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Rush's Morning Update: Water Works! December 2, 2010
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On Monday, Fiji Water announced they were closing their operations in Fiji over a tax increase. The increase was written in such a way that it would affect only Fiji Water, and would have raised taxes by a third. After calling the increase "untenable," the company owned by two California entrepreneurs laid off 400 workers and closed shop.
But by Wednesday, things changed. Dramatically. Fiji's prime minister, who had attained power via a coup, summoned the California owners to a meeting. After sitting down with Commodore Frank Bainimarama, a statement was released, ostensibly from the Resnicks: "Fiji Water will reopen its bottling plant," effective immediately. "Through our discussions, we have also agreed to comply with Fiji's new water tax law." That wasn't all. "Fiji Water is committed to working with the Fijian government, and remains dedicated to helping the country's economy and it's people," the statement said.
Afterward, Prime Minister What's-His-Facetold a radio audience he had "excellent news from Fiji Water," and wanted to thank them for reopening and "bringing back the workers."
Nobody will say what took place in the meeting,but we can imagine a scene straight from The Godfather. With guns to their heads, the business owners are told thatthey will reopen,that they'llpay the higher taxes –and smile about it –or they'll die.
It's every elected Democrat's wet dream –and don't think if he could get away with it, Obama would not do the exact same thing. If you shut downFiji Water, there's no company!
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Victoria Principal Net Worth 2020
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In an industry like Hollywood, achieving success is really difficult but Victoria Principal has done it. She is primarily known for portraying the character of Pamela Barnes Ewing on the soap opera 'Dallas' but the beautiful lady has graced the unnumbered of TV shows and films. Today, let's learn all about her including her career, personal life, and net worth in 2020.
Born as Vicki Ree Principal in Fukuoka, Japan on January 3, 1950, Victoria Principal is an American actress, author, and entrepreneur. Her father, Victor Rocco Principal, was a sergeant in US air force, so she had to move from place to place. She was always accompanied by her mother Ree Principal. When she was born, her father had the posting in Japan. Just after her birth, her family moved to England. There she spent most of her childhood in different cities. Before completing her high school from South Dade Senior High School, US, she changed nearly 15 schools in UK. After her high school, she enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College with the intention to make a career in medicine. However, destiny had something else in store for her. During her college days, she met an accident and it changed her life entirely.
Speaking of her personal life, Victoria married twice but has no children. She first married actor Christopher Skinner in 1978 but within two years they called it off. Then, she started dating musician Andy Gibb but soon she ended her relationship with him due to his drug problems. In 1985, she married surgeon Harry Glassman. The couple remained together for almost 20 years before their divorce in 2006. Since then, she has been single and is involved in many humanitarian works.
Victoria was drop-dead gorgeous since her childhood. Due to her beauty, she appeared in many TV commercials. But at that time, Victoria was not serious about making a career in acting. During her college days, she met an accident which affected the whole year. Rather than repeating her first-year study again, she decided to try her hands in acting. In 1970, she moved to Los Angeles and within two years, she landed her first movie. It was 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' which earned her a huge popularity. She continued her film career for next five years. When she couldn't make it big, she stopped acting for a while and became an agent from 1975 to 1977.
In 1977, she made a comeback in silver screen but this time, she signed a TV show. She achieved the utmost success as a TV actress. In 1978, she appeared in TV show 'Dallas' and took her popularity to next level. In 1987, she left 'Dallas' and founded her own production company 'Victoria Principal Productions'. In the recent years, she has widened her business ventures and is no more active Hollywood.
Over her entire career, Victoria has won a few awards and nominations. She is two times winner of Bravo Otto Germany Award. She has also won two Golden Globe nominations.
Net worth of Victoria Principal
Victoria has built her career in different spheres and she achieved the success too. Though today, she is no more active in Hollywood but she has a thriving career as an actress. As a film producer, she couldn't gain much success but her other ventures made a huge money for her. In 1989, she founded a skin care products line named 'Principal Secret' which turned out to be the biggest source of her income today. As of now, the versatile lady has a whopping net worth of $280 million. She certainly made good amount of money through the acting but it's her business ventures that racked up such a huge net worth for her.
Victoria Principal has seriously lived two shades of life. At her young age, she experienced the glitter of glamour world and today, she is digging around the unfathomable depth of the business world.
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Thai retailer Central puts USD 200 million into ride-hailing app Grab
Bangkok, Jan 31 (AFP) Thailand's biggest shopping mall owner, the Central Group, will pour USD 200 million into the Singapore ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab, the companies said Thursday, as
Bangkok, Jan 31 (AFP) Thailand's biggest shopping mall owner, the Central Group, will pour USD 200 million into the Singapore ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab, the companies said Thursday, as they look to reel in customers now buying everything from food to holidays online. Also Read - Trump Pardons Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski, Sentenced For Stealing Trade Secrets
The investment means Central, which is also a major hotelier and supermarket chain whose business interests stretch into Europe, will acquire a non-controlling stake in Grab's Thai entity.	Tos Chirathivat, CEO of Central Group and scion of the kingdom's second richest family with a fortune estimated by Forbes of USD 21 billion, said the big buy-in will give his company's stores and hotels access to customers wherever they are. Also Read - Planning a Trip to Singapore During COVID-19? Now, PCR Test Mandatory on Arrival
"It (Grab) has built a new platform which consists of food delivery, payment and other services," he said. Also Read - India Challenges Vodafone Arbitration Ruling in Singapore
"So we can link with it. They can sell or buy products at our malls and get them delivered home." He did not reveal how much of Grab's Thai unit he bought with the USD 200 million.
Grab is a market leader in the Southeast Asian ride app industry, having bought out US-based Uber's regional business last year in return for a stake.
Grab CEO and co-founder Anthony Tan said the Central deal brings together Thailand's "local retail champion" with the "local technology champion", and would cement the service's position as Thailand's "everyday app".
Grab has big ambitions, aiming to hook the region's consumers on its app and enter joint ventures with major retail players.
Southeast Asia's ride-hailing market is expected to reach USD 20 billion by 2025, according to research by Google and Temasek.
Indonesia's Go-Jek is also jostling for a larger regional role, launching a trial version of its taxi app in Singapore late last year as part of a USD 500 million expansion plan. (AFP)
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Special Issue: 5th International MERGE Technologies Conference (IMTC), 1st - 2nd December 2021, Chemnitz /
Profile structures for economical hybrid lightweight design
David Wagner Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
David Löpitz Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
Marcus Knobloch Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
Michaela Gedan-Smolka Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (IPF)
Katrin Schubert Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (IPF)
https://doi.org/10.21935/tls.v5i1.158
Especially in the transport sector, lightweight design with fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) is of major relevance due to CO2 reduction through mass saving [1]. In sectors like automotive, FRP are mainly used in secondary structures such as seat shells. In order to be able to operate effective FRP lightweight design in load-bearing structural components, pultruded hybrid profiles are to be established as a new tool for engineers. The profile components are characterized by a FRP base structure and a metallic core that increases the ductility. The manufacturing of the components with pultrusion ensures a large scale production. To guarantee a high covalent bond between the metal cores and the FRP, the inserts are provided by using a newly developed powder coating, which acts like a latent reactive adhesive [2]. Three different profile constructions have been verified, which are identical in the external cross-sectional shape and size, but differing in core structure. A glass-FRP-steel-combination was chosen as material and a pure FRP sample was used as a reference. The mechanical properties were investigated by using a 4-point bending test. Depending on the core structure, various failure behavior and mechanical parameters like energy absorption could be determined.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: India parliament approves controversial law
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – India's parliament has approved a bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The bill passed the upper house of parliament by 125 votes to 105. It had already cleared the lower house.
The news came as protests against the bill raged in north-eastern states bordering Bangladesh. Troops were deployed in Tripura and police battled protesters in Assam's capital Guwahati.
Critics say the bill is discriminatory.
But the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it will give sanctuary to people fleeing religious persecution.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is now set to be signed into law.
What are critics saying?
Those protesting against the bill say it is part of the BJP's agenda to marginalise Muslims and violates India's secular principles.
"Muslims are already being persecuted. This will make them more vulnerable," a participant at a protest against the bill in Delhi told the BBC.
More than 700 eminent Indian personalities, including jurists, lawyers, academics and actors, have signed a statement "categorically" condemning the bill.
It says that the government seems "intent on causing huge upheavals within Indian society".
Many others have questioned why it only refers to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, when minorities from other neighbouring countries were also being persecuted.
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Tech to bridge education gap
Education is one of Africa's greatest missed opportunities, plagued by mistakes and mismanagement, played out over generations from the very first post-colonial governments. But there is an opportunity to use technology to bridge the education gap.
This according to Mamphela Ramphele, speaking at the opening of African Education Week yesterday.
"We have not and, in too many cases, we still do no not, invest enough as we should do in education," she adds.
Ramphele points out that the inequality gap in middle-income countries like South Africa is widening.
"In many African countries we are seeing two speed education systems in which the middle and upper class have bought themselves out of the failing public education systems and are paying for first class education for their children. The gap between poor and well-to-do children is growing on our continent."
She points out that year's World Economic Forum debated ways in which we can "unlock Africa's talent", and that business leaders know that it is education that creates productive and capable workers and they often invest in developing their people to.
"Academics and policy makers set down fine strategies. And there are many teachers and educators who take great pride in their profession and care in their role as the guardians of young people," she says. "And yet we are still failing too many of our young people."
Ramphele says South Africa's schools are failing children on a massive scale, with 66% of students who enrolled in Grade 1 as six-year-olds in 2001 not making it to or not passing their Matric exams in 2012. And only 10% of 2012's "born frees" were eligible for studies at tertiary level.
"South Africa, with the highest proportion of GDP spent on education, at R234-billion per year, has the worst performance of all African countries in the outcomes of the teaching of maths and science – 143 out of 144 countries: only better than Yemen, a conflict-ridden, poor country."
Ramphele adds that South Africa has a second-class education system that accepts second-rate results, and blames a lack of political will for the system's failures.
"For too many young learners mud schools, pit latrines, no libraries and no electricity are a daily reality," she says. "These collective failures in teaching, infrastructure and student performance are emblematic of where South Africa is as a society.
"Why should a sophisticated county like South Africa not ensure that we use our highly developed ICT industry to leapfrog the challenges of enhancing quality education? Why do we still depend on textbooks in the 21st century when tablets can do the job?"


