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Welcome Address at Side event on Impactful Investments into Water-Resilient Infrastructure: Inputs to the 3rd APWS
Delivered at Side event on Impactful Investments into Water-Resilient Infrastructure: Inputs to the 3rd APWS, Bangkok, Thailand
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Distinguished delegates
I would like to thank the Japan Water Agency for its collaboration with ESCAP as well as the regional Network of River Basin Associations and the Asia-Pacific Water Forum for organizing this side event.
ESCAP's latest analytical products, coupled with the lessons learnt from the regional projects, show that our region is experiencing an increased pressure on water resources. Demand is rising in all sectors, particularly in agriculture, and the unsustainable use of water and disposal of waste water is a concern in many countries of the region.
Among the key factors that prevent optimal investment in water-related SDGs include inadequate pricing and incentives. This, coupled with uncoordinated policy responses to competing sectoral water demands, can lead to poor management of scarce water resources. In addition, a lack of incentives for pro-poor public-private partnerships and the absence of community and private sector involvement in developing of water and sanitation services mean that innovative approaches to financing water and sanitation infrastructure are not realized.
The economic, social and environmental returns on investments on water related SDGs are considerable. Yet at the same time, the Asia-Pacific region is only meeting ten percent of its required water infrastructure needs. We have been talking about the need to increase investments in water and sanitation in the region for decades. But, over the last few years, the international aid for water and sanitation has fallen. Privatization and commercialization options do exist but have not been tapped effectively as water boards and other public-sector providers often enjoy monopolies and are riddled with inefficiencies. Lending by banks have been rising, though not enough to offset the trends just mentioned. Furthermore, most municipal or water agencies are financially weak and as such recourse to market lending is limited.
The region needs to bring about a step change in its ability to attract water and sanitation investments to ensure impact is realized in all three dimensions of sustainable development.
First of all, water and sanitation-related SDGs cannot be attained solely through mega projects and by the search for mega infrastructural financing. We need to empower the leadership of regional local governments to develop policies and norms for financial frameworks and decentralized financing systems. For example, policies enabling decentralized waste water management practices in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Waste Management and Public Cleaning Law in Japan, mandate local governments and municipalities to participate in the management of water and sanitation services. These financing schemes help to diversify sources of income and should in turn enable open, but well-regulated local and regional market opportunities for reliable, affordable water and sanitation services.
Second, by creating both smart budget appraisals1 and the efficient delivery of water and sanitation services, we can avoid inefficiencies and misallocations in the management of funds, especially in water and sanitation projects of municipal and local governments, which are vulnerable to financial leakages. Better public expenditure management across water boards is critical as the revenues collected are being misappropriated or misallocated. As a practical monitoring measure, governments could encourage the use of smart phone applications, and further implement budget and expenditure transparency for water and sanitation at the local level. Proportions of specific service taxes collected for different purposes at the central level should be allocated for water and sanitation provision in the local governments with clear programmes and implementation codes.
Third, we need to attract impactful investments to enhance the resilience of infrastructure to water-hazards,2 by showing the multiple benefits to social and environmental security and the returns on investments that are achievable. In this context, the smart city concept in India and the Republic of Korea is being developed to promote vibrant, liveable and environmentally efficient cities with optimal use of resources, leading to enhanced economic development.
Fourth, provision of clean drinking water is critical to prevent water borne diseases whose incidence has grown and burden the weak health system and household budget.
To conclude, the leadership of governments and municipalities in framing policies and in attracting increasing investment for water and sanitation infrastructure is crucial. To follow up efficiently we need to strengthen integrated water resource management processes and promote inter-disciplinary consultations. ESCAP is strengthening its support to member States with new knowledge platforms aimed at delivering the rapid regional response to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We look forward to working with you all in these efforts.
I thank you.


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Bet the House on the Stock Market?
Dear Dr. Don,We have been advised to refinance our home and invest the money in stocks. My husband and I are retired. Does this sound like a good idea?-- Bonnie Bettor
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Dear Bonnie,Great question. I'm surprised I don't get this question more often from readers. It may sound like a good idea, but it's not. The equity you have in your home is already invested -- in real estate. To increase your leverage by borrowing against your home to invest in the stock market, especially in retirement, is a bad idea.
The argument for doing it is that mortgage rates are near historic lows. If you can fully utilize the mortgage interest deduction on your taxes, you can borrow money at a low effective rate. To be ahead of the game, all you have to do is to earn more after tax on your investments than you pay after tax on your mortgage. It sounds simple enough, but it's hard to do consistently over time.
People who would never consider buying stocks on margin -- where the brokerage firm loans them up to half the purchase price at attractive rates -- are willing to bet the house that they can earn more in the stock market than the mortgage loan rate. It's a bad trade for most of us.
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Mayor's Message
Walnut Creek Mayor Cindy Silva
As 2018 ended, Walnut Creek celebrated a changing of the guard on our city council as we thanked retiring councilmember Rich Carlston and welcomed new councilmember Matt Francois.
Celebrating Our Accomplishments
As we look to the future, I believe it's important to reflect on our accomplishments.
- Roads:Recently, we invested new state transportation funds in long-overdue road rehabilitation work on Oak Grove Road. Going forward, we'll use these funds for other critical projects, including Ygnacio Valley Road.
- Homeless services:One primary goal is to provide a realistic response to homelessness. With Trinity Center, which offers non-residential support services for the homeless, we are again providing the Winter Nights Shelter. Furthermore, our new, dedicated homeless services fund supports our homeless outreach team (in partnership with the county and City of Concord) and other homeless programs and services.
- Housing affordability:In recent years, California has faced an extreme housing affordability crisis – a crisis exacerbated by the state's recent wildland fires. Recognizing this ongoing crisis, we've worked with housing builders and non-profit affordable housing groups to fund more than 330 units of low- and very-low income housing. And, 140 more units are underway.
- Pension funding:Facing increasing financial pressure from rising pension liabilities, we made a $14 million "down payment" in an irrevocable trust for future pension costs.
- Parks and recreation:Our parks and recreation programs are among the hallmarks of our quality of life. Summer 2018 was another banner year for the recently rebuilt Larkey Pool and splash playground. Like other community facilities built about 50 years ago, Larkey Pool was having significant maintenance problems and needed major renovation. Four other highly-used-but-aging community facilities are also in need of major renovation, so we've have initiated a two-year community project called Your Parks, Your Future to determine how to address these infrastructure needs.
- Local economy:We've enjoyed significant investment in the local economy, including the $250 million rebuilding of Broadway Plaza, the opening of The Orchards center, the refresh of Encina Grande and Rossmoor Shopping Center, and revitalization of the Shadelands Business Park. In December, we approved an updated economic development strategic plan that will help set the stage for new economic investment and more jobs over the next decade.
- Downtown parking:We continue to explore creative solutions for more downtown parking. We converted 1,500 metered spaces at the edges of downtown to long-term parking. We're examining employee parking programs and testing attendant-assisted parking, which could increase garage capacity by 20 percent.
- Sustainability:To achieve our sustainability goals, we've joined Marin Clean Energy and "opted up" to 100 percent renewable electricity for city facilities, installed solar at Boundary Oak and Heather Farm and EV charging stations in city garages, and added solar-powered recycling/trash compactors downtown – to name a few!
- Community Service Day:In October, nearly 1,400 volunteers came out for the 8thAnnual Community Service Day.
