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Two years ago, Rebecca Mead of the New Yorker published a long article, “The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona,” that addressed some of the challenges of unfettered tourism. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Barcelona, year over year, found itself steadily drowning in foreign visitors. Short-term rentals on Airbnb, often illegally operated, filled the city’s apartment buildings and depressed the local housing supply. Barcelona’s main tourist draws, including Park Güell and the Sagrada Familia Church, were thronged by enormous quantities of visitors.
In the summer of 2014, spurred by the drunken antics of holiday-makers, protesters took to the streets to bring attention to “the pestilence of young visitors who came to Barcelona not to sample the local culture but to enact internationally recognized tropes of partying.” Three years later, 60% of Barcelona residents claimed in a survey that the city had reached or exceeded its capacity to host tourists.
Hating tourists is nothing new, as the Italian journalist Marco D’Eramo notes in “The World in a Selfie,” translated into English by Bethan Bowett-Jones and David Broder. Mr. D’Eramo quotes a British magazine article from 1848 lamenting that, for all their merits, the advent of the railroad and the steamboat had “afflicted our generation with one desperate evil; they have covered Europe with Tourists.” Adam Smith, in his “Wealth of Nations” (1776), heaped mocking scorn on the vogue of young men gallivanting around the Continent on so-called Grand Tours.
“The World in a Selfie,” first published in 2017, has been updated in this English-language edition to account for the pandemic, which shut down international travel for a year. Mr. D’Eramo highlights tourism’s paramount role in the world economy, smartly observing that Covid “proved the centrality of tourism through tourism’s omission. Once this industry ceased, not only airlines and shipping companies but aircraft manufacturers and shipyards found themselves on the verge of bankruptcy.” The book, “an inquiry into the tourist age,” is somewhat disjointed, moving distractedly at times from topic to topic and losing the thread in the philosophical weeds. But in its more focused moments, “Selfie” makes for a bracing, provocative examination of an all-too-human pastime.
One recurring theme here is our futile search, through travel, for the “authentic.” Mr. D’Eramo saves his most biting commentary for UNESCO and its “World Heritage” listings, which he likens to a “kiss of death.” “Once the label is affixed,” he writes, “the city’s life is snuffed out; it is ready for taxidermy.” That’s hyperbole, no doubt, but his commentary on the unintended consequences of preservation is compelling.
If you happen to be a psychopathic Russian drug lord with a yen for extinguishing human lives, the takeaway from “Nobody” might well be to think twice before you antagonize a mild-mannered American suburbanite who has rediscovered his inner
John Wick.
That’s the matchup in this bloody mashup of ultraviolent tropes. The film stars
Bob Odenkirk,
of all the unlikely casting choices for action hero—he’s pretty darned good—and was directed by
Ilya Naishuller
(“Hardcore Henry”) from a script by
Derek Kolstad,
who happens to have created the John Wick franchise and written three installments thus far, all of them notable for their elegantly stylized violence. No one can accuse “Nobody” of elegance, apart from
Pawel Pogorzelski’s
cinematography. This is punishment as entertainment, a short and sour saga of a pacifist turned vengeful brute in order to win back his self-respect. (The film is playing in theaters.)
The good news here is Mr. Odenkirk’s performance, not to mention his endurance in strenuous action sequences that must have taken a real-life toll on his physique; he certainly doesn’t look computer-generated. The body and soul of “Better Call Saul” was already famously versatile. Still, who could have guessed that the next stop on his artist’s journey would have him playing Hutch Mansell, a killing-and-maiming machine with a Dirty Harry scowl-and-growl in a movie where almost everyone spits out teeth if they’re still able to spit?
Hutch’s escapades don’t begin right away. He may be a nobody in the grand scheme of things, but he’s a quietly charming family man with a lovely wife, Becca (
Connie Nielsen,
absurdly wasted on an off-the-shelf housewife role), and a couple of kids—earnest Blake (
Gage Munroe
) and adorable Abby (Paisley Cadorath). His first personality shift comes after a home invasion that recalls “Straw Dogs,” except that Hutch, unlike
Dustin Hoffman’s
David, does not manage to cover himself in gory glory. Yet his failure of courage—at least that’s what those around him think it is—energizes him to go forth and inflict vigilante justice on bad guys in order to feel good about himself.
