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Kartik Aaryan dismisses rumours of working on Rakesh Sharma biopic
Kartik Aaryan denies being approached for the Rakesh Sharma biopic.
Debanu Das February 03 2019, 4.46 pm
There's been a lot of confusion surrounding the cast of an upcoming biopic on astronaut Rakesh Sharma. Aamir Khan was the first choice for the film, but he later opted out of it. Replacing him was none other than Shah Rukh Khan, who would be playing the role of Sharma. However, it was reported earlier this month that SRK too, stepped down from the film. Since then, a lot of speculation was around Kartik Aaryan taking up the role. However, a message from his spokesperson cleared all doubts.
According to the message, there is no truth to Kartik being approached for a space film. "We just came across this bit of news that is doing the rounds that Kartik Aaryan has been approached for a space film. However, we'd like to clarify that there is no truth to this news whatsoever," said the spokesperson. There are rumours of other actors being linked to the film as well. But quite frankly, who would do a film SRK has walked out of?
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< Literature/1977
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Wilson, Patrick (1977). Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy. Greenwood Publishing Group.
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ExcerptsEdit
The public stock of knowledge is not simply the sum of what is known by the separate individuals in the world; it is at once more and less than that. It is less, simply because much of what individuals know has not been and never will be, made public. It is more, because much of what is known may be known to no one at all. A discovery made a hundred years ago, and preserved in the published records of inquiry, may still be a part of what is known about the world, even though no one now alive has ever examined the records in which it is preserved. (pp. 3-4)
If I am provided with a complete library, then, I am provided with a collection of documents, most of which are incomprehensible, hence of no benefit to me at all. The portions of the collection that are accessible in all senses and both relevant and usable have to be found and converted into usable inputs to my decision problem by a process that is, in varying degrees, time- and effort-consuming. (p. 91)
We can in theory make the whole world's supply of documents available on easy terms: only technical difficulties and lack of money, not theoretical difficulties, prevent us from doing so. But we do not make knowledge available simply by making available documents in which knowledge is represented. It is safe to predict flatly that even the instant availability of every document in the world to everyone would not significantly alter the quality of decisions in a librarian's ideal, but not an ideal with much attraction for anyone else. No more is universal bibliographic access, if that is understood in the sense of an ability to discover everything ever published that fits some topical description .... Librarians, like other enthusiastic purveyors of merchandise, like to think of the good it would do if everyone sought their wares, but they think only of the benefits (which they see obscurely), and not of the costs. They imagine, not the process of acquisition of knowledge, but the condition of its possession; they imagine what it would be like to have, not to acquire, the knowledge they think they have to offer... It is not the difficulty of access, but the time, effort, and difficulty of using documents that are the major deterrents to library use. (pp. 121-123)
As a specialist in bibliography, the librarian has two jobs: to assist in the discovery of documents of potential use, and to facilitate physical access to such documents . . . . The librarian's first and most important job is the preliminary one of creating and maintaining collections and arrangements for access to documents in other collections, and for providing means of bibliographical access to materials wherever located. Next in importance is bibliographical assistance to library users, from general instruction to highly specialized individual assistance. In neither the preliminary work nor the work of direct assistance to library users, and in neither the discovery nor the delivery aspect of the work can libraries claim to have reached the limits of their effectiveness. The direction in which improvement lies is not in doubt; it is that of easing the burden of discovery and of physical access to documents.
ReviewsEdit
Traue, James Edward (1991). Committed to Print: Selected Essays in Praise of the Common Culture of the Book. Victoria University Press. [^]
Knowledge, in Wilson's formulation, consists of private knowledge and public knowledge. At any one time a great deal of knowledge is private, an individual's knowledge which is unrecorded, unavailable, private, never revealed. Public knowledge consists of recorded knowledge and other knowledge held by individuals which is publicly available though not necessarily recorded. The detailed knowledge of a doctor or lawyer built up over many years of experience is public knowledge available for a fee; it is similar to the knowledge that a land agent has about property which is available to his or her clients. more...
KeywordsEdit
Adapted from Common terms and phrases
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Social dimension of knowledge
w: Sociology of scientific knowledge
w: Don R. Swanson - w: Literature-based discovery
w: Eugene Garfield - w: Citation analysis
M. M. Kessler - w: Bibliographic coupling
w: Jesse Shera - w: Social epistemology [1]
Personal dimension of knowledge
w: Indeterminacy (philosophy)
w: Indeterminacy (literature)
w: Indeterminacy debate in legal theory
w: Latent semantic analysis
w: Immanency
w: Implicature
w: Vagueness
w: Ambiguity
w: Metaphor
w: Meaning
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The 2x2 contingency table, Cartesian coordinate system, or dual yin-yang
public ignorance
private knowledge
private ignorance
The author's argument around public knowledge and private ignorance, centering around the tall library as a center for published knowledge may be too fundamental, traditional, commonsensical, and partial to be really exciting or thought-provoking. Then the public need to know here what he critically ignores, misses or mistakes.
Needed indeed in this regard is an argument for information policy against problematic private knowledge and public ignorance, e.g., obscurantism, conspiracy, for-profit publication, peer review, censorship, etc., especially regardless of the social responsibility of scientists. [2]
Such a policy has been invisible but highly effective in fact since the late 1970s, as may be symbolized by the Internet Protocol Suite, as may have culminated in the dramatic emergence of the Pirate Party, WikiLeaks, and Twitter in 2006, in three decades.
in and for society
Wilson, Patrick (1977). Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy. Greenwood Publishing Group. [^]
Belkin, Nicholas J. & Stephen E. Robertson (1976). "Information Science and the Phenomenon of Information," Journal of the American Society for Information Science (Jul-Aug 1976) 27 (4): 197-204. [^]
Wersig, G. & U. Neveling (1975). "The Phenomena of Interest to Information Science." The Information Scientist. 9 (4): 127-140. [^]
Collins, H. M. (1974). "The TEA Set: Tacit Knowledge and Scientific Networks." Science Study, 4 (2):165-186. [^]
Merton, Robert K. (1973). The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations. University of Chicago Press. [^]
Shera, Jesse (1972). The Foundations of Education for Librarianship. New York: Becker and Hayes. [^]
Shera, Jesse (1970). Sociological Foundations of Librarianship. New York: Asia Pub. House. [^] [1]
Garfield, Eugene (1964). "Science Citation Indexing -- A New Dimension in Indexing." Science 144 (3619): 649-654. [^]
Kessler, M. M. (1963), "Bibliographic Coupling between Scientific Papers." American Documentation, 14 (1): 10-25. [^]
Kuhn, Thomas (1962), The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press. [^]
Garfield, Eugene (1955). "Citation Indexes for Science: A New Dimension in Documentation through Association of Ideas." Science, 122(3159): 108-111. [^]
Bernal, J. D. (1939). The Social Function of Science. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. [^]
Wells, H. G. (1938). World Brain. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. [^]
varying from user to user
Chisholm, Roderick (1976). Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study. London: G. Allen & Unwin. [^]
Kochen, Manfred, ed. (1975). Information for Action: from Knowledge to Wisdom. New York: Academic Press. [^]
Pirsig, Robert (1974). Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values. William Morrow & Co. [^]
Geertz, Clifford (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. New York: Basic Books. [^]
Kochen, Manfred (1972). "WISE: A World Information Synthesis and Encyclopaedia." Journal of Documentation, 28: 322-341. [^]
Kochen, Manfred (1969). "Stability in the Growth of Knowledge." American Documentation, 20 (3): 186-197. [^]
Popper, Karl (1963), Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge,. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. [^] "Introduction: On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance," pp. 3-30.
