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UK/Czech Republic/France/Italy. 2007.
Director – Peter Webber, Screenplay – Thomas Harris, Based on His Novel, Producers – Tarak Ben Ammar, Dino De Laurentiis & Martha De Laurentiis, Photography – Ben Davis, Music – Ilan Eshkeri & Shigeru Umebayashi, Visual Effects Supervisor – Alain Carsoux, Digital Visual Effects – Duboi, Special Effects Supervisor – Paul Dunn, Prosthetics – Amalgamated Extras, Production Design – Allan Starski. Production Company – Dino De Laurentiis Company/Quinta Communications/Ingenious Film Partners/Zephyr Films (Young Hannibal) Ltd/Etic/Carthage Films.
Gaspard Ulliel (Hannibal Lecter), Gong Li (Lady Murasaki), Rhys Ifans (Vladas Grutas), Dominic West (Inspector Popil), Richard Brake (Enrikas Dorlitch), Kevin McKidd (Petras Kolnas/Clobert), Charles Maquignon (Paul Momund), Stephen Walters (Zigmas Milko), Ivan Marevich (Bronys Grentz), Aaron Thomas (Young Hannibal), Helena Lia-Tachovska (Mischa Lecter), Richard Leaf (Father Lecter)
Lithuania, 1944. The Lecter family flee their castle in the face of the Nazi invasion on the Eastern Front. They take refuge in a cottage but the parents are killed by aerial fire, leaving eight-year-old Hannibal and his younger sister Mischa to fend for themselves. However, the cottage is invaded and they are taken prisoner by six deserting Nazi collaborators who are very hungry. Eight years later and a teenage Hannibal escapes from a Soviet school that has been housed in the commandeered castle. He makes his way across Europe in search of the uncle whose name he finds on family letters. In France, he finds that his uncle has died, but is welcomed in by his uncle's Japanese widow Lady Murasaki. Hannibal and Lady Murasaki become very close. She teaches him the way of the samurai sword. Hannibal uses this to kill a vulgar butcher that insults her. They move to Paris where Hannibal becomes the youngest ever person to be accepted as a medical student at the Instituit de Medicine de St Marie. Using sodium pentothal, Hannibal is able to remember back to what happened in Lithuania when the six men killed and ate Mischa. He returns to Lithuania and kills one of the men in revenge, cooking and eating the man's cheeks. From there, he learns that the other men are now in France and returns on a bloodthirsty vengeance trail.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is one of the modern classics of the psycho-thriller genre, even if this author feels it is overrated. The Silence of the Lambs was a massive success and garnered a host of Academy Awards, including winning Best Film and a Best Actor Award for Anthony Hopkins in his role as the infamous Dr Hannibal Lecter.
The Silence of the Lambs took the psycho-thriller genre away from the mould formed by Agatha Christie, the hard-boiled detective stories of Raymond Chandler and sundry tv imitators that built on these. In its place, The Silence of the Lambs introduced forensic profiling and the use of miniscule scientific and psychological clues to track criminals – this fascination has become so prevalent that current tv schedules feature dozens of shows centred around forensic detectives of some type – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-15) and spinoffs, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003– ), Cold Case (2003-10), Bones (2005-17). The other thing that The Silence of the Lambs brought to the forefront of public attention was the notion of and the indeed the very term 'serial killer'. Previously, cinematic killers had been defined in terms of improbable and outdated Freudian traumas.
In the horror genre, such success cannot go without being sequelized. Enter Dino De Laurentiis and the Hannibal Lecter saga's convoluted production history. Prior to The Silence of the Lambs, Dino De Laurentiis had filmed The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris's previous book Red Dragon (1981) as Manhunter (1986) with Michael Mann as director. Hannibal Lecter features as a minor character in the book and was played by Brian Cox in the film. Manhunter was not a financial success and so Dino De Laurentiis passed over the option to film Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs (1988) in which Hannibal Lecter was made into the central character. The Silence of the Lambs was then filmed under Jonathan Demme and the rest is history.
However, when Thomas Harris published his long-awaited Silence of the Lambs sequel Hannibal (1999), Dino De Laurentiis was at the top of the queue in the bidding war that ensued for the rights and won out because of his prior relationship with Harris. De Laurentiis filmed the book as Hannibal (2001) with Anthony Hopkins making a return performance as Lecter and Ridley Scott in the director's chair, although this met with considerable disappointment from almost all fans of the original. Buoyed by the considerable box-office success of Hannibal, Dino De Laurentiis then went back and remade Manhunter as the passable Red Dragon (2002), also starring Anthony Hopkins. (Here though, the story of Red Dragon had been amplified to make Hannibal Lecter into the central character).
Hannibal Rising is a fifth Hannibal Lecter film and sets out to tell a Lecter origin story. The film circulated for a time under the title of Young Hannibal where the filmmakers had the idea of bringing Anthony Hopkins back and digitally altering his features to make him seem younger, but this never went ahead. Dino De Laurentiis commissioned a screen treatment from Thomas Harris, which became the credited screenplay. At the same time, Harris also developed this as a novel Hannibal Rising (2006). However, upon publication, the book received some astonishingly blistering reviews from fans of the other works – largely because, among other things, it is only novella length and was published in large print in order to pad it out to novel length. Quite whether the book can be regarded as a novelization of the film or the film an adaptation of the book (as the end credits claim) is a debatable point.
Hannibal Rising opened to some expectedly bad reviews in the US (as had both Hannibal and Red Dragon before it). There were all the usual accusations of it being grisly and disgusting (as though people going see a film that they know is about a cannibal would expect a work of delicately refined sensibilities). The role of the young Lecter has been recast with 24 year-old French newcomer Gaspard Ulliel and the director is the British Peter Webber, a former editor whose only other film previously had been the exquisite Girl with the Pearl Earring (2003).
Hannibal Rising is a mixed bag. I enjoyed reading Thomas Harris's earlier novels – Black Sunday (1975), Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs – immensely. There Harris showed a mastery of suspense with tightly wound plots that had a gripping ability to get inside the detail of the investigation and a series of electric twists that snuck up with genuine surprise. This was flagging by the time of Hannibal, which lacked the same tightness and pace. I had never gotten around to reading Hannibal Rising prior to seeing the film so am unable to comment there.
On screen however, Thomas Harris seems to have created a sprawling plot that moves between various parts of Europe and post-War eras but never settles in with the same compulsive grip that his earlier works had. While Thomas Harris's earlier works are tightly constructed thrillers, what we have here is little more than a revenge drama centred around Hannibal eliminating each victim. This is not a forensic thriller; it's a variation on Death Wish (1974). There are few in the way of surprises and twists. More importantly, there is nothing in the film that delves into criminal psychology the way that Thomas Harris's earlier Hannibal Lecter works did.
