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Why does that accent mark hover over Lydia Tár's name? She's the title character of writer-director Todd Field's "TÁR." The accent mark doesn't affect the pronunciation any. Instead it's there as garnish, a further gilding of what's already a rather stupendous classical music lily.
This is Field's first movie since "Little Children" (2006) and only his third. "In the Bedroom" (2001) is the other one. "TÁR" is ambitious, unusual, forceful, and ultimately frustrating, an emotional epic that's also a nose-against-the-glass view of classical music and unconventional take on the #MeToo movement in that world.
A virtuoso of virtuosity, Lydia Tár is more resume than character. That she remains so vivid and compelling nonetheless is one of Cate Blanchett's many, many achievements in playing her, but we'll get to those.
Lydia is music director of the Berlin Philharmonic and — wait, there's an "and"? If you're Odin in Asgard there shouldn't be a need for conjunctions, but Lydia's big on "ands" and "alsos." She's also a gifted composer and pianist and soon-to-be author. We see her interviewed at The New Yorker Festival. We hear her interviewed by Alec Baldwin. We're even told that she's an "EGOT," winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. (What did the Tony come for, conducting the pit band for a revival of "Song of Norway"?) Clearly, "Tár" rhymes with "superstár."
"In today's world, 'varied' is a dirty word," Lydia says, her highly varied voice full of unvaried scorn. Lydia is a runner (of course she is). She's a boxer, or at least boxing is part of her gym routine. It certainly fits her personality. She's a mother. She's a spouse. Her wife, Sharon (Nina Hoss), is the Berlin concertmaster. That a music director would be married to her orchestra's concertmaster is one of an accumulating number of "TÁR" implausibilities, though maybe the point is that whatever Lydia wants Lydia gets. Is there anything Lydia can't do? Yes, as her assistant points out, "You never gain weight." Oh, and she's not a very persuasive liar.
The idea behind amassing so much excellence, performance, and accomplishment is to place Lydia on her cultural/celebrity pedestal as high up as possible, and thus make all the more impressive her eventual plummet. That's not a spoiler. You must have seen it coming. Fame is the name of the narrative game only when infamy awaits.
The combination of ambition and charisma and entitlement that has made Lydia such a success on the podium has also meant that she doesn't see any rules applying to her behavior. She's the conductor of her own conduct, and that conduct includes a history of predatory relationships with aspiring young female colleagues. Among them is that assistant (Noémie Merlant, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire").
Field does several daring things with "TÁR." For starters, it's hard to think of a subject more alien to a Marvel- and DC-dominated Hollywood than classical music (though Lydia, in her own way, is a sort of superhero — supervillain, too). Then again, "TÁR" may be a harbinger. Lydia's great mentor is Leonard Bernstein. "Maestro" is set to come out next year. That's Bradley Cooper's Bernstein biopic. He plays Bernstein, directs, and cowrote (talk about being a superstár).
For literal starters, Field begins the movie with what would normally be the closing credits, the really long ones, and has them run in reverse order, i.e., with the smallest job categories coming first (though without the actors listed). It's his way, perhaps, of indicating that what follows will be a subversion of the popular assumption that it's individual genius that drives cultural achievement. He's putting Lydia, and us, on notice.
Two of the daring things are formal. Once those closing/opening credits are out of the way, we watch that New Yorker Festival interview. The fawning interviewer is the writer Adam Gopnik, playing himself. An inspired way to fill in the audience on Lydia's background, it's like an oral c.v. Here, as often in the movie, Field uses long takes to excellent effect, most notably in the several scenes of Blanchett rehearsing the Berlin Phil.
Those long takes wouldn't work if not for Blanchett. We keep hearing about Lydia's remarkableness. Blanchett shows it. Playing a powerhouse character, she gives a powerhouse performance. For the role, she learned how to play the piano, speak German, and conduct an orchestra. She won best actress honors at this year's Venice Film Festival and is seen as a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination. Hoss and Merlant are fine. Julian Glover, as Lydia's Berlin predecessor, is great fun in the movie's plummiest role. But in most respects the movie is Blanchett's performance. What drives "TÁR" is learning the limitations of its title character's stupendousness. There are no visible limitations on Blanchett's performance, which truly is stupendous.
For much of the movie, the bravura of Blanchett's acting masks the fact that the character she's playing verges on high-brow cartoon. The tony references pile up: Bernstein, Curtis Institute, Harvard, University of Vienna (Lydia's an alum of all three), "MTT" (conductor Michael Tilson Thomas), "Gustavo" (Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic), "DG" (Deutsche Grammophon, the classical record label), and that's just a smattering of names. It gets a bit silly, actually, three parts verisimilitude to two parts showing off.
The hifalutin' proper names define Lydia the way high-priced brands define a Kardashian. In both cases, personality and emotion are beside the point — assuming they actually exist. Name-dropping is meant to do the work of character creation. The line between capturing a milieu and wallowing in lifestyles of the rich and creative is a thin one.
It doesn't help that Lydia tends to talk like Joan Crawford putting on airs. "Sleep's elusive," she says of her insomnia. "How cruel of you to define our relationship as transactional," she says to Sharon (yeah, right!). The movie's increasingly thicker streak of phony baloney-ness reaches a climax when Lydia has a moment worthy of the Judy Garland "A Star Is Born" (though the moment is James Mason's). That's bad. What's worse is that the movie still has another 20 or 25 minutes to go. You don't mind as much as you might, since those minutes still involve Blanchett. But you do feel a bit embarrassed for her. It's hard to feel embarrassed for Lydia.
