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York Region's population is 1,097,000. It is the fastest growing census division in Ontario. According to Statistics Canada, between 2001 and 2006 the population grew by 22 per cent and since 2006 it increased 16 per cent. This growth is mainly result of immigration. Most recent immigrants are young, well-educated and highly-skilled. The 2006 Census showed that 40 per cent of the immigrants who arrived in 2006 had a university degree or higher compared to 33 per cent in 2001. The majority of recent immigrants arrived from Asia. The largest ethnic group is Chinese; however, in the recent decade there is a significant increase in the number of newcomers from India, Iran and South Korea.
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Stacking the DecksBy Mel Duvall | Posted 2002-06-17 Print
The biggest American steelmaker would have the worldand the Bush administration, which is trying to save the company with fresh tariffs on products of foreign rivalsbelieve it is one of the most efficient producers around. Is it?
Stacking the Decks
The problem: It may be a fleeting advantage. According to Richard Fruehan, a professor of metallurgy at Carnegie Mellon University, it's next to impossible to establish a strategic advantage in the steel business with either information technology or sophisticated mill equipment. "Everybody has access to the same technology," he says. A company only needs to spend capital to bring systems in line with competitors.
Trudell and his team, though, have tried to go a step further. Into the machinery in its factories and computers on the desks of office workers, it has threaded sophisticated systems for order processing and fulfillment, inventory tracking and logistics, and customer services. These systems have boosted plant productivity, increased office efficiencies and enabled U.S. Steel to launch Straightline.
For instance, many of Ford's problems with U.S. Steel turned out to be faulty application of information technology. Systems were not in place to keep track of steel as it changed from raw materials to finished products; and they certainly were not in place to communicate just where along the manufacturing and delivery process an order for a particular customer happened to be. The quality of finished products even turned out to be dependent on information: customers would specify exactly what products they wanted, but specifications of their orders didn't get to the factory floor intact.
"In making steel, you're always changing your grade and finding faster and better ways to make steel," says Jeff Davies, U.S. Steel's director of plant information technology services. "But, for the most part, I think it was a matter of communicating more directly and completely with the automotive customers.''
Take the matter of advanced shipping notices (ASNs), a memo that lets a customer know what steel is going to be delivered at what time. In order to provide notice to Ford, U.S. Steel needed to collect status information in a timely manner from its processorsindependent companies that work steel coils into finished products.
U.S. Steel employs more than 120 outside processors, about 35 to 40 of which work on Ford products. Each processor used its own tracking systems, its own inventory codes, and its own tools for generating electronic ordering forms. Such electronic forms would be sent to U.S. Steel over a dialup system, known as an Electronic Document Interchange network. To take the data from a single processor, convert it to usable form and send it on to Ford would take U.S. Steel about 90 minutesfor a single message.
That made it hard to satisfy Ford. The carmaker wanted ASNs to arrive before truckloads of steel showed up at its door.
U.S. Steel was sending advance notices, in batches, on an hourly basis. However, many of these processing plants were strategically located near Ford sitessometimes just a 20-minute drive awaywhich meant that even if there wasn't a problem with data collection, aggregation, or transmission, the truck could still show up before the ASN.
That made Ford inefficient. If a truckload of steel shows up without an ASN, Ford employees have to manually collect details about the delivery and enter that data into Ford's systems. That canceled the benefit of technology. Inputting data is labor intensive and introduces human error.
U.S. Steel knew it needed to make a lot of improvements, and quickly. "We put on a full-court press," Trudell says.
The company wrote a new program to track inventory as it moved through the outside processors. The new system is "event driven," meaning that the receipt of an incoming message from a processor automatically triggers the next step in the chainan update of the inventory system, the formatting of a shipping notice, or the sending of an ASN.
U.S. Steel also incorporated electronic document formats standardized by the American Iron and Steel Institute, a steel industry trade group, and brought in a Sterling Commerce tool called Gentran to help translate messages.
The upgrade was done, but U.S. Steel wasn't finished. U.S. Steel started to compile statistics on data errors sent by its outside processors. And, for those processors that failed to show improvements, U.S. Steel would set up training sessions with the processors' staff.
Now, messages take 12 minutes of handling each, more than an 85% improvement.
That gave U.S. Steel a better sense of what was happening with suppliesand a solid network for communicating with processors. That led to Straightline.
"The process we developed to track these messages became the heart and soul of Straightline," Trudell says.
Straightline is an attempt by U.S. Steel to earn a profit selling steel to smaller buyers. Large steel buyers, such as Ford, purchase directly from a big manufacturer such as U.S. Steel. But lower-volume customerslike a file cabinet maker or air conditioner manufacturerlook to distributors to take their orders and deliver products.
With Straightline, buyers place orders over the Web or phone. Straightline manages customer inventories, provides up-to-the minute order status, and handles shipping from the mill, to the processor, and on to the customers.
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Banbridge Town made the short journey to Planters Park to face home side Dollingstown who are having an exceptional first season in Championship Two.
