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US urged to comply with WTO ruling
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. --Photo by WTO
By China Daily
The United States has challenged the authority of the World Trade Organization by ignoring a WTO ruling, and such a move may escalate trade tension with China, experts said on Wednesday.
The WTO announced on Tuesday that the revised countervailing measures imposed by the US on imports of certain products from China were inconsistent with WTO laws.
However, the US failed to comply with the WTO ruling and accused China of "using State-owned enterprises to subsidize its economy".
The WTO mechanism is what members use to settle trade disputes, and countries in most cases abide by the rulings made by the organization, said Xue Rongjiu, deputy director of the China Society for WTO Studies.
"If member economies don't follow this procedure, the rule-based global multilateral system will be damaged and threatened by protectionism," Xue said, adding that under such circumstances, some members may be forced to also use trade as a geopolitical weapon to ensure their interests.
Upholding the findings of a WTO dispute panel made public in March 2018, a WTO appellate body ruled that the US acted inconsistently with its provisions of subsidies and countervailing measures agreement.
The Ministry of Commerce urged the US to take immediate and concrete action to "correct the wrong practices" in the anti-subsidy investigation against China and to create a fair and stable international trading environment for companies from both countries.
"Although both the panel of experts and the appellate body in this case have ruled that the US countervailing measures violate WTO rules and asked the US to correct its action, the US didn't comply with the WTO ruling and continued to adopt trade remedy measures against Chinese products in recent years," the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The ministry said the ruling of the WTO appeals body proves that the US has seriously compromised the fairness of the international trading environment by violating WTO rules and repeatedly abusing the power of trade remedy measures.
Among the findings, the appellate body said the US Department of Commerce had failed to explain, in several of the countervailing proceedings, "how government intervention in the market resulted in domestic prices for the inputs at issue deviating from a market-determined price", and emphasized that "an investigator's determination of how prices in markets are in fact distorted as a result of government intervention must be based on positive evidence".
China has always advocated resolving economic and trade differences through dialogue and consultation and has always been sincere, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a regular press briefing on Wednesday.
The US thinks there is a long way to go before reaching a trade agreement with China, but in China there is a saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, said Geng, adding that the US needs to be determined to achieve a win-win agreement.
New tariffs will only set up new barriers to economic and trade consultations between China and the US, he said in response to the US threat of imposing additional tariffs on Chinese exports.
China has always respected multilateral trade rules and opposes the abuse of trade remedies. The country has not only defended its legitimate rights and interests, but also safeguarded the authority of the multilateral trading system and the seriousness of WTO rules, said Wei Jianguo, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges.
The appellate body's ruling will place additional pressure on the next round of China-US trade talks and bring uncertainty to the fragile world economy, Wei said.
China appealed to the WTO in 2012 to contest US anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese exports including several metal products, steel tire rims, solar panels, wind power equipment and aluminum goods.
China challenged various aspects of certain countervailing duty investigations and the preliminary and final determinations that led to the imposition of countervailing duties.
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Mars
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How to watch the Nintendo Direct Mini today and what to expect
By Heather Wald
Here's everything you need to know about the Nintendo Direct Mini happening today
If you're looking to catch the Nintendo Direct Mini showcase happening today, July 20, you've come to the right place.
The Direct Mini is set to go live on Nintendo's official YouTube channel (opens in new tab) today at 7 am PT / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST and you won't have to go too far to watch it as we've embedded the video below.
Nintendo dropped the surprise announcement today about the upcoming stream just hours before it's due to take place. The announcement revealed that the Direct Mini will be a partner showcase focusing on third party titles. You can expect to see "a few updates on a small group of previously announced Switch games" from Nintendo's development and publishing partners.
While Nintendo is known for dropping little surprises at the end of its showcases, it looks like we won't be getting any information about any new releases that we don't already know about - so don't expect to see any updates on Nintendo's big flagship upcoming Switch games.
The full showcase, which will be released across Nintendo's YouTube channels, is expected to last for around 10 minutes according to reports relating to the Japanese announcement (opens in new tab). This latest Mini showcase comes just after the latest Nintendo Treehouse stream (opens in new tab), which focused on the latest Mario adventure, Paper Mario: The Origami King (opens in new tab).
In lieu of E3 this year, Nintendo has been steadily dropping showcases here and there, with the likes of the Pokemon Presents stream last month, which officially confirmed a new Pokemon Snap for the Switch (opens in new tab) is on the way.
Here's our roundup of all of the upcoming Switch games for 2020 and beyond.
Heather Wald
I started out writing for the games section of a student-run website as an undergrad, and continued to write about games in my free time during retail and temp jobs for a number of years. Eventually, I earned an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University, and soon after got my first official role in the industry as a content editor for Stuff magazine. After writing about all things tech and games-related, I then did a brief stint as a freelancer before I landed my role as a staff writer here at GamesRadar+. Now I get to write features, previews, and reviews, and when I'm not doing that, you can usually find me lost in any one of the Dragon Age or Mass Effect games, tucking into another delightful indie, or drinking far too much tea for my own good.

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I hear from so many of you that putting together outfits in the morning is stressful, and you just don't know where to start.
One of the ways that I make it fun and easier for me is to choose a starting point — pick one piece that inspires and let that piece dictate the rest of the outfit.
Today I'm excited to be teaming up with Shane Co. to share their new colored gems collection, and share the looks I put together inspired by their beautiful colored stone pieces.
You might know Shane Co. from their incredible collection of diamonds, but did you know they also have pearls, colored gems, and lots of mixed metals?
I chose five pieces from their spring colored gems collection and used each of these to inspire a look, from a casual everyday look, to the office, date night, and church, to show you how these pieces truly work for any occasion and every season. The pieces can be a statement in a simple outfit, or add just a touch of glamour and sparkle to an everyday outfit.
Day to day, I'm a simple jeans and tee/sweater/blouse type of girl. But that doesn't mean I can't add a little sparkle to those looks. In fact, accessories are what make those basic outfits and take them from simple to stunning.
Pair your jeans and cozy sweater with some gemstone drop earrings, or dress up your V-neck tee and jeans with a gemstone pendant necklace!
H&M ruffle top, London Blue Topaz Earrings via Shane Co.
For my first look, I paired this aquamarine pendant necklace and bracelet with a simple linen dress. Against a white dress, the blue is able to stand out, and the v-neckline lets the pendant necklace hang perfectly down. If there was any pattern on the dress, the jewelry could get lost, so keep your outfit simple so the jewelry can do the talking!
A pair of drop earrings is perfect for church or work. They make a statement, but they don't get in the way. I wanted the blue gemstone to pop, so I chose a turtleneck top in a navy stripe to draw attention up toward my face. Then I finished the look with a romantic pink skirt that perfectly complements the blue gemstone earrings.
This makes a perfect outfit for church, date night, or work!
Old Navy Turtleneck, Asos Pleated Skirt, London Blue Topaz Earrings via Shane Co.
Work outfits can get a little dull sometimes, but you also don't want to go over the top. A simple pendant necklace and stud earrings are the perfect pieces to add that little sparkle to your basic workwear, while still staying work appropriate.
When you're wearing something with a large or loud print, like this floral dress, don't be afraid to add jewelry! It's always the finishing touch. But you have to make sure you maintain the right balance. To keep thing from being too over the top, I stuck to a pair of stud gemstone earrings for just a hint of sparkle that won't compete against the print of the dress.
I also created a little video so you could see these looks and these jewelry pieces in action! You can see all of Shane Co's Color Crush collection right here!
Right kind of jewellery can elevate any outfit! i love the way you've styled all of these looks!


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The Spirit of Scotland tartan was designed by Michael King and adopted by the National Trust for Scotland for Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire. The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century and was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce. It's a navy tartan with heather and green highlights.
It is best worn with an Argyll or Navy Tweed jacket and waistcoat. If a Prince Charlie Jacket is preferred, then dark buttons are recommended with a matching belt buckle, sporran cantle and kilt pin.