Written and directed by Todd Field. Starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss. At Boston Common, Coolidge Corner, Kendall Square. 158 minutes. R (some language and brief nudity)
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Unshackled from Barclays UK, the local unit of the Absa Group ÔÇô Barclays Bank Botswana this week presented its first ever full year results following the divorce from the former parent company in 2018. The bank's financials shows that it realised a Profit before tax (PBT) of P638 million for the year ending 31st December 2018. This represents a year-on-year growth in profitability of 14 percent in comparison to the previous year on a normalised reporting basis.
Commenting on the results, outgoing Managing Director of the local banking unit – Reinette van der Merwe said the bank's balance sheet continues to be driven by loans and advances and customer liabilities which speak to the primary drivers of the total revenue.
Barclays's Loans and advances to customers increased by 10 percent year-on-year to P11.8 billion ahead of 8 percent market growth according to the latest financials. The figures further show that this was mainly driven by the Retail and Corporate segments.
The Finance Director of the local unit – Mumba Kalifungwa said operating costs were well contained with the business achieving a cost to income ratio of 52 percent on removing the effect of Barclays plc separation costs.
Following a split from its former parent Barclays, HYPERLINK "https://www.fin24.com/Companies/Financial-Services/absa-reboots-image-as-barclays-ends-100-year-history-in-africa-20180711" Absa has rebranded its operations in South Africa, reshuffled management and refreshed its strategy with the ambition of doubling its market share in Africa.
The pan African bank has a presence in 11 African countries that together represent a third of the continent's gross domestic product.
In Botswana, the bank says the the transition towards adopting the parent company name – Absa and brand is progressing well.
"This separation of our operations from Barclays is a large and complex programme, executed gradually across systems, platforms, policies, procedures and more", said the incoming managing director ÔÇô Keabetswe Pheko ÔÇô Moshagane.
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If you are looking for new clients in the orthopedic industry, you should consider creating an SEO strategy or hiring an orthopedic SEO company. An SEO company can increase your ranking in the search algorithm by getting more consumers to view your website. The placement of your orthopedic practice in the algorithm is crucial for attracting new clients. Did you know that only 0.78% of Google searchers click on results from the 2nd page? If your business appears on the 2nd page, that means that over 99% of consumers will visit your competitors' websites instead.
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What Is SEO?
If you are not familiar with SEO, it is essentially the practice of getting more traffic to your website. There are four main ways to go about achieving this. They are keyword research, content creation, off-page optimization, and user experience. This article will give you some ideas for how to improve the SEO for your orthopedic practice.
Creating Quality Content
You might be wondering how exactly an orthopedic SEO company can help bring traffic to your website. One of the ways an orthopedic SEO company does this is by creating content. Creating content like blogs that discuss the orthopedic industry can be a great way to drive traffic to your website.
An example of a blog post that could be made for your practice would be highlighting an orthopedic doctor or orthopedic surgeon who had recently been performing well. Additionally, educational articles that consumers might be searching for more information on could be a good piece of content. Producing content that users can easily interact with is an effective strategy because the content will help bring in consumers for a long time even after it is posted. This is especially true for content like articles that typically do not become outdated easily.
Choosing the Right Keywords
Another medical SEO strategy is to use keywords on your website. Keywords are certain words that users often search for. Using keywords will help increase your ranking in the algorithm because Google will see that your website has a lot of the words consumers are searching for and recommend your website higher.
For example, in the orthopedic industry, common keywords could be "doctor" or "surgery". You would then add the words doctor and surgery more often on your website whenever it would make sense to do so. Keywords are also often used in content like blog posts.
The advantage of hiring an orthopedic SEO company for keywords is that you would have the assurance that you are using the right keywords. You do not want to waste resources trying to find keywords when you could be spending time elsewhere improving your business. Especially considering that you might not even know if the keywords you are using will work.
Building Internal Links
If you are employed as an orthopedic doctor or orthopedic surgeon, then you might be wondering what the importance of building internal links is for a website. Internal links are links that take a user from one page on your website to another, also on your website.
For example, an internal link could take a user from the About Us page of a website to the careers page. Making sure that these links are working as intended on your website is crucial. Consumers might find your website unprofessional if some of the internal links do not work. It can be very easy to overlook links that are broken, but you shouldn't. Sometimes when you are changing your website to make improvements, links can be accidentally broken along the way. An orthopedic SEO company can ensure that all of your links are functioning properly so you can continue to improve other aspects of your website.
Checking Your Website Speed
The speed of your website plays a big factor in how your website ranks in the algorithm. That is why when you are seeking medical SEO advice, you should consider attempting to increase the speed of your website. Additionally, this will make your website look more professional, which could lead to more consumers wanting to visit your orthopedic practice. Some consumers might be wary of becoming a patient if they believe your website looks like it is not working to the best of its ability. After all, your website is a direct reflection of your business.
If you are unsure of the speed of your website, there are many online resources you can use to test your website's speed. PageSpeed Insights by Google is a great way to see the speed of your website on both mobile and desktop devices. PageSpeed Insights also offers suggestions on how you can improve the speed of your website. Typically PageSpeed Insights will suggest easy fixes for your website, such as minifying javascript or minimizing an image size.
