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MOWAA Archaeology Project: enhancing understanding of Benin City’s historic urban development and heritage through pre-construction archaeology
Introduction The MOWAA Archaeology Project is a pioneering research project delivered within a major pre-construction programme. Linked to development of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), it involves collaboration between MOWAA, the British Museum, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), and delivery partners Cambridge Archaeological Unit and Wessex Archaeology (Pitts Reference Pitts2024).
Short Film: "The Last Performance" Horror Short FIlm | Backstage
EXPIRES: Seeking talent from Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Manhattan, NY; The Bronx, NY; Long Island City, NY; Islip, NY; Staten Island, NY; Jersey City, NJ; Queens, NY COMPANY DETAILS MALIXxFILMS Malachi Alexis, casting-production Member since Mar 12, 2020 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Casting "The Last Performance," Synopsis: It follows the enigmatic return of legendary blues musician Willie Montgomery, who steps onto the stage for a long-awaited comeback after an eight-year absence.
The Hidden Costs of Multiple Service Catalogs in Development
Developer tooling increasingly requires service catalogs to scope the data created within them, especially when that tooling relates to every piece of software an organization develops. Because of this, you often end up with multiple service catalogs for services you’re brought. Multiple catalogs mean valuable time has been diverted from Platform and Software teams and directed towards populating metadata about the things they should be building.
How to Define Engineering Standards (with Backstage)
At Roadie we don’t claim to be experts in writing software standards - we’re done it ourselves, both for Roadie and before as part of other startups, scaleups and large companies, but we don’t claim to be world-beaters at it. What we can claim is that we’ve seen many, many companies go through the journey to create standards and then apply them and we have seen what works. Why standardise? Defining and adopting engineering standards is essential for organizations as they scale.
Repositories have come to the Catalog
The latest features and updates from Roadie. We think a lot about catalog completeness at Roadie. One of the most successful strategies we’ve come across to aid in getting components into the catalog is to surface what is in the catalog against a list of repositories. The gap between the two help to identify what is not in the catalog. Simple. To help customers do this as easily as possible we’ve brought Repositories in from the cold and added them as a core part of the Catalog.
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Moose Knuckles and Eckhaus Latta Face the Cold of Winter Together Original
ALESSANDRA SCHADE —Tell me about your most recent song, “Scooter.” I love how playful it is, and yet biting at the same time. LOLO ZOUAÏ — “Scooter” is one of the first songs I’ve put out with a different producer, Nömak, who I met in France. I was in France during the lockdown and it’s super strict, so there wasn’t really much to do other than ride around on an electric scooter. The subway system was a mess and nobody could get around. So, I rode this scooter to the studio.
Michael Gandolfini: keeping it in the family
The Many Saints of Newark star discusses the intensity of becoming a young Tony Soprano, Italian-American meme culture, and mental health while standing on the precipice of fame – Heavy? Forget about it! TextEileen CartterPhotographySam NixonStylingAlison Isbell 24September 2021 Taken from the autumn 2021 issue of Dazed. You can buy a copy of our latest issue here A funny thing happened to Michael Gandolfini on the way to our interview.
Meet the stars of New York’s nightlife resistance
With each generation of New York selectors come new threats to the city‚Äôs dance scene ‚Äì here‚Äôs how some of its most innovative DJs rave, rest, and resist amid the pandemic TextCorban GoblePhotographySam NixonStylingMarcus CuffieTextClaire Marie Healy 5May 2020 Taken from the¬Ýspring/summer 2020 issue¬Ýof Dazed.
Meet Haus of Us, New York’s all-ages ballroom family
From top: Darius wears pinstriped waistcoat and trousers Alexander McQueen, jewellery worn on right hand Acchitto, Alexis Bittar, Cano, jewellery worn on left hand Castlecliff, Luiny, The Great Frog. Wayne wears jumpsuit and shirt Gucci, gold and pearl necklace Kenneth Jay Lane, silver necklace The Great Frog, rings Acchitto, bowtie belt Marvin Desroc, frilled gloves Wing + Weft.