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Agnew, Baldwin Lead Minnesota Past St. Cloud State, 5-2
Sophomore forward Lindsay Agnew and senior defenseman Sydney Baldwin each score two goals for Gophers
Sophomore forward Lindsay Agnew scored two goals for the Gophers
1st 1:55 MIN 1-0 EV Lindsay Agnew (4) Taylor Williamson/1, Sophie Skarzynski/17
1st 6:11 STC 1-1 PP Hallie Theodosopoulos (7) Abby Thiessen/6, Laura Kluge/14
2nd 9:29 MIN 3-1 EV GW Sydney Baldwin (9) Grace Zumwinkle/18
2nd 14:17 MIN 4-1 EV Cara Piazza (9) Emily Brown/6, Caitlin Reilly/16
3rd 3:42 MIN 5-1 EV Sydney Baldwin (10) Grace Zumwinkle/19, Alex Woken/11
3rd 16:12 STC 2-5 PP Hannah Potrykus (3) Emma Turbyville/10, Rachel Herzog/3
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St. Cloud State (6-18-5) 2/5 5/10 0
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ST. CLOUD-Playing its fifth conference game in eight days days, a visibly taxed St. Cloud State women's hockey team (6-18-5, 4-14-4-1 WCHA) faded after a back and forth start and suffered a 5-2 Senior Day setback to No. 7 Minnesota on Saturday.
The Huskies have been put through a grinder over the last week-plus with four physically demanding games against ranked opponents, as well as a midweek -which finally caught up to them in the series finale against the Gophers.
"It is not an excuse, but we were out of gas a little bit physically and a lot mentally," head coach Eric Rud said. "It was draining. We have had hard game after hard game over the last week."
"We would have needed a little help today to have a better result."
The two sides went back and forth in a three-goal first period, including sophomore forward Hallie Theodosopoulos's power play marker and team-leading seventh goal of the season that briefly drew SCSU level at one. But Minnesota re-gained its lead just over two minutes later and rattled off three more strikes-two in the second stanza and one in the third-to push its advantage to an insurmountable 5-1.
The Huskies were out-shot, 35-11, in the game, which was their second-lowest shots on goal output this season.
"We were way too easy to play against," Rud said. "But that is not something we have been doing over the last month so it is not something to be concerned about."
Senior defender Emma Turbyville set up junior forward Hannah Potrykus for a tipped goal on the man advantage late in the third to cut the Huskies' deficit to three, but at that point the game's result was already written.
The assist, though, was Turbyville's second of the weekend and 10th of the season. The Chicago native is enjoying a career year in her senior season with a career-high 10 assists and points from the blue line-more than double her previous bests.
"She has worked hard to get better every single year that she has been here and she is having a great senior year," Rud said. "We have her in a better spot on her off side and that has helped. That puts her in a stronger shooting position by putting your eyes in a better spot to shoot."
The loss was the final home game for Turbyville and the other three members of SCSU's Class of 2018-senior forward Alyssa Erickson, senior defender Brittney Anderson and redshirt junior goaltender Taylor Crosby-and each made a noticeable impact against Minnesota. All three skaters notched at least a point in the series, led by Anderson and Turbyville with two assists apiece.
"They all had a great weekend," Rud said.
St. Cloud State heads on the road next weekend for its regular season finale at Bemidji State. The Huskies and Beavers will face off on Friday, February 9 at 7:07 p.m. and Saturday, February 10 at 3:07 p.m.