Richards, I. A. (1936). The Philosophy of Rhetoric. Oxford University Press. [^]
Ogden, C. K. & I. A. Richards (1923). The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. [^]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Perhaps the first use of the phrase "social epistemology" appears in the writings of a library scientist, Jesse Shera, who in turn credits his associate Margaret Egan. "[S]ocial epistemology," says Shera, "is the study of knowledge in society.... The focus of this discipline should be upon the production, flow, integration, and consumption of all forms of communicated thought throughout the entire social fabric" (1970: 86). Shera was particularly interested in the affinity between social epistemology and librarianship. He did not, however, construct a conception of social epistemology with very definite philosophical or social-scientific contours. What might such contours be? -- Social Epistemology @ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
↑ See also w: Talk:Information science#Eurekas since 1975.
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The shade of the bar looks invariant in isolation but variant in context, in (favor of) sharp contrast with the color gradient background, hence an innate illusion we have to reasonably interpret and overcome as well as the mirage. Such variance appearing seasonably from context to context may not only be the case with our vision but worldview in general in practice indeed, whether a priori or a posteriori. Perhaps no worldview from nowhere, without any point of view or prejudice at all!
Ogden & Richards (1923) said, "All experience ... is either enjoyed or interpreted ... or both, and very little of it escapes some degree of interpretation."
H. G. Wells (1938) said, "The human individual is born now to live in a society for which his fundamental instincts are altogether inadequate."
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One good way of rehearsing possible questions would be to have mock interviews and discussion groups. The candidates should make a self assessment of their strengths and weaknesses and make a conscious effort to lead the interview on his strengths.
Avoid phrase, like: 'as you know', 'that's correct', 'of course', 'indeed', 'obviously', etc.
Maintain a cheerful disposition. Now and then you can appear serious according to the situation and answers. if the board laughs, you should only smile. It is only when you maintain some amount of distance that the board begins to wonder about the depth of your personality.
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Wargaming open offices in Belgrade and Warsaw
By Royce Wilson June 16, 2022
PUBLISHER Wargaming have established new offices in Serbia and Poland, respectively, replacing their divested operations in Russia and Belarus.
The company, responsible for the hugely popular free-to-play multiplayer games World of Tanks and World of Warships, publicly withdrew from Russia and Belarus earlier this year, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As part of its restructure, Wargaming has announced it is opening two new studios – one in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, and another in the Polish capital Warsaw – with the new offices expected to host more than 400 staff.
Per the official announcement from Wargaming:
"Wargaming Belgrade will house both international and local talent across development and publishing disciplines. Going forward, the office will also become an important relocation hub for Wargaming staff from multiple locations.
The studio will focus on the World of Tanks and World of Warships franchises, providing key services and potential development of new products.
Wargaming Warsaw will initially house a small publishing team with further development plans for the location to beecided as Wargaming's restructuring process continues."
Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi
Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi said the two cities were logical choices for the company's new locations – both boasting fast-developing technology sectors with enormous potential.
"We look forward to working closely with both cities' IT communities to build best-in-class game development and publishing units," Mr Kislyi said.
"Wargaming continues to move forward with big plans for the future; the Belgrade and Warsaw locations will be essential for accomplishing our goals".
The company has also announced that as part of its Belgrade office launch, they will be offering an immersive local internship program, known as Wargarming Forge, to support the grown of local gaming talent.
As part of the launch of the office in Belgrade, Wargaming will support the growth of local gaming talent by offering an immersive, local internship program – Wargaming Forge. This program will, according to the official announcement, "allow talented individuals (local students, graduates, junior professionals) to master skills under the guidance of the company's experienced leaders and mentors".
The Belgrade and Warsaw offices join Wargaming's other European locations, which include its HQ in Nicosia (Cyprus) as well as offices in Vilnius (Lithuania), Prague (Czech Republic), Kyiv (Ukraine), Guildford (UK), and Berlin (Germany).
For more information about the company please visit wargaming.com
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This mummy shouldn't have returned
Though I rarely agree with movie critics, I usually consult them before deciding what to go and see. Most often this is an exercise in contrarianism: if the critics hate it, it may be worth seeing. The important question is why they hate it.
When I saw a new mummy movie was coming out, I omitted this step. After all, it's set in China (cool) and has Jet Li (very cool) and Michelle Yeoh (way cool) and they fight each other (way ultra cool).
I figured that given the talent, and special effects, this was a sure thing.
Maybe some Hollywood insider will explain to me how someone can take a fun concept (Chinese armies of the dead! Does it get better than that?) and turn it into a boring clunker. Seriously, this thing sucked. It was actually boring to watch. Even Sithkitten, who is remarkably tolerant of mediocrity so long as there is something redeeming, was ready to bail after the first few minutes. We hung in there in the hopes that at least the culminating fight between Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh would be worth watching. It wasn't. I mean, it was okay, but only in the sense that it should have set the stage for a bigger battle later on.
And where was Rachel Weisz? No doubt she had better things to do than participate in this clunker – and from the looks of it, so did Brendan Fraser, who totally phoned in his part.
Gah. What a waste.
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This past weekend Sithkitten and I took a rare visit to the cinema to see "Iron Man." Watching the previews I was encouraged. This could be a good year for Hollywood, simply because the movies they are making look like ones worth watching – for a change.
Anyhow, I enjoyed "Iron Man," chiefly because Robert Downey, Jr. is quite a good actor and his character is more interesting than most.
Let's be honest, super hero movies are pretty formulaic. We meet the hero before the transformation, watch it happen, and then he goes and kicks butt. The film usually ends with a nod to a possible sequel.
So plot-wise, there isn't much going on, and one can only watch so many special effects demo reels before the whole thing gets a little tired. So what is the jaded movie-goer to do?
Basically, you need good actors to save the day, and that also means funny ones. Yes, there are going to be explosions, mind-boggling special effects and the epic destruction of monuments, but will I laugh?
Happily, I did. Perhaps because of his personal struggles, Downey brought something a little extra to the part of Tony Stark. I don't go much in for spoilers, but the stewardesses on his private plane were classic.
There was one other element of "Iron Man," that caught my attention: the good guys and the bad guys.
The good guys are the US military. Not surprising when the Air Force cooperates, but it's nice to see more filmmakers realizing that the public is tired of seeing our troops portrayed as either helpless idiot-victims or mindless killers. Similarly, while not making a big deal out of it, it was pretty clear that the bad guys were, if not actual Al Qaeda honchos, someone who is on their speed dial list. I'm sure that resonated with a lot of folks as well.
