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Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.

The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and filmed in 1984. Streep played Karen Blixen, Redford played Denys Finch Hatton, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen. Others in the film include Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a commercial success and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.

Plot
Karen Blixen recalls her life in Africa where she moved in 1913 as an unmarried wealthy Dane. After having been spurned by her Swedish nobleman lover, she asks his brother, Baron Bror Blixen, to marry out of mutual convenience and they move to the vicinity of Nairobi, British East Africa.  Using her funds, he is to set up a dairy ranch, with her joining him a few months later, at which time they will marry. En route to Nairobi, her train is hailed by a big-game hunter named Denys Finch Hatton, who knows her fiancé and entrusts his haul of ivory to her.

She is greeted at the railway station by Farah, the Somali headman hired by Bror, who is nowhere to be found. She is taken to the recently founded Muthaiga Club. She enters the men-only salon to ask for her husband and, because of her gender, is asked to leave. Karen and Bror marry before the day is out and she becomes Baroness Blixen.

She then learns that Bror has changed their agreed-upon plan and has spent her money to establish a coffee farm. She quickly learns that the farm is at too high an elevation to offer much of a chance of success. She needs Bror's help in building and managing this farm, but his interest is more in guiding game hunting safaris than in farming.

Karen comes to love Africa and the African people and is taken in by the breathtaking view of the nearby Ngong Hills and the Great Rift Valley beyond. Meanwhile, she looks after the Kikuyu people who are squatting on her land. Among other things, she establishes a school, helps with their medical needs, and arbitrates their disputes. She also attempts to establish a formal European homelife on par with the other upper class colonists in the area. Meanwhile, she becomes friends with a young woman, Felicity (whose character is based on a young Beryl Markham). Eventually, Karen and Bror develop feelings for each other. But Bror continues to pursue other sexual relationships because their marriage is still a partnership based on convenience.

As the First World War reaches East Africa, the colonists form a militia led by the colonial patriarch Lord Delamere, which includes Denys and Bror among their number. A military expedition sets out in search of the forces from the neighboring German colony of German East Africa. Responding to the militia's need for supplies, Karen leads a difficult expedition to find them and returns safely. Shortly after the end of the war, in the evenings, Karen makes up exotic and imaginative stories to entertain her visitors.

Karen discovers that Bror has given her syphilis. As she is unable to receive proper treatment in Nairobi, she returns to Denmark for treatment and recuperation. Bror agrees to manage the farm while she is away. When she returns, now unable to bear children, Bror resumes his safari work and they begin to live separately.

The relationship between Karen and Denys develops and he comes to live with her. Denys acquires a Gipsy Moth biplane and often takes Karen flying. Karen and Bror get a divorce on the grounds of Bror's infidelity. When Karen learns that Denys has taken one of her female acquaintances on a private safari, Karen comes to realize that Denys does not share her desire for a monogamous, domestic relationship. He assures her that when he is with her he wants to be with her and states that a marriage is immaterial to their relationship. Eventually, this drives them apart and, refusing to be tied down, he moves out.

The farm eventually yields a good harvest, but a fire destroys much of the farm and factory, forcing her to sell out. She prepares for her departure from Kenya to Denmark by appealing to the incoming governor to provide land for her Kikuyu workers to allow them to stay together and by selling most of her remaining possessions at a rummage sale.  Denys visits the now-empty house and Karen comments that the house should have been (empty) all-along and, as with her other efforts, the returning of things to their natural state is as it should be. Denys says that he was just getting used to her things.

As he is about to depart for a safari scouting trip in his airplane, they agree that the following Friday he will return and fly her to Mombasa; with Karen then continuing on to Denmark. Friday comes and Denys does not appear. Bror then arrives to tell her that Denys' biplane has crashed and burned in Tsavo.  During Denys' funeral, Karen recites an excerpt of a poem by A. E. Housman about a lauded athlete dying young who, as with Denys, is not fated to decline into old age. Later, as she is about to depart, she goes to the Muthaiga Club to complete arrangements for forwarding any mail. The members, having come to admire her, invite her into the men-only salon for a toast. At the railway station, she gives Farah the compass that Denys had given to her and says goodbye to Farah, then turns back to ask him to say her name so she can hear his voice one last time. Later, Farah writes to Karen in Denmark, telling her that a pair of lions often visit Denys' grave.

As the movie ends, the on-screen narrative notes that Karen later became a published author under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Among her work is the memoir about her experiences in Africa, Out of Africa, the first line from which is used to introduce this film. She never returned to Africa.

Cast

Production
The film tells the story as a series of six loosely coupled episodes from Karen's life, intercut with her narration. The final two narrations, the first a reflection on Karen's experiences in Kenya and the second a description of Finch Hatton's grave, were taken from her book Out of Africa, while the others were written for the film in imitation of her very lyrical writing style. The pace of this film is often rather slow, reflecting Blixen's book, "Natives dislike speed, as we dislike noise..."