What we could also have done without is some of the more comic-book elements. Thomas Harris's earlier Hannibal Lecter books revel in a fascination with forensic psychology, in examining and detecting minute behavioural clues. By the point of Hannibal Rising, Hannibal Lecter has almost become a comic-book super-villain – he is raised in a castle; is adopted by a lady aristocrat who worships traditional Japanese samurai culture and teaches the young Lecter in the ways of the sword; becomes the youngest person ever to be admitted to a prestigious medical academy; and develops ornately sadistic means of despatch against those who have wronged him. These are not the kind of motivations that drive real-world serial killers like Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy; rather it is the background characterisation that might be offered up for a DC or Marvel Comics super-villain.
Sometimes an author creates a character that ends up surpassing their original creation in the public mind and taking on a life of its own – you could point to examples like Wes Craven's original conception of Freddy Krueger that subsequently developed into something else entirely, or Ian Fleming's James Bond, Count Dracula and Batman. Hannibal Lecter may also be one of those characters where the public fascination with the character far outstrips the author's conception. The public perceive Lecter through Anthony Hopkins' demoniac performance, whereas Thomas Harris seems to appreciate Lecter on an entire different level.
By the time that he wrote Hannibal, Harris seemed in two minds about Lecter. On one hand, he had created a monster; on the other hand, Lecter started to increasingly seem like an alter ego for Thomas Harris – Lecter embodied qualities (be they an appreciation of classic art and fine dining, a genius mind that surpassed all mundane understanding and with a brilliant grasp of criminal psychology, amazing physical prowess, including the ability to control his autonomic responses, as well as a near-perfect memory) that one suspects were qualities that Harris wishes were his own. By the end of Hannibal, this divide played itself out in a peculiar ending that infuriated fans where, rather than continue to be a monster, Lecter became a romantic hero and swept Clarice Starling away.
In this admiration of Lecter's qualities, Thomas Harris has had to end up justifying his actions as a cannibal psychopath. The way that he has done this is to reconceptualise Lecter as a just avenger – in Hannibal, Lecter seemed defensible or at least sympathetic because he was placed up against someone even more monstrous and inhumane – the millionaire paedophile Mason Verger; while in Hannibal Rising, the Lecter origin story is placed up against the shadow of what is often seen as the ultimate evil of the 20th Century – Nazi atrocities – and a group of viciously amoral thugs who are engaged in all sorts of crimes (including what looks like the current spectre of East European human trafficking) and, in particular, conduct the incredibly nasty act of eating the young Hannibal's beloved sister.
In the majority of real-life serial killer cases on film – a good example might be Monster (2003) – you gain a glimpse into the flawed thinking of a serial killer and understand the damaged circumstances that forged them into what they are. However, Thomas Harris's answer in conceiving an originating set of psychological circumstances for Hannibal Lecter is more one that casts his actions in the shadow of grim atrocities and then turns to the audience in effect saying "Wouldn't you want to seek revenge for such things in the same circumstance?" You could perhaps contrast Hannibal Rising to Rob Zombie's films House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil's Rejects (2005), which feature backwoods hicks imprisoning and torturing innocents. Rob Zombie seems to say that nothing means anything, not even morality, so why not engage in murder, mayhem and sadism. Hannibal Rising does not seem too far removed from that, although Thomas Harris seems to disguise such an attitude behind a veneer of moral relativism – that it is okay to murder and torture and enjoy doing so as long as it is bad people that you are killing.
Hannibal Rising takes place without much involvement. Peter Webber never draws us into the suspense. All that seems to drive Hannibal Rising are a series of moderately grotesque murders at various intervals – Richard Brake in a faintly absurd scene where he is strung up to a tree and forced to sing a nursery-rhyme in German as a horse draws a noose tight around his neck; Ivan Marevich being drowned inside a med lab vat; butcher Charles Maquignon being sliced up and then beheaded by a samurai sword. Contrary to what most of the lily-livered mainstream critics thought about Hannibal Rising being nastily grisly, I found it tame.
In fact, more often than not, Peter Webber seems to avoid the opportunity to go for the throat. Hannibal caused outraged with its climactic scene where we saw Lecter feasting upon the brain of a man. Despite ample opportunity here, there is never any scene of equivalent shock value. We get mention of how Richard Brake's cheeks were eaten but there is nothing seen of this other than Gaspard Ulliel starting a cooking fire in the forest and then a desiccated severed head found with its cheeks missing. Despite such being a crucial event to the film, the scene where Lecter's sister Mischa is killed and eaten is only implied. We see nothing more of this than the men dragging her outside and wielding an axe – no cooking, no blood, no eating, nothing.
All that we end up with is an ordinary revenge plot that broods with darkness and perverse pleasures but critically fails in ever drawing us into the places it inhabits. In an era where such sadistically extreme films as Hostel (2005) and the Saw sequels can get mainstream releases and where Hannibal can show the eating of a man's brain, there seems no reason that Hannibal Rising should end up being so tame other than a failure of moral courage.
The film does get an effective performance out of Gaspard Ulliel as the young Hannibal where Ulliel manages to perfect an intense and menacing glare that leaves a certain chill. It is an obvious and theatrical performance but then so too was Anthony Hopkins' performance as Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. The film also casts Chinese actress Gong Li as Lady Murasaki. [Gong Li also played Japanese in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and her previous Western role was as the love interest in Manhunter director Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006)].
Gong Li moves through the film with an aristocratic grace but her performance feels impassive and detached. The relationship between Lady Murasaki and the teenage Hannibal was one that you wanted to be drawn into despite yourself – it felt like it had perverse depths to it and it rings with the suggestions you could see of her moulding the young Hannibal's mind. On the screen, it seems a relationship that brims with possibilities but one that is eventually left lingering and unfulfilled – Hannibal even turns away and rejects her embrace. Not unlike the potential that the film itself held.
Subsequently, the Hannibal Lecter saga was further elaborated in the excellent tv series Hannibal (2013-5) starring Mads Mikkelsen in the title role, while there was also the tv series Clarice (2021) telling the further adventures of Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds)..
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The Kansas Chiefs have finally made their move on the offensive side of the ball and the response from the fans is less than desirable so far. Over at Arrowhead Pride, the current approval poll comes out with 20 percent of respondents in favor of the move while the rest either disapprove or remain undecided. However, these things matter very little at this point. On field results matter most and the only perception issue now is on behalf of the players. So far, so good there.
