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Judge temporarily halts Texas ban on common second-trimester abortion procedure
A federal judge on Thursday delayed for two weeks enforcement of part of a state law that bans the most common second-trimester abortion method.
A federal judge has temporarily stopped Texas officials from enforcing a ban on the most common second-trimester abortion procedure, just one day before the ban was set to go into effect.
Judge Lee Yeakel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order Thursday, delaying enforcement of the ban until Sept. 14. It was originally set to go into effect Sept. 1.
Senate Bill 8, which passed during the 2017 regular legislative session, banned dilation and evacuation abortions — where doctors use surgical instruments to grasp and remove pieces of fetal tissue — unless the fetus is deceased.
Yeakel's decision follows a Tuesday morning hearing during which attorneys for the state and reproductive rights groups sparred for an hour and a half about whether the order should be granted. With it in place, Texas doctors and health care providers can continue using the dilation and evacuation procedure – deemed the safest by medical professionals for second-trimester abortions — until a more permanent decision is made by the court.
Another hearing has been set for Sept. 14.
Without Thursday's restraining order, Yeakel wrote in his decision, women and their doctors would be left "with abortion procedures that are more complex, risky, expensive, difficult for many women to arrange, and often involve multi-day visits to physicians, and overnight hospital stays."
A spokesperson for the Texas Attorney General's office said in a statement that the state's top lawyer would "continue to defend our state's legal right to protect the basic human rights and dignity of the unborn."
Though the court's decision Thursday offers a temporary respite to reproductive rights groups, it's the latest in a series of legislative and legal challenges to abortion access in Texas. The lawsuit was filed in July by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood on behalf of several women's health providers in the state.
Proponents of the ban have called dilation and evacuation "dismemberment abortion." In court Tuesday, Darren McCarty, an attorney for the state, said the procedure is "brutal, gruesome" and runs counter to the "ethos of a humane and civilized society." He said SB 8 does not ban the method; it just requires the "humane termination" of the fetus beforehand.
The "state did a good job of clarifying that technical distinction," and spelling out its interest in protecting fetal life, John Seago, legislative director for Texas Right to Life, said after the hearing.
Lawyers for the health providers countered that making fetal demise a prerequisite would subject women to medically unnecessary and untested methods, and force them to make additional trips to the clinic. Doctors would face criminal charges for violating the ban; the only exception would be in cases of medical emergency.
Already, women seeking an abortion in Texas must have a sonogram performed 24 hours before receiving an abortion, a requirement women's health advocates say is costly and burdensome.
"The provisions of SB 8 that we're challenging criminalize a safe and common method of abortion," said Molly Duane, staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights. "Politicians in Texas are trying to punish doctors who are using their best medical judgment."
In court Tuesday, McCarty questioned the timing of the lawsuit's filing, and argued it was a strategy to force the court to "rubber stamp" emergency relief days before the ban was slated to go into effect. Yeakel, agreeing, said he could see no reason why the suit couldn't have been filed as soon as the governor signed the bill into law, and said its timing was a "real imposition" and put "maximum pressure" on the court to act at the last minute.
Yeakel also asked repeatedly what evidence legislators had considered before passing the law, and how Texas' provision differs from similar bans that have been contested in other states. Laws like SB 8's dilation and evacuation ban have been opposed or halted in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, according to a press release from the center. In court Tuesday, neither side pointed to substantive differences between Texas' law and these others.
Duane said the new law is part of a "coordinated strategy by the state of Texas and by states around the country to ban abortion method by method, one restriction at a time, until it's practically unavailable for women."
In May, state lawmakers tacked the dilation and evacuation ban onto SB 8, a broader abortion measure that also prohibits hospitals and clinics from donating aborted fetal tissue to medical researchers, and requires facilities to bury or cremate fetal remains whether from abortions, miscarriages or stillbirths.
Seago, whose organization championed the provision, noted it originated as a separate bill and was discussed extensively by lawmakers. "This is not something that the legislature unknowingly did in the dark of the night," he said.
This lawsuit is hardly the first time the state's abortion policies have wound up in court. In June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of a Texas law that required abortion clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers — including minimum room sizes — and forced doctors performing the procedure to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Days after the high court's decision, the state put forth a new rule relating to how fetal remains are disposed of.
A federal judge blocked that fetal remains rule in January, noting that it had been proposed "before the ink on the Supreme Court's opinion" was dry. A month later, that same judge said Texas can't kick clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood out of the state's Medicaid program. The state is appealing both rulings.
Since the SB 8 lawsuit was filed in July, three new abortion-related measures were approved during the summer special legislative session and have been signed by the governor. Those new laws will increase reporting requirements for abortion complications, and require women to buy a supplemental insurance plan if they want coverage for an abortion – called a "rape insurance" policy by opponents.
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Always a great night out on the second Saturday of the month (closed for September), see you there.
Saturday 11th August 2012
(Second Saturday of the month – closed for September returns 13th October with bluesmanBobby Tone live)
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The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 6-4 decision at home to Quinnipiac on Thursday afternoon. The loss drops the Blue Devils to 4-6 overall on the season. They will return to action on Saturday at noon hosting Seton Hall in a doubleheader.
The Bobcats struck first with a single run in the top of the fourth inning. With men on the corners, Nic Civale executed the suicide squeeze and gave Quinnipiac the 1-0 lead.
Senior J.P. Sportman singled to lead off the inning and then stole second with one out. He scored on an RBI single up the middle from junior Dominic Severino.
Quinnipiac took a 4-1 lead with three runs on four hits in the top of the fifth inning.
The Blue Devils tied the game 4-4 with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Senior Anthony Turgeon led off the inning with a single and then scored on a sacrifice fly from sophomore catcher Connor Fitzsimons. A second sacrifice fly from Sportman made it 4-3, and then an RBI single from senior Josh Ingham tied the game.
Quinnipiac scored twice in the top of the ninth inning to claim their fifth win of the season. They are now 5-14 overall.
Ingham had a pair of hits and an RBI for the Blue Devils. Sportman had a hit and drove in a run.
The Blue Devils will be in action again on Saturday at home hosting Seton Hall in a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.
