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I am disappointed,we all are.Ind v/s Aus 2nd test,Sydney jan 2008
How did India lose that test match yesterday.India certainly deserved better.Were it the two men in white coats,a lot of people say it was.One thing i knew for sure,we deserved better much better.We played brilliantly in the 1st innings, we got a lead over the Aussies.This match will be remembered for the vital mistakes made by the two umpires.
If we have to get a player like Andrew Symonds out 5 times inorder to make him out legally.We had to get Ponting out twice.Our best batsman is going out caught behind when the ball was nowhere near the bat.Our in-form batsman is caught in the slip from a half-volley.Our opening batsman is bowled on a no ball.The umpire is asking for the confirmation of the fielding captain for a catch instead of the square leg umpire or the 3rd umpire.How the hell on earth are we supposed to save a match.
On Steve Bucknor:-
Steve Bucknor 'was' once the best umpire in the world after Dicky Bird and David Shepherd.But now he's a goddamn failure.There is no point in saying that he has made 50 great decisions in a match and only a 5 went wrong.That's bullshit…Good that he has been replaced from the Perth test.
On Mark Benson:-
Next one,the Ganguly decision itself shows his ignorance.
On Symonds:-
Before legally declared out,he was out some 4-5 times but not even a single time our respected umpires saw that.
On Ponting:-
On 17 he was caught behind,but umpires didn't give him out and he didn't walk..Ok fine…
While fielding:-
Appeal against Dhoni:-
Brad Hogg was bowling andPonting was fielding at the silly-point.Ball hit Dhoni's pad and went up.Ponting took a stunning catch and started appealing claiming the catch.And it was clearly seen that when Ponting hit the ground the ball also was grounded and he was appealing falsely.
Ganguly's dismissal:-
Saurav edged a ball and Michael Clark took the catch at 2nd slip.There was a doubt that Clark took it on a half-volley.Saurav stood his ground and asked the umpire whether he took the catch.Instead of consulting with the square leg umpire,umpire Benson asked the fielding captain Mr. Ponting for the clarification and ponting without doubt said the catch was taken and Saurav was declared out.Brilliant job Mr.Benson you a$$h### to trust a player who claims a fake catch,who doesn't walk even if he has edged the ball….Screw you sucker…
Dravid's dismissal:-
Dravid tried to defend a ball from Symonds and missed it,on the way to the keeper's glove the ball brushed Dravid's pads.All the Aus players went up appealing and Mr.Bucknor without a doubt gave it out.Replays clariffied that the ball was nowhere near the bat.
On Adam Gilchrist:-
He was the player whom i respected the most in the Australian team.When a keeper catches a ball standing close up to the stumps he exactly knows whether it did edge the bat or not.Adam knew it didn't touch the bat of Dravid and still he went up at once appealing. He is free to do it,but apart from other Aus players we all expect him to be a gentleman.
On Wasim Jaffer's dismissal:-
Brett Lee bowled Wasim Jaffer on a no-ball,Lee was over stepping.
Malcolm Speed;-
The CEO(Chief Eatshit Officer) of ICC said "it was just another bad day at the office for the umpires"
My Comment:-
Hey you a****** you have degraded yourself you fucking piece of shit..
@Malcolm Speed:-
Yo freaking piece of sh**,why is this goddamn umpires having there bloody "bad-fucking-day-at-fucking-office" only when we play.And even when we play all their bad fucking hours go against us…
p.s:-Any of people have any problem after reading this post…FUCKING BRING IT ON..
I will face it..
I am Happy that I am in India and not in my neighbouring country
Yesterday Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.News said that she was shot in the face and chest and then the suicide bomber blew the place up.
Even if my country is not ran by ideal people,even if my country is not perfect.I am happy that my country is stable,achieving a great economic growth.My country didn't face any Emergency,there was no military coup,there is no terrorist attack back to back in succession.
My country may not be perfect but I am so happy to belong to my country.And there is a line from Rang De Basanti "Koi desh perfect nahi hota,Usse perfect banana padtha hain"
I am supposed to say all these .After all I am a guy who only because of his love to the nation and armed forces wrote the National Defence Academy( NDA) entrance exam inspite of his mother's constant opposition,but couldn't get through may be because of my mother's prayers.
I am proud of my Nation..


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BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ververica, founded by the original creators of Apache Flink®, today announces the program for the 5th annual Flink Forward conference in Berlin, taking place October 7-9. After hosting a successful edition in San Francisco in April 2019, the conference is now moving to a new venue in the heart of Berlin, celebrating the 5th anniversary of its European edition. This year's event will bring together over 600 software engineers, data scientists, DevOps professionals, Flink core committers and users under the domed roof of bcc Berlin Congress Center.
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Don lives in Newtown and has done so for 16 years. He is married to Sue Hamill and has two grown up daughters from a previous marriage.
Don has worked in a number of key industries during times of significant change in New Zealand's recent economic history. He was employed by BP Oil New Zealand, working in their Retail Strategy unit during the deregulation of the New Zealand oil industry in the late 1980's.
He also worked for Standards New Zealand in the late 1990's as it grappled with the transition from state funding to the user-pays model. In addition Don worked for the New Zealand Dairy Board, leading up to the formation of Fonterra and beyond. Don currently works for BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand) as their Quality and Environmental Manager.