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SciFi Vision | Interviews | Exclusive: Nick Antosca Talks Scares and Visuals on Channel Zero: No-End House
Exclusive: Nick Antosca Talks Scares and Visuals on Channel Zero: No-End House
Published: Wednesday, 20 September 2017 | Written by SciFi Vision
Tonight Syfy premieres the second installment of it's horror anthology series, Channel Zero: No-End House. The six-episode season was inspired by the "creepypasta," or Internet-born story, by Brian Russell.
The story follows college student Margot Sleator (Amy Forsyth), who visits a haunted house where each room is filled with horrors more disturbing than the one before. Upon returning home, she discovers that everything has changed.
In preparation for the premiere, creator and executive producer Nick Antosca recently talked to SciFi Vision about the second season, what makes it scary, the striking visuals, and more.
What was it about this specific creepypasta that you were drawn to?
For me, what was so appealing about Brian Russell's story wasn't the interior of the house itself. I mean, that's great, but the really scary thing is the idea that when you leave the house and think you're safe, back in your neighborhood and in your home, then you start to suspect that what you perceive to be reality is not reality; it's in fact the last room of the house. That lends itself to a kind of existential horror that is scarier to me than any monster or jump scare, and it's something that I really wanted to explore on TV.
...I thought that that twist in Brian's story was what made it a perfect candidate for Channel Zero, because there's a brilliant core concept to the story, and then there's a beautiful "what if" that we could expand on.
Can you talk about the choices in the structure of the season? In the original creepypasta there were nine rooms, but you made six rooms instead. Was there a specific reason, or was it just due to time constraints?
It was because we felt like we wouldn't want to spend too long inside the house structure, and spending time in nine rooms, it just felt too long. It felt like on screen it would start to get repetitive, and you wouldn't have time to properly explore each room.
Can you talk about creating the original storyline? I mean, obviously the idea of the house was there, but the narrative and characters are all new.
I liked the idea that the house was an organism that could dig into your head and find what makes you most vulnerable, so that the deeper you get inside the house, the deeper the house goes inside you.
And for that to be a really compelling storyline, we had to create a really compelling main character with a backstory that left her particularly vulnerable to the house. So, we wanted to build a rich character story for Margot and give her something that the house would be able to exploit.
Considering the contents of the rooms were vastly different from the original story, I was curious what inspired the look of them?
In keeping with the idea that the house is drawing directly from what's inside your head, we had to create rooms that were specific to Margot, so each room is more personal than the last. That's also why the house separates people after room two.
So, when we sat down to design the rooms, it was really a collaboration between me, the director, Steven Piet, and an artist named Sarah Sitkin, who we brought in to help design what was going to be in the rooms.
Sarah's a sculptor out of L.A., who I'm a big fan of. She does these kind of open skull sculptures, and I wanted her to do a version of those for room one, where the house is kind of telling you, "Okay, if you go any deeper, this is what's going to happen to you."
She also helped us design the father (John Carroll)'s swollen face and some of the other things that we see inside the house.
And Steven had some great ideas for the triangle room and also room two, which he did in those beautiful oners.
So, we just wanted to make them character specific and visually striking.
You blocked the season all together. What are the advantages to doing that?
The biggest advantage of that, is that you can have one director shoot the entire thing like a film. In this case, obviously, it was Steven Piet, who has a really strong cinematic sensibility and a really confident kinetic vision, and at the same time he is most focused on character and emotion. It's really tough to find a director who is great visually and is also focused on character and psychology.
And I want every season of Channel Zero to be a showcase for an exciting emerging director and a kind of incubator of great genre talents. The fact that we block shoot the seasons as basically long films allows us to do that.
Is there anything about the next two seasons that you can tease about?
We've shot the third installment; we're in post on it now. We're writing the fourth installment.
I can tell you that they will be significantly different from the first two seasons, just as the first two seasons are significantly different from each other.
Also the third installment, the title which has yet to be officially announced, will be much more in the Argento Giallo style. It has elements of Candyman and Don't Look Now as well.
Be sure to check out Channel Zero: No-End House on Wednesdays, starting tonight on Syfy.
Also, be sure to check back next week to read a bit about what the creator had to say about the visuals of episode two.
Category: Interviews


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Q: load django form template with Jquery I want to load a form of a django template in a Jquery popup. The form loads fine in the popup's div but when i click submit nothing happens. The form itself seems to work on it's own url but not in the popup of the other page where i try to load it.
Someone know whats the Problem im pretty new to django and jquery.
The form i want to load into the popup:
<form action="" method="POST">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <button type="submit">Save</button>
</form>

My Jquery:
$(document).on('ready', function(){
    var button = $('#button');
    button.click(function(){
        $('#newsletter').load('/newsletter #newsletterform').css('display', 'block');
    });
});

My Views:
def newsletter(request):
    recipients = Recipient.objects.order_by('adress')
    return render(request, 'newsletter/adress_list.html', {'recipients':recipients})

def add(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        form = NewsletterForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            recipient = form.save(commit=False)
            recipient.save()
            return redirect('/join')
    else:
        form = NewsletterForm()
    return render(request, 'newsletter/add.html', {'form': form})

My Newsletter App URLs:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^list/$', views.newsletter),
    url(r'^$', views.add, name='add'),
)

Django-CMS Url:
url(r'^newsletter/', include('newsletter.urls',

A: You need to change the action of the form to point to your other URL/view. Assuming your add view exists at the /newsletter URL, you would change your form to:
<form action="/newsletter" method="POST">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <button type="submit">Save</button>
</form>

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Penelope star Christina Ricci at the Holt Renfrew Burberry party.
If buildings could talk then there is no doubt that the ChumCity building was screaming with its annual Chum Festival Schmooze.
While red carpets lined the streetcar tracks, fans lined the barricades at Toronto's hippest corner, at Queen and John Streets, to catch some celebrity schmoozers.
Uptown, Yorkville's signature store, Holt Renfrew, made its own noise in the salute to the 150th anniversary of Burberry Fashion House with the help of some big-name stars.
Singer-songwriter and Pretty Broken star Chantal Kreviazuk shines at the Holt Renfrew Burberry party.
Away From Her director Sarah Polley, left, and actor Wendy Crewson at the Chum Festival Schmooze.
Stranger Than Fiction star Dustin Hoffman checks out the Holt Renfrew Burberry party.
X-Men star Shawn Ashmore takes in the Chum Festival Schmooze.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson lends star power at the same event Ashmore is attending.


The work on the craft room is coming along nicely. Not as quickly as I'd like, but isn't that the way it always is? I've been gathering some Craft Room ideas on Pinterest (you can follow me on Pinterest by clicking on the sidebar icon). All of these have features I would like to have in my room. Do you see a commonality in the craft tables? I have a bookcase and a hutch top that I'm thinking of topping with a door for my craft table. I'm working with a small budget so I'm trying to keep cost to a minimum.
The sheetrock is up on the walls. The ceiling is next, then it's time for the mudding and taping. I'm extra excited to pick the wall color. I just can't decide between blue or green?
There is still plenty of time to link your Gift ideas to the Point of View Link Party this month. We'd love to see what awesome ideas you have. Our favorites will be featured later this week on different blogs.
I am struggling with a similar subject. We will be renovating our basement soon and my craft space is going in there. I keep pinning all these ideas but have a hard time nailing down exactly what to do. Maybe once the drywall is up in that room, I will have a better idea 🙂 Good luck with your choices. The very first picture you posted is great (well, they all are really).


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Co-starring Felissa Rose and Englewood native Jonathan Tiersten as a pair of sympathetic cousins whose summer at camp is unsettled by a string of gruesome murders, the film averages a kill every 10 minutes, each vividly realized by makeup effects artist Ed French.
• Some years back, nerd-friendly stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt got big laughs riffing on an obscure, largely unseen relic of '70s midnight movie esoterica: "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats." Now, thanks to the folks over at Cult Epics, not only is "Death Bed" more widely available than ever before, it's out on Blu-ray, complete with a new high-definition transfer.
The 1977 film is a terribly entertaining film from the drive-in theater era that, thankfully, doesn't take itself far too seriously. After all it is, true to its title, a horror film about a bed that eats people. But, within that admittedly strange premise hides a film that's good for a few laughs, a number of head-scratching moments and around 80 minutes that are entirely deserving of their place in cult movie history.
Set on the grounds of a crumbling Detroit-area estate, the film follows the sad exploits of the various passers-by who all fall prey to the titular piece of furniture, while also unveiling the bed's own incredibly convoluted back story. There's a surreal, dreamy and darkly comic vibe that echoes the earlier and widely mocked "Manos: The Hands of Fate," but without that film's often punishing bleakness and grime.
Viewers will want to keep their eyes peeled for supporting turns by both "Boy Meets World" dad William Russ and Bruce Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh.
• In 1999, director Steve Miner, the man behind the second and third "Friday the 13th" movies and the seventh installment in the "Halloween" franchise, teamed with "Ally McBeal" mastermind David E. Kelly to create, of all things, a monster picture about a 30-foot-prehistoric crocodile that takes up residence in a New England lake.
A comedy disguising itself as a mainstream adventure picture, "Lake Placid" recalls the similarly silly "Congo," down to both films' inclusion of a rich, heavily accented, eccentric supporting character on a mad quest. In "Congo," that role was filled by Tim Curry, while here, the scenery is chewed by the amenable Oliver Platt.
Now available on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory, "Lake Placid" is one of those films that generally works better than it has any right to. It's the kind of funny, self-aware riff on "Jaws" that has multiple characters point out the inherent ridiculousness of the film's own premise.
• Unlike the other films on this list, Ben Wheatley's "A Field in England" isn't a horror film, a horror comedy or a horror curiosity. But, the 2013 picture now on Blu-ray from Drafthouse Films earns its place here through the sheer force of its bold and mind-bending weirdness.
The tale of a group of 17-century deserters during the English Civil War making their way across a sprawling, overgrown field, Wheatley's film is a journey of the mind that none other than Martin Scorsese has deemed "a most original and stunning cinematic experience."
Featuring a malicious alchemist, a search for treasure and a meal of psychedelic mushrooms, the film has shades of Stanley Kubrick and Werner Herzog. But the picture of movie madness that Wheatley creates is a wholly original one that demands to be not just seen, but experienced, by adventurous viewers willing to take the trip.
NOW ON BLU-RAY
• "Sleepaway Camp," Shout! Factory, $29.93
• "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats," Cult Epics, $24.98
• "Lake Placid," Shout! Factory, $29.93
• "A Field in England," Drafthouse Films, $17.99


