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Environmental Law Clinic 2022 Highlights
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ELC Student Attorneys at Bear Creek Lake Park evaluating a proposed reservoir expansion project.
The Environmental Law Clinic at the Sturm College of Law began the 2022-23 academic year with its annual camping trip in August, this year to Chatfield State Park. Student attorneys also toured Bear Creek Lake Park (pictured above), where the clinic is working with advocates who are opposing a proposed reservoir expansion project.
The clinic is representing the Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's delay in reviewing Colorado's smog plan under the Clean Air Act. After seven months of litigation over the delay in federal court, the EPA finally took the challenged action in October 2022. In another case, the clinic is representing the Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians in a lawsuit challenging Colorado's delay in reviewing Title V operating permit renewals for large air pollution sources—some of these permits have been expired since our student attorneys were in elementary or middle school.
Student attorneys are also representing the Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch in an administrative appeal of Colorado's permit for concentrated animal feeding operations. This general permit does not require monitoring to ensure that giant lagoons of feces and other waste are not leaking into groundwater. Although the factory farming industry is upset at being challenged on these issues, the clinic is proud to be enforcing the Clean Water Act to ensure a more healthy and sustainable future for agriculture in Colorado and beyond. Importantly, the clinic already convinced the state to translate its permit document and fact sheet into Spanish, to better enable communities affected by this action to engage on this issue and advocate for greater protections. We believe Colorado to be among the first states to draft such translations and we hope this precedent will spread to other states.
ELC Faculty Highlights
Associate Professor Kevin Lynch
Ronald V. Yegge Clinical Director
Preliminary Injunctions in Public Law: The Merits, 60 HOUS. L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2023).
Western Water Rights in a 4°C Future, 52 ENVTL. L. REP. 10211 (2022) (with Shi-Ling Hsu and Karrigan Bork).
Preemption: Opportunities and Obstacles for Climate Adaptation, book chapter (forthcoming 2023).
Adapting to a 4°C World, (with Karrigan Bork et al.), 52 ENVTL. L. REV. 10211 (2022).
Interview: Colorado River drought crisis, DU's RadioEd Podcast.
Assistant Professor Wyatt Sassman
Community Empowerment in Decarbonization: NEPA's Role, 96 WASH. L. REV. 1511 (2021).
Communities of Extraction, LPEBlog (March 10, 2022).
"Law and the Political Economy of Petrosuburbs," ClassCrits XIII Conference: Unlocking Race & Class For Just Transitions, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Oct. 21, 2022).
"Phasing-in Phase-outs: Priorities for a Just Transition in the Petrosuburbs," Symposium on Climate and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century: A Just Transition, University of Connecticut Law School (Oct. 21, 2022).
"The Role of Communities in Renewable Energy Development," ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (Oct. 13, 2022).
"Banning Extraction," Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship, Vermont Law & Graduate School (Sept. 24, 2022).
"The Supreme Court's Term and Social Justice," Denver Law Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program, University of Denver (Aug. 25, 2022).


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Bernie Ecclestone Has Two Wacky Ideas to Fix F1's Screwed-Up Qualifying
And you thought the current setup was bad.
By Collin Woodard
Dan Istitene
Bernie Ecclestone and FIA head Jean Todt are set to meet with teams ahead of this Sunday's race to decide what to do about the disaster that is the new qualifying system. If elimination-style qualifying gets the boot, Ecclestone is ready with a new plan. And it's even wackier than what we've got currently.
Motorsport.com reports that Ecclestone wouldn't be averse to a completely random grid. Barring that, he proposed something even more hare-brained:
A couple of ideas—either a ballot, which they [the teams] don't like, which is not very sophisticated. Or I suggest leave qualifying exactly as it is and don't touch it and then add a time on. So if somebody is on pole, you can take the results of the previous race or the championship, and add two or three seconds or whatever the amount is, to the time of the qualifying. You will find maybe the guy who is on pole would be 10th on the grid or eighth, and that will go all the way down.
Ecclestone claims this "time ballast" system would lead to more exciting races and pointed to Hamilton having to fight his way to the front in Australia after a rough start.
"He was sixth on the first lap and came through the field, and that is what would happen in every race," Ecclestone said. "So all the racing would be like that—except there would be two or three of them coming through the field."
While we love the idea of watching star drivers fight their way to the front of the pack in every race, Bernie's proposal makes the already complicated current setup seem positively simple by comparison. And that ballot idea is a total non-starter.
Then again, given the arduous way decisions are made in F1, it's unlikely anything will change drastically in the near term.

