bye to Eckersley.
"Umar was sensational," Andrew McDonald, Leicestershire head coach said. "Some of those sixes were so cleanly hit, we know he can do that because he's an international player but Boycey's role was equally important
"We pulled it back nicely. At one stage it looked as if Notts' score might have got a bit out of hand and they might have got up to 160 or 170. That would have been a difficult chase but we were able to keep them below 150, which was our plan.
"We read the wicket quite well and we didn't panic in the run chase. It could have easy to sit down and say we're four down early but we had some specific plans for the middle there and Boycey played a pivotal role in that."

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Affective robotics as device art
Stedman, Nicholas
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Affective robotics is an important current research topic in AI. A number of engineers are attempting to design robots that have the ability to respond to human emotions, and exhibit their own emotional states. In so doing, the engineers physically stylize the machines after humans or animals. They also imbue the machines with artificial emotions that are modeled after people. This mimetic approach is problematic and experiments are unconvincing. It is neither necessary nor desirable that the robots be modeled after people, and alternative engineering approaches exist which offer more promise. Furthermore, the arts offers a knowledge-base rich with research on two central features of affective robots: physical form, and emotions. Presently, because of science and technology's cultural presence, and because of the Internet, a group of device artists has emerged who are working in the field of affective robotics and are able to ply aesthetic considerations to the field. By examining a number of artworks it can be demonstrated that device artists produce unique and valuable affective robotics. Yet by examining one case in detail, "ADB (After Deep Blue)", it can be shown that though artworks do add value, they could be improved by the disciplined approach to affective robotics that is achieved through engineering. In conclusion, it would be useful for more collaborative work between artists and engineers to follow. With the consideration of both groups it may soon be possible to have reciprocal intimacy with machines.


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Took the (sadly now deceased) DJI Mavic 2 Pro, Dexter, out flying with my son Rory!
Flying with Rory
Took the (sadly now deceased) DJI Mavic 2 Pro, Dexter, out flying with my son Rory!
Everything under the sun…
Took the (sadly now deceased) DJI Mavic 2 Pro, Dexter, out flying with my son Rory!
Melissa and I took our new DJI Mavic 2 Pro out to Gospel Rock here in Gibsons on the beautiful Sunshine Coast to record a video for our family and yours!
Our son Damon wants to be all cool and aloof about Christmas but he is also like all of us – we *love* getting gifts.
So Melissa and I saw this at Costco and, because he's been bugging us to get one, we decided we would but make it seem like a Christmas gift to him.… Read the rest
I'm an experienced motorcycle rider but Melissa has never ridden one. So we went to Scotty's Scooters here in Gibsons and rented scooters. I looked like a bear on a unicycle but how cute is my wife on a scooter!?
Our 12-year-old Rory has "graduated" from elementary school (Grade 7 here in BC) and will be going on to High School next year. We are extraordinarily proud of him (Honour Roll Student four years in a row!) and wanted to do something special for his last day.… Read the rest
"Don't Listen to Us!" beta 1 for March 18th, 2018 – This is the first beta of a new podcast from Shawn and Melissa. It's the baby of Trash Talk.
Give it a listen and let us know what you think.… Read the rest
It starts off pretty good but you can quickly see how Sam is going to blow the landing. At least Zane got his feet in first. 🙂
Melissa and I were married back on December 2nd in Canada but we'll always think of the Australian ceremony we had in front of so many new (to me!) family and friends as our "real" wedding day!
Today, at 4:30pm PT in Gibsons, BC, Canada, this kind, sweet, gentle, loving, giving, smart, funny, beautiful, sexy, truly AMAZING woman will make me the happiest man in the world by joining me in marriage.
Those of you who know her know I couldn't have imagined a better woman, person, wife, lover, partner, and partner in crime.… Read the rest


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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Like many people, pets may also experience anxiety with the fireworks.
One local store said you can help them fight that anxiety with a proper concentration of CBD, a cannabis-derived ingredient.
Ambary Health Southwest sells a variety of products including CBD oil, pet treats and hemp honey which they say can be given to any animal.
"By working on our endocannabinoid system and by acting on these cb1 and cb2 receptors, we're able to bring all these great benefits including homeostasis, which is bringing our cats and dogs and loved ones to a place of calm and happiness," said Marlene Jessup, the owner of Ambary Health Southwest.
She encourages pet owners to ask questions, possibly running it by a veterinarian.


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Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat, has reportedly posted a statement online declaring Americans "the terrorists here" and calling her son "the best of the best." In a message sent to a family friend on Russian social media site VKontakte, Zubeidat Tsarnaev wrote, "I will never forget it. May god bless those who helped my son. The terrorists here are the Americans and it's known to everyone. My son is the best of the best." Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts against him and now faces the death penalty.