Klaus Maria Brandauer was director Sydney Pollack's only choice for Bror Blixen, even having trouble to pick a replacement when it appeared that Brandauer's schedule would prevent him from participating. Robert Redford became Finch Hatton, with Pollack thinking Redford had a charm no British actor could convey. Meryl Streep landed the part by showing up for her meeting with the director wearing a low-cut blouse and a push-up bra, as Pollack had originally thought the actress did not have enough sex appeal for the role.

Out of Africa was filmed using descendants of several people of the Kikuyu tribe who are named in the book, including the grandson of chief Kinyanjui who played his grandfather. Much of it was filmed in the Karen / Lang'ata area near the actual Ngong Hills outside Nairobi. The Chyulu Hills stood in for the less picturesque Ngong Hills. As Karen's farmhouse was at the time of filming a part of a local nursing school, the filming took place in her nearby first house "Mbogani", which is a dairy today. Her actual house, known as "Mbagathi" is now the Karen Blixen Museum. A substantial part of the filming took place in the Scott house and in a recreation of 1910s Nairobi built in an area of unoccupied land in Langata.

The scenes depicting the Government House were shot at Nairobi School with the administration block providing a close replica of British colonial governors' residences. The train sequences were filmed along a section of abandoned track some  from Nairobi. The scenes set in Denmark were actually filmed in Surrey, England.

Historical differences

Although bearing the name of Dinesen's book, the picture was actually taken from two other books (not written by her) as well.  It quotes the start of the Dinesen's book, "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills" [p. 3], and Karen recites, "He prayeth well that loveth well both man and bird and beast" from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which becomes the epitaph inscribed on Finch Hatton's grave marker [p. 370].

The film omits much of Dinesen's book, such as a devastating locust swarm, some local shootings, and her writings about the German army. The production also plays down the size of her  farm, which had 800 Kikuyu workers and an 18-oxen wagon. Scenes show Karen as owning only one dog, but actually, she had two similar dogs named Dawn and Dusk.

The movie also takes liberties with Denys and Karen's romance. They met at a hunting club, not in the plains. Denys was away from Kenya for two years on military assignment in Egypt, which is not mentioned. Denys took up flying and began to lead safaris after he moved in with Karen. The film also ignores that Karen was pregnant at least once with Finch Hatton's child but suffered from miscarriages. Furthermore, Denys was an English aristocrat, but this fact was minimized by the hiring of the actor Robert Redford, an inarguably all-American actor who had previously worked with Pollack. When Redford accepted the contract to play, he did so fully intending to play him as an Englishman. Pollack, however, felt an English accent would be distracting for the audience, and told Redford to use his real accent. In fact, Redford reportedly had to re-record some of his lines from early takes in the filming, in which he still spoke with a trace of English accent.

The title scenes of the film show the main railway, from Mombasa to Nairobi, as traveling through the Kenyan Rift Valley, on the steep back side of the actual Ngong Hills. However, the real railway track is located on the higher, opposite side of the Ngong Hills. The passenger car was actually a small combination office/sleeper that was originally used by supervisors during the building of the Uganda Railway and was the actual car from which a man was taken and killed by a marauding lioness.

Soundtrack

The music for Out of Africa was composed and conducted by veteran English composer John Barry. The score included a number of outside pieces such as Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and African traditional songs. The soundtrack garnered Barry an Oscar for Best Original Score and sits in fifteenth place in the American Film Institute's list of top 25 American film scores. The soundtrack was first released through MCA Records in 1985 and features 12 tracks of score at a running time of just over thirty-three minutes. In 1987 a Special Edition was issued that included the song "The Music of Goodbye (Love Theme)" by Melissa Manchester & Al Jarreau. A rerecording conducted by Joel McNeely and performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was released in 1997 through Varèse Sarabande and features eighteen tracks of score at a running time just under thirty-nine minutes.

Charts

Certifications

Technical notes
In the Director's Notes on the DVD of Pollack's 2005 film The Interpreter, Pollack himself stated that he filmed Out of Africa and his later films of that decade in 1.85:1 widescreen; and that it "...probably was one I should have had in widescreen" (i.e. anamorphic 2.39:1 widescreen). In his director's notes, Pollack stated that prior to the filming of Out of Africa, he made motion pictures exclusively in the anamorphic 2.39:1 widescreen format and style, and that he did not resume the anamorphic 2.39:1 widescreen format, due to the rise of pan and scan which had affected the compositions of many anamorphic movies, until his last movie, The Interpreter, in 2005.

