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coldvirginbitch · 1 year

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•The following contains bullying and smut that may trigger the reader•

Warning: + 18

If you are a minor, please do not read!!! I am not responsible if you continue.

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Sorry for the grammatical mistakes.

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I swear I wasn’t planning to go to the prom - my last day as a student. But there would be free food so how could I miss that?

The lights were low giving off the vibe of a club. Or actually because the dancing floor was packed with people grouping and kissing their partner rather than dancing. Disgusting. In that situation you would never be noticed at the buffet.

“The food is good”, a boy said after swallowing a big bite. He was not that close to you but you both stood out with you faces towards the buffet and your backs to the dancing floor.

“I find comfort in loneliness. You are ostracized by your class. Don’t confuse things in an attempt to start a conversation with me.”

He looked down embarrassed and his dark hair hid his eyes.

The deafening music died down. The principal scuffed on the microphone with his cough to test if he was heard. An imbecile’s choice because everyone’s ears deafened.

“I welcome all classes of our high school. This night is special especially for the third. Their last day as students. After your hard work and with your fighting spirit not to give up…

And continue fucking in the gym’s closet

…and continue studying for your prominence, you finally achieved in finishing school.

Thankfully.

And now your roads are open to enter the university of your choice and structure your career. But we ought to applaud the best. To give hope and strength to the younger generations to follow the same footsteps. Someone who stood out this year with excellent marks at all subjects!”

What a lame speech.

“It will probably be Stephanie”, the boy beside me exhaled.

“Well, what did you expect, Rei?”

“You know my name?”, his eyes sparked in the dim light.

“Shut up”, you whispered.

“I would like for Y/n S/n to come up to the stage and receive her prize!”

“Am i delusional or I just heard my name?”

“I heard it too…”

“So you are also the delusional…”

“Miss Y/n?”

The dickhead did call me out.

Leaving Rei's side, you adapted your introvert self to look smooth as you ascended the stairs. To no avail, you tangled your hands after you arrived by the principal’s side. Timid as always in front of crowds, no- Anxious would be the correct word.

You shouldn’t look down but you didn’t feel like looking at your classmates. Your eyes moved towards the horizon. At the end of the gym, the door before freedom stood closed. You would gamble that a figure leaned on the wall beside it. Too occupied to bother, you eyed the principal waiting your award.

You just wanted to leave. Even if they were only whispers mixed together, you could feel the disappointment and the disapproval. Everyone wanted Stephanie to get the price and so you did, if you could escape this situation.

“Would you like to say something to your classmates?”

You pressed your lips together thinking how you should sound. Timid? Kind? Inspirational?

You always held back. Even if all that bullying went on and on, you didn’t react.

Fuck that.

Fuck the principal. Fuck my classmates. Fuck the school. Fuck everyone.

⇀ Fuck her ⁠↼

“A lot of people are against this outcome and would prefer this spot to be given to certain someone. But I say to all of you:

Knowledge is power.

The most knowledgeable is the most powerful.

I’m the one on the top of the pyramid.

Suck it up losers.”

Leaving the microphone to a baffled principle, you snatched the price and walked down dynamically. You gave a pat to Rei’s head and said “Good night” before moving towards the exit. However to your surprise the figure did exist.

He moved.

“I thought the whole school was full of pesticides but I was wrong…”, he grinned devilishly.

Shidou Ryusei.

A complete pain in the ass. No sign of self restrain. He could beat up everyone if they weren’t so scared of him. A bully to the weak but especially to those who acted mighty but were deep down double-faced cowards.

One step crashing the distance between us.

“Apologize to Stephanie”, her bestie and loyal puppet shouted at you. Followed by the most beautiful and popular at school, the Majestic Stephanie, along with her boyfriend.

“I will let it slide if you apolog-

“Shut up bitch or I will open your skull”, Shidou interrupted Stephanie.

The woman was too stunned to speak - this meme characterized her expression perfectly.

Her boyfriend as the strongest in basketball team got between them and threatened Shidou.

Not that smart...

Baseless rumors that a demon like him would never been shaken by.

One kick on the stomach and he slid down to the floor. The predator’s eyes traveled back to his target only to find her missing.

As the two girls helped the one on the ground get up and looked frightened at the blonde demon, a big smile appeared on his face.

He was more than satisfied.

!¡!¡

With small smoothing movements with no break, you slowly walked backward to avoid being noticed—one slow push of the door and kindly opening with the same slow rhythm not to creak. You finally exited.

One stop before leaving the school for good and for ever.

“I love my desk”, you exhaled laying your head on it and hugging it.

«Bitch-Slut-Disgusting» and the scratches on it went on. The only attachment was to the phrase «Hope you die» whenever your eyes traced it, you would think “Why wish something that is going to happen anyways?”.

Your heart tightened and you raised your head to rest your chin on your hand. Someone was near.

With a quick jump, more like that of a beast than a human, he landed on your desk. You were taken aback. Ready to push your chair back and get up, his legs trapped you on spot first. Unfortunately.

“You thrill me down to the core”, he announced like he was at the stage of orgasm.

“Why do I always attract the pervents?..”, your thought slid out of your tongue.

He grinned back living in his own ecstasy.

“When it comes to sex…”

He wants to have sex with me?

“…the better you understand the other person, the better it’ll feel”

You averted your eyes from his gaze and anxiously spotted his hands reaching you. He grabbed your palm and tangled it to his.

“Look carefully at their hand”

He then let go and caressed your cheek before touching your ear.

“Their ear…”

With his skin imprinted on your face, he traced down your lips. Touching them with his finger, he opened your mouth slightly.

Your heart skipped a bit. What did he try to accomplish?

“And let your finger be bitten by them…”

His finger had slid into your mouth. Unconsciously, you were taken over by the urge and stuck by his purple eyes, you bit it faintly.

“Harder”, he commanded with a severe tone.

You bit harder.

A fellow Chainsaw man fan.

“Let me go”, you stared at him ferociously.

“But-”, he whined childishly before you shushed his lips shut with your finger.

The beast was captivated by your sight.

“I only accept yes or woof for answers”

“Woof”, he answered back.

You raised up and put your hands on both sides of his body.

“Ryi…”, you whispered nearing him as close as kissing. That teasing combing with the playful cut of his name into a nickname only used by you was enough to excite him even more. “Tell me. Have you kissed someone before?”

He moved his head quickly left and right plenty of times in a row.

“Whenever you do, that’s how you should remember what your kisses taste like”, you took out of your pocket small balls of chocolate wrapped in colorful decorations.

You folded one open and threw it for him to catch.

“Memorize it”

You opened another one. He let his mouth wide open for you to let the piece in and so you did.

His lips touched yours. To your surprise, you gasped leaving yourself uncovered for him to slide the chocolate inside your mouth.

He let go and stared at you awaiting your reaction. You munched and swallowed the sweet.

“Thankfully your saliva didn’t intervene with the taste of chocolate”, you said blandly but he didn’t listen. He continued rubbing his face on your cheek.

“Tell me what you want me to do so I can ask anything from you...”

Like I would let that happen.

You freed him from his chains and moved your legs to exit the class.

“I am ready to come ⁠♡ ”, he opened his hands to welcome the arousal.

“Hold back your orgasm at school at least…”, you halted and turned back to him.

One jump and his face was over your because of your height difference.

(Author’s Note: I hope you're shorter than him)

“It’s past midnight. Rapists roam the streets. Will you return me back to my house?”, you looked up at him.

“But until your door. Afterward, you ought to make my request a reality!”

“What request?”

“Spend the night with me at my house”

“Why would I ask you to escort me to my house when I must come to yours? Futile effort…”

“It’s your choice to make. We can skip your house and go immediately to mine!”, he smiled devilishly yet again.

“I forgot your leash so I will allow it this time”, you offered your hand and he grabbed it.

Why did I imagine us walking together? He sped up and you breathed hard running as fast as possible.

“Slow down!”

“But I am not even running!”, he turned his head to you as you descended the stairs together.

I can tell, this night will be unforgettable. In the worst way possible. For who I cannot tell yet.

-To be continued-

#shidou ryusei #shidou smut #blue lock #rin itoshi #sae itoshi x reader #bllk kaiser #bachira x you #kunigami smut #egoist #smut

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nyullm2020 · 3 years

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How to Crush Law School Exams as an LL.M.

Hello again!

It’s been a minute. I’ve just had a well-deserved break after finishing my finals, where I managed to get a bit of sun in Florida and Puerto Rico.

It’s been a running start into my final semester of the LL.M. - and I can’t quite believe how fast this has all gone. I have a lot of content ideas coming up about everything I will be doing this semester, including juggling my internship at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, a Research Assistantship with an NYU Law Professor, the March Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) for the Bar, a full load of classes, and job hunting/networking - but first things first. I wanted to reflect on last semester’s exams, final papers and overall grades, and think about what I did well, and what I would change!

What are American law school exams like?

I’ll start by giving you an idea of the format of exams to give you an idea of the general approach, and hopefully take away some of the anxieties you as a future LL.M. might have.

There is no uniform exam or grading type for each and every course. American law school professors have a lot of discretion about how they will structure and assess their courses - including what mode of exam you will take (multiple choice, short answers, long problem question responses, policy-based essays, etc), or a final paper, and whether and to what extent class participation counts toward the grade. My assessments ran the gamut. In one class, I had a group assignment worth 30%, a 5,000 word final paper worth 60%, and 10% class participation, and in two others my final exam was worth 100%, with the professor’s discretion to slightly boost your grade based on your overall participation and contribution to the class. My Constitutional Interpretation seminar was 50% class participation, and 50% based on regular pieces of written work we handed in, including a final paper of 2,000 words.

Exams typically last between 2-4 hours, while take-homes take 3-8 hours (I haven’t had a take-home yet, but I will have a 12 hour take-home this semester). We all took our exams from home with a special software (Exam4 or the law school’s own exam software, THESS). Both my exams this semester allowed students to use any notes they wanted, and you could access the internet as well. The main problem with doing that is running out of time! So creating an organized outline of your notes and brainstorming essay ideas ahead of time is pretty crucial.

How do Professors grade? And what is a good grade?

Professors seem to have pretty broad discretion when it comes to grading - and definitely so when I think about Australian law school professors, who grade ‘blindly’ and never know who is behind the student number unless they look it up later, or are awarding prizes for the top students. The possible grades at NYU range from an F to an A+, as follows:

A+, 4.333; A, 4.000; A-, 3.667; B+, 3.333; B, 3.000; B-, 2.667; C, 2.000; D, 1.000 and F, 0.000.

