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The Big Gundown () is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian.

Plot
Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, ready-to-retire bounty hunter Jonathan Corbett (Lee Van Cleef) is summoned to a party by a Texas railroad tycoon by the name of Brockston (Walter Barnes), whose daughter is getting married. Brockston plants the seed that Corbett should consider a run for the Senate, but not before doing one last bounty hunt.

Brockston offers Corbett his political backing in exchange for tracking down a 12-year-old girl's accused rapist and murderer, who goes by the name of Cuchillo (Tomas Milian), a Mexican who is fleeing back to his native land. Cuchillo means "knife" in Spanish, which is the rascal's weapon of choice. Corbett expects it to be easy, even offering to do it as a wedding gift.

Corbett sets out in pursuit of Cuchillo, who is not as dumb as he acts, and who is rather crafty at vexing Corbett at every turn. Corbett pursues Cuchillo into Mexico, where he is arrested when a fight starts in a brothel. Brockston pulls strings to free Corbett from jail and intercepts him, hiring a gang of mercenaries to find Cuchillo. Corbett learns that Cuchillo is innocent and in fact the witness that Brockston's alcoholic son-in-law, Chet Miller (Ángel del Pozo), was the rapist. Corbett misleads the mercenaries to confront Cuchillo with Chet himself. In the final showdown, Corbett provides a knife to Cuchillo to kill Chet, then killing Brockston himself. The two ride together from the scene before parting ways.

Cast
 Lee Van Cleef as Jonathan "Colorado" Corbett
 Tomas Milian as Manuel "Cuchillo" Sanchez
 Walter Barnes as Brokston
 Nieves Navarro as the Widow
 Gérard Herter as Baron von Schulenberg (as Gerard Herter)
 María Granada as Rosita Sanchez
 Robert Camardiel as Sheriff Jellicol (as Robert Camardiel)
 Ángel del Pozo as Chet Miller (as Angel del Pozo)
 Luisa Rivelli as Willow Creek Prostitute
 Tom Felleghy as Father of Chet Miller (as Tom Felleghi)
 Calistro Calisti as Mr. Lynch
 Benito Stefanelli as Jess, Widow's Ranchero
 Nello Pazzafini as Hondo, Ex-Union Outlaw
 Antonio Casas as Brother Smith & Wesson
 José Torres as Paco Molinas
 Antonio Molino Rojo as Widow's Ranch Hand (as Molino Rojo)
 Spartaco Conversi as Prison Guard Mitchell
 Romano Puppo as Rocky, Widow's Ranch Hand
 Fernando Sancho as Captain Segura

Production
The Big Gundown was shot in Almería in late 1966.

Release
The Big Gundown was released in Italy in March 1967 with a running time of 105 minutes. It was released in Spain as El halcón y la presa. On its release in Spain, the climactic cane-field chase was shortened. In the United States and United Kingdom, the film was released by Columbia Pictures in 1968. Most English-dubbed prints have a runtime of 89 minutes; the cuts therein serve primarily to tighten the film's pacing and remove sequences that do not directly serve the film's plot, although Corbett's character is made to appear to more quickly resort to violence compared to his level-headed characterization in the Italian version. Another English version of the film, which runs for 85 minutes, removes all references to the rape and murder which drives the story. The film was a moderate success during its US theatrical run, grossing $2 million.

In December 2013, Grindhouse Releasing, in association with original rights holder Columbia/Sony, re-released the film with two different cuts, the original 110-minute Italian version, and a 95-minute "expanded US cut", which includes three scenes (which also appear in the Italian version) that were prepared for showing on television despite not being present in the original theatrical prints.

Critical reception
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that "at least this makes for a variation on the familiar solitary superman theme, and the two protagonists are given time to create characters with some personality", noting that "the violence is on the whole less gratuitously excessive than usual; and though the plot tends to ramble, there are several impressively staged sequences to keep interest alive-in particular a manhunt with the wily Mexican pursued through cane fields by dogs and an army of trackers".

In a retrospective review, Stuart Galbraith IV remarked that the film was "unusually fine" noting its "taut, intelligent screenplay" and "Lee Van Cleef's marvelous screen presence" and "especially the outstanding musical score by the great Ennio Morricone."
Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict commented: "The story, written by Sergio Donati (Duck, You Sucker), is strong, with a darker framing story than one often sees, and a lot of wit and humor throughout... Great performances and some amazing music, combined with strong direction, gorgeous locations, and top-notch camera work (by Carlo Carlini, Death Rides a Horse)... is among the best work of any of the participants' careers... There's no question that, had more people seen The Big Gundown, it would be clearly recognized at the pinnacle of the genre. Luckily, Grindhouse Releasing has graced us with one of the best Blu-ray packages I've seen in a long time... With the extras, the commentaries, and especially the soundtrack CD, this is my pick for Blu-ray release of the year."

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1967 films
1960s buddy films
Spaghetti Western films
Mormonism in fiction
Films directed by Sergio Sollima
1967 Western (genre) films
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati
Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Italian buddy films
Films shot in Almería
Films with screenplays by Tulio Demicheli
1960s Italian films