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The U.S. Supreme Court
POLS 0212 - The U.S. Supreme Court
Examines the institution of the Supreme Court and its role in the governmental system, with a special focus on its internal decision-making process, the behavior of the justices individually and collectively, the influence of ideology on the justices, presidential selection of Supreme Court justices, media coverage of the Court, and the impact of the Court on public policy.
All catalogs © 2023 Westfield State University.


Gorgeous three-bedroom Craftsman now available. This property is truly stunning with its natural wood features, built-ins, fireplaces and other amenities. You're greeted by an open staircase in the foyer which leads to either a large living room or den. Down the hall you'll find a fantastic country kitchen with new countertops which is open to the sunny family room which spans the entire back of the home. Deck with pergola, private fenced yard, main floor laundry hook-ups, two car detached garage plus a separate craft studio on site. There's even an office or non-conforming bedroom in the well-kept basement. Move-in ready; shown by appointment only.


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package unquietcode.tools.flapi;

import org.junit.Test;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.generator.GeneratorContext;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.generator.naming.DefaultNameGenerator;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.graph.components.LateralTransition;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.graph.components.StateClass;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.graph.components.Transition;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.java.MethodSignature;
import unquietcode.tools.flapi.java.ParseException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;

public class GraphNaming_T {

	@Test
	public void twoMethodsInDifferentStatesYieldsDifferentStateNames() throws ParseException {
		Transition t1 = new LateralTransition();
		t1.info().setMethodSignature(new MethodSignature("method(int a, int b)"));
		t1.info().setMaxOccurrences(1);

		Transition t2 = new LateralTransition();
		t2.info().setMethodSignature(new MethodSignature("method(int a)"));
		t2.info().setMaxOccurrences(1);

		GeneratorContext ctx = new GeneratorContext("");
		ctx.setNameGenerator(new DefaultNameGenerator() {
			public @Override String builderName(String stateName) {
				return stateName;
			}
		});

		StateClass sc1 = new StateClass();
		sc1.setName("State");
		sc1.addTransitions(t1);
		String s1 = ctx.getGeneratedName(sc1);

		StateClass sc2 = new StateClass();
		sc2.setName("State");
		sc2.addTransitions(t2);
		String s2 = ctx.getGeneratedName(sc2);

		assertFalse(s1.equals(s2));
	}

	/**
	 * We expect one to be lettered and one not to be.
	 */
	@Test
	public void twoMethodsInTheSameClass() throws ParseException {
		Transition t1 = new LateralTransition();
		t1.info().setMethodSignature(new MethodSignature("method(int a, int b)"));
		t1.info().setMaxOccurrences(1);

		Transition t2 = new LateralTransition();
		t2.info().setMethodSignature(new MethodSignature("method(int a)"));
		t2.info().setMaxOccurrences(1);

		StateClass sc1 = new StateClass();
		sc1.setName("State");
		sc1.addTransitions(t1, t2);

		GeneratorContext ctx = new GeneratorContext("");
		ctx.setNameGenerator(new DefaultNameGenerator() {
			public @Override String builderName(String stateName) {
				return stateName;
			}
		});

		String name = ctx.getGeneratedName(sc1);
		assertEquals("expected the same name", "State_2method_2method_1A", name);
	}
}

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Danish Cultural Institute is a self-governing institution. Since 1940 we have been engaged in fostering mutual understanding between people and cultures.
We believe that the arts and culture are among Denmark's most important assets. We are commited to sharing knowledge on and sympathy for the values of the Danish society. In cooperation with partners, we develop international culture and societal events, Projects and people to people contacts, that can provide mutual value and inspire.
It is our mission to contribute to strenghtening Denmark's way of handling some of the challenges of globalization. This we do by focusing on arts, culture and society within a prioritized numbers of themes: children and youth, education, science, welfare and sustainability. We also focus on developing new ways of cooperation, which stimulate innovation and co-creation. In our activities we always try to create opportunities for intercultural relations, understanding, sustainable growth and development.
Our Institutes abroad are the focal points for the creation of long term cultural relations, that contribute to inspire Danish arts and culture, and strengthen the mutual learning proces, that can challenge and inspire cultural life at home as well as abroad.
In 2015 we had activities in 20 countries, and at the moment we have branches in Denmark, Belgium, Brazil, China, Latvia, Poland and Russia.
Under Themes and News you can find information about the projects and events, we are involved in.


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Luka Peternel (roboticist)
Projects & Awards
Overarching research interest
My main research interest is how to include humans in the control loop of robotic systems for real-time control of complex physical interactions in unstructured and unpredictable environments. The key areas within that interest are physical human-robot collaboration, tele-impedance (teleoperation with real-time impedance control), robotic physiotherapy, and human motor control.
Physical human-robot collaboration
One of my main areas of expertise is physical human-robot collaboration, where I focus on how to make robots understand human intentions and then control their physical actions in order to facilitate collaborative task executions. In this direction, the key element is to incorporate human behaviour and biomechanical models into the robot control system that enable real-time insight into human goals, internal states and ergonomics. Furthermore, I often incorporate machine learning methods that enable robots to gain new skills online while collaborating with humans. The main application areas I explore are collaborative manufacturing (e.g., assembly, polishing, sawing, etc.) and assistance in elderly care through the use of collaborative robots and exoskeletons.
Peternel, et al., 2017, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Peternel, et al., 2018b, Autonomous Robots
Peternel, et al., 2019, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Peternel, et al., 2021, Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Kim, et al., 2021, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Haninger, et al., 2022, ICRA2022
Tele-impedance
Another important area of expertise is tele-impedance, which is a form of teleoperation that enables the human operator to remotely control the robot and its physical interaction through real-time changes of impedance. Commanding a proper impedance depending on the type of task and conditions can greatly simplify complex interactions with the remote environment and make them safer. For example, when interacting with humans or fragile objects, the robot can become less stiff (i.e., soft) in order to make sure no harm is done during the interaction. When something is perturbing the robot while executing a precise task, the stiffness can be increased to ensure the disturbances are rejected and the desired accuracy is maintained. In tele-impedance, I particularly focus on the development of interfaces that enable the human operator to command the impedance of the remote robot in real-time. Furthermore, I develop methods where tele-impedance can be used as a way to teach the remote robot complex interaction skill. The main application areas I explore are manufacturing (e.g., assembly, polishing, sawing, etc.), assistance in elderly care and inspection & maintenance, where remote robot control is needed.
Peternel, et al., 2014, Autonomous Robots
Peternel, et al., 2018a, Autonomous Robots
Peternel, et al., 2021, ICAR2021
Huang, et al., 2021, ICAR2021
Schol, et al., 2021, ICAR2021
Klevering, et al., 2022, IROS2022
Peternel & Ajoudani, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
Robotic physiotherapy
Additionally, I explore how to use collaborative robots as a tool for physical therapy of musculoskeletal injuries, where similar principles can be exploited. The key innovation in this direction is to create an abstraction of a complex biomechanical model that can be included in the robot control system and used in real-time to facilitate safe and effective physiotherapy. To this end, we developed an abstraction of a biomechanical model called the "strain map".
Prendergast, et al., 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Balvert, et al., 2022, Humanoids2022
Human motor control
I am also interested in how humans control their movements and physical interactions since such insights can directly benefit the development of better robot control and teaching methods. In particular, I am studying how the human neuromechanical system derives, controls and optimises the movements of limbs and the body during physical interaction.
Peternel, et al., 2017, Frontiers in Human Neuroscienece
Peternel, et al., 2019, Scientific Reports
Doornebosch, et al., 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
© Luka Peternel 2022