No more than 2% of students can get an A+ in a given class, with a target of 1%. I am proud to say I was the only A+ student in one of my classes - yay! A huge personal achievement for me, and so I will brag a little here because I don’t want to be lame and brag in real life!

About 10% of people get As, and another 20% get A-s, and about 26% of people get B grades (B+, B, or B-). B- and C grades are actually pretty rare, so in all likelihood you will likely end up with an A or B grade of some sort!

It’s kind of hard to work out what ‘good’ grades/a strong GPA are for job applications, but from what I’ve gleaned, in an ideal world you would have all A level grades, or maybe one B+. Personally, my grades were an A+, 2 A- grades and a B+. This gave me a GPA of around 3.8, which is definitely decent for job applications.

Your chances to get the high grades will depend a big deal on your competition - in the core doctrinal courses (like Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Evidence, Corporations Law, and so on) and in classes of the really famous professors, JD competition is intense. I definitely didn’t make it easy for myself with my classes, and I was usually the only, or one of two, LLMs, along with pretty ambitious JDs (often from elite undergrad schools) aiming for judicial clerkships or other prestigious jobs. Many LLMs have usually been working hard enough back home, and work hard enough to get decent grades, but leave enough time to relax and enjoy themselves. I would say my approach was mixed - I knew I needed to work hard enough to get good grades to make me a strong candidate for job applications in the US, but I also had plenty of fun. 😄 Just less fun around exam time!

On reflection, my top tips for doing well in your classes and exams would be:

1) Play to your strengths

At the time you select your classes, you’ll be able to see what the format of the assessment is - long paper, exam, practical assessments (like in a clinic or simulation course), etc. My top advice would be to think about your strengths when picking classes.

I have always been much better at hand-in assignments, and my one A+ grade was from handing in a long paper. My lowest grade (a B+) was from a very time-pressured exam that I wasn’t happy with how I handled the timing. So - if you know you are much better at one type of assessment, make sure you are considering this when picking classes to pave the way for great grades, especially if you are relying on your grades for finding a new job or for a JSD application.

2) Understand your professor’s idiosyncratic preferences

When it comes to law school exams, the key to succeeding is really knowing who’s grading them. Some professors prefer you to be ‘quick and dirty’ and to really jump into the key issues and answers, while others prefer a more formalistic recitation of the rules and then a close application of the rules to the facts. Pay attention to how they explain what they want, pore over any model answers and exam keys they give you, be familiar with the way they write problems, and ideally hunt down past students’ papers with comments or overall feedback from the professor (if you know anyone that took the class before).

3) Make study enjoyable and social

Even in these COVID times, I really benefited from spending time at the library studying with LL.M. friends, and broke up study sessions with coffee hangs, lunches, and going to see the Christmas lights. Your friends will keep you sane and motivated, so don’t hide yourself away for the whole month or more!

Friends! A well-deserved dinner break in December a week or two before finals.

4) Argue both sides of legal issues you spot

This is something that is really emphasized by NYU professors. A good lawyer can, when identifying a legal issue, show how it is a weak point in a plaintiff’s claim or in a defendant’s defense, and then demonstrate how both sides could argue their case. The best answers don’t ‘fence sit’, but come to a reasoned judgment/prediction about which side of the argument is stronger.

5) Be precise and concise

You should try not to include unrelated material in your answer as this could backfire if your professor believes you struggle to separate relevant material from irrelevant material. One of my professors was clear ahead of time and said he did not appreciate an ‘info dump’ and graded accordingly, but I think this is true of all professors.

6) Be *really* aware of your timing

I can’t stress this enough. Effective time management is imperative on law school exams. My Evidence exam was so unbelievably time-pressured (27 short-answer questions in 3 hours = less than 7 minutes per question to read a few sentences-long question and answer it), and I did not handle this as well as I could have, affecting my grade. Make sure to be really aware of this and try to be strict with yourself so you don’t leave any questions untouched.

7) Remember public policy concerns

After applying the legal rules to the issues presented in your fact pattern, if time allows, include a sentence or two about the policy implications of your conclusions, or how your chosen approach fits best with the policy rationale underpinning the legal rule. This is something that is valued more in US law schools than my law school back home. Not critical, but definitely something that could boost your grade a little!

8) Just try your best, and don’t be too hard on yourself

We have all worked hard to be here, and we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. English might not be your first language, you might struggle with exams, or it might just not be the best day you’ve ever had. If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of either not understanding the issues presented in a question, or not remembering the rules related to such issues, just do your best to write the best possible answer in the time limit.

Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions!

#nyu #law #llm #gradstudent #nyulaw #llmguide #finals #exams #tips

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david452 · 3 years

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10 Takeaways From A Big, Weird Night

The 2021 Grammys somehow survived a COVID-inspired six-week delay, not to mention angry diatribes from The Weekend, and put together a seamless, entertaining, music-packed telecast that also proved utterly, bafflingly infuriating. How can all that be true? Read on!

1. The broadcast itself was a triumph. Give huge amounts of credit to executive producer Ben Winston, making his Grammys debut: His telecast moved breezily across multiple stages, cut past years' fat and much of the filler, highlighted a huge and diverse array of music and allowed the performers to be showcased at their best. A typical Grammys telecast has terrific highs and embarrassing lows, but Sunday night's performances were too proficiently and elegantly produced to allow for train wrecks. After a jumbled, clunky, Zoom-intensive Golden Globes telecast just a few weeks earlier, Winston showed the world how it's done.

2. The awards themselves? Hoo boy. You could see it coming, yet it still felt shocking: The Grammys took a moment, upon handing Beyoncé the 28th Grammy of her world-class career, to acknowledge that she'd just surpassed Alison Krauss for the most Grammys ever awarded to a female artist. (Watch your back, Georg Solti!) Unacknowledged in that moment was that Beyoncé has a long history of getting passed over for the major awards of the night; she has never won record of the year or album of the year, and she won song of the year only once, in 2010, for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." Scan a list of the Grammys that Beyoncé has won, and note the number of times the modifier "R&B" appears.

So, when the time came to award the night's final prize, it had to be Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé's "Savage," right? Megan had already won best new artist; "Savage" had already won best rap performance and best rap song; Beyoncé's "Black Parade" had already won best R&B performance, and her "Brown Skin Girl" had already won best music video (which means that Beyoncé's 9-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, now has her first Grammy). Billie Eilish, for her part, had won only best song written for visual media, for "No Time to Die." But record of the year went to Eilish, who spent much of her speech apologizing to Megan Thee Stallion for winning.

With no disrespect intended toward Eilish, who handled the situation well, that's the Grammys for you: They make progress; they make adjustments; they get your hopes up; they pull the football away at the last minute.

3. The call for boycotts will get louder. In the runup to this year's Grammys, The Weeknd announced that he'd never submit his music for Grammys consideration again after the Recording Academy failed to so much as nominate him for his blockbuster album After Hours. Beyoncé attended but didn't perform, and she seemed to expend as little energy as possible on the whole affair. The Grammys have a long history of snubbing Black artists at inopportune moments — see, for a notorious example, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis beating Kendrick Lamar in the awards' 2014 hip-hop categories — and patience is wearing thin.

4. It was a mixed bag for the big winners. Many observers expected the night to be yet another coronation for Taylor Swift, whose album Folklore earned her six Grammy nominations and some of her best reviews. But Swift went 0 for 5 to start, only to take album of the year near the end of the telecast. Eilish, who famously dominated last year's awards, hadn't made much of a splash during the rest of the evening. In both cases, the big wins sneaked up on them.

5. There was better news in the down-ballot races. While it was a shame to see Phoebe Bridgers go 0 for 4, Megan Thee Stallion was the clear and correct pick for best new artist (though it was kind of a head-scratcher when she wasn't nominated in that category last year). Fiona Apple, inexplicably shut out of nominations in the major categories, won best rock performance (for "Shameika") and best alternative music album (for Fetch the Bolt Cutters). H.E.R. took song of the year for "I Can't Breathe," a resonant and powerful track. Kaytranada became the first Black musician to win best dance/electronic album in the category's 17-year history — an outrageous milestone, given the genre's origins, but a milestone nonetheless.

6. Get ready for a tiresome new front in the culture wars! Last year, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion released one of the filthiest songs ever to top the Billboard Hot 100, and "WAP" made its Grammys debut in grandly transgressive, explosively entertaining fashion. Rest assured that "cancel culture" and Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head are gonna have to make room on some conservative fainting couches, possibly by the time you read this.

7. Somehow, against all odds, none of the performances truly stank. This particular kind of showcase — with careful stage management, good sound mixes, a blend of live and pre-taped moments, many stages to accommodate set changes and so on — allowed artists to do their best work. This was the 3 1/2-hour music-industry infomercial the Grammys craved, and the beneficiaries included both the musicians themselves and a home audience that has been starving for live music.

8. The Grammys didn't forget struggling venues. Without turning into a telethon or slowing down the broadcast, the show did a nice job spotlighting a few of the many music venues whose long-term survival has been threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. It was refreshing to see the Recording Academy understand that its industry's success hinges on not only streaming and sales but also the return of live music and the venues that make it possible.

9. Trevor Noah deserves more praise than you might think. The Daily Show host maintained a fairly low-key presence throughout the night — he didn't preside over any skits, and his monologue was limited to a few quick jokes — but he did a deft job moving the home audience through a complicated hunk of awards-show machinery. Awards-show hosting gigs are generally thankless, and he made a hard job look easy.

10. Finally, it can't be reiterated enough: The Grammys still have a lot of work to do. It's not a matter of saying, "If Beyoncé or Kendrick Lamar put out a great record in 2021, it has to win album of the year." It's that the Grammys are not trusted, period, by wide swaths of their audience and membership, and any effort to correct that needs to start there. They have to create trust.

That trust can come only through transparency about their process, their membership and their efforts to better reflect their industry and its massive worldwide audience. The Grammys' typical response to controversies tends to involve artist-specific attempts to redress previous years' grievances; that's part of how Metallica wound up winning eight Grammys across six different years after infamously losing best metal performance to Jethro Tull in 1989.

The issue isn't that Beyoncé should have won album of the year in 2015 over Beck's Morning Phase or that Lemonade should have won album of the year in 2017 over Adele's 25, though both of those outcomes were — with no shade thrown at either winner — hard to stomach. The issue is that it's getting harder for the Grammys to keep on like this without facing a large-scale revolt from the artists whose buy-in they need in order to retain a semblance of relevancy.

#grammys #covid #takeways #zoom #weird night

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monicalorandavis · 4 years

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“The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is one of the best films I’ve ever seen

If you thought J.Lo’s snub for a Supporting Actress nod at The Oscars was outlandish then buddy, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” being shut out is unlawful. God damn is this movie a revelation.