Spotlight on the Community
Many of our accomplishments are a result of the efforts of community non-profits and volunteers – groups that make Walnut Creek a great community. In 2019, I want to spotlight these community groups and give the community a chance to learn more about what makes Walnut Creek so great. We're calling the program 2ndSaturday Spotlight. Our first 2ndSaturday Spotlight is set for January 12, when we'll get a behind-the-scenes tour of Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation. For more information, visit www.walnut-creek.org.
I am honored to serve as Walnut Creek's mayor for what will be a challenging and exciting year. I hope you'll join us for 2ndSaturday Spotlight.


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Monday, May 25, 2020
Today is Memorial Day
Why should it be flying? you ask.
Because it's Memorial Day!
"Old Folks" understand the meaning and the why of Memorial Day but, alas, I fear that most "young folks" today think it is just another 3 day holiday and a time for fun.
But is it? Should we look at it as just another occasion for cookouts, the opening of swimming pools, the beginning of summer vacations, and goofing off?
I remember my Parents and Grandparents putting flowers and flags on graves (of military and family) and referring to this special day as "Decoration Day", its original name. The name was changed to Memorial Day after World War I, but they still referred to it as Decoration Day.
So, what exactly IS Decoration Day / Memorial day and why do we observe it?
The opening paragraph in Wikipedia says:
"Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action."
So, Memorial day is a special time to remember the cost of Freedom.
This video will further explain. Be sure your sound is on.
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Guo Pei at the Bowers Museum
April 11, 2019
Lindsay Shen and I have had the privilege of visiting the Bowers Museum's exhibit Guo Pei: Couture Beyond. This exhibition displays the magnificent pieces created by designer Guo Pei. The collection showcases over forty different works. Each piece includes striking details, including the headpieces, the garments, and the footwear. Much of the work is inspired by Chinese and East Asian culture as well as influences from many different fashion eras and styles. The exhibit displays a sense of royalty and extravagance. Guo Pei uses material such as silk, bamboo, and sequins and much of the work was intricately embroidered. Many of the pieces included unique platform shoes. This is very evident of Guo Pei's style.
Guo Pei is a couturier designer from Beijing, China. She has been in the fashion industry for over 20 years. She began sewing at two years old and has had a life-long passion for her craft. She graduated from Beijing School of Industrial Fashion Design. She has her own label and owns "Rose Studio." She is very well-known for one of her designs being worn by Rihanna, at the 2015 Met Gala. Her pieces use cutting-edge style, while also emrbacing her own heritage. She has many different collections that are inspired from various meanings. For example, she has one collection based on fairytales and childhood, and another is inspired from military history.
The exhibit Guo Pei: Couture Beyond include pieces from the collections: "Garden of Soul, fall 2015," " Elysium, Spring/Summer 2018," "Samsara, Fall/Winter 2006-2007," "Encounter, Fall/Winter 2015-2016," "1002 Nights, Fall/Winter 2009-2010," "An Amazing Journey in a Childhood Dream, Fall/Winter 2007-2008," "Legend, Spring/Summer 2017," and "Legend of the Dragon, Spring/Summer 2012."
The Bower's Exhibition will take place March 9 – July 14, 2019.


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World Press Freedom Day has always been the occasion for responsible journalists to re-examine the state of one of the fundamental needs of ethical practice. This year as in 2018, May 3rd was not so much an occasion for celebration as for alarm. As in many other parts of the world, the independent press is under siege from a government that has made it its life work to harass, restrict, threaten and silence it, and to even arrest practitioners for daring to report the truth.Continue reading
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World Press Freedom Day will be marked this year by journalists' and media advocacy groups with trepidation in the context of the continuing attacks on press freedom by a government that obviously fears its power to expose official wrongdoing.Continue reading
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The relationship between media and power — whether in the form of governments, business corporations, or institutions with large followings such as churches — has always been problematic.
The media are almost always the first targets of repression, whether in Indonesia during the 1965 coup and the decades that followed it; in Thailand in the present day where the military junta has taken down supposedly offensive posts in online news sites and blogs, and disallowed the holding of press forums — or in the Philippines, where, upon the declaration of martial law, the Marcos terror regime shut down newspapers and radio and TV stations, required all means of reproducing texts and photos to be registered, created a ministry of information from which all government issuances were to be sourced, seized control of the broadcast networks, and allowed only crony-owned newspapers to publish.
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JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS have always had an uneasy, troubled, and troubling relationship, whether in those countries that are, or which claim to be democracies, and even in dictatorships. But in this country where politics rules both during and between elections, the relationship has sometimes been lethal.
The "Fourth Estate" function of monitoring government often puts competent and honest journalists on a collision course with government officials whether appointed or elected, and with those politicians running for public office during election season. For the dishonest, paid partisanship leads to the same, at times deadly course with his or her patron's rivals.


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Kanye breaks into cockpit to rap for MSP-to-NYC flight
Just a few short hours after elating fans in the Twin Cities with an intimate meet-and-greet and listening party, Kanye West decided to perform an impromptu show aboard his flight from Minneapolis to New York City.
[jump] "He couldn't decide if he wanted to do 'The Good Life' or 'Gold Digger,' so he was like, 'I'll just do a little bit of both,'" a passenger aboard the flight told Hollywood Life. "It was awesome... but I still have no idea how he got into the cockpit."
The passenger then went on to describe how Kanye sat in first class and boarded the plane with all the other passengers. You know, just like a real person.
Here's a brief video of Kanye's in-flight performance. Just how did he get into the cockpit, anyway?
UPDATE: Delta responds to Kanye West in-flight Rap
[Hat tip: The Onion's AV Club.]
- Kanye in Minneapolis: A superfan reflects on her experience
- Kanye West drops into Minneapolis for a meet-and-greet
- Kanye West flips cocktail party guestlist into overloaded, blah single
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Getting personal with productivity
The New Zealand Productivity Commission's recent report (September 2013) highlights a growing productivity gap between New Zealand and other countries in the Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD). Evidently, us Kiwis work 15% more hours per year than the OECD average, but despite these longer hours we produce 20% less economic activity per hour – an embarrassing double whammy!
While I sometimes wonder about the basis for OECD assessments and comparisons, there is always scope for improved productivity, both at the macro and micro or personal levels. Admittedly, we need to get the macro stuff right first, otherwise our efforts at improving personal productivity might be akin to straightening the deck chairs on the Titanic, as the saying goes. Nevertheless, personal productivity is also important if we manage projects and here is a quiz I've prepared that has a two-fold purpose:
- To enable us to assess the extent to which we as individuals employ proven productive practices.
- To alert us to practices designed to improve our personal workplace productivity.
If you want to indulge, please check the extent to which you employ the following productivity practices by circling the appropriate figures, and then you might discuss your results with others in your work team – areas of agreement and disagreement, and what actions are needed individually and collectively to achieve productivity gains. In fact, you might ask them to use this questionnaire to assess you, recognising that a team is a group of people who co-operate to achieve common goals.
What does this grand total mean?
While this completed quiz will allow for useful comparisons, I haven't attempted to categorise scores and describe their significance, other than suggest that the higher you score the better and that you might now check your lowest scoring items for potential improvement initiatives. But to be effective, any such improvement goals are best written down and displayed as reminders, prioritised and expressed in measurable terms – preferably figures rather than adjectives and adverbs. Phew – seems a lot of work, but to do so could lead to saved time and your much improved productivity, performance and profitability.
Remember – nothing changes, if nothing changes!


