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It’s sad, really. My PC does my spellchecking, but it is limited in its vocabulary, which requires me to check the spellchecker, not to mention the almost worthless grammar-checker. I didn’t study copyediting so that I could argue with a ‘user-friendly’ (read ‘dumbed-down’) grammar-checker. I have enough writing problems without heckling from my word-processor. Just ‘add’ the words to my PC’s ‘dictionary’, you say? Screw that—there’s no good mechanism for ensuring continuity of one’s own dictionary—and if they think they can glean new data from user input, I have no agreement in hand from MS giving me fair value for both my inconvenience and my input. Either way, MS Word is a fixer-upper, off-the-shelf app—just like it was twenty years ago. Like McDonalds, it satisfies the un-involved writer—for a serious writer, it’s about fifty-fifty, half convenience, half pain in the ass.

Rich people are manipulating the US Government to bail out their collapsed pyramid scheme called ‘investment and banking’. It is clearer than ever that these two industries should be kept separated, but the rich people are clamoring for a return to pro forma ‘regulation’, wherein these investors’ only rule is ‘don’t be left holding the bag’. The rich people also want to be given a pass on paying taxes—why should the government tax the wealthy when this country is full of helpless, hardworking, regular folk who can’t push back when they don’t like the deal?

The rich make me sad. They are so unconnected to reality that they fear poverty more than they appreciate their wealth. They’re not having as much fun as they hoped to while sailing their yachts and flying their private jets—but there’s one thing they’re dead sure of—they never want to find themselves on the street, among the 99%.

There are copyright-caretaker businesses that slap a ‘copyright-infringed’ on any recording of my piano-playing YouTube-uploads that aren’t my own, original works. Not just on my Beatles-song covers, or my Beach Boys covers, which I would expect, I suppose—no, they slap a ‘copyright-infringed’ on my classical piano performances, as well. Now, if their charge were that I was mauling these composers’ works with my horrendous recitals, they’d have an argument. In fact, I mostly post those types of things to demonstrate to anyone out there, who thinks they haven’t the right to post their perhaps-sub-par classical performances, that it is indeed not nearly as bad as that-guy-that’s-on-YouTube-already—my own personal ‘musical-empowerment’ project to any young, timid music-lovers across the globe.

Can you imagine the chutzpah of these cretins who charge me with copyright-infringement for posting Bach’s, Chopin’s, or Tchaikovsky’s piano works? Unbelievable! Just because their legal-watchdog agreements have one, single recording artist’s recording of the same Bach piece; they slap an ‘Invalid’ on my upload. Not only does YouTube condone this process, but they warn users like myself that, if I challenge any copyright accusation and fail, that they will cancel my account and remove my ‘YouTube channel’ from the internet. In more personal terms, this would be the total erasure of 900+ musical video uploads that I have placed on YouTube in good faith that they will not erase all my four years of work without a good reason.

Indeed, I have challenged all of my classical-music related accusations—and the good news is—YouTube will see reason when I point out that even Tchaikovsky’s compositions are well over a century old, not to mention Bach’s works being three times as old as that. Still, I feel insulted that the anti-infringement policies of YouTube favor the grasping law-clerks and place the onus of proof upon the accused. It makes me sad.

There are lots of things in this world that make me incredibly sad. The ones that sting me the worst are the situations in which stupidity has won the day, and money becomes the only real law. I used to feel that way about Big Tobacco, until someone finally nailed their asses to the wall. But nowadays it’s just as bad in the ‘war on drugs’—there are over one million prison convicts guilty of no violence other than growing, using, or having intent to sell some controlled substance. If that prison population could make me say that it’s much harder to buy drugs these days, maybe then it would make sense.

But, as it is, the law simply infringes on our rights to do things others may disapprove of (even though they will not be affected in any harmful way) and it doesn’t change the fact that drugs are grown, distributed, bought, sold, and used without interruption, every day, since Nancy Reagan announced the ‘just say no’ program—and did so for centuries before the issue became a ‘crisis’. Saddest of all, she’s right—people who are afraid of drugs, or see them as a danger, should say ‘no’—but those of us who are a bit lax about drug use because it is no more dangerous than alcohol or driving with a cell phone, should be given the personal freedom to look after our own health and choices, to say ‘yes’ where no victim is present and no violence is done.

In a larger sense, the poorly-named Patriot Act is a parallel notion on a wider scale—just because some powerful people have decided we all need protection from terrorists more than we need to keep our civil liberties and our privacy—we shouldn’t be asked to endure pat-downs every time we use mass transportation (or walk down the sidewalk—a brand-new totalitarianism just introduced in NYC). We are asked to suspend the rule of law whenever law enforcement gets nervous, suspend habeas corpus for suspects of terrorism—not for proof of terrorism, just suspicion. If our civil rights and our liberty are so non-essential in the age of terrorism, why did we bother enshrining them in our constitution, anyhow? It’s sad, how the cowardly have a monopoly on policy.

It makes me sad because I grew up during the Cold War—people forget what that was like. Let me tell you what it was like. It was just like the Republican and Democratic Parties of today, but with an ocean between them, and their leaders in possession of nuclear weapons. We were constantly arguing that our USA was superior to their USSR in every way. We allowed religions of all kinds—this was proof of our liberty-loving ways compared to the enforced atheism of the Soviets. We put big-shots in jail—even Nixon was driven from the Presidency by a caste-less, classless, populist nation. In the USSR, anyone who bad-mouthed Stalin got sent to the prison camps—and millions who didn’t do anything along with them. Our educational system was the Mecca for all foreigners with prowess in the sciences—no other nation innovated and invented like the good ol’USA. The Soviets taught their children political theory instead of science—and got nervous about giving anyone a chance to spend time in the free world, for fear they might not come back.