RZA, Bob Odenkirk and Christopher Lloyd in ‘Nobody’
Photo:
Universal Pictures
You needn’t know much more than that to decide whether to spend 92 minutes of your time on Earth watching the film, and you shouldn’t know much more if you’re going to open yourself to its grindhouse charms. Suffice it to say that mayhem begets mayhem, Hutch unwittingly incurs the wrath of Yulian, a Russian drug lord played with popping
Klaus Kinski
eyes by
Aleksey Serebryakov,
and a new cycle of violence is provoked—not by thugs from a Russian crime syndicate invading a home and killing a cute puppy named Daisy, as in John Wick’s story, but by Russian thugs relieving poor Abby of her Kitty Cat bracelet.
“I’m just a soul whose intentions are good,” goes the song from the Animals on the soundtrack. Maybe so. We’re given reason to believe that Hutch’s behavior during the first round of home invasions is less a matter of cowardice than a fear of reverting to who he was during a shadowy paramilitary past. Participants in that history pop up in the person of his father, David (a zestfully funny performance by
Christopher Lloyd
), who is not the nursing-home dodderer he seems to be; and in the voice of his mysterious brother, Harry, who is only heard on a radio link until he finally appears as a brother-in-arms played by the hip-hop artist and actor
RZA.
And larger questions of identity are hinted at when Hutch, fully and lustily back in action, says to his wife, “Just like old times, huh?” and Becca responds, “I’m ready, Hutch.”
Bob Odenkirk in ‘Nobody’
Photo:
Universal Pictures
What is that all about? Who knows? The only thing certain is that, good intentions notwithstanding, Hutch is thrilled to be a wolf in wolf’s clothing once again. He and John Wick might both be hitmen, but the latter’s onscreen slaughters were always in the service of good, while Hutch’s appetite for inflicting—and sustaining—punishment is insatiable. As “Nobody” ground on, I thought not only of Wick, plus Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but of one of my favorite movies, “The Incredibles.” Hutch could be the dark side of
Bob Parr,
restless and robbed of purpose until he regains the superpower of rage, and makes the world uglier.
Write to Joe Morgenstern at [email protected]
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Appeared in the March 26, 2021, print edition as ‘‘Nobody’: New Blood for an Old Genre.’
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Englewood, CO, Jan. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Phytage labs Blood Pressure 911 Supplement Reviews: Groundbreaking new report gives critical information every Customer needs to know about full list of ingredients, major side effects & complaints.
- Introduction of Blood Pressure 911
- What Does Blood Pressure 911 Do
- Blood Pressure 911 Ingredients
- How To Use Phytage Labs Blood Pressure 911
- Pros of Blood Pressure 911
- Negative Sides
- Price of Blood Pressure 911
- Some Frequently Asked Questions
- Blood Pressure 911 Reviews – Final Verdict
High blood pressure is commonly known as hypertension. It is a major cause of premature death right now even in developed nations like UK, USA, etc. As per the research of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1.13 billion people around the world suffer from high blood pressure. According to these statistics, 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women suffer from hypertension. If one looks for drugs to control blood pressure, they will find lots of available items in the market. Once a person starts taking those chemical supplements, they will not able to stop taking those as it will create a dependency. Almost all of those supplements have no permanent solution to controlling blood pressure. They just give a temporary solution and if a person stops taking those pills, they will again face high blood pressure and as result, it will cause improper functioning of a person’s heart.
So, the question may arise to anyone’s mind, “Isn’t there anything to control blood pressure in a natural and effective way?” Well, the answer is YES. PhytAge Labs brought a revolutionary supplement called “Blood Pressure 911” which is made from 100% natural ingredients that are able to remove plaques from the arteries and widen the artery beds to make sure perfect blood circulation. Blood Pressure 911 aims to improve heart health and ensure cardiovascular wellness in a natural and potent way. As it is made from all-natural ingredients, it has totally zero side effects. It is true that maintaining optimal heart health is not so easy. If one is not sure that they can stick with a heart-friendly diet and exercise plan, surely they can consider this natural heart health-boosting supplement Blood Pressure 911 to control their blood pressure.