Don enjoys making a difference and is passionate about the environment. He has taken on a number of community based projects including organising clean-ups of Wellington harbour which started in 1997 and continues to this day. In 1999 he was the joint Wellington Regional Environmentalist of the Year, which recognised his effort.
In addition he organised street parties for his neighbours and ran a campaign to stop whaling in the southern ocean. He is currently co-founder of Positive Money New Zealand - a campaign to modernise the New Zealand banking system.
The pressing issue of today is the level of debt that we are burdened with. While things are tough at the moment for Don's generation, spare a thought for those coming out of university who have a large student loan, are hoping to save for a house, are asked to save for their retirement and raise their children.
Having children and a grandchild has brought the inequality of the current debt-based monetary system into sharp relief for Don and while it is barely tolerable for him - it is not something that he is willing to pass on to his children.
We all deserve a better future than the one we have in front of us and Don is standing for a better deal for all New Zealanders.
For more detail on the current situation click on the following links to a 30 minute Kim Hill interview with Raf Manji on National Radio on the 12th November 2011.
Don was also featured in a TV1 Seven Sharp item on money creation titled paying interest on a loan never existed.
Don believes that reforming the banking system will free us from the debt treadmill we find ourselves on. According to Don there are two items that need to be addressed
Not many people are aware that over 95% of New Zealand's money supply is created by private Australian owned banks. Most people assume that the government issues our money - but it issues only the notes and coins which make up about 2% of our money. The rest is created as debt by private banks in the form of loans and mortgages.
Don proposes to transfer the privilege of creating our money supply to the New Zealand Government, for the benefit of us all, rather than the offshore investors who own the Australian Banks.
Most people assume that banks already have the money that they lend out, and that they make their profit from the margin between the cost of borrowing from depositors and the interest rate they charge.
In reality, the banks do not need to have all the money that they lend out - they simply create the majority of the money out of thin air. Banks in New Zealand and around the world create money through a system called "Fractional Reserve Banking" where they hold only a fraction of the money they lend out - between 5% and 10% and they create the balance of their loans out of thin air. In this age of electronic banking this is easy to do. Banks simply enter the numbers on a spread-sheet and presto - money gets created.
The borrower then pays the bank compounding interest on the money the bank does not have, as well as the principal the bank never had, and then that money disappears overseas to the same offshore investors.
Don't take Don's word for it though - Martin Wolf, the Chief Economics Commentator for the Financial Times said on 9 November 2010:
In a historic move Bank of England document titled "Money creation in the modern economy" explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans. Whenever a bank makes a loan, it creates a deposit in the borrower's bank account, thereby creating new money. The bank says that this differs from the story found in some economics textbooks.
"The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent."
"Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today."
Because the banks issue our money supply, our government must go to the private banks for the money they need - that they do not get from taxes - to keep the nation going. It makes no sense for us to allow the banks to create money out of thin air, lend it to the government and then require the government to pay the banks the principal plus interest on money that the banks did not even have in the first place.
Don proposes that we move from a Fractional Reserve Banking System to a Full Reserve System - where all new money is issued debt-free by the government. The government can then spend that money on infrastructure projects - or to rebuild Christchurch without the burden of interest. Local bodies could also draw on this money - debt free - to pay for the things they need that they do not get through rates.
The quantity of new money issued would be decided by an independent agency separate from politicians. The politicians would decide what they spend the money on - the same way they do with our taxes.
Over time the government will be able to pay off our national debt and reduce taxes. Our local body rates will also come down. New Zealanders and the New Zealand economy will thrive.
After the reform the banks will still lend money to those wanting to borrow - but the banks will need to have the money on deposit first.
Don believes that while the repayment of the national debt, lower taxes and lower rates would be a great boon for the economy there are also other benefits. The imperative to continually grow the economy would diminish as the economy prospers through organic growth.
This organic growth would see an end to the boom and bust cycle that has plagued our lives, as the economy will grow at a sustainable rate. With organic growth businesses and families would be able to plan ahead with certainty.
There would also be no need to mine our national parks, engage in deep sea oil exploration or other risky short term revenue generating projects.
Our standard of living would rise and kiwis from abroad would return as our tax take diminished.
The next generation of kiwis would also have a future worthy of their lives and over time the need for student loans would disappear.
This is not something that Don has come up with overnight. Wiser heads than his have grappled with the problem - and provided the solution. Don is co-founder - with his wife Sue - of the Positive Money New Zealand movement which is based on a larger campaign running in the UK called Positive Money UK.
The benefits put forward by Positive Money New Zealand are endorsed in the previously mentioned IMF working paper titled "The Chicago Plan Revisited". We suggest you read only the First 20 pages. The Abstract at the start of the paper makes very interesting reading.
The Positive Money New Zealand website contains detail on the issue of monetary reform - as well as providing a solution.
While all this may sound great for New Zealand Inc., Don also believes that there is something in it for the average kiwi.
Taxes will come down and with more discretionary income in your pocket - you will be able to pay off your personal debt sooner.
The infrastructure you use (roads, hospitals, schools, libraries) will be better maintained and the prospect of your retirement will be something to look forward to.
Read the draft Executive Summary of the Creation of Currency Bill. This shows how New Zealand will exercise its soverign right to create all of New Zealand's money supply.
If you wish to help elect Don as your independent candidate for the Rongotai Electorate - send him an email with "I want to help" in the subject line.
