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Anupam Kher wants to spread optimism
Anything is possible - that's what he believes in deeply. And now versatile actor Anupam Kher, a diehard optimist, is to translate his life's philosophy into motivating others through inspiring lectures.
Anupam is taking on the avatar of a motivation speaker as part of a worldwide programme, called Power Within, he is launching early next year.
"I'm a great optimist and I have lived a life which has had its own ups and downs, and I have never indulged in self-pity or bitterness... the only way to live is to live optimistically and the only way to live is to decide to be happy," Anupam, 55, told IANS in an interview.
The actor, who has worked in more than 400 films, has already lectured in many international and national universities and even to corporates. He will officially launch the programme in February or March 2011.
IANS caught up with the Padma Shri awardee to ask him more about his latest venture.
Q: Tell us something about this programme Power Within.
A: Power Within will be launched officially early next year in February or March. Till then I will continue doing what I'm doing. For the last almost two years I have been lecturing at various places, which come under the bracket of motivational lectures. The idea is to spread my optimism. I'm a great optimist and I have lived a life which has had its own ups and downs and I have never indulged in self-pity or bitterness. So basically the idea is to make people understand that there is no point dwelling upon your shortcomings, failures or setbacks. One should turn them into something positive because the only way to live is to live optimistically and the only way to live is to decide to be happy.
Q: What prompted you to become a motivational speaker?
A: I believe that if you have not made a difference in anybody's life, life is not worth it. Also my autobiographical play "Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai" was the major thing that prompted me to go deeper into this. I was always positive and optimistic but this play was the culmination of all those things that zeroed down on my philosophy of life that anything is possible. That's when I decided to do something about this programme.
Q: What do you think goes in your favour as a motivational speaker?
A: What is my plus point in giving these lectures is that I have lived it, I don't have to borrow examples, I don't have to read a book and say that this is written in that book, my theory is based on my book, my life. So since it's on a life lived, it's a culmination of that, it's much more direct. That's why I don't make powerpoint presentations or I don't write notes. I just understand the kind of audience that I get and then talk. I always feel that being yourself can be the most difficult thing in the world and can also be the easiest thing in the world. You need to choose and I choose being myself.
Q: Till now where all have you lectured?
A: I have done it in Kellogg School of Management, University of Maryland, Illinois Institute of Technology. In India, I have taken lectures in various organizations of corporates like Tata, Chartered Accountants Organization of Bombay, many IITs, IIMS, etc.
Q: So what has the audience response been like till now?
A: The response is fantastic. Lots of people come up to me and say that it actually made a difference to their lives. I'm a people-oriented person and wherever I have spoken, it has made a difference in people's mindsets or at least they have done a certain kind of retrospection. Also my lectures are based on a certain kind of humour because I make maximum fun of myself; that makes it interesting. Then there is a lot of audience participation. I get a member of the audience on stage and tell him to get rid of his inhibitions and stuff; so it's a very interactive kind of thing.
Q: Do you remember any of your weak moments when someone motivated you?
A: When I was a struggling actor that was the most difficult part of my life, those three years from 1981 to 1984 till I got "Saaransh" were tough. But I survived on motivational lives. I survived on autobiographies of Charlie Chaplin, "Lust For Life" - autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography and even Pandit Nehru's. Then I realized that these great people have also gone through so much, so what if I'm also going through tough times, I'll make it one day and then I'll talk about my life. That kept me going. Even my grandfather's stories helped me; I used to remember them.
Q: You are an actor, you have acting schools, a talent company, a foundation, your own play and many other things. How do you manage so many things together? How do you balance your life?
A: My grandfather used to say that a busy man has time for everything; so I follow that.
Q: You said that you have always been an optimist, but have you ever regretted anything that you have done personally or professionally?
A: No I don't look at life like that. I have no regrets, I'm very happy to be born in the family I've been born in, comical, strange, all kinds of people. I don't look at regrets. I feel sad and disappointed sometimes but the optimist in me is so strong that it washes everything else.