Sam Nixon and Shawn Lakin
Text by Document Journal Photography by Sam Nixon Styling by Shawn Lakin Posted May 23, 2019 Photographer Sam Nixon and stylist Shawn Lakin take to Far Rockaway in New York for Document Online. Models Mahad and Malik at Red Model Management, Seyid at Major Model Management, and Naushin at Offshore Agency. Hair and Make Up Jakob Sherwood. Set Design Grace Hartnett. Photo Assistants Olivier Simile and Alex Morgan. Production Jill Ferraro at Seen Productions. Production Assistant Kathleen Dycaico.
How Nicholas Galitzine got into the mind of an addict
Nicholas Galitzine is gazing through a bulbous fish bowl so that his face, normally symmetrical and mollifying, is stretched and distorted. It’s like the meet cute in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet where Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes lock eyes through a tropical fish tank. But this London-born actor – who was only two when that film hit theaters – looks more like a young Matt Dillon than he does Leo. And in this case, the Claire Danes is me, an ugly journalist.
Carausius: his Mints and his Money System
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Hacker's Delight? Cybersecurity Tips for Small Business
Small businesses and self-employed people are big targets for hackers, and the financial implications can be crippling. Gone are the days of thinking "It'll never happen to us." A total of 61% of all data breaches this year occurred in businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees, according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Not only have hacks increased in frequency, but the impact on SMEs is getting much bigger. But where do you begin?
Words From a Nerd: 'Persona 5' personifies JRPGs at their best
The "Persona" series of Japanese role-playing games has a well-deserved reputation that's primarily based on two qualities: being really good and being really strange. Talking animal mascots make regular appearances as main characters, sometimes cracking wise to the player character about their favorite types of sushi or ice cream, other times questioning the nature of their existence and identity in a world that's otherwise (mostly) rooted in reality.
Words From a Nerd: 'One Punch Man' milks anime tropes for action and jokes
"One Punch Man's" greatest accomplishment is its ability to reflect on the silliness of anime in general without ever coming across as snide. ( Madhouse ) Anime is a strange beast to revisit after stepping away for a few years. While most styles of animation and different genres of shows tend to recycle tropes, anime often reaches striking levels of uniformity that can lead to love-it-or-hate-it reactions from viewers.
Words From a Nerd: New 'Zelda' more than just a pretty space
The open world convention has by now been done to death, but "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" keeps up interest in the nooks and crannies of the universe it has created. ( Courtesy Nintendo ) I've spent the better part of the last week playing "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," Nintendo's first-party title that serves as both the swan song for the beleaguered Wii U console and the opening number for the newly released Nintendo Switch device.
Words From a Nerd: Wolverine the chauffeur
'Logan' takes a refreshingly new tack on the superhero genre With "Logan," an X-Men movie that's more Western than world-shaking summer blockbuster, Hugh Jackman has donned Wolverine's adamantium claws for the ninth — and supposedly last — time in 17 years.
Words From a Nerd: 'Wick' sequel a stylized, stylish action movie
Keanu Reeves broke out the black suit and slicked back the hair last weekend for "John Wick: Chapter 2," the follow-up to 2014's sleeper action hit that saw the "Matrix" star go full-on assassin mode after thugs kill his puppy and steal his ride. The second time around features more of the same — not necessarily a detriment for a stylized action film — while building on the cleverly crafted world that made the first film stand out.
Words From a Nerd: Documentaries give perspective
It's been fucked before and will be again Feels like a good time to watch some documentaries, doesn't it? The news reel of every passing day is likely to end up in some filmmaker's montage of the dread in our times — or the hope, I guess, if you're more capable of that feeling than I am at the moment — years down the line.
