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__label__wiki	0.863696	0.863696	Fierce fighting prompts flight of villagers in Buthidaung Township : Win Nyunt : 19 February 2020 Buthidaung The Si Taung villagers from Buthidaung Township fleeing after shootings from the govt troops on 26 March 2019. Win Nyunt \| DMG 19 February, Buthidaung With fighting flaring between Set Khaw and Manaung villages in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, on Wednesday evening, inhabitants of the two settlements have fled for the relative safety of nearby villages, according to local residents. Artillery shells landed in Manaung village and at least two houses there were destroyed after catching fire, but there was no report of injuries. There are more than 800 people from 160 households in Set Khaw village, while Manaung village is home to about 40 people. The displaced are now taking refuge in Zedi Pyin and Thein Taung villages. “The fighting occurred northeast of our village,” said U Chit Phyu Tun, the Set Khaw village administrator. According to the Arakan Army, a contingent of its troops exchanged fire with Tatmadaw forces from two military watercrafts on February 18 at a location about 1.1 kilometres northeast of Manaung village. The Tatmadaw attacked with two helicopters during the clashes, the ethnic armed group said. The number of IDPs in Arakan State has surpassed 100,000 due to clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army, with those displaced by the fighting often struggling to meet basic needs such as food, shelter and healthcare. Eleven villagers caught in crossfire in Buthidaung NLD sees bomb explosion near NLD office as a threat Muslim woman injured by bullets in Buthidaung	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3930
__label__wiki	0.877093	0.877093	Church of the Holy Rood, Wool,NGR: SY84750 86463, 384750 86463, 50.6776 -2.2171(Lead author: JT) The earliest foundation of the church dates to the 13th century, with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries, and an extensive renovation in 1865. The first impression is that the body of the church is built of Heathstone, with scattered blocks of Purbeck Limestone, mostly the Broken Shell Limestone, the Burr. The quoins and dressings are of a shelly limestone, identified by Pitfield as Box Ground Bath Stone, an oolitic limestone coloured pale cream or pale grey, with finely broken shell material weathering proud of the limestone in horizontal dashed lines. 2. The chancel rebuild shows the Heathstone and Purbeck stones clearly in the walls, with a Box Ground Bath Stone window on the east. The windows of the chancel are of Box Ground, Bath Stone, though one has a cill of Burr. The windows of the south aisle – outside – are of Burr. The doorway here is also of Burr. 4. The eastern window in the south aisle is built of Purbeck Broken Shell Limestone (Burr). Photo: SA The north aisle has two phases of construction. The centre two piers and arches – 13th century - are entirely Heathstone, in comparatively small blocks, both with a Heathstone moulded base. The north aisle was extended to the west in the 15th century, partly on the 13th century foundations of the north wall, using the Purbeck-Portland cliff stone. The eastern bay is part of the 1865 reconstruction, of Corsham Bath Stone with a band of Heathstone, fixed to half of an original Heathstone pillar. The un-weathered Corsham stone is an oolitic limestone of a honey colour, apparently featureless, except the lowest drum of the southern pillar of the chancel arch which has shadowy grey lines at the top, and a greyish colour at the bottom. 6. In the 15th century the north aisle was extended using Isle of Purbeck cliff stone. 1. From the churchyard on the south side of Holy Rood church it can be seen that the body of the church is mostly of local Heathstone from the London Clay. Renovations in the 19th century have included occasional blocks of Purbeck limestone in the walls. The 15th century tower was not rebuilt and is all Purbeck limestone, mostly the Broken Shell Limestone known as Burr. 3. A magnified photo of the Corsham Down Bath Stone used for the drum-shaped pillars in the south aisle. Photo: PJB The 15th century tower is all of Purbeck Limestone, mostly the Burr, including the windows, except the bell chamber fenestration, which appears to be Bath Stone. The north porch is a 19th century construction of Bath Stone, with outer and inner archways of Purbeck Burr and an outer capping of Ham Hill Stone. Capping is still uncertain. 5. A magnified photo of an exterior quoin of Box Ground Bath Stone. 7. The chancel arch was replaced using Corsham Down stone, but the 3 central octagonal columns are the original Burr. The south aisle piers are of Corsham Bath Stone, with one band of heathstone, a complete circle of 52 cm diameter. The square pediments, which appear much older, have spur or leaf-shaped carvings on the corners, and are of Purbeck-Portland cliff stone. The chancel arch, originally 14th century, is of Purbeck Burr, with an open arcade of three octagonal piers of Burr. The window-cills on the south aisle are of Purbeck-Portland limestone. 8. A south aisle pillar of Corsham Down Bath Stone with one drum of local Heathstone. Photo: PJB 9. The font was built as part of the 15th century extension of the north arcade, of Portland Freestone from the cliff quarries in the Isle of Purbeck. Reference: Pitfield F.P. 1985: Purbeck Parish Churches. Sherborne: Dorset Publishing House. Additional information: http://www.holyroodwool.org/Main/history.htm Text and photos by JT unless otherwise stated.17.10.18	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3937
__label__cc	0.604696	0.395304	Supergirl: Better Angels by sunbunny “I was sent to protect earth and that’s what I’m going to do.” The episode starts with some pretty cheesy action as remote control Alex fights Kara. Fortunately, that doesn’t last long. Soon, Eliza saves Alex (and Kara) with the Power of Love™. They immediately begin work on Cat’s plan: to save National City with the Power of Hope™. Winn and James are the first to awaken thanks to their personal connections to the Girl of Steel. Soon, the whole city is saved. It was ridiculous. I loved it. Screw gritty realism. I want to see people be saved from an alien menace by an inspirational speech now and again. But the relief is short lived. Right after realizing their evil plan is foiled, Indigo convinces Non to use Myriad to kill the humans instead of controlling them. It won’t accomplish a lot from their viewpoint, but it will piss Kara off and they really enjoy doing that. Before Kara leaves to face off against the headache machine that’s killing the world she says her goodbyes. She tells J’onn that she’s sure she can stop Non and Indigo but she’s not sure she’ll make it out alive. That’s…defeatist. And I can’t help but feel like it was done to kill time. Even if that was the case, Melissa Benoist proves she can make storyteller busywork compelling. Her goodbyes to Winn and Cat were pretty affecting but it really pissed me off she broke up with James. She’s reassuring all these people close to her that they meant a lot to her and then when it comes to the man she’s allegedly in love with he gets a ‘well, I guess we missed our shot?’ No! And don’t give me any of that “It was to protect him” crap because if she died as his girlfriend he’d be crushed and if she died as his ex-girlfriend he’d be crushed. And I think he’d realize what she’d done, dumping him right before she goes off to die. A big change in this episode is that J’onn joins the fight openly, as himself, and with the government’s half-hearted blessing. The end of the episode sees him returned to his leadership position at the DEO, which he decides he should share with Lucy. We’re all set up to a return to normal next season. What remains to be seen is if J’onn will break out the cape on a regular basis or if he’ll stay in command at the DEO. The problem with J’onn as a character has always been that he’s too powerful. On the animated Justice League Unlimited, they faced similar problems with him. You can’t send him in to help every time or the problem becomes easily surmountable and the stakes are gone. Their solution was to put him in charge of directing which superhero went where until they finally just sent him off to connect to humanity and he wasn’t seen for most of the second season. What will Supergirl do when faced with the same problem? I hope we don’t lose him for long stretches. I enjoy his paternal relationship with Alex and Kara way too much. After defeating Non and Indigo, Kara has to fly Fort Rozz into space to save humanity. This parallels…some Superman movie, I’m pretty sure. I’ve never seen them. Let me know in the comments! Anyway, she flies Fort Rozz into space, believing this will kill her but save everyone else on Earth. But then Alex swoops in with Kara’s old spaceship (foreshadowing the arrival of another Kryptonian pod later in the episode) and whisks the both of them to safety. It is so refreshing that, of all DC TV, this show doesn’t feel the need to kill beloved characters to drive home the drama. I love Arrow and I love The Flash, but sometimes I need my heroes to save the day without the dramatic death of a character I love. I wonder, now that Supergirl is on the CW, if it will keep to this happily ever after pattern or revert to the other Berlanti-verse shows’ general rule of one devastating death a season. I hope they don’t. And if they do kill any characters, please, let it be Winn. I didn’t love the episode ending on a cliffhanger. It felt completely tacked on. We were in Kara’s apartment with her family, her friends, her Pulitzer Prize-winning boyfriend, celebrating her promotion and recent rescue of Earth and then suddenly there was a half-assed mystery. Watching this the first time, I really hoped the season would end either with everyone happy together or with Kara rushing off to save the day from some unspecified but basically run of the mill threat. How cute would that have been? Cut it off as Kara takes to the sky, showing that finally she’s found a sense of balance between her personal life and her super life. Oh, well. Who do we think is in the pod and why is it so late? My money’s on Alura, but who knows? Maybe it’s Krypto. When Indigo grabbed J’onn by his cape I had a sudden vision: Definitely got a little teary when Cat finally pronounces Kara’s name correctly. Cat: “The morning meeting was to begin 16 seconds ago. You people were more punctual when you were drones. Scurry!” Kara: “Later?” James: “Later. After the scurrying.” Max: “Let’s not get our cape in a bunch.” Kara: “What the hell is in Nevada?” Max: “In my experience, mediocre buffets and regret.” Alex: “You’re not the only badass in the family.” three and a half out of four cliffhangers sunbunny Supergirl season 1 Supergirl home Tags: Sunbunny, Supergirl What a terrific review, sunbunny. I thought this finale was better than all the set-up in the previous episode. The Alex/Kara fight was over quickly, Kara saved the day with Fort Rozz, and J'onn got the DEO back. Like you, I also really enjoyed that moment when Cat finally called Kara by her right name and with no prompting at all, confirming that she had been calling her "Kira" all along deliberately. Congratulations to the Agents of DOUX/Team Supergirl for finishing season one! and here's to season two, which begins in only five days. I'm really looking forward to it. Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 10:44:00 PM EDT This episode touched my heart and it caught me off guard too. I agree the whole "hope speech" was a bit too convenient for all of them to suddenly wake up but I don´t care, I loved it and it was well acted. I loved the final scene between Kara and Cat and how Cat pronounced her name correctly. It just moved me. Also, the scene between Alex and Kara made me very emotional. I knew Kara wasn´t gonna die but it still got to me. Maybe because this show isn´t trying too hard to hammer something home unlike so many others. Like I said before, the show has flaws but I just find all it sweet and likeable that I ignore the flaws. And by the end, I was crying and smiling at the same time. Monday, February 19, 2018 at 1:08:00 PM EST Really enjoyed reading all these Supergirl Season 1 reviews. Thanks Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 1:10:00 PM EDT Unknown, you're very welcome. :)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3938
__label__wiki	0.505675	0.505675	Possession of Michael King, The (2014) by Brad McHargue July 26, 2014, 7:37 am Cover art: reviews/the-possession-of-michael-king-poster-s.jpg Starring Shane Johnson, Ella Anderson, Cara Pifko Directed by David Jung The first thing that stood out to me about David Jungâ€™s The Possession of Michael King was its title. The tendency to use some variation of the â€œThe X of Yâ€ titling scheme, wherein X equals an unfortunate supernatural occurrence and Y equals the generic name of the protagonist, has become seemingly more prevalent in recent memory. Or at least it feels that way. Now, it is admittedly unfair to say this, but with that naming scheme comes a tendency to associate the film, sight unseen, with low-budget direct-to-DVD dreck. I will freely admit this is unfair to the film and those involved, but I have yet to be proven wrong. Still, I always hope for the best, so I try to go in with an open mind and view the film objectively. Preconceived notions aside, I was intrigued solely by the filmâ€™s found footage premise, for which I am an obvious mark. Told in a patchwork found footage-cum-documentary format, the film opens with a home video of Michael King (Shane Johnson), a loving father to Ellie (Ella Anderson), husband to Sam (Cara Pifko), and devout atheist, as they have a picnic in the park. It ends abruptly, the implication being that a routine trip to put change in the meter resulted in Samâ€™s death. Six months later, Michael is beginning the process of filming a documentary to try and prove that the supernatural is not real. After consulting with a demonologist and necromancer, both of which perform rituals that seemingly allow a demon to enter his body. As is customary, strange things begin to occur, and no matter how much he tries to rationalize it, it becomes evident that something has possessed Michael King. Almost immediately the found footage conceit wears thin. Lifting the multi-camera setup from the latter Paranormal Activity films, weâ€™re given a look at the entirety of the house as Michael seeks to prove that the supernatural isnâ€™t real. At first he has his friend Jordan follow him around with the camera for the purposes of the documentary, but after his interactions with the demonologist and necromancer, camera duties are left to Michael. As a result, he carries it around with him wherever he goes, resulting in a number of highly illogical moments that just happen to capture everything. How convenient. Itâ€™s a nuisance, but more than anything its representative of a bigger problem associated with found footage films. Itâ€™s easy to dismiss the format as a cheap means of making a genre film, and thatâ€™s fine. It comes with the territory, and it should be expected. But all too often the format is forced into the narrative, resulting in what amounts to little more than random scare tactics strung together to form a loose story. Furthermore, even when alerting the audience to the â€œwhyâ€ of filming everything, suspension of disbelief becomes critical to enjoying the film. The biggest problem with this is that after a certain point, it just wears thin. Why, when in the throes of possession, does Michael still carry the camera? It can be argued away for the sake of the narrative, but to me itâ€™s just laziness and one-off attempts at doing something scary. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnâ€™t, and for the bulk of this film, the latter prevails. There is an interesting film buried in The Possession of Michael King, but much of it is lost amidst the cheap scares and found footage tropes that plague it. From the outset itâ€™s clear that Michael is a fairly arrogant individual; he blames a psychic for the death of his wife, and even when experiencing the events first hand, attempts to rationalize them in a way that fits his worldview. Obviously he quickly capitulates, but through it all there is a missed attempt to ruminate on the nature of grief, of loss, and the arrogance of belief (or lack thereof). Instead we get a mostly rote and generic thriller that hits the beats of found footage to which weâ€™ve all become accustomed. 1 1/2 out of 5 Discuss The Possession of Michael King in the comments section below! Previous article #SDCC14: IDW Announces Two New Comic Series: Garbage Pail Kids and Edward Scissorhands Next article Live-In Fear (2014) Written by Brad McHargue Brad is a digital marketing specialist and screenwriter based in Denver, CO. He serves as programmer and host of the Telluride Horror Show, a 3-day genre festival in Colorado. Get Entranced by this New Trailer for The Possession of Michael King #SDCC14: IDW Announces Two New Comic Series: Garbage Pail Kids and Edward Scissorhands Live-In Fear (2014)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3948
__label__wiki	0.611696	0.611696	Advertising, Screen, Games Select Journalism Why I Hitchhiked the Rust Belt in Search of the American Man The Guardian Newspaper The state of American masculinity is in flux as blue-collar jobs vanish. Drew Philp travels the midwest and Appalachia to find out what that looks like. "We had been waiting for hours on the side of the road, thumbs in the air, when a woman in a modest blue car finally stopped..." 24 Hours in a Detroit ER: On the Frontline of America's Healthcare Debate Henry Ford hospital is one of the busiest in Michigan, and with many patients on Medicare and Medicaid it stands to be impacted greatly by an Obamacare repeal. As the debate rages, one doctor remains the calm at the center of the storm. "But at Henry Ford hospital in Detroit, it’s biblical." SIENNA'S DREAM I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It’s easy. Just click “Edit Text” or double click me to add your own content and make changes to the font. Feel free to drag and drop me anywhere you like on your page. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you. This is a great space to write long text about your company and your services. You can use this space to go into a little more detail about your company. Philp is a classically trained journalist focusing on narrative feature and breaking news stories of ethical rigor. His work has appeared most notably in The Guardian where he served as a contracted employee, and in BuzzFeed, De Correspondent, The Detroit Free Press, Spirit Magazine, Metro Times and The Michigan Daily, where he won a Gold Circle award. Please click photos to view stories or click here to see Philp's full roster of pieces at the Guardian. "The New Obama": Will Abdul El-Sayed Be America's First Muslim Governor? The 32-year-old charismatic Muslim doctor is running for governor of Michigan and in the process trying to change US politics. "At seven years old, Abdul El-Sayed sat in the eye of Hurricane Andrew, the most destructive hurricane in US history..." No Water for Poor People: the Nine Americans Who Risked Jail to Seek Justice As the city of Detroit cut water to 83,000 homes since 2014, nine activists put their bodies on the line to protest "In 1964, while still in her early twenties, Marian Kramer sat at a lunch counter in Monroe, Louisiana, and was served a tuna fish sandwich and a glass of dishwater..." © 2020 by Drew Philp	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3949
__label__wiki	0.867115	0.867115	Bradley steps up as Celtics move ahead Celtics guard Avery Bradley makes a three-point shot against the Washington Wizards. CJ GUNTHER BASKETBALL: Avery Bradley said it was about time he and the other Boston players stepped up to the plate after helping the Celtics take a 3-2 Eastern Conference semi-finals lead in the NBA playoffs. Bradley scored a playoff career-high 29 points as the Boston Celtics beat the Washington Wizards 123-101 to take the spotlight away from teammate Isaiah Thomas. "It can't just be Isaiah Thomas every single night,” Bradley said. Thomas did chip in with 18 points and nine assists while Al Horford added 19 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he was glad to see the team get back to winning ways after the Wizards had levelled the series after being 2-0 down. "I just thought we all came out with a better sense of purpose today,” he said. "I just thought we got great energy from everybody. We were trying to play with a higher motor.” Game six is Saturday morning (AEST) in Washington, where the Wizards easily won their two games. If the Celtics win, they would host the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals. Game seven if needed would be in Boston next Tuesday (AEST). boston celtics nba finals	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3954
__label__wiki	0.981938	0.981938	‘Butcher Baker’ and his sickening live human hunt After raping his shackled victims, quiet baker and family man Robert Hansen took them into the wild, set them loose and tracked them and shot them dead. Prostitutes, pimps, con artists and drug dealers were drawn to Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, because the well-paid construction workers on huge oil pipeline being built in the 1970s had a lot of cash to blow. And the women drawn to make a living from the city's seedy side would prove the perfect hunting ground for Robert Hansen, a family man and baker who led a sinister secret life as the killer of at least 17 women. A serial killer lacking the notoriety of a Ted Bundy or John Wayne Glover, Hansen's crimes were no less evil. After raping with his shackled victims, Hansen flew some of them into the wilderness in his private light plane and, armed with his hunting rifle, tracked them and shot them dead. He lived across town from his bakery with his wife and children, who knew nothing of his depravity. Robert Hansen was a seasoned hunter who preferred human prey. A lonely child who had a dysfunctional relationship with his domineering father. He was bullied and teased and developed a stutter. As a young man, he took up the solitary hobby of hunting. After being discharged from the army he worked as an assistant drill instructor at a police academy before being jailed for crimes including arson and theft. After marrying a second time, he set up his bakery business and was well-liked within his community. An expert hunter, Hansen kidnapped vulnerable women, used them as sex slaves, flew them to his cabin in remote Alaska, released them into the wild and then hunted them during what he called his "summer project''. His victims ranged in age from 16 to 41. Hansen mostly chose prostitutes and erotic dancers as they were less likely to be missed and more difficult to trace. He kidnapped Ms Paulson who, in June 1983, managed to escape his clutches before her plane flight to a certain death. Ms Paulson was instrumental in Hansen's downfall, helping investigators gain the necessary evidence for search warrants during which police found hidden firearms and victims' jewellery. After his arrest, and knowing police had matched recovered projectiles to his rifle, Hansen he confessed to killing 17 women, mostly dancers and prostitutes, over 12 years. In 1984 he was convicted of just four of the murders in a deal sparing him going to trial 17 times. Some of Hansen’s victims. He also confessed to raping another 30 women. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 461 years. Former FBI agent John Douglas, an expert on criminal personality profiling and the one-time head of the elite FBI Investigative Support Unit, said Hansen was one of the most vile rapist/killers. "These were crimes of anger," Mr Douglas told The Advertiser. "He would have gotten off on having his victims beg for their lives. Being a hunter, at a certain point it would have occurred to him that he could combine these various activities by flying them (his victims) out into the wilderness alive, then hunting them down for sport and further sexual gratification. "This would have been the ultimate in control. And it would have become addictive. He would have wanted to do it again and again.'' Hansen died two months ago, at age 75, at Alaska Regional Hospital. His health had been in decline for about a year, Alaska Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sherrie Daigle said after his death. Hansen, who was nicknamed "The Butcher Baker", had been incarcerated at a state prison in Seward and was moved, in May 2014, to the Anchorage Correctional Center to receive medical attention. Robert Hansen. Only 12 bodies of the 17 women he admitted killing have been found. There could be other unknown victims of his still out there; their remains lying hidden and unaccounted for. Despite his lack of notoriety, his kill career - already written as a true crime book - was made into a movie. Because of its gross nature, Hansen's murder spree was a tough story to transfer to film - but it did have an element that set it apart from other serial killer stories. That difference was the existence of a surviving victim. Her name is Cindy Paulson. She was 17 years old at the time. A dogged local sergeant named Glenn Flothe, of the Alaskan State Troopers, protected Ms Paulson after her ordeal and, patiently and tactfully, built a trusting relationship with her in an effort to positively identify Hansen and build a case against him, with the help of an FBI criminal psychological profile. It was a New Zealand-born filmmaker named Scott Walker who brought the story to screen. He had started writing a fictional movie script about a hunter and his obsession, until a colleague told him it had a lot of similarities to the Hansen story. John Cusack as Hansen. "I was exploring the idea of a victim's story and it had a hunter in it and was more a contemporary take on Deliverance; the obsession of hunting and killing," Walker told Bring Me The News film critic Tim Lammers in August last year. "When I told (a colleague) about the script, they said, 'Wow that sounds like Robert Hansen', and I said, 'Who's he?' When I started looking into the case I was wondering, 'Do I want to do this?' "It was a horrific thing that affected so many people and it left a big, black mark on Anchorage and the way people trusted each other out there." To write his script, Walker wanted to meet and talk with Mr Flothe. The two met in Alaska. "I said (to him) I wanted to tell the victims' story, not glorify what Hansen did," Walker told the Screen Daily website. "He said, 'I'll help you and give you everything I've got.' He didn't want his name to be used because he said he'd just done his job. "The last thing he said to me was: 'I'll help you with anything you want, but the reality is from my perspective is that I'm not the hero. Cindy Paulson is the hero and you need to find her." Walker managed to track Ms Paulson down and spent an initial week talking to her. Another unique element of the The Frozen Ground film is the use of real pictures of victims at the end. Paula Golding was one of his victims. Director Walker said the victims' families he contacted were all for the pictures being used. "The photos at the end was a big decision," Walker told Collider.com. "It was like, 'Wow, is this right or not?' and then going back to the real people and saying, 'What do you think?' "(I phoned) one of the victim's families (and spoke to her sister) and she's saying, 'Could you use this photo? That is amazing that my sister will be up there and mentioned because nobody ever mentioned her and she was one of the victims.' "I wish I could have tracked down every victim's family." In the movie, actor John Cusack plays the sinister Hansen. He initially hesitated at taking on the role due to the dark character. "I was about the age of Cindy Paulson - I was about 17 or 18 back then - so I was the age of one of victims," Cusack told ETonline. "I remember hearing a story of a guy …[who] went out and hunted people and did these things. I sort of pushed it away 'cause I thought it would have to be the right circumstance to do it 'cause it's a very dark subject matter." In the end he took on the role. Nicolas Cage plays a detective based on Sgt Flothe. Cage told STV website: "The Frozen Ground was important to me. I felt like I was playing a real person, a hero. "Glenn Flothe was an Alaskan State Trooper who risked his life to put this serial killer behind bars. He went up hard against the justice system." News about the movie made some Alaskans nervous about the impact it might have on their state's image. To address that issue, Wanetta Ayers, director of the Alaska Division of Economic Development, which operates the Alaska Film Office, released a statement. It said in part: "Aspects of the story of The Frozen Ground may be difficult and disconcerting to us all. But the benefits of the production to Alaska, both socially and economically, cannot be denied. *For 24-hour sexual violence support call the national hotline 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or MensLine on 1800 600 636. "The courage of Cindy Paulson and the dedication of Trooper Glenn Flothe and other law enforcement officials will leave the audience with a hopeful message of lives transformed by courage and caring. "In honour and respect to all of the lives touched by the madness of Robert Hansen, their story needs to be told." 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__label__wiki	0.989089	0.989089	AMA warns healthcare costs will go up under rebate freeze 16th May 2016 5:00 AM DOCTORS have warned the price of medical care will increase because of the Federal Government's Medicare rebate freeze. The Coalition government announced in the budget it would extend the rebate freeze until 2020. But the Australian Medical Association has distributed posters to member doctors around the country warning fees would increase until the rebate freeze ended. AMA President, Professor Brian Owler, said the association had been flooded with angry feedback from doctors and patients about the freeze. "The Medicare patient rebate freeze extension means that health is going to cost more for all Australians, but particularly the poorest, the sickest, the vulnerable, and the disadvantaged," he said. "Many doctors have absorbed the impact of the freeze until now, but the two-year extension has pushed them over the edge. Their businesses are struggling to remain viable." But Coalition frontbencher Josh Frydenberg said on Sunday the government was using the money saved through keeping the rebate frozen to improve healthcare services. "It is being continued because we're ploughing the money into other areas of healthcare," he said. "When it comes to Medicare, the Turnbull government is absolutely committed to increasing the funding to Medicare." Labor leader Bill Shorten said the continuation of the freeze would hurt the people who needed to access doctors the most. "This is a disaster for patient care. You cannot trust Mr Turnbull's Coalition on Medicare," he said. "We are very, very critical of that measure the government is trying to do". But Mr Shorten would not outline the Opposition's plan for Medicare if elected. "We will have a lot more to say about this very issue. We won't be finalising our Medicare rebate policy today." - ARM NEWSDESK Turnbull leads Shorten in trustworthiness ratings ama healthcare malcolm turnbull medicare	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3956
__label__cc	0.689164	0.310836	Reading Mike Jung's "Unidentified Suburban Object" with my Kids, Part II The author’s four adopted children. Photo credit: Megan Dowd Lambert As I noted in my previous Embrace Race post about Mike Jung’s middle grade science fiction novel, Unidentified Suburban Object, I hope many child readers will discover its major plot twist on their own. But even if they find out that protagonist Chloe Cho is an extraterrestrial alien (and not Korean American as her parents raised her to believe) before reading the book for themselves, there’s much more to be savored and appreciated about Jung’s book beyond its stunning reveal. During our shared reading, my ten- and eleven-year-old kids, Caroline and Stevie, and I ended up talking about children’s rights to their own stories and histories and the work we need to do as a society to promote and protect those rights. These conversations were informed by my children’s experiences as transracial adoptees.In our family we talk openly about their respective life histories. Although I write generally about adoption and about my experiences as a White mom with kids of color, I do not write or speak publicly about my children’s birth families or their particular adoption stories because these are not my stories to tell. This conviction is related to the inverse notion that my kids are entitled to know anything and everything they want to know about their birth families and the circumstances that led to their placements in foster care and their eventual adoptions into our family, some as babies, and some as older children. In Jung’s novel, Chloe is not an adoptee, but her parents have cut her off from her history and her heritage through their lies and secrecy, which resonates with some of the sad history and problematic discourses around adoption, transracial or not. Here, I don’t just refer to circumstances in which adoptees’ parents hide their adoptive status (which I believe, or at least hope, is a rarer occurrence than it once was), but also to laws that keep adoption records sealed, and to manipulation or outright lies that result in adoption against birth parents’ wishes. Despite their dishonesty, Jung’s novel doesn’t paint Chloe’s parents as unsympathetic characters, and it’s clear that their motivations for hiding the truth from their daughter are good. They want to protect her. They are personally traumatized by the losses they’ve endured. They are afraid. My children recognized all of this as we read together, but they aligned themselves with Chloe and kept coming back to the injustice of it all: “They lied to her,” said Stevie. “They lied and lied and lied.” “And now she’s supposed to lie too,” said Caroline. Full jacket from Mike Jung’s novel Unidentified Suburban Object Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic 2016 Source: http://www.carollydesign.com/unidentifiedsuburbanobject/ Within these lies are losses for Chloe: loss of trust in her parents; loss of ties to what she’d falsely believed to be her heritage; and loss of stability in her identity. I know that adoption itself is premised on losses sustained by birth families and adoptees — losses that are compounded by transracial adoption when it severs connections between children of color and their respective cultures of origin. And furthermore, I know that as a White person I cannot provide my children with a model of lived experience about what it means to be Black or Latina or biracial in our society, though, I can and do provide them with diverse books and other media, affirming cultural experiences, abundant love for them as their particular selves, and day-to-day conversations and interactions that support their developing, unique identities. Although Chloe isn’t racially different from her parents, she experiences the sort of isolation from her heritage that I strive to keep my transracially adopted kids from experiencing. She thinks her mother and father won’t answer her questions about Korea and their lives before they immigrated to the United States, but the truth is, they can’t. Explaining their decision to escape to Korea when they escape their doomed planet, Chloe’s father says on page 146, “‘Initially we decided to go to Korea because of all our physical similarities — it seemed like the best place to blend in. That turned out to be a mistake.’” Her mother continues, “‘It was the hardest place to blend in, because we so obviously weren’t Korean…We did it all wrong, everything from speaking the language to finishing a bowl of noodles. It was very, very uncomfortable.’” They end up settling in a nearly-all-white town in the U.S., where they can blend in as Korean-Americans because no one knows anything about Korea. The tragedy for Chloe is that because she is raised to think she is Korean she wants to claim this heritage, but she has no one to help her do so. When she finds out that a new teacher at her school is named Su-Hyung Lee, Chloe is hopeful: “Was she Korean? Maybe I could talk to her about the stuff my parents always blew off. Maybe things actually would be different.” Even though I don’t “blow off” my kids’ heritage, and despite my efforts to support and nurture my kids’ since of racial identity and pride, I know I don’t get everything right. Reaching out to adult adoptees, and listening to or reading about their experiences is crucial — and I highly recommend Angela Tucker’s work at The Adopted Life and Mariama Lockington’s powerful recent piece “What a Black Woman Wishes Her Adoptive Parents Knew” that underscores the misguided, damaging impact of a “colorblind” approach to transracial adoptive parenting. The author’s son with his Big Brother Mentor from the Adoption Mentoring Partnership. Photo credit: Andrew Drinkwater Reading Lockington’s story and hearing and encountering many other similar ones over the years contributes to my knowledge that no matter how much I “do the work” myself, my children need other significant people, and particularly adult adoptees and people of color, in their lives. And so, we live in a diverse neighborhood, they attend public schools with diverse populations at which they’ve had teachers of color, and our community of friends includes people of color. One daughter has participated in a group for adopted teen girls that’s run by Adoption Journeys, and one of the best resources we’ve found is the Adoption Mentoring Partnership based at UMASS-Amherst, through which three of my kids have gained college-aged mentors who are also adoptees and who just spend regular time with them and act as caring adults in their lives. Most importantly, they have each other, and all of these experiences and relationships are providing them with pathways to their future selves, secure in their rightful place in our family and proud of their roots. My children also know that should they decide one day to try to develop relationships with their birth families, we will support them. Stevie and Caroline and I talked about this as we finished Jung’s book, which has an open ending that invites speculation about Chloe’s future possibilities for learning more about her family’s history, and perhaps connecting with others from the planet that her parents escaped. That conversation feels private, so I won’t share its details here, but I can offer the empathetic responses that they had for Chloe: “That would be so happy for her!” said Caroline. “Is there a sequel so we can see if that really happens? If she learns more about her family and where they come from?” asked Stevie.“Not yet,” I told him, but I hope there will be (calling Mike Jung?). In the meantime, I’m grateful that this science fiction novel offered me and my kids so much enjoyment and opportunity for talking about their lives in the real world. Books that inspire resilience in kids of color > 10 Tips for Reading Picture Books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens >	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3965
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__label__wiki	0.530274	0.530274	Books and proceedings The Trumpeter Focus on Laudato Si' The Ecological Ethics and Systemic Thought of Pope Francis Bibliographic record Restricted access to the most recent articles in subscription journals was reinstated on January 12, 2021. These articles can be consulted through the digital resources portal of one of Érudit's 1,200 partner institutions or subscribers. More informations The Ecological Ethics and Systemic Thought of Pope Francis[Record] Read the full text Online publication: June 18, 2019 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1060946ar CopiedAn error has occurred https://doi.org/10.7202/1060946ar CopiedAn error has occurred A document of the journal The Trumpeter Volume 34, Issue 1, 2018, p. 2–13 Copyright (c), 2019Fritjof Capra Browse the articles in this issue Special Focus on Laudato Si' Techno-Science, Integral Thought, and the Reality of Limits in Laudato Si’ Article outline Full text (PDF)Full text (PDF) SaveDelete PDFDownload Other Articles From This Journal “It Cannot Be Emphasized Enough How Everything Is Interconnected”: Ecological Wisdom, Cross-Cultural Insight, and Pope Francis’ Social Teaching By Christopher Hrynkow Hill & White, "God, Nimrod, and the World: Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting" By Robert Carlton Stallman Three Cheetah, One Guide, and the Setting Sun: Magic on McKenzies Koppie By Martin Milton Do You Come Here Often? By Jill Sell Capra, Fritjof. "The Ecological Ethics and Systemic Thought of Pope Francis." The Trumpeter, volume 34, number 1, 2018, p. 2–13. https://doi.org/10.7202/1060946ar Capra, F. (2018). The Ecological Ethics and Systemic Thought of Pope Francis. The Trumpeter, 34 (1), 2–13. https://doi.org/10.7202/1060946ar Capra, Fritjof "The Ecological Ethics and Systemic Thought of Pope Francis". The Trumpeter 34, no. 1 (2018) : 2–13. https://doi.org/10.7202/1060946ar EndNote (version X9.1 and above), Zotero Cultivate your knowledge. © 2021 Érudit Consortium	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3970
__label__wiki	0.60534	0.60534	Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire Living in Côte d'Ivoire Embassy of Switzerland in Ivory Coast The Swiss embassy represents Switzerland's interests in the country and provides consular services and visa support for people resident in: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinée, Libéria, Sierra Leone Travel advice for Ivory Coast How Switzerland and the country work together on education La Côte d’ivoire était entre 1994 et 2007 un pays prioritaire pour le Secrétariat à l’Economie (SECO), en étroite collaboration avec la DDC. The department offers a broad range of information services in a wide variety of fields. © Swissemigration Every year approximately 28,000 Swiss nationals go abroad to live, work, study or enjoy their retirement. Swissemigration provides a range of comprehensive information and advice: Click on a part of the image to go to the publications. © FDFA, Swissemigration The "living abroad" section has information on The fifth Switzerland Statistics on the Swiss Abroad Swissemigration maintains country dossiers on major destinations for Swiss emigrants. The FDFA provides information on travelling abroad, emigrating – including what to expect before and after you move – and returning to Switzerland. Tel. +41 (0) 800 24-7-365 Travel advice on Twitter Travel Admin App for iPhone Travel Admin App for Android	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3971
__label__cc	0.59573	0.40427	Ryan McBroom 1B,RF - KC Age: 28College: West VirginiaBats: RThrows: L ADP #821 Yahoo 1B,RF ESPN RF,1B,DH CBS RF Ryan McBroom delivers clutch pinch-hit home run Ryan McBroom went 1-for-1 with a pinch hit two-run home run in the Royals 6-5 loss to the Reds on Tuesday. With the Royals facing a two-run deficit in the top of the 8th inning, McBroom crushed a two-run home run off Amir Garrett to even up the score. It was his only at-bat of the evening. McBroom has been solid in limited AB's this season with a .290/.333/.645 batting line to go along with three home runs and five RBI. He carries little fantasy value, though, as he's been platooning with teammate Ryan O'Hearn. Jon Mathisen23 weeks ago 193 25 49 10 0 8 24 16 59 1 0 .256 .313 .430 .743 2019 KC 23 75 8 22 5 0 0 6 7 25 0 .293 .361 .360 .721 .440 2020 KC 36 81 8 20 3 0 6 10 4 30 0 .247 .282 .506 .788 .311 Sun, Sep 27 vs. DET - 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .333 .333 1.666 Sat, Sep 26 vs. DET - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 Fri, Sep 11 vs. PIT - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 Tue, Sep 8 @ CLE - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1.000 1.000	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3979
__label__wiki	0.916867	0.916867	TE - ARI Height: 6' 6"Weight: 220 lbsAge: 25College: Wisconsin-Platteville Week Rank (ECR) N/A Projection 0 pts Dan Arnold catches 3 passes for 54 yards in Week 15 Dan Arnold caught 3-of-5 targets for 54 yards in a Week 15 win over the Eagles. Arnold still just played 39% of the snaps, but saw another five targets in this game. He's now averaging 3.8 targets in his last four games and has found the end zone three times in that span. He's become a low-end TE2 as Murray has looked his way more often, especially down in the red zone, more often than he was early in the season. He'll get the Cardinals in Week 16. Adam Koffler4 weeks ago Dan Arnold catches 3rd TD in last 2 games in Week 14 win over Giants Dan Arnold caught 2-of-4 targets for 27 yards and a touchdown as the Cardinals cruise past the Giants 26-7 in Week 14. Despite never seeing more than four targets in a game this season, Arnold now has three touchdowns in his last two games. At 6-foot-6, he continues getting red zone looks from Kyler Murray and thus might be a trustworthy option at this point at the tight end position. He’s still just playing on about a third of the total snaps, but if he’s scoring, he becomes a valuable asset. Consider Arnold a low-end TE2 when the Cardinals take on the Eagles in Week 15, just be aware that you’re likely banking on a touchdown for him to return value. Dan Arnold scores 2 TDs in Week 13 loss to Rams Dan Arnold caught 2-of-3 targets for 61 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-28 loss to the Rams in Week 13. Arnold played on a season-low 15% of the snaps, but somehow caught two of Kyler Murray’s three touchdowns. Consider today more of an anomaly, and don’t overspend for Arnold on the waiver wire ahead of Week 14. Dan Arnold catches just one pass for 17 yards in Week 12 Dan Arnold caught just 1-of-3 targets for 17 yards against the Patriots in Week 12. Arnold has yet to eclipse four catches or 40 yards in any one game this season and can be left on the waiver wire in all leagues. Dan Arnold catches 4 passes for 39 yards in Week 4 Dan Arnold catches 4-of-4 targets for 39 yards in a 31-21 loss to the Panthers in Week 4. Arnold has yet to see more than four targets in any one game this season. He also has yet to score a touchdown. Arnold isn't rosterable at this point until he becomes more involved in the offense. The Cardinals will travel to New York to take on the Jets in Week 5. Adam Koffler15 weeks ago	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3980
__label__wiki	0.838536	0.838536	Dalit (the oppressed), name given, by themselves, to the untouchables of Hindu society, about a quarter of the whole. Their organization into a politically coherent group owed much to S. R. Ambedkar, and serious riots broke out in 1997 in Maharashtra state when a statue of Ambedkar was desecrated. In 1997, K. R. Narayanan became the first Dalit to be president of India. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions "Dalit ." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. . Encyclopedia.com. 14 Jan. 2021 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dalit ." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. . Encyclopedia.com. (January 14, 2021). https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/dalit "Dalit ." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. . Retrieved January 14, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/dalit Rajputs , Rajputs PRONUNCIATION: RAHJ-puts ALTERNATE NAMES: Ksatriya caste LOCATION: India (Rājasthān state and elsewhere) POPULATION: 138 million (estimate) L… Radha , Rādhā RĀDHĀ . The cowherd woman (gopī) whose passionate love for the god Kṛṣṇa has been celebrated in song and story throughout the Indian subcontine… Harijans , Harijans (hâr´Ĭjănz´) [children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system. They were traditionally sw… Bengal , Bengal BENGAL The name "Bengal" (or Bangla) comes from Vanga or Banga, the name of the ancient deltaic kingdom. The state of over 100 million people… India-pakistan Wars , India-Pakistan Wars, name given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and th… Vallabhbhai Patel , Vallabhbhai Patel The Indian political leader Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) helped to organize the Indian nationalist movement and after independence… Bachchan, Harivansh Rai 1907-2003 Nirȧkārī Zanāna Sant Nirȧkārī Bachrites Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (A. P. J.) Körös Dalis, Irene Dalio, Marcel Dalin, Olof von Dalin, David G. Dalida (1933–1987) Dalibard, Thomas François Dalibard, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de Saint-Phalier (d. 1757) Dalí, Salvador: 1904 Dalí, Salvador (1904–1989) Dali, Gala (1894–1982) Dalhousie, Marquis of Dalhousie University: Tabular Data Dalhousie University: Narrative Description Dalgety, PLC. Dalgairns, John Dobree Daley-Clarke, Donna Daley, William Michael Daley, Robert 1930– Daley, Robert 1930- Daley, Robert (Blake) Daley, Richard Michael Dalitz, Richard Henry Dalitz, Richard Henry 1925-2006 Dāliyat Al-Karmil Daliyyah Dalkia Holding Dalkon Shield Dall sheep Dall, Caroline (Wells) Healey Dall, Caroline Wells (1822–1912) Dall, William Healey Dalla Rizza, Gilda Dalla Viola, Alfonso Dalla Viola, Francesco Dalla, Nolan DallAbaco, Evaristo Felice Dallah Albaraka Group Dallaire, Roméo 1946- (Romé A. Dallaire, Romeo Dallaire) Dallapozza, Adolf Dallas 362 Dallas Baptist University: Distance Learning Programs Dallas Baptist University: Distance Learning Programs In-Depth Dallas Baptist University: Narrative Description Dallas Baptist University: Tabular Data Dallas Christian College: Distance Learning Programs	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3984
__label__wiki	0.693663	0.693663	DepEd: School reopening 100% pushing through By Ken Vincent Rosales Government, Asia School reopening on August 24 must push through according to the Department of Education Secretary. Nothings gonna stop the school reopening In an online press conference conducted by the Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones, she reiterated that August 24 is still the expected date for school reopening in the country amid the COVID-19 threat. We must understand that education must continue. This is the reason we are working double time to make the school reopening on August work for the students and teachers alike. The announcement of the secretary about the pushing through of the school year 2020-2021 starting August 24 drew various opinions from parents across the country. Some agree that stalling the opening of classes will cause a deterioration in the country’s education system, while the majority are afraid due to the threat of COVID-19. Earlier this week, the president also had a misquoted announcement on his take regarding the reopening of classes. President Duterte mentioned about his opposition on the opening schools until a vaccine is available for COVID-19, but the Palace quickly clarified that the president was referring to physical classes on his statement. The education secretary reminded the public that the safety and health of their teachers and students are still the priority, which is why they are introducing the blended learning system. We are in line with the goal of the president, “no face to face classes.” The blended learning system planned by the Department of Education will be composed of a mix of online learning modules and air time lessons through radio and television. The department is putting up with alternative ways of delivering education to the students despite the restriction of no physical classes. Briones is calling out the public to support the government on this new normal of delivering education. They cannot promise perfect execution. This is the first time the country will be in blended learning. The education secretary is looking for encouraging criticisms to help them improve the system. Ken Vincent Rosales The eagerness to learn something new is better than relying on a single field of expertise. Diversity is the key to success. Education Minister moves to abolish Jakarta National Examination Program Human-monkey embryos made in China Free internet services offered for underprivileged students in UK Girls’ education important for developing world, Boris Johnson says How lockdown busted exams myths in the UK Nursery schools in England sound the alarm due to financial strain In-person school attendance in the UK still high amid COVID-19 lockdown English Forward Copyright © 2021. Copyright © 2020 English Forward.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3986
__label__wiki	0.923402	0.923402	William Shakespeare's Poetry William Shakespeare in World Literature Appearance vs. Reality Breaking the Illusion of Being: Shakespeare and the Performance of Self Broken English and Broken Irish: Nation, Language, and the Optic of Power in Shakespeare's Histories Compounding Errors Deception in Shakespeare's Plays Dreams in Shakespeare Errors and Labors: Feminism and Early Shakespearean Comedy Fate and Fortune Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare Fearful Simile: Stealing the Breech in Shakespeare's Chronicle Plays Feminist Criticism Food for Words: Hotspur and the Discourse of Honor Hydra and Rhizome Knowing aforehand: Audience Preparation and the Comedies of Shakespeare Losing the Map: Topographical Understanding in the Henriad Magic and the Supernatural Marriage as Comic Closure Marxist Criticism: Cultural Materialism, and the History of the Subject Mixed Verse and Prose in Shakespearean Comedy Mixing Memory and Desire: Notes for a Psychodynamic Exploration of Shakespeare Pastoral in Shakespeare's Works Peter Quince's Ballad: Shakespeare, Psychoanalysis, History Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Shakespeare's Works Racial Discourse: Black and White Rethinking Gender and Genre in the History Play Ritual and Ceremony in Shakespeare's Plays Saints Alive! Falstaff, Martin Marprelate, and the Staging of Puritanism Selected Studies of Shakespearean Production Sexuality in Shakespeare Shakespeare and Clarissa: 'General Nature', Genre and Sexuality Shakespeare And Classical Civilization Shakespeare and the End of History Shakespeare at Work: 'Attributed Dialogue' Shakespeare's Bawdy Shakespeare's Bed-Tricks Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools Shakespeare's Historicism: Visions and Revisions Shakespeare's Representation of History Shakespeare's Representation of Women Sir John Oldcastle and the Construction of Shakespeare's Authorship The Adoption of Abominable Terms: The Insults That Shape Windsor's Middle Class The Authorship Controversy The Open Worlde: The Exotic in Shakespeare The Scandal of Shakespeare's Sonnets Theatrical Italics Violence in Shakespeare's Works War in Shakespeare's Plays Word Itself against the Word: Close Reading After Voloshinov Would Not the Beggar Then Forget Himself?: Christopher Sly and Autolycus Life’s Work William Shakespeare and Censorship Women and Censorship Other Literary Forms Achievement and Influence Protecting Women and Youth The Backlash Against Expurgation Censorship in Schools Shakespeare Portraits Preface to the Film Reviews Preface to the Film Reviews: Just because a film is named after one of Shakespeare's plays and credits him as a writer, it does not follow that the film will be Shakespeare's play. In fact, it is almost a movie-industry-wide practice to cut more than two-thirds of the text. This cutting is done for several reasons, but primarily because (1) cutting allows the director more freedom in presenting his interpretation of the text of the play, and (2) most modern audiences are uncomfortable sitting through a film that lasts longer than 120 to 150 minutes. Therefore, for the following films, textual analysis is kept to a minimum. A critical analysis of the text may be found at any of our click-guides to the plays. Download William Shakespeare Study Guide It should be noted that the only complete series of all of Shakespeare's plays is the BBC Shakespeare Series, which were done in period costume and formatted for television. They are done using full texts, but are also subject to directorial choices. It is important to remember that these films are interpretations of Shakespeare's plays. World War II was at its height, and it was becoming obvious that if the British were to prevent invasion by Hitler, they would have to do something drastic. Building morale among their people and their troops became a priority. Laurence Olivier rose to the occasion, and, despite a shortage of resources, filmed this excellent treatment of Henry V, his first effort at Shakespeare on film. No other film, with the possible exception of Shakespeare in Love, sets the scene the way Olivier does. The film opens with an audience filing into a recreated Globe Theatre in Elizabethan London. As the Chorus proceeds, the setting moves to the court of Henry V, the king who had fought and won France for the English. Olivier purposely chose to focus on the patriotic themes of the play, and the result was that the film was an overwhelming success. It does have its quirks, however. In the 'unto the breach' scene, Olivier had to make do with American soldiers for Henry's army. They can be identified as the ones with their helmets on the back of their heads like baseball caps. Because England had been devastated by the blitz, the set was Ireland. But it was the spirit of non-defeat and patriotism that Olivier captured so well. Even the courting scene of Katherine and Henry has a fairy-tale beauty about it. Although some of the bits, such as the 'leek' scene with Fluellen, may be a little difficult to understand, this film explains why Olivier was so respected for his in Shakespeare on film and set the standard for the remainder of the 20th century. This film is a must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Chorus: Leslie Banks; Archbishop of Canterbury: Felix Aylmer; Bishop of Ely: Robert Helpmann; English Herald: Vernon Greeves; Earl of Westmorland: Gerald Case; Earl of Salisbury: Griffith Jones; Sir Thomas Erpingham: Morland Graham; Duke of Exeter: Nicholas Hannen; Duke of Gloucester: Michael Warre; King Henry V: Laurence Olivier; Mountjoy: Ralph Truman; Duke of Berri: Ernest Thesiger; Lieutenant Bardolph: Roy Emerton; Ancient Pistol: Robert Newton; Mistress Quickly: Freda Jackson; Boy: George Cole; Sir John Falstaff: George Robey; King Charles VI of France: Harcourt Williams; Duke of Bourbon: Russell Thorndike; Constable of France: Leo Genn; Duke of Orleans: Francis Lister; The Dauphin: Max Adrian; French Messenger: Jonathan Field; Fluellen: Esmond Knight; Captain Gower: Michael Shepley; Captain Jamie: John Laurie; Captain MacMorris: Niall MacGinnis; Governor of Harfleur: Frank Tickle; Princess Katherine: Renee Asherson; Alice: Ivy St. Helier; Queen Isabel of France: Janet Burnell; Court: Brian Nissen; Bates: Arthur Hambling; Williams: Jimmy Hanley; Priest: Ernest Hare; Duke of Burgundy: Valentine Dyall. Director: Reginald Beck, Laurence Olivier; Writers: Dallas Bower, Alan Dent, Laurence Olivier, William Shakespeare; Producers: Dallas Bower, Filippo Del Guidice, Laurence Olivier; Production Company: Two Cities Films Ltd. (UK). Colour. Runtime: 135 mins. Like Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh's first foray into Shakespeare on film was Henry V. Branagh, however, was under no mandate to make the film as propaganda for a world war effort, and, therefore, the director/screenwriter was free to portray the blood and dirt of war in graphic detail. Branagh is a strong effective king in this piece presented in period costume, and the audience firmly believes that the Dauphin doesn't stand a chance against him. The soldiers are a tough lot and they fight amidst the smoke and fire of a frightening real battlefield. Henry's rejection of his former friends and their execution illustrates not only Henry's strength as a king, but his moral conviction as a man. Henry does have a tender side, however, and in the courting scene with Katherine, played by Emma Thompson, Branagh is the quintessential romantic hero. For Thompson, she brings a freshness and spirit to Katherine that truly complements her soon-to-husband's disposition. The rest of the cast, drawn from the cream of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre (UK), are superb in their roles and the entire film rings with a truthfulness about the need for, and the cost, of war. This one is a must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Narrator: Derek Jacobi; Henry V: Kenneth Branagh; Gloucester: Simon Shepherd; Bedford: James Larkin; Exeter: Brian Blessed; York: James Simmons; Canterbury: Charles Kay; Ely: Alec McCowen; Cambridge: Fabian Cartwright; Scroop: Stephen Simms; Grey: Jay Villiers; Erpingham: Edward Jewesbury; Fluellen: Ian Holm; Gower: Daniel Webb; Jamy: Jimmy Yuill; Macmorris: John Sessions; Bates: Shaun Prendergast; Court: Patrick Doyle; Williams: Michael Williams; Bardolph: Richard Briers; Nym: Geoffrey Hutchings; Pistol: Robert Stephens; Falstaff: Robbie Coltrane; Falstaff's Boy: Christian Bale; Mistress Quickly: Judi Dench; French King: Paul Scofield; Dauphin: Michael Maloney; Burgundy: Harold Innocent; Orleans: Richard Clifford; Grandpre: Colin Hurley; Constable: Richard Easton; Mountjoy: Christopher Ravenscroft; Katherine: Emma Thompson; Alice: Geraldine McEwan; Governor of Harfleur: David Lloyd Meredith; Messenger: David Parfitt; Warwick: Nicholas Ferguson; Talbot: Tom Whitehouse; Berri: Nigel Greaves; Bretagne: Julian Gartside; Soldiers: Mark Inman, Chris Armstrong. Director; Kenneth Branagh; Writers: Kenneth Branagh, William Shakespeare; Producers: Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Bruce Sharman; Production Companies: BBC, Renaissance Films (UK). Macbeth (1971) When this version of Macbeth was released in 1971 and it was noted that Hugh Hefner and the Playboy empire had a stake in it, it was roundly rejected as a serious Shakespeare film. However, over the last few decades, it has come to be appreciated as one of the finer interpretations of Shakespeare's shortest play. Roman Polanski's choices are at the opposite spectrum from Orson Welles'. Polanski portrays the Macbeths as a loving couple caught up in political games. Jon Finch's Macbeth is reluctant to become involved with the witches, who here are portrayed as old and blind, middle aged, and young and nubile. These witches are part of a coven who perform their rituals in the nude, and who have only some control over events. The murder of Duncan is shown in graphic, bloody detail, the only such visualisation on film. Lady Macbeth's suicide is also shown. But perhaps the most spectacular surprise is the rolling of Macbeth's head down the lane after it is severed from his body. The film also has a twist at the end, which, although not in the text, may be strongly suggested by Shakespeare. Unlike Welles' unrelenting film noir landscape, Polanski makes full use of magnificent cinematography to push the narrative to its inescapable end. Set in a traditional medieval period, this one is a must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Cast: Macbeth: Jon Finch; Lady Macbeth: Francesca Annis; Banquo: Martin Shaw; Macduff: Terence Bayler; Ross: John Stride; Duncan: Nicholas Selby; Malcolm: Stephen Chase; Donalbain: Paul Shelley; Blind Witch: Maisie MacFarquhar; 1st Witch: Elsie Taylor; Young Witch: Noelle Rimmington; Seyton: Noel Davis; Porter: Sydney Bromley; Doctor: Richard Pearson; Gentlewoman: Patricia Mason; Murderers: Michael Balfour, Andrew McCullough; Fleance: Keith Chegwin; Lennox: Andrew Laurence; Angus: Bernard Archard; Caithness: Bruce Purchase; Mentieth: Frank Wylie; Lady Macduff: Diane Fletcher; Macduff's Son: Mark Dightam; King's Grooms: Bill Drysdale, Roy Jones; Cawdor: Vic Abbott; Minor Thanes: Ian Hogg, Geoffrey Reed, Nigel Ashton; Young Seyward: William Hobbs; Old Seyward: Alf Joint; Boy Apprentice: Paul Hennen. Director: Director: Roman Polanski; Writers: Roman Polanski, William Shakespeare, Kenneth Tynan. Producers: Andrew Braunsberg, Hugh N. Hefner. Production Companies: Caliban Films, Playboy Productions Inc. Richard III (1995) Ian McKellen had long been respected as an actor and Shakespearean in Britain and Europe since 1963, but it wasn't until The Last Action Hero (1993) that Hollywood took notice. In the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film, McKellen played Death, and other movies roles soon followed. In 1999, he received an Oscar nomination for his lead role in Gods and Monsters, but Richard III is a role close to McKellan's heart. In this interpretation, McKellen was writer and producer, but left the direction to Richard Longcraine. Set in the 1930s after the declaration of World War II in Europe, Richard is a general bent on taking control of the country through any means possible. Surrounded by an all-star cast that included many Americans such as Annette Bening and Robert Downey, Jr., Richard's cold calculation in his drive for throne is bone-chilling. Maggie Smith and Kristen Scott Thomas as the women who suffer most from his murderous solutions to problems are spellbinding. Their ability to delude themselves until it is too late is truly amazing. But McKellen is outstanding in his characterisation of an evil despot who knows how to use his liabilities as assets. Longcraine's attention to detail and his collaboration with McKellen on the screenplay ensure that the film is a visual spectacle and a delight for the ears. The text is clear, and not for one moment does the attention lag. This is a snappy, crisp, intense experience in the abuse of power. A must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Richard III: Ian McKellen; Queen Elizabeth: Annette Bening; Buckingham: Jim Broadbent; Rivers: Robert Downey, Jr.; Clarence: Nigel Hawthorne; Lady Anne: Kristin Scott Thomas; King Edward: John Wood; Duchess of York: Maggie Smith; Hastings: Jim Carter; Stanley: Edward Hardwicke; Tyrell: Adrian Dunbar; River's Mistress/Air Hostess: Tres Hanley; Richmond: Dominic West; Archbishop: Roger Hammond; Catesby: Tim McInnerny; Ballroom Singer: Stacey Kent; Ratcliffe: Bill Paterson; Lord Mayor: Dennis Lil; George Stanley: Ryan Gilmore; Jailer: Andy Rashleigh; Prince of Wales: Marco Williamson; King Henry: Edward Jewesbury; Prince Edward: Christopher Bowen; Young Prince: Matthew Groom; Princess Elizabeth: Kate Steavenson-Payne; Brackenbury: Donald Sumpter; City Gentleman: Bruce Purchase; Subalterns: James Dreyfus, David Antrobus. Director: Richard Longcraine; Writers: Richard Longcraine, Ian McKellen, William Shakespeare; Producers: Maria Apodiacos, Stephen Bayly, David Lascelles, Ellen Dinerman Little, Ian McKellen, Lisa Katselas Pare, Mary Richards, Joe Simon, Michele Tandy; Production Companies: Bayley/Pare Productions, British Screen, First Look Pictures Releasing, United Artists. Before the release of this film, Franco Zeffirelli's version (1968) was considered the definitive one. Baz Luhrmann, however, proved that fidelity to the text and a medieval setting are not a requirement to Shakespeare on film. From the opening moments, Luhrmann takes control of the screen and does not let go. The visuals, such as turning the names of the swords in the text into the names of guns, and placing Shakespeare plays or quotations in place of a commercial product, make absolute sense. In addition, Luhrmann staunchly defended the American accents of the two leads, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Luhrmann put his trust in the text and allowed himself to express his creative vision in a way that would make the story clear. He contextualises the 'death-marked love' of the 'star-crossed lovers' as a media event in a modern city, with a feud between the two corporate entities of Montague and Capulet. But perhaps his most radical idea was placing the 'balcony' scene in a swimming pool. For this, Luhrmann was severely criticised, but in actuality, there is no balcony mentioned or indicated by stage directions in the play as Shakespeare wrote it. Luhrmann demonstrates that not only can Shakespeare be fun, but also that it can be a visual treat. And it works. It works well. A must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Romeo: Leonardo DiCaprio; Anchorwoman: Edwina Moore; Gregory: Zak Orth; Juliet: Claire Danes; Sampson: Jamie Kennedy; Benvolio: Dash Mihok; Attractive Girl: Lupita Ochoa; Nun: Gloria Silva; Abra: Vincent Laresca; Petruchio: Carlos Martin Manzo Otelora; Middle Age Occupants: Carolyn Valero, Paco Morayta; Tybalt: John Leguizamo; Kid with Toy Gun: Rodrigo Escandon; Station Mother: Margarita Wynne; Fulgencio Capulet: Paul Sorvino; Ted Montague: Brian Dennehy; Dave Paris: Paul Rudd; Balthasar: Jesse Bradford; Apothecary: M. Emmet Walsh; Susan Santandiago: Harriet Harris; Rich Ranchidis: Michael Corbett; Gloria Capulet, Diane Venora; The Nurse: Miriam Margolyes; Peter: Pedro Altamirano; Mercutio: Harold Perrineau; Capulet Bouncer: Mario Cimarro; Diva: Des'ree; OP Officer: Ismael Eguiarte; Father Laurence: Pete Postlethwaite; Altar Boys: Richard Barona, Fausto Barona, Alex Newman, Cory Newman; Choir Boy: Quindon Tarver; Post Haste Delivery Man: Jorge Abraham; Sacristan: John Sterlini; Undertaker: Farnesio de Bernal; Post Haste Clerk: Catalina Botello. Director: Baz Luhrmann; Writers: William Shakespeare; Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann; Producers: Jill Bilcock, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gabriella Martinelli; Production Companies: 20th Century Fox, Bazmark Films. Franco Zeffirelli entered the Shakespeare on film category with a bold move: he cast Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, two unknown teenagers, as Romeo and Juliet. The startling fact was that they were the approximate age of the characters. What resulted was a film that is still cherished as the most romantic and poignant of all the films of this play. Zeffirelli, long a director and producer of operas based on Shakespeare's plays, used his Covent Garden production as a guide for this interpretation. His eye for historical accuracy and authenticity is a hallmark of all his Shakespeare films, but especially in this one that requires so many changes of scene and place. Hussey and Whiting may have been inexperienced, but their innate innocence shone through their performances. Zeffirelli created a hot, Italian world, which he knows intimately, and his caring for his subject is obvious. So powerful is the film that it set a standard that would not be challenged until 1996. A must-see. - J.R. Costa Cast: Romeo: Leonard Whiting; Juliet: Olivia Hussey; Mercutio: John McEnery; Friar Laurence: Milo O'Shea; The Nurse: Pat Heywood; The Prince: Robert Stephens; Tybalt: Michael York; Benvolio: Bruce Robinson; Lord Capulet: Paul Hardwick; Lady Capulet: Natasha Perry; Lord Montague: Antonio Pierfederici; Lady Montague: Esmeralda Ruspoli; Paris, Roberto Bisacci; Peter: Roy Holder; Balthasar: Keith Skinner; Samson: Dyson Lovell Gregory: Richard Warwick; Narrator Prologue and Epilogue: Laurence Olivier (uncredited). Director: Franco Zeffirelli; Writers: Franco Brusati, Maestro D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Franco Zeffirelli. Producers: John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin, Anthony Havelock-Allen; Production Companies: BHE Films, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematograifica (IT), Paramount Pictures, Verona Produzione (IT). When Laurence Olivier came to the rescue of the morale of British soldiers during World War II with Henry V, he became the unofficial guardian of Shakespeare on film. This film has been considered a classic since its release, and earned Olivier an Oscar for his performance. However, by today's standards, Olivier's Hamlet seems stiff and a bit stodgy. Olivier delivers a Hamlet that is very introverted and psychologically unstable. A psychiatrist friend who believed that Hamlet suffered from an Oedipus complex, so named because the eponymous hero of the ancient Greek play kills his father and marries his mother had influenced Olivier. In Olivier's film, Hamlet is very much a 'Mama's boy', and spends an inordinate amount of time on the ramparts of a studio Elsinore talking to himself in voice-over which gives the audience access to his thoughts. Done in traditional costume, the film is dark and sobering, and Jean Simmons's performance as Ophelia is a landmark in film presentation of madness. In the 'nunnery' scene, it is hard not to hate Hamlet for rejecting Ophelia's love. The film cuts the entire Fortinbras thread of the play, which places the focus of the screenplay entirely on Hamlet, but even so, it gives a bird's-eye view into an acting style of the early 20th century meeting the still-young medium of film. It also was one of the first times that an actor directed, wrote, and produced his own film. - J.R. Costa Cast: Hamlet: Laurence Olivier; Gertrude: Eileen Herlie; Claudius: Basil Sydney; Polonius: Felix Aylmer; Laertes: Terence Morgan; Ophelia: Jean Simmons; Horatio: Norman Wooland; Osric: Peter Cushing; Gravedigger: Stanley Holloway; Priest: Russell Thorndike; Francisco: John Laurie; Bernardo: Esmond Knight; Marcellus: Anthony Quayle; Sea Captain: Niall MacGinnis; First Player: Harcourt Williams; Player King: Patrick Troughton. uncredited: Bit Part: Anthony Bushnell; Voice of Ghost: John Gielgud; Spear Carrier: Christopher Lee; Player Queen: Tony Tarver. Director: Laurence Olivier; Writers: Alan Dent, Laurence Olivier; Producers: Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushnell, Laurence Olivier. Music: William Walton; Production Companies: Pilgrim Pictures, Two Cities Films Ltd. (UK). Black and white. Runtime: 155 mins. Kenneth Branagh became the heir apparent to the 'Shakespeare on Film' mantle originally given to Laurence Olivier, and although he denies that this Hamlet is like Olivier's, it is hard to ignore Branagh's dyed blonde hair. But the real problem with the film is its length — not because it is too long