In 2013, Zubeidat insisted her sons were "innocent" and "set up by the FBI." She and her husband, Anzor, fled their home in Dagestan to seek safety and support in Chechnya. In an interview in 2013, she told the The Daily Beast's Anna Nemtsova that she would never return to America.
"I have decided I will never live in America, as America caused me a lot of pain," she said. "I feel comfortable in my home, Dagestan, Russia."
The CIA believes that Zubeidat and her son Tamerlan, who planned and carried out the Boston Marathon attack, were "adherents of radical Islam and that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was preparing to travel to Russia to join unspecified 'bandit underground groups' in Dagestan and Chechnya," according to a report before the bombings by the CIA, who had alerted the FBI.
Tamerlan then flew to Dagestan-where Zubeidat then lived-before the attack. An alert was sent to the Joint Terrorism Task Force at both the start and end of his trip, and that a trip to the country was the "next phase in his radicalization," but he was not questioned upon his departure or arrival. Read more at Vocativ.


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Americans should not be allowed to vote in American elections. Europeans should vote for the American government in their stead, until such time as the US media has become sufficiently freed from government controls and their schools wrested from the propaganda mill that the American public can even know enough about the world they live in to have a meaningful opinion about anything. This will also require that the Americans introduce a new system of government known as democracy in place of their bizarre two-party oligarchy.It now appears that Mikie is not the only person to come up with an idea along these lines. In fact, Loz recently pointed out that there is in fact a website now conducting The U.S. Election for the Rest of the World: an election in which only people who reside anywhere other than the United States are allowed to vote on who should become the next U.S. President. Currently, Ralph Nader holds a small lead over John Kerry, and Bush is barely even in the running at all. Unfortunately my own preferred candidate, Dennis Kucinich, is handicapped by the fact that the website owner cruelly neglected to include him on the ballot until hundreds of frustrated voters conducted a write-in campaign to get him added, but now he's on the ballot. I'd like to help give him some more votes, but of course as an American living in America I'm not allowed voting rights in this election.
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REGULAR MEETING January 9, 2020
· Approve agenda for meeting
· Approve minutes from December 12 meeting
· Spend up to $3,000 to repair HVAC system in RH Village restrooms
· Jacobs recognized excellent work by Chief Dempsey and RHPD
· Annual RHPD report presented and is available at Municipal Building
· Several Recreation & Parks board members sworn in
· From Andrews, Planning & Zoning administrator Chris Jakubiak advises: (a) revisions in Town zoning code overdue; (b) Critical Area map needs revisions; (c) Comp Plan will need updating next year; and (d) Town needs to become knowledgeable about effects of sea-level rise
· Reports and discussions included snow fence, snow plow, road salter, Blue Heron Park repairs, potholes, alleged speeders on S. Hawthorne, activities for reconstituted Museum Board, RFP for County IT services in the works, upcoming CDBG income survey project, proposed trash collection contract, safety signage when repairing Town roads, stop signs at Lawton / Beach / Rte. 20 intersection, barrier at end of Rte. 20
· Annual financial audit report likely ready in February
· Town Manager's 2020 goals: Town-wide safety inspections and follow-ups; make Municipal Building secure; employees' skill training and cross-training; setting goals for each employee and performance evaluations; 5% budget reduction; and his office's support for all Town projects
· Possible tax differential or tax rebate from County based on duplication of police and planning and zoning services (i.e., double taxation) discussed; Jacobs to follow-up
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- Published: 01.11.2018.
Croatia, China: Trade deficit, tourism surplus
Croatia has a huge trade deficit with China which it tries to cushion, at least in part, with the rising number of Chinese tourists, so trade and tourism will dominate the talks Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will hold during his working visit to the world's most populous country on November 2-6. Plenkovic will meet with China's top officials and leading business people. As part of the visit, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce will organise a Croatian-Chinese economic forum in Shanghai, where Croatia's National Tourist Board (HTZ) will open its first office in China.China has a population of 1.4 billion and is the world's second biggest economy, its biggest exporter and it has the largest foreign-exchange reserves.
In 2017, Croatia's trade deficit with China amounted to US$ 652 million, $90 million more than in 2016. The trends, however, are not that bad as Croatia's exports have been rising, by 50% to $125 million in 2017 and by 44% this year.
The number of Chinese tourists visiting Croatia is also rising. In 2016, they accounted for 216,000 arrivals and 315,000 nights, up 43% and 42% on the year respectively.
The HTZ has organised a joint campaign with Slovenia's National Tourist Board called "Experience Croatia, Feel Slovenia" aimed at raising the visibility and reputation of the two countries in China as attractive and authentic European destinations.