Release

Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though lensed with stunning cinematography and featuring a pair of winning performances from Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, Out of Africa suffers from excessive length and glacial pacing." Metacritic reports a score of 69 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four stars out of four and called it "one of the great recent epic romances," adding, "What we have here is an old-fashioned, intelligent, thoughtful love story, told with enough care and attention that we really get involved in the passions among the characters." Vincent Canby of The New York Times described it as "a big, physically elaborate but wispy movie" with Redford's character "a total cipher, and a charmless one at that. It's not Mr. Redford's fault. There's no role for him to act." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and declared, "My basic problem with this otherwise sumptuous and well-acted film is that I never was able to accept Redford in character ... He seems distant to the point of distraction. He is not convincing in his period outfits. He looks and acts as if he just walked out of the safari fitting room at Abercrombie & Fitch." David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that the film was "well worth the wait," calling it "a sprawling but always intelligent romantic epic that depicts Karen Blixen's struggles to hold on to both the man and the land she loves and cannot possess."

Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "seems to be just the thing for famished culture mavens at Christmastime. Unfortunately, and through no fault of Meryl Streep, there doesn't seem to be enough electricity generated out there in Africa to power a love story 2½ hours long." Variety found that the film "rarely really comes to life except when Redford is around, which unfortunately is not often in the first hour," but once Streep and Redford get together it becomes "a wonderful romance, probably Redford's best since 'The Way We Were.'"

Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described the film as "unsatisfying" and wrote that Streep is "animated in the early scenes; she's amusing when she acts ditsy, and she has some oddly affecting moments. Her character doesn't deepen though, or come to mean more to us, and Redford doesn't give out with anything for her to play against." Paul Attanasio of The Washington Post stated that the film "has little in the way of narrative drive" and "rarely seems more than an elevated form of tourism."

Reviewing the film in 2009, James Berardinelli wrote, "Watching Out of Africa a quarter of a century after its release, it's almost impossible to guess how it won the Oscar for Best Picture ... Sydney Pollack's direction is quietly competent and the acting by Meryl Streep and Robert Redford is top notch. But the lazy story is little more than an ordinary melodrama that simmers without ever reaching a boil. To tell the truth, during the entirety of the movie's nearly three-hour running length, I was more interested in the scenery and Barry's music than I was in the characters."

Box office
The film was the fifth-highest grossing film of 1985 in the United States and Canada with a gross of $87 million. It grossed $227.5 million worldwide and was the second highest-grossing film in Germany with a gross of $23 million.

Accolades

American Film Institute lists:
 2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions #13
 2005 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores #15

