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The latest James Bond film, Skyfall, might, just might, win an award or two at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ceremony tomorrow night, but don't bet the mortgage on it.
Bafta doesn't like 007 much. In the 50 years of the hugely successful franchise's existence its 23 films have received, including this year, a total of 42 nominations but only one win, and that was for Ted Moore's cinematography in From Russia With Love, way back in 1963.
Bond isn't very popular with Oscar either, although the films' 25 Academy Award nominations have at least led to twice as many prizes as Bafta has given them – best sound effects for Goldfinger in 1964 and best visual effects for Thunderball in 1965.
Forty-two nominations might sound like quite a lot, but study them closely: in nearly every case they have been for technical achievements in what, let's be honest, are the more unglamorous categories – editing, production, sound effects and the like. Such nominations are a compliment to the work of individuals, not an appreciation of the picture's quality as a whole.
The films' directors have always been overlooked, while not once has a Bond movie been nominated for a best film Bafta and only on three occasions have the performers been recognised.
Daniel Craig was nominated for best actor for Casino Royale in 2006, while this year Judi Dench is up for best supporting actress and Javier Bardem for best supporting actor. In Dench's case even that is a bit of an insult; she wasn't a supporting actress in Skyfall – she was the leading actress, the chief Bond girl, if you like. Meanwhile, the film itself is in the running for what is effectively no more than a consolation prize, the award for outstanding British film.
Indeed, even this comparatively minor nomination is a rare triumph. Of Skyfall's predecessors, only Casino Royale has matched it. Why should this be so? Why should a collection of often excellent British movies have been so slighted by the country's own film academy?
Judi Dench was asked recently if she thought there was a bias against the Bond franchise within Bafta. Tactfully, she replied: "There might be. I don't know. I hope not." I would go further than that and say there is, and I think it stems from intellectual snobbery, or perhaps over the years from two different kinds of snobbery. The early productions, I believe, were probably dismissed somewhat sniffily as mere thrillers – action stories, not serious films. But in their own genre a good few of them – Skyfall in particular – are serious films, seriously made.
Of late, I think a second kind of snobbery has come into play. Bond movies are now overlooked simply because the franchise is so successful – between them the films have grossed around $7 billion (£4.4 billion) at the box office. They are extremely popular, and earnest bestowers of film awards certainly don't want to be seen merely following public opinion.
While I agree that popular doesn't necessarily equal good, it doesn't necessarily equal bad either. Skyfall, which has already earned more than $1 billion, is a very good film, in my opinion the best Bond movie yet. It has all the right blockbuster ingredients – exciting action, violence, death and mayhem, breathtaking stunts, a tense struggle between good guy and bad.
But at the heart of it is an intriguing study of personal relationships, those between the spymaster M (Dench) and Bond (Craig) and between M and the villain, Javier Bardem. Here, for the first time, M comes out of her backroom to take centre stage and in many ways the film is as much about her as it is about Bond.
In addition, the story delves more deeply into the background and character of its hero than is customary in thrillers. Here, Bond is not just a laconic, invincible man of action. The question is raised as to whether he might be past his best and we learn about his childhood in a remote part of Scotland. To handle all these different and complicated aspects seamlessly and with great skill, as the director Sam Mendes did, is by no means easy. But in the film's eight Bafta nominations there is no place for Mendes or, come to that, the writers, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
I would say that Mendes's task was more difficult than that of, say, Ben Affleck, the director of Argo, but Affleck has been nominated for best director. Could that be because Argo, though also presented as a thriller (and a very good one), is based on real events, namely a CIA mission to rescue six US diplomatic personnel from Iran, and so might have a stronger claim to be regarded as art than the totally fictional Skyfall?
Of course, Skyfall is not flawless, and the final showdown is admittedly a touch over the top. But it's no more over the top than the ending of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, for which, no surprises here, he has also been given a best director nomination.
As for best actor, why was Craig denied? After his debut in Casino Royale, he was already a rival to Sean Connery for the label of best of all James Bonds, and in Skyfall he's back to that kind of form. I would rate his performance very highly – easily as good as that of Affleck in Argo, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master or Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables. But obviously Bafta disagrees.
And so to tomorrow night's awards. Skyfall might be in with a chance for best British film but with Les Misérables also in the frame, the chances are slim.
Bardem, quite the best Bond villain for some time, is up against tough competition for best supporting actor – not least from Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained. But I suspect both Waltz and Bardem will lose out to Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, which is much more arty, not to say pretentious and frankly irritating.
In those more eye-catching categories – film, actor, actress – Judi Dench is probably the best bet. Bafta loves Judi. It has rewarded her many times in the past and could do so again. Might be worth a small flutter. The chances are, however, that the film's best prospects lie in the other, lesser, categories. And indeed if it hands out a couple, Bafta will no doubt sit back saying: "There you are, what are you complaining about? We've done you proud." But it won't have done.