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Slow walkers are the bane of my life and the last thing I, and any other sane on-foot commuter, need on the early-morning route to work.
Having contended with a busy tram I then have to experience the frustration of a dilly-dallying few who form their own human barrier and won't allow anyone to get by.
I fail to understand the reason for the dawdler's snail-like pace other than a fascination with their commercial surroundings.
If the lobby of the station played the scene of an American Football pitch, I'd back myself to reach the end zone… the exit.
But there are further time-wasting obstacles to deal with, as the station occupies more than just the dawdlers.
The dreaded space invader thoroughly takes the biscuit.
Completely disregarding the personal space of others, the space invader will abruptly spring to the front or side of you.
This generally leads to either me having to stop stock still, and cause a commuter pile-up, or take a pedestrian head-on collision.
Unfortunately taking the problem into my own hands – in the most literal sense – and pushing them over isn't deemed acceptable (more's the pity).
However to some it could be viewed as just desserts for their blatant rudeness.
Finally there are the shufflers – people who attempt to dodge your advance but inadvertently block your path leading to the aforementioned scenario.
The shufflers are not strictly at fault, they are merely agents of bad luck who are attempting to do the right thing but end up entangled in one of life's most awkward dances.
On most occasions I'm too polite (or tired) to bother asking or demanding people to get out of the way.
However I'm feeling quite brave now, so to all those dawdlers out there GET A MOVE ON!
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Feds Warn Another 103 SoCal Pot Outlets
LOS ANGELES (CN) – Federal agents on Tuesday warned 103 marijuana stores in Los Angeles County.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: In the original version of this story, Courthouse News reported that federal agents "raided" 103 marijuana stores. A drug task force spokesman said Thursday that no stores were raided; they were just warned. The original statement from the U.S. Attorney Office's began: "The latest federal enforcement actions against the commercial marijuana industry in California came today as federal authorities moved against 103 illegal marijuana stores across Los Angeles County. Out of the 103 storefronts targeted today, federal authorities sent warning letters to 28 stores in Long Beach, 71 in Los Angeles, and four in the Antelope Valley." Courthouse News misinterpreted the meaning of "moved against." We regret the error. The rest of the story follows, as Courthouse News reported it Wednesday.)
It was the latest skirmish in the federal war on medical marijuana, which is legal in California. The U.S. Attorney's Office called the targets "illegal marijuana stores."
"Out of the 103 storefronts targeted today, federal authorities sent warning letters to 28 stores in Long Beach, 71 in Los Angeles, and four in the Antelope Valley," the U.S. attorney said in a statement. "Two of the stores in Long Beach are housed in buildings that are the subject of asset forfeiture lawsuits that were filed today in United States District Court.
"Today's [Tuesday's] federal actions involve all known marijuana stores in the City of Long Beach; the City of Lancaster; the high desert community of Pearblossom; and the parts of Los Angeles served by the Newton, Rampart and Harbor divisions of the Los Angeles Police Department."
Federal officials now have busted more 625 marijuana stores in California, prosecutors.
Marijuana has been shown to be effective in treating side effects of chemotherapy for cancer and AIDS, glaucoma, chronic pain and other medical problems. Eighteen states have legalized it, with conditions, and 11 more have medical marijuana bills pending.
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With the latest movie by Gaspar Noe`, Climax, about to be distributed in certain countries and to hit selected theatres in others, I thought it would have been a good idea to cover the directors' previous work in an article that, in my intentions, will be nothing more than a way to help you discover one of the greatest filmmakers of all time… and the guy who wrote and directed some of my favourite films.
Although this filmmaker has quite a dedicated fanbase and many cinema buffs know him very well, there's still a majority of people who haven't got a clue about who he is. So, who is Gaspar Noe`? In short, he's an Argentinian-born, French-raised, filmmaker who directed 22 short movies often about taboo topics; he's also worked on documentaries, TV series and other things, always showing an astounding versatility. In fact, in his 5 feature-length films he worked as director, writer, editor, producer and often as cinematographer, as well.
Since talking about the entire filmography of Noe` would require a 100-page-long article, I decided to focus only on his feature-length films: besides the upcoming Climax, he's responsible for Seul Contre Tous (1998), Irreversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009) and Love (2015). Before we start, let me make clear that, although all of his movies can be considered controversial, confronting or even disturbing, only a few of them have horror elements in them, which means that for the first time on this website I will review movies that don't belong to the horror realm. Let's see how that goes…
Now, without further ado, let's check Gaspar's movies in chronological order.