I find solace in this: great films don’t always win Oscars. We like to believe that excellence is to be rewarded but not always. Great films are often overlooked for their commercial counterpart. (Have you watched “Titanic” recently? Mehh...) It’s a cliche now that the Academy often rewards actors after totally getting it wrong at previous years’ ceremonies (Denzel won in 2002 for “Training Day” when he should’ve won in 2000 for “The Hurricane”, and the list goes on). So perhaps, justice for “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” will come down the line. Maybe it won’t. Maybe we’ve given far too much power to awards. All this external validation would make a Buddhist monk bristle. So, in an effort to take a page from said (completely hypothetical) monk, we must simply love something because it is good. Let go of the prize. The prize is in the doing. The prize is in the thing itself. And so I must love “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”. Yes, I’m a year late and for that I’m very, very sorry.

In my defense, it slipped through the cracks. Hear me out. So much so, the lack of publicity raised some questions on the internet (not enough questions that I actually watched the film but we’re moving on!!!). What’s worse is that it did absolutely everything right, winning Best Director (for first-timer Joe Talbot) at Sundance and a Special Jury prize for a Collaboration category. It was even picked up by A24. Yes artsy powerhouse A24 who’s got all the sad-girl faves of the last decade or so: “Mid90s”, “Eighth Grade” and “Ladybird”, just to name a few in recent memory. “The Last Black Man” should’ve soared. But I wonder if it was too good for across-the-board success. I know, I know. “Too good” is a fake thing we say to our friends who are single for ever and ever and I know this because I hear it all the time. But, really. In this case, it might be real. I wonder if this film fell victim to its own brilliance.

Sometimes works of art come to be that are so beautiful and rare that they go by undetected. Invisible in plain sight. They’re too shiny to see. Our eyes are not yet trained to see those colors. It’s true, you know. The Icelandic language has 45 words for green. So perhaps this was the case with Talbot’s masterpiece. We couldn’t quite see it yet. And now I will contradict myself by attempting to describe something you’ve never seen before and make you love it too.

It is a ballet of performance and sound. Images break-dance then freeze down to slow-motion tableau’s when you least expect. All while a masterpiece soundtrack plays. The film does not need such beautiful music. The music is the icing. No, even more superfluous, it is a beautiful, ripe, red cherry atop an already soaring picture. Indeed, the film is gorgeous on its own. Its charms inherent to the inherent charms of the city it depicts. The songs of “San Francisco” shine in such a way that I was compelled to study the person responsible. And to one Emile Mosseri, sir, you did that.

You don’t realize how much you know a place by the sonic landscape until sights are taken away. And here, and partly because we have a character who’s lost his sight, the filmmakers turned the volume up on San Francisco’s phonic touchstones. Those textures that make San Francisco a world-class city. The clanging trollies and humming ships at sea. Soft waves lapping constantly in the background and homeless people singing and musing to themselves. We all know San Francisco but somehow, we all got stuck with the old San Francisco and forgot to visit. I don’t think we know how bad things have gotten for regular folks in the last decade. Yes, Silicon Valley has changed the landscape but, did we know that it demolished whole neighborhoods? Generations of black people are gone, extinct. Well, as the film’s title suggests, just about.

And it is interesting, isn’t it, how we love the things that push us away. (Cats spring to mind.) We love inanimate things in this way, as well. And for those who know San Francisco, and old San Francisco, the city is romantic, lonely, and, a little depressing. It’s in the fog and the water and the bridges and the trolleys. It belongs in a different time. It is no longer in that time. It is a figment of our imagination. But the fog persists and the filmmakers capture the dreamy texture of those billowy ground clouds.

How it obscures things just two feet in front of you. And how frightful it is in a city like San Francisco full of cliffs and sharp angles. It’s a scary, high-up place. It’s a crowded, haunted, smelly, drunk place. Part city, part water. It’s a dangerous place. Earthquakes and fires. And it’s all anchored in this aching sadness that I long for, that the characters long for even while they’re standing in the center of it.

“The Last Black Man in San Francisco” takes those feelings and presses it against a story of friendship, a complicated, unusual friendship that doesn’t look like friendship stories we often see in movies. No, instead we get “Mont” and “Jimmie” (played by Jimmie Fails whose own family history inspired the script), friends who represent very different sides of old San Francisco archetypes: the artist and the skater. The California version of the comedy/drama mask.

This story felt like a daydream. More accurately, it felt like Jimmy and Mont’s daydream that I got to watch. And in the way we all imagine we get to observe our crushes when they’re unencumbered with performing for us, we see their soft parts. The secret parts. I think that’s why this movies breaks my heart again as I write this. We see nostalgic skater, Jimmie, lose his house and his family’s legacy. Playing the Sam to his Frodo is Jonathan Majors as Mont, acting his ass off in a role that needed a damn parade (but again, we release such expectations). Tender, strange, soulful, defiant, Majors is the actor of his generation. There is no one more equipped for the role of brave theater geek. Small but strong, strong-featured but sweet, the man possesses the sex appeal of another classically un-handsome sex symbol in the likes of Willem Dafoe or John Malkovich.

So, what’s the point of all this? Gentrification is bad? Things change? You can never go home?

Well, duh, that. Those. This. It’s all bad. It’s all changing. Home is an idea and you can never go back.

But also, what if friends are home? That’s the case for Jimmie and Mont. Safety in the isolation, chaos, and danger of being the last of your kind. But having each other.

The isolation of being a man and having such limited emotional language. The compounded loneliness of being stuck in an armor of masculine limitation.

Jimmie and Mont are everything to each other and, while the images of the film are so epic and stunning, these two are unable to tell the other because in their world it would be too vulnerable and too strange to share such tenderness. They are each other’s rock and yet, because men don’t necessarily have the tools to communicate such vulnerabilities, they lean on each other silently, stoically amidst the world crumbling. It’s a beautiful, poetic, (dare I say) masculine story that offers a universe of emotion in all the unsaid. Why is it when things are quiet do we think so deeply? I don’t know. But this movie makes you travel inside its heart and think things about friendship and gentrification that are not heavy, intellectual thoughts as the title might suggest.

No, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is about running towards the thing that hurts you and allowing your heart to break again.

#the last black man in san francisco #jimmie fails #joe talbot #oscars #sundance #sundance jury #jury prize #sundance best director #2019 movies #best movies of 2019 #best movies on amazon #amazon prime movies #quarantine #corona movie #quarantine movies #san francisco #san francisco movies

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Albert Einstein's Most Important Achievements

Albert Einstein graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1900. It's often said that finding a good-paying job teaching at a university is near impossible in today's market, but even Einstein couldn't find a job in academia straight out of school. Granted, that also applied to high school math, and it didn't help that he lacked great relationships with his professors who weren't keen on him skipping classes to study on his own. But eventually Einstein landed a decent paying job at a Swiss patent office in 1902. He reportedly enjoyed the work as he was able to clock in, get his paid work done in under four hours, and then spend the rest of his ten-hour work day writing his theories. In fact, he published four of his best known papers while working at the patent office in 1905, including the one where he introduced E=mc2. He also spent time working on his doctorate and upon completion of it in 1908, he became a lecturer at the University of Bern, which led to increasingly prestigious positions.

Albert Einstein's Most Important Achievements

Changing the course of modern physics and challenging long-held views on space, time, and energy — it was all in a day’s work for legendary scientist Albert Einstein. When it comes to life achievements, Albert Einstein takes the cake. From the theory of relativity to the iconic E=mc² formula to even a Nobel prize, here are some of Einstein’s most important achievements:

That Famous E=mc² Equation

E=mc² is a powerful part of Einstein’s suite of achievements. But while many have heard of this equation, few know what it means. In the equation, E is for energy, m is for mass, and c² is the speed of light, squared.

The essence is that while the grand total of energy and matter remains constant, the ratio is in constant flux, and the speed of light (the c² part) represents the universal constant. In layman’s terms: Energy equals matter multiplied by the speed of light multiplied by itself.

As for the implications of this equation? Incredible things, like the idea that gravity can bend light or that it could be used to help figure out how much energy was released during a nuclear reaction.

The Existence of Atoms and Molecules

Before Einstein’s time, a scientist named Robert Brown was checking out some grains of pollen under a microscope and found himself curious about how they were able to move without any obvious mechanisms causing the movement. Later on, in the early 1900s, Einstein would solve this puzzle in a paper on the subject. In the paper, he referred to the movement of particles in liquid as “Brownian motion.” In the paper, he shared what caused the movement: individual molecules of water. Atoms and molecules had long been suspected in the scientific sphere, but finally Einstein was able to prove it with his detailed explanation of Brownian motion. Later this served as clear and empirical evidence for the atomic theory.

The Theory of Relativity

Typically, referring to Einstein’s theory of relativity actually lumps together two of his theories: general relativity and special relativity. General relativity explains the laws of gravity and its relationship to other natural forces. It is all-encompassing of the cosmological and astrophysical realms. Special relativity works to explain the absence of gravity and how it affects phenomena in the physical realm. To say these theories were game changers would be an understatement. It upended long-held theories created by Sir Isaac Newton and introduced a whole new series of concepts about space and time. In terms of physics, Einstein’s theories improved particle science and helped us predict phenomena in astronomy, including black holes and neutron stars.

The Nobel Prize (and more)

In 1921, Albert Einstein was honored in an immense way when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. The prize was given for his contributions to theoretical physics and for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Of course, that wasn’t the only honor he received. In 1925, he was awarded the prestigious Copley Medal by the Royal Society, which is one of the oldest awards for scientific achievement in the world. He also received a variety of other accolades and awards, including the Max Planck Medal, the Franklin Medal, and in 1999, he was declared "TIME" magazine’s “Person of the Century.”

Talk about accomplished!