June 6, 2014 Sportman Drafted by A's in 27th Round
June 6, 2014 Neumann Goes to Pirates in 28th Round on Saturday
May 24, 2014 Baseball Season Comes to an End With Tournament Loss
May 23, 2014 Baseball Drops Winner's Bracket Game to Bryant
May 22, 2014 Baseball Wins Behind Seven Innings from Neumann
May 21, 2014 Three Blue Devils Earn All-Conference Honors
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May 15, 2014 Baseball Drops Game One, Game Two Suspended
May 14, 2014 Baseball Series vs. SHU Shifted
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May 9, 2014 Baseball Drops Series Opener to LIU 4-2
May 4, 2014 Baseball Drops Finale to Fairfield on Sunday
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April 28, 2014 Neumann and Connolly Earn Weekly NEC Honors
April 27, 2014 Baseball Completes Weekend Sweep of Wagner
April 26, 2014 Baseball Takes Game Three From Wagner
April 25, 2014 Baseball Takes Two From Wagner on Friday
April 24, 2014 Baseball Weekend Schedule Shifted
April 22, 2014 Baseball Tops Stony Brook, 4-1
April 21, 2014 Baseball Drops Non-Conference Game at UConn
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April 12, 2014 Baseball Drops a Pair at Bryant on Saturday
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April 7, 2014 Coughlin Repeats as NEC Pitcher of the Week
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April 4, 2014 Baseball Wins as Coughlin Blanks Mount
April 3, 2014 Friday's Baseball First Pitch Moved to 1:30
April 2, 2014 Baseball Tops Rhode Island, 3-1
April 1, 2014 Baseball Edges UMass Lowell, 4-3
March 31, 2014 Coughlin Named NEC Pitcher of the Week
March 30, 2014 Baseball vs. Iona Postponed
March 29, 2014 Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Seton Hall
March 27, 2014 Baseball Drops Home Opener
March 26, 2014 Baseball at UConn Moved to April 21
March 25, 2014 Baseball vs. Quinnipiac Moved to Thursday
March 23, 2014 Baseball Drops Finale at Bethune-Cookman
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March 21, 2014 Baseball Wins, Coughlin Throws Eight Strong Innings
March 19, 2014 Baseball Falls to UConn in Extras
March 18, 2014 Baseball Falls to Army in Winter Haven, Florida
March 16, 2014 Baseball Tops UCF 5-4 in 10 Innings on Sunday
March 15, 2014 Baseball Falls 9-8 at UCF in Game Two of Series
March 14, 2014 Baseball Drops Opener at UCF on Friday
March 11, 2014 Baseball vs. Hartford Postponed
March 7, 2014 Baseball Wins Opener, 2-1, in Extra Innings
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Dear All
Using R# 5.0.1533 for soem time now with Visual Studio 2010 (on win 7 professional) and suddenly today I find that all references to Linq are colored red and when I hover over it , it says cannot resolve symbol xxxx.
Suspending R# , all is well, resuming R# back to the red color and cannot resolve symbols.
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select invgroup.OrderBy(inv => inv.Location.Y)).ToList();
I am also experiencing this issue. See the following screenshot:
Looks Like no help from Resharper on this one.
I can't find anywhere ele to post this issue either.
Best rgds
did you try to clear R#'s cache? This may help. Also try to install the release build 1539.
Few questions:
1) Is this problem stably repeatable? If yes, is it possible to create small solution which demonstrates this problem?
2) Could you please try the latest 5.1 EAP build?
Thanks for the response.
As suddenly as it appeared, it dissappeared.
However I had made one change to my project and switched the default .net frameowrk target.
It was : .NET framework 4.0 Client Profile
to: .Net framework 4.0
This caused everything to start behaving normally !!!
Still not sure what caused it, in case it pops up again, will post with more details and also send out a sample project.
Thanks to Eugene and Klaus for their prompt responses.
P.S: how does one clear the R# Cache ?
ReSharper per-solution caches are located in the same folder where your .sln file is.
The folder with caches is named ***.ReSharper, where *** is you solution file name
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5 U.S. Olympians You Should Follow on Social Media During the Summer Games
Athletes set their sights on gold for fans and brands
Olympic athletes competing this summer in Rio will have plenty of opportunities to go for gold, both on the field and online. Social media will play an even bigger role than ever before, given the ascendance of Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook Live and Periscope since the last Summer Games were held. So it will be critical for athletes to spend time on these platforms to both connect with their fans and also to pitch the brands sponsoring them.
While a tweet might not be comparable to a 30-second spot, sports marketing analysts say that the total value social media can bring to brands is no small sum. Athletes with a lot of followers can make a lot of money, explained Bob Dorfman, executive creative director at Baker Street Advertising in San Francisco. "People who follow these athletes really pay attention to what they do, what they wear, what they buy," he told Adweek. "So yes, it's a very lucrative category."
But a bad tweet can get an athlete disqualified faster than a false start. In 2012, a Greek triple jumper was banned from the London Games after tweeting racist remarks about African athletes. A few days later, a Swiss soccer player was kicked off the team after a racist tweet following a loss to South Korea.
So how should athletes handle their social media in a way that brings insight to fans, value to brands and dignity to themselves and their countries? With tact and vigilance, say experts.
Athletes should stay positive before, during and after the games, Dorfman advised. For instance, competitors might post about training, the Brazilian food, the other athletes or anecdotes from life back home—and steer clear of the ongoing Zika outbreak, the U.S. presidential race or problems with Olympic facilities. Also, of course, they'll want to keep it clean.
"You don't want to have a Michael Phelps bong experience," Dorfman noted.
Here, Adweek selects five U.S. Olympians to follow on social media this summer.
Paul George
George is the U.S. Olympian at the top of the MVPindex list, which measures an athlete's visibility and likeability. With millions of followers —on Twitter (1.4 million), Facebook (3.3 million) and Instagram (3.4 million)—the Indiana Pacers All-Star publishes promotional posts and insights about his life, his team and his friends. George will be the cover athlete for the video game NBA 2K17, which launches Sept. 20. In May, he teamed with Papa John's for a burger-pizza social campaign.
Gabby Douglas
Olympic all-around gold medalist Douglas is expected to head to Rio with 809,000 Twitter followers and 917,000 Instagram followers, and while it's hard to tell if a tweet is worth more than being on the front of a cereal box, MVPindex says the gymnast has already generated $57,000 in social media value for Nike in just eight posts about the brand. As she defends her gold medal title this summer, Douglas' sponsors AT&T, Procter & Gamble and Citigroup will no doubt be cheering her on.
Michael Phelps
As the most decorated Olympian of all time, Phelps' six Instagram posts for Under Armour have generated $278,000 in marketing value for the company, said MVPindex. According to Nielsen, Phelps' awareness score is way above the average athlete's, though his likability score falls below average. The swimmer's fans tend to spend a lot of money on sports equipment, around $500 a year, per Nielsen, which clearly makes the Under Armour sponsorship a perfect fit. Phelps also medals on social, with 1.6 million Twitter followers, 891,000 followers on Instagram and 7.7 million likes on his Facebook page.