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Brebner and Williamson Limited has been fined following an incident where John Niven, a self-employed subcontractor, fell 15 feet from a youngman board, which had been used to create a temporary platform. He sustained multiple fractures and a brain injury.
On 29 July 2016 Mr Niven was working on a new build at Plot 1, Station Road, Crook of Devon, Kinross. A youngman board was used to create a temporary platform to give access to the roof in an area without scaffolding. Mr Niven was standing on the youngman board when it slipped, causing him to fall onto a concrete floor slab below.
The HSE found that Brebner and Williamson failed to properly supervise the work at height, to ensure scaffold surrounded the full perimeter of the house under construction, and to ensure a suitable working platform and fall protection measures were in place.
Brebner and Williamson of St David's Drive, St David's Business Park, Dalgety Bay, Fife pleaded guilty to breaching the Work at Height Regulations 2005, Regulation 4 and Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and were fined £5,000.
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⇒ That sounds great! How can I improve my reputation among the Asura?
"Try to make yourself useful to any Asura you encounter. Your kind can be especially handy aiding krewe members who often need someone to provide a little brute force...or perhaps a willing test subject. And don't forget, written evidence of your achievements will go a long way toward improving your reputation."
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Accept: I would like an empty Hero's Handbook.
Accept: I would like an empty Master Dungeon Guide.
⇒ I'm interested in skills for my heroes.
Well done, my friend. You're now considered Not Too Smelly by most Asura. If you display this title in our territories, your maximum energy will be higher than normal as a result of the edifying influence we have on creatures such as you.
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New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
This lesson focuses on the 1964 landmark freedom of the press case New York Times v. Sullivan. The Court held that the First Amendment protects newspapers even when they print false statements, as long as the newspapers did not act with "actual malice."
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Oyez
It was 1960 and the Civil Rights Movement was gaining strength. Civil rights leaders ran a full-page ad in the New York Times to raise funds to help civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Sixty well-known Americans signed it. The ad described what it called " an unprecedented wave of terror" of police actions against peaceful demonstrators in Montgomery, Alabama. What it described was mostly accurate, but some of the charges in the ad were not true. For example, the ad said that police "ringed" a college campus where protestors were, but this charge was exaggerated. The ad also contained the false statement: "When the entire student body protested to state authorities by refusing to re-register, their dining hall was padlocked in an attempt to starve them into submission."
L.B. Sullivan was one of three people in charge of police in Montgomery. He sued the New York Times for libel (printing something they knew was false and would cause harm). The ad did not mention Sullivan's name. But Sullivan claimed that the ad implied his responsibility for the actions of the police. He said that the ad damaged his reputation in the community. In the Alabama court, Sullivan won his case and the New York Times was ordered to pay $500,000 in damages.
The Times appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court. The newspaper argued that it had no intention of hurting L.B. Sullivan. The newspaper had no reason to believe that the advertisement included false statements, so it did not check their accuracy. The Times argued that if a newspaper had to check the accuracy of every criticism of every public official, a free press would be severely limited.
In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the New York Times. In order to prove libel, a "public official" must show that the newspaper acted "with 'actual malice'–that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard" for truth. The Court asserted America's "profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open." Free and open debate about the conduct of public officials, the Court reasoned, was more important than occasional, honest factual errors that might hurt or damage officials' reputations.
Why did L. B. Sullivan sue the New York Times?
How did the Court rule?
What was the Court's reasoning? Do you agree with the Court?
In his concurring opinion, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "I doubt that a country can live in freedom where its people can be made to suffer physically or financially for criticizing their government, its actions, or its officials…An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment." How did Justice Black come to the same conclusion as the majority, but for a different reason? With which opinion do you agree?
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The US Army has teamed up with Microsoft to build an augmented headset for training soldiers in reality settings. The Army invited CNBC to test the equipment and this piece on Classiarius has sourced from CNBC.
The new Microsoft product will cost $350 but the Army will not say how much the military version costs, not that Microsoft won a $480 million dollar defense contract that includes this technology called, HoloLens 2. It usually takes 5 to 7 years for contractors to receive a firm decision from the Army and many years of studying and trials. Some of this technology does not get to the field for decades.