Gaining Insight with Analytics
One of the reasons many companies seeking medical SEO advice hire an orthopedic SEO company is that an orthopedic SEO company can provide analytic tools. This is crucial because analytic tools can tell you who the average consumer visiting your website is. It is important to know who is most likely to visit your website so you can start targeting their demographic. You might already have a target demographic in mind, but that might not be who is actually visiting your website. You can also see how long consumers spend on your website. This is also really important to analyze because it will tell you if your website is grabbing consumers' attention or not. If you notice that the average consumer is leaving your website after 30 seconds, then you might want to consider improving how the front page of your website looks. Maybe it does not draw the attention of consumers the way it should.
Utilizing Email Marketing
One of the many services that SEO companies provide is email marketing. Email marketing allows you to save a lot of time and money by not having to send out emails individually. Additionally, email marketing can help you gain new clients. An SEO company can send out emails to consumers who are not your customers and inform them of your business.
Email marketing can even be used for simple everyday tasks that could be sent in an automated email. Orthopedic doctors and orthopedic surgeons especially love this aspect of email marketing. This is mainly because, with email marketing, you can automatically send out reminders and updates about patients' appointments. This also improves the customer experience because the clients want to be reminded of their appointments so they do not have to reschedule. This is why reminder emails can be a great way to reduce the number of clients who miss their appointments.
Customizing Your Title Tags
Making sure that your orthopedic practice has the best possible title tags is important when trying to increase your ranking in the Google algorithm. A title tag is a piece of code that gives your website its title. The title tag of your website may seem simple, but it is important to spend some time on it. After all, the title tag is the first thing consumers will see when they visit your website.
When creating a title tag, it is better to think of a unique name instead of a generic one. This is because Google's algorithm is more likely to rank websites with unique title tags higher. Additionally, the length of your title tag is important. Your title tag should be no more than 60 characters and no fewer the 40 characters. Similar to how it is better to have a unique title tag, this is just because Google's algorithm is more likely to rank a website title tag between 40-60 characters higher in the algorithm.
Starting a Paid Ad Campaign
If your orthopedic practice is simply looking to gain new clients, one strategy you could try is to work with an SEO company to create pay-per-click ads. Pay-per-click or PPC ads are a type of advertising that can help promote your business in Google's algorithm. If you have ever searched something on Google and saw multiple prompted websites before the top result, you have seen a PPC ad.
One way PPC ads look different from a normal search result is that the search result will say ad under the title. One of the advantages of purchasing a PPC ad is that you can advertise based on certain keywords. Often orthopedic practices will use terms like orthopedic office and maybe the name of their city. This is really helpful because this way, you can ensure that the consumers that go to your website are actually in the area near your practice. The last thing you want is to have consumers want to visit your practice but then be unable to because your office is too far away.
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Domestic pressure in the US
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, economic globalization accelerated, and both China and the US have benefited greatly.
Over the past 20 years, the two countries have adopted similar policies of opening up their markets and embracing globalization. As a result, a highly interdependent economic relationship was formed between the two, which some scholars dubbed "Chimerica."
Trump's election and mode of governance have brought great changes to the US. First, the center of gravity that has dominated the US for many years has shifted from the northeastern part of the country (the Boston-New York-Washington corridor) and the West Coast to the new power center formed by the "rust states" of the Midwest and conservative agricultural states.
Trump is clearly more concerned with winning voter support in the "swing states" of the Midwest, where his showing figured prominently in his election victory. By launching a full-scale trade war, Trump's approval rating has surpassed that of former President Barack Obama in the same period of his presidency.
Second, Trump and his supporters in the Midwest have pushed the US to adopt a "reverse globalization" policy. In terms of economic and trade policies, Trump seems to be reversing the US policy of emphasizing the growth of the online and high-tech sectors over the past 20 years in favor of trying to revive the manufacturing sector in order to correct trade imbalances.
In terms of foreign policy, Trump has changed the long-held view of the liberal international order led by the US, and applied protectionist trade pressure on allies, and demanded that they increase defense spending and purchase more US weapons – measures aimed at reducing the US fiscal burden.
More importantly, Trump's presidency has brought about a fierce clash of values, and the country's social and political consensus has been greatly weakened.
Trump and his supporters have been accused of adhering to such ideas as white supremacy and other extreme conservative viewpoints that are incompatible with the liberalism and progressivism advocated by pro-globalization elites, leading to unprecedented divisions in US society.
In China, through changes over the past five years, the country's leadership has restructured new policy institutions and formulated a clearer medium- and long-term development strategy for the country.
Although China's national development goals and strategies have maintained a strong continuity, the ways and means for achieving the strategy have changed through major reforms of the party and state system.
Central authority has been strengthened, and at the same time, supervision of the exercise of public power has been bolstered.
The structural changes in the US and China can be called revolutionary, but the results are different because of the different political systems.
Under the US election system, Trump was elected with a slight majority of votes in the electoral college (although he actually lost the popular vote to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton), creating more political and social opposition, undermining the continuity of American internal and external policies, and causing great damage to US soft power.
In contrast, the changes under the Chinese system ensure the continuation of policies and at the same time overcome the drawbacks of decentralized power, lack of coordination and vulnerability to corruption in the old institutions and practices. As a result, the domestic foundation of China's foreign policy has also become stronger.