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Introduction of Phytage Labs Blood Pressure 911
Blood Pressure 911 is a product of the renowned supplement industry called PhytAge Labs. It is made from all-natural ingredients to improve cardiovascular health. PhytAge Labs is well known for making several natural supplements to support health issues. So, one can easily keep trust in the formula that comes from a known name. As the formula is made from 100% natural and potent ingredients, it has no harmful side effects. Also, the supplement doesn’t contain any toxins, harmful chemicals, or fillers. It is fully safe for human health.
According to the research found on their official website on the supplement, it is proved that all ingredients are not only safe to take but also highly effective to improve cardiovascular health. People who are facing high blood pressure issues and want to live a life like others can start taking this dietary trustworthy supplement to regulate blood flow in blood vessels. Naturally occurring amino acids and nutrients of the supplement will quickly relax the nervous system and support to have normal blood flow through blood vessels. Blood Pressure 911 can recognize the symptoms quickly and deliver permanent solutions and ensure better heart health.
What Does Blood Pressure 911 Do?
Blood Pressure 911 mainly focuses on three things to ensure good cardiovascular health. They are described below:
1. Cleaning Plaque from Arteries:
The formation of calcium deposits and some other toxic substances present in the arteries can narrow the arteries. If it happens, blood pressure gradually rises to an alarming level. Potent and natural ingredients Blood Pressure 911 will keep the arteries clean and widen them.
2. Increasing the flexibility of arteries:
Stiffening of arteries is another reason for high blood pressure. Blood Pressure 911 softens the blood vessels and gives them more flexibility so that blood can flow properly through them.
3. Improving Blood Circulation:
Blood Pressure 911 strengthens the arteries, widens, and cleaning them, and works toward the aim of improving the blood flow. The supplement helps to reduce pressure on the heart and provides nourishment to each organ of the body. Thus, it doesn’t only support the heart, it improves overall health condition.
The Official Website & the Scientific Studies Can Be Found Here
How To Use Phytage Labs Blood Pressure 911?
Blood Pressure 911 comes in an easy to swallow capsule form. According to its official website, one needs to consume the capsule twice a day without fail. To get the desired results, one needs to follow the dosage instructions properly. Individual results may vary but everyone will get the expected result if they follow proper dosage guidelines.
After taking the supplement twice a day, one will be able to see the difference in just one week or so. To get the best results, their official website recommends using the supplement for about 90 days. One does not need to put extra effort into preparing or taking the supplement, they only need to take the capsule with water.
Pros of Blood Pressure 911:
- Blood Pressure 911 is made from 100% natural ingredients and has no harmful side effects.
- Blood Pressure 911 gives a permanent solution to the blood pressure.
- No fillers, toxins, or harmful chemicals are included in the supplement.
- This supplement will improve blood flow and reduce blood pressure naturally.
- The supplement widens the blood vessels and eliminates plaques from the arteries.
- Users can take any food they like; they do not need to follow any strict diet chart to get effective results while taking the supplement.
- Blood Pressure 911 comes with a money-back guarantee; if anyone Is not satisfied with the result, they can ask for a full refund of the purchase.
- The supplement is very easy to consume and its dosage is very simple.
- Blood Pressure 911 can be used by all age groups.
- The supplement improves the overall health condition and users will achieve a happy and energetic life.
Negative Sides:
- Blood Pressure 911 cannot be bought from any retail store as there is no offline availability of the supplement. People can only buy the supplement from their official website online.
- Everyone cannot get the same result; it may vary for individuals.
- In order to get exact results, users need to take the supplement as long as prescribed in their manuals like about 90 days.
- Blood Pressure 911 is not recommended for breastfeeding and pregnant women.
Price of Blood Pressure 911:
The manufacturers of Blood Pressure 911 are giving a huge discount right now with their three available packages. They are:
One Bottle: Users can buy one bottle of Blood Pressure 911 today for $69.95 instead of paying $120. They do not need to pay any shipping fees to get the product to the doorsteps. The product will be delivered within 5 to 7 days from the date of order. If someone lives outside of the U.S., it may take up to 15 working days.
Two Bottles: Users can buy two bottles package to get a big discount on the total price. The price will be $119.90 rather than $139.90 if they purchase today, which means it will cost only $59.95 per bottle. Users do not need to pay any shipping fees for this package.