But now the big-shots control the media here—they don’t get exposed like they used to, when the fourth estate was a truly separate part of the media. And now, we do what the dastardly Commies used to do—arrest people without charges, without legal representation, and torture them during interrogation. That was one of the most awful things we dissed the Soviets about—their lack of respect for the individual. They are gone, but their methods live on. It makes me sad to see all those once-external evils now cropping up in our own neighborhoods. The Cold War is over, but I don’t know for sure whether the American people won that fight, or if the super-wealthy defeated both sides without anyone noticing.


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Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Founder Suspected to be Missing Since October: Report

Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Founder Suspected to be Missing Since October: Report

  • Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has reportedly not appeared in public for over two months as suspected to be missing
  • Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire is suspected of gone missing after he made a controversial speech on the 24th of October wherein he accused China of stifling innovation
  • In late December, the Chinese regulators had suddenly halted Ant’s blockbuster $37 billion initial public offering

According to some media sources, Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who has been under investigation by China’s government since the sudden suspension of Ant’s blockbuster $37 billion initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai and Hong Kong, has not been seen in public since October. Reports indicate that Jack Ma did not even turn up in November for the final episode of his own talent show, Africa’s Business Heroes, and an Alibaba executive took his place at the show.

On social media as well, the business tycoon has been missing. His last Twitter post was on October 10th.

After amassing hundreds of millions of users and gaining control over almost every aspect of everyday life in China, Alibaba and competitors such as Tencent Holdings are facing rising pressure from regulators.

An investigation into Ma’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding was initiated last month by China’s antitrust authorities, and China’s central bank asked the group to shake up its lending and other consumer finance operations.

Also Read: China Asks Jack Ma’s Ant Group to Return to It’s Payment Roots

In Shanghai and Hong Kong, the Chinese regulators had earlier suddenly halted Ant’s blockbuster $37 billion initial public offering. On November 5, the Ant Group IPO, which was touted as the world’s largest public offering and was expected to be listed simultaneously on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, was halted less than 48 hours before going public in China.

In the meantime, Jack Ma had famously attacked Chinese regulators in an address in October for ‘lagging the times.’

With millions of customers and billions of dollars in turnover, Jack Ma’s Alibaba is arguably the world’s biggest e-commerce turnover. It has three major sites, namely Taobao, Alibaba.com and Tmall.

In India, Alibaba has investments in the payment company Paytm and its e-commerce arm Paytm Mall, online grocer BigBasket, online retailer Snapdeal, a food delivery start-up Zomato.

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Introductory textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. But are these facts or myths?
In this groundbreaking new work, Anna Harvey reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings. Analyzing cross-national evidence, Harvey also finds that the rights protections we enjoy in the United States appear to be largely due to the fact that we do not have an independent Supreme Court. In fact, we would likely have even greater protections for political and economic rights were we to prohibit our federal courts from exercising judicial review altogether. Harvey’s findings suggest that constitutional designers would be wise to heed Thomas Jefferson’s advice to “let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.”
Anna Harvey is associate professor of political science at New York University.

"Using innovative analytic techniques, Anna Harvey offers a surprising argument, that the Supreme Court responds to changes in the partisan composition of the House of Representatives. Her extension of the argument to raise questions about the value of judicial independence and judicial review in established democracies is especially interesting."—Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School

"A rigorous examination of the role of the Supreme Court in the American system of checks and balances."—Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Chair, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University

"There is no scholar whose work on judicial independence is more provocative or demands greater attention than Anna Harvey.  Professor Harvey’s empirical finding that the U.S. Supreme Court is responsive to the preferences of the House of Representatives poses a profound challenge to the conventional wisdom about both judicial independence and the Supreme Court.   This conclusion is documented at length with painstaking methodological rigor and transparency.  In particular, her strategy of drawing inferences from what she terms the “missing docket,” or the cases that the Court declines to hear, is instructive and groundbreaking.    This book ought to be a must-read for constitutional scholars, law and courts scholars, judicial politics scholars, and public law scholars alike." - David Law, Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

“Harvey takes a novel approach in detailing the relationship among the US Supreme Court, Congress, and public opinion. . . . Well researched and incredibly detailed.”—B. W. Monroe, Choice
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Release Date: July 23, 1999

Year    :   1999
Slogan    :   «A story about two guys trying to make it in the big city.»
Genres    :   Comedy, Romance
Production Companies    :   Roadside Attractions, Good Machine
Director    :   Jim Fall
Producers    :   Anthony Bregman, Ross Katz, Susan Shopmaker, Jim Fall, Mary Jane Skalski, Robert Hawk, Eric d'Arbeloff, Mark L. Beigelman
Writers    :   Jason Schafer
RunTime    :   89 mins.
Budget    :   450000
Revenue    :   2049595

It's lust at first sight when Gabriel, a songwriter with Broadway ambitions, runs into Mark, a hot go-go dancer at a local gay club. They head to Gabriel's place to seal the deal, but are thwarted when Gabriel's roommate Rich arrives with opposing plans for their closet-sized apartment. It's the first of many sexual obstructions in a wild night that leaves the pair physically unsatisfied, but developing an unforeseen romantic bond nevertheless.