On April 9, 2019 Marie K. Fine passed away at the grand age of 101 years old! Mrs. Fine was the beloved wife of 67 years to the late Morris "Sparky" Fine and devoted mother of Rick Fine and Gloria Fine and her husband Rob. She was loving grandmother of Heather Freese and husband Don, Jason Fine and wife Stacy, Susan Holland and Ann Holland and was also blessed with great grandchildren: Katie, Elly, Asher, Adin, Grace, Lilly and Delphina. Marie loved flowers and gardening, but her family was her life and her reason for living.
Friends may visit Gonce Funeral Service P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Thursday 10am to 11:30am. Mrs. Fine's family will celebrate her life with a Eulogy at 11:30am. Interment will follow in Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cemetery.


The basis of quality assessment is to conduct a periodic evaluation on performance in line with an organization's objectives and according to the guidelines by the organization's internal quality control and an external quality control body. However, the basics of quality assessment can be applied even from a personal perspective to improve productivity and to capitalize on strengths especially during a job interview. Quality assessment tools gives the opportunity of identifying the areas of weaknesses thereby ensuring that the challenges are eliminated or mitigated in time for future progressive development. The current job market is competitive and it is therefore imperative for individuals to periodically conduct quality assessments on their experiences in order to keep pace with the requirements of the target industry. Quality assessment involves the analysis of the data collected in order to identify areas of discontinuity or inefficiency. Therefore, data collection constitutes an important aspect of quality assessment. The data collected should be relevant for the particular analysis and should demonstrate high degree of accuracy.
In the collection of data the three most important considerations include: "the characteristics of the data collected, the perception of the user of the collected data and the attributes of the statistical processes. (European Commision , 2009) In preparation for a job interview, there are various details that will be important in ensuring that there is efficient preparation. Academic bakground and educational experience underscore the requirements because they provide guidance on the kind of position that will be sought. Although the general observation is that there is little adjustment that can be done on the acaemic background due to the tiem constraints, professional experience offers a perfect alternative towards preparation for a job interview. The quality assessment tool that will be utilized in this case is the SWOT analysis which gives the opportunity for one to identify their current position in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.Table one describes a strategy that can be used for preparation for a job interview.
Table 1 provides a breakdown that indicates the general shortcoming and strengths in preparation for the job interview. The threats indicate that there should be a clear understanding of the various dynamics in operation within the company in order to place oneself at a position where the company will realize that the services offered will be particularly beneficial. The general realization when looking for employment is that there are many qualified people who have the relevant academic and professional experience for a particular position. However, it is also important to realize that each and every organization has unique requirements that they will seek to satisfy in addition to looking for the academic and professional experience. Therefore, the only way that one can establish the unique requirements is by conducting a background study on the company and on the particular position being offered. Strength are particularly important in such a situation because they give confidence to an individual they can undertake the responsibilities required. (Fine, 2010, 56) Strengths surpass much more than the academic and professional experience but constitute other aspects such as the motivational factor and how both the individual and the company will benefit from the cooperation. The strengths also help one to overcome and accept the weaknesses that cannot be changed. For instance, the academic background maybe an area of weaknesses that cannot be changed during the short time period of preparation and the professional experienced can function to substitute the lack of academic background. This is due to the realization that most organization are not usually interested in papers but are keen to establish whether a candidate can practically undertake the responsibility. In addition, the opportunities available can be used to reduce all eliminate all the threats. One of the threats realized from the table is the inability to manage crises effectively. A crisis management background can be conducted involving the company to establish the most probable human conflicts that may be experienced within the human resource. Such an initiative will assist in doing research on the most applicable crisis management strategies within such an environment. In most instances, academic background only offers guidelines on how to go about crisis management but does not actually provide solutions. Therefore, by conducting research one can strengthen their creativity and innovativeness towards the management of crisis.
It is always almost impossible for a person to be completely prepared for an interview. However, confidence contributes towards the attitude carried into the interview. Confidence can be nurtured by ensuring that as much relevant information is obtained from the organization so that the most probable questions that can be asked during the interview can be anticipated. Knowledge on the details of a particular organization and the position being offered also demonstrates interest on the part of the interviewee. All these aspects depend on efficient data collections methods and procedures.


You can help save Fringe! Join the Fringe Movement!
A great grassroots project has been formed to help promote Fringe's move to Fridays and for you, the fans, to help cross-promote the show's move to Fridays. Also, to help promote others to watch the show live vs. DVR (although, DVR numbers don't hurt either). Not to mention, the ability to help get more views to tune in.
How can you help? If you have a tumblr.com, LiveJournal, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter account, you can utilize some of the great graphics that the folks over at FringeNetwork.com have put together. They've compiled some posters, icons/avatars and more to push the movement. You'll find one example on the left hand side of this post and Icons/Avatars can be found below. There are 21 current icons that can be downloaded from a zip file and used anywhere you upload your icons/avatars & photos. You can also cross-post their blog entries at places like Twitter & Facebook.
Get out there and take part in the Fringe movement!


Last I wrote was in May – we had a great weekend of music (our 'annual; there) at the Green Mill with Miro, Larry Kohut and Eric Montzka— thanks to Dave Jemilo, sound guru Chris, and the great crowds who showed up. What great energy that place has!
Onto the Dakota in Minneapolis with Miro, and Marty Jaffe— it was a lovely trio and again, the crowds were wonderful. Always enjoy being with my family and friends while there too.
Then to KC for the Blues and Jazz Heritage Festival at the Historic GEM Theatre… with Miro, Gerald Spaits and the great Houston Person— what fun with him!
great energy from the audience.
Back to the midwest for a very cool gig at the Sunflower Music Fest in Topeka with Miro, Gerald, Todd Strait and Stan Kessler— we had a ball.
Played a new club in Nyack NY called "Maureen's Jazz Cellar" with the fabulous David Budway (owner with his lovely wife Brie) and the great Cameron Brown on bass. If you're ever in Nyack this is a must! Sweet place with a special vibe.
Birdland!! Our favorite NY club – with wonderful band; Miro, Jeff Johnson and Jerome Jennings (look for those same players on our upcoming recording) A great week in that great club.We'll be back there in the Spring.
We played to a sold-out crowd at Scullers in Boston (in their new venue downstairs) with Miro, David Picchi and Jon Fisher — great fun as usual And thanks to WICN Radio in Worcester for always supporting us.
I went to work with my co-writer Chris Caswell in LA for a few days in August— excited to go into the studio in early December for our new project… Stay tuned!
Had some good time with my Mom for a visit in the Pioneer Valley— very precious moments. We didn't get to see the Eclipse but we knew it was there!
The Blue Note in Milan was also sold out for the evening, we loved being back there.
We were lucky to have great weather throughout the trip. Also got to hear a beautiful string quartet play Ravel at L'Opera —it was truly sublime.
And recently, just back from Minneapolis again where I was a guest with the wonderful pianist and friend Laura Caviani and her trio— we played the music of MONK at the beautiful new theatre at Carelton College and also at the very cool Hopkins Center for the Arts— it was an honor to be a part of. We also did a masterclass at Carleton while there.
Then I took a couple days off with friends to visit the North Shore of Lake Superior— I had been there before but so great to go back at this time of year. Many great walks and hikes along the Shore.
Coming up I look forward to teaching at the New School in NYC (subbing for the lovely and talented LaTanya Hall) – should be fun!
We'll head to Minneapolis one more time this year to play for the Late, Great Leigh Kamman Legacy Project at the Dakota (Nov 28) and enjoy Thanksgiving with family.
Then… December we record! My hope is a Spring release of this all-original project.
Through all the changes and challenges in our lives— Music is a constant for me, and I appreciate your support of that!! Nature is also a constant for me… I also appreciate Her.
Ted Rosenthal Opera reading in NYC "Dear Eric" what an interesting and moving piece!
Bear Mountain (on the west side of the Hudson) beautiful !
Tuileries Gardens in Paris and all over that amazing city!