Four Bottles: If someone buys four bottles package, they will receive a big discount. The original price of four bottles is $279.80, but if they order this package, they need to pay only $199.80; that means only $49.95 per bottle. Also, they will get free shipping for this package.
The primary benefit of Blood Pressure 911 is that it comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee policy. As the supplement is scientifically proved effective, their manufacturer lets everyone try the supplement for 90 days. If someone is not happy with the results, they can ask for full money back even if they are on the 89th day. Please keep in mind that all returned products must be in an excellent physical condition that means not physically damaged or broken. And users need to pay the shipping fee while returning the products. Once they are done returning, they will get a full refund within a few days.
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Some Frequently Asked Questions:
1. How Blood Pressure 911 controls blood pressure?
The supplement contains the Japanese secret with rare and potent ingredients to keep the blood pressure in control. Blood Pressure 911 targets blood vessel stiffness syndrome (BVSS). Blood Pressure 911 also activates the potassium channel KCNQ5 which ensures the blood to flow freely from the heart to all organs. The supplement also relaxes the blood vessels and widens the narrow arteries. As per their official website, if users take the pill twice a day for one month, they will start seeing a big difference in their body. The supplement will enhance overall health naturally.
2. Is Blood Pressure 911 a good product?
According to their official website, thousands of users posted positive feedbacks on the supplement and they have reported nothing about any side effects. The supplement is not like other allopathic medications; it is made from all-natural ingredients. It is 100% safe and side effects free. However, their official website doesn’t recommend the product if anyone is already under medical condition or taking any medications. They must consult with their physician before starting the supplement. Also, the supplement is not recommended for breastfeeding women and pregnant ladies.
3. Why is Blood Pressure 911 not a Scam?
PhytAge Labs is fully transparent about the formulation of Blood Pressure 911. If users need to know any detailed information regarding formula or ingredients, they can simply visit the official website of Blood Pressure 911 to know all the details. Another good thing is that the company is offering a 100% money back guarantee if any user is not satisfied with the results. This shows clearly how the company cares about the users than making just profits.
4. How Many Blood Pressure 911 Bottles users need to Purchase?
If users purchase in bulk, that will be better to save on the cost per bottle. The more they buy, the higher they will get a discount on the total price. The official website of Blood Pressure 911 suggests the users use the supplement for at least 90 days.
5. Does it work for both men and women?
Yes, the supplement works for both men and women of all ages.
6. What will happen if I don’t get the exact results?
As we said earlier, users are fully covered by a 90-day money-back guarantee. So if someone is not satisfied with the results, they can simply ask for a full refund of the purchase. That’s why the manufacturers are highly confident that the supplement will work 100% on the body.
7. Do they offer any free trial of their supplement?
No actually. As mentioned on their official website, they do not offer any free trial of the supplement, but users are covered by a 90 days money-back guarantee. So I recommend purchasing a bottle to try out the supplement; trust me, this is worth a try.
Blood Pressure 911 Reviews – Final Verdict
Blood Pressure 911 is a 100% natural formula that will assist the body in fighting against hypertension by absorbing the desired nutrients. Besides supporting heart health, the supplement offers amazing health benefits to improve overall health. Users do not need to put any extra effort besides taking the supplement. They only need to consume the supplement twice a day up to 90 days to get the exact results. The supplement is made from all-natural ingredients and has no side effects.
With the 100% money-back guarantee policy, Blood Pressure 911 is undoubtedly worth a try. If users are not satisfied with the result, they can ask them for a full refund of the purchase. For this reason, we recommend everyone to go ahead and place an order of Blood Pressure 911 today.
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As the pandemic has forced most colleges and universities to adopt remote instruction, it’s worth remembering that more than 50 years ago some schools voluntarily experimented with remote instruction via televised classes. That did not go well either. Students did not feel the same connection to their instructors and that, in turn, made a difference in what was learned. “It’s better to have a poor instructor in the classroom,” said one unhappy professor in 1967, “than to have a good one on TV.”
The vignette comes from
Jonathan Zimmerman’s
“The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America.” Mr. Zimmerman, an education historian at the University of Pennsylvania, has braided together a smooth narrative from many short pieces of thread, consisting of glimpses into the experiences of faculty members, students and administrators from the early 19th century up through the 1990s, and encompassing two- and four-year institutions, large and small, elite and not. The book is economical in its presentation of materials, gathered from 60-plus archives, and even-handed in presenting the gripes of instructors and students.