Kerri Walsh Jennings
The three-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist will be hitting the sand yet again in Rio, pairing up with April Ross (who recently has taken to Twitter herself to promote Mizuno and Smucker's). Earlier this month, Jennings became the first brand ambassador for Jessica Alba's The Honest Company and will help promote its sunscreen under the Brazilian rays. It's likely that the 145,000 people on Twitter, 204,000 on Facebook and 93,000 on Instagram who follow Jennings will be learning more about that soon, along with other posts about volleyball, family and inspirational messages.
Lolo Jones
In addition to all the Olympic insight you might get from the hurdler, Jones is full of jokes for her followers on Twitter (417, 000), Facebook (410,000) and Instagram (297,000). Sponsors include Asics and Red Bull, and in March, she posted a sponsored photo on Instagram that showed her as a Mii character for Nintendo 3DS. Jones also recently shot a Snapchat commercial for Red Bull.
This story first appeared in the June 27, 2016 issue of Adweek magazine.


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Disability NEWS - August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015
- Two Portland theater companies providing captioning this season
- Upcoming Portland Commission on Disability (PCOD) Meetings
- PHAME presents "Up the Fall - A New Musical" on August 22
- NW Downs Syndrome stages 17th Official Buddy Walk next month
- PWD may participate in research opportunity concerning disasters
- United Cerebral Palsy's 11th Annual Walk, Roll 'n' Run is September 19
- Visit Disability Program Facebook page for more news, event postings
Open Captioning to be provided at two Portland theaters this season
Two Portland theater companies have received funding to help them provide an open captioned performance during each of their plays.
Artists Repertory Theater (ART) will have an open-captioned performance (OC) on the third Sunday night performance of each of its eight plays. The first OC performance will be "The Understudy" at 7:30 pm on Sunday, September 27. ART is located on SW Morrison and 16th, near Providence Park. See artistsrep.org for more info.
Portland Center Stage (PCS) will open its second season including OC performances this fall with "Our Town." PCS is located at the Gerding Theater on Northwest 11th Avenue and Davis Street (formerly known as the Armory). Information about accessibility, including mobility, visual and hearing loss, is available on the PCS accessibility webpage. Instructions are included to indicate having seats in the open-captioned seating section, which will discount each adult ticket by $5.
Partial support for these open captioned performances was provided by Theatre Development Fund, see tdf.org and https://www.tdf.org/nyc/33/TDFAccessibilityPrograms. TDF also provided support to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland to begin its OC performances several years ago. This year, OSF provides OC at a total of 24 performances of its 11-play season. The final OC performances this year are October 1 through 3. See osfashland.org for more info.
Upcoming Portland Commission on Disability (PCOD) Meetings
PCOD Promoting Awareness and Livability Subcommittee (PAL)
Friday, August 21, 3 to 5 pm.
Broadway Room, Office of Equity & Human Rights
Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 6th Ave, Suite 500
PCOD Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, September 3, 5 pm to 7 pm
Broadway Room, Office of Equity & Human Rights
Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 6th Ave, Suite 500
Public Safety Subcommittee
Friday, September 4, 11:30 am to 1 pm
Broadway Room, Office of Equity & Human Rights
Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 6th Ave, Suite 500
Accessibility in the Built Environment Subcommittee
Monday, September 14, 10:00 a.m. to noon
1900 Building, 1900 SW Fourth Ave, Room 4A
Promoting Awareness and Livability Subcommittee
Friday, September 18, 3 pm to 5 pm
Broadway Room, Office of Equity & Human Rights
Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 6th Ave, Suite 500
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PHAME presents "Up the Fall – A New Musical" on August 22
For the first time, PHAME will produce a newly-commissioned original musical entitled "Up the Fall." The opening is Saturday, August 22, at 7pm and tickets are on sale now. The performance will be in the Artists Repertory Theatre's Morrison Stage, 1515 SW Morrison Street.
Up the Fall, is a mythical music-theatre journey by Debbie Lamedman, following characters from myth around the globe, set to a folk-music accented score composed by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Gibson.
This new show has an accomplished production team, including award-winning Portland talent. Matthew B. Zrebski will direct the production, Matthew Gailey will serve as Music Director, and Jessica Dart will lead the creation process as Dramaturg and assistant director. The production will feature an integrated cast of actors with and without developmental disabilities, including PHAME students and actor mentors from the Portland professional theatre community.
Tickets may be purchased online at the ART website or by calling the ART Box Office at 503-241-1278. Accessible seating is available – be sure to notify the box office of any accessibility needs when purchasing tickets.
PHAME is a community where adults with disabilities and their families come to engage, learn and grow in an environment that is supportive and comfortable. Built upon the belief that art is for all and that through the arts; students, artists, teachers and the greater community can discover their own inspiration, PHAME brings passion, joy and celebration to arts education and performance.
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The Northwest Down Syndrome Association (NWDSA) is hosting the 17th Annual Portland and SW Washington Buddy Walk® on Saturday, September 19, to promote acceptance and inclusion of all people with Down syndrome. The walk brings together over 1400 participants from the greater Portland metro area – family members, friends, professionals, community leaders and individuals with Down syndrome.
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United Celebral Palsy's 11th Annual Walk, Roll 'n' Run is September 19
The 11th Annual Walk, Roll 'n' Run will be September 19 starting at 8 am with registration and the event beginning at 9 am. Sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Oregon and Southwest Washington (UCP), the event is being held on the east bank of the Willamette River, beginning in the RiverEast Center parking lot, 1515 SE Water Avenue.
Spend a wonderful day with family, friends and the community as the event raises awareness and the funds needed for the Family Support Department at UCP.
Register at www.walkrollnrun.org to sign up, form a team, join a team or support an individual. Additional information about United Cerebral Palsy of Oregon and Southwest Washingon is also available on the UCP website at http://www.ucpaorwa.org.
The UCP is a non-profit based in Portland, Oregon with a mission to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
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Here We Are
Well here we are! Our first week in Haiti has just wrapped up!
Kate has been busy with the Little Boy and I have been placed within the Outreach Department here on campus. That means that I will be like white on rice (Which we have eaten a lot of since being here!) to any team that will be working with us in St. Marc. In between teams coming and going, I'll be working on different projects around the base and community.
December has shaped up to be an ideal time for us to move down here. The temperature has been cooler, though it currently sits in the 90 range (A world apart from the below zero we left a week ago!) The base is also considered quite slow in December which gives us a chance to get a bit acclimated before we get back into the full swing of things right after the new year. We will have 3 teams coming in the month of January as well as 2 training schools starting.
Before I go, I want to encourage you to take a look at Kate's new blog and to not be shy about sending us your questions about what its like living here in Haiti.
Thank you and we'll be sure to update next week about the big Kid's Church Christmas Party that is happening tomorrow!
