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The Cavil Over Henry Cavill, and other thoughts on Man of Steel
Chris Klimek
1. Pop Culture Happy Hour
I was delighted to sit in on this week's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, a Very Special Episode we -- okay, I -- have decided to call "The Cavil Over Henry Cavill." The A-topic this week was the arrival of Man of Steel, the muscled-up, darkened-down reboot of Superman film franchise that is, we all agree, short on humor. Also short on height. Zing!
Any regular listener to the show will know that Glen Weldon, my pal-for-life and 25 percent of the show's regular lineup (along with host Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson and Trey Graham), just spent the better part of two years researching and writing the marvelous Superman: The Unauthorized Biography. I recently ran a freezing cold 12-mile death race wearing a Superman T-shirt, so our credentials are roughly equivalent.
But they didn't exactly need a second longtime Supes fan. I snuck in by making fun of Henry Cavill's average-ish height. He is, for the record, exactly as tall as I am if you believe IMDB, an authority on which actor heights seem to be self-reported.
"I think he makes you feel short," Linda tells me during the show.
Ouch. But I am not alone. My film-critic crush Dana Stevens said on the Slate Culture Gabfest this week -- an episode featuring the Gabfest debut of one Glen (Superman:The Unauthorized Biography) Weldon -- that she kept picturing Cavill "standing on a milk crate. Amy Adams seems strapping compared to him."
And yet he does make me feel short. Cavill's performance in the movie is the one element we all agreed worked splendidly. Otherwise we differed in our assessments, although it's clear I liked it more than Linda, who liked slightly more than half of it, and more than Steven, who hated it.... which means he still may have appreciated it more than G-Weld, who in various podcast appearances this week has called the film "small" and "evil" and likened it to a Transformers film. I understand why he said that, but that's still way harsh, guy.
I have different tastes from the PCHH gang, particularly where summer blockbusters are concerned. They're more The Avengers, I'm more The Dark Knight. I like my blockbusters intense and a little bruising. I was at an impressionable age when I saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day in the theater on opening night in 1991. My popcorn and candy were untouched at the end of the the 135-minute film because it was so suspenseful I couldn't eat. That's what I want from a blockbuster, at least sometimes. I like to feel a little beat up when it's over.
...which is not to say that's what I want from a Superman movie. It isn't. And come to think of it, it's pretty weird that Terminator 2 is a lot more aware of the sanctity of human life than Man of Steel is.
2. Rubble
Our discussion of Man of Steel skewed, probably unavoidably, towards lamenting the movie's deeply problematic final act, which obliterates much of Metropolis without addressing the catastrophic body count that would necessarily result. Many other blockbusters, both pre-9/11 and post, have done this, but it's especially unfortunate in a movie about Superman, the purest and wishiest of our wish-fulfillment heroes. And that's before we get to what Glen called "the final twist," which actually works as a literal description of one of the movie's most controversial surprises.
Remember when Superman and General Zod duked it out over Metropolis in Superman II? And Supes hurled Zod into a Coca-Cola billboard for some delicious, refreshing comeuppance? Superman's refusal to accept civilian casualties was a major story point. It was a vulnerability -- his defining vulnerability -- that Zod quickly discovered and tried to exploit.
Everything I was going to say here Kyle Buchanan already covered in his fine Vulture post, which Steven quoted on the podcast, so I'll hop off that track.
David S. Goyer, who collaborated with Chris Nolan on Man of Steel's screenplay as well as on the Nolan-directed Batman trilogy, has defended the movie's ending on the grounds that Superman is new to his job in this movie and still defining his code. He's as much of a bumbler as James Bond was in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, wherein we see 007 (violently) fail again and again and again. I get it. I just don't think it works when we're talking about a potential weapon of mass destruction in a cape and boots.
I like a lot of Goyer's other tweaks to the mythology, though.
3. A Gathering Causality
One thing that happens a lot when professional screenwriters are tasked with making sense of superhero origins dreampt up by enterprising teenagers decades in the past is that elements of the story that were once random are no longer allowed to be. The dramatic structure of screenplays, or at least would-be blockbuster screenplays, demands a clear causality. Maybe it's because so much of life is random and unknowable that we will not tolerate an element of chance in our stories -- at least not in stories that are intended as crowd-pleasers with broad appeal.
Tim Burton's 1989 Batman retconned its hero's origin so that it wasn't some random mugger who gunned down Bruce Wayne's parents when he was a little boy. In this telling, it was the guy who years later would fall into a vat of acid and turn into The Joker.
Even as a tyke sitting in the theater in 1989, I hated this. It seemed arbitrary and sort of insulting, because I already understood that stuff just happens sometimes.
When Nolan and Goyer rebooted the franchise with Batman Begins 16 years later, they restored the mugger but introduced an even broader causality: In their version, the financial depression that enveloped Gotham in crime and despair, was, we eventually learn, engineered by the League of Shadows -- the selfsame militant vigilante organization that trained Bruce Wayne in the Way of the Ninja or whatever. Economics cannot simply be allowed to be economics!
With the Batman Begins team of Goyer and Nolan writing the script, Man of Steel reflects this kind of causal drift in several ways, mostly to the good. Krypton is more fully realized than Richard Donner's 1978 Superman, which suggested strongly that the place was sort of totalitarian but didn't really get into it.
I really liked Man of Steel's Krypton-set first act (especially that shamelessly H.R. Giger-esque production design). Here, Kal-El is the Last Son of Krypton (though obviously he isn't) not just because he's a refugee, but because he's the product of the planet's first natural birth in decades (or centuries? I can't remember), oh and also he has the DNA of the entire Kryptonian race in his cells... or something. That's a lot of new wrinkles to add to the tapestry. I've only seen the film once, but this seems to be important mainly because it's the reason Zod can't simply leave Kal-El alone. Perhaps they'll be explored in future installments. If Nolan remains involved, I expect they will. The Dark Knight Rises was a very satisfying payoff, in my view, of pretty much everything Batman Begins set up.