Hard time - season flowering plants began to Muscovites with allergies. The first "attack" unfortunate citizens began Zazueta in some districts of the capital birch. As described in the Institute of immunology, April-may is considered the beginning of Allergy season, because at this time bloom almost all the trees. After birch "harm" are alder and hazel. Many also do not always rightly blame my allergies blooming in June, poplar, although this plant is considered to be low allergenic. The mystery lies in the fact that in parallel bloom grasses, such as Timothy, fescue, hedgehog, and others. Poplar fluff is a peddler of pollen these more allelopathic plants. Interestingly, the particular influx of patients happens in the Institute after the may holidays, when predisposed to allergies citizens overeat kebabs, spiced vinegar, and large quantities of alcohol, which contributes to Allergy symptoms. In the spring allergists advise such people to completely eliminate foods that have a cross with pollen allergens tree properties: fruit (except bananas), nuts (except peanuts), paprika, celery, potatoes, honey, any alcohol, especially brandy. And during a hike in the bath is not recommended to use brooms. In addition, in the spring time of the year people included in the "risk" for the development of an Allergy to the pollen of trees, first, you need to avoid walking from 8 to 14 hours a day when there is intense release of pollen. Secondly, if possible, more likely to take a shower and to wash their hands and wear sunglasses and apply eyes and nose special preparations. Medicus.ru.


If you assigned a name to a device, we use that name.
Else, if your router is acting as a DNS Proxy, we use the name your router learned from the device's DHCP request (listed as the Last Local Name).
Lastly, if neither of the above is available, we use the manufacturer (vendor) name based on the MAC address prefix. This usually provides a good hint as to what device it is.
Note: By accessing the I/O Monitor directly, via the Local Website page, you can utilize the Device Identification function to help identify a specific network device.