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Photo-Journal Entry for new CKP Gardens
Cecilia Donnelly on Jun 18 2009 at 11:52 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
Take a look at these pictures of our Timuel D. Black Diversity Garden in progress! The garden is being improved almost daily, and these pictures are not the most recent, but they give an idea of how the garden is developing.
On Tuesday the Donoghue School Garden was planted, as announced on this blog, and here are a few pictures of the students' accomplishments.
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okay, I was tagged a while ago and was thinking about not doing it, but then I figured what the hey. Here are 7 facts about me. They are supposed to be interesting and weird I think, but I make no promises.
1. I was born at home. Not only that, it wasn't a mistake. My mom didn't run out of time to get me to the hospital, she planned to have me at home with midwifes all along. My grandmother (my mom's mom) actually came down for the birth and left town before I was born because she found out the plan. On a side note, nothing terrible happened and I found out years later that one of my best friends all through elementary and high school had the same midwifes present when she was born.
2. My name is Avis Wampler. I can't think of a more weird and interesting fact about myself. And luckily, I have never been teased about either of them even though they called my grandmother (my dad's mom) Wamp when she worked at a hospital as a nurse.
3. My mother is 100% Puerto Rican. She was born in New York, but immediately moved to Central America for the next 8 years and then moved to Virginia. The strange thing is that if you see me and the porcelain whiteness of my skin, you may never think we were related. We are pretty good at pretending to not be mother and daughter when we think it's appropriate.
4. When I graduated from high school, my parents gave me the money to go on a trip with my best friend to Israel. We traveled for a month all around the country by ourselves. Her family is originally from the Golan Heights and we stayed with many of her family and friends. It was the first time I was really on my own and it was amazing.
5. I have a really loud laugh and I laugh a lot. I have been told by some that it is loud and obnoxious, but I have also been told that it is infectious and my signature.
6. I am a vegan and I hate grilled food. The two aren't really related. I don't hate grilled food just because I don't eat meat, there are many wonderful vegetables that can be grilled, but I just don't like them. I know, it sounds crazy, un-American even, but it's true. I just can't stand food cooked on a grill. With maybe the exception of corn.
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'Epics are born'
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VAIL, Colorado – Along with hordes of ripped athletes, some very talented filmmakers will be in town this weekend to show off their outdoor adventures and antics, all of which were caught on film. The Teva Mountain Games hosts the Outdoor Reels film festival today and Saturday. Three films will be shown, all free, at the Lodge at Vail.
"There are so many incredible films being made about the outdoors and making our planet a better place that we really hope people will have the opportunity to experience one or all of these exceptional films," said Michael Imhof, vice president of sales and operations for the Vail Valley Foundation.
"Kadoma" is an intense movie about legendary South African kayaker Hendri Coetzee, nickname Kadoma, who was killed by a 15-foot crocodile in 2010 while paddling the Lukuga River in the Congo. "Frontier" follows a group of pro kayakers traversing the globe in search of the adrenaline rush that only paddling off 100-foot waterfalls can provide. While filming "Deflated," brothers Victor and Daniel Myers spent two months traveling around Central America on a motorcycle, carrying inflatable stand up paddle board, a surfboard, and loads of river and camera gear.
"What do you do for vacation when you work on adventure island?" Victor wrote on his blog belizeadventures.com. "You think up the most obscure plans for yourself and friends throw in some ridiculous elements and whamo! Epics are born."
"Kadoma" – 8 p.m. today; 4 p.m. Saturday
Outdoor Reels will kick off both evening's free films with Eddie Bauer's presentation of "Kadoma," a detailing the final expedition of the late African explorer and kayaker Hendri Coetzee. A legend in the annals of African exploration, Coetzee's final expedition takes viewers on a journey of mind and heart through parts of Africa seldom seen, where his own words will always ring true: "Some of the things that we're about to witness are so intense and horrible that they should stop the show, but they don't. People still laugh and dance. Yes the bad things happen, but so do the good things, the amazing things, and the show goes on."
"Frontier" – 9 p.m. today; 5 p.m. Saturday
Next on the schedule will be Teva's presentation of "Frontier." As a follow-up to 2010's award-winning "Dream Result," River Roots' newest project highlights professional kayakers Rush Sturges, Casper Van Kalmthout and others taking on new rivers and expansive waterfalls across the planet. The film puts a strong emphasis on exploration and progression of the sport while featuring some of the hardest whitewater ever paddled. Highlights include footage of Rafa Ortiz and Aniol Serrasoles' 128.6 foot waterfall descent of Big Banana Falls, in Veracruz, Mexico.
"Deflated" – 10 p.m. today; 6 p.m. Saturday
Rounding out the trio of free films will be C4 Waterman's presentation of "Deflated." In the film, brothers Victor and Daniel Myers document their great adventure across Central America in search of waters worthy of stand up paddle boarding. Traveling by motorcycles, Victor, a seasoned outdoor athlete, and Daniel, a filmmaker, join forces with inflatable SUP board makers, C4 Waterman, to test their might on the rivers and ocean surf of foreign lands.
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Review: In Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale, the near-future world is depicted as a real horror show, especially for women. A theocratic totalitarian government of Gilead rises from the ashes of what once known as the United States—which has perished in aftermath of a civil war leading to environment contamination and financial crisis. In this dystopian world, stability is built upon sacrifices; but the sacrifice is too tremendous: women's position in the society.
Gilead—a fascist regime, which lays its foundation upon Biblical inspiration, diabolically confiscates women's right and subjugates them to the outer realm of society. Those women—who mostly become infertile due to the war—are considered low and no longer allowed to work, even read. Those who are lucky enough to still be fertile aren't actually lucky. They are enslaved as Handmaids to be legally raped in a ceremony to conceive children for the bourgeois.
Our protagonist is a handmaid (Elisabeth Moss). She was once named June before Gilead; but now, she is called Offred, after his master, Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes). As a handmaid, she must conceive and bear a child for the Commander and his pious wife, Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski). From Offred's eyes—presented like a memoir with occasional series of flashback, we learn about the most harrowing picture of how a misogynistic totalitarian government can corrupt everyone and still get away with that.
The Handmaid's Tale never explicitly displays the ruthlessness of the new world. The horror picture show is instead portrayed with exhibitions of visual panaches and exquisite Victorian design juxtaposing with modernism. However, the show has effectively exploited the visual language to deliver the eerie feeling of how if a corrupted and misogynistic system is given a stage. And, if you can't figure out how harrowing this situation might be from Elizabeth Moss' stunning performance, you can begin to Google things out and find out how close our society to this dystopian world in real life.
While perfect timing is one factor that makes this adaptation more relevant than ever, how Hulu adapts the story is a masterclass. The Handmaid's Tale brings the nightmare closer to our society in a more convincing way than you can imagine. It complexly nudges recent social and politic issues while delivering Offred's story in a way we could hardly predict. With Atwood herself producing the show, we could be assured that the show might grow larger than the book, involving more real time references, which will open your eyes on how agonizing the theme they depict.