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The pac file needs to be available for internal and external users. With windows i would prefer the enforce option. This should be ok if you have internal host detection set correctly. We only opted for pac file as already in place for other stuff and issues with ios. Ipad.
so is you pac file available from outside your lan?
Unfortunately, our pac file is only available to internal users
We have tried enforce mode before. But we ran into a lot of issues.
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-switch from external to internal network will work for some time but would need to re-authenticate back from external then re-switch to internal
-same issue for those users who click sign out on the GP agent
if only internal then pac file option is not really viable.
I only have external gateways and no captive portal so life is easy for me.
however... the pac file option will work if you only need it internally.
What version of GP are you using?
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Investments made or planned for downtown have surpassed the $1 billion mark since 2010, a milestone in the effort to re-energize the center city, and a benchmark that speaks to many projects yet to come.
About six years ago, the community adopted the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan, which established a strategic framework to attract new investment and revitalize the downtown area.
The plan's formula for urban revitalization seems to be working, officials said, as new housing downtown fills up rapidly, employers are expanding, more businesses are opening and the supply of recreation activities and cultural amenities is diversifying.
Some potentially game-changing projects loom on the horizon, include CareSource's plans for a new office tower and the construction of a free music pavilion that could draw 100,000 attendees or more downtown each year.
"There's so much going on in downtown Dayton, and it's because of the perseverance, the vision and the belief in this room that our better days are ahead of us in the city of Dayton," Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said at the Special Improvement District (SID) annual meeting this week.
Since the launch of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan in 2010, private and public sector organizations have invested $520.4 million downtown. That does not include the spending on the Interstate 75 upgrades, according to information presented at the Downtown Dayton Partnership's SID meeting.
Charles Simms Development invested millions of dollars downtown to build 18 townhomes in 2011 and 31 more in the past couple of years, and the firm has three other townhome projects under construction or development.
Sinclair Community College last year opened its $5 million National UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) Training and Certification Center, where students and researchers work with cutting-edge drone technology.
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley opened its $18 million community services campus on South Main Street in late 2014, which helps people with disabilities and economic and social barriers find work.
"We're making an incredible amount of progress downtown — we still have a lot of work to do, no doubt, but we continue to move forward," said Sandy Gudorf, president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, which is funded mainly through SID assessments.
In addition to those investments, about $530.1 million in projects currently are under development, according to the partnership.
Construction is underway on the roughly $62 million overhaul of the Dayton Metro Library, which is expected to wrap up in mid-2017.
CareSource, a managed care provider, recently announced plans to construct a seven-story office building to house 900 employees, including about 400 new hires.
It would be the Central Business District's first new office tower since CareSource opened its $55 million corporate headquarters in late 2009/early 2010. The plan is for construction to finish in 2019.
"This will enable us to grow jobs in downtown Dayton," said Dan McCabe, chief administrative officer with the nonprofit.
One of the most highly anticipated developments in the works downtown is the Levitt Pavilion Dayton.
The roughly $5 million outdoor amphitheater, planned for Dave Hall Plaza near Fifth and Main streets, is expected to open in 2018. The venue would host 50 free concerts each year and could draw as many as 2,500 visitors per show.
Supporters say the Levitt pavilion will become an anchor amenity that sparks redevelopment in the area, which is littered with empty and obsolete office buildings.
"It drives growth, revitalization and redevelopment — so all the things you see happening — this cultural addition is important for the entire community," said Ellen Ireland, a member of the Friends of Levitt Pavilion Dayton Board of Directors.
Plans to revitalize the Dayton Arcade in phases received a big boost when the project was awarded $20 million in low income housing tax credits. The first phase of the $70 million, multi-stage project would create about 166 apartments, as well as commercial components.
"We're hoping to be under construction and maybe open parts of it by the time Levitt starts hosting its first concert," said David Williams, vice president of urban development with Miller-Valentine Group, which is a partner in the project.
Some of the big projects happening or planned for downtown continue to grow in size. Developers of the Water Street District — which consists of an office building and 215 apartments along the riverfront — plan to add 54 new apartments next spring.
Another development firm, the Ellway Group, has scooped up a variety of downtown properties along or near the 100 block of East Third Street. The firm envisions transforming the sleepy Fire Blocks District into housing, hospitality, retail and bar spaces.
Winfield Scott Gibson, managing partner with the Ellway Group, said his original $24 million redevelopment plan has evolved into a roughly $45 million plan and could grow much larger.
Sinclair also will invest about $25 million to consolidate its health sciences programs into a single, expanded facility to accommodate a growing student population.
Other signs of improving conditions include an apartment vacancy rate of less than 3 percent and a 2015 survey of downtown businesses that found nine in 10 respondents believe the center city is headed in the right direction.
This year, 45 new businesses have committed to downtown by signing leases or opening their doors, said Scott Murphy, vice president of economic development with the Downtown Dayton Partnership.
That's up from 32 new businesses during the same time frame in 2015.
More than 80 new businesses have moved downtown since 2015, and more than 110 startups have launched in the center city since 2011, the partnership said.
First-floor occupancy across downtown is up 15 percent, aided by 24 pop-up shops.
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text: Digital Broncos Topped Panthers on Field in #SB50, But Who Won the Social Super Bowl? While the final score of Super Bowl 50 put the Denver Broncos clearly atop the Carolina Panthers, both teams excelled differently on social media.By Justin Lafferty|February 9, 2016 Share By Justin Lafferty|February 9, 2016 Share While the final score of Super Bowl 50 put the Denver Broncos clearly atop the Carolina Panthers, both teams excelled differently on social media.New data from Unmetric, tracking the social media efforts of the two teams from Jan. 25 through Super Bowl Sunday, shows that while the Broncos were standouts on Facebook, the Panthers were more successful on Twitter and Instagram.Unmetric shows that the Broncos dominated the Panthers in terms of share of voice on Facebook, 71 percent to 29 percent. However, the Panthers were far more successful on Twitter.In terms of official hashtags on Instagram, Carolina's #KeepPounding was moderately more successful than Denver's #BeatThePanthers, using Unmetric's Engagement Score as the measuring stick: Though the Panthers posted far less often to Facebook and Twitter than the Broncos in this time period, they had the most engaging content. On Twitter, the Denver Broncos received the most replies, but the Carolina Panthers had the most likes and retweets. On Facebook, the Broncos received the most number of likes (7,202,838), comments (184,011) and shares (993,737).Here's a look at how the two teams scored on engagement on Facebook and Twitter: The most popular Facebook post for the Broncos, with an Engagement Score of 1,000, featured MVP linebacker Von Miller holding the Lombardi Trophy. The most popular Panthers post on Facebook, also with a 1,000 Engagement Score, was a thank you to fans.The most engaging Twitter and Instagram posts for the Broncos featured a GIF of the three Lombardi Trophies the team has claimed. Give us three!!!!! #SuperBroncos pic.twitter.com/eSGpuoGznV — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) February 8, 2016 — Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) February 8, 2016 Readers: Which team had the best posts on social?Top image courtesy of the Denver Broncos on Facebook. Share http://adweek.it/1mqD3VH copy Adweek Adweek


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Balance Sheet Amount ≠ General Ledger Amount
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Hi there!
I am facing the issue when I click Report > Balance Sheet > a Trust Account, the "Account Transactions" page pop up.
The balance sheet amount doesn't equal to the ledger amount.
I have pinpoint it to the 1 particular transaction that wasn't portrayed in the balance sheet.
I have tried re-create the transaction, but the variance still exist.
Please if anyone can help.