Another way Man of Steel deepens the causal link is in making Clark partially culpable for Jonathan Kent's death. In Donner's Superman, Pa Kent dies suddenly from a heart attack. A lot of people prefer that version, because it's the kind of tragedy Clark's superpowers couldn't have prevented. I mean, with his X-ray and heat vision, he could probably perform life-extending heart surgery -- in Man of Steel, he cauterizes a would in Lois's belly with his heat vision, and that's how they meet cute. But you get the idea. In Goyer's world, clogged arteries cannot simply be allowed to be clogged arteries.
Kevin Costner's performance as Pa Kent is one of my favorite things in the movie, and his death scene is one of the film's most powerful. I loved it even as I was calling bullshit on it. I just don't believe that Clark stands there and watches his loving dad die, even though Dad tells him to do just that. I understand the purpose of this scene. After this point in the story -- smartly told out-of-sequence, which goes a long way towards keeping us from getting bored -- Clark will become sort of promiscuous in his superheroic deeds, even though each rescue compels him to leave town and assume a new identity.
Sort of like the Superman film franchise did after 2006.
4. Superman Returns Shall Not Return
Bryan Singer had agreed at one point to make a sequel to Superman Returns, his gentle, mournful 2006 sequel to at least the first couple of Donner-era Superman films. This was a sweet-natured, nostalgic Superman film with a body count of (I think) zero. I watched it again two days after I saw Man of Steel, and I agree with Tim Grierson's passionate defense of it. Criticwire's Matt Singer wrote a smart piece about how the film is curiously now seen as a misfire, even though it made money and got stronger reviews than Man of Steel has. (Bryan) Singer has said in the years since that given the chance to make another Superman movie, he'd aim for a "balls to the wall action picture," which I guess is what Man of Steel is...
... although as in every prior iteration of Superman, the action is less interesting to me than the human-scale stuff. Specifically, the Kents' anguish over how to protect their extraordinary orphan boy from the world. For all the charges of bombast and tone deafness that's been lobbed at Man of Steel, I think its scenes between the child Clark at various ages and his human parents, played by Costner and the equally solid Diane Lane, are better than anything in the Smallville section of Donner's movie. They're surprising in their sensitivity. Nothing in Man or Steel director Zack Snyder's prior filmography suggests he's capable of the kind of deft touch Singer brought to Superman Returns (or to those first two, very good X-Men pictures, or to The Usual Suspects).
That's part of why I liked Man of Steel as much as I did; I'd feared the entire movie would be as chaotic as its final 30 minutes or so. Also, my expectations had been so flattened by the early reviews that I was happily surprised by what I actually got.
Brandon Routh, the actor Singer cast as Superman, has hardly been heard from since (though his small role in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World was a lot of fun). I like the way the contrast in physicality between him and Cavill seems to, er, embody the nature of the movies around them. Routh is a strapping, strong-looking guy -- bigger than Cavill, if you can possibly conceive of such a thing. But he doesn't look like he lives in a gym. He looks like Christopher Reeve, and he's clearly doing Reeve's version of Clark Kent and Superman. Also like Reeve, he keeps his shirt on. Cavill, by conrast, is jacked. Which is the Zack Snyder way.


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November 13th, 2003
"So, I tried one of the players LJ suggested to hear this and it was really really fast which was fun to giggle at, but not so good for the understanding-ness.
But my far-more-technically smart hubby found me an add-on for iTunes and that works just fine. So yeah, not the most exciting post man, but here's your transcript:
"This is Mav testing the LiveJournal Post-by-Phone code. I don't really have anything to say, just wanted to see if this could work. I'm sitting in my car, it's very very windy and I'm going to go to lunch. If someone happens to lis.. to listen to this, go on and try the transcribe button 'cause I just want to see if that works too. Goodbye""
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Author's Note: Here we go, the beginning of Volume 2. I hope you'll stick with me as we move ahead in the story!
Volume 2 – Chapter 1
Light filtered through the canopy, bouncing off of the faces of round leaves and casting slanted shadows on the uneven forest floor. Following a path more ancient than many of this world's most prominent civilizations, two angels strolled through, taking care to keep straight and avoid veering into the thick underbrush.
As they advanced, feet crunching on long-fallen leaves, the angel following behind raised his head, dark hair shifting in the breeze, and shielded his eyes from the unevenly distributed rays of light.
"I'll admit, I find it hard to concentrate here," he said, blinking. "The sun comes in at such an odd angle, it is nearly impossible to avoid its glare obstructing your vision. Maybe in the future we should choose a more agreeable location to spend our evenings."
His companion looked up into his squinted eyes, and gave him a slightly apologetic smile. "I know, I know, it can be a little jarring, but still, I don't think we should choose another place. The light makes everything look so much more vibrant and colorful. I don't want to give up on that just yet."
He didn't respond, instead choosing to shift his gaze ahead, holding up a hand absent-mindedly to block out stray beams of soft sunlight. They walked together in silence for some time, admiring the beauty of nature–as always–before the silence became too much for her to bear.
"Anyway, Sariel, don't you think it would be a little difficult to find a new meeting place, after all this time?" she asked, gauging his expression for any hint as to what he was thinking. He didn't budge.
"Perhaps," he said, after some time time, "although I believe if we were to truly apply ourselves in the attempt we could accomplish it without much difficulty."
"Ah, but that would be no fun," Remiel said, leaning forward to examine a translucent red insect scuttling along the edge of a fern. "This place holds so many memories, after all."
"Memories remain, no matter where you are."
"Hmph." She blew softly on the creature in front of her, sending it spiralling into the air on thin wings. She followed it upwards with bright eyes, experiencing an outstanding amount of wonder in the reality of flight for one who had access to it herself. "Aside from that, how have things been lately?"
Sariel, eyes switching between the slightly overgrown path and the low-hanging branches of the trees surrounding them, let out a long breath.
"Busy, to say the least," he said, allowing a beetle to crawl from his shoulder to his finger before transferring it to a low-hanging leaf. "As of late, it seems the number of souls which need aid in reaching the afterlife grows each day, while our numbers rarely increase. It's becoming more and more difficult to oversee it all as time goes on."
Remiel didn't respond, instead focusing her attention into climbing over a fallen tree. Sariel, following her lead and lowering himself gently onto the path once again, decided to fill the silence.