Caption Contest: "Don't you just love my fierce new cape, Mark?" Leave yours in the comments.
Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions are in direct conflict: his love for God and for his husband Mark.
Gene Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in Christendom. His consecration in 2003, to which he wore a bullet-proof vest, caused an international stir, and he has lived with death threats every day since. The film follows Robinson's personal story as American churches debate whether or not lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are equal to heterosexuals in the eyes of God while our nation debates whether LGBT people are equal to heterosexuals in the eyes of the law.
They're putting a trailer together right now and we'll put it up when we have it, so stay tuned.
Photo Credit: Gillian Laub, Pictured are Bishop Gene Robinson (right) and his husband Mark Andrew (left).
I cannot believe some of the trite comments in this article about Reverend Gene Robinson who not only lives by his convictions and beliefs but also showed such courage. I would have expected this type of rubbish from a tea party website.
@Andrew: +1 I found the "please his husband or God" comment to be particularly offensive and not even in keeping with the rest of the article as a joke.
If you missed the documentary "For the Bible Tells Me So", check it out, it also features a wonderful section on this inspiring and humble man.
That's it! I'm an atheist but this crud was way over the line. No more Queerty for me.
Wow, way to put down a major supporter and bridge-builder !
A litte more respect for someone who puts their life on the line ..
Gene is an Episcopagan. The guy is the biggest pandering media whore in all of America. Wish the narcissistic old fraud would just hang it up.


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WHAT A MARVELOUS FELLOW – HOPE'S GREATEST HERO AND FEAR'S WORST ENEMY
WHAT the HELL did I get myself into the last two weeks, trying to be religious, playing around with religion and writing about evil and the Devil, about good and God?
About Shadreck and Misheck, about Moses and Roses, about Ezekiel and Emmanuel, about the Bible and the Parable and about Paul and Saul.
You know, all the questions that flood your mind as you do the soul-searching exercise – like why Gold had be a signal of purity and its name had to borrow heavily from the Mighty name of God?
And why the word Evil represents darkness, immorality and wickedness and its name had to borrow heavily from the Devil himself as if to emphasise the twin links between the two?
Why Foul and Owl had to rhyme so beautifully yet they represent some dark arts?
And, if you are a Manchester United fan like me, never stop wondering why the predominantly Catholic German city of Munich had to be the city where our team's plane had to crash in 1958?
Asking yourself questions like, was it in any way a reminder that there was something wrong, something punishable, with our nickname – Red Devils?
And, if not, why then did it happen, too, that 14 years later, the worst brazen attack, and massacre, of Olympic athletes and officials representing Israel would also have to happen in Munich at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
For some strange reasons, the number of those Israeli Olympians killed after Palestinian gunmen stormed their hostel had to be 11, quite an important number when it comes to sport.
It's the starting number of players on a football team, the starting number of players in an American football team, the starting number of players in a field hockey team.
It's also the number of players in a cricket team, the distance, in metres between the goal-line and the penalty spot in football and the length, in inches, of a ball used in American football.
Israel's retaliation came in the form of Operation Wrath of God between 1972 and 1988, which gave birth to a Steven Spielberg blockbuster movie "Munich."
A Canadian television film, released in 1986, about Mossad agents hunting down those Palestinians Israel suspected of having been involved in the Munich attacks, was called "Sword of Gideon."
The film is based on the international best-seller book, Vengeance, written in 1994 by Canadian author, George Jonas, who died three years ago.
As if by some sheer coincidence, if you count the letters that make up his first name and surname, you get 11, the very number of those Olympians killed in Munich.
And, the first Palestinian shot dead in this operation was WAEL ZWAITER, as if every letter in his name (11), represented each and every Olympian who died in that attack in Munich.
So, in more ways than one, be it in life and sport, it's hard not to hear that God is speaking to us and the point is whether we hear it, see it, or understand the message.
That was my story last week about my good old man Sunday Chidzambwa, when I said that, "thus far, the Lord has helped, and taken, him," and rather than devour his soul with questions, which might not provide answers about why and how it had to end this way, he should just celebrate he made it this far.
In two days' time, the world will mark the ninth anniversary of the day Chile's San Jose mine collapsed, on August 5, 2010, trapping 33 miners 700 metres underground, the beginning of a daring 69-day rescue operation that would hold the entire globe spellbound.
During that rescue operation one of the miners, Jimmy Sanchez, who – at 19 years at the time was the youngest among those trapped underground – sent a letter to those, who were running the exercise at the surface, that a 34th miner had been with them from day one of their ordeal.
''There are actually 34 of us,'' Sanchez wrote in the letter. ''Because God has never left us down here.''
THE THIRTY THREE CHILEAN MINERS, FOOTBALL, AND FATE
Football is Chile's national sport and, during the daring rescue operation, a fibre optic line was thrust underground, with the help of a local telecommunications company, which helped the trapped miners to watch a friendly international match between their national team and Ukraine.
Psychologists believed this was important to boost the morale of the trapped miners.
They were all passionate football fans and one of them, Franklin Lobos Ramirez, had been a professional footballer, who played alongside legendary Chilean forward Ivan Zamorano at local top-flight side, Club de Desportes Cobresal in the '80s, before evening featuring for his national team in an Olympic Qualifier.
Simply known as Cobresal, and nicknamed ''The Miners,'' they represent the Chilean copper mining town of Cobresal, with a population of about 7 000, enough for everyone to fit into the team's home ground, the 12 000-capacity Estadio El Cobre.
Known as ''El Mortero Magico,'' or ''The Magic Mortar,'' Ramirez was a free-kick specialist and, on retirement, he became a miner in his homeland.
He was the 27th miner to be rescued and was handed a ball, which he juggled, by President Sebastian Pinera after emerging into the light.
Ramirez's tale, as a miner since hanging up his boots, always had a touch of drama – in his first year, working underground, he was trapped inside La Carola mine when a fire broke out and, for hours, could barely breathe.
''As a player, you didn't have to pay for anything,'' Ramirez once told the Cobresal fan club.
''You just played football and represented the miners. Now I know what it means to fill your lungs with dirt and smoke to earn the cash to watch the (Cobresal) team play.''
After they were rescued, the 33 Chilean miners even featured in an advert for the Bank of Chile, where they returned to the mine that almost took their lives, and declared, ''Nothing Is Impossible.''
So, why did the rescue of the 33 miners, after 69 days, turn into an event that would be linked with religion and football?
Because of Ramirez, the professional-footballer-turned miner, and the dominance of the number THREE to this tale which ultimately had a good ending.
According to the Gospel of Luke 3:23, Jesus ''was about 30 years of age,'' at the start of His ministry.
John the Evangelist says Jesus continued preaching for THREE years and, according to John and Paul's narrative, Jesus died at the same hour (Friday 3pm) on April 3 AD33, when the Passover lambs were slaughtered, and our Lord and Saviour rose from the dead THREE days later.
And, Ramirez, ''The Magic Mortar,'' was 33 when his professional football career ended, when he left Cobresal, and moved to lower-division side La Serena.
He had only been working at the San Jose mine for THREE months, when the mine collapsed and:
33 miners were trapped underground when the mine collapsed.
It took 33 days of drilling for the rescue teams to finally get to them.
The first note the miners sent up, to reveal they were alive, had 33 characters
The rescue shaft used had a diameter of 66 centimetres – (2 x 33)
The rescue began on October 13, 2010, which can be written as 13/10/10.
When you add the numbers of the dates 13 + 10 + 10 you then get 33.
Maybe, it explains why those rescued miners left an inscription, on a rock in the tunnel that had been their underground home for two months, ''HERE STAYED 33 MINERS, GOD WAS WITH THEM.''
A COAL MINER'S SON STRIKES GOLD, A RETURNING QUEEN HITS THE JACKPOT
In the year the San Jose copper and gold mine collapsed, in 2010, a teenage Zimbabwean footballer made his debut for Bantu Rovers, a club that specialises in identifying and nurturing footballers, without any of the razzmatazz that usually accompany the arrival of such exciting talent.
