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The Wii U's controller is the stupidest think I've ever seen. People thought the Wii's controller would be "revolutionary" and the Wii was just a shovelware box. I'd give it a year before we see the same exact thing from the Wii U.
1. No one in America actually thinks that.
2. I'd rather be in a country where people think that a Queen should do something than be in a country that is backwards enough to still have a Queen, stupid enough to not have her do anything, and shallow enough to publicly make her and her family's affairs into pop culture... but that's just me. ;)
The thing about the Wii U is it really is the Wii again. Nintendo talk about it being for the harcore, release a party game as their launch title (not ZombiU, Adventureland) and all the tech demos are about 5 players, 4 of which have wii motes. And they base it around a gimmick and it doesn't have the hardware to keep up with the other consoles
Whats more, they're bigging up asychronous gameplay, but guess what, we've been able to do that since we invented the internet when you think about it. We just don't do it that often (except for L4D Vs and defend/attack maps) because it's really not that interesting if you don't have other people in the room with you.
So what I'm saying is, the Wii U is more like the Wii Too
Please tell me Yahtzee recorded this last week, and the sniper scope view is just a coincidence.
"Come and join us, the master will be home soon"
OT: Being a Londoner this game intrigues me from the possibility of lolz.
Also, I hope he reveiws Rayman Legends.
Ohoho, country dick waggerling is it *gets out 'Bush' portfolio*
Seriously though guy/gal, the only peeps who give it the 'God save the queen' thing anymore are proberly much akin to the 'God bless America' lot. Shes like the relative no one likes, we only really put up with her at Christmas. Shes good for coaxing tourists away from their money though.
Well since he's apparently not terribly interested in the ladies, either (scroll down to 29/09/09), seems Nintendo's only option at this point is the seppuku thing.
did Yahtzee just give a mostly positive review of a Nintendo product? and a triple 'A' survival horror game?
Dear god its a sign of the apocalypse! the Mayan's were right! the world will end on a Friday!
The graphics processor unit on the Wii U is better than the one on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The processor isn't as fast though. So games like Dynasty Warriors or Dead Rising might suffer from slowdown. A game like Zelda or Mario will run at 60fps and display nice graphics since those games don't need that much processing.
"...gimmicks that are a solution looking for a problem" is a golden statement that just about sums up the Wii and the Wii U's control scheme, thank you Yahtzee.
Yeah, this morning I decided to eat cyanide-laced dog feces, instead of Cornflakes. At least I was trying to do something different!
I'd be more open to Nintendo trying to win back its hardcore audiences (especially those of us who grew up with their games and systems) if it involved putting out good games rather than...well what I feel are half-baked games with some decency but brought down by forcing the hardware on us.
Skyward Sword made me not miss Legend of Zelda really. of course I still have my N64 and GameCube
Hey, I didn't say it was a good idea.
Ok, we gotta start using the words Fugbar and Daygunt as proper words!!!
The irony is lost on this one.
This is how we're moving forward with technology/innovation. Nintendo is at least doing something different.
Now on a more serious note, I don't think Nintendo is really looking for a solution for problems with their consoles. I just think they're looking for alternatives with their consoles, so they have a unique position in marketing, remember the PS2/GC/Xbox era, all consoles were basically the same at playing games and had similar control schemes. So yeah Nintendo is a cold marketing bastard and that's why I love them.
Depends on the reason. For example, a fighting game or action/adventure game that has you look at the screen for specific button promps to use a specific ability that only works when certain conditions are met. Like GoW where the QTE get in the way of you enjoying the carnage.
ZombiU WANTS you to not look on the TV for the purpose of getting in the way of your Line of Vision to increase tension. Think of it like yourself rummaging through your back-pack at high school and a close friend decides to scare you. You may jump to the attack because it was sudden. Now imagine that same scenario but you have eyes in the back of your head now. Now you see your friend coming a mile away and are now completely aware of your surroundings and your own fear is nearly none existent.
In short, that duel screen complaint is stupid.
A real-time menu would still work better. If a horror game relies on immersion then the worst thing you can do is make me physically look away from the main screen and have me acknowledge the room. Hell, it's bad enough when controls aren't very well designed and you become more aware of your hands.
It's the same problem that motion controls inevitably and unavoidably have.
There are more articles about this, but this is the first one I could find with a simple google search.
Ashens also did a Wii U review on his channel where he played the Wii U version of Batman: AC and complained about it having a worse framerate then the PS3 and X360 versions.
I am not saying that there is some huge difference between the Wii U and the PS3/Xbox 360, but it still does appear to be there.
You have no one else to blame for your ruined immersion than yourself. Kind of goes with the "Suspend your disbelief" kind of thing. Like watching a movie, the whole thing is fake in more ways than one when you watch it in a theater with a few dozen other people in there. You hear them there and can possibly hear a few people talking or laughing. Do you walk out of the theater than because your immersion was ruined?
What I am trying to say is that the control scheme is part of the immersion and if you don't like it, like I don't like a turn-based system in an RPG, than you (I) are/am to blame for the immersion break.
You can make zombies as scary as you want them to be without straying *too* far from the formula. You can make them a slothing shooter gallery or a gun-spraying mad horde highly alert to sound. Just like you can twist a game around them anywhere between "Action", "Stealth" and "Survival Horror".
Some things make it easier for people to immerse themselves and others make it harder. Regardless of his, yours or my opinion.
You know how they also could have achieved the "loose sight of surrounding"-thing? BY HAVING A FREAKING GUI ON THE SCREEN BLOCKING SAID VIEW!
"Come and join as, the master will be home soon"
I laughed so hard at this sentence, i will download the video, rip the audio from it, cut this sentence out and use it as ringtone on my cell phone !
One of the most funny videos from Yahtzee
The sad part inside the review is the cat actually can eat anything, including the dead corpse of the one that had took care of the specific cat with so much love.