"And as for you? How has your time been put to use lately?"
"Oh…" Remiel paused, attempting to recall the events of the past few weeks. "Well, I guess nothing's been happening, really. Unlike with you, He doesn't seem to have a set purpose to me, so I spend most of my time in general inactivity."
"Ah, well," Sariel began, clasping his hands together behind his back, "I am sure that He will reveal to you your true potential in due time. Have there been no resurrections lately?"
She stepped forward and kneeled in front of a small pink flower that rose no more than three inches from the densely-covered ground, on top of which an orange butterfly sat, its wings bobbing upwards and downwards in a steady rhythm.
Sariel stood behind her silently as she examined the creature, her eyes tracing its patterns, following the brown swirls upwards until they merged into the dark border of its wings. Eventually, she stood, closing her fist and glancing at the angel beside her.
"Hey, Sariel," she said. "Has it ever felt to you that there is no reason for your existence? That your entire life was purely an afterthought?"
He looked taken aback, his eyes widening and his mouth opening slightly, but his response came out as cool as ever, his resolve as hard as stone.
Remiel smiled. "That's what I thought. You've known what you were meant to do since the beginning, so there's no reason for you to doubt your place, huh?"
"I suppose not," Sariel replied, turning his dark eyes towards the ground. Then, so silent it was almost difficult to hear, he began "Remiel…"
Her ears perked up as she attempted to hear what he had to say, but he wasn't allowed to finish, the soft sound of his voice being cut off by the loud fluttering of wings above their heads.
The two angels glanced up quickly, wondering what type of creature had created the noise. Scanning the treetops, it wasn't difficult for Remiel to pick up the source of the sound–the pitch black crow stood out against the green foliage like a single storm cloud over a blue sky.
"I'm guessing that's for you?" Remiel said, not taking her eyes off of the bird, which had begun to preen its feathers, rearranging the shadowy plumage with an equally dark beak, seemingly content to wait as long as necessary for their conversation to come to an end.
"I'm afraid so," Sariel said. "It seems to be time for me to return to my responsibilities."
He turned, ready to apologize to Remiel for having to leave on such short notice, but she interrupted him before he had the chance.
"It's alright, Sariel. Go back to your dead people," she said, waving her hands in front of her dismissively and turning her head to the side. "They need you more than I do right now, don't they?"
Sariel nodded, and turned to make his way out of the forest. The crow vanished as he made his way forward, disappearing into the sky above the treetops with an almost imperceptible rustle of leaves. However, just as he was about to disappear within the foliage, Remiel called out to her friend.
"By the way, it's been a long time since you last heard me trumpet, hasn't it? Maybe next time we meet up, I should bring it with me and show you how good I've gotten!"
He turned around, and although it was faint, Remiel caught sight of a small smile on his face.
"I'd like that," he said, holding his hand up in farewell. She reciprocated the gesture, and although she expected him to make his leave there, he stepped slightly forward and looked her in the eye, his voice echoing through the forest. "Oh, and Remiel. I won't pretend to speak for our Father, or pretend that I have any knowledge of His plans for us, but I do want to tell you one thing."
He paused for a moment, the forest buzzing softly in place of his voice. When he spoke again, the words seemed to hold even more power than usual, shooting into Remiel's thoughts like an electric shock.
"I do not believe that any of us are an afterthought. You are here for a reason, you just need to find it "
With that, he vanished, his figure dissolving in a dark mist and leaving Remiel to stand alone on the darkening path. She stayed that way for some time, listening to the buzz of insects, the swaying and swishing of the branches of the trees above her head as they moved along with the wind. The sun worked its way across the sky slowly, elongating the shadows on the forest floor, a shifting mosaic that swayed in time with the leaves.
And still, Remiel stood, lost in her thoughts, going over ideas in her head that only moments before she never would have begun to entertain.
Eventually, however, as the wind died down and the buzz of life in the forest lowered to a murmur, Remiel began to move once again, travelling further forward down the path she and Sariel had walked together and into the shade of a large, twisting old tree.
Sitting down at its base, she thought back to her conversation with her friend once more, his final words to her ringing in her ears.
"I've just got to find it, huh?"
Closing her eyes, Remiel tilted her head back, and allowed the soft light of sunset , breaking through the canopy against all odds, to reach her, one last time.


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Liebherr sponsors the 2019 and 2020 World and European ChampionshipsPhoto: ITTF
One of table tennis' longest ever partnerships is set to grow
The next two years are set to be very special ones, as Liebherr and the ITTF have agreed the next steps of their longstanding joint adventure in elite table tennis.
Liebherr - a globally operating family-owned technology company in the construction machinery sector and many other industries - will reinforce its affiliation with the World Table Tennis Championships as Title Sponsor in 2019 (Budapest, Hungary) and Major Sponsor in 2020 (Busan, Korea Republic).
In addition, Liebherr will be Title Sponsor for the next two European Championships in 2019 (Nantes, France) and 2020 (Warsaw, Poland), rubberstamping its role as an integral partner of the ITTF's new commercial strategy.
Today's news is proof of a long term partnership that knows no limits.
Over the years, Liebherr has been a Title or Major Sponsor of the World Table Tennis Championships, European Championships, Men's World Cup, Women's World Cup and Team World Cup, among other tournaments.
Having sponsored the World Championships in 2017 (Düsseldorf, Germany) and 2018 (Halmstad, Sweden), next year's keenly awaited event in Budapest (Hungary) will further consolidate Liebherr's position as Title Sponsor in Europe.
"Liebherr has enjoyed a global relationship with the ITTF for many years. Our cooperation has helped promote the Liebherr brand on a worldwide scale. Table tennis is a sport which reflects many of our company values. We are really pleased to renew this fruitful partnership and we are looking forward to watch the sport continue to improve and grow."
Andreas BÖHM, Liebherr Managing Director
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How to consolidate data that is different shapes [BYOD]
Last week, I asked my email newsletter readers to submit "one data analysis problem you are struggling with". We called it BYOD – Bring your own data. More than 100 people have emailed various interesting (and often very difficult) problems. This week (between 16th of February to 20th of February), let's take a look at some of these problems and solve them.