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Darwin's influence on the Third Reich
As a journalism student back in the 1970s, I spent every precious elective on history classes. My favorite subject was 20th century German history.
This coursework did some damage to my near-perfect grade-point average, because it meant studying under a professor who considered "C" an adequate reward for mastering the material. I knocked myself out for him, studying obsessively, and reading all the best books about that era – everything from Allan Bullock's acclaimed Hitler: A Study in Tyranny to Albert Speer's fascinating Inside the Third Reich.
Yet somehow, I don't remember hearing much about the philosophy underlying Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jews. Maybe if I'd ever read Mein Kampf, I would have had a clue, but not one professor ever recommended it. Maybe they believed, with George Eliot, that cruelty requires no motive.
But Eliot was wrong, and I'm afraid my beloved professor was, too. The "why" of the Holocaust is critically important, both for evaluating our past errors and for doing everything possible to prevent another, perhaps even deadlier, catastrophe.
That's why I so appreciated Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview: How the Nazi Eugenic Crusade for a Superior Race Caused the Greatest Holocaust in World History. The latest work of Dr. Jerry Bergman, it is one of those books that explores what should be obvious – but, like the proverbial elephant in the room, is for some reason rarely discussed in polite company.
Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview explains the inexplicable, makes sense out of the nonsensical, and reveals the thought that allowed the unthinkable to come to pass. It should be mandatory reading in college history classes. And it should top the reading list of anyone who understands that what we believe really does matter.
Dr. Bergman exhaustively documents his contentions about "doctrinaire Darwinist" Adolf Hitler – including this foundational premise:
"A central goal of Hitler and his government was the development and implementation of eugenics to produce a 'superior race,' often called the Aryan, Teutonic or Nordic race. At the very least, this goal required preventing the 'inferior races' from mixing with those judged superior in order to reduce contamination of the gene pool. Hitler believed that what we today recognize as the human gene pool could be improved by using selective breeding, similar to how farmers breed superior cattle."[i]
In the process, Dr. Bergman makes an airtight case that this was indeed the philosophy driving Hitler's murderous machine – the philosophy that unfortunately "culminated in the Final Solution, the extermination of 6 million Jews and over 5 million Poles and others who belonged to what German scientists judged were 'inferior races.'"[ii]
Acknowledging that there were many circumstances leading up to the Holocaust, Dr. Bergman points out that "Of the many factors that produced Hitler's eugenic and genocidal [programs], according to his own writings, one of the more important was Darwin's notion that evolutionary progress occurs primarily as a result of the elimination of the weak in the struggle for survival and allowing the strong to flourish ... Darwin-inspired eugenics clearly played a critical role."[iii]
He then goes on to prove it, point by frightening point, in a book that's both terrifying and compelling. He uses excellent techniques to pull the reader through, for instance by foreshadowing what we'll learn in subsequent chapters to give context to the subject at hand. And in addition to setting the stage generally, he provides up-close-and-personal analyses of Hitler's most important and influential henchmen – Mengele, Bormann, Himmler, Goebbels, Göring, Heydrich, Rosenberg and Streicher.
Dr. Bergman closes his book with a weighty chapter titled "What can be learned from attempts to apply Darwinism to society." This chapter alone is worth the cost of the book.
Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview is full of surprises. The margins of my copy are filled with exclamation points to highlight facts about, for instance, the German government subsidizing reproduction among "racially and biologically desirable" couples,[iv] perfecting its Lebensborn program to advance the breeding of the Nordic super-race,[v] and sponsoring mass kidnapping of "racially valuable" children.[vi]
Another recurring (and not at all surprising) theme was the enthusiastic support that members of the scientific establishment gave Hitler. Germany was known in the first part of the 20th century as the home of the most accomplished scientists in the world, including the majority of Nobel Laureates. These were the experts who gave Hitler the scientific justification he needed to advance his horrific programs.
Noting that some Nazi scientists received accolades and awards long after the fall of the Third Reich, Dr. Bergman provides this chilling insight from Dr. Susanne Heim: "Scientists are highly vulnerable to intellectual and moral corruption – opportunities will be used if they promise more influence and success."[vii]
Apparently not even medical doctors could resist. Forget the Hippocratic oath; "the psychiatric and medical professions were among the most enthusiastic supporters of Nazi race programs."[viii]
Dr. Bergman is far from alone in believing that Darwinism influenced Hitler and his supporters. He quotes other authorities extensively throughout his book, and notes that scholars such as Professor Richard Weikart have also documented Darwinism's role in Nazism.[ix] Even outspoken Harvard professor Stephen Jay Gould noticed. As he wrote in his book Ontogeny and Phylogeny, "'Biological arguments for racism … increased by orders of magnitude following the acceptance of evolutionary theory' by scientists in most nations."[x]
But Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview may be the first to gather all this evidence under one convenient cover and to make such a persuasive case for what happens when Darwinism is taken to its logical conclusion.
It's not a book I'd recommend for bedtime reading.
In the midst of reading Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview, I had the chance to watch Ray Comfort's powerful pro-life documentary 180, in which he uses the Holocaust as an apt analogy for abortion (watch it at www.180movie.com/). Ray opens with clips of interviews with young people. Astoundingly, almost none knew who Hitler was.
And there you have it. We are raising a nation of people who don't know who Adolf Hitler was, or what he did; yet they have been raised on the same existential philosophy that drove his killing machine.
If Dr. Bergman is correct about the parallels that he and others are drawing to events in our world today, this is a problem of potentially tragic proportions.
Consider, for example, the alarming increase in reports of Antisemitism in many parts of the world.
Or consider the "weaning of Americans from Christianity by banning public display of Christian symbols and ritual." This is, he points out, "remarkably reminiscent of what Nazi Germany did."[xi]
Or consider any of the other steps that the western world is taking, from gun control legislation to interfering with (and in some cases persecuting) home-schooling parents – all echoes of Hitler's own policies.
Then read Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview, and consider the similarities between the philosophies underlying the Third Reich, and those prevailing in our culture today.
What do you think? Is there cause for concern?
Many in Germany, early on, recognized the harm of Darwinism, and the Prussian Minister of Education for a time in 1875 forbade the "schoolmasters in the country to have anything to do with Darwinism … with a view of protecting schoolchildren from the dangers of the new doctrines." A significant question is this: Would the Nazi Holocaust have occurred if this ban had remained in effect?[xii]
Great question – one that I believe Dr. Bergman answers affirmatively and persuasively in this very important book.
[i] Bergman, J. Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Joshua Press Inc., 2012, 38.
[ii] Ibid.
[iii] Ibid. 51.
[iv] Ibid., 84.
[v] Ibid., 256.
[vi] Ibid., 257.
[vii] Ibid., 126.
[viii] Ibid., 121.
[ix] Ibid., 125.
[x] Ibid., 83.
[xi] Ibid., 16.
[xii] Ibid., 96.
We've been blessed in recent weeks, my husband and I, to have two very visible birds' nests in our garden.
The first, snuggled in the crest of a weeping cherry, belongs to a robin family. It's a good 30 feet from our deck, and you have to sneak around behind it for a good view, but sure 'nuf, after days of patient sitting, Mrs. Robin is proud mama to three adorable babies who look like they'll soon be ready to take on the world.
The second nest belongs to a cardinal family. It's nestled in the low-bowing branches of a saucer magnolia right outside the window over our kitchen sink.
Beautiful Mrs. Cardinal built the nest just a handful of weeks ago, and has been sitting in it almost constantly for the last ten days. It's a perfect spot, it seems; most of the time, if you don't know about the nest, you can barely see it or her; the only sign that she's there is a spot of bright orange that is her beak. But at 5:38 p.m., the sun drops enough to find its way through the branches, illuminating her for just a few gasp-worthy minutes.
Until yesterday, that is.
Yesterday morning, Mr. Cardinal showed up at the nest. Oh, he's no doubt been hanging around, watching for predators, ready to fly in and help out with feeding his babies once they've hatched. We have even heard him calling right outside our back door, but this is the first we've seen of him.
But yesterday, he landed on the nest's branch near the trunk of the magnolia, gazed at his family-in-process for a few moments, took the short flight to the nest and touched his beak to Mrs. Cardinal's. Then she rose to let him inspect her eggs. He looked carefully, from all angles. Then, less than a minute later, he flew off, she returned to the nest, and we went about our daily business, smiling, looking forward to silently greeting their babies.
That was the last we've seen of either of them.
The nest has apparently been abandoned, and it will soon be time for us to look inside to see what our lovely cardinals saw yesterday morning. Were the eggs dead? Had they disappeared, victims of a hungry squirrel or chipmunk or perhaps some creature of the night? Had the babies hatched and died?
This was our first nest-watching experience, so we have no expertise in this area. But we looked it up on the internet and learned that this sudden abandonment of the nest is not all that unusual; apparently if mama even feels threatened by a potential predator, she will take off permanently, searching out another spot to try again.
We are sad. But there is, as usual, comfort in scripture: "For the creation was subjected to futility," the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8, "not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
I've read many commentaries on this passage, most of them wanting to spiritualize the meaning out of the passage. But its meaning seems clear: the entire creation is going to enjoy the glorious liberty of God's children, which is to say those who have repented and trusted in Christ.
The upshot? I believe that we'll be seeing Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal again one happy day, in the midst of that glorious liberty. And maybe we'll get to meet their babies as well.
The train to "happily ever after"
Have you heard the "train of life" analogy for our time on earth? It's pretty interesting, as far as it goes.
In a nutshell, it says that we board the train of life at birth, where we meet our parents. We think we'll always be with them, but in the usual course of events, they disembark along the way. In the meantime, others climb on board – siblings, spouses, children, friends, colleagues. Some of these folks depart, too, leaving a permanent vacuum in our journeys.
Our rides are full of joys, sorrows, hellos and farewells, the analogy says. So far so good, don't you think?
But then it falls apart in ways large and small. For instance, the version I just received recently added "fantasy" and "expectations" to this short list of life's components; whoever wrote it certainly has a peculiar idea of what life is all about.
Worse, observing that we don't know when our journeys will end, this version concludes thusly: "So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down … we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel …"
So that's what life is all about, according to whoever wrote this? To leave behind beautiful memories for those who knew us?
This is apparently becoming a prominent worldview these days: Either there's ultimately no purpose to life, no afterlife or hope of eternal life – or if these things do exist at all, they're lurking somewhere in the "impossible to know" realm.
Still, I think the "train of life" is an analogy we can rescue: Adding, for example, that if we devote ourselves to our relationship with the Conductor rather than with the other passengers … if we concern ourselves with repenting of our failures to live according to His itinerary, and trust Him to have paid the penalty for those failures – why, then we can sit back and enjoy the ride, because He has promised that our last stop will be heaven and eternal joy.
Eternal joy, as in "happily ever after."
Just one more thing: we must not forget to tell the other passengers about this Conductor and His perfect destination, or to persuade them to trust in Him themselves. After all, we don't want even the most unpleasant of them to get off at the wrong station.
When theory is presented as fact
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools …" Romans 1:20-22
When I first started investigating the question of God in the year 2000, I learned about many issues that old-earth evolutionists were unable to answer – including the issue of comets. Because of factors ranging from the sun's heat to collisions with planets, they cannot possibly survive for billions of years. So if the universe is truly billions of years old, how is it that we still see them?
Secular scientists obviously acknowledge this as a problem, because they long ago came up with a "rescue device," which is to say a theoretical explanation: a distant comet-breeding ground called the Oort Cloud.
No one has ever seen the Oort Cloud. No one has uncovered even a smattering evidence for its existence. Instead, they satisfy themselves by saying that the Oort Cloud must exist, because comets exist, and the universe is billions and billions of years old, and it's the best explanation anyone has come up with to date.