Words From a Nerd: 'Rogue One' plays it too safe
Movie's links to original story arc tether it like a limping AT-AT "Rogue One's" assemble-a-crew narrative doesn't give much time to develop personalities — just 20 minutes after leaving the theater, I was having trouble recalling the names of everyone I'd spent two and a half hours watching. What's this dude's name? Can't remember. ( Jonathan Olley / Lucasfilm Ltd. ) The Star Wars expanded universe is thoroughly gargantuan.
Words From a Nerd: Befriend an AI beast in 'The Last Guardian'
Game pairs player with Trico, an NPC with a mind of its own "The Last Guardian" pairs the player with an AI companion named Trico — a 40-some-foot-tall gryphon-like creature with a bumbling predisposition that at times mimics a curious puppy and at others an ornery cat. ( Sony Interactive Entertainment ) Artificial intelligence in games has made vast improvements over the last few console cycles, but these gains tend to manifest themselves in relatively routine ways.
Words From a Nerd: Finally, a new 'Final Fantasy'
"Final Fantasy XV" addresses the modern audience's change in taste with a massive and beautiful overworld to explore and an active combat system driving the game forward (but definitely continues with the ridiculous hair standard-bearing — no escaping that). ( Square Enix ) It's been 10 long years in development, but "Final Fantasy XV" has now finally been released to the raving masses.
Words From a Nerd: Pokemon has given me 20 years of throwing spheres at wounded animals
Franchise keeps its devotees coming back for more Pokemon is one of those things I keep waiting to outgrow. Not that I'm looking forward to leaving those adorable little pocket monsters behind, but ... it's been 20 years.
Words From a Nerd: Marvel enters ball-tripping territory with 'Doctor Strange'
The heroes of Earth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have all gone through their fair share of world-altering perception checks. Alien armies have emerged from portals to another dimension and the Norse pantheon has proven to be real (and somehow established a link to present-day Albuquerque).
Words From a Nerd: More confusion than mystery in 'Dark Souls' expansion
Combat is still fun and fluid, and some of the new weapons and enemies are fun to encounter in the "Ashes of Ariandel" expansion that was recently released for "Dark Souls 3." ( Bandai Namco Entertainment ) Between alternating bouts of struggling to recognize costumes (and the sinking feeling that accompanies being so far removed from pop culture as to misidentify a sexy Chewbacca outfit three times in a row) and time spent watching Werner Herzog documentaries just to hear him say...
Words From a Nerd: It's all fun and games until someone gets tortured
Video game in development seeks to highlight consequences of violence Violence in video games has generated its fair share of controversy over the past few decades as the pastime has grown in prominence, popularity and technical ability.
Words From a Nerd: 'Pokemon Go' app rockets to the fore
Nintendo franchise is blasting off again, overtaking established powerhouses in a mere week If you've had some level of functioning brain activity during the past 20 years, you probably know what Pokemon are. And if you've chosen to participate in society at large during the past week, then you probably know what "Pokemon Go" is.
Words From a Nerd: 'Swiss Army Man' is sweet and strange
Life after death takes on a new and incredibly flatulent meaning in "Swiss Army Man," an unrepentantly weird and endearingly sweet buddy comedy/love story/drama/musical in which one half of the duo happens to be an all-purpose utility corpse. Think a mix of "Weekend at Bernie's," "Castaway" and a crushed-up handful of whatever you can find in the medicine cabinet.
Words From a Nerd: Can't commit to the cinema
When $9 feels too steep for any of the week's releases, Netflix beckons Kind of a dogshit weekend for new movie releases, wasn't it? "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn's new fashion-world horror flick "The Neon Demon" looks appealing only from a "I feel like gratuitous violence" stance, a state I find hard to wriggle into on a hot summer afternoon.
Words From a Nerd: The consummate fan/fame interaction
Celebs have power to fill folks with glee A crowd of people fills the Colorado Convention Center during the Denver Comic Con. Fans are willing to wait in line for hours (sometimes covered with green body paint) to meet their idols, but they come away smiling. ( Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post ) I've never quite been able to fully grasp the nature of celebrity — I doubt anyone lacking in firsthand experience truly does.