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Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting a ground breaking ceremony for the new administrative headquarters on Friday, nurse sick March 18, 2011 at 10:00 am. The site is located directly across from the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center on FM 1011 in Liberty. Refuge staff along with the prime contractor will be on hand to answer questions. This event is open to everyone and we hope you can attend. If you have any questions, please call Stuart Marcus, Refuge Manager, at 936/336-9786.
The Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge in Liberty County is analyzing the environmental impacts associated with offering additional units for hunting of big game (deer and hog) and upland game (squirrel and rabbit). The refuge has published a draft environmental assessment, draft hunt plan, and draft compatibility determination and welcomes comments. Deadline for public comments is January 21, 2011.
The draft is available on the web at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/txrefuges.html. Click on the Trinity River website. You also may obtain a copy by calling the refuge at 936-336-9786.
The refuge's preference is to offer hunting on three additional units for deer, feral hogs, squirrels and rabbits. The new units total 3,150 acres. When added to the current 4,800 acres hunted, this brings a refuge total to nearly 8,000 acres, which is a little less than one-third the total size of the refuge.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 553 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. Visit the Service's website at http://www.fws.gov.
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge along with the Friends of Trinity River Refuge hosted a trash cleanup day at the Hwy 105 Trinity River bridge on September 25th. The cleanup event was part of a national effort for National Publics Lands Day. Nearly 55 volunteers assisted in picking up litter and filling an entire 7' x 18' trailer, with an estimated total of 2,000 pounds. Aluminum cans were separated for recycling. Special thanks go to Ms. Penny Taylor of Liberty High School who brought 38 Environmental Science students to the event, many with colorful tee shirts promoting the cleanup. Other volunteers included 10 Cub Scouts from Dayton Pack 8 and 4 Refuge Volunteers.
I am a wildlife biologist with the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge in Liberty County, TX. Part of my job is to protect the nation's wildlands and wildlife, wherever they may be. I was deployed to Dennis Pass, Louisiana, where the Mississippi meets the Gulf of Mexico, to capture live oiled birds, recover dead birds, and to scour the beaches for new deposits of oil. These were my thoughts, as I assisted with the Mississippi Canyon 252 oil spill in late July 2010 during a two-week detail.
I will never forget seeing a clean beach teeming with terns and gulls my first few days only to return the third day and see it splattered with oil, the raindrop-sized spots of oil still floating in, a precursor to tarballs. The worst I saw were areas 5 ft by 4ft wide, covered with the orange-brown sludge material, which if stirred with a stick, had the consistency and stickiness of a melted chocolate bar.
I did not see the initial impacts of the oil, like what was shown on TV. I did not see thick blankets of it floating in puddles, but more of it soaked in the ground, lurking, awaiting for sand to cover it, like it never happened. If we found new oil on the ground, we reported it to the U.S. Coast Guard. They would send in teams to clean the beaches. This entailed clean-up crew members using shovels to scoop up the layers of oil deposited and buried by days of waves and wind-blown sand. The clean-up crews also had to remove all vegetation and debris from the beach, this included all the trash, sticks, fish, crabs that floated up, for it was all covered in oil. If the clean-up crews found dead or sick/injured birds, regardless of degree of oiling, they reported them to us for pick-up.
Every biologist couldn't help but be a birddog. We all wanted to capture live birds. We raced to retrieve the bird, by boat, then by all-terrain vehicle, to the spot where a member of the Coast Guard awaited us. But within the short time it took for us to get there, the bird had died. The member explained how the bird was alive, being tossed around by the waves, and then spit on shore while he called us. He said it fumbled around, fell on its side, and regurgitated something thick and brown. Upon inspection, the laughing gull had a brown liquid in and around its mouth. Though the bird did not exhibit any oil on its body, it is still quite possible that the bird had died from ingesting oil. Other evidence of birds ingesting oil had been found on the beaches, it was found mixed in the bird feces. And, if birds were not ingesting the oil directly, it was still quite possible that it was coming in through the food chain. Fish and crabs were dead on the shores, it was in the vegetation, and it was in the water they drank.
Looks like the work is not over. I've been detailed to work around the same area for another two weeks starting the end of August.
The Trinity River Refuge booth had another fantastic showing at the March 27 Liberty Jubilee. We counted 1222 visitors who were helped by 15 volunteers (many thanks) and 3 staff during the day long event. A few kids did cry when we wouldn't let them take home one of the ducklings we had on display, but other than that things went well. We couldn't have asked for a nicer day as the weather held out except for some wind gusts.
Hope to see many of you at the Earth Day Event at Champion Lake on Saturday, April 24.


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Netanyahu visits Moscow for talks on Russia moves in Syria
Concerns over Russian military buildup in Syria
MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday as Israel frets over a Russian military buildup in war-torn Syria.
Netanyahu is accompanied by his army and intelligence chiefs in a rare step for an overseas visit, underlining its strategic importance.
In a statement last week announcing the talks, Netanyahu's office said the Israeli leader would speak about "the deployment of Russian military forces in Syria".
"He will describe the threats to Israel following the military reinforcement in the Syrian arena and the supply of weapons to Hezbollah and other terrorist organisations," the statement said.
Reports in the Israeli press said that the visit's aim was to avoid any possible clashes between Israeli and Russian jets that could operate over Syria.
Israeli military officials reportedly fear that any Russian air presence could cut their room for maneuvre after several purported strikes on Iranian arms transfers to Hezbollah through Syria in recent months that were not officially acknowledged by Israeli authorities.
The United States has said Russia -- one of the few remaining allies of President Bashar al-Assad -- recently sent troops, artillery and aircraft to Syria, sparking fears that Moscow could be preparing to fight alongside government forces.
Moscow argues that any military support falls in line with existing defence contracts, but Moscow and Washington on Friday launched military talks on the four-year-old conflict that has claimed nearly 250,000 lives.
Moscow has been on a diplomatic push to get a US-led coalition of Western and regional powers fighting the Islamic State group to join forces with Assad against the jihadists.
Israel opposes President Bashar al-Assad's regime, but has sought to avoid being dragged into the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
It also fears that Iran could increase its support for Hezbollah and other militant groups as international sanctions are gradually lifted under a July nuclear deal that Moscow helped negotiate between Tehran and world powers.
Netanyahu is set to fly to the United States for talks with President Barack Obama in November in a bid to ease tensions over the Iran deal between the two long-standing allies.
But Israeli left-leaning daily Haaretz said the visit to Moscow appeared to reflect Netanyahu's "lack of faith in the ability and willingness of the US to protect Israeli security interests."
Netanyahu and Putin will also discuss the lack of progress in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, the Kremlin said, with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas set to meet Putin in Moscow on Wednesday.


Tampa, March 26 - Old-timers on the Grapefruit circuit - Jack Doyle, scouting for the Cubs; Kid Elberfeld, originator of the baseball schools; Rube Marquand famous left-hander of the Giants, and Harry Hellmann, one of the greatest right-handed hitters.
Kid Elberfeld, master shortstop of the ancient New York Highlanders and the fightingest ball player of all time, still conducts baseball schools. Joe Engel, then scouting for Washington, plucked Cecil Travis of Washington out of one of them.
The picture in the article is one now owned by John Elberfeld as shown here.


Hope you are enjoying this lovely summer weather! Fortunately, Mother Nature hasn't sent us drought. We are looking lush from the lovely rains. Yay!Looking for screening plant material in the shade? (Shade can be a special challenge.) We have some great ideas for you. You don't have to have evergreens (which don't like to grow in the shade and are slow to fill in) to provide screening from your neighbors. Here are a few which will work: Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Viburnums, Serviceberry, Aronia, Abelia, Magnolia, Witchhazel.
It's almost tomato season. They are starting to ripen . Soon we'll have more than we know what to do with. I see BLTs in my future. Here's my favorite: Start with Seedy Salt bread from Kismet Bakery. Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Smoked Cheddar, and chopped Basil. Heaven in a sandwich!
Give your kitchen a lift. Pick a bouquet of Dill and Basil. It's there handy when you need to make dilly potatoes or to jazz up your tomatoes. The fragrance brings me right back to my grama's kitchen. Ah, the memories.
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It's been a great season for the butterflies! Our Monarch numbers are WAY up from last year. In our small monitored patch, Janice the butterfly lady counted 67 eggs…. 32 in various instar stages! She says it's the best Monarch season since 2018. It's so thrilling to see the Monarchs and Swallowtails all fluttering around the yard sipping the summer goodness from the flowers. Our gardening passion helps them out!
We are expecting a new shipment of cement statuary in about 2 weeks. it's always appropriate to add another garden accoutrement to the mix in your yard. It's ok to retire a piece and add new.
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We have 7 varieties of Blueberries. Maybe you need some, too! They are easy to grow, preferring acidic soil. (Adjust alkaline soils with iron sulfate.) Plant in a sunny spot with 6 hours of sun or more for a good crop. Planting two varieites will give you a more prolific crop. We also have some lowbush blueberries called Ruby Carpet, which make a nice groundcover.
Fragrance! What a delight. Right now we are smelling pretty darn good around here. The Clethra (Summersweet) are cranking out the most delicious aroma (and attracting butterflies). So are the Abelia and PG Hydrangeas.
Speaking of which, we have lots of varieties of Hydrangeas to choose from. Our new variety, Grateful Red Bigleaf Hydrangea is a new introduction from a grower in upper Wiscounsin. So it is nice and hardy. It has red mophead flowers and the foliage turns burgundy in the fall.
It's now time to stop fertilizing your outdoor plants. Let them slow down and get ready for fall. The exception is, of course, annuals and vegetables. They still need lots of food to provide beautiful flowers and fruit the rest of the season.
Just a report on my mole catching stealth. I have just caught my 16th mole this year. The lawn is much improved, now that I have kept up with the incoming herd of moles. Love that Mole Eliminator trap that is NOT dangerous to set and it works!
Think BULBS! … even though it's hard to think Spring right now. Tulips – Daffodils – Hyacinths – Crocus – Alliium etc. Our lovely assortment will be arriving the first week in September. Come in and we can show you pictures of what we will have.
Now is the time to figure out where you need shade in your yard. Reduce the heat coming in your south facing windows by appropriately siting a tree. Trees can reduce the temperature by at least 20 degrees. Tuliptree (Liriodendron) is a great, rather quickly growing native tyree. Maples are also wonderful and add great red/orange fall color. We have many other varieties, too.
Enjoy the rest of the summer! Drop in and see us. We're here 7 days a week.