The Dollybirds entered the game as warm favourites having already defeated Town at Crystal Park earlier in the season and on this occasion they handed out another heavy defeat, 3-0 this time the score-line.
Once again Ryan Watson did not have his sorrows to seek as he had to plan without Ryan Evans (suspended), Chris Coleman (hamstring), Glen Waddell and John Murphy (both unavailable).
The game was only two minutes old when a Martin Buchanan mistake let in Richard Donaghy but the Dollingstown forward scuffed his shot and James McConville saved easily. After five minutes, Mark Teggart cut through but his tame effort did not trouble Chris Fletcher in the home goal.
Sadly for Banbridge, this was a prelude of things to come and throughout the 90 minutes, they rarely troubled the Dollingstown custodian. On nine minutes Clydesdale raided down the right for the homesters and found Walker who flashed a shot across goal but came to nothing much to the relief of Town.
Soon after, Teggart earned a free kick which Ally Wilson fired over the bar. There was little between the sides at this stage with little sign of a goal. Dollingstown were at least on top in midfield and 'keeper McConville had to save smartly from the diminutive Clydesdale on 27 minutes.
One minute later came the opening goal when a left wing cross into the Banbridge goalmouth was swept home by the hard working Neil Clydesdale giving James McConville little chance. The deadlock was broken!
Town fought hard to get on terms and after 38 minutes a long throw in from Michael Ferguson found Stephen Greene whose header tested Fletcher who was not found wanting. However, on 39 minutes Banbridge found themselves two behind in what Town thought were controversial circumstances.
Dollingstown felt they should have been awarded a free kick some 30 yards from the Town goal but the referee played on as they regained possession with the homesters being forced away from Town's goal. The referee then stopped play and decided to award the free.
To his credit, Clydesdale remained coolness personified before blasting a great effort from 30 yards over McConville and into the roof of the net.
On the half-time whistle, Ryan Gourley was fouled after a run into the area but Ally Wilson once again blasted over the bar and the chance was gone. It was now an uphill struggle for Banbridge and it became mission impossible in the 52nd minute when Dolligstown made it three.
They were awarded a free some 50 yards from goal and when the ball was floated into the penalty box Gibson rose to send a looping header to the net.
Adam Dennison then replaced Mattie McCartan for Town to inject some fresh blood into the Banbridge engine room. David Gray, an earlier sub for Ryan Gourley), was involved in a good move with Teggart but like most of Town's efforts on the day, it came to nothing.
Ryan Watson's final throw of the dice was to bring Duncan Stoddard into the fray and he looked composed and did try to make things happen but to no avail.
Teggart did have a good drive deflected for a fruitless corner after 75 minutes but it has to be said Dollingstown ran out comfortable winners to complete a double over their neighbours in their first season at this level.
For Banbridge Town it is back to the drawing board and sooner rather than later they will have to get some points on the board to avoid being sucked into a relegation battle.
DOLLINGSTOWN: C. Fletcher, G. Ringland. D.Kerr, J.Gibson, N.King, A.Moffett, N.Clydesdale, M.Hughes, J.Redpath, A.Walker, R.Donaghy. Subs: A.King, K.Robinson. M.Fegan.
BANBRIDGE TOWN: J. McConville, M. Ferguson, J. Wilson, S. Greene, M. Buchanan, S.Jones, R.Gourley, M.McCartan, A.Wilson, C. Downey, M. Teggart. Subs: D.Gray (Gourley 60), A.Dennison (McCartan 66), D.Stoddard (Ferguson 82), D.Martin.
Referee: Alaistair Burns, Portadown.
Next Saturday Town are on their travels again when they visit Tobermore Utd (Kick-Off 3.00 p.m.) The Supporters Club Bus will leave the Clubhouse at 12.45 p.m. Please contact Dan Buchanan or Terry Sweeney if you wish to travel.


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Dr. Mike Beresford, Supt., Carmel Clay Schools
Dr. Beresford brings has 35 years of experience and leadership in public education. For the past 25 years, he has overseen various aspects of the daily operations at Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Indiana's fourth largest school district, comprising of nearly 22,000 students and 2,500 employees. His duties have also included leading student, parent and staff services; developing school safety initiatives; developing mental health initiatives; and facilitating teacher recruitment and talent development.
He began his public education as a high school English and journalism teacher, serving as a school counselor, director of school counseling, assistant principal, principal and most recently, assistant superintendent of staff and student services at Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
Dr. Beresford earned his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University in English and Journalism, his Master of Science in School Counseling from Butler University, and his Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from Ball State University.