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The Walking Dead No Man's Land is a mobile game that official authorized by AMC of Walking Dead, this American television series has been broadcasted for eight years. Recently, with Walking Dead Season 8 second half return to the TV, the official game "Walking Dead No Man's Land" also updated the game content with TV show. This post will teach you how to play "Walking Dead No Man's Land" on PC with MEmu App Player.
Play Walking Dead No Man's Land on PC
Play now with Daryl, Rick, Michonne and many other characters of AMC's The Walking Dead! Collect Heroes through radio calls and unlock special abilities and valuable leader traits. Complete Episode 1 for free Daryl tokens and unlock the first Hero of your team!
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land is a thrilling, action-packed RPG where tactical choices make the difference between life and death. Only the strongest will survive so choose your team wisely: bring Michonne and dominate in close-quarter combat or send Rick to dispatch enemies from afar. Or perhaps you'll choose to snipe from a distance with Daryl's crossbow, or mow the herd down with Abraham's assault rifle.
• FIGHT through hordes of deadly enemies in tactical turn-based combat
• COLLECT and upgrade your favorite characters from AMC's The Walking Dead
• CHOOSE the right team and the equipment for each mission
• HUNT walkers in Terminus, The Prison and other familiar locations from AMC's The Walking Dead
• JOIN other players in deadly weekly challenges and PVP combat for exclusive rewards
How to Play Walking Dead No Man's Land on PC
- The game can now be downloaded worldwide officially from Google Play and iTunes. Alternatively, if you would like to side-load the APK onto your laptop or PC you can install it from third party sites. Here's the link to download.
- I recommend playing Walking Dead No Man's Land on PC using MEmu Player. If you haven't downloaded already, please install it here.
- In MEmu Player, install the APK you downloaded using APK icon along the right side.
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ME MILAN IL DUCA is part of a collection of luxury lifestyle hotels located throughout the world, each intended to reflect the vibrancy of the local culture. Designed by renowned Italian architect Aldo Rossi, ME Milan Il Duca appeals to travelers who want to explore the way today's modern Europeans live—from the latest in art and architecture to cutting-edge music and cuisine. Situated amid the hustle and bustle of the city, the hotel is within proximity to many of Milan's museums, trendy nightclubs, and exclusive boutiques. In fact, it is only a short fifteen-minute walk to the Corso Buenos Aires, whose 350 shops and outlets comprise the highest concentration of clothing stores in Europe. Also nearby is the Stazione Centrale and Porta Nuova area, whose impressive modern skyscrapers bridge the Milan of old with the Milan of the future. The majestic Unicredit Tower dominates the skyline, with additional buildings defining the magnificent Piazza Gae Aulenti.
Also not to be missed is the Vertical Forest, an innovative building that mixes the natural with the manmade, and the Monumental Cemetery, with its ancient tombs and sculptures. The hotel itself is as chic as any you'll find in Milan. Its 98 rooms and 34 suites are models of contemporary design, without sacrificing comfort or amenities. The hotel's social locus is its spectacular rooftop, with its panoramic views and fashionable, high-energy Radio Rooftop Bar. The hotel's culinary program brings together the very best local ingredients, chefs, and mixologists. The lobby or garden terrace are perfect spots to enjoy a light bite or an aperitif, while the glamorous STK Restaurant puts a local twist on the classic New York steakhouse experience. Its lounge is another spot to see and be seen, with an in-house DJ who creates the perfect high-energy vibe for dancing, mingling, and making new friends.


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Tsiribihina -Tsingy tours
Just like its alter ego Manambolo, majestic Tsiribihina takes you along to the heart of the vastnesses of the Malagasy West. Sometimes it takes its time and traces its meanders in a lunar landscape, sometimes in a grassy savanna where giant acacias, kapok and jujube trees are detached, sometimes in the luxuriance of a vegetation sheltering fauna swarming with life. A true "bath of nature" awaits those who choose the experiment of this tour leaving the beaten tracks. Our dugout will not disturb the colonies of brushes, of teals or of ashen heron; the lemurs will not give up so little their capers, and the rest will be made by the art of cooking of your cook-guide for the halts on a sand bank... Exit the stress; you are living unforgettable moments on the road of Tsingy, these masterpieces of architecture which will disappear one day because of this same erosion that has drawn them so well. For the time being, don't worry, that will not arrive before a few other million years.
Day 1: Antananarivo
Meet at Ivato international airport and transfer to the hotel. Live intensely your first contact with the City of the Thousand, one of the most picturesque capitals in the world where the rice plantations besiege to the footing of its bordering districts. Sort of pyramid-city but with a base which does not cease extending, Antananarivo is built on three levels and at the summit the emblematic Queen's Palace right in rehabilitation. Visits of Ambohimanga "the Blue Hill", and of the Old City with its superb panoramic sight.
Day 2: Antananarivo - Antsirabe
We choose to leave early to discover the countryside of Imerina during its wakening with its undulating landscapes, its hamlets of cob walls, and always the feeder ricefields. At the km No 170 of this RN7, also called the Road of the South, Antsirabe is the first thermal site of Madagasikara and has a climate particularly vivifying. In the afternoon, we will not refuse the pleasure of strolling by rickshaw between two visits of lapidaries and craftsmen workshops'. We will pass the night at the hotel according to the client choice.
Day 3: Antsirabe - Miandrivazo
We will not leave the Town of Water without a small detour to the most famous volcanic lake of Madagasikara, the Lake Tritriva. Then we will head into the West, the fertile lands of Vakinankaratra gradually give up the place to the aridity of Bongolava. Miandrivazo on the side of Mahajilo, an affluent of Tsiribihina, will be our port of boarding. This region is famous having the highest temperatures of Madagasikara! Relaxation at the Coin d'Or or Rasalimo hotel.
Day 4: Tsiribihina river
Boarding at 8.00 a.m. after the breakfast, then we go for a tour by the dugout which will watch the malagasy West scenery, in its austere beauty, pass before our eyes. We will stop as much as anyone will want to stretch his legs a bit in a virgin nature, and to discover endemic species of birds such as wigeons, égrettes, herons and chameleons. Stop for meal at the semi-day and the guide-cook will concoct you something with meat certainly - based - on zebu, fish, chicken, and vegetables. Only fresh things! Then we resume the navigation until the evening , preparing the bivouac on a sand bank. Meditation guaranteed by listening to the whistle of the night insects and by contemplating a beautiful starry sky...
Day 5: Gorges of Tsiribihina river
The passage of the Gorges through the solid mass of Bemaraha is one of the strong points of the descent. Fantastic landscapes, a deciduous dry forest, a diversified fauna where one will recognize in particular the lemurs which should not be missed such as propithèques of verraux or fulvus lemurs, very rare Pygargue of Madagasikara or " Ankoay ", or large parrots, chatterers with wish. Bathe in a natural swimming pool collecting crystalline water of a very beautiful waterfall. We will see lemurs watering themselves there by a little chance.
Day 6: Antseraraka
We take breakfast on a sand bank - as usual - and then new departure with a background of tobacco fields. It is told that they were Greek migrants who have launched this intensive culture from the end of 19th century. Under the impassive eye of black cap herons, our boats will pass in front of the rock blocks where groups of dogfishes are hung. Last camp-site at the edge of Tsiribihina.
Day 7: Antseraraka - Bekopaka
All the ways lead to Bekopaka, the "door" of Tsingy. We will start ours by zebu- cart to the 4 X 4 wheels which will bring us to destination via Belo on Tsiribihina river. Camp-site in the shade of the mango trees at the edge of the Manambolo River.