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(2) The defendant may not introduce in the defendant's case in chief expert testimony regarding extreme emotional disturbance under this section unless the defendant gives notice of the defendant's intent to do so.
(3) The notice required must be in writing and must be filed at the time the defendant pleads not guilty. The defendant may file the notice at any time after the defendant pleads but before trial if the court determines that there was just cause for failure to file the notice at the time of the defendant's plea.
(4) If the defendant fails to file notice, the defendant may not introduce evidence for the purpose of proving extreme emotional disturbance under ORS 163.115 (Murder) unless the court, in its discretion, determines that there was just cause for failure to file notice.


On a day of straightforward matches, speculation about the future of the event is mounting.
The second round of matches in the Lleyton Hewitt Group saw Roger Federer regain his momentum in the tournament. The former world No.1 experience little difficulty during a straightforward triumph over a somewhat lackluster Dominic Thiem. Meanwhile, earlier in the day newcomer Kevin Anderson continued his dream start with an emphatic 6-0, 6-1, win over Kei Nishikori.
This year is the tenth anniversary of London hosting the season-ending event. Negotiations are now ongoing about where the tournament should be held beyond 2020. However, can any other city replicate the same success as the British capital?
ATP Finals Day 8 Preview: Will Alexander Zverev Deny Novak Djokovic The Title?
Last year's Roland Garros champion and world number 2 Simona Halep came back from one set down to beat Caroline Garcia 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-4 in a marathon match after 2 hours and 57 minutes to give Romania a 2-1 lead putting her team one win away from reaching their first Fed Cup in history.
Halep converted six of her eight break points. Garcia broke four times from her 13 break point opportunities and made 59 unforced errors.
Garcia earned a double break at the start of the first set to build up a 4-0 lead. Halep pulled both breaks back to draw level to 4-4. Halep broke for the third time to take a 5-4 lead earning her chance to serve for the first set. Halep went up a 30-0 lead, but Garcia came back after a double fault from the Romanian player to break serve for 5-5. The French player held serve with a drop-shot to take a 6-5 lead and earned two set points at 6-5. Halep saved them and held her serve to set up a tie-break. The Romanian player hit a forehand winner to earn a set point at 5-5. Garcia won her two service points to take a 7-6 lead. The French player converted her third set point, when Halep hit her backhand into the net.
Halep broke serve in the second game to race out to a 3-0 lead. Garcia broke back in the fifth game to draw level to 3-3. Halep earned her second break in the eighth game with a backhand down the line to take a 5-3 lead. Halep fought back from 0-30 in the ninth game to earn two set points with down the line backhand winners. Garcia saved them, but Halep converted her third set point with a forehand winner down the line.
Halep fended off break points in her first two service games, but she was able to hold her serve. Halep held her serve with two forehand winners to draw level to 4-4 after a hard-fought game.
Halep earned an early break at the start of the third set. She broke again with a forehand winner to take a 5-4 lead. Garcia went up 15-30 on Halep's serve, but the Romanian won the final three points to close out the match.
In the second Sunday's match Pauline Parmentier stopped her four-match to edge Irina Camelia Begu 6-3 2-6 6-2.
Parmentier did not face any break points to win the first set 6-3. Parmentier broke serve in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead, after Begu netted a backhand on the third break point. The French player held on her next service games and sealed her set point after Begu hit her forehand wide.
Begu bounced back by breaking serve in the fourth game of the second set to open up a 3-1 lead. The Romanian player sealed the second set with a double break after two double faults from Parmentier. Parmentier went up an early break at the start of the third set and held serve at love to open up a 4-2 lead. Parmentier broke again for 5-2 after Begu picked an ankle injury. Parmentier served out the match in the eighth game to draw the tie level to 2-2.
The semifinal was decided by the doubles match, where Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia came back from one set down to beat Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu 5-7 6-3 6-4. Garcia closed out the match on the first match point.
Niculescu hit a drop-shot return winner to break serve for 6-5 in the 11th game. The Romanian player hit a lob winner to earn three set points. She converted the second chance with another lob.
In the second set Garcia hit an overhead to break serve in the fourth game for 3-1. The French player hit a crosscourt backhand to clinch a second break for the home team for 5-1. The Romanian team pulled one break back but Mladenovic sealed the win for France with a volley.
The third set went on serve with no breaks, before Mladenovic earned a break point with a return winner. France broke for 5-4, as Halep made a double fault. Garcia went down 15-30, as she was serving for the match, but she came back to earn a match point. She converted ther first chance with a big serve after 2 hous and 37 minutes.
France will face Australia in the Fed Cup final next November. France will be bidding to win their third Fed Cup titles after their triumphs in 1997 and 2003.


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Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It has been long visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, was the immediate cause of the United States' entry into World War II.
U.S. Navy investigators search for motive in Pearl Harbor shooting rampage
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The U.S. Navy on Thursday was investigating what prompted a sailor to shoot dead two civilians working at Hawaii's historic Pearl Harbor military base before turning the gun on himself.
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A U.S. Navy sailor shot dead two civilians working at Hawaii's historic military base of Pearl Harbor on Wednesday and wounded a third before turning his gun on himself, military officials said.
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Nicholas Arnst (Jeddah, 6 maart 1991) is een Vlaamse goochelaar en presentator. Hij is onder andere bekend van zijn televisieprogramma Nicholas.