Change and Continuity in China-US Relations
The domestic restructuring in China and the US constitute a new foundation for bilateral relations in the current era. From a domestic perspective, rising conflict in China-US relations under the Trump presidency has a certain air of inevitability.
Trump, his administration and its constituencies are opposed to economic globalization and are demanding a major adjustment in the relationship between the US and the global economy.
Naturally, China-US economic relations are bearing the brunt of this change. The current extensive economic and trade relationship between China and the US is the product of rapid economic globalization over the past 20 years.
Because Trump views the US trade deficit with China as incompatible with the goal of "America First," he is demanding a dramatic adjustment. In addition, the US is gradually viewing the rise of China, especially its increasing military strength, as a threat that has started to limit the freedom of the US to maneuver in the Asia-Pacific region.
However, the complex interdependence formed during the era of economic globalization will still limit any substantial deterioration in China-US relations in the near future. Despite increasing frictions, China-US relations will continue to be characterized by shared interests and cooperation.
First, US-China trade has reached nearly 700 billion US dollars (trade in goods and services combined), surpassing any bilateral relationship in history. The idea of "decoupling" proposed by some in the US and China is not practical because the cost to both sides would be too high.
To add to this, China-US monetary and financial relations are also very close, forming a so-called "balance of financial terror" due to their tight interdependence (a phrase coined by former US Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers). China's continued purchase of US Treasury bonds is still very important for supporting the US economy and the status of the dollar.
In turn, if China wants to have greater influence in the international financial and currency markets, it will also be inseparable from the dollar and the US market.
Second, after more than 40 years of development, relations between the two countries have formed a dense network of close interpersonal relationships and various channels of dialogue. The relationships are linked to academic circles, financial circles, and ordinary families. This is also an important constraint on the notion of a "decoupling" between the two countries.
Third, the personal relationship between the leaders of China and the US is particularly important at present. So far, the interactions between Xi Jinping and Trump have been good, and a relatively smooth communication channel has been formed.
Fourth, China's strategies are not intended to challenge the hegemony of the US. China's aim is to achieve the medium- and long-term goals of national modernization.
Its foreign policy is mainly based on international economic cooperation, and it supports existing international mechanisms and is promoting their reform. The country's national defense policy is mainly aimed at self-defense.
At this stage, China's strategies, policies and actions do not pose a substantive challenge to US dominance in the international system. While many people in the US tend to believe that China's development model and philosophy pose a challenge to the US, this argument does not make much sense because China does not advocate exporting ideology and emphasizes respect for the right of each country to choose its own development path.
To avoid decoupling and confrontation, the most important thing is for China and the US to conduct effective dialogue and communication, achieve strategic trust and reduce the current trust deficit.
What is particularly noteworthy at present is that many academics, opinion writers and think tanks in the US have misunderstood China's development model and important domestic political changes since the 19th Party Congress in Beijing last October.
Some moderate US scholars and experts advocating engagement with China have expressed their disappointment and frustration about the political changes in China. As a result, Chinese leaders need to do more explaining to American elites to reduce misunderstanding about China's political changes.
The so-called decoupling of the economies of China and the US, with each building its own system, would lead to an eventual collision between the two sides. The cost of decoupling would be huge, and it is not a realistic choice for either China or the US.


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The discovery was made during a routine inspection of The Planet Pizza and Burger Bar at Main Street on January 29.
The inspector found evidence of an active rat infestation in food preparation areas which presented "an imminent risk to health".
The food business operator, Faisal Syed, was served with a hygiene emergency prohibition notice and a notice of intention to apply for a hygiene emergency prohibition order.
The order was was granted at Sheffield Magistrates' Court last Thursday (6), when the court agreed with the actions of the environmental health officers.
Mr Syed was also ordered to pay the council £536 in costs.
Cllr Emma Hoddinott, cabinet member for waste, roads and community safety, said: "Environmental health officers immediately closed the premises following the inspection due to an imminent risk to health. Food business operators have a legal duty to keep their premises hygienic and any failure to do so will not be tolerated."
A council spokeswoman said checks had been carried out at the takeaway every day since the notice was served to ensure it remained closed.
The takeaway will not be allowed to re-open until the council is satisfied that there is no longer an imminent risk to health.


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As bad as loss of an innocent life. What a foolish act, Allah will never forgive him.
What a foolish act, Allah will never forgive him.
It doesnt mention his religion anywhere here. Why not take your your ignorance back to America where it belongs.
What was that sarge cut your willy off with out remorse or hesitation.
So to point it out are you now saying the 911 culprits were Egyptian or do you need a middle east map with x's and stuff to show you who's who's and wheres where.
This is called, "thinning the herd" this guy will hopefully not reproduce and pass around his genes.....
neverknow2 at 07:54 AM JST - 1st June What a foolish act, Allah will never forgive him. It doesnt mention his religion anywhere here. Why not take your your ignorance back to America where it belongs.
That is correct, it says not a darn thing about his faith. For all we know he is a Coptic Christian.....
That guy could have just eloped with the girl, kept his winky and been on his honeymoon using it as god intended
Hawkeye at 09:06 AM JST - 1st June
"That guy could have just eloped with the girl, kept his winky and been on his honeymoon using it as god intended"
I agree with you, but, if it took this fool two years to finally come to the wrong choice then I am not altogether sure it was the wrong choice. As Joebigs says, "This is called, "thinning the herd" this guy will hopefully not reproduce and pass around his genes....." And that has got to be the right thing to have happen. And has anybody noticed that there are only 9 posts so far? If this had been a Japanese man we would be well into the hundreds by now.
