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"The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a British independent film directed by first-time director Thomas Clay, and released in 2006. It features Daniel Spencer in the title role, with Lesley Manville and Danny Dyer in support. Plot An introverted, socially awkward, middle-class youth, Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player but is bored by his existence in the coastal town of Newhaven. He becomes associated with several other unsavory teenagers, and is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy. Robert initially does not take part in the rape of a teenage girl in a squalid flat with the gang, but later joins in another violent attack on a middle-aged couple, with the woman involved being viciously raped. Main cast * Daniel Spencer as Robert Carmichael * Lesley Manville as Sarah Carmichael * Danny Dyer as Larry Haydn * Ryan Winsley as Joe * Charles Mnene as Ben * Michael Howe as Jonathan Abbott * Miranda Wilson as Monica Abbott * Grace Kemp as concert goer Recognition The film was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and also the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Critic's Week sidebar, where it was nominated for the Camera d'Or award.BFI official listingCritic's Week official listing References External links * Review in Variety "Ultra violent and nauseating, but technically dazzling." * *Britfilms review and information 2005 films British films 2005 crime drama films British crime drama films English-language films British independent films Films about rape 2005 directorial debut films 2005 independent films "
"The Brooklyn–Queens Greenway is a bicycling and pedestrian path connecting parks and roads in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, connecting Coney Island in the south to Fort Totten in the north, on Long Island Sound. The route connects major sites in the two boroughs, such as the New York Aquarium, Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the New York Hall of Science and Citi Field.The New York City Bike Master Plan: The Greenway System , New York City. p. 24. Accessed September 8, 2007. The Greenway is being developed under the joint auspices of the New York City Department of Transportation and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. As of 2007, the majority of the route is in parks or otherwise segregated from motor traffic. The remainder is implemented as painted lanes or signed routes in streets. The 40-mile (64 km) route includes portions of existing bike routes in Prospect Park, and along Eastern Parkway and Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, and in Alley Pond Park, Cunningham Park, Forest Park, Kissena Park and Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens.Brooklyn-Queens Greenway guide, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed September 8, 2007. Queens North end Joe Michael's Mile Crossing Long Island Expressway to Cunningham Park The northern terminus of the Brooklyn–Queens Greenway is in Little Bay Park, near the north end of Utopia Parkway in the shadow of the Throgs Neck Bridge. Passing the entrance to Fort Totten Park, the Greenway runs south, parallel to the Cross Island Parkway and is known as "Joe Michaels Mile." After crossing busy Northern Boulevard, the route becomes a well signed bike route along quiet residential streets, climbing to the former Long Island Motor Parkway. The LIMP section of the Greenway is above-grade and most is closed to motor vehicle traffic. Using the LIMP, a branch of the Greenway goes eastward into Alley Pond Park to picnic tables, tennis courts and locker rooms. This eastern branch proceeds to the Alley Pond Adventure Course and the Winchester Boulevard bike lane. The westward or main line of the Greenway makes its way through Cunningham Park and Kissena Park, and eventually goes around the south side of Queens Botanical Garden on streets, crossing the Whitestone Expressway on its own high overpass into Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Once in Flushing Meadows, the Greenway runs along the eastern shores of both Meadow and Willow Lakes, exiting the park onto Jewel Avenue. The route continues on quiet residential streets such as Hoover and Coolidge Avenues, and on more heavily trafficked ones such as Main Street, and crosses Queens Boulevard. The Greenway enters Forest Park at the Overlook and continues down Forest Park Drive passing the Urban Park Ranger station at Woodhaven Boulevard, the George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell, and the Forest Park Golf Course. Exiting the park, the Greenway continues along parts of Cooper Avenue and other local streets to Highland Park and the Ridgewood Reservoir. Brooklyn After exiting Highland Park, the Brooklyn leg of the Greenway uses various local streets in East New York to connect to Eastern Parkway. From here to the end, there is little mixing with motor traffic for the 3-mile (5 km) Eastern Parkway bike route, 2 miles (3 km) through Prospect Park, and the 5-mile (8 km) Ocean Parkway to the southern terminus at the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island. The Brooklyn portion is less hilly than the Queens portion, except in Prospect Park where it crosses over the terminal moraine that divides Long Island in half. See also *Cycling in New York City *Manhattan Waterfront Greenway References Cycling in New York City Bike paths in New York City Tourist attractions in Brooklyn Tourist attractions in Queens, New York greenways in New York City "