Words From a Nerd: 'Warcraft' surprisingly not a big ball of shit
It's not going to make your top 10 list, but it's a fun slice of action The backbone of "Warcraft is the hulking orcs, artfully crafted through a blend of CGI and motion capture and with the most impressive lats you've seen this side of a Mr. Universe competition.
Words From a Nerd: How the nerdy and snide have fallen
Having read the books no longer enough for hipster soothsayer status If you've been keeping up with the Seven Kingdoms, you can drop snarky premonitions about whether one ought to be getting attached to Jon Snow, left, or really any character in "Game of Thrones." ( Helen Sloane / HBO ) So I've never watched "Game of Thrones." Yeah, I know. Let that simmer for a second.
Words From a Nerd: Blizzard's 'Overwatch' a solid go-to timewaster
Despite minor glitch, is polished, functional and fun Last week, Blizzard Entertainment, the video gaming powerhouse responsible for the massively popular "World of Warcraft" and "Diablo" series — and the one singlehandedly responsible for sucking more of my teenage life-force than any first bad breakup could have ever hoped to (nice try, Becky) — released an entry into a new franchise, the company's first in nearly 20 years.
Words From a Nerd: 'The Nice Guys' buoyed by banter
Movie's efforts are better spent on swagger than narrative coherence Slapping the buddy-cop throwback label on "The Nice Guys," director and co-writer Shane Black's manic drop into a porn-addled and gas-short 1977s Los Angeles, isn't completely accurate, but it's not exactly wrong either.
Words From a Nerd: Helluva reboot
New 'Doom' adds fun gore but not much more The new "Doom" comes with system of so-called "glory kills," quick and completely over-the-top ways of finishing off weakened members of the legions of hell that reward players with ammunition, health, and all those other standard shooting-game baubles. ( Courtesy screen shot ) The "Doom" franchise has apparently pulled a fast one on me and revived itself.
Words From a Nerd: 'Green Room' a punk horror flick with teeth
Movie strikes a perfect balance of when to make the audience squirm Scrappy punk sensibilities clash with backwoods fanaticism in the film "Green Room," writer/director Jeremy Saulnier's white-knuckle and claustrophobic siege thriller out of the Pacific Northwest.
Words From a Nerd: What a bunch of bird poop
How far will the true grasp of 'Angry Birds' extend? I was in the mood for some bewildering CGI and talking jungle cat antics over the weekend, so I caught a showing of "The Jungle Book." The movie itself was pretty fun, if not a tad stale as a tale already told several times over through the years (though Christopher Walken's mob boss take on King Louie slapped a smile on my face that I couldn't pry off for hours afterward).
Words From a Nerd: 'Dark Souls' brings nostalgic finale
Dignity vs. dollars: Will developer face fallout for dumping a winning formula? The latest (and supposedly last) entry in the notoriously difficult "Dark Souls" series of games shuffled out into the North American market last week, and I've been at it like an intravenous drip of life-sustaining Estus. These spring snowdumps can get a bit old, but at least they've given me ample excuse to stay indoors, forego social interaction and surrender my brain to the Lords of Cinder for a few hours.
Words From a Nerd: Adult Swim in footie pajamas
Earlier this week, YouTuber kaptainkristian posted a great little documentary giving a quick look at the history of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. Aside from the nostalgia blast brought on by old clips of "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" and "Sealab 2021," the video made me realize just how far removed I've become from cartoons after abandoning pay cable for internet-based alternatives.
Words From a Nerd: 'Final Fantasy XV' demo looking good at first glance
"Platinum Demo" recently popped up for download on PS4 and Xbox One Things have been dicey in the realm of "Final Fantasy" for some time now. One of the most renowned — and almost certainly the most recognizable — series of Japanese role playing games, the last half decade or so has had its fair share of disappointments ("Final Fantasy XIII") and restarts ("XIV").