Heh, interesting, even as a Nintendo fan I'm still on the fence about whether to get this console or not. I liked the part about the Queen particularly. The section at about 4.00 with the crosshair on a group of a children though; a reference to recent events in Connecticut or simply an unlucky coincidence?
Hey, I'm just defending an attack on America with a legit point.
America is a huge place filled with everyone from geniuses to idiots... just like every other country, but we get shit on the most, and eventually you hit a breaking point.
Hell, America is even harder to generalize about because it's got so many people and so many different ones at that.
Yes, we as gamers want more ****/stuff on the screen. So if I get this straight. You want alot of clutter on the main screen? I'm glad for the second screen so the clutter doesn't block my field of view. And yes I have played so many games like GoW, Bayonetta, DMC, CoD where the clutter on the screen hid enemy movement and got me killed a few times. I, at the time, accepted it as the limits of a console. Now that we got a console with a second screen on the controller to free up the screen more...you complain? A clutter-free screen video game is hard to come by, and the Wii-U is helping to fix that and I couldn't be happier.
They could make games that are meant to be engaging and fun without relying on gimmicky hardware flicks and waggles that are more likely than not to take you out of the experience, like the 3D on the 3DS. It's like when a person realises that a last-gen console controller makes the game better (SSBB) then something has gone wrong.
The funniest thing is yatz thinks David camoron is running the country, well he's running it into the ground,
Well I wouldn't trust just one developer on their word, but the graphics processing unit is somewhat better, look at that Zelda demo they put last year, it looked pretty good and was the demo ran on the console, since you could change the lightning and angles and other stuff.
New technology takes time to be adopted. Games are looking better and better as developers start to understand the console. The early Xbox 360 titles barely looked any different than Xbox. Time will tell if developers can make pretty good looking games on the Wii U.
But yeah, the framerate is worse on a lot of games that were on the 360/PS3 due to the processor.
As an aside I don't think the other new consoles will get much farther in graphics advancement, we already saw what a disaster concentrating on graphics this generation became. (Bloated costs, long development cycles, Final Fantasy XIII)
I didn't know Yahtzee followed cricket.
It takes him something like 2 weeks to make an episode.
He's tactless for the sake of humor but he's not the sort of comedian who'd suggest raping women is funny. Nor is he the type to go for shock-jokes on RL mass-child killings.
It's just a coincidence. Like how Hollywood released the movie "The Watch" last year which was about dumb/incompetent neighborhood watch guys and which bombed because it came out after the brough-ha following the highly publicised racially charged real world killing of a Florida teen by a neighborhood watch guy.
Well I hope it didn't seem like I was attacking you, twas not my intent and I agree that America is MASSIVE and as a result peeps from one end are very different from those on the other in terms of culture. The 'Muricans I believe my countrymen were refering to though were those who dictate a large portion of media, I proberly know a good amount of the American life style from watching their shows growing up even if it is generally based mainly around rich white areas... or New York. Were as England tends to be portrayed as either working class cockney (im a South Londener, my dad claims that theres a difference) or aloof aristocrate. Im not mad, being the bad guys more fun anyways.
I don't know how anyone can think the Wii U gamepad is so heavy its actually very light and comfortable, oh Yahtzee you and your nintendo shenanigans.
Anyways back on topic hmmm it seems that Yahtzee liked this game so maybe I'll give it a try, or maybe I'll just let my brother buy it and lend it to me :P
Oh, look, Yahtzee has a new Nintendo console and he doesn't like it. I'm soooo surprised to hear this. Maybe what would be good would be to spend 30% of the review whinging about the console, say it's time to talk about the game, and then spend 30% of that remaining time using the game to whinge about the console some more.
Yeah, I too am disappointed in that design decision to have people look down to view the contents of a box they opened, unlike the much more realistic simulation of previous games, because the normal practice for a cardboard box is that you hold it up parallel to the floor and the contents magically stay rooted in place while the box itself becomes semi-transparent so that you can see through it at the same time as you are seeing into it.
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This generation, which includes those ages 18-to-24, are choosing both traditional and alternative finance services to shore up their budgets, including alternative financial services like prepaid debit cards, payday loans, money transfer services and pawn shops, to supplement their incomes.
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Personal finance expert of Credit.com Gerri Detweiler says it's easy to think of these loans as a few dollars here and there to help cover needs in a pinch, but it's easy to lose track of how much they can weigh on a budget and cost in the long term.
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Founded by three engineers in Silicon Valley more than 26 years ago, SanDisk is a flash storage pioneer that has remained deeply committed to engineering and innovation. SanDisk's patent portfolio includes flash storage innovations that have enabled new markets and devices – from digital photography to USB drives to smartphones, tablets and thin-and-light notebooks. Increasingly, SanDisk is also focused on transforming the data center.
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The SanDisk IP portfolio includes pivotal patents in flash memory device and design, process technology, packaging, test, applications, and system level technologies that have helped drive the wide adoption and proliferation of flash memory and expand the possibilities of storage.
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Thomson Reuters 2014 Top 100 Global Innovator program, an initiative of the IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, honors the 100 corporations and institutions around the world that are at the heart of innovation as measured by a series of proprietary patent-related metrics. The Thomson Reuters 2014 Top 100 Global Innovator methodology is based on four principle criteria: overall patent volume, patent grant success rate, global reach of the portfolio, and patent influence as evidenced by citations.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Speicher: "THE SUMTER FLYING ARTILLERY: A Civil War History of the Eleventh Battalion Georgia Light Artillery"
Speicher's annotated narrative follows the typical model of the modern unit history, beginning with an organizational summary accompanied by biographical sketches of the major figures involved in the raising and officering of the battalion and its component batteries. The text is a straightforward recounting of military events, with personal accounts from dairies, letters, and memoirs incorporated. The author does a good job of maintaining the focus on the movements and positions assumed by the battalion's batteries in each campaign and battle [contrary to what one might expect, an attention to detail that is far from a given in too many published unit histories].