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Matt Cutts, U.S. Digital Service acting administrator, talks with Veda Cook from Berkeley at their recruitment booth at the Code For America Summit at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Cutts is in Silicon Valley/Bay Area to recruit tech workers to come work with him in Washington, D.C. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)
Matt Cutts has taken on a tough task: luring highly skilled tech workers from their mecca in Silicon Valley to the political battleground of Washington, D.C.
The former Google engineer heads the U.S. Digital Service, a federal agency that grew out of the disastrous roll-out of Obamacare's Healthcare.gov website and is now charged with developing technology to improve federal government services and operations.
Cutts came to the Bay Area this week, seeking to entice product managers, engineers, designers and other tech experts at companies including Google and Apple to join him in the federal digital service. Sure, new recruits have to forsake the company cafeterias common at major tech firms, but there are other rewards, Cutts said.
Matt Cutts, U.S. Digital Service acting administrator, right, and Seems Daryanani, senior technical recruiter/ diversity and inclusion, talk with Edmund Loo from San Mateo, left, at the Code For America Summit at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Cutts is in Silicon Valley/Bay Area to recruit tech workers to come work with him in Washington, D.C. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)
"There's no free lunch in government, but there are other perks," Cutts said. "There's a bowling alley in the White House."
Beyond possible bowling opportunities, digital service jobs can pay up to $163,000 a year, he said. Median compensation for a software engineer in San Jose is $107,000, and $113,000 for a product manager, according to PayScale.
What Cutts is hoping will really attract at least some high-performing tech workers is the sense of "mission" digital service positions confer, whether the job is streamlining the bureaucracies of Medicare and Medicaid, improving record-sharing between the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs, or designing ways to assess the impact of post-disaster Federal Emergency Management Agency loans.
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In attempting to recruit tech workers from the Bay Area, Cutts should lean heavily on that sense-of-mission pitch, said Terri Griffith, a Santa Clara University business professor who studies the intersection of worker skills and company practices.
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A number of companies he's aiming to poach employees from have policies allowing workers to take leaves, and he suggested that they could give the digital service a six-month test run, then either continue in government or return to their jobs.
The ability for tech experts to try out the digital service is a good selling point for Cutts, along with the opportunity for professional development, Griffith said.
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Everyone in America should wish the digital service good luck in its recruiting, she added.
"All of us are touched by the work that the U.S. government does," Griffith said. "I certainly like my government to work better and more efficiently. The inefficiencies cost us all a lot."
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The legal ownership of state or public assets in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has yet to be addressed by the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. Current RS legislation on privatization lacks a sound technical framework and in its current form can lead only to large scale fraud and the wholesale give-away of state or public property. To permit privatization by the RS entity, moreover, would violate the Dayton Peace Accords, because it would discriminate against refugees and displaced persons from the territory of the RS who have not yet been able to return.
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Running is an excellent exercise that works numerous muscular groups as well as improves your cardiovascular system. Many people do this exercise for numerous reasons—it's easy, effective, fun and not too strenuous (unless you run for many miles). Running through a beautifully scenic park or along the seafront can also help to clear your mind and relieve stress. Sometimes, when people finish their exercise, they may experience a headache. This can be caused by a number of things, the most likely causes will be covered in this article, as well as how it can be avoided.
Why Do I Have a Headache After Running?
Exercises produce excess amounts of sweat to regulate body temperature and ensure that the body does not overheat. This can cause the tissue in the brain to lose water, causing a slight shrinkage of the brain, leading to a headache. Dehydration can also lower one's volume of blood, which in turn reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the brain.
If an individual has chronic migraines or has suffered from migraines in the past, then exercising may trigger another incident of a migraine. This means that if you are prone to migraines, running may cause one.
Another common cause of a headache after running is low blood sugar or hypoglycemia. This can occur if a runner fails to eat enough calories before or during exercise. Glucose is the main source of energy used by our bodies, also required consistently by the brain. Failing to load up on calories can lead to a headache, mainly felt in the forehead, accompanied with hunger pains and fatigue.
Primary exercise headache: Not caused by any underlying health problems, and often harmless. This will usually subside with medication.
Secondary exercise headache: Caused by underlying health problems, such as internal bleeding or a tumor (inside the brain), or coronary artery disease (outside the brain). This will often require emergency medical attention.
Sunlight: Sunlight can sometimes cause a headache for some, meaning that if you are running in the sun, it may be exacerbating the issue. To counteract this, try running in the shade, or at night time. If you wish to run in the sun, wear sunglasses, and a cap with a peak to protect you from direct sunlight.
Poor posture: Practicing poor posture in every-day life is bad enough, whether you are not sitting up straight or constantly looking down at your phone, incorrect posture can lead to many complications. When running without proper posture such as running whilst slouching, or with one's shoulders forward, a headache may soon supervene.
Tight headgear: If you are wearing tight headgear, such as a tight cap or headband, then you may experience pain as a result of this. Try running with headgear that fits more loosely, and see if the headaches disappear.
How Can I Avoid a Headache After Running?
As mentioned, dehydration can cause headaches after running. It is most recommended that you hydrate before, during and after exercise to ensure that you keep your fluids at optimal level. When hydrated, one's urine should be clear (or almost clear), dark urine is an indication of dehydration.
Try to eat lots of nutrients, avoid consumption of toxins such as cigarettes and alcohol, which can attribute to the occurrence of headaches after running. Always ensure that you consume calories before you exercise.
If you have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels), then managing the condition may lessen the occurrence of headaches after running. Eating foods like bananas and apples will help to boost your blood sugar levels naturally. Fruit juice can also be helpful, as well as sweets and candies in moderation.
A headache after running can be caused by many things, and the exact cause may be difficult to ascertain at first. One may wish to take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication to attain instant relief from headache pain. Medications which may prove useful include: ibuprofen, naproxen and acetaminophen. These can be bought over-the-counter. Remember that it can cause irritation in the stomach if you consume them on an empty stomach, so be sure to eat before taking the medication.
There are many methods that can prove useful in treating the pain associated with headaches and migraines. These include: applying a hot or cold compress to one's head or neck, lying down in a quite dark room or having a massage.
If headaches caused by consistent use of over-the-counter medication, then this is known as a rebound headache. To avoid this, one must discontinue the consumption of the medication that is causing the symptom. Always speak with your doctor before discontinuing any medication. Headaches will most likely get worse before they get better, as your body eradicates the medication from your system. Help is available such as cognitive behavioral therapy, which can help those with serious cases of rebound headaches.