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Study protocol: Evaluation of an online, father-inclusive, universal parenting intervention to reduce child externalising behaviours and improve parenting practices.

Background: Parenting interventions that focus on enhancing the quality and consistency of parenting are effective for preventing and reducing externalising problems in children. There has been a recent shift towards online delivery of parenting interventions in order to increase their reach and impact on the population prevalence of child externalising problems. Parenting interventions have low rates of father participation yet research suggests that father involvement may be critical to the success of the intervention. Despite this, no online parenting interventions have been specifically developed to meet the needs and preferences of fathers, as well as mothers. This paper describes the protocol of a study examining the effectiveness of an online, father-inclusive parenting intervention called ‘ParentWorks’, which will be delivered as a universal intervention to Australian families. Methods/design: A single group clinical trial will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of ParentWorks for reducing child externalising problems and improving parenting, as well as to explore the impact of father engagement (in two-parent families) on child outcomes. Australian parents/caregivers with a child aged 2-16 years will be recruited. Participants will provide informed consent, complete pre-intervention measures and will then complete the intervention, which consists of five compulsory video modules and three optional modules. The primary outcomes for this study are changes in child externalising behaviour, positive and dysfunctional parenting practices and parental conflict, and the secondary outcome is changes in parental mental health. Demographic information, satisfaction with the intervention, and measures of parental engagement will also be collected. Questionnaire data will be collected at pre-intervention, post-intervention and three-month follow-up, as well as throughout the program. Discussion: This paper describes the study protocol of a single group clinical trial of a national, online, father-inclusive parenting intervention. The results from this study could be used to inform public policy about providing support to parents of children with behaviour problems, and enhancing the engagement of fathers in parenting interventions.


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Serves as a transportation professional responsible for initiating sales leads and establishing Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs at major employer sites. Encourages the use of carpooling, vanpooling, teleworking, alternative work schedules, Guaranteed Ride Home Program, and other transportation options. Develops marketing strategies and action plans to encourage travel to work via bus and rail service, or ridesharing. Promotes employer transit benefits (Smart Benefits) commuter programs at special events such as transportation fairs, commuter workshops, lunch and learns. Assists employee transportation coordinators, tracks program activities using ACT database contact management software. Conducts employee transportation surveys and plans promotional events; Best Workplaces for Commuters, Car Free Day, Bike to Work Day and Try Transit Week. Attends the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Regional Employer Outreach and Commuter Connections Sub Committee meetings.

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Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus two years of experience related to transportation planning.

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Two years of experience in working with the chamber of commerce, or other business and public sector organizations. Able to solicit TDM Program Commitments from major employers. Two plus years of experience in conduction effective presentations and facilitates cooperation and coordination among employers with corporate campuses and corridors to create effective TDM partnerships. Able to formulate and implement strategic marketing and action plans.

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Alluring Molestor Train ~ An Office Lady’s Non-stop Pleasurable Route to Work ~

Minako was an office lady who encountered a molestor on the train every day she went to work. Maybe it was because she had openings to take advantage of that made her an easy target for the molestor.

One day, her breasts were boldly grabbed inside the train and they even pressed their pelvis against her. In spite of being scared, Minako moaned when her nipples were rubbed and she felt guilt.

When she consulted her colleague at work, Kouichi, about encountering a molestor, she was given the advice to carry a personal alarm and she felt slightly relieved.

The next morning, Minako changed train carriages but she met a different molestor. She was carrying her personal alarm but she wasn’t able to press it and the molestor’s actions became intense…

On the third day of molestation, Minako began to wonder if the culprit might be someone in the company. Even though she thought it was her imagination, she couldn’t help but be suspicious.

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When I found out I was photographing another photographer’s family, I was both excited and nervous! Ashley’s work is phenomenal, and we have so much in common when it comes to style. It’s amazing how much of a common language photography is. After we started, it was just like any other session. Magic started to […]

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5 Gifts for Writers That Will Motivate Their Lazy Asses

Around this time of year, your favorite websites are going to be exploding with half-assed listicles offering gift ideas. Even writing websites will try their hands at gift ideas for writers. Most of these lists will contain the same worthless entries nobody will seriously consider. Look, if you’ve ever wrapped a notebook in Christmas paper and passed it on to another human being, you’re an asshole, and the writer you gave it to thinks you’re an asshole, too. If they’re a writer, chances are they’ve already bought out Walmart’s entire stock of back-to-school notebooks and most of them are right this very second littering their house, forever unused.

So here are some actual useful gift ideas for writers:

05. Blackmail

I stole this idea from an episode of You’re the Worst. To motivate his writing, Jimmy writes up three different embarrassing letters addressed to his ex-girlfriend, his family, and the North American Man/Boy Love Association. He gives them to his girlfriend and asks her to drop them off at the post office if he fails to meet his book deadline. Of course, she’s only half paying attention, so she mails them later that same day, which introduces hilarious comedic hijinks. Ideally, you will be a bit more competent. Offer your writer friend the same deal. Have them write up some personal, career-ending letters, then hold on to them until they’ve finished whatever project they desire to complete. If they don’t agree with this idea, simply hack their phone or laptop and search for dirt the old fashioned way. Back up everything you think might ruin a person’s life into a flashdrive and threaten to release it to the public unless they get to work.