If you live in the Wellington Central Electorate then support Laurence Boomert - an independent who is also standing on a platform of reforming the banking system - amongst other things.
Promoted by Don Richards, 15 Princess Terrace, Newtown, Wellington


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So if you've read my coming of age story you must know by now that there's a lot of procrastinating involved. What I didn't mention was that I wrote that post while putting off studying for a midterm that I had the next day.
Anyways I think know I'm the Queen of Procrastination. I don't know how many of y'all are in school or have dull tasks that you have to get done…but you just don't want to. I know I have a sh*t ton but I also know I won't do them till the very last minute. I do this instead…
Here are six + 1 things I do to procrastinate that I feel good about and I suggest you should do too.
WARNING: The following does not involve the Internet, I repeat; it does not involve the Internet
You can totally knit a really long wrap-around scarf for your girlfriend – or boyfriend or sister or friend or even better, for yourself.
I made red velvet cupcakes for the first time last week and thought they were actually quite delicious. The only thing that went wrong was that they didn't end up red…
Or any kind of physical activity that you just haven't tried out yet. One that does not involve the bed you guys, I know what you're thinking. Or maybe I'm the only one with the dirty mind.
But really, I started Zumba which if you don't know, is latin-american hip-hop. I look like a fool and have no arm-leg coordination but it's fun! After a whole hour of dancing, I don't feel so bad about having eaten one too many cupcakes. You men can do it too; there is one dude in our class. Also you have to shower afterwards cause chances are you'll stink, so you can add that into your procrastination schedule too.
Cut Someone's Hair
With their permission. I cut my sister's bangs over the winter break and they turned out all right. I also dyed Teeny's hair three different colours and that was just awesome too. The more colours, the longer it takes. That took an entire night of potential-studying that just did not happen.
You'll feel really productive about this one, I cleaned the entire house on the weekend and I live with two other girls… who were not involved in the cleaning process. That took hours. You might stink after cleaning all the things so maybe you should go and shower again
You've stepped out fresh & clean from your shower and then realized that your clothes smell repulsive. Can't have sweaty clothes clinging to your clean self, better put them in the wash before you run out of clothes.
And then there's the last one…
Call up estranged family members
You haven't talked to them in months, years maybe. It is now when you desire to know how many children they've had since the last time you saw them or whether they went to university and graduated already. Cause you sincerely do care.
If this works, you will now have had, the most awkward conversation of life and are cringing to the point of resembling Dobby. You don't want to have to go through another phone call like that again and that might motivate you to do stuff. But you're tired after that productive day so you just want to sleep. Maybe you can really start working tomorrow… after you knit a little.


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There are few forays into food that I remember so vividly as the time I tried Calamari for the first time. While dining out with my parents, my dad ordered this interesting sounding dish and insisted I try. Being a 5 year old, "I will only eat PB & J", I was extremely skeptical but my dad replied with, "They're Italian French Fries."
Every kid on the planet loves French Fries and being that my mom was Italian, I was sold pretty quick. Served with a side of Marinara Sauce, I basically completely housed the entire plate of said "french fries". It was only a few years later, when out at an Italian Restaurant, after now learning how to read (I was a slow learner….), that I read the fine Italic print under the Calamari Appetizer on the menu….."Fried Squid". Ummm say wah? Dad, did you deceive me?! Was my childhood based on a lie?!?!
Ok calm thyself, young Sara. Alas, it was true….squid was what I loved all these years. Scarfing down entire plates of fried goodness only to find out it was some slimy creature from the deep.
I quickly got over myself and realized, who cares what this is, it's delicious! So with that, tonight, despite it being MY birthday, I insisted on cooking this as an appetizer! They came out great and I have also attached my awesome Homemade Marinara Sauce Recipe which, I can't tell a lie, I came up with on the fly tonight and it was AWESOME!
Fried Calamari
Crispy Calamari that melt in your mouth
Marinara Sauce
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EYE at the 36th Giornate del Cinema Muto
This year EYE is bringing the record number of thirty films to the Giornate del Cinema Muto!
The biggest and longest running silent film festival of the world hosts more than a thousand guests in its immens theater, and is also the place where the international silent film crowd gets together to watch silent films with live music, from 9AM till after midnight. There are daily musical masterclasses, book launches and presentations by archive specialists.
EYE will also present a 'dialogue' on Monday (Oct. 2nd) about the recently acquired Van der Molen/Manshanden nitrate collection. The collection has already drawn international attention since the first weeks of its registration, through the discovery of the lost Hungarian film A Munkazsubbony from 1914.
Among the EYE highlights, there is the world premiere of The Reckless Age (US, 1924) on Monday, restored by NBC/Universal from a unique nitrate print found at EYE, through our collaboration project with the National Film Preservation Foundation.
The yearly Desmet Collection screening is called 'For a Better Vision' and is dedicated to films about 'blindness'. In addition, also our recently discovered and restored film Petite Simone (FR, 1918) will be screened for the first time.
The other EYE films are spread among the other sections of the festival, like the European Westerns, and mainly the 'Nasty Women' where we have 16 films!