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Leonid Solodkov: deep-sea epic of the last hero of the USSR

He became the last Hero of the Soviet Union and the last Knight of the Order of Lenin. He was awarded the star and the order 22 days after the USSR disappeared. Mikhail Gorbachev signed a decree on rewarding on the last day of his presidency. Submarine officer Leonid Mikhailovich Solodkov received a high rank for the most difficult tests of unique deep-sea rescue equipment. Alas, when the Kursk died, this equipment was no longer there, like the USSR ...Boris Yeltsin did not give the hero a prize - he was still the president of Russia, not the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, too - he was already no one, a simple pensioner. Responsibility was assumed by Marshal Shaposhnikov, then the Minister of Defense then it is not clear for what state. Moreover, the marshal did not coordinate this question with any of the top officials. The last ceremony in history was held on January 16, 1992. The 3rd-rank captain Leonid Solodkov was called to the ministry in advance. A special ceremonial general (it turns out that they did not have time to reduce such a post in the armed forces after the USSR) examined his appearance and made a remark: they say that you don’t wear shoes quite according to the charter, the model is not the same. Leonid had to rent “authorized” shoes, as it were, from his comrades who lived in Moscow. So the last in the history of the Golden Star of the Hero of the USSR he received in other people's shoes. As he himself later told reporters, several hundred admirals and generals gathered in the large hall of the Ministry of Defense, there was an orchestra, the atmosphere was created in a very solemn manner. Marshal Shaposhnikov read out the presentation for the award: "By decree of the President of the USSR No. VII-3158 of December 24, 1991, for the successful fulfillment of the special task of the command and the courage and heroism shown to it, Captain 3rd rank Solodkov Leonid Mikhailovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin (number 460776) and the Gold Star medal (number 11664)! ". And he handed the star to the hero.And here Leonid, according to his confession, was confused for a moment: earlier it was necessary to say "I serve the Soviet Union", but after all such a country has already been gone for 22 days! However, he was found quite quickly: saluted and clearly said "Thank you!". And all the generals and admirals who were in the hall took it perfectly normal - but what else can you say in such a situation! Thought of "Serving the Russian Federation!" much later. The last Hero of the Soviet Union was born on April 10, 1958, in the village of Chernukhino now in the Perevalsky district of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. He spent his childhood in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, where he graduated from 10 classes. In 1976 he graduated from one course of the Obninsk branch of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. In the Navy, Leonid Solodkov served in August of the same year. The sea has called! In June 1981, he graduated from the F.E. Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering College in Leningrad, in November 1981 - the so-called sixth Navy Higher Officer Classes. In 1981–1984, he was the commander of the diving group of the Zangezur Black Sea Fleet rescue vessel, and from 1984–1986, he was the assistant commander of the same vessel. According to the most conservative estimates, Leonid Solodkov personally trained more than a thousand deep-sea divers in a diving school in Sevastopol, while he also led the training of submarine crews on the methods and means of rescue from emergency submarines in Algeria, with which the Soviet Union maintained strong military-political relations. The Union handed over an entire submarine crew to this Arab country. Algerian crews taught both here and there. Incidentally, a group of Soviet military experts in Algeria was led by a long-time author of Pravda.Ru, a well-known publicist and writer, Sergei Aprelev. Since May 1986, Leonid Solodkov is a junior researcher, diving specialist at the State Research Institute of Emergency Rescue, Diving and deep-sea works of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR.He personally supervised and took an active part in the creation and testing of diving equipment and equipment, in experiments on prolonged exposure to high pressures of up to 50 atmospheres in order to test new technologies. Tests with the implementation of practical underwater work made it possible to timely identify equipment deficiencies, develop recommendations for their elimination. He worked under water and in a pressure chamber for more than three thousand hours! According to the length of stay at the achieved depth of immersion (15 days at a depth of 500 meters, 25 days at a depth of 450 meters), these experiments are record-breaking, and they have no analogues in the world . Since July 1994, the captain of the 2nd rank (promotion in the military rank, he waited only on the eve of his dismissal) Leonid Solodkov, the last Hero of the Soviet Union - in stock. Lives in St. Petersburg. Actively engaged in social activities. Probably, it is worth recalling the award itself, which Leonid Solodkov was awarded the last in history. During the existence of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the country, established by a decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR on April 16, 1934, 12,772 people were awarded it, of which twice - 153, three times - three and four times - two. Initially, the awarding of this high rank did not provide for the presentation of any insignia. Only diplomas from the Central Executive Committee of the USSR were awarded. Since the assignment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union at that time was single, the whole country already knew these people. In 1936, it was decided to present the heroes of the highest state award - the Order of Lenin. Then he received the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, awarded for the salvation of Chelyuskinites and participation in the legendary ice swimming. 1939 for the heroes, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR approved a special distinctive sign - the medal "Hero of the Soviet Union". The last award took place, as we wrote above, on January 16, 1992, already after the USSR state went into oblivion ...Well, now about the specific feat of the last Hero of a bygone country. It is difficult for a land person to understand what even an ordinary deep-sea dive is. Although these dives are never usual, you can believe the author of these lines. For the last five years of my service in a nuclear submarine, I have been the commander of a survivability division, which is responsible for rescue systems and diving equipment. On duty, he performed a deep-sea dive six times, five of them in a pressure chamber. This is a tight room, as it were, to put it correctly, in which the pressure corresponding to a given depth is maintained. Deep-sea immersion in the pressure chamber, although it does not immerse itself in water, is completely identical in its effect on the human body to real immersion. I remember that with such a virtual “immersion” in a pressure chamber at a “depth” of 100 meters, a person’s voice in a pressure chamber becomes thin as a mosquito’s squeak, and at a depth of 150 meters (or even earlier), blood begins to flow from the ears and nose of those people who have any health problems. Probably, many have heard about what decompression sickness is. There is only one option for its prevention - decompression, those are extremely slow rise from depth or stay in a pressure chamber so that the blood and tissues of the body are freed from inert gases. A complete release of the body from gases lasts even for days, if the dive was to a depth of more than 100 meters. And this diver has to spend this day in a pressure chamber, where any failure of equipment is deadly for him. Leonid Solodkov, for the first time in the world, had the opportunity to accept how many such days Leonid spent in the pressure chamber, Leonid, now he will not be able to say something. participation in experiments that were not just unique; nobody in the world has ever ventured on them. Then he, with a small group of deep-waterers, first reached a “depth” of 450 meters in the pressure chamber, which was then increased to 500 for a short period. Under these conditions, the human body experiences tremendous loads and changes. You have to breathe almost pure helium, in which very little oxygen and nitrogen are added. Any sudden movement causes a person severe pain, taste sensations completely disappear, and you can communicate only with gestures or in writing, because instead of words you can hear only unintelligible sounds. This unprecedented experimental dive taking into account decompression lasted almost a month.If astronauts have the opportunity to use various simulators, then at a depth where physical activity is not allowed at all, you have to rely only on good health and endurance of the body. It is not for nothing that after such an immersion it is necessary to go through a rehabilitation period, when divers restore speech and the ability to move normally, and not as in slow motion shooting. The next experiment, during which it was planned to spend 15 days at a depth of 500 meters, was held in 1991. Leonid, volunteered to participate in it, was appointed commander of a group of experimenters. During the record dive, a lot of unique experiments were carried out, various special equipment, instruments and tools were tested. It was convincingly proved that a well-trained person can not only be at such a depth for a long time, but also perform work of varying complexity. Even after the first deep-water experiment, they presented Leonid Solodkov with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but then awarded the Order of the Red Banner - an extremely rare award in peaceful conditions. Alas, the circumstances soon developed so that Leonid Solodkov, like many Soviet officers, had to go into reserve. Unique world-class specialists were not needed by the fleet. Salvage ships and equipment, the analogues of which were not abroad both then and now, were worn out or squandered. The catastrophe killed everything - and foreign specialists raised their dead Kursk with their own equipment, which, according to experts, could not even be compared with the one developed and tested back in the late 80s, during the USSR. In general, they could save submariners who lived in one of the compartments of the dead Kursk submarine for several hours (or days?) Even with the equipment that the Union had back in the 80s. But this is a completely different story. Two months after Marshal Shaposhnikov pinned the Gold Star to Leonid Solodkov, the title Hero of the Russian Federation was established, which has already been awarded to about a thousand people. Alas, a significant part of the new Heroes received an award for exploits in the so-called "internal" wars, fighting terrorists in Russia ... But the traditions of courage, heroism and selfless service to the Fatherland continue to live. In the history of the most honorable award of the Soviet Union, Leonid Solodkov will forever remain the last Hero. Now his main work is public. He is the deputy chairman of the Coordinating Council of Heroes of the Soviet Union, an NGO that conducts active military-patriotic work with youth.

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The Top 20 Things of 2019

1. “Shallow” at The Oscars How can something be so anticipated, so hyped, so seemingly bigger than the freaking Oscars themselves, and yet still somehow exceed all expectations? We now know the answer: by completely subverting them. That’s why it makes perfect sense that the greatest moment of Lady Gaga’s career would be the simplest one. Her and Bradley Cooper simply standing up from their seats still gives me chills every time I watch it (and I’ve watched it A LOT). And the close up on their faces needs to be shown in sex ed classes.

If I could travel back in time, sure going back to kill baby Hitler would be great, but mostly I’d just want to go back to the exact second the curtain starts to raise on this performance, before I knew where it was headed next.

2. Olivia Colman winning Best Actress at The Oscars If you think it’s weird that there are two separate things from the same awards show on my list of the top things from the entire year, then, well, you’ve come to the wrong place.

This is the absolute platonic ideal of someone winning an Oscar. Our genuine shock at hearing their name, THEIR genuine shock at hearing their name, the genuine emotion from everyone involved, a speech that is heartfelt, human, funny, and charming in a way that only a true star could ever dream of being, all in equal measure. And it’s all part of a YouTube clip you can watch endlessly and find new things every time. (Glenn Close’s reaction when she loses is like an entire drama in and of itself.) Sure awards shows may be dumb, but then also, this is why they’re not.

3. Sharon Van Etten - “Seventeen” in advance of this year’s Oscars I just want to be on record that my favorite movie from 2019 about aging, feeling that life is passing you by, grappling with mortality, the passage of time, and the generation coming up behind you is Closing My Eyes And Listening To “Seventeen” By Sharon Van Etten. It has it all: the creeping melancholy and regret, the sense of doom that you try to dance away, the feeling that the past was maybe just a dream, the urge to yell into an increasingly uncaring void.

Part of the curse of aging is everyone becoming their own Casandra. Now you know, but no one will listen. And part of the joy of aging is realizing it doesn’t really matter if they do.

4. The writing on Succession

“Proof that, as long as the writing is there, TV doesn’t need to be anything more than people having conversations in rooms.” - theringer.com

I have a rule with these year end lists that I can’t feature something I’ve listed in a previous year. But it’s actually illegal to write about the best of 2019 without mentioning Succession. So I’m going to get around my self-imposed rule by this year specifically highlighting the writing on the show.

The amazing thing about Succession is how watchable it is not despite, but almost BECAUSE of the fact that not much actually happens. People talk a lot about things they are GOING to do, or MIGHT do, but there’s not a ton of actual DOING. And that’s actually great, because what we’re really here for is the talking. Every character talks with the biting wit of an Armando Iannucci character, the deep intelligence of an Aaron Sorkin character, and the realism of an actual human being. I find myself constantly rewinding just to make sure I took in the brilliance of each dialogue exchange. And literally every line Kieran Culkin is given to say would be the best line of the entire season on 90% of the shows on TV.

