Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman could be joining Tilda Swinton for Wes Anderson's upcoming new musical.
After Tilda Swinton was confirmed as the first actor to officially sign-up for Wes Anderson's in-development musical (according to Charente Libre), Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman are the latest names to be rumoured to be joining her.
It wouldn't be too much of a surprise to see Pitt team-up with Anderson but it has been a long time since the pair worked together on the SoftBank commercial a decade ago. Portman has enjoyed a couple of Anderson projects since then, starring in The Darjeeling Limited and the short film prologue Hotel Chevalier.
Of course, there's a very good chance Anderson regulars Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Bill Murray will have some part to play in the production as well.
Swinton was brilliant in The Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom so it's nice to hear she's collaborating with the writer-director once again while Lea Seydoux, who was in The Grand Budapest Hotel too, is another whose name keeps being mentioned.
The currently untitled film will be set in post-WWII France and feature songs by Mark Mothersbaugh according to rumours.


The world's most famous running bum.
David Monti, Race Results Weekly publisher and the elite athlete coordinator for the New York City Marathon, sent out this tweet earlier today.
Follow the link and it takes you to a long thread about the subject of young runners just out of college working at a running store or some other low-wage job in order to pursue qualifying for the Olympic Trials or some other racing-related goal. The discussion is unusually civil and productive given the Let' Run message board reputation.
I know a few people who fit the description. One of them works at our local running store, another had a contract with Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project for a short time. I have a few thoughts on the issue myself.
One is that recent college graduates face a horrible job market. If you figure that you're going to be broke in the near future regardless of whether or not you try running to the best of your abilities, then the choice is easy. At least running bums get something out of being broke.
Another is that the so-called "Millenial generation", to which all these twenty-something runners belong, has much different attitudes towards hallmarks of stability than those of previous generations. For example, a much smaller portion has tied themselves down to things like marriage and home ownership than did previous cohorts at the same age. The "running bum" lifestyle just isn't that unusual for them.
Running bums aren't a new phenomenon, either. They were a part of the 70s running culture and bled over into the 80s a bit too, until the conformism of the 80s and 90s stamped out free spirits. And the word "bum" fit a bit better back then; it implies someone who has no concrete plans at all, whereas the discussion above is about people with specific goals within a specific time frame.
Finally, one of the most beloved characters in American running was nothing but a running bum in his early days. Bill Rodgers was working menial jobs in the Boston area after college at Wesleyan (where he did not exhibit any potential to be a world-beater) and just ran. It turned out pretty well for him–and even if it hadn't, he'd have experienced something few of us ever could.
Runner' World's Morning Report has all of yesterday's news: US 5k record holder Molly Huddle is running Sunday's NYC Half, Arizona's Lawi Lalang is attempting an NCAA distance triple, and more.
Ken Goe's daily Oregon track & field rundown looks at whether Duck freshman Edward Cheserek, the reigning NCAA cross country champion, can break up Lalang's triple.
The USATF Championships are being held in Sacramento this year. Word has now come out that they'll return to the California capitol in 2017–but only if total paid attendance at this year's meet exceeds 22,500. To my knowledge, this is the first time that this kind of stipulation has been in place–but it shouldn't be difficult; total attendance (paid or otherwise) was 32,048 in 2010 (Des Moines) and 30,050 in 2006 (Indianapolis). Reading between the lines, this implies that some other yet-to-be-announced site will host the '15 nationals ('16 is the Olympic Trials, already set for Eugene).
NCAA Championships start lists are up, and meet director Rich Ceronie has compiled deep all-time lists for the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The New York Road Runners Club will give out financial support to Olympic marathon trials qualifiers: $2016 to NYRR members who qualify at any time, $500 to non-members who hit the standards at the biggest NYRR races (such as the NYC Marathon).
From Race Results Weekly comes seven storylines in this Sunday's New York City Half Marathon.
Another bizarre blog post from half-miler Pheobe Wright, this time about conversations during long runs.
Writer Jim Gerwick discusses something missing from today's younger online track media: a sense of our sport's history.
Let's Run has seven thoughts on the World Indoor Championships. One of them appears to include the idea that being considered a "US distance runner" might include the same requirements as for POTUS eligbility. It also includes the statement about "US women who didn't ultimately use drugs during their careers" when what they probably mean is "US women who weren't suspended for a doping violation", because proving someone hasn't used banned drugs or methods is about impossible.
David Owen reviews The Peerless Four, a novel that fictionalizes the experiences of the first women competitors in Olympic track and field.
The men's 3000 at the 1992 NCAA indoor championships.
Actually Bill Rodgers was poor, but he wasn't truly a running bum. In Marathon Man (GREAT book), he describes how his work with mentally challenged people was deeply fulfilling though seldom easy.
Big difference IMHO. I've met running bums who destroyed their health and relationships. Navel-gazing running bums are not admirable. Wes Holman, Bruce Dern's character in "On the Edge" was the defining running bum in 1984. His fight against the sport's governing body was admirable and his lifestyle was expansive because he was improving himself. So it gave us good feelings.
What about the late Caballo Blanco? I found little inspiration in his life, maybe because I'm 72 and a self-involved life of "just running on great trails" doesn't move me anymore. He did help others, apparently. He was a poster boy for the RB lifestyle. I just have to say, "Meh." I'm vastly more inspired by Bob Kennedy, Bill Rodgers, Joe Henderson, Roberto Salazar, and any number of others who've made it a big part of their code to encourage others.


Give help, make a difference.
I have had the chance to experience working with many different schools and for different purposes (mostly adventure related) but my programs have been inclined towards services for orphanages lately, and it has been such a heartwarming experience. This time with Fuhua, we visited one of the local orphanages in Batam to help beautify their school and help with tasks such as planting a garden, painting classroom and buildings, and even got down and dirty with cement mixing to make road pavements!
After job delegations, we got down to business. Each class was given different tasks that they needed to complete over the twelve hours that they will be spending here at the orphanage and mine was in charge of the painting everything (from the classrooms, to the kitchen and even the exterior of buildings) and I am so impressed with how much effort they put in, having to endure the hot sun and my constant nagging.
As mentioned earlier, there were other tasks that were delegated and Hafiz's class was in charge of making the road pavement. They literally started from scratch with just cement, water and very limited equipment to work with. I have to say, it was the most time consuming task there was on the list but they did a tremendous job completing the tedious work in just twelve hours. Some of the students even forgo their breaks just to continue working on the pavement, so that they could leave the trip with a completed goal.
One thing I love about working in foreign countries is the chance to interact with the locals there. I couldn't help but to join the kindergarten students while they were enjoying what looked like recess. Bear in mind that these children are not as open to foreigners or tourists, as how it is for the kindergartens in Singapore. But yet, they were so welcoming to me and my students when we paid them a visit and wanted to join in on their playtime. Some of them were even more than happy to learn some English words from us, it felt so good to be able to make a difference, even just by a little.
The boys in my class were so well behaved so I kept giving them breaks in between the hard work that they put in but boys being boys, they can never see an open area and leave a soccer ball untouched. It was exhilarating watching my students (including the teachers!) get together and got a chance to have a kick around with the boys from the orphanage. I have always believed that one should not just go on service trips for the sake of helping. To interact, make a difference and experience things others don't have a chance of experiencing is a bonus.