It won't have recognised the film's overall quality and will merely have underlined the suspicion that, truth to tell, Bafta is ashamed of the Bond franchise. It shouldn't be – it should be proud and even, dare I say it, grateful.


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Quota is the Government restriction on the amount and the value of goods and services which is imported and exported during a tie period. Quota is a practice followed in international trade and thereby regulates the volume of trade in between countries. In order to increase domestic production and restricting foreign competition, quota is sometimes imposed on specific goods and services.
Tariffs and quotas are conceptually different. Tariff imposes a tax on the products in and out of the country.
Marketing quotas refer to limits on the production of some crops. There is a penalty for farmers who breach this rule i.e. produce more than the limits. Marketing quotas effectively guarantee a minimum price for some crops. Marketing quotas are primarily introduced to guarantee the domestic production of the crops which are of high value. The Government believes that if they produce more than the amount the farmers will not receive enough monetary incentives. Marketing quotas are primarily kept to boost rural economies. The disadvantage of quotas is that it costs consumers abundant money since they have to pay extra for the quota products. They also upset normal business cycles.
For example: USA has quotas on tobacco and peanuts.
Hence, this concludes the definition of Quota along with its overview.
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Buddy is one cranky, hungry monster.
He yells at the mountains, the trees and even the sun. "You're not so hot, SUN!" But whom does he like to yell at the most? Bunnies! He's going to eat them up. "No, please, no!" the bunnies quiver. "We were about to make cupcakes!" Buddy, not one to fall for trickery, declares, "Cupcakes first. Bunnies for dessert." But of course, after eating nine cupcakes, he's far too full to eat another bite. He promises to return for the bunnies the next day. Thus, the manipulation continues. The bunnies take him swimming so he's too tired to eat them. Then they form the Stripey-Stripe Club—in honor of Buddy and his orange stripes! Buddy is having so much fun with the bunnies that he forgets the old adage: Don't play with your food. Well, now he can't eat the bunnies because they have become…his friends! Buddy, the chubby little monster, looks suspiciously similar to a certain red dinosaur (Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, 2008, etc.) and has the bravado to match. The ending goes a beat too far, but Shea's storytelling still shines.
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Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy
Policy statement
Modern slavery is a term used to encompass slavery, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking of children and adults, and any activity that leads to the deprivation of a person's liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. It is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or in any of our supply chains.
We are committed to ensuring there is transparency in our organisation and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers and other business partners. As part of our contracting processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude, whether adults or children. We expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.
Mitigating risk
We require our principal suppliers to confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015;
We limit the geographical scope of our operations to ensure optimum supervision of the use of our properties;
Where possible we build long standing relationships with local suppliers and make clear our expectations of business behaviour.
Our supply chain is principally UK based. With international supply chains, our point of contact is with a UK company or branch and we require these entities to have suitable anti-slavery and human trafficking policies and processes. We expect each entity in the supply chain to, at least, adopt 'one-up' due diligence on the next link in the chain. It is not practical for us (and every other participant in the chain) to have a direct relationship with all links in the supply chain, ultimately to the primary source of production.
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we provide training to relevant members of staff and all Directors are kept fully briefed.
Scope of the document
This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives and business partners.
Roles and responsibilities
The board of directors has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations, and that all those under our control comply with it.
Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy.
Colleagues must ensure that they read, understand and comply with this policy. The prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chains is the responsibility of all those working for us or under our control. Colleagues are required to avoid any activity that might lead to, or suggest, a breach of this policy.
Colleagues must notify management or e-mail [email protected] as soon as possible if they believe or suspect that a breach of this policy has occurred, or may occur in the future. They are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any parts of our business or supply chains of any supplier tier at the earliest possible stage.
If there is uncertainty about whether a particular act, the treatment of workers more generally, or their working conditions within any tier of our supply chains constitutes any of the various forms of modern slavery, this should also be raised with management or through [email protected]
We encourage openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery in whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If colleagues believe that they have suffered any such treatment, they should inform a manager immediately.
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We are committed to respecting diversity in all aspects of our work and meeting our obligations under the Equality Act. In line with this, we welcome feedback on any aspect of this policy where there is a question over its adherence to the above legislation.
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We are committed to applying this policy in line with the General Data Protection Regulations as set out in our Data Protection Policy.
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Reports of actual and potential breaches are reported to the Board. Efficacy of controls is reviewed as part of the Internal and External Audit process.
Commitment and review
The Group Board looks to the support and professionalism of staff at all levels in making this policy truly effective. This policy statement, along with other related supporting policies and procedures in use, will be regularly reviewed and revised as and when necessary.