I'm not sure if they can sustain it in the all-but-inevitable sequel, but at least this movie was pretty solid. Worth the money.
There Will Be Review Pt.1
Hollywood again depicts Christianity as fanatical superstition!
The Posse recently took in the film "There Will Be Blood". What can we say- excellent! thought provoking, interesting, visually stunning, full of human emotion and drama, etc. In our humble opinion it should have garnered best score and sound editing at the 07 Oscars. Just because a film is edited in a fast paced over-the-top style (read the Jason Bourne trilogy) doesn't mean it's Oscar quality.
Anyway, great film. One problem!
Hollywood, again! cannot show religion or faith in God in any kind of positive light! It must be used as a plot device juxtaposed to the sensible main character. The hero is intelligent and successful and godless. The local man of faith is shown to be a foolish fanatic bent on personal gain.
We are sick to death of this portrayal!
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Blade Runner - the undirected cut
Since my esteemed Posse member Santos brought it up, I'd like to point out that the "director's cut" of Blade Runner is not an improvement on the original.
By getting rid of the narration, it makes the movie confusing to people who haven't seen it and undermines the cool noir vibe that makes it such a great film. That was a big part of the movie's success, of course - you had this futuristic detective story. It was cool.
Without the narration, that noir element is gone and you just get a lot of pretty pictures and rather inexplicable plot twists.
The people who really groove to it are fans who like the alternative take, which is fine. They know the narration.
But taken as a film - that is a work of art that stands by itself - the original version is better.
Line change in Blade Runner, why?
A re-release of one of our all time favorite films hit the big screen last weekend. The 1982 film Blade Runner has been suped up into director Ridley Scott's Final Cut version and is in limited release on some screens across the country. We were surprised and delighted to find this remarkable sci-fi classic right in our very own town, at matinee prices.
The film has seen several versions released over it's lifetime and has already been released as a Director's cut back in the early (1992) days of DVD, when Scott stripped off the lackadaisical voice-over from Harrison Ford's Deckard character and added a unicorn "memory" scene. The new version stays with these director changes but adds a few leftover shots and some minor dialog appears to be different. There is a new DVD box-set streeting on December 18th that will include the various versions of the film, new and old. Our intention here is not to take valuable space discussing these versions but to point out the monumental line change that we witnessed in this supposed final version.
Watching the Final Cut this past weekend there is a very serious line change that was not expected. When confronting his maker, head replicant Roy Batty (in all other versions) originally says, "I want more life, Fu***r!" The version playing in theatres now has him saying "I want more life, Father!" Why the change from Fu***r to father? Is it more relevant this way, does the line carry more imact? Does it announce the obvious prodigal son's return? Was it to avoid an 'R' rating? The film is still rated R as was the original. We are baffled by the change and can only look forward to the director's DVD commentary where Scott may provide some insight. Whatever the reason hopefully this was a director's decision and not some horrible politically correct studio attitude. What was once effective and shocking and ultimately acceptable in 1982 is now so over the top and offensive that it must be eliminated?
Any insight/opinions out there in the blogosphere would be greatly appreciated.
300: the DVD
The Posse recently acquired the DVD to the excellent film 300, a movie that drove the left to distraction.
Having viewed it several times since then, we remain firmly convinced that this is an excellent work of art. The extras include commentary from Victor Davis Hanson and Bettany Hughes, the British info-babe who hosted the excellent Spartans documentary. We got a kick out of it, though we agree with many of the Amazon reviewers that they could have included more information, including famous Spartan anecdotes.
The movie is quite violent, and has a bit of graphic sex. However, we find ourselves thinking that it - like all great stories - is essentially quite simple and if it wasn't so racy, we'd recommend it for our kids.
The concepts of freedom, honor, courage and duty are presented up front and honestly. For many of the left, they are the punch line to a joke, but in Sparta they took them seriously. When Queen Gorgo flatly states "Freedom isn't free," we're sure many leftists rolled their eyes, or at best said to themselves "Of course it isn't free; sometime you have to write letters or make nasty posts on the Daily Kos."
But in point of fact, few of these people are willing to sacrifice anything for their vaunted liberty. The Spartans - whatever their faults - believed that true freedom came from selfless sacrifice, that only by embracing the good of the polis and therefore society as a whole, could people become truly free.
That is why liberal critics and commentators who argue that Athens rather than Sparta should be the subject of epic films are missing the point. Sparta's legacy is both military and civic.
The military legacy is that with Sparta, we see the beginning of the professional yet patriotic soldiery, of which our troops today are the true and legitimate heirs.
In the civic sense, it is the Spartan ideals of separation of powers, of checks and balances and the idea that among the citizen class (which then was restricted but now is far more open) there was absolute equality before the law.
If you missed it in the theater, pick it up at the video store. It is well worth the money.
Shut Up and Sing, literally
With the strains of Lee Greenwood's ever popular song about being "proud to be an American" still ringing in our ears, the posse took a look at the Dixie Chicks film "Shut Up and Sing". Aptly titled, they should stick to what they do best and keep the political commentary to themselves.
The film purports to be a behind the scenes look at the Chicks on tour and how they dealt with the controversy that arose after their singer Natalie Maines made a statement about being "ashamed that President Bush was from Texas". The statement was made in London on stage at the start of their European tour and on the eve of the Iraq invasion back in 2003.
This is where the film starts and we see the actual footage of the Chicks onstage and Natalie making the statement to the uproarious cheers of the audience. Within two weeks a rising tide of public anger, media backlash, and a country music radio boycott start to hurt record and ticket sales. The Chicks are told that they have to do damage control and reluctantly go on radio, get interviewed by Dianne Sawyer, appear on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, always trying to explain but not apologizing for making the statement. They seem to alternate between not wanting to do any of this and being hurt by American's angry reactions. They try to keep a united front but ultimately let Natalie do most of the talking. They are aware of the cameras as the film crew follows them around these media events and take turns posturing for them. Nothing seems to help and along the way they get into a public tussle with country music star Toby Keith and are forced to deal with a death threat. We see band meetings with their manager and various PR people trying to figure out what they should do at each turn. The film follows them through 2006 as they record a new album and plan another tour.
It's not unusual for a band to hire a film crew to follow them around and capture their antics for an eventual dvd release, but we haven't seen anything as pretentious as this since U2's "Rattle & Hum" tour film.
First off that night in London, the film crew shoots the audience reaction to the statement made from the stage. The audience was miked and the house lights came up and we saw the faces and heard the cheers. This strikes us as odd, unless there is a life threatening emergency it is unheard of for a venue to bring up the house lights unless prompted to do so. Obviously the band gave permission for this to happen and for it to be filmed. There is no way the Chicks could have predicted what this statement would mean and how it would be perceived, but the mere fact that it was captured on film means that they knew there might be a reason to have this. I'm sure the film crew was delighted when this played out in the international media and they now had an angle for a full blown film and not just a tour document.