The volume is well stocked with maps, photos, and reproduced artwork, drawings, and documents. While plentiful, the maps are rather primitive in design and execution. An extensive photo gallery of battalion members, many published for the first time, is included here. At only four pages (albeit small print), the bibliography appears limited on the face of it, but it does exhibit a good balance of published and unpublished source materials.
Numerous appendices (seven in number, running over 150 pages) provide valuable supplementary material. There are notes on artillery organization and command structure, as well as several casualty lists. Absent is a tabular accounting of the types of guns each battery had at various times during the war, but such information is scattered throughout the text. The alphabetical roster is full of information gleaned from federal and state archives, with individual entries ranging from a couple to around ten lines, with an emphasis on the person's combat/muster record rather than on non-military personal data.
Interesting, informative, and at a rarely studied level of military organization, The Sumter Flying Artillery is very worthwhile reading for students of Confederate artillery in the eastern theater. Recommended.
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- Pat SwanNovember 9, 2009 at 8:46 AM
As you imply, a short bibliography is not necessarily an inadequate one. Subjects such as this one will have limited citations in the published literature. Of course, some authors would pad their bibliographies with, for example, every mention of Fort Sumter appearing in print. Personally, I don't find padded bibliographies very helpful! Cheers! Pat Swan
I know "Spike," and we published his first work on this topic in our Civil War Regiments journal back in the early 1990s. He is a good researcher, a good writer, and a great guy. I heartily recommend this book to you.ReplyDelete
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The Zapatistas presented themselves to the world on January 1, 1994, though the roots of the rebellion can be traced back 500 years to the European invasion of the Americas. During those five centuries, indigenous communities lost control of historic lands and were often forced into various forms of slavery and/or virtual slavery. Many rebellions occurred during this period, making the Zapatista uprising part of a long history of struggle and resistance. By the late 20th century, indigenous communities in Chiapas lived on the most marginal and isolated lands in the state. High levels of poverty, and lack of health care and education plagued the communities. The Zapatista uprising was a direct result of these conditions.
The Zapatista movement finds its modern roots in the historical context of the last half of the 20th century. Mexico's "dirty war" turned many young people away from establishment politics and toward open rebellion. This was particularly true of the Fuerzas de Liberacion Nacional (FLN) and several Maoist groups that sent cadre to work in indigenous communities in southern Mexico. Simultaneously, the Catholic church was involved in a social awakening inspired by the "preferential option for the poor" of the Vatican II conference. Indigenous deacons under the direction of Bishop Samuel Ruiz spread a gospel rooted in a combination of Catholicism and indigenous beliefs. But most of all, the rebellion came out of the indigenous communities themselves. Tired of generations of abuse, mired in a crisis that combined land shortages with lack of economic opportunities, and seeing no political resolution, indigenous communities organized the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN) in the mid 1980s.
In 1992, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari modified Article 27 of the constitution, ending Mexico's historic commitment to land reform. Article 27 was the legal foundation for distribution of community-owned lands called ejidos. Land distribution was one of the major accomplishments of the 1917 revolution, and by 1992 about half of the farmland in Mexico was in the form of ejidos. Ejido land titles are held in perpetuity by the community. While families may control plots of land for generations, the land cannot be sold and is legally held by the community, not the individual. Most ejidos also include large tracts of land dedicated for community use. At the time of the constitutional reform, thousands of ejido petitions were pending with the agrarian reform commission, with some dating back generations. With the abolishment of land reform, these communities lost all hope of receiving ejido status.
Reform of Article 27 was the most important of several hundred changes in constitutional and civil law made by Mexico at the insistence of the United States in anticipation of the signing of NAFTA. The reform represented an important element in the "de-territorialization" of the campesino class, part of a process that began in the 1970s when the Mexican ruling class began to abandon support programs for rural areas in favor of maquiladora-led industrialization. The process of "de-territorialization" forced millions of campesinos to enter the industrial workforce, providing cheap labor for the rapidly growing maquiladora sector. With strong ties to the land, campesinos were only marginally attached to international capitalist markets, but by breaking those ties, the capitalist class unleashed new profit-making opportunities involving the exploitation of millions of former campesinos as wage laborers.
The modification of Article 27 was a collective slap in the face to indigenous communities throughout Mexico. The following year, Zapatista communities in Chiapas began a series of popular consultations with one principal question - should the EZLN launch an armed uprising? The answer was a resounding yes, though the armed uprising was vehemently opposed by the Catholic church.
The results are now history. On Juanary 1, 1994, the same day NAFTA took effect, thousands of armed Zapatistas took over major population centers and perhaps 500 ranches in Chiapas - to the surprise of the army, the ruling class and the international community. The New York Times called the Zapatista rebellion the first "post-modern" revolution. The fact that the uprising coincided with the signing of NAFTA was not casual. In many ways, the Zapatistas were rebelling against the neoliberal model enshrined in NAFTA, the IMF's Structural Adjustment Programs and federal policies that threatened the very survival of 25 million campesinos.
Fighting lasted less than two weeks, and under pressure from civil society, the government agreed to a ceasefire on January 12. This began a series of on-again, off-again talks that ultimately culminated in the signing of the San Andres Accords in 1996. These historic accords, which dealt with autonomy and indigenous rights, were envisioned as the first element in a series of agreements that would eventually lead to a just and comprehensive peace. Unfortunately, the political will of the federal government failed badly.
While federal officials ultimately signed the San Andres Accords, their commitment to the negotiation process was always doubtful. In February 1995, the army invaded the furthest reaches of Chiapas, eventually sending about 70,000 troops (one-third of the entire army) into the state. This began a strategy widely known as "low intensity warfare," though it is more accurately called "civilian targeted warfare." Checkpoints, army patrols, military invasions, and alliances with local paramilitary groups were all efforts to wear down the resistance. Today there are over 100 military encampments distributed throughout areas of Zapatista influence. The paramilitary strategy culminated in the assassination of 45 campesinos in the highland community of Acteal in December 1997. Today paramilitary activity guided by army personnel still represents a constant threat.