Le'Ron McClain was the first to make his opinion known on the matter, quickly calling it a "great move" and retweeting Adam Schefter's announcement that the Chiefs had hired Daboll. While McClain isn't guaranteed to be in Kansas City next year, it's nice that the first player statement on the matter was a positive one.
There's still a long hill to climb for public perception to turn around, but if the Chiefs players can get behind the move, then the fans will likely follow suit. Everyone in the front office knows how important hires are at this stage, so immediately labeling something as "dumb" or "bad" just doesn't calculate.
For the fan, it's an emotional reaction based on limited information. For the exec, it's possibly their own job and livelihood on the line in a business with a short leash. Patience might be in order before labeling something.


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John Doe — Conclusion
He sat in a blue sedan, holding a bracelet in his clenched fist. His mind raced far and wide…"What really happened to me?" He thought… "How did I get here? As if awakened from a slumber, he grinned and said, "just two more to go and I'll be sated… Brian was too easy to kill. I bet Bridget will be different."
Bridget had just come out of the grocery shop when a blue sedan sped up to her. "Hello Matt, you got a new car?" she greeted. "Hi! Young lady, Max is in trouble and you are not safe here. Mind joining me in my car?" He asked serenely.
Matthew Johnson, a one-time bodybuilder stood over Bridget's unconscious body. All he could think about as he tied her hands on the king-sized bed was how much he wanted to hurt her for all she did to him. She smelled so nice. Few minutes after, she regained consciousness. She stared at her captor in utter unbelief… "Matt, so it's been you all this time??? But why?" He ignored her completely and busied himself with cleaning several knives. Then he said, "you recognise this place, don't you? You used to spend a lot of time here with him." Looking around, she realised she was in Brian's house. "No, this can't be! This place was sold to a distant relation of Brian." She blasted. Giggling uncontrollably, Matt winked at her and said, "voici, yours sincerely." Understanding the gravity of the situation, she decided to stall him to delay the inevitable.
"So you killed them all, even Brian. Why?" She demanded amid sobs. "They didn't support my decision to become Mayor. Especially Brian. He felt he was something. So I planned his murder. For the others, they were just in the way." Biting her lips to hold back her anger, she commented, "Even your best friend, Graham?" Turning to the wall, he responded, "Graham was a good man and would've never supported me. I finished him because he was onto me. He had to go. He began asking too many questions just like you. Shut up!" Playing it cool, she asked, "what about me? I've done you no harm." Sneering, he threw her a jabbing look, "you were always mean to me. You loved Brian even after I declared my love for you before him. I hate you for that." She seemed hypnotized by the way he carefully arranged the knives from smallest to biggest. Keep talking. Just continue talking... She thought.
Max's fear was a tangible presence in the car as he drove like a drunkard down the tarred road. The contents of the note on his table simmered through his thoughts. Who could it be? I need Matt now. But why didn't he pick my calls. Oh Bridget!. What scared him the most was the last part of the note:
Come alone or I'll kill her and dump her body at your doorstep.
You want more blood on your hands?!
A friend.
Memories of Brian flashed across her face as slow desolate tears ran down her cheek. She tried to block out the disgusting thoughts of what her abductor could do to her. She wanted to scream but she knew that would irritate Matt. In her helpless state, she sank deeper into despair, sobbing quietly. Oh Max, where are you? " Oh don't cry! I need you in the right frame of mind for what comes next. And our visitor will be here soon. So smile." He said. Staring at her bosom, he cooed, "I bet you wish you said yes to me, don't you?" "Yes," she whispered. "Yes. Matt, I do." Matt drew closer to her and ran his hands through her thighs. His eyes glistered.
The cruiser took the corner on two wheels as it ran down the sandy road. If Max was mad, he didn't show it. He drove with the sort of calm, more dangerous way than acid on a paper cup. Max reached into his pocket for his cellphone, punched in some numbers and waited.
"Hello, it's Max!" He began. "I'm close to the place. Be on your way now. Bring the calvary along."
He seemed to have gotten a good response as he smiled and hung up. "But who could it be? I can't lose her this way.
Matt used the butcher knife to cut lengths of rope from a heavy coil and placed it back on the table by itself. He then checked all the knives again. It took him several minutes but he never lost patience. That precision and single-mindedness menaced Bridget more than anything else. Max, where are you? Matt picked up the butcher knife for a moment, stared at her and came towards her. Bridget was white as a ghost. All the colour had drained from her face. "Don't worry", he said, "I'm going to make you watch me kill your boyfriend. It seems men always die around you." He hunkered beside her and checked her wrists. He tightened the ropes around her wrists and walked away. It felt unbearable as the blood rushed into her numbed fingers. "Please, don't hurt Max. He is a good man." She pleaded to seemingly deaf ears.
It was very quiet when Max arrived at the heavy steel door of the abandoned mansion and through the windows, the house seemed poorly illuminated. Max was acutely aware of every step he took. He curled his left hand around the door and his right hand around his pistol. His fears fixed on what lay beyond; still walking despite his instincts screaming in fear of the unknown. With every step he made, he eased back to hear of any approaching footsteps. He moved quickly but quietly. All his training at the farm seemed to pass through his eyes as he went up the flight of stairs. I hope the bastard has not touched her.
What could be keeping Max so long? I need to end this now. Matt stared at Bridget again and declared, "I guess Max doesn't care that much." The calmness in his voice caused goose bumps all over Bridget's body. He laid over her, began to pull down her skirt. "Hell no! It's not going to be that easy," she exclaimed and kicked him in the groin. She caught him off guard as he writhed in pain. His grip loosened and she scampered towards the door. Halfway through, a hand grabbed her head and pushed her onto the floor. His big hands curled around her neck. "You mad dog. You'll never disrespect me again." He spat as his fingers tightened. Blackness swam across her vision as she slipped into oblivion." Oh Max. Where are you?"
The sudden roar of a pistol was deafening. Bridget thought it was all over as his hands loosened. Where am I? Am I dead? The scream of a familiar voice in the distance. She tried to open her eyes but they felt too weighty. She felt someone carrying her and heard Max's voice, "it is alright! I am here now!" She smiled at him and opened her eyes. Over his arms, she saw Matt sprawled out on the ground in a pool of his own blood.
Thanks for coming Max.