Dr. Jeff Butts, M.S.D. of Wayne Township Superintendent
Dr. Jeff Butts is a proud graduate of Millikin University (BS), Illinois State University (MS), and Purdue University (PhD). He began his career as a public educator in 1992 in central Illinois. Over the past 26 years he has held positions as a bus driver, coach, teacher, athletic director, principal, assistant superintendent, and now superintendent. He became the fifth superintendent in the history of the M.S.D. of Wayne Township on January 1, 2011. He is a recipient of the 2019 IAPSS Indiana Superintendent of the Year, District V Principal of the Year from the Indiana Association of School Principals, Administrator of the Year from the Indiana High School Press Association, the Indiana Council for Exceptional Children Advocate of the Year, Minority Police Officers Association Award for Outstanding Work in the Community, Cause Driven Leadership Award from the YMCA, Indiana National Guard Awards for Exceptional Support to the Community, The Center for Digital Education Digital Content and Curriculum Achievement Award, Hobson's Education Advances Award, and the Center for Digital Education Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers.
Dr. Butts holds leadership positions as the past president for the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, past board chair with the Hendricks Regional Health YMCA, president of the Indiana Partnershare, and past president for the Indiana Urban Schools Association. He was selected to serve on the transition team for Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and remains active on several advisory committees with the Indiana Department of Education. He also serves as a board member for the West Side Chamber of Commerce, board member for Indy Gateway Inc., advisory board member for Safe Hiring Solution, member of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's Diversity Task Force, and member of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Race and Cultural Relations Leadership Network. He is a co-facilitator and presenter for EPIC, a groundbreaking leadership excellence program for Indiana's public school superintendents through Butler University and the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, in collaboration with the College of Education and the Lacy School of Business. Dr. Butts previously served as an executive committee member for the Central Indiana Education Alliance, executive committee member for the Indiana Public Schools Study Council, and the Urban Education Excellence Advisory Council. In addition, Dr. Butts holds memberships with the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, Midwest Suburban Superintendents Association, Northern Indiana Superintendents Association, American Association of School Administrators, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, National Association of Secondary School Principals, Indiana Association of School Principals, and Lions Clubs International. He has served as honorary co-chair of the UNCF Masked Ball since 2014 and served on the local planning team for the National Council for the Education of Black Children National Conference.
His wife, Tammy, is a lead teacher for the M.S.D. of Wayne Township's volunteer literacy mentoring program, HOSTS. They are proud grandparents to Loela, daughter of Collin and Kassie Butts. A little-known fact about Dr. Butts is he is a fourth generation Standardbred horse trainer.
Dr. Julie Lauck, Supt. Valparaiso Schools
Dr. Lauck has served in multiple levels of education and educational leadership positions since 1993. Dr. Lauck earned her Bachelor Degree in Secondary Education/English from Indiana University at South Bend while working midnights as a dispatcher for the South Bend Police Department. Dr. Lauck continued her education by earning a Masters from IUSB in Educational Leadership before going on to earn her Education Specialist and Doctorate from Ball State University. Dr. Lauck's dissertation was focused on averting incidents of school violence.
Dr. Lauck currently serves as Valparaiso Community Schools Superintendent. She is also an adjunct Field Supervisor in the Ball State University Educational Leadership Department mentoring aspiring future building level leaders.
Greg Parsley, Supt. Vincennes Schools
Mr. Greg Parsley is in his 20th year of education. His career started with teaching Economics at Roncalli High School. After his first-year here, he moved to the Tippecanoe School Corporation where he taught Government and shortly thereafter began his career in education administration. This includes serving as athletic director at Rensselaer Central and principal at both Bloomfield Jr/Sr High School and Vincennes Lincoln High School. During the 2010-11 school year, Mr. Parsley moved from being the high school principal at Vincennes Lincoln to the assistant superintendent and with the 2012-2013 school year assumed the responsibility of superintendent.
Mr. Parsley has been involved in many professional capacities and this includes serving as president of the Vincennes Rotary, Board of Trustees for Vincennes University, Board member to KCARC, Vice-President of the Hoosier Heartland School Trust, former Executive Board member to the Southern Indiana Education Service Center, Board member to Knox County Special Education Cooperative, YMCA Board Member, Board Member to the Knox County Development Corporation, Board Member to the Knox County Community Foundation and is a member of the Vincennes Redevelopment Commission.
As for personal achievements and interests, Mr. Parsley has served his church as the moderator, Elder Chair, Search Team and is presently the chair of Stewardship. Mr. Parsley is an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and this includes as a 13-year season ticket holder. Mr. Parsley is married to Stephanie and with this, he gets the opportunity to share in the lives of Daelyn, Ainsley and Bayden.
Artie Equihua-Director of Personnel, Crown Point Community School Corporation
Artie has been employed with the Crown Point Community School Corporation since 1995 and has served as a classroom teacher at Crown Point High School, Assistant Principal at Crown Point High School, Elementary Principal at Timothy Ball Elementary School, and Director of Personnel. One of the objectives in his current role, is to oversee the safety and security of all buildings in the school corporation along with the Directory of Safety and Security. He has been a member of the Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy since 2009 and a member of the Crisis Prevention Institute since 2009. Artie serves as an instructor for the Crisis Prevention Institute in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and Prevention. He is a graduate of the Indiana Principals Leadership Academy and member of the Indiana Association of School Business Officials.