What is also remarkable about the film is not just the Chicks manufactured reactions for the cameras, but how the other two members of the Dixie Chicks, sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison silently endure their selfish lead singer. Showing all the markings of a spoiled child, Natalie speaks as if the world is revolving around her. She interrupts her band mates and manager constantly, she pouts, she speaks as if everyone should be writing down her picayune words. There is a scene in a hospital room where a pregnant Emily is waiting for an induced labor, the band and family are gathered as are the cameras. Natalie chatters away and finally Emily's husband off camera, reminds everyone that this should be about a birth not a band meeting. What we find MOST offensive about this film is a scene on a tour bus where, after reading a quote from President Bush and his mild reaction to them, Natalie calls him a dumb f*** then looks directly into the camera and says "you're a dumb f***"! as if she's speaking directly to the President. Not only is she ultra aware of the camera but she has the nerve to think that what she has to say is so poignant that President Bush will be watching someday. In the comfort and safety of her own tour bus surrounded by paid employees catering to her every whim this might be understandable but to include this snippet in the film is inexcuseable!
The film concludes with the recording and release of a single called "I'm Not Ready to Play Nice" which had some airplay on MTV and VH1 recently. The song is from the band perspective about how they feel about the whole issue. It is a well crafted, nicely layered, emotive pop piece and this to us is actually relevant- they've boiled down their experience into a work that can be created in their prospective field of art. This is what artists do and that's fine, whether actors, authors, sports figures, or singers. It's when they step outside their range of talents yet use the audience captured by those talents to express a political and personal opinion they become irrelevant. As the film title implys we do think they should shut up and sing. They can have all the opinions they want we just don't care what they are.
3 Things that would make "Grindhouse" worth repeat viewings
SPOILER ALERT- well kind of
Not to take anything away from maverick film directors, especially Rodriguez (the Posse admires his stand against hollywood by insisting Frank Miller share the directing credit on "Sin City") but the two-part film he shares with Tarantino could have been vastly improved, simply by fixing Tarantino's end of things. Kudos to them for trying something different but...
First and foremost, switch the two. There is nothing to be gained by playing Rodriguez' vastly superior zombie shootout 'Planet Terror' before Tarantinos' slow building 'Death Proof' except to raise our expectations higher than what can be delivered by the second film. Leaving the theatre there is a deflated feeling as you try and remember how great the first film was. This switch alone would be a logical improvement and build the viewing experience appropriately.
Second, cut the long dialog between two separate scenes of two separate unrelated groups of girls. These go on absolutely forever without adding anything to the story or foreshadowing anything that could happen. One scene is dull, but two scenes is excruciatingly dull! Tarantino should tighten and edit these way down before considering any DVD release.
Third, please don't allow Quentin Tarantino screentime as an actor! He's not pleasant to look at or listen to. Playing small bit parts in both films is more about leaving his ego on the screen than acting chops.
What could have been a modern day classic is spoiled. Talk of splitting them up for separate releases may be right on target.
Useful Idiot
Some things are entirely predictable….like the robins returning to Michigan in March, the tulips poking up after a long winter's rest, and the return of baseball in April. Add to that list Michael Moore coming out with another shameful film trashing America. Yes, the cheap-shot demagogue is at it again.
In his film "Sicko," the master of distortion and half-truths reports how responders who worked at Ground Zero following 9/11 could not get adequate health care for their illnesses stateside, but when he took them to Cuba, they promptly received quality care.
Like Bll Clinton with Elian Gonzalez, Moore is serving as another in a long line of useful idiots to dictator Fidel Castro.
OF COURSE Castro is going to pull out all stops to give the best, most compassionate, prompt medical care he can to these sick Americans. It's a golden opportunity to score propaganda points with naïve liberals and their media sycophants in the United States and Europe.
Does Moore actually believe that anyone and everyone who needs healthcare services in Cuba will consistently receive this type of excellent care and attention (or even inconsistently)? If he does, he's beyond hope.
Universal health care seems to be the mantra of the left. Never mind if it means long lines, waiting lists, sub-par facilities, inadequate supplies and underpaid professionals. If socialized medicine is so great, why do people who want the best healthcare treatments or services in the world come to the United States?
Why not go to Canada or Cuba instead?
As I've said before, you could pass out bandages and aspirin to everyone and we'd have universal healthcare.
Granted, our healthcare system could stand to be streamlined, and our insurance laws are archaic. But it's not the horror story the left would have you believe.
The illegal immigrant problem skews the number of uninsured in this country, overburdening our medical clinics and emergency rooms. Other factors, such as tort law, costly malpractice insurance, outdated technology among some providers, and privacy laws that silo medical records, contribute to the problem.
Additionally, millions of young, healthy people who are self-employed or whose employer doesn't pick up the full tab for health insurance elect not to buy insurance because it is so expensive. Many of them could afford it if they would rearrange their priorities.
But it wouldn't be so expensive if Uncle Sam permitted interstate competition among insurers and promoted individual choice by granting tax breaks for buying health insurance to people, not companies. Catastrophic coverage is really what most of the uninsured need; not "Cadillac Coverage" that contains minimal co-pays and deductibles. We must be realistic and practical, and we must assume some of the costs of healthcare ourselves. There's no free lunch.
But such analysis doesn't lend itself to cheap-shot "documentaries." Michael Moore continues to trash America, this time while sucking up to one of the most heartless and sadistic dictators of ur time. I wonder if Moore chucks his American primary care physician in favor of a Cuban doctor?
Movie review: 300
The Posse had a rare opportunity to take in a matinee this afternoon and we were pleased to see the much-anticipated 300.
This is a great movie. It will be added to our dvd library.
We had not read the Frank Miller graphic novel upon which it was based, but we are quite familiar with the actual history of the Battle of Thermopylae. This film does an excellent job of conveying the same sense of wonder, otherworldness and sheer hyperbole that the Greeks found all around them. The war elephants, for example, were four times as large as real elephants. This wasn't realistic, but it is exactly the way the Greeks themselves would have seen things.
It is unapologetically violent, sensual and idealistic. The Spartans fight for concepts that to them are all that matter: honor, duty, country. Without these a Spartan is not a Spartan.
Watching the film and the way it portrays Leonidas and Spartan society, we could not help but be reminded of the current struggle in our own society. Sparta itself is shown as divided by intrigue. The Persians are an overwhelming colossus and they offer amazing gifts of treasure and pleasure in exchange for subservience.
It would be an easy thing to accept Persian rule, submit to the yoke, and go on living. Of course, the Spartans do not, which is why of all the peoples we remember, we do not recall those who sought terms, who offered tribute or who sued for peace. We recall only those that did as they did and in so doing became immortal.
We highly recommend the movie, though it is not one to bring younger viewers to see. The violence and sensuality (which seemed to us about as close as one could get to NC-17) can be off-putting. The Posse actually dislikes excessive violence in film, particularly when it is driving by nihilism or a seeming sadism on the part of the director (we loathe Quentin Tarentino for this reason).
However, 300 is a violent story of a violent time, when passions were raw and the gods themselves were more outrageous than anything in today's tabloids. It reminded us of Conan the Barbarian in terms of its over-the-top emphasis on the gore and ferocity of combat.