Seul Contre Tous (I Stand Alone, drama/thriller, 1998) – based on the short movie Carne the director made a few years prior, I Stand Alone follows a guy simply referred to as The Butcher: he's done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter, but now he's free and wants a fresh start. However, when his mistress fails to provide him with the new butcher shop she promised him, The Butcher decides to leave Lille for Paris, where he hopes to find his daughter and reconnect with her after having abandoned her in an insane asylum. This film is extremely hard to sit through for three reasons: it's bleak and depressing as hell; there's little to no dialogue (most of the narration comes from The Butcher's thoughts and monologues in form a voice over); there's a considerable amount of edgy content consisting of gruesome scenes, sexually explicit imagery, very strong images.
In light of this, it might be weird to say but I do truly love I Stand Alone. In fact, this is probably my favourite movie by Gaspar Noe` and, without a doubt, one of my favourite films. The slow pace, in combination with the 16mm film and the anamorphic format, visually conveys the gritty look that so perfectly fits and improves the story. I see this movie as a modern version of the 60s French Neo-Realism that leaves me with a certain feeling of both melancholy and extreme sadness. The realistic 'fight scenes' – which, in actuality, just show The Butcher being an awful human being who's abusive towards men and women alike – elevate the sense of hopelessness in the movie, making it in turn quite a confronting watch.
Even the monologues and the way The Butcher does the simplest day-to-day tasks perfectly show the descent into failure and depression in a bleak way I haven't seen in any other picture. Although here the story and its main characters are what matters (whereas in other Gaspar Noe`s movies the importance of visuals takes over), look and sound are fundamental in building a dark world where the self-destruction of a person expands into the obliteration of the entire setting.
Nonetheless, I Stand Alone has some objective flaws such as a few continuity errors that revolve around locations and the age of the main character – in one scene he claims to be 50-years-old but, considering he was born in 1939 and the movie takes place in 1980, he should actually be 40-years-old. These issues mean that I can't give the movie a perfect 10/10 grade, but I do really love it much more than grades can represent.
If you're down for a bleak drama that will most likely have you feeling depressed and uncomfortable, I Stand Alone is not to be missed!
Seul Contre Tous 9/10
Irreversible (drama/thriller/horror, 2002) – Even if you're unfamiliar with Gaspar Noe`, there's still a chance you've seen or at least heard of this film. Why? Because Irreversible is one of the most infamous and celebrated 'rape and revenge' movies ever made, one that even got nominated for best film at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival… quite an achievement for such a genre flick. Basically, this film follows Marcus (Vincent Cassel) and two criminals who seek revenge against the man that brutally raped and abused his girlfriend Alex (Monica Bellucci… the most beautiful Italian woman who's ever lived, by the way). Except that the story here unfolds entirely in reverse-chronological order! Therefore, the audience experiences the revenge part at the beginning and it's subjected to a 10-minute-long, vile, rape scene at the end.
What could be considered a gimmick to showcase Noe`s artistry at crafting a meticulously detailed and spotless cinematography, complete with stunning visuals and insanely genuine sound-design, in actuality works in favour of the story and the impact the movie intends to have: 'rape and revenge' movies make the viewer feel uncomfortable but give them a somewhat satisfying ending, which generally culminates with the culprits getting what they deserve. In Irreversible, on the contrary, you're left with a nauseating, sick feeling of impotence and helplessness.
The graphic nature of this picture, in combination with its nihilistic ending that you know it's coming but have no way to hope for a positive scenario, confirms the status of undisputed classic it's gained throughout the last 17 years. Irreversible can also be seen as an exploration of the inevitable nature of cause and effect, of how time destroys everything in its path. That said, for once I prefer to look at this movie as just a terrific example of 'rape and revenge' tale that's original, gritty, nihilistic, violent, dark, gut-wrenching all at once. If you're into this kind of movies, do yourself a favour and watch it now if you haven't already.
Irreversible 10/10
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Enter the Void (drama/fantasy, 2009) – Let me say, right off the bat, that this is my least favourite amongst the films of Gaspar Noe`. I know that many fans of this filmmaker will disagree with me and might even leave some silly comment a la "you didn't get it", but hopefully I'll be able to explain why Enter the Void is the weakest entrance in Noe`s filmography.
We follow a French drug dealer living in Tokyo, who's betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. This is not a spoiler, as it happens early on in the movie: after the guy is killed, we follow his out-of-body experience during a 142-minute-long trip made of hallucinogenic imageries and surreal sequences. In terms of cinematography and camera-work, Enter the Void is the best film I have ever seen. Period. The sheer ambition that you can find in every single shot and camera movement is jaw-dropping: even the POV shots are extremely realistic due to the way the camera turns on and off as the characters blink. Seriously, even if I studied cinema and I read books on cinematography every now and then, I still have no idea how certain scenes were filmed (as the CGI is basically non-existent in the movie). During the first 90 minutes or so, the viewer is assaulted by the best visual storytelling ever put to film, one that consists of dramatic, scary, absurd, surreal sequences alike.