Words from a Nerd: Dawn of disinterest
'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' fails to sell future of DC movie franchise All throughout "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," I had a feeling that the movie was attempting to convince me to stick around. Amid the mixture of murky hues, sullen superhumans and less-than-subtle hints at the coming onslaught of the expanded DC film universe, I couldn't escape a pleading voice in the background, "You want more of this." I'm still unsure if it's raising a declaration or asking for confirmation.
Words From a Nerd: Pee-wee Herman's retro redux
Pee-wee Herman is back as eccentric and zany as ever The world has changed in the 27 years since Pee-wee Herman's laugh last honked across the big screen. Walls have fallen and towers have crumbled. But when creator and portrayer Paul Reubens' latest Pee-wee outing, "Pee-wee's Big Holiday," landed on Netflix Friday, the grey-clad, bowtie-sporting manchild proved to have remained dutifully divorced from the passage of time — and from reality as a whole.
Words From a Nerd: What's in a 'game'?
I often catch myself when talking about new releases I've been playing or upcoming titles I'm looking forward to and notice that tend to dance around using the word "game." It's not an entirely subconscious act on my part; I think "game" is a limiting term when discussing electronic entertainment. It's a damn shame too, because weaseling in "electronic entertainment" in its feels like a hamfisted attempt to elevate importance.
Words From a Nerd: Awkward and defeating 'Love'
Two streaming series look at the discomforts of dating Judd Apatow's new kinda-comedy series "Love" landed on Netflix Friday, and I spent part of the weekend alternating between laughing and fast forwarding through awkward onscreen moments that managed to call back just about every personal relationship anxiety I've ever experienced. "Love" is one show in a string of romantic comedy series trying to tap into "more honest" looks at relationships.
Words From a Nerd: Why 'Deadpool' killed it at the box office
The antihero wins: Triumph of 'Deadpool' comes from creators caring for a character Like a tornado of dick jokes tearing through a flyover state's Walmart, "Deadpool" slammed into the box office, breaking the record for an R-rated opening weekend and undoubtedly bustling up sales of Hello Kitty backpacks nationwide.
Not the Coens' best work
'Hail, Caesar!" has strong performances, but is muddled and forgettable Saying that you're about to watch a Coen brothers movie can mean a lot of different things. Most filmmakers (or in this case, filmmaking pairs) come to cement their own styles throughout their careers, but few manage to cast such a wide net of genre-busting disparity between movies while still holding on to a distinct air all their own like these two Minnesota brothers have.
Words From a Nerd: 'Turbo Kid' a retro revival
like a fantastical movie of yore, complete with humor and gore Ever had to fart so bad that you began to get worried? Not worried about the damage you might be doing to the storied veteran that is your gastrointestinal tract, but concern about the level of destruction your ass is about to unleash on your immediate surroundings? Like a legitimate fear that the burden you clench could possibly be an extinction-level event? Whatever, I just ate some expired yogurt and I've got a lot on my mind.
Words From a Nerd: Diving into escapism
Getting by with minimal social contact can be an easy hole to dig I spent half the weekend sock-sliding across a hardwood floor listening to '80s pop and thinking hard on unfulfilled obligations. The rest of it I spent reading comedian Patton Oswalt's sort-of memoir, "Silver Screen Fiend," in which he dives into the weird four years he spent at the tail-end of the '90s obsessively watching movies, mostly in a small theater called the New Beverly in Los Angeles.
Words From a Nerd: The reality of virtual reality
This could be a breakthrough year for VR if it overcomes some hang-ups In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo, a man tests a Sony "Project Morpheus Virtual Reality" device after a press conference at the company's stand at the IFA 2015 tech fair in Berlin, Germany. If you're a gamer, the appeal of immersing yourself in a virtual world might be obvious. Strap on a headset and you could find yourself in a three-dimensional death match with opponents who could - almost literally - creep up right behind you.
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