Everyone talks about how great the acting on Succession is, and rightly so, but actors are nothing without good words to say. And on Succession, to paraphrase a president of the United States that I’m sure ACN would love, they have the best words.

5. The chemistry of Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein in Booksmart My favorite movie of 2017 was Lady Bird. My favorite movie of 2018 was Eighth Grade. So suffice it to say I was well prepared for how much I loved Booksmart. But what I was not prepared for at all was the incredible chemistry of two actors I had previously never even heard of before: Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein. It feels impossible that the two of them aren’t real-life best friends. Life-long friendship is such a specific bond it feels impossible to fake, and yet somehow Kaitlyn and Beanie pulled the magic trick off. Experiencing the giddy contact high of their chemistry felt like being in the presence of a miracle. And anyone who says the romantic comedy is dead clearly didn’t see Booksmart, because maybe the best romantic comedy of the decade was the story of two people realizing the deepest, purest, most unique love of all can sometimes be the love you have for your best friend.

6. Fleabag Season 2 What on earth is there left to say about Fleabag that hasn’t already been said? And yet somehow even with all the discourse about this show it has still maintained its status as the rare cultural phenomenon with a 100% approval rating. To be as massive and as beloved as Fleabag and yet inspire zero backlash, not even a stray contrarian take from an online troll, feels impossible, and yet also, in the case of Fleabag, totally right. If (the now VERY problematic) Louie was the beginning of giving people money to make their idiosyncratic, personal, not-quite a drama not-quite a comedy TV shows, then Fleabag is the end. The apex of the art form. There’s nowhere to go from here but down. 2019 was the year television finally peaked. It was the year we all witnessed perfection. And it was the year that we fittingly all had a priest to guide us there.

7. Chelsea Peretti’s monologue at the WGA Awards Ironic that the year that proved that awards shows don’t need hosts is also the same year that gave maybe the best example ever of what a great awards show host can do. Chelsea goes so far inside baseball it gives new meaning to the phrase “corker”, and it’s all the better for it.

8. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride If you don’t think Father of the Bride is the best album of 2019 then congrats on not being a late-30s straight white man. But as a late-30s straight white man myself I’ve got two big things going for me:

1.) A life that has benefited from a history of privilege and near-total control over society stretching from the beginnings of civilization up until today 2.) An understanding that Father of the Bride is the best album of 2019

But what about Bon Iver and Wilco and The National and Sturgill Simpson and Big Thief, didn’t they all put out albums for late-30s straight white men this year you ask? To which I say: did any of those albums have a song on them called “Unbearably White”? No they did not! And that sort of ironic self-awareness is the kind of shit that has fueled a million straight white male sketch comedy scenes. It is the air we breathe. Also, have you heard “Harmony Hall” lately? Or “This Life”? Or “Stranger”? I mean, come on, leaving Brooklyn to make your “settled down in LA” album is the sort of late-30s straight white guy catnip James Murphy could only DREAM ABOUT. I may not have much these days, other than unlimited power and privilege, but at least I will always have Vampire Weekend, and they will always have me.

9. Lizzo Every year there is one thing that defines the year. One thing that 50 years in the future when someone mentions that year, it will be the first thing that pops into everyone’s head. And in America for 2019 that thing will be the impeachment of Donald Trump. But if there is a second thing, then it’s Lizzo. She was there when the year started, only got bigger as the year progressed and was arguably still getting more popular as the year ended. And she was everywhere. She was on massive stages and behind tiny desks. She was at the movies, she was on TV, she was coming out of every open car window. And she was definitely at every wedding you went to this year. Lizzo WAS 2019.

With the impeachment of Donald Trump I don’t know how far down the presidential line of succession we have to go before we get to Lizzo, but I know we would all be better off if we would hurry up and get there. Lizzo is the best of us.

10. This picture of Baby Yoda

Ok I was wrong. Take everything I said about Lizzo and double it for This Picture Of Baby Yoda (you know the one, or if you don’t, click the link above). On the wikipedia entry for the year 2019 that definitely needs to be the picture.

11. Kodi Lee on America’s Got Talent I realize you probably weren’t sitting around watching America’s Got Talent this summer. I certainly wouldn’t have been if I hadn’t happened to be working the live show tapings. But lemme tell you, if you didn’t see the show, you missed out on something truly magical this year. Something that makes you rethink what human beings are capable of. Something that goes so far beyond inspirational that I don’t think our language has a word to fully express it. Kodi Lee is a real life superhero, and provoking emotion is his superpower. Making it thru a full Kodi Lee performance without crying should be the new Turning Test. Forget America; Humans Have Talent indeed.

12. Taylor Swift - “Cruel Summer” Look I didn’t expect to ever find another “Teenage Dream”, but, well, here we are. I mean, a Taylor Swift single produced by Jack Antonoff and co-written by Annie Clark is pretty much genetically engineered to be one of my favorite things ever, but still: wow. Do the kids still use the term “banger”? Because if so, this is why the term was invented. I would have more to say about how great the rest of Lover is as well, but sorry, I gotta go now. I have to listen to “Cruel Summer” for the eight millionth time.

13. Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon If there was an award for best acting performance in any medium this would be the clear winner for 2019. In fact, can you win an EGOT for one single performance? What about a Nobel Prize? I can’t come up with an award or a title big enough to truly honor Michelle Williams’ work in Fosse/Verdon.

As a fellow actor very rarely a performance will come along that will make me think: ok we’re done here. Let’s all the rest of us pack it up and go home, because someone just won acting. This is one of those performances. So congrats to Dame Michelle Williams, you’re the new Pope.

14. American Factory My favorite line in all of Shakespeare is “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”. And nothing is evidence of that more than the piece of art I have thought about most this year: the documentary American Factory (available on Netflix right now!). So many of the things we in western societies believe are universal bedrock virtues and value are in fact simply products of the society in which we were raised. Individualism, personal expression, autotomy, the importance of leisure time, and so many other things, are not absolute human values, only relative ones. What is important to someone in America, can be ridiculous and incomprehensible to someone in China. And vice versa. And neither side is right or wrong, only thinking makes it so.

American Factory is documentary that doesn’t say WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW WAS WRONG, but instead shows something that is perhaps even more powerful: what if everything you know is simply just that, a thing you know.

15. White Claw Life is an endless parade of infinite options, possibilities, and choices. So I have no idea how you personally chose to spend your 2019. With one exception: I Know What You Did Last Summer. You drank an alcoholic seltzer water. Probably many of them, but at least one. At a park, at a beach, in a backyard, definitely at a party. If at some point this summer your paws weren’t wrapped around a White Claw (or a similar product) then you didn’t actually experience 2019. Because this is the year we all collectively got obsessed with combining America’s two hottest drink trends: flavored sparkling water and…hold on, lemme look up the name of this stuff…alcohol?

History may record summer 2019 as Hot Girl Summer, but those us who actually lived it know the truth: it was Hard Seltzer Summer

16. Marriage Story A movie that fundamentally misunderstands things I care about deeply - theater, Los Angeles, how the entertainment industry works - is my favorite movie of the year because of how deeply it gets right the thing I care about most: human beings. The way we talk, the way we behave, the way we love, the way we hurt, the way we create bonds that never fully go away. It’s been said a lot, but part of the beauty and magic of this movie is that it doesn’t take sides. Both people are right and both of them are wrong. And that’s how human relationships often work in real life, but rarely in art. There are no heroes, there are no villains; there’s only being alive. 

(Also, Adam Driver, Imma let you finish, but Raul Esparza doing “Being Alive” is one of my favorite YouTube clips of ALL TIME. If you ever need to weep uncontrollably and you don’t have time to watch Marriage Story, then Raul Esparza’s “Being Alive” will do the trick)

17. Lil Nas X - “Old Town Road” “What kind of music do you like” used to be a very important question. Your sense of identity used to be defined by the type of music you listened to and what that choice said about you. But now music-as-cultural-signifier is as dead as the concept of owning music itself. Rap music is for elementary school kids. Country music is made by queer black Americans collaborating with Dutch teenagers. Billy Ray Cyrus and Korean pop stars appear on remixes of the same song. A song about an old road and an antiquated mode of travel becomes a massive hit thru the brand new music app TikTok. What kind of music do we like in 2019? All of the “kinds” of music at once, in one marvelously inescapable two minute burst of joy. Music is dead; long live music.

18. Chernobyl If you thought it was crazy that the year’s biggest song was a novelty country/hip-hop track by an unsigned artist rapping about trying to find parking for his horse, then wait until you find out what the summer’s biggest hit TV show was about! I mean, nothing screams “summer fun” like nuclear radiation and shooting dogs. But as always, no one ever truly knows what people will want until you give it to them. And clearly what we really wanted in our LOL Nothing Matters age was a captivating reminder that life on earth truly could end at any moment. Some things very much DO matter. And that something as dramatic, devastating, and consequential as Chernobyl could have happened in the fairly recent past and already have been largely forgotten about is incredible. But if you can take such a compelling story and tell it as well as the makers of Chernobyl did, then people will watch and learn and better understand an issue of vital importance, no matter how seemingly uncommercial it might be. So in a very 2019 sentence: thank you creator of the the Hangover franchise for your miniseries about a 1980 Russian power plant explosion. It was our collective summer obsession. (2019 was a weird year.)

19. Raphael Bob-Waksberg - Someone Who Will Love You In All You Damaged Glory

“I think about how loving someone is kind of like being president, in that it doesn’t change you, not really. But it brings out more of the you that you already are.”

Back in the day, Raphael Bob-Waksberg had a tumblr that was so good it both single-handedly inspired me get much better and writing my thoughts and putting them on the internet (thus what you are reading right now) and intimidated me out of doing it more often (why I now do this only once a year). In fact, I’m almost positive I had his tumblr listed as one of my top things of a year in the past, which is really the highest honor a tumblr account can receive. It was one of the single most impactful forces in the direction of my creative life. And now Raphael has taken the voice that created that tumblr and created my favorite TV show (BoJack Horseman) and wrote my favorite ever Craigslist post, and used it to create a book about love and loss and being human. And it feels like a wonderful treasure that was written just for me. It IS my worldview, expressed better than I ever possibly could. When I meet people now rather than doing the usual introductory small talk I am just going to hand them a copy of this book.