You might wonder why I said I didn't like this movie as much, since I'm basically only praising it so far. Well, the thing is that, with a 142-minute-long runtime, after a while everything becomes repetitive and (please don't shoot me) a little boring. Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate movies purely based on how they look (A Cure for Wellness and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders come to mind), but if there's no substance I can make it only that far. Had Enter the Void been one hour shorter, I would undoubtedly consider it among my favourite films.
Besides the runtime, the story itself and its meaning are quite superficial: according to an interview with Den of the Geek, Gaspar Noe` explained Enter the Void with these words:
"I read books on reincarnation and many books about out-of-body experiences. Actually, the movie is not so much about reincarnation. It's more about someone who gets shot while on acid and DMT [Dimethyltryptamine] and trips out about his own death and dreams, about his soul escaping from his flesh, because he wants to keep this promise to his sister that he'll never leave her, even after death".
First of all, if that's the only meaning of the movie, many things wouldn't add up. Secondly, such a simple concept in a film by Gaspar Noe` can only be an excuse to showcase some artsy cinematography. I don't mean that in a negative way: I love artsy cinematography… as long as it serves a purpose or, at least, as long as it's contained in a fairly decent running time.
Still, if you're a cinema enthusiast you shouldn't miss this one out either.
Enter the Void 7/10
Love (drama/romance/erotic, 2015) – "Love has all been done before", sings Jade Bird. Well, as much as I adore her music, she probably hasn't seen the version of love depicted in this film by our beloved Gaspar. Often regarded as the least memorable movie by the French/Argentinian filmmaker, I'm actually very fond of this film, as it's probably one of my favourite romance movies in recent years (although I must admit I'm not an expert of this specific genre).
The story, which is told through the constant use of flashbacks and flashforwards, revolves around Murphy, an American cinema school student who lives in Paris. He's had a French girlfriend, Electra, for two years: in the movie we get to experience how their relationship ended, how that affected both Murphy's and Electra's life.
Love is extremely controversial mostly due to its graphic depiction of sex: when Murphy and Electra, early on in the film, engage in a threesome with teenage Danish girl Omi to save their relationship, the sex scene is really in-your-face, with the camera not shying away from anything. Literally. The most disturbing aspect of the film, however, is when – a few years after this events that caused Electra to break up with Murphy – Murphy is told his ex-girlfriend has disappeared and starts to remember the two years he spent with her. The viewer is, then, subjected to experiencing a two-year-long relationship fuelled by drug abuse, violence, rough sex. There are some tender moments nonetheless, but they're quite scattered throughout.
This film reminded me quite a bit of Larry Clark's work (specifically Kids, Bully and Ken Park), so if you like the movies by photographer-turned-filmmaker Larry Clark, you should definitely give Love a chance (to paraphrase that Beetles' famous song).
Despite lacking in strong performances and interesting cinematography, I appreciate this movie for the uncomfortable feeling it leaves me with. Also, it's quite intriguing and scary at the same time to see how a person could consider an abuse/devastating relationship to be true love. I think Love is a really powerful film, which features powerful messages about relationships, search of happiness and regret.
Sex and nudity in mainstream cinema are often considered taboo subjects and I personally agree they're sometimes used purely for shock value, but in Love they're integral to the story and help building up characters and emotions: without the graphic and disturbing depiction of sex, Love would probably have a third of its actual impact. An impact that gets to its climax at the end of the film, which is something you really need to see for yourself. Needless to say, I'd recommend this movie as well.
Love 8.5/10
I really hope you guys liked this little journey through the filmography of Gaspar Noe`; I know this article might seem very long, but it only scratches the surface of the work of one of my all-time favourite filmmakers. There are so many more things I would like to say, but then the article will turn into a book, so I'd rather have discussions in the comment section with those of you who're familiar with this director or want to know more about his films.
Gaspar Noe`s new movie, Climax, will hit theatres soon (even though it'll have a limited release) and it's considered to be his most horror-related one so far: it all sounds great to me, bring it on!
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This is in line with IVECO's plan to strengthen its presence in Antalya and the surrounding region.
During the opening ceremony, Bilal Oktar, chairman at SAMKO, said, "Our facility covers a total area of 4,000 sq m, of which 1,950 sq m covered. With our 27 expert technicians and our new 850 sq m workshop, we will be able to service 15 vehicles simultaneously and ensure timely and efficient support for our customers."
The new facility features a modern 300 sq m indoor showroom where IVECO's latest vehicles will be on display. Şahinler, IVECO's most powerful dealer in the Aegean Region, will provide customers from the Antalya area with sales support from these premises.