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NHL Expansion and Realignment Option
Currently the NHL is a 30 team league. The current collective bargaining agreement is about to expire, and last season the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg and the League has had a potential realignment plan rejected by the NHLPA. The Phoenix Coyotes have no owner and several other teams are in financial distress. With so many issues swirling and surrounding the NHL when the dust settles, what will the map look like?
Before I get into too many issues, let's assume the new CBA is agreed upon in a timely manner, and very little changes.
With that out of the way, let's look at realignment, relocation, and expansion.
Relocation and Expansion:
Several teams are potential suitors for relocation including Phoenix, The New York Islanders, and the New Jersey Devils. These four teams are perhaps the teams that are struggling the most financially, need a new facility, or simply have no ownership.
Potential destinations for relocating teams or expansion include Quebec City, Seattle, Toronto, Kansas city, and Las Vegas.
Quebec City:
Hockey is religion in Canada and Quebec has supported the NHL in the past. The disparities between the American and Canadian dollars were the cause of Quebec needing to move in the past. Those concerns are now gone as the parity between the two currencies is negligible. Furthermore the city of Quebec is set to begin construction on a 18,000-seat, $400-million NHL-style rink in September. Until the rink is constructed the NHL could play out of Le Colisee, the former home of the Nordiques. The Ottawa Senators spent several seasons in Lansdowne Stadium until the now Scotiabank Place was constructed. With the success of the return of the NHL in Winnipeg, the NHL must be looking at Quebec as a viable and attractive option.
Seattle: Both the NHL, and NBA have quietly expressed interest in expanding back into Seattle. A coalition of real estate and area civic leaders has thrown their collective efforts into plans for a multipurpose arena that could house both the NBA and NHL. The Sacramento Kings of the NBA are looking likely to be relocated to Seattle, but that plan only is financially viable if there is a second tenant. An NHL franchise for example.
Toronto: The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is a hockey hot bed and with a population over six million there is a desperate need for more NHL hockey than one franchise can provide. Markham, a town just north of Toronto is could be announcing any day approval for plans to build a new facility. Graeme Roustan and real estate mogul Rudolph Bratty are behind the project. The 20,000-seater is designed to host major sporting events and concerts. If construction starts this year, the arena could be up and running in 2014. Meanwhile a team could temporarily play out of Copps Coliseum in Hamilton.
Kansas: Kansas City already has a rink, the Sprint center. The Pittsburgh Penguins almost moved there a short while ago before they finalized a deal to build the CONSOLE Energy Center and keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh. The catch with Kansas city seems to be the potential owners there know that Kansas City is not Winnipeg and fans will not flock to see the team unless they are competitive.
Las Vegas: Believe it or not, there is hockey history in Sin City! There was a minor league team, the Las Vegas Thunder that played from 1993-1999. Every NHL pre-season since 1997, the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche play the Frozen Fury at the 16,800 seat capacity MGM Grand Garden Arena. It has been sold out every year, with substantial attendance from Las Vegas locals as well as traveling Kings and Avalanche fans. Furthermore, the NHL Awards are annually held in Vegas and Hollywood Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has been rumored to be interested in bringing the NHL to Sin City.
The NHL is resistant to the notion of allowing teams to relocate. In specific cases there is no better alternative. The lack of ownership interested in keeping the Coyotes in Phoenix makes them a prime candidate. The Islanders lease on an insufficient Nassau Coliseum will expire soon and they will need a new home. Commissioner Gary Bettman recently refuted the notion of the Islanders moving to Brooklyn saying that it would be hard for the fan base in Long Island and Queens to reach the team at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. An article on The Hockey Writers disagrees, but regardless, it appears that the NHL does not like the idea of moving the Islanders to Brooklyn.
So assuming both Phoenix and the Islanders need to relocate, where do they go?
If at the same time the NHL is considering expansion, this would be an ideal time to do so. Adding two new franchises would add an influx of cash into the league, and beginning the new season armed with a new CBA, and four new franchises including two in Canada would create a tremendous buzz around the NHL.
By virtue of either relocation, or expansion, the NHL could see franchises in four new cities in, Las Vegas, Markham, Seattle, and Quebec.
Realignment:
With a 32 team League the NHL would have two 16 team Conferences and could have four divisions with four teams in each. A potential playoff format could see the first round playoff seeding be a division first and second place rival match up. After the divisional playoff round, the conference final four revert to overall seeding through to the Cup Finals.
With two teams relocating, one from the East (Phoenix), and one from the West (New York Islanders) and shifting Winnipeg into the West, and Detroit into the East here is what the Conferences could look like
Western Conference Eastern Conference
Division 1.
Calgary Montreal
Edmonton Ottawa