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Reminder on Honoring MLK
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This chapter examines the aftermath of the famine, focusing in particular on its influences on the subsequent direction of development policy. Drawing on evidence from famines elsewhere in the world, it proposes that the bases of political legitimacy and the roots of policy ruptures were established in this moment. Chapter 6 argues that the lessons of the famine established the subsistence crisis contract, forcing the elite to recognize that protecting against such disasters was a political priority, essential to national progress and to attracting the aid necessary for the country's survival. It also situates the focus on women and on non-state or NGO action in this turbulent period.
The Nanjing Decade was profoundly different from postwar Nationalist China because of the richness and diversity of ideas of political and economic modernity and because of the freedom enjoyed by intellectuals and political leaders to creatively combine elements from different trends without being afraid of going against the political line imposed by their parties. The Nanjing Decade witnessed the confrontation between Communists and Nationalists and also engagement with such fundamental themes as anti-imperialism and the relationships between rural hinterland and industrial coastal China. National economic reconstruction was the Wang-Song group's claim to political legitimacy. Nationalism played an important role in cementing the unity of state and society in the corporativist organization of the state. Today's China is not experiencing the urgency of the 1930s national crisis, and the Communist state is far more powerful and established than the Nationalist one ever was.


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SFSA Casteel Reporter – January 2023
January 18, 2023 // by Rob Blair
This month's commentary reviews Raymond's predictions for 2022, and includes new ones for this year.
76th Technical & Operating Conference
5th Steel Casting Design Video Now Available
Recruiting the Next Generation
Student Apprentices Seeing US Internship Opportunities
The T&O this past December was another success thanks to the authors, workshop presenters and T&O Committee. With most of the 58 papers presented by industry and the majority of member foundries represented at the conference, it was a tremendous opportunity to work together in advancing our industry. We all benefit from foundry members, academic partners, and government personnel who come together to make our industry better. Planning is already underway for this year's conference; tentatively scheduled for December 6-9 in Chicago. If you would like to recommend a topic and presenter for the 77th T&O, please contact Dave.
Safety awards for achievement of a Perfect Safety Record with 2021 zero DART rate: MetalTek – Sandusky, Midwest Metal Products, and Southern Cast Products.
Safety awards for achievement of a DART rate equal to or less than the 2021 national average for manufacturing (2.0): Fimex, Magotteaux – Pulaski, McConway & Torley, ME Global – Duluth, MetalTek – Carondelet, MetalTek – Wisconsin Centrifugal, Northern Stainless, POK, and Southern Alloy.
Steel Founders' Society Foundation scholarships awarded to member interns selected to present at the T&O: Payton Altum – Harrison Steel, Justin Hutches – Howell Foundry, Shuvo Moinuddin – Ashland Foundry, Jacob Sklenar – MetalTek-Wisconsin Centrifugal, and Brian Stripp – MetalTek-Wisconsin Centrifugal.
Service citations recognize the completion of terms for board members and chairs of the society's committees and groups that have invested time and energy to make these functions beneficial for members: Jeff Cook – Eagle Alloy.
Each month, the Casteel Reporter highlights some of SFSA's research. SFSA members have an opportunity to help direct our research projects and can obtain an early benefit from current R&D. Members can also propose new, non-competitive research ideas to SFSA's research committees. To sponsor a project or submit a research project, please contact Dave.
This month, we highlight our research on Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). This work will improve quality and decrease the production time of high-performance steels, which in turn improves manufacturability and enables a responsive supply chain to produce these alloys. Historically, composition and heat treatment were broad and made manufacturing and reliable performance achievable. Microalloying, specialized heat treatment cycles and even grain boundary engineering offer new opportunities for steel. Achieving properties in heavy sections, resolving hydrogen issues, and developing practices for welding and machining are also considerations in advanced steels development. High performance steels provide weldable, tough, and affordable alternatives to aerospace aluminum or titanium. The following projects support this thrust:
Fe-Containing Multi-Principal Element Alloys for Protective Structures – Colorado School of Mines
Advancing Low Alloy High Performance Steels – Colorado School of Mines
Weldability of Fe-10Ni as a Robust Replacement for Filler Metals Used in Naval Structures – Lehigh University
Optimization of Current HY Steels – QuesTek
HSLA 150 Development – QuesTek
Effects of Microalloying Additions on the Microstructure and Performance of HY Steels – University of Maryland
Mike Gwyn completed the 5th video of the Steel Casting Design Series and SFSA has posted it to the Steel wiki along with a shareable link for customers. Episode 5 in the SFSA Casting Design & Manufacturing Engineering webinar series addresses the problems and solutions for thickness differences in the mold cavity interior regions. Interior thickness differences result from junctions of shapes. An example would be a wall from the casting's exterior joining a cylindrical boss in the middle of the mold cavity. Sometimes the thicker section is functional, like a boss for a fastener or bearing. Often it is increased thickness for resisting stress structurally. If a junction with more thickness occurs along the perimeter of a steel casting design, there is no problem. A riser can easily be attached to the perimeter to feed the additional thickness. However, in the mold's interior, feeding that thickness is not so easy. How to resolve that difficulty in both the OEM's design geometry and the producer's tooling design is the subject, and it is necessary for successful Castability Geometry.
The next design video titled 'Process Dominated Castability Geometry' will be released in February 2023.
Last chance to sign up your team for the 2023 SFSA Cast In Steel (CIS) competition. Get your team together today!
Teams will create an African Spear Point exploiting the casting manufacturing process from design conception to performance. The performance competition and awards ceremony will be held during the AFS Metalcasting Congress in Cleveland, Ohio on April 24-25, 2023.
If your foundry is interest in partnering with a team, contact Raymond at monroe@sfsa.org or Renee at rmueller@sfsa.org.
Victor Okhuysen and Dika Handayani of Cal Poly Pomona have written a great article on training and recruiting high-quality engineering candidates through industry-partnered competitions like Cast in Steel. It's published in the December edition of INCAST magazine and you can read it here.
Two students attending Ecole Supérieure de Fonderie et de Forge in Sèvres, France are seeking summer internship opportunities at a US foundry to fulfill a TOIEC (Test of English for International communication) requirement for graduation. These students have both done apprenticeships at Ferry Capitain. The students' CVs are available here. Please contact them directly if you are interested in supporting.
According to the SFSA trends report, steel and stainless casting bookings have been in a year over year decline since August 2022 while shipments have continued to trend upward. In November, 80% of members anticipated that bookings in the next three months will be flat or decline. The median backlog for steel and stainless castings remains relatively constant at 13 weeks for steel and 12 weeks for stainless.
ITR is forecasting that business activity will be modestly positive in the first half of 2023 in those areas that maintained a positive trend through the end of 2022. Business cycle conditions will generally deteriorate going through the second half of the year. A mild recession is forecasted for 2024. Furthermore, all the manufacturing sector forecasts were revised to a varying degree based on the industries susceptibility to interest rate changes, yield curve inversion, and macroeconomic variations. US metalworking machinery and construction machinery new orders as well as US mining production have been revised lower while US defense capital goods new orders was revised upward. The SFSA 2023 Market Forecast, updated in December by the Marketing Committee, is available online here.