Speaking at the inauguration, Tansu Giz, araç assistant general manager at IVECO, stated, "IVECO is the third player in Turkey's truck segment of 3.5 tonne and above, with a capillary presence across the country comprising 27 sales points and 54 service stations. With SAMKO's new and modern facility we will be able to be closer to our customers to provide quality products and services."
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Number Four (alphabetically) in my list of Best Picture nominees to review is the family drama The Kids Are All Right, starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple whose teenage children find their sperm donor, played by Mark Ruffalo. The movie was nominated for four Oscars, and is a good contender for all of them.
Bening stars as Nic, the uptight breadwinner of this modern family, while Moore is the more free-spirited Jules. Both give excellent performances, letting you see two deeply complex characters with the same sort of relationship and parental issues that any married-with-children couple can have, while adding in the extra nuances of sexual orientation to the mix. Bening in particular is fantastic, carefully balancing a woman who is firm and controlling with hidden insecurities and vulnerabilities. (She was nominated for Best Actress for her performance, and I'm torn between her and Natalie Portman in Black Swan for the win.)
Ruffalo as the couple's sperm donor (and thus, the until-now-unknown father of the family's two children) gives a good performance, showing a man whose life is turned upside down by the revelation that his $60-a-pop sperm donation has resulted in two living, breathing teenagers. You feel for him, as he seems to be a generally good guy, despite some admittedly terrible choices he makes during the movie. Still, he honestly seems to mean well enough, even if his selfishness sometimes prevents him from considering the impact his words and actions have on other people.
Rounding out the cast are the 2010 Alice in Wonderland remake's Mia Wasikowska and Bridge to Terabithia's Josh Hutcherson, who play the teenagers in the middle of all of this. Both are good in their respective roles, though I have to say I think Hutcherson's portrayal was more nuanced — whether that's because his acting was more compelling than Wasikowska's or because the script gave him more interesting character growth is certainly up for debate.
The Kids Are All Right is a movie that gay audiences were immediately drawn to, considering the A-list actresses in leading roles as a lesbian couple… But one of the many great things about this movie is that it wasn't a gay movie, necessarily… Yes, the leads are a gay couple, and yes, there are some aspects of the story that are dependent on the fact that both parents are women, but more often than not the parents' sexual orientation isn't made into a big deal. The kids casually refer to "Moms" without batting an eye, and many of the frustrations that Bening and Moore face are completely relatable to any parent of a teenage child.
What's so fascinating about this movie is that it shows two (three?) parents trying to do what's best for their kids and for each other (while each deals with their own individual issues and concerns) and two teenagers trying to figure out who they are while all of this family drama swirls around them. There aren't brainy plot twists like Inception or shocking developments like Black Swan, but the story is inherently relatable to anyone who's been a parent, a teenager, or a "significant other" in a committed relationship. It's easy to see yourself in many of these characters, which makes it feel like a movie about the many aspects of yourself.
The Kids Are All Right is intriguing, heart-warming, heart-renching, laugh-out-loud funny, and tear-jerking, all in under two hours. Definitely see it, preferably with family, significant others, or other loved ones. It's definitely a movie to enjoy with people to whom you feel closest.


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After a string of ominous warnings, guidance counselor Madison Clark and the rest of her family are horrified to see their world descend into a zombie nightmare -- which will soon become their new reality.
Episodes: 6
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Ep.1 Pilot
Air Date: 2015-08-23
A highly dysfunctional blended family is forced together when they realize a reported virus is actually the onset of the undead apocalypse.
Ep.2 So Close, Yet So Far
Air Date: 2015-08-30
While Madison struggles to keep Nick from crippling withdrawal, Travis ventures out to find his son before the city of Los Angeles falls.
Ep.3 The Dog
Air Date: 2015-09-13
After they escape a riot, Travis, Liza and Chris seek refuge with the Salazars; Madison defends her home.
Ep.4 Not Fade Away
Air Date: 2015-09-20
Madison and Travis see different sides of the National Guard's occupation in their neighborhood; the family tries to adapt to the new world.
Ep.5 Cobalt
Air Date: 2015-09-27
The National Guard's plan for the neighborhood is revealed; Travis and Madison make a difficult decision.
Ep.6 The Good Man
Air Date: 2015-10-04
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adidas and Donovan Mitchell Unveil His First Signature Sneaker
After months of speculation, Utah Jazz Guard Donovan Mitchell finally reveals his first adidas signature sneaker — the adidas D.O.N. Issue #1.
Appropriately titled to embody Mitchell's Determination Over Negativity and his nickname "Spida", the shoe draws inspiration from classic comic book issue numbers. Through his alma mater, Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut, Michell chose Rory Ashmeade and Blaise New to provide them the exclusive in his sneaker unveiling.