Seattle Quebec City
Vancouver Toronto
Anaheim Boston
Las Vegas Buffalo
Los Angeles Detroit
San Jose Markham
Chicago New Jersey
Minnesota New York
St. Louis Philadelphia
Winnipeg Pittsburgh
Colorado Carolina
Columbus Florida
Dallas Tampa Bay
Nashville Washington
While this number of, and magnitude of changes is logistically impossible to accomplish in one off season, it is within the realm of possibilities that in the not too distant future the map of the NHL resembles something similar to this.
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To keep ahead in an increasingly competitive market, understanding local communities in all their diversity is important to us.
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Environmental Sustainability – Midlothian Council
Midlothian Council ran a four-week campaign using Lothian Buses. The campaign targeted drivers along the main bus routes in Midlothian and those travelling to the Midlothian stations on the new Borders railway.
'Along with holding events, distributing pocket guides with maps and raising awareness locally, the campaign helped raise awareness of walking and cycling. Midlothian Council saw a decrease in car journeys at two railway stations and increase in active travel levels to and from the stations. The campaign, along with promotional events, also had an impact on website visits, which increased 20 to 40%.' - Bogdan Handrea, Active Travel Officer, Midlothian Council
Our Key Audiences
People who find it difficult on their present income:
50% see Bus ads every week
65% travel on London Underground
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Families:
4.4m see advertising on London Underground every week
2.1m see advertising at a Rail station every week
Elderly:
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Bradford Council supporting credit unions in their local area
By using public transport the message can be seen and shared by everyone.
"Bradford District Credit Union has attracted over 1,000 new members with the number of people using the service rising by a further 27%. The Credit Union opened a second city centre branch and promotional activity was focused around advertising on the backs and interiors of buses."
Clare Bussingham, Senior Marketing Officer, The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Bradford Council use buses to recruit people looking to adopt
Enquiries to Bradford Council's adoption service increased by 52% year on year, with a 43% increase in enquiries over the past 3 years.
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A long-time business on Vancouver's Commercial Drive is closing its doors because its rent is doubling, putting into question the long-term sustainability of independent shops in the neighbourhood.
A long-time business on Vancouver's Commercial Drive is closing its doors because its rent is doubling, putting into question the long-term sustainability of small shops in the neighbourhood.
Housewares store Wonderbucks has been at its Commercial Drive location for 18 years and has become a fixture of the eclectic area known for its independent stores.
The owner, Bernie Moschenross, says his landlord is increasing his rent to $27,000 per month.
"That's a hard pill to swallow as a small retailer," he said.
"Vancouver has become an expensive city. [It's] certainly harder for us independent-owned retailers to survive with extraordinarily high taxes and escalating rents which are caused by increases in property values."
Moschenross, 62, says he tried to convince the building owner to let him stay at his current rate another three years until he retires, but the 81-year-old building is in need of major electrical and plumbing upgrades.
"We understand that, because we're business people too," he said. "The landlord has been really fair and really tried to accommodate us."
Moschenross says he did try to find another location, but that proved impossible within his budget.
"It is a great business," he said. "Someone else could take it on, but the challenge is finding a rent and a location in the city."
Three years ago, Moschenross closed a second location on Broadway, for the same reason.
The store has been given until the end of January to get out — enough time to wrap up the Christmas season.
"It's very emotional, I can tell you. Our staff is really loyal and they're all sticking with us to the end and we're going to have a big party when we're done," Moschenross said.
Nick Pogor, executive director of the Commercial Drive Business Society, agreed that Wonderbucks is an institution on The Drive.
"But the retail landscape is a difficult one in the City of Vancouver," he said, citing online shopping and land prices as the main issues in the industry.
"With property value rises, there comes more property taxes, and eventually the lease holder will see the brunt of that from the property owner," Pogor said.
While independent retailers may be a defining feature of The Drive, Pogor said it's easier for bigger businesses to survive.
"Larger corporations ... have the ability to weather rent increases and a little bit of a volatile market, whereas the independent retailer is very much working on a day-to-day basis to meet small business challenges," he said.
"We want to get behind the small business as much as possible ... but we also need the mayor and council, the City of Vancouver, the province, to jump on board and do what they can."
Pogor suggested changing the tax assessment system and decreasing costs and wait times for permits and licencing as ways the city could help.
Meanwhile, Moschenross said the deluge of support from the neighbourhood has been welcome.
"It's been a really moving experience with all the feedback and the love towards our little company. We really didn't expect that outpouring of emotions."