Day 8: Visit of Tsingy of Bemaraha (tsingy de bemaraha)
In 1990, declared Site of the World Inheritance by UNESCO, tsingy of Bemaraha became a National Park in August 1997 in order to develop its ecotouristic potentialities. Tsingy constitute a very dense system of faults, cracks, calcareous blocks carved in sharp-edged needles. Basically, they have a complex hydrology with underground cavities which would have been used as shelter for the "vazimba ", first occupiers of the island. Fauna is very rich with 13 species of lemurs, mammals like Fosa, terrestrial and aquatic birds, amphibians, reptiles. For the flora, 85% of the species are endemics. A broad variety of tours, with different levels of difficulty, allows a "free choice" visit of this exceptional site. In Bemaraha the Discovery is written with a capital "D". We will do it together!
Day 9: On the road of Morondava
It is inconceivable to finish this tour without seeing closely the strange baobab trees which make the celebrity of Morondava region. While coming from Belo on Tsiribihina, which will help us a little as hub, we will greet the Sacred Baobab tree (make your wishes!), the Baobab tree In love reproduced more and more on the markets by the craftsmen basket makers, and the Alley of the Baobab trees which many people from the world come to admire. The arrival will be at the end of the day at Morondava and relieving at the Bougainvilliers Hotel giving sight on the Channel of Mozambique. Nota: The descent of Tsiribihina can be also made by barges with your choice. These boats were formerly used exclusively by the plantations of tobacco. Today ten have been comfortably equipped to receive the tourists. One will particularly note the solarium arranged on the roof, whose heightening makes an ideal observing post of it during the entire course.
Day 10: continuation by plane to Antananarivo or to Toliary.
Price For 2 persons: 1290 euros
From 3 persons: 520 euros
Includling :
- car from Antananarivo to Miandrivazo
- 4WD during 3 days
- 4 nights of hotels ( Antsirabe - Miandrivazo - Antseraraka - Morondava )
- boat - meals and mineral water on river and in Tsingy of bemaraha
- tickets of park in Tsingy
- camping equipement
- 4 ferries
- zebu cart from the end of river to Anseraraka
- guide from Antananarivo to Morondava
- tax
- camping at the side of Manambolo river


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I've tried a few brands and types of dryer sheets and decided to review them all together so you can compare. I'm basing my critiques on 3 criteria: effectiveness, "green"ness, and affordability.
Honest Dryer Cloths
Rank: A
$6.95 for 32 sheets (each cloth can be used twice)
- Effectiveness: The cloths are very effective at removing static and making my clothes soft. The fragrance is really nice but not overwhelming.
- Greenness: Like all Honest products, the cloths are free of SLS, fragrance, dyes, phosphates, 1,4-dioxane, chlorine, DEA, formaldehyde, and caustics and they are biodegradable, hypoallergenic, non-toxic, pH neutral, and vegan.
- Affordability: These sheet are pretty price, but you can use each cloth twice, so theoretically you get 64 loads in each package.
- Other: The cloths are pre-moistened. I really like this feature because I sometimes fluff my hang-dry clothes in the dryer, and this moisture creates a little steam that works to remove wrinkles.
Seventh Generation Natural Fabric Softener Sheets
Rank: C
$4.99 for 80 sheets
- Effectiveness: The sheets didn't make a big difference. It got rid of static but didn't seem to soften my clothes.
- Greenness: These sheets are unbleached, recyclable, biodegradable, and processed without chemicals containing chlorine; USDA Certified Biobased Product.
- Affordability: These are SUPER affordable.
- Other: They're are made of unbleached paper, so you can compost them after they've been through the dryer.
Mrs. Meyer's Dryer Sheets
Rank: B
$7.99 for 80 sheets
- Effectiveness: These sheets are moderately effective. My clothes didn't have static, and they felt a little softer. The basil fragrance is lovely out of the box but doesn't last on your clothes.
- Greenness: They are 99% naturally derived and free of phthalates, formaldehyde, artificial colors, parabens, and animal derived ingredients.
- Affordability: These sheets are on the expensive side.
Method Dryer-Activated Fabric Softener
Rank: A
$7.99 for 1 spray bottle (100 loads)
- Effectiveness: This spray works really well at softening my clothes and getting rid of static. The fresh air fragrance is pleasant and lasts on your clothes.
- Greenness: Like all Method products, the spray is free of ammonia, phthalates, chlorine, parabens, phosphates, and animal derived ingredients. And because there's no sheet, there's nothing to go in the landfill, and the bottle is recyclable.
- Affordability: Not the most expensive but not the cheapest.
- Other: To use, you can spray directly into the dryer once you're clothes are in. I like to get a microfiber cloth damp, spray that instead, and throw it in the dryer. Alternatively, if you use those wool dryer balls you can spray them.


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Investigation call over insulin glargine cancer risk
The European Association for the Study of Diabetes is calling for an 'urgent' investigation of a possible link between insulin glargine and cancer following data from five studies.
One study, of around 127,000 patients in Germany, suggested the increased risk of cancer appeared to be dose-dependent. Patients given a dose of 10U, insulin glargine increased the risk of cancer by 9% compared with human insulin, while a dose of 50U increased the risk 31%. The studies are published online in Diabetologia.
The EASD stressed GPs should advise patients not to stop using insulin until the link is investigated further.
Manufacturer Sanofi Aventis said the evidence from the different trials was 'inconsistent', and added data from a five year trial showed no evidence of any difference in tumour risk with insulin glargine compared with NPH insulin.


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Home Invasion and Bourgeois Ideals: Part 2
As discussed in Part 1, the home invasion narrative (exemplified by Straw Dogs among other films) sometimes places the spectator in the uneasy position of identifying with a flawed, bourgeois hero. The same proves to be true for the French film Ils and the similarly conceptualized American film The Strangers. Like À l'intérieur, these films focus on middle-class protagonists whose peaceful existence suddenly becomes threatened by unwanted intruders. Below are these films' respective trailers:
Both films depict the terrorization of a couple occupying a country house. As with À l'intérieur, the film titles prove significant in understanding the conflicts within the film. Ils, translated into English as Them, immediately calls to mind the opposing pronoun of "us." The Strangers even more blatantly connotes the specter of otherness and the unknown with its title. In short, both films hinge on the fear of encroachment by mysterious outsiders.
And what is being attacked? The house as symbol immediately signifies bourgeois ideals of wealth, ownership, and domestic spaces designed for privacy and leisure. The heterosexual couples central to these narratives also embody these values. In the case of The Strangers, issues of matrimony come to the fore as a result of the female protagonist, Kristen (Liv Tyler) rejecting the proposal of her longtime boyfriend, James (Scott Speedman). James's parents' vacation house where the film is set was to serve as a celebratory getaway, but the rejection deflates that intention. As the film progresses, the couple (initially headed toward an inevitable break-up) becomes united through their shared trauma. The film hits us over the head with this point when Kristen puts on the engagement ring she had previously declined just before the strangers repeatedly stab the couple, who are bound to chairs side-by-side. In short, Kristen ceremoniously accepts their status as a mature couple just before the two are (literally) ripped apart.
The antagonists of both Ils and The Strangers dramatically contrast this sense of adulthood by aligning their terrifying actions with youthful games. In Ils, the assailants taunt the couple with loud music, noisemakers, and the blaring headlights of their cars. It's no surprise, then, when we learn in the final shots that the couple had been attacked by a group of teenagers. Similarly, Kristen and Kate face three young attackers whose faces we never see–one has a sack over his head while the other two wear cartoonish masks. In both films, the assailants claim that they wanted to "play" with their victims, again aligning childhood games with sadistic torture.