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U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-.S.C., talks to the media about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford during a book signing for his new book "Saving Freedom" at Books-a-Million Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Aiken, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
By ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press
The House took up a bill on Wednesday that funds a 14 percent increase for food stamps as more people become eligible for the program because of rising unemployment.
Across the Capitol, a Senate panel approved sharply higher budgets for the regulators of the securities and futures markets. Republicans, meanwhile, won floor votes to step up requirements for fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and require companies doing business with the federal government to verify that they aren't employing illegal immigrants.
The buzz of activity came as the House and Senate dug into the 12 annual appropriations bills for the agency operating budgets set by Congress each year.
Funding for the food stamp program makes up half of a $123.8 billion House measure for agriculture and nutrition programs for the 2010 budget year beginning Oct. 1. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, would receive a 10 percent increase, to $7.5 billion.
The legislation provides $3 billion for the Food and Drug Administration, a 14 percent increase. International food assistance also would get a boost, with increases for emergency humanitarian food needs and aid for poor children around the world.
The agriculture spending measure is set to pass the House on Thursday over protests from Republicans, who are irate that Democratic leaders are severely cutting back on the long-standing right of rank-and-file members to offer amendments.
In the Senate, Republicans won two rare floor victories as debate continued on a $42.9 billion measure to fund the Homeland Security Department. First, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., pushed through a plan to extend permanently the E-Verify program, which uses the Social Security database to check whether workers are in the country legally. His plan would require companies doing business with the federal government to use the system.
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., won a 54-44 vote to require double-layer fences along 700 miles of the border with Mexico rather than vehicle barriers and high-tech equipment.
DeMint said the U.S.-Mexico border "has become a battleground" as drug and weapons traffickers, along with illegal immigrants, move too freely. He said the department is spending too much on "virtual" fencing such as motion detectors. Those barriers, he said, don't work as well as a real fence designed to block people crossing the border on foot.
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, countered that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency was the best judge of fencing for various parts of the border. He said some stretches of physical fencing can cost up to $5 million per mile.
DeMint's amendment is likely to be dropped during House-Senate talks on a compromise version of the bill.
The Homeland Security measure is just the second of the 12 annual appropriations bills to reach the Senate floor. The Senate Appropriations Committee and its various subcommittees have been busy, however.
One Senate Appropriations panel easily approved a $34.3 billion measure for the Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers' water projects. Another appropriations panel adopted a $24.4 billion proposal for the Treasury Department, the White House and the federal contribution to the District of Columbia.
The latter measure contains a record 16 percent budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission and a 21 percent boost for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, prompted by recent financial scandals.
"We provide the SEC with ... an unprecedented increase in resources so they can hire the technical experts and bring on the best technology to catch these crooks," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. "We will be watching the SEC carefully to make sure this money is well spent and the national embarrassment of Bernard Madoff is not repeated."
Madoff recently was sentenced to a 150-year prison term for running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.
Durbin's measure also would provide $13 million to fund a District of Columbia school voucher program popular with Republicans. But it would provide enough money only to cover students already enrolled in the program, to the dismay of Republicans but consistent with the budget request of President Barack Obama.

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How do vacuum tubes really work? How do they provide the sound they do? Do they need maintenance? How long do they last? Why do they cost so much? These are just some of the questions most musicians have. If you own a tube amp, you should be interested in the answers.
Tubes – What Are They and How They Work
Vacuum tubes, so called because there is a vacuum inside the glass 'tube', have been around since the late 17th century but practical vacuum tubes didn't appear on the scene until the 1850s. The modern multi-segmented tube we know today popped up during the 1920s. Made from metal, glass and bakelite (an insulating ceramic-like material very resistant to heat), tubes are used as rectifiers, RF (radio frequency) generators and amplifiers. We are concerned with the first and last use here.
To the left is the diagram if 1/2 of a 12AX7, a typical preamp tube. 12AX7's are dual triodes, so named for the 3 elements to the tube and there are two of them in a single glass enclosure.
The short explanation on how they work: the cathode is made of an electron rich material and connected to ground, or near ground (-). The plate is connected to high, positive (+) voltage and attracts the electrons from the cathode. (Positive attracts negative, basic high school physics 101, guys.) The grid regulates the flow of electrons from the cathode to the plate, sometimes blocking the flow and sometimes helping the plate attract more electrons, depending on the input signal (from your guitar). This process is called amplification because the resultant signal at the plate is the same as the signal at the grid, only bigger.
Now, that's really simplified and there are a lot of resistors and capacitors and inductors and potentiometers that make up the external circuitry for this to work properly. You really don't need to know about that stuff and it's beyond our subject here. To the right is the input for an Original Fender Champ, just to illustrate my point. That's our 12AX7 in the center.
Why Do Tubes Sound Special?
The truth is… they don't. They sound retro, because they're analog and not digital. HUH? Easy. Tubes do not react instantly. Picture a grassy field in the wind. As the wind blows, the grass bends over as a response to the velocity of the wind – the harder the wind blows, the more the grass bends over. If you watch it, it doesn't react instantly, but moves with a gracefulness that is quite beautiful to watch, much like a flag. As the wind changes direction, the grass ripples and some changes but some doesn't. It flows, like water.
This is just how a tube reacts to changes in the electrical signal applied to the grid. The reactions take place in milliseconds but still, the tube reacts at its own pace (each one a little differently) so they all seem to have their own personality. Yeah, it's a stretch… but that's how we tube guys think of it. Anyway, that's why they sound the way they do.
Let's talk a little about that "tube distortion" we all hear so much about. When you have the volume down on your amp, the sound is crystal clear with tubes. So clear it's disgusting, actually! Why? Because of the paragraph above. The louder you turn up the amp, the more your string attack will affect the tube. You are adding little spikes to the sound wave your guitar is providing to the amp and the first input tube is reacting to those spikes. It sounds like it's following your playing… and, in reality it is. Some amps will do this better than others because of all the other circuitry around the tubes. Tube amp designers design their amps just to pull the sweetness out of the tubes and give them a "life."
In Part Two, we talk about tube and amp maintenance, and why they cost so much. See you there.
More reading on Tubes:
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Guitar Amps: The Sound Of Tubes
A Tube Primer for Guitarists: Part Four – Tube Distortion
A Tube Primer For Guitarists – Part Two
A Tube Primer for Guitarists, Part Three: Hybrid Amps
NAMM2013: What's So Cool About Orange's New Valve Tester?
Late Night DIY: Tube Talk – Tubes, Rectifiers, and Electricity
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New Delhi: India's ranking is expected to improve further in the World Bank's ease of doing business report this year on the back of reforms carried out by the government, a top government official said on Wednesday.
The World Bank's 'ease of doing business' report is slated to be released in October.
"We are optimistic that again we will be making a significant jump in the ease of doing business ranking," Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Ramesh Abhishek said here.
India leapfrogged 30 places to rank 100th in the last World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking report.
Speaking at the Taiwan-India Industrial Collaboration Summit, the secretary said that several areas, including starting a business and paying taxes, have seen an improvement.
He also asked the Taiwanese businesses to invest in India as the country holds huge potential.
"This is a good time for investments in India," he said, adding Indian economy is likely to touch $5 trillion mark by 2025 and $10 trillion by 2030.
"We are removing all the bottlenecks and obstacles in areas like logistics and infrastructure," he said.
The secretary also said that the department would be setting up a Taiwan Plus cell to hand hold investors in India.
He said India has attracted $230 billion FDI in the last four years and Invest India is facilitating foreign investments worth $90 billion.