Meanwhile, despite signing the San Andres Accords, the federal government refused to implement the agreement via the necessary constitutional changes. Tired of waiting for unfulfilled promises, the Zapatistas began to self-implement the accords through the establishment of Aguascalientes, centers of resistance that combined cultural and economic development with autonomous self-government. In 2001 the newly elected Fox administration passed a severely watered-down version of the San Andres Accords that was immediately rejected by every indigenous group in Mexico.
In 2003 the five Aguascalientes were replaced by Juntas of Good Government - extra-constitutional governing structures that carry out all the functions of local and regional constitutional governments. Members of the Juntas are selected in community assemblies for terms of one year. The make-up of the juntas rotates every week, with representatives from different communities filling the role. The Juntas carry out all of the functions of the parallel constitutional governments, including economic decisions, law enforcement and an effective judiciary. An oversight committee watches for abuse of power. The Juntas govern under the mandate "mandar obedeciendo" (lead by obeying). They represent an experiment in devolution of power to the community level, and they are rapidly gaining the reputation among Zapatista and non-Zapatista communities alike for honest and transparent government. In September 2004 the Zapatista movement published a one-year summary that included a complete accounting of every penny received by the Juntas during the year. The detailed accounts are available for anyone to see at the five Juntas.
The concept of autonomy is central to Zapatismo. Autonomy is understood as building a world in which all worlds have a place. It means respect for traditions and customs (usos y costumbres) with decentralization of power to the community level. A central element in the Zapatista concept of autonomy is the rejection of the "mal gobierno" (bad government), and this includes rejecting financial assistance from the government. However, the Zapatistas are adamant and patriotic about being Mexican, and have no desire to form an independent state.
The Zapatista project is constructed on three foundations: education, health care and collective development. The education system centers around the training of indigenous education promoters who teach primary school in their native languages as well as Spanish. Some of these promoters run an international language school that offers classes in Spanish and Tzotzil. They charge students the equivalent of three days minimum wage for a week of classes plus room and board, with the funds used to support the teacher training program. Information on the school is available through the Mexico Solidarity Network, which accredits US-based students who wish to attend. Nearly every Zapatista community currently has its own primary school.
Likewise, the health care system is centered around the training of indigenous health care promoters who practice a combination of western medicine and traditional healing. Regional clinics are situated in the Juntas of Good Government, while local clinics provide preventive and emergency care.
Economic development is built collectively using the cooperative model. Today the most important coops are found in coffee production and artisanry. Mut Vitz is the largest Zapatista coffee cooperative. Located in the highlands region of San Juan de la Libertad, it includes 600 families from 26 communities. Founded in 1997, Mut Vitz produces high-grade, organic, shade-grown coffee, much of which is sold in the fair trade market.
The Mexico Solidarity Network works with a women's artisan cooperatives in the highlands region - Mujeres por la Dignidad. Decisions in the coops are made by the members and income is distributed equitably.
Zapatismo does not pretend to be a model for anyone, but it has been an inspiration for millions of people around the world. While the concrete implementation of autonomy, collective organizing, self-government, and mandar obedeciendo are grounded in local cultures unique to Chiapas, the Zapatista movement offers inspiration for millions of people around the world who are building their own local alternatives to neoliberalism.


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Lessons from the Gulf: How Can We Better Prepare for Disasters?
"Strictly speaking, there are no such things as natural disasters." So reads the U.N.'s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, which lays out how countries can better prepare for things like hurricanes, tsunamis, or other catastrophes. As the U.N. points out, there are only "natural hazards"—which become "disasters" depending on human-made policies that make people more or less vulnerable to harm.
People in the Gulf Coast have a deep appreciation of this interplay between "natural" and "unnatural" disasters. Over the last five years, the Gulf has been hammered by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike, and the BP oil catastrophe.
The media likes to call Gulf residents "resilient" for enduring this stream of assaults. But what exactly makes a community resilient—and what can our country do to make sure its people are less vulnerable and better able to recover from disaster?
Such issues are the focus of a growing body of research on disaster resilience, which argues that while technical issues like evacuation routes and other staples of disaster planning are critical, the best—and in the long-run, cheapest—way to prepare for disasters is to tackle long-standing social problems like poverty, racial disparities, and other social ills.
In a 2008 report, Oxfam—which has run relief and recovery projects in the wake of disasters around the globe—looked at the factors that made communities more vulnerable to disasters. Their finding:
The extent of damage wreaked by natural events is not solely down to nature. Poverty, exclusion, inequality, as well as inappropriate political decisions and actions all play their part. In other words, social conditions shaped by humans increase people's vulnerability to disasters and make recovery more difficult.
This was often the case with Hurricane Katrina. To cite just one example from the Institute for Southern Studies' report on human rights and Katrina, the evacuation plan Louisiana and the federal government had in place before the storms relied on personal vehicles as the primary means of escape—despite the fact that about one-third of New Orleans residents, or about 120,000 people, didn't own cars.
On the flip side, Oxfam also argues that the way to make people less vulnerable and more resilient is to address poverty and inequality—in other words, to focus on the slower-moving but no less devastating social disasters that have plowed through the Gulf Coast for decades, and have been intensified by the Great Recession.
This will be important to remember as we size up the progress of recovery of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast on the five-year anniversary of Katrina this month. In their excellent report, The New Orleans Index at Five, the Brookings Institution and Greater New Orleans Community Data Center make a convincing case for optimism about many aspects of the city's renewal: The population is up to about 90 percent of pre-Katrina population, wages are up, poverty is down, neighborhoods are reviving.
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For Gulf residents, the BP oil spill has made the problem of unchecked corporate power painfully clear.
In their study, Brookings and the Data Center also lay out their own list of factors that have helped New Orleans grow more resilient in the face of disaster. These include a strong and diverse regional economy, large shares of skilled and educated workers, wealth, strong social capital, and "community competence."