Consolidating data in different shapes
We can use either VBA or Excel's consolidation features to combine data that has same shape (ie same number & type of columns). Here is one way to do it.
But what if we need to consolidate data that is in different shapes?
Something like this:
In such cases, we can use 3 powerful tools.
- Multiple Consolidation Ranges – Pivot Tables
- Power Query
So let's examine how to use these approaches to consolidate data in different shapes.
Multiple consolidation ranges – Pivot
The first approach involves using a hidden feature in Excel, called as multiple consolidation ranges.
- Let's say your data is spread across multiple worksheet tabs
- Go to any tab and press ALT+D P (press D first, release the key, press P)
- This opens Insert Pivot dialog from Excel 2003 days
- In the next screen, select "I will create page fields"
- In the step 3, select & add the ranges one at a time and click finish.
- And your consolidation is done!
[Related: Introduction to Excel Pivot Tables]
Combining data in multiple shapes – Using VBA & Power Query
For these 2 methods, please watch below video.
(Click here to see this video on Chandoo.org youtube channel)
Download Example Workbook
Please click here to download the example workbook. It contains only the VBA solution. For pivot table solution, use the above steps. For Power Query solution, follow the video and create it on your Excel.
How do you consolidate such data?
My preference is to use VBA as consolidation tends to be a repetitive task (every month we need to consolidate) and it works in any version of Excel. That said, I also like the flexibility and diversity Power Query offers. You can do so much more than just consolidating with PQ.
What about you? Have you faced any such consolidation challenges in your work? How did you solve them? Please share your thoughts and solutions in the comments section.
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You can add a column with the company name, the range names company1, company2 by starting with a blank query and the function = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(), it will list all the range names in the workbook then you can filter the list for names that contains "company", display the data and unpivot all the data at once. The result will be identical to your query with and additional column for the company name. Furthermore from now on all new range names that includes the word "company" will be included.
Here is the M code:
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.Contains([Name], "company")),
#"Expand Content" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Filtered Rows", "Content", {"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4"}, {"Content.Column1", "Content.Column2", "Content.Column3", "Content.Column4"}),
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Expand Content"),
#"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"First Row as Header", each ([Product] "Product")),
#"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Filtered Rows1", {"Product", "company1"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Unpivoted Columns",{"company1", "Product", "Attribute", "Value"})
#"Reordered Columns"
Just realize this approach will work only if all tables have the same column headers, it is not the case here.
However we can achieve the same result by instead creating a power query function and using it for each range name that starts with "company". Just test it with your file and it works.
M code for the function:
FormatTable=(t as table)=>
Source = t,
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Source),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"First Row as Header", {"Product"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Unpivoted Other Columns",{{"Attribute", "Year"}})
#"Renamed Columns"
in FormatTable
M code for the query:
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.StartsWith([Name], "company")),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Rows", "Custom", each FormatTable([Content])),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Content"}),
#"Expand Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom", {"Product", "Year", "Value"}, {"Product", "Year", "Value"})
#"Expand Custom"
Dear Dani,
Please elaborate it further.
Regards, Rizwan
I would use Data Consolidation and Consolidate by Category.
Didn't know the multiple consolidation ranges. Thanks!!
Awesome stuff, Chandoo!
Here's another take on Power Query with a really direct approach.
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.Contains([Name], "company")),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Rows", "Custom", each Table.PromoteHeaders([Content])),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each Table.UnpivotOtherColumns([Custom], {"Product"}, "Attribute", "Value")),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"Name", "Custom.1"}),
#"Expand Custom.1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom.1", {"Product", "Attribute", "Value"}, {"Product", "Attribute", "Value"}),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expand Custom.1",{{"Attribute", Int64.Type}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Name", "Product", "Attribute"}, {{"Total", each List.Sum([Value]), type number}}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Grouped Rows",{{"Attribute", Order.Ascending}}),
#"Pivoted Column" = let #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Sorted Rows", {{"Attribute", type text}}, "en-US"),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Changed Type", List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Attribute]), "Attribute", "Total", List.Sum)
in #"Pivoted Column"
#"Pivoted Column"
Note: this was all done within the PQ UI. I'm not much of a fan of the functions unless there's no other way of doing it.
Once you have the final table just enable the total row feature of the table and that is it 🙂
How can you consolidate data in multiple sheets and multiple format? is there a simple solution for this? can anyone help?
You can use Data-Consolidate too.
Very useful and informative
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China eyes US$10 trillion in imports from world
THE Government of the People's Republic of China is looking to import some US$10 trillion in goods and services from across the world over the next five years, China's Ambassador to Jamaica Tian Qi has disclosed.
He was speaking to journalists last Wednesday during a courtesy call on Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Land, Environment, Climate Change and Investment Daryl Vaz at Shaw's ministry.
Tian said, however, that it is up to Jamaica to capitalise on the initiative while noting that trade between the two countries in 2017 amounted to US$382 million.
China earlier this month hosted its International Import Expo 2018, a major trade show in Shanghai. Both Shaw and Vaz, along with a team from Jamaica Promotions Corporation, attended the expo where there were 3,600 displays from 4,000 companies out of 172 countries.
"This is the first ever China international expo and it's a big action taken by the Chinese Government to open up to the outside world. That means China opened up its market voluntarily to the rest of the world, including Jamaica. We welcome the export from other countries to China. That means we want to import more commodities from the rest of the world. We have a plan to import US$10 trillion in commodities over the next five years," Ambassador Tian said.
He noted that the move by the Chinese Government is one that should attract scores of local businesses and will serve to further strengthen the Jamaica/China partnership.
"We should make joint efforts to export more Jamaican commodities to China. …As we all know, Jamaica is already very, very famous for its world-class brands in music, coffee, rum, and athletics. Beijing is a good fortune for [Usain] Bolt and China is a good market for Jamaica. We open our arms to Jamaican tourists and also we are opening our arms to the Jamaican commodities. We expect to import more and more Jamaican commodities. China and Jamaica are good partners, both in name and initiatives," the ambassador said.