List of all EYE films on the program:
Coeur Ardent (FR, 1912)*
Sulla via dell'oro (IT, 1913)*
Nel paese dell'oro (IT, 1913)*
Reckless age, The (US, 1924) restored by NBC/Universal through NFPF
The Right to Happiness (US 1919) Dutch intertitles
Petite Simone (FR, 1918)
DESMET COLLECTION "For a Better Vision" (Monday, Oct. 2nd. 4pm):
Mieux Valait la Nuit (Was Ik Maar Blind Gebleven)(Fr, 1911)*
Amma, le voleur aveugle (FR, 1912)
Le Coeur et les Yeux (Fr, 1911)*
Modeschau im Zoo (D, 1915)
Water Lilies (US, 1911)*
Mr.Myope Chasse/The Sportsman (FR, 1910)
Le Mensonge de Jean le Manchot (FR, 1911)*
Blinden Instituut en Ooglijders Gasthuis te Bandoeng (1912-1913)
Cunégonde trop curieuse (FR 1912)*
Onésime et la toilette de Mademoiselle Badinois (FR 1912)*
Het Onwillige Dienstmeisje/ Unidentified Cunegonde Episode (FR, 1912)
Le Singe De Petronille (FR, 1913)*
Animal Lover [Dierenvriend] (FR, 1912?)
Le Bateau De Leontine (FR, 1911)*
Les Ficelles De Leontine (FR, 1910)
The New Air Fan [Ventilateur Brevete] (FR, 1911)
Amour Et Musique (FR, 1911)*
Un Ravalement Precipite (FR, 1911)*
Rosalie Et Son Phonographe (FR, 1911)*
Rosalie Emmenage (FR, 1911)
Lea Bambola (IT, 1913)*
Patouillard A Une Femme Jalouse (Fr, 1912)*
Cunegonde Femme Cochere (FR, 1913)*
Lea Sui Pattini (IT, 1911)
Films marked with (*) are from EYE Filmmuseum Desmet Collection.
Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent Film.Tag:Desmet Collectie, Desmet Collection, festival, filmfestival, Silent cinema
Encountering a camera on the street
In our daily lives, we frequently stumble upon cameras on the street: people taking selfies or recording videos is a common sight that none of us find odd. However, in the beginning of the 20th century, encountering a camera on the street was anything but normal – for many, it was an appalling surprise. One of these awkward moments is engraved on celluloid around 1900 at Amsterdam's Dam Square.
De Dam te Amsterdam omstreeks 1900*, a little film from the Collection of EYE, shows Dam Square at the turn of the 20th century buzzing with trams, bicycles, and pedestrians crossing over the frame in all directions. What makes this little film so peculiar is the group of people that stand without the slightest motion at the centre of the frame, in great contrast to the fleeting passers-by. A municipality worker, a young boy, and a band of children – all seem stunned, looking directly into the camera. As being photographed would then require, they are doing their best to pose perfectly still to avoid a blurred image. Ironically, however, the machine before them is not a photography camera that requires stillness, but a film camera that is designed to capture movement.
Embalming this confusion and surprise, this little film testifies to the initial stages of a transformation in the visual culture brought by the influx of the film camera to everyday life. Portraying those that stand still and those that walk through the frame, the film captures the coexistence of stillness and movement at once. The transition from the still image to the moving image is rendered visible. The aesthetics of photography and cinematography are united in one single frame for over two minutes.
Elif Rongen-Kaynakçı, curator of Silent film.
*This film was restored in 2014 as part of a crowd-funding campaign called Amsterdam in the Picture. Read and watch more here.
This article was originally published in the March 2017 issue of Altyazi, a monthly film magazine from Turkey. English translation by Asli Özgen Tuncer.Tag:Silent cinema, silent film, amsterdam, filmcamera, stille film, filmrestauratie, restoration
In search of the Ottoman Empire
Since the summer of 2014, films from EYE collection have been involved in numerous screenings of the project 'Views of the Ottoman Empire'; a travelling film presentation aiming to discover and put into context archival images pertaining to former territories of the Ottoman Empire. This project grew gradually from the research into the hundred years ago programs and the WWI films, which revealed many short films, seemingly not belonging anywhere specific, but falling into the right place when viewed from the perspective of the Ottoman history and geography.
One of the most rewarding aspects of the project (which is always presented live to explain the underlying context) is bringing the films to the places they were originally shot. Screenings in places like Kosovo, Belgrade or Istanbul never fail to move the local audiences, confronting them with their home towns from a century ago.
In December 2015, when the project visited Istanbul for the second time, we brought a surprise from EYE: a 1926 film called Les fontaines de Constantinople contains the historic Tophane Fountain that is only 50 meters away from the cinema!
Since the project also hopes to improve the identification of these often scarcely catalogued images, it can be helpful to show the images to the locals. For example, at EYE we recently found and restored the film Pathé-revue n° 37 – Visions de Yougoslavie (Beelden Uit Yugoslavie, 1926). Despite its overall title referring to Yugoslavia, this compilation film appears to contain images of Istanbul's Uskudar district (or 'Scutari', as referred to on the film); recognizable to the residents of the city (mainly thanks to the monumental Mihrimah Sultan Mosque), but not so obvious to us at EYE, due to the presence of many places called 'Scutari' on the Balkan peninsula.