to sit through, but because it doesn't have to be that long. Branagh spends a good deal of screen time in extra-textual flashbacks in an effort to make clear what the text is trying to say: there is Claudius' drunkenness, a young Hamlet playing with Yorick, and Fortinbras being corrected by Old Norway. While this may be interesting to the director, it is filmic redundancy to an audience, and sometimes down right annoying. As is the music. There is lots of it, and it interferes with the actor's lines. And there are lots of those too. Because Branagh, for the first time, elected to film a 'complete' version. The problem lies in the definition of 'complete'. Shakespeare's play exists in three versions and often these three texts are combined or conflated to give what some consider a 'complete' text. This conflated text consists of more than 3500 lines and in performance on the stage could take as long as three hours because the passages that Shakespeare wrote as descriptive must be said to a live audience. Film, however, can condense these passages into visual images. Unfortunately, Branagh does not condense, but expand. The important thing that Branagh has done is preserve the political backdrop of the action in the events wrought by Fortinbras and Norway. With the invasion of Norway into Denmark at the end of the film, in a sense, it is complete. The other thing that Branagh does so well is to employ an international cast in certain roles, allowing the actors to speak in their accents. Not only does this technique add appeal for broader audience segments, but it also brings a freshness to certain scenes. In this film, however, the one flaw was the casting of Jack Lemmon as a guard at the beginning, but it is offset by Billy Crystal's performance in the 'graveyard' scene and Robin Williams' as Osric. Overall, the film gives the entire story of the play and gives the viewer a good sense of Denmark as a prison in which there is no privacy at all. And this makes it more successful than either Olivier's or Zeffirelli's version. - J.R. Costa Cast: Attendants to Claudius: Riz Abbasi, David Blair, Peter Bygott; English Ambassador: Richard Attenborough; Ghost: Brian Blessed; Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh; Polonius: Richard Briers; Priest: Michael Bryant; Gertrude: Julie Christie; First Gravedigger: Billy Crystal; Stage Manager: Charles Daish; Hecuba: Judi Dench; Reynaldo: Gerard Depardieu; Guildenstern: Reece Dinsdale; Yorick: Ken Dodd; Attendant to Gertrude: Angela Douglas, Rowena King, Sarah Lam; Lucianus: Rob Edwards; Horatio: Nicolas Farrell; Francisco: Ray Fearon; Doctor: Yvonne Gidden; Priam: John Gielgud; Player Queen: Rosemary Harris; Player King: Charlton Heston; Cornelius: Ravil Isyanov; Claudius: Derek Jacobi; Fortinbras' Captain: Jeffrey Kissoon; Marcellus: Jack Lemon; Barnardo: Ian McElhinney; Laertes: Michael Maloney; Fortinbras' General: The Duke of Marlborough; Old Norway: John Mills; Sailors: Jimi Mistry, David Yip; Prologue: Siân Radinger; Prostitute: Melanie Ramsey; Second Gravedigger: Simon Russell Beale; Young Lord: Andrew Schofield; Fortinbras: Rufus Sewell; Rosencrantz: Timothy Spall; Young Hamlet: Tom Szekeres; First Player: Ben Thorn; Voltemand: Don Warrington; Second Player: Perdita Weeks; Osric: Robin Williams; Ophelia: Kate Winslet. Director: Kenneth Branagh; Writers: William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh; Producer: David Barron; Music: Patrick Doyle; Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Fishmonger Films, Turner Pictures. Colour. Runtime: 238 minutes. When Citizen Kane was released in 1941, Orson Welles was hailed as the new wunderkind, a title previously held by Irving Thalberg in the past, and more recently, Steven Spielberg. Welles set the standard for innovative angle shots, deep focus, non-linear narrative, and tone setting. Welles, however, determined to follow his own path, and among his Shakespeare efforts, he staged a production of Macbeth that became known as the 'voodoo' Macbeth since it was set in the Caribbean. It was to this dark and foreboding atmosphere that film owes much of its own atmosphere and ideas. The film opens with a clay image that could be interpreted many ways, but as the film progresses, the audience realises that it is a symbol of Macbeth's deepening involvement with the witches. Welles' Scottish king (played with a Scottish accent), is visually a man of 'vaulting ambition', and his 'fiend-like queen', Jeanette Nolan, is a politically astute wife. Her descent into madness is entirely understandable, as her husband grows more and more distant. The murder of Duncan is like a vision from a horror film, and as the story moves from Macbeth's crowning to his defeat, the images draw both sympathy and abhorrence from the spectator. What are both a success and a drawback to the film is that its darkness and foreboding are unrelenting: there is no relief in the bleak landscape. The recent restoration of 18 minutes does not change the oppressive tone. And it is this uncomfortable feeling the film engenders in the audience that permits them to understand and internalise the madness of absolute power. Welles knows his Shakespeare, and is willing to trust the text to support his filmic ideas, especially in his portrayal of the witches, truly 'evil hags'. - J.R. Costa Cast: Macbeth: Orson Welles; Lady Macbeth: Jeanette Nolan; Macduff: Dan O'Herlihy; Malcolm: Roddy McDowall; Banquo: Edgar Barrier; A Holy Father: Alan Napier; Duncan: Erskine Sanford; Ross: John Dierkes; Lennox: Keene Curtis; Lady Macduff/Witch: Peggy Webber; Siward: Lionel Braham; Young Siward: Archie Heuglly; Fleance: Jerry Farber; Macduff Child: Christopher Welles; Doctor: Morgan Farley; First Gentlewoman/Witch: Lurene Tuttle; First Murderer/Witch: Brainerd Duffield; 2nd Murderer: William Alland; Seyton: George Chirello; The Porter: Gus Schilling. Director: Orson Welles; Writers: William Shakespeare (Orson Welles uncredited);Producers: Charles K. Feldman, Orson Welles, Richard Wilson; Production Companies: Literary Classics Productions, Mercury Productions, Republic Pictures Corporation. Black and white. Runtime 107 mins. restored version; 89 mins. Original. After the success of Henry V, many Hollywood pundits doubted whether Kenneth Branagh could do another Shakespeare play as well. But they needn't have worried. This interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies is one of the best. The film opens with the beautiful vistas of Italy, the returning soldiers (led by Denzel Washington), the giggles of the waiting maids. Branagh as Benedick is the perfect foil to Emma Thompson's Beatrice as they wage the verbal battle of the sexes. Tricked by their friends into believing the other is in love, their happy banter is the prelude to the serious consequences of romantic love. Beautiful Hero (Kate Beckinsale) is rejected by the handsome Claudio ( Robert Sean Leonard) at the altar. When Hero 'dies', Benedick offers to do anything for Beatrice, and she asks him to 'Kill Claudio', the line on which the whole play turns. What happens next is a skilful blend of tragedy and comedy, with the vicious intrigues of Don John (Keanu Reeves) being undone by the irrepressible Constable Dogberry (Michael Keaton). The lavish and well thought out production leads to a happy ending, and all the couples have learned a few things about love. - J.R. Costa Cast: Seignior Leona to, Governor of Messina: Richard Briers; Hero: Kate Beckinsale; Margaret: Imelda Staunton; Friar Francis: Jimmy Yuill; Seigneur Antonio: Brian Blessed; George Seacole: Andy Hockley; Francis Seacole: Chris Barnes; Hugh Oatcake: Conrad Nelson; Ursula: Phyllida Law; Beatrice: Emma Thompson; Messenger: Alex Lowe; Don Pedro of Aragon: Denzel Washington; Don John: Keanu Reeves; Conrade: Richard Clifford; Boracchio: Gerald Horan; Count Claudio of Florence: Robert Sean Leonard; Seigneur Benedick: Kenneth Branagh; Balthasar: Patrick Doyle; The Boy: Alex Scott; Constable Dogberry: Michael Keaton; Headborough Verges: Ben Elton; Sexton: Edward Jewesbury. Director: Kenneth Branagh; Writers: Kenneth Branagh, William Shakespeare; Producers: Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Evans, David Parfitt; Production Companies: BBC, Renaissance Films, Samuel Goldwyn Company. The Taming of the Shrew (1967) After the fiasco of Cleopatra which forced 20th Century Fox to the brink of bankruptcy, Hollywood insiders thought Franco Zeffirelli was crazy for casting Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in this film about an out-of-control woman finding marital happiness. But Zeffirelli was convinced that the couple had special box office magic. Aside from that obvious quality, Burton and Taylor are wonderful as the warring Petruchio and Katharina. With the support of well-known British and Shakespearean actors such as Michael Holdern, Cyril Cusack, Victor Spinetti, and Michael York, and relatively unknown Italian actors, the film is done in the style for which Zeffirelli would become famous: serious attention to historical detail and a lively, clear pace. The film opens with a street carnivale that captures all the excitement of the first day at university. As the story progresses, Zeffirelli includes Burton and Taylor in a rooftop chase in the 'wooing' scene, an outrageously funny 'tailor' scene, and a stunning 'moon-sun' scene. But perhaps the most impressive scene, however, is the final one in which Kate delivers her 'submission' speech. Taylor is not only beautiful but an effective Shakespeare actor who brings warmth and pathos to the difficult role. Zeffirelli does allow a few extra-textual liberties, but they never detract from the text or the film. In his autobiography, Zeffirelli considered the making of the film as one of his best experiences in filmmaking. It shows in this wonderful entertainment. - J.R. Costa Cast: Katharina: Elizabeth Taylor; Petruchio: Richard Burton; Grumio: Cyril Cusack; Baptista: Michael Holdern; Tranio: Alfred Lynch; Gremio: Alan Webb; Priest: Giancarlo Cobelli; Pedant: Vernon Dobtcheff; Tailor: Ken Parry; Haberdasher: Anthony Gardner; Bianca: Natasha Pyne; Lucentio: Michael York; Hortensio: Victor Spinetti; Biondello; Roy Holder; Vincentio: Mark Dignam; The Widow: Bice Valori; Nathaniel: Alberto Bonucci. Director: Franco Zeffirelli; Writers: Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Paul Dehn, William Shakespeare, Franco Zeffirelli; Producer: Richard McWhorter; Production Companies: FAI (IT), Royal Films International. Titus (1999) Titus Andronicus, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, is probably the most difficult to do in terms of staging because it could very easily turn into a melodrama with the numbers of deaths, the rape and mutilation of Lavinia, and Titus' ultimate revenge. However, in the very capable hands of Julie Taymor (who directed the stage version of The Lion King), the story is not only intensely moving, but also deeply affecting. Anthony Hopkins as Titus delivers a powerful performance as a loyal soldier who comes home from the war to bury 21 of his many sons lost in battle. Titus is at the same time, mad, angry, revengeful, and pitiful as his life around him disintegrates into an array of dead children. Jessica Lange is at her best as his nemesis, Tamora. Harry Lennix's Aaron is deliciously aggressive and unrepentant. Taymor's creation of a non-period Rome in a fantasy world of bright colours and questionable morals is a visual picnic where the viewer may pick and choose a different dish every time the film is watched. And this film should be watched more than once in order to savour Taymor's sure and steady telling of this grotesque tale in which it is very clear that the future is in the children. - J.R. Costa Cast: Young Lucius: Osheen Jones; Clown: Dario D'Ambrosi; Titus Andronicus: Anthony Hopkins; Tamora: Jessica Lange; Alarbus: Raz Degan; Chiron: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers; Demetrius: Matthew Rhys; Aaron: Harry Lennix; Lucius: Angus Mac Fadyen; Quintus: Kenny Doughty; Mutius: Blake Ritson; Martius: Colin Wells; Priest: Ettore Geri; Saturninus: Alan Cumming; Bassanius: James Frain; Marcus Andronicus: Colm Feore; Aemelius: Constantine Gregory; Lavinia: Laura Fraser; Little Girl: Tresy Taddei; Nurse: Geraldine McEwan; Infant: Bah Souleymane; Publius: Antonio Manzini; Caius: Leonardo Treviglio; Sempronius: Giacomo Gonnella; Valentin: Carlo Medici; Goth Leader: Emanuele Vezzoli; Goth Soldiers: Hermann Weisskopf, Christopher Ahrens; Goth General: Vito Fasano; Goth Lieutenant: Maurizio Rapotec; Roman Captain: Bruno Bilotta. Director; Julie Taymor; Writers: William Shakespeare, Julie Taymor; Producers: Conchita Airoldi, Paul G. Allen, Stephen K. Bannon, Robert Bernacchi, Mark Bisgeier, Adam Leipzig, Ellen Dinerman Little, Robert Little, Brad Moseley, Jody Patton, Julie Taymor, Karen L. Thorson, Michiyo Yoshizaki; Production Companies: Clear Blue Sky Productions, NDF International, Overseas Film Group, Urania Film (IT). Twelfth Night; or What You Will (1996) Trevor Nunn is currently the Director of the National Theatre in London, but in 1996, during the 'Shakespeare boom', he tried his hand at film. The outcome is this very satisfying and entertaining film. In an extra-textual filmic Prologue, Nunn sets up the possibly confusing tale by clearly identifying who's who and what's what. The brother and sister team of Sebastian and Viola are entertainers on a cruise ship, which gets sunk, in a severe storm. Imogen Stubbs is wonderful as Viola, who after the 'death' of her identical twin brother (which, incidentally, is a biological impossibility – but never mind), is hired by Duke Orsino (Toby Stephens). Slowly and steadily she falls in love with her master. He, on the other hand, pines away for Olivia (Helena Bonham Carter) who pines away for her dead brother (who really is dead). Olivia becomes smitten with Viola, who is now Cesario, and Antonio rescues Sebastian, who is mistaken for Cesario, and… well, it's very complicated, but, under Nunn's guidance and judicious pruning of the text, it makes complete sense. The characters involved in the subplot of Sir Toby Belch (Mel Smith) to marry his niece Olivia to the inept Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Richard E. Grant) are brilliantly played against Sir Nigel Hawthorne's Malvolio. The setting is traditional/19th century, and the cinematography captures both the isolation and togetherness in Illyria. With a cast of some of the best British actors, this comedy rolls merrily along until its happy conclusion. Most of all, this film is fun. - J.R. Costa Cast: Viola: Imogen Stubbs; Sebastian: Steven Mackintosh; Antonio: Nicholas Farrell; Captain: Sid Livingstone; Feste: Ben Kingsley; Priest: James Walker; Olivia: Helena Bonham Carter; Malvolio: Nigel Hawthorne; Sir Toby Belch: Mel Smith; Maria: Imelda Staunton; Duke Orsino: Toby Stephens; Valentine: Alan Mitchell; Fabian: Peter Gunn; Officers: Tim Bentinck, Rod Culbertson; Sir Andrew Aguecheek: Richard E. Grant; Gardener: Jeff Hall. Director: Trevor Nunn; Writers: Trevor Nunn, William Shakespeare. Producers: Christopher Ball, William Tyrer, Simon Curtis, Stephen Evans, David Garrett, Patrick Wachsberger, Bob Hayward, Ileeen Maisel, David Parfitt, Greg Smith, Ruth Vitale, Jonathan Weisgal; Production Companies: Newmarket Capital Group LP, BBC Films, Summit Entertainment, Renaissance Films. When Franco Zeffirelli (who was a great admirer of Laurence Olivier) decided to make a film of Hamlet, he had no trouble at all selecting Mel Gibson for the role. The famous Italian director thought it would interesting to see the 'action-hero' play a man who delays action for the length of an entire play. Zeffirelli is noted for his faithfulness to period costuming and setting, and this film does not disappoint on that score. Elsinore opens the film and remains an overbearing presence as the last place that Hamlet can call home. What detracts from the film is Glenn Close's performance as Gertrude and Helena Bonham Carter's as Ophelia. Zeffirelli, believing Hamlet is a domestic tragedy, chose for the Oedipus interpretation, and omits the political thread of Fortinbras and the invasion of Denmark. Under that filter, it is difficult to see why Hamlet would have deep feelings for his mother. Bonham Carter is graceless as Ophelia, and spends a good deal of the time waddling through her madness. However, Paul Scofield as The Ghost is effectively terrifying, and Mel Gibson is surprisingly intense, lucid, and sympathetic. The best bits are the ones with Gibson, and that alone makes the film rise above mediocre to an average treatment of Shakespeare's play. - J.R. Costa Cast: Hamlet: Mel Gibson; Gertrude: Glenn Close; Claudius: Alan Bates; The Ghost: Paul Scofield; Polonius: Ian Holm; Ophelia: Helena Bonham Carter; Horatio: Stephen Dillane; Laertes: Nathaniel Parker; Guildenstern: Sean Murray; Rosencrantz: Michael Maloney; Gravedigger: Trevor Peacock; Osric: John McEnery; Bernardo: Richard Warwick; Marcellus: Christian Anholt; Francisco: Dave Duffy; Reynaldo: Vernon Dobtcheff; Player King: Pete Postlethwaite; Player Queen: Christopher Fairbank; The Players: Sarah Phillips, Ned Mendez, Roy York, Marjorie Bell, Justin Case, Roger Low, Lucianus Gonzaga, Pamela Sinclair, Baby Simon Sinclair, Roy Evans. Director: Franco Zeffirelli; Writers: William Shakespeare, Christopher De Vore, Franco Zeffirelli; Producer: Dyson Lovell; Music: Ennio Morricone; Production Companies: Carolco Pictures, Icon Entertainment International, Le Studio Canal+ (FR), Marquis, Nelson Entertainment, Sovereign Pictures, Warner Bros., World Icon b.v. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) On first look, this film may seem like a Branagh treatment, and one may be forgiven thinking that because of the star cast and the clarity of Shakespeare's text. However, that is where the similarity ends. This film can be summed up in one word: pretty. Ordinarily, that would be a good thing, but this treatment is almost too pretty. Set in Italy, the scenery is magnificently photographed, but as the film progresses, it becomes tiresome. Michelle Pfeiffer is shot through a heavy gauze and constantly looks sleepy. The fairy scenes are also too pretty. The only gritty pseudo-realism comes when Nick Bottom goes home to his wife, a character not in Shakespeare's play. His humiliation at the hands of the townspeople is also extra-textual, and adds nothing to Kevin Kline's fine performance as the amateur actor who wants to play all the roles in Peter Quince's play, but gets turned into an ass in the forest. Also in fine form are Rupert Everett as Oberon and Stanley Tucci as Philostrate. Most of the 'rude mechanicals' are exactly that in their characters — mechanical, and Calista Flockhart is sorrowfully miscast as Helena, as is Anna Friel in the role of Hermia. But overall, the narrative moves along at an entertaining pace, and if the saccharine prettiness can be endured, the film does provide a modicum of magic, especially in the play-within-a-play-within-a-film of Pyramus and Thisbe. - J.R. Costa Cast: Nick Bottom: Kevin Kline; Titania: Michelle Pfeiffer; Oberon: Rupert Everett; Puck: Stanley Tucci; Hermia: Anna Friel; Helena: Calista Flockhart; Demetrius: Christian Bale; Lysander: Dominic West; Theseus: David Strathairn; Hippolyta: Sophie Marceau; Peter Quince: Roger Rees; Robin Starveling: Max Wright; Snug: Gregory Jbara; Tom Snout: Bill Irwin; Francis Flute: Sam Rockwell; Egeus: Bernard Hill; Philostrate: John Sessions; Hard-eye Fairy: Deidre Harrison; Bottom's Wife: Heather Parisi; Cobweb: Annalisa Cordone; Mustardseed: Paola Pessot; Moth: Solena Nocentini; Peaseblossom: Flaminia Fegarotti; Master Antonio: Valerio Isidori; Dangerous Boys: Daniele Finizio, Damiano Salvatori; Changeling Boy: Chomoke Bhuyian. Director: Michael Hoffman; Writers: William Shakespeare, Michael Hoffman; Producers: Nigel Goldsack, Michael Hoffman, Arnon Milchan, Leslie Urdang, Ann Wingate. Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Panoramica (IT), Regency Enterprises. Given that for years since the release of his Henry V Olivier was deemed the definitive interpreter of Shakespeare, it was not entirely unexpected that Olivier's Othello would be above standard. However, what was a surprise was that at a time when the civil rights movement was at its most vigorous, Olivier donned blackface to play the lead role. There were many black actors who could have played the tormented general but it was generally believed that none of them could handle Shakespearean verse in RP ('received pronunciation'), the unofficial accent with which to speak Shakespeare. The film stands as a document of both the passing of the old style of acting and Olivier's box office appeal. The young Maggie Smith is a beautiful but sophisticated Desdemona, and the young Derek Jacobi is an eager Cassio. But there is no doubt that this is Olivier's film, although he was not as involved as in his other Shakespeare projects. Olivier coveys the sense of futility that Othello suffers at the hands of Iago and his half-truths, a man who realises too late that he loved 'not wisely, but too well'. The majority of the film was shot on an indoor set, but even so, the performances engage the viewer with a sense of reality of the pain and confusion the leads endure. This may not be Olivier's best effort, but it is nonetheless an interpretation that will continue to be studied and enjoyed. - J.R. Costa Cast: Othello: Laurence Olivier; Desdemona: Maggie Smith; Emilia: Joyce Redman; Iago: Frank Finlay; Cassio: Derek Jacobi; Roderigo: Robert Lang; Lodovico: Kenneth MacKintosh; Brabantio: Anthony Nicholls; Bianca: Sheila Reid; Senate Officers: Malcolm Terrace, David Hargreaves; Gratiano: Michael Turner; Duke of Venice: Harry Lomax; Senator: Kenneth Marsh; Sailor Tom Kempinski; Messenger: Nicholas Edmett; Montano: Edward Hardwicke; Cypriot Officers: William Hobbs, Trevor Martin, Christopher Timothy; Clown: Roy Holder. Director: Stuart Barge, John Dexter (uncredited); Writer: William Shakespeare; Producers: John Brabourne, Anthony Havelock-Allan; Production Company: BHE Films. As Olivier film treatments of Shakespeare go, this one is average, but even so, it has developed into a legend. The cause of this is the affectation of Olivier's voice in a whiny, staccato pitch that after the first five minutes of the film wears on the ear. The voice overshadows Olivier's deeply moody, truly evil depiction of the notorious king. Surrounded as he had been in the 1940s by the elite of the British acting establishment, Olivier pulls out all the stops, especially in the 'wooing' scene with the newcomer Claire Bloom. In the space of about 100 lines, Richard must convince the Lady Anne, as she is on her way to bury her husband, that he killed the man because of his love for her, that he will die if she does not marry him, and even offers her the knife with which to slay him. It is a most unusual marriage proposal and even more unusual acceptance, causing Richard himself to wonder 'Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?' Some accounts say that this was Olivier's favourite role, but as Richard's shadow falls on the wall, it falls over the film as well, making excellent supporting performances brighter by contrast. Of particular note is the smothering of the Princes in the Tower by Tyrell. After these images, many viewers will be glad that Richard is slaughtered horribly on the battlefield. - J.R. Costa Cast: Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IV: Cedric Hardwicke; Archbishop of Canterbury: Nicholas Hannen; Richard III: Laurence Olivier; Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham: Ralph Richardson; George, Duke of Clarence: John Gielgud; Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Elizabeth: Mary Kerridge; Jane Shore: Pamela Brown; Page to Richard: Stewart Allen; Lady Anne Neville: Claire Bloom; Priests: Russell Thorndike; Monks: Wally Bascoe, Norman Fisher; Brackenbury: Andrew Cruickshank; Antony Woodville, Earl Rivers: Clive Morton; Scrivener: Terence Greenridge; Sir William Catesby: Norman Wooland; Thomas, Lord Hastings: Laurence Naismith; Dighton: Michael Gough; Forrest: Michael Ripper; Duchess of York: Helen Hayes; Richard, young Duke of York: Andy Shine; Abbot: Roy Russell; Lord Mayor of London: George Woodbridge; Sir Richard Ratcliffe: Esmond Knight; Lord Lovell: John Laurie; Messenger to Hastings: Peter Williams; Ostler: Timothy Bateson; Scrubwoman: Ann Wilton; Beadle: Bill Shine; Clergymen: Derek Prentice, Derring Wells; George Stanley: Richard Bennett; Tyrell: Patrick Troughton; Messengers to Richard: Brian Nissen, Lane Meddick, Robert Bishop; John Howard, Duke of Norfolk: John Phillips; Henry Tudor: Stanley Baker. Director: Laurence Olivier; Writers: William Shakespeare, Alan Dent (uncredited), Laurence Olivier (uncredited); Producer: Laurence Olivier; Production Company: London Film Productions. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952) Three years following his version of Macbeth, Orson Welles tackled one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. This interpretation is classic Welles, with long dark shadows, deep voice-overs, interesting camera angles that offer a view into the characters' minds. This Othello is basically insecure and definitely an outsider in the world of Venice, but becomes even more so when he and Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier) arrive in Cyprus. In contrast to Welles' blackface make-up, Cloutier's brightly lit white face is ablaze with smouldering innocence. The audience, while it may feel deep sympathy for Othello, feels equal rancour toward Michael McLiammeir's Iago, who bends and twists the truth with enviable skill. As with of Macbeth, however, Welles' propensity for using darkness to represent oppression and doubt is itself oppressive. Even before they set sail, the audience is aware that this couple will find more trouble than they can handle just from the way they are photographed. Although the story is a tragedy, Shakespeare built scenes into the play that are intended to relieve some of the pressure. By not allowing these scenes, Welles creates a world from which no one, not even the audience, can escape. Nonetheless, as part of the Wellesian canon, the film is worth a look. - J.R. Costa Cast: Othello: Orson Welles; Iago: Michael McLiammeir; Roderigo; Robert Coote; Desdemona: Suzanne Cloutier; Brabantio: Hilton Edwards; Lodovico: Nicholas Bruce; Cassio: Michael Lawrence; Emilia: Fay Compton; Bianca: Doris Dowling; uncredited: Page Boy: Abdullah Ben Mohamet; Senator: Joseph Cotton; Montano: Jean Davis; Page: Joan Fontaine. Director: Orson Welles (uncredited); Writers: William Shakespeare, Jean Sacha (uncredited, Orson Welles (uncredited); Producers: Walter Bedone (uncredited), Patrice Dali (uncredited), Julier Derode, Rocco Facchini (uncredited), Giorgio Papi (uncredited), Orson Welles (uncredited); Production Company: Mercury Productions. Black and white. Runtime: 90 mins. Thirty years after Laurence Olivier played the Moor in blackface, one of the leading African-American actors, Laurence Fishburne, assumed the role. For perhaps the first time, Shakespeare's play was treated with a realism toward the racial issues that the play raises. And what better villain to have to torture Othello than Kenneth Branagh as Iago. It should have worked very well, but director Oliver Parker spends an inordinate amount of time with full close-ups of Iago and voice-overs that, after while, begin to be tedious and boring. The action between Othello and Desdemona (Irene Jacob) sometimes has an orchestrated feel, and there are moments when it is difficult to care about what happens to these people during their relationship games. The editing of text has been done so that the focus of attention is on Iago, and in effect, this unbalances the play and the film. Fishburne does his best to be passionate and caring, but it is Branagh who is on screen most of the time. It may have been better to call the film 'Iago'. In spite of these pitfalls, it must be said that this film saw the defeat of the 'received pronunciation' that had marked Olivier's and some of Branagh's films, and demonstrated once and for all that black actors can play Shakespeare. - J.R. Costa Cast: Othello: Laurence Fishburne; Desdemona: Irene Jacob; Iago: Kenneth Branagh; Cassio: Nathaniel Parker; Roderigo: Michael Maloney; Emilia: Anna Patrick; Montano: Nicholas Farrell; Bianca: Indra Ove; Lodovico: Michael Sheen; Gratiano: Andre Oumansky; Senators: Philip Locke, John Savident; Duke of Venice: Gabriele Ferzetti. Director: Oliver Parker; Writers: William Shakespeare, Oliver Parker; Producers: David Barron, Jonathan Olsberg, Luc Roeg; Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Picture Corporation, Dakota Imminent Films Production. Using his previous success formula of an international cast, Kenneth Branagh filmed a project that he had wanted to do for a very long time: a 1930s treatment of Love's Labour's Lost. Unfortunately, in the age of MTV and VH1, this film is an abysmal failure that can be attributed to several factors. Because of budget limitations, the setting for the film was an indoor set which lack any sense of reality. This may have been Branagh's intent, but to a modern audience is visually unappealing. In addition, Love's Labour's Lost, while a favourite of Branagh's, is a relatively unknown play. As usual, Branagh works long and hard to make the text clear, but the songs he chose for his characters to sing and dance to do not generate from the text, and therefore, seem to be spliced in for no valid reason. Although Adrian Lester and Nathan Lane shine in their roles as Dumaine and Costard, it is at the expense of their fellow actors. It may have been a good idea to give this particular play the 1930s treatment, but it would have been a better idea to cast more song and dance performers like Lester and Lane in the roles. Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) is annoying at best. Branagh cannot dance or sing and looks to be too old for the role of Berowne, the young lover who reluctantly joins the King in giving up women for study. As the pact dissolves on the arrival of the Princess into a courting frenzy, there are some funny moments, but these are not sufficient to carry the film. These dancers are not Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and no matter how they try, they cannot come close. At the end of the play, there is the pageant of the Nine Worthies, and the happy ending is left in question. Here, the entertainment is interrupted by a modern dance sequence that is very out-of-place. And it doesn't end the film. The men go off to meet the challenges set to them by the women, the audience sees those challenges and their completion, and the couples are re-united, presumably to live happily ever after. Whereas the play leaves it to the audience to ponder what will happen, Branagh leaves no room for doubt, and in this, he does the audience a disservice. - J.R. Costa Cast: Berowne: Kenneth Branagh; The King: Alessandro Nivola; The Princess: Alicia Silverstone; Rosaline: Natascha McElhone; Longaville: Matthew Lillard; Dumaine: Adrian Lester; Don Armado: Timothy Spall; Costard: Nathan Lane; Jacquenetta: Stefania Rocca; Boyet: Richard Clifford; Katherine: Emily Mortimer; Maria: Carmen Ejogo; Moth: Tony O'Donnell; Holofernia: Geraldine McEwan; Nathaniel: Richard Briers; Dull: Jimmy Yuill; Mercade: Daniel Hill; Gaston: Alfred Bell; Isabelle: Daisy Gough; Eugene: Graham Hubbard; Jaques: Paul Moody; Beatrice: Yvonne Reilly; Hippolyte: Iain Stuart Robertson; Celimen: Emma Scott; Sophie: Amy Tez; Dancers: Nikki Abraham, Colin Barrett, Jonathan Blazer, Catherine Dugdale, Michele Du Verney, Richard Joseph, Trudi Swift; Bryn Walters. Director: Kenneth Branagh; Writers; Kenneth Branagh, William Shakespeare; Producers: David Barron, Kenneth Branagh, Andrea Calderwood, Guy East, Alexis Lloyd, Rick Schwartz, Nigel Sinclair, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein; Production Companies: Arts Council of England, Pathè Pictures, Shakespeare Film Company Intermedia Films, Le Studio Canal+ (FR), Miramax Films. Colour. Runtime: 93 mins. Why is Shakespeare still popular today? I am completing a speech about Shakespeare and one of the questions we were asked was why he was still... How Many Poems Did Shakespeare Write What are some negative aspects of students learning about William Shakespeare? What are some negative aspects of students learning about William... Why are William Shakespeare's plays still performed? What are William Shakespeare's contributions to English literature? Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt Shakespeare of London by Marchette Gaylord Chute Acting Shakespeare by John Gielgud To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare by Ben Jonson Lectures on Shakespeare by W. H. Auden Preface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson How to Read a Shakespeare Play How to Teach Shakespeare for the First Time How to Stage a Shakespearean Play for High School Students in 10 Easy Steps Northrop Frye on Shakespeare by Northrop Frye How to Understand Shakespeare's Language: Strategies for Reading the Bard Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3987
__label__cc	0.738003	0.261997	Electric motors provide pressure for depleted oil fields \| Global Environmental Processes Older oil and gas fields in Oman are having their natural pressure boosted to sustain extraction using motor and drive systems from WEG. Achieving maximum productivity from oil and gas fields is the prime goal for the petrochemical industry but the extraction process becomes more difficult as fields become depleted. With this in mind, motor and drive technology specialist, WEG, has developed bespoke variable speed drive systems to help with extraction from some of Oman’s older oil fields where the natural pressure is beginning to fade. Boosting extraction from depleting reserves is part of a US$33 billion project which aims to enhance Oman’s hydrocarbon production capabilities and help the country broaden its economic base. It is expected that Oman will unlock about one trillion cubic metres of natural gas over the next 25 years, representing a long term sustainable competitive feedstock for its petrochemical industry. Plans are also afoot to develop downstream industries such as the production of Ethylene Dichloride (EDC), Caustic Soda and other chemicals. As part of this major effort, the PDO Saih Rawl Field Depletion Project, Phase 2, will see US$550 million invested on developing a daily gas production capacity of 30 million cubic metres, which will be fed to the existing Saih Rawl central processing facility. Extra compressors will be installed to increase the pressure so that gas continues to flow, enabling the field to feed the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry while offering a back-up when other plants are shut down for maintenance. Electric motors will play a key role in ensuring that such compressors run efficiently, smoothly and reliably, as they will be responsible for driving their suction and discharge cooler fans. Bearing in mind that electric motor-driven systems (EMDS) are the largest individual source of energy use, accounting for 45% of the world’s electricity consumption, and over half of this energy demand originates from motors used in fans and compressors, Indian company Larsen & Toubro decided to partner with WEG to equip the main gas compressor with an efficient drive system, which could endure the most demanding applications. To meet such needs, WEG has developed a bespoke system comprising 48 30kW variable speed drives and motors and 32 15kW drives and motors, which will be supplied mounted in control cabinets and also include a high capacity circuit breaker for emergency cut outs and a by-pass system for DOL (direct on line) starting. Additionally, WEG has fitted its equipment with a passive input harmonic filter to reduce problems relating to mains borne corruption of the power supply, while an output filter will be used to protect the drive. WEG’s variable speed drive systems have been tested at its manufacturing facility in Brazil in the presence of inspectors from PDO and Larsen & Toubro to simulate the harsh environmental and operating conditions that may occur in the field. WEG is also conducting performance tests of the motors at the fan manufacturer’s plant in Korea and has organised training sessions for PDO staff in the Brazilian factory. Thanks to its vertical manufacturing process, WEG has also been able to supply Larsen & Toubro with all of the overloads, switchgear, relays and pushbuttons used within the drive cabinets, thus ensuring component compatibility and trouble free system building and commissioning as well as efficient ordering and delivery. Other elements in the cabinet include a control power transformer and auxiliary contactors and circuit breakers. Additionally, a door mounted control panel incorporates a backlit LCD keypad, while a redundant serial link (2 channels Modbus-RTU over RS485) provides communication to the wider control system. Finally, the control cabinets include space heaters, which are essential to withstand the extreme temperature differentials between day and night in the Oman desert, which can cause potentially damaging condensation. “We have exceptional experience of developing complete drive solutions for oil & gas applications – both upstream and downstream – and our involvement in such a major project as the PDO Saih Rawl Field is a fine example of our commitment to help the oil & gas industry operate more efficiently and reliably,” comments Colin Cox, Managing Director, WEG Middle East. WEG offers one of the broadest ranges of energy-efficient explosion-proof motors currently available with rated power from 0.12 kW to 5.6 MW and frame sizes from IEC 71 to 800. For example, the W22Xd IE4 Super Premium motor – the most energy efficient flameproof motor available on the market – combines explosion protection with IE4 efficiency levels and offers a long service life and low maintenance costs, helping businesses in the process industry increase productivity, improve reliability and cut costs by up to 40% compared to conventional models. WEG’s drives minimise voltage surges by carefully regulating the time between the pulses of their IGBTs (integrated gate bipolar transistors). This decreases the possible surge magnitude and also allows longer cable runs without detrimentally affecting motor insulation. Its patented flux optimising technology reduces input current by up to 50% of the motor rated speed, which decreases motor temperature rise by as much as 11%. Insulation life, and therefore motor life is extended because it is doubled for every 10C decrease in its operating temperature. Alternatively, output torque can be increased by 50% of the motor rated speed to suit more demanding applications. “Thanks to this high performance drive and motor architecture, WEG products are perfect for the most arduous industrial applications, such as those that are likely to be found in Oman’s PDO Saih Rawl Field Depletion Project,” concludes Colin. “WEG can provide the ideal explosion-proof motor for virtually every application, even with extreme operating conditions such as ambient temperatures from -55C to +80C and altitudes up to 5,000 m”. Tags: Chemicals Extraction Motors Historic mine entry shaft inspection programme Fibre optic connectivity for hostile mining environments Ultrasound inspection technology for pipe corrosion Electronic current monitoring for control circuits Consultancy service agreement for China oil plants Read More News From WEG (UK) Ltd: High performance soft starters for industrial automation Environmentally resistant industrial push buttons Space saving compact power contacter Protective enclosures for variable speed drives High efficiency modular geared motors	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3989
__label__wiki	0.530654	0.530654	Classics school trips to Sicily Many ancient civilisations conquered the island of Sicily and because of this it is a rich and cultural destination for a Classics school trip. The Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Barbarians and Byzantines all had their input in Sicily and its position in the Mediterranean made it the crossroads for invaders and traders from Europe, Asia and Africa. Explore ancient street layouts, religious monuments and public buildings centred on Agrigento’s magnificent Greek acropolis. Overlooking the Mediterranean, the city’s extensive remains show evidence that Agrigento was once one of the largest and most fashionable centres of the ancient world. Investigate layers of history to enable understanding of the daily experiences of generations of Greek and Roman inhabitants. There are many sites to visit on an Equity school trip to Sicily, all of which will enhance your students’ appreciation and understanding of classical civilisations. A-Level/GCSE DETAILED A-Level/GCSE BASIC Developed by Equity’s Classics Specialist Arrive in Catania airport and transfer to Agrigento. Theme: City life in the Classical World Full day tour to the Valley of the Temples and Piazza Armerina. Learn about city life in the Classical world this morning with a visit to the Valley of the Temples near Agrigento. Located on a ridge overlooking the countryside these Greek temples, which date back to 6th Century B.C., are famous for their excellent state of preservation. Afternoon visit to Piazza Armerina, including Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO listed example of a luxury Roman villa. Theme: Ancient Greek life Travel to Syracuse this morning for a tour. Once the most important city in Magna Graecia, Syracuse sights include an ancient Greek theatre and medieval palazzos. Later, transfer to the airport and return home. Visits to Mount Etna and Alcantara Gorge. This morning travel to the summit of Europe’s largest active volcano, Mount Etna. Afternoon visit to Alcantara Gorge, a spectacularly formed black lava canyon formed thousands of years ago as a result of Mount Etna’s volcanic activity. Explore ancient Greek life in Taormina today. Sights of this history town include Teatro Greco, an ancient Greek amphitheatre with views of Mount Etna, the 10th Century Palazzo Corvaja and the Duomo, which dates back to the 13th Century. Later, transfer to the airport and return home. Itinerary price from: £599 Priced based on: 4 day tour for 40 students and 4 staff 3 nights’ half-board accommodation Entrance to excursions based on above itinerary Travel from UK to Agrigento City life in the Classical World Ancient Greek life Morning visit to Mount Etna Afternoon visit to Alcantara Gorge Visit Taormina KEY TOPIC: Daily Greek life (KS3) Main Case Study Opportunities KEY TOPIC: City Life in the Classical World (GCSE) KEY TOPIC: Greek Tragedy (AS / A-Level) Based on GCSE geography taught from September 2016 onwards Suggested GCSE links OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE (teaching from 2017) J199/11 Myth and religion Suggested A-level links OCR Classical Civilisation AS & A-Level (until 2017) H008/21 Greek theatre H408/31 Greek religion Suggested Key Stage 3 links Greek daily life Greek sport and entertainment The Greek army Albergo Athenaeum 24hr reception A modern hotel that welcomes school groups and is conveniently positioned. Location: Walking distance to the cathedral and historical centre. Facilities: Front office desk is open 24h with full assistance and multi-lingual staff. Accommodation: 80 rooms spread over 6 floors, single, doubles and triples with air-conditioning, private bathrooms and televisions. Meals: Standard and international menus available as well as catering for food intolerances. Hotel Baia Degli Dei Views of Mt Etna This 3 star hotel offers a central point to explore all that Sicily has to offer with rooms of a high standard. Location: Positioned on a beautiful bay of Recanati overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a few kilometres from Taormina. Facilities: The hotel offers a restaurant, TV room, relaxation room and bar with terrace. Accommodation: 47 en-suite rooms that include air-conditioning, TV, hair-dryer and a safe-deposit box. Meals: Continental breakfast and buffet dinner available. Hotel Tre Torri Quality en-suite rooms The Hotel Tre Torri is conveniently located in the south of Sicily and has a lovely outdoor pool to enjoy in the summer months. Location: The hotel is positioned in the Village Moses, between the Valley of the Temples and the beach of San Leone, close to shops. Facilities: Restaurant, TV room, pool, free Wi-Fi. Accommodation: 118 rooms are fully-furnished with air conditioning, telephone, TV, bathroom with shower and hair-dryer. Meals: Continental buffet breakfast, meals served for lunch and dinner. Noted for its rich history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its 2,700 year existence. Mount Etna is Europe's largest active volcano and uniquely formed on a boundary between the European and African continental plates. This excursion allows students an amazing viewpoint of the volcanic landscape from the summit of the still active volcano. This small city is famous for its sacred sanctuary of The Black Madonna where many legends tell the tale of how the statue arrived in this city. This historic city defeated Athens in 413 and is home to some beautiful well-preserved Greek and Roman remains, the most famous of these is the Greek theatre that is still used for festivals. OTHER CLASSICS RELATED SCHOOL TRIPS	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3990
__label__wiki	0.95555	0.95555	UK cancels order for simple ventilators, needs more complex ones LONDON: Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID-19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed, a source involved in the project said on Sunday. The government confirmed it no longer required that particular model, known as BlueSky. “We are no longer supporting the production of the BlueSky device following a reassessment of the product’s viability in light of the ever developing picture around what is needed to most effectively treat COVID-19,” said a spokesman for the Cabinet Office, which is coordinating ventilator orders. “We are continuing to work at unprecedented speed with a number of other manufacturers to scale up UK production of ventilators,” the spokesman said. READ: British PM Johnson discharged from hospital after coronavirus treatment The government has appealed to industry to come forward with new models of ventilator that could be produced on a large scale at short notice to help the National Health Service deal with a surge in patients infected with the new coronavirus. More than 30,000 ventilators in total have been ordered from various consortia of firms from sectors including aerospace, engineering and Formula One. The source, who did not wish to be named because they were not authorised to disclose sensitive details to the media, said the group involved in the BlueSky project had been preparing to deliver thousands of units. The source said the reason given by the government to the BlueSky team for cancelling the order was that while the overall number of new UK coronavirus infections was slowing, cases seen in hospitals were more complex than expected. With several projects competing for the same components, which are in limited supply, the government decided to prioritise more sophisticated devices and cancel the BlueSky order with immediate effect, the source said. The government is going ahead with the production and delivery of other devices as part of its initiative with industry. The first paraPac devices from Smiths Group were delivered to hospitals on Sunday. Other devices are currently going through testing, including newly designed products. The government has said it will confirm orders once the new devices pass approvals and have confirmed delivery schedules.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3991
__label__wiki	0.843133	0.843133	Creative Control: Fender's Mustang GT Amp and Fender Tone App Inside the first-ever WiFi-enabled guitar amplifier, and an amazing app made to pair perfectly with it. Having a digital amplifier loaded with a ton of amp models and effects can open an infinite amount of options when it comes to creativity and inspiration. But imagine if that amp could pair with an app that would allow you to control it easily and fluidly from your mobile device. Fender is proud to unveil the game-changing new Mustang GT Series, the Fender Tone app and the Fender Tone website, which acts as a hub for GT and Fender Tone updates and commmunity. The original Mustang Series of amps was known as one of Fender's best-selling amp series, and the WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled Mustang GT Series takes that to the next level, with enhanced Generation Three onboard modeling, with 21 amp models (including Fender classics such as the '59 Bassman and '65 Princeton), over 45 effects and a functional looper that is controlled by an available expression pedal. You can also connect via a USB output for recording and XLR line outs. From the onboard controls and color display, users can manage thousands of presets created by Fender sound engineers, notable artists, as well as players from the Mustang community. But the Mustang GT models have even more accessiblity when paired with the revolutionary Fender Tone app. Artists who contributed personal presets include the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Josh Klinghoffer, Gary Clark Jr., Scott Ian of Anthrax and Grimes. "Each artist had a very unique approach into dialing in their presets," said Fender Amplifier Product Development Manager Rick Heins, who worked directly with the musicians to chart their presets. "Some wanted a preset that would be their sound for the majority of a set. Some wanted to craft something that went after a specific sound for a rhythm or a solo or something like that. "What I did, if they were feeling tech-savvy, I’d let them get in there and find something that spoke to them. You start to see this shift happen when the artist starts talking less and playing more. That’s when you know that we were getting somewhere." Embedded content: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1WAJoyzfRpU?rel=0 Fender Tone offers real-time control of your tone when connected via Bluetooth or WiFi, with an ultra-responsive design that can modify a multitude of pre- and post-amp effects—like reverb, delay and compresion, to name a few—and a multitude of different amps from Fender's rich amp history and beyond. “Fender Tone is the second release in Fender Digital's suite of applications, and the first hardware companion application we have developed,” said Fender Chief Product Officer Ethan Kaplan. “It, alongside Fender Tune, aims to accompany players at every stage of their musical journey." "As you become a guitarist, you go through the process of not knowing anything to getting advice from others," Heins added. "You can try so many different things with the Mustang GT and the app. It literally takes a second to figure out if something sounds good or adds the texture you want. The idea is to take it to outer space. My dream is that young guitarists will take this amp and push it in ways we never imagined." The WiFi capability also ensures that any Mustang GT will receive automatic updates of the latest firmware and directly connects the user to a community of players to share presets, playing tips and more. Additionally, the Bluetooth connection means these amps can also stream music to play along with or just listen to, via services like Spotify or Apple Music. Models include the Mustang GT 40, which is perfecly suited for practice and recording, as well as the Mustang GT 100 and Mustang GT 200, both of which can bring power to the stage or studio in a lightweight package. Download Fender Tone from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store and learn more about the Fender Mustang GT here to get started. #amps#mustang	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3994
__label__wiki	0.632345	0.632345	CySEC Chair: 24option Ban in France Due to Two Sentences Advertising Text In an interview with the Cyprus Mail, the chairman of the CySEC elaborates on some recent developments Victor Golovtchenko \| Regulation ( Binary Options ) \| Tuesday, 09/08/2016 \| 08:19 GMT+2 2016-08-09T06:19:34+00:00 2016-08-09T15:07:27+00:00 Photo: CySEC Chairwoman Demetra Kalogerou The Chairwoman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), Demetra Kalogerou has shared with Cypriot newspaper Cyprus Mail that the ban of 24option in France has been over a marketing message that is two sentences long. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has classified the advertising practices of the binary options brokerage as sufficient ground to ban the firm from operating on the French market. The CySEC has been on numerous occasions issuing circulars to advise firms about marketing messages that are not in adherence with the rules and regulations. Back in January the Cypriot regulator has fined 24option €156,000, but the French authorities have decided to take their own penalizing measures. Take the lead from today’s leaders. FM London Summit, 14-15 November, 2016. Register here! Kalogerou highlighted in her interview that the French ban of the binary options brokerage is the first case when a Cyprus-based company is denied access to any of the European markets. She told the Cyprus Mail, “This decision was made over two sentences of promotional text on the company’s French website, which were deemed misleading, plus a single complaint out of some 10,000 clients.” CySEC Should Get Worried We are not aware what is the number of complaints in France that are related to single brokerages, however according to the AMF Ombudsman service report from 2015 a total of 194 complaints were registered against companies that are regulated by CySEC. The chairwoman of the CySEC should be rather worried that 85 per cent of complaints registered with the AMF ombudsman are associated with Cypriot firms. It’s a challenging field that requires a lot of monitoring and oversight The message by French authorities has been very clear – and if the CySEC doesn’t do enough to strictly supervise its regulated entities other European markets could follow suit and eventually render the Cypriot license irrelevant. CySEC is regulating 230 companies according to the interview. Mrs Kalogerou should rather focus on the effectiveness of the watchdog’s policing efforts. Calling Cyprus a “forex hub” is easy now, but this status can just as easily be dispelled as the license passporting rules for the European market are holding the key to this status. Commenting on the matter, a CySEC spokesperson said, “Following the launch of the Supervisory Action Plan in mid-2015 into those forex and binary options trading firms identified as posing a high-to-medium risk to the investor, where material non-compliance has been found following close supervision and on-site inspection, over €2 million in fines and 11 license suspensions or outright withdrawals have been issued.” “CySEC’s message to both firms and investors is clear: those regulated firms looking to cheat the law have no place in Cyprus,” the spokesperson elaborated. With a number of other regulatory destinations such as Estonia and Bulgaria making ground in recent months, CySEC has to step up its game in order to maintain its status. Mrs Kalogerou did conclude the interview with Cyprus Mail by elaborating on the forex and binary options industry’s regulatory status, “It’s a challenging field that requires a lot of monitoring and oversight.” Tags: 24option / Amf / Binary Options / cysec / France US Regulators Suspend Trade in Vortex Blockchain Stock Binary Options Fraudster Lee Elbaz Appeals $28 Million Restitution Order US Judge Orders Lee Elbaz to Pay $28 Million in Restitution	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line3997
__label__cc	0.513214	0.486786	Car Review: Tesla Model 3 Posted on June 28, 2020 June 29, 2020 by Wayne Gorrett Few electric cars have caused as much of a furore as the Tesla Model 3. It’s been teased and talked about, previewed and – not least – plagued by production issues that saw the European launch date pushed back repeatedly. Now a common sight on US roads for over a year, Tesla’s more affordable and long-awaited Model 3 has finally arrived in the UK. It brings competitive performance, a practical EV range and stunning technology to the mainstream executive class. Are there worthy rivals? Pricewise and with a premium badge, the closest rival to the Model 3 is the BMW i3 at £35,350. Other less premium EVs include the KIA e-Niro (£32,995), VW e-Golf (£33,785) and Hyundai Kona Electric (£26,900). Lower down the EV price scale are the KIA Soul EV, Renault Zoe, MG ZS Electric, Nissan Leaf and MINI Electric, all of which continue to appeal as our driving habits adapt to a new automotive world order. In the non-EV arena, Tesla has its sights set on sales conquests from traditional ICE-powered executive saloons such as the venerable BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Jaguar XE, Mercedes C-Class and Volvo S60. The Model 3 is smaller, cuter and imbued with a style cheekiness missing from the bigger, heavier-looking Tesla S and X models. The front end is short thanks to the extended cabin area and the car is unlocked with a credit card waved against the B-pillar – or you can set up your smartphone to work just like Tesla’s card key by unlocking the car as you approach. Interior and practicality When unlocked, push the left side of the flush door handles to open the door. The handles don’t pop out as they do on the Model S and are a tad awkward to use with one hand if you’re holding anything else. Inside, you’ll find that space is pretty similar to that in a BMW 3 Series. There’s the added bonus of a flat floor with no transmission hump, but rear headroom might be a little tight for taller adults who could have their heads brushing the sloped, full-length glass roof, gifted to the Model 3 as standard. It certainly feels airy and spacious and is quite comfortable throughout and you’ve got a choice of front and rear boots with a combined 542 litres of storage space. Access to the rear luggage space is good by class standards and the boot lid is hinged to lift higher than most saloons. Meanwhile, the rear seats split and fold to reveal the surprisingly large luggage area. Slide into the front seats and you are enveloped in openness. It’s a perfect example of just how well ‘minimalism’ can work in a car. Steering wheel aside, there is nothing directly in front of the driver and even the vents are hidden in a single, slim crease that stretches the full width of the dashboard and looks like a design feature rather than a vent. The dash is dominated by a slim, 15-inch landscape touchscreen. It controls absolutely everything, including the air-flow direction from those vents, steering wheel adjustment, external mirrors – and more. You may think that having everything on the screen could be problematic, and although Tesla has put the most important driver information as close to the driver as possible, you do have to look further away from the road to check your speed than you would usually. A head-up display would be a welcome addition and go some way to solving this problem. Otherwise, it doesn’t take much time to become familiar with the screen’s menu layouts and how to use the two switches on the steering wheel. In practice, it’s these wheel-mounted controls that you use to control most functions, including the audio functions, cruise control and the like. Trim grades and equipment There are no conventional trim grades as such. Instead, the three available variants of Tesla Model 3 are based more on electric motor power output and battery range. In the UK, the line-up consists of the ‘Standard Plus’ with its 254 mile range as tested here, ‘Long Range’ (348 miles) and ‘Performance’ (329 miles). The Standard Plus has just one electric motor driving the rear wheels, while the Long Range and Performance models have two motors driving all four wheels. Be warned: the battery range will plummet if you drive the car like you stole it – which you must from time to time. The equipment list is pretty much standard throughout the Model 3 range: 18- or 20-inch alloys, electric front seats, heated mirrors, heated seats, parking sensors, navigation, etc. Powerplant, transmission and performance It might be the least expensive Tesla currently available but, even in range-entry guise few are likely to be disappointed – as even the base model packs a claimed 254-mile range and the ability to sprint from 0-60mph in just 5.3sec. It even comes with Tesla’s ‘Autopilot Drive Assistance’ system, which takes the edge off long trips and brings added space-age feel. A dual-motor version with all-wheel drive and increased range is available as well; it can cover a claimed 329 miles and serves up a supercar-rivalling 0-62mph time of 3.6sec. How good is the drive? One thing strikes you as soon as you take the wheel of a Tesla Model 3: its steering is surprisingly fast-geared, giving the wheel an immediate response. At first some drivers may find this disconcerting, as it makes the car respond to inputs in a heartbeat, but you’ll quickly learn to enjoy the agility this imparts, and its quick turn-in becomes second nature. It’s quite a heavy car, with a kerb weight stretching from 1645kg to 1,847kg depending on the size of batteries fitted, but it doesn’t really feel it when you thread it along your favourite back road. The suspension keeps the EV composed through corners, with just a little body roll when you’re really pushing hard. Despite this agility and keen handling, the Model 3 still soaks up the worst road lumps and bumps. If ride comfort is your priority, we would recommend sticking with a smaller choice of alloy wheels, however. Like most EVs, the Model 3 features a regenerative braking system that helps top up the battery when you’re driving. There are two modes; in ‘standard’, the car slows significantly when you lift off the accelerator, which feeds more energy back to the battery. The ‘low’ mode is less severe and is probably best for most driving conditions. Drive the Model 3 with a measured degree of attentiveness and it’s very possible to match the claimed range in the real world. Of course, you don’t necessarily have to do all of the driving. In the UK, the Model 3 comes with Autopilot as standard, with adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping. You still have to rest a hand on the steering wheel just so the system knows you’re conscious, but the Model 3 will accelerate, brake and steer while monitoring the vehicles around you. Indicate left or right and Autopilot will also judge if it’s safe to change lanes and complete the manoeuvre for you. It’s the most intuitive semi-autonomous tech driving available right now and regularly gets better thanks to live, over-the-air updates from Tesla. How easy is it to charge? Investing in a Model 3 gives you access to Tesla’s own network of Superchargers that allow you to charge the battery (from 10-80%) in as little as 30 minutes. In Tesla UK’s early days, recharging was free but now you have to pay each time, but at around £14, the price is still reasonable. You can also charge at any public CCS charging point. This method takes longer (around 1hr 15min) for the same 10-80% top-up, whereas a full 0-100% charge at home using a 7kW type 2 charger takes 11hr 45min – or overnight at home or at the office during the day – which is little hardship, to be honest. The Model 3 has been on sale for some time in the US, where it appears to have been largely reliable but plagued by quality control issues like poor paintwork, large gaps between panels and poorly fitted trim. In the media, this is often attributed to Tesla’s relative inexperience in mass producing cars compared with manufacturers like Mercedes, but Tesla is also keen to show it offers great customer service by rectifying issues quickly under warranty. The Model 3 has yet to prove itself in the fiercely competitive European market. If it can hold a candle to the century-old, fossil fuel-drinking proletariat here, it can be deemed a success. Euro NCAP has now crash-tested the Model 3 and it scored the highest-ever figure in the safety assist category, with an impressive 94 per cent. Its overall five-star score includes excellent ratings for adult and child occupant protection, and it scored well in the vulnerable road user category too. The Tesla Model 3 is one of the safest cars on sale and the manufacturer claims the Model 3 is particularly safe thanks to its compact electric powertrain, which allows for large crumple zones and a rigid passenger compartment. Thanks to its semi-autonomous Autopilot technology, the Model 3 is also covered in myriad sensors and cameras that can help protect occupants by alerting them to danger and even braking or steering itself around obstacles. Why should I park one on my driveway? Several reasons: If your lifestyle supports an electric car, the Tesla Model 3 is as good as it gets. Tesla needed to introduce a brand-entry product that is more affordable and available in bigger numbers, and while the Model 3 is by no means a cheap option, it is definitely closer to the mark than what came before. Progress with electric cars is really gathering momentum and this car is a good indicator of the state of the art. None of the premium marques (Audi, BMW and Jaguar) come close to matching the Model 3’s all-round efficiency as well as the convenience of its own-brand Supercharger network. If you’re after the cheapest Tesla Model 3 on offer, then a £38,100 Standard Range Plus in two-wheel drive form (as tested) is where you need to head. Bragging right aside, it produces a very green 0g/km of CO2 and capable of a claimed range of 258 miles (WLTP) on a full charge. WAYNE’S VERDICT With rivals like the Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Mercedes EQC lining up to take a slice of the executive electric class, Tesla has never faced so much competition. And yet, despite very publicly reported company difficulties and that growing competition, the Model 3 still feels like a trailblazer…different, but in all the right ways. The car is great to drive, packed full of tech, is fast and even quite practical. Sure, the ride is more firm than some of its rivals, but it’s never uncomfortable even over our crusty UK roads. Factor in a competitive price, especially given its sheer pace and it’s in a prime position to steal punters away from both EV and non-EV rivals. 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__label__wiki	0.826287	0.826287	How Good Is A Soccer Coach? Can We Really Ever Know? For The Carolina Panthers, No Price Is Too High For Deshaun Watson New York Knicks Defense Earning Praise Around NBA Kyrie Irving Apologizes To Fans, Gets Emotional In Citing ‘Family And Personal Stuff’ For Extended Absence NFL Playoff Bracket 2021: Super Bowl LV Odds And Conference Championship Betting Lines, Spreads Hege Riise Becomes The First World Champion To Coach An England National Team Can AI Scouting Tech Identify The Premier League Talents Of The Future? Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young And Minnesota Timberwolves’ D’Angelo Russell Duel On Martin Luther King Day La Liga Managers: New Bosses Have Arrived, But Who Will Recruit Next? Zion Williamson, Ja Morant Debate Gets More Interesting In Players’ Second Season Editors' Pick\| Jun 28, 2020, 07:00am EDT \| 5 New York Giants With The Most To Prove In Training Camp Patricia TrainaSenior Contributor Author, The Big 50: New York Giants, now available on Amazon. New York Giants players stretching after training at the indoor training facility during the 2013 ... [+] New York Giants training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Centre, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA. 3rd August 2013 Photo Tim Clayton (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images With a team coming off a four-win season, it’s fair to say that everyone on the roster, whether he was with the club last year or elsewhere, has something to prove. But some players have a little more to prove for various reasons, such as returning from injury or inconsistent performance. If the New York Giants are to have a chance at turning their misfortunes around, here are five players who desperately need to start training cap strong and continue to bring the goods every week if they’re to have any long-term future with the team. New York Giants offensive tackle Nate Solder (76) plays against the Chicago Bears during the first ... [+] half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) OT Nate Solder There’s little question that Solder, who has two years left on his Giants contract, is starting hard at the clock striking midnight. And it certainly didn’t help that last year he had perhaps his worst season in which per PFF he allowed 11 sacks as part of 56 quarterback pressures, the most allowed by an offensive tackle last year. Solder looked banged up for most of the season, and certainly dealing with the mental stress and worry about his young son undergoing chemotherapy couldn’t have helped. With that said, if you’re out there earning big money, there are no excuses. After Heroic Performance, Ohio State’s Justin Fields Should Skip College Football Championship Indiana Pacers Forward T.J. Warren To Have Foot Surgery And Miss Time Italy’s Serie D Club Campobasso Teams Up With New York-Based Platform Italian Football TV Solder’s struggles were, in part, responsible for bringing left guard Will Hernandez’s play down since the offensive linemen work in unison. If Solder wants to keep playing, he desperately needs a rebound year, which he’ll likely get at left tackle even though the team drafted Andrew Thomas with the fourth overall pick to play that spot for the future. New York Giants' Ryan Connelly (57) defends as Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott (21) carries the ball ... [+] during a NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) ILB Ryan Connelly Connelly was off to an impressive start last year as a rookie. The fifth-rounder out of Wisconsin showed impressive instincts and very little wasted motion. His mental processing of plays was off the charts, and often, he played much faster than his tested time suggested. Unfortunately, it all came crashing down in Week 4 when he tore his ACL. The good news is that it happened early enough in the year, so Connelly should be able to make a complete recovery. With the Giants having added several new faces at inside linebacker in the draft, the pressure is going to be on the second-year player to show everyone that he is still the same smart, speedy and instinctive player he was before the injury. PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 09: New York Giants Defensive End B.J. Hill (95) looks on during the ... [+] game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles on December 9, 2019 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia PA.(Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images DL B.J. Hill After posting an impressive rookie season in which he recorded 5.5 sacks, Hill’s production seemed to drop off a cliff in his second season. Last year he registered just one sack and 36 tackles (down from the 48 tackles as a rookie) and only two tackles for a loss versus the six he recorded in 2018. Hill saw his snap counts decline after the team acquired Leonard Williams in a trade, Hill playing in just 44% of the defensive snaps in 2019 versus the 59% he played in as a rookie. With all that said, it’s clear that Hill, another in a long line of Giants' third-round draft picks that could fall by the wayside if he doesn’t pick it up this year, has descended into more of a rotational type of role for the Giants defense. He should get his chances this year as part of a rotation, but the pressure is on for him to bring the goods every time. New York Giants' Aldrick Rosas warms up before an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in ... [+] Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez) Even before he ran into some legal issues stemming from an alleged hit-and-run accident in Chico, California, Rosas was facing a big season. He failed last year to follow up on his Pro Bowl season from 2018 and, at times, looked as though he lost his confidence in what he was doing. Some might have pointed out that Rosas didn’t get as many opportunities to convert field goals as he did during his Pro Bowl season, but when a player has one job to do and practices it all week long, that shouldn’t be a factor. While it’s also fair to question how much the kicking operation had to do with Rosas’ struggles, Rosas cannot expect the kicking operation to be perfect on every attempt, nor can he be rattled if it isn’t. If he gets another chance to prove himself—and that’s a big if as he could be looking at a league-imposed suspension for violating the personal conduct policy if he’s found guilty of the hit-and-run—Rosas won’t have much room for error. And if nothing else, the Giants would be foolish not to bring in another kicker to put the heat on Rosas to help strengthen his mental resolve. New York Giants defensive end Leonard Williams (99) celebrates in the first half of an NFL football ... [+] game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) DL Leonard Williams Williams remains the most controversial of the current rostered players. Besides the fact that the Giants traded away draft assets to acquire him when he was all set to hit free agency, Williams thus far has not delivered the type of statistical production typically expected of a top-10 draft pick. The Giants then doubled down on Williams when they applied the franchise tag on the defender at an estimated cost of $16.1 million. But thus far, the two sides haven’t been able to work out a long-term deal despite expressed optimism from general manager Dave Gettleman. While Williams did upgrade the Giants run defense when he arrived, if the Giants are going to forge ahead and insist on paying him like a premier pass rusher, the production in that area needs to start showing up. Last year in eight games, Williams posted a half-sack, and that’s simply not going to cut it for a guy who reportedly desires to be paid like a No. 1 pass rusher. Follow me on Twitter. Check out my website or some of my other work here. Patricia Traina I have been a credentialed NFL writer for 22 years. I am the site manager/senior editor of Giants Country, an SI.com Sports Channel. I am also the host of the daily Lo I have been a credentialed NFL writer for 22 years. I am the site manager/senior editor of Giants Country, an SI.com Sports Channel. I am also the host of the daily LockedOn Giants. My first book, The Big 50: New York Giants: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants, is now available where ever books are sold.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4003
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In the matter of Williams and another v London Borough of Hackney [2018] UKSC 37 the Supreme Court considered the limits of a Local Authority's powers and duties to provide accommodation for children in need (as defined by s17 CA 1989) under Section 20, without the sanction of a Court Order. In accordance with Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 every Local Authority has a duty to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to require accommodation as a result of: There being no person who has parental responsibility for him; His being lost or abandoned; or The person who has been caring for the child being prevented (whether or not permanently, and for whatever reason) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care. The appellants in this matter are the mother and father of eight children, all under the age of 16. On 5 July 2007, the parents' 12-year-old son was caught shoplifting and told police that he had no money for lunch and that his father had hit him with a belt. The 12-year-old boy was taken to the police station and a Social Worker called. The police then visited the boy's home and found it to be in an unhygienic and dangerous state unfit for habitation by children. The police therefore exercised their powers to remove the children from the home for a maximum of 72 hours and the children were found suitable foster placements by the London Borough of Hackney. The parents signed a 'Safeguarding Agreement' produced by the Local Authority, in which they agreed that their children would remain in foster placements for the present time. The conditions of the parents' bail were that neither was allowed to have unsupervised contact with their children. The 72 hours of police protection expired on 8 July and on 9 July, the parents went to the council's offices and requested the return of their children. On 16 July the Local Authority decided that the children should be returned home as soon as possible. However, it was not until 11 September 2007 that the children were able to be returned to their parents, once the police bail conditions had been lifted. The children's parents subsequently issued proceedings against the London Borough of Hackney claiming damages, as well as a breach of their rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which is the right to private and family life. The High Court dismissed all of the claims brought by the parents, apart from the Article 8 claim on the grounds that there had been no lawful basis for the accommodation of the children because the parents had not provided their informed consent to the voluntary accommodation. The Court of Appeal allowed the Local Authority's appeal, stating that informed consent of the parents was not required, given there had been a lawful basis for the children's need to be accommodated in accordance with Section 20, in light of the bail conditions imposed on the parents by police, which prevented the parents from caring for their children and providing them with a suitable home. It was stated in this case of Williams v Hackney that removing a child from the care of a parent is very different from stepping into the breach when a parent is not looking after a child, as per the case of Re AS, London Borough of Brent v MS, RS and AS [2015] and Section 20 is designed to give the Local Authority the power and the duty to do so. This case of AS confirmed that the active consent or delegation of a parent who is not looking after (or is prevented from looking after) the child is not required, any more than it is where the child is abandoned or where there is non-one with parental responsibility. Lady Hale commented that the best approach when dealing with such matters is by informing the parents fully of their rights under Section 20 but a delegation can be 'real and voluntary' without being 'informed'. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal's decision that there was a lawful basis for the children's continued accommodation under S20 (due to the parents' bail conditions) and so the finding of the High Court's Article 8 breach was unfounded. Whilst the bail conditions were not an absolute obstruction to the children being returned to their parents' care, Lady Hale concluded that the parents had neither objected nor unequivocally requested the immediate return of their eight children, nor had the parents sought to vary the terms of their bail conditions. Forbes Comment Of course every case is dealt with according to its own facts. However, it is a matter of good practice that in every case Local Authorities should provide parents with clear information of their rights in accordance with section 20 of the Children Act 1989, and parents should also be informed of the Local Authority's own responsibilities and powers under the CA 1989 when concerned about a child's welfare, in order to avoid similar claims being made. Furthermore, it was confirmed by the Supreme Court following their consideration of this matter that there is nothing within Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 which places a limit on the length of time a child may be accommodated without care proceedings being initiated. In theory therefore, a child could remain accommodated by way of a Section 20 agreement for quite some time. That said however, the Local Authority must be aware of their continuing assessment and planning responsibilities for the accommodated child and the need for the child's Care Plan to be kept under regular and frequent review, in order to avoid criticism by the civil courts. The child's case must not be allowed to 'drift'. Local Authorities must also remain vigilant to the fact that we may start to see more Claimants attempt to bring claims for Human Rights breaches, following the recent Court of Appeal decision in CN and GN v Poole BC. The Supreme Court's decision on CN is expected towards the end of 2018. 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__label__wiki	0.982587	0.982587	The Last Metro (1980) A story of love and conflict. Directed By François Truffaut François Truffaut Starring Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve • Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu • Jean Poiret Jean Poiret • Andréa Ferréol Andréa Ferréol • Paulette Dubost Paulette Dubost Genres Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film • Showbiz Drama • War Drama • War Studios & Franchises Academy Award Nominated • The Criterion Collection • Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Nominated • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • César Award for Best Film Winning • César Award for Best Film Nominated Other Titles Le dernier métro [France] Release Info 1980-10-17T00:00:00Z October 17, 1980 The Last Metro vs. Shoot the Piano Player kingofpain said on 3/17/2010 "A couple of François Truffaut movies that didn't do much for me. The Last Metro had a more..." more ► The Last Metro vs. History of the World -- Part I "I always liked the Torquemada song and dance number in History of the World -- Part I. Nothing..." more ►	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4011