"Well, you never know" Max said after taking a sip of his coffee. "I found someone here to make me remain here." Mayor simply smiled and replied, "thanks a lot for the help. Not just as a mayor but as a mother. Thanks a lot! Stay for as long as you want. I just can't believe Matt could do all these. I've known him for many years." Max chuckled and responded, "well, I know he was stubborn but I never took him for a serial killer. Let's put the episode behind us. I'll see you around Ma'am" He shook hands with her and exited the large office. Outside the office, in his cruiser, sat Bridget. He scurried into the car and started the engine. "Nothing else matters now but you, Bridget." He cooed and they sped off into the rays of sunshine…
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1. Don't cry. There is nothing worse than a naked person crying. As the crier, you're bare, emotionally and physically, and there's nothing more humiliating or difficult as baring yourself at your most vulnerable. On the flip side, for the dressed non-crier, what the fuck do you do when there's a naked person crying in front of you? You can't hug a naked person if you're dressed; it's weird and kid of creepy, especially if you get a boner. Plus they just look really fucking ridiculous. If it's your lover you'll probably always associate their naked body with tears, and unless you're a complete sadist there's nothing sexy about that.
2. Don't squat. Have you ever seen a naked person squatting? Especially from behind? They just look poised to shit, and if they're squatting maybe they are, in which case you should dump their naked ass before they do (dump, that is). Also, don't ever ask your best friend to 'stand guard' while you squat-pee naked on the beach in Byron Bay. If that friend is me then she's going to have a camera and she's going to take a photo of you. From behind.
3. Don't sleep naked.Does your lover have housemates? If the answer is yes then put on some clothes before you fall asleep unless you want to find yourself in a very uncomfortable situation. I know, I know—wearing clothing to bed fucking sucks, but you don't want to be the guy who, disoriented, gets up and goes for a naked stroll to the bathroom only to run into my roommate. You also don't want to have your naked tits and ass hanging out the side of the sheets when you wake up on someone's living room floor and realize the voices you can hear are his dad and his dad's friends who are having a coffee on their way out for their morning surf. Even if they are saying how nice your tits are.
4. Don't forget your underwear.It's all well and good to lean across to your lover at a dinner party and whisper "I didn't wear any panties," but the fallout almost always ends in public boners, unexpected gusts of wind and catching your pubes in your fly.
5. Don't eat fried chicken.50% of people are turned on by their lover eating fried chicken while naked—50% are not. This statistic is real and true comes from field research conducted by me, undertaken by eating fried chicken naked in front of a range of lovers. If you're anything like me, you don't give a fuck what your lover thinks and you just want to eat the fried chicken. If you'd prefer the sex then I wouldn't risk it, or at least politely ask first.
6. Don't ask for anything.Don't ask me for anal sex while you're naked. Take me out for dinner like a gentleman at least. Your penis is difficult to look at in the best of times (I swear to God those things just stare at me, like the Mona Lisa, it doesn't matter how I maneuver myself they're always just giving me the eye), and it just gets a whole lot less lovable when it's staring at me like that and you're asking to stick it in my ass. Personality goes a long way, even for a penis. On the flip side if you're really hot or have amazing tits and you ask for something naked (especially if you follow it up with oral sex) then you're going to get a definite 'yes' which in reality (minus the nudity) is actually a 'no'.
7. Don't light candles.It's self-explanatory. Also I wouldn't suggest smoking while naked. You're not Don Draper and you are going to get ash in your pubes. I'm just sayin'.
8. Don't pass out in a public place.Even if you think it's private—double-check. Once I met a boy in Rome who worked at the hostel bar and he took me to a special room (yep, the hostel staff had a sex room) where we fooled around and finally passed out. It turns out the sex room (or 'mirror room' as they so affectionately called it) was a storage room for backpacks while guests rooms were being readied—I woke up to 6 people standing around my naked, spread eagled body. The worst part was squeezing past my new friends through a doorway designed for Italian midgets. Walk of shame.
9. Don't fart. If it's during sex with me I will probably laugh uncontrollably and have to stop mid-act, at which point you will tantrum at my childishness, storm out of the room and lock yourself in the bathroom for the next half an hour. When you come back we can try again, but I'll just remember the hilarity of the previous event and start laughing all over again. You will hate me and feel emasculated. I will realize how immature I am, promise you I'll grow up, but know that I can't kid myself and I'll always find farting hilarious.
10. Don't be shy. Let it all hang out. Being naked is the best—don't put your undies and t-shirt back on straight after sex! Walk around the room! Tell jokes! Embrace your natural state! Be happy that someone else embraces your naked state! Be a naked bro! Enjoy your newfound freedom! Down with pants!


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Behind The Mask of the Monster Mash
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." – William Shakespeare
Once a year, 0n the spooky day of Halloween, students at Bronx Science can transform into someone or something else. The hallways are filled with all types of beings, including monsters, vampires, and witches. The highlight of everyone's day is the Monster Mash, which happens in the cafeteria during all lunch periods.
As you step into the cafeteria, your ears become filled with music and laughter and your eyes soak in the many hauntingly-beautiful decorations and games. How does an ordinary cafeteria turn into such a lively place?
The Student Organization, or S.O., is a body that coordinates in-school events, including Monster Mash. Organizing such events takes effort, spreadsheets, and a pinch of creativity.
First, the S.O. appoints someone to take charge of operations. Anika Lamia '18, the aforementioned member of the S.O. who was appointed as leader of this event, stated, "It's a lot of work trying to plan and decorate and getting everything ordered and ready. It makes me feel like I'm not only getting involved with the school to help the students have a better time and de-stress, but I'm also getting a chance to explore my own creativity and make the spirit of Halloween come alive at Bronx Science."
To organize everything, a spreadsheet is made with information about embellishments, props, and corresponding costs. Most often, props are purchased from a party decoration company called Oriental Trading. Chloe Frajmund '19 said, "This year we're having games like zombie bowling, bean bag tosses, can tosses, and Velcro darts. We're also having a slime game in which we'll put a golden ticket in green slime. Students have a few seconds to search for it in a 'slime cauldron' in order to win a prize."
Sometimes Mr. Rainford, Technology teacher and Dean, donates some of his own equipment, such as strobe lights or a fog machine, as he did for last year's Monster Mash.
"It's a lot of work trying to plan and decorate and getting everything ordered and ready. It makes me feel like I'm not only getting involved with the school to help the students have a better time and de-stress, but I'm also getting a chance to explore my own creativity and make the spirit of Halloween come alive at Bronx Science."
Because the S.O. has a strict budget for every event that they plan, they often find it challenging to balance the budget with the fun. Nevertheless, they have been beyond successful in making it happen this year.