Ottoman Project asserts that the films from these territories, though often considered lost, can actually be found in unexpected places. The film Der Kaiser bei unseren Türkischen Verbündeten, shot by the German Army in 1917 has so far popped up in the Netherlands (EYE/Huis Doorn Collection), Germany (Bundesarchiv), England (Imperial War Museum) and Turkey (Turkish Armed Forces archive held by theTurkish Film and TV institute). Unique footage showing Balkan War refugees camping outside Istanbul's byzantine walls in 1913 arrived to EYE in 2013 from a private collection. Images of the Armenian orphans in the occupied Istanbul (1918-1923) were found at the Library of Congress in Washington and restored by the Cineteca di Bologna in 2015. Images of the ancient Armenian city of Ani, shot by the Italian cameraman Giovanni Vitrotti in 1911, was found within the collection of the Swiss priest Joye, curently held and restored by the British Film Institute.
After having visited Istanbul twice (during the 1st and 2nd Istanbul Silent Cinema Days); just as I thought we had run out of Istanbul images at EYE, a new film surfaced within a very recently donated batch of films only a couple of weeks ago: En Promenade Sur Le Bosphore (1928). Although not unique, this particular print is beautifully toned (as opposed to the French version that is b&w). At the moment there are no immediate plans to restore this particular film, but it is clear that the Ottoman project can continue to travel and gradually grow in the coming years.
Follow the project by liking our Facebook page. Watch the trailer (all footage provided by EYE)
Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent FilmTag:Silent cinema, Ottoman, history, archives, discovery, lost&found, nitrate film
Reunited after almost 60 yearsSince the inscription of the Desmet Collection on Unesco's Memory of the World Register in 2011 (actually already in the stages of preparing the application) I have been trying to explain why it is difficult to provide an exact number of the films. Although the collection seems to be a finite entity, it also keeps growing (923 and counting)*. It's hard to tell how many films would make the collection 'complete': it is difficult to establish which films exactly had been distributed by Jean Desmet and thus which ones we are still missing. From the company papers it appears that he considered many items, not necessarily acquiring them all in the end. The fact that the poster and the film holdings only barely overlap, is also curious. Even when we do know for sure that he distributed some titles (based on the company papers), not all film prints were among the collection when it arrived to our archive in 1957.Desmet himself had sold parts of his collection, and sometimes these film prints (still bearing the original Desmet company intertitles cards) find their way to our institute through private collectors. This was the case with Tragico Convegno, the 1915 film by Ivo Illuminati that we preserved a couple of years ago. Similarly, over the years, we have received and preserved more films from Desmet's distribution list; such as Loyalty of Sylvia (1912/USA, arrived to us via the Royal Information Services!), or Das Geheimschloss (1914/Germany, found in the year 2000 among thousands of nitrate cans that were privately kept inside the historic city of Haarlem for decades). In such cases, only after examining the print and identifying the contents, we can conclude that we are dealing with a film from the Desmet Collection.But what happened beginning of December 2015 was unprecedented: a few reels of nitrate (bought in a French flea market) were brought to our archive. One of the reels was still in an original Desmet company film can! It is of course very often that film cans get recycled so having the can does not necessarily mean that its content will also be related to the Desmet Collection. And yet, it was: the can contained the 1909 film Nerone by Luigi Maggi, of which EYE so far only held 12 original stills, received from the Desmet family sixty years ago!So 106 years after its release in the Netherlands, and many decades after being separated from the rest of the Desmet Collection, the film (and the can) are now reunited in our vaults.What is going to happen now? First of all, we will be putting the film reel in a new archival film can, so that it can take its permanent place in our vaults. The historic can will go to the film-related collections. The film is not a unique print; several film archives around the world report to have a copy. This means that we will start a research round asking and comparing details, before we can take further action. As part of the Desmet Collection, to have this film preserved is among our prioritites, but it is even more important to do this with all things considered. After all, our print (after so many years of wandering around) may not be complete, or may not be in the greatest condition, and it certainly does not have the original Italian intertitles... So before proceeding, we will dive into international research in order to establish the universal value of what we have.The significance of the Desmet film can, and particularly the fact that we can still receive such an item after so many years, remains very big; it keeps our hope alive that we can go on finding lost silent films from more than a century ago.
* Did you know that you can download the 'complete' filmography of the Desmet film titles as published in the book Jean Desmet's Dream Factory (2014) by scrolling down on this page? Of course with the omission of Nerone.Tag:Silent cinema, Desmet Collection, Jean Desmet, ontdekkingen, lost films, discovery, stille film, Desmet Collectie


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A gesture of peace — Chico MacMurtrie's Border Crossers. Known for his amorphic robotic works, Chico MacMurtrie visits Ann Arbor to work together with a band of driven University of Michigan students hailing from every facet of the university — from the Stamps School of Art & Design, School of Engineering, Ross School of Business, just to name a few — to create more prototypes for his ongoing project, Border Crossers.
It was a windy Friday afternoon, with the occasional glimpse of warm sunlight peeking through the gloomy winter clouds of Ann Arbor, when I approached the UMMA. As I turned the corner, gritting my teeth and bearing the cold, I saw a mass of people gathered around the UMMA's entrance. I automatically understood for what reason — the students working under Chico MacMurtrie had worked tirelessly on what Chico himself called an "impossible project" and produced their own Border Crosser. And the people gathered around it were watching its unveiling. And I, of course, joined them.