Despite its myriads of one-perfect-shot materials, which mostly exhibit symmetrical shots and lighting depth as well as the relevant theme, The Handmaid's Tale really excels because of the ensemble of casts. Elizabeth Moss is a top-tier Emmy contender with her portrayal of the titular handmaid. Behind her, Samira Wiley (Orange Is The New Black) also transcends as Moira, Offred's comrade before Gilead. Meanwhile, Yvonne Strahovski (Dexter, 24: Live Another Day) gives a profound insight as 'the opposite party'—woman of Gilead, who stands beside her pivotal husband portrayed as a cunning persona of Joseph Fiennes. In another light, Ann Down also displays her terrific prowess as Aunt Lydia – the middle ground between Gilead's powerhouse and the woeful women.
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What is art about? More precisely, what are my paintings about? I have struggled with this question ever since I started to paint. Having copied famous artists' work, made many still life and figure studies, and having painted for the simple sensual thrill of presenting beauty or ugliness, I am left with the certainty that art is much broader and deeper than these technical accomplishments. For me, art is incomplete if it does not transcend simple depiction of life, and enter the realms of the historian and the social commentator.
The intricate involvement with life, the sub-textual social criticism — unpolluted by propaganda — that is evident in the work of artists such as Matthias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Francisco Goya, Max Beckmann, and Käthe Kollwitz has begun to teach me how to connect myself, as an artist, to the world; and, most importantly, how to perform my duty to society as an artist, to refract the world through the expression of my feelings.
As a society, I wonder whether we have lost track of the human spirit. We live in a privileged time and place, with abundant materials to consume. We are blessed with scientific understanding of the physical universe and we have been able to plant our national flag in the virgin soil of the moon. But have we built the world we ought to live in? As an artist and a human being I have serious doubts. Can we truly be meant to be the masters of the earth, if reckless consumption, pollution, and mass extinction are the result of our mastery? Will we destroy our own civilizations through irresponsible selfishness? Will our extinction follow those of whales, tigers, foxes, and dragonflies?
I have been building an Apocalypse Series of paintings and drawings since the US was poised to invade Iraq in 2003, and the series has continued to grow as conditions show no sign of resolving. Growing up in China's repressive culture and atmosphere formed the foundation of my worldview and my work. Though pessimistic, I engage through my art in the human struggle against fate.
Life is a harsh experience, yet beautiful. My goal is to discover the truth in life, and to portray those hidden aspects boldly, without losing the beauty that is seen. To merely document surfaces is not enough: I want to grasp what is behind, which to me is far more compelling and worthwhile.
Curriculum Vitae
- "Waft" Published by Pomona Valley Review, Issue 11, July 2017
- "Ink and Watercolor Lilies", "Rafting", and "Stairwell" were finally published by Owen Wister Review, Issue 2015
- "Ink Drawing Night City 3" and "July Meteors" – Shark Reef Magazine, Winter 2015
- "Surveying" and "Wildflowers" – Pomona Valley Review, Issue 8, May 2014
- "Literature Inspired Paintings" - Superstition Review, May 2014
- "Leisurely" and "White Dresses" - Wilde Magazine, Issue 3, July 2013
- "Liberation Road", Artist Portfolio Magazine - Issue 11, June 2013
- "Pilgrim" and "Pond" - Wilde Magazine, Issue 2, May 2013
- "Boulevard", "Lone Traveler" and "Stringed White Dresses - An Installation" - Pomona Valley Review, Issue 7, April 2013
- "Awakening", "Dissonance", "Division", and "House of Hope" - Superstition Review, Issue 11, April 2013
- "Bombed Bridge, III" - Artist Portfolio Magazine - Issue 9, January 2013
- "In Distant Country" - Artist Portfolio Magazine - Anniversary Issue, Issue 6, April 2012
- "The Song of Orpheus" - Artist Portfolio Magazine, Cover II Art Contest 2011, Issue 2, June 2011
- "Sisyphus" – cover art for Epistemologies of Ignorance in Education, published by Information Age Publishing
- "Red Flowers", "Flowers in Blue Vase", "Flowers in Blue Vase, II", "Winter Flowers", "Gladioli", "Lotus", and "Magnolia" – Sychronized Chaos Webzine, March 2010
- "Minotaur", "Daphne", "Sisyphus", "Adam & Eve", "Annunciation", "Jingwei Filling Up the Sea", "Nüwa Creating Humans", "Nüwa Patching Up the Sky" – Sychronized Chaos Webzine, November 2009
- "Blindness", "Devils' Dance", "Dirge", "Falling", "Grandma", "Net", "Diptych - Sorrow and Suffering",
"Progression", and "The Triumph of Saint George" – Sychronized Chaos Webzine, October 2009
- "Branches" and "Upstream" – The William and Mary Review - Volume 47, 2009, The College of William and Mary
- "Room with a Lamp" – The William and Mary Review - Volume 46, 2008, The College of William and Mary
- "A Young Frenchman" – The William and Mary Review - Volume 45, 2007
- "Birds and Men", "Devils' Dance" and "The Triumph of Saint George" – The Amistad - Spring 2007, Howard University in Washington, D.C.
- "Frenchman" – The William and Mary Review - Volume 44, 2006
- "Drifting" – The William and Mary Review - Volume 43, 2005
Fifth 2017 ArtSlant Showcase Award Winner for "Autumn Impression" - Jurors: Alex Paik, artist, director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid and curator of Satellite Art Show in Miami; Will Hutnick, artist and curator and the co-director of Ortega y Gasset Projects and the Residency Director of The Wassaic Project; and Polina Stroganova, the Director of Proyectos Monclova in Mexico City.
2nd 2017 ArtSlant Showcase Award Winner for "Stairwell" - Jurors: Lior Zalmanson, a writer, new media artist, curator and researcher; Meghan Gordon, a Los Angeles-based artist who creates unusual exhibition contexts in order to foster short, but intensive working relationships with other artists, resulting in hybrid projects with complicated authorship; Theresa Ganz, ArtSlant Prize 2015 Winner
5th 2016 ArtSlant Showcase Award Winner for "The March of Time" - Jurors: Thorsten Albertz, a partner at Albertz Benda in New York, and Sibylle Friche, Director at DOCUMENT, a commercial gallery located in Chicago that specializes in contemporary photography, film and media based art
6th 2015 ArtSlant Showcase Award Winner for "Crow" - Jurors: Mark Beasley, a British curator and writer based in New York; Óscar Florit, Director of L21 Gallery, Palma, and Madrid, Spain; Bob and Roberta Smith, the British artist whose best known works include: ~ Make Art Not War, which belongs to the Tate collection; and Letter to Michael Gove.