He was only 16.
Not even his rather strange name, Marvelous, could provoke interest and, like the Chilean mining town that would dominate headlines later that year, he was also from a similar settlement – a coal mining town tucked away in north western Zimbabwe.
Marvelous was born there, in those coalfields, whose highest elevation, about 770m, is almost the same distance, ironically, as the depth (700m) which the 33 Chilean miners found themselves trapped, underground, during their 69-ordeal.
But, just like those trapped miners, he refused to give up on his dreams, of playing in the English Premiership one day, even though his chances appeared remote, coming from a country that has just produced a handful of players who have made that grade.
On Thursday, after a European adventure that first took him to France, the Netherlands and Belgium, Nakamba's dreams came true when he was unveiled as an Aston Villa player on a five-year deal.
And, throughout his journey, one thing has stood out – his unshakable faith in God, attributing every success story he has had to a blessing from the Lord.
"I've just signed a five-year deal and I'm happy. I just thank God for His blessings," he said after sealing his Villa deal.
It's easy to dismiss all this as coming from someone who has just struck the jackpot.
But, an analysis of Nakamba's journey will show he means what he says because, after featuring for Dutch side Vitesse in a pre-season friendly against Chelsea stars like Diego Costa, Fabregas, Cahill, Ivanovic and Torres, in August 2014, his reaction was the same.
"Eish, it was like a dream looking from where I came from and I thank God who made me believe impossible is nothing," he said back then.
Little did he know that the Chelsea skipper that day, John Terry, would be his assistant Villa coach in just five years' time.
Last November, after a five-star show in a 4-0 Champions League destruction of a Monaco side under the guidance of French legend Thierry Henry, with Club Brugge inflicting the heaviest defeat suffered by the French club in the competition, Nakamba was typically an oasis of humility.
"It has been a fantastic experience and a dream come true,'' he said.
''Competing in the best club competition in the world and giving thanks to the Most High for everything and hopefully to continue working hard keep on learning, improving and getting better in every match.''
That this was Club Brugge's first win in a group match in the Champions League assignment in 13 years and he made 67 accurate passes out of 77 attempts in the match, getting an 88 percent mark from the UEFA website, didn't even matter to him at all.
No outrageous social media posts of how he dominated the midfield, no Twitter posts of how he now felt he could compete against the best, no Facebook posts of how he felt he was the best, just the humble response thanking God for everything, for this chance.
That's why, in my humble analysis, this breakthrough move could not have happened to a nicer chap, a fellow who – like those 33 Chilean miners – refused to give up on his dreams and, crucially, handed his fate into the hands of the Lord, praising Him, appealing to Him and thinking Him all the time.
I spent a lot of time with him in Cairo, during the last AFCON finals, and was blown away by his professionalism, his unshakeable faith and the fact that he is just a very good man.
Watching him spend hours in the swimming pool, just trying to beat the injury he picked in the first match against Egypt, so that he could represent his country in the subsequent matches, was amazing and showed me he was hope's greatest hero and fear's worst enemy.
Don't tell me he is now set be the FOURTH Zimbabwean, whose football career started in the domestic game, set to play in the English Premiership because, after my story about this number last week, I have been getting a lot of feedback.
That the NILE River, not far from where Mhofu's Warriors journey ended, has FOUR letters, that Moses – who was rescued from the Nile by Pharaoh's daughter – grew up to be the one who led the Israelites out of Egypt after they had spent 400 years there, that this year marks 400 years since the first African slaves arrived in the United States.
That one of those slave descendants, PELE, would become the world's greatest footballer and his name has FOUR words, and that Pele was born in 1940 and his last World Cup success, in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy in Mexico City, the Brazilians won 4-1.
That an American delegation visited Ghana this week to mark 400 years of the first arrival of African slaves in the United States and, the last time the Ghanaians won the AFCON title, in 1982, they were inspired by the African PELE or AYEW, whichever way, FOUR letters.
Or, that, after our 0-4 thrashing by DRC, our first match after that would be a 4-0 win over Mauritius, whichever team they fielded, under a coach with a FOUR-letter nickname, Rahman ''Rush'' Gumbo or even that the Mighty Warriors would open their COSAFA Cup campaign with a 4-1 win over Angola.
And they would follow that up with a 4-0 win over Mozambique yesterday and their returning poster girl, Rudo Neshamba, now has FOUR goals.
Please, believe me, it's also cracking my HEAD (oh, it's another FOUR-letter word).
Peace to the GEPA Chief, the Big Fish and all the Chakariboys in the struggle.
Come on Warriors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I made this Living Essence farming guide to help out players who want to farm the essences instead of buying them from the Auction House.
Felspore Bog Lords in Blasted Lands is the best source of Living Essence. You can just continue to kill them as fast as you can as they will instant-respawn if there are less than 3 of them.
Warning! Felspore Bog Lords will not show up in the new Blasted Lands, you will have to talk to Zidormi who can change the zone back to how it was before Warlods of Draenor expansion.
1. Use a ranged class for farming, or at least a melee class that has a ranged ability with no cooldown and long range. It's better to farm here with a level 101 ranged alt character than with your level 110 main without a good ranged ability.
2. Don't loot the mobs one by one, this is probably the most important thing! The mobs will only start to despawn after two minutes, so you can do at least 2-3 lap around the large mushroom just killing mobs and you should only loot on your 4th lap.
If for some reason you can't farm at Blasted Lands, you can go to Winterspring and farm Frostleaf Treants. The respawn rate is fast enough that you will never run out of them. Just go in a straight line, then when you killed every treant, just fly back where you started.


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Extinction rebel activists 'saved' by jury over overcrowded train protest
Extinction rebel activists who were cleared over a 2019 stunt that saw them disrupt overcrowded trains in central London said they felt "right" by the jury's decision – and Hope this inspires others to take similar action.
Everend Sue Parfitt, 79, Father Martin Newell, 54, and former university lecturer Philip Kingston, 85, are unanimously acquitted at Inner London Crown Court for disrupting railways after their protest at Shadwell station on October 17, 2019 went.
Mr Kingston affixed his hand to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train, while the Rev Parfitt and Father Newell climbed onto the roof and prayed for the planet shortly before 7 a.m.
Fathers Martin Newell and Reverend Sue Parfitt said they hope the jury's decision will inspire others to act on the climate emergency (Victoria Jones/PA)
Speaking outside the court on Friday, Reverend Parfitt told the PA news agency he thought the verdict showed the protest was the "right thing to do."
She said: "It's amazing that the jury saw the bigger picture, that the court justified our action, and we hope that this, in some small way, inspires others to realize that sacrifices can be made." , especially by people of faith.
"We have to do everything possible to enable people on this earth to change direction so that we can live differently and we can live better.
"We are in an extreme and serious emergency, both for our civilization and our human and non-human species on the planet, and we have to take action from the governments of the world."
Father Newell said he was prepared for further action and would risk going to jail in the future.
He told the PA: "I'm not sure if disrupting public transport is the right thing to do at this time, but would I risk going to jail? Absolutely."
Mr Kingston, the third defendant acquitted on Friday, appeared in court via video link.
Mike Schwarz, solicitor for the law firm Hodge Jones and Allen, which represented the defendants, said: "There is mounting evidence—from courts—and especially from juries—that the public is taking the climate crisis and the increasingly urgent need to focus on It has been taken on this much more seriously than the government and business. This decision is part of this growing pattern."
All three said they were greatly inspired by their Christian faith, while Mr Kingston said the future of his four grandchildren also inspired him to take part in the protest.
In what he said was an attempt to appeal to the public and government about the dangers of climate change and the actions of financial institutions that harm the planet, he targeted a train one stop away from a bank in the City of London financial district. Did.
Former university lecturer Philip Kingston strapped himself to a DLR train (Max Cara/Twitter/PA)
Some 15 trains were delayed or canceled but none got stuck in the tunnels.