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We get a lot of questions about the American flag sometimes being displayed with the stars facing towards the back of the flag, rather than towards the front, on military uniforms. This is known as "reversing" the flag. There are a few reasons why the American flag is reversed on military uniforms. One reason is that the flag is typically worn on the right shoulder of a military uniform, with the stars facing toward the front of the person wearing the uniform. When the flag is displayed in …
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Tomorrow, "a date that will live in infamy," is the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. So that we never forget this tragic day in history, National Pearl Harbor Day is commemorated annually across the United States. On this important holiday, American flags are lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset in solemn remembrance of the 2,403 people whose lives were lost. Though these events seem so far in our past, we mustn't forget the mag …
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Honoring Half-Staff Proclamations at your Business on Holidays and Weekends
As we already know, flags flown at half-staff indicate a time of mourning. Presidents can declare national days of mourning, while governors can announce local state observances. Whether at a state or national level, government buildings, grounds, and navy vessels are instructed to lower their flags in honor of the occasion. Although it is not required, many commercial and private facilities will partake in these observances and lower their flags to half-staff in a show of support for their …
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National Dogs in Politics Day -- Sept. 23
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon (then a senator) spoke about utilizing campaign cash for personal use. A Texas fan brought his family a dog, he said. His daughter called the cocker spaniel Checkers. He responded, "We'll keep it no matter what." Supporters across were enthusiastic. This address was called the "Checkers Speech," and since then, we've celebrated National Checkers Day. In Williamsburg, Virginia, you may learn about prior First Dogs at "The Presidential Pet Museum" (FDOTUS).I …
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Woerth It Hollow | Horse Therapy for Veterans
Horse therapy, also known as equine-assisted therapy, is a type of therapy that uses horses to help people with physical, mental, and emotional problems. Horse therapy can be used to help treat conditions such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction.Horse therapy is a growing trend in the United States. More and more therapeutic riding centers are popping up across the country, and many of them are specifically geared towards helping veterans with their mental and emotional health.There are …
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In an interview with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Inmarsat Government's Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & Policy, Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, discusses how the company supports the U.S. government by providing fast, reliable, resilient, global satellite communication (SATCOM) capabilities for national security and military users, as well as first responders and public safety officials.
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The Wrong Man
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Dec 28 2016 - It was the week before Christmas and, like all cities in the Western world, Berlin was lit up, the air was cold and the mood festive. At the Christmas market near the Zoologischer Garten train station, people milled about shopping and enjoying themselves.
A short distance away, a Pakistani man named Naved B sat in a park. Twenty-three years old, Naved lived at the old Berlin airport, which had been converted into a refugee centre. He had arrived by way of the Balkans, making it to Germany a year earlier, and was granted a temporary visa when no translator could be found for the dialect he spoke. His life would soon be altered forever.
Around 8:00pm, a semi-truck barged through the Christmas market nearby, crushing all those in its path. When the casualties were counted, 12, including the actual driver of the hijacked truck, were dead and nearly 48 injured. In the pandemonium that followed the attack, an eyewitness claimed to have seen the assailant, who had jumped from the truck and fled after it came to a stop, near a church. The eyewitness claimed that he saw the man, followed him and called the police. It was this call that led to the arrest of Naved B, who had at the time been hanging out around the Victory Column monument in the park. Within minutes, it had been conveyed to the media that the suspect in the gruesome attack was a Pakistani male. Everyone in the Western world, even those that argue for accepting refugees, could be seen shaking their heads.
Escalating xenophobia in the West has ensured that all brown men of any religion are considered suspect.
At the heart of all their consternation was an innocent man. It would take almost 24 hours for the Berlin police to finally admit that the brown, immigrant Muslim man they had apprehended was not the brown, immigrant Muslim man that had carried out the attack.
The German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that the eyewitness on whose testimony the arrest had been made had actually lost sight of the attacker between the time he spotted him and then saw Naved B in the park. The police did not find gunpowder residue or blood on his clothes as they had expected to, given that the truck driver had been killed. It was over a day after the attack when they finally admitted that Naved B, the man they had arrested, was not the perpetrator of the attack, that the real culprit was still at large.
The set of misunderstandings that led to the arrest of Naved B are not particularly surprising. Escalating xenophobia in the West, including Germany, has ensured that all brown men of any religion are considered suspect. In the logic of the terrified, there seem to be too many of them, dark and skulking in parks and around markets, representing always the threat of crime.
There is little empathy for these men, or any appreciation as to how the festivities of others may sting and burn those who are far from home, from all that they have loved, and unwelcome where they are. In their desperation, they all seem the same. Punishing one man for the sins of another may be a gross inequity if the subjects are white and Western; it is perhaps less so when they are brown or black and desperate.
It is probably because of this that the shooting death of the actual suspect, a Tunisian man named Anis Amri, 1,000 miles away in Italy is likely to have vindicated those who were quick to arrest and blame rather than underscore the caustic nature of the mistake. The disparities of Tunisian versus Pakistani, Arabic speaker versus Urdu or Balochi speaker, formally arrested versus detained, Arab versus South Asian, may all be facts but not determinative ones. There are only two of those: both were poor immigrants and both were Muslim. With the discovery of this, the two-pronged attack on the poor and the displaced, all the prejudices thriving in the West, were rendered justifiable. It was not one Muslim man, it was simply another.
Naved B may have been an actual victim of mistaken identity in the minutes after the Berlin attack. Many more Muslim men, Pakistani and otherwise, are likely to pay the price for the actual perpetrator of the ghastly massacre.
The highlighting of two aspects of identity, the Muslim faith and immigrant status as somehow special, worthy of notice and suspicion, means a heightened visibility — a presumption against that has to be proven otherwise at all times. They may not be terrorists yet, but they are all potential terrorists, men who will at some point blow up train stations, drive trucks into crowds of people, or blow themselves up.
It is undoubtedly an onerous and unfair burden. Pakistani men applying for visas for study or work in any Western country will face the consequences of all the terrorist acts committed by Muslim men anywhere in the West. To end this cycle of collective punishment, they must work as vigorously as possible to stem the tide of intolerance and extremism in their own countries.
Sadly, rejections by the West, whether they are in the languages of visas denied or for those that have managed to get there, arrests and suspicion, are likely to prevent them from doing just that. Anis Amri, the actual murderer, evaded capture and was shot to death before he could be apprehended. All the other Muslim men are, because of him and assassins like him, collective captives, guilty until proven innocent.
The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy.
rafia.zakaria@gmail.com
Published in Dawn December 28th, 2016
This story was originally published by Dawn, Pakistan
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96 percent of New Hampshire shoppers to skip Thanksgiving sales, poll says
Only 3 percent of shoppers say they'll take advantage of holiday store sales
Updated: 2:05 AM EST Nov 27, 2013
Jean Mackin
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Only 3 percent of New Hampshire residents plan to shop on Thanksgiving, according to a poll.Click here to view News 9's reportA University of New Hampshire and WMUR poll found that 96 percent of people surveyed plan to stay home instead of taking advantage of the earlier sales.This year, more stores are serving up lines on Thanksgiving than ever before, dishing out sales for desert, so we asked people if they plan on joining the new holiday tradition and go shopping."Absolutely not," said one person."No, too many crazy people. Nope. Not at all," said another person."No. Absolutely not. I did it last year and I'll never do it again," another person said.In fact, 41 percent of people surveyed said they disapprove strongly of retail stores opening on Thanksgiving. Seventy-nine percent of people said they'll also skip Black Friday shopping, but nearly 20 percent said they'll join the crowds."Guilty," said one person. "Yes, of course.""Yeah, you get some good deals," another potential shopper said."I hate to shop, I'm a last-minute guy," one man said.When it comes to holiday giving, New Hampshire residents are pretty generous. Nearly 60 percent of people said they will give up to $500 this holiday season. However, 11 percent said they'll give nothing to charities."(People should) give to people who are less fortunate than we are," one person said.Thirty-six percent of people said they will be plugged into sales on Cyber Monday.
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Q: Cannot get Jenkins to start and run properly I am following the "Getting Started" guide from the Jenkins documentation; however, I have not been able to get Jenkins to run properly. When I run the command java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=8080 I get a series of warnings/errors and Jenkins will not run as expected. I am not able to install any plugins or complete the very next step of the getting started guide.
The first warning I receive is for deleting a temp file. It appears to fail because there is no file at that location.
Jan 27, 2018 11:58:13 PM Main deleteWinstoneTempContents
WARNING: Failed to delete the temporary Winstone file
/var/folders/mg/r5m253mx4hz75sk1f_gn5xg80000gn/T/winstone/jenkins.war