Jonathan Mock, Director of HR & Compliance, Hobart Schools
Jonathan Mock currently serves as the Director of Human Resources and Compliance for the School City of Hobart. He provides progressive leadership in the advancement of the district's operations. Jon is actively engaged in promoting the School City of Hobart to attract quality individuals to join in the mission of serving and educating children. Jon is a Certified Professional Human Capital Leader in Education (pHCLE) through the American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA). He is also an active member of the Indiana Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Jon graduated from Valparaiso University with a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting.
Susan DeLong, Asst. Supt., Tippecanoe Co. Schools
Susan DeLong has been involved in K-12 public education at all levels: classroom teaching, building administration, and central administration. Susan is currently serving as Assistant Superintendent for Personnel in the Tippecanoe School Corporation and has been in this role for over 10 years. With a student population of 13,500 and over 1,500 regular employees, she has helped lead the district through several changes.
Susan serves on the Indiana Association of School Business Officials HR/Management Professional Development Committee which helps to bring new and pertinent information to school professionals across the state of Indiana. She has been recognized 3 times as the Region 4 Support Staff Professional of the Year and was named the Indiana winner in 2015. Susan also serves on the Tippecanoe County Commission on Human Relations.
Jill Britt, Dir. HR, MSD Franklin Township Schools
Jill Britt has worked for Franklin Township Community School Corporation for twelve years as Human Resources Director. She began her career in Human Resources twenty-nine years ago in 1989 in the banking industry. She transitioned from banking to manufacturing and into the supply chain management industry before returning to manufacturing. Upon arriving at Franklin Township she worked to create efficiencies in the human resources department that assisted all levels of the district, including building level administrators. Ms. Britt leads the activities of all aspects of human resources from recruiting and hiring, benefits, labor relations, safety and a broad scope of other activities. As a school administrator, Ms. Britt has served as a partner with other district human resources professionals on discussing human resources as it relates to K-12 education. Ms. Britt graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology. She received her SPHR certification in 1996. She and her two teenage daughters live in Franklin Township where they attend Franklin Central High School. It is Ms. Britt's mission to build a district culture that ensures all students are surrounded by staff members that assist in providing an outstanding environment of learning.
Scott Olinger, Supt., Plainfield Schools
Scott Olinger has been he Superintendent for the Plainfield School Corporation since 2008. With Bachelor's and Masters degrees from Butler University, most of Scott's teaching career took place in Central Indiana. In 2002, he was named Principal of Batesville High School. Before moving to Plainfield High School in 2005, Scott was named District 10 Principal of the Year.
Scott earned his Education Specialist degree from Indiana State University in 2005.
Plainfield stakeholders were asked for their input into the selection of the superintendent, and recommendations included someone who was a community-minded leader, focused on and committed to students. In addition, having a vision, being an excellent communicator and an outstanding role model topped the list.
Scott and his wife, Heather, live in Plainfield where their three daughters have graduated from, or are attending, Plainfield schools.
Teresa Heiny, Asst. Supt for HR, Bartholomew Co. Schools
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The BP/Alyeska pipeline was dripping and ripping. In five years, it had dumped a quarter-million gallons of crude into the tundra. BP's pipeline is an Exxon Valdez in slow motion. ...
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Knee Conditions
The knee is a complex hinge joint made up of 2 bones, the thighbone (femur) and the shinbone (tibia). Another smaller bone that runs along the side of the tibia, called the fibula, and the kneecap (patella) are also bones of the knee joint. All are surrounded by connective tissue that stabilize the joint and contribute to the function of the knee, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
Articulating surfaces between the bones are covered with a white, slippery layer called articular cartilage. The cartilage provides a smooth surface that facilitates easy movement. This is the tissue that degenerates in osteoarthritis. To further reduce friction between the articulating surfaces of the bones, the knee joint cavity is lined by a synovial membrane, which produces a thick, clear fluid called synovial fluid. This fluid lubricates and nourishes the cartilage and bones inside the joint capsule.
Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that connect one bone to another bone. The ligaments of the knee stabilize the knee joint. Two primary groups of ligaments hold the bones of the knee joint together: collateral ligaments and cruciate ligaments.
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These therapies can effectively bridge the gap between medication treatment that can merely mask an injury and invasive surgery.
Common conditions of the knee include:
Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis, also called degenerative joint disease, is the most common form of arthritis. It occurs most often in older people. This disease affects the tissue covering the ends of bones in a joint (articular cartilage). In a person with osteoarthritis, the cartilage becomes damaged and worn out causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and restricted movement in the affected joint. This condition most commonly affects the joints in hips, knees, hands, and spine. Rarely, the disease may affect the shoulders, wrists and feet.
Common causes include: overweight, excessive strain over prolonged periods of time, previous fracture, growth abnormalities, joint diseases, and injury. Some people have congenital abnormalities of the joints that cause early degeneration leading to osteoarthritis.