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Sanchita Kedia
Sanchita Kedia is a senior at Yale University studying computer science and psychology. Sanchita has been a beat reporter for the Yale Daily News. She is also captain of Yale's Bhangra Dance team and trained in Bharatnatyam since age 5, loves Bollywood movies, and reading.
The Bidet is Back. But for Many South Asians, It's Been a Fixture.
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January 10, 2022 January 12, 2022 Alayna Brandolini	COVID-19, Governor Larry Hogan, State of Emergency
On Tuesday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared a 30-day state of emergency in order to combat the surge in Covid cases within the state.
"All of the emergency actions we are taking today are to keep our hospitals from overflowing, to keep our kids in school, and to keep Maryland open for business," Hogan stated in the press conference.
In addition to announcing the state of emergency, Hogan enacted two executive orders in an attempt to control the spike in cases.
The first allows Maryland's Health Secretary the authority to regulate hospital personnel, space, and supplies. This will help to decrease the stress on hospitals by allowing for alternate treatment facilities and allowing healthcare workers to practice outside of their outlined specialties.
The second executive order allows the Governor to increase the state's emergency medical services. "We are mobilizing 1,000 members of the Maryland National Guard to assist state and local health officials with the state's emergency pandemic response," said Hogan.
Hogan also announced on Tuesday that the state has authorized Covid-19 booster shots for children ages 12-15. He continued to urge employers to incentivize receiving the vaccine and to enforce the wearing of face coverings.
Hogan concluded his remarks by emphasizing the importance of getting vaccinated, and urging Maryland residents to take stronger precautions to avoid the spread of the Omicron variant.
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Our social committee, Bruce Moccia and Loretta Wuller, organized a special event on Friday, October 29, 2010….the "Take a Ride on the Wild Side" golf cart tour. ICNO members had the opportunity to tour the entire course a day before it opened for the season. Wow…the green course, the beautiful weather, and getting to see all the homes from the golf course point of view was a real treat. Over 30 ICNO members participated and a few more joined the parade of golf carts as we passed their homes. Steve Adams, general manager of Indians Canyons Golf Resort, acted as our tour guide and provided all the golf carts for our use. An interesting tidbit which Steve shared with us is that it costs over $1.2 million dollars a year to maintain the golf course ! After the 30 minute tour, members relaxed on the outdoor patio at Leons and enjoyed a cocktail (OR TWO !)….and we had a lovely afternoon chat.
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Brideshead Revisited's famous wine tasting scene to be restaged in original location at Yorkshire's Castle Howard
Anthony Andrews as Sebastian Flyte and Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder in Granada TV's Brideshead Revisited.
David Behrens
Published: 06:00 Saturday 21 December 2019
It was after a long evening of wine tasting in the Temple of the Four Winds that Sebastian Flyte fell headlong into the fountain.
"I think we should," he had answered when Charles Ryder enquired: "Ought we to be drunk every night?"
The Long Gallery at Castle Howard
On a summer's night next year, in its original location, the spectacle will be recreated – not in the pursuit of bacchanalia but as perhaps the country's first arts festival devoted to a single book.
Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited has been linked inextricably with Yorkshire's Castle Howard since Granada Television's 1981 adaptation was filmed there, and Victoria Barnsley who runs with the estate with her husband, Nicholas Howard, said she had not wanted to pass up the opportunity to spend a weekend exploring its themes of youth, sexuality, nostalgia, decadence, religion and class.
"I'd been thinking of having a literary festival here for some time," said Ms Barnsley, a publisher by profession, who used to be chief executive of HarperCollins.
Jeremy Irons, who played Charles in the TV series, will return for the weekend event in late June, along with Waugh's grandson, Alexander – but the romantic seclusion of the original scene will be disturbed by the presence of paying guests camping in the grounds.
"Sacred and profane" was how Waugh had characterised Ryder's infatuation with the Flyte family, and the recreation will attempt to summon up the same spirit, with punting on the lake, weather permitting, and a 1920s themed jazz party on the Saturday night, as well as the return of wine tasting to the temple.
The prop used on TV as Flyte's teddy bear, Aloysius, has also been retrieved from a museum, for a picnic.
"There will be a lot of authors and novelists here as well as TV and film people," Ms Barnsley said. "Literary festivals don't usually focus just on one book and one author, but we want to put a contemporary slant on it by looking at the legacy of Evelyn Waugh and the influence he's had on writers today."
The idea for the event came from the Granada producer Derek Granger, who returned with his cast to Castle Howard a few years ago to pose for pictures in the magazine Vanity Fair. He will be back again for the festival, by which time he will be in his 100th year. Claire Bloom, who played Lady Marchmain in the series, and its director, Charles Sturridge, are also expected to attend.
Some of those associated with the 2008 cinema remake, which starred Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Michael Gambon and Emma Thompson, and which was again filmed at Castle Howard, will also be there.
If demand dictates, the estate will open its walled gardens to glamping – short for glamorous camping – for the first time, but Ms Barnsley thinks most guests who come for the weekend will stay in York or the nearby village of Hovingham. Bookings have already come in from Ireland, Paris and the USA.
Evelyn Waugh himself is on record as having found Brideshead "distasteful", upon re-reading it. "I was appalled," he said in a letter to the author Graham Greene, five years after its publication.
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Cape Fear (1962 film)
Based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald, Cape Fear is the story of a criminal who goes after the attorney who put him in prison while stalking the man's family. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and screenplay by James R. Webb, the film is a revenge story of sorts from a man went to prison as he wants to go after the one who put him there as he plans to make the life of this man and his family a living hell. Starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Telly Savalas, and Martin Balsam. Cape Fear is a gripping yet mesmerizing film from J. Lee Thompson.
The film is a simple story of a criminal who had just been released from prison after an eight-year sentence for rape where he decides to go after the attorney who put him in prison and make the life of the man and his family a living hell. In a way, it is a revenge story but it's the antagonist that is seeking revenge though he is a man that is quite brutal in his actions as well as create a sense of discomfort to those he's after. In some ways, the film is a battle of wits between this very devious and cunning criminal and an attorney who is about doing the right thing but finds himself on edge in protecting his family. Especially as the criminal in Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) has eyes for the attorney's young daughter that just adds to the dramatic stakes for Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) who turns to friends in the police department and a private detective for help but things however don't go very well.
James R. Webb's screenplay definitely plays into a battle of wits where Bowden knows who Cady is and what he did but doesn't think Cady is a big threat at first. Yet, seeing him nearby and other incidents would force Bowden to try and see if Cady is really up to something with the aid of the police and the private detective Charlie Sievers (Telly Savalas). Even as there was an incident that Cady was involved in as Bowden, Sievers, and police chief Mark Dutton (Martin Balsam) realize that they can't arrest him for. It adds to some of the psychological elements of the film where Cady's presence would also bring terror to Bowden's family life as it relates to his wife Peggy (Polly Bergen) and their 14-year old daughter Nancy (Lori Martin). It adds to the battle of wits and will between the two as Bowden realizes that money nor his own threats could stop Cady.
J. Lee Thompson's direction is quite gripping for the way he sets the mood for much of the suspense in the film. Shot partially on location in Savannah, Georgia and Stockton, California with some of the interiors shot on soundstages at Universal Studios in Hollywood. The film does have the look of a film set in the American South where it does feel hot as well as bringing a sense of discomfort. While Thompson does put in some stylish shots such as a few slanted camera angles, low-angles, and other shots similar to film noir to set a mood for scenes of terror. Thompson also manages something straightforward with the way he frames his actors into a scene but also maintain something that is dramatic as it relates to the stakes of Cady's threats. Even in a scene where Peggy tries to stop her husband from descending into Cady's level to remind him that he has more to lose than Cady. The film's climax at a river where Bowden's houseboat is would be the ultimate battle in a game of wits and will but it also showcases what must be done. Especially as Thompson creates these moments that build up the tension and suspense as it goes into a great payoff towards the end. Overall, Thompson crafts a thrilling and intense film about a criminal trying to get revenge on the man that put him in prison.
Cinematographer Sam Leavitt does brilliant work with the film's black-and-white photography from the beautiful look of the scenes set in the day to the eerie mood for the scenes at night with its noir-like look in its shadows and shades. Editor George Tomasini does excellent work with the editing as it is largely straightforward but also have these rhythmic touches that does a lot to play into the suspense and intense moments in the film. Art directors Robert F. Boyle and Alexander Golitzen, with set decorator Oliver Emert, do nice work with the look of a bar that Cady goes to as well as the scenes in the courtroom and the houseboat that Bowden owns.
Costume designer Mary Willis does terrific work with the costumes from the Panama hat and clothes that Cady wears to the more straight-laced look of Bowden as well as the dresses Peggy and Nancy wears. The sound work of Corson Jowett and Waldon O. Watson is superb for some of the eerie moments set in the film's climax at the river where its usage of natural sounds does so much to play into the suspense and terror. The film's music by Bernard Herrmann is amazing as it is one of the film's highlights as its orchestral-based score is filled with eerie string arrangements and themes that play into the drama as well as much of the suspense as it's one of his best scores.
The film's remarkable cast include some notable small roles from Joan Staley as a waitress Cady tries to flirt with at the bowling alley, Edward Platt as a judge, Will Wright as a doctor friend of Bowden, and Paul Comi as Bowden's paralegal aide. Barrie Chase is wonderful as Diane Taylor as this woman Cady meets at a bar and flirts with only to be in for a night that she wouldn't forget for all of the wrong reasons. Jack Kruschen is terrific as Cady's lawyer who tries to ensure Cady's innocence as well as get Bowden disbarred. Telly Savalas is fantastic as the private detective Charlie Sievers as a man who is asked by Bowden and Dutton to see if Cady is up to something where he would help Bowden out in a scheme to capture Cady for its climax. Martin Balsam is excellent as Bowden's friend in police chief Mark Dutton as an authority figure who also knows Cady is up to something but also realizes how much trouble Bowden is getting himself into by trying to go after Cady.
Lori Martin is brilliant as Nancy as Sam and Peggy's 14-year old daughter who is aware of what his happening as she would have her own frightening encounter with Cady where she also struggles with what he might do. Polly Bergen is amazing as Peggy Bowden as Sam's wife who deals with the severity of what is happening as she tries to get her husband to see reason when he starts to fall apart while having her own terrifying encounter with Cady in the film's climax. Robert Mitchum is phenomenal as Max Cady as a released convict who is hell-bent on getting revenge on Bowden as he's a man that is very intelligent but also one that has a real grudge towards Bowden where it's a role that has Mitchum be very evil but also in a way that is just fun to watch. Finally, there's Gregory Peck in an incredible performance as Sam Bowden as a good-hearted attorney who copes with the presence of Cady as well as what Cady would do where he nearly descends into very dark areas as it's one of Peck's definitive performances as he and Mitchum have great rapport together in the scenes they're both featured in.
Cape Fear is a spectacular film from J. Lee Thompson that features top-notch performances from Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Along with a great supporting cast, chilling moments of suspense, and Bernard Herrmann's eerie score. The film isn't just a thriller that manages to create a sense of discomfort and terror but a film that is about will and wits and how two men try to battle each other in a game of good vs. evil. In the end, Cape Fear is a tremendous film from J. Lee Thompson.
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Blake's Book of Thel comes alive in enthralling theatre performance
By Patty Wellborn on January 10, 2014
Cléa Minaker performs The Book of Thel in a stunning adaptation of the classic poem by William Blake.
BC's Cléa Minaker interprets classic poem with shadow puppetry, projection art
WHO: Cléa Minaker
WHAT: The Book of Thel
WHEN: Friday Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Rotary Centre for the Arts- Mary Irwin Theatre (421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna)
ADMISSION: Students $15, Non-students $20.
The haunting beauty and lyricism of William Blake's poetry classic The Book of Thel is reaching new audiences as a stage performance, soon coming to Kelowna.
In a production by UBC Okanagan's Theatre26 and the Faculty of Creative and Critical studies, Vancouver Island designer, performer and director Cléa Minaker breathes new life into Blake's existential masterwork. Her collaborative performance takes place Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 18, 8 p.m. at the Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna. Admission at the door is $15 for students, $20 for non-students.
Tickets are available at the Rotary Centre for the Arts and the UBC Bookstore.
The Book of Thel is an original theatrical creation in experimental light-and-shadow puppetry created and performed by Minaker and her collaborators, an adaptation of the poem first published in Britain in 1789 by the enigmatic and visionary Blake.
"I discovered that it's not easy to make drama out of poetry," Minaker told Robyn Fadden of Blouin Artinfo, in an interview. "But puppetry does lend itself to that. With poetry and puppetry, one has to project oneself into sensation and metaphor and allusion — it's not a straight line to meaning."
As both performance and art installation, The Book of Thel, evokes the terror and beauty of the sublime. The audience is taken on a mesmerizing journey to meet Thel, a young girl in grips with life's great paradox. She despairingly asks the question, "Why live if only to die?"
Minaker's work brings the language of contemporary puppetry to creations in theatre, opera, dance, video, film, and live music. In 2007 and 2008 she toured internationally with Juno-award-winning singer-songwriter Feist, on the The Reminder Tour, creating and performing shadow puppetry and video manipulations. Minaker was awarded the Siminovitch Protégé Prize for theatre design by celebrated Canadian puppeteer Ronnie Burkett in 2009.
She also joined forces with filmmaker Atom Egoyan, designing and performing a shadow puppetry sequence for the Dance of Seven Veils in the 2013 re-mount of Egoyan's production of Salome by Richard Strauss at the Canadian Opera Company.
Read Cléa Minaker's complete interview about performing The Book of Thel on Blouin Artinfo at: http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/990508/clea-minaker-enters-darkness-through-light-in-the-book-of-thel
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Despite predictions of the "paperless office," reports printed on paper remain commonplace, and office printers will be around for a long time. Many worksheets that you develop with Excel will eventually end up as hard-copy reports. You'll find that printing from Excel is quite easy and that you can generate attractive, well-formatted reports with minimal effort. In addition, Excel has many options that provide you with a great deal of control over the printed page. These options are explained in this chapter.
If you want to print a copy of a worksheet with no fuss and bother, use the Quick Print option. One way to access this command is to choose File ⇒ Print (which displays the Print pane of Backstage view), and then click the Print button.
If you like the idea of one-click printing, take a few seconds to add a new button to your Quick Access toolbar: Click the downward-pointing arrow on the right of the Quick Access toolbar and then choose Quick Print from the drop-down list. Excel adds the Quick Print icon to your Quick Access toolbar.