__label__wiki	0.735019	0.735019	Direct flights to Culebra (CPX) Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport - Airport code: CPX Home › Airports › Puerto Rico › CPX Culebra Non-stop flights to Culebra (CPX) Did you mean flights from Culebra? Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport is the third largest airport in Puerto Rico. It is a domestic airport. Currently, there are 3 domestic flights to Culebra. Culebra is mainly known for beaches and diving & snorkeling. All direct flights to Culebra Airlines flying to Culebra Domestic flights Alternative airports FAQ This month, there are 361 flights arriving at Culebra Airport, which are 84 flights per week or 12 flights per day. The most frequently departed flights to Culebra are routes from San Juan (SJU) in Puerto Rico and Ceiba (NRR), also in Puerto Rico. These two routes together are operated 262 times this month, and make up for 73% of all monthly arrivals at Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport. The longest flight to Culebra CPX is departing from San Juan (Puerto Rico) (SIG). This non-stop flight takes around 30 minutes and covers a distance of 53 miles (85 km). List of all direct flights to Culebra Below you can find a list of all cities and countries that have direct flights to Culebra, ordered by popularity. 158 flights this month Ceiba (NRR) San Juan (Puerto Rico) (SIG) Airlines flying to Culebra Currently, there are 3 airlines that fly to Culebra. Below you can find the list of airlines that operate all CPX flights: Air Flamenco (F4)3 routes to CPX Cape Air (9K)1 route to CPX Seaborne Airlines (BB)1 route to CPX International flights to Culebra Currently there are no international flights to Culebra. The only flights to Culebra are domestic flights within Puerto Rico. To get to Culebra from another country you will need a flight with a stopover, for example through San Juan or Ceiba. Domestic flights to Culebra Flights from Puerto Rico to Culebra There are 3 airports in Puerto Rico that have non-stop domestic flights to Culebra. From Ceiba, direct flights are offered by Air Flamenco. From San Juan, direct flights are offered by Air Flamenco, Cape Air and Seaborne Airlines. From San Juan (Puerto Rico), you can fly non-stop to Culebra with Air Flamenco. Alternative airports near Culebra Flying to an alternative airport near Culebra could give you other options to reach your destination. For example, the possibility to fly with a different airline or alliance, or finding a cheaper airfare. For this reason, alternative airports near to Culebra (CPX) are listed below. The closest alternative airports are Vieques (VQS) and Saint Thomas (STT). VQS ViequesUnited States Saint ThomasU.S. Virgin Islands CeibaPuerto Rico San JuanPuerto Rico TortolaBritish Virgin Islands San Juan (Puerto Rico)Puerto Rico How many airports are there in Culebra? There are 6 airports in Culebra: Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX), Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (VQS), Cyril E. King Airport (STT), José Aponte de la Torre Airport (NRR), Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base (St. Thomas Seapl (SPB) and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU). What is the best airport to fly into Culebra? You have multiple options when flying into Culebra. Although Culebra (CPX) is a convenient airport to reach the city, the biggest airport near to Culebra is San Juan (SJU), Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, which offers you additional options. How many airlines fly to Culebra? There are 3 airlines flying to Culebra from 3 airports around the world, as of January 2021. Which airlines fly to Culebra? Air Flamenco, Cape Air and Seaborne Airlines operate most flights to Culebra. To get a full overview of all operating airlines, please use the airline filter. Which alliances are flying to Culebra? There are no alliances flying to Culebra at the moment. How many nonstop flights are there to Culebra? There are roughly 361 flights arriving at Culebra every month (or 84 flights each week), from a total of 3 airports - all within Puerto Rico. What is the official name of Culebra Airport? The official name of Culebra Airport is Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport. What is the airport code of Culebra Airport? The airport code of Culebra Airport is CPX. What are the most popular flights to Culebra? San Juan and Ceiba are the only airports with flights to Culebra. How long is the flight to Culebra? San Juan to Culebra 29m Ceiba to Culebra 15m San Juan (Puerto Rico) to Culebra 30m	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4012
__label__wiki	0.548123	0.548123	Health Information & Support Medicare Member Support Essential Insights Individuals & Families Medicare Businesses Find a Florida Blue Center Contact & Us Member Type- Health Information & Support Member Support Medicare Member Support Employer Support Florida Blue in the Community We’re leading efforts to support people and communities across the state, and to protect the safety and stability of our health care system. You can count on us to lead the charge during challenging times and to build healthier communities when it matters most. We’re in this together. Support for national competition to identify rapid COVID-19 testing solution Our organization is proud to partner with XPRIZE, OpenCovidScreen, and a coalition of other national and regional health plans and tech companies on a $5 million rapid COVID testing competition. The goal is to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that’s low cost, quick and easy to use. 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__label__wiki	0.92476	0.92476	House Judiciary Committee holds first hearing, trio of legal experts called by Democrats back Trump impeachment History lessons, partisan feuds dominate latest impeachment hearing The next phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moved to the House Judiciary Committee with public hearings featuring professors of law who discussed the constitutional origins of Congress' impeachment power. WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee concluded its first impeachment hearing Wednesday with four law professors -- three of them backing the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The hearing quickly burst into fiery disagreements, as Democrats charged that President Donald Trump must be removed from office for enlisting foreign interference in U.S. elections — while Republicans angrily responded there were no grounds for such drastic action. The four law professors who testified brought history lessons to the hearing, with talk of American founding fathers and British monarchs, and 20th-century impeachment proceedings of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Three of them called by Democrats backed impeachment. "On the basis of the testimony and the evidence before the House, President Trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency," said Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law School professor. Constitutional scholars (L-R) Noah Feldman of Harvard University, Pamela Karlan of Stanford University, Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Turley of George Washington University testify before the House Judiciary Commi Pamela Karlan, a Stanford Law School professor and former Obama administration Justice Department official, said the president's action constituted an especially serious abuse of power "because it undermines democracy itself.” Karlan said the founding fathers were particularly concerned about foreign interference in American politics. “The very idea that a president might seek the aid of a foreign government in his reelection campaign would have horrified them," Karlan said. “But based on the evidentiary record, that is what President Trump has done.” RELATED: Impeachment inquiry: Here’s what it means and what happens next Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law professor, argued, “If Congress fails to impeach here, then the impeachment process has lost all meaning.” “If what we're talking about is not impeachable," said Gerhardt, “then nothing is impeachable." Republican witness Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University who noted that he didn’t vote for Trump in the previous election, said that the Democrats were bringing a "slipshod impeachment" case against the president, but he didn't excuse the president’s behavior. “It is not wrong because President Trump is right," Turley said. “A case for impeachment could be made, but it cannot be made on this record." While there may have been four law professors at the hearing, many of the lawmakers limited their questions to witnesses summoned by their own party — and some asked none at all. Several GOP lawmakers, bypassing the chance to pose questions to witnesses, used their five-minute allotments with speeches that defended the president and attacked the impeachment proceedings as partisan and rushed. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio praised the testimony of Turley, the GOP-selected witness, but didn't actually direct any questions to him. Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas asked a series of questions of Turley but also chose to ignore the three witnesses Democrats relied on to make their impeachment case. Jordan and Ratcliffe are known to be staunch allies of Trump. Democrats mostly did the same, focusing their queries to witnesses brought in by their party. Rep. Cedric Richmond, of Louisiana, brought up Turley several times but asked other witnesses — not him — about his testimony. House Judiciary Ranking Member Doug Collins (R), R-Ga., speaks alongside Chairman Jerrold Nadler (L), D-N.Y., during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2019. (Photo by SAUL When it was his turn, Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, confronted Turley directly on his past statements — and even legal involvement — in prior impeachment proceedings. The panel responsible for drafting articles of impeachment convened as Trump's team was fanning out across Capitol Hill. Vice President Mike Pence met behind closed doors with House Republicans, and Senate Republicans were to huddle with the White House counsel as GOP lawmakers stand with the president and Democrats charge headlong into what has become a one-party drive to impeach him. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., gaveled open the hearing saying, “The facts before us are undisputed.” Nadler said Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president on July 25 last year wasn’t the first time Trump sought a foreign power to influence American elections, after Russian interference in 2016, and if left unchecked he could do it again in next year's campaign. “We cannot wait for the election to address the present crisis,” Nadler said. “The president has shown us his pattern of conduct. If we do not act to hold him in check now, President Trump will almost certainly try again to solicit interference in the election for his personal political gain." Republicans protested the proceedings as unfair to the president as well as the dredging up of unfounded allegations as part of an effort to undo the 2016 election and remove Trump from office. “You just don't like the guy,” said Rep. Doug Collins, of Georgia, the top Republican on the panel. He called the proceedings a "disgrace'' and a "'sham." Several Republicans immediately objected to the process, interjecting procedural questions, and they planned to spend much of the session interrupting, delaying and questioning the rules. “This is not impeachment, this is a simple railroad job," Collins said. During her opening statement, Karlan addressed the top-ranking committee member directly. "Mr. Collins, I would like to say to you, sir, that I read transcripts of every one of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because I would not speak about these things without reviewing the facts," Karlan said. "So I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about those facts." Constitutional scholar Pamela Karlan of Stanford University testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 4, 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) While the committee moved through a contentious hearing, Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked a larger group behind closed doors on Wednesday, “Are you ready?” The answer was a resounding yes, according to those present — who were unauthorized to discuss it by name and were granted anonymity. Pelosi has said no decision has been made on whether there will be a House vote on impeaching Trump. But a vote by Christmas appears increasingly likely with the release of a 300-page report by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that found “serious misconduct” by the president. The Judiciary Committee heard Wednesday from legal experts to determine whether Trump's actions stemming from the July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president rose to the constitutional level of “high crimes and misdemeanors," warranting impeachment. The report laid out evidence that the Democrats say show Trump's efforts to seek foreign intervention in the U.S. election. New telephone call records released with the report deepen Trump lawyer Rudy Guiliani's involvement in what House investigators called the “scheme” to use the president's office for personal political gain by enlisting a foreign power, Ukraine, to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, and intervene in the American election process. RELATED: Report links Rudy Giuliani with top Republican on intel panel The political risks are high for all parties as the House presses only the fourth presidential impeachment inquiry in U.S. history. In a statement, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said, “Chairman Schiff and the Democrats utterly failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump.” She said the report "reads like the ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when there is evidence of nothing.” Trump, attending a NATO meeting in London, called the impeachment effort by Democrats “unpatriotic” and said he wouldn't be watching Wednesday's hearing. The "Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report” provides a detailed, stunning, account of a shadow diplomacy run by Giuliani, resulting in layers of allegations that can be distilled into specific acts, like bribery or obstruction, and the more amorphous allegation that Trump abused his power by putting his interests above the nation. Based on two months of investigation sparked by a still-anonymous government whistleblower's complaint, the report relies heavily on testimony from current and former U.S. officials who defied White House orders not to appear. The inquiry found that Trump "solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection," Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, wrote in the report's preface. In doing so, the president “sought to undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process, and endangered U.S. national security,” the report said. When Congress began investigating, it added, Trump obstructed the investigation like no other president in history. Along with revelations from earlier testimony, the report included previously unreleased cell phone records raising fresh questions about Giuliani's interactions with the top Republican on the intelligence panel, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, and the White House. Nunes declined to comment. Schiff said his panel would continue its probe. Republicans defended the president in a 123-page rebuttal claiming Trump never intended to pressure Ukraine when he asked for a “favor” — investigations of Democrats and Biden. They say the military aid the White House was withholding was not being used as leverage, as Democrats claim — and besides, the $400 million was ultimately released, although only after a congressional outcry. They argue that Democrats just want to undo the 2016 election. Trump criticized the House for pushing forward with the proceedings while he was overseas, a breach of political decorum that traditionally leaves partisan differences at the water’s edge. Democrats have also been debating on whether to include an article of obstruction of justice as laid out in the report done by special counsel Robert Mueller. That report, released in April, laid out potential acts of obstruction but declined to make a determination one way or the other about whether the president had illegally subverted the Russia investigation. Mueller cited Justice Department guidelines that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime for not making a decision. He left it up for Congress to decide. During Wednesday's hearing, Nadler signaled that he believed Mueller's findings should be included. In his opening statement, Nadler said Trump took "extraordinary and unprecedented steps" to obstruct the special counsel's investigation. He added that Trump not only "welcomed foreign interference in the 2016 election" but also "demanded it for the 2020 election." Democrats could begin drafting articles of impeachment against the president in a matter of days, with a Judiciary Committee vote next week. The full House could vote by Christmas. Then the matter moves to the Senate for a trial in 2020. The White House declined an invitation to participate Wednesday, with counsel Pat Cipollone denouncing the proceedings as a “baseless and highly partisan inquiry.” Cipollone left open the question of whether White House officials would participate in additional House hearings. House rules provide the president and his attorneys the right to cross-examine witnesses and review evidence before the committee, but little ability to bring forward witnesses of their own.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4015
__label__wiki	0.972377	0.972377	A Whale of the Wild (Hardcover) By Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illustrator) Published: Greenwillow Books - September 1st, 2020 The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person (Hardcover) By Frederick Joseph Published: Candlewick - December 1st, 2020 Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World (Hardcover) By Elena Favilli Published: Rebel Girls - October 13th, 2020 The Way Back (Hardcover) By Gavriel Savit Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - November 17th, 2020 Spy School Revolution (Hardcover) By Stuart Gibbs Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 6th, 2020 The Way Past Winter (Hardcover) By Kiran Millwood Hargrave Published: Chronicle Books - October 6th, 2020 The Daughters of Ys (Hardcover) By M. T. Anderson, Jo Rioux (Illustrator) Published: First Second - August 11th, 2020 How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air) (Hardcover) By Holly Black, Rovina Cai (Illustrator) Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 24th, 2020 Elatsoe (Hardcover) By Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illustrator) Published: Levine Querido - August 25th, 2020 King and the Dragonflies (Hardcover) By Kacen Callender Published: Scholastic Press - February 4th, 2020 Say Her Name (Hardcover) By Zetta Elliott, Loveis Wise (Illustrator), Loveis Wise (Cover design or artwork by) Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 14th, 2020 Becoming Muhammad Ali (Hardcover) By James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator) Published: Jimmy Patterson - October 5th, 2020 A Tale of Witchcraft... (A Tale of Magic... #2) (Hardcover) By Chris Colfer Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4016
__label__cc	0.667836	0.332164	Freedom Formula - The Original Constitution Keys to Understanding the Original Constitution and the paradigm of the Founding Fathers Welcome to FreedomFormula.us “The Old Man Wept” by Del Parson – used with permission. We believe that the way to restore the Republic to its original Constitution is first and foremost to re-establish in the hearts and minds of the people–The American Constitutional Paradigm.™ The purpose of this website is to educate on the Constitution of the United States, not to promote any political candidate or party. The paradigm that we reference and discuss is the thinking and perspective of the Founders of this nation and the Framers of the Constitution. Quotes, paraphrases, and references to the statements of other individuals are used to compare or contrast their views to those of the Founders and Framers. The Three Realms of Our Lives The Religious Realm: Man’s beliefs concerning his origin and destiny and how to achieve that destiny. The Economic Realm: How we obtain the physical goods and services we use. The Political Realm: How people deal with each other in society. Fifteen Keys to Understanding the Paradigm of the Founding Fathers How similar are your views to those of the Founders and the Framers of the Constitution? To understand the Constitution we must first understand what principles the Founders were trying to implement. Only then we can understand how the Constitution took the Framers toward their goal. Why do we call them KEYS? – to Understanding the Founders’ Paradigm Third Edition The Evolution and Destruction of the Original Electoral College What are ALDERisms? Click to See Alderisms A Page from Our Book Slavery or Slave Trade Alderisms-1 Booklet Endorsements Foreword by Michael Peroutka www.FreedomFormula.us	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4019
__label__wiki	0.686502	0.686502	Boy, 12, charged in accidental shooting death of woman KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A 12-year-old Western Michigan boy has been charged with careless discharge of a firearm causing death in the accidental shooting of a 28-year-old family friend. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Tuesday that the misdemeanor charge was authorized by a court referee. The boy is charged in juvenile court and currently lives with his grandfather. An Oct. 9 pretrial hearing is scheduled. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says penalties could range from fines and costs to placement in a juvenile facility. Police have described the boy as mentally impaired. The grandfather has said his grandson removed a shotgun from a safe May 22 after finding the key. The shotgun discharged and sent pellets through a wall, striking Deborah Christner as she slept. The grandfather has said Christner was two months pregnant.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4020
__label__wiki	0.973428	0.973428	Earley's lawyer says he'll accept subpoena if issued Todd Spangler WASHINGTON — A lawyer for former Flint emergency manager Darnell Earley says if his client is again subpoenaed by a congressional committee looking that the Flint water crisis, he'll accept it. A. Scott Bolden, a Washington attorney, spoke to the Free Press on Wednesday afternoon, after refusing on Earley's behalf a subpoena a day earlier calling for Early to testify at a hearing that began Wednesday morning. Bolden had told the Free Press on Tuesday night that he refused the subpoena because neither he nor Earley had time to prepare but said he would accept another subpoena as long as it isn't issued on such short notice. "We'll accept service of a subpoena," said Bolden on Wednesday. As the hearing before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee got underway on Wednesday, its chairman, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said he'd turn to federal marshals, if necessary, "to hunt him down" and serve the subpoena on Earley, garnering cheers in the packed hearing room. Earley was state-appointed financial manager in Flint when it switched its water supply to the Flint River in 2014 as a temporary cost-cutting move. Because that water was not treated with corrosion control, the more corrosive river water leached lead from old pipes into residents' taps. Chaffetz said both Earley and former EPA Region 5 head Susan Hedman, who resigned during the crisis in Flint, will be subpoenaed to be deposed by committee staff behind closed doors before Chaffetz determines what next steps the committee will take. Some Democrats are urging that Gov. Rick Snyder be called to testify before the committee as well. "There are a lot of people we want to hear from," Chaffetz said. "I’m going to keep all options open." Editorial: Earley is out, but Detroit kids still need help On Tuesday, Snyder announced that Earley was stepping down Feb. 29 as emergency manager of DPS, a position he has held since last year. Refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena can lead to a charge of contempt of Congress that, upon conviction, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and imprisonment for up to a year. Losing EM Earley could aid efforts to help DPS Contact Todd Spangler: 703-854-8947, tspangler@freepress.com or on Twitter at @tsspangler. Staff writer Daniel Bethencourt contributed to this report.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4021
__label__wiki	0.644497	0.644497	Sam and Dean battle The Darkness in Supernatural S11 trailer By Gem Seddon 10 September 2015 The Winchesters have been to hell and back several times across ten seasons, and their never-ending quest to rid the world of its demonic forces shows no signs of petering out in this first trailer for Supernatural season 11. As the final moments of season 10 hinted at, a new threat in season 11 starts turning people evil - so, pretty standard Supernatural fare so far. The pre-Biblical villain might share a name with a glam rock act from the noughties, but its agenda transcends the folly of power ballads. Even Crowley gets a dig in about its moniker. Good to see Castiel is still in the thick of it, albeit battling the Darkness as it tries to take him over, alongside Sam and Dean whose witty repartee is the only continued element of Supernatural that's yet to outstay its welcome. Whether their quips will help to summon God - who went missing several seasons ago - is another matter entirely. If the sight of Sam getting tortured again doesn't put you off, head over to The CW on October 7 for Supernatural's season premiere. Gem Seddon Gem is GR+'s west coast entertainment news reporter. She’s a bit obsessed with all things Aliens and Terminator.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4024
__label__wiki	0.917213	0.917213	GamesRadar+ The smarter take on movies Best movies on Disney Plus Best Netflix Shows Best Netflix Movies Ron Howard will direct Spy Vs Spy adaptation By Joshua Winning 23 June 2011 Dark Tower still on the cards Director Ron Howard has signed on to adapt black-and-white comic strip Spy Vs Spy for the big screen. The comic strip first debuted in Mad Magazine #60 , and starred two spies – one dressed in black, the other in white – who are locked in an explosive game of one-upmanship. Since then, Spy Vs Spy has been an animated TV show and a video game. The film adaptation is being set up at Warner Bros, with Ghost Town scribe John Kamps writing the script. Deadline is calling the film a “highly visual action comedy”, which would make sense considering the original comic revolved around booby traps and various spy games. For those worried, Howard’s involvement in the film shouldn’t affect his work on the mammoth Dark Tower adaptation, which is being viewed as something that he’ll take up further down the line.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4025
__label__wiki	0.868892	0.868892	Cowabunga! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jump Into Action in New Injustice 2 Trailer The first ever gameplay trailer for the newest, totally radical addition to the Injustice 2 roster: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - TMNT. The trailer gives players a first glimpse at how the Heroes in a Half Shell will play as four distinct characters through Injustice 2’s unique gear customisation system. By equipping one of four accessories - swords, bo staff, nunchucks or sais - players will be able to change their character loadout to play as Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Each will wield their own unique movesets, character powers and special moves. In online and tournament modes where specific loadouts are unavailable, players will be able to select each individual Turtle from the character select screen. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will arrive on 13th Feb for players who have purchased the Injustice 2 Ultimate Edition, Injustice 2 Ultimate Pack or Fighter Pack No 3, and will be available as a standalone purchase beginning 20th Feb from the PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Steam, and Microsoft Store for £11.99. Developed by the award-winning NetherRealm Studios, Injustice 2 features a massive roster of DC Superheroes and Supervillains and allows players to build and power up the ultimate version of their favourite DC characters. The game is currently available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, with DLC characters Red Hood, Sub-Zero, Starfire, Black Manta, Raiden, Hellboy, The Atom and Enchantress available now on console and PC. Injustice 2 mobile is available now for free on iOS and Android devices. Labels: android, ios, PC, playstation 4, ps4, trailer, xbox ONE, XO	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4026
__label__wiki	0.613552	0.613552	Berezovskaya power station This article is part of the Global Energy Monitor coverage of Russia and coal Russia and coal Proposed coal plants in Russia Erkovetskaya power station Existing coal plants in Russia Coal transport and infrastructure in Russia Beringovsky coal terminal Vera Port Sukhodol Terminal Global use and production of coal International Information on Coal World Bank and coal Berezovskaya power station is a 2,400-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia. A further 800 MW was proposed but never developed. 2 Background on Plant 3 Description of Expansion 4 Project Details for Unit 3 Expansion The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Sharypovo town in Sharypovo district, Krasnoyarsk territory. {"type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":15,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":55.579540000000001,"lon":89.07217,"icon":""}]} Background on Plant The existing Berezovskaya GRES power plant was a two-unit, 1,600-MW coal-fired power plant in the Krasnoyarsk territory of Siberia. When the project was begun in 1976, the plant was originally intended to be an eight-unit, 6,400-MW plant; however, after the first two units were completed in 1988 and 1991, financing for the project ran out. In 2007, the plant was acquired by E.ON Russia, a subsidiary of the German company E.ON AG.[1][2] Coal from the plant comes directly from the nearby Berezovsky lignite coal mine, via a 14 km-long system of conveyor belts.[1] Description of Expansion The RAO UES 2006-10 five-year plan (from before the restructuring of RAO UES), which RAO management approved in January 2007, listed as a long-term project the addition of two 800-MW coal-fired units at Berezovskaya, with completion dates of 2009-11.[3] In May 2011, E.ON began work on building a third 800-MW unit at the plant, at a cost of $1.4 billion. The state Glavgosexpertiza, the state agency in charge of building permits, approved the project in July 2012. Turkish company ENKA was also involved in the construction. [4] The new unit went online in September 2015.[5] Although at one time up to 8 units of 800 MW were contemplated at Berezovskaya, those plans are no longer active.[6] In February 2016, a fire in the boiler room of the new Unit 3 severely damaged the unit.[7] In August 2016, Unipro announced that restoring the damaged unit would take until 2018, and would cost 25 billion rubles, or about $400 million.[8] As of August 2018 Unit 3 was expected to be repaired and recommissioned by Q3 2019.[9] In May 2019 Unipro announced that Unit 3 would go back into service in December 2019.[10] In November 2019 it was reported that repairs of Unit 3 were completed and the unit was again commissioned.[11] In May 2020 several outlets reported that Unit 3 had not been re-commissioned yet and would remain out of service until the end of 2020.[12] In August 2020 the recommissioning of Unit 3 was postponed to early 2021.[13] Project Details for Unit 3 Expansion Sponsor: E.ON Russia (now Unipro) Parent company: E.ON AG (now Uniper) Location: Sharypovo town, Sharypovo district, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia Coordinates: 55.57954, 89.07217 (exact) Status: Mothballed Gross Capacity: 800 MW Type: Supercritical In service: 2015-2016; 2019 Coal Type: Lignite Coal Source: Berezovsky-1 lignite coal mine Source of financing: ↑ 1.0 1.1 Березовская ГРЭС - Общая информация, E.ON Russia website, accessed Feb. 2014. ↑ Lignite-fired Power Station BGRES-3 - Berezovskaya/Russia, thinkproject! website, accessed Feb. 2014. ↑ Investment Program of RAO UES of Russia Thermal Generation Companies for 2006-2010 and Key Power-Generating Equipment Required by OGK/TGK for its Implementation, RAO UES document, Jan. 29, 2007. ↑ [1] ENKA company website, accessed Jan 2018 ↑ ОАО «Э.ОН Россия» ввело в эксплуатацию энергоблок №3 Березовской ГРЭС, Unipro Energy press release, 30 Sept. 2015. ↑ "Берёзовская ГРЭС (Россия)," Wikipedia (Russia), accessed November 2016 ↑ Power Unit No. 3 of Berezovskaya GRES is Under Unscheduled Repairs, Unipro Energy press release, 2 Feb. 2016. ↑ Восстановление энергоблока Березовской ГРЭС обойдется в 25 млрд рублей, Vedomosti, 12 Aug. 2016. ↑ Unipro: Waiting for Berezovskaya relaunch, Veles Capital, Aug. 13, 2018 ↑ "Юнипро" удачно начала год, Finam.ru, May 20, 2019 ↑ Третий не лишний: Берёзовская ГРЭС завершает реконструкцию энергоблока, iz.ru, Nov. 19, 2019 ↑ Запуск третьего энергоблока Березовской ГРЭС перенесен на конец 2020 года, 1prime.ru, May 7, 2020 ↑ Юнипро откладывает запуск энергоблока Березовской ГРЭС. Что, UNipro, Aug. 11, 2020 Retrieved from "https://www.gem.wiki/w/index.php?title=Berezovskaya_power_station&oldid=219034" Proposed coal plants in Europe	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4029
__label__wiki	0.814969	0.814969	Landlord's plea to councillors to lower business rates as pubs close Landlord says price of beer, business rates and rent need to be tackle as pubs are no longer financially viable Becky Middleton The Jockey in Sunbury Councillors have put forward a spirited case for why pubs are vital for the community following yet another spate of closures. But the response from at least one publican was clear; never mind the fine words, how about dropping your soaring business rates? The Jockey in French Street, Sunbury, is the latest casualty of a struggling pub economy which has already seen The Crossroads in Shepperton, The Black Dog in Ashford and The George in Sunbury fall by the wayside in recent months. Spelthorne borough councillors had their say at a meeting last Thursday (October 24), deeming pubs an important way of bringing people together and creating a base for the community to socialise. But Gary Fearn, landlord of the Phoenix pub in Thames Street, Sunbury, said the price of beer, along with business rates and rent, needs to be tackled because pubs are no longer financially viable. Running costs are simply too high, he maintained. “The prices put most people off. The rates are so high, and the breweries charge extortionate prices. It’s unfeasible to carry on. Sky TV to pubs is extortionate.” The councillors agreed a motion noting with concern the number of recent closures and the consequent loss of a valuable amenity in the community. The motion states that although recognising the futility of preserving an uneconomic business, the borough council will seek to promote the operation of public houses through rigorous application of its own planning policies. It will support any proposal for the Secretary of State to require community consultation before approval is given for conversion. Cllr Richard Smith-Ainsley said: “Having a local pub is very useful for the community, for people to talk to their friends. “This motion says keep them open when possible. I support this because it is a useful thing to retain your local pub as a community asset.” Cllr Alfred Friday, who proposed the motion, said: “The list of pubs that have closed is growing. “Support this motion so that in 20 years’ time people in Spelthorne don’t say ‘what happened to our pubs?’” The motion was unanimously agreed by councillors. However, Phoenix landlord Mr Fearn made clear that it would be more practical if the borough council looked at reducing its business rates if it really wants to help pub owners stay open. Spelthorne Borough Council	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4031
__label__wiki	0.572736	0.572736	Nurse admits that fatal mistake contributed to premature baby's death in Glasgow Craig Wilson forgot to switch on a humidifier at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital 'causing or contributing' to the baby's death from hypothermia and multiple organ failure. The Royal Infirmary Hospital in Glasgow (Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) A disciplinary tribunal has heard how one moment of forgetfulness lead to a tragic death at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow. Nurse Craig Wilson admitted that he forgot to turn on a humidifier, ‘causing or contributing’ to a premature baby’s death on August 14 2013. Baby A had been born 13 weeks early but was making good progress in an incubator. Neo-natal nurse Wilson had been looking after the child that morning but failed to activate a humidifier, designed to help the baby breathe, just before he went on a break. Nurse faces enquiry after allegedly 'contributing' to the death of a baby A colleague discovered that the baby was cold and when Wilson returned he admitted: "F***, I forgot to switch it on." The baby was re-incubated and emergency treatment carried out. They passed away at 6pm that evening from hypothermia and multiple organ failure. After making the mistake, Wilson initially claimed that he had turned the humidifier on and that someone else had turned it off. His representative told the hearing he now admitted his fatal error. Wilson said that his actions ‘caused or contributed to Baby A developing hypothermia’ and ‘contributed to a loss of opportunity for life for Baby A’. Two arrested following 'machete attack' on east end bus He also admitted he had ‘incorrectly recorded in Baby A’s nursing records that the humidifier had been turned on, when that was not the case' but denied that his actions were 'dishonest’ or that he had tried to 'conceal his failure to turn on the humidifier’. There is a further charge, which Wilson admits, relating to another incident which took place at the Southern General Maternity Unit where he wrongly claimed a baby had been given medication. He also asked a colleague to back up his statement but again argues that his actions were not 'dishonest' and denies he that he had intended to administer drugs to 'Baby B' without seeking permission from a doctor. The hearing continues with Wilson facing being struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4034
__label__wiki	0.985992	0.985992	Photographer's world tour of abandoned car depots turned into book to raise cash for Glasgow homeless David McKeran's fascination with derelict cars, rail engines and boats has seen him cover thousands of miles over the last three years A photographer's tour of abandoned railway depots and car cemeteries around the world has been made into a book to raise money for a Glasgow charity. David McKeran's fascination with derelict cars, rail engines and boats has seen him cover thousands of miles over the last three years in countries including France, Spain, Cuba and Namibia. His trip started at the Bowling harbour boat graveyard on the River Clyde and the proceeds from the book, titled Rack and Ruin, are to go to homelessness charity Glasgow City Mission. Glasgow to host first exhibition of recycled skateboards transformed by artists Mr McKeran, who runs David McKeran Photography and is a partner with Matrix Business Growth Consultants in Glasgow, said: "Over the past few years I've been combining my passion for photography with raising funds for Glasgow City Mission, an organisation that's doing fantastic work tackling the challenges of homelessness. "I was told about the boat graveyard in Bowling and I found that the rotting wood, rusting metal and twisted shapes provided the scope for some dramatic images. "I started to think about where else I could find more abandoned boats and other subjects which offered similar photographic opportunities. "This led to a three-year project, visiting boat graveyards, car cemeteries and abandoned railway depots. "I visited various sites in Scotland and England as well as trips to France, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Cuba and Namibia."	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4035
__label__wiki	0.698362	0.698362	By Imogen Calderwood Singer Rihanna gestures during a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 2, 2018. Singer Rihanna and French President Emmanuel Macron have headlined a conference in Senegal raising hundreds of millions of dollars for education in poor countries. Mamadou Diop/AP AdvocacyEducation Rihanna Just Tweeted the Dutch Prime Minister Because She Wants to Get Every Child in School She's already targeted the UK, Australia, France, Norway, Canada, Argentina, and Germany. Without basic literacy and numeracy skills, millions of children — the future of developing nations around the world — will face barriers in completing school and getting into paid jobs. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) plays an instrumental role in ensuring that no child is held back from achieving their full potential. You can stand with Rihanna and join us by taking action here to support the UN’s Global Goal for education. Rihanna’s goal of getting every child a quality education has already been a bit of a Twitter world tour. Back in February, the pop queen tweeted at world leaders from the UK, France, and Australia; she tweeted Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway in January; and last year, she also targeted Canada, Argentina, and Germany. But no world leader is safe from Rihanna — and the Netherlands is the latest on her list. Take action: Tell the Netherlands Why Education is the Key to Girls' Health and Empowerment On Monday, Rihanna sent a tweet to the Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, and Sigrid Kaag, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation, calling for greater investment in global education. Hi @SigridKaag@markrutte@MinPres! I know that the Netherlands wanted to pledge to support global education back in February, so I'd love if you joined me now! Will you provide $100M to @GPforEducation on Sept 29 at the @GlblCtzn Fest? Dank je! @claralionelfdn 🇳🇱📚 — Rihanna (@rihanna) August 20, 2018 And — even better — the Dutch government responded! Hi @Rihanna- this is music to our ears. The Netherlands is firmly back in education! All will be revealed in NY next month. Hope to see you there! #GlobalProspects@MarkRutte@MinPreshttps://t.co/iF4gduQiErhttps://t.co/hBV0F6nqqC — Sigrid Kaag (@SigridKaag) August 21, 2018 The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is a global partnership and fund exclusively dedicated to education helping the most vulnerable children in some of the poorest countries. GPE brings together donor and developing countries, international organizations, civil society, teacher organizations, the private sector, and foundations. It works to reach parts of the world that face the greatest challenges in education — which is essential in tackling poverty and inequality. World leaders met in Senegal in February for the GPE financing conference, which saw leaders pledge funds to support education around the world for 2018-2020. Thanks in part to the efforts of Rihanna and Global Citizens around the world, the conference was able to secure $2.3 billion to ensure that no child is held back because of where they were born. Related Stories Feb. 1, 2018 Rihanna Just Tweeted World Leaders in Her Fight to Get Every Child in School The Netherlands couldn’t make a financial pledge at the time because of a recent change in government, but a Dutch official for the Netherlands vowed that the country would make an ambitious pledge soon. They said the Netherlands is committed to ensuring everyone, “particularly girls", can access a quality education. It’s an essential goal. Currently, 264 million children are out of school around the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 🇬🇧 Hello @theresa_may and @PennyMordaunt, please continue to prioritize girls’ education and be a top funder of @GPforEducation. Will @DFID_UK make a historic commitment of £380M to #FundEducation tomorrow? ✏️ @claralionelfdn@glblctzn — Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2018 hi @JulieBishopMP & @TurnbullMalcolm will you step up w/ a 🇦🇺 $200M pledge to #FundEducation at the @GPforEducation conference in Senegal tomorrow? Kick off your 1st year on the #HumanRightsCouncil by giving the universal human right to education! 📚🌏 @claralionelfdn@glblctzn Merci @emmanuelmacron for stepping up to co-host @GPforEducation’s Financing Conference in Dakar! Will France 🇫🇷 pledge €250M for @GPforEducation tomorrow? @claralionelfdn@glblctzn 🌍 And girls disproportionately miss out on education. Not only is that deeply unjust, it also perpetuates gender inequalities and ignores the immense potential of girls. In fact, if all girls went to school for 12 years, low and middle-income countries could add $92 billion per year to their economies — meanwhile, a girl who is educated is less likely to get married young, or contract HIV, and she’s more likely to have healthy, educated children. Quality education is one of the UN’s Global Goals, a 17-goal plan for ending extreme poverty by 2030. For many, education is one of the most key goals, because it ties into so many others. Related Stories Aug. 13, 2019 10 Barriers to Education That Children Living in Poverty Face An educated person is more likely to lead a healthy life, for example, and is less likely to die in childbirth. Education also helps promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, and build peace. Rihanna became an ambassador for GPE in 2016, and since then she’s been working hard in support of the fund. Hola @Rihanna! Education is in the central core of our political aims. Only education can change the world. @EstebanBullrich 🇦🇷 https://t.co/T49GIB0QXo — Mauricio Macri (@mauriciomacri) June 24, 2017 .@rihanna we've got your back! Thanks to @mclaudebibeau who made sure girls' education is in our feminist international development policy. — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 26, 2017 In January 2017, she travelled to Malawi with Global Citizen and GPE, to meet children at under-resourced schools. Along with former Australian prime minister and GPE chairperson Julia Gillard, and Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans, Rihanna visited students, teachers, government officials, and mentors, to better understand the issues and challenges surrounding education. “I’m really here to see it,” she said at the time. “It’s one thing to read statistics, but I want to see it firsthand and find out all that can be done and where to start.” As a result of her tweet, Rihanna also landed a face-to-face meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the critical issue. The 2018 Global Citizen Festival in New York will be presented for the very first time by Citi. MSNBC and Comcast NBCUniversal will air a live simulcast of the Festival on MSNBC and MSNBC.com. The Festival will also be livestreamed on YouTube and Twitter, presented by Johnson & Johnson. Proud partners of the 2018 Global Citizen Festival include Global Citizen’s global health partner and major partner Johnson & Johnson, and major partners P&G, CHIME FOR CHANGE Founded by Gucci, Verizon, House of Mandela, iHeartMedia, and NYC Parks. Associate partners include Microsoft, Great Big Story, and One Championship. TopicsGender EqualityEducationGirls EducationRihannaErna SolbergGPEGlobal Partnership for EducationNetherlandsMark RuttePresident Emmanuel MacronSigrid Kaag	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4038
__label__cc	0.5791	0.4209	OECD BEPS project faces uphill battle Global private equity report 2014/15 Mining M&A expected to double as market elements align New Grant Thornton firm in Belize Businesses in mature markets break investment inertia Good CSR makes good business sense Grant Thornton donation to UNICEF tops US$360,000 Grant Thornton donated USD30,950 to UNICEF UK as part of its ongoing association through the International Business Report (IBR). This takes the total donation made through the project over the past eight years to over US$360,000. Businesses want greater guidance on acceptable tax planning. Two global business surveys conducted by Grant Thornton finds businesses sceptical about the success of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) BEPS Project on intergovernmental action on tax and wanting greater clarity as to what is acceptable and unacceptable tax planning - even if this provided less opportunity to reduce tax liabilities across borders. In the post global financial crisis phase, the question being asked more than ever is: how can private equity deliver its value-added promises? The fourth edition of the Grant Thornton Private Equity Report, an annual survey of 175 senior industry practitioners around the globe, finds a new focus on returns rather than entry multiples; secondary buyouts increasing in importance; and thirdly the significance of management in delivering the new plan. According to a new Grant Thornton report, the mining sector will herald a new era in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a near perfect alignment of factors takes place. Following a slow period for transactions, in which last year’s deal volumes failed to breach the $90bn mark , Grant Thornton’s research and analysis suggests that a fertile environment will next year lead to a doubling in the value of M&A in the mining sector compared to 2013 Grant Thornton, one of the world's leading organisations of independent assurance, tax and advisory firms, today announced a new member firm in Belize, effective 30 September. Business confidence slides in Germany New research shows that the economic balance of the eurozone is undergoing significant change as German business confidence took a sharp nosedive in the last quarter, threatening to drag the world’s biggest trading block downwards. Growing business focus on sustainability in emerging markets With momentum building towards the UN Climate Change Conference in Peru, new figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR), a survey of 2,500 companies in 34 economies, reveal that businesses leaders in emerging markets are more focused on the sustainability of their operations compared with peers in developed markets. Businesses calling for global agreement on tax planning and updated tax rules for a modern, digital economy As the OECD prepares to deliver the first phase of its BEPS action plan in Australia this week, the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of 2,500 senior executives in 34 economies, finds the majority of businesses calling for more transparency on acceptable planning, updated tax rules for a modern, digital economy and the harmonisation of global corporation tax rates. A survey of 2,500 businesses in 34 economies finds that businesses are being driven towards more socially and environmentally sustainable practices not simply by brand building or altruism, but because it makes good financial sense. The research, from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) also shows that an increasing number of companies report on sustainability while a majority now view integrated reporting as best practice. Listings and mergers boost tech sector growth prospect New figures from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveal the highest levels of confidence ever recorded among the global technology community. Expectations for greater profitability and employment are also rising.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4041
__label__cc	0.558937	0.441063	Recovery and Resilience Facility Early this morning, negotiations were concluded on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the central piece of the Next Generation EU package, designed to help the EU through the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. The, RRF will make €672.5 billion (€312.5 billion in grants and €360 billion in loans) available to member states to support their investments and reforms in favour of the ecological and digital transition. The priorities are: Green transformation, digital transformation, resilience, economic cohesion, social and territorial cohesion, institutional resilience, and policies for the next generation, children and youth. Parliamentary unity in negotiations on long-term budget paid-off Members of the European Parliament are voting on a resolution on the outcome of last week's European Council summit on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF), the InterInstitutional Agreement, the EU Recovery Instrument and the Rule of Law Regulation. ©-Tobias-Keckel European Council Summit & Rule of Law Quote from Philippe Lamberts MEP It's shameful that Hungary and Poland are attempting to derail the entire Recovery Plan and MFF because their governments no longer stand for the values on which this Union is built. There is no European Union without European values, which include democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. Jigsaw and money © alexsl Long-term budget stronger on climate, biodiversity & rule of law MFF/Own resources Negotiators for the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed on a text for the EU's seven year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The Parliament succeeded in gaining an additional €16 billion in top-ups for EU programmes such as EU4health, Horizon, Erasmus and Rights and Values, on top of the €1,074bn MFF and €750bn Recovery Fund EUCO agreement from July. European External Action Service (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeas/32978511020) #EUCO Quote from Ska Keller, Greens/EFA Co-President Without an agreement, both the EU and Britain will lose. Europe's Regions must play key role in EU Recovery Plan EFA MEP Diana Riba: "Thinking globally and acting locally is more necessary than ever" EFA MEP Diana Riba has called for Europe's regions to play a key role in the the EU's forthcoming recovery plan, designed to help the EU's economy and society recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Diana Riba was speaking in the European Parliament's debate on the recen... Greens/EFA priorities 04-09 October During this week plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and vote on the climate law, the rule of law mechanism, the Multiannual Financial Framework, the forest strategy, the fight against money laundering, ... European Parliament stands up for the rule of law and future generations "The Council's vision for the MFF does not match the scope of the challenges before us. The reductions in grants over loans does not go far enough to support the long term needs of the recovery. Countries that have chosen frugality over solidarity do so at the expense of European unity. It is now up to the European Parliament to stand up for the rule of law and to invest in future generations", says Philippe Lamberts, co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. Agreement comes at a high price EU Summit "In exchange for a smaller recovery fund and higher rebates the rule of law mechanism was significantly watered down. The rule of law conditionality remains too fuzzy to constitute a real lever to bring Member States to respect what they signed up for when becoming members" says Philippe Lamberts, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4043
__label__cc	0.534251	0.465749	The iOS 14 was a unique arrival for the Apple brand. This was one of the few iOS releases that showed up at a time that did not coincide with a new iPhone model release. So the primary focus of this release was all about the software. The last few iOS releases were focused on improving system stability. iOS 14 goes beyond that by making some fundamental and notable alterations to the system, including the home screen. In many respects, it is building upon the improvements brought forth by iOS 13. But interestingly a lot of the new features iOS 14 brings forth provide users the option to try them out or to keep them disabled. We’ve listed the 9 best iOS 14 features that will take your iPhone to the next level. Click the links below to jump ahead App Library and Widgets Calls & Messages Browser and Email Choices Smart Home Control iOS 14 Features List iOS 14 New Home Screen. Screenshot: Herby Jasmin/Gotechtor One aspect of iOS that has been a mainstay since the early incarnation of the iPhone has been the home screen. It has always featured a row based array of app icons matrixed in a grid format. While you could move these icons around, they couldn’t float on their own. Pure left-aligned, largely unexciting icon positioning was the inherent home screen law. iOS 14 however, imitated the Android model of introducing home screen app drawers that allow users to sort the app library inside of more sensible, categorical stashes. Removing apps from the home screen to avoid clutter has become easier. The apps remain on your phone, and you can still find them in category app drawers. This makes the home screen looking cleaner and less clunky. Clicking on apps now provides a chance to just relegate the app back to the app library, without the need to delete it entirely. So now you have cleared all the apps you didn’t need from the home screen, what do you do with the empty space? While iOS has largely avoided Android-style widgets on screens in the past, iOS 14 introduces this concept, in a sense. With multiple new widgets, a user can either long-press a widget to move it to the home screen, or long-press the home screen to go to a widget selection screen. For the time being, the widgets are standard apple offerings like music, podcasts, calendar, etc. but third party apps are slowly trickling into the selection pool. iOS 14 App Library. Screenshot: Herby Jasmin/Gotechtor The iOS 14 app library similarly sorts apps inside of sensible folders. This makes it easier for users to find particular apps without the need to look for them across multiple app list-out pages. At this point, the categories are largely self-tuned, deciding where the app belongs in the app library, but improvements in this regard will surely arrive in subsequent releases. The utility of widget “smart stack toggle” is another key feature of iOS 14, allowing you to toggle through widgets on the home screen without having them occupy the whole of the home screen. The toggle will cycle through the widgets automatically based on the time of day and what Siri has thus far learned about your typical iPhone usage. Speaking of Siri, the suggestions from the AI counterpart of the iOS have also improved, with the applicable apps being suggested at appropriate times. In fact, you can place a Siri recommendation app right on your home screen. It will contain your most commonly used apps, which will be curated based on your usage and even time of day. iOS 14 Compact Calls. Screenshot: Herby Jasmin/Gotechtor In terms of phone calls, iOS 14 brings an interesting change. Instead of taking up your whole screen, or even half of the screen invasively, the calls now come in in a slight bar towards the top of the screen in order to not interrupt your current on-screen activity. On the messaging front, iOS 14 brings inline replies, which allows to create sub-threads from any message. You are also able to create a chat group and give it a particular name. Many of the added features have already been introduced in various third-party messaging apps, but they are finally relevant in the iOS world now. You can now pin up to nine message conversations to the top of your conversation priority listing to promote easy access to the people you want or need to speak to most frequently. Typing someone’s name also highlights the name of the person you are trying to get the attention of, making the easy specific message in a potential group conversation stand out. iOS 14 Picture-in-Picture. Screenshot: Herby Jasmin/Gotechtor One of the coolest and most useful new features is the capability of picture-in-picture video playback. This means that instead of occupying the entire window, you can pop the video player out and watch a smaller version of it while working on your device. You are also able to maneuver and reposition the picture to wherever on the screen is most convenient for you, and even resize it to best suit your screen choice parameters. Up until this update, Apple users were tethered strictly to the Safari browser, but no more after iOS 14 comes around. In the setting, you can now choose your default browser app to be either the Apple native Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox. With emails, besides the native email client provided by Apple traditionally, Gmail, Spark, and several other email clients are now provided as options for the default email client. Neither of these things should be understated, as this is the first time Apple has reached a proverbial olive branch out to super-user who have been long awaiting the ability to use browsers and emails outside of the confines of Apple-specific products. While initially there was an error in the iOS 14 where the Safari browser was auto-reset as the default once you reboot your phone, that is no longer a problem. No word on when this type of liberating choice tech will reach out to other aspects of Apple devices, like maps. Speaking of Maps, iOS 14 has added plotting trails to their maps feature. For instance, you can now track and plan a bike path allowing you to circumvent busy streets, stairs, and difficult areas. There is also a method of routing your electric vehicles as opposed to traditional ones, plotting a route with charging stations along the way. One of the best features added with iOS 14 was the Translate app. The app can translate among 11 different languages and turns conversations in any language included. A Beginner’s Guide to Facebook’s New cryptocurrency Libra The languages included English (both US and British), French, German, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese. Just turning your phone to landscape mode and tapping on the blue microphone button is enough to activate the app, then just speak your desired translation phrase, and Translate will quickly analyze and prepare it for you in the language of your choosing. The best part is that the translations are all private as you don’t even need to have to enable your internet connection on your device to use it. The Translate app will save some of your most common phrases. It will also enlarge the translated text in case you need to display the phone to a person on the street with who you are trying to communicate. The new Home app helps to more thoroughly and securely manage your smart home. The app will make suggestions as to what useful features you are most likely to use, and displays the statuses in visual icon form, prioritizing those accessories most needing attention for simple control. iOS allows the phone to connect to other smart devices around the exterior of the home as well, such as cameras and smart doorbells. Even more interesting is that based on people tagged in your Photos app, the smart tech can now notify you about who specifically is at your door. A running thing you may have noticed is the heavy lean by Apple’s iOS 14 into privacy and security. Accessing the App store now delivers you the information you need to know about what type of data the app collects, allowing you to make an informed decision before downloading it. There is also a new indicator that appears as a small orange dot if your microphone is in use and a green dot if the camera is being utilized on the device. From the app control center, you can even see if an app has used the microphone or camera recently. You are also able to now share only your approximate location, not the specific coordinates. This is great for the acquisition of regional news feeds and local new information. There are a lot of new finds in iOS 14, so while it is largely building on the enhancements of iOS 13, it certainly stands out on its own. If you like iOS 13 more, most of the features that distinguish iOS 14 from it can be toggled off. While there are still some features to be added, tweaks to be made, and issues to work out, iOS 14 seems like a solid successor of Apple’s iOS platforms. What happens when you block a number on Android?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4048
__label__cc	0.665623	0.334377	The following group types are not accepted by this hostel: Junior / Primary School, High / Secondary School, Stag/Hen/Bachelor Party, Sports Group If you have misrepresented the type of group you are booking for, your booking may be cancelled by the hostel." 50% of accommodation cost is charged 4 weeks before the arrival date, the remaining cost is charged 2 weeks before the arrival date. Both payments are non-refundable. Ukraine Hostels Kiev Hostels Sky Hostel Shchekavytska Street, 30/39 , Kiev, Ukraine 1 Total Review Sky Hostel is a brand-new stylish accommodation in the historic heart of the city, Podil, 5 minutes' walk from the nearest metro station - Kontraktova Ploshcha. Podil itself is a vibrant sight-seeing and entertainment area, with an impressive international crowd. Andriivsky Uzviz with the famous St.Andrew's Church and the Painters' Alley, River Port, plenty of clubs, pubs and restaurants are all within a walking distance from the hostel. Khreshchatyk is just two metro stations, and Olympic Stadium is four metro stations from the hostel, on the direct line. St.Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral and Sofia's Cathedral are 1.7 km from the hostel. There are shared dorms, family rooms and a private room in the hostel. The property features a modern heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system in all the rooms. It has a fully equipped shared kitchen, common space with a 65' TV and international channels and various boardgames. There are 6 shared bathrooms, hair dryers, laundry and ironing facilities onsite. We provide free culinary lessons, briefs by travellers. Sky Hostel Policies and Conditions: Cancellation policy: 3 days before arrival. In case of a late cancellation or No Show, you will be charged the first night of your stay. Check in from 14:00 to 18:00. In case of check-in after 18:00 please advise us until 14:00. 24-hours reception. Payment upon arrival by cash, credit cards, debit cards. The hostel may pre-authorise your card before your arrival. Taxes not included - occupancy tax 47.23 UAH per non-Ukrainian resident per night and 18.29 UAH per Ukrainian resident per night. Guests who wish to bring their children under 16 years of age must book a whole dorm or private room. The guests under 18 years of age must have their parents/guardians permission for staying in the hostel. No curfew. View House Rules It is the best hostel I’ve ever stayed in, stylish, modern, very clean, with friendly staff and good facilities. The only pity is my stay was very short:) Ukraine, Female, 31-40 View all Kiev Hostels	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4063
__label__cc	0.525252	0.474748	hp-FEM Group Agros2D Research Group and Citing Hermes2D is a C++ library for rapid development of adaptive hp-FEM / hp-DG solvers. Novel hp-adaptivity algorithms help solve a large variety of problems ranging from ODE and stationary linear PDE to complex time-dependent nonlinear multiphysics PDE systems. Agros2D is a cross-platform multiphysics graphical application with powerful pre-processing, solution, and post-processing capabilities, optimization & scripting tools and more. The hp-FEM group at the University of Nevada, Reno and University of West Bohemia, Pilsen is concerned with the development, implementation, and dissemination of modern computational methods for engineering and scientific problems described by partial differential equations (PDE). Our work is freely available through several open source projects: Hermes Advanced hp-FEM and hp-DG C++ libraries Agros2D Cross-platform multiphysics PDE solution software University of Reno, Nevada, USA University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic Institute of Thermomechanics, Prague, Czech Republic Hermes2D version3.1 released - more info on the Hermes page. Hermes2D version 3.0 & Agros2D version 3.3 release, 1/03/2014 Hermes2D & Agros2D version 3.0 bring many new improvements in user experience as well as reliability and performance. Be sure to check out website dedicated to Agros2D for details of new features in preprocessor, postprocessor and computation control available there. ISTET 2013, 24–26/06/2013 The conference ISTET 2013 was organised by our department. The organizers thank you very much for participating. Hermes 2.0, 19/02/2013 - Rapid speedup of assembling and I/O - Cleaner, well-documented code - New way of testing, memory-leaks detection, speed optimizations - Exception-safe API, bugfixes, etc. Hermes: Download Library Repository git clone https://github.com/hpfem/hermes.git git clone https://github.com/hpfem/hermes-tutorial.git git clone https://github.com/hpfem/hermes-examples.git Windows prebuilt dependencies and libraries git clone https://github.com/l-korous/hermes-windows.git Debian package download Launchpad repository Instructions for building and using Hermes on Windows Hermes: Documentation Library documentation: Tutorial & Examples: Doxygen Documentation: Common library Hermes2D Projects using Hermes Library Copyright © 2021 hp-FEM Group. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4065
__label__cc	0.61669	0.38331	Home » How Can You Obtain Child Support from a Spouse Who is in the Military? How Can You Obtain Child Support from a Spouse Who is in the Military? Military families face a unique set of circumstances when it comes to child support, especially when military branches consider it a service member’s duty to financially support their dependents, regardless of custodial or marital status. If you or someone you know is on active duty and is currently going through a divorce, you may have questions about child support. What is the Military Member Service Relief Act? Under the Military Member Service Relief Act, in any child support case, a spouse must perform a name search through the Department of Defense Manpower Data Center. This shows whether the other spouse is on active duty. If you do not know where a military parent is, you can access the World Wide Military Locator Service to find the active duty military member’s address. Serving divorce papers or a child support order is not sufficient enough under the Military Member Service Relief Act. How is Child Support Usually Handled? When a parent is in the military, more than likely the parent will be ordered to pay child support if he or she does not have custody of the child. Child support payments, like any other child support case, will be calculated based on the income of the parents. Calculating child support payments can take a lot of time, so military parents will be required to make interim child support payments. These are payments made before the court issues a formal child support order. What if the Military Parent Fails to Make Payments? If the military parent fails to make these interim payments, the civilian custodial parent has the right to send a notice to the military parent’s commanding officer. The commanding officer may then punish the service member for failing to make payments. Punishments may include a decrease in pay and extra duty rounds. However, the commanding officer cannot force the service member to pay. When the court finally orders child support payments, interim child support payments will be overridden. If the service member misses several months of child support, the civilian custodial parent can go to court to try to enforce a child support order. If the court orders wage garnishment, the civilian custodial parent can send the order to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). The DFAS allows military parents to voluntarily set up a certain amount of money that is automatically withdrawn from pay that will cover child support. If the court orders wage garnishment, the DFAS will then subtract child support payments directly from the service member’s pay. If a parent is struggling with obtaining child support, it is advisable to contact a lawyer right away. Bel Air Child Support Lawyers at Huesman, Jones & Miles, LLC Represent Clients with Child Support Issues If you are going through a divorce and have child support questions, our experienced Bel Air child support lawyers at Huesman, Jones & Miles, LLC can help. Our dedicated lawyers will fight for your rights and will get you a settlement you can be satisfied with. For a free consultation, contact us online or call us at 443-589-0150. Located in Hunt Valley and Towson, Maryland, we serve families throughout Baltimore, Baltimore County, Bel Air, Bentley Springs, Columbia, Freeland, Hereford, Hampton, Westminster, Essex, Monkton, Sparks Glencoe, Parkton, Phoenix, Pikesville, White Hall, Carroll County, Harford County, and Howard County.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4066
__label__cc	0.664249	0.335751	People + Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson Camille A. Leblanc David Benhaim Skúli Skúlason Stefán Óli Steingrímsson Biodiversity lab > ECO-EVO-DEVO Evolution of cognition: A study of sympatric morphs of Arctic charr Microevolutionary processes in small populations The importance of egg size for phenotypic variations and divergence in wild populations Aquaculture lab > Egg quality and growth in selected Arctic charr Enhanced Soy Protein for Salmonid Aquafeeds Research policy > Research Policy of the Department of Aquaculture & Fish Biology > Appendix 1 - Focus of Research Appendix 2 - Storage and access to databases Appendix 3 - Storage and registration of samples Facilities+ Verið research station Breeding station ECO-EVO-DEVO at Mývatn The Dynamic Nature of Biodiversity - Lake Mývatn threespine stickleback as a model - #MýStickle The Project in a Nutshell Biological diversity is dynamic. It is altered and maintained via interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes, manifested at different hierarchical levels (from genes to communities and ecosystems), and mediated by the organismal phenotype. In this project we study the interplay among ecological (ECO), evolutionary (EVO) and developmental (DEVO) processes in eco-evolutionary dynamics in the wild. We use threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) inhabiting the spatio-temporally variable lake Mývatn, North East Iceland, as our model system. This project will provide fundamental insight to the processes influencing the evolution of biological diversity as well as the functioning of natural ecosystems. Such “process understanding” is critical also for our ability to protect ecosystem functioning and services - a major challenge facing societies in the anthropocene. Our objectives are to fill knowledge gaps in: 1) The dual role of ecology - how does ecology drive evolution via natural selection and influence organismal development via within and across generation phenotypic plasticity ? 2) The origins of phenotypic variation - what is the relative contribution of the genome, environmentally sensitive developmental processes and transgenerational effects in the organismal phenotype ? 3) The dynamic interactions between phenotypic changes and ecosystem processes - how do genetic and plastic sources of phenotypic variation influence eco-evolutionary dynamics in nature? Lake Myvatn is a fascinating ecosystem in North East Iceland. This lake harbours only three species of fish - and stickleback are by far the most abundant. The lake is famous for its extensive chironomid midge fluctuations - which happen to be the favoured food source of stickleback. Stickleback in the lake inhabit different habitats that differ in temperature (due to geothermal and cold groundwater inflow), vegetation, and invertebrate communities. In addition, several bird species breeding at the lake (especially Arctic tern, Slavonian grebe, red breasted mergansers and the great northern diver) are stickleback predators. Because of the high variability in space (multiple habitat types) and time (extensive ecological fluctuations) - and that the lake is unusually well ecologically studied (see https://ramy.is/) - Mývatn provides a unique opportunity to study spatio-temporal eco-evolutionary processes. For our research, we make use of long-term data sets on threespine stickleback and their main food source, chironomid midges, as well as many other aspects of lake ecology. (For details, see descriptions below). In our research, we use a highly integrative approach (including long-term field surveys, laboratory and mesocosm experiments, genomics and mathematical modelling). This project is funded by Rannis (https://www.rannis.is/) (Project grant: 2009-2012, Grant of excellence (GoE): 2019-2021). Available student projects see below We are an International Research Team Project lead: Prof. Bjarni K. Kristjánsson is the Head of the Department of Aquaculture and Fish Biology at Hólar University (HU) and the operational leader of the project. He has worked long on the diversity of Icelandic freshwater fishes and has a keen interest on biological diversity of freshwater ecosystems, as well as the developmental basis of resource polymorphism. He has long experience in field work and the hidden insight revealed by geometric morphometrics. He has also found new groundwater amphipod species in Iceland and is one of the founders of the Icelandic beer Centre in Hólar. Nationality: IS. Contact: bjakk(at)holar.is Dr. Katja Räsänen is a senior Scientist at the Dept. of Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG, Switzerland and the second lead PI. Katja has extensive experience in studying evolutionary and ecological processes in natural systems and the role of maternal effects in adaptive divergence. Katja brings conceptual insight and integration across the different pieces in this biological puzzle, as well as expertise on transgenerational effects and stickleback. She has been coming to Iceland nearly every year since 2004 - and loves visiting Mývatn despite her allergy to stickleback food (chironomids). Nationality: FI. Contact: katja.rasanen(at)eawag.ch Co-Pls: Prof. Skúli Skúlason, Department of Aquaculture and Fish Biology at HU. Skuli has long had a keen interest in understanding the dynamics of biological diversity, the evolution of resource polymorphism in general, and the diversity of Icelandic freshwater fishes specifically. Skuli brings deep insight to the philosophy of science and the in-depth understanding of biological evolution in an extended Eco-Evo-Devo framework. Nationality: IS. Contact: Skuli(at)holar.is Dr. Blake Matthews, Dept. of Fish Ecology & Evolution, EAWAG, Switzerland. Blake has extensive experience studying interactions between evolutionary, ecological, and ecosystem changes. Blake provides expertise on ecosystem ecology, nutritional stoichiometry and eco-evolutionary dynamics of stickleback. Nationality: CA. Contact: blake.matthews(at)eawag.ch Prof. Zophonías O. Jónsson, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland. Zophonias has many years’ experience in studying diversity of Icelandic freshwater fishes at cellular and molecular levels. Zophonias brings expertise in developmental genomics. He is a frequent visitor at Hólar where he aids in incorporating yeast to the beer brewing. Nationality: IS. Contact: zjons(at)hi.is Dr. Árni Einarsson, is the Director of the Mývatn Research Station. Arni has studied the ecological systems of Lake Mývatn and the surrounding areas for decades, focusing on food web interactions. Arni brings in a deep and holistic understanding of the ecology of Myvatn, from algae and midges via fish to birds - and not forgetting archeological excavations. Nationality: IS. Contact: arnie(at)hi.is *Photo by Egill Adalsteinsson Prof. Anthony Ragnar Ives, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US (IVES LAB) is an ecologist who does both theoretical and empirical work on species interactions and biodiversity. Tony is the lead PI on an USA-NSF 10-year project at Mývatn that started in 2011 to study midge population fluctuations and the impacts they have on the surrounding ecosystem. Tony brings expertise to mathematical modelling of eco-evolutionary processes and his fascination to (un)predictable midge dynamics. Nationality: US. Contact: arives(at) wisc.edu Postdocs and PhD students Kasha Strickland - Postdoc working on genomic and quantitative genetic basis of phenotypic variation in space and time I am an evolutionary ecologist, with broad interest in how phenotypic variation is maintained in natural populations and the impact this has on evolutionary processes. I have a background in behavioural ecology and quantitative genetics, and did my PhD and first postdoc in Australia. I worked on eastern water dragons, koalas and bottlenose dolphins, before changing climates to move to Iceland to study northern stickleback. In this project, I am interested in understanding microevolutionary processes of the stickleback population of lake Mývatn. To investigate this, I will be genotyping and phenotyping thousands of wild stickleback caught between years 2009 - 2020 - and across a range of habitats - in the lake. I will apply genomic and quantitative genetic approaches, from whole-genome sequencing to more targeted sequencing, to link this to (co)variation in a suite of phenotypes. Nationality: UK. -Funded by Rannis GoE - Contact: kasha(at)holar.is Joseph Phillips - Postdoc working on eco-evolutionary dynamics and population demography in space and time I am interested in the role of species interactions and environmental variation in driving population and community dynamics, with extensions to evolutionary and ecosystem processes. I have a particular interest in characterizing and understanding temporal variability in ecological systems. My background is primarily in freshwater settings, and my PhD work focused on interactions between benthic primary producers and aquatic invertebrates in Mývatn. For my postdoctoral research, I am continuing work in Mývatn but with a focus on the population dynamics of threespine stickleback. I am exploring this by fitting dynamic models to long-term monitoring data, with the goal of connecting spatial and temporal variation in demographic rates to the ecological processes that drive them. Nationality: US. -Funded by Rannis GoE - Contact: joseph(at)holar.is Alessandra Schnider - PhD student working on the role of phenotypic plasticity in microevolution I am interested in the early developmental stages of threespine stickleback and the development of phenotypic variation in response to contrasting temperature and diet treatments. Furthermore, I will study phenotypic plasticity within and across generations in response to contrasting temperature and diet treatments. I started my PhD at Hólar University and University of Iceland in August 2019. In my masters at the University of Zurich, I studied how relatedness and food availability impacts the social behaviour among wild female vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops pygerythrus) in South Africa. In my PhD project I will conduct laboratory experiments in which I will rear stickleback from Mývatn in contrasting diet and temperatures. Applying transcriptomics will further help to inform about potential mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and identify functionally relevant genes. My project will ultimately shed more light on the relative importance of phenotypic plasticity and genes in spatio-temporal diversification. Nationality: CH/IT. - Funded by Rannis GoE - Contact: alessandra(at)holar.is Benoît Chamiot-clerc - PhD student working on eco-evolutionary feedbacks I am interested in understanding the factors influencing the evolution of biological diversity at various scales (individuals to communities). I started my PhD at HU and Univ. of Iceland in June 2020 and have recently completed my MSc in Ecology and Evolution (Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France). In my MSc, I studied the different reproductive strategies in a population of Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota). The aim of my PhD is to study the link between phenotypic divergence in threespine stickleback and eco-evolutionary feedbacks in the ecosystem. To do this, I will use mesocosm and field transplant experiments on Myvatn stickleback. Nationality: FR. - Funded by Rannis GoE - Contact: b.chamiotclerc(at)gmail.com MSc students and Interns Amaya Gauvin, University of Tours, France - Spatial and temporal variation in weight-length relationships of threespine stickleback in Myvatn (remote summer internship 2020) Bavya Vadavalli Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER-Mohali), India - Spatial and temporal variation in weight-length relationships of threespine stickleback in Myvatn (remote summer internship 2020) Quentin Amerigo, Ecole Centrale de Marseille, France - starting June 2020 Tanguy Grandmoughin, MSc internship, University of Tours, France Spatio-temporal variation in geometric morphometrics of stickleback in lake Myvatn (remote summer internship 2020) Thomas Weisbeek, MSc internship, HAS university, Netherlands - Structure of multivariate morphometrics of stickleback in lake Myvatn (remote summer internship 2020) Rares Cristea, MSc student, Univ. of Fribourg/Eawag, Switzerland - bioinformatics of Myvatn threespine stickleback genome (Rares will start his MSc under supervision of Katja and Kasha in Oct 2020) Stephen Price I am a research technician with a varied background, working on numerous projects at the University of Liverpool before moving to Hólar University in July 2019. I initially worked in an insect lab investigating endosymbionts, specifically male killing bacteria such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma. I then moved on to large scale fieldwork projects where wild rodents were used as a model to study transmission dynamics of parasites, immunodynamics and infectious disease. More recently I transitioned into aquatic ecology and worked on a project where Daphnia were used as a model to understand more about rapid adaptation and phenotypic plasticity with a focus on climate change (thermal tolerance). To do this we set up large (long-term) mesocosm experiments where it was possible to manipulate temperature and mimic extreme heat waves in a semi-natural setting. At Hólar University, I will be culturing freshwater planktonic crustaceans for use as live feed in rearing experiments on the stickleback. I will also be involved with mesocosm (Hólar valley) and field transplant experiments (Lake Mývatn). 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__label__wiki	0.524418	0.524418	Minions (2015) Review this title Sort by: Helpfulness Review Date Total Votes Prolific Reviewer Review Rating Filter by Rating: Show All 1 Star 2 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars 5 Stars 6 Stars 7 Stars 8 Stars 9 Stars 10 Stars Below par money spinner flint196127 June 2015 I don't usually write reviews but this was such a disappointment that I felt I had to put something. Most of the good jokes were shown in the trailers, so if you've seen the trailer then it's probably not worth the money. There were 3 of us watched this and although we all loved the despicable movies none of us enjoyed this. My son (11) said it felt like it was 2 hours long it was so boring. I can't really explain why it came across as so poor - but it just seemed really lazy and without Gru to play against the Minnions were just to simple. It was slapstick with no soul. The music although quite good didn't really seem to fit the film - just seemed to be tacked on at bit were they felt they should have a soundtrack and a famous song. Buy yourself a copy of despicable me and watch it again and again. Much better value for money! This just felt rushed, with loads of stock jokes, maybe hoping enough of them would hit the mark - they didn't. 179 out of 305 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Vast Potential Fun, But Frustratingly Underplayed ken55825 June 2015 What an enviable list of voice-over stars. What fun characters mouthing multi-language pseudo-meaninged gibberish (as opposed to just gibberish). What a great start with a series of interesting minion history snippets (all of them already in the trailer - yes, those are the best bits and nothing else in the rest of the movie comes close). What frustration when the gear just gets stuck - and the whole thing numbingly grinds into predictable land with uninteresting plot, an array of boring characters blah blah and ends up just another multimillion gibberish animation. After the first 10 mins, Minions is plagued by too many unnecessary pointless characters, plain villains, inconsequential dialogue and actions and the boredom (and depression) that the Minions experience on screen is unfortunately also paralleled at the same time by the audience and never really lifted up after that. Surprisingly, Allison Janney's character and voice was the most distinctive, but it was only a minor role. Sandra Bullock's villain Scarlett Overkill is way underdone, and the character visualization lacks any wickedly engaging factor, just boringly unlikeable. Jon Hamm's character adds nothing at all to the flimsy plot and his voice is too generic to matter as to who is doing it. All the other stars had inconsequential and indistinctive who-cares voice-overs. The whole thing is so bland that the leery voice of Young Gru (Steve Carrell) right at movie's end was such a welcomed relief - at last (and alas it was the end) a little promise of inventive fun but way too late. Watch it, but don't expect too much and you'd probably be mildly entertained. 64 out of 103 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Good family movie - Minions suzj-367421 July 2015 I avoided watching Despicable Me for a long time. I just didn't like the look of it. But as it turned out, I loved the film when I was eventually coerced into seeing it by one of my nephews. It was thanks to him that I also liked the second movie. As for the third movie, I don't know why some IMDb users are complaining that this movie is more suitable for 'kids and families'. It seems odd to expect anything more from The Minions when that is the main target audience! I watched this film with my own family and since this was the first time I took my toddler to the cinema, it makes it extra special. I enjoyed the movie, laughed out at several points and liked it even more to see how much my daughter loved it. We all had a good time and there were no complaints at all. This one, like Despicable Me 1 and 2, was great entertainment, lots of villainy and slapstick humour. It is the best kids animation I've seen in a long time. A lot of fun. Not as Funny as Despicable Me captainmike-michael20 June 2015 The popularity and the huge profits of Despicable Me franchise has driven the eagerness of Illumination Entertainment to produce a minions spin-off solely to entertain the fans. Caught in variations of the same scenarios, the decision to put more focus on the three minions - Kevin, Stuart and Bob might remind audiences about Alvin and the Chipmunks or the three daughters of Gru. While the animation does remain the fun, hilarious and ridiculous behaviors of the characters, the theme of the scores and the nonsensical language of the minions, it does not have a strong villain to support the three, also it lacks of character development, warm emotional engagement and moral values. The cuteness of the minions is the main element for entertainment rather than the dialogue itself in which the jokes aren't as funny as Despicable Me's series. Nonetheless, it is still energetic, actions packed, visually stunning and colorful for family audiences even its creative mistake drags its overall quality, proving that these banana lovers are far more effective and surprising to be supporting characters just as in the main franchise. 48 out of 87 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. propaganda wins chengkinkwan11 August 2015 with all the sponsorship of all kinds of commercial products and exhibitions and promotions this rubbish has become a must-see and nobody dares to say a bad word against it because you are not sure people dare to agree with you while in fact almost everybody falls asleep in the theater. you could only keep quiet during and after seeing the movie. the story is not suitable for children. the plot is so weak it can hardly called a comedy. the characters are a bunch of scrambles. a total disappointment. the only thing i could do is to sigh. in this generation we are living in a pool of propaganda. popularity rules. This was so bad standlucian8 January 2016 Words fail both me and my girlfriend in describing this awful piece of digested food. This movie is bad even by kid standards and, frankly, I don't think they could've managed to ruin the Minions any better. Half the dialog in this movie is in Minionese, of which nothing can be understood. The jokes are so bad, all they managed was get a single l.o.l. out of us. Nope, not a laugh, a l.o.l. The "villainesse" is boring, overdone and, frankly, unforgettable for how bad she is. Even the Minions are boring (how they accomplished that is beyond me). To say nothing of the way they portrayed the Queen of England and England itself. I'm Romanian and it still made me angry! If you want to watch this, just don't. Spare yourself the time, boredom and probably money and SEE SOMETHING ELSE. What a garbage movie billa4818 July 2015 I just saw this movie with my 5 year old, even he was unimpressed. Despicable me 2 had him do the bee do thing for days. He's already forgotten about this one and we're watching cartoons now. Such a large marketing campaign, such fan fare, such boat loads of horse, over this BS. Nothing but silly noises and stupid story line. Even the older kids in the theater were like what. Movie got repetitive and boring very quickly. You have such an excellent idea and product here, why waste it like this. The minions are everywhere, ice cream, cereal box, underpants, happy meal, not a thing without them, and they are lovely and adorable characters. The kids will love them if you can please have a story line instead of them running around making noises. Please do a better job with Despicable 3. One in a Minion coreyjdenford26 June 2015 This is my review of the lighthearted fun for all the family Minions (spoiler free). This film is set way before the time when the Minions meet Gru (Steve Carrell from Despicable me 1 &2). With a comedic edge the film will probably keep you laughing for ages. There were moments when I was just crying with laughter. The Minions (Piere Coffin, voice) are basically on a quest to find the perfect boss/master the minions in their silly yet hysterical ways try their hardest to keep a master for just longer than a week but it goes horribly wrong for them. The three main Minions (on the poster) are Kevin, Bob and Stuart set off on a journey to find their new master in 1968 (42 years BG, Before Gru) Kevin is the smartest Minion, Stuart is the most ambitious and finally Bob is the cutest and plus the one that is the most clumsy. Minions is a silly yet hilarious prequel to Despicable Me which as you all know is the story of Gru and the Minions. There are three reasons on why I that this film is a must see. 1. Original plot and storyline: This film has an original which basically starts off with the Minions evolution and basically explains more about how the Minions came along in their own funny ways as told by narrator Geoffrey Rush. 2. Dialogue: The dialogue is hilarious because it starts off with the Minion language but it isn't off putting it's funny and sometimes witty but there is human dialogue as well. Voices by Sandra Bullock, Steve Coogan, Michael Keaton etc. 3. The Minion: The Minions are the main part of the story (obviously) but the Minions are witty and well probably the most hilarious characters in any animation. Overall this film was really enjoyable and really put a massive smile on my face and it filled the entire cinema with laughter. This is fun for all the family a must see hilarious animation that will put a smile on your face and will keep you laughing from start to finish. This film was especially good in 3D. 9/10 One in a Minion. soodratik11 July 2015 Having read bad reviews I went with low expectations. But as the movie started my laughter overshadowed my expectations. Kevin, Stuart and Bob go on a journey to find a super villain to be their tribe's boss. Yes, the story was predictable and it may not have been as good as Despicable me 1 and 2 but to be honest it really didn't matter. It was amazingly funny and there was not a single moment in which I got bored. Also the jokes were not at all kiddish and would make a person of any age laugh. 3D was also pretty good. So i would recommend you to leave the serious part of your brain at your house and watch this hilarious and light hearted movie of the adorable minions. P.S If you haven't watched the trailer, don't.You will enjoy the movie much more. Why was this movie made? RNMorton10 July 2015 I'm sitting in the nearly vacant theater on premiere night and thinking somewhere there must be a struggling movie maker pondering how Hollywood could pump millions into this pedestrian cartoon babble and not into his or her creation? If you feel like you have to see this movie I have four suggestions: 1) pop in any CD of Back to the Barnyard and watch 3 episodes, 2) pop in any Penguins of Madagascar CD or its variants, 3) watch the Croods, but with the sound off, or 4) bang your head against the wall with medium impact for 1 1/2 hours. The best thing about this movie was the short running time, even with the pressure these days to fill and expand movie lengths this was so spare to begin with that they had no place else to go. One other alternative is to watch the trailer 100 times. My son just barely made it through, he gave it a 6 1/2 on the way out. Most of the (unintelligible) lines are in Minion gibberish, maybe this was a good thing? I mean it when I say pass 'em by. A different perspective for you folk punishable-by-death4 July 2015 I live under a rather large rock. I don't have TV reception and I am horrible with pop culture. I just follow movies, obsessively, and that has only been for the last two years. So in my world, until not long ago I had no idea what the Minions were. I now feel a little foolish, as for once my friends answer 'yes' when I mention the last film I saw. This is not the normal reaction I get. Apparently this movie is a massive deal. But none of this bothers me. Is this a good film to become a child again for 90 minutes while giggling yourself stupid? Well... A thousand times yes!! I even find the very purpose of their existence to be a funny, somewhat dark joke. They live to serve tyrants. If these guys were people, they'd have served in the S-freakin-S. Which the movie conveniently ignores when going through the Minions' history, good decision. But hey, they are little, adorable yellow things so its hard to ever picture them in a bad way. They just want to help! Even if it is the SS! This film is filled with slapstick comedy, which is great for all ages, while there are some great jokes early on for older viewers: my favourite, a giant poster saying "A MAN YOU CAN TRUST", and under those letters is a giant face of Nixon. Ha!! There is a lot packed in here, but if it has a flaw, and it does, it is the second half. Sandra Bullock sounds like she phoned in her effort - literally - and the humour simply wasn't as rife as it was during the first half. The best thing about Minions is it is achingly funny, the second half still great, but not compared to the first, which is simply a riot. I love the fact that their language can be gibberish, but we can follow what they are saying most of the time. I find it to be an amazing achievement honestly, especially given it is animated. But the truly great thing about this movie is it is 90 minutes of being a child again. Personally this is kind of great for me, as I have zero memories from before I was thirteen. So to watch a movie that truly makes me feel like a child, in the best possible sense, is a damn good experience. jordy www.epilepticmoondancer.net Super Cute. shinraturk8888 July 2015 Minions isn't as great a story as Despicable Me, but it's definitely a lot of fun. It's just a silly little story, giving some background to the little corn pops. I really had a good time watching it. There's lots of goofy action, and thank god, it wasn't full of stupid bathroom humour. It was actually pretty funny. The kids will like it. My favourite part of the movie was the soundtrack. The movie takes place in the 60s, so the songs comes from that era. It's going to introduce so many kids to a lot of good music, and you can never go wrong with that, especially nowadays. A treat for the whole family! iRoswell11 July 2015 My wife and I went to see this, we loved both Despicable Me's, and had high hopes for the movie. Thankfully, while it wasn't as good as either Despicable Me's, it was a good movie. It is very kid oriented, duh, so don't go thinking you're going to get an in-depth plot line. The minions are corny and their antics are as slapstick as they are in Despicable Me. While you would think that it would be difficult to relate to, due to them not speaking English, it's not a problem. They did a great job at making everything understandable through context, even for a small child. The biggest issue I had was in the form of Scarlet Overkill. I didn't care for the angle they chose to go with her. I'll leave it at that so I don't include any spoilers. If you have small children, they will love every minute of this movie. Minions is simple, fun, and safe for anyone!!! Really quite disappointing tommyshoe26 June 2015 I was really looking forward to this after really enjoying Despicable Me and Despicable Me II. If this had been a standalone film rather than a spin off i'd say it would warrant 7 out of 10 but following on from the minions being major highlights in both Despicable me movies this was really disappointing. Just not enough of the silly shenanigans from the minions that you'd expect and a lot of quite pointless and quite frankly boring dialogue in parts. I'm taking my nephews to go see this soon and I really doubt it'll hold there attention - that's how boring it is..... shootingstarforgiven14 July 2015 This is not a complicated film. There is no sophisticated humour. Most of it is toddler level. The plot is summarized on the trailers. The minions are a tribe of yellow round things that want to assist villains in their villainy. They have been doing this since the dawn of time. Historically they have run in to difficulties in their quest to identify the perfect bad guy to serve. After repeated failures they withdrew to the arctic and attempted to entertain themselves, putting the concerns of other life forms to the side. The protagonists, Bob, Stuart and Kevin are three minions that decided to brave the unknown and seek out a new leader. They depart and arrive in New York, in 1968. Essentially, we then follow their adventures throughout the film. Wackiness ensues. The laws of physics are suspended. Gibberish is spoken to wondrous effect. You don't have to be 2 years old to love this film. I personally love it, and I'm an adult without children. I don't even really like children, but if I had a child I imagine they would like this film. The Minions have this magical quality that forces the rational mind to check out, like anything adorable. They're mischievous, clumsy, and sweet - they want to do good, and this makes them endearing. Some have complained that this movie lacks substance. I would respond that you don't need substance with a movie like this. It is gold, yellow gold. But, I am sorry for all the mass marketing. Bloody BRILLIANT! reggie-at-random12 July 2015 Perhaps I am not as jaded as so many reviewers or even just viewers are...not yawning at the fantastic animation in Minions, the brilliant use of allusions and satire side by side with slapstick and so many side bits. I really have to believe that those who didn't like this movie simply didn't have the knowledge or the media/social historical savvy to GET all the stuff crammed into this wonderfully delightful film. It's possible that the 50+ crowd would embrace this film faster and more readily than the 30-40 something crowd who actually have little ones who would just love the basic silliness. I wanted to stop action constantly...hey, wait, did I see Brezhnev AND Nixon in those front rows at the villancon!? I simply will have to get my own copy and enjoy the details at home. Loved that Queenie was having a jolly pub crawl on leave as it were. The Corgy has a short tail by the way chaps, and our English sterling wasn't decimalised until 1970 but why quibble over little things like that? So grandparents? Grab a kid and see this! You won't regret it! Best film I've seen all year (and the perfect film for my mother's 49th Birthday)! cheerio-lauren27 June 2015 I loved both of the Despicable Me films, and had looked forward to the Minions Movie for months. It certainly did not disappoint! Bob totally steals it for being adorable and funny, and the ending is perfect! My mum doesn't normally enjoy comedy, but the Minions sent both of us and my brother into hysterics that were louder than the collective laughter of the children in the theatre! There are a few jokes in it I don't expect children will understand too well and a couple of risqué moments that are obviously intended for older viewers, but I do believe that it engages viewers of all ages well and tells a lovely story with plenty of hijinks to entertain everyone! Illuminations are well on track to surpass the likes of Disney with their animation, and I would not be surprised if this is considered a permanent fixture of children's classic films for generations to come. An good and interesting prequel. ofpsmith12 July 2015 Apparently the minions in Despicable Me weren't created by Gru. They're a group of being that date from prehistoric times to serve the most evil people imaginable. From the Tyrannosaurus Rex to Napoleon Bonaparte. But they find they always inadvertently kill their masters. They feel depression and isolate themselves from the rest of the world. Until one day in 1968 Kevin (Pierre Coffin) goes to the world again with two other minions Stuart (Coffin) and Bob (Coffin) to find a master. They get to New York, New York where they hear about Scarlet Overkill (how subtle) (Sandra Bullock) who is aiming to be the world's first female super villain. What follows is a big series of jokes and quite the story line that makes this a great movie. To those reading this review look at your schedule and make time to bring your family to this film tonight. You won't regret it. It has fun characters, comedy, and all the minions that made the last two films so great. Not Sandra Bullock's best yengahan-254-25737411 July 2015 Really funny movie. Lots of little quirky links to other movies, well-known music, famous people. You'd have to see it a few times to catch them all. I was somewhat disappointed at how the director chose to use Sandra Bullock's voice. I didn't find the character of Scarlett Overkill frightening enough, and as a result Sandra Bullock's voice was somewhat plain, there wasn't much sweetness versus angryness/threat in the voice, like you find with other movie villains. Scarlet Overkill's plans for the crown were crazy, but that didn't really come out. Nevertheless, I think I'll need to go again sometime. There is so much funniness in this movie. Best Movie With lot of Minions satishchandrap10 July 2015 Firstly,Thank to Pierre Coffin to design the Minions, the best animated characters we ever had. As they are obviously funny to watch,the movie is quiet good with most of their presence,but gone eager for the first 20 minutes for the kick start entry of Minions.A Must watch Perfect Family entertainer. The Character of Sandra bullock is pretty good and the dialogs in the movie are written well.The story was framed clearly and the voice of all 899 minions given by the Pierre coffin is awesome.The other crew of the movie also acted well.Especially the three major roles of the movie Kevin,Stuart,Bob are the strongest traits for the movie. The screenplay is well done and great editing. Minions good idea to do a movie. hjpog20 December 2015 First, as I mentioned in the title of the minions movie definitely had to be done. Because it is one of the most important elements bearing the serial Despicable Me minions. Despicable Me minions in the series of the effect of being so famous too big. This film has been put very clever jokes. And Despicable Me keeps it also replaces the series has been really fun. England have made a nice joke. But I think that members of IMDb get a little serious. Because it shows voting. Overall I think this is an animated film would not hurt a little joke. Here I saw a lot of flying animation and animation scores this could be a bit better. But unfortunately IMDb's not tolerate this kind of thing. Despicable Me series of lovers almost think I will get the same pleasure. In addition, this film is graced with great rock musics director for Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin thanks. Minions Movie Magic randaashraf-7007510 July 2015 This movie takes the cake because it made $6.2 million this past preview on Thursday before the opening weekend, which makes this the best animated hit of all time. Meet Stuart, Kevin and Bob indeed. The minions are majestic companions. So they deserve their own spin off movie and finally got one. This movie is a prequel, which is something cool. The Minions high energy and enthusiasm portray their naiveté and purity. Their silliness and clumsiness comes with ease and how they copy people and each other as if it's contagious. To put a movie like this again and again in different ways must be difficult through directing and editing as well as the acting and character design. The soundtrack is fitting in with the times. Truly applaud the cast and crew. The Minions are movie magic that as expected had us glued to our seats. The animation is top notch as always. For it to be in 3-D makes it all the more enjoyable. This movie has non-stop action and laughter for all. The minions are immortal henchmen creatures that try their best to be handy and helpful. That will try their best to lead champions from the Ancient Egyptians to Napoleon The minions have many mannerisms that make them accessible to kids. For example, their language is so fun for kids to hear and their fascination with bananas are hilarious. Very well planned, organized and executed. It is very educational in that it teaches never to give up regardless of the number of mistakes because giving up is depressing on the long run. The Minions learned this lesson the hard way. Then the importance of family is another lesson. For instance, the villain family as well as the Minion family - all focus on helping the family first. Helping those in need but with a bias is not an intended lesson but funny to watch. Overall brilliant the minions can carry a movie. Yet a sequel on their own is not needed. A show without Gru or other funny character that are not villains is perhaps a better addition. A Lighthearted and Unexpectedly Great Movie. pcobipad2 July 2015 I loved the Despicable Me movies, and while I was highly anticipating this movie, I did have some doubts. But after seeing it twice, I can say that this is a great spin-off to a fantastic franchise. Firstly, the animation looks gorgeous; each character is nicely detailed and coloured and the backgrounds look astonishing in their own ways. In addition, the character models look very unique and distinguishable, with no one model looking similar to another. But the main part that makes this movie great is it's clever humour and witty dialouge. The jokes are funny without being stupid or predictable and the dialouge definitely feels like it was written in the late 1960's, which is when the movie is set. The movie is also very historically accurate. When the Minions that where left in Antarctica make it to Sydney, the Opera House is still under construction. The Opera House wasn't complete until 1973, making the movie accurate and well researched. Unfortunately, the movie wasn't perfect. One of the biggest problems with this movie was the main villain Scarlet Overkill. Now don't get me wrong, I thought the character and her motivations were fine, I just felt that her personality wasn't as exciting and playful as the trailers told us. While Sandra Bullock did a great job at voicing her, she occasionally sounded bored and uninterested. I wouldn't have actually minded if her husband, Herb, was the main villain, as he felt cool and energetic throughout the entire movie. Another thing I didn't like was how under-utilised the Nelson family was. They were funny and matched the tone of the movie perfectly, but their only purpose was to give Kevin, Stuart and Bob a ride to Villain- Con. What made it worse was that the father, Mr. Nelson, was voiced by Michael Keaton, one of the most talented people in this movie, and he felt completely wasted. But overall, I thought that this was a great movie. Beautiful animation, clever humour, witty dialouge and historical accuracy all make it a blast to watch with your friends and family. The minions have their spin off movie, and with it, lots of moolah from massive merchandising moviexclusive20 June 2015 It has come to this – we are giggling ourselves silly at some yellow blobs which speak gibberish. If we had to be the ones to jog your memory, here goes. In 2010's Despicable Me and its 2013 sequel, the protagonists were Gru (voiced by the ever reliable Steve Carell) and his three adopted daughters Margo, Edith and Agnes. How many would actually remember the names of these characters? What you probably brought home were memories of the yellow minions, which, to be fair, are adorable in their blabberish ways. Oh, you also brought home lots of merchandise (admit it: you have an irresistible urge to join the long queues to own every one of those plastic yellow fast food toys), and boasted to your friends how much you love the minions. As a lead up to this prequel and spin off to the original movies, have you collected all three limited edition yellow cases containing banana flavoured candy? Ah, the power of marketing, cuteness and gibberish. So what's in store for viewers in terms of, well, story development? It's sort of like Batman Begins, actually (we kid you not!) because it explains the origins of these yellow creatures. History has it that minions have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from one single celled organisms. They only have one purpose in life: to serve the villainous masters. You probably didn't know T Rex, Genghis Khan, Napoleon and Dracula were served by these creatures, and had their lives destroyed by them too. The brief but cheeky introduction is really the best bit of the 91 minute movie. Sad thing is, you probably have watched the scenes in the marketing trailers. Moving forward, the minions fell into depression and over the centuries, they managed to remain cute, but never managed to pick up a proper language. Before long, three of them (you can be sure viewers will remember their names long after the credits roll: Kevin, Stuart and Bob) find themselves in New Yorkto serve the world's first female super villain, Scarlet Overkill. Their adventures begin, crossing paths with Queen Elizabeth II and her crown, as well as the mythical Excalibur from the tale Sword in the Stone. Sounds like a whole lot of fun? For the kids, that's a guaranteed yes. The misadventures of the minions are funnier than the humour from your average weekend morning cartoons. The minions, needless to say, continue to spout nonsensical blabber, and that should have viewers chuckling too. It is evident that this movie is a money milking cash cow when you see stars like Sandra Bullock voicing Scarlet Overkill (nothing particularly spectacular here, by the way), Jon Hamm as her inventor hubby (his character is a little more fun to watch), and Michael Keaton and Allison Janney as a rather underused bank robbing couple. Geoffrey Rush narrates the story of how the minions have travelled through time, while co director Pierre Coffin is the best voice actor of them all, providing the countless gabbling lines (listen out for something close to home towards the end of the movie!) to entertain his viewers. Big Hollywood names and colourful animation should get the adults' attention, if they aren't already going gaga over the cuteness of the minions already. The Three Stooges meet 60's Music mgfuchs9910 July 2015 Minions!!! Three Stooges meet 60's music. Really simplistic plot (if any) that likely will put off adults. This is not Despicable Me, Wall-E or Incredibles, it is more of a classic cartoon - fun but pointless. Frenetic enough comic action for little ones. Enough rude & crude stuff for older kids. Great soundtrack of 60's music for grandparents (with a really disturbing but funny performance of "Hair".). There are many slow parts that I guess are directed at adults, and I was surprised my theater full of toddlers didn't get bored during those. None of the families with kids stayed through the credits, missing out on the "cast" party set to The Beatles "Revolution" - loaded with (as the Muppets put it) cheap 3D gimmicks. Unlike Wall-E there was no visual action through the credits roll to keep anyone's attention, which is a shame because the post credit madness was well done fun. I give it a B-. It's got a beat and you can dance to it. 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__label__cc	0.669422	0.330578	Home >> Colleges >> Important Institutes >> IIM >> Sambalpur Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur The academic session of the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Odisha at Sambalpur would be commencing in September 2015. IIM Indore, one of the foremost institutions under the Indian Institute of Management brand, shall act as the mentor to the newest IIM. Odisha is a state that lacks ample educational institute and the step to set up an Indian Institute of Management in the state is likely to give a spur to the management education here. The government has finalized the temporary location of the institute to be the Sambalpur campus of Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT). It would also include five conference halls, separate hostels for men and women, Wi-Fi campus, dining hall, requisite number of classrooms etc. The permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur shall be at Basantpur near Burla, the Odisha Minister of Employment, Technical Education and Training (ETET), Sanjay Dasburma had confirmed recently. Also read: List of 19 IIMs in India The Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management at IIM Sambalpur is a two year full time residential programme. It aims to make managers with strong understanding of sectors and capable of handling multiple responsibilities. Students would be able to take classes in courses such as Human Resources, Finance and Marketing. Professor Singh of the Indore school would be the course coordinator at new management school of the prestigious brand. Since the teaching aspects would be taken care by the faculty of IIM Indore, students should be rest assured regarding the quality of the fledgling institute. The effort of IIM Indore shall be there until new institution is able to handle these activities entirely on its own. The tuition fees would be similar to the newly proposed IIMs in the country. However, students can opt for loans from all the leading banks at concessional terms. However, details of exact amount as well as mode of payment would be sent with admission offer. Admission Criteria & Process The eligibility for the PGP course 2017 will include the CAT 2016 percentile. In the case of general candidates, the cut-off is 90 percentile whereas for candidates applying from other categories have a cut-off between 50-80. However, besides the performance in CAT, the past academic performance of students shall also be taken into account. The admission process also takes into consideration the candidate's work experience. Hence, the final selection shall include all the above mentioned making it a comprehensive process of selection. CAT 2016 Cut-off List - IIM Sambalpur Sections General SC ST NC-OBC DA QA 80 55 45 70 45 DI & LR 80 55 45 70 45 VRC 80 55 45 70 45 Overall Percentile 90 60 50 80 50 Temporary Campus - IIM Sambalpur Silicon Institute of Technology Silicon West, Sason, Sambalpur, Odisha- 768200	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4077
__label__wiki	0.796462	0.796462	Declan Shalvey Injection DLX Ed HC Vol 01 (MR) (W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire 'A precise dissection of folklore by a team of the sharpest blades in comics. A bleakly inverted Planetary. A delight.' -KIERON GILLEN (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE) Five ambitious, brilliant, crazy people poisoned the 21st century. They soon drifted apart, following their own eccentric specialties. And then, one by one, they realised how deep the poison went, and how badly they'd broken the planet. INJECTION is the story of a team of geniuses who ended the world, and then tried to save it. INJECTION DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 1 contains the first three volumes of the acclaimed series by New York Times bestselling writer WARREN ELLIS, Eagle Award-winning artist DECLAN SHALVEY, and Eisner Award-winning colorist JORDIE BELLAIRE. Injection DLX Ed HC Vol 01 DCBS Exc Var Injection TP Vol 01 (MR) (W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire Once upon a time, there were five crazy people. And they poisoned the 21st Century. From the creators of MOON KNIGHT: From the Dead, collecting issues 1-5 of INJECTION, the story of five mad geniuses trying to save us all from themselves. Collects INJECTION #1-5 (W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire Consulting detective Vivek Headland tackles a case involving a stolen ghost, but when human deli meat causes him to call for help the details of his investigation reveal a new battleground between humanity and The Injection. Collects INJECTION #6-10 (W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire An archaeological dig in Cornwall has gone very wrong, very quickly. And Maria Kilbride has her hands full already, as the effects of the Injection begin to dig in. So Brigid Roth, her old comrade from the CCCU, gets hired to go to a stone circle in the middle of a moor, under a granite tor, to find out why a ritual murder might have torn a hole in the world. What is the Cold House? 'If you're looking for an intense, moody exploration of how loud and strange the world could get, this is the one for you.'-Kirkus Reviews Collects INJECTION #11-15 Marvel Monograph TP Art of Declan Shalvey Declan Shalvey has left an indelible mark on Marvel's comic book library! His kinetic and expressive style depicts the Marvel Universe in as dramatic, brutal and brilliant a style as it has ever been depicted. Shalvey's work on MOON KNIGHT, DEADPOOL, DAREDEVIL, RETURN OF WOLVERINE and more - not to mention innumerable covers - has cemented his status as a comic book hotshot. Now the Marvel Monograph series captures the magic of Declan Shalvey from every angle - in an artist study that will be a keepsake for your art book collection! Rated T+	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4082
__label__wiki	0.504794	0.504794	When It Comes To Patents, John Oliver Takes The Easy Way Out By Michael Gulliford This past Sunday, John Oliver — host of HBO’s “Tonight With John Oliver” — took up the issue of patent trolls. Bravo to Mr. Oliver for bringing the subject of patents — which should be getting a lot more attention than it does — to his vast audience. But unfortunately, instead of using his platform to inform an important demographic about the complexities of intellectual property, Mr. Oliver took the easy way out, telling an outdated story in an attempt to influence public opinion. If you are an innovator, entrepreneur, or consider yourself well-informed on today’s issues, you owe it to yourself to look past the easy laughs and understand the real state of today’s patent system. Because then, no matter your ultimate position on patents or the need for patent reform, at least you will know the whole story. Yes, There Was a Big Problem In The Patent World You don’t need a Wharton degree to see why patents are important. You need only do as Mr. Oliver suggests and watch the popular ABC series “Shark Tank.” Because as anyone who regularly watches the show knows, whenever a company that manufactures or sells a product asks for an investment, the first question they are always asked by the Sharks is the same — “Do you have a patent for that?” And inevitably, not having patent protection means no investment. Why? Because the investors need to know that the company has the ability to protect its products, as well as their investment. Patents provide those assurances. But here’s the rub: patents give their owners the right to exclude others from doing things. And for many years — given the boom in internet-based businesses, the patent office improperly granting many broad software patents and the astronomical cost of defending a patent suit — much damage was indeed been done by patent trolls that took advantage of the situation by suing as many entities as they could, to extract settlements lower than the cost of defense. As a former partner at a major international law firm practicing patent litigation, I have seen the damage that unscrupulous patent trolls can cause, and how easy it was to demand high settlement payments from defendants whose only option for defense was a $3-5 million litigation. And this is what happened, again and again. But that is not the world we live in today. It’s just unfortunate that Mr. Oliver, who is clearly seeking to influence public opinion on the issue, left so much out. Things Have Changed Pretty Drastically As we all know, businesses that get sued a lot are not going to sit there quietly and take it. They are going to pick up the phone and tell Congress that things need to change. And when it comes to patents, oh have things changed. To begin, Congress passed the America Invents Act (“AIA”), a patent reform bill designed to curb patent troll litigation abuse that has made it significant easier and much, much cheaper for defendants sued in district court to invalidate a patent. Again, very important but omitted from Mr. Oliver’s story. Mr. Oliver tells us that companies faced with a patent troll letter generally settle because the only other option is patent litigation that will cost upwards of $5 million. Perhaps that was true two years ago, but not anymore. Not only has one of the AIA’s coveted new proceedings allowed defendants to invalidate patents in record numbers, it only costs a small fraction of district court litigation. Mr. Oliver also rails against the damage being caused by patent trolls aggressively asserting overly broad software patents that shouldn’t have been granted in the first place. But again, very true two years ago, not so much today. Although omitted from his story, the Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision regarding software patents in the summer of 2014, known as Alice v. CLS Bank Int’l. While the Supreme Court didn’t put an outright ban on software patents, it’s ruling decimated a large swath of software patents in the U.S., particularly the overly broad business method patents that used to be a favorite of patent trolls. Add to that additional Supreme Court decisions making it significantly easier to invalidate vague patents, and for defendants to recover attorneys’ fees from losing patent trolls, and you start to see a different picture than the one Mr. Oliver paints. Large verdicts for patent trolls are also a thing of the past. While juries do still occasionally award such verdicts, the reality is that the Court of Appeals in charge of patent cases throws these verdicts out time and time again. Just ask Vringo. And let’s not forget about state attorney generals or the FTC, which are generally against bad actor patent trolls. The NPE that extorted small businesses into paying licensing fees for using scanners, which John Oliver highlights in his story, heard pretty loudly from the FTC and the NY Attorney General. But Mr. Oliver left that out as well. The Story Mr. Oliver Should Have Told Indeed, if Mr. Oliver wanted to tell the real story of today’s patent world, he would have had plenty of good material. Instead of relying on litigation statistics from 2012, for instance, he could have explained how current patent reform, in making it so much easier and significantly cheaper for defendants to win patent cases, has already caused litigation filings to drop markedly in 2014. After all, no one likes losing money, least of all NPEs. Mr. Oliver could have also told the wonderfully ironic story of the new creature in today’s patent world: the patent ogre! That story goes as follows. Recognizing that recent reforms gave them the strong strategic and financial upper hand in litigation, many very large companies privately tell would-be licensees that they must bring a lawsuit to have any potential for a license. At the same time, these very same entities publicly decry how often they are sued because they know public sympathy can only lead to more advantageous reform. And perhaps the greatest irony of all, which would have made great material for Mr. Oliver, is that the current reform has made it so financially and legally difficult for all but the best-financed companies to protect patent rights, that patent trolls are now more necessary than ever. Because in a world where patent deals are only done in the courtroom, and not the boardroom, patent trolls, with their deep pockets and litigation focused business models, are now often the only way companies or inventors can protect their patent rights. Again, the ironies are apparent. Mr. Oliver’s Real Motivation At the end of Mr. Oliver’s admittedly humorous diatribe, we learn his real motivation: passage of the Innovation Act (HR 9) — the patent reform bill currently pending in the House that would no doubt benefit Mr. Oliver’s employers. But even here, Mr. Oliver strongly misses the mark. It is not trial lawyers who are blocking the Innovation Act, as Mr. Oliver claims. Rather, it is a large swath of the technology community — from universities, to technology companies, to small businesses, to professors, and even venture capitalists — who understand that many innovators are now at a breaking point when it comes to patent rights and that the potential for further unintended consequences via additional reform is just too great. So, in the end, no matter what side of the patent debate you are on, let’s remember that our patent system is a vastly complex, finely tuned equilibrium. While market realities require adjustments from time to time, going too far in either direction will cause devastating consequences for large swaths of businesses. Right now, the market remains anti-patent in many respects, to the disadvantage of those companies dependent on strong intellectual rights to bring in investment for a new technology or protect that technology from being copied by those with the easy means to do so. While it makes sense to continue weeding out bad actors and deceptive demand letters, reforms must be carefully tailored. Because going much further in the anti-patent direction will be no laughing matter. Michael Gulliford is the Founder and a Managing Principal of Soryn IP Group, a patent advisory and litigation finance firm headquartered in New York City that closed $140 million in patent deals in 2017. In addition to its robust advisory practice, Soryn manages one of the largest funds in the U.S. dedicated to patent litigation finance via its Soryn Capital affiliate. Michael has repeatedly been named to the list of the Leading IP Strategists in the World, and is regularly asked to speak and publish on the latest patent developments. Prior to founding Soryn, Michael was a partner in the patent litigation group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Michael graduated magna cum laude from the Seton Hall University School of Law and received his B.A. in Neuroscience from Columbia University. Tags:114th Congress, aia, Congress, demand letters, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Innovation Act, John Oliver, patent, patent legislation, patent ogre, Patent Reform, patents Posted In:Guest Contributors, IP News, IPWatchdog Articles, Legislation angry dude April 24, 2015 10:02 am John Oliver better watch HBO’s own “Silicon Valley” show It’s all about IP theft by large corporation (Hooli aka Google) from small startup Night Writer April 24, 2015 11:51 am Great article! I wish that these issues could be debated in some type of fair forum. It seems there is no such thing as reasoned debate anymore. It would be very interesting for JO to try and respond to the points raised. I also wonder whether the SCOTUS could get away with their nonsense such as Alice if there were reasoned debate about their behavior. My guess is they would be publicly shamed for Alice and other cases. But, without a forum for reasoned debate it is easy to just sloff off criticism. No doubt JO would merely say something like, oh year as if the former trial attorney doesn’t need to keep pushing patents to make his money. No response to the substance of the criticism would be forthcoming. Jim Slaughter April 27, 2015 7:40 pm The patent system was developed for the physical and material world, not for the instantaneous world of electrons and computer logic. The need is not to reform the patent laws. The need is to separate the logic and electron based ideas of the computer age from our patent system and protect them with other measures. Because of the immense inertia at rest that must be overcome to get physical products designed & prototyped, tested and manufactured prior to entering the marketplace, this mandates protection for these job producing innovators. Innovators that are willing to invest their own blood sweat and tears (rarely funded by VC’s who look for 10 X return in 5 years), sometimes working unfunded for years, to solve pains and problems in the real and physical world. Their only hope of compensation for their efforts is to expose their innovations to the public in the marketplace, thus providing benefit to community members who might want this innovative solution to eliminate their own pain or problem. These innovators know that their work is now exposed and vulnerable to unimaginative knock offs & copycats & patent encroachment. George Washington’s signature authenticated the very first patent in the United States. Thomas Jefferson’s signature as the Patent Examiner also demonstrated the immense importance that the founding fathers placed in motivating and defending physical product developers efforts for the betterment of society and the growth of the economy. To think that programmers in a room of laptops with a goal of programming a logic path should be protected by the same patent system as people who develop solutions for society in the physical world where human beings and the laws of physics and inertia exist is ludicrous. A separation needs to take place. Respect the geniuses of our time and give them a system of protection appropriate for their craft and for their brilliant applications of logic. Those of us who invest our lives in the other realm, the slow world, the heavy world, the physical world, we need strong intellectual property protection, different than those who invest their lives in the ethers of the computer programming, Internet world. angry dude April 27, 2015 7:59 pm “world of electrons” hilarious, dude I suggest buying “Make: Electronics” book for beginners, then you can proceed to intro to Arduino books, then come back and tell us about the “world of electrons” Or just unscrew the light bulb and put our fingers inside the housing… this will teach you bout electrons 2Jim Slaughter: “On July 31, 1790 Samuel Hopkins was issued the first patent for a PROCESS of making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer. The patent was signed by President George Washington” Think Diamond v. Diehr Think “electrons” Jim S April 28, 2015 2:23 am 2 night writer, I appreciate your interest in getting to the “substance of the criticism”. It does seem that the reasoned debate is lacking a fair forum these days. It’s so common to defer to polls and slough off true debate on core issues. 2 angry dude I hope you live in Southern California so you can visit us at OC worx.com where we arrange our meetings and meet in person to share technologies, build teams and develop products. Tonight I presented and IoT device for remote control of a robotic system which can be controlled from your smartphone. I was one of 7 presenters tonight. You would be welcome to stop by our next meeting. We had some amazing new products being demonstrated by local Orange County startups. I showed a few pages of my provisional patent to encourage other members to protect their ideas. Photos will likely be posted within a few days. Peace, out. angry dude April 28, 2015 12:09 pm 2Jim S: Robotic system ? Apart from some cheap china-made commodity hardware like ir sensors and servos, there is only one valuable thing to protect: robot’s brain – software code running on microcontroller like Arduino, or ARM processor, or ARM/DSP There is currently no way to protect your robot’s brain, unless you use specialized encrypted microcontrollers or processors (like Omap L138 in secure boot variant) or keep your robot’s brain in (private) cloud (that robot would suck as it won’t be responsive at all) Arduino is open architecture and it’s out of picture – not protectable. “Provisional patent” (application) protecting ideas ? ur kidding ? Better ask Benny – he knows Night Writer April 28, 2015 3:18 pm Jim wrote: To think that programmers in a room of laptops with a goal of programming a logic path should be protected by the same patent system as people who develop solutions for society in the physical world where human beings and the laws of physics and inertia exist is ludicrous. Jim, what do you do for a living? Probably information processing. Information processing is predicted to replace 10’s of millions of jobs –and even 100’s of millions of jobs–in the next 10 to 50 years. Information processing is incredibly tough. The only people that think it is easy are the ignorant. Moreover, there is no principled way to separate electrical engineering from information processing. Every top program has merged the departments for this reason. Please go educate yourself before posting again. Your posts remind me of the first artificial intelligence programmers that thought it would be just a few years before computers outperformed people–until they actually tried to get a real system working. Why are these conversations so often dominated by the ignorant bullying types like Jim? Jim–if you want to go toe to toe with me on this I would be happy to humiliate you. Please go educate yourself and look in the mirror and ask what am I paid for? I am typing that what I do for a living is meaningless? Are you the same as a squirrel Jim? No? Why. What do you value the most about yourself Jim? I’ll bet it is your ability to process information. Why is it that every thread—no matter the blog–on information processing has a Jim? At patentlyo it is clear that MM is paid to blog against patents. Are you paid Jim? Blindcat April 29, 2015 2:07 pm Much of what John Oliver said is spot on. 1. Too suggest that trolls are not a continuing problem seeking shakedown fees is simply not accurate. They are. Too suggest that those suits aren’t costly is not accurate. Too suggest that AIA has fixed the problem is not the case. We have a system where in many courts you don’t even know what the patent owner is accusing until close or at trial. 