This metaphor between torture and play brings Funny Games (both the US and Austrian versions) to mind. Written and directed by Michael Haneke, both films depict two clean-cut young men taking a well-to-do family hostage while on vacation. Here are the trailers:
Because these films so clearly side with the couples/families being terrorized, it would be easy to conclude that they take a reactionary stance by portraying youthful rebellion in such sharp contrast to the quaintness of bourgeois living. Dig a little deeper, though, and I think you can actually unearth a more radical reading. Take Funny Games, for instance: the antagonists do not represent an opposing force to white middle-classness so much as another side of the same coin. They dress in their preppiest tennis whites, speak with perfect diction, and regularly make gestures of politeness. These monsters, then, do not represent the repressed other from without but the one from within the bourgeois psyche. They manifest the excess of this lifestyle with their inclination to torture and kill for sport. Like Leopold and Loeb, their sense of superiority leads them to murder.
Ils and The Strangers may not focus on these themes as sharply, but nevertheless, there is a sense in all three films that the perpetrators of these crimes consider torture and murder a form of leisure, which necessarily references bourgeois inclinations. As a result, these films might be read as cautionary tails of contemporary western culture and its excesses, for the very sanctuary (the home) designated as space for relaxation and play becomes appropriated by outsiders for the purpose with horrific results.
Home Invasion and Bourgeois Ideals: Part 1
***I decided to break this post into parts due to the sprawling length. Expect Part 2 very soon. Also, BEWARE OF SPOILERS.***
Based on the recommendation of two friends, I finally watched À l'intérieur last night. I'm trolling for good paper ideas for the class that I am taking, and I may have found one in this film, which is so gruesome you might think that the reels were literally treated in baths of blood.
The film follows Sarah (Alysson Paradis), a photo journalist and soon-to-be first time mom. The film opens with the aftermath of a grisly car accident in which Sarah's husband dies. Four months later, Sarah's somberly anticipating the birth of her baby on Christmas Eve when a woman (Béatrice Dalle, whose impressive filmography makes me think this was a gutsy role for her) knocks on her door, asking her for help. Sarah refuses, claiming that her husband is in bed and she does not want to disturb him; however, the woman retorts that Sarah's husband is dead. Sarah calls the police who upon arriving cannot find the would-be intruder. The authorities reassure Sarah that all will be well and promise to check in on her later. This intervention does not stop the woman from returning with a pair of scissors on hand. Here's the trailer to get a sense of what ensues:
The film brutally depicts the parallel invasions of Sarah's home and Sarah's body–hence, the film's title, translated into English as Inside, connotes the boundaries of within from without, and tension results from the violation and defense of these divisions.
Of course, À l'intérieur treads on well-explored territory here in its use of the home invasion plot. Straw Dogs, one of the most notorious and paradigmatic examples, laid out the gender and class dynamics often at stake in films where the attack/defense of the household becomes the central conflict. In short, the home stands in for bourgeois values (i.e. marriage, gender roles, civility) with the attacker threatening these ideals.
While some, such as the late Pauline Kael of the New Yorker, derided Straw Dogs (Kael called it "the first American film that is a fascist work of art") others, such as Dana Knowles of The High Hat, convincingly argue that the film's depictions of violence actually critique dominant notions of masculinity and class. Are we meant to identify with Dustin Hoffman's David as he defends his wife/property (same thing?) from the local rubes, or does his passive aggressive behavior provoke the attack? The above trailer seems to put forward the dominant interpretation of an inherently mild-mannered man provoked to violence, but Knowles debunks that reading point-by-point. This radical contrast in readings reveals the polysemy of the home invasion narrative.
À l'intérieur tweeks the themes to fit a contemporary French context. Lurking in the background of a seemingly simple plot are the events of the 2005 civil unrest in France. These massive riots resulted from the deaths of two teenage boys living in a north Parisian suburb mostly populated by African immigrants. The boys died of electrocution after hiding in a power station to avoid police interrogation (authorities claim that the police did not actually pursue the boys, but some dispute this version of events). The boys' deaths sparked riots across France, with rioters citing concerns over discrimination, unemployment, and poor living conditions.
In À l'intérieur, we hear discussions about these riots due to Sarah's occupation. When her mother mentions the dangerous nature of her work, Sarah dismisses the riots as "a couple of burned cars" and chalks it up to youthful rebellion, saying "it's just kids having a blast 'cause their bored." While certainly a far cry from the more conservative, racist vitriol spouted in response to the rioters, Sarah's perspective disavows the political motivations of the rioters. She seems blissfully ignorant of the broader social and cultural context of the civil unrest, instead preoccupied (somewhat understandably) by her personal tragedies.
The home invasion puts those losses into context since Sarah's survival suddenly becomes threatened by the woman; in other words, while Sarah lost her husband, she didn't lose everything, a message driven home by the woman, who it turns out was the occupant of the other vehicle in the accident and miscarried her own baby as a result of the wreck. Here again Sarah's self-absorption comes to light: she is so consumed by her own pain that she fails to consider the impact of the accident on others.
These details along with the background of the 2005 civil unrest lead me to wonder if the filmmakers intended to comment on bourgeois French identity. Other recent horror films out of France, such as Frontier(s)< have done so more overtly:
Nonetheless, the invasion of Sarah's home may be metonymic of a broader cultural anxiety of the invasion of France by immigrants (note that the woman dresses in black, a common signifier of racial otherness) and the threat to "French identity" posed by these new inhabitants. It's an analogy muddied (much like Straw Dogs) by the way it encourages sympathy with its bourgeois heroine, even as it also seems to critique her somewhat.
The horrific final scene only heightens the confusion. A wounded police officer who had come to Sarah's aid mistakes her for the woman and beats her so badly that her water breaks. The woman defends Sarah, who then attempts to deliver the baby but cries out that it is stuck. In an act that simultaneously seems merciful and brutal, the woman performs a c-section, with Sarah calling her "mother." The next time we see the woman, it is again an ambivalent image of the the woman tenderly rocking and caressing the newborn baby, while the next shot reveals Sarah's dead, open body. As a viewer I was horrified by the consequences and brutality of the woman's actions, but I was also disturbed by the tenderness of the woman.
Like another French home invasion horror film, Haute Tension, queer tensions also problematize the bonds between an- and protagonist. Just after a police officer enters the house to assist Sarah, the woman confront her as she lies in bed. The woman then passionately kisses Sarah in an unexpectedly erotic moment. The film's French poster plays with this suggestion:
Some may dismiss these images as cheap lesbian chic, as Nicholas Green points out in an excellent summary of recent French horror in Bright Lights Film Journal. Without a doubt, such moments prove troubling in their alignment of lesbianism and criminality. But unlike Haute Tension, À l'intérieur never sets up eroticism and violence as mutually exclusive categories, but rather depicts them as two sides of the same coin: the woman wants to possess Sarah's body in every way possible with both eroticism and violence being means toward that entrapment. At the very least, this provocative twist complicates the motives of the woman.
Either way, what we get in À l'intérieur (and Haute Tension for that matter) is the shattering of the bourgeois dream. The home, supposedly a safe retreat and a place to raise a family, becomes the setting for a gruesome dismantling of these aspirations. These films suggest that for the bourgeois lifestyle to exist for one person, someone else has to be robbed of something. The horror of it all comes out in the taking back.