This was partly because, according to activists, they had planned the demonstration to ensure that there was no threat to public safety by taking certain measures, including targeting a station above ground and a platform to ensure violence. But 10 more extirpated rebel activists are involved. erupt
Rev Parfitt after being found guilty by a district judge at the City of London Magistrates' Court in February 2020 for refusing to comply with a police ban order preventing protesters from demonstrating at Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge in London in April 2019 He vowed to continue the protest.
Friday's ruling comes nine days after four men were acquitted of criminal damages over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston, which was later dumped in port in Bristol.
The 17th-century bronze monument was pulled down on 7 June 2020 during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city, for which those responsible were taken over on 5 January after an 11-day trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Last year saw a string of sentencing in the Old Bailey, where a judge urged the Crown Prosecution Service to review its response to protesters' appeals against convicts for obstructing a highway in light of a Supreme Court ruling in June Did.
Judge Mark Dennis QC said in August that there was a "fundamental problem", saying the Crown had not properly "understood" the ruling or a "basic human rights point that has been around for too long".
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of four protesters—Christopher Cole, Henrietta Cullinan, Joanna Frau and Nora Ziegler—who were accused of obstructing a highway in 2017 after locking themselves together outside an arms fair .
Former Paralympic athlete James Brown, 56, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison after superglueing himself to the roof of a British Airways plane at London City Airport to draw attention to the climate crisis, has cut his sentence to four. The month was cut. Appeal by Judges (Extinction Rebellion/PA)
In their decision, Lord Hamblen and Lord Stephens said: "There must be some degree of tolerance for disruption of normal life, including the right to freedom of expression or the freedom of peaceful assembly caused by traffic disruption."
And in April last year, six Extinction Rebellion protesters were cleared of criminal damage to Shell's London headquarters, despite a judge telling jurors at Southwark Crown Court they had no defense at law. .
Earlier on Friday, six activists who blocked a motorway were released from prison as part of a series of protests by Extinction Rebellion offshoot Insulate Britain.
And former Paralympic athlete James Brown, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison after superglueing himself to the roof of a British Airways plane at London City airport to draw attention to the climate crisis, has cut his sentence to four. The month was cut. Appeal Judge.
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If you're starting to feel the twinges of pain or stiffness in your joints or spine, you may be wondering what's causing it and whether you can prevent it from getting worse. One common contributor to joint and spine pain is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a common joint disease that is caused by degeneration of the cartilage, the cushiony substance between the bones, and if severe, it can then affect the bone itself. Osteoarthritis most commonly affects the weight-bearing joints (hips, knees, and spine).
The same factors that will help you prevent osteoarthritis can also help treat the pain and discomfort from osteoarthritis. Extra weight puts a strain on your joints, so try to keep your weight in a healthy range or lose weight if you're not in that range. If you're not sure what a healthy range is for you, check with your doctor. Also, keeping your muscles strong can help decrease the weight on your joints. If pain occurs while you're doing an activity, listen to your body and decrease your intensity. Bear in mind that repetitive activities can cause joint pain and stiffness. Repetitive activities might include working on the computer or repeated bending or lifting. Try to find other ways of performing daily activities and be sure to take frequent breaks.
If you're experiencing ongoing or increasing pain and stiffness, it may be time to see one of the physicians at the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center for further evaluation and treatment.
Emory physiatrists are physicians specially trained in rehabilitation and pain management. Our physiatrists can work with you to develop a plan that includes daily strengthening and stretching exercises to reduce pain and stiffness. Because osteoarthritis can occur in different areas of your body, you want a plan designed to target the affected joint or joints. Your physician may suggest formal therapy or bracing the joint to help ease pain. Finally, your doctor can suggest an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication or prescribe medication to help with the pain if needed.
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Diana Sodiq, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine. She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry). As an osteopathic physician, Dr. Sodiq is trained in both traditional medicine as well as osteopathic manipulative treatments (OMT). She started practicing at Emory in 2010.


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Wii U: The Comprehensive Report (updated June 13)
Nintendo has officially unveiled the Wii's successor, known as Wii U. What follows is my attempt at a comprehensive report consisting of all the information we have regarding this new system. This article was last updated on June 13.
This piece follows the proud tradition of Splodinator's comprehensive report on the no-longer-rumoured Project Café.
Once again, this report is intended to be a living document. I will update it regularly as new information is uncovered up until the system's launch. If you have any additional information regarding the Wii U that I have missed, please share it in the comments section below. I would like to maintain a full list of the games and technical demonstrations shown for the system.
Reveal and Release Date
Nintendo announced on April 25, 2011 that they were developing a successor to the Wii home console. The company indicated at that time that additional details would be revealed at E3 2011.
At their June 7, 2011 E3 press conference, did indeed unveil their new system, named Wii U.
The Wii U is slated for launch sometime between April 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the system will come in at a price competitive with the PS3 and 360 at their current prices "in terms of value."
The Wii U's most unique feature is its controller. The system's input device (shown above) is reminiscent in design of a tablet. It is comprised of a 6.2″ 16:9 single-touch touch screen, two analog Circle Pads, four face buttons (A/B/X/Y), a directional pad, and four trigger buttons (L/R/ZL/ZR), as well as an accelerometer and gyroscope, rumble, microphone, stereo speakers, front-facing camera, sensor strip, and stylus.
Although the system will be able to use more than one Wii U controller at a time, development focus at this time is on only using one. Additional controllers will not initially be sold separately.
Up to four Wii Remotes can be used with the Wii U at once. The system also supports all of the Wii's accessories, including Nunchuck, Classic Controller, and Balance Board.
A Wii Zapper like device to support the Wii U's controller for shooting games has also been shown.
System Hardware
The Wii U is powered by an IBM Power-based multi-core microprocessor. More specifically, it uses a 45nm custom chip in the same product family as the processor used in IBM's Watson supercomputer. The chip also has an undefined amount of embedded DRAM, described as "a lot." The system uses a custom AMD Radeon HD GPU.
The system is reportedly "50%" more powerful when it comes to processing power than the PS3 and 360, although the meaning of that claim is unclear. The system's CPU may be 50% more powerful, but without information on the system's RAM and GPU, its graphical capabilities remain unclear.
Nintendo's Wii U includes four USB 2.0 slots.
The system is capable of 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i resolutions. It is compatible with HDMI, component, S-video, and composite cables. For audio, the system includes an AV Multi Out port and six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI.
The system is not significantly larger than the current Wii. Its dimensions are 45 x 165 x 255mm.
In addition to the standard software support provided by Nintendo, the Wii U appears to have strong third party support. This includes a "special" relationship with EA.
The following games have been announced for the Wii U:
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Darksiders II (confirmed for launch)
Ghost Recon Online
Killer Freaks From Outer Space
Lego City Stories
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
No More Heroes 3
Pikmin 3
Super Smash Bros. Sequel
Ubisoft Exclusive Multi-Sport Family Game (new IP)
Additionally, the following technical demonstrations have been given (some of these may turn into games):
Battle Mii
Chase Mii
Nature Graphics Demo
New Super Mario Bros. Mii
Shield Pose
Tokyo Streets Graphics Demo
Zelda HD Experience Demo
CryTek has announced that its CryEngine is already close to fully running on the Wii U. The Unreal Engine 3 and 4A engine also run on the system.
The Wii U is fully backwards compatible with the Wii's games, controllers, and accessories. The new system will not upscale Wii games. It is not backwards compatible with GameCube games, accessories, and controllers.
Nintendo's new system will have internal flash memory, expandable with SD memory cards and USB hard drives.
The Wii U uses proprietary 12-cenimeter 25GB high-density optical discs. It also supports Wii optical discs. The system is not compatible with Blu-Ray discs.
Very little has been said of Wii U's online capabilities. We do know that downloadable games will be available.
According to third party developer Ubisoft, friend codes are also gone.


SERIES 2 - These super soft plush balls feature a cute embroidered design. The slow rise PU inner makes them a satisfying toy to squeeze, and is sure to be popular amongst children.