Levensloop
Arnst is geboren in Jeddah te Saoedi-Arabië. Hij verhuisde op zijn 12e naar Brugge waar hij met goochelen in contact kwam. Hij studeerde psychologie aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, tot hij in zijn laatste jaar stopte om zijn eigen tv-programma te maken.

In 2013 was Arnst een van de deelnemers aan het tweede seizoen van het VTM-programma Belgium's Got Talent. Hier schopte hij het tot de halve finale waarna hij zijn eigen televisieprogramma werd aangeboden door 'TvBastards'.

Arnst presenteerde van februari 2015 tot en met januari 2020 het naar hem vernoemde VTM-programma Nicholas. In het programma verbaasde hij voorbijgangers op straat en bekende Vlamingen met zijn street magic.

Televisie
 2013: Belgium's Got Talent, als deelnemer
 2015-2020: Nicholas, als presentator
 2017: De Uitverkorenen, als presentator

Theatervoorstellingen
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Na zijn eerste voorstelling kwam hij in 2022 met zijn tweede theatervoorstelling getiteld In alle eerlijkheid. Deze voorstelling draait om één specifieke truc die hij doorheen de voorstelling ook uitlegt.

Bibliografie
, Nicholas - geheimen van een goochelaar, Horizon, 2017.

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India and Pakistan (Barely) Talk: NYT Editorial
India and Pakistan (Barely) Talk
Editorial, New York Times, February 26, 2010
Low expectations for the first talks between India and Pakistan since the 2008 bombings in Mumbai were disappointingly on the mark. After the two sides met Thursday, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao of India said that she agreed only to "keep in touch" with her Pakistani counterpart, Salman Bashir. No future discussions were scheduled.
That is not enough. Not for the United States, which needs tensions eased so Pakistan can focus more on fighting the Taliban and other extremists. And especially not for India and Pakistan.
India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, showed remarkable restraint when he decided not to lash back at Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. But the situation is too dangerous to depend on one man's restraint. For the sake of both countries' security, they need a sustained dialogue and a sincere common effort to build trust.
The two have much to talk about, including terrorism, their nuclear r…
The Changing Face of Militancy and Religious Extremism in Pakistan
Frustrated Strivers in Pakistan Turn to Jihad
By Sabrina Tavernise and Waqar Gillani
New York, February 27, 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan — Umar Kundi was his parents' pride, an ambitious young man from a small town who made it to medical school in the big city. It seemed like a story of working-class success, living proof in this unequal society that a telephone operator's son could become a doctor.
But things went wrong along the way. On campus Mr. Kundi fell in with a hard-line Islamic group. His degree did not get him a job, and he drifted in the urban crush of young people looking for work. His early radicalization helped channel his ambitions in a grander, more sinister way.
Instead of healing the sick, Mr. Kundi went on to become one of Pakistan's most accomplished militants. Working under a handler from Al Qaeda, he was part of a network that carried out some of the boldest attacks against the Pakistani state and its people last year, the police here say. Months of hunting him ende…
A Journey for Peace
Shujuaddin Qureshi
Dawn, February 25, 2010
It was an unusual gathering at Karachi's Cantt railway station, where over 100 people from civil society organisations, intellectuals, political and trade union workers, and journalists had gathered for a peaceful cause. Sixty of those gathered, including more than a dozen women, were part of a Peace Caravan that left Karachi on February 13 for Peshawar to express solidarity with people of Peshawar and the Frontier Province. The women participants in particular, mostly trade union activists and labour leaders, were enthusiastic to join the caravan as it offered an opportunity to meet the womenfolk of the area worst affected by terrorism.
EVENT: Afghanistan and the Spectre of Vietnam - Feb 24, 2010 in New York
Afghanistan and the Spectre of Vietnam
Asia Society, New York, February 24, 2010
With a superb exhibition, Arts of Ancient Vietnam, Asia Society unveils an aspect of that country's culture most Americans have never seen. But the catastrophic 14-year U.S. experience in Vietnam continues to haunt our foreign policy. In particular, how much relevance does the Vietnamese conflict have for our Afghan intervention?
Three distinguished historians and scholars examine the validity of a pervasive analogy and seek historical lessons in trying better to understand the challenges of state-building in an Afghan context. Is the US more likely to succeed today in counter-insurgency warfare than it was 40 years ago? Will the troop surge bring us closer to the establishment of conditions in which a viably democratic and truly national government is able to provide peace, prosperity, and stability for ordinary Afghan citizens?
Speakers include Max Boot, author of War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and…
Education Sector in Pakistan: PBS Interview with Mosharraf Zaidi
Pakistan: The Lost Generation
Extended Interview: Mosharraf Zaidi
PBS, February 2010
Mosharraf Zaidi is an American-educated Pakistani analyst and policy development adviser. He has worked as both a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor on education and as an adviser to the British government's development arm. A strong supporter of Pakistan educational reform, Zaidi has become a widely followed columnist and contributing writer for newspapers in Pakistan, the United States, and the Middle East. This is an edited transcript of an interview conducted in Islamabad in November 2009.
David Montero: I'm going to read you some statistics. India has an 83 per cent net enrollment rate for primary school. Sri Lanka has 90 percent. Nepal has 70 percent. Pakistan, 52 percent. Why is that?
Mosharraf Zaidi: Education is not a priority for the Pakistani state. The Pakistani elite benefit from the sustained illiteracy of the Pakistani people.
Benefit in what sense?
There i…
Iran arrests Jundallah chief Regi
Iran arrests Jundallah chief Regi from flight
The News, February 24, 2010
TEHRAN: Iran arrested a top Sunni militant on a flight from Dubai only 24 hours after it claimed he was at a US military base in Afghanistan, in what it hailed on Tuesday as a "defeat" for its Western arch-foes.
The claim came from Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, who said Abdolmalek Regi had even been issued an Afghan passport by the "Americans," travelled to Europe and met with a Nato military chief in Afghanistan.
State television aired footage of a handcuffed Regi, dressed in a white shirt and Khaki trousers, as masked agents led him off an aircraft at an airstrip at an unknown location in Iran.
It was not immediately clear how the Iranian authorities were able to remove the leader of the shadowy rebel group Jundallah from the flight, which was said to be between Dubai and Kyrgyzstan.
Regi, Iran's most wantedfugitive accused of launching deadly attacks from Pakistan, had been tracked by Iranian agents …
EPIIC symposium panelists explore conflict in South Asia
By by Katherine Sawyer and Saumya Vaishampayan
Tufts Daily, February 22, 2010
The 25th annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) symposium came to an end yesterday after five days of panels discussing pressing issues in South Asia. This year's symposium, entitled "South Asia: Conflict, Culture, Complexity and Change," featured an array of speakers from both the academic and political world.
Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) Director Sherman Teichman called the programming a success. "The content of the panels was sterling," he told the Daily. "It's been a very eclectic, very, very powerful five days."
A key lecture on Friday evening, "Buzkashi: Afghanistan's Recurring Great Game," featuring Said Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, focused on the current situation in Afghanistan.
"The operation ... will put gradually Afghanistan and the Afg…
Mullah Baradar... a journey from Kandahar to Karachi
* Captured Taliban commander masterminded burqa-clad Mullah Omar's escape on motorbike
* Elusive Taliban leader married burqa owner 'out of respect, honour'
By Owais Tohid, Daily Times, February 20, 2010
I waited in the courtyard for news from inside, sipping endless cups of qahwa and watching young soldiers – sporting turbans, beards and uniform long hair – parade with submachine guns and rocket launchers. There was nothing else to peer at: Mullah Omar's enormous house in Kandahar had no windows.
The top Taliban leadership was engaged in a closed-door session with a UN delegation, headed by Lakhdar Ibrahimi, as the group desperately vied for membership of the international body.
Next to me, then information minister Maulvi Mutameen strained at some invisible signal, and suddenly shouts of "Allah-o-Akbar" echoed through the surroundings, marking the arrival of the person all had been waiting for – Mullah Baradar. The armed warr…
Charlie Rose Show - On Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Reforming Pakistan's Civil Service: ICG Report - A Must Read
Reforming Pakistan's Civil Service
International Crisis Group, Asia Report 185; 16 February 2010
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Decades of mismanagement, political manipulation and corruption have rendered Pakistan's civil service incapable of providing effective governance and basic public services. In public perceptions, the country's 2.4 million civil servants are widely seen as unresponsive and corrupt, and bureaucratic procedures cumbersome and exploitative. Bureaucratic dysfunction and low capacity undermine governance, providing opportunities to the military to subvert the democratic transition and to extremists to destabilise the state. The civilian government should prioritise reforms that transform this key institution into a leaner, more effective and accountable body.
General Pervez Musharraf's eight-year military rule left behind a demoralised and inefficient bureaucracy that was used to ensure regime survival. There was a dramatic rise in military encroachmen…
U.S., Pakistan reap benefits of cooperation against Taliban: PBS Worldfocus
Mullah Abdul Baradar is the most senior member of the Afghan Taliban captured in the eight-year war against the movement.
The joint raid conducted by U.S. and Pakistani special forces suggests a change in tactics by Pakistan's ISI military intelligence service. For years ISI was reluctant to target the Taliban, a movement initially cultivated by Pakistan to counter Indian influence in Afghanistan.
For more, Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Hassan Abbas, a former Pakistani government official who is now with the Asia Society and the Quaid-i-Azam Chair Professor at Columbia University's South Asian Institute.
Arrest of Taliban Chief May Be Crucial for Pakistanis - NYT
Profile of Mullah Baradar - Newsweek
Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander - NYT
Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim on the Judicial Crisis
From Pakistaniat.com; Feb 14, 2010
We are again faced with a judicial crisis – not a bonafide crisis but a crisis created for ulterior reasons.
Ostensibly the crisis is the elevation of chief justice for the Lahore High Court in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the elevation of the next senior most judge Justice Saquib Nasir, as acting Chief Justice of Lahroe High Court (a la Zia ul Haq style).
Being of the view that more harm is done by ignoring seniority, which opens the door for exercise of discretion in principle, I am against seniority being ignored, particularly in judiciary.
My first reaction, therefore, was that the appointment of Chief Justice Lahore High Court to the Supreme Court and elevation of the next senior-most judge as Lahore High Court Chief Justice was justified.
I had assumed that in accordance with the Article 177 of the constitution, these appointments were made by the president after consultation with the Chief…
Pakistan Govt offers army chief Kayani two-year extension?
Govt offers Kayani two-year extension
By Absar Alam
ISLAMABAD: The government has asked General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to accept an extension in his tenure as Chief of Army Staff for another two years. The verbal offer was made to sound out General Kayani whether he would agree to or turn it down.
The move has been made to ensure continuity in Pakistan's policy on the war on terror and it also has a nod from Washington as the Army has achieved remarkable successes in the war on terror under General Kayani's command.