Already, plans are being put in place for Jamaica to expand the coffee industry by increasing exports to the East Asia country.
"What the Government of China must be commended for is showing that they fully recognise that this is not just all about China producing for the world, but the world producing together, specialising in its various strengths and trading with one another," said Shaw.
"For instance, the coffee industry for Jamaica has been languishing in recent years, but one of the things I have targeted for expansion now is the coffee industry. The Chinese market is growing by 15 per cent a year and that is in circumstances where the average Chinese only drinks four cups of coffee per year. In a population of 1.4 billion that's where the market is for the growth of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee," Shaw added.
"So we are targeting that and there is important information related to my visit on that, that I'm not yet at liberty to announce, except to say that the Chinese connection is going to be a part of a massive expansion of the Blue Mountain Coffee and High Mountain Coffee as well in Jamaica," said Shaw.
China's consumption of coffee increased by 46 per cent between 2011 and 2016. Between January and September 2017, China imported almost 50 per cent more coffee than it did in the same period for 2016.
Despite the growing demand for the beverage, China's import of Jamaican coffee is minimal, totalling 26 per cent per annum from 2011 to 2016. Chinese coffee bean consumption is projected to reach US$50 billion by 2025.
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Maria Consuelo Burgos is a Psychologist at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, who specializes in Clinical Psychology. Ms.Burgos got her Masters in Pyscology at the Universidad de los Andes and started her relationship with the institution in 1993, where she has served as Academic Coordinator, Director of the Department of Pyschology, Coordinator of the clinical area of Human Development Center, Director of Student Programs at the Decanatura de Estudiantes, Academic Coordinator of the Program of Directed Studies and Head of the Office of Scouting and Promotion.
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The Competition of Worldviews
On the first day I started my career as an insurance underwriter, I had to learn about a variety of insurance products, and I had to learn about the companies I was competing against. I had to understand what we sold and how it compared to the competition if I was going to start out on the right foot.
Entering the public square is kind of like that. We have to understand the world around us. We need to know our own worldview, but we also need to understand the other players in the marketplace of ideas. How are we supposed to have conversations and dialogues in the public square if we aren't informed about what other people believe?
I understand that it may seem inappropriate to consider the presentation of the Christian worldview as a competition. However, look at the book of Acts. When the apostle Paul was speaking to audiences around the Mediterranean, he was out to be persuasive. He wanted to show people why it was better to follow Jesus Christ. He wanted to show people how their worldviews were insufficient ways to explain the world.
In that sense then, we do need to think about our competition in the marketplace of ideas.
Think about it this way. If Christianity is true, then believing in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior is of the utmost importance. Because it is so important, we believe that it matters whether or not people have made that commitment.
Obviously, God is the one who is going to convict people of their need for a Savior, but He also uses people like you and me to help communicate with other people. Therefore, it is our job to share with other people, and we need to understand that other worldviews are alluring.
It is a competition for hearts and minds. It is our job to be persuasive. It is our job to be winsome.
However, with that in mind, we need to remember one very important detail.
God has commanded us to interact in the marketplace of ideas. We are called to enter the public square and make disciples. We're going to meet other worldviews, so we need to be prepared for that resistance and that competition even though we know we are ultimately on the winning team.


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On November 9, Apple Corps will release a 50th anniversary version of The Beatles' 1968 'White Album.' The album's original 30 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are previously unreleased in any form.
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Review: Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix brings the classic Beatles album into the 21st century
"Sgt. Pepper – Wow! Was it really 50 years ago today? Can't be true…"
– Paul McCartney in April 2017
Mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, this is a vast improvement over the 2009 remastered Beatles CD version. This is the first time the album has been remixed. The original four-track session tapes were the source and Giles Martin used the original mono mix produced by his father, Beatles producer George Martin, as a guide.
When comparing the 2009 remastered Sgt. Pepper CD to the remixed 2017 version, it's like going from black and white to color. The 2009 remastered version almost sounds muted when compared to the 50th anniversary remix due to the fact that the sound of the vocals, guitars and drums are all brought to the front.
Paul McCartney commented on the remix in a recent Q&A with Japanese fans: "It's very clear. So whereas the old mix was just sort of a general mix, this time you can hear every little instrument. And it was quite surprising to hear, 'Ooh, I'd forgotten we did that.'"
The sound is so clear and enhanced that you can even hear McCartney shouting in the background at the end of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)." You'll also hear an unexpected addition to the end of "Within You, Without You."
Ringo Starr also raved about the new remix. A friend of Ringo's reported that "it originally was recorded on a 4-track with a lot of overdubs, which buried the drums. Now, the drums have been lifted and come through as they should. He was pleased."
The remixed Sgt. Pepper CD is definitely worth getting, no matter how many previous versions you have. While you can just get the remixed CD by itself, here's why you should get the Super Deluxe edition.
If you love to hear outtakes and get a glimpse into how The Beatles' song process took place, you'll especially enjoy Disc 2 of the Deluxe package. Here you get 18 tracks including five takes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and five takes of "A Day in the Life." These outtakes include an alternate attempt at creating the dramatic piano sound at the end of "A Day in the Life", instead with all of The Beatles humming in unison. Note that Disc 2 on the Super Deluxe version is different from the outtakes included on Disc 2 of the 2-CD Deluxe set.
Disc 3 offers 15 additional outtakes for the diehard Beatles fan. Disc 4 offers the entire album in the original mono mix, along with 6 additional mono tracks including "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane."
If you are not that interested in outtakes, the Super Deluxe package is still worth the money because of the lavish hardcover book and The Making of Sgt. Pepper documentary on DVD and Blu-ray.
The Making of Sgt. Pepper documentary was made for the 25th anniversary of the album's release and contains great interviews with Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin. The highlight is watching George Martin sit at the engineering controls in the recording studio and isolate either the vocal or instrumental tracks on several of the songs and discuss The Beatles' recording process.
The six-disc Super Deluxe set comes with a 144-page hardcover book the size of an album. The book includes chapters written by different writers on various aspects of the album. Topics include the design of the cover, the album's musical innovations and its historical context by Beatles historian, author and radio producer Kevin Howlett; composer and musicologist Howard Goodall; music producer and writer Joe Boyd; and journalists Ed Vulliamy and Jeff Slate.