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If the City wants to continue having a needle exchange program, it will have to find a new home for the project, which has been operating out of the Claremont Soup Kitchen; it has been determined that the space is located within 1,000 feet of a school and therefore not permitted to be there.
According to McNutt, City and Project 439 staff met on Thursday, Oct. 26, to discuss the finding and work towards an "appropriate and legal location for the project." Locations discussed include Valley Regional Hospital and the Hope for Recovery Center at 169 Main St. However, the same issue remains: VRH is within Disnard's Drug-Free Zone, and the building housing Hope for Recovery, while not within a drug-free zone, is home to an SAU-sponsored activity, One 4 All, possibly preventing that location from being suitable as well.
As a result, further actions will include legal reviews by the SAU 6, VRH and potential legislative amendments to RSA 318-B:43-45 to allow for this activity at a hospital regardless of proximity to a school zone.


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In The Patients of Dr. Maro, Hikomaro, better known as Dr. Maro, knows his way around the human body and can stick a thermometer in like a professional. Unfortunately, his medical ethics are seriously lacking, his concept of an appropriate Doctor-Patient relationship is entirely inappropriate, and his common sense is as non-functional as his sense of morality.
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Prabhupada > Lectures > Initiations > Initiation of Bali-mardana Dasa
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Initiation of Bali-mardana Dasa
Montreal, July 29, 1968
Prabhupada: Two brahmacaris will be initiated in Krsna consciousness. You can come forward. Yes. [break] ...means the beginning and the beginning of Krsna consciousness. Because at the present moment we are merged into non-Krsna consciousness... (aside:) Oh, this sound, down. No, in this.
Girl: Speaker.
Hamsaduta: Oh, that speaker.
Prabhupada: All right, you... Let your... Beginning of Krsna consciousness means first of all faith. Adau sraddha: "The beginning is faith." What is that faith? Faith means firm conviction that "If I become transcendentally engaged in the service of the Lord, then my life becomes successful." This is called faith. And that conviction must be firm, not tottering faith. So when this faith is created, then actually the initiation begins. Otherwise initiation is not accepted. Krsne bhakti kaile sarva-karma krta haya. When one is firmly convinced that "If I be engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna..." When we speak of Krsna, we should know, speak of God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
So this firm conviction is the beginning of initiation. The Bhagavad-gita teaches this firm conviction gradually. And ultimately the Lord says, Krsna says to Arjuna, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: [Bg. 18.66] "My dear Arjuna, you give up all other engagement. Just be engaged in My service or be engaged in executing My order." "Then what about other things?" Krsna assures, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami. If somebody thinks that "If I give up all other engagements and simply be engaged in Your service, to carry out Your order, then what about my other engagements? I have got so many other duties. I am engaged in my family affairs, I am engaged in my social affairs, I am engaged in my country's affairs, community affairs, so many things, my... Then what about those things?" Krsna says that "That I will see, how you can do it properly." Just like Arjuna. Arjuna was a military man. So Krsna said that "You give up all your engagements." That did not mean that Krsna..., Arjuna gave up his engagement as a military man. To give up all other engagements means to give up the engagements of your sense gratification. Instead of... At the present moment, with all our activities we are trying to gratify our senses. That's all. And surrender to Krsna means the beginning of satisfying the senses of Krsna. That is called bhakti. This is the definition of bhakti. What is that bhakti? Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. One has to become free from all designations. So long we are in the material conditional life, we have got various designations—"I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "I am this," "I am that," so many designations, "I am nationalist," "I am Communist," "I am socialist," so many designations. So sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66], means you have to give up the designations. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam. Now I am thinking, "I am nationalist," "I am Communist," "I am American," "I am Indian." So I have to give up these designations. And what I have to think? There must be thinking. I am not stopping my thinking what I am. That is indicated in the Vedas. Aham brahmasmi. That aham, my identity, is not lost, but at the present moment I am thinking that "I am this, I am that," but you have to think, you have to identify with Brahman, the Supreme Brahman. And when you identify with the Supreme Brahman, that is your liberated stage. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma [Bg. 18.54]. When you identify yourself with Brahman, then at once you become free from all these designative activities, prasannatma: "Oh, I have no more any duty in this material world." In this way, when you make further progress,
So when one, after being freed from all designation, when one is actually engaged in the activities of Brahman, that is called bhakti, or devotional service. So initiation means to be engaged in that Brahman activities. How Brahman activities? The same example can be cited, that Arjuna remained active, engaged in the battlefield, but in the beginning his identification was with his country, family, and so many other things. But later on, after understanding Bhagavad-gita, he identified himself with Krsna. This identification with Krsna means beginning of Krsna consciousness. So adau sraddha, when one becomes firmly convinced that "By becoming Krsna conscious or being engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, my life is successful, life will be successful," that is the beginning of Krsna consciousness, or initiation. It is a stage. We have to go further and further till the stage of perfection. But initiation is the beginning. Adau sraddha. When one is firmly convinced, then he makes association with the devotees. Just like we have got this society, International Society for Krishna Consciousness. We are picking up persons who desire to be Krsna conscious. This is a society.
So firm conviction, then association. Adau sraddha tato sadhu-sanga. Unless there is good association, you cannot be strong enough. In every field of activities you must have good association, either in business field, or if you want to be licentious, then you have to mix with persons who are drunkards. So association has got some strength. If you want to become scholars, then you have to associate with scholarly persons in the university. And if you want to be a thief, then you have to find out the association of the thieves. Similarly, if you want to be Krsna conscious, then you have to find out persons who are Krsna conscious. So firm conviction, then association. After association, the next stage is regulated life for following the Krsna consciousness movement. This is called initiation. Or initiation from the very beginning. This is called diksa. The Sanskrit term is called diksa. Diksa means... Di, divya-jnanam, transcendental knowledge, and ksa, iksa. Iksa means darsana, to see, or ksapayati, explain. That is called diksa. Adau sraddha tato sadhu-sanga. First faith, then association, then beginning of regulative principles. And if one follows, then the next promotion is to the stage of anartha-nivrtti, disappearance of all misgivings. Just like in our association we don't allow four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex life, nonvegetarian diet, intoxication, and gambling. So by following the regulative principles one becomes freed from all these sinful activities. He does not any more indulge in illicit sex life, he does not indulge in nonvegetarian diet, he does not indulge in intoxication and he does not indulge in gambling. That is called anartha-nivrtti. Unless one is above these four kinds of anartha, or sinful activities, one cannot be fixed up. When one is free from these four kinds of sinful activities, then he becomes fixed up. Ruci. Nistha, fixed up, and then ruci. Ruci means he increases the taste. Then asakti. Asakti means attachment. Then ecstasy, bhava. Then the last stage is that he becomes a lover of Krsna, and that loving stage of Krsna, there are different stages: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, madhurya. The highest stage is the loving affairs between Krsna and the gopis. Of course, that is postgraduate stage of Krsna consciousness, but that stage is considered to be the most perfectional stage, how to love Krsna in the bhava, or in the position, of a gopi.