Back in 2000, scientists at least had the decency to call this a theory. But no more: The Oort Cloud is now presented as fact, even though not a lick of evidence has been found to prove its existence. Kind of like the "fact" of evolution itself.
There's a word for this sort of thinking: reification. It means treating an idea as fact – or, in Gestalt psychology, perceiving an object as having more spatial information than it actually has.
Isn't it interesting that the world rejects the stunning evidence for the God of the Bible, the truth of the book of Genesis, and the relative youth of our universe – but eagerly embraces theories that are totally lacking in evidence?
I guess Jesus explained this phenomenon when He said, as recorded in Matthew 7, "Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it."
People seem to think that there's safety in numbers, that the Lord wouldn't let the majority of people spend eternity in hell, that if we just stick with the crowd and avoid the most heinous crimes, we'll be fine at the judgment seat.
Not so, according to Jesus. As He also said in Matthew 7, "Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
That's one fact that we'd all be wise to embrace.
Are you among the few? Or do you prefer to cling to the crowd, to embrace empty theories that have as their only advantage an uncanny ability to deny what your Creator has so clearly said?
Put yourself in Satan's shoes
If you were Satan, and your goal was to hurt the Lord God by keeping His creatures – specifically, those He made in His image – away from Him for all eternity, what would your game plan be?
Even if you don't believe in a literal devil, think about it just for fun: How would you stick it to the One who chucked you, the most beautiful angel of all, out of heaven just because you'd become a little prideful?
There are some obvious tactics, I think.
If I were Satan, I'd begin by solidifying my base -- those who have no interest in a God of any sort, or at least the holier-than-thou God of Christianity.
I'd whisper in the ears of their opinion leaders – primarily the intellectual elite – telling them that science mustn't allow for the supernatural, that absolute truth (if it exists at all) can't extend beyond science, and that anyone who disagrees with such truths is a lunatic along the lines of the William Jennings Bryan character in the film Inherit the Wind.
I'd urge them to get busy and promote these ideas far and wide, in order to stamp out the backwaters of biblical literalism, with all its ignorance and intolerance -- clearly holding back human progress. "Fundamentalist religion is responsible for most of the ills of mankind," I would assure them. "Just look at the Crusades and the Inquisition."
Next, I'd skim off those potential converts who were most prone to temptation by enticing them into overtly rebellious activities that the Bible clearly condemns – encouraging adultery or drunkenness, self-centeredness or greed, to mention just a few examples of the rich minefields of human sin. To prevent them from becoming so sick of themselves that they might repent and turn to God, I'd keep whispering in their ears about what horrible, hopeless perverts they are. "Might as well grab all the gusto you can," I would hiss, "'cause there's no way you'll ever make it to heaven." (Note the nifty double deception here, in reinforcing the misconception that it's their goodness or lack thereof that's their ticket to paradise.)
Then I might go after those who are so wrapped up in this world that they don't give spiritual things any thought. I'd nudge as many of them as possible into the "nobody can possibly know the truth" camp of hard-line agnosticism, an increasingly popular place to hang one's intellectual hat. I'd encourage them at every turn to squeeze every last moment out of this life, turning away from anything that threatens their pleasure and relentlessly battling anything that might cut their lives short.
Having taken care of all the low-hanging fruit, I would let the rest go to church, as their consciences dictate. But I'd do whatever it takes to get those churches teaching false gospels – watering down the real gospel by saying nothing about repentance or substitutionary atonement or evangelism, for instance, or better yet explicitly denying these things altogether. I'd shower those who preach such useless gospels with material wealth and the adulation of thousands to keep them on message for the long haul.
So far, so good: I've wrested a huge chunk of the human population away from my Enemy!
These tactics alone would probably take me 90% of the way towards accomplishing my objective. It would be enough to make the average demon take a little vacation.
But Satan, of course, is no ordinary demon. He is the Prince of This World, and there are always more targets to attack.
So maybe you really don't believe in Satan. But you have to admit that it's kind of interesting, the way what we see in our world today just happens to match what an enterprising devil would do. But don't worry, it's probably all just coincidence ...
Spotting the truth in worldly art
Back in the '90s, my husband and I collected a handful of signed, limited-edition wildlife prints, thinking they'd one day be worth a fortune. We were wrong about that, at least as far as money is concerned; but I think there may be a wealth of spiritual truth to be found in the best of them, even if it's unintended.
Take, for instance, the Bev Doolittle painting excerpted above, entitled "When the Wind Had Wings." At first glance, it's a long horizontal slash of galloping white and then pinto horses morphing into a flock of birds:
But if you look at it with new eyes, you can see an Indian profiled in the center of the picture.
Once you see him, it becomes clear that the horses in that portion of the painting are red herrings. They distract the casual viewer from the real picture, the portrait of the Indian.
Some people are never able to see his profile, so captivated are they by the thundering horses – sort of the way many are so thoroughly blinded by the creation that they are unable to see the Creator.
The apostle Paul described this sort of spiritual blindness perfectly:
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man--and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things." (Romans 1:20-23)
It's worth noting that this observation of Paul's is followed by some of the Bible's most chilling warnings.
I have no idea if Doolittle intends to say anything of the sort with her "camouflage" paintings; perhaps we can find a clue in some of her other work, such as her 2000 book The Earth Is My Mother. I wonder if she would be surprised to know that her art is such an excellent reflection of biblical truth?
True freedom has nothing to do with politics
"In John 8:36, Jesus is quoted as saying, "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."
"It was in early 2002 that I had my first real experience of that freedom.
"I still smoked as much as humanly possible – three packs a day, more often than not. I still drank a lot, too; it was not unheard of for me to put away a six-pack of beer or a bottle of wine in a single evening. But I didn't see this as a problem: Early on I had overheard a pastor telling another new Christian who smoked, 'We expect you to be in prayer about it.' No problem – I could handle that. And in fact, I often mentioned to the Lord that anytime He wanted me to quit these little habits of mine, He should just say the word.
"I guess I never expected Him to take me up on it.
"Not that I actually heard Him say anything about it to me. But in mid-February of that year, in the midst of a prayer, I suddenly knew with dead certainty that it was time to lose both cigarettes and liquor.
"Even more amazing, I complied. Cold turkey. After 30-plus years of chain smoking and beer-guzzling, I became a teetotaling nonsmoker overnight.
"What's nearly as remarkable, to me at least, is that my taste for alcohol vanished instantly. I still enjoy non-alcoholic beer (apparently verboten among secular alcohol-abuse programs, for some strange reason), and upon occasion someone has given me the real thing by mistake. Deep in conversation, I have taken a sip, and have had to literally spit it out – the taste is foul to me now.
"This is real freedom, in my book – the God-powered freedom to turn one's back on even deep-seated behaviors in order to glorify Him instead of oneself. In my case, that meant being sober, as the apostles Paul and Peter repeatedly advised, and taking seriously Paul's admonition that the Christian's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
"There are those who would deny that giving up a pleasure could be called 'freedom.' But the 'do what thou willst' freedom they prefer leads to enslavement. Just ask someone who's addicted to alcohol or drugs or gambling or exercise or gluttony or sex or self-importance or any of a thousand other out-of-control pleasures; if they're being honest, they will not describe their ability to pursue their poisons of choice as freedom.
"'Freedom is slavery,' George Orwell said in his book 1984. Perhaps he was merely commenting on the propaganda he imagined would drive the totalitarian societies of the future. But it seems to me there's a lot of truth to this slogan for a 'free' society, even if Orwell didn't realize it."
(Heaven Without Her, pp 191-192)
On football, faith and the late great Reggie White
Tired of seeing professional athletes bowing the knee or pointing to the heavens in a spontaneous display of faith? I hope you'll reconsider – because the Lord can use even the most fleeting testimonies in a powerful way, as my experience demonstrates.
As I reported in Heaven Without Her, it happened in the wake of my newfound love affair with pro football, and my hometown Green Bay Packers:
"In truth, it was this obsession as much as my mom's faith that would eventually point me to Christianity.
"That's because, in 1993, the Packers lured Reggie White away from the Philadelphia Eagles – the Reverend Reggie White, the Minister of Defense, the all-pro defensive end and the heart and soul of the Packers through the '98 season. He was an awesome player – the kind of player who could take over a game almost single-handedly, the kind of player whose very presence on our roster attracted other great players, like the Dolphins' Keith Jackson, the Seahawks' Eugene Robinson, the Oilers' Sean Jones and the Bills' Don Beebe.
"At first, I just found it curious that Reggie capped every game – win or lose – by leading players from both teams in down-on-your-knees prayer at mid-field. After a season or two, I found this practice very cool; it was so politically incorrect, after all. I watched and admired those who prayed with Reggie. And I found it neat that, instead of making nasty comments about their mothers or sisters or wives, Reggie would growl 'Jesus is coming' at opposing offensive linemen.
"But my big Reggie moment -- the moment I'll never, ever forget -- didn't happen until Sunday, January 12, 1997. Dave and I were at Lambeau Field for the NFC championship game between the Packers and the Carolina Panthers. It was cold and windy – a typical Wisconsin winter day – but few of us fans cared. With a win, the Packers would go to their first Super Bowl in nearly 30 years.
"I don't know when it happened – whether it was during halftime or during a commercial time-out late in the game – but at some point, the Packers' front office fired up the Jumbotron for something other than a replay. There, materializing in front of my eyes, was a much-larger-than-life Reggie White. I think he was wearing street clothes, and I think he was standing before a stormy background of some kind – others have said that I'm wrong about that, that it was some kind of summer scene. Maybe so, but I remember dark swirling clouds and lightning.
"Anyway, there was Reggie, singing a haunting tune:
"'Amazing grace! How sweet the sound …'
"I gave him my full attention.
"'That saved a wretch like me!'
"Although those who challenge my visual memory of the occasion also claim that the 60,000+ other people in the stadium sang right along with him, I don't remember it that way. In fact, all those people just seemed to vanish. It was just Reggie and me, all alone.
"'I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.'
"Reggie and me and the Holy Spirit, to be more accurate. Although I didn't know it at the time.
"Surely I had heard that song before, somewhere along the line. It is, after all, one of the most popular hymns in the English language – a hymn written, as it turns out, by slave trader John Newton in 1779 – and surely we'd sung it at my parents' Congregational church. But it seemed new to me that day. And it took my breath away, for a few moments at least.
"Then it was over. The game resumed, we cheered, and the Packers rolled to an easy 30-13 victory over the Panthers to advance to the Super Bowl. Which we also won, 35-21, thanks in no small part to a heroic performance by Reggie White, who had a record-setting three sacks in the second half.
"After helping to return the Lombardi Trophy to Green Bay and the Title to Titletown, Reggie addressed Packer fans everywhere. 'I wanted to make sure to honor God,' he said. 'A lot of people don't like that. But I wanted to make sure people knew God had His hand on this team.'
"If that was true, then God enjoyed a lot of victories that season, it would seem; the Packers won all but three games. But as far as I'm concerned, He posted His most impressive win back at Lambeau during the NFC championship game, when He used Reggie White to make this hard-as-a-rock 44-year-old heart sit up and take notice of Him at last."
(Heaven Without Her, pp 69-71)
Want proof? Open your eyes!
I recently met yet another committed atheist who informed me that God doesn't exist, and that death is followed by eternal nothingness.
This woman was in her early 80s, which makes her position truly astounding to me. How can you be standing on the cusp of eternity and refuse to investigate what comes next? And there's no doubt that such folks are willfully ignorant; if they were to look with an open mind, they would change their tune in very short order, because the evidence for God's existence and the truth of the Bible is everywhere.
Just take a gander at the old travel photo above. Even the most ardent atheist would have to agree that virtually everything in this frame was designed and manufactured via intelligent design on the part of human beings -- building, signs, flower boxes, VW bus, cobblestone street, clothing, accessories, and so on. And yet this same atheist would say that the living things in this snapshot -- the people and the plants -- are the products of random chance and vast ages, sparked when dead matter miraculously spawned life long, long ago.
To think that those who embrace such fairy tales also insist that Christians are "intellectually stunted" and "delusional." Absolutely mind-boggling.