The shoe itself dons a bright red and blue colorway that mimics Spider-Man's iconic costume with Mitchell's signature spider logo located on the tongue area. On top of that, the inner padding of the sneaker also seems to utilize Spidey's webbing structure to complete the Spider-Man theme.
Though Mitchell did not reveal the release details of the sneaker, he did mention he wanted a more affordable signature shoe, similar to the Dame line. Regardless, it is pretty cool to see Mitchell and adidas work with Spida's alma mater and see a Spidey-inspired sneaker in the year of Spider-Man.
More details on the D.O.N. Issue #1 will be revealed later on in 2019, but for a bit more insight into the creation of the signature shoe, you can check out Mitchell's interview here.
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Supply chain management has a major role to play when it comes to enhancing the return of investment. Big data and cloud are two such technologies which have made a huge impact on the supply chain. Here a few of the benefits of incorporating the technologies are mentioned.
• Data Sharing Platform: Supply chain consists of multiple entities that need to interact with each other and exchange information regarding product movement, production, and distribution to warehouses and retailers. Cloud provides such a platform that enables entities to perform supply chain tasks and exchange data at the same time with all people and hassle-free.
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• Scalability: Traditional legacy system was not scalable and with an increase in the number of entities in the supply chain it was difficult to manage the supply chain operations but with the cloud in picture it has become much easier to scale just by upgrading hardware and software which permits adding more entities and unhindered workflow.
• Improvised Inventory Management: Big data technology analysis the data of past and real-time to make predictions on the demand for goods and provide a much accurate outcome that would satisfy customers with the availability of a product. At times it happens enterprises are unable to predict to nearby of demand and lose their valuable customers during peak season or they order too much during the sluggish time leading them to economic loss. In case of big data, the predictions are much accurate as they are made on large volumes of data and even enable enterprises to provide their customers' personalized services based on the analysis.
• Transparency: A key factor when it comes to validation and reliability of goods. At times the front line personnel is the one acknowledged with all details of the supply chain but officials are in dark. Cloud platform allows officials to be an active participant in supply chain management, giving them also all the data and bringing them as well in interaction wherever required. This helps a lot when it comes to validating the supply chain and vendors involved.
• Automation: Both big data and cloud have immensely impacted the supply chain data collection methods. Unlike, the traditional offline method which was highly prone to errors and slow as well resulting sluggish supply chain, the digitalized supply chain management has become much faster, approximately error-free and boosted the speed of the supply chain.
• Strategic Decision Making and Enhanced ROI: Data analytics and data mining are tools that analyze the current market trends and combine them with data of past giving greater insights of the market and enabling organizations to make more strategic decisions that would ultimately enhance their return of investment.
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Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with Maygra
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|Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with Maygra
|July 24, 2001
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Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with Maygra was posted in 2001.
It is part of a series of interviews posted to Citizens Against Bad Slash in which fans were each asked the same ten questions.
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Emotions inspire me. Dominant or passive. What people use when and why. Heightened focus on personal interactions -- which television as a media in a 44 minute format gives us. Everything is crystallized, intense, must be brought to a head and resolved in one or two or three episodes, or at least sustained at a level that keeps the viewer interested over a span. Characters with only partially revealed pasts, which I think is why Highlander caught my attention...I mean this is what we would be if our lives were longer. I get inspired by the idea of people, of experiences being magnified and amplified. Even outside of fan fiction, I like that whole idea of being able to focus on one or two characters, on situations that aren't about getting the siding cleaned or the laundry done, or making the paycheck stretch to cover another emergency visit to the vet or the doctor. Give me something bigger than my own life and I'm happy. I don't actually want this much drama in my own life, but it helps to keep my own life in perspective. Inspiration, for me, is always about "What if..." even if it is my own life. "What if I actually won a million dollars in the lottery? What if I actually lived somewhere where I could walk to work? Would I find myself fascinated by the goings on in the shops and businesses I pass? Would I get interested in the boyfriend/girlfriend woes of my local barrista?" I never seem to have to look very hard for inspiration -- but motivation is another thing. All I have to do to *get* inspired is start playing, "What if..." and the rest seems to come naturally. What if an Immortal suddenly wasn't? I mean, the entire TPM fandom is practically based on the idea of "What if Qui-Gon hadn't died?" I also get inspired by twisting canon around as much as I can without breaking it. Pretty much the same way I treat the characters. Melodrama, ah, melodrama! I get inspired by other stories, by pictures (God love the graphic artists among fen!! Thou art wondrous fair!), by conversations, and always, always, by rewatching eps.