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2017 NFL Conference Championships Preview
By AFI on 01/22/2017@AFIReview
The AFC and NFC Championship Games are on Sunday this weekend. The two winners will advance to the Super Bowl and play on February 5th 2017 at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Packers vs. Falcons Preview
The Atlanta Falcons host the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.
Green Bay defeated the Giants (38-13) in the wild card round and the Cowboys (34-31) in the divisional round. Atlanta had a first-round playoff bye and defeated the Seahawks (36-20) last week in the divisional round.
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Atlanta have the best offense this season. They're averaging 33.8 PPG (1st) and 415.8 YPG (2nd) on offense. Matt Ryan is having a MVP caliber season, but you can never feel too safe betting on the Falcons in a big game.
You can bet on the Falcons at –5 in the point spread market, which is what I recommend.
Aaron Rodgers is magical during the playoffs and he has led the Packers to eight wins in a row. The Packers aren't as strong offensively as the Falcons, but they're still averaging 27.0 PPG (4th) and 368.8 YPG (8th).
It's safe to assume this match-up will be a wild shootout from start to finish. The Falcons are allowing 25.4 PPG (27th) and 266.7 PYPG (28th), while the Packers allow 24.2 PPG (21st) and 269.2 PYPG (31st).
Ryan and Rodgers are going to throw for 300+ yards a piece and this game will be close, but the Falcons have a lot more weapons on offense, especially if Jordy Nelson is unable to suit up again for Green Bay.
Steelers vs. Patriots Preview
Can the Pittsburgh Steelers dethrone the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game?
There's no denying the Steelers have a potent fast-striking offense. Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown are one of the best QB/WR combos in the NFL, plus the Steelers have the leagues-best RB in Le'Veon Bell.
Pittsburgh have defeated the Dolphins (30-12) and Chiefs (18-16) so far in the playoffs. Pittsburgh kicked six FGs and scored zero TDs last week, but they still managed to leave Kansas City with a victory.
New England had a first-round bye and defeated the Texans (34-16) last week, but Tom Brady didn't play great and they'll need to play much better offensively if they expect to advance to the NFL Super Bowl.
I don't expect this game to have too many points scored. The Patriots only allow 15.6 PPG (1st), while the Steelers are giving up 20.4 PPG (10th). Despite both teams having great offenses, defense will likely prevail in this one.
You can find the Steelers at +6 points ATS right now and that's my recommended bet. The fact it should be a lower scoring game should mean the Steelers will be able to keep it within the point spread.
If you're feeling like gambling then you could consider betting on the Steelers to win straight-up. Pittsburgh are paying well to win on the money line and based on how the Patriots looked last week, Pittsburgh could definitely win.
With that being said, my two best bets are the Falcons ATS and Steelers ATS.
One option you have is to bet both of these picks on a parlay to increase the payout odds. Regardless of how you wager on these two NFL Conference Championship Games, we're going to be treated to two excellent football games.
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Melissa McCarthy's last big blockbuster was the poorly received 2014 comedy Tammy, which she also co-wrote. Yet despite reactions to that film, McCarthy has scored a major comeback with her action propelled thriller Spy.
Spy is a movie fueled with adrenaline, heart and consistently delivered humor that makes it one of the more entertaining action comedies in recent years. Combining aspects of 007 classics, Get Smart and to some extent Men in Black, writer-director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) provides viewers with a smart and laugh out loud popcorn flick experience.
The movie stars McCarthy as CIA analyst Susan Cooper, who's also an unsung hero of the agency. She and her partner Bradley Fine (Jude Law), a top notch field agent, make for the perfect team as they take down every terrorist and fugitive threatening the country's safety, with her being his eyes and ears.
Yet when Fine falls off the grid and terrorists issue a nuclear bomb threat, Cooper volunteers to leave her desk job and gather inside information from the CIA's enemies, the logic being that she is unknown and as such can avoid attention. This decision does not sit well with veteran and hotheaded Agent Rick Ford (Jason Statham).
As Cooper's mission takes a series of unexpected twists and turns, she turns her attention to Bulgarian arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), a classically sinister nemesis who also manages to be at the center of some of the movie's funniest scenes. In a race against the clock, Cooper must find out where the bomb is before it's too late.
McCarthy has never been one to shy away from jokes about her appearance in her own movies, and Spy is no different. While not the driving force of the film's humor, lines like Ford calling her character a cafeteria lady are prevalent throughout. And instead of getting some cool secret identity, Cooper's undercover disguises include a single mom and an old cat lady. It works so well here because while the bad guys see her as nothing, she turns out to be more imposing and butt kicking than half the agents they've ever come across.
On that note, the movie does deliver some truly excellent action sequences. While certainly a comedy, Spy is not a spoof of action thrillers, as Feig's brilliant style is visceral in its execution and gains momentum as the story progresses. There are enough street chases in Europe, shootouts, fist fights, knife fights, airplanes and helicopter scenes to make every Bond fan love this film.
And while McCarthy is easily the highlight of the movie, the supporting cast members in Spy are just as great. Byrne (X-Men: First Class) has a real knack for playing a convincing and intimidating villain. Her Boyanov has a Cruella DeVille essence to her with her remorseless facial expressions and sleek persona, which provides a nice contrast to Cooper's less than glamorous appearance and blunt manner of speech. Some of the script's best exchanges are between these two characters.
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Statham also gives one of his best performances as the trash-talking and full of himself Rick Ford. While Ford could've easily been a redneck like caricature, Feig and Statham give him a life of his own which make his scenes delightfully entertaining, along with Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) as a corky agent who desperately wants to hook up with Cooper. And for Firefly fans, Morena Baccarin makes an appearance as well.
There is a bit too much material and double crossing in the third act which likely could have been reduced. By the time the bullets start flying in the climactic finale, it can be difficult to remember which side characters are on and what the bad guys are really after.
Nevertheless, Spy is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish, combining stellar action with Feig's witty humor. And if you think McCarthy is overrated and not that funny, think again.
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Q: Add class to child elements of div's with same class using jQuery I am trying to add a class to the first "img" element of every parent but I cannot manage to do it after several tries. I am trying to add an active class to the first img of every carousel but does not seem to be working.
Below is the jsfiddle link basically I want the first images to show but my jQuery does not work.
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$(document).ready(function () {
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A: Your code works just fine (It's already append the active class to the first img) .. So i think you want to add the active class to carousel-item because the bootstrap carousel append the active class to the carousel-item not to the img .. try the next code
$(document).ready(function () {
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Q: How do you write regular expressions for a valid username for swift? Here are some requirements for being a valid username:

*

*No special characteristics

*Allow underscore

*No spaces

*Letter and numbers between 1-13 characters

A: ^\w{1,13}$

^ beginning of string anchor
\w word character - any letter (including UTF-8), any case, 0-9 and underscore
{1,13} length between 1 and 13, inclusive
$ end of string anchor
https://regex101.com/ - good resource

A: Try this :
/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([a-zA-Z0-9](_|)[a-zA-Z0-9])*[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/

A: Please try this,
^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,13}$

[a-zA-Z0-9_] Allows only small a to z, capital A to Z, 0 to 9 number with _ underscore
{1,13} Allow string length between 1 to 10 Letter and numbers

A: RegEx Start with char ^ and End with $ between them is rules
[a-z0-9_-]  rule for characters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) + underscore, hyphen
   {1,13}   rule for Length at least 1 characters and maximum length of 13
String Extention:
 extension String {
        var isValidUserName : Bool {
            let userNameRegEx = "^[a-z0-9_-]{1,13}$"

            let userNameChecker = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES[c] %@", userNameRegEx)
            return userNameChecker.evaluate(with: self)
        }
    }

Result:
print("userName_1".isValidUserName) //True
print("user name".isValidUserName) //False  Space
print("username123248632".isValidUserName) //False  size
print("uerName#$1".isValidUserName) //False  Special characteristics
print("uerName`d".isValidUserName) //False  Special characteristics

A: Try this:
Objective-C
- (BOOL)checkValidation:(UITextField *)textField
{
    NSString *rejex = @"^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,13}$";
    NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", rejex];

    //if rejex fullfil than it will return true else false.
    return [emailTest evaluateWithObject:textField.text];
}

Swift
 func checkValidation(testStr:String) -> Bool {
    let emailRegEx = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,13}$"

    let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
    return emailTest.evaluate(with: testStr)
}


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As the old saying goes, "If you can't beat em', join em'." Well, it isn't exactly like that, but the Washington Capitals got tired of playing against Carl Hagelin almost every playoffs the last eight years and decided to acquire the forward prior to the 2019 Trade Deadline.
Hagelin has played 121 playoff games and nearly 30% of them have been against the Caps, stemming from his time with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Hagelin played in six playoff series against the Capitals over that span and won five of them, the only loss coming last season, when the Caps marched through the Penguins en route to the franchise's first Stanley Cup.
Now that an old foe is on the Capitals' side it's time to decide what to do with him exactly. First, it's important to understand what Hagelin brings to the table. The most obvious positive attribute is his speed. Not many players are as fast or nimble than Hagelin. He may be small, but he's feisty and fearless. And when one adds speed and tenacity it becomes a force to be reckoned with. This leads many to believe he'll just be a good fourth-line addition. Which is fine to start, but to keep Hagelin so low in the lineup as the season goes on it wouldn't be utilizing his skills properly.
It's the combination of speed and a forechecking ability that has allowed Hagelin to spend so much time with elite players over the last four seasons like Evgeni Malkin (1,051 minutes), Sidney Crosby (262 minutes), and Phil Kessel (1,017 minutes) in Pittsburgh. He brings real value in middle-six form that makes great players even better. Malkin away from Hagelin yielded a -6.72% in High Danger Chances For% (HDCF%); Crosby away from Hagelin was -10.59 HDCF%; and Kessel away from him was -8.04 HDCF%. He made all of those players better when he was on the ice with them.
This graph by HockeyViz shows everything Hagelin is about. He's a truly effective player in the defensive zone and can help create offense by moving the puck up ice quickly. It's only a bonus that he's amazing on the penalty kill as well. And this isn't just because he's played with great players. According to EvolvingWild Goals Above Replacement Charts, Hagelin was the Penguins' second-best forward in the 2017-2018 season, and he was fifth-best in 2016-2017. It would seem like a big waste to keep Hagelin on the fourth-line when he brings a lot more to the table than other fourth-liners. So where should he play in the lineup?
The question one has to ask is where do the Caps need the most defensive help? It's no secret that Evgeny Kuznetsov has some defensive issues. Wouldn't it make perfect sense to put a very defensive-minded, fast winger next to him? They are already doing that with Kuznetsov by putting Tom Wilson on his wing, but when Alexander Ovechkin, another player who can struggle defensively, is on the other wing there's only so much Wilson can do. As shown above, Hagelin has a history of being that defensive support to elite talents. His back-checking speed and defensive IQ allows his counterparts to get up ice to do the damage. If they sandwich Kuznetsov between Hagelin and Wilson, he'll get the defensive help he needs, but still get teammates with speed and skill.
If there is one knock on Hagelin, it's his shooting. There's good news and bad news when it comes to him firing the puck. The good news is he shootd a lot. His 169 shots last season would have been third among all Cap forwards. The bad news is his shot isn't great. His career shooting percentage is 9.8%. That isn't terrible, but his average over the last three seasons is 4.56%, which is horrific and unlucky. But if he plays up in the lineup with a player like Kuznetsov setting him up, that percentage probably will increase and he could probably hit double-digit in goals (averaged to an 82-game season).
It's okay Hagelin isn't a sniper or huge point-getter, as his strength lies in his speedy defensive game, which the Caps need both of. And moving Hagelin up in the lineup allows them to create three very dangerous scoring lines; for example, say the Capitals go Ovechkin-Backstrom-Vrana, Hagelin-Kuznetsov-Wilson, Burakovsky-Eller-Oshie as their top three lines. When Oshie is on the "third" line one knows it's a good lineup. And the lineup doesn't have to be exactly that, but that important part is moving Hagelin up so a more threatening lineup can be created. He could certianly make the fourth-line slightly better, but he could make the top nine a lot better.
By Luke Adomanis
This entry was posted in Data and Analytics, Lineups, News, NHL, Players, Washington Capitals and tagged Carl Hagelin, Data, Lineups, Luke Adomanis, Metrics, Roster Moves, Statistics, Washington Capitals. Bookmark the permalink.
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Hagelin makes Connolly a major weapon and gives the Caps three lethal lines and with Lars Eller and Hagelin the third line is maybe the best defensive line. Also a 3rd line gets less playing time than the top two so Hagelin and Eller stay fresh for penalty kill which is where they both shine. The down side is Connolly likely benefits by being more productive and plays himself off the team. Not sure if Hagelin and Connolly would be willing to stay with Caps for a 2 million plus annual salary and that may well be how this shakes out after Vrana signs for 4 million plus. Anyone willing to speculate on who plays on the 3rd line with Eller in 2020?
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Q: Searching through *.class files in eclipse Is it possible to search for terms (such as method names) in .class files (from Referenced Libraries) in eclipse (I am able to view them automatically with JD Java Decompiler, so if I go through various class files I can find what I'm looking for visually or by searching each individual file). I've had a similar question about locating classes and was told to use ctrl + alt + h, which allows you to locate the class hierarchy of a given class in a .class file, but that method does not seem to allow one to find interfaces by name or constructs such as methods or variables.