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If you don’t want to get the postal service involved, there’s always the poison route. And no, I’m not talking about the “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” kind. Poisoning another human being is probably the easiest thing somebody can do in this world. We’re not going to tell you how. You’re reading this article, which tells us you possess an Internet connection. Hollywood has been depicting poison scenes since the invention of cameras. Just watch a bunch of them if you’re feeling out of shape. I recommend using one of the classic “you have 24 hours until your heart stops dead” poisons you often see in action movies. Once the poison enters their system, simply let them know that if they haven’t finished ten thousand words by tomorrow, they’ll be dead. It might help to show them some of the poison to let them know you aren’t screwing around. Note: do not forget to also purchase the antidote. (Oh, and this should go without saying, but uh...don’t actually do this. This is a comedy article. We are not responsible for any future poisonings of writers. We are also not responsible for any past poisonings—of writers or otherwise.)

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If you’ve read the novel Misery or seen the film adaptation (or, hell, even the broadway show!), then you already know what to do. And if you aren’t familiar with Misery’s story, immediately rectify this unfortunate gap in your horror library. We don’t recommend actually handicapping anybody, but imprisoning them for a weekend might be exactly what your writer friend needs. It doesn’t necessary have to be a terrifying time, either. Take them to a cabin. Bring hot cocoa. Just keep in mind that eventually you’re going to include an adorable pig into the mix, so read up on proper pig-caring etiquette ahead of time. Oh, and at the end of the weekend, force your friend to burn whatever they’ve written. Trust me. It’ll be a hoot.

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There is one quick, simple way to immediately piss off your writer friends. Announce that you've sold a book for a shit-ton of money. Bonus points if you’ve never had anything else published before. Come up with a truly terrible plot; I recommend describing it as “Harry Potter fan-fiction with all the names changed.” Wait a month, then announce you’ve already sold the film rights. Watch your friend seethe with rage. But also watch them write faster and better than they’ve ever written in their lives. Revenge writing is always the best writing. However, I should mention that they might become so depressed they give up writing forever, which is—as we all know—the best gift anyone could ever possibly give a writer.

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[Warning: this entry is the lowest of the low. Only those with absolutely zero morals will even briefly consider this idea—and, considering you’re reading one of my articles, I’m going to assume you fall under this category, so please read on.]

Slightly similar to the previous entry, but a thousand times more sinister. Prepare for an immense time investment. What you will need to do is create a publishing company. A website, fake authors, fake books, social media accounts, everything. It’s going to need to look nice, too. The company’s presence can’t give off any warnings that it might in fact be a scam publisher. It needs to be real and professional. You will have to keep the social media accounts frequently updated. You will have to write fake reviews for the fake books. Then...you will have to email your friend from a fake email address, and inform them that you’ve read something they’ve previously published, and that you really enjoyed it. Then you’ll ask if they’d consider writing a book for your company. If so, you can offer a high five-figure advance. Get creative and offer additional benefits, too, just go nuts. Tell them you can't draw up a contract until you’ve seen the finished book, and the offer expires in three months. Your friend will write like they’ve never written before. And at the end of this scheme, sure, your friendship will be ruined, but at least they will have a book in need of a home. A finished book! So pat yourself on the back for being the world’s greatest friend, even if they won't immediately appreciate it.

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Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who wed Hailey Bieber in September 2018, has opened up about his marriage in a recent interview with GQ. For a new cover story, the Justice singer said how Hailey “cares for him like no one has ever cared for him”.

However, he went on to add that the first year of marriage “was really tough,” but he ultimately saw his nuptials with the model as a personal “calling.”

“I just felt like that was my calling. Just to get married and have babies and do that whole thing,” Justin shared. “[But] the first year of marriage was really tough, because there was a lot, going back to the trauma stuff. There was just lack of trust. There was all these things that you don’t want to admit to the person that you’re with, because it’s scary. You don’t want to scare them off by saying, ‘I’m scared.’”

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Olga Bobrowska interviews Mr. Zhang Chi 张驰  from ASIFA China.

 In Xiamen, Fujian province, the city famous for pearls, seafood and nature sites, we talked to Mr. Zhang Chi from ASIFA-China, attempting to map Chinese animated film's walking patterns in regard to the size of industry, Belt-Road Initiative and a particular situation of Liu Jian's Have a Nice Day – or as one should name it accordingly to its new title, The Big World...

In the end of the year 2018, China celebrates the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the reforms and opening up strategy that enabled the country's transition into global superpower in terms of geopolitics, economy, industry and technology development. Contemporary China's influence on globalized cultural production become more and more recognized by the traditionally self-oriented Western audiences of professionals and enthusiasts.

Still, the status and significance of an animated film and content production in China tends to be underestimated in mainstream. Unjustly; the Chinese producers and official bodies have already invested a lot – and keep doing so – in this form of intercultural communication, while the independent artists master their art and craft, and elaborate their messages in the utmost sophisticated, witty and skillful manner. Let us take a look at the conditions of an “animation production with Chinese characteristics” from the perspective of the well-established and industry-driven festival in Xiamen.

11th Xiamen International Animation Festival (CyberSousa) ended on November 18th. The Festival organized by ASIFA China in cooperation with local municipality and business partners, grants large financial awards (all together 1.93 mln RMB) to the winners and laureates of the five categories (4 national and 1 international) in the Animation Competition and Comics Competition.

It is also one of the most significant and recognized Chinese events devoted to animated film. Organization of the Festival's timeline may evoke certain confusion among Western professionals: in fact the Festival starts in October; in two weeks sequences the organizers bring another groups of Chinese and foreign experts to evaluate works on the basis on pre-, mid- and final selection, while the actual Audiences attend only several screenings in the very end (the Interviewer participated in pre-selection).