General Kayani has not yet given his consent and is considering this offer, it was learnt.
The offer of extension has come at a time when battle lines for a second round have been drawn between the government and the judiciary. It was learnt that the Army has communicated its decision to all stakeholders that it would prefer not to be seen taking sides.
According to the sources, the extension in service cases of Chief of Army Staff General Kayani…
The Patronage Networks in Pakistan
The patronage networks By Ayesha Siddiqa
Dawn, 12 Feb, 2010
A COUPLE of months ago while walking through the F-9 park in Islamabad I met a young undergraduate studying information technology. He was critical of corrupt politics and the feudal mindset of the ruling elite. He was bitter about our leaders who he said do nothing but grab and exercise excessive power.
The conversation went fine until I asked him about his future plans. He wanted to take the civil service exams. Why won't you pursue the profession for which you are training, I inquired. The answer was that he wanted to have power, since you cannot survive in the country without it.
I was reminded of a similar conversation I had with another person aspiring to join the civil service. This person was pursuing postgraduate studies abroad and wanted to become a bureaucrat to avenge the system that killed his parents. Being poor, the only option he had was to take his ailing parents to a government hospital without sifarish. …
Beyond redemption?
Beyond redemption? - By Babar Sattar
The writer is a lawyer based in Islamabad.
Why is it that most people in Pakistan don't sound hopeful about the future, wondered the visiting head of an international research and development organisation, in a recent conversation. Are we really depressed as a nation? A bystander dispassionately observing our public discourse as well as cocktail conversations would probably argue that we seem to be reinforcing our collective sense of despondency. If you belong to the upcoming generation smitten with optimism (which the seniors lovingly call naiveté) and refuse to be cowed into defeatism, there are at least four theories that explain this phenomenon.
The first, and a personal favourite, is the incorrigible state of cynicism afflicting our older generation presently in control of the levers of socio-political change. This is the generation that was born around the time of Pakistan's independence, grew up in an ind…
When the 'Wild' Proved More Educated: A Must Read
(With Thanks to Hameed Bhutta)
WHEN THE 'WILD' PROVED MORE EDUCATED
By Majid Sheikh
Dawn, Sunday, 24 January 2010, Lahore Metropolitan Page # 16
When the British conquered Lahore in 1849, Lord Dalhousie, the Governor General, declared that he would educate the "wild illiterate Punjabis" in a new system of Anglo-Vernacular education. When they started the East India Company Board was shocked by what already existed.
The board was amazed to find that the literacy rate in Lahore and its suburbs was over 80 per cent, and this was qualified by the description that this 80 per cent comprised of people who could write a letter. Today, in 2010, less than nine per cent can do this, while 38 per cent can sign their name, and, thus, are officially 'literate'. If you happen to read Arnold Woolner's book 'History of Indigenous Education in the Punjab' you will come across some amazing facts we today just do not know. To understand the situation it would interest scholars to go through the 'A.C. Wo…
A Deal with the Taliban?
By Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books, February 25, 2010
My Life with the Taliban - by Abdul Salam Zaeef, translated from the Pashto and edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn; Columbia University Press, 331 pp., $29.95
1. For thirty years Afghanistan has cast a long, dark shadow over world events, but it has also been marked by pivotal moments that could have brought peace and changed world history.
One such moment occurred in February 1989, just as the last Soviet troops were leaving Afghanistan. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze had flown into Islamabad—the first visit to Pakistan by a senior Soviet official. He came on a last-ditch mission to try to persuade Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the army, and the Interservices Intelligence (ISI) to agree to a temporary sharing of power between the Afghan Communist regime in Kabul and the Afghan Mujahideen. He hoped to prevent a civil war and lay the groundwork for a peaceful, final tran…
Sectarian Terror in Karachi
Karachi Blasts
Dawn Editorial, February 6, 2010
The Shia community has again been targeted in Karachi on a day of religious observance. That one of the targets was a hospital where the dead and injured from an earlier blast had been brought only underlines the distressing reality of terrorism that is breaking new ground in ruthlessness.
If the Muharram blasts last December are any indication, we may not know for many weeks which group is behind the latest attacks. Suspicion, though, is likely to fall on Jundullah, a virulently sectarian militant outfit, four of whose members have been arrested in connection with the December blasts. So last week ended with ethnic violence breaking out in the city and this week ends with sectarian violence — a damning indictment of the city's security situation that was for months talked up as a relative success.
However, we are not going to lay blame for yesterday's blasts on a 'security lapse'. We did not like the fact that the police quickly pointed …
Retired army Brigadier thrashes professor in Islamabad
Ex-brigadier thrashes professor over NRO brawl
Students protest as investigation ordered
By Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: A retired brigadier, the registrar of the Army-run National University of Modern Languages (NUML), on Thursday assaulted his respected professor colleague when the latter questioned the role of General Musharraf in brokering a deal with the PPP through the NRO.
The staff room discussion on President Asif Zardari's alleged corruption and Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf's role in granting a clean chit through the NRO, infuriated Brig (retd) Obaidullah Ranjha to an extent that he started hitting Prof Tahir Malik like a punching bag, leaving the latter virtually unconscious.
The incident triggered protests by the university students, who blocked the road and chanted slogans supporting the victim professor, Tahir Malik, and demanding the removal of the brigade of brigadiers, led by Rector Brig (retd) Aziz Ahmad, and assisted by the brutal Brigadier Ranjh…
India and Pakistan: Future of Peace
India and Pakistan: Back from the Brink?
Asia Society, New York, February 4, 2010
To watch video of the program, click here
NEW YORK, February 4, 2010 - Progress towards peace is in sight for India and Pakistan, with the resumption of diplomatic talks, according to C. Raja Mohan, Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. "All indications are the talks are going to begin pretty soon," he said.
Mohan spoke at a panel discussion at Asia Society New York headquarters, moderated by Robert Templer, Director of the Asia Program at the International Crisis Group.
The five-year old peace process was suspended after the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai. Adil Najam, Director of the Pardee Center at Boston University, was decidedly optimistic. "The peace process is much less stalled than we think it is, than it has been historically... unofficial relations between the countries have been far more positive" than in the past.
Najam prescribed a three step solution to the confli…
The audacity of Afghan peace hopes
M. K. Bhadrakumar, The Hindu, Februaty 4, 2010
The London conference on the Afghan problem certainly gives grounds for optimism.
Last Thursday the region took a ride in the raft of optimism to peace. The London conference on the Afghan problem certainly gives grounds for optimism. From the Indian perspective, however, what matters most is to be able to behold just in time that, as the Old Testament says, "there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand." The little cloud is destined to rise higher and higher and become larger and larger with astonishing celerity and will burst in a deluge of rain on the parched earth. And like Elijah hastening Ahab home, India needs to head for the chariot and "get thee down that the rain stop thee not." For, once the river Kishon gets swollen from the deep layer of dust in the arid plain being turned into thick mud that impedes the wheels, it becomes impassable.
The fact of the matter is that the deci…
Training Afghan Police: A Failing Project?
With Raw Recruits, Afghan Police Buildup Falters
By ROD NORDLAND, February 2, 2010, New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — The NATO general in charge of training the Afghan police has some tongue-in-cheek career advice for the country's recruits.
"It's better to join the Taliban; they pay more money," said Brig. Gen. Carmelo Burgio, from Italy's paramilitary Carabinieri force.
That sardonic view reflects a sobering reality. The attempts to build a credible Afghan police force are faltering badly even as officials acknowledge that the force will be a crucial piece of the effort to have Afghans manage their own security so American forces can begin leaving next year.
Though they have revamped the program recently and put it under new leadership, Afghan, NATO and American officials involved in the training effort list a daunting array of challenges, as familiar as they are intractable.
One in five recruits tests positive for drugs, while fewer than one in 10 can read and write — a rate eve…
Pakistan doesn't want a 'Talibanised' Afghanistan: Army Chief Kayani
Pakistan doesn't want a 'Talibanised' Afghanistan
* COAS says Pakistan does not want to control Afghanistan
* Peace in Afghanistan crucial to Pakistan's long-term interests
* NATO told to fully realise Pakistan's strategic paradigm
Staff Report, Daily Times, February 2, 2010
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani has denied that Pakistan wants a "Talibanised" Afghanistan, and said his country has no interest in controlling Afghanistan.
"We can't wish for anything for Afghanistan that we don't wish for ourselves," Kayani was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency on his return from Brussels in a rare address to foreign journalists – much of which was devoted to Afghanistan.
Kayani said peace and stability in Afghanistan were crucial to Islamabad's long-term interests.
He said Pakistan's military operations in 2009 had helped improve the situation in Afghanistan in terms of squeezing of spaces, better control of areas and a continuous flow of logistics.
The army chief …
Afghan Civil Society Fears Taliban Talks Will Compromise Rights
Una Moore, UN Dispatch - February 1, 2010
At an international conference in London last week, seventy countries pledged to back Afghan President Hamid Karzai's plan to negotiate and reconcile with some Taliban. Despite reassurances from Karzai and western allies that reconciliation will not betray hard-won gains in social and political freedom, much of the rhetoric from power players at the summit gave civil society observers the impression human rights –and especially the rights of Afghanistan's women– will be on the negotiating table.
Activists also expressed anger at the exclusion of women and civil society from preparations for the conference itself.
"Unfortunately Afghan civil society and women leaders were totally ignored in preparing the agenda of this conference and deciding what should be discussed," said Orzala Nemat, a leading civil society activist and Taliban era dissident.
The Afghan government sent an all-m…
Waziristan: the option not taken
Ayaz Wazir
Our media was taking great interest in the operation in South Waziristan before its launch on Oct 17. It was termed the "mother of all operations" by some. But when the facts emerged it dawned on everyone that it was just not that. The media was denied the opportunity of giving full and impartial coverage. Only journalists approved by the authorities could enter the area to cover the operation. The media was thus forced to apply the brakes in covering the territory, which pushed the operation to the public blind spot, where it remains now.
Almost all our armchair experts on FATA presented a rosy picture of the situation, saying that the operation would eliminate the militancy in Waziristan. Their argument may have been convincing for those not having visited the area, and those not being familiar with the terrain and the people of Waziristan. But it just does not cut any ice with those are familiar with the area …