Den Den at 07:23 AM JST - 1st June
"Luckily they grow back!"
Are you sure we are talking about the same thing? If we are then we will have to meet up sometime so that I can give you the rest of the birds & bees tale your parents left out.
Now that's taking matters into your own hands. Wonder how long it will take him to regret that action.
The family probably had someone else lined up for him. Goodbye trouser snake. Brave man there! A hot knife sounds a bit radical. To sterilize the knife(?) rather than to cauterize the wound, I would guess. But perhaps that is why reattachment didn't work.
" As bad as loss of an innocent life. What a foolish act, Allah will never forgive him. "
He might be a Copt, in which case Allah doesn´t like him anyway.
Copt or muslim, what nutter cuts his prize off over a denied marriage. There a plenty of of hot babes (caste aside) that I would have loved to married and I would never consider wacking off my winky to piss off my family. This poor guy obviuosly took his family's approval way too seroiusly and is going to regret that action forever.
Not a sharp thing to do by cutting his penis instead of his nose to spite himself.
I remember another couple who eloped.
They were returned and sentenced to death.
I feel for this guy. But, everybody is enjoying their sarcasm. This was the ultimate act of family disobdience and shaming his family. < :-)
Seems a pretty stupid way at getting back at others, or the world.
"I wish more terrorists and their supporting Liberals would take his cue not that this man is a terrorist or anything."
Anyone issuing a statement as stupid as that ought to win a Darwin award him/herself. Oh, but glad there was the 'not that this man is a terrorist or anything' qualifier at the end.
Seriously, only a fool would bring in and try to compare things that were so unrelated to show off his true colours.
aday has a point there. Remember that poor couple that tried to elope in Pakistan under Taliban controlled territory? While I certainly would prefer to die next to the one I loved, this may have been a way for him to say, "I took away the only thing that proves my manliness, what else can you do to me?"... Sucks hard for him though. It ain't gonna grow back and the doctors can't sew it back on fully functional again.
Be glad that you live in a country that you can say to hell with what the family thinks about the person you love.
He could have been the last family male and the one that was looked at to succeed the family name. By doing this he has slapped them in the face and quite possibly stricken their family name from the future.
he must have been desperate isn't it better to die instead of takin his manhood...
His death would be too quick. By disfiguring himself, his family has to see him everyday. He is a constant reminder to the family and of their stubburness and a result of their actions. < :-)


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US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman attended an ecumenical service organised by the Hungarian Royal Crown Guard in Budapest on January 6 commemorating the 45th anniversary of the transfer of the Holy Crown from the United States to Hungary.
Pressman's call for Hungary and the United States to strengthen ties came on the same day as details of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's year-end speech at a pro-government foundation before Christmas was published in local media, in which Hungary's strongman warned of the dangers of the return of the bloc-based international order of the Cold War era.
At the ceremony in a downtown Budapest church, David Pressman, who took his credentials four months ago, spoke at length about the political circumstances behind the decision of the Carter cabinet in 1978 to return the crown jewels to Hungary, 33 years after they were recovered in Austria by US forces after the end of the WWII. For much of the Cold War the crown was held at Fort Knox alongside the bulk of the United States' gold reserves.
Pressman recalled the debate in the late 1970s within the US administration on whether to give back the crown to Hungary, which at the time was still under Soviet oppression.
"President Carter, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other advisers, including a young senator named Joe Biden decided to return the crown, not to the government, but to the Hungarian people," he added.
"Although the government of Hungary was not yet free of Communist rule, the people of Hungary were clearly yearning for freedom. The United States could think of no better symbol to galvanise and recognise the Hungarian people than the return of their Holy Crown" he added.
"We are honored to be here for Hungary today. It is what friends do," Pressman noted, then he alluded to war in Ukraine saying that the fight against the tyranny of arbitrariness continues and Ukrainians, much like Hungarians decades earlier, clearly rejected Soviet-style rule.
"We all have to decide which path to take in this turbulent time, who do we turn to in times of trouble when we are faced with those who want to harm us?" Pressman said, in what was widely seen by observers as a thinly veiled criticism of the way Hungary's pro-Russian leaning government has refused to give full-hearted support to Ukraine against Vladimir Putin's aggression.
Orban's cabinet has threatened to veto EU sanctions against Russia and has reiterated its neutral position in the conflict, refraining from letting lethal weapons through the country directly, let alone supplying Ukraine with military equipment.
At the end of his speech, Pressman expressed his hope that Hungary and the United States can overcome the "current dangerous rough waves together."
Hungarian news agency MTI, covering the event, did not say whether Hungarian government officials attended the ceremony on Friday or not.
On the same day as the US ambassador was talking about the need to reinforce the alliance between Nato member Hungary and the United States, the prime minister's political director Balazs Orban summed up Orban's visions for the decade based on his speech held at a closed-door Christmas dinner party organised by a pro-government foundation.
According to the prime minister, a new world order is emerging, the neoliberal model of globalisation is fading and the United States has new challengers, partly because of the liberal model that has allowed the rise of states like China, liberal news site Hvg.hu wrote.
"Hungary, caught between the big blocs, has always been a loser in such processes in the past, so we need an alternative globalisation model and strategy," Orban warned.