However, the Futures Command entity in Austin, Texas allows large and small US firms, even startups to work with the military in a new and improved way to get technology into the field in much faster cycles. Note that some firms, such as Google, have seen some internal push back from progressive left leaning employees who do not want the company to be involved with military operations.
Google eventually ended its Maven project with the military….
The current HoloLens that Microsoft has developed for the military is much like "Call of Duty " a video game that is one of the more popular products in gaming history. However, this new military version has an added thermal imaging. This would be great when it does reach the public as most military technologies eventually do.
Some of this IVAS technology will be used beyond training and implemented on the battlefield. Microsoft does have some internal issues as Progressives, just out of university will not support the US military …. more from Classisarius in the coming weeks.


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If we do not do any green or blue rotations will that really limit our ability to get licensed in certain states? I mean are the medical state board officials really going to check if our rotations were green. Why would they waste their time looking up every rotation done by every applicant. I am beginning to think that maybe sticking to all green rotations is really not that important. If i am wrong and medical board officials really do investigate every rotation for every applicant please let me know.
They might not catch you if you lie. But if you do, then you get branded a liar and can't practice anywhere. At all.
If you decide to go with it, don't mention you're from AUA. Might as well say you're from Harvard.
Im not saying i want to lie and say that i did green rotations. What im asking is if the board officials will check to see if the sites where you did your rotations are green. B/c i am assuming that there is no section in the licensure application asking if your rotations were ACGME approved. Im assuming that thye will just see your listed sites on your transcript and its up to them to decide weather or not they will check to see if its ACGME approved. So i guess what im trying to ask is if on the licensure applications we ourselves have to indicate if each of our cores was green. I was not implying that i have plans to lie...thats idiotic...i wouldnt do that.
I mean are the medical state board officials really going to check if our rotations were green.
There are people who get paid specifically to look into this stuff. It would take me around 20 minutes to check one applicant's core rotations for their accreditation. Just call the medical board of whatever state(s) you want to practice in and ask them what they want.
Sorry, I see where I misread that.
Yes there is a specific checkbox (from what I hear) asking if the rotation was ACGME approved.
Sree does not mess around with his info...all are pretty much on point. you can teach the medical school owners about this stuff.
Green internal = Green electives?
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Podcasts on Sustainability
Our favorite podcasts on Sustainability
With many of us adjusting to the new normal and doing our best on multitasking, listening to podcasts have become part of our routines. By now, we all are pretty much familiar with the concept of a podcast, an audio file that you can download on any device and that usually comes as a series of episodes. Podcasts have become a key player when it comes to leisure time for many of us and range from politics to sports, fashion to economics, and whatever topic you can think of.
According to statistics from end of 2020, 55% of people in the US listen or have listened to a podcast at least once, while 75% of them are familiar with the concept of podcasts. Moreover, around 37% of people in the US listen to them monthly. Extrapolate these figures beyond the States and… yes, they are big numbers. You now understand why this sort of entertainment has become quite popular.
For us at Qullqi, our topics of interest range from state of the fashion industry to sustainability, as well as the use of technology as enabler of carbon footprint reduction. On that note, we wanted to summarize in this post our top recommendations.
We start our list with an all-women podcast, "Mothers Of Invention", a series of episodes about feminist climate change solutions from women around the world. Speakers featured here include former Irish president Mary Robinson, comedian and writer Maeve Higgins, and series producer Thimali Kodikara. Next, in "The Sustainability Agenda", we find weekly interviews with experts on the topic of sustainability, exploring the biggest questions around this concept and debating about its future.
Furthermore, described as a mission-driven show, "The Sustainable Jungle" podcast explores solutions for world's sustainability issues and conservation challenges, interviewing inspiring people currently working on a future proof of our planet. Moreover, "Climate One" also offers a series of interesting and relevant weekly discussions, showcasing a mix of sustainability and other affinity topics, such as politics and economics.
In addition, "Business of Fashion" offers interesting and inspiring episodes around the state of fashion industry; however, some of its episodes revolve around sustainability, ethics, gender equality, and racism questions within the industry. One of our favorite episodes is to be found here.