Meniscus & cartilage wear and tears. The 2 wedge-shape cartilage pieces between the thighbone and the shinbone are called menisci. Menisci stabilize the knee joint and act as "shock absorbers."
Meniscus tear is the most common knee injury in athletes, especially those involved in contact sports. A sudden bend or twist in the knee causes the meniscus to tear. Elderly people are more prone to degenerative meniscal tears as the cartilage wears out and weakens with age.
A torn meniscus causes pain, swelling, stiffness, and catching or locking in your knee that makes you unable to move your knee through its complete range of motion.
Ligament injury. These connective tissues are prone to injury during high impact and often just normal activity.
Collateral ligaments are present on either side of the knee, stabilizing the knee in side-to-side motion. The collateral ligament on the inside knee is called the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and the collateral ligament on the outside is called the lateral collateral ligament (LCL). Cruciate ligaments, located inside the knee joint, control the back and forth motion of the knee. The cruciate ligament in the front of the knee is called anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the cruciate ligament in the back of the knee is called posterior cruciate ligament (PCL).
Damaged ligaments release substances that cause pain and shortening of the tissue around the joint. The scar tissue that forms is less elastic than normal tissue and gets worse the longer the knee is immobile. Restoring movement as soon as possible encourages blood flow to the area and keeps the joint fluid from becoming thick and sticky.
Other common knee conditions include:
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome ("Runner's Knee")
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Les maîtres fous
Les maîtres fous is one of the French director Jean Rouch's ethnographic accounts of Nigeria under European colonial rule. The film is a bizarre and unsettling chronicle of the Hauka movement, a quasi-religious Nigerian sect in which the members enacted rituals where they are "possessed" by various archetypes of European colonialists. Rouch devotes most of his film to a document of one of these rituals, complete with a voiceover that purports to identify the various forms that the Africans are taking on: the General, the Governor, the Doctor's Wife, and other positions of military and political power within the European ruling authorities. While Rouch's narration maintains its deadpan, unruffled calm, the contortions of the ritual become increasingly ecstatic and unhinged, as the celebrants foam at the mouth, spasm and dance spastically, sacrifice a chicken and a dog, and lick up the blood from these sacrifices until their faces are smeared.
What makes the film so odd and challenging is the juxtaposition between its relaxed narration — which affects the soothing tones and distanced objective pose of many ethnographic documentaries — and the lurid, outrageous imagery of the ritual itself. Rouch's perspective is odd, too. His narration makes the claim that the ritual is intended to be a parody of the colonial occupation, that the Nigerians are channeling their disdain for their white masters into exaggerated, stylized appropriations of the Europeans' rites and and dress and manners. He might be right. But it's hard to know just how seriously to take Rouch's claims, as again and again his narration seems less like the result of informed research and more like a series of fanciful descriptions of observed behavior. His voiceover has a searching quality that makes it seem as though Rouch is trying to form a narrative based around the images he's gathered, and this impression complicates the film considerably.
Rouch is reading a great deal into the psychology of the film's subjects, and it's questionable how valid his conclusions are. Is this ritual a defense against mental illness, as Rouch claims at the end of the film? Is it a way for the colonized Nigerians to cope with the stress of their daily confrontations with industrialized Western society, or to deal with their status as indentured laborers for the whites? It's hard to tell, but Rouch's narration, with its loose interpretations of various gestures, doesn't exactly inspire confidence. At one point he puts words into the mouth of a man swinging a chicken back and forth, suggesting that the gesture is of great religious significance when, by all appearances, it's simply idle motion. Such questions about the film's faithfulness to the intent of these rituals are constantly raised, though Rouch's authoritative narration seems calculated not to encourage dissent.
There's also more than a hint of exploitation in Rouch's portrayal of Africans engaged in bloody, wild rites that not only appear as irrevocably exotic to Western eyes, but are explicitly compared to mental illness in the film's text. Rouch is portraying his African subjects as wild men, literally foaming at the mouths, the lower halves of their faces covered in white spray as they vibrate, roll around on the floor, walk with a jerking, frantic stride that truly does make it seem as though their bodies are being propelled around by some external animating spirit that jerks them around like puppets on strings. The images are, undeniably, darkly fascinating, and often horrifying as well, particularly when the celebrants ritually sacrifice a dog and then cook up a stew with its entrails, taking hungry bites out of its head and fighting to get the "best" scraps of the slaughtered animal. One man, picked out for a closeup twice in the film's half-hour, rocks back and forth, his face smeared red with blood from the feast.
Rouch continually locates such provocative images, tracing the progress of the ritual from its tentative beginnings to the point when numerous participants have been "possessed" and taken on these alternate personalities. Rouch's narration wryly notes the appropriation of English and French modes of dress and rituals, but this too is a problem. When Rouch says that the Nigerians are holding a "roundtable conference" on the subject of whether to cook the dog or eat it raw, his voice maintains its steady, even keel, but there's an obvious note of sarcasm and irony in the counterpoint between the colonialists' ceremonies and military discipline and the crudity of the Nigerians imitating their oppressors. Rouch even inserts footage of British and French soldiers on parade, and European aristocrats in their fancy cars, to further solidify the comparison.