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On Sept. 3, 1974, Steve Prefontaine put down the megaphone he had just used to address the crowd in the East Grandstand at Hayward Field and thought of what to do next.
The black field-burning smoke that descended upon Eugene that day, now known as "Black Tuesday," had come from legally conducted grass seed stubble removal operations. The rules themselves would have to be changed for citizens to gain their rights to breathe clean air.
My fellow East Grandstand supporters — Liz Carter, Peter Thompson, Scott Krause, Jonathan Pincus and my brother Bill Penny — worked tirelessly to save the building. In a few years the 1925 Ellis Lawrence-designed grandstand — which featured almost unnoticeable shifts in seating angle as one went higher into the building, allowing all to see when everyone stood — along with its famed booming resonating structure, would have had its centennial. Its restoration could have been a community celebration.
Instead, we have been left with the horror of its public destruction in a willful act of ignorance and contempt. Our legal appeal to stop the demolition was in transit that morning to the Oregon State Land Use Board of Appeals in Salem, but, fearing our success, our opponents sent in four track-hoes, and we were too late.
All along we struggled with a lack of public support, which had been poisoned by assertions the building was rotten and antiquated — false claims promoted by Howard Slusher, Phil Knight's project hitman. Pre was dealing with similar obstacles. He needed to address the power structures enabling the problem.
So Prefontaine and Bill Bowerman testified to state legislative committees. They even had the advantage of the governor backing their efforts.
But it would be nearly 30 years after Prefontaine's death that others, including his sister Neta and his fellow Olympian Kenny Moore, as well as dedicated local environmentalists, could finish his work so that Oregonians can now experience summers of clean air.
Hayward Field is owned by the citizens of Oregon, but through a newly established system that three years ago abolished state-level higher education oversight, it is now administered by a board of trustees, and ultimately by the university president himself.
Operating with almost regal authority, the UO President Michael Schill was able to transfer the facility away through a lease agreement to a private interest, PHit LLC, to do with as it will without the normal campus planning process. Other agencies like the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the city of Eugene simply followed suit and chose not to get in the way of the public/private juggernaut that was enabled by this lack of oversight.
To change this situation two efforts are necessary.
The first is to challenge the SHPO's lack of administrative rules. That process provides for mandatory public involvement and a signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) before work is undertaken, not afterwards, as happened here. And the MOA, which governs the mitigations given back to the public for the loss of the building, was not signed by anyone from the campus planning office who would have been qualified to judge the appropriateness of the agreement.
So clearly, in this case, the intent of the federal rules was circumvented.
Second, and more importantly, the 2015 change to Oregon's higher education oversight needs to be re-examined and fixed. This will require endorsement by elected representatives and legislative action.
The loss of the East Grandstand was a bridge too far, setting a dangerous precedent across the entire state university system. Implementation of the UO's existing planning process likely would have saved the East Grandstand and resulted in a more appropriately scaled project in line with city and university planning guidelines, including full public involvement.
This established process must not be circumvented by the university, which is entrusted to steward public historic properties, through a private lease entered into without public knowledge or approval.
"What would Pre do?" He would do what he always did when faced with a challenge. He would not stop fighting.
I hope the citizens of Eugene will remember his example, even though the building he performed in and which hosted his memorial has been erased from history.
Bob Penny is a former high school national record holder from South Eugene High School and ran for the UO and the University of Arizona. He is a building contractor living in Bellingham, Washington.