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The Beatles' triumph? See how the world reacted to Sgt. Pepper back in 1967
by Trina Yannicos
[This article was originally printed in Daytrippin' Magazine, Issue 1.]
It was 50 years ago today…
The Beatles released their album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, during the "Summer of Love" on June 1, 1967. Sgt. Pepper was unlike any album of its time. It was considered unprecedented in many ways due to the innovative ideas and musical techniques presented on the album.
The album cover, the printed lyrics, the musical composition, the lyrical contents and the overall concept of the album proved upon its release to have a great impact on popular music as well as on the rest of popular culture. Considering the attention it was given through prestigious publications such as Newsweek, Time, The New York Times and The Washington Post illustrates that it was recognized as a significant event in the history of the 1960s.
The music industry honored The Beatles monumental achievement at the GRAMMY Awards given in 1968. Sgt. Pepper won for Best Engineered Album, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Contemporary Rock and Roll Performance, Best Album Cover and Album of the Year. The album's revolutionary and brilliant qualities were praised. In 1993, the album entered the GRAMMY Hall of Fame.
Sgt. Pepper was considered the first of its kind in many respects. For example, Sgt. Pepper became one of the first rock albums to eliminate the periods of silence traditionally heard between songs. As a result, the concept of the album was to recreate a concert-like performance of the make-believe Sgt. Pepper's band.
Also contributing to the uniqueness of Sgt. Pepper was the album cover. It was a collage of The Beatles surrounded by famous historical, literary and entertainment figures ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to Marilyn Monroe to Bob Dylan. Apparently, the Beatles' record company, EMI, obtained permission from each celebrity to include them on the cover.
Musically, this was an extraordinary album not just because of the complex musical arrangements, but also because of the wide variety of instruments used ranging from an electric guitar to a 41-piece orchestra.
The lyrics of the songs had a great effect because of the many ways they could be interpreted. Sgt. Pepper marked the first time that the lyrics were printed on the cover of a major pop release. As a result, the printing of the lyrics put a greater emphasis on the meaning of the songs. Consequently, this rock album, which had several different aspects to analyze, received near-unanimous raves and very little criticism.
Throughout the States, it was widely agreed upon that Sgt. Pepper was a superior achievement for The Beatles. Taken along with the Beatles' previous successes, Sgt. Pepper's release created an outpouring of esteemed praise for The Beatles.
In Time's cover story (9/22/67), music writer Christopher Porterfield described The Beatles as "messengers from beyond rock 'n' roll, they are creating the most original, expressive and musically interesting sounds being heard in pop music." Meanwhile, in Newsweek (6/26/67), Jack Kroll called them "Britain's new Poet Laureate."
The Beatles were being hailed as the greatest in their field, and by some they were being hailed as the greatest humans on earth. According to Philip Norman in his book Shout! The Beatles in their Generation (1981), Dr. Timothy Leary, a famous personality in the hippie movement, claimed that the Beatles were "the wisest, holiest, most effective avatars the human race has ever produced."
At the same time, the album itself was receiving the highest critical acclaim. According to Norman, The New York Times Review of Books declared that Sgt. Pepper marked "a new and golden Renaissance of song." Meanwhile, according to Nicholas Schaffner in his book The Beatles Forever (1977), Tom Philips of New York's Village Voice called Sgt. Pepper "the most ambitious and most successful record album ever issued."
The majority of critics had a similar positive response to the album. Obviously, the most influential part of the album was the music. In The Washington Post (6/18/67), Carl Bernstein expressed his view of this amazing creation: "The Beatles have managed to create a musical infinity through a miraculous metamorphosis of dozens of Eastern and Western musical ideas, some centuries old, others from our own era and more than a few from the future." It was the opinion of many critics that Sgt. Pepper was the most amazing rock album to date.
However, the real proof that Sgt. Pepper was an astounding musical achievement rested in the views of other musicians. Surprisingly, in the classical music world, Sgt. Pepper received great praise.
According to Time (9/22/67), classical conductor Leonard Bernstein declared that the song "She's Leaving Home" was one of the three great songs of the century. Also, Time reported that classical composer Ned Rorem claimed that this song "is equal to any song that Schubert ever wrote." Rorem also insisted that the best songs on Sgt. Pepper could compare with those by composers Monteverdi, Schumann and Poulenc.
Meanwhile, within the rock world, the reaction was just as great. According to the authors of The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles (1983), after first hearing Sgt. Pepper, The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson gave up working on his own upcoming album since he believed Sgt. Pepper to be the greatest album ever made and nothing could top it.
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then The Who and The Rolling Stones greatly admired The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. They both took up the challenge of matching it with their albums, Tommy and Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Although the overwhelming response to Sgt. Pepper was positive, there were a few negative responses. According to Schaffner, Richard Goldstein of The New York Times "dismissed most of the songs [on Sgt. Pepper] as pretentious and gimmicky." On a more severe note, according to Philip Norman, the John Birch Society, an ultra right-wing Christian group, claimed that the Beatles "were part of a Communist conspiracy and their music displayed 'an understanding of the principles of brainwashing.'"
The BBC expressed their own form of negative response when they banned the song "A Day in the Life" from being played on the British airwaves. They stated that the song was promoting drugs through lyrics such as "I'd love to turn you on."
Some fans of The Beatles also saw Sgt. Pepper as a prelude to the inevitable commercial exploitation of the counterculture. According to Schaffner, Robert Somma in Crawdaddy criticized The Beatles because "they tidied up the drug scene, made psychedelia as palatable and mind-blowing as Congress." Nonetheless, these criticisms were among the few that appeared amidst the plethora of praise for Sgt. Pepper.
Not only did Sgt. Pepper promote good and bad reviews for itself, but it created a new form of criticism for all rock albums which came thereafter. Following the strong reaction to Sgt. Pepper, serious critical reviews on rock albums came into existence. Prestigious publications started including commentaries on The Beatles and rock music in their issues. Until then, the only source of rock journalism came from fan magazines and the underground press. After Sgt. Pepper, a whole new genre of critical review emerged leading to the birth of magazines such as Rolling Stone and Crawdaddy.