Illustration I did in 1989 and cleaned up a bit in Photoshop. An undersea researcher or personal sub aficionado encounters a creature which bears a strong resemblance to his vehicle. The intent was for the older creature to be defending its territory, but who knows? It could possible lead to an unpleasant interspecies mating incident.


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Hyacinthe Eugène Cartuyvels, Belgisch politicus
Clément Cartuyvels, Belgisch politicus
Paul Cartuyvels, zijn zoon, eveneens politicus
Pierre Cartuyvels, Belgisch diplomaat

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NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2018--HAPPY AS LAZZARO Send This Review to a Friend
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2018--HAPPY AS LAZZARO
A film that starts in the tradition of Italian neo-realism, "Happy as Lazzaro," which was showcased at the 2018 New York Film Festival and now goes into commercial release, veers into a highly imaginative mode that escalates its creativity and establishes the work from Italy as among the year's best. It stands as an important social commentary on class differences and exploitation. In addition, there is an implicit Biblical reference.
Alice Rohrwacher has done a superb job of direction from her screenplay, and she has as her leading actor the non-professional Adriano Tardiolo giving a riveting and deeply sympathetic performance in the title role of a young man with an ethereal screen-worthy face. The film is set in the past, with Lazzaro willing to cheerfully take on any task demanded of him in the community of tobacco farm workers exploited by the Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna (Nicoletta Braschi). The men and women are treated as serf-like sharecroppers.
The story is inspired by a 1980s case of a rich noblewoman, who became known as the tobacco queen and similarly exploited workers who had been cruelly kept ignorant of the fact that such sharecropping had been outlawed. The film details the daily lives of the characters under the Marchesa's rule until they are rescued when officials discover the illegal abuse.
Before that plot development, we see the Marchesa's layabout son, Tancredi (Luca Chikovani), making a friend of the impressionable Lazzaro, whom he personally exploits. Lazzaro thinks this is a sincere friendship. Eventually (spoiler here) tragedy strikes as Lazzaro tumbles to his death from a high cliff.
Anyone familiar with the Biblical story of Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raises from the dead, can make the film's connection as it jumps to the present when Lazzraro appears looking exactly as he did in his youth, much to the amazement of those who, now older, encounter him and are flabbergasted.
The film, rich in imagination, takes on a new dimension. Some of those freed from their lot as sharecroppers now are scrounging for a living in various ways. The Marchesa, having been exposed, is reduced to poverty. Lazzaro encounters the older Tancredi (now played by Tommaso Ragno) and a bizarre episode unfolds, demonstrating the moral superiority of those who had been the sharecroppers.
Rohrwacher's film rises to become very special in its religion-tinged allegorical outcome. Scene after scene is superbly photographed (cinematography by Hélène Louvart). Perhaps the film could be trimmed a bit, but "Happy as Lazzaro" emerges as a film that may haunt your memory and engender special respect for this rare accomplishment. A Netflix release. Reviewed November 28, 2018.


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Q: Create a tree based on path of the object I have a bunch of objects, they aren't in XML but the xml document would look like this:
    <object>
       <path>root</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub1</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub1/item1</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub1/item2</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub2</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub2/item1</path>
    </object>
    <object>
       <path>root/sub2/item2</path>
    </object>

The tree is obviously very deep. Does anyone have an algorithm to create this into a jstree, series of "UL" and "LI". It would be christmas if you had the code in vb...but I will be satisfied with just the logic. My thought is to eventually make this into a jsonp web service so I can use jstree to build a tree, but for now im just trying to understand the logic necessary to parse this correctly.
Thanks!

A: I wrote some code that will help you turn you path into a tree structure. And having such s structure you can convert it into everything what you need.
Disclaimer: I'm mostly fond of C# so this is my first program in VB.NET written with MSDN help and VS2008 code intellisense. Still I hope it will serve your needs.
Your text is in xmlString
    Private xmlString = "<root> " + _
" <object> " + _
   "<path>root</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub1</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub1/item1</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub1/item2</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub2</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub2/item1</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
" <object>" + _
   "<path>root/sub2/item2</path>" + _
" </object>" + _
"</root>"

Here I design a class that will represent a tree structure
   Class TreeNode
        Public NodeName As String
        Public Children As List(Of TreeNode)

        Public Sub New(ByVal ANodeName As String)
            NodeName = ANodeName
            Children = New List(Of TreeNode)

        End Sub

        Public Function AddNodeIfNotExists(ByVal ANodeName As String) As TreeNode
            For Each node As TreeNode In Children
                If node.NodeName.Equals(ANodeName) Then
                    Return node

                End If
            Next
            Dim newnode As TreeNode = New TreeNode(ANodeName)

            Children.Add(newnode)
            Return newnode

        End Function
    End Class

And finaly the main program that builds a tree from your xml code
Sub Main()
    Dim doc As XmlDocument
    doc = New XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml(xmlString)
    Dim nodes As XmlNodeList
    nodes = doc.DocumentElement.GetElementsByTagName("object")

    Dim Tree As TreeNode = New TreeNode("global-root")
    Dim Slider As TreeNode = Tree

    For Each node As XmlNode In nodes
        Dim s As String = node.SelectSingleNode("path").InnerText
        Dim routes = s.Split("/")
        For Each route As String In routes
            Slider = Slider.AddNodeIfNotExists(route)

        Next
        Slider = Tree

    Next

        Console.Read()

    End Sub

You can test your tree, put these lines right before Console.Read()
'Test your tree
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).NodeName = "root") 'true
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(0).NodeName = "sub1") 'true
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(0).Children(0).NodeName = "item1") 'true
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(0).Children(1).NodeName = "item2") 'true

        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(1).NodeName = "sub2") 'true
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(1).Children(0).NodeName = "item1") 'true
        Console.WriteLine(Tree.Children(0).Children(1).Children(1).NodeName = "item2") 'true

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Stop Serving Bad Coffee at Fine Restaurants!
If you're not willing to serve good coffee, don't serve it at all
By Matthew Kassel • 06/25/15 3:47pm
"They get better coffee in a prison in Sicily than most Americans will ever get a chance to drink," said former Esquire food critic John Mariani. (Photo: Getty Images)
Over the past year, I've come to appreciate good coffee thanks to the proliferation of specialty cafés around the city like Blue Bottle and Intelligentsia. But there are perils to snobbery, and having a taste for the good stuff means I now come across a lot of battery acid. Top restaurants, it turns out, frequently produce the worst of it.
"If you served Oscar Meyer for charcuterie at a fancy restaurant people would stone you in the streets," said Jordan Michelman, a co-founder of the coffee news website Sprudge, "and that's what many, many chefs are doing the equivalent of with their coffee services."
Indeed, the coffee critic Oliver Strand, who writes for The New York Times, among other places, estimates that fewer than 10 restaurants in the city take coffee seriously. Those include Eleven Madison Park (which dutifully prepares its coffee on a siphon or Chemex), Dan Barber's Blue Hill and Blanca in Brooklyn. But in general, he said, Michelin-starred restaurants "don't give a shit."
That's dispiriting. While diners and joints in New York can be forgiven for serving mediocre coffee—I love diner coffee, in fact—the high-end establishments, where we expect attention to detail (and pay a lot for it) shouldn't get a pass.
"I've just given up," said John Mariani, the former Esquire food critic who is something of an espresso connoisseur. "They get better coffee in a prison in Sicily than most Americans will ever get a chance to drink."
Harsh but perhaps true. The java at many restaurants, which often tastes like it's been sitting in an urn for hours at a time—getting stale and burnt—is usually prepared by a busboy or a bartender who might not know the first thing about making a compelling cup.
What's more, according to a 2013 Grub Street report, a startling 30 percent of Michelin-starred restaurants around the world use Nespresso machines. In New York, Aldea, Restaurant Marc Forgione and Nobu 57 are among the high-profile restaurants using the ghastly pods, according to a representative of the Nestlé-owned company.
"My question for chefs who use pod machines is: Do you also cook steak in the microwave?" asked Erin Meister, a former coffee columnist for Serious Eats. "Superautomatic and single-serve pod machines are the microwaves of the coffee world. If you wouldn't use a microwave for regular service prep, don't use one to brew your diners' last taste experience."
There's a number of ways chefs and restaurateurs could improve the quality of their coffee. Mr. Michelman suggests a few ways forward, such as forging stronger relationships with roasting partners—in the same way a restaurant will have a rapport with a butcher or farm—and encouraging those on staff to get into coffee so servers can meaningfully discuss the drink with diners. At the highly acclaimed Noma in Denmark, servers are trained to produce worthwhile stuff—by paying attention to water temperature and grind size, for instance.
Good coffee takes careful attention, the machinery to produce it can be expensive, and it doesn't bring in much money. But when fine dining establishments slack off, it sends a parting message that they don't care about their customers. With that in mind, here's a radical idea for high-end places in New York: If you're not willing to serve good coffee, don't serve it at all.
Filed Under: restaurants, Coffee, fine dining, Oliver Strand, meister, sprudge
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Júlia Flàvia (en llatí Julia Flavia) va ser una dama romana, única filla de l'emperador Tit i de Màrcia Furnil·la.