So two boys who are now ready to be initiated, my request to all, especially to boys who are just going to be initiated, that this Krsna consciousness movement is authorized because, even taking it for granted that it has begun from Krsna, then it is at least five thousand years old. Krsna appeared on this planet five thousand years ago. So if you take history of any religious or any cultural program within this world, no religion, no cultural program is older than 2,000 years or 2,500 years. But this Krsna consciousness movement, even according to history, it is five thousand years old, the older than any principles of religion or culture. And if you go above historical references, then it is coming down from millions and millions of years past, because it was first instructed, as we understand from the Bhagavad-gita, that it was first instructed to Surya. Imam vivasvate proktam: "I first of all spoke this science to Vivasvan, Surya." Surya means sun-god. So nobody can trace out history when sun-god took the lessons, but we can have little information from Manu-samhita, because Manu's age, Vivasvan... This age is called Vaivasvata Manu. So in the Bhagavad-gita it is said that first of all this initiation was given by Krsna to Vaivasvata, and he instructed his son, whose name is Vaivasvata Manu. So Vaivasvata Manu, by calculation we can understand forty millions of years ago... So this is not a new system that we are introducing or manufacturing by our concocted imagination, but it is authorized, coming down by disciplic succession from time immemorial. It may be that in this country it is being introduced for the last two or three years, but this system is the oldest system, oldest system, just like we are nityah sasvatah puranah. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that the soul is eternal and Purana. Purana means the oldest. Purana. And in the Brahma-samhita it is also said, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam adyam purana-purusam [Bs. 5.33]. So Krsna is also the oldest. Either Krsna or the living creatures, all of them are the oldest because they have no death, no birth. There is no history. Na jayate na mriyate. Bhagavad-gita says that the living entity, what to speak of God... They say, "God is dead." This is all nonsense. What to speak of God, even these living creatures, they are not dead. The death program is for this body, just like changing, changing the body, er, changing the dress. So if one changes one dress or apartment, that does not mean that he is dead. Similarly, if we change this body to another body... As we are changing our body constantly, every moment, similarly, if we change this body to another body, that does not mean death. So death is not accepted in the Vedic literature. So either God or the living creature, nobody dies. Every one is eternal, sasvata purana. Similarly, as we are the oldest and eternal; similarly this Krsna consciousness movement is also the oldest and eternal. [break]
So initiation means now we are in the consciousness of this body, which is never eternal, temporary. So we are going to Krsna consciousness means we are going to our eternal consciousness. We are changing from the temporary, bodily consciousness to the eternal consciousness. This is the sum and substance of Krsna consciousness. And we invite all ladies and gentlemen to come to our classes. We hold our classes three days in a week-Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So everyone is welcome, and everyone can inquire and understand the principles of Krsna consciousness. And if one is fortunate enough to understand what is this Krsna consciousness movement is, then his life will be perfect and successful.
(to initiates:) Now you come forward. [break] Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Then again, one round, er, one bead, sixteen names. Then second bead. In this way finish 108, come here. Begin from here, again come there. In this way, finish sixteen rounds. And so far offenses, I will explain later on and you will get paper. So what is your name?
Bill: Bill.
Prabhupada: So your spiritual name is Bali-mardana dasa. Take it. Just bow down. Nama...
Bali-mardana:
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine
(repeats twice more)
Prabhupada: Thank you. Come on. Be happy. Bali-mardana dasa. B-a-l-i m-a-r-d-a-n. Bali-mardana dasa brahmacari. Bali-mardana means Krsna's name. Krsna, as Vamanadeva, he punished Bali Maharaja by capturing his whole kingdom. Mardana means punishment. And after all, Bali Maharaja became an authority because he showed the example of surrendering everything, sarvatma-snapane, even his body. First of all he gave his kingdom. Then, when it was not finished, then Krsna demanded Vamanadeva that "You have finished all your kingdom. Still you are debtor for one step, another. Where shall I keep another step?" So Bali Maharaja said, "Yes. I have got still place on my head. You can place Your step on my head." So he delivered his kingdom, his everything, at last his body, and Krsna became purchased by him. And since then, Bali Maharaja is one of the twelve authorities.
svayambhur naradah sambhuh
kumarah kapilo manuh
prahlado janako bhismo
balir vaiyasakir vayam
[SB 6.3.20]
So Bali is... Bali-mardana does not mean that he was... Because he was punished by Krsna, he is not ordinary person; he is authority. So even a person punished by Krsna becomes authority. Krsna is so nice. What to speak of a person who is directly loved by Krsna, even one is punished by Krsna, he becomes authority. So therefore Krsna's name is Bali-mardana. And Bali-mardana dasa means Krsna dasa, one who is servant of Krsna. Is that clear? Yes. [break] (japa) So that list you have not made, offenses, ten kinds of...?
Hamsaduta: Not yet. No.
Prabhupada: Why? You do that. They should be given that. You should avoid chanting, every one of you, ten kinds of offenses. The first offense is to decry the scriptures, Vedas. To accept authority of Vedas. Not to accept or decrying scriptures. Vedas means the book of transcendental knowledge. Not only Bhagavad-gita, even Bible or Koran, they are also, although Bhagavad-gita... Higher or secondary or primary, that is different. But whenever there is information of God, that is scripture, recognized. So we are concerned with the Vedas. So anyway, other scripture which is giving information of God scientifically or accepted by persons, that is also Vedas. One should not blaspheme the Vedas. This is first offense, to blaspheme. And satam ninda, those who are preaching the message of God, they should not be blasphemed. And then never interpret in the scriptures or in the chanting of Hare Krsna. And samya subha-kriya mati-pramadah. This chanting of Hare Krsna should not be executed as something auspicious activities. People generally go to church, to temple, to counteract their sinful activities. Somebody thinks actually that "If I go to church or temple, if I confess before God, then my sinful activities will be counteracted." But hari-nama should not be taken in that way. If we think that "I am chanting Hare Krsna; therefore I am free to commit all kinds of nonsense," then no. Then we will not be able to make progress. Samya subha-kriya mati-pramadah. And namna artha-vada. And while chanting, to think of aham mameti [SB 5.5.8], moha, this world as "mine," "I am this body," and without attention, inattentive, to become inattentive... While chanting, you must hear. Hare Krsna—you must give attention to hear. In this way there is paper. You will take from your Godbrothers ten kinds of offenses. If you avoid the offenses, then you make very good progress of chanting. You get good result. The first stage is chanting with offenses. That is natural, because nobody is expert. The second stage is without offenses. When one can chant without offenses, then he becomes liberated. And the third stage is to achieve in the transcendental platform in the loving service of the Lord. So this chanting of Hare Krsna is so powerful that it will gradually elevate you to the highest position. Chant Hare Krsna. (end)
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/classes/initiations/initiation_of_bali-mardana_dasa/montreal/july/29/1968
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"Antebellum" wastes its potential time and time again
by Matt Cipolla September 15, 2020 September 14, 2020
Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz's feature debut is a misguided, crass, often silly tale that throws away its cast and premise.
Ambiguity is a funny thing. Some movies use it as a catchall for their shortcomings. Others thrive on it, shifting in voice and perspective. Then there are things like Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz's feature debut, which against its better judgment shuns ambiguity altogether. As a whole, Antebellum constantly hints at dumb decisions. Telegraphing its flaws would be one thing, but this would-be mindtrick doubles down on its worst impulses time and time again, resulting in one of the most misguided social comments in a while.
It starts off middling at best. With DP Pedro Luque, Bush & Renz guide viewers through a five-minute tracking shot of a slave plantation. It's competently staged, sure, but it's weirdly showy, giving an unsound sheen to its hoards of racially motivated violence. Odder yet, the movie gives its most discernible identities to the perpetrators. Whether it's a blonde girl (Arabella Landrum) or the matriarchal overseer (Jena Malone), they for some reason or another have more presence than the victims. So what victim are we focusing on? That would be a woman called Eden, whom Janelle Monáe plays. Alas, Monáe gets so little to do.
Antebellum goes through the motions for its first 40 minutes, beating, branding, and raping the heroine in a shallow bid for historical accuracy. Eden is, just like everyone else, so lacking in any real pathos beyond a character trait. Never mind Monáe's attempts to buoy the role; Bush & Renz's camera focuses on the brutality as if endurance alone makes up a character. How did Eden get here? What was her life before this, and how can she escape? Several moments hint at the answers. It's when and how it reveals them that cement the end result as so poor, a leer in which Black history is nothing more than suffering.
The exploitative bent to the violence here is one thing. It has so little context or emotional weight that it strips itself of any wider implications. When those do appear, they aren't implications at all: They're Bush & Renz's script turning characters into mouthpieces. What makes it even more despondent, though, is how the expositional dialogue goes against the nonlinear structure. Antebellum jumps back and forth in time, and it often feels like it's trying to emulate a stream of consciousness. Instead, it shoehorns mystery into a premise that has little business trying to hide anything up its sleeve at all.