3rd 2015 ArtSlant Showcase Award Winner for "Niobe" - Jurors: Catherine Wagley, writer of art and visual culture in Los Angeles, Edra Soto, a Chicago-based artist, and Jacqueline Ferrante, a painter and photographer, and the Associate Director of A.I.R. Gallery
2nd 2015 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "July Meteors" - Jurors: Cara Zimmerman, Associate Vice President and Specialist in Folk and Outsider Art at Christie's, Kristin Hjellegjerde, gallery owner in south west London, and Irene de Craen is currently artistic director at Hotel Maria Kapel
1st 2015 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "Mackerel" - Jurors: Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Zachary Cahill, an interdisciplinary artist, and Megan Fizell, a Sydney-based writer and curator
5th 2014 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "The Innocents - Dedicated to the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17" - Jurors: Carolina Jayaram, Summer Guthery, and Raz Shapira-Fainburg
7th 2013 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "White Dresses" - Juroros: Maria Jenson, founding director of ArtPadSF, which launched in May 2011 at the Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco; Bea de Souza, founder/ director of the Agency Gallery in London; Daniela Kostova, an interdisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, performance and installation.
5th 2013 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "Diptych - Dawn" - Juroros: Darren Jones - Artist, Writer, Curator, New York Neysa Page-Lieberman - Director & Curator in the Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College, Chicago Deb Klowden Mann - Gallery KM, Los Angeles
4th 2013 ArtSlant Showcase Winner for "Stringed White Dresses - An Installation" - Jennie Lamensdorf is director of the Time Equities Inc. Art-in-Buildings Program in New York, NY; Robin Peckham, an independent curator based in Hong Kong with a focus on private collections.; and Cole Harrell is a curator, art historian, and proud collector.
Honorable Mention for "Bombed Bridge, III" - Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 9, Published by My Art Contests
5th 2012 Showcase Winner for "Ink Drawing Night City 3" - ArtSlant, Juroros: Sarah Belden,founder of Sarah Belden Fine Art Advisory; HELIANTHE BOURDEAUX-MAURIN, exhibitions manager at Pinacothèque de Paris; and CJ FOLLINI, co-chairperson of the Board of Directors of HERE Arts Center in SoHo
Editor's Choice Award for "The Song of Orpheus" - Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 2, Published by My Art Contests
First 2011 Showcase Winner for "Dispersion" - ArtSlant, Juroros: Julie Davidow, ArtSlant Golden Frame artist; Walter Mason, Curator, Haggerty Museum of Art; and Hillary Metz, Director, Blythe Projects, Los Angeles
Second 2010 Showcase Winner for "Grandma" - ArtSlant, Juroros: Els Barents, Director, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam; Snoozie Hexagon, Director/Curator, Elevator Gallery, London; Michelle Heinz, Director, Frederico Sève Gallery/latincollector, New York; Joey Piziali and Vanessa Blaikie, Co-Owners/Directors, Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco; Carole A. Stakenas, Executive Director, LACE, Los Angeles
Juried Shows and Competitions
See "EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS" below.
- "A Modern Approach to Landscape Painting" – Amsterdam Art, Berkeley, California, December 2001
Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio, classes in fine and commercial art, 1996-97
Private Instructions on Oil Painting with Lilia Obrath, 1996, & Roland Huston, 1995
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(AP) The NCAA is getting out of the jersey-selling business.
On Thursday, NCAA President Mark Emmert acknowledged that it was "hypocritical" for the governing body to be selling jerseys of players and other college athletes on its own web site. He said it did not fit the NCAA's own model. He said all of the items would be removed as soon as possible.
The decision comes less than a week after Heisman Trophy-winner Johnny Manziel was accused of receiving money for signing autographs. That would be a violation of NCAA rules, and if proven, could jeopardize his eligibility.
USA Today reported this week that some of the items sold on an NCAA site could be searched by using the names of specific players.
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Oct. 20, 2001
Recap?|? Final Stats?|? Notes?|? Photo Gallery
Notre Dame Coach Bob Davie
On game:
"It's Notre Dame and USC. I thought it was a heck of a game today. They're a good team. I thought we made it a little more difficult on ourselves than we had to at times. Overall though, I thought our effort and our tenacity were outstanding, staying in the game when you're down 10 and your quarterback looks like he's hurt. I am really proud of the way our guys came back to win this one."
On quarterback Carlyle Holiday:
"I thought Carlyle Holiday did a lot of great things. I think he showed he can pass and he can certainly run. But he put the ball on the ground three times and that really hurt us. He's young… he's only going to get better. I continue to be impressed with his play."
"The turnovers were disappointing. We've talked about him protecting the football better when he runs, making smart decisions…. running out of bounds maybe instead of trying to run someone over. Other than the turnovers, I thought he played really well."
On Defense:
"On that first touchdown, we had the quarterback sacked, then he throws it and it looks like an intercerption, then all the sudden I think it was their fullback taking the ball down the sideline for a touchdown."
"I thought the defense played better as the game went on. I thought our corners did a great job. Their wide recievers were doing some great things in warm ups, and I think we did a good job shutting them down today… Shane (Walton) came up big on the fake punt. I really didn't expect that play."
On Special Teams:
"Once again this week, our kicking game was huge, our special teams also played outstanding today."
On Notre Dame team:
"This is a big win for this football team. I think they were extended emotionally and physically. We're glad to be through midterms. We've got a big week next week with no school and going out to Boston College. Then it's Tennessee at home."
"I think if we can eliminate the turnovers, stop doing some silly things on defense, I think we have a chance to be a very good football team."
Notre Dame Player Quotes
Sophomore quarterback Carlyle Holiday
On his increased confidence . . .
"I think I've gotten better over the last couple of weeks. I've gotten more confident and I have more confidence in my receivers. The coaches have had more confidence in me as well, letting me throw downfield a little more."
On winning despite his fumbles . . .
"It shows I am a strong person that I am able to bounce back from those mistakes. But those cannot happen in a normal game if we are going to win."
On the magnitude of the victory . . .
"We knew this was a big opportunity for us. More than just the rivalry aspect, it was a big chance to gain some momentum that we feel can carry us for the rest of the season. Beating USC makes it a big win for us, as well as the fact that we evened our record."
Senior linebacker Rocky Boiman
On beating USC . . .
"There really is (something special about it). I can't really describe it. People have been asking me all week, 'Doesn't the rivalry not have as much meaning?' But it meant a lot to us. I don't know if it did to them, but it did to us."
On the offensive play . . .
"The offense played so well today. Carlyle and the offensive line were great. USC knew we were going to come out and run against them, but we were still able to put it to them."