A: Ctrl+H->Java Search->Search for Method, etc, etc

A: Ctrl + H will bring up a Search/Find dialog. One of the tabs is Java which will let you specify what exactly you are looking for e.g. Class/MNethod etc.


Spring has sprung in my neck of the woods. Trees are blooming, life is renewed.
16 years ago yesterday, on my birthday, I bought a pup for my dad to replace the old dog he had lost. He loved "Ms. T" and she took great care of him for many years. My father became bed ridden and Ms. T rarely left his bedside. When I lost my father, it broke her heart and she has slowly gone down hill for the last five years. Yesterday, on my birthday, I had to put Ms. T down. She has crossed the Rainbow Bridge and I am sure my dad is happier.
There are meadows and hills for all our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who have been ill and old, are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt, or maimed are made whole and strong again. Just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing. They each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together....but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers.
Suddenly...he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster, and faster.
When you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face. Your hands again caress the beloved head. You look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then....you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
"Dogs don't live as long as humans. Humans must learn to love unconditionally. Dogs are born knowning how to love unconditionally, and therefore need not stay as long."
I'm so sorry to hear of the passing of Ms. T (what a lovely name, by the way) and I firmly believe in the Rainbow Bridge. I hope to be reunited with my beloved Peaches, Brownie, Jo-Jo, Lucky and Skippy (even though the latter was a gerbil!) in good time.
I'm so sorry for the loss of such a special furbaby. I love the Rainbow Bridge poem and just know that all our babies are there waiting for us.
I only hope that in time, the bittersweet quality your birthday may feel will give way to a day of so many cherished, warm, wonderful memories. Time is a great healer; may every day bring you more peace.
I am so sorry you had such a sad event on your birthday. I hope all your favorite memories fill your heart with joy!
I'm so sorry you had to put her down but understand they all have to go sometimes, so often before us. I agree that your dad will be happy and so will she, although I know its a loss for you. My lab is 10 1/2 years old, and the lifespan of labs is 10 to 13 years. She has slowed down so much the past couple of years and I know that it won't be long (whether soon or a year or two or three) before she is gone and that saddens me. But I have to believe that she will be waiting for me on the other side. I can't take her hiking anymore because it wears her out so much, and has for the past couple of years. I miss having her on the trail with me. Our dogs (or other pets) are so much a part of our family and I understand your loss.
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Pets are as much of our families as humans. I'm so sorry MS. T. has passed. Like you, when I lose a pet, I believe they move onto family members who have passed that I know will love them, regardless of whether that family member knew that specific pet while living. A being, animal or human, that creates that much love and happiness certainly gets to "move on" after fulfilling their earthly lives.


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Canada May Be Expensive For Middle Earners, But For The World's Rich, It's A Bargain
MONTREAL — Canada has become one of the world's hottest destinations for wealthy migrants, and one clear reason for it is low housing costs.
Yes, low housing costs.
While Canada's largest housing markets are, overall, some of the least affordable in the world, that's not the case for the world's wealthy, who enjoy house prices here well below what they would pay in many other destinations, research shows.
Canada saw the world's third-largest influx of rich migrants in 2018, according to a report from market research group New World Wealth. Only the United States and Australia saw a larger gain.
Canada added 4,000 "high net worth individuals" (HNWIs) to its population in 2018, meaning people with US$1 million or more in wealth, not including their principal residence.
That comes amid an unprecedented migration of the world's wealthy, primarily from developing countries to wealthier, more stable developed countries.
The largest outflows of rich people came from China, Russia, India and Turkey, in that order, which together lost 31,000 millionaires in 2018. Overall, some 108,000 millionaires switched countries in 2018, up from 95,000 the year before.
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Investor visa programs — which allow a wealthy person to settle in a country in exchange for an investment in that country — have become an increasingly popular mechanism for the wealthy to migrate. Canada has a number of these programs.
The report said the top reason for millionaire migration is safety — particularly the safety of women and children.
Millionaires are also leaving their home countries due to "lifestyle" concerns such as climate, pollution, space, nature and scenery. Concerns about the standard of living, taxes, education and oppressive governments also factor into the equation, New World Wealth said.
Those who choose to settle in Canada will pay very affordable housing costs, compared to other hot-spots for millionaires, new research from real estate site Point2 Homes suggests.
In Canada's priciest luxury market, Vancouver, the cost of a luxury condo comes out to $11,605 per square metre, or just one-seventh what it would cost in world-leading Monaco, and less than a third of the cost in Hong Kong.
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"The results show that Vancouver might be expensive, but only for Vancouverites. The other cities in our analysis completely eclipsed Canada's most exorbitant market," Point2 Homes said in a blog post.
The millionaire migration trend is set to intensify in the coming years, according to New World Wealth and other researchers, and the result will be that a larger share of Canada's population will be rich.
A study from Credit Suisse last year estimated that Canada's millionaire population is expected to explode by 54 per cent in the five years to 2023, ten times faster than overall population growth.
That estimate was made based on projections of current trends in wealth, and it assumes Canada's housing market will continue to clock healthy price gains.
"One of the assumptions behind the increase in the number of millionaires is that Canadians' housing wealth will continue to rise — no collapse in that market," study co-author Jim Davies told CBC News last year.
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There has been a sharp increase in risk appetite since the trough of the ASX 200 on March 23. Equity markets have been buoyed by overwhelming monetary and fiscal support. The re-opening of many economies without a significant rise in new COVID-19 infections has also bolstered optimism. Improved sentiment has underpinned a rotation from defensives to cyclicals and from growth to value stocks.
Yet, while the effects of COVID-19 are abating we do not envisage that corporate profits will fully recover until the financial year of 2022. It remains too early to tell whether COVID-19 has triggered a structural change in risk aversion for businesses and households, leading to more savings and less capital investment. We expect that further market upside will be dependent on a recovery in household and business spending.
The current forward 12-month P/E for the ASX 200 of c.18 times reflects that the economy is on a steady path of normalization. Nevertheless, there remains the potential risk of second-round effects that may weigh on the recovery. As the level of uncertainty remains large, our investment portfolios are weighted toward defensive growth companies supported by strong balance sheets.
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The Blended Australian Equity Portfolio finished the month of May up 3.84% compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index up 4.36%. Positive contribution for the Blended Australian Equity Portfolio was driven by BHP Group (BHP), Qube Holdings (QUB) and Ramsay Health Care (RHC). Whereas, Healius (HLS), Woolworths (WOW), and Spark New Zealand (SPK) weighed on attribution.
The Australian Income Portfolio finished the month of May up 4.58% compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index up 4.36%. Positive contribution for the Australian Income Portfolio was driven by BHP Group (BHP), Ramsay Health Care (RHC) and Qube Holdings (QUB). Whereas, Healius (HLS), Woolworths (WOW), and Spark New Zealand (SPK) weighed on attribution.