In the Netherlands, we also have some fine examples of relevant podcasts on this topic. For instance, "Systeem op de schop" is a weekly podcast made by Social Enterprise where hosts discuss with guest entrepreneurs how to challenge and improve current status-quo and contribute to a better world. On a similar note, during episodes of "Het groene hart van" we find interviews with famous and not so famous Dutch people with an aim at making the world greener and more beautiful. Last, for those who are more into technologies, some greats interviews over the latest developments and innovations in the realm of sustainability are to be found in the "De energie gasten" podcast.
What podcasts on sustainability do you know or are listening too? We would love to hear from you. Share your tips with us and our community, leave a comment or continue the conversation by sharing this article with your friends and family.
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Ukraine War Day #131: The People Of Lugansk Freed Themselves
Posted on July 4, 2022 by yalensis
"I prefer not to huddle in the basement with stinky Nazis."
Over the weekend we watched the astounding finish to the liberation of Lisichansk and, with it, the entirety of the Lugansk Oblast. In this piece from KP, war reporter Dmitry Steshin explains one of the reasons why it happened so quickly. Namely, because Russians are the kind of people who learn from past experiences: They watched what happened in Mariupol (AzovSteel) and in Severo-Donetsk (with the Azot Nitrogen plant); this was enough data points to figure out the Ukrainian "tactic". Which consists of herding civilians as hostages and holing them up in some underground fortress. Which tactic never actually changes the pre-destined course of events, but just adds unnecessary days and weeks of human misery, to the timeline. And the Russians decided they wouldn't let it happen this time around. Russian military took measures to pre-empt such outcome by seizing all of the industrial plants first. And the civilian population took their cue by refusing to play their assigned role as hostages.
Watch this youtube video made by a French TV company. The most astonishing thing is that this is a Westie outlet, we are expecting to hear only propaganda soundbites of the type, "Damn Russians blew up my house,…" And yet for some reason (Did hell finally freeze over? Are pigs flying overhead?) the editors did not bleep out the part where the residents refuse to go along with these very nice "volunteers" (I am guessing from some wonderful Westie NGO) who are helping the kindly Nazis to round up civilians and put them in, say, the basement of the Glass Factory. For their own safety, of course.
To be sure, as we see in the vid, some go along like sheep. But most of these civilians are too smart to fall for that old trick: "We're staying here. The Russians are our friends." These people actually risked quite a lot speaking such heresy right into the faces of the Westie reporters. Who they know are nothing but sheepherders for the Nazis. But the bravery of ordinary people paid off: They only had to wait a few more hours, and then they were free. But they didn't know that at the time. For all they knew, the Ukrainian soldiers might gun them down for their impertinence.
Fortunately the soldiers were too busy trying to save their own skins. Because this was another Ukrainian tried-and-worn trick: Sending raw cannon-fodder into the cauldron to act as rear-guard (i.e., dead men) sacrificing themselves so that a few more of the experienced soldiers could escape. I am told (by military people) that it is supposed to be the other way around, but that's another cute trick that the Ukrainians do. They do everything opposite. My previous respect for General Zaluzhny has been dropping recently. No Commander would sacrifice raw troops so callously. Especially when they are so very raw that they don't even know how to hold off a decent rear-guard. It should have been the crack troops saving them!
Now We Rebuild
In this piece by reporter Mikhail Moshkin, we get some idea of the immense scale of rebuilding that lies ahead. And the main mood among the LPR leadership and people is one of doubt and suspicion. coupled with grim determination. Steshin mentions this in his piece, as well. The biggest worry of the Lugansk people is that Russia will sell them out. Not moving hard enough or far enough to provide them with a decent buffer zone. LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik: "The presence of Ukrainian units along the borders of our Republics does not allow us to feel assured in the safety of our people and the security of our territories. Therefore the troops must move even further inland."
Security is the Number #1 priority now. Securing the perimeter and securing the people. "Our security was one of the main goals of this Special Military Operation. And this issue has not been solved yet."
Rodion Miroshnik surveys the ruins of Lisichansk.