Els seus pares es van divorciar quan era molt petita, perquè la mare, Màrcia, provenia d'una família que havia conspirat contra l'emperador Neró. L'any 65, descoberta la conspiració de Pisó, la família de Màrcia Furnil·la va caure en desgràcia. Júlia va ser educada a Roma pel seu pare. Quan Tit va conquerir Jerusalem a la Primera Guerra Judeoromana, ella tenia sis anys.

Tit la va oferir en matrimoni al seu germà Domicià, però aquest no ho va acceptar perquè estava enamorat de Domícia Longina, amb la que es va casar. Més tard, Júlia es va casar amb Tit Flavi Sabí, cònsol l'any 82, encara que ja havia estat seduïda pel seu oncle Domicià.

Quan van morir el seu pare i el seu marit, Domicià va conviure amb ella com si fossin casats. Més tard, Domicià es va reconciliar amb Domícia Longina, però va seguir amb les relacions que mantenia amb Júlia. Quan Júlia va quedar embarassada, va avortar i va morir. Algunes fonts diuen que l'avortament va ser provocat per Domicià. Júlia va ser deïficada i les seves cendres es van barrejar més tard amb les de Domicià.

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Familiars d'emperadors romans
Julia Flavia
Morts a Roma
Polítics de Roma


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Q: Binding Combobox to an enum, except one enum element Actually I'm able to bind my Combobox to an Enum using their DescriptionAttribute:
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={extension:Enumeration {x:Type model:MyEnum}}}"
      DisplayMemberPath="Description"
      SelectedValue="{Binding Path=DataContextEnumProp}"
      SelectedValuePath="Value"/>

I've used this SO answer
My enum is :
public enum MyEnum
{
    [XmlEnum("first")]
    [Description("first")]
    FirstEnumMember,

    [XmlEnum("second")]
    [Description("second")]
    SecondEnumMember,

    //[XmlIgnore]
    [Description("second")]
    AlternativeToSecondEnumMember //I don't want this one to be in the combobox
}

I need to hide the AlternativeToSecondEnumMember, because it's irrelevant to see it in the ComboBox.
To do so, what's the best solution? Maybe a Converter or setting the ItemsSource in code behind ?

A: Here is some attribute based solution that used the ObjectDataProvider special implementation. So if an Enum field is decorated by the ShouldBeHiddenAttribute and its value is true, then the enum field will be hidden in UI(ComboBox).
ShouldBeHiddenAttribute code
/// <summary>
/// helps to hide the enum value
/// </summary>
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class ShouldBeHiddenAttribute : Attribute
{
    public ShouldBeHiddenAttribute(bool isHiddenInUi)
    {
        HiddenInUi = isHiddenInUi;
    }

    public bool HiddenInUi { get; set; }
}

Your enum decorated with my attribute
public enum MyEnum
{
    [XmlEnum("first")]
    [Description("first")]
    FirstEnumMember,

    [XmlEnum("second")]
    [Description("second")]
    SecondEnumMember,

    //[XmlIgnore]
    [Description("second")]
    [ShouldBeHiddenAttribute(true)]
    AlternativeToSecondEnumMember
    //I don't want this one to be in the combobox
}

Special ObjectDataProvider implementation
/// <summary>
/// helps to display value according to decorating attributes
/// </summary>
public class AttributeBasedObjectDataProvider : ObjectDataProvider
{
    /// <summary>
    /// returns value of enum according its two attributes
    /// 1. DescriptionAttribute - provide a dispaly name of the enum value
    /// 2. ShouldBeHiddenAttribute - provide a dispaly state of the enum
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="enumObj">enum field value</param>
    /// <returns>if ShouldBeHiddenAttribute.HiddenInUi value is true return null else enum Description if defined(or enum actual value id Description is not defined)</returns>
    public object GetEnumValues(Enum enumObj)
    {
        //get the ShouldBeHiddenAttribute value
        var isHidden = enumObj.GetType().GetRuntimeField(enumObj.ToString()).
            GetCustomAttributes(typeof (ShouldBeHiddenAttribute), false).
            SingleOrDefault() as ShouldBeHiddenAttribute;
        if (isHidden != null && isHidden.HiddenInUi) return null;
        //get the DescriptionAttribute value
        var attribute = enumObj.GetType().GetRuntimeField(enumObj.ToString()).
            GetCustomAttributes(typeof (DescriptionAttribute), false).
            SingleOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute;
        return attribute == null ? enumObj.ToString() : attribute.Description;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// returns collection of enum values
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="type">enum type</param>
    /// <returns>collection of enum values</returns>
    public List<object> GetShortListOfApplicationGestures(Type type)
    {
        var shortListOfApplicationGestures =
            Enum.GetValues(type).OfType<Enum>().Select(GetEnumValues).Where(o => o != null).ToList();
        return
            shortListOfApplicationGestures;
    }
}

Xaml ObjectDataProvider definition
    <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="MyEnumMembers" MethodName="GetShortListOfApplicationGestures" ObjectType="{x:Type pageBasedApp:AttributeBasedObjectDataProvider}">
        <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
            <x:Type TypeName="pageBasedApp:MyEnum" />
        </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
    </ObjectDataProvider>

Combo binding
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyEnumMembers}}" Width="150"/>

Regards.

A: I would suggest to use a simple solution to make your life easier. Assuming you are using MVVM, you can simply create a new property to hold the list of suitable values.
private ObservableCollection<string> _myEnumList;
public ObservableCollection<string> MyEnumList
{
    get
    {
        if (this._myEnumList == null)
        {
            string[] myList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MyEnum));
            // You can also use your own logic to generate your list

            this._myEnumList = new ObservableCollection<string>(myList);
        }
        return this._myEnumList;
    }
}

Personally I find that there is no point in trying to find a way to auto-convert the Enum type into a list of string values when not all the values in the Enum are valid.

A: Since you wrote that you want to avoid converting string to MyEnum in VM, here is a solution without string:
public ObservableCollection<MyEnum> MyEnumList { get; } = new ObservableCollection<MyEnum>(
    Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum)).
    Cast<MyEnum>().
    Where(myEnum => myEnum != MyEnum.AlternativeToSecondEnumMember));

This way you can keep working with MyEnum, no conversions from string necessary.

A: I was able to find a way to do what I want using a Converter and DataTrigger from this solution. Since the link is about IsEnabled and not IsVisible, and for readability, I put what worked for me here.
First I had to add a DataTrigger in my ComboBox:
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={extension:Enumeration {x:Type model:MyEnum}}}"
          DisplayMemberPath="Description"
          SelectedValue="{Binding Path=DataContextEnumProp}"
          SelectedValuePath="Value">
    <ComboBox.ItemContainerStyle>
        <Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem">
            <Style.Triggers>
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=Content, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},
                             Converter={StaticResource ComboBoxVisibleConverter}}" Value="true">
                    <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
                </DataTrigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
        </Style>
    </ComboBox.ItemContainerStyle>
</ComboBox>

Then to create a ComboBoxVisibleConverter :
class ComboBoxVisibleConverter :IValueConverter
{
     public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
     {
        EnumerationExtension.EnumerationMember enumerationMember = value as EnumerationExtension.EnumerationMember;
        if (enumerationMember == null )
            return null;
        if ((MyEnum)enumerationMember.Value == MyEnum.AlternativeToSecondEnumMember)
            return true; //The DataTrigger will collapse the ComboBoxItem because of the Value="true"
        return false;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotSupportedException();
    }
}

The EnumerationExtension is here

A: That's the solution I've found:
    public static IList ToList(this Type type, Enum[] valuesToSkip)
    {
        ArrayList enumList = new ArrayList();
        Array enumValues = Enum.GetValues(type);

        foreach (Enum value in enumValues)
        {
            if (valuesToSkip.Contains(value))
                continue;

            // in this solution I had a method to get the description from the Enum
            // but you can avoid this part and populate your list with the enum values
            //enumList.Add(new KeyValuePair<Enum, string>(value, GetEnumDescription(value)));
              enumList.Add(value);
        }

        return list;
    }

I've wrote my own ToList method that gives back the enum excluding the ones that I pass through valuesToSkip.
I populate the combobox in this way:
comboBox.DataSource = EnumExtension.ToList(typeof(yourEnum), new Enum[] { yourEnum.ValueToSkip });


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Q: Parse for iOS using reset parse function I want to implement a function that allows users to reset their password. I already created a button that displays an alert view and asks for their email, but when I tap ok, it doesn't send an email.
What can I do?
-(IBAction)forget:(id)sender {

    [PFUser requestPasswordResetForEmailInBackground:@"email@example.com"];

    UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Email Address" message:@"Enter the email for your account:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Ok", nil];
    alertView.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
    [alertView show];
}

A: - (IBAction)forget:(id)sender {
    [self getEmail];
}

- (void)getEmail {
        UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Email Address" message:@"Enter the email for your account:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Ok", nil];
        alertView.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
        [alertView show];
    }

- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
    if (buttonIndex != [alertView cancelButtonIndex]) {
        UITextField *emailTextField = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
        [self sendEmail:emailTextField.text];
    }
}

- (void)sendEmail:(NSString *)email{
    [PFUser requestPasswordResetForEmailInBackground:email];
}


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The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Publish Final Rule on Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Washington, DC - Thursday, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (collectively, the Departments) announced the forthcoming publication of a Final Rule that will streamline and enhance procedures for the adjudication of claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) regulations.
The Final Rule, consistent with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), will enable the Departments to more effectively separate baseless claims from meritorious ones. This will better ensure groundless claims do not delay or divert resources from deserving claims, and in particular, will better ensure the security of our nation's borders by facilitating the efficient review of claims in a manner consistent with the law and the integrity of our immigration system.
The Final Rule addresses public comment received following publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and codifies amendments to multiple provisions of the Departments' regulations. The rule takes effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, which is scheduled to occur on Friday.
The Final Rule makes the following changes to the Departments' regulations:
Amend the regulations governing credible fear determinations so that individuals found to have such a fear will have their claims for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the CAT adjudicated by an immigration judge in streamlined proceedings, rather than in immigration court proceedings conducted under section 240 of the INA;
Permit immigration judges to pretermit asylum applications without a hearing if the application does not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for relief;
Clarify when an application is "frivolous";
Clarify standards for the adjudication of asylum and withholding claims including amendments to the definitions of the terms "particular social group," "political opinion," "persecution," and "firm resettlement";
Outline factors, including an exemption for children under 18 for the factor regarding unlawful entry or attempted unlawful entry, for adjudicators to consider when making discretionary determinations;
Clarify the standard for determining the acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity under the CAT regulations;
Raise the burden of proof for the threshold screening of withholding and CAT protection claims from "significant possibility" to a "reasonable possibility" standard;
Apply bars to asylum and withholding when making credible fear determinations; and
Clarify the requirement to protect certain information contained in asylum applications, applications for withholding of removal under the INA, applications for protection under the regulations implementing the CAT, and applications for refugee admissions.


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/**
 * © David Attias 2015
 */
package io.spacedog.services;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregation;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import io.spacedog.client.credentials.Credentials;
import io.spacedog.client.http.SpaceBackend;
import io.spacedog.services.admin.AdminResty;
import io.spacedog.services.admin.HealthCheckResty;
import io.spacedog.services.bulk.BulkResty;
import io.spacedog.services.credentials.CredentialsResty;
import io.spacedog.services.credentials.LinkedinResty;
import io.spacedog.services.data.AggregationSerializer;
import io.spacedog.services.data.DataResty;
import io.spacedog.services.data.SchemaResty;
import io.spacedog.services.db.elastic.ElasticClient;
import io.spacedog.services.email.EmailResty;
import io.spacedog.services.file.FileResty;
import io.spacedog.services.file.WebResty;
import io.spacedog.services.job.JobResty;
import io.spacedog.services.log.LogFilter;
import io.spacedog.services.log.LogResty;
import io.spacedog.services.push.ApplicationResty;
import io.spacedog.services.push.PushResty;
import io.spacedog.services.settings.SettingsResty;
import io.spacedog.services.sms.SmsResty;
import io.spacedog.services.snapshot.SnapshotResty;
import io.spacedog.services.stripe.StripeResty;
import io.spacedog.utils.ClassResources;
import io.spacedog.utils.DateTimes;
import io.spacedog.utils.Exceptions;
import io.spacedog.utils.Json;
import io.spacedog.utils.Utils;
import net.codestory.http.Request;
import net.codestory.http.Response;
import net.codestory.http.WebServer;
import net.codestory.http.extensions.Extensions;
import net.codestory.http.misc.Env;
import net.codestory.http.payload.Payload;
import net.codestory.http.routes.Routes;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Server implements Extensions {

	private long startTime;
	private ElasticClient elasticClient;
	private FluentServer fluent;
	private Info info;

	public ElasticClient elasticClient() {
		return elasticClient;
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Server server = new Server();
		server.start();
	}

	public void start() {

		try {
			init();
			initElasticClient();
			elasticIsStarted();
			startFluent();
			fluentIsStarted();
			logStartupDuration();

		} catch (Throwable t) {
			t.printStackTrace();
			if (fluent != null)
				fluent.stop();
			if (elasticClient != null)
				elasticClient.close();
			System.exit(-1);
		}
	}

	protected void init() {
		startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
		DateTimeZone.setDefault(DateTimes.PARIS);
		initJsonMapper();
		ServerConfig.log();
		System.setProperty("http.agent", ServerConfig.userAgent());
		String string = ClassResources.loadAsString(Server.class, "info.json");
		info = Json.toPojo(string, Info.class);
	}

	protected void initJsonMapper() {
		SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule()//
				.addSerializer(Aggregation.class, new AggregationSerializer());
		Json.mapper().registerModule(module);
	}

	protected void initElasticClient() {

		String host = ServerConfig.elasticSearchHost();
		String scheme = ServerConfig.elasticSearchScheme();
		int port1 = ServerConfig.elasticSearchPort1();
		int port2 = ServerConfig.elasticSearchPort2();

		RestHighLevelClient client = new RestHighLevelClient(//
				RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(host, port1, scheme), //
						new HttpHost(host, port2, scheme)));

		this.elasticClient = new ElasticClient(client);
	}

	protected void elasticIsStarted() {
		Services.data().init();
		initBackendIndices();
	}

	public void initBackendIndices() {
		Services.credentials().initIndex();
		Services.logs().initIndex();
	}

	public void clear() {
		Services.files().deleteAllBuckets();
		elasticClient().deleteAbsolutelyAllIndices();
		initBackendIndices();
	}

	protected void startFluent() {
		if (ServerConfig.isProduction())
			// Force Fluent HTTP to production mode
			System.setProperty("PROD_MODE", "true");

		fluent = new FluentServer();
		fluent.configure(routes -> configure(routes));
		fluent.start(ServerConfig.port());
	}

	protected void fluentIsStarted() {
	}

	protected void configure(Routes routes) {
		routes.add(HealthCheckResty.class)//
				.add(AdminResty.class)//
				.add(SnapshotResty.class)//
				.add(DataResty.class)//
				.add(JobResty.class)//
				.add(SchemaResty.class)//
				.add(CredentialsResty.class)//
				.add(LinkedinResty.class)//
				.add(BulkResty.class)//
				.add(EmailResty.class)//
				.add(SmsResty.class)//
				.add(LogResty.class)//
				.add(PushResty.class)//
				.add(ApplicationResty.class)//
				.add(StripeResty.class)//
				.add(SettingsResty.class);

		routes.filter(SpaceContext.checkBackendFilter())//
				.filter(new CrossOriginFilter())//
				.filter(new LogFilter())//
				.filter(new DebugFilter())//
				.filter(ErrorFilters.global())//
				.filter(SpaceContext.checkAuthorizationFilter())//
				.filter(new WebResty())//
				.filter(ErrorFilters.specific())//
				.filter(new FileResty());

		routes.setExtensions(this);
	}

	/**
	 * Replace fluent http default mapper by Json mapper
	 */
	@Override
	public ObjectMapper configureOrReplaceObjectMapper(ObjectMapper defaultObjectMapper, Env env) {
		return Json.mapper();
	}

	public static class Info {
		public String version;
		public String baseline;
	}

	public Info info() {
		return info;
	}

	public Payload executeRequest(Request request, Response response) throws Exception {
		return fluent.executeRequest(request, response);
	}

	//
	// Implementation
	//

	private void logStartupDuration() {
		System.err.println("Started in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) + " ms");
	}

	private static class FluentServer extends WebServer {

		public FluentServer() {
			withThreadCount(12);
			withSelectThreads(1);
			withWebSocketThreads(1);
		}

		protected Payload executeRequest(Request request, Response response) throws Exception {
			return routesProvider.get().apply(request, response);
		}

		@Override
		protected void handleHttp(Request request, Response response) {

			if (threadLocalSpaceContext.get() == null) {
				try {

					threadLocalSpaceContext.set(//
							new SpaceContext(request, response));

					super.handleHttp(request, response);

				} finally {
					doCloseAfterAll();
					threadLocalSpaceContext.set(null);
				}
			} else
				// means space context is managed higher in the stack
				super.handleHttp(request, response);
		}
	}

	//
	// Thread local space context
	//

	private final static ThreadLocal<SpaceContext> threadLocalSpaceContext = new ThreadLocal<>();

	public static SpaceContext context() {
		SpaceContext context = threadLocalSpaceContext.get();
		if (context == null)
			throw Exceptions.runtime("no space context set");
		return context;
	}

	public static SpaceBackend backend() {
		SpaceContext context = threadLocalSpaceContext.get();
		return context == null //
				? ServerConfig.apiBackend()
				: context.backend();
	}

	public static void runWithContext(String backendId, //
			Credentials credentials, Runnable action) {

		SpaceContext oldContext = threadLocalSpaceContext.get();

		try {
			threadLocalSpaceContext.set(//
					new SpaceContext(backendId, credentials));
			action.run();