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This 1975 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a cluster of smallpox viruses. On Friday, July 13, 2018, U.S. regulators announced the approval of the first treatment for smallpox _ a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago _ in case the virus is used in a terror attack. (Fred Murphy/CDC via AP)
FDA OKs 1st drug to treat smallpox, in case of terror attack
July 13, 2018 - 7:08 pm
U.S. regulators Friday approved the first treatment for smallpox — a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago — in case the virus is used in a terror attack.
Smallpox, which is highly contagious, was eradicated worldwide by 1980 after a huge vaccination campaign.
But people born since then haven't been vaccinated, and small samples of the smallpox virus were saved for research purposes, leaving the possibility it could be used as a biological weapon.
Maker SIGA Technologies of New York has already delivered 2 million treatments that will be stockpiled by the government, which partially paid for the development of the drug, called TPOXX.
To test the drug's effectiveness, monkeys and rabbits were infected with a similar virus and then given the drug. More than 90 percent survived, the company said. Its safety was tested in several hundred healthy volunteers, who were not infected with smallpox.
Smallpox killed about 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century before its eradication. Symptoms include fever, fatigue and pus-filled sores. Until now, doctors could only provide supportive care such as IV fluids and fever remedies and isolate the patients. Vaccination can be used to prevent infection but it must be done within five days of exposure to the virus, well before symptoms appear.
"This new treatment affords us an additional option should smallpox ever be used as a bioweapon," Dr. Scott Gottlieb, head of the Food and Drug Administration, said in a statement.
The drug is a capsule, taken twice daily for 14 days.
SIGA develops vaccines and medicines for biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear attacks. Chief Executive Phil Gomez said the company is developing an IV version and is exploring selling the drug to other countries and developing it to treat other infectious diseases, including monkeypox, which African monkeys can transmit to humans. Monkeypox can then spread among people, and has a mortality rate of about 15 percent.
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Rolex has announced that it will become a major, long-term partner of Formula One from this year.
The brand has been associated with motor racing since the 1930s, and in the 1950s Rolex became a partner of the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, with the circuit giving its name to the legendary Cosmograph Daytona in 1963. Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of the Formula One Group, said: "Without question Rolex is the partner of choice for a world class sporting series like Formula One."


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Vashon Wade born (Jamir Tuten) is a an African American Writer, Photographer, Media/Marketing Manager, HIV/AIDS/CADC-intern specialist & Lifestyle expert. Wade has been the writer/primary contributor of VashonWade.com.
Wade, 30 is a New Jersey native who garnered his love for journalism early on as he'd spent most of childhood writing short fiction stories and drawing images to depict stories told. Wade would go on to complete an undergrad degree in Communications/Business while still maintaining a love for writing as he spearheaded the school's first Fashion/Lifestyle column 365 Days of Fashion (which would later become an on campus organization started by Wade in 2006). Upon graduating Wade relocated to the northern New Jersey area where he spent time working as a Substance Abuse Counselor while continuing to write, Wade felt a strong void regarding his voice being heard. What began as a few journal entries here and there soon turned into Vashon Wade dot com. With no special formula or plan this site was born. "The only reason I started this website is so that I could have a chronicled journey of my life that would turn into me realizing that I started going to therapy and just didn't know." Wade expressed how he saw a change in himself as he wrote more and more about how he felt and his ongoing life experiences.
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What are Relentlessly Relevant Brands?
Relentlessly relevant brands engage, surprise and connect. They are genuinely modern, finding new ways to delight and deliver. They push themselves to earn and re-earn customers' loyalty—and they continually redefine what's possible.
These brands have barreled through passive exposure to come to life, actively participating with customers. They use technology to be more human, creating new experiences to engage with people in ways that enrich their lives. Nike, for example, was once a brand built on bright products, colorful ads and legendary athletes. Today, it's an ecosystem of dynamic 'living' experiences, like the Nike+ community, an ever-expanding universe that includes expert coaching from Nike pros, personal connections to millions of other athletes, training clubs, and valuable partnerships with the likes of Apple, Headspace and ClassPass.
The result is that Nike is one of the few brands with relevance that knows no boundaries, scoring high on our Prophet Brand Relevance IndexTM in every market we track.
How Do You Build Brand Relevance?
Building a relentlessly relevant brand starts with three essential commitments. First, brands must find a strategic purpose that creates shared value. It's the only way to inspire people, both internally and externally. Next, companies need to engage customers through living brand experiences. And finally, brands need to be powered from the inside out through culture, capabilities, and engagement.
Let's take a deeper look at the qualities relentlessly relevant brands have.
They Know Their Real Reason-To-Be
These brands know who they are, moving beyond positioning and into purpose. They are centered on a strategic purpose that creates shared value. This brand purpose is the fundamental binding agent between assets and aspirations of the business and customers' motivations.
Starbucks, of course, sells coffee. But people love it for its bigger ambition, which is to inspire and nurture the human spirit, one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.
LEGO has long been a favorite of children for its delightfully consistent little bricks and has integrated those imaginative properties into physical retail, digital enterprises and full-length films. But all of its efforts speak to the purpose that provides so much value to parents: LEGO is inspiring and developing the builders of tomorrow.
It's not that these brands don't have a positioning. They do. But what gives them life is that instead of seeing positioning as a static definition of benefit, they understand purpose as fluid and participatory. They know that it's the people drinking their coffee and building with their toys who make them what they are, and this shared purpose creates common ground. It gives customers and employees permission to build relationships that go beyond the next transaction.
That ignites innovation and growth, and also allows the company to inspire, attract and retain the best talent.
They Create Hyper-Personalized Experiences
Brands that are relentlessly relevant are those that enlarge the universe and engage customers in a living brand experience. That means constant, real-time engagement between customers and brand stewards, giving companies the ability to anticipate, adapt and respond in the context of customers' lives. It's what allows brands to create offers that are hyper-personalized, to leverage data in a way that extends experiences and relationships within customers' lives and to combine human empathy with tech-enabled intelligence. As a result, every interaction delivers greater business impact.
What makes these experiences so powerful is that they are based on the understanding that the days of either/or are behind us. These experiences are sprinting full speed into and/both. They understand that what they offer people needs to embrace the head and the heart, intelligence and emotion, data and story, and strategy and empathy.
Think of the way Disney keeps making visits to its properties more magical, by using technology to help guests unlock hotel rooms, make a playdate with Snow White, or even pay for a turkey leg. Or Spotify's uncanny ability to follow you into an Uber, work with Tinder and Bumble to help you find better dates, and cranks out playlists made up of songs you've never listened to but instantly love.
Customers are fiercely loyal to these experiences: When Samsung faced the massive recall of its Galaxy Note, pundits expected customers to defect in droves. The brand's mobile phones have come back stronger than ever, precisely because people love the way they perform across devices, including smart watches, tablets and increasingly, virtual reality.
They're Powered From the Inside
Relentlessly relevant brands aren't managed by a marketing team. They are powered through a company's culture, capabilities and engagement. Because leadership is in alignment, they can catalyze change, motivate and empower employees throughout the organization to create a self-generating business, balancing customer needs and corporate goals.
Relentlessly relevant brands can drive change and quickly turn new ideas into reality. They empower diversity of thought, customer centricity, collaboration and agility.
Chick-fil-A, for example, is a fast-growing chain of restaurants built around a culture devoted to delivering delicious food with grace, and it strives to have a positive impact on everyone it comes in contact with. It's no surprise that on our Brand Relevance IndexTM, it scores high for trustworthiness, consistency and having a better product than competitors. From its innovative corporate test chefs, highly-engaged franchisees and hard-working hourly employees, heartfelt hospitality is as meaningful a menu item as its tasty chicken.
Southwest Airlines, the only airline to rank in the Top 50 of our U.S. Index, also recognizes that delivering outstanding customer experiences has to be a companywide commitment. To deliver on its promise, which it sees as serving passengers with warmth, friendliness, individual pride and a sense of humor, starts with a commitment to treat its employees the same way. From ticket agents to baggage handlers to pilots, customers have come to expect a personal connection they don't get from other carriers.
Relentlessly relevant brands are growing, thriving brands. They have a meaningful role in peoples lives and one they need to earn each day. This is why they use purpose as the north star, engage with customers through living brand experiences and power brands from the inside through company culture. These brands are learning all the time; it's what helps them stay relevant, find new customers, and continually reinvent themselves for the future.
View the Prophet Brand Relevance IndexTM to learn more about what it takes to be a relentlessly relevant brand.
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Hacia un campo hibrido entre la oficina y lo domestico.
by King, Perry A | Miranda, Santiago.
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Watch the wind blow through beautiful scenes of each month of the year.
Charming illustrations and fun, engaging rhymes will enchant toddlers as they learn about the wind; holding kites high in the spring, pushing sailboats in the summer, tossing leaves around in the fall, and making snowflakes dance in the winter. Hanna Konola's illustrations are popular the world over. A Year with the Wind received The Most Beautiful Books of 2016 prize awarded by the Finnish Book Art Committee.