The book’s clever title refers to the way that higher education, when hiring, evaluating and rewarding faculty, gives most attention to research productivity and little to teaching effectiveness. Partly this is due to the difficulty of measuring effectiveness in the classroom, but it is also due to the resistance of faculty members to having their teaching reviewed by peers—something that would, Mr. Zimmerman says, “make their teaching truly professional.”
“The Amateur Hour” begins with the recitation model of college teaching, which was near universal in the early 1800s. Students were asked to read an assigned passage and then, at class time, recite either a summary or, some professors might insist, the passage in its entirety. When lectures began to displace recitation, some college presidents worried aloud about the problem of keeping students actively engaged throughout the class session. The Yale Report of 1828 wondered whether the student attending a lecture “may repose upon his seat and yield a passive hearing . . . without ever calling into exercise the powers of his own mind.”
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WSJ
The Amateur Hour
By Jonathan Zimmerman
Johns Hopkins, 294 pages, $34.95
As more students enrolled in higher education, hiring did not keep pace. Class sizes grew, and students had less contact with professors. Previously, faculty members at small liberal-arts colleges knew every student on campus and could demonstrate personal concern for them. By the late 19th century, however, many American faculty members were trained in Germany and brought back with them a passion for research, as well as more interest in libraries and laboratories than in students. In 1887,
Julius Seelye,
the president of Amherst College, lamented the changes: “Education is a wholly personal work. It is not gained by books, or by instruction alone, nor by anything in place of the living inspiration of the living teacher.”
By 1900, the demotion of teaching in institutional priorities was so pronounced that the headline for an editorial in the Nation magazine declared, in uppercase letters, “THE DECLINE OF TEACHING.” Ten years later
David S. Jordan,
the president of Stanford University, conceded that “the young instructor has been urged to place as many printed pages as possible to his credit” and “encouraged to look with scorn on the ‘mere teacher’ who cares for the intellectual welfare of the students.”
Worse, the better an instructor was at teaching, the less standing he had in his discipline. An Ohio State dean wrote that same year that “there is a rather wide spread notion in American Universities that a man who is an attractive teacher must in some way or other be superficial or unscientific.”
The leitmotif that runs through Mr. Zimmerman’s narrative is that class sizes continued to grow and grow and grow: The economics proved too compelling even for liberal-arts colleges, the last bastions of small-batch instruction, to ignore. The largest classes have been at universities, of course, and since the early 20th century these institutions have been trying to counterbalance the worsening student-instructor ratio with honors seminars, independent study, small-group tutorials and other more personalized formats. But these programs also required assigning many more students to very large classes. “If the colleges are to ask society to support a more individualized type of instruction,” wrote
Homer L. Dodge,
a physicist and dean at the University of Oklahoma, in 1932, “college professors must be willing to learn the technique of handling large groups of students.”
Foundations funded many 20th-century initiatives to improve college teaching, but a lack of knowledge of what was needed for excellence stymied these efforts. “We perhaps can recognize it when we see it,” said one University of Minnesota professor, “but we cannot draw up a bill of particulars beforehand.”
New technology, at various junctures, has briefly promised a means of giving every student personalized instruction—and freeing the amateur instructor to pursue research in his discipline. Mr. Zimmerman brings to light the evangelism of psychologist
Fred S. Keller,
who in the early 1960s developed a template for self-paced college courses that he called the Personalized System of Instruction. But self-paced classes required considerable self-discipline of the students, and though PSIs enjoyed a vogue in hundreds of places in the early 1970s, course completion rates were dismal.
Mr. Zimmerman has been honored for his teaching and is an active participant in a teaching-improvement initiative at his home institution. But even he fumbles for words when trying to describe what makes a great college teacher. It requires a “distinctive rapport” with students, he says, but also “a kind of mystical presence that cannot always be defined but also cannot be denied.” Also worth noting for our Year of the Plague: He believes that the ineffable, energizing spark of education cannot be conveyed via computer connection, but only face-to-face.
Mr. Stross is the author, most recently, of “A Practical Education: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees.”
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