Senior defensive end Ryan Roberts
On Notre Dame's goal-line stand . . .
"The goal-line stand was great. I was so happy to be a part of it. They got down to the goal line and we just played our hearts out. We were looking for a goal-line stand because that is a great opportunity (to swing momentum). We were just glad we got to do it."
Sophomore cornerback Vontez Duff
On his interception . . .
"I want to make a big play every play. That is one thing the coaches teach us — always be a playmaker, no matter what."
Senior defensive end Anthony Weaver
On the defensive play . . .
"Defensively we played really well today. Honestly, every time they scored, it was basically on us — we did it to ourselves. We're confident right now defensively and I can't wait until next week."
Senior split end Javin Hunter
On Carlyle Holiday . . .
"I thought Carlyle did a great job scrambling and finding the open guy. He has grown 100 percent since the first game he started. He's more vocal and he's much more confident. He's there to make a play. I really like Carlyle in the huddle."
USC Coach Pete Carroll
On the game
"This is a very difficult loss because of how much was on the line and how much this game meant to the players and the school. No question that this was a difficult loss. Notre Dame played real well in the second half while we got quiet on offense. Some of our problem was simply the poor field position that we had. We were not able to make any critical stops throughout the game. We did not take advantage of the times we had a chance to stop them from continuing to move the ball, including after the fake punt attempt. I don't want anybody, though, to say that this team was not prepared. Notre Dame played a great game and our hats go off to them."
On why USC kicked field goal at 9:30 of the 3rd quarter
"It would not have been significant if we stopped them and executed better later on in the half. Looking back, it was the critical point in the game, but it still was the correct decision at the time for us. We certainly did not feel that that would be our last time down there or that that would be the last time we would score. At the time, with the way the game was going, we felt that we need to make sure we put points on the board."
On Carlyle Holiday
"He is a very good player. He did a nice job for them today and ran the option successfully. He certainly ran that offense well for them and made plays when he had the opportunity to make them."
On the state of the USC football team
"I know we are building a championship team here. There is no doubt that this team is on its way. The way we are improving and the way that these players have responded leaves no doubt in my mind that we are becoming a championship team. That is why that we played so hard today and this is such a hard loss."
USC Player Quotes
Junior quarterback Carson Palmer:
On USC close calls and narrow defeats in 2001…
"Every game we play comes down to the wire. We just haven't been able to pull one out. Every loss has been like this. It's been so close, and at the end we just can't find a way to pull one out and get the win. There's too much heart on this team for it to spiral in any other way but up."
On second-quarter touchdown pass to FL Keary Colbert…
"We came out and lined up quick, we did a good job of getting set. They were still looking for the call from the sideline. We just caught them when they weren't ready."
Senior punter Mike MacGillivray:
On failed third quarter fourth-down conversion attempt …
"I thought I could get the first down so I went for it. The corner came up and made a real good play. I saw the field wide open, I knew it was fourth-and-four, and I thought I could get the four yards. I wanted to try to do something to get the team going and I thought I had it. It's a decision to make at that moment to go with it or kick it, so I decided to go with it. It looked wide open to me, but unfortunately the corner came up and made a play and it didn't work out."
Junior split end Kareem Kelly:
On receiving double coverage…
"I had a few opportunities and I had to take advantage of each and every one because I knew I wouldn't get many since I was being double teamed. Some balls that I could have had went off my fingertips. I just didn't make enough big plays today."
Junior strong safety Troy Polamalu:
On Notre Dame QB Carlyle Holiday…
"He is very mobile. They should probably put him at tailback. He's a great runner and hard to bring down."


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- 1 can of lychee (use 325 ml lychee syrup)
- 75 gram sugar
- 400 ml coconut cream
- 3/4th sachet of agar agar
- 2 mangos
- Optional: fresh lychee
- Mint leaves for garnish
- Sunflower or other neutral oil
Kitchen equipment needed
- Colander
- Bowl
- Small saucepan
- Whisk
- Silicone kitchen brush
- 6 small ramekins or other bowls
- Small knife
Preparation — 10 minutes + waiting time
ADD the canned lychee to a colander and collect the syrup in a bowl. Use 325 ml of the syrup and heat it up in a small saucepan along with 75 gram sugar. As soon as the sugar has dissolved you can STIR in the agar agar. Let it cook on low heat for a few minutes before you also stir in the coconut cream.
Let the mixture cool off slightly while you coat the ramekins with a thin layer of neutral oil. DIVIDE the lychee-coconut mixture evenly over the ramekins and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Finishing the coconut-lychee pudding with mango — 10 minutes
PEEL the mangos and chop them into cubes. If you like you can also chop the lychee into halves.
FILL a small bowl with warm water and immerse the bottom of the ramekins into the water. RUN a small knife around the pudding, this way the pudding will easily unmold from the ramekins. DIVIDE the mango and lychee over the pudding. Because of the creamy pudding and soft fruit it's not necessary to serve this dessert with a sauce. Enjoy!


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Atestament to the power of Paul Greengrass' traumatic new work, United 93, is that it draws a picture of tragedy so human, so experiential that my emotions reached out to all the characters, even the terrorists, at whose bloody deaths I was shocked to find myself -- not for the first time in the film -- crying quietly in the theater.
United 93 tells the story of the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93, the last plane to be overtaken on September 11, 2001. It was the only plane that did not reach its intended target, the White House, thanks to a brave group of passengers who realized they were part of suicide mission and staged a revolt.
Yet despite painting a fairly relentless picture of these passengers as heroic martyrs, the film never goes overboard with simple notions of good and evil. Very few characters in this film are meant to be recognized as clear protagonists and almost none to be remembered by name. Greengrass succeeds instead in creating a real mesh of citizens, both in the air and on the ground.
Perhaps more controversially, Greengrass extends this treatment to the terrorists, opening the film on a subdued shot of them piously preparing for their mission. Greengrass even gives us a terrorist saying his last loving goodbyes over his cell phone before boarding the plane, a scene that cruelly mimics the last moments of the passengers.
The film draws the viewer into the experience through the use of a purposefully roughshod, cinema-verité style of camerawork. The boarding of passengers, chatter of flight attendants, and glances between terrorists are framed in an intimate, off-center manner that drops the viewer into the next seat on the plane. The fast-paced intercutting that carries the body of the film benefits from this style as well, pulsing with an over-the-shoulder energy at the crammed headquarters of the military and the Federal Aviation Administration.
If United 93 has any political feelings, it keeps them so buried beneath the crush of realistic confusion and shock that I didn't grasp them. The film depicts both the FAA and the military as woefully unprepared for an attack of this sort, but there is no personified culprit, only a mess of angry officials struggling and failing to prevent a tragedy from unfolding. Greengrass dismisses the wealth of conspiracy theories that suggest the military might have shot down the plane, not because he believes they were unwilling but simply incompetent.