The majority of America looked favorably on the release of Sgt. Pepper. The most enthusiastic were the youth of America or the counterculture. With the release of Sgt. Pepper, the youth of the sixties believed that the Beatles were the spokesmen for the counterculture. The hippies studied and dissected the album, believing that it held prophecies, messages and signs for them.
Besides the supposed drug messages in the lyrics, the hippies also interpreted some songs to be a put down of their parents. According to Porterfield, "She's Leaving Home," with its story about a teenage girl who runs away from home, was thought of as an anthem for the younger generation. As reported in Time, one 15-year-old hippie commented that the Beatles were "saying all the things I always wanted to say to my parents and their freaky friends."
According to Jon Wiener in his book Come Together: John Lennon in His Time (1984), Robert Christgau, a writer for the music magazine Cheetah, claimed that Sgt. Pepper served as a "catalyst for the entire youth movement." Sgt. Pepper was considered to be the perfect soundtrack for the "Summer of Love." It managed to express almost every aspect of the merging youth subculture.
The cover story in Time (9/22/67) summarized the main messages the album relays: "tension between the generations, the loneliness of the dislocated '60s, and the bitter sweets of young love in any age." The youth movement could strongly identify with these messages.
Not only did the younger generation respond to Sgt. Pepper, but for the first time the older generation took a serious look at the Beatles and their music. Sgt. Pepper caused many adults, including parents, professors and business executives, to start taking the Beatles and rock music seriously. It was the first rock album that many people bought, and consequently, average adults started to formulate their own views on the Beatles' music.
According to Time, Tom Leland, an Atlanta psychiatrist, stated that on Sgt. Pepper the Beatles were "speaking in an existential way about the meaningless of actuality." Also reported in Time, Robert Tusler, a teacher of 20th century music at UCLA, declared that The Beatles "made an enormous contribution to electronic music."
Some adults proclaimed that with the release of Sgt. Pepper, popular music had progressed into an art form. According to Time, musicologist Henry Pleasants declared, "The Beatles are where music is right now."
This sudden change in perspectives on rock music may have been strongly influenced by the gradual progression of the Beatles' music. The sharp contrast from the Beatles' earlier music to the later music of Sgt. Pepper was a drastic change from simplicity to complexity. This metamorphosis, which also reflected the changing of the times, resulted from The Beatles desire to grow, experiment and expand their horizons.
This progression caused people to recognize the dramatic effect of popular music as art. Jack Kroll of Newsweek compared the Beatles to other artistic writers: "…loss of innocence is, increasingly, their theme and the theme of more 'serious' new art from the stories of Donald Barthelme to the plays of Harold Pinter."
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band definitely set a new standard of achievement in popular music due to the immense positive response it received almost everywhere. As Jim Hoagland declared in The Washington Post in 1967, "music may never be the same again." And it wasn't.
In 1987, on its 20th anniversary, it was voted the greatest album of all time by a worldwide panel of critics. Looking back on the album in retrospect, it obviously had weaknesses. Richard Harrington claimed in The Washington Post in 1987 that the only songs that hold up well are: "With A Little Help From My Friends," "She's Leaving Home," "Getting Better" and "A Day in the Life." However, he still agreed that the album had tremendous influence over the music industry and the American public.
The music industry changed in several ways after the release of Sgt. Pepper. Since the album took four months to make at a cost of approximately $100,000, the record business began its transformation into a billion dollar industry. Consequently, the album format was emphasized, and recording and marketing techniques were reshaped. After Sgt. Pepper introduced the idea of a "concept album", this idea was widely imitated. Also no respectable rock star would ever again put out a dull album cover.
Immediately following Sgt. Pepper, there was an unprecedented amount of freedom of expression in rock songs. Due to the acceptance of rock as art, every major album could expect to be critically analyzed and examined like a new novel. This criticism is still prevalent today in such magazines as Rolling Stone, which also celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Sgt. Pepper also inspired a new age of studio experimentation and lavish productions. It is generally recognized that with Sgt. Pepper, the Beatles reached their peak in regards to experimentation and influence. This album was definitely seen as a turning point in the music industry.
Concerning American society, Sgt. Pepper also had a great influence. The music seemed to distill the moods of that time. It opened up the eyes of the people, young and old. The album accurately personified the psychedelic sixties. It reflected the beliefs and thoughts of the people, especially the youth.
Landgon Winner wrote in The New Yorker about the feeling evoked by the release of Sgt. Pepper: "The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released. For a brief while, the irreparably fragmented consciousness of the West was unified, as least in the minds of the young."
Will there ever be another album/CD that will have as enormous an impact as Sgt. Pepper did? Judging from the 50 years since Sgt. Pepper's release, that seems highly doubtful.
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The Beatles Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary edition offers over 30 unreleased outtakes
It was 50 years ago on June 1, 1967 when The Beatles surprised the world ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the groundbreaking masterpiece that became popular music's most universally acclaimed album. To salute the occasion, The Beatles will release special CD and Vinyl packages of the Sgt. Pepper 50th Anniversary Edition on May 26. The album is newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio and expanded with early takes from the studio sessions, including 34 previously unreleased recordings.
"It's crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art," says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the Sgt. Pepper Anniversary Edition.
"Sgt. Pepper seemed to capture the mood of that year, and it also allowed a lot of other people to kick off from there and to really go for it," Ringo Starr recalls in the Anniversary Edition's book.
This is the first time Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings. To create the new stereo and 5.1 surround audio mixes for Sgt. Pepper, producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. All of the Anniversary Edition releases include Martin's new stereo mix of the album, which was sourced directly from the original four-track session tapes and guided by the original, Beatles-preferred mono mix produced by his father, George Martin.
Ringo Starr has expressed his delight at the new remastered Sgt. Pepper recordings. According to Keith Allison, former Paul Revere and the Raiders bassist, who was recently hanging out with Ringo: "He thought it was great! Why? Because it originally was recorded on a 4-track with a lot of overdubs, which buried the drums. Now, the drums have been lifted and come through as they should. He was pleased."