The Hungarian premier outlined challenges and opportunities in the decade for Hungary, which in his view should avoid becoming a periphery of a large international bloc and the country's strategic interest lies in connectivity. This model assumes that Hungary should strive for good relations with rivals and connect to as many actors as possible, through trade, infrastructure, investment, and knowledge transfer even with countries seen as rivals of the US-led Western alliance.
The biggest strategic challenge facing Hungary in the next decade is to move out of the middle-income group and catch up with the developed countries and achieve the status of a regional middle power in Central Europe, according to the prime minister.
Analysts said Orban's vision is completely unrealistic given the country's size and economic power, let alone the country's increasing isolation due partly to its response to the Ukraine crisis.
Orban's comments seem to reinforce the view that Hungary will be further drifting away from its Western allies and turn to the East, boosting political and economic ties with China, Russia and possibly with Central Asian powerhouses, in line with the illiberal democracy model envisioned by Orban first in 2014.
In the last eight years Hungary's rule of law decayed further, while Orban has strengthened its grip on the state, media and entire economic sectors, which are dominated by his cronies.
If Hungary fails to deliver on key promises to unlock EU funds, this drift could speed up, according to some observers.
Even as the country's RRF plan and the Partnership Agreement on the 2021-2027 budget were sealed at the end of 2022, Hungary still needs to implement a string of reforms to access €22bn from Cohesion Funds and €5.8bn from the post-pandemic recovery fund.


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Ricky's Tennis Preview And Picks For Day 3 Of The Nitto ATP Finals, Including Djokovic vs. Thiem
- Updated: November 11, 2019
By Ricky Dimon
Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer will not take place until Thursday, but that does not mean there is any lack of appeal in Tuesday's proceedings at the Nitto ATP Finals. Federer is facing Matteo Berrettini during the day session before Djokovic and Dominic Thiem wrap things up at night.
Ricky previews the action and makes his picks.
(3) Roger Federer vs. (8) Matteo Berrettini
There is some good news for Berrettini: he's here!
That "just happy to be here" kind of mentality may be the right way to look at things, because Berrettini has basically no chance of qualifying for the semifinals unless he wins his next two round-robin matches. Day one of the 23-year-old Italian's London debut was a disaster, as he not only won just three games against Djokovic–crippling his chances of advancing due to the small number of games won–but also found himself matched up with Federer on Tuesday.
Berrettini probably expected to meet Thiem in his second match, but those ideas changed when Thiem upset Federer 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday night to book a spot alongside Djokovic in Tuesday's winners' showdown. Thus it will be Berrettini vs. Federer on Tuesday afternoon for the second time in their careers–and also second time in this city. They previously collided in the Wimbledon fourth round this summer, when Federer cruised 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.
Federer surely cannot wait to get back out there and make amends for his opening loss to Thiem. The Swiss Maestro looked a bit rusty after skipping the Paris Indoors, but he should improve dramatically in match number two. In 16 previous trips to the year-end championship, Federer has never lost back-to-back round-robin matches.
Nothing Berrettini did in their Wimbledon encounter or against Djokovic on Sunday suggests Federer is in danger of suddenly losing two in a row
Prediction: Federer in 2
(2) Novak Djokovic vs. (5) Dominic Thiem
Fresh off his win over Federer, Thiem now gets a shot at Djokovic for the 10th time in his career while trailing what has suddenly become a competitive head-to-head series 6-3. Thiem lost their first five contests and 11 of their first 12 sets, but he has since won three of four meetings. They most recently faced each other in the French Open SFs, with Thiem surviving a wild one 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.
Although the surface does not favor the 26-year-old Austrian this time around, he can't be discounted based on his recent hard-court form. Three of his five titles in 2019 have come on hards–in Indian Wells and this fall in Beijing and Vienna. He is also sporting a 16-4 record on this fall swing.
Djokovic was favored to triumph at this event for a sixth time when this week began and nothing will change following the opening round-robin matches. The world No. 2 is now 13-1 since the U.S. Open–a stretch that includes titles in Tokyo and Paris. His reward is a chance to avenge the French Open loss as opposed to a rematch of the famous Wimbledon final against Federer.
Although Thiem was stellar on Sunday, Federer was noticeably flat after taking a fair amount of time off (he skipped the Paris Masters). Djokovic, on the other hand, lifted the Paris trophy and only maintained momentum with his rout of Berrettini. The Serb will also take confidence from his 3-0 record against Thiem on hard courts.
Prediction: Djokovic in 2


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If there are two things I love, it's spooky season and candy. Combine those two things into a cocktail and you've just won my cold, dead heart. Enter the Halloween Candy Martini! It's easy to make, looks creepy, and tastes absolutely delicious!
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Martini Ingredients:
- 2 ounces fruit-flavored vodka, any flavor (replace with lemon-lime soda to turn this into a mocktail recipe)
- 2 ounces sweet and sour drink mix
- 2 ounces cranberry juice
- 1 ounce grenadine syrup
- Splash of lime juice
Halloween Garnish:
- Red Decorators Gel
- Black Sugar Sprinkles
- Gummy Worm
How To Make A Halloween Candy Martini
Start by lining your martini glass with red decorator gel and dipping it in black sugar sprinkles.
Shake your martini ingredients over ice. Pour them into your glass and garnish with a gummy worm.