Miroshnik, who arrived in Lisichansk yesterday to survey the scene, goes on to lay out the project plan for the immediate future of this battered city: A management/government team has to be put together very quickly. Their first task is to restore essential services as quickly as possible: Electricity, water, food, internet and phone services.
Next task is a triage-type audit of all the standing structures: What can be repaired, and what has to be demolished. Construction of new homes and other buildings must begin as soon as possible, but this is not going to be a quick, or easy, task. "Let there be no illusions," Miroshnik says, "This is going to take years. And let's be frank: The complete restoration of our cities, their economies and infrastructure, we can do this only with the help and support of the Russian Federation. This process has already started in a whole series of towns and regions through the LPR, and will also occur in the newly liberated Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubezhnoe — the places which suffered the most during these military actions."
In the final part of the interview Miroshnik returns to the theme of security, which is the foundation of everything else, including economic restoration: "We have liberated our Republic, but we have still not resolved the issue of security for our citizens and our territories. We have already lived through that period when only a thin line of demarcation divided us from the Ukrainian regime. And this resulted in the outbreak of aggression when Kiev attacked our Republic on February 17. This toxic Ukrainian regime, existing right next door to us and fulfilling the orders of the West, it will not allow us to live our lives in peace. They are not capable of [leaving us alone]. This regime feeds on its own Russophobia, its urge to poke its nose into our business and it generates constant threats to our security. We are not inclined to endure such a luxury any more."
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To alleviate this defeat, the European Union plans to squeeze the southern countries to obtain 523,000 million dollars to give them to the Ukrainian Nazis, who according to Zelensky will build a new Israel. That would be in honor of the alleged holocaust of the Ukrainian Slavs driven away in the fight against Russia.
Might as well just put all their money into a rocket and launch into the nearest Black Hole, it's pretty much the same thing.
Stephen T Johnson says:
The point about the general skepticism of the people in Donbass about the level of Russian commitment is understandable. In my opinion, they were shamefully abandoned in 2014/15. I'm not competent to evaluate the practicality of Russian intervention then, but I think there's a significant fear that the Russians will give up way too much in negotiations (if/when those actually happen) – and this is something where the RF has form – to paraphrase, "A specter is haunting the Russosphere – the specter of Minsk III"
It's really good there's already crews rebuilding in Mariupol, and hopefully the same will be true for all the damaged locales (That would be…well..all of them, pretty much) in the Donbass. Rebuild crews want to be moving in as soon as the shelling stops. The economic stimulus will be good, but the morale boost will be WAY more important, I think.
Plus a warm and well-fed Christmas with the lights on in a newly free Donbass will make a great contrast to the cold, dark and hungry one to the west.
The special military operation continues….
The word "Minsk" is enough to make any Russian shudder with dread! In a horrible kind of way, the Ukrainians are doing the lord's work by making such a deal/betrayal impossible. Cue in that Greek phrase about the gods making men mad, all the better to destroy them, and it applies perfectly well to Zelensky. Assuming that he is not an actual Russian asset to begin with, which some people are starting to suspect.
Re. the rebuilding, I think Miroshnik is being too pessimistic. With modern technology it shouldn't take long years to build a bunch of new buildings and houses. It just takes a lot of money, a lot of workers, and a lot of financial oversight, all of which the Russians and Donbassians possess. I saw a video (forgot to save it) which was showing off the new housing units being stood up in Mariupol, even as we speak. They look quite nice, with snazzy modern kitchens and bathrooms. Hopefully some lessons were learned from the Khrushchev era as well: It's okay to put up quick housing, but make sure the walls are thick enough so that you don't have to hear the neighbors coughing; and also lay the pipes, wiring, cables etc. first, not as an afterthought. But I am sure they know all this, they don't need my advice!
Good points:
A rebuttal to one point,
DCers have been humiliated in former Ukrainia and like petulant child, they will not discuss coming to terms with yet another one of their neocolonialist failures. They will attempt to drag this out like a drunk gambler on a losing streak…the only "streak" they've ever known.
This, will allow the Russians to proceed uninhibited until…DC pulls its collective head out it's collective ass.