Intended for European audiences, the film condescends to its subjects, presenting these rituals with an unmistakable tone of "hey look at these weird Africans," even while the subtext of Rouch's narration points at the exploitation of the African people by their colonial overseers. This adds up to a very conflicted film, simultaneously poking fun at colonialist pretensions and perpetrating the stereotype of the violent, superstitious African primitive. It's obvious that Rouch, who lived and worked in Nigeria for a long time and had a definite anti-colonialist bent, meant well, but Les maîtres fous, despite its compelling, raw imagery and the interesting ideas it explores, can't get over its tonal inconsistencies.
10 comments:
- DavidEhrenstein said...
Les Maitres Fous was the exceedingly direct inspiration for Jean Genet's The Blacks On seeing it he realized he'd found an ideal way for saying everythig he wanted to say (at that particular moment) about society, power and racism.
- March 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Bobby Wise said...
I don't know why we shouldn't take Rouch's scientific claims seriously. He was a practicing ethnographer. Not some fly-by-night journalist or documentarian.
However, you make some valid points about the ethics of representation and the ambivalent tone of the film. I think this is a great work and it contains my favorite cut in Rouch's cinema.
The extreme jump cut from the Nigerian imitating European aristocracy with a similar hat on his head to archival footage of military parades featuring those same social elites is amazing. For me this demonstrates the power of Rouch's cinema and his often complex method.
- March 25, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Ed Howard said...
Interesting, David!
Bobby, you're probably right about the claims of the voiceover, I don't know why but it just struck me that Rouch was making some rather dubious claims about what he was seeing. I know he was a very serious ethnographer and spent a long time in Africa, though, so I should probably give him more of a benefit of the doubt. In any event, it's undoubtedly a fascinating film with some amazing images, and like you I love that cut from the African rituals to the colonialist military parades. It makes the point that all rituals are somewhat absurd, that all those stuffy colonials in their starched outfits are very ripe for the mockery of the Africans they exploit and subjugate.
- March 25, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- DavidEhrenstein said...
Much of what Rouch discovers here turns up in a different form in Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning -- her seminal film about gay underground "Ball" culture and the invention of "Voguing."
- March 25, 2011 at 10:54 AM
"What makes the film so odd and challenging is the juxtaposition between its relaxed narration — which affects the soothing tones and distanced objective pose of many ethnographic documentaries — and the lurid, outrageous imagery of the ritual itself."
Most interesting Ed. Oh boy, I'm sorry to say I have not seen this film, and honestly have not heard of it. But I haven't mined Rouch's work at all in fact despite the fact that I know he was influential in the maturation of the cinema verite movement, and influenced the likes of Pennebaker and the Maysles. I can see where his surrealist slant is particularly interesting to you even though in the end you saw this as something that really didn't succeed. Your review brings to mind in subtle ways Denis' CHOCOLAT, Tavenier's COUP DE TORCHON, Ouedraogo's TILAI and a few works by the great Sembene. But of course with the exception of Denis and Tavenier, the others are Africans, and the perspective is obviously altered. Sorry to hear of the element of exploitation that you found in this work. As always, an exceptional essay.
- March 25, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Ed Howard said...
Thanks, Sam. It's certainly an interesting film and I'll be seeking out more Rouch, even though I had some problems with this one. Good comparison points there, to some other films and directors who deal with colonialism from various different angles.
- March 26, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- Just Another Film Buff said...
AN out and out negative review of a film at the site after a long time, I see.
I love Rouch's film though. I thought the voice-over was a jab at itself. Its deadpan interpretations, I thought, were a send up of ethnographic films which try to read other cultures using the terminologies and methodologies of one's own. Like the opening section of STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH, where Jacobs uses such an imperial film directly - quoting it - to achieve an ironic distance from it to criticize it.
No wonder Herzog called this one of the greatest films ever. (I think it is his most favorite even).
I don't know about the movie, but you, Ed, are the Mad Master here, given the frenzied and irresistible work at Only The Cinema off late. You should really go on print.
- March 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Ed Howard said...
Hey, JAFB. You're right, I'm pretty selective about what I watch and as a result I tend to write a lot more positive reviews than negative reviews (though there are a few more of the latter coming in the next few weeks). Interesting take on the Rouch film, too. And that's a great fact about Herzog; I didn't know that he was such a big fan, but it makes perfect sense of course. Herzog's own anthropological/ethnographic films skirt a similar line in terms of exploitation at times, though not quite as wildly or as blatantly as this film.
- March 26, 2011 at 10:56 PM
I've been wanting watch this for awhile now. Was your's subtitled? Or do you understand french? I've been looking for a subtitled ANYTHING with no luck except for that clip on youtube.