My Ideas for 2022 for the North American Steel Foundry Industry:
Demand for steel castings will be volatile reflecting the instability in our economic and political situation. However, the lack of capacity, concerns about reliable supply, the need for parts in our regional economy, wariness of dependence on overseas supply will likely keep us fully booked through 2022.
Steel casting bookings went from 20% up to a 30% increase and fell to 5% up but production for steel and stainless castings held between up 5 to 15%.
Parts and supplies will continue to be difficult to find and logistics will be problematic. China has a plurality or majority of production capacity for many of the basic industrial materials for a developed economy. Our NIMBY society has limited and closed much of our North American production and we will be hostage for many items to overseas supply.
These challenges were also present and made worse with the invasion of Ukraine. The energy markets with the sanctions against Russia and the restrictions on Russian pig iron both exacerbated the supply de-coupling of globalization.
All of the issues with the steel industry's supply chain have resulted in a significant increase in steel prices, and they have skyrocketed by 300 percent above pre-pandemic levels. Over the past year, the cost of producing steel materials increased by 141.6 percent, and the cost of producing iron and steel increased by 105 percent. Steel became more expensive to maintain as a result of the unreasonably high demand for the material, which led to shortages of raw materials and, in turn, factory inability to meet demand.
https://blog.fleetx.io/supply-chain-issues-faced-in-the-steel-industry/
Workforce will limit of production capability. We have record job openings at historically low levels of unemployment. Our incoming workforce is smaller than our retiring workforce. Automation will become a question of not whether but how.
In 2018 the demographic reality began to catch up with us where the number of unemployed was less than the number of jobs openings. The pandemic caused a huge jump in unemployment and drop in job openings which disappeared halfway through 2020 and became the worker shortage we have lived with since. The current level of job openings is twice the unemployment level.
Inflation will force careful commercial arrangements as limited supplies result in pricing that is unexpectedly higher.
Scrap and natural gas prices dramatically increased and poised a challenge to realize those costs.
China's economic activity and our equity markets valuations are unsustainable and we will see a significant adjustment this year.
Stock fell in 2022 and China is in an increasingly unstable position.
By the middle of the year, most COVID restrictions will be gone and we will adjust to the endemic as a fact of life.
Improved market conditions and financial performance should allow steel foundries in North America to plan and begin significant capital modernization and automation.
I think I count this one as a miss, but I am hopeful for 2023!!
The global reduction in capacity for steel castings that was most severe in North America will make the demand in 2023 for steel castings firm, continuing the trend of full production based on available supplies, logistics and workforce. A recession this year will temper the demand but the systemic requirements for steel castings to maintain the infrastructure and material production will support the requirement for steel casting production.
The public policy requirements for carbon emission reduction and electrification will increase the investment in mining and infrastructure, supporting the need for steel castings. These requirements will be postponed as it becomes increasingly apparent that the technology and resources available cannot meet the aggressive targets. This will also require conventional investments in fossil fuel production and peak demand natural gas generation.
Economic and national security will require more capital investment in our industry as globalization recedes and regional sourcing become needed to reduce risk. These capital funds will come either from longer term supplier agreements with OEMs, national security funds to ensure domestic supply or from elevated profitability from pricing that reflects inadequate capacity.
Workforce challenges will remain systemic for future years including 2023. Steel casting producers will be automating to reduce the labor required for production. Plants will develop longer term plans to automate limited by the availability of funding, capable equipment and useful technology. This will result in up-skilling and up-grading workforce requirements and allow plants to offer more compelling career paths for new employees.
Suppliers of materials and equipment will face many of the same challenges and will need to prioritize their markets. Establishing a strong and collaborative relationship with our suppliers will be key to ensuring our ability to produce.
Customers will be both more demanding and more flexible to support their products. Steel foundries will need to become more engaged in understanding the requirements and developing a market structure so customers can support our investment and costs of meeting their needs.
China will increasingly face huge challenges beyond COVID and geopolitical trade problems. Their demographic challenge of elderly and lack of incoming workforce may be the most significant for any country globally. Their internal debts, focus on construction and infrastructure, dependence on export markets and developed economies' knowhow remains unsustainable. For critical supplies like steel castings, they will become a difficult source.
Steel casting producers will need to have a clear view of the drivers for their business and become particular and collaborative with the suppliers and customers who can work together with us in an uncertain political, economic and cultural world.
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By Nicholas P. on 06/20/19
Mike, Christian, and Nolan from MB Heating and Cooling did a fantastic job replacing my entire heating and cooling system! Highly recommended!
By Tisha L. on 06/20/19
Devyn and Justin did a great job. They were very professional and got the job done quicky!
By Brian A. on 06/18/19
Very professional and did a great job. Looking forward to the coolness. Was recommended to you and I am happy for it.
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By Karen A. on 06/11/19
Wonderful work. Very satisfied!! Mike H & Nolan W
By Donna W. on 06/10/19
Jay is great! Fixed our problem quickly.
By ROBERT D. H. on 06/10/19
Mike H. - NolanW. -- They were perfessional ,explained everything, kept asking if I understood everything.Very clean and neat. Very nice guys !! Would refer MB Heating & Cooling to anyone who needs great and professional work done !!
By Robert R. on 06/08/19
Mike and Nolan Willoughby where very helpful in installing our central air conditioner. They are very knowledgeable.
By Romarius S. on 06/07/19
Special thanks to Service Technican, Mr. Rob Elberg with M&B Heating & Cooling Plumbing & Electric. I recently had a problem with our heater & water pump not working correctly at all. However, I'm satisfied with the outstanding service I received & I'm a hap...
Special thanks to Service Technican, Mr. Rob Elberg with M&B Heating & Cooling Plumbing & Electric. I recently had a problem with our heater & water pump not working correctly at all. However, I'm satisfied with the outstanding service I received & I'm a happy customer knowing things are now running correctly. No more loud noise. Thanks Mr. Romarius Shanklin Springfield, Illinois
By Dawn B. on 06/06/19
Jay and Jacob were very professional and explained everything so we could understand
By Nathaniel C. on 06/05/19
Service was very professional. I had a complete heat pump system installed. They came in the morning and stayed until the system was fully up and running. They cleaned up after themselves and were very polite. Would recommend them to anyone needing maintenance or a...
Service was very professional. I had a complete heat pump system installed. They came in the morning and stayed until the system was fully up and running. They cleaned up after themselves and were very polite. Would recommend them to anyone needing maintenance or a new system installed.
By Rey R de C. on 06/04/19
Jay and Jacob worked well together. Jay showed up to get estimate on work needed. Jay's professionalism is spot on.
By Eric J. on 06/04/19
Devyn and Justin did a great job. On time, worked quickly and cleanly. Answered any questions I had throughout installation.
By Lisa C. on 06/04/19
Christian, Mike, and Nolan did a great job!
By Sara S. on 05/31/19
The air conditioner would not engage when switching it to cool. Called MB Heating and Cooling and Roman came out before noon. He put his shoe covers on and went to work. He invited me to go with him and showed me everything he was doing. Roman was very professiona...