20. The New One - Mike Birbiglia Speaking of art that felt deeply personal to me…just hearing even a rough outline of the story Mike Birbiglia tells in The New One was enough to start me on a path of perhaps reconsidering one of my most deeply held beliefs. By talking about parenthood in a refreshingly honest and shockingly open way, he is able to possibly change lives. I know finally actually seeing the show in person (and it’s now available on Netflix) felt like a possible turning point in mine. Is it theater? Is it standup? Does it matter? Here’s what there are no questions about: it’s hilarious and deeply felt and perfectly constructed. It’s an absolute master class in story telling. And it’s my favorite thing I saw this year.

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J&T Finance Group Headquarters, Prague

J&T Finance Group Headquarters, Prague Offices, Czech Republic Real Estate, Building Photos, Architecture

J&T Finance Group Headquarters in Prague

10 Apr 2021

J&T Finance Group HQ Prague Offices

Design: CMC architects

Location: Sokolovská 700/113a, Prague 8 – Karlín, Czech Republic

Setting apart the new J&T Finance Group Headquarters from the neighbouring buildings is its appearance – inside and out.

The world of finance is made up of various elements that need to function and fit together flawlessly. The unbroken pattern of the façade mirrors this world.

The design of the façade is a juxtaposition of technological rationality and irregularity – an approach inspired by the works of important abstract painters and sculptors. The clear right angles are also repeated in the general layout of the interior. The original graphic design of the directional signs inside the building underscore this orthogonality. The design of the font and symbols as well as the linear geometry of the lighting are based on the façade’s distinct, graphic pattern.

COMFORT FOR ALL When designing the interior, the day-to-day comfort of the users – customers and clients – was a priority. The design concept was preceded by a survey that gave employees the chance to say what they felt was missing and what they wanted from their workplace. One of their main wishes was ample and suitable space for formal and information meetings: they spend a lot of time at work and need to feel good there. The whole space was thus designed more like a living space than an office space.

A PLACE TO MEET AND RELAX The offices on all floors communicate with the façade to allow light to enter the space. They space is divided up by glass partitions. If employees need more privacy, they can draw curtains. Each floor also has a mix of work and relaxation zones where employees can enjoy a coffee or hold a quick meeting.

In addition to standard office floors, the building houses the spacious Work Café, which cuts diagonally across the entire fifth floor. It boasts fully equipped kitchens and refrigerated display cases as well as a study space, enclosed lecture hall and central presentation space, which can be flexibly modified to suit the number of participants and purpose of the event. Besides having coffee and dining tables available to them, employees can also relax on comfortable sofas or in secluded spaces, where they can meet each other or enjoy absolute privacy.

A roof garden, with a beautiful view of the city centre and Prague castle, has been created for both work and relaxation. It is also fully equipped for work and fun. In addition to Wi-Fi and diverse seating options, there are also catering facilities.

Employees also have access to a private fitness centre and bike storage facilities with lockers and showers. The building also houses spacious garages with charging stations for electric cars.

ART-FILLED BUILDING The appearance of this distinctive and powerful building emphasises the investor’s relationship to one of its most important areas of interest: art. This has given the designers the opportunity to use organic shapes and forms in the interior to provide a contrast to the rigid shapes on the façade.

The entrance hall is dominated by a 20-metre long light made from Czech crystal. This work of art entitled Stellar Dust is one of the biggest contemporary light installations in the country. The 726 crystal drops – designed by the architects and made by the Bomma glassworks in Sveltá nad Sazavou – are suspended in a wave pattern off a wooden wave-like structure. Both the glass and the wood elements of the installation have been designed using unique parametric definitions. Whereas Stellar Dust stems from the spatial relationships in the lobby, the curved ceiling in the café, which connects freely to the entrance hall, is the algorithmic transposition of the geometry of a woman’s body.

The delicate and rounded artistic installations found in Work Café divide the interior space up and create secluded seating areas. A mural by Michal Škapa covers one of the café walls.

The Magnus Art gallery, housed in the building and open to the general public, is proof that art is part of the bank’s life. The gallery serves to present the private collections of Czech and Slovak collectors. The first exhibition was of the bank’s own collection, which includes the works of all the past winners of the Jindřich Chalupecky prize over the 30 years of its existence.

Furthermore, the works of talented art students and contemporary Czech artists adorn all floors of this eight-storey building.

LINK TO THE SURROUNDINGS The gallery is not the only space open to the public. One of the aims of the project was to eschew the idea of a closed-off banking world and instead link the building to city life and integrate it into the existing urban structure. The Café Rustonka restaurant and café is thus an integral part of the building and offers a novel, architecturally interesting space for private and business meetings.

About studio CMC architects is an international, 25-person studio of environmental design, urbanism and architecture, based in Prague, Czech Republic. CMC’s work includes a successful, award-winning seventeen-year history in holistic design of many types of projects in various scales and levels of complexity. The studio has worked in twelve different cities in seven countries, including the Czech Republic, Germany, Montenegro, Romania, the United States, the Ukraine and Viet Nam.

CMC is a unique and carefully assembled team, which has collaborated internationally with world-renowned engineers, artists and architects. CMC worked with Ateliers Jean Nouvel from France, Gehry Partners and ASYMPTOTE, from the United States, MVRDV, from Holland, and, ARUP, from the UK. This international and world-class exposure has created a wealth of experience and greatly expanded CMC’s knowledge-base for design. Partners David R. Chisholm and Vit Maslo combine for over 40 years of professional practice, and are ecological designers of sustainable projects and environments.

David Chisholm and Vit Maslo are involved in academic development now for over ten years, serving as sponsors, teachers and guest critics at the ARCHIP School of Architecture, the Czech technical faculties in Prague and Liberec. CMC partners Chisholm and Maslo were also nominated to the Czech Academy of Architecture in 2008, and, were made Founding Members of the Czech Green Building Council (CZGBC) in 2009. CMC supports the DOX Gallery of Contemporary Art, the reSITE Festival of Urban Design, and, the FOTOSFERA photography festival held yearly in Prague.

CMC philosophy holds that giving to education, to art and to the community are all investments in the future of the built environment and the dynamic of change.

J&T Finance Group Headquarters in Prague, the Czech Republic – Building Information

Architects: CMC architects

Author: Vít Máslo David Richard Chisholm Design team: Evžen Dub, Lead Architect Gabriela Sekyrová, Architect Pavel Paseka, Architect Aneta Všechovská Zadáková, Architect Josef Knížek, Chief Project Engineer [Obermayer Helika] Taťána Čmelíková, Engineer [Obermayer Helika]

Project location: Sokolovská 700/113a, Prague 8 – Karlín, Czech Republic

Project year: 2013-2020 Completion year: 2020 Built-up Area: 2250 m² Gross Floor Area: 18000 m² above grade

Client Developer: J&T Real Estate, www.jtre.cz Tenant: J&T Banka, www.jtbank.cz

Collaborator Artwork Stellar Dust: Bomma, www.bomma.cz Artwork Art Wall: Michal Škapa, www.michalskapa.cz Infographics: Side2 – Tomáš Machek, www.side2.cz Construction and structural engineering: Obermeyer Helika, www.obermeyer.cz Transport engineering: Ateliér DUA, www.dua.cz Technical engineering: Area TZB, www.areatzb.cz Electrical engineering: Colsys, EZH, www.colsys.cz, www.ezh-as.cz Metering and regulation: SAUTER, www.sauter.cz Fire safety: AMPeng, www.ampeng.cz Landscape architecture: Jana Pyšková, www.janapyskova.cz Execution: GEOSAN – METROSTAV consortium, www.geosan-group.cz, www.metrostav.cz Project Manager: Karel Kutnohorský, Milan Kolaja Interior contractor: Stavební Interiérové Systémy, www.sis-systemy.cz

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Location: Location: Sokolovská 700/113a, Karlín, Prague, Czech Republic, central eastern Europe

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World Mental Health Day 2020

"We must act together, now, to make quality mental health care available for all who need it to allow us to recover faster from the #COVID19 crisis." — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday's World Mental Health Day.

This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 home with them; for students, adapting to taking classes from home, with little contact with teachers and friends, and anxious about their futures; for workers whose livelihoods are threatened; for the vast number of people caught in poverty or in fragile humanitarian settings with extremely limited protection from COVID-19; and for people with mental health conditions, many experiencing even greater social isolation than before. And this is to say nothing of managing the grief of losing a loved one, sometimes without being able to say goodbye.

The economic consequences of the pandemic are already being felt, as companies let staff go in an effort to save their businesses, or indeed shut down completely.

Given past experience of emergencies, it is expected that the need for mental health and psychosocial support will substantially increase in the coming months and years. Investment in mental health programmes at the national and international levels, which have already suffered from years of chronic underfunding, is now more important than it has ever been.

This is why the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health.

World Mental Health Day: an opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up in investment in mental health

— 27 August 2020 News release Geneva

Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health

Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And now, billions of people around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is having a further impact on people’s mental health.

Yet, relatively few people around the world have access to quality mental health services. In low- and middle-income countries, more than 75% of people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders receive no treatment for their condition at all. Furthermore, stigma, discrimination, punitive legislation and human rights abuses are still widespread.

The limited access to quality, affordable mental health care in the world before the pandemic, and particularly in humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings, has been further diminished due to COVID-19 as the pandemic has disrupted health services around the world. Primary causes have been infection and the risk of infection in long-stay facilities such as care homes and psychiatric institutions; barriers to meeting people face-to-face; mental health staff being infected with the virus; and the closing of mental health facilities to convert them into care facilities for people with COVID-19.

Move for mental health: let’s invest

That’s why, for this year’s World Mental Health Day, WHO, together with partner organizations, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health, is calling for a massive scale-up in investment in mental health. To encourage public action around the world, a World Mental Health Day campaign, Move for mental health: let’s invest will kick off in September.

“World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for the world to come together and begin redressing the historic neglect of mental health,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. “We are already seeing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s mental well-being, and this is just the beginning. Unless we make serious commitments to scale up investment in mental health right now, the health, social and economic consequences will be far-reaching.”

During the past few months, the World Health Organization has issued, in collaboration with partners, guidance and advice on mental health for health workers and other frontline workers, managers of health facilities, and people of all ages whose lives have changed considerably as a result of the pandemic. With the disruption in health services, countries are finding innovative ways to provide mental health care, and initiatives to strengthen psychosocial support have sprung up. Yet, because of the scale of the problem, the vast majority of mental health needs remain unaddressed. The response is hampered by chronic under-investment in mental health promotion, prevention and care for many years before the pandemic.

Countries spend just 2% of their health budgets on mental health

Countries spend on average only 2% of their health budgets on mental health. Despite some increases in recent years, international development assistance for mental health has never exceeded 1% of all development assistance for health. This is despite the fact that for every US$ 1 invested in scaled-up treatment for common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, there is a return of US$ 5 in improved health and productivity.