2. there is a reason that trolls like E.D. of Texas. Defendant’s don’t believe they get a fair shake in Texas and plaintiff’s think the judges are unlikely to rule against them. 3. He is right. the Innovation Act wasn’t perfect but there were many improvements. Shouldn’t a plaintiff provide more notice in a suit that will cost millions to defend than simply saying I have a patent and you are infringing? It is currently close to being that bad. Gene Quinn April 30, 2015 12:54 am Blindcat- You lost me when you said that defendants don’t know what patent owners are alleging until close to trial. That is simply false. There is absolutely no truth to that assertion. Either you don’t know what you are talking about or you are intentionally misleading. Either are unbecoming. Also, the Innovation Act makes no improvements to the system. It is just a different set of rules that imposes unnecessary burdens on real innovators. -Gene Kathy May 11, 2015 1:12 am Tge scanner patent troll faced NO FINES fir its behavior. The NYAG did force the company to refund any money received but that’s hardly a “loud” message. And the FCC? That consent decree prohibits the company from doing what it should never have done in the first place. Again no fines. Argh. Sorry for ipad typos!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4087
__label__wiki	0.957912	0.957912	Damian Green Boris Johnson survives backbench rebellion on Huawei’s 5G role Denis Staunton Boris Johnson has survived his first backbench revolt since December’s election after 38 Conservative MPs defied a three-line whip over the government(...) MPs back plan to hold UK general election on December 12th MPs in the House of Commons have voted for a UK general election to be held on December 12th. The vote, on the Early Parliamentary General Election B(...) UK stands down 6,000 no-deal Brexit staff after spending £1.5bn The British government has stood down an army of 6,000 civil servants who had been preparing for a no-deal Brexit, at an estimated cost of £1.5 billio(...) MPs vote to remove control of Brexit from May government Simon Carswell MPs at Westminster have voted to take control of Brexit away from Theresa May’s government by staging a series of votes on Wednesday on alternatives i(...) Pressure mounts on May to set out timetable for resignation Theresa May’s cabinet will seek to agree a new strategy for Brexit on Monday amid mounting pressure on the prime minister to set out a timetable for h(...) May appoints Brexit hardliners to backstop working group February 3, 2019, 22:30 Theresa May has appointed three hardline Brexiteers to an official working group charged with finding “alternative arrangements” to replace the North(...) MPs secure the right to greater control over Brexit process The House of Commons has voted to give MPs the right to direct Theresa May’s government on what course to take if her Brexit deal is rejected next wee(...) Muslim leaders urge May to ensure Boris Johnson faces full inquiry Britain’s largest Islamic organisation will write to British prime minister Theresa May on Monday demanding that Boris Johnson be subject to a full di(...) May invites Conservative MPs to briefings to discuss Brexit British prime minister Theresa May has invited all Conservative backbench MPs to private Brexit briefings in Downing Street on Tuesday, as she tried t(...) British ministers clash over Border’s future after Brexit George Parker in London and Alex Barker in Strasbourg British ministers have clashed over the future of the Irish Border, following pro-Leave MPs’ c(...) Foundation honours anti-slavery campaigner Mary Ann McCracken 01:00 3 Q&A: Can I still pass Covid on after I’ve been vaccinated? 4 ‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4088
__label__wiki	0.606337	0.606337	LeEco Cool smartphone certified; Snapdragon 821 SoC, 4,000mAh battery tipped LeEco and Coolpad launched their Cool 1 Dual smartphone a few months back. The smartphone was the first result of a joint effort by the two companies, after LeEco acquired a controlling stake in Coolpad. And now, it seems that the two companies are all set to launch another handset. An announced smartphone recently passed through Chinese certification website TENAA. Likely to be called Cool, the handset has a promising and flagship-class spec sheet. According to the details available on TENAA, as reported by Gizmochina website, the new LeEco Cool will be powered by Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 821 SoC paired with 4GB/6GB of RAM. It’ll also come in three internal storage variants 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. The yet-to-be-launched LeEco Cool is expected to have a 5.5-inch Full HD display of 1080×1920 pixel resolution. It’ll run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out-of-the-box, skinned with LeEco’s own EUI skin layer. For imaging duties, the LeEco Cool is rumoured to come with a 16MP rear camera (with LED flash) and an 8MP front-facing shooter. With all standard connectivity options such as 4G, LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS included in the mix, the smartphone is likely to have a large 4,000mAh battery. There’s no word regarding the launch date and subsequent availability of the LeEco Cool as of yet. LeEco recently made its debut in the United States with the launch of two smartphones – Le Pro 3 and Le 3S. Both smartphones went on sale in the country from November 2 and are available online via the company’s official e-commerce website LeMall.com. The company is offering Le rewards to the consumers, which will include discounts on both the smartphones. The LeEco Le Pro 3 has a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution. The handset runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system topped with the EUI of the company. On the other hand, Le S3 comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. Tags: acquired, announced, Certification, companies, controlling, effort, flagship, handset, internal, paired, Recently, variants, Website Previous Pegasystems Awarded Best-in-Class Ranking for Retail Banking Collections Software by Independent Research Group Next Edimax Launches Powerful 11AC Dual-Band Enterprise Wireless Solution WAP1200	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4091
__label__wiki	0.954489	0.954489	Ministry of external affairs launches app integrating various social media handles Expanding its digital presence, the external affairs ministry on Thursday launched an app, bringing websites and various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform to further its public outreach. The app, developed in cooperation with social media giant Facebook, will help people connect with Indian missions abroad and the ministry of external affairs through a range of social media platforms without having to access individual websites. “The app is a one stop shop to find social media handles twitter, youtube and websites of all Indian missions abroad,” said external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup. Speaking on the occasion, Ankhi Das, public policy director of Facebook for India and South and Central Asia, said no “terrorist contents” are allowed by Facebook as it does not allow valourisation of terror. Complimenting the external affairs ministry for its social media outreach, she said Facebook has made the app for free. Currently over 165 Indian missions and posts are on Twitter and 172 on Facebook, while 124 have their websites and many of them their youtube channels. Instead of searching for websites, Facebook pages and twitter handle of individual missions, people through the app can just tap on the map of the country and immediately all social media platforms of the mission will get flashed on screen. Swarup said the the app, hosted on Facebook pages of MEA and Indian Diplomacy, will help people in distress to contact the missions without any hassles. “I think it is also in sync with the activism that our foreign minister herself has shown on Twitter where every night she reaches out to people who send out their messages (for help),” said Swarup. The MEA uses Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Gplus, Soundcloud, Flickr to reach out to people as part of its social media engagement. Das said the launch of the app is an example of “consumerisation of foreign policy”, putting power in people’s hand. Talking about power of Facebook, she said 100 million hours of video gets posted to it every day, while the number of average posts is a staggering 2.3 trillion. She said Facebook has over 155 million users in India. Tags: abroad, Access, allowed, channels, Connect, contents, developed, mission, outreach, Platform, terror, Twitter Previous Spirent And Signals Research Group Collaborate To Evaluate Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) Next HostGator Supports ‘Make in India’ With The ‘Host In India’ Initiative	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4092
__label__wiki	0.951537	0.951537	ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. © IWM IWM FLM 1461 Use this image under Non-Commercial licence. By downloading or embedding any media, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is: © IWM IWM FLM 1461 Purchase & License <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022901" target="_blank"> <img src="https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/296/628/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs" alt="ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945."> </a> <span> ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright">© IWM (IWM FLM 1461)</a> </span> [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022901][img]https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/296/628/mid_000000.jpg?action=e&cat=Photographs[/img][/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022901]ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.. © IWM (IWM FLM 1461)[/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright]IWM Non Commercial License[/url] Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN875 'EL-B', No. 181 Squadron RAF, loaded with rocket projectiles and overload fuel tanks, taxying at B86/ Helmond, Holland. A member of the ground crew can be seen sliding off the starboard wing after guiding the pilot to the main runway. Second World War (production), Second World War (content) IWM staff photographers IWM FLM 1461 IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM FILM FRAMES COLLECTION Royal Air Force, 181 Squadron Royal Air Force, 2nd Tactical Air Force Liberation of the Netherlands 1944-1945, North West Europe, Second World War Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands Associated keywords Rockets and Missiles Royal Air Force 1939-1945 North West Europe 1944-1945	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4093
__label__cc	0.540072	0.459928	Turnbull & Asser releases James Bond 007 Collection Turnbull & Asser today announced their 2020 official James Bond 007 Collection, which includes three new neckties from the Pierce Brosnan era, a new Die Another Day dress shirt and updated Dr. No cocktail cuff shirt. The Turnbull & Asser 007 collection also includes the Casino Royale Shirt, the three already existing Bond neckties and adds a new pocket square. The release was originally scheduled to coincide with the release of the No Time To Die film, but while the film was postponed again to April 2021, the collection is still being launched. The collection is now available at Turnbull & Asser boutiques and online at Turnbull & Asser UK/Europe and Turnbull & Asser USA. Turnbull & Asser shirts are crafted in the Gloucester factory in the UK, using hand-worked sewing machines operated by machinists with a wealth of experience. Using the highest quality cotton, with the separate pieces expertly cut and brought together to create the final design. Each shirt is finished with ethically sourced mother-of-pearl buttons, which are thermally fused to ensure they never loosen with wear. Two branded collar stays inserted into the collar for aesthetic and functional precision. Related article: Turnbull & Asser: Made In Britain Dr No Blue Cotton Shirt With Cocktail Cuff Originating from Turnbull's long love affair with James Bond, the blue cotton Dr. No shirt featured in the very first film of the franchise especially designed for Sir Sean Connery. The design of the shirt has been updated to more closely resemble to original shirt from the film, this now-iconic design features two-button turnback cocktail cuffs which have become synonymous with Bond. Available at Turnbull & Asser (£225 / $375 / €275) Shop now at Turnbull & Asser UK Shop now at Turnbull & Asser USA Casino Royale White Dress Shirt The white cotton Casino Royale shirt was already part of Turnbull & Asser's collection. The shirt is worn by Daniel Craig in his first film of the franchise during the casino scenes. Approached by the filmmakers because of Turnbull's authentic connection to Bond, this now-iconic design features a unique Bond collar. £275 / $475 / €325 Die Another Day Voile Dress Shirt A white voile Die Another Day dress shirt as worn by Pierce Brosnan in his final film in the franchise is a new addition to the Turnbull collection. This showpiece is faithfully inspired by authentic records and receipts uncovered in the Turnbull and James Bond archives, as well as close collaboration with private Bond collectors and experts. The final shirt is a mix of a Diamonds Are Forever dress shirt and the Die Another Day dress shirt. Turnbull & Asser silk ties are hand-sewn in Kent by a team of artisans with centuries of experience. The silk used is woven in Suffolk using techniques dating back hundreds of year. The blade of each design features a unique hidden loop made from strongest-ever bonded thread, which allows the tie to ruche and relaxes back into place after wearing. Turnbull releases three new James Bond Neckties, all from the Pierce Brosnan era films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Tomorrow Never Dies Diamond Silk Tie The first new tie in the collection is this Turnbull & Asser necktie with diamond pattern, that was designed especially for Pierce Brosnan to wear in the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies. The new Tomorrow Never Dies necktie (right) and the TND necktie with blue squares (left) The tie is worn by Brosnan as James Bond in the early London and Hamburg scenes in the movie, during the meeting with M, read more here. Tomorrow Never Dies Square Silk Tie And the Tomorrow Never Dies Square Silk Tie is still available, and a popular part of the collection. The tie features Navy, Brown and Sky Blue Squares and can be spotted in Hamburg scenes in the film. The World Is Not Enough Zig Zag Silk Tie Turnbull also adds a new The World Is Not Enough tie with zig zag pattern, as worn by Pierce Brosnan in the 1999 film. Meticulously recreated using the original patterns and receipts from the Bond and Turnbull archives. The new The World Is Not Enough zig zag necktie (left) and the square motif TWINE necktie (right) The tie is worn by Bond in the first scene of The World Is Not Enough when Bond is in Bilbao. Note that this new tie is not exactly the same as the screen-used version. The original tie seems to have a more subtle / less visible zig-zag pattern. The World Is Not Enough Square Silk Tie Another long time member of the Legends collection is the The World Is Not Enough Silk Tie with grey, tan and burnt orange square motif. The tie can be seen in the MI6 headquarters scene and the following Q-boat chase on the Thames. Die Another Day Stripe Silk Tie The last new tie is the Die Another Day striped tie as worn by Pierce Brosnan in the 2002 film. The tie is also meticulously recreated using the original patterns and receipts from the Bond and Turnbull archives. The new Die Another Day necktie (right) and the blue DAD necktie The tie is seen very briefly on Bond in the Hong Kong Royal Rubyeon Hotel lobby, when he receives his ticket to Cuba from the Hotel Manager / Chinese Intelligence agent Chang. The tie might also be one of the ties hanging on a clothing rack in the hotel room, but the details of those ties are not seen. Die Another Day Circle Silk Tie The Die Another Day blue circle tie is already a staple in the Turnbull & Asser collection for many years, and previously branded as part of the Legends collection. The Legends collection also had Winston Churchill's bow tie and the tie worn by the Joker (Batman films). The tie can be seen in the London scenes, first when Bond watches Gustav Graves land with the parachute in front of Buckingham Palace, all the way to seeing the Aston Martin Vanquish in Q's lab. Casino Royale Bow Tie The Casino Royale bow tie was worn by Daniel Craig in his first film of the franchise. Meticulously refined to bring it closer to its on-screen counterpart, this now-iconic design features a unique shape and Shantung silk texture, making it a must-have for fans of the secret-agent story. The Turnbull & Asser bow ties are hand-sewn in Kent by artisans with centuries of experience. The silk used in the bow ties is woven in Suffolk using techniques going back hundreds of years. All the bow ties are self-tying and can be adjusted to fit neck sizes between 14.5 and 18.5 inches. James Bond Voile Pocket Square A pure white pocket square is a regular feature of Bond's tailored ensembles. Faithfully inspired by records and receipts found in the Turnbull archives, this pocket square is hand-made in Cheshire, England. The pocket squares are finished with delicate hand-rolled edges. The dimensions of this pocket square are 33cm by 33cm. £70 / $125 / €85 For more information on each item in the Bond films, visit the 007 Collection product pages in the Clothing category. Turnbull & Asser, Turnbull & Asser shirt, Turnbull & Asser tie, turnback cuff, pocket square, Turnbull & Asser James Bond 007 Collection Sir Sean Connery dies at the age of 90 No Time To Die fan poster reminiscent of vintage Bond posters Turnbull & Asser Dr. No 'cocktail cuff' shirt This classic shirt was specially created for the film Dr. No by Turnbull & Asser and... Turnbull & Asser, shirt, turnback cuff, cocktail cuff, Turnbull & Asser shirt, Turnbull & Asser James Bond 007 Collection Turnbull & Asser Voile Pocket Square This pure white pocket square was added as part of Turnbull & Asser's 2020 James Bond 007... Turnbull & Asser, Turnbull & Asser James Bond 007 Collection, pocket square Turnbull & Asser TWINE Zig Zag Tie In 2020, Turnbull has added a new The World Is Not Enough tie to their collection, with zig zag... Turnbull & Asser, Turnbull & Asser tie, Turnbull & Asser James Bond 007 Collection, tie Turnbull & Asser - Bond Lifestyle Made In Britain James Bond, the ultimate British Secret Agent, is known for his good taste. Agent 007 saves the... Bond Lifestyle Made In Britain, Turnbull & Asser, Turnbull & Asser shirt, Turnbull & Asser tie Turnbull & Asser Die Another Day Striped Tie For their 2020 James Bond 007 Collection, Turnbull & Asser recreated another tie from the movie... Turnbull & Asser Die Another Day Tuxedo Shirt Turnbull & Asser has recreated a re-imagined version of the white voile Die Another Day dress... Turnbull & Asser, Turnbull & Asser shirt, Turnbull & Asser James Bond 007 Collection, shirt Steve Wiss on 17 November, 2020 - Permalink I like the release, but what would have been one of my two favourites is now a skip. I'm sorry, but the weave of The World Is Not Enough Zig Zag Silk Tie, aka the Bilbao tie is incorrect. The space between the zig zag stripes, as well as the stripes themselves, are too big. A comparison of the T&A release to the screen used tie is at this link: https://www.ajb007.co.uk/post/1007697/#p1007697	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4096
__label__cc	0.530534	0.469466	JANIS KIRSTEIN janiskirstein@gmail.com websites: https://janiskirstein.com https://kirsteinfineart.com ONENESS CENTER. Louisville, KY. “Syrian Sojourn.” Paintings. 2016. ZEPHYR GALLERY. Louisville, KY. “Under the Knife.” July, 2010. ZEPHYR GALLERY. Louisville, KY. June, 2008. ZEPHYR GALLERY. Louisville, KY. June, 2004. JOHN HARRIMAN GALLERY, PERUVIAN BRITISH CULTURAL CENTER. Lima, Peru. August 2002. ZEPHYR GALLERY. Louisville, KY. June 2002. ZEPHYR GALLERY. Louisville, KY. 2000. ANNE WRIGHT WILSON ART GALLERY. Georgetown College. Georgetown, KY. 1997. “Fusion.” MCGRATH GALLERY. Bellarmine University. Louisville, KY. 1994. “After the Storm.” SWANSON CRALLE GALLERY. Louisville, KY. 1989. ARTSWATCH. Louisville, KY. 1988. “From the Night,” FLOYD COUNTY ART MUSEUM. Floyd County, IN. 1978. MOONARK SELECTION OF WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND WRITERS to be sent to the Moon via The Moon Ark. Here is a list of exhibitions where the Nano Art of myself and other artists working with Nano Imagery will be included in the MoonArk which is slated to be sent to the Moon in partnership with Astrobotic in July 2021. CNN story 2020: here. These group exhibitions include: Matsudo International Science Art Festival / Japan. 11.2019. Miller Institute of Contemporary Art / Pittsburgh 10.2019 Museum of Fine Arts / Budapest, Hungary. 06.2019. Mars New Years Festival / Mars, PA. 05.2019. Centre Pompidou / Paris, France. 01.2019. CMUThink Bay Area / Palo Alto, California. 12.2018. New Worlds Conference / Austin, Texas. 10.2018. 5th Int’l Festival of NanoArt / Heraklion, Crete. 09.2018. Galeria Miejska bwa in Bydgoszcz / Poland. 11.2017. Carnegie Museum of Natural History / Pittsburgh. 09.2017. Trondheim Biennale for Art & Technology / Norway. 03.2016. Andrew Carnegie Society / New York City. 11.2015. MUHAMMAD ALI SHINE A LIGHT INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST AND EXHIBIT. Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, Kentucky. 2016. POWER OF ART AWARD, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION. Washington, D.C. 2011. THE LUCY HARTH SMITH-ATWOOD S. WILSON AWARD FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EDUCATION. Kentucky Education Association. 2009. COMPETITION WINNER. 1ST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NANO ART. 2007. Exhibition held at the Kotka Photographic Centre, Kotka, Finland. One of four artists from the United States chosen. WHO’S WHO OF AMERICAN ARTISTS.2002- 2005. Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ. 21ST CENTURY AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT. 2004-2005. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. WHO’S WHO OF AMERICAN TEACHERS. 2004-2005. Marquis Who’s Who. WHO’S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN. 2004-2005. Marquis Who’s Who. WHO’S WHO OF INTERNATIONAL POETS.Owing Mills, MD. 2006. DIALOGUE MAGAZINE COVER CONTEST. HONORABLE MENTION. Columbus, Ohio. Feb. 2003. PURCHASE AWARD. DIGITAL ART COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT. Kentucky State University. Juror: C.J. Pressma. 2002. KENTUCKY GOVERNOR’S ARTIST’S FELLOWSHIP AL SMITH AWARD. Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts 2000 and 1983. VERMONT STUDIO CENTER. Johnson, Vermont. Summer, 2001. ALL ACADEMIC AWARD. 2001, awarded by the State Journal Newspaper in Frankfort, KY. Each teacher chosen by one of the top 4 academic students at Western Hills High School as a teacher who was the most positive influence in their educational history. WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART. 2001, Marquis Who’s Who . INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE LISTING. Cambridge, England. ’95-’98. Biographical reference. GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS FACULTY. Danville, KY. 1994-’97. ARTS ADVOCATE AND MENTOR AWARD, GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS. Louisville, KY. 1994. ALL ACADEMIC TEACHER AWARD. Franklin County, KY. 1994. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. Awarded for performance as Chair for the Education Foundation, Louisville Chapter, American Association of University Women. 1991. FELLOWSHIP. Kentucky Foundation for Women. 1987. PURCHASE AWARD. Eight State Annual Graphics, J.B. Speed Art Museum. Juror: Brooke Alexander, Director, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York City. MERIT AWARD. Water Tower Annual Exhibit. Juror: Jackie Winsor, New York City Sculptor. 1983. PURCHASE AWARD. East Coast College Invitational. Norfolk State University, VA. 1981. ART CRITIC, COURIER-JOURNAL NEWSPAPER. Louisville, KY. 1979. SELECTED INVITATIONAL & GROUP EXHIBITIONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY ZEPHYR COOPERATIVE GALLERY MEMBER SHOW INVITATIONAL, 2007. Louisville, Kentucky. 1ST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NANO ART 2007. Competition winner. Kotka Photographic Centre, Kotka, Finland. NANO ART INTERNATIONAL ON LINE COMPETITION 2007. Use of digital and electron microscope photography. INTERNATIONAL ARTIST INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION. Kaza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. 2005. ”KENTUCKY WATER,” 2005. Kentucky Folk Art Center , Morehead, KY. “THREE STATE INVITATIONAL POLITICAL ART EXHIBITION.” 2004. Glassworks, Louisville, KY. “ALTERNATIVE VIEWS: APPROACHES TO ABSTRACTION.” INVITATIONAL, ALLEN R. HITE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KY. 2004 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITON 2004. Greeley Square Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. HASSELBLAD INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION 2004. Linz, Austria. 2004 NATIONAL JURIED PHOTO COMPETITION. “THROUGH A LENS–URBAN LANDSCAPE.” The Coastal Arts League. Half Moon Bay, California. Juror: Photographer Richard Newman. JOHN HARRIMAN GALLERY, PERUVIAN BRITISH CULTURAL CENTER. Lima, Peru. August 2002. “Artistas del Vermont Studio Center en Lima.” DIALOGUE MAGAZINE COVER CONTEST EXHIBITION. Columbus, Ohio. Acme Art Company. Feb. 2003. DIGITAL ART 2002, COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. PURCHASE AWARD. Kentucky State University. Frankfort, KY. Juror: C.J. Pressma.2003. 2000 OHIO ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION. Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN. ARTS ON MAIN EXHIBITION. Juried art exhibit, Shelbyville, KY. Juror: Leah Stoddard, Assistant Curator and Registrar at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH. 1998. KENTUCKY FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INVITATIONAL. Ten Year Retrospective. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY. 1995. 17TH ANNUAL FINE ARTS COMPETITIVE. Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, OH. Juror: Beryl J. Wright, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. 1993. KENTUCKY SOUTH CAROLINA EXCHANGE. South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, S.C. 1992. INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN ARTISTS. ASSEMBLAGE AND COLLAGE. Dongnang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, with artists such as Robert Motherwell and Chuck Close. 1988. INTERNATIONAL JURIED ART COMPETITION. Mussavi Art Center, New York City. Jurors: Holly Solomon, Donald Kuspit, Art Critic, “Art in America,” Barbara Toll, Louis and Susan Meisel. MID AMERICA BIENNIAL NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION. Juror: Thomas M. Messer, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY. J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. Juror: Abram Lerner, Director Emeritus of the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. AMERICAN ANNUAL WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION. Zaner Gallery, Rochester, New York. Juror: Andre Emmerich of Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York City. EIGHT STATE ANNUAL GRAPHICS COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY. Juror: Brooke Alexander of Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York City. WATER TOWER ANNUAL EXHIBITION.Louisville Visual Art Association, KY. Juror: Janet Flint, The Hirsch Adler Gallery, New York City. WHITEWATER VALLEY ANNUAL PAINTING COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. Juror: Ned Rifkin, Assistant Director/Curator, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City. FIRST ANNUAL ALL KENTUCKY EXHIBITION. Juror: Iris Cohen, Director of Contemporary Art, The Hammer Galleries, New York City. Purchase Award. WATER TOWER ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Louisville Visual Art Association. Juror: Robert Reed, Chairman Undergraduate Art Department, Yale University. SOUTHEAST PAINTING COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. Fine Arts Center, Bellair, FL. Juror: Miriam Schapiro, Painter, New York City. KENTUCKY ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION. James Hunt Barker Gallery, New York City. Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Whitney. WATERCOLOR U.S.A. NATIONAL PAINTING COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. Springfield Art Museum, MO. Juror: William Struve, Director Frumkin and Struve Gallery in New York City. MID STATES INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION. Evansville Museum of Art, IN. Juror: Horace Jansen, Art Historian. LA GRANGE NATIONAL PAINTING EXHIBITION. Juror: Ted Potter, Director, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. EMERGING KENTUCKY ARTISTS EXHIBITION. Juror: Franklin Page, Director J.B. Speed Museum. Louisville, KY. CAPITAL ART EXHIBITION. Washington, D.C. Juror: Sam Gilliam, Painter, Washington, D.C. W & J NATIONAL PAINTING EXHIBITION. Washington and Jefferson College, PA. Juror: Peter Plagens and Fred Spratt, Painters. NATIONAL APERTURE 85. Associated Artists’ Gallery, Winston Salem, N.C. Jurors: Cornell Capa, Executive Director of International Center for Photography in New York City, and Rob Hernandez, Photography Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C. TERRANCE GALLERY NATIONAL EXHIBITION. Hudson, N.Y. ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION. Rockford, IL. EAST COAST ART INVITATIONAL. Norfolk State University, VA. Purchase Award. VERMILLION NATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING SHOW. ND. COLLECTIVE CONTRASTS EXHIBITION. Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY. Kentucky Women's Foundation Grant Recipients. EIGHT STATE SCULPTURE EXHIBITION. J.B. Speed Art Museum, KY. PUBLIC RADIO PARTNERSHIPS. Louisville, KY. COLDWELL FINANCIAL. Louisville, KY. CAPITAL PLAZA HOTEL. Frankfort, KY. NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. Norfolk , VA. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. I.C.H. CORPORATION. Louisville, KY. BROWN, TODD AND HEYBURN LAW FIRM. Providian Building, Louisville, KY. SIGFRIED, FESSEL AND MOLLER ADVERTISING. Louisville, KY. TISCHNOR INTERIOR DESIGN. Louisville, KY. OLD NATIONAL BANK. Louisville, KY. FARMERS BANK. Louisville, KY. TACHAU, Maddox Hovious & Dickens LAW FIRM. Louisville, KY. WYATT, TARRANT AND COMBS LAW FIRM. Louisville, KY. Fall 2019 issue of Popular Science Magazine. MoonArk artists are featured along with other significant contemporary and historical works. Feder, Barnaby J. “ The Art Of Nanotech.” NEW YORK TIMES. Accompanying slideshow with Nanoart by Janis Kirstein included. January 25, 2008. Technology Section. Aarah Gividen, “Art and Science, Up Close and Personal.” THE STATE JOURNAL. Frankfort, Kentucky. p. 1.April 27, 2007. Ahrens, Paula. “Interview: Three Artists, A discussion of the Visual Arts in Their Lives and in Louisville.” LOUISVILLE DINING, SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT.Kentucky. P. 10. September, 2004. Munoz, Julian. “El Arte Que Alento La Esperanza, Tras El 11 5.” ARTE Y NATURALEZA. Madrid, Spain. May 18,2004. “Plastico Contacto.” CARETAS MAGAZINE ILUSTRACION PERUANA. P, 75. Lima, Peru. August 15, 2002. “En el Britanico: Arte desde el Vermont Studio Center.” P. 20. EXPRESO NEWSPAPER. Lima, Peru. August 9, 2002. “Miguel Velit y Janis Kirstein en el Centro Cultural Britanico Arte de Vermont Studio Center.” P. 24. LA REPUBLICA NEWSPAPER. Lima, Peru.August 17, 2002. Martin Vargas. “La Angustia y el a Asombro.” EL PERVANO NEWSPAPER. Lima, Peru. August 15, 2002. Dominick, Wayne. “’Digital Art 2002′ Opens at KSU.” THE STATE JOURNAL. Frankfort, KY. April 21, 2002. Peterson, Karen S. “Relationship Respite.” USA TODAY. July 19,2000. Article includes my painting session at the Vermont Studio Center. Brown, Nichole. “Looks Like Rain.” LEO NEWSPAPER. September 14, 1994. Heilenman, Diane. “McGrath Gallery.” COURIER JOURNAL NEWSPAPER. September, 1994. Meloy, Maggie. “Artswatch.” DIALOGUE MAGAZINE. March/April 1989, p.33. Hines, Jane. “Presbyterians in the Arts.” PRESBYTERIAN VOICE. December 1988, p. 8. THE AMERICAN VOICE. 1986 Winter Quarterly, Kentucky Foundation for Women. Louisville, KY. Charcoal Drawings. MASTER OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS. AMHERST. 1981. BACHELOR OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KY. 1977. INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON. 1975. KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-2003. Art Appreciation, Photoshop and Advanced Drawing. Frankfort, KY. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. 2001. 2-D Design and Photoshop. Louisville, KY. WESTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL 1989- PRESENT. GOVERNOR'S SCHOLARS PROGRAM 1995-’98. OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 1987-’89. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE 2002001, TEACHING TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN. 1985-’89 CLASSES TAUGHT: FOUNDATION COLOR, ADVANCED PAINTING, TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN. INDIANA UNIVERSITY 1984-’85 NEW ALBANY, IN. CLASSES TAUGHT: BEGINNING DRAWING. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 1979-’81. AMHERST, MA. CLASSES TAUGHT: BEGINNING DRAWING	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4098
__label__wiki	0.660708	0.660708	When Propaganda Turns Bullets Into Peas byAnita Kayirangwa June 28, 2020 at 1:10 pm 0 June 19, 1994 – Nyakabanda commune: Prime Minister Jean Kambanda distributing guns to civilians Brainwashing is defined as making someone believe something by repeatedly telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them. Brainwashing is also considered severe programs of political indoctrination. It is meant to make the victim’s beliefs and attitudes irrelevant and impart new ones that are in the interest of someone else. As the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) Inkotanyi was advancing towards Kigali, Juvenal Habyarimana’s regime started beating around the bush. They failed to face the reality and the fact that they were losing to RPF. Having literally lost, they were remaining with one tool, a propaganda of hate which goes with brainwashing. This was not something new in the Rwandan political arena since it was used before and it worked, unfortunately, to the people’s disadvantage. The hate propaganda and brainwashing engendered animosity among a people which was once one people. This animosity resulted in flows of refugees since 1959 and periods of bloodshed targeting Tutsi. However, the same hate propaganda and brainwashing did not spare the people they were pretending to protect and favor. The first and second republic missed the opportunity to build from the foundation that was laid by the country’s forefathers which was around Unity (Nta mugabo umwe). They rather embraced wholeheartedly the “divide and rule policy” which was not beneficial to either party. While the first republic was open regarding where it stands when it comes to the newly formed “ethnic groups”, the second republic opted for a disguised approach. The legacy of hate grew year after year. Gitera’s 1959 Hutu Ten Commandments were refreshed in the 1990’s as a reminder to hate. As Rwandans put it “Umuntu asiga ikimwirukaho ntasiga ikimwirukamo”. In the 1990’s President Habyarimana had to drop the mask and show his true colors. During one of the MRND congresses which took place in 1991, he said, “The unity of ethnic groups is not possible without the unity of the majority. Just as we note that no Tutsi recognizes regional belonging, it is imperative the Hutu majority forge unity, so that they are able to wade off any attempt to return them into slavery.” The propaganda of hate and well-structured brainwashing made it easy for the genocidal regime to convince civilians that they were capable of playing the role of soldiers. Brainwashed, they were exposed to a fight which is not meant for civilians. Let me share some examples of how brainwashing is a killer. Today, I reflected on Jean Kambanda’s speech as he was handing over firearms to civilians during one of his infamous mobilizations and hate campaigns in the name of “auto-defense civile”. Here is what he said: “You should know how to protect yourselves, that is why we requested that civilians should be trained militarily. You should be fearless. Do not hide when you hear the sound of a bullet. A gun shouldn’t be something for soldiers only. Do not panic when you see it and think that it can press its own trigger. Everyone can have a gun, a gun is not something for soldiers only…” (Translated from Kinyarwanda). I also have my own gun, he said showing a pistol Unfortunately, these civilians believed the then Prime Minister. They did not hide at the sound of firearms, they were instead used as shields by soldiers. This is what brainwashing can do. This reminded me of another time when one of the RTLM journalists, a very popular tool and mouthpiece for the genocidal regime, called civilians to go for a head on encounter with bullets. They said “Inyenzi zirasa amashaza”,which is to say, “These Cockroaches use peas as bullets.” Little did the civilians know, even if their bullets were peas, shot from a gun, it would still hurt badly. But, no, they were bullets. I also remember a time when RTLM announced that the “Interahamwe” were angry because they thought the “Forces Armees Rwandaises” were not doing a good job. That time Interahamwe were planning to get Mount Rebero (Kubohoza Rebero) as was proudly announced over the radio. Indeed the following day, very early in the morning, a bunch of militias/civilians mixed with soldiers started the journey to recover Rebero which was under RPF. They spent some hours there and lost the battle (remember this was announced well in advance over the radio). As I talk to people from different parts of the country I am convinced, beyond reasonable doubt, that the genocidal regime did not care about anyone, neither Hutu nor Tutsi. The one who was taught to hate was equally not cared for. In Ngororero, for Ex-FAR soldiers to assess how strong the RPA was, they used to send in civilians and militias to do the job they themselves failed to do. These civilians carried with them firearms and, of course, empty jerry cans. Apparently, they hit these against each other to make noise and try to “scare off” the RPF soldiers. You see, even civilians shoot bullets, not cotton balls or peas. In the former commune Buyoga (Byumba), I learnt of another story. This was a “war zone” for a long time. When the FAR finally lost, they left their guns, grenades, and other weapons scattered in the area. The civilians who had just recently been shown where the trigger is and, of course, given some basic military training, took over from the soldiers and became “soldiers” themselves. This is how far brainwashing can take a human being. I am still talking about the effect of propaganda and brainwashing and how it can take you to your own grave. War is not a walk on a bed of roses. People die on both ends, including civilians. However, no one should die as an effect of propaganda and brainwashing. Civilians should never be sent to fight with soldiers, and clearly, bullets are not peas. Kissing them Goodbye: A Tribute to The Completely Wiped Out Families Individual Sports in Kigali Limited to Village Level As Lockdown Commences Min. 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__label__cc	0.58062	0.41938	Whether or not Kitsap County ever wanted to fully operate a public golf course, the numbers haven't added up at Village Greens Golf Course over the past decade. In an era when government agencies must examine what they can and cannot offer and a society that's apparently less interested in hitting the links, perhaps this point was inevitable. Village Greens will not open this season for golf, and likely never again. That's too bad for the course's loyal fans, but it's palatable news when viewed with some context. After all, the county offered the course to private bidders and no one thought it had the same potential as Rolling Hills Golf Course in East Bremerton or Gold Mountain on West Belfair Highway, the two other publically-owned but privately-run courses in the county. And, in all fairness, it's not like golfers don't have other options — and affordable ones at that. It's not our role to do promotion for local links, but if you're interested check the spring specials at the county's dozen or so options — you can get on the green for a pretty low price if you've got some flexibility. That's all to say it's no longer the county's job to provide this particular form of recreation at a loss to the taxpayer. So the community is left with a large, beautiful piece of land right in a residential district of South Kitsap. Our advice is for the neighbors, and anyone else interested in recreational options around Port Orchard, to get involved in the next steps. County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido and the county's parks board are expected to announce a public process to find a suitable use for the Village Greens site. It's not an opportunity on the scale of say, the county's Heritage Parks or the Port Gamble Forest and Bay project. But this opportunity isn't something to casually disregard either. For a community looking to add major investments — recent South Kitsap requests for Kitsap Public Facilities District money could fund a downtown civic center and a racetrack near Bremerton National, respectively — even a small parcel with potential recreation and community use of buildings like the clubhouse is a nice problem to have in an urban area. We’re not writing to offer a brilliant suggestion in this ode to a fading era of municipal golf, but we are confident someone in South Kitsap does and we hope the county commissioners will push the process to find the highest and best use for the land. This is a chance for a community driven effort to make the best of an unfortunate situation and create something Port Orchard can be proud of and make use of for years to come. The details haven’t been released, but South Kitsap residents should start thinking now about the best next step for Village Greens.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4108
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__label__wiki	0.559036	0.559036	Henry Morris raised £12,612.5 from 638 supporters Inspire others with this story Start your own crowdfunding page Closed 01/08/2019 raised of £8,000 target by 638 supporters Henry Morris Weʼve raised £12,612 to fight back against the persecution of Hen Harriers London, Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire Funded on Thursday, 1st August 2019 Crowdfunding is a new type of fundraising where you can raise funds for your own personal cause, even if you're not a registered nonprofit. The page owner is responsible for the distribution of funds raised. Hi, I’m Henry, and in the first week of July I am going to wear a trackable tag and run 200km from Lancashire to Yorkshire, visiting every last known site a hen harrier transmitter has stopped working in the last ten years. The available science tells us that England should be able to sustain over 300 pairs of breeding Hen Harriers but illegal killing has instead driven these raptors to the edge of extinction. A recent peer reviewed study tells us that at least 72% of tagged hen harriers were either confirmed or considered very likely to have been illegally killed above grouse moors, and in 2018 there were only 9 successful breeding attempts. There is precious little publicity about this national scandal , whilst combating these crimes is extremely difficult because they occur in remote areas. We want to help change that by raising money for wildlife crime campaigners Wild Justice and offering reward money to anyone with information that leads to the prosecution of the people involved in these pitiful crimes. Chris Packham put it well: 'If I go in to an art gallery and I slash a John Constable painting, I’ve committed a criminal act and I would be pilloried for that around the world; I’d damaged a national treasure, in fact a global treasure. If a gamekeeper shoots a golden eagle on a grouse moor in Scotland, from my perspective that’s damaging our natural heritage, that’s as much a crime as me slashing a painting, it’s robbing us of our ability to enjoy an aspect of our environment and in the case of the eagle, one which is playing a critical ecological role.' Afternoon folks. The dust has settled after our 200k run and the last of the upland dirt has washed out of our toenails. We wanted to say thank you so very much to all of you. Incredibly, we topped £12000 in the end and more importantly, we got lots of people, who previously weren't, talking about raptor persecution and the overdue demise of driven grouse shooting. I wrote about our adventure here: https://www.henrymorris.net/feed/marathon-for-the-missing-hen-harriers And watch this space. We have plans for 2020! Henry, Ed, John and Tim Share this update to help us raise more Good evening, Thank you so much for contributing to our campaign. We have been overwhelmed by your messages of support. If you would like to help Hen Harriers further then you can buy our T-shirts here: http://www.thehenharriers.bigcartel.com And please, please feel free to share the Justgiving page! We finish our 130 mile run at the Stonehouse Inn, Thruscross at 2pm on Saturday July 6th and we'd like to invite you all to come celebrate with us by listening to expert talks about Hen Harriers and drinking a few beers Up the Harriers! Henry Henry Morris started crowdfunding Leave a message of support Page last updated on: 8/1/2019 11.53 Ken Murphy Roger CROW Owen Barton Tracey Wright Bladesdale Pointers Top work mate Great people make things happen Do you know anyone in need or maybe want to help a local community cause? Create you own page and donʼt let that cause go unfunded! Start a new Page About the fundraiser I am an ultra marathon runner, festival promoter and personal trainer. I have run over 40 ultra marathons in fantastic locations all over the UK, but I've yet to see a hen harrier. I want to change this! Contact Henry Morris Join JustGiving Giving.com trading as JustGiving is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Payment Service Regulations 2017. Contains OS and National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right (2018). Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right (2018).	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4114
__label__cc	0.684187	0.315813	Justia Lawyer Directory Family Law Missouri Strasburg Attorneys Strasburg Family Lawyers Compare 26 top rated Missouri attorneys serving Strasburg. Adoption Child Custody Child Support Father's Rights Guardianship & Conservatorship Paternity Prenups & Marital Agreements Restraining Orders Same Sex Family Law Kristen Thurmond Compassionate, experienced Missouri Family lawyer. Call today! I am an experienced Missouri family law attorney committed to helping clients in matters involving divorce, paternity, child custody, child support, 3rd party custody, and more. Call today! Read More » Kirk C. Stange Missouri Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience If you are going through a divorce or family law matter, it can feel like your whole life is hanging in the balance. Not knowing what will happen to you or your family can can be overwhelming. To help clients with... Read More » Anne V. Kiske Compassionate and experienced family law representation. 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Claimed Lawyer ProfileOffers Video ChatLII GoldSocial Media Kansas City, MO Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience (816) 256-5440 10525 N Ambassador Dr Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatFamily, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning At the Kiske Law Office, LLC, my philosophy is to empower my clients through compassionate representation. I do this first by creating a low-key and casual office environment that encourages you to “come as you are.” The changes you are facing in your life as a result of the issues that have caused you to seek a Family Law Attorney are stressful enough without the additional worry about the pretense of “going to the lawyer’s.” My clients are usually very happy with this approach because it allows them to worry only about the immediate situation... Ryan Paulus Kansas City, MO Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience (816) 581-4040 8350 N. St. Clair Ave Free ConsultationFamily, DWI, Employment and Personal Injury Ryan M. Paulus represents clients in a variety of contexts, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, whistleblower, consumer rights, personal injury, severance, wage and hour disputes and class and collective actions. Ryan’s confidence, perseverance, and attention to detail are invaluable to furthering his clients cause. He has won his clients over sixteen million dollars in jury verdicts and settlements and developed a record of success in significant and complex litigation. Ryan is also a combat veteran who served with distinction in Afghanistan as a SAPPER Company Operations Officer, earning both the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge before resigning from... Amanda Showalter (816) 256-5440 10525 N. Ambassador DR. Free ConsultationFamily, Estate Planning and Probate I joined the Kiske Law Office, LLC in 2013 as an associated attorney where I also work to help you through your life transitions. I was graduated from UMKC Law School with honors in 2009. 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__label__cc	0.696074	0.303926	CougarNet Transform Lives Donate to Annual Fund Donate to Scholarship Funds Legacy Scholarship Green & Grey Backers Senior Project Week Cougar Heroes Cougars Mean Business Alumni Masters Tournament Our Mission and History Tuition and Assistance Ed Choice Scholarship Cougar Chrome Initiative Media Learning Center Ministry Overview Theatre Program Choral Program Athletic Overview Booster Club Contact Information Game Tickets Cleveland Clinic Sports Health LCHS Online We are a faith-based co-educational community committed to providing an environment that emphasizes a commitment to excellence, spirit of respect and compassion, personal integrity, and a willingness to serve. 2020-2021 Virtual Open House Dates Monday, November 16, 2020, 6-8 PM Monday, March 15, 2021, 6-8 PM Select your date to register now! Tuition Raffle will be held at our Open Houses! Placement/Scholarship Exam October 14th at 6:00 pm October 24th at 9:30 am November 18th at 5:00 pm This Vision 2020 update represents both great progress and great ideas for the future. We have made great progress in just the short time since the Vision 2020 strategic plan was unveiled. New technology, including Chromebooks for each student and lightning fast wi-fi to maximize the experience in the classroom. Renovations, including stunning new science labs which showcase the best practices for teaching and learning. New security, lighting, and outdoor improvements. The Zappitelli Family Strength and Conditioning Complex, a state-of-the-art facility which invites students as well as faculty and alumni to enjoy and benefit from daily. Newly endowed scholarships to help students attend Lake Catholic, including scholarships dedicated to need, to service, and to the foundation built for us by the Ursuline sisters who have served Lake Catholic. Yet, much remains to accomplish, and you can be a part of this next phase of growth and strength of mission at Lake Catholic. Having received input from faculty, alumni, parents, and students, we know that we must now look to renovations in both the performing arts and fine arts wings of the building. New classroom furnishings, additional technology, more efficient storage and other improvements will bring new energy to these areas that have been so crucial in the lives of our scholars. Additional areas of focus include, renovations in common areas such as the gym, cafeteria, and atrium, which will benefit all students and improve the sense of welcome and hospitality that we extend to our family and our visitors. And continued growth in our endowment through the addition of new scholarships and the growth of existing ones will assure that students now and in the future who want to attend Lake Catholic will be supported financially in their efforts to do so. What follows will be the results of our work together to implement these plans. We invite you to join us. We welcome your continued support and input. We embrace every student who seeks an education at Lake Catholic. We follow our mission, and it has led us to you: to our alumni, to our families, to our students, to our Catholic faith. We move ahead with the confidence that our journey together will make for a better Lake Catholic and ultimately for a better world. Vision 2020 Gift Form Lake Catholic High School 6733 Reynolds Road Mentor, Ohio 44060 Attendance line: 440-974-4802 info@lakecatholic.org	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4119
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__label__wiki	0.86208	0.86208	Rhinos, Pandos, and Randrrs: news of the recruitment marketing industry Another month, another round of changes and action in the recruitment marketing biz! We continue to see companies try on new names and new identities, players big and small working hard to expand into new markets, and – of course – more funding and aquisitions. So let’s see what’s up: RealMatch becomes PandoLogic: RealMatch, which started out as a job site network and then moved into programmatic advertising, has rebranded itself as PandoLogic. It has also launched pandoIQ, which is its own take on a programmatic job ad solution. There’s a backstory on the name, but I’ll let you find it yourself (hint: it has nothing to do with bears). JobTech relaunches: Speaking of start-overs, JobTech, a Singaporean company that temporarily shutdown its job-matching service in October, has relaunched and tweaked the product. Previously, the service aggregated job offerings from major job portals and career pages. After legal threats forced the temporarily closure, JobTech has moved beyond the portals and is now aggregating directly from thousands of company career pages. Sounds kinda Indeed-ish. BlueCrew gets money: BlueCrew, an on-demand workforce app that matches workers with companies looking for help doing anything from warehouse work to selling concessions at baseball games, has gotten $14M in funding from IAC, which owns brands like Tinder, Match.com, and Angie’s List. BlueCrew wants to upend staffing agencies with a tech-savvy way to match gig economy workers with companies looking for temporary help. BlueCrew’s workers are W2 employees, not 1099 contractors. Very interesting. CV Library buys another site: CV-Library has acquired Education-Jobs.co.uk, a job board in the education sector. The site will be rolled out onto CV-Library’s multisite white label platform. CV-Library added that it already has nearly 700,000 education candidates on its site. No information about the selling price was revealed. Interesting. Indeed moves to resume subscription: Indeed Resume is now available for subscriptions for employers and recruiters; giving them an access to the contact details of up to 100 job-seekers a month. Those who are already registered as featured employers will continue using contacts until the end of the first quarter. The subscription costs $100 U.S. a month for access to names and contacts of 30 job seekers and $250 U.S. a month for 100 candidate profiles. Wonder why this is happening now? In other Indeed news, Prime is expanding. Google Hire launches Candidate Discovery: Hire, Google’s lightweight ATS, now offers “candidate discovery”, which looks at the job description, title and location of a job ad and matches that to a list of past candidates in the employer’s database. As Google notes, Hire uses the company’s search smarts to better understand the recruiter’s intent. Also, Hireo has gained customers so fast its share of the ATS market is now larger than all but 22 of the 109 ATS vendors tracked by Ongig. Gotta be making iCIMS and Taleo kinda nervous. Smart Rhino Labs is sold: Randall-Reilly announced that it has completed the acquisition of Smart Rhino Labs, which offers recruiting services in the trucking industry and runs a network of 25 job boards. Key company leadership at Smart Rhino Labs, including CEO Scott Evanson, COO Ben Paynter, CTO Brett Evanson, and CMO Jared Beauchamp, will remain in their respective roles. Congrats! Randrr buys Anthology: Randrr, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based job search platform, announced the acquisition of Anthology (formerly Poachable), a Seattle startup that developed an anonymous career-matching platform. Founders Tom Leung and Ian Shafer originally launched Anthology in 2012 as Yabbly, a platform for product-oriented reviews and Q&As, before going through a series of pivots. Founded in 2015, randrr bills itself as a “career insights platform” that helps job applicants sort through potential opportunities and improve their marketability. Interesting. JobChain ICO launches: JobChain says it will reduce employer recruitment fees, improve overall communication through a “SmartFee” weighting algorithm, and allow job boards, aggregators, and agencies to communicate with candidates and clients faster. The JobChain Token enables users to participate on the platform: to buy or sell job ads, to get fees for references, and get fees for successful hires. The JobChain ICO Pre-Sale will launch on April 1st, 2018. Despite the launch date, I think this is not a joke! Tempo gets funding: Video AI recruitment platform Tempo has secured £1 million investment from Hambro Perks. The raise will be used to accelerate Tempo’s development of their tech platform and to expand further within London. Tempo claims that its fees are 70 per cent lower than the average recruitment agency and there are no upfront costs. Plus, it has ‘AI’ in it! OK, that’s it for now. More next month (and if you’re going to TAtech Spring, I’ll see you there!). aggregatorsblockchainGooglejob boards previous post: The big showdown: Indeed and Google next post: AI, music, and AI: interesting new recruiting sites and services	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4125
__label__cc	0.707306	0.292694	Speaking Price Behavior-Based Safety Situational Safety "Your speaking style is incredibly engaging, the subject was relevant and informative, and our audience enjoyed every minute. Thank you for making us look good!" "I was a participant in one of John's training sessions. As a fellow trainer and speaker, I tend to be very scrutinizing about the way others present. John was a first class EXPERT speaker! He established trust with me almost immediately with his personable style, humble sharing and truly generous advice and offers to help. He has a talent for taking complex ideas and problems and simplifying them to make them easier to understand and digest. I highly recommend John as your best choice when you need a speaker and trainer for your organization!!!" "John Grubbs is an inspiring and inspirational self-made success. He is honest and direct about what it takes to achieve business success. John is also an adept trainer and facilitator. I consider him a formidable businessman." "John reported to me as a regional safety manager at National Linen Service where he was a highly reliable team member who in addition to his technical expertise exhibited initiative, interdependence, loyalty, and excelled at every challenge. He has since established his own consulting practice where it is no surprise that he continues to exceed expectations and delivers outstanding results for his clients." "John is pro-active in his approach to training employees at various companies. He constantly monitors trends in the workplace and the changes in Federal laws that will affect companies and their employees. Mr. Grubbs incorporates the changes occurring in the business world into his seminars, and thereby keeps employers abreast of trends and laws that will affect their operations, and ultimately their bottom line. I recommend John for your next training session. "My first exposure to John, was attending a workshop he provided at the Texas SBDC conference years ago. I was so impressed with his presentation style! His easy communication style made it easy to learn and retain the information presented. I then knew that his company was a place I wanted to be associated with. Working with John to provide training for a large client has been as enjoyable as it was participating in one of his workshops. It is an honor to be associated with such as "World-Class" person and company." "I originally met John when he was a customer of mine in the auto business. It was evident in our conversations that John was/is a dedicated student of leadership. As we explored joint ventures together it became clear that he was more than a student but a practitioner of sound leadership principles and practices. I will continue to seek out his guidance and advice." "John has a great approach and training method. He invests time on the front-end in order to understand the organization and ensure training is on target." "John displays a tremendous depth of knowledge, has incredibly high moral standards and unimpeachable integrity. His interactions with team members show respect. I recommend anyone seeking training excellence consider John and his team." John is one of the few who I call a Servant Leader. He exhibits unlimited energy to find innovative ways to help people grow. If a company wants an intelligent, compassionate and knowledgeable trainer/consultant/coach he is the person." His information is both provocative and engaging. His speeches can be an emotional roller-coaster with the audience laughing one minute and holding back tears the next. Energy and passion are the two most common words used to describe John Grubbs as a speaker and trainer. CAGE: 8EMN3 Primary NAICS: 611430 Situational Safety™ 01/08/2021 by John Grubbs Need to Change? Discover the Behavior Chain Are you an Astronomer or Astronaut? Always Go First, with Positivity! © John Grubbs - All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Website Powered by BannerOS. Your Business Energized! PSST, CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? WE CAN'T... Do you work with idiots? Get a free copy of my book to survive... It's a humorous book on Servant Leadership that sells for $20 bucks on Amazon.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4129
__label__wiki	0.744994	0.744994	Reopening of Schools For Class 10 & 12: CISCE Writes to States CMs to Allow Partial Reopening From January 4, 2021 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has written to State CMs to allow schools to reopen partially for students of Classes 10th and 12th from January 4, 2021. News Team Latestly\| Dec 03, 2020 02:52 PM IST Representational Image (Photo Credits: PTI) New Delhi, December 3: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has written to State CMs to allow schools to reopen partially for students of Classes 10th and 12th from January 4, 2021. The council has also written to the Chief Election Commissioner of India to share the poll schedule of the states where elections are due in April and May so the date sheet for board exams can be finalised accordingly. India's COVID-19 Tally Crosses 95 Lakh After Single-Day Increase of 35,551 New Coronavirus Cases. CISCE Writes to States CMs to Allow Partial Reopening From January 4, 2021 Due to the coronavirus pandemic in India, schools were closed in India since March 2020. In the wake of the rising coronavirus cases, several states have deferred the opening. The Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana recently deferred the reopening of schools in the state for 10 more days. Earlier, the state government had decided to keep the schools shut till the end of November 30. However, with the latest announcement, it has been cleared that the normal classes would not resume before December 10. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 03, 2020 02:52 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com). Chief Minister CISCE Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations partial reopening of schools Schools Yogi Adityanath Govt Paid About Rs 32000 Crores to Paddy Farmers in Tenure of 4 Years, Purchased 60 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Paddy Schools in Himachal Pradesh to Resume Teaching From February 1 And 15 Delhi: Duo Who Stole Cheques from Drop Boxes & Forged Multiple Bank Accounts Arrested	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4130
__label__wiki	0.65005	0.65005	Tam David West. Nigeria Showing posts with label Tam David West. Nigeria. Show all posts JAF: WHY NLC, TUC MUST RE-THINK THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DECEPTIVE, INHUMAN POLICY OF DEREGULATION? Latest News Plus September 29, 2020 No comments WHY THE BUHARI GOVERNMENT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FRAUDULENT REGIMES OF UNJUST POLICIES KILLING NIGERIANS? WHY NIGERIANS MUST STRUGGLE FOR SYSTEM CHANGE NOW! Reproduced below is an excerpt of the interview granted eight years ago by Professor Tam David-West, Petroleum Minister during the era of General Muhammadu Buhari, to GBENRO ADESINA of The NEWS on the controversy over oil subsidy removal. THERE IS NO OIL SUBSIDY IN NIGERIA! For the layman on the street, does oil subsidy exist? There is no oil subsidy in Nigeria. It is a lie and fraud. After the regime of General Buhari, I challenged government after government, from General Ibrahim Babangida and Chief Ernest Shonekan to General Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to appear on national television with me to justify their subsidy. Let me introduce you to the basics. Let us say a particular commodity like gari is sold for N10 per bag hypothetically and the farmers are producing to make us self-sufficient at N10. But at a time, they can’t produce enough because of either bad harvest or natural causes, the government now says since gari is a staple food, the government goes to another country where gari is produced and buys it at N20 per bag and brings it to Nigeria to sell at N10 per bag. The government now writes off the extra N10 –– that is subsidy. The extra N10 the government pays on behalf of the people for them to still buy at N10 is the subsidy paid on that commodity. No government should exist if it can’t serve the people because government is a trust. They are trustees for the people. Edmund Burke, the great British philosopher, said that government is a contrivance of human wisdom and the wisdom should be used to satisfy people’s needs. Any government that can’t satisfy the need of its people is irrelevant and must be overthrown and kicked out. Coming to petroleum, there is no oil subsidy. Oil subsidy in Nigeria is fiction, it doesn’t exist and it is a fraud. During Buhari’s time, we had three refineries. When necessary, I mean, whenever there was shortage of oil, we embarked on offshore processing. If at a time, the production of oil couldn’t satisfy our needs, we selected oil companies like Shell and others that we would give crude oil to refine abroad, sell at foreign exchange and pay to our account. We got quantum of barrels of crude oil and gave to these companies and after they might have refined it, let’s say they got one million litres and we needed only 200 litres, they would give us the quantity we wanted and sell the remaining and give us foreign exchange. We only took our fuel back, never imported fuel. This time what do they do? These fraudulent people will take our oil, refine it and bring it back and sell it at foreign exchange. This is fraud in the highest places. Why is it that during Buhari era, with three refineries we were self sufficient but at this time, with four refineries we are now importing fuel? I personally signed the contract of the fourth refinery which we call new Port Harcourt Refinery in 1984. It was one of the best in Africa, with a capacity of 160,000 barrels per day. The first refinery, in Port Harcourt, was built in 1965; Warri refinery in 1978, and Kaduna refinery in 1980. A newly constructed refinery can’t have major problem for about 30 years. The problem they will not tell you is that after Buhari, every Minister and Head of State became an oil sheikh, except General Abdulsalam Abubakar. Some ministers have petrol stations and oil blocs. You can’t serve the nation and serve yourself at the same time because you can’t serve two masters at a time. One must serve his country and the dividends of doing this is satisfaction. Total capacity of our four refineries is 445,000 barrels per day. If the refineries are working even at 80 per cent, we will have more than enough product. They did not do that but sabotaged our refineries. I have been shouting since 1995 and I wrote that they are killing Nigeria and poor men. And in 2009, the House of Representatives corroborated me by saying that refineries were sabotaged. Abdulsalam as head of state, reacting to the state of our refineries, said he didn’t want to open a box of scandal. Why did they do this to the common man? Who are the importers? Big people! A senator said this year, Nigeria spends N860 million on fuel importation and they projected that by the end of the year, over N1 trillion will be spent on importation of fuel when our budget is N4.3 trillion. Insanity! Dan Etete said they needed $250 million to repair the refineries but the same minister said Nigeria is importing fuel at $900 million. Is that not insanity? If you need this huge amount of money to repair refineries, why don’t you build new refineries? The money you are using to import, use it to build refineries. Why do you think Obasanjo did not repair the four refineries we had and build four extra for petroleum to be sold at N20 as he analysed when he was in power? Olusegun Obasanjo is a great liar. They will not do so in order to continue to import fuel for selfish reasons. Is it true that Nigeria has the lowest prices of refined products among oil producing countries? Forget Jonathan! He doesn’t understand what he is saying. He is only parroting what they told him. He talks like a parrot. Can he remove what doesn’t exist? Can’t we build our own refineries to serve us and remove the untold hardship they want to impose on us? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the subsidy goes to the wrong hands. If they remove it, will people not suffer the more? Everything will increase. The new minimum wage of N18,000 will become N2,000. But Obasanjo said because it is built in phases, it will take about five years to build a refinery? It is a lie. I told you Obasanjo is a liar. It took just two years to build the fourth refinery. I signed its contract. It is between two and three years. The problem is that there is intellectual laziness and physical indolence. In developed countries, the president will not just talk without being well quizzed. But in Nigeria, at a media chat once, Obasanjo shouted on journalists or talked to them as a teacher. They kept quiet. It doesn’t take five years to build a refinery. JAF STATEMENT THAT NIGERIANS MUST NEVER FORGET! In the run down to the 2015 general election, when the Buhari-APC appealed to the Nigerian people, with its alleged change-mantra, JAF cautioned that: Irrespective of the party that wins the presidential election, the crisis in the economy is bound to continue because the economic agenda of the two major parties (PDP and APC) remains dependent on oil and capitalist policies of privatisation and deregulation. These policies are operated and championed by servants of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose main business is to steal our national wealth for the use of the exploiters in Europe, United States of America, Japan, Asia, etc. These agents cannot ORGANISE & MOBILISE NOW TO REJECT & RESIST DEREGULATION IN ITS ENTIRETY! Email: [email protected], www.jointactionfront.blogspot.com Tags: Africa corruption economy strikes Jaf news NLC politics protest Tam David West. 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__label__cc	0.599685	0.400315	CAREER PODCASTS - I CAREER PODCASTS - II Explore a Career in Sales Strategy & Operations - Discussion with Priyadarshini Routh, Director @SalesforceIQ Priyadarshini Routh, Director Sales Strategy and Operations @SalesforceIQ, goes into great detail on what working in Sales Strategy and Ops entails. Priyadarshini has an MBA in Marketing and Operations from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining SalesforceIQ, Priyadarshini has worked in Management Consulting with McKinsey & Co., in Business Development at Cisco, and was a Senior Manager for Kindle Content Acquisition at Amazon. Listen to the full discussion with Priyadarshini below: Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What kind of problems does someone in Sales Strategy & Operations work on. Eg: Defining sales quotas, identifying territories, etc. 2. Examples of typical projects that someone might work on in this function 3. Qualities needed in someone to enjoy working in this function. Eg: Analytics Skills, Problem Solving, Ability to Influence, etc. 4. Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this function 5. Advice for candidates interested in working in this function Hope you enjoy the episode! :) If you have any feedback to share, or if you have any questions for Priyadarshini or for us, drop us an email at hello@learneducatediscover.com or tweet at us @led_curator Time-stamped show notes: - Introduction of Priyadarshini [ 1:26 ] - Career path so far [ 4:10 ] - What brought Priyadarshini to SalesforceIQ [ 8:00 ] - Why sales [ 9:56 ] - What SalesforceIQ does [ 11:25 ] - How would you describe your job [ 15:06 ] - What is sales motion [ 18:44 ] - Sales strategy [ 25:10 ] - Typical project cycle [ 35:50 ] - Stressful situations in the job [ 1:01:23 ] - What makes someone stand out in this function [ 1:06:50 ] - Good way to apply [ 1:12:04 ] - Parting advice [ 1:20:15 ] Resources mentioned https://www.bcg.com/careers/path/consulting/practice-interview-cases.aspx http://www.bain.com/careers/interview-preparation/case-interview.aspx Team LED Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to the Podcast on SoundCloud Subscribe to the Podcast on Stitcher Transcript of the discussion with Priyadarshini: On today's show we are going to be talking about sales strategy and operations and to help us understand this area our guest on today's show is Priyadarshini Routh who is a director of sales strategy and operations at SalesforceIQ. SalesforceIQ is a company that was acquired by Salesforce very recently. This was sometime in 2014 and Salesforce I'm sure you're all familiar with. It is a leading customer relationship management software company and is in fact a public company based out of San Francisco. Priyadarshini has been with SalesforceIQ for a little over a year and a half now and prior to that she was a senior manager for Kindle content acquisition at Amazon and before that she has done a whole bunch of other things. Priyadarshini was in consulting for a while, she was a business analyst with McKinsey and Company and she was also in business development at Cisco for some time for a little over three years. In terms of her educational background Priyadarshini has her bachelor's in actually quite a few things - we will ask her how that happened. She has a bachelor's in economics finance strategic management and computer science from University of Pennsylvania and she also has an MBA in marketing and operations from the Wharton School. All right. So I hope you enjoy today's discussion. And without further ado let's welcome Priyadarshini. Sonali - Priyadarshini, hello welcome to the show. Priyadarshini - Hi. Nice to be here. Sonali - I have been trying to get a hold of you for so long. So you've moved to Bay Area year a half ago and the only way I could actually meet you was because of this podcast. Priyadarshini - Haha. Sonali - True. Priyadarshini - You make me sound inaccessible Sonali. Sonali - You are inaccessible. But, okay so first thing which I'm very curious about. As I was looking at your profile it seems that you have a bachelors in four different subjects right economics, finance, strategic management and computer science. Priyadarshini - You didn't mention my minor in mathematics. Sonali - Oh my God yeah. How is that possible in the same in the same duration 2001 to 2006? Priyadarshini - Yeah. Well so Penn undergrad is that's where I went. So, Penn is actually organized into four different schools and you have a School of Engineering, the Wharton School which is the school of business if you will and then a nursing as the College of Arts and Sciences. So I was cross registered across two schools Wharton and the School of Engineering. So in School of Engineering my major was computer science. In Wharton we don't really have majors at the undergrad level. You have concentrations. So my concentrations were in Finance and Strategic Management. Sonali - So you studied quite a few subjects at the same time. Priyadarshini - Quite a few subjects quite a few areas yes. Sonali - And I'm guessing this is not normal. Right like this is not the typical undergrad student that you have been. Priyadarshini - I mean I wouldn't know quite honestly. But yeah double majors and dual degrees are definitely a small sliver of the entire population but it's not entirely like I wouldn't say that I'm like a unicorn or something. Sonali - Because I was like wow. Which one should I mention there are like five of these. Priyadarshini - I think it just says that I'm scatterbrained. Sonali - Alright well thank you so much for agreeing to do this podcast. And we will be talking about what does someone in sales strategy and operations do. So what I was thinking we could start with is if you can just share your career path briefly with us so far and what led you to finally be doing sales strategy and ops in SalesforceIQ. Priyadarshini - Got it. So as you mentioned in the introduction, out of college I actually started in management consulting so worked for a couple of years at McKinsey. where like any other management consultant I dabbled in a whole bunch of different industries. Bunch of different problems. Really speaking I think it would be quite a challenge to find a theme from management consulting days. But one of the most important things that first helped me realize was that ultimately I wanted to own a function within a company. I wanted to be a line manager and preferably be in some kind of like you know a general manager role at some point in my career. So every subsequent decision I have made is essentially at least I tell myself that it's in pursuit of that larger aim. So out of McKinsey went to Cisco with the idea of focusing on one industry technology studied engineering in schools so that was a little bit of the appeal over there. And I wanted to also see how like after that decision like you know after your recommendation has been agreed upon how does the decision actually get operationalized How do some of the things work and the guts of a company. Sonali - This is compared to your consulting job ? Priyadarshini - Compared to my consulting job. Sonali - Because in consulting you would just stop at the recommendation you wanted to get into the actual implementation of that recommendation. Priyadarshini - Right. Or at least have some visibility into it. So I went to do business development really more corporate strategy at Cisco. Again learnt a ton about the technology industry and Cisco had a wide portfolio of businesses. I got to understand how infrastructure is different than software is different than certain applications and it's different than networking which was Cisco's core bread and butter which gave me a great sense of what that landscape looked like. And largely my job at Cisco was still advisory. So I partnered with a lot of different product GMs. In some cases people more at the distribution side so I did a bunch of things sales focused but I wouldn't say I had tremendous exposure to sales in my time at Cisco. But it gave me a great general understanding of businesses and its end at least in the scope of my projects. It gave me a chance to do things more end to end where I would come up with you know a certain like identify a problem, identify what the right thing to do over there is and also have some sense of how to actually do that or push it over the finish line. Went to business school after that and coming out of business school what I really wanted to do was focus on that execution piece and so . And for a few years I had wanted to own a P&L. I wanted to find out what that experience is. Sonali - P&L is profit and loss. Priyadarshini - Statement. So essentially be held responsible to a number I wanted to figure out like you know is this something that I would like to do later on in life. I’ve always glamorized it in my head. What does it really look like. So that’s what took me to Amazon because most tech companies are single P&L companies. But if you look in e-commerce or consumer goods, retail these are places where people. I would consider myself still an early career professional. So I think in early career you have the chance to own a P&L. Yeah. Big or small. I found myself at Amazon suddenly gifted close to a billion dollar P&L. And I was like who is this person who is trusting me to do this job. Sonali - So you owned when you say you owned a billion dollar P&L what does that mean. Priyadarshini - That means is essentially that I'm responsible for both the top line growth as well as managing cost initiatives that feed into that P&L. Sonali - And billion dollar is the revenue for that particular P&L. Priyadarshini - Correct. Yeah. And this is like it's Amazon scale. So practically every business operates at that scale. So I don't think I could replicate that by a different company. Sonali - That's a big deal. So like your job would have been to try and improve the profit you're making on that billion dollar in revenue. Priyadarshini - That's that's definitely one way of defining it. Yeah absolutely. Sonali - And then what brought you to SalesforceIQ then. Priyadarshini - So did that for a while at Amazon enjoyed the general management thinking but realized that retail which is essentially the part of Amazon that I worked in wasn't where my passion was I wanted to come back to technology. I had gotten this amazing general management experience I had certainly gotten implementation experience because everything that any initiative that I came up with I also drove right to the end. Whether it be like you know writing copy or like you know handling the customer issues escalations whatever it is everything came to my desk. So it was exciting but I wanted to parlay that experience and bring it back to technology. So I didn't because my career path hasn't been one where I can talk about like you know there isn't a function that I have. Like for instance marketing or sales or product that I have worked in for a long time so I don't necessarily bring that experience to the table but so I didn't it would be hard for me to transition directly to a function at least my own hypothesis. So what I decided to do was to step back into the advisory side where I had like you know I had the strategy skill set but this time to be very close to a function in this case the distribution function sales and post sales and also do it within a smaller company where I would have much greater visibility and participation in the decision making. Sonali - I see. And so when you joined SalesforceIQ had just been acquired by Salesforce right. Priyadarshini - No I actually joined a year after the acquisition. Sonali - A year after the acquisition. Priyadarshini - SalesforceIQ was still a very small company. We were only about 120 130 people maybe when I joined. And I think today we are probably at 250 so definitely skyrocketing growth. It was interesting to see the scaling stage of a business as well. But at least compared to every other organization I've been part of this I consider very small. Sonali - For sure. And why sales. What made you pick sales as opposed to other functions. Priyadarshini - I think you know you're making me realize that my decisions weren't as thoughtful as I thought they were. Sonali - Which is true for a lot of people right just in case it's just always good to probe because you never know what might have gone behind that decision. Priyadarshini - Sure I think. I think what appealed to me about it was that so when I think about Salesforce even in the industry it has a great deal of credibility as an amazing distribution machine. Cisco definitely had that too like a lot of people would tell you that Cisco is more of a sales driven company whereas I think when people think of Apple for instance people think of it as more of a product driven company. Right. So I think there was a little bit of that. The other piece was also in all the jobs that I had done I felt like the skills that I had picked up and the way I approach like any problem that you give me I always approach it from a general manager standpoint so to be able to ask questions like How do I hit like you know my top line revenue like what are some of the growth initiatives they want to put in place. How do I essentially like you look at how the business is performing. Figure out like you know what are the breakpoints if you will and what I need to change there. That was kind of the job I was doing at Amazon. That was a B to C or a business to consumer environment. I could parlay that same thinking if I was close to sales in a business to business environment. I felt like it was a good fit for my skills. Sonali - Okay. All right. So if you can give us a very brief overview of what the SalesforceIQ does. And in as layman's terms as possible. Priyadarshini - I will try. So SalesforceIQ started its life as RelateIQ. It was founded actually by a few Stanford GSB students. And the problem that they essentially identified in the market was that you have customer relationship management software which is valuable to any and all businesses however in the lower end of the market which is where they decided to start there were two distinct problems. One was that like if you think about cloud CRM like Salesforce the parent company today essentially is the incumbent in that space. And then of course you've got like on frame CRM you know a whole bunch of other older tech companies play in that space. But the tough part is that it still takes like you know time and money to deploy some of these applications and they can be and they're also complicated in terms of getting your data in there. So small businesses want something that's easy to deploy. That's like you know out of the box intuitive they're not going to hire like an Accenture or whatever of the world to help them in their transitions. So that's the need that SalesforceIQ in my view. Sonali - So it's easier to deploy. Like it makes deployment. Priyadarshini - It's easier to deploy it's much much more intuitive like if you look at the interface of SalesforceIQ it looks like a spreadsheet. Everybody has been in excel at some point. So it's much easier for them to get started. And there's like I'm really like this is where a product manager can speak so much more eloquently. Sonali - No but this is helpful that is just because you know a lot of your description of your job etc. will be in the context of you know what SalesforceIQ does. Priyadarshini - At SalesforceIQ. Sonali - Just trying to get some understanding. So customer relationship management software just for listeners who might not be familiar is just at a very high level it's a software that sort of keeps track of all your clients and you know the deals that you've had and how how to just continue that relationship. And what SalesforceIQ does is that it just makes the deployment of that software a lot easier as well as as well as the software itself is a lot more intuitive and easier to use. Priyadarshini - That's correct. And it actually is the solution so it's not just it's not like a plug in to make something easier to deploy. It is it's own CRM. Sonali - I see. Priyadarshini - Completely so you can track your sales process you can track like you know any number of post sales processes etc. that you might be that you might have implemented for customers. It's just easier to deploy in itself and also much much more intuitive to interact with. And then SalesforceIQ actually brought out a second product and a third product now it's kind of expanded from that starting. Yeah so we also have like inbox application which essentially makes it a lot easier for a mobile salesperson. So you can essentially do all your transactions out of a mobile it has a nice suite of productivity features and on the back end it also so you are able to log everything to your CRM so it's essentially piggybacks off of the main Salesforce product. And then more recently for people following the news there have been a bunch of announcements around Einstein. Some of that was also developed. Sonali - That AI stuff. Priyadarshini - That's correct. Sonali - Okay got it. We don't have to go. Priyadarshini - Yeah yeah. Sonali - But. And so I think what's also important to call out over here is that your customers are businesses like other businesses which is why you have a sales team that goes out and sells to these businesses. Right. So here I would then ask you that if you can give us a description of what is your job what is sales, strategy and operations how would you describe it. Priyadarshini - Yeah. So when I think sales strategy and operations are the things that my team does. I think of it in a few different buckets. So let's talk a little about sales operations it's the more traditional thing in the industry that most I mean practically all B2B companies will have such a function to support their sales team. So it comes in a bunch of different flavors so on the sales side you're probably going to have to figure out questions like when you have a sales team like what are the territories like how do you allocate territories across your sales team. How do you compensate the sales team. What are those structural design philosophies if you will of compensation. How do you set goals and quotas for the sales team. So these are very traditional sales ops tasks and that's like you know one piece of the puzzle in other sales operations teams this is not true of my team because we leverage Salesforce' operational capabilities for this. You will also usually find people who are doing a lot of like you know contract processing order processing billing all of that. All of those operational tasks and also sometimes. Sonali - Which you might call like post sales or like completing a transaction. Priyadarshini - They are really to complete a transaction. I wouldn't call them post sales. On the post sales side because my team does look across both sales and post sales I think the equivalent of this would be like if you have renewal managers or if you have customer success managers again how do you allocate territories how do you set the right goals, quotas compensation et cetera. So anything to get these teams aligned in the right way to be able to achieve your top line goals is sort of like one bucket of things that usually are sales a sales operations function or a post sales operations function would do. Sonali - This is very good so what you're talking about is that sales operations has a lot of things that you will need so you will first set a goal for your sales team that I want to meet X revenue or whatever and then to operationalize getting to that goal that's what all of this includes including things like territory and compensation and all that. Priyadarshini - Correct. Sonali - Can you describe a little bit of some of these. For example I think territory allocation is a pretty interesting area. How how like what are the kinds of things that you would be thinking about to figure out how to allocate territory. Priyadarshini - So again it depends a lot on like you know what like what you're trying to optimize for. So let's say like there's a whole bunch of different models right like at the very simplest end of the spectrum. You could almost do this round robin and not even do like a territory carving model. You will probably have this in very rudimentary sales teams when you don't have a sense of how many transactions are coming in and what the geographical distribution is. For a sales team that's slightly more mature. You would think of things like you might carve them by geography you might and you would also strive for to the extent that people have like you know similar goals or similar quotas to hit you would strive for equitability across the way you carve territories. Sonali - Equitability you mean like similar size of territories. Priyadarshini - Yes because the territory essentially in some sense represents the opportunity for a sales person. Sonali - To limit the amount of quota or the number of deals you can get. Priyadarshini - Correct. Yeah exactly. So you would use like you know you want to be careful about equitability. And I think the other thing that as you're setting up this is more of a segmentation thing that comes in. For instance do you want to have like you probably don't want one team that covers everything from the smallest accounts to the biggest accounts because sales motions in those types of accounts can look different. It also comes down to building career paths for yourself. Sonali - What is sales motion? Priyadarshini - So like you know what a deal cycle essentially looks like so let's say if you were like let's talk about Salesforce the parent company for a second because they have a much wider spectrum. So an enterprise deal looks very different like selling to a Coca-Cola or selling to I don't know Tesla or pick whoever you want. Essentially they might be like you know deals which will take multiple months. Often these will be like multi million dollar deals they will be a lot more complex. They're usually not one product deals they're going to be multi product. All the negotiations even painting the picture. The skills you need to sell into those types of accounts can be very different than look at the opposite spectrum like the emerging small businesses segment that Salesforce for instance has where essentially it's very high velocity it's like think of it like team where your sales development team shifts you leads and you call into those leads and in many cases like maybe in two calls you're closing a deal. Sonali - This will probably be for smaller businesses. Priyadarshini - Exactly right. So you figure out like you know what is your sales motion look and figure out like how you want to carve flex segments if you will. So we obviously have a much smaller microcosm because we are focusing on that lower end whereas if you look at a company of the scale and size of sales force you have a lot of different segments over there. So those are some configurations that you would think about in territories. Sonali - What about the quota. Just to get into some of the nuances or details. Priyadarshini - Yeah sure. Quotas it's really about making making an estimation of what you think the productivity of your sales team can be right like you're giving them a number goal to hit every month. So it's based on your feel of of what that like you know what a salesperson's capacity to hit a number is given a certain opportunity. Sonali - Is quota set per salesperson or is it at like some team level. Priyadarshini - It can be, it actually can vary. So in most sales team individual teams will have quotas. Sometimes when so again all of this depends a lot on the maturity of your business and the maturity of your team. So for instance if you had a brand new product and there are like. So I will give you a specific example from SalesforceIQ today. So on our sales team because we've been selling for a while and we have a sense of what the productivity of the sales team can look like. So on the sales side our quotas are a lot more nuanced. For instance we will have quotas based on somebody covering the very lowest and or somebody carrying sort of like the mid-end or like the top end of our business quotas will vary by that and whereas and quotas are individual. So every AE in essentially if every AE who is covering a certain part of the business is held to a similar quota. On the renewal manager side where essentially they're doing the same thing. They're just working with a different existing customers and trying to renew that book. We've actually kept team quotas part of that is because we still don't have we feel the best understanding of exactly like you know how much someone can like we're getting to the point where we might do it in the future in the near future we might look at individual quotas. So I think it varies a little bit by that as well. Sonali - I see. Okay. Priyadarshini - So it's like when you feel. Sonali - But quotas I'm sure there's a lot of art as well as science behind this right because I wasn't reading this in the context of quotas but this was in the context of something else where it is just like our goal setting at a very high level if you said something which is too much of a stretch it can be demoralizing because like how am I supposed to get there. And if it's too low then it's not inspiring enough. So how do you do that balance. Priyadarshini - Yeah. It's I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that you know it's as much art as science it's really really tough. And if I if I flatter myself that I have made all the right decisions then that's not true. It's it's it's it's very hard. I think what you're talking about is exactly the we always have that at the back of our minds as the business matures more and more you're able to make more educated guesses. You have like you know better data. For instance you would look at what the distribution of attainment across different AEs is. Sonali - AEs is area. Priyadarshini - Account executives i.e the sales reps. Right so if you look at the distribution you have a better sense of whether like whether someone is an outlier or whether it's like somewhat concentrated around a certain number that might give you comfort that okay that's probably like you know a fair quota to set. But what you just mentioned is absolutely the tricky part of this and there is no right answer. Sonali - And I'm sure over a period of time you keep on refining. Priyadarshini - Exactly, it's iteration refinement and also maturity and experience and that's the reason like you know why you have people who have done this before also involved for these exercises. Sonali - Sure yeah yeah okay. So this was sales ops so you talked about like things like territory compensation, quotas, contract processing. Priyadarshini - Yeah. I think the one piece that I didn't mention in sales ops is that there's also especially in a startup context there's a bunch of things around systems because the systems that you put in place and the processes that you put in place can be fundamentally can fundamentally affect the outcomes and the efficiency of your sales team. So we spend a lot of time understanding like you know which CRM we should use what kind of statuses we should track making sure that you know sales the sales team is following disciplined in terms of how they are tracking and like pipeline setting up. Sonali - Why did we win a deal. Why did we lose a deal. Priyadarshini - All of that right. And then even forecasting right like for a sales manager to be able to forecast and have a sense of have some forward visibility of where the month will close you need like a lot of hygiene if you will around how you're tracking all of these deals. So part of sales ops' jobs and again it depends on the maturity but sometimes a sales ops person might be the person who's actually implementing that first instance of Salesforce or any other CRM software within their business and then setting up the policies and processes etc. Sonali - To track the data and making sure that sales team is adhering to like actually logging all of those details. Priyadarshini - Yeah. I mean it's jointly owned obviously with a sales manager because ultimately they will have direct like you know their direct influence ability but it's also pretty critical pyro for sales ops. Sonali - Got it. Okay. So that was sales ops. What about sales strategy. Priyadarshini - Yeah. So as I know that I'm the one who kind of made a little bit of a false distinction if you will between the ops and strategy side because I think these these words honestly mean different things to different people and where you draw the line is up to you. But I would say that in typical sales ops or sales strategy and ops functions these are all things you would do. Things like I talked about the very operational task of really like you know supporting the team and making sure that the team is you know essentially operationalized to hit a certain target. But equally important whether you define this as strategy or ops is a lot of funnel analysis that we do. So as you think about like as a, as a manager of a business if you are held accountable to a number there's not a lot like a lot of people actually focus on what's the revenue I brought in. I would argue this is something I learnt at Amazon that that's actually not the most important thing that you should be focusing on because you can't do very much with something which is so much of a downstream metric. By that time it's like the game has been played. If you want to have any influence and if you want to be able to tinker around with levers you need to look a lot more upstream. So you want to monitor every part of your sales funnel starting from the time like any upstream demand generation activities you do you would want to capture all of that you want to make sure like you know how many of those leads that demand gen has kind of coming up with like what's the number what's the quality of those leads then like sales development which is sent which is usually the first function you have who like you know they are probably. So sales development would be the way to think about like why you usually have that gating function is that your sales reps you don't want to like when demand gen is coming up with leads some of them are like you know high high likelihood to close type of prospects and then there's low likelihood to close prospects. Sonali - So actually let me stop you right there. So before we get into the details can you at a very high level tell us what is what does that funnel look like what are the stages in that funnel. Priyadarshini - Yeah. Good. Good question. So I will think about at least when I think about our funnel it's I would think about demand generation sales development and then the actual sale and then of course there's like post sales after that. It's kind of how I like the functions organized in order. Sonali - And on the top you have demand generation. These are the guys who are actively going out and getting deals. Priyadarshini - No so the way I think about demand generation is that they're essentially getting you leads. Sonali - Not even leads deals yeah. Priyadarshini - Yeah leads. Right. So what are some demand gen activities. And again this depends a lot on the segment of the business if you're playing like in a small business segment like we do a lot of the traditional channels you might use there are things like you know paid social or search engine marketing right your website probably won't drive as much where as the sales ops. Sonali - So is it like awareness. And this might be more slightly more slightly more than just awareness. Priyadarshini - It's more than awareness. I think awareness is part of it but making sure that you actually drive to actual leads that someone can then like you know pick up the phone and call and find out like what is the likelihood to close. Sonali - Okay. So that's demand generation. Priyadarshini - That's demand generation. Sonali - And then after you said it's sales development. Priyadarshini - Then you have sales development at least for us. So the reason most companies will have a sales dev function is because so sales reps if you give them like if you inundate them with leads of all different qualities your sales reps will be wasting a lot of time picking up the phone and calling people who are probably never going to buy. So you want a sales dev person or somebody you want some kind of a getting mechanism over there to be able to figure out which of those higher prospect leads. Sonali - So prospect qualification. Priyadarshini - Yes exactly. That's essentially what they're doing. They're qualifying leads. And I mean at the broadest level I am simplifying very much over here what they are essentially doing is anything which is high likelihood they send down the sales funnel whereas something that's low likelihood you might actually send back to marketing and marketing might do like nurture campaigns with them to get them to a point to feel it so that they will be high level. Sonali - So like maturing them. You know I'm not ready to buy this yet. Okay got it. So that's the sales development function. And then you have sales itself. Priyadarshini - Then you have sales itself. Then the account executives take over and usually the other people who are closing things. And then finally you have post sales and in post sales I see a bunch of different types of functions. So some of them will be involved in like the early onboarding driving engagement because those are the things that will drive better renewal outcomes at the end of an year. So for us most of our contracts are annual contracts and you have renewals people who are actually going to close these deals when they come up for renewal and I think the other very critical thing that post sales also plays a part in at least for us is in driving up sales and upgrades. Sonali - Right right right so you're on level 1 package why don't you buy level 2 package or something. Sonali - Okay got it. Yeah. So you said that one big part of your job as in sales ops and strategy is to monitor this funnel right from demand generation because the more demand generation you have the more sales you will have. Priyadarshini - May be. Sonali - At a very high level. Priyadarshini - Yeah exactly. Sonali - It depends on the quality. Priyadarshini - Precisely that's the reason why you do all of this funnel analysis right. It's not just quality if you think about it can also be capacity. Right. Let's say demand gen is doing a fabulous job sends a whole bunch of quality leads. But your sales development function isn't adequately resourced. They aren't able to follow up with all of those leads. Right. Sonali - So you will. Priyadarshini - Exactly. So these are all the problems that you want to keep a very close eye on. Like where are the capacity constraints where are things breaking and what are the reasons why it's breaking and essentially that is what I that I think is the most exciting part of my job because when I'm able to do that level of analysis I'm able to identify what are the things I'm going to change in the business and that essentially helps me like you know drive towards the. Sonali - And you are able to spot like the right gaps. I'm sure the impact is like an immediate significant impact right like suddenly you open up yourself to many more leads or many more conversions adding like a few more people. Can you share an example maybe that comes to mind. Priyadarshini - Around? Sonali - Around like you know something that you did in this funnel analysis and something that you found which led to a like a big change. Priyadarshini - Yeah. The reason I laugh is because I think like the last year of my life has been like you know a lot of, a lot of small changes. Sometimes they're not necessarily big changes but small changes that actually did like you know incrementally get us do better in better places. So we for instance we heard a lot of complaints from our sales development. People had points that hey we're not getting the right quality of leads from demand gen. So we've gone back and looked at what channels end up converting better versus what are not and we substantially changed the way we allocate funds. Sonali - So when you say channels as in like leads coming through different sources. Priyadarshini - Different sources exactly vs like you know display ads et cetera. Each of them will have like a different conversion profile because because people with different types of intent are essentially captured in each of these channels. Then another very concrete example that comes to mind from my early days is we were moving SalesforceIQ like we wanted to go global we do sell the product globally today but not when I had started. And so I worked on the pilot program for getting us into UK and at the time we only had one account executive dedicated to the UK and we knew that there was more opportunity over there but we just weren't resourced as a team to put more resources over there and be able to milk all of that opportunity. So we made the case for expanding the UK team. So it went from one to actually six people this year and the UK business and especially after we sent people into the UK to actually be in market. It's like what we close these days is like it's almost like the first time we had a full team over there we closed 2x that month versus the month before. Sonali - Right right. So that's the kind of impact you can have. Priyadarshini - That's pretty immediate impact. Sonali - Awesome so yeah so you said that I guess right now we're still more in the realm of sales ops than sales strategy. Priyadarshini - I would consider it's again like I don't like the monikers I really don't know because each person defines it so differently. It sits on the borderline because I would think that some of these are very strategic questions as well. In my mind. Right. But the way I think about it is that there's a piece around which is operational activity to stand up the team every day. And then there is a set of questions around decisions that you will make which will help you hit a revenue target. And I kind of put this more in that second bucket. Sonali - So is there anything else within this function. Priyadarshini - Yeah. I think other stuff that we do some kind of thinking through like where my team spends its time. There so often on you will get involved in I suppose more a longer term strategic questions if you will from a distribution angle. So for instance given the data that we have about customers about the way we go to market when we were revisiting like you know what pricing and packaging strategy should look like for some of our offerings then we can. My team yeah. Sonali - That's sales. Priyadarshini - So again there's like it's let's say we work in partnership because there's definitely like product controls ultimately the pricing and packaging decision. But because we are close to the customer and we are we have a lot of the distribution data we can help inform them. Sonali - Give them that data. Priyadarshini - Correct to make like you know better decisions. And then there's a bunch of like you know a lot of like executive like in any strategy function. There's always an element of executive support. So any time like for instance today when we go out and present our business to Marc Benioff who is the CEO of Salesforce you know the team will probably help and spend some time working on telling the story crafting the message. Sonali - Yeah but this is great Priya because you know I've seen like a lot of MBA grads especially you know end up in some kind of like a sales strategy and operations kind of rule. It's a role that you see very often but I've never really understood what do these people do. I'm sure it's important. Sonali - Now I have a good understanding. So I also wanted to sort of walk through a typical project just to get a sense for the kind of activities you might engage in in a project. So is there a project that stands out in your mind. Either it was very interesting or just tough or just and we can then go to stages of that project. Priyadarshini - So one of the this is a recurring project one of the most important things that my team does is we do like monthly business reviews and essentially we are putting together a fact back around the business. So it's very similar to all the funnel analysis that I talked about. So we look at like you know again the number of leads that are coming in. Do we have appropriate conversion. Are there any conversion drop offs across the funnel. Are we resourced appropriately. What does attainment looks like across the teams to make sure that we've set goals in a thoughtful fashion. We look at like you know what kind of pipeline are we bringing in and does pipeline to ECVs like essentially are it's not the equivalent of revenue but without getting into all the details essentially think of it as the dollar value of whatever we close at the end of the, at the end of the sale. So is are there like you know any breakpoints over there. So we spend a lot of time like obsessing about these types of questions. So I'm trying to think. Sonali - I mean it sounds like do you think it's a very like analysis heavy kind of role then. Because it's like just pulling a lot of data from Salesforce. Priyadarshini - It's very data driven. But it doesn't stop at analysis. The person who is successful in this role is someone who can pull the data but then make sense of the data and can have a perspective on what you will change in the business if you can't do that last part I mean you're probably good as an analyst you're certainly not good as a sales strategy and operations person especially as you think of people more senior. Sonali - I see. Yeah. So apart from so like if I were to think about the key activities you would be doing in this role depending on of course the kind of problem you're trying to solve for it will vary but there's a big part of data analysis. And then apart from that what else would you think like in this example like when you're putting together these monthly reviews so you do the data analysis you might come up with a recommendation based on what the data is telling you. Do you do something else like is there a lot of socializing involved of your recommendation or like going out and speaking with customers. Priyadarshini - Yeah socialization not so much because it's a much smaller company so things can you know move quicker and nimbler. It's just not that many people if you will to socialize with we do we as the audience for this the monthly business reviews is the entire sales management hierarchy. So the person who heads sales, person who heads GTM and GTM is go to market. So it's both sales and post sales. And then all the sales managers all the post sales functional leaders will all come together and like you know will take a look at the data and essentially what coming out of that meeting often we will have very concrete things that we're going to chase down. So going back to your earlier question around projects. So let me give you an example from the post sales side because we've talked a lot about the sales side of the house. So on the post sales side we look at churn is a very important metric that every single SAAS company obsesses or should obsess with. So as you think about bringing churn under control some churn happens at the time that your that contracts are up for renewal. But even during the year when people are supposed to be locked into a contract you can still have churn. For instance it could be that somebody goes out of business. So you're not going to get money from them. So understanding what's the quality of customers that you're selling to for instance is your bad debt read essentially going up. It's not it's not terribly controllable but it's something important to know at the same time. Also and even though I said that it might not be like you know it's not terribly controllable there are controllable aspects of it because for instance you may want to make sure that people who are approving like these refunds like are we being thoughtful about their approval processes. Have we like you know put the right like gating mechanisms are we putting the right offers. So these are things like you know we call it off cycle churn internally. So we've been chasing down for instance off cycle churn. Could be like you know one specific initiative or something else that we might think of is that as our renewals book has grown exponentially it's not possible to do like the hero model in which we served customers before. Right where every single customer gets the exact same kind of high touch renewal conversation. Sonali - So you might vary that a little bit. Priyadarshini - That's right. We so for some of the smaller accounts we've tried to put in place you know some scalable mechanisms where you have like you know a large maybe like you start things out with like bigger email blasts rather than having the renewal manager pick up the phone. So all of these like even designing that model like what are those thresholds at which we are going to cut off and implement different types of processes people on my team have been involved in some of these. Sonali - No this is very helpful. Because it just gives a flavor for the kind of things you might be working on. And I think the other thing which will be very interesting to talk about is the kind of roles in terms of hierarchy maybe that you can expect in this kind of a function. So for example you're at a director level right. So now you have a big team that you're managing but let's say someone is out of undergrad or maybe grad school. So to take an take an analogy in consulting you will have analyst associate manager principal etc. right so similarly in this if you can give us like a flavor for what are the how's the team put together. Priyadarshini - Yeah. So I can talk a little bit about my team. I would say that it's not very standard though I think it really depends so much on like you know the context of the business, the size of the business even sometimes the leaders the individual team leaders philosophy. So for instance I like flat teams lean teams with people who have like you know large jobs scope's rather than layering up a team too much because personally I feel like the put like you know the further off you are from a certain point it's harder and harder for you to have visibility and to really feel like you're empowered to make decisions in the business. So that's just like a personal philosophy. So on my team we've operated in different ways and we usually have a couple of people like you know maybe focus on the sales side some people focus on the post sales side. So that's like one way of dividing it up. There have been times when I've tried to do a little bit more almost project based or initiative based in the sense that people would be able to cut across lines so maybe you have a subject matter expertise in sales but you also once in a while get to do something which is more of a post sales problem. So it could be that. Let me talk a little bit about how Salesforce does it because they have a much larger sales strategy and operations function I've got a sense of how they are organized. So they actually organize a little bit by and this is I think you will find more examples of this in the industry as well in a business partner model. So what does that mean. Essentially they organize their hierarchy so that people are matched to people in the sales hierarchy. So at Salesforce you have like the enterprise business unit you have a commercial business unit and then you have the emerging small business unit. And essentially the difference between those three different units is how large are the companies that you're essentially selling into. So you might have you do actually you have their EVPs at each of those levels. So you might have someone at my level who is mapped to each EVP and then each of those EVPs may have like you know several SVPs who are like have different segmentations and then similarly on the sales strategy and operations side you have a team where people reporting to me would essentially be mapped to those SVPs and would work in a business. Sonali - But why you map to people in sales are you enabling the sales team is that why. Priyadarshini - No you're not enabling the system enablement is actually a separate function. Usually in most sales organizations we'll have a market readiness / enablement function which also sales strategy and operations serves. So for instance I on my team like I know I didn't talk very much about that in the examples I gave.But we have talked about for instance how do you measure the success of the enablement function or where do you plug in enablement. But going back to your question of like why do you do the mapping. I think the logic behind that mapping is that you are essentially an advisor. You are helping to solve whatever the top of mind problems are of the sales leader. So for instance if somebody comes in and says tomorrow that hey we need to focus more on enterprise like for whatever reason we feel that we're not getting. And I'm just making this up, this is a completely hypothetical example like we're not getting what we want out of enterprise deals. That's an interesting problem that somebody then needs to go and chase down like why is that. Is it because like I could think of different reasons like maybe your product isn't enterprise ready maybe you haven't organized your sales force the correct way. Priyadarshini - Yeah. Sonali - So sales might come to sales strategy and ops to say this is a problem that we're seeing. Can you help us figure out why. Priyadarshini - Exactly. Sonali - And within this mapping that you describe the roles within sales strategy and ops group might as you become more and more senior are you just handling bigger and bigger projects. Is that the difference then. Priyadarshini - In terms of seniority yes I would say so yeah. And even the level I think the way to think about it is almost that a sales leader will get more in terms of you know advice judgment perspective if you will of a more senior person versus somebody who is. Sonali - Like an accounts manager. Priyadarshini - Sorry. Sonali - So you said that there's mapping to each of the individual salespeople so like a sales leader might get way more advice than like just an individual account manager. Priyadarshini - So you are never mapped at the individual account manager level. You are always you are just mapped to different people like different levels of hierarchy in the sales management structure. So like whether you're mapped to a sales leader who's an EVP or maybe a sales leader who is an SVP. I don't actually think we have any mappings under that. Sonali - So it's essentially at the leadership level. Priyadarshini - It's at the leadership level. Yeah I would just say that if you think about like you know what is the higher up you go in any function you're essentially looking at more ambiguous problems right. More like you know the problems might be of bigger scope. Like instead of solving it for it's one thing to solve it for a team of 40 people it's quite a different thing to solve it for a team of 4000 people. So those types of complexities is what distinguishes even like where people are placed along sales hierarchy and similarly those mapped to the type of problem that someone in sales strategy will do. Sonali - All right. So this is this is super helpful because I think this is a great overview of what this function is. So now I would love to get into some of the more you know just your personal thoughts on this job. So what do you think are the most interesting aspects of working in sales strategy and ops. Priyadarshini - For me personally it's the fact that I get to put on a general management hat every day and take a look at this business. It really feels like operating a part of the business myself. Do I actually get to do that directly. No not by a long shot I would be disingenuous if I suggested that but I love the fact that I'm able to put that hat on and ask myself that if I had owned this business or if I was running this function and I saw this problem what's that concrete decision or what's that change I would make. That's for me that's the most exciting what supports that is this thought process of of analytical problem solving which is something that you know I've been trained to do right from my first job out of college. And that's something that I enjoy being able to look at data tell a story come up with concrete recommendations and then make changes. And sometimes actually be able to see the effect of those changes both good and bad. Sonali - Haha, both good and bad. Priyadarshini - Yes that is a very good learning. Sonali - Do you think that your first point is very interesting that you get to think like a general manager and think about what decision I would take if I were to own the business. Yeah. Do you think that's more of a function of the fact that you're a director. And so you are someone who is pretty senior as opposed to someone who might be slightly more junior but still working in sales strategy and operations. Priyadarshini - I personally think it is a function of personality and training. I don't actually think it has you like I don't put a lot of like I don't think your level in an organization needs to constrain you. You can always think like that if you are pushed to think like that. And if you're trained to think like that. So what do I mean by that. So today I have like you know four people on my team. Couple of people are a lot more junior so they're only two years out of college versus two others are I don't know somewhere in like seven eight years experience range. So very different profiles. But whenever I whenever there is a problem that anyone is solving the question that I always ask them is could you put yourself in the shoes of actually my manager who heads all of GTM if you had the chance to make the decision what is the decision you would make. It's obviously a lot easier for some, the more experience you have to relate to that level of thinking. But I don't think that thinking has to wait. Sonali - Absolutely. So let me put my question in a slightly different way what you describe is something which I think anyone can feel in any function right. Priyadarshini - I think to a certain extent that's true. Sonali - You should try and feel like you know. Priyadarshini - I think so. Sonali - Exactly right. Let's say you are the product manager then you know you want to think that if I own this product which you do what would I do. So is there something specific about the sales strategy and operations function very unique to this function which you might potentially not find very easily elsewhere that you that you think is interesting. Priyadarshini - I think that while this is true of any function I do think that your ability to feel it is a little bit different in the sense that you know you're close to like this function gives you're you're literally the last mile before it hits the customer. Sonali - It is the last mile. Priyadarshini - That's like what the distribution function is so that I feel like that like I could ask these questions if I was sitting in a product design function too. And I should and I think they do us slightly different types of like different flavors of the same question. But I feel that I'm able to ask the kind of changes that I can make and the questions that I specifically ask like I don't feel like I could have if I wasn't as close to distribution. Sonali - I think yeah I think what you're trying to say and correct me if I'm wrong is that almost that you do own the last mile so the amount of impact you can have is probably a lot even through a small change so as an example let's say compare with legal right. Legal should also feel like if I were to own the business what was the right legal decision. But the right legal decision probably may not have always in all cases the same level of impact on the revenue or the outcome as opposed to a decision in sales per se. Is that. Priyadarshini - I hear what you're saying. Yeah. I hesitate to say that I think this is as I said is so much this is really a function of my personality naturally. Sonali - Of course. Priyadarshini - Like no matter what function like I've heard these types of arguments made. For instance there are people on my team who will say I like working in distribution because I'm close to the revenue. I think you are close to the revenue no matter what function you're in. You just need the right mindset. Sonali - No that's good. Priyadarshini - So that's why I hesitate here for saying this. Sonali - For sure yeah yeah yeah. So I want to probe you a little bit on that right. Because the reason I ask this question in most of my discussions is that let's say put yourself in the shoes of someone who is you know relatively new in their career they are not very clear what they want to do. And then they hear your discussion and they're like you know what. That doesn't really help me figure if I want to go into product or sales right and yours is not strictly sales like you are not selling selling. So what will be helpful is if you can like if you were to let's say persuade someone that you know I think sales strategy and ops would be a good function for you. What would you tell them. Priyadarshini - What would I tell them. Darn. Should have recorded the pitches that I gave to the last two people I hired on my team. I think I would tell them that I would certainly make the general management pitch. I like I know I keep coming back to that but I actually do think you're in a very good position to ask some of those questions to answer some of those questions and implement those changes because of where you sit in the business I would say that's one. Second thing I would say if you've ever dreamed of being in a function which is there's a lot of like analytical decision making involved if that appeals to you. I think this is a good function to go into. I think the third thing that I would say is that you can parlay this into a lot of different career choices down the line. Right because you will be building a skill set that is that is essentially like being like a strong problem solver. You're going to have create data analysis skill sets you're going to build like a people in this function you're going to have to it's an influence function right. So there's a lot of like consensus building a lot of executive presence especially when you're presenting to people who are a lot more senior. Those are like fantastic base skill sets that you can then take and parlay into any other function. I think it gives you like you know also structured thinking like all of those things kind of are used and you have to really flex that muscle. So I think that that's another thing that would appeal and I would put that in the pitch and then the last thing I would say is that if you think a lot like an industrial engineer then this is a function that will appeal to you. So what do I mean by that. You are at some level this function is a lot about how do you design things to scale well right. Like how do you when you have a sales when you have a sales team of five people vs like you know bigger sales team of 50 people versus a mini army of 500 versus a true army of 5000. Like how do you put in place processes where you know all of these people can align and achieve a certain aim that you have and how do you streamline processes like how do you take out bottlenecks how do you make sure that certain interactions are happening the right way things are being captured in a standardized fashion so that you are able to analyze and tell a story about the business. Those are actually non-trivial problems. So anybody who enjoys thinking and like how do you drive like you know throughput through this type of a system. Anyone who enjoys that kind of industrial engineering thinking will probably find this function rewarding. Sonali - I think you finally hit. Priyadarshini - Finally, took a lot of dead beating the horse to the water. Sonali - I think it's also like it really depends person to person like some people respond differently to different questions. Do you think there's an element of organization design also in what you're doing. Priyadarshini - For sure yeah. Sonali - Do you guys think about like how many sales reps support to how many whatever manager. Priyadarshini - Absolutely absolutely. Part of like when I think about going back to a question I think you asked me a while back around projects. So at the start of this year we essentially doubled our sales team so we had to make a lot of decisions around what does the team structure look like. And like you know how you structure your team will essentially drive a lot of outcomes. Like anybody who's been to business school probably remembers the line around what was it strategy follows structure. But those two things are very intertwined. So you definitely get to see that a lot and even outside of that like organizationally for instance answering questions like the add on the add on upgrade part of your like you know. Sonali - Or you can give like free stuff. Priyadarshini - No no sorry. The upsell / upgrade part of your revenue whether that should be led by people in the sales organization or whether that should be owned by the post sales organization. How do you exactly goal these teams. How do you make sure that the hand-offs are smooth those are actually tricky questions as well and they are questions that you are supposed to solve. Sonali - I mean it's all about the right motivation for every person right. And where do you draw the line. Yeah. So and the flip side of the interesting part so like what aspects do you find challenging about this job. So not not necessarily hard I mean I'm sure this is a hard job but in particular things that you think are challenging. Priyadarshini - Like what I don't like. Sonali - It's up to you how you want to answer it. Priyadarshini - I think the things that are challenging about this job again so much of this really comes down to individual personalities so I would say that people shouldn't anchor to like you know one person's answer it's almost like try out figure out if this is for you or not. I have heard some people say that sometimes they feel like it can get very analytically heavy. It can almost be a little bit too data driven. So again I would say to someone evaluating a career or a job in this type of function figure out what your comfort level is. I mean. Sonali - Definitely not for someone who doesn't like data for example. Priyadarshini - For sure but even when you like data like some people would love to like you know it's like some people enjoy like heavy number crunching and even the way sales ops is kind of moving with web based businesses you have a lot more data. So there is always this push to crunch more data. And sometimes the incremental data crunch may or may not yield results if you will. So I think that part can be challenging for some people. I think the second thing this is very personal to me this. This comes back to my personal desire of always being in a line function. So when I think of like you know my long term career like my long term career goal I as much as I have had a wonderful time in this function love the way we think. But I would take this and I actually want to be a GM of a business rather than stay somewhat outside it. So I have found that to be like you know a personal attention where I can influence an outcome but I still don't want 100 percent control. Sonali - But then as you said that this does equip you with the right skills so maybe you could make that transition at some point. Priyadarshini - Exactly exactly. And then there are different types of people like I talk to like people on my team or other people who have done these types of roles. Some people actually like being on the advisory side. That's just what they want. And there are some great advantages to being on it. For me personally if tomorrow somebody said hey you could be like you know like you could do you could solve some of these problems as you do by being like you know a head of sales or a head of marketing or whatever. Go ahead demand generation I would probably pick that role. Because for me personally that's where I want to be right. So I think that can be another. You know it can be another it can matter to some people. I think the other thing that I would say in the role is it can be. I think you've got to be okay with ambiguity because many of like no matter how much data you have at the end of the day it will not always tell you a clear story. So a lot of it is around having the comfort to test iterate use your judgment be wrong and then you know keep moving I think. And not everybody has the appetite for that. Sonali - Right. And I think the example that could be a good one over here is that the thing that we talked about right the part art part science which is that you know how much quota. Data can only point you to an extent after that you just have to take a call. And are there any common mistakes that you have found people make in this role or in this function maybe let's say when they are early in their careers. Priyadarshini - There isn't anything terribly function specific. But given that my challenge to people is always can you like what would you do what would you actually decide to do. I think sometimes early career professionals tend to think that the analytics the modeling it's like you know I built a wonderful model. Sonali - That's everything. Priyadarshini - That's everything exactly. And I think as I think the only reason I have some gray hair on my head is because I've come to realize and I certainly I think my best taste of this was actually in my job at Amazon where I actually owned the P&L. It's like sometimes the best analytics in the world don't mean a damn thing because you may try something logic points you in that way. But for a whole bunch of factors some of which you may have predicted some of which you have not outcomes don't necessarily always end up exactly that way. Right. And part of the challenge in this function and something that you should hopefully enjoy is like it's okay I made my best guess and now my best guess has to change and what do I do next and you know continuously. Sonali - Comfort with that being able to just change your recommendation or change your own hypotheses as you get more and more data. Priyadarshini - Absolutely. Absolutely yes. And recognizing that the model isn't where it ends. Really wear it like till the rubber meets the road. Your model doesn't mean anything. Sonali - Yeah. It's just the first step right yeah. Are there any stressful situations that you run into in this job. Oh I'm sure there are from the look on your face. Priyadarshini - Absolutely. Sonali - Well can you give an example. Priyadarshini - So let me say this. Anybody who does this job with the level of seriousness that this job should in my mind should entail. You will find this job stressful because I think a little bit about it like you're setting quota right you're setting a goal. It's a goal that actually determines somebody else's compensation. If you don't take that decision seriously and if you're stressed out when you feel that people aren't attaining like you know your guess essentially about the business is wrong you should be stressed. In my mind like I don't want somebody on my team who is not stressed. Sonali - Who is not stressed. No one's meeting quota. Priyadarshini - Not like you know not stressed like stressed in a bad way what I mean to say is that you should obsess about that you should feel the accountability because otherwise it's like you're essentially operating in an ivory tower. Right like I can come in and say oh quota is 100k for like these X many salespeople. Sure anybody can come up with a number like unless you feel that accountability that I have wanted to like set a good goal a fair goal that is driving the right outcomes of the team. And many many times you will be wrong because it is a freaking hard decision to get right. If you don't have that level of accountability whether you want to call that stressful or not you shouldn't be in the job. Sonali - So one thing which I want to clarify I think I. On the one hand you are you know you're the one who's setting in the territory and the compensation and all of that. On the other hand you are in an advisory function. So I didn't I don't get it. You mean that the sales guys are the ones who are actually like implementing the territory is that the distinction. Priyadarshini - So in those types of in some of the specifics that you called out like you know territories and composition and in the end why you see your advisors at the end of the day and again this depends a lot like on how functions are structured who you are reporting into et cetera et cetera. But generally speaking the head of sales will have should have probably the final say I would say at some level. So at least in our case like any of these decisions I make very strong recommendations. But the alts on the other side like yeah or may if you will still comes from the head of sales. So there are like one of the reasons that you do keep these functions separate and don't completely like you know make them part of the sales like in Salesforce. These are actually two separate functions because you want someone to still have a lot of objectivity. Sonali - Yeah otherwise the sales guy will just do whatever works for them. Sonali - That makes a lot of sense. Okay. And thanks for clarifying because I was like I don't get it. All right so then I'm going to switch the context a little bit more from the point of view of recruiting. So let's say you were to replace yourself and find someone to replace yourself. You had to pick five qualities in the person what would those five qualities be. And this is like I'm trying to understand like you know what kind of person would would enjoy or thrive in this job. Priyadarshini -Yeah definitely somebody who's A class analytical problem solver like that we've talked about you know much. Sonali - Yeah very clearly. Priyadarshini - Yeah that's very important. You have to have like and more than like and I don't want to use the word data I actually want to use analytical problem solving because whether or not you have the data the ability to think like you know in a very logical structured fashion. Sonali - And break down a problem. Priyadarshini - And break down a problem like that is critical especially if you're thinking like at my level. I think the second thing that I would say is somebody who you know brings judgment and perspective to the table and isn't somebody who just stops at the analytics because this is ultimately I think of this as a you know a decision facilitating or like you know helping make decisions essentially the way I think about my role. So I think that's a pretty critical thing that I would say as well. And the third thing I would say is having prioritisation skills. In any team like this you're going to get a million requests and even any time you look at a business there are there's going to be always a whole bunch of things that aren't performing exactly the way you want to. Having again that judgment and the prioritisation of where do I plug in what do I spend time what should I care about what moves the needle I think that's pretty critical skill to bring to the table. Not necessarily specific to the function but specific more to the role that I'm in for sure team building skills like you know can you actually recruit on board motivate and manage people well. I think that's four by my count. I think the last thing that I would say I want to make sure that I haven't. Oh influencing skills. Sonali - Yeah for sure. Priyadarshini - Yeah. Because I was actually surprised that I seem to have. Skipped over that. Sonali - That's seriously very important in this one like so you first come up with your recommendation but now you have to convince your sales guy or your marketing guy or your product guy or gal about it. Priyadarshini - Yeah yeah absolutely. Sonali - And have you seen that you know over and above this. I mean by now you must have worked with a lot of people in this function. Are there any things that make really you know superbly awesome people in this function. Is anything that makes them stand out. Priyadarshini - Yeah. I think one thing that I would say like a whole like different like all of these like you know even the skills that I talked about like they have different levels of depth and different levels of flavor that people can get to. But I think one of the big things that that at least I have personally seen like you know help someone stand out is it's almost like an obsession if you will with the problem. What do I mean by that. If you have the mindset that somebody is going to give you a well defined problem and you're going to go and chase it down to an answer you will be good. But I don't think you will be great. The great person looks for problems needs to be able to ask the right questions. Actually that's probably the other very important skill that I would put here because this is no longer unlike like you know for instance I came from like a consulting background I have hired a lot of ex consultants on the team as well. And generally speaking the challenge that I see with them is that sometimes they're expecting someone to give them a well-defined well-framed problem. That's not how real business works. Real business is a lot more bottoms up it's like you get all these different signals and you got to figure out what's the signal what's the noise. You've got to figure out how to ask the right question how you will frame it the right way because the way you frame the question will determine the answer that you get to. And so I think that's an incredible skill that makes somebody great. I think the second thing that I would say along the same lines is you have to have an exploratory mindset. It cannot again be that mindset of okay this is like the well-defined well-contained. While you need to bring structure to anything you also need to you've got to like build that judgment of okay where do I like peel one level deeper versus you know where it's like enough is enough. And that's not exactly a very easy skill. I struggle with it every day. Sonali - That's hard because you need to go pulse on like all of these different things happening and then be able to take a step back to say what's important and what's not. Priyadarshini - Right right. And it's also like this. It's it's almost like you like in many cases especially maybe because we're a new business. We've seen certain oddities in the data which we haven't been able to quite explain like going that like having that appetite to be like a self-starter and go to the next level and then again if you don't find a good enough answer being creative and like you know trying to it's almost like it's a little bit of a fishing expedition and you've got to be willing to put in the work and and have fun essentially in that fishing expedition. And some people don't like it because some people will say oh I don't really understand why I'm doing this it's almost like you've got to find that meaning a little bit bottoms up in my experience. So I would say that's another thing that I think makes people really great. Sonali - Truly great. Priyadarshini - Yeah. And I thought there was another thing that came to mind and I forgot. Sonali - If you remember it you can bring it up. Priyadarshini - Yeah okay. Sonali - And it sounds like you've hired a lot of ex consultants on the team, so do you think like what is a typical background for this particular function. Yeah I think anybody who comes from like you know a consulting function or a corporate strategy function. And I have also considered people from actually any kind of professional services really would. And again it depends a little bit on tenure. So if I'm looking at very junior people like you know zero to I don't know let's say three to four years out of college I would consider anybody who who has like you know basic financial modeling skills, basic executive presence and communication good communication skills and the most important analytical problem solving skills. And I don't anchor very much to somebody who has need to have done this job before. I give people like the way my interview process usually works is I give people like you know real world business problems that have come up in the function and I see that is this person able to think through this. And if you can it means that's enough. If I'm looking for somebody more senior I probably will look for someone who's done something a little bit similar in context. Personally I don't care very much about whether they've done it for distribution. But let's say even if somebody came from like you know a product strategy background or if they've done like some kind of operations analysis in a different industry or whatever I think those would be very good as well. Sonali - But and you have to have an MBA. Priyadarshini - Not in my view. Sonali - No right. And do you hire people straight out of undergrad. Priyadarshini - I personally don't. I'm unaware of whether Salesforce does or doesn't. Sonali - I mean they could potentially join as some kind of an analyst on the team right. Priyadarshini - You can join as an analyst on the team absolutely. You probably have one to two years experience out of college. And here's the reason like why I think in a larger company that's why I brought up Salesforce like you know the corporate parent because there are much larger teams and they will have the bandwidth to train you. For me it's a lot easier to have somebody. Sonali - To start the process yeah they want people who are like a little bit trained. Priyadarshini - If I had the time I would love to train somebody straight out of college but I probably won't. So it's a little bit easy for me to get that leverage. Sonali - And what's a what's a good way to apply and maybe not necessarily in the context of SalesforceIQ but is it like you just go on the website to apply you try to get a referral what have you seen works. Priyadarshini - I would say that in most cases just look at all the different channels and postings apply referrals always help. It's pretty much the general job search. I think as people move higher and higher up the ladder I think it becomes a little bit more of like you know tapping your network conversations et cetera. So I would say it looks very similar to most other job functions. Sonali - And is there anything specific that you look for before you actually call people in for an interview. Sonali - What do you think a candidate can do to really stand out in the beginning. Priyadarshini - That's a really good question. I think I would say know the company know the product like usually the recruiter does the first level screening for us and I'm pretty sure that's pretty standard across the industry. I think what makes you stand out in those cases is whether you bring like some knowledge of the company whether you know you're able to speak in speak in an informed fashion about what could be some of those top of mind you know questions problems that people might be dealing with or even sometimes like if you can make analogies to like things that you may have seen in a different job I think those kind of say. Sonali - But then are you expecting knowledge of Salesforce or SalesforceIQ at a business level or are you expecting some kind of very specific like sales ops or sales strategy specific knowledge. Priyadarshini - More the former. Sonali - Okay I see. Priyadarshini - I rarely ever test anyone on anything functional. Because quite honestly I think if you are a good problem solver and if you can put on your business hat and if you have a good manager who is willing to support and coach you the I almost think context is something that can be learnt. It's much more those underlying foundational skills the personality that I'm really looking for. Sonali - And another thing which I'm curious about is and I think you alluded to this earlier in the discussion that you wanted to get into more of a function line management kind of role and you got interested in sales on the distribution side and you picked Salesforce because you know that it's really important here. So there is this aspect of choosing your company carefully that you know like let's say a company like Apple. Like you said it's probably more product focused than sales. How can someone figure out how strategic this function is for that overall company. Priyadarshini - It's an it's an excellent question. I think what I would say is that it also depends on your tenure like how important it is. I think if you're at the if you're more like early career junior whatever moniker you want to use I would say don't worry about it. Go get the expertise because regardless of where you are you're going to learn like you know fantastic skills. And it's always easier to progress in a certain function when you already have that function on your resume that just goes without saying it's general career advice. I think as you move up more senior it's something to think about. Again it depends very much on whether you're planning to stay with the with the company for a while or whether you see this like you know see this as like a two to three year stint then you're going to do something different. Personally distribution problems interest me. I think that you know distribution is a fascinating realm. And the advantage of sitting in the kind of function that I have within Salesforce is that I am getting to see one of the best in class distribution organizations in the world operate every day. I get to work with sales leaders who are very seasoned and their advice their coaching even as we are approaching some of these ambiguous questions as I've alluded to before the data doesn't give you the perfect answer. It's really the collective judgment of all of us that gets implemented finally. So to be able to hear those opinions on the table I know that I've got like some fantastic people over there you know who are like. Sonali - Lot's of experience. Priyadarshini - Exactly like that I can learn from and absorb. So that's essentially a little bit of why I pivot to that. But again in terms of like finding out like how important is this function within our company I would say any company which has a B2B sales force will have a function. Sonali - I think B2B really makes a big difference right like sales become much more important. Priyadarshini - Exactly. I mean you won't even find this function in a B2C company in my experience. Because you don't have a sales force essentially. Sonali - Yeah that's true. Okay. And then are there any books or any like resources something that you might want to recommend for someone who is exploring this role or just wants to learn more about this space. I don't know if there is this might be an odd question for this but. Priyadarshini - Yeah I've actually never never used anything. It's almost making me feel a little bit ignorant. I am sure there is. Sonali - I don't know. But like okay so maybe not specific to sales strategy and ops but maybe something that helps in recruiting or something so cause it sounds like it you know maybe a lot of your interviews might be like case case interviews so have you found any resources that are helpful for that. Priyadarshini - I mean go to I think like think of it a little bit like recruiting for a consulting job. Go to the consulting web sites like I think like McKinsey BCG Bain at least when I recruited for consulting back in the dinosaur days they had great practice cases. So they can always be helpful. I think there's a bunch of other like you know case books that people have used. And I think that's when you're starting out for most people who will look at this job like two three four years out of college and plus you you probably have already got the base case skills. I think the best way for that audience to prepare for a job is essentially read the news. I can't tell you how many people come in who don't seem to have a great sense of of of of the industry and that this is something that I just believe across the board if you want to be a business leader know what the heck is happening in business. Sonali - So what was the strangest question or comment you might have heard in one of these interviews. Priyadarshini - Nothing too out of the way but for instance like you know when I ask people like why they want to work in technology for a while everybody would basically the answers would boil down to they were fascinated by technology because they like their iPhone. Sonali - Seriously. Priyadarshini - Yeah seriously. And that's not necessarily a bad answer it's just that maybe you really do like your iPhone but when probed you have to have you know good second level back up for it like it shouldn't be just yeah I think it's nice it looks pretty it looks cool right. Dude like that's everybody across the universe. I think so. So why should I hire you. Right. So I would say like you know read tech crunch you read like read Wall Street Journal and it's less about like maybe macroeconomic things are not might not be as applicable. Like what I'm trying to say is that you want to have a sense of where some of the major companies in the industry are heading if there's interesting news. Think a little bit like even like I do this as thought exercises sometimes like think about companies like you know Uber, Lyft or I don't know Rue La La you have to pick anything does they have they don't have to be within a certain vertical. Think about the business models of these companies like what makes them interesting. What do you think like if they had to get to like you know the next x million dollars in revenue what do you think they would have to do. Ask yourself those questions because giving us of those brain teasing questions essentially prepares you for like what these interviews are about. Sonali - All right. Well thank you so much Priyadarshini. This is this is really good. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation. Is there anything any other advice. Priyadarshini - As did I. Sonali - I'm glad to hear that. Any other advice you would like to share. Priyadarshini - Other advice I would like to share. Sonali - Not necessarily the function it's up to you. Like you know parting advice about the function about tech about recruiting. Priyadarshini - I'll give you a piece of general advice that I've given people a lot. Two things: One - don't pick the role pick the manager, manager makes the rule Like People people people like I remember hearing this at McKinsey and thinking oh yeah sure whatever everyone is supposed to be good people here. But if like when I think about every single role and how how successful I've been in it, how much I've enjoyed it how much I have learned from it. All of that in such a big way is tied to the manager. So pick the manager not the role. That's my first piece of advice. The second that I would say is that it's always good to be good when things are going good. I think it's really in the moments of discord or the moments of like you know when you feel like you've lost your way. That's essentially what defines you as a person. So my general advice to everyone is just be welcoming of failure. I don't think it's easy. A lot of people think that they're welcoming of it but at least I have observed behaviors of the people who say they are and are necessarily not. Yeah. So embrace it. I think embrace it internalize it acknowledge it don't get demoralized by it because it really is about like and maybe you actually made the right decision with the data that you had at the time. And but the world continuously changes on you. So really it's about like embracing the failure having always this like keep an open mind that things are always changing around you that you want to learn and absorb and iterate and like you know redirect and repivot yourself. I think people who have that adaptability that flexible mindset in my opinion are people who succeed. Sonali - Absolutely. Alright well thank you so much Priyadarshini and take care bye bye. © LearnEducateDiscover 2019	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4138
__label__wiki	0.628235	0.628235	Images Quotes Community Quotes from "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica" Submit QuoteSettings Search for QuotesImages Sort by NewestRandomPopularControversialMost Discussed Quotes per page 102050100 How many quotes should be loaded per page? Paging mode Click pagesScroll infinitely How would you like to load content? Open quotes in... New windowSame window Mami Tomoe said: (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) If you use your wish to grant someone else's, you should be careful you know exactly why you are doing it. Are you really doing it for someone else's benefit? Or the opposite, you're doing it for that person's everlasting gratitude. Sayaka Miki said: Whenever we pray for someone's happiness, someone else must be cursed in exchange. Kyubee said: I can only say that the human curiosity is something completely irrational. Homura Akemi said: You’re too kind. Remember this and take it to heart: kindness sometimes leads to even greater tragedy. Kyōko Sakura said: Hey God, if you're there, my life has really sucked. So please, for once, let me have a sweet dream. The balance between hope and despair keeps itself to zero. When was it you told me that? I understand what you mean now, I did save quite a few people, but in exchange hatred and jealousy filled my heart, I even hurt my best friend. Someone has to be cursed to balance out a wish for someone else's happiness. Someone has to be cursed to balance out a wish for someone else's happiness. That's how we, magical girls, work. You shouldn't want to be like me, I'm... just trying to act cool. No matter how scary it is, how hard it is, I can't talk to anyone about it. I always cry alone. Being a Magical Girl isn't good at all. Our contracts are completely dependent upon you agreeing to them first. I think that, in and of itself, is quite kind of us. Do you know how many civilizations are crowded together in the universe and how much energy is used up in one second? Eventually, you humans, will leave this planet as well, and join us. You wouldn't want to be handed an empty, desolate universe then, would you? Sakura Kyouko said: Rush in there right now and break his hands and legs so he'll never be able to use them again. Make it so he won't be able to do anything without you anymore. Then he'll be yours. His heart, body, everything. Say, how about we put an end to all of this? The two of us could become Witches and destroy everything! Everything in this world that has ever made us hate, everything that has ever made us cry, will turn to ashes until nothing is left, like it was all just a bad dream! We'd have no worries! Isn't that nice? Stories where love and courage win in the end always turn out like that, you know? When I think about it, I became a magical girl because I always loved those stories. It really shouldn't be all that uncommon - having a wish you'd go so far as to trade your life for. I think there are a lot of people in the world with wishes and desires like that. If we can't think of anything, it just means that we really haven't had anything that bad happen to us. We've had too much given to us and have become dull and stupid. It makes me wonder: Why us? Don't you think it's unfair? I'm sure there are other people who'd really want a chance like this. Why is it that when humans regret the decision based on a misunderstanding they feel resentment toward the other party? Madoka. My only friend... If... If it's for your sake... I don't mind being locked in this eternal maze! So how about we become monsters together?.. And turn this world upside down? So that... nothing bad... or sad... would remain. Destroy, destroy, destroy it all! Make a contract with me, and become a magical girl! Even though I've lost my way, I will save you. Kindness can bring you even bigger troubles. © Less-Real 2010 - 2016 Less-Real	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4144
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__label__cc	0.528424	0.471576	7 Reasons to be Excited about the PS5 launch AVelasquez97 Unique Design, Breathtaking Graphics & Amazing Games. Sony is ready for the next-gen with the PS5. Check out the reasons to be excited about the PS5 Launch 7 REASONS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE PS5 LAUNCH \| LIST-EM. Article Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc 01 THE DESIGN Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc The PS5 looks unique, different; you can feel this is a new generation of gaming. PS5’s futuristic look is a stark contrast from the sleek, rectangular shape of Microsoft’s offering; while also being quite distant from Sony’s usual school of design. However, with its curved, white casing with accenting blue lines, the PS5 will surely be the centerpiece of your entertainment room. Check out the PS5 Hardware Reveal Trailer Courtesy of PlayStation 02 GO DIGITAL OR NOT AT ALL More traditional gamers will be glad to know that Sony isn’t completely ditching the disc tray for their new generation of consoles. On the other hand, for the ones that already see having a physical copy of your games as a thing of the past (or simply can’t be bothered to make room for new game cases) will be thrilled to have the PS5 Digital Edition. The DE, besides not having a disc tray, will be more symmetric and likely cheaper, than its disc-capable brother. 03 THE GAMES Insomniac Games, Inc - Marvel - Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc Sony’s reveal showed us how powerful their next-gen console will be. With the breathtaking trailers for Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Gran Turismo 7. Polyphony Digital - Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc And, the new adventures for beloved characters as Ratchet & Clank and Sackboy. The PS5 promises to have a strong launch, filled to the brim with exclusives. Third-party offerings will probably follow up quickly, and with Rockstar showing GTA 5 once again for the PS5, we can rest assured that the strong support Sony has managed to gather through four generations will translate in a ton of games for the console. Here's the Announcement Trailer of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Courtesy of PlayStation 04 THE RESOLUTION Guerrilla Games - Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc The PS5 will have 8k native support. This means that we can enjoy crisps images at an insanely high resolution. Most likely, the PS5 will have a significant effect on the proliferation of cheaper, commercially available 8k sets. However, there still needs to be proof that the 8k resolution support will also mean games at a playable framerate. We can only wait and see, but we should definitely be excited about this. Insomniac Games - Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc What about the New Xbox? 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__label__wiki	0.538459	0.538459	Court fee increases The Law Society has published its response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on further court fee proposals. The Law Society considers that it is wrong in principle for the court service to be treated as a profit centre and that higher fees will have a significant impact on some groups. The proposed fee increases come following significant fee increases in March 2015 when the fee for bringing a money claim increased by around 500%. Since March 2015, fees have been payable on 5% of the value of a claim up to a maximum fee of £10,000 (the previous maximum fee was £1,720). If the proposals are implemented, fees will remain payable on 5% of the value of money claims but the maximum fee for bringing a claim will increase to “at least £20,000” and remaining court fees (e.g. for bringing non-money claims, judicial review or for assessment of costs and enforcement proceedings) will be uplifted by 10%. The Law Society considers such further increases to be inappropriate in light of the March 2015 increases which have not delivered any tangible improvement in the service of the court service. For more advice court fees or on Litigation & Dispute Resolution generally, please contact Hilary Coles or Sheree-Ann Virgin. Blog post author: Sheree-Ann Virgin	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4168
__label__wiki	0.874007	0.874007	Sofia Vergara talks about wanting more kids. Sarah Norton She can’t wait much longer though. Colombian actress and Modern Family star, Sofia Vergara has spoken about wanting more children with her fiancée even though she is currently going through a tough battle with her ex-fiancée over frozen embryos. The 42-year-old opened up to Redbook Magazine saying, “I don’t want to be 50 with a baby.” Vergara told the magazine, as a single mum to son Manolo who she had when she was 20 years old, that she’s open to the idea of having more kids. Her current fiance, Joe Manganiello, 38 is younger than her and she’s aware that he has never had kids but would really like to have them one day. Sofia Vergara with her son Manolo at his graduation. Image via @sofiavergara Instagram. "How am I going to say no? I tell him if we're going to do this, we have to do it, like, now, because I don't want to be 50 with a baby," she told Redbook Magazine. Vergara opened up to the magazine about how she knew that Manganiello was 'the one' - because she just feels so comfortable around him and the relationship is so easy. "I finally realised that relationships don't need to be so much work," she told the publication. "Ever since we met, it's been so easy. I'm very suspicious. I'm like, 'It's not normal that we've been together for nine months and we haven't had a big fight or anything'." The Colombian born actress and her now fiancée have been together since 2014 and we are anxiously awaiting their wedding day. Meanwhile Vergara is locked in a legal battle with her ex, Nick Loeb - the two are battling over two frozen embryos. Loeb is trying to take the embryos to full term using a surrogate, which Vergara doesn't want to do. The case goes to court again on May 22. We hope to hear wedding bells and the patter of tiny Vergara-Manganiello baby feet soon because damn will they make gorgeously genetically blessed babies. What do you think about having babies later in life? CLICK THROUGH the gallery for more photos of Sofia... Sofia Vergara.Tied in first place with Kaley, Sophia earns $28.5 million a year. Want more? Try: "Sofia Vergara admits she'll be getting a boob job in the very near future." "Sofia Vergara has an A-list celebrity organising her wedding." hot-right-now Is Celebrity Skincare Actually Worth It?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4170
__label__wiki	0.598004	0.598004	Edge on rocks Macclesfield 164/9 Alderley Edge 156/9 (Match drawn, Macc 9pts Edge 10pts) BOTH sides were desperate to win this crunch game at the foot of the ECB Cheshire Premier League - but neither side did. Macclesfield 164/9 Alderley Edge 156/9 (Match drawn, Macc 9pts Edge 10pts) BOTH sides were desperate to win this crunch game at the foot of the ECB Cheshire Premier League - but neither side did. With Nantwich having a narrow victory at Poynton, Edge's next match away at Nantwich looks like being the game which decides whether they can avoid relegation. The result of this match was overshadowed by the news that Macclesfield have suffered a 16 points deduction as a result of playing an ineligible player - ironically ex-Alderley Edge youngster Tom Parfett-Manning, who did not have the necessary paperwork completed before starting to play. As a result the Victoria Road men look doomed to relegation. Macclesfield decided to bat first and went straight on the offensive, captain Danny Ackerley blasting 32 before he was well caught by Simon Bolton. Alan Day (2-39) then undertook a marathon 20-over spell, and accompanied by David Parkinson (3-50) they slowed the run rate down. Mark Hillaby, at number six, made a fine 57 not out but Macclesfield needed to bat on to 60 overs to total 164/9, declaring one ball short of the maximum to prevent a possible five extra points for Edge if they were to go on to win the match. The contest looked evenly balanced at tea. Alderley's reply started with an unlucky run out decision against Mark Currie (19) and a steady flow of wickets accounted for by Macc's strong attack of Barnie Cutbill, Sam McTaggart and Hillaby. Just when it looked like Edge would struggle to reach the target, Mark Walker played a tremendous knock at number six taking his side to the brink of victory. A nail-biting finish ensued with Edge having to survive the last ball with number 11 Mark Warnes having to go out to face a single delivery with victory no longer a possibility and the entire Macclesfield side surrounding the bat.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4174
__label__wiki	0.713271	0.713271	Marine Guide Maritime Videos Marine Career Maritime Manual ‘Ancient Dynasties & World Wonders’ To Be Explored On Crystal Cruises’ 2021 World Cruise What Is A Cruise Ship? Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Types of Ship Launching Methods Top 10 Free Marine Compass Apps For Android Smart Phones Types Of Fishing Vessels How To Join Merchant Navy In India After Class 12th 4th Engineer On A Ship: Duties & Responsibilities How To Appear For Merchant Navy Competency Examination Abroad (UK)? Who Is A Maritime Expert Witness? Top Websites For Merchant Navy Jobs Maritime Manual Listed In Top 50 Shipping Blogs SAL Welcomes Three Heavy Lift Vessels With 800t Capacity To Its Fleet AAL Bangkok Loads 12 Floating Crafts, Including 51-Meter Superyacht CSA 2020 Shipowners Offer Insight On EGCS Installations As IMO 2020 Looms Jan De Nul Successfully Wraps Up Liepaja Port Dredging Marine Business Directory Last updated on September 20th, 2018 Miami, FL, Sept. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On January 5, 2021, luxury travelers will embark on one of Crystal Cruises’ most extensive World Cruise journeys ever, as Crystal Serenity sets sail on a 139-day odyssey from Miami to London. The company’s 26th annual World Cruise – “Ancient Dynasties & World Wonders” – will follow a route through the Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, the Far East, India, the UAE and the Mediterranean, featuring transit of the Panama Canal, visits to Egypt’s mysterious Valley of Kings, and the winelands of Western Europe. Offered in nine focused segments of 12 to 21 days, the sailing explores iconic locales and less visited destinations alike, allowing guests to explore wild shorelines and landscapes, remote villages and untouched natural beauty, historically profound sites and monuments, and epicenters of modern culture and commerce. “The 2021 World Cruise is a truly comprehensive odyssey of grand scale, importantly showcasing the ever-evolving lands and diverse cultures across the globe,” says Carmen Roig, Crystal’s senior vice president of marketing and sales. “Our guests know that a Crystal World Cruise is always rich with extraordinary experiences on board and ashore, and the ‘Ancient Dynasties & World Wonders’ voyage embodies this spirit of discovery, offering travelers a larger-than-life journey with Crystal’s celebrated luxury and increased flexibility.” Highlights of Crystal’s 2021 “Ancient Dynasties & World Wonders” World Cruise include: Maiden calls in Townsville, Australia; Banda Neira and Ambon, Indonesia; Overnight stays in 17 global cities, with at least two overnights featured on all but one World Cruise segment; Exploration of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and adventurous coastlines, as well as the tropics of the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei; An intensive early spring journey through Japan, with additional calls in Hong Kong and Taiwan; Far East discoveries in China and South Korea, with an overnight in Shanghai and two nights in Beijing; Concentration in Southeast Asia and Vietnam, with overnights in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, as well as Singapore and Shanghai; An exotic journey across the Bay of Bengal and along the Arabian Gulf, with two nights in Myanmar, calls in Sri Lanka and India en route to Dubai; A voyage along the gulfs of Oman and Aden, with calls in Oman and an overnight in Safaga, affording access to the Valley of Kings, then on to the picturesque Mediterranean coast; Sun-drenched discoveries in the postcard-worthy ports of Europe, with overnights in wine havens like Lisbon and Bordeaux (two nights), as well as Rome, Sardinia and Ibiza. The 2021 World Cruise offers alternate embark and debark port and date options for travelers, giving guests considerable flexibility while still receiving the full World Cruise benefits. Guests can choose to sail the complete itinerary from Miami to London (January 5 to May 24, 139 days); from Los Angeles to London (January 21 to May 24, 123 days); Miami to Rome (January 5 to May 12, 127 days); or Los Angeles to Rome (January 21 to May 12, 111 days). Guests booking any of these full World Cruise options enjoy special benefits and amenities, including a welcome celebration dinner aboard Crystal Serenity in Miami or in Los Angeles, “As You Wish” shipboard spending credits of up to $2,500 per guest; complimentary private car and driver transfers between the ship and airport; a gala dinner World Cruise Extravaganza Event; an exclusive shore-side event; special World Cruise-themed onboard events; and specially curated gifts. Crystal’s 2021 World Cruise will first be open for 2018, 2019 and 2020 Full World Cruise guests for booking between September 5 and September 11, 2018. All other Crystal Society members will enjoy a pre-booking window from September 12 through September 18, 2018. Full World Cruise guests and Crystal Society members can receive full itinerary details by contacting their travel professionals or calling 888.799.2437. The cruise will be open to the public for booking on September 19, 2018 with Book Now Savings fares for the Full World Cruise starting at $46,199 per person (expiring October 31, 2018). About Crystal The world-renowned Crystal Experience – featuring global journeys with Crystal Cruises, Crystal River Cruises, Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises, Crystal AirCruises and Crystal Luxury Air – continues to be the distinctive choice of the world’s most discerning travelers. For more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel professional, call 888.799.2437, or visit www.crystalcruises.com. Join the hundreds of thousands who subscribe to the Crystal Insider blog, follow Crystal Cruises’ Facebook page and @crystalcruises on Twitter and Instagram, and engage in the conversation with #crystalcruises. Press release: NEWSWIRE Related Topics:cruiseCrystal Cruises Holland America Line Offers Up to $400 Onboard Spending Money on Sailings to all Cruise Regions in Celebration of Choose Cruise Month Carnival Corporation & plc Reports Record Third Quarter Results And Authorizes Replenishment Of $1 Billion Share Repurchase Program Global Cruise Market Will Grow at a CAGR 5.0% and Reach USD 57.6 Billion by 2023, from USD 42.9 Billion in 2017 Now Enjoy A Luxury Mumbai-Goa Cruise For Just $100 Love and Harmony Caribbean Cruise Announce New Attractions and First Artist Line Up Living In A Cruise Cheaper Than Living In An Australian City!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4178
__label__wiki	0.906184	0.906184	NBA season ‘could be in jeopardy’ as players debate extent of strike to protest Jacob Blake’s shooting (report) Updated Aug 26, 2020; Posted Aug 26, 2020 An empty court and bench are shown with no signage following the scheduled start time in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Magic.(Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via AP)AP By Tom Westerholm \| twesterh@masslive.com After the Milwaukee Bucks went on strike to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin in Game 4, the four other NBA teams scheduled to play on Wednesday decided they would sit out as well. The NBA announced shortly afterward that all three of Wednesday’s playoff games were “postponed.” According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, however, the season might be in jeopardy. Emotions are raw, players were already worn out of bubble environment prior to the Jacob Blake shooting and sources say discussions within teams are ongoing about postponing tomorrow's three games too -- and beyond. "The season is in jeopardy," one vet player here tells ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020 Not every player wants a strike, per Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Haynes. One star NBA player: “We’re already here. Let’s finish what we started.” https://t.co/RKtIU06FQ6 — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 26, 2020 But momentum toward a general strike continues. Major League Baseball teams have opted to strike as well, and more are reportedly discussing it. The Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics were scheduled play Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals on Thursday evening, but it remains to be seen whether that will happen. “It’s an active discussion,” Jayson Tatum said after Wednesday’s practice. “Obviously it started with the Raptors and obviously that’s who we’re playing. It’s been talked about with other guys on other teams. People are upset or angry and we’re just trying to come together and figure out a way how we can do something. Obviously people are going to say, ‘Well, what is sitting out going to do?’ Obviously if we sit out a game or the rest of the playoffs, we understand how big of an impact that will have. Everybody’s going to have to talk about it, continue to raise awareness. We don’t want to just keep playing and forget about what’s going on in the outside world, because it’s affecting us. It’s affecting everybody. We’re more than just basketball players. We’re people. And we have these raw emotions and feelings.” Tatum added that players are fine with individuals boycotting as well. “If certain guys, certain individuals make their own decisions, that’s perfectly fine,” Tatum said. “Everybody is entitled to feel how they feel and act upon how they want to act. Nobody is going to be judge one way or another.” Brad Stevens on potential player boycott: ‘It’s not about me... We’re here to support each other’ Most Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors players reportedly want to play but remain in ‘active discussion’ over boycott Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors met on Tuesday about boycotting Game 1 of Eastern Conference semis (report)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4183
__label__wiki	0.753926	0.753926	Alex Gourlay Emerson Group holds virtual Industry Day October 8, 2020 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Ed Morgan, Jen Beatty, Larry Merlo, Scott Emerson, Steve Anderson, The Emerson Group Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Supplier News NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic has left few major business sectors untouched, and retail — as well as the supplier community that serves it — is adapting to a landscape transformed by profound changes in consumer behavior and priorities. To help the industry navigate these uncharted waters, Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers Video Forum: Alex Gourlay, WBA July 27, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt Alex Gourlay, Video Forum, Walgreens, WBA Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Videos In this edition of our Video Forum, Alex Gourlay, co-chief operating officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance and president of Walgreens, provides an update on the company’s strategic priorities — creating neighborhood health care destinations, accelerating digitalization, transforming the retail offering, and stepping up cost management efforts to free capital for reinvestment in the business. Walgreens reopens most Chicago locations June 12, 2020 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Walgreens Leading Headlines, Retail News DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens has made significant progress in its efforts to reopen recently damaged stores in Chicago to serve the needs of the local community. Currently, 100 of Walgreens’ 118 Chicago stores are open and operating with regular business hours. Alex Gourlay In addition, Walgreens has taken a number of steps to help meet Gourlay to keep Walgreens on track May 22, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt Alex Gourlay, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People, Retail News, Uncategorized DEERFIELD, Ill. – With Richard Ashworth’s resignation as Walgreens president to lead Tivity Health Inc., one thread in the drug chain’s storied history is coming to an end, even as the overarching narrative of its transformation continues. Ashworth – whose duties are being assumed by Walgreens Boots Alliance co-chief operating officer Alex Gourlay, whom he Ashworth named president of Walgreens February 5, 2020 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Richard Ashworth, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People, Retail News DEERFIELD, Ill. — Richard Ashworth has been named president of the Walgreens drug chain, the largest component of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). In his new role, Ashworth, a 28-year Walgreens veteran, succeeds Alex Gourlay, who remains WBA’s co-chief operating officer and continues to oversee the Walgreens and Boots businesses. Ashworth will be responsible for developing WBA taps three for leadership posts January 14, 2019 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Ornella Barra, Vineet Mehra, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA 2019, Issue 01-14-2019, Issues DEERFIELD, Ill. — Last month Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced three global leadership appointments. Vineet Mehra is joining WBA as global chief marketing officer. He will be based at corporate headquarters here and will report to WBA co-chief operating officers Ornella Barra and Alex Gourlay. As global CMO, Mehra will be responsible for the visioning, NACDS names new officers, board members April 23, 2018 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Chris Lane, Mark Panzer, NACDS Annual Meeting, National Association of Chain Drug Stores Leading Headlines, People, Retail News PALM BEACH, Fla. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has elected new officers, and executive committee and board members for the coming year. The appointments were announced at the NACDS Annual Meeting. Mark Panzer, senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness at Albertsons Cos., was named chairman of NACDS. He succeeds Alex Gourlay, co-chief operating NACDS Annual Meeting takes on more proactive approach April 23, 2018 by MMR 2018 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting, Alex Gourlay, Walgreens Boots Alliance Leading Headlines, Retail News PALM BEACH, Fla. – Change – confronting it and creating it – has emerged as a powerful theme of the 2018 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting. That fact was on display throughout Business Program remarks yesterday by NACDS chairman of the board Alex Gourlay, co-chief operating officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walgreens pilot brings together new approaches April 21, 2018 by MMR “Walgreens Plus, Alex Gourlay, Fla., Gainesville, Pilot program, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Slideshows GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Walgreens is launching a pilot program here that incorporates new approaches to pricing, promotions, product assortment and service offerings to create a new customer experience. The program, which has been implemented in 17 stores in the Gainesville area, will be monitored over the next 12 to 18 months to gauge customer reaction Walgreens to add lab testing at selected stores June 28, 2017 by MMR Alex Gourlay, David P. King, LabCorp, LabCorp at Walgreens, Walgreen Co. Leading Headlines, Retail News DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. is collaborating with LabCorp to have the latter develop and operate patient service centers within selected Walgreens stores. The centers, which will be cobranded “LabCorp at Walgreens,” will offer patient services in a secure, comfortable environment for specimen collection, located near the pharmacy area. Seven LabCorp at Walgreens locations will WBA names Gourlay, Barra Co-COOs June 9, 2016 by MMR Alex Gourlay, Ornella Barra, Rite Aid Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., WBA Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) has realigned its senior management roles and responsibilities, as it lays the groundwork for the next phase of its evolution, which, pending Federal Trade Commission approval, will include the acquisition and integration of Rite Aid Corp. In an effort to streamline the management of the company’s global	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4184
__label__wiki	0.531518	0.531518	M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. (MAS) has developed a full line of private label “MAS” valves, including Brass, Bronze, Carbon, Low Alloy and Stainless Steel Ball and Butterfly valves. Special options include NACE, API 607 Firesafe, ASME B16.34, CSA, NSF in NPT & solder, as well socket weld, butt-weld & flanged end connections for industrial applications. About M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. W-D-4-S-B-G: MAS, DI (Ductile Iron) W-D-4-S-B-G A Gear Op-operated Butterfly Valve manufactured by MAS in sizes 6" - 12" (inches). 6" 8" 10" 12" DI (Ductile Iron) Disc Material CF8M (Stainless Steel) BUNA (Buna) Gear Op 6" -12" : 200 WOG 6" - 12" (Additional Sizes and Material Options Available) 6" 8" 10" 12" M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. (MAS) has developed a full line of private label “MAS” valves, including Brass, Bronze, Carbon, Low Alloy and Stainless Steel Ball and Butterfly valves. Special options include NACE, API 607 Firesafe, ASME B16.34, CSA, NSF in NPT & solder, as well socket weld, butt-weld & flanged end connections for industrial applications. In 1988, M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. entered into a 50% Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with a Taiwan based valve manufacturer to produce the MAS brand valve solely for M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. group of companies. In 2005, the company moved its operations from Taiwan and is currently manufacturing all products in Fuzhou, China. M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd. offers a trend-setting 3 year limited warranty on all MAS branded products. About M.A. Stewart & Sons Ltd.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4185
__label__wiki	0.502628	0.502628	We're pleased to highlight our alums who participated in athletics while at MCDS and who have continued their sports careers in high school, college and at the professional level. Are you an MCDS alum who played organized sports in high school, college or professionally? Let us know! Email Athletic Director Janet McCann. Warren Klein, '00 Anne Lindley, '00 Jackie Adlam Crown, '01 Zander Lehmann, '01 Jono Grayson, '02 Ross Pomerantz, '03 Caroline Dagley, '04 Tommy Barger, '07 Jamie Grossman, '07 John Munz, '07 Hannah Shank, '07 Ned Tennenbaum, '07 Katelin Breck, '08 Charlotte Kama'i, '08 Katherine Parsells, 08 Emily Weibe, '08 Christian Ayscue, '09 Kipling Weisel, '09 Sophie Breck, '10 Matt Cutcliffe, '10 Kim Davidson, '10 Nora Hanson, '10 Anthony Koh-Bell, '10 Elijah Parsells, '10 Chloe Conacher, '11 Owen Karlenzig, '11 Leigh Pomerantz, '11 Sam Zaroff, '11 Teddy Breck Eliza Dean, '14 High School: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball (Urban) College: Men's Varsity Baseball (Pomona) Equestrian/Three-day Eventing (Professional) MCDS - Volleyball (3 years) Marin Academy ('05) - Varsity Volleyball Colgate University ('09) - Division I Volleyball MCDS: Soccer, Baseball High School: Varsity Baseball (University, 2005) College: Baseball (Washington University, St. Louis, 2009) High School: Varsity Football, Varsity Baseball, Track and Field (Marin Catholic, Class of 2006) College: Football, Baseball, Track and Field (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Class of 2010) MCDS: Baseball, Basketball, Soccer ('03) High School: Marin Academy - Varsity Baseball & Varsity Basketball (2007) College: Varsity Baseball (Occidental) Professional Baseball: Sonoma County Grapes (2011), San Rafael Pacifics (2012) MCDS: Basketball, Soccer High School: Varsity Girls' Basketball, Varsity Girls' Soccer (Branson, Class of 2008) College: Women's Soccer (Northwester University, Class of 2012) MCDS: Cross Country, Basketball High School: Varsity Lacrosse (Marin Academy, Class of 2011) College: Men's Lacrosse (Stanford University, Class of 2015) MCDS: Soccer, basketball High School: Men's Varsity Tennis (Marin Academy, Class of 2011) High School: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Baseball (University High School, Class of 2011) MCDS: Volleyball High School: Varsity Volleyball (Marin Academy, Class of 2011) College: Women's Volleyball (Kenyon College, Class of 2015) MCDS: Cross Country High School: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track and Field (University High School, 2011) College: Men's Cross Country (UC Santa Barbara, 2015) MCDS: Cross Country, Basketball, Track and Field High School: Cross Country, Soccer (Branson, Class of 2012) College: Club Soccer (UC Berkeley, Class of 2016) High School: Varsity Basketball, Swimming (Marin Academy, 2012) College: Varsity Swimming (Dartmouth, 2016) High School: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track and Field (Sonoma Academy, 2014) Cross Country: MCDS and University High School College: Lightweight Women's Crew (Princeton University) MCDS: Cross Country, Volleyball, Basketball High School: Phillips Exeter Academy - Varsity Football, Diving, Lacrosse (Class of 2013) College: Club Rugby (Santa Clara University) High School: Soccer, Track and Field (Branson, Class of 2014) College: Men's Ski Team (Dartmouth, Class of 2018) MCDS: Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer High School: Cross Country, Soccer, Track and Field (Branson, Class of 2014) College: Club Soccer (UC Davis, Class of 2018) High School: Golf team Co-captain (Marin Academy) College: Men's Golf (Colgate) MCDS: Soccer High School: Varsity Soccer (Urban, Class of 2014) *pictured in blue High School: Urban - Soccer (Class of 2014) College: Women's Soccer (Colby College) High School: Varsity Soccer (Lick Wilmerding, Class of 2014) MCDS: Cross Country, Boys' Volleyball College: Men's Gymnastics (University of Iowa, Class of 2018) MCDS: Girls' Soccer High School: Soccer (Branson, Class of 2015) College: Women's Varsity Soccer (Dartmouth, Class of 2019) MCDS: Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball High School: Volleyball, Drake High School (Class of 2015) College: Volleyball - UC Santa Barbara (Class of 2019) MCDS: Volleyball, Basketball '09-'11 High School: Marin Academy - Varsity Softball ('12) & Varsity Basketball ('12-'15) Volleyball: MCDS and Sacred Heart High School High School: Varsity Boys Soccer, Mountain Bike (Branson, Class of 2016) MCDS: Cross-Country, Basketball, Soccer, Trach & Field High School: Women's Varsity Field Hockey (UHS, Class of 2018) New Panel Marcus Dusenbury, '91 Calen Carr, '97 Katie Keegan, '99 High School: Football, Soccer, Tennis (St. Ignatius, class of 1995) College: Men's Soccer (Sonoma State University, Class of 1999) Professional: Semi-pro Soccer (San Francisco United and San Francisco Scots) High School: Varsity Soccer (Branson) College: Men's Soccer ( UC Berkeley, Class of 2005) Professional: Soccer (Chicago Fire and Houston Dymano) Georgetown University: Women's Rugby (2007) Michael Inman, '78 William Nadel, '79 High school: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball College: Kayak College: Track and Field (Middlebury College, 1987) 5221 Paradise Drive Corte Madera, CA 94925 Notice Of Nondiscriminatory Policy As To Students: Marin Country Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. 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__label__wiki	0.81844	0.81844	Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Banner-Burning Incident at Black Church Jessica Lipscomb Jessica Lipscomb \| January 4, 2021 \| 7:22pm Enrique Tarrio Photo by Michele Eve Sandberg Enrique Tarrio, the Miami-based leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, has been arrested in Washington, D.C. Police say he burned a Black Lives Matter banner that was stolen from a Black church, reports the New York Times . The incident occurred in December during a protest mounted by supporters of President Donald Trump. According to the Times, Tarrio has been charged with one misdemeanor count of destruction of property; the 36-year-old was also charged with weapons violations after two high-capacity firearm magazines were found in his possession when he was taken into custody earlier today. Tarrio and other Proud Boys are in D.C. ahead of a protest planned for Wednesday, when the presidential election results are expected to be certified. The Proud Boys are among Trump's staunchest defenders, and they've been prominent figures in recent protests in the nation's capital that have turned violent. The protesters have falsely claimed that the election was "stolen" from Trump. Proud Boys Leader Responds to Emails: "We Don't Care Enough to Intimidate Anyone" Proud Boys Respond to Trump's Debate Night Comments Reopen Florida Protest Has Ties to Proud Boys .@DCPoliceDept & #FBIWFO are seeking suspects in a Destruction of Property offense that occurred on 12/12/20 in the 1500 blk of M St, NW. If you have info, contact MPD: call (202) 727-9099/text 50411. #WantedWednesday https://t.co/7jk3IMogtV pic.twitter.com/rKPPsP1ifq — FBI Washington Field (@FBIWFO) December 16, 2020 The Black Lives Matter banner was torn down from the Asbury United Methodist Church on December 12, the date of one of the most violent protests. Tarrio told the Washington Post in a December 18 interview that he participated in burning the banner, although he said he did not tear it down. "If they want to get me for destruction of property, I won't even give them a fight," he said at the time. "I'll tell them [I'm] guilty." Tarrio did not immediately respond to a voicemail from New Times seeking comment on his arrest. Although the banner-burning charge is a misdemeanor, Tarrio could face enhanced penalties if prosecutors pursue the case as a hate crime. In addition to the criminal charge, Tarrio faces a lawsuit for a separate incident of property destruction at another historically Black D.C. church, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME). Lawyers for the church say the Proud Boys hopped a fence and stole a Black Lives Matter sign from the church on December 12 — the same day as the banner burning incident. The lawsuit calls the incident a hate crime. "During a time of year that is meant to be joyous and restful, the congregants, staff, and church leadership instead had to endure and respond to a hate crime," the complaint states. "While the congregation remains determined to continue Metropolitan AME’s legacy of fighting for racial justice, the attack has created a sense of heightened awareness of how dangerous it can be for Black people to speak out against white supremacy." Keep Miami New Times Free... Since we started Miami New Times, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Miami, and we would like to keep it that way. Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. Producing stories on everything from political scandals to the hottest new bands, with gutsy reporting, stylish writing, and staffers who've won everything from the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi feature-writing award to the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. But with local journalism's existence under siege and advertising revenue setbacks having a larger impact, it is important now more than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our "I Support" membership program, allowing us to keep covering Miami with no paywalls. Jessica Lipscomb is news editor of Miami New Times and an enthusiastic Florida Woman. Born and raised in Orlando, she has been a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. Twitter: @jessicalipscomb Florida Republicans Condemn D.C. Riots After Indulging... Feds Say Nuclear Equipment Failures Led to Shutdowns at... Latino Groups Call for More Fact-Checking on Spanish Radio Dr. Miami's $600 Stimulus Sale on Penis Enlargements Was Too...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4202
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What Makes Slot Machines So Popular in the 21st-Century? If you didn’t know already, the slot machine industry is a big deal, particularly in the US. For example, North America is the biggest slots market in the world with a massive 41.56% of consumption. Next come Europe and Japan, which have market consumptions of 19.52% and 9.21%, respectively. These figures prove the games that are synonymous with land-based and digital casinos are popular for a reason – they work. However, slots have been around for decades, and they continue to appeal to gamers and players and encourage them to come back for more, which is very impressive. The Move to Online It’s hard to argue against the impact the internet had had on the casino industry as a whole, but especially slot machines. A multi-billion-dollar industry is helped by the fact that a powerful and accessible connection makes games such as slots easier to play. A direct knock-on effect of this is how the average slot machine total for a single online establishment is between 500 and 1,000. And that’s without factoring in the 165,000 machines in the state of Nevada alone. Of course, product diversity means users are more likely to be engaged as there is a ton of different activities to try, from traditional formats to new platforms. Bingo slots are prime examples of the latter since they combine two of the biggest games that casinos have to offer. The importance of the world wide web on the slot machine sector is highlighted by the value of the industry, which currently stands at $323 million, and is expected to reach $445 million by 2024. Skill-Based Gaming People assume that slot machines aren’t skill-based because it only involves pulling a lever and hoping for a positive result. The truth is that, while the average return to player is around 85%-plus, there are no guarantees, not when it’s hard to reduce the House’s edge. However, it’s not impossible if players use probability to maximize their sessions. For example, an advanced strategy informs users to learn more about the RTP, the individual machines, and the basics of playing on the slots. Although it’s not poker, it’s obvious that players find slots to be entertaining since there is an element of skill involved. As a result, traditional casinos in the US make between 65% and 80% of gambling revenues via slot machines. Casinos, whether online or on land, are experts at using promotions to encourage customers to use their products and services. The ultimate example is free spins as there are hundreds of deals for new players who want to try their luck. As much as the businesses appear altruistic, they do make lots of money from their slot machine promotions. However, customers don’t care as they get a “freebie” that gives them the opportunity to double their stake. 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__label__wiki	0.703488	0.703488	Lars Ulrich talks new Metallica album By Rich Chamberlain 09 January 2012 Lars spills the beans © Robb D. Cohen/Retna Ltd./Corbis Metallica making decent headway on their new album, if Lars Ulrich's latest comments are anything to go by. Of the follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic, the drummer told Rolling Stone: "We're about seven, eight songs into it. We do it in rounds. We come up with something, we leave it, go to the next thing, come up with something basic, leave it and circle back around. Next month we'll go back and start embellishing: 'Let's double that one part and come up with a middle bit.'" For more from Lars take a look at our recent interview with the drum world's favourite Dane, in which he discusses Iron Maiden, Lulu, the future of Metallica and more.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4209
__label__wiki	0.609682	0.609682	The Baseball Hall of Fame just announced their baseball card dreamland, 'Shoebox Treasures' It’s hard to tell the story of baseball without baseball cards. Before games were on TV -- heck, before the TV was even invented -- baseball cards were how fans interacted with their favorite players. Given the role that the humble cardboard had in the history of baseball -- from the earliest tobacco cards to the million-dollar-dream-chasing collector’s bubble of the ‘90s -- it’s only fitting that the Hall of Fame would feature them. The museum used to display them in a small exhibit with cards hung on the wall and a few sentences to give context, but that's been missing for years. But this Memorial Day Weekend the Hall will open a brand new exhibit on the third floor called “Shoebox Treasures.” Launched from a fundraising effort from both donors and museum members, the exhibit will feature roughly 2,000 cards selected from the museum’s massive collection of roughly 200,000 cards. “We went chronologically through the history of baseball cards and selected the ones that are reasonably deemed by most people as the mainstream cards,” John Odell, the curator of history and research for the Hall, said in a phone call. “We also put in any number of unusual cards that you may not have known about or expected to see.” Rather than these cards being hung at a distance like untouchable art, fans will be able to flip through the cards -- placed in protective cases, natch -- in chronologically arranged drawers through the space. That makes this exhibit a playground for baseball card fans, with the story of baseball history at their literal fingertips. Of course, the most famous and rare cards are given a bit more protection. Ten cards will be part of the “Holy Grail,” section and will be kept behind self-darkening glass to protect them from the light. Among the 10 to be featured will be a T206 Honus Wagner -- the card among cards -- along with choice cuts like the 1934 Goudey Nap Lajoie, which collectors had to request through the mail, and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. Why is this one so famous? It is Mantle's first Topps card (though technically the 1951 Bowman was his rookie card), and Topps famously ditched their extra stock in the Atlantic Ocean because baseball cards weren’t important cultural documents like they are today. The exhibit doesn't only feature the greatest cards ever, though. After all, baseball cards are personal objects that fans form a unique bond with, and who among us hasn't fallen in love with a common (the term used for a non-star player)? Because he's the curator of the exhibit, Odell managed to include one of his personal favorites: A 1968 Cookie Rojas that featured the now-iconic "burlap border." “Cookie Rojas made it in because he was my own first baseball card that I ever got,” Odell said. “It was this ordinary guy with the craziest nickname that I ever heard. My recollection was that I got two of him in my first pack which is why it may have stuck out to me.” A fan’s personal interaction with a card is just as significant as its value on the market, and that’s a story the Hall is trying to tell, too. These aren’t just visual artifacts from the history of the game, they are deeply personal connections to the sport. That’s reflected in the array of interactive elements featured in the exhibit, including a bicycle wheel with cards stuck in the spokes. “You’ll actually be able to grab ahold of the pedal and spin the bicycle wheel to make the motorcycle sound,” Odell said. That’s practically a time machine back to childhood in action. Happy National Baseball Card Day! Cards in the spokes, never growing up! #ToppsBaseballCardDay #NBCD pic.twitter.com/pzbMBdS5HJ — Nimrod McDade (@McNimster) August 11, 2018 Of course, no baseball card dreamland could be complete without fans getting a chance to create their own baseball cards on one of six iconic baseball card designs: the T205, or Topps designs from 1953, '65, '75, '87 and the recent 2017 set. “The filter is going to make you look like the litho look that they had on the T205s or the painted look on the 1953 Topps,” Odell said. “The remainder of them are going to look like they have a four-color process and the 2017 is going to look particularly sharp for the higher-definition and better printing quality.” With such an extensive collection and high expectations, Odell had a difficult task in front of him. “The biggest difficulty was two-fold,” Odell said. “One was gathering all of the different threads of baseball-card-dom together and understanding how it fit together. Then figuring out what the stories are, and weaving it into what is both instructive and enjoyable for our visitors. We all know little bits and pieces of this, but figuring out how it all fits together into this great, big 700-square-foot puzzle is what we had to do.” The single coolest Topps baseball card from every year: 1951-2018 The 10 coolest Topps baseball cards of all time The Big Ball Chunky shoe is ugly	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4211
__label__cc	0.595477	0.404523	MLJ Trust \| Martyn Lloyd-Jones Explore Sermons By Dr. Lloyd-Jones Discipline and the Modern Mind A Sermon on Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (ESV) Every new parent knows the stress of navigating advice while raising children. Christian parents especially understand the weight of this calling. We hear from the culture around us, with all the experts bombarding us with parenting philosophies. No issue is more contentious (and has been) than discipline. How are Christians to understand the modern resistance to discipline in many spheres of life, not just parenting, but civil authority and criminal reform as well? Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows how the Bible presents a sophisticated picture on the topic of discipline and exposes the false idea that the human nature is essentialy good. While rejecting the traditional Victorian model of fatherhood and motherhood, with its excessiveness and sometimes brutal treatment of children, the Bible does not therefore deny the need for discipline, righteousness, justice and punishment. Instead, it calls Christians to consider the right discipline and true discipline. We must not misunderstand the themes of law and grace as we care for our children. Nor should we limit our understanding of how God has revealed himself in Holy Scripture. Listen as Lloyd-Jones presents us how the Old Testament and New Testament provides us with a full picture for biblical parenting. Download Add to Download Cart About Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) was a Welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the Reformed tradition. His principal ministry was at Westminster Chapel, in central London, from 1939-1968, where he delivered multi-year expositions on books of the bible such as Romans, Ephesians and the Gospel of John. In addition to the MLJ Trust’s collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". He is considered by many evangelical leaders today to be an authority on biblical truth and the sufficiency of Scripture. View Sermons by Topic Authority (7) Book of Acts (120) Book of Ephesians (232) Book of John (262) Book of Romans (366) Face to Face with Christ (12) Gospel (10) Great Biblical Doctrines (55) Itinerant Preaching (90) Kingdom of God (8) Knowledge (10) Old Testament (133) Other Sermons (240) Preaching and Preachers (18) Revival Sermons (24) Spiritual Depression (24) Thanksgiving Service (1) The Congregational Prayers of Dr. Lloyd-Jones (1) Tributes to Dr. Lloyd-Jones (2) Unbelief (8) Wisdom (3) View Sermons by Scripture Choose... Old Testament New Testament View Sermons Complete Sermon Catalog By Sermon Number (pdf) By Date (pdf) Enter the Bible passage (e.g., John 3), keyword (e.g., Jesus, prophet, etc.) or sermon number (e.g., #1123) Meet Dr. Lloyd-Jones FAQ Contact MLJ Terms of Use Copyright Policy Privacy Sign up to receive regular emails from MLJ Trust Questions? Our FAQ * Send a Message Email: info@mljtrust.org MLJ Trust Middleburg, VA 20118, USA Site designed and developed by Five Q © 2012 MLJ Trust	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4212
__label__cc	0.674171	0.325829	5 Surprising Things You May Want to Know About an MOT Posted on May 14, 2019 Author Rashmi MOT is almost about to become 60 years old. It is one of the necessary testing and compliance guidelines for British car owners. MOT’s checklist has grown significantly over the years, with new elements added to it to ensure the safety of every vehicle. DVSA is planning to run another major overhaul to the MOT guidelines by the end of 2019. The last update of 2018 saw multiple issues addressed to make the testing more comprehensive. This year’s update will address certain loopholes in the system that affected a particular type of vehicle owners. Incidents like that show that despite their thorough implementations, there always remains some factors that give some leverage to car owners. The British Government also actively offers some degree of flexibility for vintage and specialised vehicles to keep them in active operation. So, let’s take a look at some of the fascinating facts about MOT that you may not know. You Can Fail a Particular Part During an MOT Test in Middlesbrough or anywhere else in the UK, you can fail specific components in your vehicle without flunking the test. Standard Reasons for Rejection do not apply for cars that are extensively modified or converted. For example, if you convert an automobile into a rally car, you are allowed to remove the seats and install a roll cage, harness, etc. For luxury vehicles like stretch limousines, these exemptions may come with the deletion of curtain airbags. You can also make specialised modifications to accommodate wheelchair access and such; however, all the above mentioned modifications have to comply with Road Vehicles Regulations 1986. What If It is Not from the UK? You can get an MOT in Middlesbrough for cars that were not initially registered in the UK. In this case, you will have to create a new record by keeping the Registration Mark Descriptor to ‘Not Required’. You Can Book a Test Beforehand You should go only to a registered car service station for an MOT, and most such garages allow you to schedule an appointment ahead of your visit. Garages like TMC Garage Services offer MOT Check in Middlesbrough, and you can contact them to pre-book a slot. You can also make an appointment for their other services like car repair and wheel alignment in Middlesbrough. The Prices are Fixed There is a maximum cap on what a service station can charge you for an MOT in Middlesbrough and other placed in Britain. For Class 4 (passenger vehicles with up to 8 seats), it’s a maximum of £54.84, and for motorcycles (Class 3), it is £29.65. A Lot Don’t Make the Cut The overall MOT pass rate is only 71.3%, meaning three out of every ten vehicles fail to clear an MOT. The reasons for MOT failures show that most cases happen because car owners often forget to take care of the more trivial components. For example, 18.4% of vehicles fail because of poor lighting and signalling, 12% fail because of suspension issues, and even 6.6% fail because of inadequate driver’s view of the road. These interesting facts show the lesser known side of an MOT Middlesbrough, or anywhere else in the UK. On your part, remember to take the necessary care of your vehicle, take it for an interim service every six months, and it should clear its next MOT with flying colours. •Tagged MOT Middlesbrough•Leave a Comment on 5 Surprising Things You May Want to Know About an MOT How To Diagnose Your Exhaust For A Fault? Mounting Less than All Four Tyres? Here’s What You Must Know	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4215
__label__wiki	0.672304	0.672304	Home Nigeria2019 APC News I don’t issues with Amaechi, says Senator Abbe APC News I don’t issues with Amaechi, says Senator Abbe Senator representing Rivers East and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Magnus Abbe has said that his disagreement with the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has nothing to do with the leadership of the party in the state. Abbe told newsmen at the APC Secretariat that said even though he had disagreement with the Minister, they were not in any form of conflict, pointing out that the Minister only felt that he should not contest the the governorship election in the state, while he felt that he has something to offer. He said “Amaechi is my leader. He is not contesting the elections. If he were contesting, I won’t contest against him. The battle for the party ticket is between me and anyone who felt he has something better to offer than me and not with the Minister. “I want direct primary, but he prefer indirect. If the primaries are conducted today in in a free, fair and transparent manner and members of the party felt that I should not represent them, I Will accept it in good faith and support the party”. Abbe said the APC in Rivers State has what it takes to unseat the incumbent PDP government in the state led by Nyesom Wike. The Senator said with his wealth of experience, he was better placed to fly the party flag in the state, pointing out that as a founding member of the APC in the state, he believe that he has done alot for the party. Read Also: 31 suspects nabbed for kidnapping, killing, others He said what the party in the state need at this point in time is someone with the required experience and political credentials to take over the state from the PDP. He however played down on the crisis in the state chapter of the APC, expressing confidence that the party will go into the elections as a United part. Speaking on the party position on the leadership of the Senate as led by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Abbe said the party position has been and still remain that a member of a minority party should not lead the majority, adding that it was a common thing in politics which should not surprise anyone. Previous articleMy presidential ambition a rescue mission to save Nigeria from doom – Donald Duke Next articleMy presidency will be focused on four points agenda – Mimiko FG to partner Ekiti chamber of commerce to spur economic activities Gombe Gov. Yahaya cautions residents against indiscriminate dumping of wastes NDE disburses N11m loan to 1,100 Gombe women, youths to boost SMEs APC congratulates Fayemi APC says Buhari, National Assembly working to tackle insecurity Naija247news Media, New York - December 8, 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4216
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Please contact a Portal Guard. SmokeNc-017SmokeNc-017 Saika (custom character) ]> Name: Saika Race: Mostly Human (Part Genma, although she doesn't know it) Origin: Earth realm Weight: ??? Hair: Black, tied in a ponytail w/ bangs in the front. (Anime style) Measurments:B39-W30-H35 Blood type: O Alliance: Good Outfit Color: Purple, black Rank: S class Shinobi (Highest rank. Much like Hatsuma) Power: Shadow wielder, (Others yet to be discovered) Weapons: Twin kudachi. Disciplines: Fan Qua, Tai Chi Quan, Ninjitsu Special intrests: Hatsuma Signature quote: «With my will, the shadows fall.» Symbol: Cherry blossom. Family: Mother: human,(died giving birth to Saika) Father: Onimusha General.(Identity unknown) Care taker: Head sifu of Hatsuma's shinobi clan. Saika wears a face mask similar to Kitana's. It covers only the bottom of her face. She wears a purple bandanna to keep her pony tail out of the way. The bandanna was given to her by Hatsuma. She wears a purple kimono which rises above her knees, and shows off some thighs since it has a slit on one side. She wears black stockings that go up four inches up past her knees. Her legs have shin armor which is also purple. Her mini kimono is sleeveless so only the shoulders are covered. It has a ninja chain mail going down the center where there is no fabric. It shows off her sexy stomach, along with some cleavage. She has nylon going down her arms, which from into finger gloves. Both middle fingers are the only ones covered with the rest of the nylon. She has two golden armlets on her wrists to act as a decoration, as well as a shield from strikes. She wears a black sash around her hips. The sash also supports her twin kudachi which are tied in the back in an X shaped fashion. She wears a cherry blossom in her hair for decoration. She also has a strange tattoo on her upper shoulder. Shadow dancer: Saika uses her gift of shadows to warp across the arena in a star shaped fashion, striking the enemy with her kudachi on the pass by. Bladed twister: Saika spins in a twister fashion at her opponent with her kudachi extended to the sides, cutting the opponent severely at neck and waist height, several times. Cherry blossom wind: Saika takes petals from her cherry blossom and blows them at her opponent. The petals are razor sharp and slit the opponent several times, causing gashes and enormous loss of blood. Shadow mine: Saika creates a ball of shadow energy in her right hand. She shoots it into the ground and at the opponent. This pops the opponent into the air, leaving them open to a juggle or any other moves. Falcon Dive: Saika leaps twenty feet into the air. She extends out her kudochi and does a back flip of the ceiling, or wall. As she pushes off she launches at the opponent with her kudochi in front of her and slices right through them.