They conclude New Orleans is improving on many of those fronts, but the study also reveals that lingering problems—especially poverty and inequality—continue to make it a fragile recovery. For example, median household incomes in New Orleans for African Americans and Latinos are 44 percent and 25 percent lower [pdf] than those for whites, respectively.
These lingering disparities will continue to make the poor and people of color less resilient and more vulnerable to the devastation of future disasters. Oxfam also concludes that lowered resilience can become a vicious spiral, where increased vulnerability to disasters inflicts more damage on the economy and social structure, further lowering resilience and heightening vulnerability.
So how can we prepare for disasters? Better disaster policies and systems are a start, but the most important—and most cost-effective—approach is to confront social problems we should be facing anyway.
- : Rebecca Solnit on lessons of dedication, solidarity, love, and recovery, five years after Katrina.
- : YES! Magazine's special issue on building resilient communities now for hard times ahead.
- : Creative and effective responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita came from the grassroots.


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June 24, 2013
The Washington College Habitat for Humanity club traveled to Accomack County, Virginia for a service weekend. Before heading home, they had a chance to spend an evening at the Wachapreague Volunteer Fireman's Carnival and a morning at the beach in Chincoteague.
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Motif Investing, a pioneer in ideas-based investing, announced Thursday that it has received a new injection of $35 million in funding and is launching a series of motifs as well as a flat-fee offering to help advisors compete with their automated competition.
The new Horizon motifs were released Thursday, and Motif plans to launch in June a series of smart beta motifs exclusively for advisors who use the Motif Advisor Platform.
Silicon Valley-based Motif, launched by former Microsoft executive Hardeep Walia, says the Horizon motifs provide advisors and self-directed retail investors with simple, commission-free allocation models and rebalancing as well as no added management fees, which runs counter to "robo-advisors," which can be accompanied by management fees ranging from 0.15%-0.35% of total assets per year.
"Motif Horizon is a six-asset-class allocation model in a single motif," Walia told ThinkAdvisor. It's "great for DIY investors and advisors that want to wrap an advisory fee around a free product."
Walia said that "a lot of our advisor clients say 'how do we compete'" with robo-advisors. But a "robo-advisor is a robo-allocator, they don't really give advice. We want the advisor to give advice, and now they have zero-cost" smart beta products to use.
The smart beta motifs will offer 23 asset classes through multiple motifs.
Motif also announced that it is offering a "cost-effective flat-fee offering that will empower advisors to compete more effectively against robo-advisors and fully serve clients for a fraction of the cost of many current alternatives." The service starts at $20 per customer per month.
The flat fee includes unlimited trading and rebalancing, access to the Motif Advisor Platform, and access to all motifs including the soon-to-be released smart beta models.
Motif says that the new Horizon motifs are also "fully customizable asset allocation models," which Motif says is "another differentiator from robo-advisors, which allow investors to choose from one of several predefined, unalterable asset allocations models that can include overlap of asset classes."
Motif says that customers who elect to customize their Horizon motifs to meet their unique investing needs can do so and pay the same total commission, $9.95, as they have for motifs they have already built or customized.
Motfi raised the $35 million in funding from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wicklow Capital and Balderton Capital. Previous investors Goldman Sachs, Foundation Capital, Ignition Partners and Norwest Venture Partners also participated in the round.
Balderton Capital, a prominent U.K. fund, will help drive Motif Investing's international expansion.
Motif board members include former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt and former Wall Street executive Sallie Krawcheck.
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PPMS from QuantumDesign
The PPMS is an automated low-temperature and magnet system for the measurement of material properties like specific heat, magnetic AC and DC susceptibility and both electrical and thermal transport properties (like Hall Effect, thermoelectric figure of merit and Seebeck Effect).
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User experiments with external instruments may automatically be controlled with the Visual Basic interface integrated within our Windows-based MultiVu control software or by controlling external Visual C++, Delphi or Visual Basic programs.
The base unit of the PPMS consists of a cryostat with a superconducting magnet coil. The different measurement options result from the use of different measurement inserts or sample holders and activating the according software mode. The optional EverCool II dewar features an integrated helium re-liquefier which makes the system virtually cryogen-free. Helium gas is only needed for purging the sample chamber.
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The vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) is a powerful measurement system to be used for magnetic sample characterization. The VSM option transforms your PPMS into a sensitive DC magnetometer for fast data acquisition. The movement of the sample is done by a special sample transport, which has a linear characteristic and thus is very precise and flexible. Further options extend the capability of the VSM.
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The electrical transport option enables user to make several different types of transport measurements over a wide range of resistance values and sample types. The option contains two separate channels each with their own dedicated electronics to allow simultaneous, continuous resistance measurement of two different samples. Each channel's electronics consists of a precision current source and voltage preamplifier coupled to a digital signal processor (DSP).
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David Letterman has had a year of big headlines.
There was his triumph in the ratings over "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien," his much-publicized jokes and backlash about Sarah Palin's daughter, and most recently, it was the alleged blackmail scandal over his sexual relationships with junior "Late Show" staffers. And now it seems, Letterman's latest column inches are inspiring an episode of "Law & Order."
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According to Rene Balcer, an Executive Producer of the long-running NBC show, an episode which takes inspiration from the late night talk show host's recent scandal, will shoot next week and air in January.
But in true "Law & Order" fashion, Balcer said they're only starting with the headline. The details are different.
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For starters, the talk show host is female, played by "The Daily Show's" Samantha Bee.
Bee will play a married talk show host, though not one of any particular political leaning, whose affairs with women on her staff lead to blackmail and eventually a murder.
"It adds a different twist to the blackmail aspect of it," Balcer said of having a woman as the person on the receiving end of such a threat. "Certain people in power basically avail themselves of certain privileges and whether they're male or female it doesn't really matter."
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The Letterman-inspired plot twist actually forced the powers that be at "Law & Order" to rework an episode they had already worked up concerning blackmail.