Undermining Auteurism #2 – Hermann Warm
As was the case last semester, I am auditing a course at the local university; this one happens to be directly related to this blog. The class, titled "Gender and Horror Films" will most definitely provide fodder for this little online venture of mine.
These first few weeks of class, our professor has taken a "back-to-basics" approach to screenings, with the classic horror titles The Cabinet of Caligari and Vampyr serving as our texts for discussion. Both films struck me for their visual style particularly in terms of mise-en-scene. It didn't shock me, then, to find out that the same art director, Hermann Warm, coordinated the sets, costumes, and props in both films. Hermann Warm, it turns out, played a key roll in the rise of expressionism in German cinema of the 1920s and 30s, serving as art director on some of the defining examples of this artistic movement. Oddly enough, his name tends to emerge less frequently in discussions of the movement than the directors he worked for, who include Carl Dreyer, Robert Wiene, F.W. Murnau, and Fritz Lang (a refreshing exception: an entry from The Morbid Imagination). Hence, his induction into my Undermining Auteurism series.
Warm's work for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari stands out most prominently due to the use of sets composed of jagged, angular lines that create a distorted, nigtmarish world. According to R. Barton Palmer, Warm used the sets to demonstrate the expressionist concept of Ballung defined as "that crystallization of the inner reality of objects, concepts, and people through an artistic expression that cuts through and discards a false exterior." In other words, the sets are meant to make the world seem as strange is it really is, in spite of the order regularly imposed upon it through conventions in architecture, dress, and interior design. Below are some Caligari stills that demonstrate this effect. To see the entire film, click this link.
I couldn't help but draw parallels between the sets of Caligari and those of other horror films, particularly Suspiria. While Suspiria cannot directly be tied to German Expressionism and distinguishes itself dramatically with its vivid use of color, production designer Guiseppe Bassan clearly gives a nod to Warm's work in his use of murals, such as in the frame below:
Bassan also plays with scale in interesting ways, heightening ceilings, raising doorknobs, and twisting corridors to make the set seem as if it is looming and labyrinthine. Again, Caligari achieves a similar effect, mirroring the emotions that its characters feel toward their environment. The penultimate scene below demonstrates this effective use of mise-en-scene:
Of course, not all of the credit can be given to Warm. Painters Walter Reimann and Walter Röhrig played crucial roles in developing the uncanny sets of Caligari, as did many other artists on the numerous other projects taken up by Warm. Nevertheless, Warm's work–which includes some of the earliest horror films in cinematic history–indisputably lays a foundation for the genre as much as any of the directors with whom Warm collaborated.
Childhood Cinematic Traumas #5: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial might seem like a strange choice for this series. One of the most successful family movies of all time, the Spielberg directed film is not generally considered in the company of the horror films I have previously covered in "Cinematic Childhood Traumas." But in the same way that Fantasia frightened my friend and fellow blogger, Alyx, in spite of its kid-friendly content, so did E.T. scare me when I first saw it at a young age.
I remember the night my family rented E.T. It must have been in the mid- to late-eighties, well after the initial release, but to us kids, the film seemed brand-new. I have a feeling my father had hyped it up, because I remember very clearly waiting in my family's mini-van in the parking lot of Albertson's and dad accompanying my older brother excitedly bringing the video out to the car, piquing my interest in the movie.
Of course, the story goes downhill from here with the events that transpired now a part of family legend. Intensely engaged in the film, I found the scenes in which the sick E.T. comes under medical surveillance and dies heartbreakingly sad and alarming in their implications. As my siblings watched, I snuck out of the family TV room and into my bedroom where I attempted to cry discretely. Of course, a child's subtlety is typically fairly obvious to an adult. My father found me in my room and attempted to console me. I told my dad I was upset that E.T. had been captured and died, but my dad reassured me that in fact, E.T. would live and escape their clutches. With this reassuranced, he was able to coax me out of my room for the remainder of the screening.
Unfortunately, the film's final scenes left me no less emotional: I remember a sniveling young Drew Barrymore saying goodbye to E.T. as he flew off in his spaceship and being even more upset by this result.
In the intervening years, I somehow avoided the film in spite of its popularity. I'd see it on television and make it no further than the scenes in which the kids first discovere and become acquainted with E.T. My negative associations were so strong that when theatrical promos for the 20th anniversary reissue appeared, I immediately felt tense and on the verge of tears, much to my family's amusement. Keep in mind that I was born the same year as the movie, putting me into adulthood when these trailers screened.
Soon after I started the "Childhood Cinematic Traumas" series, the idea occurred to me that I should finally rewatch the film in earnest. Upon doing so I discovered that the film continues to resonate for me in spite of the many years that have passed since I first watched it. While I found some of the familial melodrama a bit obvious, the film's portrayal of childhood wonder defying the modern impulse toward scientific scrutiny retains its power.
Like any good kid's film, E.T. is all about the absurdity of the world as adults run it. From the very first series of shots, grown-up characters tend to be framed from the torso down. There are a few exceptions to this rule, of course: the overworked single mom (Dee Wallace) and the scientist (Peter Coyote) who seems to identify with Elliott's awe over E.T. are both humanized through close-ups on their facial expressions. Several scenes of the scientists and government agents also film these characters' faces for pragmatic purposes. Otherwise, the film represents teachers, scientists, and government investigators as faceless authority figures.
By contrast, E.T.'s short stature lowers him to the height of the child protagonists, making him physically relatable. In other words, E.T. is less alien to Elliott and company than the majority of adult figures that populate the film. The scene in which government officials donning space suits invade Elliott's house drives home the point that E.T. poses little threat by comparison to adult-created and maintained institutions.
The scene that struck me most during my recent viewing was the frog dissection scene. I had not thought of it for ages, but as I watched it, I suddenly remembered it. While in science class, Elliott (the impressive Henry Thomas) impulsively frees the frog he is about to dissect and inspires his classmates to do the same. The scene crosscuts to E.T. watching television, specifically a scene in which a man grabs a woman by the hand and pulls her in for a kiss. The film jumps back to Elliott doing the same, and even stepping upon a classmate to rise to the appropriate height to do so, once again drawing our attention to stature.
That scene foretells the disturbing intrusion of the scientists, who use medical apparatuses to study E.T. and preserve him as a specimen just as the science teacher instructs the students to anesthetize and cut open their frogs. It also anticipates Elliott's efforts to free E.T. with the help of his brother and friends, which easily prove to be the most affective in the film. John Williams' score, the gorgeous shot of the kids biking across a sun-filled sky, and fast-paced, high-energy mood all prime you for the emotional kick in the ass that is E.T.'s departing thereafter. This is where I lost it: E.T. and Elliott, face-to-face and confronting the realization that E.T. will depart never to return; E.T. touches Elliott's finger and says "ouch," knowing this to be a painful exclamation, and Elliott repeats it also.
Of course, none of this is to say that E.T. is a perfect film. In the context of the Reagan Era, one might read the film as a neo-liberal critique of government interference in our lives, a pretty conservative message. To compound that, the product-placement throughout the film reminds us that multi-national corporations run the culture industry. For that reason, the moments when Elliott introduces E.T. to the name brands that compose his world make me cringe. I also hated the CGI adjustments made to the 20th Anniversary Version–just like George Lucas, the re-issue mucks with a good thing in order to advertise this version as "new and improved"–not necessary.