And the rulers in DC/London will remain clueless, their post Vietnam belief that propaganda wins/loses wars, not weapons, not men, not strategy, not logistics…their absolute belief in "propaganda" blinds them to reality. And this self-deception comes from the observation that DC's bullshit works against it's own citizens. DC purposely overlooks that it's own citizens are, in the final analysis, helpless against "representatives" married to the security state and it media minions. However, Russia, China, India and a growing number can resist DC's entreaties for world dominance.
As we see with Julian Assange, anyone who seriously disrupts the DC/London narrative, however peacefully, will be detained/murdered/disappeared if…they are within reach of our rulers. In the end, DC's hubris, weakens the US and strengthens America's rivals but the lords and ladies of DC care not, for them, only the search for ill gained power and riches are matters of concern.
While there may be an opportunity for citizens, in the disarray that will follow DC/London's "Ukrainia project", it will be brief and subject to the crushing opposition of urban-"liberals".
"Urban-liberals" have wholeheartedly embraced the national-security-state. The NSS enhances the "liberal" lifestyle of discreetly oppressing foreign/domestic labor while pretending otherwise. Today's "liberal" refutes every part of FDRism while embracing Wilsonian elitism, not openly of course, but privately, discreetly, masking their venality with meaningless virtue signaling.
The common theme that I see in all of above is the classic "materialism" vs "idealism" debate of the early 1900's. Seems like the DC elites are fully in the "idealistic" camp, they believe that abstract ideas, slogans, and context-free propaganda can rule the world and change reality with or without the laws of physics.
In the other camp, things like actual material objects and physical realities, like logistics, apply. It's sort of analogous to religion vs science.
i get the previous comment about fears of russian softness and agree that not doing an operation like this in 2014/5 was a mistake. my first thought when this started was "better late than never".
that said, to quote a great american mind: "fool me twice..ya…ya can't get fooled again!"
the russians hold all the cards and when even a stuffed suit like medvedev goes all pit bull on the west you can tell patience in moscow has run thin. if there is a minsk III it will amount to "enjoy your new borders. cross them again and you'll be a red stain within 24 hours." or at least i hope so. it took the russians a long time to realize that the west "mistake kindness for weakness" and see "diplomacy" as nothing but a stalling tactic (e.g. the "peace process industry" in "isreal".)
i'm just waiting to see what the next huge step after the east will be. odessa? kiev? until that happens everything else is guesswork.
*"israel". ironic that i put "is real" in quotes to signify a made up thing. thanks, dyslexia.
It's complicated, because many people (including me) believed this should have been done 8 years ago. On the other hand, we could be wrong, because maybe 8 years ago Russia would not have been able to withstand the sanctions and would have withered undr the pressure. But now they can. (Also needed to get China and Belorussia onboard, so maybe this WAS the perfect time, after all, or maybe there never was a perfect time… This was an honest to god judgement call of the highest order…)
Regarding Medevev, I have a theory about him: His tweets and pronouncements are absolutely insanely on target. You listen to him, and you're, like, "Whoa!"
And yet he used to be considered a liberal pussy. My theory is that his white-hot rage is precisely a function of him previously being a liberal pussy. In his youth he actually believed in America and the West, he dug the blue jeans and the silly rock bands and hated the Soveit system. He believed that America was good and benign. Then all this history happened, happened and he realized how wrong he had been. Not just wrong, but totally betrayed. His reaction is almost like that of a woman who discovers her man was not what he seemed at first. Turns out her husband is not only a serial killer, but also has another wife and family in a different state.
Hell hath no fury…
Or, more politely, no man can become wise..without first playing the fool* AND admitting the fact to himself, his contemporaries, as Sinatra said: "that's life".
Happy Fourth to all, I love my country, I love my countrymen and…all the good people of planet earth.
I don't know how or when…well…it won't come a minute too soon but, my countrymen will turn this ship around and claw us off this leeward shore. And once again, the good people of the USA shall see fair winds and following seas. God Bless America!
*At 0:35
Happy 4th back at you, Brennan (well, it's the 5th now).