This tall structure was an elaborate contraption that stretched itself further and further into the sky, as if reaching out for something. Despite its deceptively strong appearance, the Border Crosser is actually very delicate, built from relatively thin metal parts and then wrapped by inflated parts. Had the sun hit the Border Crosser, it would be a little more obvious (you would be able to see the structure inside the inflated portions). It swayed in the wind, which seemed to worry the students who worked on this project for weeks, as it continued to bend and stretch delicately.
Evidently, after having talked to some of the participating students as well as hearing it from Chico MacMurtrie himself, this Border Crosser was built with the same intention that all Border Crossers have: to cross borders peacefully, as the name obviously suggests. Actually, though, I had originally thought the name Border Crosser sounded kind of aggressive, because there is so much intent and purpose in the act of crossing borders. When really, once you come into contact with an actual Border Crosser, you would immediately realize how delicate they are.
When asked about the Border Crossers' fragility, Chico MacMurtrie answered that the Border Crossers are meant to showcase the delicacy of crossing borders. I thought it was very intriguing and very relevant. Chico MacMurtrie's project, Border Crossers, is the start of a conversation in connecting the world and understanding the fragility of connecting with others, most notably countries that border our own.
Another question posed for MacMurtrie addressed the fact that fences with barbed wire and fences that are bent on maintaining those borders often exist, and that the Border Crosser would likely meet its end in contact with such fences. Chico MacMurtrie chuckled at this question and related it back to the fragility of making connections, as that is what the Border Crossers represent — the action of making a connection, or "crossing borders," is ultimately a risky feat, and that sometimes there are borders that are harder to cross.
Sometimes there are fences that are built to keep others out, and in understanding the intention of the Border Crossers, watching how slowly and intricately they move to their destination, you understand how difficult and precious of an act it can be. Honestly, just putting my thoughts into words chokes me up a little bit. Maybe it's the music I'm listening to, low beats and mysteriously sad and profound, maybe the concept behind the work relates to my life personally, maybe it's the cruelty of reality and the world that we live in, maybe a combination of it all, who knows.
Chico MacMurtrie's Border Crossers are meant to show connections, and that in itself is such a powerful message, especially in this day and age, where connections are either hard to make or too shallow to really mean anything. Border Crossers are here to remind us of this, not necessarily to encourage crossing actual borders, but rather, to encourage peace between those separated by borders.


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Eat for Equity is back with some more awesome food and great times! Anybody who's anyone will be meeting up at 15 Fairway Drive in Stamford from 7-10 on 12/6 for an all-growned up version of a meal in support of Kids Helping Kids. Here's more about KHK:
"Our mission is to develop leadership skills through youth-led service projects. We empower students to take their passion and turn it into action to make a difference in the lives of other kids."
And here are just some of the things they've done:
❤ They've thrown 22 birthday parties for children in homeless shelters
❤ Baked and sold 4,100 loaves of pumpkin bread to help children
❤ Collected 23,500 pairs of shoes
❤ Collected over 60,000 books to launch libraries
As we mentioned, Eat for Equity has organized a meal that will help benefit this great organization. There's never an entry fee, but you do need to register and they do suggest a donation of $15-20. Here's the menu which will be a fun take on kid's classic foods:
🍔 Mini Grilled Cheeses: Sage, Hot Oil or Cranberries
🍔 Sweet Potato Fries, Carrot Sticks & Homemade Ranch Dressing, Coleslaw
🍔 Hot Dawg Buffet: Beef & Veggie with Homemade Condiments
🍔 Homemade Dunkeroos & Fluffernutters
Because Eat for Equity is volunteer driven and the majority of the food comes from local markets and farms, they can always use help in organizing, serving, cleaning and getting the word out. If that sounds good to you, e-mail them at firstname.lastname@example.com and/or learn more about them by checking out our first post on them.


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Welcome to Victor J. Adamson.com, a help site for homosexuals, their families and friends.
Do you have a son or daughter, a brother or sister, or a special loved one of any relation or of no relation who is Gay – Homosexual? Is your loved one out there wandering in the Valley of the Lost Sheep, wondering "Why me?" Are you yourself, perhaps, struggling with the Homosexual Orientation, or with some other besetting sin or addiction in your own life? And, as a result, are you wavering in your own personal relationship with Christ, your Creator and Savior?
The purpose of this Web Site is to share with you what Christ has done in my own personal life to save me from a downward spiral that was leading me in this life to ultimate destruction, and, even worse, to eternal destruction rather than life everlasting.
It is my prayer that at least some portion of my personal testimony, and the ministry of this Web Site, may help you, or someone you know, avoid some of the pitfalls that I have experienced through many years of living "the gay life." If my testimony is able to help even one person come to know Christ more fully and to accept Him without reservation as the Answer to the Homosexual Orientation problem, or the problem of any other besetting sin or addiction, then the mission of this Web Site has been accomplished.
As an Ex-Gay, a former Homosexual, it is my endeavor to help others through my own personal experience to understand the homosexual, to have love and compassion for him/her, and, most of all, to show that through the grace of God there is hope, blessed hope, for his redemption from the lifestyle which I now believe to be so out of harmony with God's purpose for the creation of man and woman in the very beginning.
In facing eternal realities, I have come to realize that though the gay life may be "gay" at times, it promises no lasting, genuine love, joy, or peace. On the contrary, it is fraught with much anxiety, fear, confusion, frustration, suspicion, depression, and despair. Neither does it offer one the assurance of being able to face an all-loving, merciful, yet perfectly just God in the Day of Judgment.