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Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Education
Master Trainer Training for Primary and Secondary teachers
The British Council was invited by the Department of Education and the State Council for Educational Research and Training to improve the levels of English teaching and learning in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The project will impact on 40 Mentors, 4000 English teachers and over 1 million students.
After an initial comprehensive needs analysis, the British Council identified the need to develop the teachers' ability to use the existing curriculum to maximise the amount of English spoken in the classroom. To this end, we developed and conducted a ten-day teacher course for 400 teachers from the primary, secondary and senior secondary levels, as well as a series of workshops for 40 Principals who will provide administrative and pastoral support as mentors.
Approximately 160 of these teachers were selected to cascade training to the remaining 3,600 English teachers in the state. This cascade programme will be monitored and evaluated by an external consultant and by Indian experts.
All Master Trainers will be invited to join an online discussion group hosted on the British Council's website www.teachingenglish.org.uk in order to share their experiences and give and seek advice about cascading training to their colleagues. The British Council is also working with the Department of Education to produce a series of films of teachers in the classroom which can be used as part of the cascade training programmes.
What the stakeholders say
We are pleased to be working on a collaborative cascade teacher development project to train 40 Mentors, 400 Master Trainers, 4000 teachers and impact on over 1 million students. The British Council's considerable expertise has been reflected in the systematic manner in which the programme has been planned and implemented. The British Council has developed the teachers' ability to adapt curricular materials in a more learner-centred way so as to foster an enhanced communicative environment for learning English. The methodology adopted to train the teachers is the same as they will in turn adopt in the classroom.
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A combat helmet or battle helmet is a type of helmet, a piece of personal armor designed specifically to protect the head during combat. Helmets are among the oldest forms of personal protective equipment and are known to have been worn by the Akkadians/Sumerians in the 23rd century BC, Mycenaean Greeks since the 17th century BC, the Assyrians around 900 BC, ancient Greeks and Romans, throughout the Middle Ages, and up to the end of the 17th century by many combatants. Their materials and construction became more advanced as weapons became more and more powerful. Initially constructed from leather and brass, and then bronze and iron during the Bronze and Iron Ages, they soon came to be made entirely from forged steel in many societies after about 950 AD. At that time, they were purely military equipment, protecting the head from cutting blows with swords, flying arrows, and low-velocity musketry. Iron helmets were deployed into the cavalry of the Mali Empire to protect the cavalrymen and their mount.
Military use of helmets declined after 1670, and rifled firearms ended their use by foot soldiers after 1700 but the Napoleonic era saw ornate cavalry helmets reintroduced for cuirassiers and dragoons in some armies which continued to be used by French forces during World War I as late as 1915.
World War I and its increased use of artillery renewed the need for steel helmets, with the French Adrian helmet and the British Brodie helmet being the first modern steel helmets used on the battlefield, soon followed by the adoption of similar steel helmets, such as the Stahlhelm by the other warring nations. Such helmets offered protection for the head from shrapnel and fragments
Today's militaries often use high quality helmets made of ballistic materials such as Kevlar and Twaron, which offer improved protection. Some helmets also have good non-ballistic protective qualities, against threats such as concussive shock waves from explosions.
Many of today's combat helmets have been adapted for modern warfare requirements and upgraded with STANAG rails to act as a platform for mounting cameras, video cameras and VAS Shrouds for the mounting of night vision goggles (NVG) and monocular night vision devices (NVD).
Beginning in the early 20th century, combat helmets have often been equipped with helmet covers to offer greater camouflage. There have been two main types of covers?mesh nets were earlier widely used, but most modern combat helmets use camouflage cloth covers instead.
By the late 20th century, starting in the 1970s and 1980s, new materials such as Kevlar and Twaron began replacing steel as the primary material for combat helmets, in an effort to improve weight, ballistics protection, and protection against head injuries caused by blasts. This practice still continues into the 21st century, with further advancement and refinements in the fibers used, design and shape of the helmet, and increased modularity. Early helmet systems of this new design are the American PASGT, the Spanish MARTE, the Italian SEPT-2 PLUS, and British Mk6.