The air conditioner would not engage when switching it to cool. Called MB Heating and Cooling and Roman came out before noon. He put his shoe covers on and went to work. He invited me to go with him and showed me everything he was doing. Roman was very professional and only one small wire fixed the air conditioner!!
By Jeff a. on 05/31/19
Christian and mike were very helpful and efficient. I would recommend mb to anyone
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text:
var test     = require('tape'),
    rodabase = require('rodabase'),
    memdown  = require('memdown'),
    evernote = require('../'),
    H        = require('highland');

var roda = rodabase('./db', {db: memdown});
var store = roda('evernote');
var ever = evernote(store);
var tokens = require('./tokens.json');

//Evernbote API does not have expunge permission, cannot test expunge

tokens.forEach(function(token){
  var userId;
  var seq = 0;
  var defaultNotebookGuid;
  test('Full sync', function(t){
    var typeSeq = {};
    var stream = store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
      if(!userId)
        userId = doc.userId;
      return doc.type === 'meta';
    }).each(function(doc){
      t.ok(doc.updateSequenceNum > (typeSeq[doc.type] || 0), 'Type Seq incremental');
      t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
      t.ok(!!doc.guid && !!doc.type, 'Has type and guid');
      seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      typeSeq[doc.type] = seq;
    });
    ever.sync(token, function(err){
      t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
      stream.destroy();
      store.get(userId, function(err, meta){
        t.ok(meta.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
        seq = meta.lastUpdateCount;
        defaultNotebookGuid = meta.defaultNotebookGuid;
        t.end();
      });
    });
  });
  var noteGuid, tag1Guid, ts1;
  var content = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE en-note SYSTEM '+
    '"http://xml.evernote.com/pub/enml2.dtd"><en-note>'+
    'Content '+(new Date())+'.</en-note>';

  test('Create note and tag', function(t){
    var ts = Date.now();
    ts1 = ts;
    store.post({
      type: 'note',
      userId: userId,
      title: "Create "+(new Date()),
      content: content,
      tags: [ts]
    }, function(err, doc){
      t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
      t.ok(doc.contentDirty, 'Content dirty flag');
      t.ok(doc.created > ts, 'Created timestamp');
      t.ok(doc.updated > ts, 'Updated timestamp');
      t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
      t.notOk(doc.tags, 'Tags field cleared');
      t.equal(doc.notebookGuid, defaultNotebookGuid, 'defaultNotebookGuid');
      t.notOk(doc.deleted, 'No deleted timestamp');

      store.get(doc.tagGuids[0], function(err, doc){
        t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'tag', 'type tag');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.name, ts.toString(), 'tag name');
        ever.sync(token, function(err){
          t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
          store.get(userId, function(err, doc){
            t.ok(doc.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
            seq = doc.lastUpdateCount;
            t.end();
          });
        });
      });

      store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
        return doc.type === 'meta';
      }).take(4).toArray(function(list){
        var tagLink = list[0];
        var tag = list[1];
        var docLink = list[2];
        var doc = list[3];
        //tag link
        t.equal(tagLink.type, 'link', 'Tag Link');
        t.equal(tagLink.link, tag.guid, 'Link to tag guid');
        //tag
        tag1Guid = tag.guid;
        t.notOk(tag.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.equal(tag.type, 'tag', 'type tag');
        t.equal(tag.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(tag.name, ts.toString(), 'tag name');
        t.ok(tag.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        seq = tag.updateSequenceNum;
        //doc link
        t.equal(docLink.type, 'link', 'Doc Link');
        t.equal(docLink.link, doc.guid, 'Link to doc guid');
        //doc
        noteGuid = doc.guid;
        t.notOk(doc.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty after sync');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.content, content, 'content');
        t.equal(doc.notebookGuid, defaultNotebookGuid, 'defaultNotebookGuid');
        t.equal(doc.tagGuids[0], tag1Guid, 'tag 1 Guid');
        t.ok(doc.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
        seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      });
    });
  });
  var ts2, tag2Guid;
  test('Update note and tags', function(t){
    var tx;
    var ts = Date.now();
    ts2 = ts;
    tx = roda.transaction();
    store.put(noteGuid, {
      title: 'Dummy '+(new Date()),
      content: content
    }, tx); //dummy put
    store.put(noteGuid, {
      title: 'Update '+(new Date()),
      content: content,
      tags: [ts1, ts2]
    }, tx, function(err, doc){
      t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
      t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
      t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
      t.equal(doc.tagGuids[0], tag1Guid, 'tag1Guid');
      t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
      t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty');
      t.ok(doc.updated >= ts, 'Updated timestamp');
      t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
      t.notOk(doc.deleted, 'No deleted timestamp');
      store.get(doc.tagGuids[1], tx, function(err, doc){
        t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'tag', 'type tag');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.name, ts.toString(), 'tag2 name');
      });
    });
    tx.commit(function(err){
      store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
        return doc.type === 'meta';
      }).take(3).toArray(function(list){
        var tagLink = list[0];
        var tag = list[1];
        var doc = list[2];
        //tag link
        t.equal(tagLink.type, 'link', 'Tag Link');
        t.equal(tagLink.link, tag.guid, 'Link to tag guid');
        //tag
        tag2Guid = tag.guid;
        t.notOk(tag.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.equal(tag.type, 'tag', 'type tag');
        t.equal(tag.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(tag.name, ts.toString(), 'tag2 name');
        t.ok(tag.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        seq = tag.updateSequenceNum;
        //doc
        t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
        t.notOk(doc.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty after sync');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.content, content, 'content');
        t.deepEqual(doc.tagGuids, [tag1Guid, tag2Guid], 'tagGuids');
        t.ok(doc.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
        seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      });
      ever.sync(token, function(err){
        t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
        store.get(userId, function(err, doc){
          t.ok(doc.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
          seq = doc.lastUpdateCount;
          t.end();
        });
      });
    });
  });

  var notebookGuid;
  test('Create notebook', function(t){
    var tx = roda.transaction();
    var ts = Date.now();
    var name = Date.now().toString();
    store.post({
      type: 'notebook',
      userId: userId,
      name: name
    }, tx, function(err, doc){
      var id = doc._id;
      t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
      t.equal(doc.type, 'notebook', 'Type notebook');
      t.equal(doc.name, name, 'notebook name');
      t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');

      store.put(noteGuid, {
        notebookGuid: id
      }, tx, function(err, doc){
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
        t.equal(doc.notebookGuid, id, 'Dirty notebookGuid');
        t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty');
      });

      store.get(userId, tx, function(err, meta){
        meta.defaultNotebookGuid = id;
        store.put(userId, meta, tx, function(err, meta){
          t.equal(meta.defaultNotebookGuid, id, 'Dirty defaultNotebookGuid');
        });
      });
    });
    tx.commit(function(){
      store.post({
        type: 'notebook',
        userId: userId,
        name: name
      }, function(err, doc){
        t.ok(err.exists, 'No repeat notebook name');
      });
      store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
        return doc.type === 'meta';
      }).take(3).toArray(function(list){
        var link = list[0];
        var notebook = list[1];
        var doc = list[2];
        //link
        t.equal(link.type, 'link', 'Link');
        t.equal(link.link, notebook.guid, 'Link to notebook guid');
        //notebook