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Over the last few years I've been hitting car shows regularly, usually with my 16 year old son in tow. We shoot a ton of photos and compare pics later, which turns out to be just another excuse for great father and son time. Nothing wrong with that I say. My son can also now kick my ass using Lightroom for editing. Kids are funny that way.
My gear head car interest is all over the map, but falls mainly on vintage cars. From Italian models from Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo - to Porsche 911s and 914s - to Datsun Zs and 510s - and plenty of other examples. As the years go by, I have less interest in most new cars, the old stuff much more interesting.
Mixed in with all this, include air cooled Volkswagens. I get a kick out of the VW scene, since it never seems to die. It just moves between generations morphing along the way - from perfectly restored vintage models to rusty rat rods, lifted off road rigs to slammed and cambered, patina to perfect - it's all there. Many different variation on the basic VW theme.
I've shot hundreds of VWs at various Seattle area events and awhile back started posting 'em to various VW Facebook pages, just for fun. What's the sense of having photos ferment on your hard drive? My take on things anyway.
Via my posting, one Facebook page contacted me, Bugbus.net, asking if I'd like to be an Admin on their page - meaning I can post whatever desired and it remains on the main Facebook feed. Bugbus.net is a European based classified site for vintage VWs and parts. No money involved with any of this for me, but they have sent me a logo hoodie and other goodies as thanks. I've posted a fair amount of VW photos on their site over the last two years, all good fun.
I also recently created a Instagram account to post my VW photos. Been interesting watching the followers slowly increase, though still laughably small compared to some accounts. If interested, you can find it searching Instagram for Vintage_VW_Spotter. There also a few Porsches included, the free bonus. Call now, operators are standing by.
Below are some examples of VWs floating around the Seattle area, just a taste of the creativity and local scene. Feel free to make up your own captions...


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Identity is central to customer analytics, insight discovery and intelligence delivery. Our Identity Intelligence solution offers the only true end-to-end total view of customer software that can seamlessly collect data from all internal and external sources, curate data fields from a variety of customer files, computationally align all relevant and recent variables to a unique segment of one and then feed the same to front-office and back-office systems. Fuse together customer data across product, household, transaction, loyalty, social and geospatial systems.
Deliver hyper-personalized, relevant and timely product, service and user experiences at every stage of the customer journey. Tresata's Omnichannel Marketing Intelligence solution uses a combination of machine learning, context relevancy and business process automation to understand fine-grained customer behavior. This solution is API ready for easy integration with all existing customer channels, providing a competitive advantage driven by unprecedented customer insight with advanced Big Data analytics. Leverage that insight to drive customer engagements across all channels including online, in store, social and mobile. Deliver engaging experiences throughout the entire buyer's journey to build brand loyalty.
Risk has historically been the backwater of analytics and we think that is twisted. There is no better choice an organization can make than arming risk practitioners with predictive analytics capabilities that they can apply against the largest breadth of enterprise data assets. There is also probably no single business within an organization with a bigger carte blanche to go against all the data. With Tresata's Risk Intelligence Solution, we set out to right that balance, unleash that power and enable risk practitioners across a multitude of industries to discover predictive insights at scale against all the data at their disposal. Enabling a capability that is not just enterprise data ready, but also real-time with precise data inputs aligned by the specific business opportunity they are modeling for, on both ends of the the propensity and probability spectrum.
We do not like fraud – absolutely hate it actually. And we can assure you that except the bad guys perpetrating it, every organization, person and industry feels the same way about it. Yet even the best fraud solutions in the market have false positives that catch a few and let go a lot. When we set out to build the Tresata Fraud Intelligence solution, we sought to build something so intelligent, adaptive and fast that it would transform how transactional fraud is managed across the ecosystem. Our solution not only automates the fraud detection problem by using advanced energy-based modeling approaches that intelligently pre-identify fraud instances before they occur, but also dramatically improves the efficiency of human middle office and front office functions managing the exhaust of transactions that should have been classified as fraud by the software, but were not. Forever redefining the fight of good versus bad, in a big data sort of way. One transaction at a time. A trillion times.


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Last week, we kicked off this year's batch of New Yorker Festival blind items. Here are some more where those came from. The following clues describe three 2010 Festival participants. Can you guess who they are?
Which multi-Emmy-winning sitcom actor once co-wrote an episode of "Law & Order" about a murdered gossip columnist?
Which prolific fiction writer was inspired to write one of her earliest short stories by the Bob Dylan song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"?
Which film director was shot in the abdomen during an interview with the BBC—and continued the interview anyway?
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The 3rd phase of Chengdu Metro Line 1 started trial operation on March 18, running north-south in the southern part of urban Chengdu.