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Jewgeni Alexejewitsch Gurow (; * 21. Januar 1897 in Ramenskoje, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 31. Dezember 1987 in Moskau) war ein russischer sowjetischer Theater- und Film-Schauspieler.

Biografie

Herkunft und Ausbildung
Gurow war der Sohn von Jewdokija Iwanowna Gurowa, die nach ihrer Scheidung zu ihrem Vater, einem Eisenbahnangestellten, gezogen war. Nach dessen Tod unterstützte Gurowas Onkel, der Hauptbuchhalter des Roten Kreuzes in Moskau, die Familie.

Gurow besuchte zunächst eine fünfklassige Volksschule, die der örtlichen Textilfabrik angegliedert war. Danach wurde er ins Malachow-Gymnasium aufgenommen, wo einer der Lehrer das Schulgeld für die ersten zwei Jahre aufbrachte. Aufgrund sehr guter Leistungen erhielt Gurow ein Stipendium. 1914 ging seine Mutter bei einem Moskauer Militärkrankenhaus in den Dienst, sodass der junge Jewgeni zu deren Schwester Marfa Iwanowna Osokina, einer Fabrikweberin, in eine Betriebswohnung zog. 1918 legte er das Abitur ab und siedelte nach Moskau über, um nach bestandener Aufnahmeprüfung in die Architekturabteilung der Staatlichen Technischen Universität einzutreten. Nach einjährigen Versuchen, sowohl die technische wie auch die künstlerische Fachrichtung zu bedienen, wechselte Gurow letztlich in die Kunstfakultät von Konstantin Korowin. Neben seinem Wirken in dessen Atelier arbeitete er außerdem im Bauverwaltungsbüro der Kasan-Jekaterinburg-Bahnlinie. Zeitgleich entwickelte sich in ihm das Interesse an einer Bühnenlaufbahn und 1920 wurde er in Illarion Nikolajewitsch Pewzows Studio Молодые мастера (Molodyje mastera) aufgenommen. Parallel dazu studierte Gurow am WChUTEMAS. 1921 ging das Studio zusammen mit Darstellern anderer Moskauer Theater auf eine Sommertournee nach Iwanowo, mit der Gurows Schauspielkarriere begann.

Schauspiellaufbahn

1922 wurde Gurow ins erste Studio des Moskauer Künstlertheaters aufgenommen, das später in Zweites Moskauer Künstlertheater umbenannt wurde. Dort war der Nachwuchsdarsteller zunächst als Schauspieler und anschließend als Regisseur tätig. Zu den Stücken, in denen er auf der Bühne stand, gehören u. a. Orestie, Der Tod Iwans des Schrecklichen, The Spanish Curate von John Fletcher und Philip Massinger sowie die Adaptionen Пётр I. (Pjotr I.) nach Alexei Tolstois Peter der Große, Униженные и оскорблённые (Unischennyje i oskorbljonnyje) auf Grundlage von Erniedrigte und Beleidigte und eine Bearbeitung von Das Heimchen am Herde. 1926 inszenierte Gurow zusammen mit Lidija Deikun-Blagonrawowa das Stück Девичий переполох (Dewitschi perepoloch), das aber nach den Probevorführungen abgesetzt wurde, da es nicht dem neuen Kurs des Theaters entsprach. 1935 brachte Gurow Alexander Ostrowskis Ein Komiker des 17. Jahrhunderts auf die Bühne, im folgenden Jahr schloss das Theater jedoch. Danach wirkte er bis 1938 am Mossowjet-Theater und wechselte anschließend zum Lenkom-Theater.