"Turkish draughts board and starting setup. White moves first. Turkish draughts (also known as Dama) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and several other locations around the Mediterranean Sea and middle east. Rules Qataris playing Dama in Souq Waqif On an 8×8 board, 16 ' are lined up on each side, in two rows. The back rows are vacant. A traditional Turkish draughts is mono-coloured. White moves first. Men move orthogonally forwards or sideways one square, capturing by means of a jump; they cannot move or capture backwards or diagonally. When a man reaches the back row, it promotes to a king. Kings can move any number of empty squares orthogonally forwards, backwards or sideways. A king captures by jumping over a single piece any number of empty squares away, landing on any open square beyond the captured piece along a straight line. Pieces are removed from the board immediately after being jumped. If a jump is available it must be taken. If there is more than one way to jump, the one capturing the most number of pieces must be taken. There is no distinction between king and man during captures; each counts as a piece. If there is more than one way to capture the maximum number of pieces, the player may choose. Within a multicapture, turning 180 degrees between two captures is not allowed. A player wins if the opponent has no legal move, either because all his pieces are captured or he is completely blocked. A king versus single man also wins the game.Zeybek, Atila. "Türk Damasi" Turkish Checkers Rules. pp. 1-9, www.boardspace.net/checkers/english/Turkish_Checkers_Rules.pdf. Accessed 17 Sept. 2020. =Observations= * Unlike other draughts variants, since pieces in a multicapture are removed immediately after being jumped and before the captor continues jumping, as pieces are captured and removed, it is possible to cross a square previously occupied by a captured piece more than once, which can open up additional jumps previously impossible. * Without the rule whereby a player wins in the case of king versus a single man, the player owning the man could avoid capture indefinitely. World championships Since 2014, World Championships have taken place annually. The first official Turkish Draughts World Championships were held 22–24 October 2014 in Izmir, Turkey. The second championships were also held in Izmir, with the third in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The first Women's Turkish Draughts World Championships took place in Izmir during May 2016. Trivia * Dama can be played online against other players at Brain King and iggamecenter. * Dama was the core inspiration for the games Dameo and Croda. * In Dama two kings always beat a lone king under skillful play compared to 4 kings needed to capture a lone king in international draughts. * Dama has a much lower draw rate than Checkers or International Draughts. Variants Tobit is a draughts game that resembles Turkish draughts and Armenian draughts in that pieces move orthogonally (forward, backward, sideways). It especially resembles Turkish draughts in that pieces only move orthogonally. In Armenian draughts, pieces may also move diagonally. Tobit has a few distinguishing features. The game is played on a grid board and pieces are placed on the intersections and endpoints, whereas the other two games are played on a 8x8 square board and pieces are placed within the squares. The grid board is not a square or a rectangle. The grid board can be created by having four horizontal lines intersect five vertical lines. The grid board has 20 intersection points and 18 endpoints thus creating a grid board of 38 spaces which is smaller than the 64 squares (spaces) of Turkish draughts and Armenian draughts. Each player has 12 men distinguishable from the other player (whereas each player has 16 men in Turkish draughts and Armenian draughts). Each player's 12 men are initially placed in their respective first two ranks leaving only the two central rows vacant at the beginning of the game. As in Turkish draughts, men may only move one step orthogonally forward or sideways (left or right), but kings may move one step forward, backward, or sideways which is unlike Turkish draughts or Armenian draughts where kings may move several spaces to move or capture. It is played in the Republic of Khakassia of Russia. The history and etymology of the game is unclear. There are several variants as in different size boards and number of pieces, but the one describe here has become the standard. In the past, the grid board was drawn on the ground with animal bones used as playing pieces. The first competitions with the standard variant only began in 2002, and has grown significantly since then. Due to the game only having 38 spaces, the game is more of a tactical game and less of a strategic game as compared to Turkish draughts, but there is a lot of strategy in Tobit. See Also * Abstract Strategy Games *Armenian Draughts *Dameo *Draughts References Further reading External links *Turkish draughts federation – Rules *Games at Turkish draughts at site World champion Faik- Yildiz Draughts variants Turkish games Board games Abstract strategy games "