"We do our best to distribute the budget throughout the year so that we can fund all of our events equally and avoid overspending, and we try to be as cost-effective as possible without sacrificing quality when making orders, so that our events can be both enjoyable and affordable," Cy Toriello '18 said.
To ensure that everything will be ready for the event, members of the S.O. stay after school to draw out a map of the cafeteria and designate areas for games, decorations, and props. The day before Halloween, they set everything up in preparation for the next day, but their work does not end there. Everyone gets assigned to a station in the cafeteria during the actual event to ensure that the flow of candy and games stays continuous and that nothing goes missing.
At the end of the day, all of the hard work put in by the S.O. is worth it. Shawon Paul '18 said, "The monster mash last year was such a stress reliever for me. I felt like I had too much going on in my life academically, but the dance helped me let go of it all, as I had some quality time with my friends again. I am looking forward for this year's Halloween, as it is my last year at Bronx Science."


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If you've ever had to sprint through the airport to catch a flight, consider it a privilege! The invention of the airplane has been a pivotal part of world history, and it is celebrated annually on National Aviation Day (August 19th). Before Brooks grew into the master-planned, mixed-use community it is today, aviation was at the heart of its origin as a nationally renowned U.S. Air Force base.
The national observation commemorates flight originated under president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939. Two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, studied flying machines and are credited with inventing the first successful airplane in 1894. President Roosevelt established the day to be observed on Orville Wright's birthday, as he was still alive at the time.
South San Antonio is home to over a century's worth of aviation history.
In 1917, a year before the end of the first World War, an Army Air Corps installation was established at Brooks Field, designated for flight training for young cadets. Training consisted of some interesting methods back then. One practice included chasing jack rabbits through large fields, and when the plane matched the speed of the animal, they knew they were going fast enough to be ready for take-off. The facility became known as Kelly Field no. 5, and was one of thirty-two air force training camps in the U.S.
Thirty years later, the campus would become established as Brooks Air Force Base, named after local San Antonio aviator Lt. Sidney Brooks, who died in his final flight before completing military airman training in 1917. Aviator Brooks received his commission and wings posthumously.
In 1927, ten years after the Air Corps installation, the School of Aviation Medicine relocated from its original home in New York to Brooks Field. The school eventually evolved into the Brooks School of Aerospace Medicine. The dedication of the School of Aerospace Medicine would be President John F. Kennedy's last official act as president, as the school was dedicated by him on Nov. 21, 1963, just one day before his assassination in Dallas, Texas.
While the Brooks campus originally was a place where cadets learned how to fly, groundbreaking facilities were built to teach cadets medical techniques and practices that were related to aviation. This included learning the effects of flight and space travel on the human body. The school earned national recognition for its medical discoveries both in air and here on earth, as they are credited with significant findings that contributed to the development of MRIs and Lasik eye surgery.
Learn more here.
Brooks Air Force Base only continued to grow.
In the 1980s, Brooks attracted four organizations- the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, the Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory, the Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, and the Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory- that would eventually combine to become the Armstrong Laboratory. This facility was one of four facilities designated as "super labs" of the Air Force branch.
Brooks AFB is also credited with forming the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence that had the significant task of ensuring that future United States Air Force (USAF) installations are environmentally safe. During the celebration of the base's 70th anniversary in 1987, Sidney J. Brooks Jr. Memorial Park was opened to commemorate the beauty and heritage that lives in South San Antonio's Air Force history.
In the late 90s, Brooks AFB was added to the BRAC closure list, a federal commission that sought to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense with the closure of certain military installations. The City of San Antonio and the USAF took years of planning to grant ownership of the base from the Air Force to the Brooks Development Authority. In 1997, the concept of a 'city base' was produced as a result.
Congress enacted the Brooks City-Base project with special legislation, and it was officially established in 2002. As the city-base project continued to grow and reshape the area of Brooks, the military presence slowly decreased until Air Force operations ceased completely in the fall of 2011.
Just Call Us Brooks.
Now known as just "Brooks," the former Air Force Base redefined their mission and grew into the successful community it is known as today. National Aviation Day provides South San Antonio with a reminder to remember and appreciate it's significant hand in the history of aviation in the United States.
Brooks honors its 100-year-old history through the redevelopment of Hangar 9 and the Sidney Brooks memorial. Instead of tearing down buildings, Brooks thrives to take an adaptive reuse approach to projects like The Aviator Apartments (former barracks) and The University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (former School of Aviation Medicine). Campus is full of nods to history like the naming of Nineteen17 Restaurant (the year the base opened), The Kennedy Apartments complete with a mural of JFK, and street names like Sidney Brooks.
There are plenty of ways to take flight in celebration of this observed date. This could include planning a visit to San Antonio's Texas Air Museum located at Stinson Municipal Airport or coming down to campus and seeing the history and growth with your own eyes.
Check out the complete timeline of Brooks here.


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The Ducks' net now belongs to John Gibson
This is part of Anaheim Ducks day at PHT...
After sharing the net the past two seasons John Gibson is going to enter the 2016-17 campaign as the Anaheim Ducks' No. 1 goaltender following the offseason trade of Frederik Andersen to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He should not only be up to the challenge that comes with that role, he should also be ready to take a big step toward becoming one of the top goaltenders in the NHL.
Is that a big statement to make about a goalie that is still only 23 years old and has just 66 games of NHL experience?
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But for as good as he has been, and as good as he could be in the future, his value to the Ducks goes beyond his actual production on the ice.
Thanks to the three-year contract extension he is starting this season, one that counts just $2.3 million against the salary cap, he is still going to be a bargain against the cap in the coming seasons.
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A young boy watches his father die and swears vengeance on the man who killed him. As an adult, this boy calls himself Snake Eyes (Henry Golding) after the roll of the dice that ended his father's life.
Working as a street fighter for a living, Snake Eyes takes plenty of beatings but always triumphs over his opponent. He's sought out by a man called Kenta (Takehiro Hira), who offers to track down his father's killer. Kenta is also recruiting an army of assassins to defeat a rival, but Snake Eyes refuses to be a common killer. Instead, he saves the life of Kenta's rival, Tommy (Andrew Koji).
To pay back this debt, Tommy takes Snake Eyes to his home in Japan where he's next in line to lead a famous clan of ninja warriors sworn to protect a precious gem with infinite power. Tommy wants Snake Eyes to join them and become a protective warrior too. But to do so, Snake Eyes must pass 3 dangerous tests, all designed to reveal whether he possesses a pure heart as well as the skills of a ninja. Snake Eyes feels the pull towards a home and a family he's never had, but his desire for revenge is even greater.