"Everybody plays the fool…" there's quite a lot of that going around.
Thanks for clip, what a great song, had me smiling over my early-morning coffee. I have heard that song before, but it's great to see the faces of the original performers. Those Motown groups were the best. Back in the day when America still had a Motown.
I'll forgive you – again – for sending your readers to the pro-censorship assholes at Y*tube. After all, if you do a search for videos on the internet, and you use the search site of the pro-censorship assholes at G*gle, or the pro-censorship assholes at B*ng, or the pro-censorship assholes at Y*hoo, or the pro-censorship assholes at D*ckD*ckG*, you would get the incorrect impression that there's only one site on the entire internet that even has videos to view. So I guess I can't blame you for automatically sending your readers to the only site on the internet that has videos, even if they are undeniably pro-censorship assholes.
But if, in the future, you would consider checking to see if there's anywhere else on the entire internet you might be able to send your readers instead, I'd appreciate it.
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Yes I almost choked when I saw the France 24 video showing the Russians in Lisichansk telling the reporters what no-one n the West accepts: that the risdents of Eastern Ukraine see themselves as Russians first and foremost. It brought tp mind the survey which , despite the WaPo's attempts to gild the facts with its own narrative, showed that only 25% of the residents of Donetsk and Lukansk Iincluding both the areas under Ukrainian control as well as the DPR and LPR supported a future within the ukraine without at least special status. The remainder were divided into groups supporting staying with special status, complete independence, union with Russia with special status, or simple untion into the Russian federation. Even in the Ukrainian control parts of Luhansk and Donetsk, only 45% supported staying in Ukroan without special status.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/15/russia-ukraine-donbas-donetsk-luhansk-public-opinion/
There is still a lot of pro-Westie propaganda in that France-24 vid ("fair and balanced") but in the end makes it clear that those civilians who decided to ride off with the Ukies were just a handful. I wonder what happened to those people, I hope they're okay.
The most amazing thing is that the editors didn't even slip in the pro-Russian stuff subliminally, but actually put it in the headline. Somebody at that TV station must be an honest person. Paging Diogenes…
Diogenes…too cool !
Glad somebody got it! 🙂


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Kingslayer
Rated NR
With his kingdom on the brink of chaos, Richard the Lionheart must decide whether to fight for his crownor for his love for a commoner. Days away from his coronation, a secret meeting with the woman he loves turns into a life-or-death fight for survival for the future King of England. Ambushed by hired mercenaries, and with the identity of the man who ordered his murder a mystery, Richard is left with no allies he can trust. As civil war looms, the young prince is forced to face not only his enemies, but the harsh responsibilities of leadership. From BAFTA Award winner Stuart Brennan (Risen) and Golden Globe®-winning producer Gareth Wiley (Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), this impressive action epic based on true historical events features a high-profile cast including John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings films), Carolina Carlsson (The Young Pope), Ryan Gage (The Hobbit films) and Ian Hanmore (Game of Thrones).
Title: Kingslayer
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I adore & melt & heart will break if tortures grows through knowing you.
A thousand years before my present love I claim.
& Unknown to day, I see your heart so.
Could I step further in & kiss your lips?
I yearn for you & my arms would protect.
Could I undress you & see your naked skin?
Undress your hair & catch your tender sigh?
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Goose bumps crawling, wandering across her pure white skin.
The stainless steel blade flickers under the midnight moon.
Perfect summer dress, creased & laid bare.
Muscles refrained from movement made.
& Blade untarnished; resting there.
Her pefect breasts, her thin white neck.
No more need for the knife tonight.


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ഇടിമിന്നൽ, കനത്ത മഴ ദില്ലിയിൽ ആഞ്ഞടിച്ചു, നിരവധി വിമാനങ്ങൾ വഴിതിരിച്ചുവിട്ടു; ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ ടൈംസ്
Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed several parts of the national capital Thursday evening, which is expected to improve the city's air quality and bring the temperature further down. Several flights have been diverted as well.
Under the influence of a western disturbance, the national capital recorded rains with strong winds for nearly two hours, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the regional weather forecasting head of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
According to the Safdarjung observatory, reading of which is considered official for the city, 1.9 mm of rainfall was recorded till 8.30 pm.