"My co-Executive Producer, Ed Zuckerman, and I were both in China this summer and we both read this horrific news item over there about a rather elaborate and blood thirst blackmail plot, which we thought would make the basis of a pretty great story about blackmail. We working on that since about the beginning of August," Balcer said. "When the Letterman thing happened, we sniffed it, rolled it around and said, well maybe we can meld elements of that story with the Chinese story."
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Is the Tropiformer jacket the fashion gods' gift to geeks? Or is it the equivalent of wearing a suitcase strapped to your head -- functional in theory but just too weird to pull off?
The new 22-pocket jacket is from Think Geek and Scottevest. Think Geek is that fun and funky website where you can get the Star Wars Glowing Lightsaber Ice Pop Maker and the squeezable Infectious Disease Ball. The Think Geek folks create things to stuff in pockets. And Scottevest creates clothing with pockets, 22 or 33 or so.
The Los Angeles Times has not tested out the Tropiformer jacket. But Scottevest is also the creator of the (33-pocket) Carry-On Coat, which Times fashion guru Adam Tschorn did test. He found the Carry-On Coat had "a certain functional beauty." But, he said, when it is crammed to the gills, you risk "walking into the airport looking like someone with 30 pounds of gear hidden in [your] overcoat. But look at the bright side: At least your hands will be free to raise high above your head."
Will the Tropiformer also make you look like a shoplifter? In the company-provided video, the wearer looks sleek. Slash Gear reports that the pockets are designed to distribute gadgets' weight. But what if you only want your iPad in there? Will it drag down one part of the jacket? And if you do add your phone, your MP3 player and your camera, will you clank when you walk? Will you look like a ... geek?
The jacket, priced at $149.99, is obviously not pretending at high fashion, Tschorn said.
"The zip-off arms are tech-geek cool," he added. "Too bad they don't convert into an ascot or pocket square. That might add style where it's sorely lacking. As menswear? Not so impressive. But as luggage with armholes, you could do a lot worse."
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The Certificate program is offered primarily to prepare students for employment in the service segment of the automotive industry. Occupational titles include, among others: line mechanic, service station mechanic, auto parts clerk. Courses focus on the fundamental systems of the automobile: cooling and heating, electrical, suspension, brakes, exhaust and emission controls. Hands-on experience is emphasized. Students spend 18 hours per week in the fall semester and 14 hours per week in the spring semester in automotive-related laboratories developing the necessary manual skills to enter this occupation. During the second semester, students take one ASE exam of their choice.
Graduates will be able to service the following automotive systems: cooling, air conditioning, electrical, suspension, brake, exhaust, fuel, and emission control; diagnose microprocessor controls, major engine/drive train systems; demonstrate the use of industry safety standards; understand project management techniques; and understand basic automotive history and language.
The automotive facilities are located on campus and at CCC's Airport Corporate Park facility in Big Flats.
After evaluation by CCC's faculty, students with BOCES training may receive advanced standing. Students who have graduated from the Certificate program and elect to enter the A.O.S. degree program can complete the additional requirements in one academic year. Those selecting the A.A.S. degree program will usually need three additional semesters of academic work.
In order to participate in any automotive lab, a student must maintain a valid automobile driver's license. For program assistance, students should consult their advisor.
Students will be required to purchase a prescribed list of hand tools at the beginning of the program. Students should see their advisor for a detailed tool list.
High school or equivalent preparation required. While not specific program requirements, in order to graduate from this program, students must demonstrate the writing skills necessary to enter ENGL 1010, College Composition I, and the math skills necessary to enter MATH 1015, Introductory Algebra. Based on assessment, students may need to successfully complete ENGL 0990, Intermediate Writing Skills, and MATH 0960, Pre-Algebra, to fulfill the graduation requirement. It is essential that students discuss this with their advisors.
All 34 credit hours of this program apply towards the specific 67 credit requirement of the Automotive Technology A.O.S. program allowing a student the opportunity to apply the credits earned in the certificate towards the completion of a two-year degree.
33 of the 34 credit hours of this program apply towards the specific 65 credit requirement of the Automotive Technology A.A.S. program allowing a student the opportunity to apply the credits earned in the certificate towards the completion of a two-year degree.
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THE votes have been counted and a new councillor has been elected to represent Malvern Wells on Malvern Hills DIstrict Council.
Conservative candidate Chris O'Donnell emerged has emerged victorious after people in Malvern Wells went to the polls yesterday.
She received 317 votes, beating Lib Dem Simon Gill (227 votes), UKIP's Richard Spencer (158 votes), Independent Louise Gibson (76 votes) and Labour's Christopher Burrows (71 votes).
Cllr O'Donnell, a retired teacher and a local businesswoman, has lived in Malvern Wells for more than 30 years and has been a parish councillor for six years.
Outlining her ambitions before the vote, she said: "I'm proud to have been involved in local projects including improvements to Assarts Play Park and the new Christmas tree for Fruitlands. I've also had the privilege of teaching children in Malvern Wells and watching them flourish. I intend to carry on this work at district and be a strong local voice for Malvern Wells."
The by-election was called to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Councillor Chris Cheeseman, who died after collapsing while speaking at a meeting in June.
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Historic Olympic Swim Earns Phelps Congratulatory Commercial From Visa, Fans
By Barry Janoff
August 1, 2012: Visa wasted no time a in compiling and airing a national TV spot congratulating Michael Phelps on setting an Olympic record — and personal messages from fans were included to emphasize the moment.
With Phelps swimming the final lap in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay on July 31 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he and his three teammates won gold — Phelps' third of the current Games and 19th in his Olympic career. That surpassed the record of 18 career medals set by Russian gymnast Larissa Latynina in 1964.
His three teammates in the event were Ryan Lochte, Connor Dwyer and Ricky Berens.
Visa soon thereafter aired "Congratulations Michael" on NBC, which includes scenes from Phelps' record-setting achievement, past Olympic victories and numerous messages from people around the world, which Visa has been compiling on Facebook and YouTube.