        notebookGuid = notebook.guid;
        t.notOk(notebook.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.equal(notebook.type, 'notebook', 'type notebook');
        t.equal(notebook.name, name, 'notebook name');
        t.equal(notebook.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.ok(notebook.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        seq = notebook.updateSequenceNum;
        //doc
        t.notOk(doc.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty after sync');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.content, content, 'content');
        t.equal(doc.notebookGuid, notebookGuid, 'Sync notebookGuid');
        t.ok(doc.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
        seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      });
      ever.sync(token, function(err){
        t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
        store.get(userId, function(err, meta){
          t.ok(meta.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
          t.equal(meta.defaultNotebookGuid, notebookGuid, 'sync defaultNotebookGuid');
          seq = meta.lastUpdateCount;
          t.end();
        });
      });
    });
  });

  test('Update note content', function(t){
    var tx;
    var ts = Date.now();
    var content2 = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE en-note SYSTEM '+
      '"http://xml.evernote.com/pub/enml2.dtd"><en-note>'+
      'Content2 '+(new Date())+'.</en-note>';
    tx = roda.transaction();
    store.put(noteGuid, {
      title: 'Dummy'+(new Date()),
      content: content2
    }, tx); //dummy put
    store.put(noteGuid, {
      title: 'Update Content '+(new Date()),
      content: content2
    }, tx, function(err, doc){
      t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
      t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
      t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
      t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
      t.ok(doc.contentDirty, 'Content dirty');
      t.ok(doc.updated >= ts, 'Updated timestamp');
      t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
      t.notOk(doc.deleted, 'No deleted timestamp');
    });
    tx.commit(function(err){
      store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
        return doc.type === 'meta';
      }).pull(function(err, doc){
        t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
        t.notOk(doc.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty after sync');
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.equal(doc.content, content2, 'content');
        t.ok(doc.updateSequenceNum > seq, 'Seq incremental');
        t.ok(doc.active, 'Active');
        seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      });
      ever.sync(token, function(err){
        t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
        store.get(userId, function(err, doc){
          t.ok(doc.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
          seq = doc.lastUpdateCount;
          t.end();
        });
      });
    });
  });
  test('Trash note', function(t){
    var ts = Date.now();
    store.put(noteGuid, {
      active: false
    }, function(err, doc){
      t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
      t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
      t.equal(doc.guid, noteGuid, 'Doc guid');
      t.ok(doc.title, 'Has title');
      t.ok(doc.content, 'Has content');
      t.ok(doc.dirty, 'Dirty flag');
      t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty');
      t.ok(doc.deleted >= ts, 'Deleted timestamp');
      t.notOk(doc.active, 'Not active');
      store.liveStream().reject(function(doc){
        return doc.type === 'meta';
      }).pull(function(err, doc){
        t.equal(doc.type, 'note', 'Note type');
        t.equal(doc.userId, userId, 'userId');
        t.notOk(doc.dirty, 'Not dirty after sync');
        t.notOk(doc.contentDirty, 'Not content dirty after sync');
        t.ok(doc.deleted, 'Deleted timestamp');
        t.notOk(doc.active, 'Not active');
        seq = doc.updateSequenceNum;
      });
      ever.sync(token, function(err){
        t.notOk(err, 'Sync no error');
        store.get(userId, function(err, doc){
          t.ok(doc.lastUpdateCount >= seq, 'lastUpdateCount >= seq');
          seq = doc.lastUpdateCount;
          t.end();
        });
      });
    });
  });
  /*
  test('Incremental Sync', function(t){
    //create/update note from another client then sync
  });
  test('Tag Conflict', function(t){

  });
  */
});


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Anti-graft groups want political parties to commit to fight against corruption
The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) has joined forces with the Foundation for Thai People, the Thai Chamber of Commerce University and a network of anti-graft groups to put pressure on political parties to incorporate corruption issue in their policies with public input screened from an opinion survey.
The 30-day opinion survey started on November 16 and is due to end this Saturday with results to be announced next Thursday. The survey gauged the opinions of 3,000 people from first-time voters to senior citizens.
Thai Chamber of Commerce University rector Ms Saowanee Thairungrote said on Thursday that besides the direct-approach survey, on-line survey was also conducted with at least 5,000 respondents answering questionnaires, adding that 8,000 samples should lend credibility to the poll.
She said the respondents were asked about their expectations from parties and politicians regarding corruption problem and from the conduct of individual politicians.
The rector noted that the university had been conducting opinion survey on corruption perception for eight running years and it was discovered that the Corruption Situation Index (CSI) has improved to 55 percent this year from 35 percent in 2010, about 90 percent of the respondents from this year's poll said they would not tolerate corruption while 86 percent vowed they were ready to join forces to fight the scourge of graft.
ACT chairman Pramon Sutheewong, meanwhile, said all the problems listed in party policies be it environment, butter and bread, social disparity and state welfare had one thing in common – that is corruption which is undermining these policies and posing an obstacle to development in various aspects.
With the election on the horizon, he said it was about time that all parties had a policy to deal with the graft problem in earnest. Also, he added that it was timely for the public to tell all the parties what they expected from them regarding corruption problem.
Foundation for Thai People chairman Wichien Pongsathorn said that the group's efforts did not end at the announcement of the poll results as the group would have to follow up the parties' commitment to address the graft problem.
He said the network of anti-graft groups would share the poll results on the social media to each as many people as possible so as to put pressure on political parties to commit themselves to fighting corruption in earnest.
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Vonore museum offering free admission in honor of Sequoyah Remembrance Day
by: Melanie Vásquez Russell
Posted: Jul 29, 2021 / 01:22 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 29, 2021 / 01:22 PM EDT
VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — Sequoyah Birthplace Museum announced Thursday it is observing Sequoyah Remembrance Day on Sunday to honor the man who gave the Cherokee people their own written language. Admission will be free for the day.
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According to the museum, Sequoyah was born circa-1776 in the village of Tuskegee, near modern-day Vonore. He spent most of his life in the Overhill Cherokee area, where he began creating a Cherokee writing system. After 12 years of work, Sequoyah finished the Syllabary in 1821 while living in Willstown, Ala. The Cherokee Nation adopted the Syllabary and within two years, most of the Cherokee people had become literate in their own language. After living a brief time in Arkansas, Sequoyah moved to the Indian Territory, known today as Oklahoma.
Sequoyah died in August 1843 on a voluntary trip to the Texas/Mexico area in search of another group of Cherokees that had left the Overhill Cherokee area during the American Revolution. The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum says there are several stories about how Sequoyah died, it is unknown where he is buried.
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"We invite people to visit the museum on Sunday and learn more about Sequoyah's fascinating life and experience modern Cherokee culture," Charlie Rhodarmer, museum manager/director, said.
The museum is located at 576 Hwy. 360, Vonore, TN, 37885, about one mile from the Highway 411 intersection. For more information, call (423) 884-6246.
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