		} finally {
			threadLocalSpaceContext.set(oldContext);
		}
	}

	//
	// Thread local closeables
	//

	private final static ThreadLocal<List<Closeable>> threadLocalCloseables = new ThreadLocal<>();

	public static void closeAfterAll(Closeable closeable) {
		List<Closeable> list = threadLocalCloseables.get();
		if (list == null) {
			list = Lists.newArrayList();
			threadLocalCloseables.set(list);
		}
		list.add(closeable);
	}

	private static void doCloseAfterAll() {
		List<Closeable> list = threadLocalCloseables.get();
		if (!Utils.isNullOrEmpty(list)) {
			for (Closeable closeable : list)
				Utils.closeSilently(closeable);
			list.clear();
		}
	}

	//
	// Singleton
	//

	private static Server singleton;

	public static Server get() {
		return singleton;
	}

	protected Server() {
		if (singleton != null)
			throw Exceptions.runtime("server is already running");
		singleton = this;
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Die Fanesgruppe ist eine Gebirgsgruppe in den nordwestlichen Dolomiten in Italien. Ihre Namen verdankt sie der zentral gelegenen Fanes-Hochfläche, dem Schauplatz der ladinischen Sagen rund um das Reich der Fanes (Le rëgn de Fanes) ist. Als Teil der von der UNESCO unter "Nördliche Dolomiten" zusammengefassten Dolomitengruppen, gehört die Fanesgruppe seit dem 26. Juni 2009 zum "Welterbe Dolomiten".

Lage und Abgrenzung
Die Fanesgruppe befindet sich östlich des Gadertals. Das davon in südöstliche Richtung abzweigende Enneberger bzw. Rautal bildet zu den Pragser Dolomiten hin die Nordostgrenze, die sich am Talschluss des Rautals an der Nordseite der Camin-Gruppe vorbei weiter zum Campo Croce fortsetzt. Hier biegt die Grenzziehung nach Süden durch das Val Travenanzes bis zum Falzarego-Pass. Die Linie Falzarego-Pass–Livinallongo–Arabba–Campolongo-Pass stellt die Südgrenze der Fanesgruppe dar. Die Tofane, die bei dieser Definition der Grenze nicht eingeschlossen sind, werden gelegentlich auch der Fanesgruppe zugeordnet.

Die größten Teile der Gebirgsgruppe liegen in Südtirol (Gemeinden Enneberg, Wengen, Abtei, Corvara und St. Martin in Thurn) und sind dort fast zur Gänze im Naturpark Fanes-Sennes-Prags geschützt. Östliche und südliche Teile der Fanesgruppe liegen in der Provinz Belluno (Venetien).

Gipfel
 Antonispitze (2655 m)
 Col Bechei ()
 Col di Lana ()
 Eisengabelspitze ()
 Heiligkreuzkofel ()
 Hexenstein ()
 Kreuzspitze ()
 Lagazuoi ()
 Mittlere Fanisspitze () mit der Cima Scotoni ()
 Monte Casale ()
 Monte Castello ()
 Monte Cavallo ()
 Monte Sief ()
 Neuner ()
 Nördliche Fanisspitze ()
 Paresberg ()
 Piz Cunturines ()
 Piz Lavarela ()
 Settsass ()
 Südliche Fanisspitze ()
 Zehner ()

Schutzhütten
 Faneshütte
 Heiligkreuz-Hospiz
 Lagazuoihütte
 Lavarellahütte
 Pederü
 Scotonihütte

Literatur
 Peter Leiter, Artur Kammerer, Hubert Schönegger: Naturpark Fanes-Sennes-Prags: im Reich der Tiere. Bozen: Amt für Naturparke 2008.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Gebirge in den Dolomiten
Enneberg
Wengen (Südtirol)
Abtei (Südtirol)
Corvara
St. Martin in Thurn
Naturpark Fanes-Sennes-Prags
Welterbe Dolomiten


17:47 Flight EZY6026 is ready to depart LEBL with a final destination of EGGD.
19:54 Landed at -172fpm. With 2875kgs of fuel onboard and a pitch angle of 3deg.
20:00 Arrived safely at EGGD. We hope you enjoyed your flight!


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New terminal building of Sendai airport
SENDAI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Sendai airportfs new terminal building in Miyagi Prefecture. The photo was taken on July 7, 1997. (Kyodo)
#airport
#helicopter
#Sendai
#Prefecture
#Miyagi
#July
#building
#airportfs
GERMANY-SCHOENEFELD-BERLIN BRANDENBURG AIRPORT-STRIKE
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 25, 2023 shows the interior of a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members walk in a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Self-service check-in machines are placed at a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pigeon is seen outside a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Information of cancelled flights is shown on a screen at a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
(230126) -- BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks in a terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, Jan. 25, 2023. All passenger flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to a strike by airport workers, estimated to affect about 35,000 passengers. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-AERIAL PHOTO
(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 26, 2022 shows participants comepeting during the Tour of Sayram Lake cycling in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)
Whale spotted in Osaka river
Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a stray whale swimming close to the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023. Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a coast guard vessel monitoring a stray whale near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023.
JAPAN-OITA-GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
(221212) -- OITA, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 9, 2022 shows the Hatchobaru Geothermal Power Station of Kyushu Electric Power Company, the largest geothermal power plant in Japan with a total installed capacity of 110,000 kilowatts, in Oita Prefecture, Japan. Japan's hot spring prefecture of Oita is going full steam ahead in developing geothermal energy, as the country aims to go carbon neutral by 2050. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: Japan's hot spring prefecture bets big on geothermal energy" (Xinhua/Zhang Yiyi)
(221212) -- OITA, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 9, 2022 shows a test plant for producing hydrogen using geothermal energy in Kokonoemachi, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Japan's hot spring prefecture of Oita is going full steam ahead in developing geothermal energy, as the country aims to go carbon neutral by 2050. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: Japan's hot spring prefecture bets big on geothermal energy" (Xinhua/Zhang Yiyi)