What is most disturbing about the film is that, by creating a universe of such ordinary characters, what Greengrass gives the audience is very much a reliving of that day. Both the military and the FAA get their best information in this film from watching CNN. The televised images and scenes of powerlessness bring back all the emotions ordinary Americans experienced on that day, giving the last scene an almost dangerously intoxicating thrill of revenge.
It isn't too soon to make this film, but it is a disturbing and emotional experience, one that must be handled with as much care by the audience member who completes it as Greengrass clearly took to make it.


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The recurrent theme of Christmas in Rudyard Kipling's work
PUBLISHED: 09:49 16 December 2015 | UPDATED: 14:47 07 November 2018
As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's birth, Steve Roberts examines the recurrent theme of Christmas in his work
"And at Home they're making merry 'neath the white and scarlet berry." That's a lovely line, written by a man who knew what it was to spend Christmas far from home. Rudyard Kipling was born 150 years ago in December in far-off Mumbai, the son of a school principal and author. "As at home the Christmas Day is breaking wan … let us feast with friends and neighbours, And be merry as the custom of our caste." Far away, with Christmas ending as Christmas dawned elsewhere, Kipling was immersed in festivities, in spite of unseasonably hot weather and an absence of mistletoe and holly.
This poem was first published on Christmas Eve 1886, when Kipling would have been aged just 20. It is a poignant narrative on exiles 'enjoying' their Christmas far from home and in a totally alien climate. It may be different to feel the warmth of the sub-continent (or indeed enjoy a barbecue on Bondi Beach), but surely there is nothing to compare with a crisp morning, crackling fire and the holly berries contrasting with the frost on the ground.
Kipling wrote about Christmas a lot; perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder. There are subliminal messages in there that have to be sought out. In Eddi's Service (AD. 687) the eponymous priest is putting on a midnight service, but alas, no one attends, for, "the Saxons were keeping Christmas and the night was stormy as well." With just an ox and ass for company, Eddi told the ox of, "a Manger and a Stall in Bethlehem, and he spoke to the Ass of a Rider, That rode to Jerusalem." Not everything Kipling wrote about Christmas was unequivocally complimentary: people you wouldn't hear from for another year; folk too busy 'celebrating' to attend a service. Kipling could have been writing in our time.
Kipling's Christmas in India has appeared in an online Top 20 of Christmas poems. He did spend much of his childhood in England, so had the traditional Christmas in heart and mind when he wrote of it. Kipling was six when he was sent back to England, along with his three-year-old sister. The arts loomed large, for Kipling's maternal aunt was married to the famous artist Edward Burne-Jones and the two youngsters spent their Christmases (a full month) with the B-Js until Kipling was 12, stays which Kipling referred to as "paradise'" His parents meanwhile remained in India. It would be those seasonal holidays that would live long in the memory.
Returning to India in his teens, those childhood memories never left him and influenced much of what he wrote, output that was good enough to win him a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, the first English language writer to receive the accolade and its youngest recipient to date (he was 41).
In William the Conqueror (part II), published in January 1896, a decade after Christmas in India, Kipling wrote of hidden voices breaking into Good King Wenceslas, a further reminder of English Christmases past, but the story was bittersweet, reflecting as it did on famines in southern India, yet finishing with a Christmas ball that could have been lifted straight from any English country house. Those contrasts pull at the heart-strings; Christmas has never been unmitigated fun for all.
Perhaps, appropriately, as a man who extolled Empire and lived and worked in India, it would be Kipling who would help write the first Christmas speech, broadcast by King George V in 1932. The speech talked up the Empire and the union of all its peoples. "Through one of the marvels of modern Science, I am enabled, this Christmas Day, to speak to all my peoples throughout the Empire." The speech was widely applauded for its majestic words and has been held to be one of the great speeches of the 20th century. It was actually the Prime Minister of the time, Ramsay MacDonald, who suggested to the King that Kipling would write a good speech. It was a shame that the writer and his ilk didn't get the 'contract' to continue penning these speeches.
Kipling wrote about Christmas from the heart and his themes are enduring; the yearning for home; the things we associate with that time; the need to be with those we love. In a case of mistaken identity he's also been credited with one Christmas recitation he didn't write. In the Workhouse – Christmas Day was actually written in 1879 by George R Sims, a campaigning journalist, but Kipling would have appreciated its description of "bare walls … bright with garlands of green and holly." It is also untrue that Rudyard Kipling was the inspiration for "exceedingly good cakes", although he may well have enjoyed one, particularly over the festive season when traditional Christmas cake and yule log come to the fore. One can imagine him, during those month-long sojourns in the B-J household, engaging in conspicuous consumption and putting on the odd pound or two.
Kipling clearly had the ear of politicians as his Christmas of 1924 were spent with the Baldwins at Astley, Stanley Baldwin being the then Prime Minister, albeit Baldwin was Kipling's first cousin. In fact, Kipling seemed to have the happy knack of being invited somewhere for Christmas (always a good ruse I think). The 1920s saw Kipling spend Christmases in Paris, Torquay and Bath, always with friends.
Of course, Kipling was happiest in Sussex. He moved here from Devon when in his early 30s and spent the rest of his life in the county, living firstly in Rottingdean then, from 1902, at Bateman's which would be his home for the rest of his days. National Trust Visitor Services Manager for Bateman's Fiona Hancock encourages people to, "Step back in time and experience the magic of a Kipling family Christmas. It's a great way to start the festive season and create some lovely memories."
In a 1995 poll, Kipling's If-, which my late father-in-law knew off by heart, was voted the UK's favourite poem. Can any writer really do any better? "And – which is more – you'll be a Man, my son!" Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, Kipling wrote all about it, and there's nought as good as that.
10 facts about Kipling
• Kipling was named 'Rudyard' after the spot where his parents courted (Rudyard Lake, Staffs).
• As a boy Kipling attended the United Services College at Westward Ho! In Devon.
• It was decided Kipling lacked the ability to get into Oxford University on a scholarship.
• Kipling worked as a journalist on the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette.
• He returned to England in 1889, initially settling in London.
• Kipling was never too happy as a novelist, his first attempt, The Light that failed (1890), not altogether successful.
• He married Caroline Balestier, the sister of an American author-publisher, in 1892, proposing to her rather unromantically by telegram.
• A stay in the in-laws' Vermont was a disaster as Kipling couldn't get on with in-laws or locals.
• Kipling had three children, two daughters and son John, killed in the Battle of Loos (1915), aged 18.
• Kipling's reputation has suffered due to the retreat from Empire; he was a great colonialist.