When Kenta teams up with the evil Baroness (Ursula Corbero) to steal the gem and destroy Tommy and his clan, Tommy enlists help from his old friends, the Joes. They give Snake Eyes a new perspective and help him see that there's a greater enemy than the man who ended his father's life.
Revenge; murder of a parent; good versus evil; violence as a means to solve conflict; traditional values versus new age thinking
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins has some violence. For example:
- Snake Eyes and another man fight in a cage. They punch, hit, throw, pin down, and kick each other in the chest and throat. They smash each other's heads into concrete. One man attacks the other with a sledgehammer, while the other strangles his opponent with heavy chains.
- A man holds a knife to Tommy's throat while Snake Eyes is ordered to kill him.
- There are many martial arts fight scenes in this movie. Characters fight with swords. They hit, stab, punch, slice, slam, shove, kick, throw and flip their opponents.
- Snake Eyes is stabbed in the chest when multiple swords are shoved through the canopy and sides of a truck.
- Snake Eyes and another man fight over bowls of water.
- A woman uses frying pans to smash several men.
- A girl fights back against men who are trying to kill her.
- A Russian mafia member shoots a character twice in the chest.
- Snake Eyes holds a sword to the neck of the man who killed his father.
- People flip over cars and motorcycles as they drive recklessly through traffic. They fight with swords, kick, punch and push people out of moving vehicles as they go.
- Kenta explodes people using the power of the gemstone.
- Characters have a gun fight while a home and temple go up in flames.
- One man takes on many others with an axe.
- A character is strangled with chains.
- Tommy's grandmother runs from the fire while Kenta blocks her in, trying to burn her alive.
- There are many ninja fights in which one character takes on dozens of opponents.
- A car explodes, and a character gets an arrow through the eye.
- Tommy's grandmother slices throats with her fan.
- A grenade explodes, and many characters disappear.
- Tommy tries to blow up Kenta using the power of the gem but Kenta disappears as well.
- A character is stabbed in the chest.
- Kenta chops off the head of a giant snake, and another snake eats him alive.
Sexual references
There are no sexual references in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins shows some use of substances. For example, some characters drink whisky.
Nudity and sexual activity
There is no nudity and sexual activity in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.
Product placement
The following products are displayed or used in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins: a Hyundai is shown with a close-up of its logo.
Coarse language
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins has some coarse language.
Ideas to discuss with your children
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is an action adventure with a fast-paced although predictable plot. It's a prequel to the previous G.I. Joe movies and is based on main characters from the comic series.
Full of violence, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins isn't a family movie. It isn't suitable for children under 14 years, and we recommend parental guidance for children aged up to 16 years. This movie is best suited to fans of the franchise as well as mature audiences.
The main messages from Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins are that power comes from discipline and that we all make mistakes. What we do after our mistakes is what really matters.
Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include courage, discipline, teamwork, truthfulness and loyalty.
This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of things like:
- focusing all your thoughts on vengeance
- using violence to sort out conflict
- murdering people and having no regard or respect for life
- doing whatever it takes to achieve power
- being set in your own way of thinking and refusing to look at new possibilities
- getting angry quickly and reacting, rather than acting after you've thought about things.


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Submarine Delfim | Portugal
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This submarine belonged to the Daphné class.
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Veterans support Duterte's ML in Mindandao
The Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP) headed by Ret. Col. Bonifacio G. De Gracia on Sunday declared its full support of President Duterte's decision to place Mindanao under Martial Law.
This was part of his statement on Sunday in the recently concluded National Presidents' Convention (CY-2017) participated in by the country's veterans' leaders from Regions 1 to 13, including Cordillera Administrative Region, NCR, Charter, and Affiliate Organizations of the government-owned and -controlled corporation.
De Gracia, speaking before veterans' presidents, said that the President "(He) may not have been here physically, but we can greatly feel his presence and concerns about veterans. Through the power vested in him by the people, as head of the state, he has pushed for the expedition of AFP Retirees' pension. And as of late, his decision to declare Mindanao under Martial Law is one of the best decisions ever for the welfare of the people."
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana was the guest of honor and speaker of the event hosted by the VFP which was also participated in by World War II veterans and their descendants.
The Secretary also quoted former President Carlos P. Garcia's words spoken during the organization's first ever National Convention in 1958 when he said, "Obstacles can never be overcome if the various organizations continue to exist serving their own individual ends and working, more often than not, at cross purposes."
Part of Secretary Lorenzana's message before the country's veterans were, "VFP has its set of ups and downs, but it is the truth and unity that save you from all the trials such as the criminal case filed against the VFP that was formally dismissed by the Ombudsman last January 2016."
He added that, "At the end, it is the truth and your genuine service to the veterans that prevailed."
The Presidents' Convention is a gathering of all presidents of the umbrella organization of the VFP which was chartered under Republic Act 2640 on June 18, 1960.


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The autumn edition of Fashion Forward 2014 kicked off yesterday with the usual variety of fashion shows, intellectually stimulating talks about what works in the fashion industry and a variety of eat and drink opportunities. Fashionistas from all walks of life gathered together to experience an infusion of style. The number of visitors was impressive, but it is the first day of Eid Al Adha and expats in Dubai have a few days off work.
Although, Dubai Chronicle's editor was disappointed from the previous edition's visit, fashion is passion, and the curiosity to find out what has changed drove us to the already established venue for the event, Medinat Jumeirah, a little earlier than 5 pm when the The Emperor's fashion show kicked on.
So, what's new and not new at Fashion Forward Autumn 2014?
As for the start, media treatment did not get better, but rather worsened. Online media registration closed a few weeks ago, but on the event's website it is written until today that there will be an onsite registration. Well, there was no such thing, but instead one of the event's organizers was turning photographers away explaining that their registration wasn't approved. No worries media folks, you can still buy a ticked for fifty Dirhams and get in. Either the organizers are trying to boost revenues from admission fees, or they have become more selective who will photograph and distribute the content of the event. Still, the queues in front of the ballrooms where the fashion shows are staged are too long and even media representatives end up waiting for half an hour to get in.
But are the fashion shows worth the wait? Fashion Forward is a spectacular event and to newbies may appear somewhat grandeur. However, if you are a regular visitor, you might feel a little bored and tired from the repetition of the same scenario again and again. Moreover, when most of the acts lack substance, it might feel even a little disappointing. Most of the often seen during previous editions devoted popular Dubai's fashionistas were absent from the front rows. However, a fresh inflow of foreign, mostly European, fashion admires was really notable.