- March 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- Ed Howard said...
Anon, subtitled copies can be found on at least some private torrent sites, so they're out there. I don't understand anywhere near enough French to get by without the subs.
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Pistons' offense stalls in loss to Thunder
There was no ball movement by Detroit, especially in the fourth quarter when it seemed like Ben Gordon was the only player being aggressive. Gordon had 13 fourth-quarter points and finished with 25, but couldn't carry the load by himself.
"We did not trust the offense in the fourth period, don't kid yourself," Pistons coach John Kuester said. "We didn't move the ball the way we had. You have to do that to sustain and make teams defend in the fourth period. We basically allowed them to load up on us."
Not having Richard Hamilton certainly contributed to the poor offense and it's unclear when Hamilton will return.
"I think it did," Gordon said when asked not having Hamilton hurt on Friday. "He obviously is a huge part of this team. To start the game we had some decent offensive plays, but in the second half we became stagnant and we stopped moving the ball like we did in the first half. Everything was a one-or-two pass shot."
Charlie Villanuvea had eight points, but scored just one point in the second half and shot 3 for 12 from the field. The entire Pistons frontcourt combined for six points in the second half.
"The whole team, it just seemed like we couldn't make a shot," Villanueva said. "Guys were getting frustrated or what not. It seemed like there was a lid on the rime. It's a learning process and it's a long season and we just have to learn from all the things we did wrong."
Ben Wallace led the Pistons effort defensively, finishing with 12 rebounds, three steals and two blocks in 32 minutes.
Note: Gordon received three stitches above his left eye at halftime after banging his head on the floor on the final shot of the half.


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Global Classification is the process of classifying products for the purpose of complying with customs authorities, qualifying for free trade agreements and filing entries to customs during the importation or exportation of those products. A slight difference in classification can mean a huge difference in the duties that are paid.[1]
Classification data includes:
With the growing complexity of supply chains as well as the increasing number of government regulations around importing and exporting, companies are realizing the need to proactively manage trade compliance data in order to minimize risk, such as the inaccurate classification of data. Providing classification data on imported and exported products is required, regardless of an organization's global location and classifying products is typically a manual and time-consuming process. Companies need to establish data management standards to help reduce inaccurate classification, strengthen the exchange of data between trading partners, and provide version control in order to track all changes that take place.
With an automated Global Classification solution, companies can collect, store, and access classification data in one centralized located at both a global level using the World Customs Organization (WCO) 6-digit Harmonized Schedule Numbers and with multiple country specific views tailored to the country of interest. As a result, the centrally controlled classification database reduces errors, increases internal and external communication, strengthens compliance, and improves the timeliness of the information shared with external trading partners.[2] Using an automated solution, companies can:
More than just a product classification database, an automated Global Classification solution allows companies to manage a global database that includes all forms of data, increasing visibility into changes such as additions or deletions of classification data.[2] Organizations will also improve compliance across the supply chain. Providing on-demand availability to the classification database, via the web, ensures that every trading partner has access to and uses the same classification data at every stage in the supply chain, minimizing risks and/or delays or possible fees from Customs. With an automated solution, companies will have everything they need to manage global trade management throughout the organization captured in a consolidated relational database.
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|With the Captain and Chief Officer of M.V. Hanie Sun (Sanko Lines), Fr. Ray Sabio does consultation regarding common problems on board ships.
|His Excellency, Ambassador Juanito Jarasa with Most Rev. William J. McNaughton, MM, DD; Fr. Ray T. Sabio, MSC; and Officers of the Hangman Sadoho-e after the Holy Mass for the Seafarers and Workers and members of the Inchon Catholic International Community..
|Most Rev. William J.McNaughton, MM, DD (Bishop of Inchon) giving a homily during the Evening Holy Mass for Mary at the Inchon Seaport Area.
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Do you want to help Keck's Adaptive Optics (AO) systems deliver the highest image quality possible? The W. M. Keck Observatory seeks an Adaptive Optics Operations Scientist to lead and support efforts in the science operation of the Keck AO Systems; optimizing performance, efficiency, and reliability for the purpose of understanding the physical universe. This position reports to the Science Operations Lead. Interested and qualified persons are encouraged to apply to join our team and make the most powerful and scientifically productive telescopes on earth even better.
The W. M. Keck Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii operates the world's two largest optical/infrared telescopes from the summit of Maunakea. The Observatory seeks an Adaptive Optics Scientist who is a motivated self-starter, has knowledge, experience, and expertise in laser guide star AO systems, and who appreciates the chance to work at the cutting edge of discovery in astronomy.
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This past weekend I reached the goal I've been striving for since fall of 2009—graduating from Benedictine College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. This moment was extremely surreal for me—at the same moment it felt like I've been waiting my whole life to graduate and that I was a freshman again, just waiting to have a college experience.