Xiamen 2018 Pre-Selection Jury

Almost simultaneously to the grand finale of CyberSousa, the Chinese Independent Animation Film Forum  is annually held in Beijing, the event that appears to follow art-house animation festival formula as developed in the European circuit. The diverse approaches taken by the organizers of both XIAFF and CIAFF manifest an apparent tendency in contemporary Chinese animation that can be described as a paraphrase of Zhou Enlai's famous stand on cultural production: Chinese animation walks on two legs of arts and industry, both of them only naturally compelled to learn and interact with the international scene, at the same time curiously pursuing uniquely Chinese ways of expression and industry models.

In Xiamen, Fujian province, the city famous for pearls, seafood and nature sites, we talked to Mr. Zhang Chi from ASIFA-China, attempting to map Chinese animated film's walking patterns in regard to the size of industry, Belt-Road Initiative and a particular situation of Liu Jian's Have a Nice Day – or as one should name it accordingly to its new title, The Big World...

Olga Bobrowska: While thinking about Chinese animation we should realize its size. Let's try to present it with the numbers.

Mr. Zhang Chi: Since 2011 the domestic animation production exceeds 200.000 minutes. Despite the fact that TV animation production has decreased in the past two years, the overall animation prodcution grew since the internet animation production has increased rapidly and the feature animation films keeps developing. The minutes as a measurement for the animation content are not important anymore as it is very hard to calculate all the animation works; for example, animation made by students or graduates from schools is of huge amount but it is very hard to calculate the minutes.

O.B.: We meet in Xiamen, I'm wondering how does the production in Xiamen look like in comparison to Beijing?

Z.C: There are not many animation studios in Xiamen. The reason why the festival is held here is that the three biggest providers for mobile animation content are based in Xiamen. Mobile animation is very important right now. Animation content for mobile is first sent and tested in Xiamen by these three providers: China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom.

O.B.: There are plenty of animation departments, film and animation schools all around China – how does this scene look like in numbers?

Z.C: According to the reports we have more than 1000 colleges, vocational schools and universities which have animation major. According to the reports, we have more than 300,000 students. The animation industry began developing very fast in 2000s, many universities set major for animation after the year 2000. So it is a short time and it is not easy to judge already the quality of students, their skills, their professionalism. There is not enough of teachers.

O.B.:  These problems we learned from Xue Yanping's film Silence within Noise. An Account of Chinese Animation in the 21st Century. He had very harsh opinion on the level of education, he was very critical about the level of awareness of the artists. There are moments in the film that show animation education as a factory. First of all, would you agree with his depiction; secondly, do you think there are some traces of change or transformation?

Z.C: Xue Yanping was my teacher and I partially agree with Mr. Xue's opinions. I think that the development of the animation industry in the 21st century is very short. There is not enough time for animation to develop in a normal way. The development doesn't move on its own.

It is pushed by people. It moves in the right direction even if there are some detours. For example, in other countries the governments are more likely to give money for artistic productions but in China the production system works differently. The studios pay attention to how to persuade the TV station to broadcast their series which is a basic criteria for governmental subsidiary, instead of the quality improvement of their works. The policy for subsidiary for animation works that were broadcasted on TV has been abolished, making the studios to pay attention to the issue of winning the market.

O.B.: The interest of European selectors and curators is based on recent festival successes therefore we follow artistic achievements from schools like Hangzhou Academy of Arts or Communication University of China in Beijing. What are the schools that you think are overlooked in international circuit?

 Z.C: You should also mention Beijing Film Academy. Interesting works also come out from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts which is very good in 2D animation. And the China Academy of Art.

O.B.: What about the school in Jilin?

Z.C: Jilin Animation Institute is very big. It has many students and it is famous. This school invested a lot of money into communication. Mr. Johnchill Lee, the general secretary of ASIFA CHINA, is actually one of the founders of the Jilin Institute. It’s a big institute with many students and they produce a lot of works each year. Some of the students' works are good. However, comparing to its size, their production could be better.

O.B.: The other factor that European organizers take into account is a festival circulation. How many recommended animation festivals are going on in China right now?

Z.C: There are two major festivals: one is China International Cartoon & Animation Festival (CICAF) held in Hangzhou every year, and one is the Xiamen International Animation Festival (XIAF). There were many others – over 100 festivals in China but most of them lasted for 1 or 2 editions and then they disappeared. Xiamen and Hangzhou are the ones that sustained for a long time. Xiamen is held for the 11th time, and festival in Hangzhou started in 2005, and Mr. Johnchill Lee, the general secretary of ASIFA CHINA, was also one of the founding members of this festival. The first animation festival in Shanghai started in 1988 but it was held only for two years.

O.B.: What is ASIFA-China and XIAF's view on definition of Chinese independent animation? How do you see the role of the independent artists within the industry?

Z.C: Independent animation is a very important base for the animation development. Independent animation inspires people in terms of techniques, storytelling, expression methods. Other than telling stories, animation can be also used as a way to express ourselves, to convey emotions, knowledge, and to set connections among people. And comparing to live-action: it has less limits when it comes to telling the stories and expressing ourselves. Sometimes it might be awkward to express your ideas by using the actors but there is no such feeling in animation.

 O.B.: Can you formulate today's goals for ASIFA-China and the XIAF?