Holly Knitlightly: American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
- didn't write any letters... but I'm going to as soon as I post this!
- didn't catch up on blog posts AT ALL. blah. I WILL!
- didn't upload any photos. I have some of the chili and the applesauce, so I will! And I will share recipes!
- watched a lot of House. I'm now on season 3!
About the fact, what a bummer! I love olives.
You reminded me that I'm behind on my letter writing, as well! Ugh! There aren't enough hours in the day.
And today, I worked. Super exciting, I know. Your days seem so much more lovely!
aw i miss letter writing. it always makes my day when i receive snail-mail since those are so few these days.
thanks for the reminder to do so.
I haven't written snail mail in *forever*.
That is a freaking AMAZING video!!!
I wish I was in that class!! haha!!
Oooh, homemade applesauce! Nice! I was hungry for applesauce yesterday, so I bought some, but then couldn't get the jar open. Ugh!


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Thomas Rhett Reveals What's 'Scary' to Him About 'Where We Started' Title Track
Carena Liptak Published: April 1, 2022
Hard-working artists who are involved in every aspect of their music are prone to over-analyzing every line, riff and detail, and Thomas Rhett is no exception. The singer freely admits that he's got a tendency to overthink during his album-making processes.
In fact, he says, it's a good thing that Where We Started had a hard and fast due date, or else the album may never have come out at all.
"To be honest with you, I still don't think it's finished," Rhett tells Taste of Country and other outlets with a laugh, just days before the album's release date on Friday (April 1).
That's not because the project is rushed — on the contrary, he's been working tirelessly on perfecting these songs for months. "But I think as an artist you never get to a point where you're fully there, because I think most artists are perfectionists and over thinkers at our core," the singer explains. "... At some point, you have to just let it go and let it do what it's going to do."
Rhett credits his musical team with helping him realize when an album's finished, and he's also been a country artist long enough to know that sometimes a light touch works best. But stepping away from a piece of music is still nerve-wracking, especially when — as is the case on Where We Started's title track, a duet with Katy Perry — he decides to adopt a "less is more" approach with the production.
"The scary thing about that song is it's exactly the same as the demo, which never happens for me," Rhett continues. "Where We Started" is a soulful, R&B-inflected soul jam. So much so, in fact, that it might be one of his most genre-stretching songs to date — and he's made a career out of genre-stretching songs. The singer recounts trying to record the song "50 different ways," from a simple piano and vocal version to "tracking it like how Tom Petty may have done it," but noting worked, until Rhett got the idea to use the original demo track loop.
Over the course of his pandemic-induced time off the road, he has gotten more comfortable sharing demos with fans. In fact, multiple songs on Where We Started might be familiar to fans who first heard them a year or two ago on Instagram, with Rhett accompanying himself on acoustic guitar and singing at home.
Letting fans into his songwriting process shaped the album, but those demos had downsides, too. "I had a conversation about this literally today, about how much of a blessing and a curse it is to play demos for people," he explains.
The singer first got hit by the "curse" part of that equation early on in his career, when he was readying the release of "Die a Happy Man" — a song he wrote about his wife Lauren, which would go on to arguably become the biggest song of his career.
"I'll never forget, I played my wife the demo of 'Die a Happy Man' six years ago. It was me playing it on an acoustic guitar at 2AM on the bus. And she fell in love with that version," Rhett recalls. "Then when it got recorded in the studio, she hated it. She called [producer] Dann Huff and said, 'You have to change the production.' And my wife has never done that on a song before."
"So it's got me thinking about all the teasing that's happening in our genre right now," the singer says, explaining that especially during the pandemic, when no one could play live shows, teasing demos on social media became a way to assess whether or not fans liked a new song.
"But the problem with that is you do get people excited for it, but if all we ever did was make acoustic versions of our songs, our shows would be flat," he points out. "It's a really tough line, because fans now have the ability to have demo-itis."
It remains to be seen how, or if, "demo-itis" will impact his newest album. However, Where We Started was inspired by a desire to return to the road, and many of its songs — "Bring the Bar to You," "Paradise," "Half of Me" and more — were written specifically for Rhett's live show. As pandemic restrictions wane, both artists and fans often favor songs in a live setting, since the past two years haven't brought many opportunities to congregate for concerts.
Where We Started arrives on Friday, Apr. 1.
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Rotisserie Chicken Sales Fall Following Introduction of VAT
UK - New figures from the British Poultry Council show that sales of rotisserie chicken have been seriously affected by the government's introduction of VAT on hot foodstuffs from 1 October 2012.
Before this date approximately 40 million rotisserie chickens were sold a year in the UK. In the 23 weeks since the VAT rise came into force sales have fallen by around 18 per cent, with 3.2 million fewer chickens being sold over the period.
The introduction of the 20 per cent tax led to the average price of a hot large plain chicken going from £4.65 to £5.55 – an increase of around 90 pence. It has resulted in supermarkets selling approximately 138,000 fewer rotisserie chickens every week, or around 7.2 million fewer a year. The Treasury has earned approximately £13.35 million on sales across this period.
Peter Bradnock, Chief Executive of the British Poultry Council, commented: "In a market where virtually all chickens sold are British, this is clearly having a detrimental effect on our farmers. We know that 70 per cent of rotisserie customers actually consume their purchase cold, so this is unfairly penalising them. This 'hot VAT' isn't raising huge sums for the Treasury but is having a major impact on hard-pressed families and British producers across the country."
Morrisons, who have been selling whole birds both hot and cooled since the tax rise came into force, have also noted a decline in sales.
Jamie Winter, Fresh Food Director at Morrisons, said: "We urged the Government to reconsider this unfair tax on customers, who don't even eat rotisserie chicken as a takeaway item, before it was even introduced in the budget back in March of last year. Not only does it cost shoppers more at a time when finances are already tight, there is clear evidence that the tax is also hurting British farmers. The Government should support farmers and consumers by reversing this decision once and for all."
The March 2012 budget introduced proposals to add VAT to all produce that is sold hot, classifying it as a take-away food. To address similar anomalies created by the tax, the Treasury's initial proposals were revised to allow hot food left on the shelf to cool down to have a 0 per cent VAT rate.
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