Music inspires me as well. Lyrics, melodies -- they tend to promote moods, present moods. Moods inspire me. Heh. Duncan's moodiness inspires me. Obi-Wan's too. Strong visuals have the same effect: sunsets, ocean fronts, abandoned old buildings that still have grace and style. I find I'm more inspired by darker emotions and moods than lighter ones --- but they don't necessarily inspire dark pieces.For other folks, inspiration is such catch all for a lot of excuses, it seems. "My muse has left me!" Well, not if you haven't checked out of your own brain it hasn't. Watch the eps, if you can. Read fan fiction -- but read it looking for ideas, not escapism. Lurk on the discussion boards...and when all else fails, write anyway...Conversations over coffee, describe Methos' new apartment, take Daniel car shopping with Jack. Pull a first person POV from a minor character and describe your favorite BSO through their eyes. Write. Write more. Write anything and don't let yourself talk yourself out of it. Inspiration isn't a stagnant thing -- it's vibrant, moving, fleeting, and has no timetable.
[Most common mistakes writers make in the HL fandom]: Listening to anyone -- and sometimes everyone -- who pays them attention. You have to have an ego of steel not to be swayed. Relying too much on other people's opinions. My primary fandom is, by and large, full of incredibly opinionated people, who tend to be older than your average fan, or so it seems. And it's polarized along a dozen fronts depending on what part of the fandom you are identifying with. Duncansluts, Methos babes, Richie flag wavers, Connor Crusaders, Cassandra Champions, Ramirez's Raiders: we've got more niches than Westminster Abbey.
I do think that a fairly common mistake some new writers make, especially in the slash pairing dominated by Duncan/Methos, is not bothering to see the episodes prior to Methos' arrival. You have to understand the Highlander to get into the rest of it because otherwise, Duncan does come out as he gets stereotyped: Judgemental, rigid, or an idiot. He is none of those things all the time, and no more often than most of us. And seriously, where is the appeal to Methos if Duncan isn't a whole person? Duncan is 400 years old -- not 40. Give the man some credit for remaining a decent human being. The same is true of the reverse. Duncan is basically a decent, intelligent, compassionate, passionate man. He respects both strength and vulnerability but pushing Methos too far toward one or the other seems to be less about what makes them click together, that what about one or the other clicks for the writer.It's poor characterization that I see most commonly. HL fans get myopic, I think. They see their favorite character and every other character suffers in comparison. The show is called Highlander for a reason. (Which isn't to say there aren't wonderful stories that exclude him entirely -- I'm just not reading them.) I do think that those writers who are only interested in the D/M pairing can get it right if they do recall that there is a reason these two men are attracted to each other both textually and sub-textually.
There are some seriously good writers in HL, even now. There isn't as much coming down the pike where I play and I tend to stay away from the gen/het side of it for anything other than reading. To summarize it all, I'd say, HL writers are good, possibly even a cut above other fandoms I read in, in that they really do, for the most part, snag at least enough of the characterizations I saw on screen to make the characters distinctive and recognizable. The slash side runs about 50/50 I'd say, which amazes me at times, but then again, I probably only catch about a tenth of what is being written. I do think the fandom peaked a year or so ago for the truly prolific outpouring of excellent stories. It comes slower but I'd swear the quality hasn't really gone down much and we still seem to be attracting good writers, which is cool. Did I mention the rose-colored glasses I wear
Fandom is only as stimulating or aggravating as you let it be. Personally, the former is what I want, the latter is what makes me sit back and work on that perspective thing again. It all matters terribly, but at the same time -- it matters not at all. On a personal level, the only thing that matters is what you give to it and what you get back. If what you get back isn't working, then move on. Take a break. The fandoms will be here when you get your sense of perspective back, find joy. Learn. Grow. Fandom ain't new. It ain't going nowhere. But you should be...always.


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Hello there. I wonder if anyone knows of support networks for family members of people with COPD?
My father and I were estranged for a very long time (he's a recluse and a recovered alcoholic). I managed to get him to reconnect with me and over the last year we've been building up our relationship since them. Understandably I think he wanted to get back in touch after the shock of his COPD diagnosis.
He's currently in hospital as he is deteriorating quite quickly. He's reached stage 4 and now relies on me to navigate his care needs. We talk on the phone several times a day. This is all very new to me. I live 250 miles away from my dad in Manchester and spend a lot of time on the phone talking to respiratory nurses, his solicitor, the care navigator etc. I'm finding things emotionally very difficult as I want so much to be able to give him some quality of life in his last few months. He gets very anxious and finds hospital life very difficult. I have so many questions. I don't know how his condition will progress, I don't know how best to support him and when I should go down and be with him and how often (which is difficult also with work commitments), I don't know how to navigate dad's finances sensitively, and sort power or attorney etc. I feel very alone.
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