His invitation to you today, dear friend, is, "Come now, and let us reason together." It is only reasonable to go to Him for the final word on the Gay issue. After all, it is He who holds your eternal destiny in His hands. He loves you unconditionally and has only your best interest in mind. For He created you to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled in this life, as well as in the life to come.
"Before I formed thee in the belly," says He, "I knew thee."
Give Him a chance, won't you? What do you have to lose? Nothing. What do you have to gain? Everything. Remember, Father really does know best.
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Who is Victor J Adamson?
Victor J. Adamson (Pen Name) is presently a writer, pastor, radio evangelist, and international speaker.
Thinking himself to have been born gay, and, therefore, with no alternative but to give in to the orientation of his heritage, he spent many years immersed in the gay lifestyle. But that life appearing on the surface to be so "gay" was wrought with much loneliness, heartache, confusion, frustration, and despair.
Today, after a determined struggle to understand and to overcome his homosexuality, Victor J. Adamson lives a totally new life filled with purpose, genuine love, joy, and peace. No longer walking in confusion, frustration, and despair, he lives a full and productive life as a husband and father.
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Get enraptured and inspired by the hypnotizing splendor of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, forming the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Also called Mosi-oa-Tunya meaning the Smoke that Thunders, the mighty falls are the greatest curtain of falling water in the world, and an awe-inspiring sight not-to-be-missed!
SAA offers three distinct classes of service, based on fare, quality of in-flight services and luxury.
Economy Class: Enjoy the best in class seating with plush leather seats that recline more than any other airline. The seats are wide and have extra legroom, and are placed in 2-4-2 manner so that passengers are never far away from the aisle. Enjoy complimentary drinks and savor variety of heavenly dishes and lip smacking South African dishes. Watch the latest blockbusters, TV shows and listen to your favorite music on the personal 10" entertainment screens. Economy class in SAA also allows more baggage in number and weight to be carried aboard or checked in to the aircraft than any of its competitors.
Business Class: Relax and enjoy the comfort of South African Airways Business class. Business class comes equipped with fully flat beds, duvets, pillows make the journey easy and luxurious. The pattern followed is 2-2-2 so that no passenger is far away from the aisle, power outputs, USB ports and music jacks are given for the passengers use. Passengers can keep entertained with the on-demand entertainment and enjoy latest movies and TV shows. While onboard, savor mouth-watering dishes accompanied by delicious South African Wines.
South African Airways has 5 lounges in some of the major cities of South Africa including Lagos, Harare and Lusaka. Passengers will have easy access to the lounges when they are travelling with South African Airways or any other Star Alliance partner airline. Guests with SAA Voyager Gold members and Star Gold member can use the lounges with one guest while the SAA Voyager Silver members and SAA Business Class passengers are not permitted to bring along any guests. The SAA Voyager Lifetime Platinum or Platinum Card holders are also entitled to access any of the lounges. Offering modern luxury, the lounges offer free Wi-Fi, a self-service food area, children's area and a staffed bar.
A member of Star Alliance, South African Airways (SAA) is the most awarded airline of Africa. It runs over 18,500 daily flights to nearly 1,300 airports located across 192 countries. SAA is involved in codes share agreements with 27 other airlines and code share partnerships with United, Air Canada and JetBlue in North America. This collaboration helps in easy connections of SAA's flights to over 30 cities. SAA has received the Skytrax 'Best Airline in Africa' Award twelve times in succession. It has also won the "Best Airline Staff Service in Africa" Award three times.
The airline operates domestic and international flights to 40 destinations across the globe. The regular scheduled flights include nonstop flights from New York as well as direct flights from Washington DC (via Dakar) to Johannesburg. The domestic network of SAA runs total 660 flights in a week between Johannesburg – Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth, from its Johannesburg hub, as well as code-shared flights between Lanseria – Cape Town and Durban.
The airline operates flights to 26 destinations across the continent. The destinations include Dakar, Blantyre, Kinshasa, Lagos, Cotonou, Luanda, Entebbe, Libreville, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Abidjan, Livingstone, Maputo, Accra, Lilongwe, Mauritius, Brazzaville, Harare, Ndola, Windhoek, Victoria Falls, Lusaka, Nairobi and Pointe Noire. In its range of international flights, SAA offers flights to different cities in other continents, such as flights from Johannesburg to Frankfurt, London (Heathrow), Washington, Hong Kong, Beijing, Mumbai, Perth, Sao Paulo, Munich and New York.
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Jakob grew up in the Swiss Alps in Switzerland literally next to the Swiss Alps 100 course. He moved to the US in 1998. He always missed the Alps and because of that organized the Swiss Alps 100 to allow runners from all over the world to experience the Swiss Alps paradise. He gained a lot of experiences directing an ultra marathon by being a co-RD and 50% owner of the famous 5th oldest 100-miler in the USA the Angeles Crest 100.
He is an avid runner who started running in 2005. Since then he completed over 100 ultramarathons including 73 marathons, 52 50Ks, 16 50-miler, 4 100K, 26 100-miler, and one 144-miler (twice around Lake Tahoe in California). In Switzerland, he so far has run the Aletsch half-marathon, the Zürcher marathon, the Swiss City Luzerner marathon, the Zermatter marathon, the Zermatter ultramarathon, and the Zermatt Ultrak "Sky" 49K.