Sitting in that gymnasium, trying to stop my hands from shaking and sweating, I thought back to who I was as a freshman, and I couldn't help but laugh. I entered BC the same way I left it, terrified out of my mind, but ready to step into a world unknown, however, that version of myself is no longer a mirror image of who I am today, and for that I am extremely thankful.
Freshman year I had dreams of greatness…well, limited greatness, I should say. My greatness then could be defined in a stereotypical sentence of college success: get good grades, get involved in everything possible on campus, study abroad, finish in four years with a double major, find a job that sets me on track for my dream career, get married, have kids. Sounds pretty simple, right?
This was the path I KNEW I was supposed to take when I entered college. Everything was set in motion to follow that path of greatness I invented for myself, but I left out a simple, yet vital, detail in my plans: God.
This was MY plan, this was MY life, and this was how it was going to happen.
I remember Christmas break of my freshman year, a family friend was asking about college and I told him all about how great it was and what I was going to do in my next four years. When I was done he laughed and said, "Maddie makes plans and God laughs."
At the time I thought that was such a jerk thing to say, how dare he tell me my dreams aren't going to happen! But now I realize he wasn't trying to crush my dreams, he was just trying to remind me who really holds my life in His hands.
I did not achieve all the things in my goals freshman year, and that's okay. Not achieving those goals does not mean I failed–it means I found different dreams–dreams that were actually meant for me.
"We're all different people all through our lives"
I've changed all through my life and I've been a different person in many sections of my life. Some of those sections I'm glad I never have to repeat and some I wish had lasted longer than they did. But all these sections, good or bad, have formed me into the person I am today.
All of those sections have given me something that I have carried on into the next section. I have to always remember who I was in the previous versions of myself, because I was that person for a reason, whether it was wrong or right, and unless I understand that reason and remember my actions, I will never be able to improve upon my last section and work toward the best-version-of-myself.
The quote above comes from the BBC show "Doctor Who" and as the good Doctor always does, he says it best again when he says:
"Life is a pile of good things and bad things.
The good things don't always soften the bad things,
but vise versa,
the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things,
or make them unimportant."
The version of me today is still a dreamer of greatness, but my vision has changed a bit. I know now my life does not follow my "path of greatness" but God's path of greatness for me. I still believe I can do extraordinary things. I still believe that I will make an impact on this world. Now, however, these beliefs have a different origin. I believe all these things because I know God has created my life like a painter creates a masterpiece, every brush stroke has a purpose and that purpose many not be revealed until the masterpiece is finished.
The masterpiece is being painted every day, I just have to have faith that His steady hand will not let me down. If I have this faith, believe me, the finished product, His masterpiece for me, will be breathtaking. It will be greater than anything I could have ever dreamed.


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Deadline Approaching: Persona Non Grata Production Fund
Persona Non Grata, a production fund that is designed to support and facilitate the creation of unconventional independent cinema that pushes the boundaries of film language, has been launched today by Persona Films with the support of industry-leading companies, such as Deluxe, Company 3, Red Cinema, Indiewire, Twitch Post, Tamberelli Digital, Brooklyn Fireproof Studios and Wheelhouse Creative.
Filmmakers can apply with their scripts on Persona Non Grata's site (personanongrata.org) to compete for an opportunity to direct their film. The first round of the script-to-screen competition will result in the production of a feature film with a budget of at least $250,000. The budget of the film may increase as more partners join the fund.
"Persona Non Grata's main goal is to allow the production of such films that otherwise might not have seen the light of day because they would be considered by most producers as too risky and too dangerous. We would like to see edgy scripts with a unique vision. And when we say unique, we really mean it. We are looking for genrebreaking stuff. Persona Non Grata is a playground where anything is possible and everything is allowed," says Douglas Graham, Head of Production at Persona Films.
Applications are accepted until April 30th. Filmmakers in the U.S. and the UK may apply with their resumes, loglines, synopses and feature-length scripts. The winner will be announced on May 30th. The production of the film based on the winning entry is planned for the Fall of 2012. Complete rules and regulations are available on Persona Non Grata's site.
Persona Films is a film and commercial production house based in New York and London. The company's most recent feature film release is "Cargo" by Yan Vizinberg. For more information about the company, go to personafilms.com.


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Hydrogen wreaks havoc in many alloy systems, leading to embrittlement that can cause catastrophic failure. This is a serious issue for any industry that produces or uses hydrogen—affecting production, transport, storage, and use—and is a real challenge for the development of a hydrogen economy. However, the design of new materials that resist hydrogen embrittlement is limited by the difficulty of experimentally measuring or observing hydrogen; precisely locating hydrogen at the atomic scale is a notorious challenge in materials science. Other examples of where this information is required include the development of fuel cells, the prevention of corrosion, and the improvement of catalytic processes. On page 1196 of this issue, Chen et al. (1) directly observe the precise, atomic-scale, three-dimensional (3D) distribution of hydrogen atoms within matter by using a new approach to atom probe tomography that utilizes deuteration, cryogenic transfer, and sophisticated data-analysis algorithms.