What the movie thinks is mystery is actually a handful of thematic parallels. The trauma of centuries past, how this discrimination repackages itself, how people appropriate that iconography—it's all here. They're fundamental to the movie, and they're the most salient parts. The issue is that they're almost entirely separate from the narrative momentum, rendering Antebellum inert on a fundamental level. The only bits that actually work here are the peripheral touches, but those fall victim to an absolutely abysmal twist that lands flat on its face.
Telegraphing its flaws would be one thing, but this would-be mindtrick doubles down on its worst impulses time and time again, resulting in one of the most misguided social comments in a while.
The cast largely falls victim to the same issues. The direction places an emphasis on physical suffering as opposed to sociological issues, objectifying Monáe in the process. It's for a majority of the movie that she writhes in pain or hides, and thanks to the structure, even her more empowering moments (none of which ring true) are exclusive from an internal arc. The film misuses its supporting players too: Malone, typically great elsewhere, is out of place with a performance that borders on comedic and even campy. The likes of Kiersey Clemons and Marque Richardson end up as little more than torture fodder. It's truly crass.
By the time Antebellum reaches its end, it undoes most of the goodwill it's stumbled upon. It tangles its plot and neutralizes its story in equal measure, but most of all, it so cloyingly reaches for some sort of catharsis that the result can't help but pander. This heroine endures generations of trauma. Shouldn't her struggle feel like more than a glorified chess match? Better yet, shouldn't the twists at hand add more layers rather than strip it down to a cruel joke? Perhaps it could have skirted by if there were a grey area for interpretation or analysis. Instead, it wants to make a point so badly that it completely loses its reasoning.
Antebellum hits VOD this Friday, September 18.
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Washington Middle College High School
637 Todhunder Ave.
www.westsacprep.org
Washington Middle College High School serves 166 students in grades 9-12.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 20-29% (which is lower than the California state average of 34%) for the 2020-21 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 70-79% (which is higher than the California state average of 49%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 33:1 is higher than the California state level of 22:1.
School Type: Charter School
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Washington Middle College High School's student population of 166 students has grown by 388% over five school years.
The teacher population of 5 teachers has grown by 150% over five school years.
5 teachers
The diversity score of Washington Middle College High School is 0.55, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.63. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Washington Unified School District
20-29% of students have achieved math proficiency (compared to the 34% CA state average), while 70-79% of students have achieved reading proficiency (compared to the 49% CA state average).
What is the graduation rate of Washington Middle College High School?
The graduation rate of Washington Middle College High School is 50%, which is lower than the California state average of 84%.
How many students attend Washington Middle College High School?
166 students attend Washington Middle College High School.
62% of Washington Middle College High School students are Hispanic, 25% of students are White, 7% of students are Asian, 4% of students are Black, and 2% of students are Two or more races.
What is the student:teacher ratio of Washington Middle College High School?
Washington Middle College High School has a student ration of 33:1, which is higher than the California state average of 22:1.
What grades does Washington Middle College High School offer ?
Washington Middle College High School offers enrollment in grades 9-12
What school district is Washington Middle College High School part of?
Washington Middle College High School is part of Washington Unified School District.
The nearest high school to Washington Middle College High School is Evergreen Middle School (0.5 miles away)
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England: Keeping Lancashire Frack...
England: Keeping Lancashire Frack Free
Interview with Barbara Richardson
"I am determined to fight fracking as I know what the risks are and the potential threat to my community."
Barbara and Ian live in Lancashire, England, where energy firm Cuadrilla have plans to frack extensively across the county. The communities they are part of are at the heart of the fight against fracking in the UK.
"We moved here four years ago for the peace and quiet." - Barbara
Both of them became involved at local meetings of concerned residents, and are now actively involved in efforts to stop fracking in Lancashire and beyond.
Barbara explains: "I am determined to fight fracking as I know what the risks are and the potential threat to my community.
If we lose here in Lancashire it will encourage energy companies to apply for permission to frack all across the country. This would affect thousands of people as well as threaten our environment."
Ian has "been fully committed to fighting this industry since 2011" and senses that "the community is rapidly getting the message."
He feels there is a huge amount at stake with the campaign. Should the fracking companies get their way, it could lead to "devastation of our beautiful Lancashire countryside and communities, destruction of our tourism and agricultural industries, and risks to our health and water supplies. Not to mention a continuing reliance on fossil fuels and the dreadful impact this would have on climate change."
Thanks to the determination of Barbara, Ian and many others - in Lancashire and in Sussex, Scotland and Wales too - there has been no fracking in the UK for over 4 years.
So how are they doing it? Barbara explains that they put a lot of energy into raising awareness in their community:
"Our own local group - Roseacre Awareness Group - has around 120 full members (a lot for a small village). We produce our own leaflets and videos in response to Cuadrilla's PR material, we hold public meetings, we go to agricultural shows and community events, we put letters in local and national press and lobby local businesses.
We encourage local people to contact their own politicians with their concerns. We have lobbied all levels of politicians from Ministers of State, MPs, County, Borough and Parish Councils.
We hold fundraising events. We have our own website and Facebook page and publish as much information as we can."
Ian's local campaign group, Residents Action on Fylde Fracking, also uses social media and has more than 1,000 followers on Twitter.
As well as having a strong local base, the different residents' groups in the area work together as 'Frack Free Lancashire'. They also link up with national and international campaign groups and networks too to get their message across more widely.
Ian explains that "We have discovered that we have a community through this movement and support is growing stronger by the day.
We have an incredible network of autonomous but united groups throughout Lancashire and the UK and links with individuals and groups in Scotland, Ireland and Canada."
He offers some words of encouragement for anyone threatened by fracking proposals in their local area:
"Once you get aboard this train you find that the rightness of our cause will instil in you a determination to keep going, and you will also find that your fellow passengers are wonderful, inspirational people. You will have found a community of diverse individuals with real values and a common sense of justice."
And his vision for the future? "I hope to see the banishment of the fracking industry throughout the world and a complete movement away from fossil fuels and into a clean and sustainable energy future."
We asked Barbara what happens now for their campaign:
"There is still a lot of work to do. Our first step is to get Lancashire County Council to reject Cuadrilla's plans, and then to get the UK government to stop fracking altogether - or, at very least, impose a moratorium whilst we look at all available evidence. And we want to promote and invest in cleaner, renewable forms of energy and energy efficiency.
So what can members of the Friends of the Earth international community do to help?
"Unite with us and fight fracking with every breath. To ignore this issue is too costly to our health and wellbeing and that of our planet." – Barbara
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Is watching anime dangerous?
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How much money does anime make a year?
Do animators make a lot of money?
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Why are artists paid so little?
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Are animators in demand?
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Is it bad to like anime?
Is watching anime a sin?
Watching anime is dangerous if the viewer watches too much, especially if that viewer is a child or a teenager.
Children or teenagers are naturally more vulnerable against anime shows, especially ones that shows gore, tragedy, violence, and blood..
The same reason any workers are poorly paid: to cut costs and increase profit. Animation studios (and not just in Japan) are run like sweatshops in a lot of cases, with the artists working around the clock for meager pay. It's also a high- stress environment: people are worked to exhaustion to meet deadlines.
Salaries at Pixar Animation Studios range from an average of $49,404 to $142,892 a year. Pixar Animation Studios employees with the job title Systems Engineer, IT make the most with an average annual salary of $90,945, while employees with the title Animator make the least with an average annual salary of $56,366.
It turns out the anime sector earned a whopping $19 billion USD total in 2017, making last year the most profitable in recent years. According to the piece, The Association of Japanese Animations confirmed the total in its annual report which went live this week.
BLS data lists the 2017 median pay for animators at $70,530 a year. Glassdoor has the national average a bit higher at $74,000. Like many other fields, compensation for animators also depends on experience: it's not uncommon for senior-level animators or art directors to earn well into six figures.
No the anime industry isn't dying one bit. Despite how free subbed and dubbed anime online may seem to hurt the industry it isn't actually affecting it in any way. More and more anime is being released each season and its going strong.