Tom started running along the northern beaches in Sydney in 2007. Since then he has returned to Switzerland and come to love trail running in the mountains. He has run more than 20 marathons and more than a dozen 50k, 50mile, and 100k races. He started his 100mile career at the 2016 Angeles Crest 100.
He is a passionate supporter of Room to Read (www.roomtoread.org) and has led the Room to Read Yak Pack fundraising effort at the Jungfrau Marathon five times, including one double (out and back) with the intrepid runners KG and RD. The Yak Pack has raised funds for hundreds of girls' scholarships in twelve developing countries including Nepal, Indien, and South Africa.
He lives with his family in Basel, Switzerland and loves training in Cumbel, Val Lumnezia in the southeastern canton of Graubünden. Let him know if you're in the area and want to join on a great trail run. "By day" he is a co-founder and CEO of the vaccine company, Vaxxilon.
Christian Langenegger started casually running in university. However, it was only after he moved back to Switzerland from Canada that running became a mainstay of his life. In 2009, he ran his first marathon in Lucerne and was hooked. From there he went on to run approximately ten marathons a year till 2014. This year marks Christian's return to running after a two-year hiatus, and there could be almost no better return than in helping with the Swiss Alps 100.
Like Tom, Christian also actively supports Room to Read. In fact, it was running the Jungfrau Marathon for the charity where the two met and have developed a great friendship.
Christian lives at the foot of the Uetliberg in Zurich with his girlfriend. His typical run is an out-and-back to the top of the Limit City's local mountain. When he's not running, writing or travelling, he's working as a senior strategy consultant with Swiss Approach Group Ltd.
I'm Mirco Weiss, and have been living in Randa in the beautiful Valais for 5 years. In 1996 I was born in Winterthur. Since I was little I was interested in the medical service and I always went with my parents. Since I live in Valais, the Swiss Alps 100 is almost right on my doorstep.
I completed my apprenticeship as a cable car mechatronics engineer at Zermatt Bergbahnen AG, and then I finished the cable car expert. I am much in the nature and in the mountains.
I started with the first medical courses at a very early age and always liked to be involved in medical services. In 2016, together with a few colleagues, I founded a Military Sanitary Association in the Upper Valais and now run it as President. In 2017, I was allowed to complete the instructor SMSV for various emergency and first aid courses. I have a lot to do with medical services, and since I also live in the mountains, I can contribute a lot. Otherwise, I spend a lot of my free time hiking, biking or skiing in the winter.
Crazy of mountains, Fan, Enthusiast by speedup, athlete french Dynafit Team trailrunning (Ledlenser-MielTonia-Leatherman-WileyX) and Snowleader Mountain Team , I enjoy trails, 10 years of ultra-trail and trailrunning always with the same energy and the same spirit ! Sport is the heart of our life, our family (maried with Stéphanie and daddy of 2 girls) and we loved travel... That's why challenges take us to new territories, to new horizons, to the Sky where we can find scenictrail !!! Geography teacher and Dynafit brand ambassador.


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Trivia: In the movie, Kate's fiance Scott is referred to as "Scott Mason", but in the credits, he is listed as "Scott Petersen", they changed the dialogue of his name in light of Scott Peterson, the man accused of killing his wife and unborn son in California. The name Scott Petersen also appears on the list of inmates in Demolition Man (00:48:00)
Trivia: The man who yells at John when his car is hit is Billy Lucas, Arnold's personal stuntman. Lucas has stunted for many of Arnold's movies including Terminator 2. (00:31:25)T Poston
Trivia: When the Terminator reboots himself in the hangar in order to get rid of the influence of the T-X, the scrolling text includes "Quicktime Player - Access" and "MP3.com - No Access." (01:30:15)
Trivia: The movie didn't have enough money to shoot the scene where the Terminator was being smashed through the building. So Arnold Schwarzeneggar paid for it with his own money. The total was $1 or 2 million. He said that was a scene he was looking forward to and he really wanted it in the film.
Trivia: When Catherine tells the Terminator where John Conner was after the Terminator promises to let her go, the Terminator reneges on his promise and when she protests, he says "I lied." This is a reference to another Schwarzenegger film "Commando" (1985) where Col. John Matrix says the same line to Sully after he reneges on his promise. (00:26:05)
Trivia: A small piece of green screen was used on Scharznegger's (Terminator) face to aid the special effects crew with making him look more accurately damaged.Sol Parker
Trivia: Dr. Silberman, the psychiatrist from the first two movies, makes a cameo appearance in "The Rise of the Machines" and makes some comments about seeing "crazy stuff" when in a hostage situation. This is an homage to an un-filmed scene from "Judgement Day" (1991) which featured Dr. Silberman being taken away in a straight-jacket after the T-1000 attack at the hospital. (00:54:05)
Trivia: Originally, Sophia Bush was cast as Kate Brewster. After filming for a few days, director Jonathan Mostow let her go and cast Claire Danes instead because he felt that Bush looked too young for the part.
Trivia: Although Arnold originally would not do this film unless James Cameron was involved, the latter urged Arnold to go ahead and do it anyway, and at the same time ask for a huge chunk of money.Allister Cooper, 2011