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Film Festival News
Korean Film Festivals 2016
17th Jeonju International Film Festival (제17회 전주국제영화제)
Busan International Film Festival (20회 부산국제영화제)
Jeonju International Film Festival (제16회 전주국제영화제)
Seoul International Women's Film Festival (제 17회 서울국제여성영화제)
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (제 19회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Busan International Film Festival (제19회 부산국제영화제)
The Green Film Festival in Seoul (제 11회 서울환경영화제)
International Women's Film Festival in Seoul (제16회 서울국제여성영화제)
Jechon International Music and Film Festival (제10회 제천국제음악영화제)
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (제18회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Green Film Festival in Seoul (제10회 서울환경영화제)
International Women's Film Festival in Seoul (서울국제여성영화제)
Jechon International Music and Film Festival (제천국제음악영화제)
Action/Adventure Films (액션 영화)
Animation Films (만화 영화)
Comedy Films (코미디 영화)
Documentary Films (다큐멘터리)
Drama Films (드라마 영화) A-H
Drama Films (드라마 영화) I-P
Drama Films (드라마 영화) Q-Z
Gangster/Crime Films (갱 영화)
Horror Films (공포 영화)
Period Dramas (시대 드라마)
Romance Films (멜로 영화)
Science-Fiction Films (공상 과학 영화)
Short Films (단편 영화)
Sports Films (스포츠 영화)
Thriller Films (스릴러 영화)
War Films (전쟁 영화)
Western Films (워스턴 영화)
Interviews/Q&As
Bong Joon-ho (봉준호)
Choi Dong-hoon (최동훈)
Choo Chang-min (추창민)
E J-yong (이재용)
Hong Sang-soo (홍상수)
Im Kwon-taek (임권택)
Im Sang-soo (임상수)
Jang Hoon (장훈)
Kang Je-gyu (강제규)
Kang Woo-suk (강우석)
Kim Han-min (김한민)
Kim Ji-woon (김지운)
Kim Ki-duk (김기덕)
Lee Chang-dong (이창동)
Lee Joon-ik (이준익)
Lee Myeong-se (이명세)
Lee Song Hee-il (이송희일)
Lee Yoon-ki (이윤기)
Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)
Ryoo Seung-wan (류승완)
Cine2000 (씨네 2000)
Minch & Films (민치 앤 필름)
REALIES Pictures (리얼라이즈 픽쳐스)
Tag: Lee Myeong-se (이명세)
My Love, My Bride (나의 사랑 나의 신부) – ★★★☆☆
My Love, My Bride (나의 사랑 나의 신부)
After four years of dating, Yeong-min (Jo Jeong-seok (조정석) decides it's finally time for him to propose to girlfriend Mi-yeong (Shin Min-ah (신민아). Despite their constant arguing, Mi-yeong accepts the proposal and for a while the two live in wedded bliss, much to the chagrin of their friends. Yet soon the realities of living with each other sink in and the newlyweds begin to fight with fresh vigor, creating an enormous amount of stress, as well as comical moments, between them. As their relationship becomes increasingly fraught both Mi-yeong and Yeong-min begin to develop their hobbies and lives independently, until issues arise that force them to reconcile their differences.
My Love, My Bride (나의 사랑 나의 신부) is a remake of director Lee Myeong-se's (이명세) 1990 classic, updated to reflect contemporary relationships by director Lim Chan-sang (임찬상) and screenwriter Kim Ji-hye (김지혜). The result is a romantic-comedy which is very much lighthearted entertainment, one that attempts to derive comedy from the real-life situations newlywed couples face and moderately succeeds, yet is lacking in sufficient depth to make it more than mildly enjoyable.
For a time, married life is blissful for the newlyweds
As the poster and trailer suggest, My Love, My Bride is a fun take on the silly and trivial matters that afflict newlyweds, and the stressful situations that arise from them. From the moment the film begins the playful approach to marriage is quite enjoyable, as the lively text message conversation between Yeong-min and his friends debates the pros and cons of getting hitched, through to the rampant sex life the couple relish in following their nuptials. Director Lim does a great job in conveying frivolity through such sequences, with effective scenes impressively edited to keep the jokes coming. As the pace slows the story begins to become more concerned with the realities of marriage and the fights that arise, seeking to find humour in such moments. It's a largely hit and miss affair, with scenes such as Yeong-min's wandering eyes and jealousy at his wife's interaction with another man comically executed, while others – that are mostly concerned with Mi-yeong's life – are less effective.
This is primarily due to the fact that My Love, My Bride is a mostly male-centered narrative, which is unfair given the nature of the relationship. Director Lim attempts to generate sympathy for Yeong-min as something of a struggling artist with a nagging wife, but in reality he is quite the man-child. Mi-yeong's complaints about urinating on the toilet seat and general lack of hygiene are wholly justified, while foreign audiences will certainly take issue with Mi-yeong's almost slave status as she takes care of her husband dutifully while he merely barks orders. Luckily the film does attempt to address such issues, but due to the nature of the comedy it is not given sufficient depth. Similarly, the contrast between the couple as they start to consider other potential partners suffers from the same fate. Yeong-min's thought-process and encounters are quite believable and funny, while Mi-yeong's are far from it, lacking the sincerity of a woman's true perspective and the realistic examination the film proclaims.
Mi-yeong becomes increasingly frustrated with Yeong-min's selfish, man-child ways
My Love, My Bride interestingly explores how both Mi-yeong and Yeong-min have subsumed creative aspects of themselves in the relationship by incorporating their hobbies within the story. Again, the device is more apparent and developed for Yeong-min, as his focus on poetry becomes another stressful element in the marriage. His writing has the potential for a deeper perspective on the relationship but it is never explored, again forcing Mi-yeon to suffer in silence. The few scenes in which Mi-yeon's artistic ability appear are also wasted opportunities to further examine her character, as aside from fleeting moments, her painting has little impact on the story.
In a bid to wrap up all the narrative strands and bring the couple closer, My Love, My Bride unfortunately falls into the same trap as many other Korean rom-coms by employing unnecessary hospital melodrama. Similar to this year's earlier comedy Venus Talk, the inclusion of the melodramatic device – as well as sickly-sweet flashbacks – comes out of left field and is quite contrived, though has the desired effect of creating nice closure.
Flashbacks to earlier stages in their relationship remind the couple of the importance of their love
A remake of the 1990 classic, the updated version of My Love, My Bride by director Lim Chan-sang and screenwriter Kim Ji-hye is lighthearted and enjoyable fare. The story is largely hit-and-miss on deriving comedy from the realities of newlywed couples, mostly due to the unfair male-centered focus, particularly as the husband in question is quite immature. Yet there are enough fun moments to be had to make the film an entertaining viewing experience.
Action/comedy 'The Spy' (스파이) gets a trailer
Original director Lee Myeong-se and the cast of The Spy/Mr. K
Superstars Seol Kyeong-gu (설경구) and Moon So-ri (문소리) are again teaming up for the big screen, this time with Daniel Henney (다니엘 헤니) for an action/comedy tentatively titled The Spy: Undercover Operation (스파이/협상종결자).
The film – initially called Mr. K – has been in development for quite some time and has been surrounded in controversy, chiefly due to the very public disagreements between original director Lee Myeong-se (이명세) and the production team, whose visions for the blockbuster apparently differed wildly. Director Lee, whose credits include M (엠) and Duelist (형사), is an excellent filmmaker and one of the few genuine auteurs working within the Korean film industry today, however it was always something of an odd choice to have such an artistically-minded person at the helm of a big summer film. With director Lee's departure, new director Lee Seung-joon (이승준), who was the assistant director on action film Quick (퀵) was brought on board, and now finally a trailer has arrived.
The Spy: Undercover Operation sees top Korean spy Kim Cheol-su (Seol Kyeong-gu) on a mission to solve a terrorist attack that occurs in Seoul, with the investigation taking him to Thailand. Yet being the best has meant neglecting his flight attendant wife Young-hee (Moon So-ri), putting a strain on the relationship. However while undercover in Bangkok, Cheol-su spots his wife with handsome rival Ryan (Daniel Henney) and begins to go against orders to discover what his wife is up to.
It's quite a departure for the Seol/Moon team-up that brought audiences powerhouse performances in Oasis (오아시스) and Peppermint Candy (박하사탕). Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
M (M (엠)) – ★★★★☆
M (M (엠))
Identity and memory are complicated postmodern concepts to convey cinematically. Michel Gondry's sublime Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is perhaps the most renowned mainstream production to interrogate such abstract subject matter, conveying the importance of love, loss and memory as fundamental in the creation and evolution of identity. Without them, Gondry posits, a person will forever be trapped in an identity loop where choices and mistakes are destined to be repeated.
M (M (엠)) also explores such abstract themes and, thanks to artistic auteur Lee Myeong-se (이명세), in a postmodern art-house style. The result is one that instantly polarizes audiences between those with expectations of mainstream conventions and those with an appreciation of art cinema; the former will dislike the absence of structured storytelling and unconventional visualization, while the latter will find enjoyment in the colours, mise-en-scene, and technical innovation.
Min-woo (Kang Dong-won (강동원) is a successful novelist, struggling to write the amazing idea locked within his brain that he can't fully recall. Plagued by insomnia, Min-woo suffers from hallucinations and stress – when he does sleep, he is hounded by nightmarish dreams. The boundaries between reality and his subconscious blur constantly as Min-woo is confronted by images and scenarios both new and vaguely familiar, all the while stalked by love-stricken Mi-mi (Lee Yeon-hee (이연희). Finally confronting each other in a bar, Min-woo tells Mi-mi his idea but awakes in his apartment with no recollection. Pushing away his faithful wife Eun-hye (Kong Hyo-jin (공효진) with his erratic behaviour, Min-woo attempts to track down the mysterious Mi-mi within the surreal landscape in order to unlock the story seemingly trapped within his subconscious.
Min-woo is a successful author with an idea he can't conceptualize
The visuals within M are astounding and a testament to the creative flair of Lee Myeong-se, who constructs and frames locations with phenomenal artistic skill. Each venue is masterfully created to portray the wildly different emotions within the subconscious of Min-woo. A street scene, which serves as something of a nexus point within the film, is constructed akin to a Parisian boulevard with the placement of sunlight and the camera filters working in conjunction to convey a beautifully romantic setting, emphasizing the purity of the love Mi-mi exudes despite her stalking. Conversely the employment of shadows and darkness adds genuine horror to scenes within Min-woo's apartment as insomnia and nightmares take hold, while the alley leading to Lupin's bar is reminiscent of Ridley Scott's dystopian Bladerunner (1982).
Similarly the technical prowess within M virtually demands recognition for the innovations displayed. Camera angles and movements allow the audience to experience the disorientation felt by Min-woo, resulting in both having difficulty in perceiving dreams from reality. When Min-woo meets Mi-mi in Lupin's bar their conversation alternates between moving and still images that capture the moments they share, as if being monitored as well as emulating photographs from a date. The meeting between Min-woo and his agent and later his father-in-law are absorbing as the camera zooms into a painting that emulates the restaurant itself; the painting-within-a-painting becomes a painting-within-a-film-within-a-painting becoming a wonderful visual device that expresses Min-woo's confused perception.
The visual devices within M are highly innovative
The focus on artistic and technical merit results in lack of attention on the narrative itself, with the trajectory often not strong enough to link scenes and propel the film forward, instead relying on the suspense and mystery of the visuals to connect scenes. This is unfortunate as the narrative is highly compelling when given attention yet this occurs randomly and infrequently, detracting from the drive for resolution.
This criticism can also be applied to the performances of the central cast, often employed as a focus for the mise-en-scene rather than their acting ability. This particularly applies to Kang Dong-won as Min-woo, as his character is constantly a conundrum due to the various extremes of emotions that he portrays. As such it is problematic to form an empathic bond with him, made more difficult during moments of over-acting. Lee Yeon-hee however is incredibly endearing as Mi-mi, exuding innocence and demure femininity with confidence. Her stalking is cute rather than creepy through her wonderful mannerisms, and her battle with the shadows is full of suspense and horror. Despite the small screen-time given to Kong Hyo-jin, as Min-woo's wife Eun-hye, she competently portrays an ignored housewife.
The street 'nexus' is highly romantic while Mi-mi's stalking is sweet natured
M will undoubtedly not appeal to fans of structured mainstream films, with its abstract exploration of memory, loss and identity. For those interested in more artistic and experimental filmmaking, M is a visual tour-de-force with incredible expression of colour and technical confidence. The poignancy of Min-woo's journey through his subconscious is acute, and serves as a wonderfully thrilling and romantic addition to auteur Lee Myeong-se's filmography.
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