The next warning I get is a Jetty warning. I have no idea what the issue is here, as I am not familiar with Jetty.
Jan 27, 2018 11:58:16 PM
org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler setContextPath
WARNING: Empty contextPath

The next warning is,
Jan 27, 2018 11:58:34 PM jenkins.slaves.DeprecatedAgentProtocolMonitor
initializerCheck
WARNING: This Jenkins instance uses deprecated Remoting protocols: CLI-
connect,CLI2-connect,JNLP-connect,JNLP2-connectIt may impact stability
of the instance. If newer protocol versions are supported by all system
components (agents, CLI and other clients), it is highly recommended to
disable the deprecated protocols.

And finally, I get a lengthy stacktrace regarding some type of Hudson or certification issue.
Jan 27, 2018 11:58:37 PM hudson.model.UpdateCenter updateDefaultSite
WARNING: Upgrading Jenkins. Failed to update the default Update Site
'default'. Plugin upgrades may fail.
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException:
sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed:
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to
find valid certification path to requested target
    at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1949)
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:302)
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:296)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1509)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216)
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:979)
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:914)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1062)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1403)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1387)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1513)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1441)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:254)
    at hudson.model.DownloadService.loadJSON(DownloadService.java:167)
    at hudson.model.UpdateSite.updateDirectlyNow(UpdateSite.java:190)
    at hudson.model.UpdateCenter.updateDefaultSite(UpdateCenter.java:2194)
    at jenkins.install.SetupWizard.init(SetupWizard.java:184)
    at jenkins.install.InstallState$3.initializeState(InstallState.java:105)
    at jenkins.model.Jenkins.setInstallState(Jenkins.java:1037)
    at jenkins.install.InstallUtil.proceedToNextStateFrom(InstallUtil.java:98)
    at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:927)
    at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:86)
    at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:82)
    at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:233)
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path
building failed:
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to
find valid certification path to requested target
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:387)
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292)
    at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260)
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:324)
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:229)
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1491)
    ... 23 more
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException:
unable to find valid certification path to requested target
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:146)
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:131)
    at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:280)
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:382)
    ... 29 more

As I said, I am following their instructions word for word and they're very simple, but it just won't work. Any help that you can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks.

A: It can depend on your exact setup and OS: this was seen for instance in a docker setup, with jenkinsci/docker issue 422, although this Dockerfile works.
The issue includes:

I was facing the same problem and I fixed it by removing option '--preferedClassLoader' in environment variable JENKINS_ARGS.

That being said, your local Jenkins instance might want to connect to https site (for instance to check for plugins update).
If that is the case, you would need to import the certificate of the remote site into your JDK keystore.