This candy martini makes a perfect signature cocktail for your Halloween celebration. You can even replace the vodka with lemon-lime soda for a kid-friendly mocktail version!
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Riverbrookbike.com: Cutting edge e-commerce!
Riverbrookbike.com is going through a pretty cool transition, and as is well on its way to being completed! Riverbrook is among a relatively small group of bricks and mortar Trek dealers in America to fully implement the new Trek retailer exclusive Sync and Fulfill system. It's taken a bit of work behind the scenes, but will result (actually already is resulting) in better choices and options for you, our customers.
What this means for you is that Trek and Bontrager products and accessories will continue to be available as they always have been in our Seeley and Hayward stores so that you can make that special trip to chat, get fit, and discuss your personal needs with some of the best informed retail support anywhere. Trek branded frames, forks, and framesets will be available for purchase online, but will be shipped to us for proper assembly and in-store pick-up. Other than that, a huge selection of Trek/Bontrager product, accessories, clothing, electronics, and other items will be availble right here on Riverbrook's own website for you to shop and have shipped directly to you from our store or Trek's warehouse. If you're in the area, traveling through on vacation, coming up for an event, or headed to the cabin you can have your items waiting at our store for convenient pick up (and get a nice instore discount to boot) - how cool is that!
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Gonzo's Quest
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Software | Netent |
Year | 2013 |
Volatility | medium |
Paylines | 20 |
Row | 3 |
Reels | 5 |
Demo Mode | On |
Most lucrative icon | silver mask |
Min. Bet | 0.1 demo coins |
Max Bet | 0.50 demo coins |
Sequel | Gonzo's Gold |
Gonzo's Quest is one of the most famous Netent slots, which has set a school in its genre. Simple, but at the same time very captivating, it is characterized by the accurate and well-made graphics typical of Netent titles. The star of this slot machine is a Spanish conquistador who has landed in the new world. Gonzalo, for Gonzo friends, has a very specific goal, and that is to find the mythical city of El Dorado. In fact, it is said that there are immense riches there ... the same ones you can aspire to too!
If you have the courage to go into the jungle of Central America, among the Inca monuments, to discover the fabulous treasures of El Dorado, all you have to do is follow Gonzo on this adventure. On our site you can try the slot and all its features for free. But remember that if you want to play it using real money instead, you can do it by registering at an online casino. Always choose online gaming sites that have received the license from the Customs and Monopoly Agency to have maximum safety and protection.
Now let's get to know Gonzo's Quest and its mysteries!
Gonzo's Quest Overview
Gonzo's Quest is a slot machine Netent which immediately experienced great popularity due to the extreme simplicity of its game scheme. At the same time, however, it uses the innovative system of alternating symbols on the reels called "cascade", or "avalanche", which makes each game session much more intriguing. The volatility of this slot is medium: this means that you can get intermediate winnings, with a moderate risk. The return is therefore moderate in turn, with a RTP of 95.97%.
The "avalanche" function works like this. The reels, which are five with symbols arranged in three rows, do not rotate but are built from blocks. When a winning combination is made on one of the 20 paylines, the blocks that constitute it "explode" leaving room for new blocks that occupy the position they previously held. All the other blocks, on the other hand, remain fixed in the same position. If, on the other hand, no winning combination is formed, all the blocks fall down and are replaced by other symbols that rain down from above.
The interesting thing is that if there are more "cascades" to follow, due to winning combinations that are formed following the disappearance of a previous winning combination, the player gets a multiplier. It starts from x1, then goes up to x2, x3 and x5. Obviously, if the sequence is interrupted with a cascade without winning combinations, it starts again from x1.
Let's now enter the fascinating world of the ancient Incas by discovering what are the symbols that appear on the game plan of Gonzo's Quest.
The symbols of this Netent slot machine are extremely accurate in graphics, as they have been designed to reproduce the iconography of the Inca as deduced from their archaeological sites, which are among the most fascinating of the ancient world. The basic symbols are therefore seven blocks, of increasing value, which reproduce the idols of the Inca which all have animal or vaguely humanoid features. This slot lacks the symbols that are often used, namely those relating to playing cards. Everything is exclusively focused on the setting.
In addition to the standard symbols, which contribute to making winning combinations, there is also the Wild symbol, which is represented by a question mark. This is because the Wild is the Joker, meaning it replaces all the other symbols, allowing you to complete a combination even if one of the repeated symbols is missing. The other special symbol of Gonzo's Quest is the Scatter, but in this game it is called Free Fall. Let's find out what effect it has if it appears repeated in the number of three.
Gonzo's Quest Features
The Free Fall symbol is a golden mask, the true symbol that El Dorado is close and that Gonzo is about to reach his goal. When three gold masks appear, Gonzo, who is always with you during the game ready to rejoice when you win big, approaches the game plan that opens, as if it were a portal, giving a glimpse of a building completely covered with gold massive in the background. With this nice animation , the session of 10 Free Falls, that is 10 Free Spins, kicks off.
The most interesting aspect of this special feature is the fact that the multipliers grow exponentially. The initial multiplier, when the first winning combination is made, is x3. If, thanks to the Avalanche function, a second one follows, the multiplier is x6. Afterwards, always if the winning combinations follow one another without interruption, you can get a multiplier x9 and finally a multiplier x15. So the Free Falls session is undoubtedly the one that allows you to get closer to the legendary El Dorado, in terms of the possibility of achieving very interesting winnings.