 Z.C.: The mission of ASIFA-China is to set the connections between the Chinese animators, and between Chinese animators and foreign animators on the basis of: people to people, films to films, and industry to industry. We want that Chinese animators and students learn more about the animation industry in China and other countries in the aspects of commerce and arts. We have held many seminars at the universities around the country. We also hold the AWG (The Animation Workshop Groups) for the teenagers, to teach the teenagers how to surprise themselves and how to do animation. We co-host the Xiamen festival. We want the Chinese animation to be watched by more people and judged by a fair jury. We also help Chinese animators to visit festivals in other countries.

O.B.: So you are – so to say – a center of affairs. What is animation sector's role in the Belt-Road Initiative? I think that Europeans believe it is more of a trade deal than cultural exchange campaign.

 Z.C.: We don't forget about the culture. China always wanted the Chinese animated film and culture to go outside. For a long time we feel that the Europeans have been misunderstanding us. We wish that people in European countries would learn more about our culture and how our animation works but it's not an easy thing to do. Animation industry is important for the Belt-Road Initiative. We want our culture to be well-known and widely understood but we still study the process of implementation. Economic and financial communication – these are much easier than cultural communication. Let's think about one example of the Belt-Road Initiative and animation: since the 1980s the series The Mole [original: Krteček] is very famous in China. Now the Chinese officials communicate with the producers in Czech Republic to combine the efforts, and to combine the mole with a panda.

O.B.: I like this idea, the mole is a hero of my childhood. Foreign successes or problems in international distribution may have repercussions on the domestic industry. In Europe, Liu Jian's film Have a Nice Day became very popular after the situation in Annecy in 2017 [O.B.: The film was withdrawn from the competition due to official requests of the Chinese partners ] and it was reported it had problems with distribution in China.

O.B. But some time ago I have realized that Have a Nice Day's title – Hao jile/ 好极了– has been changed into The Big World – Da shije/ 大世界– and currently it is recognized by the Chinese film critics as a part of „Big Four New Tendencies in Chinese Animation” (zhongguo donghua de da fangxiang) along with Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Da sheng guilai), Big Fish and Begonia (Da yu haitang) and The Grand Protector (Da hufa). How did this change occur?

 Z.C.: So you want to know why Hao jile/ Da shijie was not very popular in the beginning but with some time it became a popular film... Well, it premiered abroad – in Berlin and Zagreb. Then it was supposed to be screened in Annecy but this didn't happen. After that, the title of the film was changed.

O.B.: Because of Annecy?

Z.C.: Situation in Annecy might have been one of the reasons. But I think that the main reason is related to the actual story of the film. “Hao jile” means “great” but the film is actually about not so great mob. It's a very dark story while this specific title shows certain attitude of the director that didn't seem right for the officials from the perspective of protecting the minors. The title Da shije (The Big World) is neutral, it doesn't show any attitude. The ups and downs in Annecy had shown some attention for the film – when people thought that nobody can watch it anymore, the film came back and the audience was interested in it. Another reason for its popularity is that the film won an important award in Taiwan – The Golden Horse – and so more people found out about it. It was very prestigious since the award for the feature animation film has not been granted to any film for few years there.

O.B.: What was the reception of this art-house animated feature?

Z.C.: The box office wasn't really high (about 2.6 million). As you know, most of the popular films have happy ending, everybody likes family-friendly Disney films. But Hao jile/ Da shijie is not the film which you would enjoy with your family because of its black humor. But it was appreciated by the animators and the professionals who paid attention to the ways of the director's expression. The other reason for its lack of success in box office is the fact that the managers of the cinema halls didn't give the film much opportunity to be screened. So this is the problem of the art-house animation.

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Remote position will analyze project requirements/translate into specifications/programming deliverables, enhance existing applications/build new ones, maintain systems, and test/debug the backend infrastructure. Needs hands-on experience of coding.

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Zoek Pin Mumbai, Maharashtra

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About EYAs a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the financeproducts, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with aculture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make thingsbetter. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we'll make our ambitionto be the best employer by 2020 a , Senior Associate, AVP - TAS -Transaction Support - Due DiligenceWe help corporate and financial clients to meet their strategic goals, whether they are acquiring,divesting or raising finance. Although our work is fast-paced, high profile and high pressure andoften operates within demanding deadlines, you will find it to be extremely core work is due diligence, assessing a target company's finances and business projections,identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities and potential mitigations, and reporting on theseto our clients, their banks, investors and other opportunityYou will be working in teams with experienced due diligence professionals, where you will learn anddevelop the skills you need to perform due diligence across a range of situations and sectors. Whenworking on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team works to understand the client's business profit drivers and trends, as well as challengeassumptions of future performance and assist with purchase agreements and post-closing you progress your career with EY, you will have the opportunity to work on more complextransactions, increasingly lead teams, begin to build relationships with our clients and othermembers of the corporate finance community and take on broader roles within our key responsibilities• Client service delivery / executiono Execute the work on a multiple client Assume near independent responsibility for smaller clientso Develop rapport with middle layers of client management• Risk Managemento Ensure compliance with risk management strategies, plans and Understand the concept of risk management and be able to bring to focus risk issues on clientassignments and take issues to the notice of the manager/supervisor• Knowledge Managemento Support knowledge sharing efforts and improve processes so that the work team can capture andleverage knowledge• Networking & Identification of opportunitieso Start identifying new opportunities for existing clients and communicates to managero Network internally within the peer group and other levels in the firm in order to gainunderstanding of issues that may impact issues with his clientsSkills and attributes for success• Strong understanding of Indian Accounting Standards, New Companies Act, Fraud Investigation, IFC,etc.• Strong Knowledge or experience in the areas of financial statements.• Understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,challenges etc. of the target company• Analyzed projections and assumptions used for the sameAnalysed projections and assumptions usedfor the same• Identified of deal issues, assessing their impact on the transaction (valuation etc.) andadvising on ways to address the issues• Conducted analysis of transaction risks and ways to mitigate them• Understanding transaction structure and basis it advised on structuring issues• High team orientation• Professional appearance and poise• Industry experience primarily in data analysis, MIS, project handlingTo qualify for the role you must have• CA with a good academic background• 1 to 7 years of relevant experience• Preference will be given to candidates who have:o Statutory Audit Experience oro Due diligence experience as part of M&A team in industryIdeally you'll also have• Good communication both written and oral (including report writing)• Strong analytical skills are a mustWhat we look forWe're interested in talented professionals with the ability to visualize our clients' goals andthink creatively to facilitate them - often in politically charged environments. If you have anentrepreneurial spirit, and a genuine passion for taking on new challenges, this role is working at EY offersEY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible workingarrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliverexcellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personalpriorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at timesbe based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestylebalance. This employer is a corporate member of myGwork, the business community for LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, inclusive employers & anyone who believes in workplace equality.