World Mental Health Day: an opportunity to commit

The World Mental Health Day campaign will offer opportunities, primarily online given the continuing pandemic, for all of us to do something life-affirming: as individuals, to take concrete actions in support of our own mental health, and to support friends and family who are struggling; as employers, to take steps towards putting in place employee wellness programmes; as governments, to commit to establishing or scaling-up mental health services; and as journalists, to explain what more can and must be done to make mental health care a reality for everyone.

“It is nearly 30 years since the first World Mental Health Day was launched by the World Federation for Mental Health,” said Dr Ingrid Daniels, President of the World Federation for Mental Health. “During that time, we have seen an increasing openness to talk about mental health in many countries of the world. But now we must turn words into actions. We need to see concerted efforts being made to build mental health systems that are appropriate and relevant for today’s – and tomorrow’s - world.

“With so many people lacking access to good quality, appropriate mental health services, investment is needed now more than ever,” said Elisha London, Founder and CEO of United for Global Mental Health. “Everyone, everywhere can participate in this year’s campaign. Whether you have struggled with your own mental health, know someone who has been affected, are a mental health expert, or if you simply believe that investing in mental health is the right thing to do, move for mental health, and help make mental health care and support accessible for everyone.”

Key Events:

United for Global Mental Health: The 24-hour March for Mental Health

On 9 October, people from around the world will be encouraged to participate in a virtual march. A 24-hour livestream will feature people with lived experience, mental health leaders and influencers from the civil society groups already active in 19 countries through the Speak Your Mind campaign. In addition, global partner organizations that are leading and coordinating work on mental health are organizing hour-long sessions on specific themes, including mental health and young people, mental health and older people, and mental health and the LGBTQ+ community. Confirmed partners include Human Rights Watch and Alzheimer’s Disease International. The March will help increase awareness of mental health issues, break down stigma and bring about policy change. Members of the public will be urged to “add their voice” and join the March using online filters to be released in the lead-up to the event.

WHO: The Big Event for Mental Health

On World Mental Health Day, 10 October, the World Health Organization will, for the first time ever, host a global online advocacy Event on mental health. At this event - the Big Event for Mental Health - WHO will showcase the work that its staff are doing around the world to reduce mental illness and the harmful use of alcohol and drugs. World leaders and mental health experts will join the WHO Director-General to talk about their commitment to mental health and what more must be done. World-renowned musicians who have spoken out about the importance of mental health will talk about their motivation and perform. Sportsmen and women whose lives have been affected by mental ill health will share their experiences and how they have dealt with conditions such as depression and anxiety.

During the Event, a Special Prize for a mental health film, a newly-created category of WHO’s inaugural Health for All Film Festival, will be awarded.

World Federation for Mental Health: education and awareness raising

The Federation’s campaign kicks off on 1 September, with the Federation’s President launching the 2020 World Mental Health Day Campaign Educational Material “Mental Health for All: Greater Investment - Greater Access” under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Iman Afzan Al-Sultan Abdullah of Malaysia. This includes a Call to Action 2020 from Pamela Y. Collins and Deepa Rao, and will be followed by 45 days of awareness-raising activities led by the Federation’s youth section, including a global online discussion forum and art exhibition.

The World Health Organization

The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across six regions and from more than 150 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. Our goals for 2019-2023 are to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and to provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

World Mental Health Day @WHO

United for Global Mental Health

United for Global Mental Health brings together the global mental health community with governments, funders and campaigners to help make sure everyone, everywhere has someone to turn to in support of their mental health. The not-for-profit organization was launched at the UN in September 2018.

www.unitedgmh.org @UnitedGMH

Speak your Mind is a nationally driven and globally united campaign powered by United for Global Mental Health. It works in support of mental health for all. It brings together people with first-hand experience of mental health conditions, experts and civil society organizations to call on leaders to end the neglect of mental health by increasing investment, empowerment and education. The campaign involves campaigners from 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

www.gospeakyourmind.org @gospeakyourmind

The World Federation for Mental Health

The World Federation for Mental Health is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health. The Federation was the initiator of World Mental Health Day.

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Mindspark in Rajasthan: Personalized adaptive learning tools to improve learning outcomes

This year’s Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer are amongst the pioneers of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), an ‘experimental approach to alleviate global poverty’. Essentially, it transports societal economics from desks and theories and brings it on-ground, where it is ideally expected to make an impact. In fact, the husband-wife duo of Abhijit and Esther practiced their study in Indian hinterlands, collaborating with non-profit organizations like Seva Mandir and Pratham, and conducted RCTs to scientifically evaluate various targeted anti-poverty programmes in India. This radically new approach sparked Educational Initiatives’ implementation of the Mindspark program in Rajasthan, associating with the state government to test the impact of classroom-based ICT program amongst the most underserved and resource bereft children of rural India. The implementation of the program was sponsored by Global Innovation Fund – where Michael Kremer and Esther Duflo the winners of Nobel Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences were among the founding Board Members. This grant was on the basis of the Mindspark program demonstrating strong results in a J-PAL RCT of the program in Delhi urban slums. The proposal was to do a pilot in government schools to show the blueprint of how EdTech can be integrated into the govt school system to improve learning outcomes at scale. The ground reality Despite high enrolment rates in recent years, improvement in reading outcomes and arithmetic ability remain alarmingly low. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018 reveals 56% of students in Class VIII struggle to solve simple numerical division problems, whereas 72% of students in Class V do not even know how to divide. The report, released by NGO Pratham earlier this year, clearly indicate that learning levels of students in India are well below age-appropriate levels. In response to this widespread learning crisis, the Government of India has allocated a great deal of funding to support classroom-based ICT programs that promote computer literacy and develop innovative curricula in electronic formats. Yet, there is little evidence to date that suggests a strong correlation between public investment in education and learning outcomes. EI’s primary objective in implementing the Mindspark program was twinfold- to understand the roadblocks that have created such a scenario, and attain practical insights acquired from real-life implementations of EdTech-based solutions at a scale that imitates real situations. What is Mindspark? Mindspark is an AI-powered personalized adaptive learning tool that curates a tailored learning path for students, based on the information generated by an individual student’s responses to questions and activities. It then adjusts the type and difficulty of content delivered as per the child’s need, style and pace of learning. The dynamic platform culls relevant and customized intelligence from over a billion data points and delivers content in the form of questions, activities, games and videos to test students and provide explanations, feedback and learning inputs that are useful to students as well as teachers. Benefits:- The Mindspark software assists children in learning the fundamentals of the topics before calibrating to the next logical step that he/she should take in mastering the particular topic. The teacher can, therefore, focus on common misconceptions or learning gaps that the group as a whole faces, whereas Mindspark can address and fine-tune specific learning challenges of individual students. How it happened? In October 2017, EI set up Mindspark Labs in 40 government-run Adarsh schools across four districts of Rajasthan, namely Churu, Jhunjhunu, Dungarpur, and Udaipur. To ensure there is buy-in among all school stakeholders, EI organised several orientation and training workshops – both centrally and at school. Seven such district-level teacher workshops were organized in 2019 itself, with the aim to orient teachers about the program and provide pedagogical and logistical insights about EdTech. In addition, a mobile monitoring dashboard was created along with unique login IDs and passwords for principals of schools and government officials, enabling them to view Mindspark data on any mobile phone. The program included 6677 and 6276 students from October 2018 to April 2019 (part of Academic Year 2018-19) and July 2019 to September 2019 (part of Academic Year 2019-20)respectively. Initiatives for teachers The EI team conducted several focused group discussions and personal interviews with subject teachers to help them integrate Mindspark into the school eco-system. On soliciting teachers’ feedback regarding how Mindspark can help them complete their syllabus and achieve a better school result, EI introduced a “Textbook Module Feature” called “Worksheets” from February 2019. These worksheets were made available for Grades 1-8 for all topics recommended by the teachers, enabling them to practice the topics already covered in class and take unit tests to know students’ understanding. Moreover, EI’s team designed an academic calendar for all subject teachers (Hindi and Math) of Grades 1-8. Student engagement initiatives EI’s project management appointed two students each from Grades 4 – 8 as Mindspark Monitors and trained them on how to start the server, use a Chromebook, handle connectivity errors, sync the data, and navigate Mindspark. It was a moment of great excitement for the kids, and an instant of empowerment as well. Additionally, the team participated in the ‘Balsabha’ meeting held every month by the government to recognize students’ performance on Mindspark. The EI team presented the monthly school report at the meeting and, along with the respective school principal and teacher, felicitated the top student performers, called Sparkie students, from each school. Sparkie students are those who receive the highest number of Sparkie points on Mindspark. These Sparkie points are awarded when a student correctly answers three questions in a row. Outcomes The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) was formed by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. The Mindspark program improved learning levels across all groups of students and proved to be cost-effective compared to other instruction types according to the J-PAL RCT led by Prof. Karthik Muralidharan which did the third-party evaluation of the Mindspark program in the 40 schools across Rajasthan. In May 2019, J-PAL shared preliminary results from its Year 2 randomized control trial (RCT) of Mindspark at the RISE Conference, Washington DC. Prior to the program, students in the sample were many grade levels behind, and learning deficits increased with each grade. Between start of Mindspark instruction in November 2017 and endline testing in February 2019, students’ performance in both math and Hindi were improved across multiple grade levels. Mindspark students scored 0.2 standard deviations more compared to a control group in both the subjects. In other words, learning gains for students that received Mindspark was twice as much as students in the comparison group (that didn’t receive Mindspark). It’s estimated that Year 3 results would be more prominent, given the implementation is now stable. Based on these results, Dr. Shawn Cole, who is the John G McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (Executive Committee of J-PAL) also wrote a case study that is now taught to students of Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Given a growing cognizance of the skills and competencies required, as well as the push on digital technologies, India has seen increased interest from all stakeholders ranging from the Prime Minister and MHRD to parents towards improving the learning outcomes of students, especially in public school setups. With this shift in mindset, along with the revised NEP and appropriate line items for operational expenses, it is safe to say that the technology behind personalized adaptive learning will be implementable, scalable and one that promises limitless improvement in the way India learns today. It only needs individuals and organizations with vision and good intentions to act on them, and prove the effectiveness and viability of such structures in our current educational framework. Speaking on Mindspark success in Rajasthan, Mr. Srini Raghavan,Co-Founder and CEO, Educational Initiatives commented, “EI was conceived with the goal to help children everywhere learn with understanding. Our work in Rajasthan has shown that Mindspark, which integrates latest developments in pedagogy and technology through continuous research, has helped us make progress towards this goal. We are thrilled that the JPAL study has validated this.” Furthermore, Mr. Karthik Muralidharan, Tata chancellor's professor of economics University of California, Sandiego Education sector, Co Chair, JPAL, Honorary adviser(education and social),NITI Aayog said, "In 15 years of education research, I've never seen something that has had such a large effect in such a short amount of time. The reason why this is so effective is that you are getting complete customisation in a setting where the vast majority of children are so far behind the textbook and the syllabus that is taught in their class. Read the full article

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170424 BTS = The 'Dirt Spoon Rebellion'?