Here are my suggestions for hard workers only:Work For A Review Site. This is one of the ways I personally make money watching anime. … Be An Anime Site Affiliate. … Be A YouTube Reviewer. … Start A Patreon.
Traditional animation is something I'm intending to start next year. And from what I have learned of it so far (and I've learned a LOT) is that it's quite a process. It's not that it's hard, it's more so the fact that it's time-consuming. … It's not that it's hard, it's more so the fact that it's time-consuming.
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Artist undercharges because they don't believe in themselves. … Local community does not value local art and as a result, few resources exist to support the artists. Art collectors and investors often want to "buy low and sell high" Artists agree to work for "exposure" rather than actually get paid.
The main reason that a low-level animator's salary is so low is because they don't actually receive an hourly salary. Most studios pay out per frame, so that the pay is dependent on how much the animator is able to get done and also on how complicated the frame might be. … since it's based on how many frame you draw.
Job Outlook Employment of multimedia artists and animators is projected to grow 4 percent from 2019 to 2029, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Projected growth will be due to increased demand for animation and visual effects in video games, movies, and television.
Piracy of films and anime has been an issue which many popular production companies have been facing for a long time now. However, in a recent development in India, Disney Enterprises had made a plea to the Delhi High Court to ban such pirated domains. These domains were streaming high-quality animation illegally.
The global anime market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.1% from 2020 to 2025 to reach USD 36.26 billion by 2025. … Japan dominated the anime market with a share of 46.6% in 2019. This is attributable to increased sales of anime content across the globe.
It's just released its 2019 report, which found that for the sixth year in a row, the total size of the anime industry grew. This also marks the sixth year in a row the industry reached a new all-time high, with the most recent study reporting industry-wide earnings of 2.1814 trillion yen (US$10.939 billion).
So no, anime is not bad. … You will definitely find someone out there with the same love for anime if not, someone that is totally okay with your love of anime. If someone is going to like you. They're going to like you for who you are.
Anime in and of itself is not sinful. Certain animes may be an occasion to sin (for example a harem/ecchi anime could lead someone toward perverse or lustful thoughts, so it should be avoided by people weak in those areas). As for violence it once again depends on the occasion to sin.
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Looking for a children's picture book, possibly published between 1970 and 1990.
The book is about a child going into a store (I think) to choose a bear. There are many to choose from which we are introduced to on the following pages, groom bear, bride bear, stinky bear, sleepy bear, etc.
In the end the child is asked "which one will you choose?" and his/her choice.
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Hi bears, bye bears by Niki Yektai (1991) is the book you're looking for.
Oh my gosh it is! Thank you very much!


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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois' first lady Diana Rauner tucked her hair behind her ears, as newly minted Gov. Bruce Rauner leaned over and the two exchanged a private whisper.
Then in a moment, the brief calm in what was a packed day of inaugural events gave way to dozens of people filing into the room of the Old State Capitol to greet Illinois' new first family.
Diana and Bruce Rauner, along with their six children and son-in-law, formed a wedding-style reception line to welcome a long line of well-wishers who wound down the steps and out the front door of the historic building, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "House Divided" speech.
Some shivered in the cold, one showed up to add to his collection of signatures of Illinois governors — and another even shed tears talking about the change in leadership in Springfield.
Staff in period dress passed out hand-warmers and steaming coffee, hot cider and hot chocolate to those standing outside before the doors opened.
The Wheeling resident offered it to Rauner, but he told her it was more effective if she wore it, she said.
Ashley Hamilton, a freshman at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, had a pile of index cards handy as she prepared to meet the new governor with her mother and stepfather. She said she had questions for him about what he hopes to accomplish in office — and about college funding. She said she's planning to write an essay for her local newspaper about the inauguration.
"It opened up my mind a little bit to politics and what's going on in the state," she said.
Robb Paul, owner of the Prairie Archives bookstore in Springfield, showed up armed with a copy of the "Illinois Guide and Gazetteer" from 1969 — filled with signatures of 10 previous governors.
He came to the Old State Capitol on Monday looking for No. 11.
Turns out that'll be the case again with Rauner — Paul later said he left because the line was too long at the open house.
His father, Daniel, said he brought his son from nearby Buffalo to give him the opportunity to witness a piece of history.
The Rauners stood for about two hours greeting people, leading a weary-looking Diana to shed her shoes and an ornate red cape.
She also said she's not sure what to expect once lawmakers get back to work. It sounds like everybody is ready to work together for the common good, she said.
"I hope that that rings true once we get into session," Niebur said.
Later Monday, Rauner and his wife hosted a more formal gathering at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. They joined 350 guests for dinner before the inaugural concert featuring country star Toby Keith.
The donors, supporters and Rauner family and friends dined on braised beef short ribs with fingerling potato hash and gulf coast shrimp, tossed with arugula pesto and topped with sweet potato pommes frites.
They began the dinner with pear and apple salad with dried cranberries and roasted cashews, poppy seed dressing and emmental cheese crostini. They ended it with a dessert of chocolate mousse in a chocolate cup garnished with fresh berries on a chocolate and raspberry sauce painted plate.
Gov. Rauner and Illinois' first lady chose Keith's "You Shouldn't Kiss me Like This" for their first dance as they were introduced to a roaring crowd at a Springfield convention center Monday night.
Rauner eschewed a traditional inaugural ball for more casual festivities. Both he and the first lady wore jeans. Attendees ate barbecue and ice cream and could drink beer and cocktails for $125 a ticket.
Keith was preceded by blues artist Buddy Guy and a band of Illinois lawmakers called the Boat Drink Caucus.


The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. held their Annual Kirkcambeck Sale of store cattle at Longtown on Tuesday 30th March, 2010 when they had forward 646 head which saw trade again selling well.
The highlight of the sale was a run of 88 British Blues from Messrs D. & Y. Wilson, The Plumpe, the 50 bullocks averaged £818.40 and the 38 heifers £796.82 with an overall average of £809.80.
Top price of £950 (x2) for Charolais bullocks from The Plumpe with Limousin bullocks to £945 from C.J. & B.A. Thompson, Edenbanks.
Charolais £950, £885 Plumpe, £795 Cumcrook, £765 Barnglieshead, £760 Cumcrook.
Limousin £945 Edenbanks, £925 Plumpe, £900 Edenbanks, £830 Plumpe, £815 The Ash, £810 Edenbanks, £805 Hilltop, £780 Plumpe.
Angus £920 Roanstree, £885 Plumpe, £865, £855 Westwinds, £740 Plumpe, £695 Randalholme.
British Blue £890, £850, £840, £800 Plumpe.
Galloway £790 Peela Hill, £660 Chesterhope, £605 Sloda Hill, £595 Bloch, £585 Browndykes, £580 Bloch, £570 Demesne and Thomasdene.
Simmental £760 Old Irvine, £690 Plumpe, £650 Old Irvine.
Friesian £675 Roanstree, £625 Plumpe, £600 Hilltop.
Blue Grey £670 Bloch, £665 Milnholm, £650 Bloch, £580 Laverhay, £575 Bloch, £505 Old Cambus.
British Blue £910, £835, £830, £820, £800, £790 Plumpe, £645 Brocklewath.
Limousin £800, £630 Plumpe, £600 Randalholme.
Charolais £780 Cumcrook, £715 The Ash, £705 Barnglieshead, £670 Gillalees and Cumcrook.
Galloway £700 Chesterhope, £540, £490 Burnfoot of Ewes.
Angus £675 Plumpe, £630 Brocklewath, £615 Roanstree.
Simmental £670 Gillalees, £625 Brampton Fell, £530 Old Irvine.
Blue Grey £565, £510 Milnholm, £450 Old Irvine.


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They say opposites attract – and in this case they attract clients who want high-end interiors that are luxurious, sophisticated, sumptuous, elegant and inviting. For 25 years, Suzanne Tucker has headed the firm's Design Studio, while Timothy Marks, as Managing Principal, oversees the business operations.
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