The new spot will go into regular rotation as part of Visa's "Go World" umbrella global campaign, which includes "The Difference" and "100th of a Second," both also featuring Phelps. Lead agency is TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles.
Visa said this marks the first time it has used in national marketing actual videos and photos from fans that were submitted via its Olympic "Cheer" application.
However, it is the financial firm's third spontaneous congratulations TV spot: Visa ran a congratulatory commercial for Phelps following his win in the 200 meter butterfly at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games; then, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Visa aired a congratulatory spot in the U.S. for Julia Mancuso (skiing), Johnny Spillane (skiing), Angela Ruggiero (ice hockey) and Seth Wescott (snowboarding) and in Canada celebrating the country's first gold medal on home soil ("First Gold").
"We're honored to celebrate Michael Phelps as the most decorated Olympian of all-time and his memorable and historic Olympic Games performance through our real-time 'Go World' congratulatory commercial," Kevin Burke, global CMO of core products for Visa, said in a statement.
In the spot, actor Morgan Freeman, who has been the Visa voiceover for the Go World campaign, says over shots of Phelps in competition, "Michael Phelps brought the world to its feet in 2004. Eight years and 19 medals later, the world hasn't stopped cheering yet. You just became to most decorated Olympian in history. Congratulations, Michael. From all of us."
The commercial closes with a collage of photos and videos from people who submitted images to Visa, which said it has compiled more than 38 million "cheers" to date. (See the full spot here.)
Phelps' record prior to the 2012 Games included six golds and two bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens and eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Visa, which has been an Olympic partner for about 25 years, is supporting 69 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls along with national teams from more than 30 countries. However, the company did not indicate whether another such congratulatory message would air for any of the other members of Team Visa.
"We're honored to celebrate Michael Phelps as the most decorated Olympian of all-time through our real-time 'Go World' congratulatory commercial."
According to Burke, "We've collected tens of millions of cheers from fans around the world for Team Visa athletes, including Michael, and are thrilled to feature some of these expressions of support to underscore the impact that cheering has on inspiring athletes to achieve unforgettable performances at the Olympic Games."
In addition to Visa, other global partners of the International and U.S. Olympic Committees are Acer, Atos, Coca-Cola, Dow, GE, McDonald's, Omega, Panasonic, P&G and Samsung.
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I give thanks each day for my life. I give thanks that I have a healthy body and wonderful friends. This time of year I do get sad wishing my Mom was still with me. She was such a Holiday person always so festive. Christmas is just not the same without her.
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(In Hanoi, a street name is the thing that street sells.) It was also shown that Mimi was the weakest person in the race.
I don't believe anyone will have any difficulty finding a way to watch, but if you do, please let me know.
Quote from: georgiapeach on May 23, 2012, 07:52:29 AMI don't believe anyone will have any difficulty finding a way to watch, but if you do, please let me know.Do you have links for TARVietnam thanks
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Quote from: hakushu8 on May 25, 2012, 01:21:52 PMRichie posted in sucks! You left out that he posted a link to a news story he wrote about how the first leg unfolded for Richie and Mimi. It's in English and it's really interesting stuff!http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/lifestyle/the-amazing-race-vietnam-episode-1-super-s-1.73473
Ep 2 RecapDong Thech Ancient Cemetery
Route Info: Travel to Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Dam, carry a bucket and obtain water from Da River. When teams had filled up 10 liters (338.14 oz) of water, they would receive their next clues. The task sounded simple but carrying the water up the dam was hard for some teams.
Detour: Farm Play or Farm WorkIn farm work, each team member had to plough, fertilize and plant one furrow of sugarcane to receive the next clue.
Route Info: Travel on foot to the pit stop at the end of the village. The last team to check in may be eliminated.
...Richie go back to the states, find someone else with him and go for TAR. He's a good guy http://youtu.be/kIY7NE714yM
It'll be nice to get all the winners of TAR, TARA, Norge, Vietnam, Brazil, Israel, etc in an international edition to see who's the best...
An international all-star edition? Sounds great. I'd love to see that XD
Anyway, here's the piece Richie wrote for Tuoi Tre News about ep 2 of TARV. The title means Fun with **** http://tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/lifestyle/the-amazing-race-ep-2-fun-with-phan-1.74366
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What valuable lesson can youngsters learn from famous athletes who recently made headlines for the wrong reasons?
Within the last few weeks a couple of superstars from the sports world -- Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps -- have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Rodriguez, a member of the New York Yankees whose spot was all but assured in the Baseball Hall of Fame, was caught lying about using steroids. Phelps, who brought back eight Olympic gold medals from the 2008 games, was photographed apparently puffing on a marijuana pipe.
The two men have taken different approaches to handling the negative publicity.
Rodriguez, who has a chance at passing Barry Bonds to become baseball's all-time home run champion, blames a cousin for his positive drug test in 2003. The cousin persuaded Rodriguez to allow him to inject a substance that supposedly would provide a "dramatic energy boost." The drug reportedly was obtained without a prescription and without consulting doctors or trainers.
According to Rodriguez, his only mistake was being "young and stupid."
Phelps, who despite the photo will not be charged with a crime because of a lack of physical evidence, never disputed the authenticity of the picture that first appeared in a British newspaper earlier this month.
Phelps, in a statement released to the media after it was announced he would not be charged, acknowledged that "I used bad judgment, and it's a mistake I won't make again."
Since reading that remark, I must admit wondering if the "mistake" he won't make again is smoking marijuana or doing so without first looking over his shoulder to ensure no one with a camera is lurking.
While neither Rodriguez nor Phelps are facing criminal charges, both are facing considerable fallout.
A three-time American League most valuable player, Rodriguez for years denied using performance-enhancing drugs. He is now being branded a "liar" and "cheater" by many in the media.
As for Phelps, he has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming. In addition, Phelps was dropped as a spokesperson for the Kellogg Co. quicker than you can say "cornflakes." In the aftermath of all the bad press, Phelps expressed his appreciation for the support his family and fans have shown him.