(* T/N: "Dirt spoon" is often used in Korean as a contrast to the saying, "born with a silver spoon in mouth." Because BTS was not from a big entertainment company (like most popular groups), they are said to be leading a "rebellion" where smaller companies can succeed.)

After debuting in June 2013, this group is now nearing their fourth anniversary. Just two years after winning Rookie of the Year, they placed first in a music awards show, and went on to win the grand prize at an End of the Year Awards one year later. Now, Korea seems to be too small a country for them as they dominate overseas tours. They are also being dubbed as "Billboard's favorite K-Pop Group." This is BTS, a group writing a true success story. BTS is part of Bighit Entertainment. A medium-sized entertainment company founded by producer Bang Si-Hyuk. Although its scale falls short in terms of other big companies, he was able to lead BTS into massive success, and now leads Korea's K-Pop industry. We've interviewed Bang Si-Hyuk, the leader of this "Dirt Spoon Rebellion." We were able to hear his thoughts, reason for success, and future plans for BTS.

Q: I'll get straight to the point. What do you think is the reason for BTS's huge success? Bang SiHyuk: To be honest, I'm not sure. But after listening to fans and reporters, the performances, musical trends they followed, and the inclusion of personal stories in their music were the main reasons. They were able to sympathize with youths all over the world. Their active online presence on social networking sites also seem to be bringing BTS closer to their fans.

Q: Didn't you also lead the trend in multi-part albums with the School trilogy and HYYH duology? A: Lots of older groups did series albums in the past, I guess you can say BTS brought the trend back. But as much as it can seem planned by the company, we don't rely on a spark (of idea) to lead these album series. We just make sure BTS gets to tell their own stories in their albums. That might be the reason why BTS has so many series albums: putting everything into one long album can be too much at once. It wasn't special planning- it just happened to happen this way.

Q: Could you say that BTS's initial concepts changed since their debut? A: That depends on the way you look at it. Idols rely a lot on concepts and planning, and if you look at it from a musical perspective, BTS did produce in a lot of different genres ("colors"). A lot of people say it's different, or BTS 'changed,' but in the company, no one uses the words "change" or "transformation." BTS's original goal of telling stories of teenagers and young adults hasn't changed. The members simply go with the musical trend and popular rhythms in their age group. Some fans might say they've left behind the "original concept," but for the most part, fans know that they've never strayed from their original concept. Since debut, BTS has been telling the stories of themselves and their generation: the good, bad, and ugly parts included. We never think about what kind of "concepts" to do next.

Q: The members seem quite active in making music (i.e. publishing mixtapes, collaborating with other artists). A: I prefer leaving them to make music freely. I don't interfere with BTS in terms of making music. The company can help them in making high-quality and finished songs, but I don't believe in trying to change their musical direction. Each member's personal preferences are most important. Before anything comes to me, the members would've already edited their music with the producers, so the only thing I really listen for is the finished quality of the songs (whether they're fit for public consumption). There are also a lot of collaboration requests coming in but I don't touch them at all. There's only one rule with those: if the artist contacts BTS and they work well together (musically), then they can work together. The company has never really requested a collaboration with someone else for the "bigger picture."

Q: The members of BTS seem to be very active on social media. A: We leave that up to the members. This also isn't part of a marketing scheme. It's just that the company doesn't really restrict members from doing anything. All I ask is that the members use one account, as a team, and they opened a group account even before debuting. The members understand that it's a group account, and enjoy using it. They all like the fandom culture and seem to be running it well on their own. The members all create so much content by themselves that it's hard to post them all.

Q: BTS has a huge international fandom, but it's interesting to see that none of the members are from overseas. A: Actually, I wasn't expecting such a huge international fandom for BTS. When BTS first launched, I tried to keep the "traditions" of a K-Pop idol group. Instead of relying solely on the music, I paid attention to the performance and even the music videos. I guess the troubles teenagers/youth face are the same worldwide, which is why they're able to sympathize even with international fans. Using YouTube also makes it much easier to communicate with fans overseas. Some fans also try to get more people to like BTS by translating posts and circulating them. I'm very thankful. There was something very interesting that I saw recently- in Estonia, a country near the Baltic Sea, a dance studio added a 'BTS Dance Class.' It was very cool to see.

Q: How was the recent tour in North and South America? A: It exceeded my expectations. I knew we were popular in the US, but I wasn't expecting such a response from South American fans. The explosion of ticket sales when tour dates were announced was incredible, and seeing the fandom spread from South America to the North and to LA was even more incredible to see. I guess BTS really is popular (laughs). I feel like the only reason we're able to be this popular is because another K-Pop star and company came before us. And because of it, we feel a responsibility to open the same path (into Western culture) for others.

Q: How do you feel about BTS being called the "dirt spoon"? A: It's definitely not a term we started using first. Some people might think we use this term (in marketing) to set ourselves apart from the rest of the industry, but I don't like people seeing it that way. To make it clear, we don't want that kind of marketing at all. "Dirt spoon" isn't a term we can deny or dislike, because it's true that BTS became hugely popular despite coming from a company with no special worth (as a brand). Because we started with no assets and succeeded, in a way, the term "dirt spoon" is understandable, but I hope people don't misunderstand that we use the term as a marketing tool.

Q: I heard about the one thing BTS doesn't have- rumors of conflict. A: It's a given, seeing that there is no real disharmony between the members. They all love each other to death. Of course, because there are seven males, there will be an occasional fight, but they were taught to solve conflicts on their own. Each member has learned this 100% by themselves. They all get along so well that it's interesting how there are no major conflicts at all. Maybe this is the secret in running the long run, like Shinhwa.

Q: You must know that as the number of fans increase, so do the number of antis. A: I think there's a reasonable level at which we can accept them. But if they attack us with rumors that are not true or attack members' characters, it's something beyond just being an anti-fan. We've already reported incidents to the police. It's an unforgivable thing to do. The culture of lying and bringing others down behind anonymity (online) is unacceptable. However, people are free to express their own opinions freely, because the internet is equal and anonymous. But we can't sit back and watch people attack the members. We're starting to deal with these issues one by one, even though they take up time and resources. Above anything else, the members are severely affected by these antis- they're still young. They do get hurt, especially when people spread false rumors regarding the production of music and other contents. Our only pride is in the music and contents we've produced with sincerity since debuting. We've reached a limit on the acceptance of these antis, and we will start to take action against these antis.

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Hoskins Architects Civic Trust Awards News

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6 Mar 2021

Hoskins Architects Civic Trust Awards Winners News

Hoskins Architects Win Big at Civic Trust Awards

With two projects among just 40 winners from around the globe, Hoskins Architects are thrilled to have won the National Panel Special Award, for our transformational project at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Our project at Strawberry Field, a visitor and training centre for young people with learning disabilities, for the Salvation Army, was also a winner in the Selwyn Goldsmith award.

Established in 1959 the Civic Trust Awards is the longest standing built environment awards scheme in Europe, and one of the only remaining independent built environment awards schemes, not linked to any organisation, institution, or publication. The scheme recognises and champions projects which offer a positive cultural, social, economic or environmental benefit to the public and their community, often focusing on: design, sustainability, inclusiveness and accessibility. The scheme encourages the very best in architecture and design.

These principles sit at the very heart of Hoskins Architects’ design process; at Aberdeen Art Gallery, the redevelopment was focussed heavily on accessibility and inclusivity, as well as improving its educational facilities and cultural offering, leading to greater public participation and a sense of ownership. The redevelopment also provided a fresh new approach to displaying the collection, creating a rich variety of experiences for visitors of all ages and abilities.

“An absolute triumph. This is an exemplar project, meticulously carried out and benefits generations to come” – Civic Trust Awards National Judging Panel

In addition to winning a Civic Trust Award, the project scooped the top prize, the National Panel Special Award. Panel members select their favourite scheme from this year’s award winning projects and we are delighted that Aberdeen Art Gallery was voted for unanimously by the judges.

Councillor Marie Boulton, Aberdeen City Council’s culture spokesperson said – “Aberdeen Art Gallery will be a vital building block in Aberdeen’s social and economic recovery post-pandemic. The revitalised building offers us a safe space to meet friends and family, or to take time out by ourselves to be inspired by the collections in uplifting surroundings. As well as supporting our wellbeing, the redeveloped Art Gallery is a beacon for Aberdeen as a vibrant cultural destination, something we can all take a huge amount of civic pride in. We’re grateful to the Civic Trust Award judges for recognising the landmark redevelopment with their top award.”

Our project at Strawberry Field also won, taking the Selwyn Goldsmith award for Universal Design. Delivered in parallel with the Civic Trust Awards application process, all CTA entries are automatically considered for the Selwyn Goldsmith Award with the winner selected by a specially convened panel of universal design experts.

Civic Trust Award assessor David Simister commented – “Frankly fabulous! Simple, always good in my mind, well detailed, robust materials, and a great use of the sloping site” Universal Design is about ensuring that places work for all people, no matter your age, ethnicity, gender or ability; environments or buildings are responsive, flexible, welcoming, easy to use and occupy; allowing all to use with dignity and equality. The Selwyn Goldsmith Awards (SGA) seek to promote and applaud those schemes which achieve this and exceed regulation.

Strawberry Field is a new 1,360m2, training and visitors centre for The Salvation Army, on the site in Liverpool made famous by John Lennon. It provides a specialist educational hub for young adults with learning disabilities, alongside a visitor destination. The exhibition, cafe and shop support the training programme and generate opportunities for young people to overcome barriers to employment. The building and grounds weave together educational, cultural, heritage and spiritual exploration.

Major Kathy Versfeld, Mission Director of Strawberry Field said – “The brief given to Hoskins Architects, to design a new centre for the world famous ‘Strawberry Field’ was a tall order. We wanted a world-class visitor centre that would deliver the ‘wow’ factor to visitors from around the world, but it also needed to be flexible enough to cater for the diverse needs of the local community, providing a place of refuge and inspiration to all. Hoskins Architects responded with a design that is beautiful but practical, creating a space that is a pleasure to work in, to learn in and to dream in. Well done on a fine achievement!”

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