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Responsible for securing new customers, and maintaining and developing existing and exceed target set in terms of contributing and generating revenue for the and report minimum number of sales leads set by the management and transform a minimum of those into revenue generating records of customer details / sales visits in the Orient. Identify potential customers and register opportunities in Orient; relentlessly pursue realization of such opportunities leading to revenue for the visit existing accounts validating our service levels and develop new revenue with the accounts as per price guidelines given, looking to maximize up on customer communications in a timely and professional Customer Service and work closely with Operations and Documentation on the execution of customer service the services and products of all entities, and coordinate sales efforts with other department market information and take part in the overall business development through weekly / monthly sales up with clients for out standing supported by the Finance Control

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The Forgotten Firebird
San Diego, 1980

Missing Scenes
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Comic Adaptation

Bells and Whistles

hen 2772 was approved by the president of Toho it was nothing more than a title (and even that was preliminary: the number which later came to signify the Phoenix was supposed to be the year 2772 A.D.).
       As Tezuka began to work on the story, one of his first steps was to show the previous Phoenix film, Dawn, to people and ask for their opinions. Students, clerks, housewives - but they were far from ordinary members of the audience. In fact, they did not belong to his Japanese audience at all. They were American, and Tezuka met them during his visit to the US in 1979.
       It is well known that Tezuka was a fan of American cinema. Among the inspirations for 2772 he named Jaws, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Disney musicals. But inspiration for a creator is also a challenge, and 2772 was intended to rival the Western works, to prove that Japanese animation is capable of rising to their level and beyond.
       It shows even in the film's production method. The usual routine for a Japanese studio is to distribute all cuts among key animators, with animation director making sure that everybody maintains the same style. For 2772 Tezuka abandoned this method and switched to the so-called "character system", employed by Disney. Each of the main characters was drawn by a dedicated key animator, and if in some cut two such characters appeared together, both of their animators worked on that cut.
       I cannot judge how well the "character system" worked for 2772, nor indeed whether the old method would not have worked just as well. But it shows Tezuka's spirit of competition, his desire to surpass the Americans using their own methods of filmmaking.

       Of course, Tezuka wanted the animation to be smooth and fluent. In the sixties he created Japan's first animated television series and developed ingenious techniques of limited animation which are often used to this day. But he made a special point of using only full animation for 2772.
       I have repeatedly come across a statement that Tezuka misunderstood the meaning of "full animation" and insisted that everything on screen be completely redrawn for each frame. For moving shapes that is fine; but the lines that should be still, if redrawn, appear to wobble because human hand can never trace a line precisely. And indeed it is argued that all the outlines in 2772 are wobbly.
       This is a serious accusation - so serious that I am inclined to doubt it. Tezuka could be carried away by his enthusiasm, but he had enough experience in animation not to make stupid mistakes.
       The animation in 2772 is not faultless, but it is definitely not that bad. Characters' hands do not shake and furniture does not jitter. One exception is the robotic heroine, Olga. The highlights in her hair do visibly shift around in many scenes, but I think the effect is intentional. The hair seems to be alive - a clever way of hinting that the expressionless robot is more than just a machine.

       When Tezuka said he was inspired by Star Wars he meant mainly special effects, and he wanted 2772 to have equally stunning visuals.
       It was one of the very few Japanese animatied films (the only one I know, actually) to employ a rotoscope - a device that allows animators to trace over live-action reference. A two meter long model of the hero's spaceship was built, filmed and used for some truly breathtaking camerawork.
       Trick photography and computer graphics were used. It may not seem remarkable today, when even TV series have computer-generated special effects, but for 1980 it was very advanced technology.
       It is ironic that the film should now be remembered mainly for its technical flaws, the supposed wobbly outlines. But in a sense it was this very focus on form that did the film the greatest disservice.
       Anything new and advanced is bound sooner or later to go out of date, and then all the gloss of high technology is lost. Novelty for novelty's sake, form for form's sake does not endure. Substance does - but it is painfully clear even from the film's booklet that everybody starting with Tezuka himself thought more about creating a grand spectacle than a memorable story.
       Tezuka is known as the man who introduced new subject matter into Japanese comics - horror, suspense, melodrama, scientific and philosophical issues. But he also used to mix these elements freely with sight gags and preferred a rounded, cartoony drawing style even in serious stories. His approach to plot development was similarly lighthearted - the narrative flow in his comics is smooth, but the main plot device is often deus ex machina. Events can occur for no other reason than getting the maximum emotional response from the reader, like a sudden death of a likable character. And all the philosophy, drama and science are there chiefly to add to the entertainment.
       This worked extremely well on paper. As a comic 2772 would probably be a great unquestionable success. As it is, 2772 is a somewhat controversial work with its flaws and strong points, jarring scenes and memorable moments of pure beauty. But above all it represents Tezuka's approach to storytelling and animation, and as such deserves attention of all the fans of this great man.