But what will the lasting impact be on the images of these two individuals who had been icons of their respective sports? How many Phelps posters have been peeled off bedroom walls by young fans? How many pinstripe jerseys bearing the name and number of Rodriguez have been relegated to the back of closets?
Phelps, who in 2004 was arrested on a drunken driving charge, expressed hope that youngsters will learn from his latest bad decision.
"... Be careful about the decisions you make," he said. "One bad decision can really hurt you and the people you care about."
It's hard to predict the conclusions that will be drawn by the impressionable youngsters who looked to Rodriguez and Phelps as celebrity role models.
Sadly, some will rationalize that if it's OK for their hero to break rules, then it must be acceptable to ignore regulations whenever they see fit.
My hope is that young fans will no longer look on these men as "gods" of sport to be idolized, but athletes who for all their God-given talent are still fallible human beings.
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Rita (Grundmeyer) Conrad, age 77, passed away on July 29, 2013 at the N.C. Little Hospice in Edina.
Rita (Grundmeyer) Conrad, age 77, passed away on July 29, 2013 at the N.C. Little Hospice in Edina. Funeral service was held on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, 11 a.m. at Bloomington Lutheran Church, 9350 Portland Ave. S. Bloomington, MN. Private interment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel is handlig the arrangements. www.morrisnilsen.com.
Rita was born April 13, 1936 in Sleepy Eye to Leonard and Opal (Le Bert) Grundmeyer. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. Johns Lutheran Church. She graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1954 and from Mankato Commercial College. She married Dean Conrad in 1955. They lived in New Ulm for nine years, then transferred to Mason City, Iowa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then to Bloomington in 1968. She retired from Hollenback and Nelson, Inc. after 22 years of service.
Rita is survived by her husband, Dean; son, William (Kelly); and three grandchildren, Michael Bercu, Ashley Conrad and Benjamin Conrad.
She was preceded in death by her daughter Catherine; and her parents, Leonard and Opal (Le Bert) Grundmeyer.


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Agenda: December 13, 2012 Residential Development and Compatibility PEG Meeting
Residential Development and Compatibility Policy Expert Group
Date: December 13, 2012
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, 7th Floor - Conference Room 7A
Meeting Goals
- Share information on issues impacting residential development and compatibility topic
- Reflect on RDC PEG process to date, future PEG topics, agendas
Welcome and Overview (4:00 p.m. / 5 minutes)
Description: Introductions; review meeting objectives and flow; announcements
PEG Process Updates and Feedback (4:05 p.m. / 10 minutes)
Description: (1) Meeting notes comments. (2) Feedback from last meeting. (3) Updates.
Gentrification (4:15 p.m. / 30 minutes)
Presenter: Tom Armstrong, BPS
Description: Overview gentrification study/methodology. PEG Q&A.
Growth Scenarios (4:45 p.m. / 30 minutes)
Presenter: Spencer Williams, Tom Armstrong, BPS
Description: Overview growth scenarios study/methodology. PEG Q&A.
PEG Process: Reflections and Looking Ahead (5:15 p.m. / 35 minutes)
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The 2014 Oscars & Shakespeare
With the 2014 Academy Awards just around the corner we've taken a look at the Shakespeare connection to this year's Oscar nominees. And as with most years, the connections between Hollywood's top awards ceremony and the Bard of Avon are strong, with no less than 11 Hollywood A-listers have previous with Shakespeare on screen or stage: Lupito Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Meryl Streep, Sally Hawkins, Leonardo di Caprio, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve Coogan, Christian Bale and Amy Adams.
Michael Fassbender, nominated as supporting male actor in 12 Years a Slave has just finished filming a new version of Macbeth. His colleague in 12 Years, Chiwetel Ejiofor, the British actor and nominee for male lead actor in the same film, had rave reviews for his portrayal of Othello at the Donmar Warehouse recently. He's also performed on London stages in Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth. Sticking with the 12 Years cast Lupita Nyong'o earned a nomination for best female supporting actor, began her career as a student at Yale, starring in The Winter's Tale and The Taming of the Shrew productions by the Yale School of Drama.
We all know that Leonardo DiCaprio's most famous film is Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet. His nomination is for male lead actor for his brilliant performance in The Wolf of Wall Street. What is not generally known, though, is that Christian Bale, the essential Hollywood star, and tipped to win for American Hustle, cut his film teeth in two Shakespeare films: Henry V and A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1988 and 1989 respectively (very young!).
Cate Blanchett, nominated for best female actor in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, has an interesting connection with Shakespeare, having played the male protagonist in a Shakespeare play, as Richard II at the 2009 Sydney Festival. And Sally Hawkins, nominated as supporting actor for Blue Jasmine, began her acting career fourteen years ago in stage performances in Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2000.
It would be impossible to understate Dame Judi Dench's association with Shakespeare, on both stage and screen over a long acting career. Her connection with both Shakespeare and the Oscars deepens with her Oscar win for best female actor in a supporting role in the film, Shakespeare in Love in 1999. And fellow Brit actor Steve Coogan is nominated this year for best adapted screenplay – Philomena. In 2008 he played the lead in Hamlet 2 – a comedic take on a sequel of The Scottish Play.
Amy Adams, red hot tip for best female actor – in American Hustle – and Merryl Streep, Oscar veteran and nominee, also for best female actor – August-Osage County – have both been involved recently in performances of the prestigious New York Shakespeare company, Shakespeare in the Park. Amy Adams was in their staging of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods in 2012 and Meryl Streep took part in the Park's stage reading of Romeo and Juliet – reading Juliet to Kevin Kline's Romeo – at the New York Shakespeare festival, also 2012.
Though Dame Helen Mirren has not made the Oscar nomination this year, she picked up British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Fellowship Award this year. She ended her acceptance speech with some words from The Tempest in which Shakespeare nicely sums up what life on the boards (and presumably on the silver screen) is all about:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
So with this in mind, best of luck to all the actors and actresses hoping to pick up an award on March 2nd!