As in previous editions, the fashion shows are running round the clock. And as usual, a very few designers presented unique and up to high international standards collections.
The Emperor's latest collection can be characterized as ready-to-wear, salable variety of clothes in hues of dark blue, white and beige. As in previous years and maybe because the three designers behind it are men, the men's clothes are better and more likable than the women's line. This comments were made about The Emperor's collections also in previous seasons.
The second fashion show we attended was the one of the House of Ronald, which did not impress with an unique style or perfect cuts. Unfortunately, impressive fashion shows is somewhat of a tendency at Fashion Forward. Most of the new collections of the regional designers are not really remarkable for devoted fashionistas. From another point of view, if everyone was remarkable, the likes of Gucci and Chanel wouldn't exist.
Later on, Michael Cinco's runway was definitely well received, although most of the outfits resembled pieces by Ellie Saab seen during Paris Spring/Summer 2014 or even a few seasons earlier. A few dresses closely resemble Cavalli's lace gowns seen on the catwalks in recent years. The color scheme of the collection is definitely spring/summer and this is perfectly excusable in Dubai where summer lasts whole year long. Without a doubt, Michael Cinco's collection has a great selling potential in the Middle East.
A balm for the soul was the seminar or lecture by Jessica Michault of Nowfashion.com, named "Life Lessons in Fashion." It was very informative, engaging and really worth attending it. It seems, many people felt this way as the auditorium was full. Unfortunately, this was the only discussion during the first day of the event, while the fashion shows were six.
Among the few improvements we have noticed at Fashion Forward Autumn 2014 are the redesigned marketing materials and the nicer uniforms of Madinat Jumeirah's staff.
However, the fashion-dedicated book corner disappeared and it is replaced by a project display of Dubai Design District where sales representatives explains how many buildings will be ready in different stages from 2015 onwards, so you may set up business or buy a home.
All together, Fashion Forward seem to move forward towards commercialization and this fact is not really surprising.


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NGT48 has announced that their 4th single, "Sekai no Hito e", will receive a worldwide release via various online music providers on 19th October 2018. In keeping with the theme "People of the World", the jacket photos and music video were shot in Vladivostok, Russia — Niigata's official sister city.
NGT48 is a Japanese idol girl group formed in October 2015 in Niigata produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth floor of the LoveLa2 shopping mall in Niigata city. Yuka Ogino is NGT48's current center.


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Microsoft has disabled dozens of websites that North Korean hackers used to steal personal information from Americans and others, the tech giant said.
A federal court order allowed Microsoft to take control of 50 domains that a hacker group known as "Thallium" used to launch cyberattacks on government workers, university staff, think tanks and other targets, the company said.
The group, which is believed to operate in North Korea, used a network of websites, computers and domains "to target victims and then compromise their online accounts, infect their computers, compromise the security of their networks and steal sensitive information," Microsoft said in a Monday blog post.
The company did not disclose how many people Thallium targeted, but it said the group used a tactic called "spear phishing" to snatch personal information from targets in the US, Japan and South Korea.
The hackers used publicly available information to identify targets whom they sent authentic-looking emails leading to a website that asked for the users' account information, according to Microsoft.
The hackers could view the targets' email messages, contacts and calendar appointments once they got the credentials, the company said. They also often set up victims' accounts to forward new emails to Thallium accounts, giving hackers access to the targets' messages even after they changed their passwords, Microsoft said.
Thallium also uses malware programs — with names such as "BabyShark" and "KimJongRAT" — to steal data from computers and compromise systems, according to the company.
Microsoft said Thallium is the fourth foreign hacking group that it has battled with legal action. The company has also gone after groups operating from Russia, China and Iran, according to the blog post.


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Main opposition CHP leader slams gov't over Syria policy
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçaroğlu has slammed the government's foreign policy in Syria, saying Turkey is now stuck in Idlib, between two super powers.
"The blood of Muslims is being shed in Syria. Muslims are killing each other. Who is handing out the arms? U.S. [gives arms] to one side, Russia to the other, saying 'here you go, kill each other.' Why is Turkey being an instrument to this?" Kılıçdaroğlu said on Sept. 17.
The CHP leader's remarks came during a speech in western Denizli as he was visiting the party's municipalities in the province.
"What are we doing in the Middle East swamp? Who drove us here? We need to question these," Kılıçdaroğlu said.
He added that questioning the foreign policy is not a matter of partisanship, but rather, concerns the national interests of Turkey.
"Now, we are stuck in Idlib. There is [U.S. President Donald] Trump on one side and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin on the other. It will not be a surprise if 3.5 million Syrians [in Idlib] knock on Turkey's door," he said.
The Syrians only escape from the war-torn country is Turkey, yet the latter is in no position to host 3.5 million more refugees, according to Kılıçdaroğlu.
"What kind of foreign policy is this? How is this serving the nation's interests? Our children are unemployed, but we give $40 billion [to Syrians]. Why?" Kılıçdaroğlu said.
According to official figures, Turkey is hosting over 3.6 million Syrian refugees and asylum seekers, yet the real figures are different, the CHP head claimed.
"The number of Syrians [in Turkey] is over 5 million. We know this," he said. "Everybody should mull this over."
However, Turks should not blame Syrians, given that they escaped from the war, Kılıçdaroğlu said.
"We get mad at them, why? You should be mad at the ones who brought them here," he said.
Turkey is a powerful country in the Middle East and has the capability to invest in the region, yet is having economic troubles, according to the CHP leader.
"There is an unemployed person in every household. We have 8.5 unemployed people. In my view of politics, if a father is unable to give his child pocket money, I will not be able to sleep that night. You cannot ignore such a tragedy," he said.
Kılıçdaroğlu once again brought up the issue of a government decree to transfer the right to operate the national tank factory to BMC Turkish-Qatari venture for 25 years, saying "a nation's arms factory is a nation's honor."
"Those supporting the ruling party, give me an example from the globe. Who would make benefits of a national arms factory available to another country?" he said.


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Dr. Williams specializes in minimally invasive, micro-targeted outpatient therapies: pinhole procedures using state-of-the-art imaging technologies in a boutique setting. He was the first provider to perform a Y90 treatment (an advanced treatment for cancer) in the El Paso metropolitan area, enabling access to this important modern treatment modality. He is affiliated with the University Medical Center of El Paso and all the campuses of the Hospitals of Providence.
Prior to serving the El Paso region, Dr. Williams served as a General Radiologist and Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical Center, a Level 1 trauma center.
Dr. Williams completed an internal medicine internship at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, followed by a residency with Harvard's Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine and a radiology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He also completed a dedicated Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Williams is triple Board Certified in Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, and in Nuclear Medicine.