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Our ethos is molded by the experiences we have had that transcend SUP as a sport and deepen our connection with nature. Paddling alongside dolphins or manatees on the coast. Exploring the flowing waters of a river while spotting eagles overhead and being spotted by families of deer gazing at us from the woods. Getting out on a lake and feeling the sense of contentment that results from just beingon the water. These are the experiences that remind us of the incredible natural resources we have -and are in danger of losing if we don't take care of them. This page is devoted to the causes and organizations we support and the resources that give meaning to our products.
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Good Form, Bella Thorne!
The social-media mogul and long-time target of Internet ire finds herself torn between two Bellas
By Anthony Kaufman
BELLA THORNE WEARS CLOTHING ADRIANA IGLESIAS
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Bella Thorne, the 21-year-old actress and social media influencer, has power. The kind of power that comes with having over 18 million followers on Instagram. (That's more than Madonna or Starbucks or Prada.) The kind of power that makes paparazzi stalk her every move and tabloids report her every wardrobe malfunction. The kind of power that also makes her "a target for ridicule and hate," as she admits when speaking on the phone from her Los Angeles home. "It also makes you this big red bull's-eye, subject to people tearing you down and watching for your downfall."
Ever since Thorne went from sweet teen star on the Disney Channel's much-loved 2010 series Shake It Up to sexy, badass social media queen, she's been feeling the negativity. There are widespread YouTube videos ("Why everyone HATES Bella Thorne"), an exhaustive entry on the Q&A website Quora ("Why do people hate Bella Thorne?"), and the malicious comments on her Twitter and YouTube pages, where words like "disgusting" and "cringe" are aimed at her like darts. She could have been another Rachel McAdams, to whom she was often compared, and continued to appear in benign high school movies like 2015's The Duff or YA romances like the recent Midnight Sun.
But then she had to go and make "Bitch I'm Bella Thorne," a music video that dropped last May, in which Thorne lampoons herself as a trashy starlet ("Yes, it's supposed to be funny," she explains) and the more explicit "Pussy Mine," which has lyrics like "Got my hands on your hips, you all on top of my dick / That shit so tight, I didn't think it could fit." And when Thorne posted a music clip on Instagram called "I'm a Hoe 2," in which she lathers whipped cream over her nude body, the Internet lit up with millions of views—and plenty of opinions.
Thorne recognizes that there's a double standard when it comes to women expressing their sexuality versus men. "I do know that if Justin Bieber posts a photo of himself shirtless, nobody's giving him a hard time, but if I post a picture of myself in a bikini, they're like, You're a whore."
Of course, Thorne has her avid champions, too, from all those Instagram devotees to millions of Twitter followers and adoring fans, who embrace Thorne's attempts to redefine her identity and show off her body—armpit hair and acne and all. "It's about owning your own shit, and not listening to what other people tell you you should be like, or dress like, or talk like," she says defiantly. "There's something amazing and wonderful about watching a woman who's like, Fuck all that."
Considering all that Thorne has already endured in her life—the pressures of child stardom, the horrors of sexual abuse, the tragedy of losing her father when she was nine—Thorne's balls-out attitude has become a strategy for personal and professional survival. "There is nothing like being a powerful, confident individual," she explains.
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"There's something amazing and wonderful about watching a woman who's like, Fuck all that."
When she was on the set of her upcoming revenge thriller, Leave Not One Alone, Thorne found a kindred spirit in her tough-as-nails costar, Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo. "She made a speech to the cast and crew where she said people need to care as much as she does or they can walk off the set. And that's how I feel," she says. "My dad always said to me, If you're going to do something, you're going to be the fucking best at it, or you're going to die trying," she continues. "Maybe I've brought that mentality too heavily into my life, but when I'm exhausted and don't want to get out of bed and I'm dying on the inside, that's the thing that pushes me."
And Thorne has been pushing herself. With a handful of new movies that she's booked through May (including a "fucked-up" Western and another production in London), TV shows (BET's hip-hop anthology series Tales and Paradise City, a spinoff of the movie American Satan), music recordings (she has her own label and she's signed with Sony), a new makeup line called Thorne by Bella, and an upcoming book of poetry-based stories about her life, she's trying to realize her vision of becoming "a mogul," she says.
But as much as Thorne is trying to forge ahead with her brand, she's also in an ongoing tug-of-war between down-to-earth Bella and Kardashian Bella, between what she wants and what her audience wants.
"Look, I'm a businesswoman," she says, "so I can only stick to what I believe in only as often as it doesn't interfere with me getting deals or getting work."
To illustrate the point, she cites the public fixation on her hair. "Everybody loves when my hair is red," she explains. "When it's red, you read, She's so beautiful, blah, blah, blah—they fucking love that look. And obviously, I can't help but want people to accept me, and like my photos more and follow me more. But at the same time, the red hair isn't me. I'm the girl with weird-colored hair or the girl who puts her hair in a bun because I don't have time to brush it. But I can only do that for so long until I'm like, Okay, give me the red wig, I want some 'likes' on Instagram."
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Thorne acknowledges that it can be difficult to separate her private self and her public personae when she's always on display. "I think I do," she admits, then adds wistfully, "then sometimes I don't."
And even though Thorne has built her career on social media, she still recognizes its dangers. "I totally see how it will become the downfall of civilization, because it has already," she stops herself, considering what she's going to say next. "People will give me shit about this, but freedom of speech became the freedom of hate so quickly, and that's something that you can't control. When will people say enough is enough?"
"I don't know," she answers herself, "but I hope I've made enough money by that point."
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A New Novice for SSF!
Published 29 March 2016 | By joe
Richard Fryer was received into the Novitiate of the Society of St Francis today (the 29th of March). During the service (which took place in the Chapel of Alnmouth Friary) Richard promised to abide by the Rule of the Society whilst in the Novitiate, received the Manual of the Society (the collection of documents which governs SSF) and also received a Franciscan habit and rope with one knot in it to symbolise his promise. Please pray for Richard as he continues his journey as Br Richard nSSF and for more men and women to hear the call to Religious Life.
Richard receives the Blessing from Br Benedict
Br Richard nSSF is shown into his place in choir by Br Amos (the Novice Guardian)
After the Eucharist (which followed Richard's Novicing)
Franciscan Eucharistic Supplement
Sr Joyce CSF has finished compiling the latest edition of the Franciscan Eucharistic Supplement. It is available in two formats (one standard A4 and the other designed to be used as an A5 booklet).
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"I can't help the way I feel," says Dana (Dominique Gonzalez) to her boyfriend Adam (Ian Gamazon) toward the end of Cavite, explaining why she can't raise a baby that's Muslim. But what is she really trying to justify here, the abortion she tells Adam she's going to have right before he leaves for the Philippines or the film's botched socio-political import? The film suggests Jennifer Connelly's snorri-cam puke scene from Requiem for a Dream stretched out to 80 minutes; it's an impressively sustained feeling, and there's some interest in seeing how it all pans out, but the journey isn't exactly pleasant, which would be all right if it were at all resonant. It's outside the Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport that Adam receives a call from a stranger who tells him he's kidnapped his mother and sister and that he'll kill them if Adam doesn't do exactly what he says. Like a sweaty, greased-up pig, Adam is dragged through the dingiest locales of the Philippines; along the way, the audience picks up context about Adam's life until it's revealed that he's about to be involved in a terrorist attack. Implicit in this ping-ponging, music-engulfed journey through the slums of his motherland is a critique of globalism—the only thing that shines in the grungy DV landscape of the film is McDonald's's golden arches—but unlike Phone Booth, a brazen satire to which directors Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana aspire, Cavite's against-his-will provocation not only lacks ground but feels misdirected. The terrorist attack Larry Cohen concocted for the Joel Schumacher film was aimed at its lead character's sense of privilege, and by extension our own. But unlike Colin Farrell's guttersniping flack, you never get a sense that Adam, a security guard from San Diego, deserves any of his fag-baiting tormenter's scorn. He's targeted not only because of his recently deceased father's betrayals but also because he's disconnected from his Muslim faith. Like a disembodied, emptier version of Paradise Now, Cavite posits a wake-up call without ever really embodying what its lead character is waking from.