Fans have been waiting for a new stereo remix of Sgt. Pepper since the original stereo release was rushed out with no input from The Beatles. The mono version was what The Beatles and George Martin had poured their heart and soul into back in 1967.
"The alternate takes are full of discoveries; hours of new Beatle music that gives a taste of how many treasures remain in the vault. It's not just historic value — it's an astounding listening experience," says Sheffield, who got an exclusive first listen to the Sgt. Pepper outtakes.
The Super Deluxe set includes a 144-page hardcover book featuring new introductions by Paul McCartney and Giles Martin, and chapters covering comprehensive song-by-song details and recording information, the design of the cover, the album's musical innovations and its historical context.
The Super Deluxe edition also includes a DVD and Blu-ray featuring the previously unreleased documentary film The Making of Sgt. Pepper (broadcast in 1992), with insightful interviews with McCartney, Harrison and Starr, and in-studio footage introduced by George Martin.
For Record Store Day on April 22, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release an exclusive, limited edition seven-inch vinyl single of The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane," among the first songs recorded during the 'Sgt. Pepper' sessions, which began in November 1966.
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Beatles 50th anniversary: A Hard Day's Night in theaters
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July 6, 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the premiere of A Hard Day's Night!
A special 50th anniversary DVD and Blu-ray edition is being released by the Criterion Collection for the 50th anniversary of the film. This latest release features new 4K restoration from the original camera negative and a new 5.1 surround sound mix produced by Giles Martin.
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr come together for two Beatles songs in Grammy TV salute – Full set list
You could say "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles" was 50 years in the making since it marks the 50th anniversary of The Fab Four's historic debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. In truth, it was over ten years in the making according to Executive Producer Ken Ehrlich, longtime producer of The GRAMMYs and many other music shows including "Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music."
Ehrlich told the studio audience at last night's taping that he was in talks with former Apple CEO, the late Neil Aspinall, to do a Beatles special for the 40th anniversary of the Ed Sullivan performance but it "wasn't the right time." Ehrlich, a self-proclaimed Beatles fan himself who said he even applied to run Apple in the 1960s, put together a stellar group of musicians to pay tribute to The Beatles just one night after The GRAMMY awards telecast.
This GRAMMY Salute to The Beatles does not disappoint — all the performances are top-notch. While the audience patiently awaits the reunion between Paul and Ringo at the end, highlights by other performers include a special Eurythmics reunion to sing "Fool On the Hill," a duet between Alicia Keys and John Legend performing "Let It Be," and a touching rendition of "Something" performed by Jeff Lynne and Joe Walsh joined by George Harrison's son, Dhani Harrison, which was introduced by Johnny Depp.
When McCartney started singing "Sgt. Pepper", the crowd knew what would happen next. "Billy Shears," a.k.a. Ringo joined Paul onstage to sing "With A Little Help From My Friends" making this 50th anniversary tribute a historic night on its own. Ringo then took a seat at the drums to accompany Paul on the finale of "Hey Jude." All the performers from the night including members of The Beatles "Love" Cirque du Soleil show joined in at the end.


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looks like a good one …. might try this one today …
and I am out for Wednesday night …. have to give a presentation that night
Good luck on the presentation Mac.
I am toying with the idea of a team WOD on Friday. If everyone could let me know if you plan on being out I will think of something good.
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I am a maybe at this point …
I'll be there Friday, and Wednesday, assuming I can beat this stupid cold!
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Fraser – 95# – 14:23
Dylon – 95# – 16:52
Austin – 65# – 16:34
Zach – 10# MB – 11:43 Elevated PU
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Nice effort everyone. Dylon and Austin, I would love to have you guys write a few lines about how CrossFit/Rebel Fitnes is treating you and how you are feeling as far as work, load, ethic, effect etc. Cheers guys good work all around. Zach and Silas both had a good effort today. A little more familiarity with the movements and we will be ready to start turning the amp towards eleven! Nice effort. Fraser, as always…It's a pleasure to have you as a member. Can't forget the excellent job Tracey did leading the technique portion of our class.


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10th meeting of International Association of Oil Transporters Board Held in Beijing
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In the photo (from left to right): Atilla Toth, Oil and Petroleum Products Supply Director of MOL Hungary; N. Gavrilenko, Director General of Ukrtransnafta; Martin Ružinský, IAOT Executive Director, Vice Chairman of the Board, Operational and Commercial Director of Transpetrol; O. Borisenko, Director General of Gomeltransneft Druzhba; Stanislav Bruna, Chairman of the IAOT Board, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director General of MERO ČR, a. s. ; N. Tokarev, Vice Chairman of the IAOT Board , President of Transneft; Xiao Ling, Vice President of PetroChina Company Limited, Director General and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of PetroChina Natural Gas Sales Branch (PetroChina Natural Gas and Pipelines Company), Chairman of PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd; D. Dossanov, Director General, Chair of the Board of KazTransOil; N. Gorban, Director General of CPC-R and CPC-K.
The delegation of Transneft, headed by President of the Company N. Tokarev, has taken part in the 10th meeting of the Board of the International Association of Oil Transporters. The meeting was held on 27 November 2018 in Beijing (the People's Republic of China), chaired by Mr. Xiao Ling, Vice President of PetroChina Company Ltd.
During the meeting, the results of the Association's work for 2018 were summed up and the plan of actions for 2019 was updated.
The participants of the meeting reviewed the performance of the three Permanent Expert Groups: for Energy Efficiency, for Supplies and for Legal Issues.
The participants discussed the results of the Association's participation in the international oil and gas exhibition ADIPEC held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on 12–15 November this year, and preparations for the Association's participation in the 14th international exhibition and conference of pipeline technology PTC to be held on 18–21 March 2019 in Berlin (FRG).
The participants of the meeting visited Beijing Oil and Gas Dispatch Centre of PetroChina Pipeline Company Ltd.
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Association will be held in June 2019 in St. Petersburg, Transneft will be the host of the event. The twelfth meeting will be held next autumn in the Republic of Kazakhstan; the event will be organised by KazTransOil.


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