Dr. Williams rotated through Harvard Medical School's training hospitals, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston, where he learned advanced oncologic imaging techniques with PET/CT and PET/MRI and developed a special interest in Interventional Oncology.
Dr. Williams received the RSNA 2006 Trainee Research Award in nuclear medicine for his presentation entitled "Method for Detecting Biological Active Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) by FDG-PET/CT." In 2010, the RSNA Research & Education Committee awarded Dr. Williams the Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award. Concurrently, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School awarded him the Risa and Felix Fleischner Young Investigator Award.
Dr. Williams is the author of approximately 20 peer-reviewed articles and 10 abstracts. He is a co-developer of a "Method of Reducing Interferences in Positron Emission Tomography," provisionally patented by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an expert author with Amirsys' RadPrimer, a popular radiology residency training platform.
In his free time, Dr. Williams enjoys spending time with his wife, daughters, and dogs. Together, they love to travel, hike, and visit family back in Australia.


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Research and innovation in digitalisation in the mining industry operations and technologies sector has declined in the last year.
The most recent figures show that the number of digitalisation related patent applications in the industry stood at 18 in the three months ending February – down from 26 over the same period in 2021.
Figures for patent grants related to digitalisation followed a similar pattern to filings – shrinking from 28 in the three months ending February 2021 to 10 in the same period in 2022.
The figures are compiled by GlobalData, which tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Using textual analysis, as well as official patent classifications, these patents are grouped into key thematic areas, and linked to key companies across various industries.
Digitalisation is one of the key areas tracked by GlobalData. It has been identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years, and is one of the areas that companies investing resources in now are expected to reap rewards from. The figures also provide an insight into the largest innovators in the sector.
Honeywell International was the top digitalisation innovator in the mining industry operations and technologies sector in the latest quarter. The company, which has its headquarters in the US, filed 45 digitalisation related patents in the three months ending February. That was down from 54 over the same period in 2021.
It was followed by the South Korea-based POSCO with two digitalisation patent applications, and Sweden-based Sandvik (1 applications).


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- Gmail's policies have changed, which will likely impact your business.
- Most agents are guilty of making at least one of five major mistakes with their email marketing.
- You can significantly improve your open rates and engagement with catchy subject lines, engaging content and attention to detail.
A few weeks ago, I woke up to the following notification in my email inbox: Critical policy changes from Gmail and Microsoft will take effect on June 30, 2016. Your account will be affected. Please take immediate action to ensure that emails can continue to be delivered through your app.
It was a stern warning that big name providers such as Gmail, Outlook and MSN would no longer allow me to use third-party applications to send emails to my prospects and clients.
And this brand new change also severely impacts all real estate professionals as well, because it marks the difference between reaching a person's inbox versus the proverbial spam filters.
However, this is only the tip of the iceberg because there are various other factors that decipher whether your messages will be opened and read by your intended audience.
Over the years, I have consistently witnessed agents and brokers making the same costly mistakes, and it has cost many thousands of dollars in lost commissions.
The good news is that most of these things are easily avoidable and simple to implement. The key is remembering to follow these guidelines consistently every time you press send for the best results.
5 proven strategies for getting higher open rates and better engagement with your email marketing
1. Deliver messages from your brokerage email or custom domain
As mentioned above, I still see hundreds of real estate agents and professionals using Gmail, Yahoo, AOL or similar email addresses to send messages from their email marketing systems or CRMs.
Even though this was never a best practice, it's something that has become a bad industry habit over time.
What I recommend instead is that you either send messages directly from your brokerage address or set up a custom domain through a service such as GoDaddy — and create a custom email address linked to your domain.
2. Make your 'from' name your full name
This is a small hinge that swings a colossal door. Many agents still only use only their first name or company name when sending emails.
As a result, many of their messages come across as spam or impersonal to the reader. Instead, use both your first and last name, and if you desire, include your company name as well.
An example of this would be as follows: Jeff Logue from Client Alchemist or Jeff Logue (Client Alchemist).
3. Always test your messages before sending them out
Testing messages is something that requires a little extra work upfront, but it can pay off huge dividends on the backend.
Before you submit your message, send a few emails to various test accounts. For example, you can easily set up a free address with Gmail or Yahoo, and most people will also have an address tied to their local internet provider.
Make sure that your messages are reaching the inbox (and for Gmail, be sure you're not being delegated to the "promotions" tab).
4. Use short and engaging email subject lines
Mastering subject lines is something that requires some testing and creativity, but over time you will discover what generates the highest response from your audience.
For example, I have found that sending a message that asks a specific question or creates an open loop that the body of the email answers will generate the greatest response.
Some examples of this may include:
- Did you get this?
- Can you help me out?
- "Million Dollar Listing"
- FYI (fill in the blank)
Also, don't forget about your second email subject line as well.
Did you ever notice that when using Gmail, you can read the first sentence from the body of the message?
Therefore, be sure that your opening sentence ties in directly with your subject line and gives a person a good reason to want to open your email.
5. Keep your email body text conversational along with a clear call to action
OK, so now that you have sold a person on opening your email, your next step is to get them to engage with your content.
The biggest mistakes I see are when agents try to fill a message with too much information or go for the generic newsletter look.
Instead, talk to your prospects naturally just like you would with a good friend. Ask a specific question or have one call to action that gets a person to take the next step.
Whether that's to view a property online, sign-up for a free offer, make a phone call or check out your latest blog post, the point remains the same.
Use the body of your email to get your reader to take the next logical step.
Of course, this list is not exhaustive, and there are many other strategies you can follow to generate better results with your email marketing.
However, as you start to put these five key tips into action, you'll discover that a higher percentage of your prospects will read and engage with your messages, and you'll be much more likely to convert more of your leads into future clients.
Jeff Logue is the co-founder of Client Alchemist. Connect with him on LinkedIn or Facebook.


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Higher Education comes with all sorts of challenges, and it definitely has its blessings as well. But how do you pursue it when you're trying to balance life, family, responsibilities, parenthood, and work?
Please join me on this podcast as I ask those closest to me, my daughters, their opinion of their mother attending higher education. You will hear the love, the frustration, the positives, and negatives as the children witnessing their mother pursuing private Higher Education at Greenville University.


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What to Expect? Churches and truth should be what we expect! Yet, when churches present the truth they tend to be criticized because their ministers upset people when they preach about the sinfulness of man and the inflexible standards of the Bible. Once I had a long conversation with a fellow counselor about the value…Read More
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