Meanwhile, the Met department said Delhi recorded a low of 12.8 degrees Celsius and a high of 21.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday. The weatherman said the temperature is likely to drop after Saturday.
The Met department has also forecast thunderstorm with hail on Friday. The minimum and maximum temperature are expected to be around 13 degrees Celsius and 19 degrees Celsius.
Following heavy rains and thunderstorm, the city's air quality is expected to improve on Friday.
At 4 pm on Thursday, the air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 429.
Delhi's suburbs, Ghaziabad (467), Noida (434), Greater Noida (423), Faridabad (410) and Gurgaon (395), also breathed extremely polluted air on Thursday.
An AQI between 301-400 is considered 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.


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'Ghostbusters': How the Visual Effects Team Brought Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Back to Life
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While all the pre-release controversy surrounding the new Ghostbusters may have swirled around the casting of four actresses, for the visual effects team working on the new movie creating a new generation of ghosts posed just as much of a challenge.
In the original 1984 Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman's classic comedy of the supernatural starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson, the ghosts were primarily created using puppets and maquettes that were optically composited into the shots — as for the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, he was a guy in a suit.
That might sound primitive compared to the digital effects available today, but at the time it was considered state-of-the-art. In fact, the film earned an Oscar nomination for its visual effects.
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Three decades later, when VFX supervisor Pete Travers of Sony Pictures Imageworks was tasked with bringing Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a collection of new ghosts to the screen in Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot, the job involved wires, CG, a Slimer redesign and even use of a drone as a stand-in for one of the ghosts.
But even though visual effects have changed dramatically over the years, the production harkened back to the original movie so that the new actors — Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones — could interact with "the ghosts" on the set.
"There's a reverence to the first movie; Paul wanted to make this an entertaining and fun film; he wanted it to be scary, but for comedy to be paramount," says Travers. "Obviously there's been a lot of advancements in VFX. Paul was a fan of the original Ghostbusters and he was hopeful, as much as possible, to have the 'real' ghosts on set with the actors. We worked closely with costume and production design, and stunts to make that happen."
The first apparition that the Ghostbusters encounter, Gertrude, who is discovered in a historic home, is a prime example of how several of the "new" ghost characters were created. Feig cast actress Bess Rous as Gertrude, and she played this role on set, supported by wires or a moving platform.
To get the glow, LED lights were sewn into her costume. "This way we had the light reacting to the environment and the actors and the ghost herself. And the Ghostbusters could react to the ghost and not act against a tennis ball," says Travers.
Travers explains that in most of the finished shots, the face and most of the ghost's body belongs to the actress while Gertrude's lower body was hand animated. For shots where the ghost is fully digital, the live-action photography was used as reference by the VFX team that included Deluxe's Iloura, which created Gertrude, as well as Imageworks, MPC and Zero VFX.
Feig also brought back some of the most popular ghosts from the 1984 film, such as Slimer, who was a puppet in the original. Now he's fully CG, but Travers reports that they did have a puppet on set, again for lighting and reference. Slimer's look was a sort of hybrid.
"We researched Slimer in the first two movies and even in the cartoon, and we found numerous designs," says Travers. "We went through an iterative process with Paul, showing him different looks, and we ended up with this amalgamation of what people remember."
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was also created digitally this time around, but he appears as a sort of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon. "It's one of my favorite sequences," says Travers of the scene. "He had to behave like a balloon. On set, we had interior-lit balloons for motion and lighting reference. It was about 16 ft. in diameter."
One of the most inventive approaches was used on a ghost that appears at a rock concert, floating about a crowd. The final ghost is digital, based on motion reference provided by a stuntwoman.
But how do you create a ghost for on-set photography that can hover in the air, provide the proper lighting for the photography, and give hundreds of extras an eyeline to watch? The team came up with a clever idea. "We used a drone covered in LEDS," Travers revealed, adding with a laugh, "It worked great. Drones have been used with cameras in production, but I don't know if any have been used to mimic a ghost yet."
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