Still, the film suckered me in with its gorgeous cinematography, amazing performances by child actors, and touching moments. Watching it again proved to me that my emotions as a kid were strong because the film itself was designed to illicit such a response. While I am better able to control my response as an adult, E.T. remains a film that pushes all of my sentimental buttons in spite of receiving an education in the mechanics of film in the intervening years.


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This article is for those of you old enough to remember our good old friend the "Specky". I thought I would compile a top games list in no particular order.
1. Saboteur 2 (without any doubt) one of the best (if not the best) games to be released on the Spectrum. Here is a vid of the famous motor bike getaway.
2. Jet Set Willy, this game was exceptionally hard, but was one of the largest games available at the times, very few people have ever finished this game.
3. Super Hang on, it was well worth waiting the 15 minutes it took to load this game. Everytime you thought maybe you would finish it, but I think it was impossible to finish


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| 14.9°C Dublin
Newcastle United's interim manager John Carver yesterday made the astonishing claim that he is the best coach in the Premier League, despite overseeing the worst run in the club's history - eight straight defeats.
Carver instead blamed the lack of quality in the squad he took over from Alan Pardew in January for plunging Newcastle into third Premier League relegation battle under owner Mike Ashley.
Carver spoke of the "blunt" tools he has been left to work with after Newcastle inexplicably failed to buy a centre-forward of note or a centre-half last summer, a problem exacerbated by the seven-game ban given to their only recognised goalscorer, Papiss Cissé, for spitting in Jonny Evans' face.
"I still think I'm the best coach in the Premier league," said Carver. "I have a spring in my step. I never offered to resign or was asked to resign. I have the backing of Mike Ashley and (chief executive) Lee Charnley.
"It's not just something that's happened from last week. It's been coming. I'm not a magician, I've said it all along. I've been amongst it, and I can see what's going on. It's been a tough situation but it's in our hands. The criticism the players have had and we have all had, a lot of it is deserved, some of it is not. We collectively take responsibility. What I will say is that they realise they have to react to it."
As for the lack of adequate cover and Cissé's absence, he said: "If I took a notepad away from a journalist or a pen away, it is difficult to write notes because you have to do it from memory. Take your best centre-forward out of the team, who scores all your goals, you ain't got another to replace him." (© Independent News Service)
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How to Make your Wedding Stand Out from the Rest
30th May 2011
Weddings take an incredible amount of meticulous planning from the wedding ceremony, drinks reception, wedding breakfast and then the party. Every wedding has its staple requirements - the dress, the food, the cake, the flowers and the music, yet every couple strives to make their wedding stand out from the rest and become an expression of their personalities and feelings for one another. When it comes to music choices there is a never-ending list to choose from. Music is one of the most powerful tools of expression and it can be used to stamp your identity on your very special day. Music enriches the mood and feeling of the most memorable events of our lives, so use it to its full potential. It's all about the little details and unique touches.
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The sentencing guidelines for stalking has been amended after the Government had vowed to double the current prison sentence from 5 to 10 years due to pressure on MPs and peers to have a stricter outlook on the crime.
Additionally, where a victim of the harassment has been either racially or religiously aggravated, the Ministry of Justice has announced the initial sentence will again double from 7 to 14 years.
Statistics have shown that in England and Wales, there were 194 people convicted of stalking in 2015 with the average custodial sentence being 14.1 months. These stats go on to show that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men will be affected by stalking throughout their respective lifetime while the National Stalking Helpline has responded to approximately 14,000 calls in relation to stalking since it was founded in 2010.
Since these 2015 stats were announced, in the 12 months to June 2016, there was a reported 32% rise from the previous year as police had recorded 4,168 stalking offences.
Justice Minister Sam Gyimah announced the sentence reform by saying:
"Stalkers torment their victims and can make everyday life almost unbearable.
"We are doubling the maximum sentences available to the courts so these awful crimes can be properly punished.
"We are also working across the criminal justice system to ensure mental health issues associated with these crimes are properly addressed."
Andy Cash, Criminal Defence Solicitor at Cartwright King, summed up the changes to the sentencing guidelines by saying:
"The provisions of the Protection from Harassment legislation are very widely used by the Police in cases arising from domestic violence or abuse. There is evidence to show that at that level programmes of rehabilitation and education are the most effective way of reducing offending. The proposed changes will only affect the most serious cases heard at the Crown Court and we might doubt whether simply increasing the maximum sentence will have any effect on offending rates. The reference to increased attention to the provision for mental health issues throughout the Criminal Justice system is most likely to affect offending rates and is welcomed."
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The recording made it across the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts the other 110 degree day and I have to declare this is one of the finest in the Nolte canon. I don't know of the songs' initial inceptions, but it's almost like they were preordained to be recorded and heard acoustically. It's remarkable to hear the topical, yet universal and timeless "Difference" in new shadings. The pointed line about "Some People Left L.A, Some People Joined the Rockabilly Trade" really stands out in almost a gravelly "Eve of Destruction" way. The entire epic hinges upon some outstanding guitar playing. Next up, is my favorite song on the disc "Someday I''ll Have You." Promising lyrics ride atop jaunty and sparkling guitars before curving along some coasts of gorgeous harmonies in-route to a Beatlesque finale. "Everywhere" reminds me of an early Fairport Convention song transfigured over some of that jingle-jangle galore of the Searchers' "When you Walk in a Room" along with a nod to the Rooftop Singers' "Walk Right In." Also be ready for the nice rural route solo ambling through the aforementioned number. The harmonies are nailed on "The Other Side" and like "Difference"-it's illuminating to hear in an acoustic setting. "Day Girl" starts off with a standout intro and had me turning my head because the verses reminded of "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane. Mike Nolte''s "A Part of Your Soul" (Pallbearer) musically recalls Preflyte Byrds and "Onie" by the Electric Prunes resulting in one of the album's finest moments. "Nearly Dead" unfurls in pure emotional honesty and sounds like it was written during their "Gin and Innuendos" mid-'90s era-not the 1977 copyright. I won''t spoil the ending. Another seemingly anachronistic song follows in the form of "You Walk into a Room" which was supposedly inscribed in '89 or '90, but sounds like it could have had its lyrical origins switched-on from Joe's progressive band era of the Power. Does anyone else hear a brief bit of "Light My Fire" in "It All Comes Down"? August is the cruelest month here in the Southwest, but this stripped-down acoustic album (recorded in April of 2003) delivers some previously buried treasures from their South Bay shores while confronting the mirages along the way.
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The Nigerian Building and Roads Research Institute (NBRRI) has undertaken studies to redesign slum settlements aimed at developing affordable low cost housing units in the country.
The team has taken up studies in Abuja (Jabi, Nyanya); Niger State (Suleja), Nasarawa and Plateau.
Director-General of the Institute, Prof. Danladi Matawal who made this known at an International Conference in Abuja, hosted by the institute said pilot schemes have been initiated to use local materials for it.
"The built environment could catalyse opportunities for a wide range of global and local challenges such as climate change, land-use, demographic shift, water and other resource scarcities."
According to him, the moveable house concept adaptable to emergency and internal displaced person (IDP) situation has been put together and prototypes constructed fro one and three bedrooms.
"Glue laminated bamboo panels processed from waste scaffolds and formwork are developed and displayed in our exhibition stand. It was successfully applied in construction and Patent obtained."
Overall, buildings and construction sector account for 39 per cent of global energy use, 30 per cent energy-related green house gases, 12 per cent of water use 40per cent of waste, would employ 10 per cent workforce," he added.
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