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SAF is the only national trade association that represents all segments of the U.S. floral industry. Our 15,000 members are the industry's top retailers, growers, wholesalers, importers, manufacturers, suppliers, educators, students and allied organizations. SAF is the face and voice of a strong, unified floral industry.

American Institute of Floral Designers

Promoting the art of floral design as a professional career.

The American Institute of Floral Designers was established in 1965 by a small group of leading floral designers dedicated to recognizing and promoting the art of floral design as a professional career. Today, it is the floral industry's leading non-profit organization committed to establishing and maintaining higher standards in professional floral design. With over 1,200 members worldwide, AIFD and its members are in the forefront of the industry in presenting educational and design programs.

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Travel Day!

Finally time to jet off to Italy for a whirlwind tour centered around what is sure to be a wonderful wedding in Tuscany.

This one snuck up on us. With busy schedules across work, community and socializing, we found ourselves at the airport almost by surprise Saturday morning. A quick jaunt had us at JFK where we waited for 5 hours before our 8 hour trip across the Atlantic. Fortunately we know how to pass the time.

Our red eye to Malpensa was relatively uneventful. Less sleep than we would have liked, but a great steward kept us plied with wine and then coffee to ease the cycle. We arrived at 7:15 in the morning local time, more than a bit bleary eyed, and somewhat shocked and unprepared to be in a new country.

We grabbed our baggage and hopped the train into the city proper. Unable to get into our apartment until later that day, we planned on leaving luggage at the station and seeing the city. A bit unprepared linguistically, and out of practice (ha!) with the train station routine, we struggled a bit before getting out into the city.

We went on a quick sightseeing tour, stopping at the famous Duomo briefly before grabbing a small pizza each to help reset our clocks and hopefully stay awake through the day. At this point we realized there was a strange wiener dog parade going on, heading straight to the park we wanted to check out. I guess we became honorary members.

We checked out the Castello Sforzesco (medieval castle) and surrounded Paek before wandering around towards church where the last supper is. Unfortunately tours were booked out several months, so we enjoyed the architecture and moved along. It was time to meet up with Lisa and check into our Airbnb.

Once we had our bags dropped, showers taken, and some brief naps, we were human again. We went for a lovely walk down Corso Garibaldi before circling back to a local cafe recommended to us by our host. A simple and delicious meal, accompanied by a great house wine, had us well prepared for a solid nights rest. A glass of rose on the terrace sealed the deal.


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Predictive Linguistic Features of Schizophrenia
Efsun Sarioglu Kayi | Mona Diab | Luca Pauselli | Michael Compton | Glen Coppersmith
Proceedings of the 6th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM 2017)

Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling and difficult to treat of all human medical/health conditions, ranking in the top ten causes of disability worldwide. It has been a puzzle in part due to difficulty in identifying its basic, fundamental components. Several studies have shown that some manifestations of schizophrenia (e.g., the negative symptoms that include blunting of speech prosody, as well as the disorganization symptoms that lead to disordered language) can be understood from the perspective of linguistics. However, schizophrenia research has not kept pace with technologies in computational linguistics, especially in semantics and pragmatics. As such, we examine the writings of schizophrenia patients analyzing their syntax, semantics and pragmatics. In addition, we analyze tweets of (self proclaimed) schizophrenia patients who publicly discuss their diagnoses. For writing samples dataset, syntactic features are found to be the most successful in classification whereas for the less structured Twitter dataset, a combination of features performed the best.


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Heart of Dread: Frozen

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Heart of Dread, Book 1
Melissa De la Cruz, Michael Anthony Johnston,
Juvenile Fiction
Putnam Publishing Group

More than a century after a catastrophic disaster wiped out most of humanity and covered much of the earth with ice, fifteen-year-old Cass yields to the voice in her head urging her to embark on a dangerous journey across a poisoned sea to the mythical land, Blue.

This review is based on a complimentary copy provided by Hatchette Children’s Books in exchange for an honest review.

When I began “Heart of Dread: Frozen”, I thought I was going to be reading a somewhat typical dystopian novel.  Boy, was I ever wrong.  It is impossible to place it in one, or even two, categories.  Finally, I decided to go with dystopian, apocalyptic, and fantasy.  There is an even amount of all of them.

This novel is a wild ride right from the start, alternating between third person points of view focusing on two flawed, mysterious, and very different individuals. We have Wes, the mercenary, and Nat, the girl with a secret.  Their backstories are revealed very slowly, and combined with the action, it makes it difficult to put down.

If I describe any of the plot that is not already included in the synopsis above, I run the risk of spoiling a surprise, and that would take away from the fun. And if nothing else, this is one fun book.  Anything that could possibly be included in it is, and the ending was a cliffhanger that has me upset that I need to wait a few months for the next.

I normally try to avoid fandom-speak in my reviews, but my thoughts can be summed up by this:  “I didn’t mean to ship it this hard.”

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Violence, Animal Death, Some Sexual Talk