(Note: this move can also be done as a counter to a jumping opponent, it's called Rising Falcon.) Cannon strike: This move is a variation on the Falcon strike series. If there is no wall for Saika to bounce off when doing a Falcon Dive she ignites with a shadow fire and lunges at her opponent like a cannon ball striking them through. Guillotine drop: Saika leaps on her opponent's shoulders, muffling them with her legs. She then does a back flip, causing the opponent to come down on their head. She takes out one of her kudochi and slashes it across their face. Concussion Kick: Saika does a whirlwind kick in mid air, kicking the opponent in the head twice, then comes down with a double aerial axe kick to the opponent's head. Fatalities: Razor Web: Saika uses a classic ninja trick to wrap her opponent's arms, body, legs, neck, and head with an invisible razor wire. The wire are connected to her finger tips as she moves her fingers slightly the wire lifts the opponent into the air. She then moves her fingers even more, causing the wire to cut into the opponent's flesh. Blood drips down the wires and they become visible, their arrangement is reminiscent of a spider web. The opponent tries to scream in pain but chokes on their own blood. Finally, Saika swings her arms to the ground and the wire tighten. Within seconds the opponent's body is shredded to pieces. The flesh chunks come falling to the ground. Shadow Massacre: Saika sinks into her own shadow and vanishes from sight. The opponent is confused, thinking its over. Suddenly Saika's shadow runs towards her opponents, cutting them through. The shadow turns around and attacks the opponent's shadow again with a vicious slash combo with its twin kudachi. It then puts it's hand through the opponents shadow, blood spills on the floor. The opponent's heart is ripped out from his back and is floating in midair. Seconds later, the opponents shadow falls to pieces, and so does the opponent, left in a heap of flesh and meat. Saika appears behind the fallen opponent's body holding their heart with her blood stained kudachi. Saika was found as a baby orphan in the Dark Forest. A place rumored to be the conduit between the Earth realm and Genma realm. It was during a lightning storm that a band of Shinobi ninja happened to pass by the crying baby at the edge of the Dark Forest. Not knowing what to do, and fearing for the child's safety in such a place, the ninjas took her to their village. The sifu understood the circumstances of this acquisition and raised the child as his own. After taking her in, he noticed that she had a strange mark on her back. It was a tattoo of an ancient Genma clan. At first the sifu did not realize this and paid no attention to it. However, later on the child's untamed emotions began to empower the strange kanji on her back. Every time the child cried, strange things would happen in the village. Strange creatures would appear from time to time, slaughtering any ninja bold enough to stand in their way as they made their way to the sifu's hut. When the child stopped crying, the tattoo on her back would cease to glow and the strange creatures would vanish as quickly as they appeared. Over the years the child had grown and showed promise in her skills. As she trained she learned how to manipulate the shadows around her with the use of her strange tattoo. As she grew older she developed feelings for a boy in the village named Hatsuma. They became the best of friends through the course of their training. One day while practicing a balance exercise on a platform of elevated poles thirty feet high, Hatsuma unleashed a swift kick to Saika's head, causing her to loose her balance and fall off the beams. As she plummeted, Hatsuma beat her to the bottom and caught her before she could hit the ground. As he set her down he noticed that she was bleeding from the forehead. Feeling responsible, Hatsuma gave her his bandanna to stop the bleeding. Saika treasures the bandanna to this day. Ever since then, she longed for the day they can be together. It's part of her outfit. Then one day it happened, Hatsuma left on his final mission to assassinate another kunochi. Before he left he gave Saika the first cherry blossom that bloomed that summer. This would be the last time she would see her secret love as a Shinobi ever again. Six days after Hatsuma left for his mission, word got back to his village that he let his target get away. He was now a runaway, a bounty for every Shinobi in the village, with the exception of Saika. Weeks and weeks passed by and extermination squads were sent after Hatsuma. And every time they would come back wounded and broken. Saika couldn't bare the thought of seeing Hatsuma's lifeless body brought back to the village. She would cry herself to sleep every night since then. One day an extermination team did not return in tact. Their bodies were missing limbs, heads, and other body parts. It looked as though they had been mauled by some kind of savage animal. The few that did survive where in a state of shock, like they had just been to Hell and back. Finally the sifu ran out off options, he decided, that the only one who could bring Hatsuma back was the one closest to him, and that one person was Saika. She refused to hunt down the one she cared for the most. The sifu said that the sacrifice of one is for the benefit of the many. He said that it hurt him deeply to send out squads of his men to chase down their own brother, but the code of the Shinobi is harsh, and does not bode well of insubordination for any one. It was his desire to see the two be wed someday, but that is not an option now. Especially since Hatsuma's attacks have become more and more brutal. Saika was reluctantly sent out on her mission to take down Hatsuma. As her search waned, she got word that an azure ninja was seen, slaughtering a nearby village. Saika hoped the rumors weren't true. She knew that in her heart, Hatsuma would never commit such a massacre. However, to her dismay she found that Hatsuma did indeed kill all those people. As she walked into the village, the stench of death filled her lungs. The village huts were stained with blood, and decapitated bodies, of men, women and children where every where. Their heads were hung by their hair on a tree overlooking a hill filled with rage, Saika rushed up there to find Hatsuma in a trance with the look of fear in his eyes and blood on his hands. Saika broke out into tears when she witnessed her long time friend in such torment. As she approached him, Hatsuma snapped into a rage and viciously attacked her, ripping her kimono in two. He took out his chain whip and as soon as he was about to deliver the final blow he stopped him self. Surging with dark energy, tears ran from his eyes as his final words to her were "I'm sorry". Hatsuma instantly vanished in a tornado of black fire. After recovering from her assault Saika set out on a mission to bring Hatsuma back to her, even if it means giving up her life in the processes to do it. Level Name:Temple Outpost. The Ninja Temple is set deep in the Dark Forest of Japan. It stands as an outpost to keep the oni from this world. Hatsuma's clan was chosen eons ago to be the gaurdians, and so they built this temple as a front line against impending dangers. Only the most elite and skilled ninja are assigned to this outpost for training in the art of demon slaying and Ninjitsu. The temple is set on the outskirts of the Dark Forest gateway which is rumored to be in the center of the Dark Forest. It sits a cross a brook of holy water which prevents an all out attack by the oni on the temple. Ninjas are sent out but Oni can't get it. The temple itself is reminiscent of a typical stronghold seen in feudal Japan. It's about 10 stories high and reaches above the trees, giving an isometric view of the Dark Forest when seen from the very top of the temple. The stage is quite massive. There are three ways to progress through it all depending on where the opponent is thrown. The fighters start on the roof of the temple, the background is gorgeous. Both fighters square off on a moon lit night, much like the Pit in MK1. The characters have a highlight on their bodies from the moons rays. The roof is big enough to allow free movement, but small enough to make a knock out possible. The opponent can either be knocked off the right side of the temple, hitting several of the lower alcoves below before landing in the training grounds. Or they can be knocked off the lefts side, causing them to fall out of the protective barrier of the temple and into the Dark Forest. The other way si if the opponent is uppercutted straight up and they will crash through the roof and down into the temple itself. The opponent will plummet through a random amount of floors, depending on the strength of the assault by the player. The music on the roof is serene and peacefull. Courtyard: If the player is knocked off to the right of the temple, they will land in the courtyard which serves as a training ground for the ninja elite. The ambience is quiet endearing here. There are torches through out the courtyard to give light, cobble stone walkways are strewn through the courtyard. The entire place is boxed in with a giant wooden gate. In the background, you can see ninjas sparring with one another and others who are practicing their forms. Also, their are severl hidden hazzards in this stage. Land mines are expertly hidden under key points in the arena, if one is not carfully, they can trigger a mine and get a rude awekaning call to becarefull. Weapon: In this area, the weapon is a Zanbatoe. A huge sword which is said to weigh several hundred pounds. Only the mightiest warriors can wield it efficiently in battle without tearing their arms from their sockets. The weapon is on a rack located on the east wall of the courtyard. However, if you're not carefull you can be in for a nasty surprise. The weapon does etreme damage when weilded but its weight make it a very slow weapon. Also, because of its size and weight, the weilder will take damage for using it. However, it can by pass blocking opponents with its immense size. As a special feature in this part of the stage, it has a secret door that lets you enter the bottom floor of the temple. Death Traps: There are two death traps in this stage, depending on which gate the opponent is thrown through. The East gate leads to an archery range where the unfortunate opponet is skewerd by a rainstorm of arrows from above. The West gate leads to a broken bridge. If the opponent is knocked through this gate, the bridge collapses and the opponet falls into a spike filled gorge at the bottom. The music here is an orchestral theme, much like the ones heard in Onimusha Dark Forest: If the opponet is launched off the left side of the temple, they are sent into the outskirts of the temple and into the Dark Forest. In contrast to the courtyard, this is a very small battle field. Again, the battle field is lit by torches. The arena is surrounded by trees on three sides and the temple on the fourth. The temple serves as a backdrop with the brook, filled with holly water trickling in the background. There are demon eyes in the shadows of the forest, accompanyed by screams. The bodies of several demons are strewn through out the battle field. Body parts and gore is littered through out the arena. The fight can take place anywhere from the bridge to the entrence of the forest. The arena ends with a circle clearing, surrounded by torches. It's floor is shrouded by a low fog, and there are fire flies for ambiance. Weapon(s) This arena has several stage weapons which are imbeded in several of the demon bodies. Runed Katana- The ultimate in japanes swords, infused with magical runes giving it a bue glow. The runes give the wielder a boost in defence, causing the opponet to do 50% less damage, but as a price, the opponent can only do 50% damage to the opponent. Runed Dual Straight Swords- Probably the only other weapon that can stand to the Katana. These swords are infused with a magic that grows stronger each time an enemy is killed, causing their damage to increase exponentailly. The weilder will do 100% more damage but his life is drained 10% every successfull strike and he can't block, but neither can the opponent. Death Trap: The death trap in this stage is a swift kick into the Dark Forest. The opponent is then showen being torn to pieces by demons, screaming in agony. A piece of the opponent, unique to each person is then thrown back into the light infront of the winner. (Inspired by the T-Rex fatality in E.C.) The music here is very low, it has drum beats and a japanesse flute to give it an ominus feel. Temple Chambers: As stated before, depending on how hard the opponent is shot through the roof, the floor they land on changes. Somebody as poweful as Jax or Smoke could knock the opponented all the way down to the third floor, while somebody who isn't as strong like Sonya(no offence to the Sonya fans, just using anatomy as a reference) would knock the player down to maybe the 7th floor of the temple. The bottom floor of the temple is the most desired, and therefore hardest to get to. The floors themselves aren't very big, each one is about as large as the roof of the Sky Temple from Deception. So the stage, when taken seperatly is a medium size battle ground. The temple floors are made of a red wood. They have drapes in the distance and giant windows which let the player see what's outisde. The temple is well light with lanterns everywhere, each with its own kanji. The floors are aranged in a circular pattern, each one pressing against a different side of the temple. The temple has six walls, each floor, is more of a balconey and it's set against one of the sides. This makes the whole layout look like a spiral staircase. The floors are connected by stairs. If you wish to knock your opponent to a lower floor, you can knock them through the railing, causing them to fall directly to the floor below, or knock them down the stairs, causing thm to tumble down to the floor below. If you knock the opponent through the railing, where, you knock them through has a direct corollation on where the opponent lands. So knocking them through the railing at an angle from the 7th floor, may have the opponent fall down to the third floor, where as knocking them down to the stairs would only have them fall down to the sixth floor. Each floor has it's own unique design. One may be filled with armor, another maybe filled with weapons or items the players can use. Some have Easter eggs in the background, one of them has a "show" preformed by a random female fighter from the MK Universe. (That's right, Universe, she doesn't have to be in the game.) The show is obviously fan service, but don't get your hopes up. The bottom floor is the largest and is the most comfortable to fight in, but also the deadliest. The floor serves as an initail test to see a ninjas prowess in his skills by attacking him from all angles. The bottom floor jas spike traps which are activated by color coded tiles on the ground. The player must pay attention to the enviroment to avoid the traps. In addition to the spiked hazzards, their are also jets of fire that shoot from the ground. Others may have projectile traps where darts are shot at the players who stand on the wrong tiles. However, for all it's hazards, it has rewards as well. It has tiles that can regenerate some life, amplyfie damage, trap the opponent and so on. This bottom floor is the most amusing to fight in and has elements of Kombat Chess. The music here is upbeat, with tiko drums, flutes, strings and other instruments to add to the atmosphere. Weapon- Knife Chain- The weapon is simple general. All it is, is a blade, connected to a zip chain. The weapon has an amazing attack speed and range, coupled by a descent amount of damage dealing. But it's nature requires a different control scheme. All of its attacks are done by rotating both analog sticks in different directions, making the player use the D-pad to move around. This gives the Knife Chain a unique experience when wielded. Death Trap A black tile is set in the center of the stage, making the players walk around the arena. Since black is the compilation of all colors, once the person steps into the black tile, a spiked cage shoots up from the ground, encasing the opponent.. The center of the tile opens and a jet of fire shoots from the center, incinerating the opponent. Then a hail storm of arrows shoots from the cieling, impaling the opponent, straight through his center. The spiked cage retracts and the opponents body falls to the ground. Author's Remarks: Content 3525 words Category Other User Views 469 User Likes 0 User Ratings 2 Score 2.0 Not bad, it's good. It reminds me too much of a japanese comic concept, but still it's very good. <br> <br> Uh, Saika means Pot in one of my languages, (Russian, I'm Hungarian, but I speak Russian too) ChromeChrome Likes 1 received 0 given RE: Fan Submission: Saika Not bad, it's good. It reminds me too much of a japanese comic concept, but still it's very good. Uh, Saika means Pot in one of my languages, (Russian, I'm Hungarian, but I speak Russian too) Reply to this thread	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4221
__label__wiki	0.512359	0.512359	Home Motorhomes New RVs The Very Best 2019 Class B Motorhomes The Very Best 2019 Class B Motorhomes MotorHome and RVBusiness Travel light and nimble with the hottest 2019 Class B motorhomes, featuring Hymer, Airstream, Pleasure Way & more. The ultimate guide to camper van living. Airstream Interstate Nineteen Airstream’s motorized division made some big waves by going small. After all, “Small is the new big, right?” asked Bob Wheeler, president and CEO of Airstream. The new Interstate Nineteen, built on the Mercedes-Benz 2500 Sprinter chassis, is a compact Class B designed to take the stress out of the driving experience. “This is the first time we’ve built on the 144-inch wheelbase since we started building Sprinters,” Wheeler explained. The shorter wheelbase results in a 19-foot, 5-inch-long motorhome that drives like a passenger vehicle, according to Wheeler, also making the search for larger parking spaces and facilities a non-issue. The Nineteen is powered by a 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 and boasts an estimated fuel economy north of 18 mpg on the highway. Naturally, the Nineteen features the usual Mercedes goodies, including collision prevention, lane-keeping assist, side and rear cameras and electronic stability control. Inside, equipment includes a power rear sofa that converts to a 66-by-73-inch bed, ultraleather furniture, wet bath, Truma furnace/water heater, fully equipped galley and a multimedia entertainment system. MSRP: $149,240 (base). 5 Mars Imagine One of the more unique new-motorhome options for 2019 comes courtesy of Quebec-based 5 Mars. According to manager Samuel Robitaille, the Canadian upfitter has a contract with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles North America to acquire and modify vehicles such as the Pacifica and Grand Caravan with pop-up roofs and different levels of RV-oriented equipment. “We contacted a business to design molds to make the roofs, and we use these molds to make our roofs, which follow the exact curves of the vehicle,” Robitaille said, adding that the waterproof replacement roofs can increase headroom by up to 4 feet in the front and 18 to 20 inches in the rear. Depending on the order, production can end with only slight interior modification. “We remove all the original seats and install our own seats to make up a foldable bed with two seat belts in the back so you can still travel with four people.” Or, as in the Imagine, 5 Mars goes the full motorhome route. Built on the RAM ProMaster 1500, the Imagine includes cabinets, a two-burner stove, refrigerator, table, sink and 7-gallon water tank. MSRP starts at $94,900. Hymer Aktiv S Designers of the Hymer Aktiv S say the Class B motorhome is truly European in every sense of the word. Part of the Aktiv line “imported” by Erwin Hymer Group North America (EHGNA) from its Germany-based parent company, the Aktiv S differs from the ProMaster-based Aktiv and Aktiv 2.0 as it’s built on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter platform. “We’ve got a German interior, German floorplan and now we have a German chassis, so now this is purely a German-engineered motorhome,” said Mike Snell, EHGNA’s vice president of sales and service, who noted the unit will also be available in four-wheel-drive models. Offering a floorplan similar to other Aktiv models, Aktiv S features include second-row bench seating, full galley on the passenger side, full bathroom with shower and cassette toilet, and a flip-up bed with spacious storage. The interior color palette is also new for the Hymer lineup, featuring warm gray tone fabrics mixed with the light buttercream cabinets, similar to the styling available in Europe. MSRP: $145,000. Midwest Automotive Designs Passage 144 • On the Road in 2019: Best New Motorhomes • 2019 Class A Motorhomes: The Complete Guide • 2019 Class C Motorhomes: The Ultimate Guide • Few But Proud: 2019 Motorhome Toy Haulers Luxury Sprinter RV van, meet Mad Max. Officials at Midwest Automotive Designs, a division of REV Recreation Group, were hearing from potential customers who said they wanted a more aggressive look, so the company created what it calls its “rugged interior,” reported Jason Sullivan, Midwest Automotive’s product development manager. “They want to get more aggressive, so we’ve got new high-wear flooring, and this is our entrance into more of the outdoor sports market with our vans, whereas historically, we’ve catered to luxury buyers,” Sullivan explained. That new look is further exhibited on the Passage 144 by its Sprinter-based Class B exterior profile that’s painted flat black, has blacked-out trim, black wheels and even a black roof rack basket. “But this is luxury that you can go out and beat up. The matte black paint, a $5,000 option, is done in-house by Midwest,” Sullivan stated, noting that the matte finish is a dull-gloss clear coat, so it is as durable as a high-gloss finish. MSRP: $130,000 (base). Pleasure-Way Tofino Camper Van Pleasure-Way’s Tofino camper van, built on the RAM ProMaster 1500 chassis, is a throwback to simpler times but with high-quality amenities and sporty styling. A 3.6-liter V-6 Pentastar engine powers the 17-foot, 9-inch-long van conversion with its 136-inch wheelbase and claimed 2,000-pound cargo carrying capacity. Sleeping accommodations include a 49-by-72-inch overhead bunk accessible via a folding ladder (once the manual-lift roof with gas struts and Sunbrella tenting is popped up), and a rear sofa with two seat belts that converts into a 54-by-72-inch bed. The Tofino is outfitted with two 100-amp-hour-rated lithium house batteries, a 2,000-watt inverter, touchscreen control panel with remote, adjustable swivel seating for the driver and passenger, a 2.1-cubic-foot refrigerator, single-element induction cooktop, stainless-steel sink with cover, 15-gallon freshwater tank, 8-gallon gray-water tank, city-water hookup, 16,000-Btu furnace, dimmable LED lights, MCD roller shades and a vinyl soft-touch ceiling. To make the Tofino four-season capable, plumbing lines and tanks are located inside. At the rear is 70 cubic feet of storage, and a toy/luggage rack is optional. Also optional are 100- and 200-watt solar packages. MSRP: $69,900 (base). Luxury Camper Van Thor AWD Motorhomes Turnkey Travel Leisure Travel Vans Unity MB Cool Coach House Class C The Best Class B’s for Adventure! The Jayco Motorized Difference Coachmen Beyond 22C is Nimble and Loaded Steven Eskildsen February 13, 2019 at 12:44 pm I think another Class B builder which belongs on this list is Advanced RV located in Willoughby, Ohio. They build on Mercedes Sprinter chassis and have outstanding quality. Candie Merlot March 13, 2019 at 6:49 pm wow!….left out Winnebago all together, the Travato National Parks Limited Edition, Boldt to name a couple. Ilona Osinski June 5, 2019 at 2:58 pm Disappointed that so many other class b rvs were left out. Not enough brands covered to make a choice .I expected more from Motorhome . Tim Oconnor July 5, 2019 at 11:32 am I think the 2020 Travato GL has them all beat John Alford October 3, 2019 at 11:46 am Information on class b gas motor homes. Only gas. Vicky S October 27, 2019 at 9:50 am Disappointed. Not a very useful article. Left out some key players, like Winnebago, and also didn’t provide the mpg for most of those in the article. Marcos Prata January 31, 2020 at 10:02 am Estou interessado em importar uma van motorhome Tofino jeff I May 30, 2020 at 12:23 am Many better reviews out there. Should have pointed out that the Tofino has no toilet, or hot shower. many other ‘B’s have that as a standard feature. Jay Casbon June 18, 2020 at 2:05 pm What are you guys thinking, no Winnebago Class B’s or the new Thor models. Do a comphrehensive follow-up ASAP. RV chachacha July 1, 2020 at 2:27 am Pleasureway RVs offer a 5-year warranty. Jack Sherman August 12, 2020 at 5:19 pm Where can we see a good selection of class B camper vans new and used in Sacramento Ca area	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4223
__label__cc	0.716985	0.283015	Seton Motley Founder and President of Less Government The New York Times Has Zero Idea How the Internet Works - Or Is Lying Its Masthead Off It takes a special man to cram so much wrong into a mere 342 words. Or an Old Grey Lady. The New York Times’ utterly ridiculous Editorial Board recently as one addressed Title II Internet regulatory Reclassification and Network Neutrality - and they did so in utterly ridiculous fashion. They either have absolutely no idea what any of this is - or they are lying through their printing presses. The Times calls for the federal government to illegally commandeer control of the entirety of the World Wide Web - so as to then impose Net Neutrality. Guess with whom they are in agreement? The hardcore Media Marxist Left wants President (Barack) Obama’s Federal Communications Commission to unilaterally change – for the worse – how the government regulates the Internet. Which would be an egregious violation of existing law – the 1996 Telecommunications Act. This law classified the Internet as Title I – a very light-touch regulatory regime. As happens when the government largely leaves something alone, the Internet has become a free speech, free market Xanadu. Arguably no endeavor in human history has grown so big, so well, so fast. If ever there was an example of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” – this is it. Yet the perpetually broken government is listening to these Leftist loons – and considering the move to Title II. Title II is the uber-regulatory superstructure with which we have strangled landline phones – you know, that bastion of technological and economic innovation. Which do you find more impressive – your desktop dialer or your iPhone? Title II regulations date back to the 1930s – so you know they’ll be a perfect fit for the ultra-modern, incredibly dynamic, expanding-like-the-universe World Wide Web. This would be the most detrimental of all Information Superhighway road blocks. Rather than the omni-directional, on-the-fly innovation that now constantly occurs, Title II is a Mother-May-I-Innovate, top-down traffic congest-er. Imagine taking a 16-lane Autobahn down to just a grass shoulder. The Times’ editorial wrongness begins in their title. President Obama: No Internet Fast Lanes There will be no “fast lanes.” There will be what there have been since just about the Internet’s inception - innovative ways to make uber-bandwidth hogs, like video merchants, easier to deliver. Which keeps the traffic for everyone flowing smoothly. The Web would have long ago ground to a halt had not these innovations been developed and continuously enhanced. The bandwidth hogs are looking to have the government mandate that the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) build, maintain and grow them - and give the hogs free, unlimited access. Guess who would then get to pick up that gi-normous, ever-growing, ongoing tab? Hint: You saw him or her this morning brushing your teeth. The Times then gets the first half of their very first sentence wrong. The Federal Communications Commission, which could soon allow phone and cable companies to block or interfere with Internet content,…. Actually, ISPs have always and forever been able to do that. But they haven’t. Why? Because they are in the customer service business - if they intentionally fail to service their customers, they will no longer have customers. It’s called the free market, Times. You should look into it - instead of looking to end it. And there are already existing laws and an existing government entity - the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - to address this if it ever does happen. Which it won’t. More Times inanity: The F.C.C. is trying to decide whether telecommunications companies should be able to strike deals with powerful firms like Netflix and Amazon for faster delivery of videos and other data to consumers. As Amazon grew and their package tally exponentially increased, it didn’t demand the various delivery services keep their shipping rates exactly the same. That would be absurd. And I’m sure the government-run Postal Service would have been very accommodating of that request. Small and young businesses will not be able to compete against established companies if they have to pay fees to telephone and cable companies to get content to users in a timely manner. Small and young businesses don’t and won’t have to pay - because they are but a blip on the Internet radar screen. Netflix and Google’s YouTube are at peak times more than half of all U.S. Internet traffic - they should pay a little something, you know, for the effort. If you leave the grocery store with twenty steaks, you pay more than if you walk around a little and leave with nothing - is that so complicated? Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the F.C.C. who was appointed by Mr. Obama, has proposed troubling rules that would allow cable and phone firms to enter into specials with companies like Facebook and Google as long as the contracts are “commercially reasonable.” Apparently it is, in fact, too complicated for the Times. Which wants to mandate grocery stores allow someone to fill up an eighteen-wheeler with steaks - and pay the store nothing. Which isn’t “commercially reasonable”- it is supermarket death by government. Which is exactly what the Media Marxists want for the Internet. “(T)he ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” How very Hugo Chavez of them. And, of course, the New York Times. Bias by Omission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Media Diversity Business Coverage Covert Liberal Activists Campaign Financing Media Bias Debate Major Newspapers	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4226
__label__wiki	0.893818	0.893818	A Publisher Extra Newspaper Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Page 14 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette i ShowHide Page 14 article text (OCR) 14 Pittsburgh PoM-Gacttc: Monday, June 1, 1987 People What 9s happening this week June Monday I "The Artist Is a Woman" film series sponsored by Citiparks Arts in the Parks will show "The Artist Was a Woman" with an introduction by Rita Martin Green, guest artist, at 7:30 p.m. at the King Estate, 1251 N. Negley Ave., Highland Park. The film only will be repeated at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Point Park College, Wood Street and the Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown. International Meditation Society will present a free lecture, "Living 200 Percent of Life through the Transcendental Meditation Pro-, gram," at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and June 10, 17 and 24 at its headquarters, 5824 Forbes Ave., second floor, Squirrel Hill. June Society of America from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Westin William Penn hotel. Workshops will be held from 1 to 5:30 p.m. both days. Information: 776-8822 or 487-5055. June Thursday June V.W.H. Campbell Jr. Post-Gazette Lynn Swann, Lilyon Weingarten, center, Marylynn Uricchio after being named among city's 10 best-dressed. Pittsburghers with style And away he'll go ; Ten stylish Pittsburghers were cited Saturday night at the Rivers ' Club during the 10 Best-Dressed Pittsburghers Looking Great awards gala. They were Dr. Freddie Fu, orthopedic surgeon; Lynn Swann, sports broadcaster and former Steel-er; Marylynn Uricchio, Post-Gazette film critic; Aleta Bleier, advertising and public relations consultant; Janet Lubic, wardrobe consultant and fashion editor of Pittsburgh magazine; Joseph Massaro Jr., president of Massaro Corp.; Fern Grossman Schwartz, senior financial consultant, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith; Stephen Nash, president of Nash and Co., Lilyon Weingarten, retired buyer of Kaufmann's Ven-dome shop; and Anthony Torcasio, senior vice president and general merchandise manager, Kaufmann's. The recipients were selected by a panel of local fashion leaders and last year's winners for their sense of style and fashion leadership. The black-tie event was sponsored by the Golden Triangle Association to benefit the March of Dimes. Dr. Rogers Fred Rogers, leading citizen of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Lawrence County, this weekend. Rogers was the baccalaureate speaker at the school's 133rd annual graduation and he shared the honorary honors with Helen B. O'Bannon, a former Pitts-burgher and currently the senior vice president of the University of Pennsylvania. She received a doctor of humanities degree and was the commencement speaker. Jackie Gleason, hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for tests May 22, is feeling better and should be released early this week, the comedian's secretary said Saturday. The 71-year-old actor, best known as the blustering bus driver Ralph Kram-den in the 1950s TV series "The Honeymooners," was admitted to Imperial Point Hospital after suffering complications from medication he takes for emphysema and diabetes. Simply mahvelous Comedian Billy Crystal was honored Saturday by the Multiple Sclerosis Society, which is promoting the concept that laughter is good medicine. Crystal, famous for his appearances on "Saturday Night Live" and the "Comic Relief" benefit that last year raised $3 million for the homeless, accepted the award aboard the cruise ship Fairsea in Los Angeles Harbor. The award fell apart, and Crystal, left holding the base, cracked, "It all starts with a good foundation." About 250 guests paid $100 to hear Crystal, raising an estimated $25,000 for the organization. Theater for the masses Actor Mickey Rooney says he wants to build 40 theaters across the country where people can go to see good, old-fashioned plays. "We're bringing Broadway to the people and the nation rather than having the nation pick up, pack their bags and go to New York, spend $300 a night for a hotel and spend $80 a ticket," the 66-year-old actor said in a recent interview. "People want to go out and have dinner and see 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' and 'Anything Goes.' " Rooney says his first project, outside of Los Angeles, will include two theaters,' hotels and restaurants. On Tuesday, Rooney opens a seven-week engagement at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Vanna comes home They lined up along the produce aisle, past the canned fruits and juices, all the way to the frozen foods to see the hometown-girl-done-good. They bought her roses, at 99 cents each, and brought their Instamatic or home video cameras. Vanna. White had given autographing par ties before, but not like this one. This was right near her hometown of North Myrtle Beach, S.C. About 350 people bought her book, Vanna Speaks," on Saturday as the "Wheel of f ortune letter-turner, accompa nied by her brother, Chip, and father, Herbert, signed copies at a Kroger supermarket. Its great to come home, she said. It s nice for all these people to come out. It's such a warm welcome. Jamming at the jail Inmates of the Los Angeles County Sybil Brand Institute for Women gave entertainer Ray Charles a token of their appreciation after he performed there for the third time. Charles, along with his orchestra and the five-member Rayettes, performed for an hour Saturday on the jail's athletic field for about 2,000 inmates. Charles was presented with a plaque. The musician staged performances at the jail in 1984 and 1985 and plans to perform there again when his schedule permits. Compiled by Carole Patton Smith 2 Tuesday PPG Place Summer Concert Series will have a program by Bon Ton Roulet, rock group, at .11:30 a.m. in PPG Plaza. The Carnegie Library Downtown Branch will show the films "Yugoslavia" and "Germany" at 12:30 p.m. in the library meeting room, One Mellon Bank Center, level A, Grant Street and Oliver Avenue. The Ha-zelwood Branch will show "Mt. Vernon in Virginia" and "Washington, D.C." at 1:30 p.m. at the library, 4748 Monongahela St. June Wednesday 1 The Challenge, a musical with Father Tom Smith and Elsie Doughty, will be presented by St. Joseph Nursing and Health Care Center Auxiliary at 7:30 p.m. in the Sister M. Ferdinand Clark Auditorium, Mercy Professional Office Building, Locust and Stevenson streets, Uptown. A wine and cheese reception also will be held. Donation is $10. Tickets: 665-5100 or 461-4276. . A i f Red Rose Day, Pittsburgh Opera Tag Day, will be sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of the Pittsburgh Opera at various Downtown locations. Long-stemmed red roses will be sold. To order in advance, $1 per rose or $9 per dozen, call 661-3311. Classical music concert with 1987 graduates of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music will be presented as a benefit by the Pittsburgh Peace Institute at 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside. A reception will follow the performance. Tickets $5. Noontime Concerts sponsored by Citiparks and WTKNWWSW-97FM will stage a performance by The Memories at noon at Mellon Square, Sixth Avenue and Smithfield Street. Music 601, sponsored by the After Five Committee of the Pittsburgh Symphony Association, will offer a video and pictorial showing of the symphony's Far East tour at 6 p.m., reception at 5:30, in the Heinz Hall Gallery. Ben Spiegel, the symphony photographer, will show his work. Sylvia Turner of the symphony public relations will summarize the tour and discuss the 1987-88 symphony season. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Admission $5. Robexs '87, an exhibit on robotics and expert systems, will be presented by the Robotics and Expert Systems Division of the Instrument Saturday U Rugby Tournament will be sponsored by the Travelers Aid Society of Pittsburgh from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hartwood Acres. The Pittsburgh Harlequins and the Pittsburgh Rugby Club, not available for last year's tournament, will be participating. $5 general admission, $50 admission for four and reserved parking for tailgating. For information: 281-5466. A Safe Boating Cruise, will be sponsored by the Pittsburgh Safe Boating Committee beginning at 12:30 p.m. on the Party Liner, boarding at Station Square Dock. The Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety will join the cruise and demonstrate its new rescue procedures on the water. The three-hour cruise will include travel up the Allegheny to the lock and damn at Highland Park and demonstrations of safe boat-handling on board. Tickets are $3 adults, $1 children. Environmental Education Day will be sponsored by the Allegheny County Conservation District from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boat House, Pearce Mill Road, North Park. There will be appearances by Wee Willie Worm and Freddie the Fish, slide presentations, talks on water safety, soils, fishing and other topics. This is also a Free-To-Fish Day. Participants should bring a brown bag lunch, soft drinks will be provided by McDonald's Restaurant. Compiled by Jane Shaw Sgt Pepper: 20 years ago today . . , FROM PAGE 13 became a parlor game to name all the pop figures that peopled it. Of course, since McCartney was the only Beatle pictured backwards on the album cover, that meant Paul was dead, right? "For the cover we came up with a list of our heroes, like Oscar Wilde, Marlon Brando, Dylan Thomas, Al-dous Huxley, Lenny Bruce," McCartney says in Taylor's book. "Everyone had their choice. It was really to say who we liked it was about time we let out the fact that we liked Aldous Huxley. That wasn't the sort of thing we'd talked about before. No one had ever asked us in an interview." Harrison recently recalled: "We all wrote down the people we liked. I had a few Indian Yogis and also Gandhi, Lenny Bruce and Carl Jung. They were people who meant some thing to us. The late John Lennon, tongue in cheek, wanted to include Adolf Hitler on the cover, but dropped the idea. "Sgt. Pepper" cost a then-unheard-of $75,000 to produce, and ; much of its technical wizardry was ; due to the Beatles' long-time produc-; er, George Martin. They spared no expense to cap-; ture musically the image of an old ; carnival with complex dubbing and mixing of organ music on Lennon's song, "Mr. Kite." It took a 41 -piece orchestra to create the album's unforgettable finale, "A Day in the Life," a chilling, . sad musical voyage inspired by some : mundane newspaper items: "I read the news today, oh boy "It winds ; up with an orchestra crescendo that can only be described as a cacopho-; nous scale, finally concluding with a ; 40-second-long piano chord. "She's Leaving Home," a tearful ballad about a young girl breaking I away from her parents was an .' evocation in the '60s of the deep ; misunderstandings between parents ! and their children that remains no J less poignant today: "We gave her ; most of our lives; Sacrificed most of ; our lives; Fun is the one thing that money can't buy . . ." There were enough drug references for those looking for them. Some of the plants on the Dayglo-ish jacket cover look suspiciously like marijuana plants, though album artist Peter Blake insists in Taylor's book that they were "just plants from a regular nursery." There also were lyrics: "I'd love to turn you on"; and a character named "Harry the Horse" in the song, "Mr. Kite," a veiled reference, many thought, to heroin. Not everyone believed Lennon when he swore that "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was simply a song inspired by a childhood drawing by his son, Julian. Lucy-Sky-Diamonds: L-S-D, right? But "Sgt. Pepper" is hardly just "acid rock." The Beatles were too, clever to date themselves with bla-' tant psychedelia, preferring innuendo instead. Lennon ridiculed the seemingly endless search for hidden meanings in a 1969 interview: "All that symbolism exists in people's minds. If an intellectual sees intellectual crap in it, it's there. And if a drug addict sees drug crap in it, it's there. "But for instance, the title, 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' really wasn't LSD. And the other song which was drug oriented, but wasn't at all, was 'Mr. Kite,' which said, 'And Mr. H will demonstrate,' so they all thought that was heroin, but it wasn't at all." Prior to the recording sessions, the Beatles had shown signs of weariness and drifting apart. Exhausted from years of concert touring, McCartney and Lennon had each done some independent film work; Lennon met his future wife, Yoko Ono, in a London art gallery that winter. Harrison went off to India to study sitar under Ravi Shankar. Two months after "Sgt. 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__label__cc	0.517304	0.482696	Analysis, Reviews & More How to Create a Successful Indie Film The concept of power kills the soul By King — 3 years ago In the Felo-De-Se, I believe it preaches the idea that extreme power kills the soul, that it can get to our heads as humans and that it can lead to your death. The idea that it plays with your mind, tussles with your soul is shown in the scene where the chess pieces are covering the head of the mob boss. The colour of red is used in order to foreshadow blood, and show anger. In the beginning the audience are shown someone who seems to be the boss alone and snorting cocaine. After the phone call his nervousness is clearly shown so that the audience can see who has the real power in the film. The way the mob boss does not turn to acknowledge his inferior shows his power, and how it has corrupted him. He feels isolated and alone, and hence kills himself as he has no one to talk to, the idea of power corrupting and loneliness are done really well in this film. Rate the Film! Thanks for rating! Remember Me Follows the Soldier Instead of the War By Shaw Austin — 2 years ago “Remember Me” tracks the experiences of a single Union soldier from Berdan’s elite group of sharpshooters. Although the film is set during one of the Civil War’s iconic battles, the film takes a look at the much more isolated and personal battles the character struggles with. It takes more than nerve and grit to survive the day… Revenge for Slavery in Django Unchained (2012) By King — 1 year ago Django Unchained is one of Tarantino’s best films to date. Film is a powerful weapon that can influence many and Tarantino utilizes his creativity to its full potential in his 2012 film Django Unchained. Top rated of the day Top rated of the month Top rated of the year All Time Top Rated Two Much 10 Days to Futura’s “Creation” Not Just Another Day Friend Request- Cyber Bullying Real or Not Skateboarding 101 charger- a love story justice_ A matter of perception Copyright 2020. Novie	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4233
__label__wiki	0.719458	0.719458	Injury-hit Cowboys edge out Knights Sat 25 Apr 2015, 04:10 PM Despite losing lock Jason Taumalolo and hooker Jake Granville in the first seven minutes of the game, the North Queensland Cowboys downed the Newcastle Knights 26-24 on Saturday for their fifth straight win. Five key points: Knights v Cowboys WATCH: Knights v Cowboys highlights WATCH: Cowboys post-match press conference WATCH: Knights post-match press conference Thompson's timely Anzac Day recall The Knights, who have now suffered four consecutive defeats, were on track for a comeback after scoring two tries in the final 11 minutes but stumbled at the final hurdle – having struggled without five-eighth Jarrod Mullen who failed to return from a concussion just before half-time. Taumalolo is likely to miss the next six to eight weeks due to a grade three medial strain to his knee suffered in the very first minute of the game, and the bad news kept coming for the Cowboys when Granville failed to return from a concussion early in the contest. The visitors' poor start to the contest continued when the Knights crossed for the first try of the afternoon in the 14th minute through back-rower Chris Houston. Coming off the back of a sublime ball from Mullen, Houston was able to squeeze his way between Johnathan Thurston and Gavin Cooper before pushing his way past Cowboys fullback Lachlan Coote to score. But some Thurston magic brought North Queensland back into the contest in the 18th minute, with Scott Bolton the benefactor. The Knights defence were caught napping when Thurston chased down his own kick and stole the ball one-on-one from opposite captain Kurt Gidley, and Bolton strolled over the line on the very next tackle. The Cowboys went back-to-back three minutes later when Coote worked his way through a gaping hole left by Houston and centre Dane Gagai to push their lead out to six. It took a while for the Cowboys to cross the white stripe again but they did so in the 34th minute when Justin O'Neill finished up a neat backline movement to make it a 10-point lead, with the Knights having no answers in defence. It only took the Cowboys 90 seconds in the second half to come up with more points thanks to a long-winding run from replacement rake Ray Thompson, with Thurston working off the back of it to help O'Neill cross for his second. The Knights were able to finally hit back in the 52nd minute when an Akuila Uate hit-up turned into a 60-metre run downfield from the winger, who touched down to the right of the uprights which Tyrone Roberts was able to easily convert. Two consecutive penalties and an error midway through the second half saw the Cowboys make their way up field with relative ease, and they capitalised when five-eighth Michael Morgan crossed to push his side's lead to 14. With Newcastle losing hope by the second, Knights centre Joey Leilua took it upon himself to rejuvenate his team in the 69th minute. Scooting from dummy-half just 10 metres out from the tryline, Leilua somehow put the ball down despite the presence of four Cowboys defenders. On the very next set, Knights halfback Roberts finally clicked into gear. Making a break from Newcastle's own 30-metre line, Roberts was able to draw in Coote before sending Sione Mata'utia downfield, and the substitute was able to run over Thurston on his way to the tryline to make it a two-point ballgame. While the Knights had their chances to make the game their own, including a last ditch effort which was dropped by Roberts after the siren, the Cowboys held their own with 15 men to secure the win. Cowboys coach Paul Green praised the effort of his under-strength side. "Given the two blokes we lost are in the middle we knew it was always going to be at some stage get a bit scary there but it was just a massive effort from all of our boys to keep turning up for each other," Green said. North Queensland Cowboys 26 (Justin O'Neill 2, Scott Bolton, Lachlan Coote, Michael Morgan Tries; Johnathan Thurston 3 Goals) defeated Newcastle Knights 24 (Chris Houston, Akuila Uate, Joey Leilua, Sione Mata'utia Tries; Tyrone Roberts 4 Goals) Crowd: 15,518. Halftime: 16-6.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4234
__label__cc	0.528064	0.471936	Regional Gap Year We’re blessed to live in one of the safest countries in the world, but you still need to take necessary precautions to protect your personal safety and wellness when you’re on a Regional NSW Gap Year. If you’re concerned for any reason or want to talk to a professional service provider about your health, safety or other issues you may be experiencing, there are a whole host of services you can access. Employers have an obligation to ensure a safe work environment for their workers. SafeWork NSW provides information for employers and young workers about safety in the workplace. SafeWork NSW – information for workers and employers SafeWork NSW – Young Workers Tool Kit If you have an emergency always dial 000 for national police, fire and ambulance services. If you require first aid or emergency rescue, please contact the groups below. If you are unsure of who to contact, always call the national emergency number 000 and you will be directed to the best organisation to help with your concerns. For urgent medical help or assistance Dial 000 NSW State Emergency Service Call 132 500 Bushfire emergency NSW travel advice Drive safely on country roads It is important to know your rights in the workplace. If you want to find out about your rights when it comes to pay and work conditions in the workplace, or just general information about working during your Regional Gap year, support and advice is available by contacting the organisations below. Did you know that the Fair Work Ombudsman is the workplace relations regulator and can assist with enforcing minimum pay and conditions? See information on their website in the link below. Award wages and where to go to raise complaint Advocate for Children and Young People	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4235
__label__wiki	0.730054	0.730054	Theo Shaw, Once A Jena 6 Defendant, Is Now Officially a Lawyer Nu Origins April 30, 2019 EducationNewsPolitics & Society0 Comments 0 Theo Shaw was once a defendant in the Jena 6 case has turned his life around to become a lawyer. Chief Justice Johnson administered Shaw’s oath of admission to the bar at the Louisiana Supreme Court Friday. It was a moment attended by his loved ones and supporters who remained steadfast at his side since he was named as one of six Jena High School students. Chief Justice Bernette Johnson administers the oath to new lawyer Theo Shaw. He has been serving as a law clerk for her. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com \| The Times-Picayune) Friends and supporters document Theo Shaw’s swearing in. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com \| The Times-Picayune) In 2006, Shaw was one of six black students from the small town of Jena, Louisiana who were arrested and charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white student at their high school. Shaw was 17 at the time and the case drew national attention. Many were angered by the harsh and disparate treatment of the Black boys which would have included them spending decades in jail for the incident. Shaw spent months on jail, unable to post bond. Ultimately, He and four others pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor simple battery charge which allowed him to move on with his life. In an interview with the Clarion Ledger from December, Shaw described this moment in his life as a turning point. “Even though you may not be a bad person, you may not be a criminal, people can treat you and make you feel as if you are a degrading, violent person. And I think jail initially had that impact on me,” he said. Shaw said pleading his innocence to the judge and anyone else who would listen led to an interest in the law. After finishing high school, he attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe and interned at the Innocence Project New Orleans and after college, he worked for the Southern Poverty Law Center for three years. He went on to law school at the University of Washington on a full scholarship and now clerks for the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana after having passed the bar. “I think when you’ve been as close to the system as I’ve been, as far as being in jail, and being in jail all day talking with people, being there when people are crying — grown men, kids … I think it’s hard not to care when you’ve been as close as I’ve been,” he said. Rob McDuff was in attendance at his oath ceremony. He was the attorney who negotiated his no-contest plea to a misdemeanor and helped him get the case expunged. “Instead of allowing the trauma of this awful experience of spending seven months in jail to send him on a downward spiral, Theo really used it as a motivation to put himself in a position where he could help others avoid the sort of injustice that was perpetrated on him,” McDuff told the Clarion Ledger. Jena 6Theo Shaw Previous ArticleStacey Abrams Won’t Run For Senate in 2020 Next ArticleWashington D.C.’s Comic Con Had Only Four African American Guests Nu Origins Trump Final Act: The Killing Fields Christina Ewe December 22, 2020 Georgia Election Special: Can Reverend Warnock Win Georgia for the Democrats? 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__label__cc	0.560757	0.439243	Honor MagicBook 14 review: It looks and feels good, but there are some issues By João Carrasqueira Neowin @indospot · Apr 12, 2020 08:00 EDT · Hot! with 1 comment Much like Huawei, Honor is mostly known for its smartphones, but the company has released laptops in the past. Back in 2018, Huawei released a variant of the MateBook D with an AMD Ryzen processor, and now, the Honor sub-brand is also betting on AMD with the new MagicBook models, which are mostly the same aside from the screen size. The new MagicBook is aimed squarely at the mid-range, with a Ryzen 5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a Full HD+ display. It also includes some nice-to-have features, like fingerprint recognition for Windows Hello, making for a solid proposition in its price range. I got the 14-inch model, which surprisingly has a bigger battery. 14" diagonal FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS LCD 322.5x214.8x15.9mm (12.7x8.46x0.63in); 1.53kg (3.37lbs) 8GB dual-channel DDR4 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD Stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, dual microphones Realtek 8822CE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 5 (1) USB Type-C with fast charging (1) USB 3.0 Type-A (1) HDMI 1.4 3.5mm combo audio 720p HD webcam in keyboard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 56Wh Lithium Ion battery, up to 10 hours €599/£549 One of the things that stands out about the MagicBook is the way it looks, specifically on the outside. The lid of the laptop features the Honor log with a purple-ish blue reflective color, and the chamfered edges of the lid have a beautiful light blue sheen that looks amazing when light reflects on it. I do wish this sheen was more visible and not as dependent on light reflection, so it was a bit easier to admire the beauty of it. I also wish some of the flair was visible on the inside. Once you open up the MagicBook, it looks pretty much like any other aluminum laptop, with a silver (or space gray) base with a keyboard, trackpad, and power button, which doubles as a fingerprint sensor. The base is packed fairly tight , so I'm not too upset that there aren't top-firing speakers here. The top half obviously has the Full HD display, which has minimal bezels at the expense of having a webcam above it. The webcam is instead hidden in one of the keyboard keys, but we'll get into that in a bit. The MagicBook is made of aluminum and it's absolutely one of the more rigid laptops I've used. Both, the base and the display portions are sturdy and show very little flex, so I would trust the durability of this chassis. It's also not too heavy, but that needs to be put in context - it feels quite dense, but this is the first 14-inch laptop I've had in my hands in years, so it's still lighter than my main laptop. One area that may be slightly disappointing for some is the ports. On the right side, it has one USB Type-A port., which is USB 2.0, and a 3.5mm combo audio jack. Going with USB 2.0 for one of the few ports here is unfortunate, but it should be good enough for peripherals like a mouse if you need one. Over on the left side, there's one USB Type-C port that's used for charging, a USB 3.0 Type-A port, and HDMI. All in all, the number of ports works well enough for me, and I am glad that the laptop charges with USB Type-C by default, but I do find it a little unfortunate that this is the only Type-C port we get. Display and sound The display on the MagicBook is 14 inches diagonally and has a Full HD resolution. I've always found that to be good enough even on 15-inch laptops, and here it's even better. it's as sharp and crisp as I would ever want it to be and there's really not much to complain about in that regard. I also love the tiny bezels - while I'm in my workflow, I almost feel like there's nothing around the display. I've always felt like 14-inch laptop displays are too small, but this ended up feeling great. The coating on the display also doesn't have much glare or reflectiveness, but it's not completely matte, it looks and feels nice. It's not a touch screen, though, too many times I have been disappointed when I try to tap the screen. In terms of color, the display here is also pretty good. The color temperature is slightly cooler than I'm used to, but when I'm just looking at this laptop by itself, I really don't feel the difference. I only notice it if I put it side-by-side with my main laptop, and even though I can see a difference, I would be hard-pressed to pick a favorite. The range of brightness here is also pretty great, and it's visible enough under daylight, but also gets dim enough that it's still comfortable enough in pitch-black rooms, which is a problem I have more often. As for sound, like I said, the speakers here are bottom-firing, and though that may seem disappointing, they are surprisingly good. They can get pretty loud and the sound is pretty rich without being distorted at higher volumes. The fact that the speakers face down is actually not that bad because the sound bounces off the surface of the desk and that adds a bit more dimension to it. The laptop supports Dolby Atmos, and using those optimizations definitely helps the sound experience here. In terms of recording audio, the two microphones on the MagicBook work pretty well and Skype calls were never a problem for me, which is good because some laptops are just not usable without a headset. Keyboard and trackpad In my previous (and first) laptop review, I said I'm not very picky with keyboards, and that holds up here. The keyboard on the MagicBook feels just fine to me, with decent travel and actuation, though I sometimes struggle to hit the Shift key with my pinky finger. My biggest problem with it has really been the fact that it's a UK layout, which I'm really not used to. Another big problem I have with it is the lack of Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys. I find these super useful to get to the end or top of websites and documents, and it's very inconvenient to use the mouse to scroll when pages are really long. Like I mentioned before, the keyboard also houses the webcam, which is hidden between the F6 and F7 keys. It's similar to what Huawei does on the Matebook X Pro, and it pops up from the keyboard and it's pointed upward in a way that's meant to make you visible when the laptop is on a desk in front of you. I won't dance around it - this setup is terrible. I understand many people don't use the webcam very often, if at all, but I use it on a daily basis, and this is just bad. Even if it's on a desk, it will most likely catch my ceiling light in the view, and so I look way too dark. If I use the camera in a setup other than a desk, I might just not be in the frame at all, and even if I am, the angle is just bad. This is not a camera that you want to use, it's only there if you really have to occasionally. I would rather just have a slightly thicker top bezel and a better camera. Also, the promotional materials for this laptop make it seem as though there's a flash next to the camera, but there isn't, at least on this model. You still won't be visible in the dark. The trackpad on the MagicBook 14 is truly fantastic, though. I first saw Precision drivers on a laptop with the Dynabook Tecra X50, but that was a very expensive laptop, and the trackpad was pretty small. Here, it's perfect. For this price point, having Precision drivers isn't something I expected, and it works just as wonderfully. I love all the gestures this enables and how well it works. It's even better on the MagicBook because the trackpad is really big, and it's super easy to do three and four-finger gestures on it. I've found it to become the fastest way to adjust the volume level on my laptop, for example, and I've gotten used to task switching and other gestures with it by now, too. It's really fantastic and it almost makes up for the lack of a touchscreen. Performance, battery life, and software Aside from the camera, this is one of my biggest disappointments with the MagicBook 14. It's been a while since I've used a laptop with a mid-range processor, so I'm not sure whether I should attribute this to the AMD Ryzen 5, but I've seen some issues that bother me. Out of the box, the Chromium-based Edge browser would sometimes go blank for a few seconds, especially if I was watching a video in one tab and browsing another. This was more frequent in Edge Canary, but the stable version suffered from the same problems, and I've never seen it before. I updated the AMD drivers with the latest from AMD itself, and that seemed to solve that problem, but I've still seen a number of different issues with performance. Sometimes, the Start menu won't open when I click the Windows logo, Windows Search becomes unresponsive to my mouse and only works with the keyboard, and certain tasks freeze up for a couple of seconds. It's not a big enough problem that I would say it ruins my workflow, but it's definitely noticeable. I ran PCMark 8 and PCMark 10 benchmarks, and that brought about its own series of problems. The first time I ran the benchmarks, scores were suspiciously low, and after running PCMark 10, the computer just froze entirely and I had to reboot. A second run worked out a lot better, and results are in line with expectations. PCMark 8: Home PCMark 8: Creative PCMark 8: Work PCMark 10 It's unfortunate that Honor went with AMD's last-generation Ryzen processor here because Intel's 10th-generation processors are now faster across the board. Ryzen 4000 series processors are also making their way to the market, which leaves the MagicBook in a bit of an awkward position. Battery life on this laptop was fine, and it usually hovered at around seven hours with my typical usage, which involves writing, having a few tabs open in Edge, with an hour so of YouTube video in there. The power setting in Windows 10 is usually set to "better performance", and brightness is usually around 50% or less. In terms of software, I have to appreciate Honor's minimalist approach. The only Huawei/Honor-specific app is PC Manager, which checks for updates for your system drivers, provides a clipboard and recent document history, and, most notably, Honor's MagicLink feature. Unfortunately, I can't test this because I don't have a Honor phone, but it essentially enables a seamless connection between your phone and laptop, making it easy to transfer files and even control your phone from your PC. I recommend you check out Rich Woods' coverage of Huawei Share, the feature equivalent that you find on Huawei-branded laptops. There are a few things I like about the MagicBook 14. I absolutely love the trackpad here, it's a perfect combination of size and Precision drivers that makes it a joy to use. The display looks pretty great and sharp at this size and resolution, and I have no major complaints about the colors. Sound from the speakers is also better than I would have thought, it makes for a pretty good music listening experience. I also appreciate niceties like the fingerprint sensor that reads my fingerprint as soon as I press the power button, unlike recent offerings from Dell. In the end, though, I feel a little disenchanted with it. Honor's implementation of a webcam isn't something I want to deal with any longer than I have to, it's just terrible. And the performance issues I saw, while not deal-breaking, just feel off for a modern laptop. That could be the nature of mid-range processors, but I don't feel great about these issues. it is adequately priced, though, and while you can find similarly-specced laptops at similar prices, it's common that they're more expensive. Some of them also offer other features like Thunderbolt 3 (for Intel laptops), but the MagicBook may be worth considering. 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__label__cc	0.537656	0.462344	Dancing with the Stars: Live Tour 2020 Sign up to receive updates and special offers from Grand Ole Opry and the Opry Entertainment Group. Sunday Feb. 16, 2020 Begins at 7:30 PM\|CT America’s favorite dance show is going back on tour this winter with “Dancing with the Stars – Live Tour 2020.” The all-new production will feature fan-favorite professional dancers wowing audiences with every type of dance style as seen on ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars. The show continues its legacy of performing showstopping routines alongside new numbers choreographed just for the live show ranging from the time-honored dances of the Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Salsa, Tango – and everything in between. In the longest and most expansive North American tour to date, audiences will have the opportunity to experience the excitement, glamour and glitz they see in the ballroom every Monday night live in their hometowns. The tour delivers a spectacular night of dance performances from world-renowned dancers including Val Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Witney Carson, Sasha Farber, Emma Slater, Gleb Savchenko, Brandon Armstrong, Pasha Pashkov and Daniella Karagach. They will be joined by celebrity guest Kate Flannery! Tickets: $89.50, $69.50, $59.50 Opry House 2804 Opryland Drive Nashville, TN 37214 [ more ] More about Live at the Opry House See world-class entertainment unfold on the beautiful Opry House stage.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4248
__label__cc	0.621343	0.378657	Thorsby receives ‘clean’ financial report By Anthony Richards Published 3:24 pm Tuesday, July 3, 2018 The Thorsby Council received its annual report from certified public accountant Howie McNeill III during its July 2 meeting. According to McNeill, it was a clean report that broke down the finances for each of the town’s departments, as well as the sewer and water fund. “That’s very good for a governmental unit to not go backwards,” McNeill said. Overall, there was nothing major to report, as the findings remained consistent with the reports from previous years. “I think you guys do a good job of running the town in a business manner,” McNeill said. Interim Fire Chief Josh Parker informed the Council that June was a high call volume month for the department. Parker also mentioned that the Movies in the Park went well, but they are exploring the option of possibly moving the dates to a different month due to the heat. A decision is far from being made at this point, but it is definitely something that Parker and the fire department are looking into for next year. In other news from the meeting: Randolph Estrada was approved to move up to full-time status with the public works department. Derek Abernathy was approved to join the fire department on a volunteer basis. According to Public Works Director Terry Jackson, the department has been dealing with a lot of service leaks of late, but are keeping up with it. Plumbing and wiring have been connected in the town’s storm shelter. Mayor Robert Hight ended the meeting by calling an executive session to discuss a pending lawsuit. It was approved to pay the bills and transfer the funds. M&M Farms wins record-setting auction The 2018 Peach Auction set a record by surpassing $20,000 for the third consecutive year. The Clanton Lions Club raised... read more	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4255
__label__wiki	0.864263	0.864263	Auto Expo 2018: New Maruti Suzuki Swift RS spotted in India Team OD Updated: January 24, 2018, 11:23 AM IST Maruti Suzuki has already started taking bookings for the new-gen Swift hatchback in India. Interested customers can book their Swift at any of the company's dealerships for a token amount of Rs 11,000. It is said that the Maruti Suzuki Swift will be launched at the 2018 Auto Expo in India. Recently, the Maruti Suzuki Swift RS was spotted in the country leading to speculations that the same might be showcased at the motor show in Delhi. Unlike the Swift RS that was earlier launched in the country, the new-gen Swift RS is expected to be powered by the 1.0-litre Boosterjet that does duty in the Baleno RS in India. 2018 Maruti Suzuki Swift RS get sportier additions over the regular model The Swift is based on Suzuki's new Heartect platform, which also underpins cars like the Baleno and the Ignis. It is lighter than the previous platform and more rigid which, according to Suzuki, enhances "fundamental vehicle performance". The new Suzuki Swift is 10mm shorter than the older car, but the wheelbase has gone up by 20mm. Considering that the older model was infamous for its crammed rear kneeroom, this increase in wheelbase could be a boon. Additionally, boot space has gone up too by 54 litres, giving it a total capacity of 265 litres. The new car is also 40mm wider, which could translate to better shoulder room. While the height has been reduced by 15mm, the seats have been lowered too. So while headroom shouldn't be an issue, ingress and egress could be one. According to the brand, the new car is 120kg lighter than its predecessor, and one of the variants weighs as little as 840kg. While that is 25kg lighter than the lightest Baleno sold in India, Suzuki could be talking about the Euro-spec car which gets a different set of engines. The new-gen Swift RS should appeal to the performance enthusiasts In India Maruti is expected to employ the same 1.2-litre K-Series petrol motor (84.3PS at 6,000rpm and 115Nm at 4,000rpm) and the 1.3-litre DDiS diesel engine (75PS at 4,000rpm and 190Nm at 2,000rpm). The engines are mated to a five-speed manual transmission. Maruti could also thrown in an optional CVT automatic gearbox, given the rising popularity of such transmissions. The Maruti Suzuki Swift RS will be equipped with the all-new 3-cylinder turbo-petrol engine which makes 102PS/150Nm. This corresponds to an increase of 19PS/35Nm over the 4-cylinder naturally aspirated 1.2-litre petrol engine of the regular car. Maruti has mated the new Boosterjet engine to a 5-speed manual. Maruti Suzuki Swift 2020 Full Spec Tags: AutoExpo2018 \| AutoExpo \| AETMS2018 \| 2018AETMS \| Maruti Suzuki Swift \| Maruti Suzuki Swift launch in India \| Maruti Suzuki Swift review \| Maruti Suzuki Swift price in India \| Maruti Suzuki Swift details \| new Maruti Suzuki Swift \| new Maruti Suzuki Swift launched in India \| new Maruti Suzuki Swift design \| New Maruti Suzuki Swift performance \| new Maruti Suzuki Swift revie \| New Maruti Suzuki Swift details \| Delhi Motor Sbow \| 2018 Maruti Suzuki Swift \| Tata Tiago JTP hatchback and Tigor JTP... 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon: Suzuki Jimny Pick Up... Image gallery: Tata Tiago JTP and Tata Tigor... Auto Expo 2018: New Maruti Suzuki Swift RS spotted in India Auto Expo 2018: New Maruti Suzuki Swift RS...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0035.json.gz/line4265

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