Gonzo's Quest is one of the most typical Netent products, which summarizes all the best features of the games created by this famous software house. The video game side is treated with almost cinematic graphics, and animations that allow the player to enter the world of the protagonist, Gonzo, almost as if he were really a travel companion. In addition, the animations of the symbols that alternate also make the succession of spins very interesting from a purely aesthetic point of view.
On the side of the enjoyment of the slot machine as such, there is nothing to complain about. The gameplay is smooth and easy to understand, without too many special symbols or features to confuse a novice player. Each game, however, has the necessary spice to interest even the most seasoned players. The multipliers that increase winning combination, and cascade after cascade, allow you to aim for important winnings, if you play with real money.
However, Gonzo's Quest is certainly one of those extremely enjoyable slots even if played only in free mode, because it is never boring and presents many surprises when special symbols appear, especially the Free Fall, a true exclusive of this slot. We suggest you to try also Gonzo's Quest Megaways and Gonzo's Gold video slots.
Gonzo's Quest FAQs
Gonzo's Quest is a paid or free slot machine?
This slot can be played in free mode on our site, and in real money mode on online casinos.
What does it mean that the Gonzo's Quest slot uses the Avalanche system, or cascade?
It means that the reels do not rotate, but the symbols scroll down in blocks. When a winning combination is made, only the symbols that are part of it disappear.
What is the Free Fall symbol I find on Gonzo's Quest?
This symbol is the equivalent of the Scatter and wins a 10 free spins session.
Are there any multipliers in Gonzo's Quest?
Yes, multipliers are triggered if a sequence of winning combinations occurs and are higher during the Free Spin session.
Besides Free Fall, are there any other special symbols in Gonzo's Quest?
There is also the Wild, which acts as a Joker and substitutes for all other symbols.
Software | Netent |
Year | 2013 |
Volatility | medium |
Paylines | 20 |
Row | 3 |
Reels | 5 |
Demo Mode | On |
Most lucrative icon | silver mask |
Min. Bet | 0.1 demo coins |
Max Bet | 0.50 demo coins |
Sequel | Gonzo's Gold |


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Raeesah Khan Alleged Whistleblower Hoped Her Candidacy Would End With Leaked Comments
Just yesterday (5 Jul), we reported that 2 police reports have been lodged against Workers' Party candidate Raeesah Khan over her past comments on race.
WP's Raeesah Khan Apologises For Insensitive Remarks, Will Cooperate With Police Investigations
Since then, a netizen's post has been scrutinised by netizens for allegedly being among the first platforms to leak the screenshots in question.
Singaporean netizens – known for their investigative work – also managed to track down controversial posts that the alleged whistleblower made, and questioned his intention for sharing screenshots of Ms Khan's comments dated 2 years ago.
Raeesah Khan whistleblower urged her father to step down
According to a screenshot circulating on Facebook, the whistleblower said he was "glad" to be among the first people to circulate the "viral screenshots".
He goes on to write that he hopes Ms Khan's election candidacy will come to an "abrupt end" as a result of the exposé.
The whistleblower also urged Ms Khan to step down, or her father – President of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry – will be "next".
Whistleblower compared himself to "internet bogeyman"
Another screenshot of the alleged whistleblower's tweet showed that he had compared himself to an "independent internet bogeyman", allowing him to "destroy…reputations".
Netizens also shared other posts, many of which might come across as being racially insensitive — including comments about a certain race on the Downtown Line MRT platform.
Although we're not republishing them, we have linked the posts here for reference. Do note that the content may require a trigger warning.
Finally, it seems he has appeared to have changed his political stance throughout his life too.
If the netizens were right with their investigations, the man also allegedly served jail time for reportedly pocketing funds from his insurance clients.
At the moment, it would be premature to make judgement on any of these allegations, so it's best to take these circulating posts with a pinch of salt.
Regardless, netizens have called into question the OP's intentions.
Netizens speculate whistleblower's intention
Given the substance of the alleged whistleblower's Facebook post, netizens naturally questioned his intention of 'exposing' Ms Khan's comments.
One netizen suggested that he could've had some ongoing disagreements with Ms Khan's father.
Another pointed out that it could be possible that his account had been hacked.
The alleged whistleblower's Facebook account has since been privatised and his Twitter account deactivated at the time of writing.
Avoid speculations regarding Raeesah Khan case
In all likelihood, we'll never learn of the alleged whistleblower's true intentions, unless he comes out and states it for the record.
We've reached out to all parties involved for comment on the matter and will update this post accordingly as more information rolls in.
As for Ms Khan's racially 'insensitive' comments, let's avoid further speculation since it's already under police investigations & the parties involved have apologised.
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that it would reassess the security situation in Pakistan after it received a warning from Prime Minister's (PM) Office of a "possible terrorist threat".
In a fresh statement issued Wednesday evening, SLC said that the warning was conveyed via the Ministry of Telecommunication, Foreign Employment and Sports.
"Accordingly, the warning highlights that the PM's Office has received reliable information of a possible terrorist threat on the Sri Lankan team while touring Pakistan," it added.
The development has once again thrown the possibility of the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Pakistan under doubt. The team was set to land in Karachi on September 25, however, it remains to be seen whether the tour goes as scheduled.
Following SLC's statement, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reiterated that it is committed to bringing cricket back to the country and provide complete safety and security to the Sri Lankan cricket team.