Mit Beginn des Deutsch-Sowjetischen Krieges schloss sich Gurow der Volksmiliz an und begab sich in Richtung Smolensk. Seine Einheit wurde aber abkommandiert und zunächst zur 17. Division und anschließend zur 33. Armee geschickt. Dort erhielt er die Verantwortung für eine Agitationsbrigade, die bis Kriegsende über 2000 Aufführungen geben sollte. Danach wirkte Gurow für ein Jahr beim Moskauer Kammertheater, kehrte aber 1946 an seine vorherige Wirkungsstätte zurück. In den kommenden Jahren trat er u. a. in Armut ist kein Laster, Konstantin Simonows Под каштанами Праги (Pod kaschtanam Pragi), Lew Tolstois Der lebende Leichnam und Дети Ванюшина (Deti Wanjuschina) von Sergei Alexandrowitsch Naidjonow auf. 1959 folgte Gurow einer Einladung des Musikdrama-Theaters "M. Gorki" des Oblast Magadan und war dort bis 1966 als Schauspieler und Regisseur tätig. Anschließend kehrte er nach Moskau zurück und konzentrierte sich nur noch auf die Arbeit vor der Kamera. Zu den Theaterstücken, in denen er im Laufe der Jahre auftrat, gehörten auch König Lear, Nikolai Leskows Der Verschwender, Sonnenuntergang sowie Bühnenbearbeitungen von Onkel Toms Hütte und In der Schlucht.

Gurows Filmlaufbahn begann 1936 mit Однажды летом (Odnaschdy letom). Bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre war der dunkelhaarige Mime in über 60 Werken als Nebendarsteller zu sehen, oftmals als Militärangehöriger, Arzt oder Büroangestellter. Die meisten seiner Engagements waren Mosfilmproduktionen. Neben diversen Filmbiografien bediente er u. a. die Genres des Historienfilms, der Literaturverfilmung, der Komödie und des Märchenfilms. Gurow spielte dabei unter bekannten Regisseuren wie Sergei Jutkewitsch, Wsewolod Pudowkin, Schuchrat Salichowitsch Abbasow, Boris Ryzarew und Stanislaw Rostozki. Als Synchronsprecher wirkte er außerdem 1955 an Die Entscheidung von Buchara mit. Seine Laufbahn endete 1984 mit dem Drama Выигрыш одинокого коммерсанта (Wyigrysch odinokogo kommersanta).

Gurow starb wenige Wochen vor seinem 91. Geburtstag und wurde auf dem Wwedenskoje-Friedhof beigesetzt.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1938: Doktor Aybolit
 1940: Der erste Präsident (Jakow Swerdlow)
 1941: Suworow
 1946: Glinka
 1949: Die Welt soll blühen (Mitschurin)
 1955: Die Entscheidung von Buchara (Kruschenije emirata) – als Synchronsprecher
 1956: Der Mord in der Dantestraße (Ubijstwo na ulize Dante)
 1957: Nächtliche Jagd (Notschnoi patrul)
 1958: Poem vom Meer (Poema o more)
 1967: Bela – Tragik einer Liebe (Geroi naschego wremeni)
 1967: Anna Karenina
 1968: Brot aus Taschkent (Taschkent - gorod chlebny)
 1970: Schuld und Sühne (Prestuplenije i nakasanije)
 1973: Siebzehn Augenblicke des Frühlings (Semnadzat mgnoweni wesny) (Fernsehmehrteiler)
 1974: Romanze für Verliebte (Romans o wljubljonnych)
 1975: Das haben wir noch nicht durchgenommen (Eto my ne prochodili…)
 1979: Das Geschenk des schwarzen Zauberers (Podarok tschjornogo kolduna)
 1981: Zwei Zeilen, kleingedruckt (Dwe strotschki melkim schriftom)

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Darstellender Künstler (Moskau)
Russe
Sowjetbürger
Geboren 1897
Gestorben 1987
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We have been around since the formation of Town Councils and have gone through various past manifestations such as Eunos Town Council, Eunos-Pasir Ris Town Council and Pasir Ris Town Council. Along with the change of electoral boundaries in end 2001, we are officially known as Pasir Ris - Punggol Town Council on 5 January 2002.
We manage the HDB estates in the Pasir Ris - Punggol GRC and Punggol West SMC which span across the north-eastern shoreline of Singapore consisting of the modern seaside towns of Pasir Ris and Punggol.
With over 80,000 HDB residential households and more new housing developments along the way, we have one of the largest and fastest growing populations in Singapore.
To ensure that our town remains one of residents' preferred home choices, we have five Members of Parliament for Pasir Ris - Punggol GRC and one Member of Parliament for Punggol West SMC.
Currently, Mr Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, sits on our Council as Advisor. Led by our Chairman, Mr Sharael Taha; with our Vice Chairmen, Dr Janil Puthucheary; Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Communications and Information, and Ms Sun Xueling; Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Social and Family Development; Elected Members, Mr Desmond Tan; Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment and Ms Yeo Wan Ling.
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To establish Pasir Ris - Punggol Town Council as an outstanding and caring institution, entrusted with the task of managing and maintaining the common properties in Pasir Ris - Punggol GRC and Punggol West SMC in order to create a gracious living environment for its residents.
Continuing to improve upon the standards of service and estate maintenance that had been established by the previous Town Councils: Pasir Ris and Cheng San;
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Q: Custom update listener to set subtask's fix-version I'm developing custom listener which will update subtask's fix version to same value as it's parent issue.
Currently we are using post-function in workflow in order to set subtask's fix version according to parent on subtask creation. This however doesn't cover cases when subtask already exists and parent's fix version gets updated. New value from parent task is not propagated to subtask.
I'm using script runner and I'm creating 'Custom lisatener', for my specific project and specified Event: 'Issue Updated'. I added script as following:
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.config.SubTaskManager
import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.AbstractIssueEventListener
import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEvent
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.project.version.Version
import org.apache.log4j.Logger

class CopyFixVersionFromParentToChild extends AbstractIssueEventListener {
    Logger log = Logger.getLogger(CopyFixVersionFromParentToChild.class);
    SubTaskManager subTaskManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(SubTaskManager.class)
    IssueManager issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(IssueManager.class)

    @Override
    void issueUpdated(IssueEvent event) {
        log.warn("\nIssue updated!!!\n")
        try {
            Issue updatedIssue = event.getIssue()
            if (updatedIssue.issueTypeObject.name == "Parent issue type") {
                Collection<Version> fixVersions = new ArrayList<Version>()
                fixVersions = updatedIssue.getFixVersions()
                Collection<Issue> subTasks = updatedIssue.getSubTaskObjects()
                if (subTaskManager.subTasksEnabled && !subTasks.empty) {
                    subTasks.each {
                        if (it instanceof MutableIssue) {
                            ((MutableIssue) it).setFixVersions(fixVersions)
                            issueManager.updateIssue(event.getUser(), it, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, false)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (ex) {
            log.debug "Event: ${event.getEventTypeId()} fired for ${event.issue} and caught by script 'CopyVersionFromParentToChild'"
            log.debug(ex.getMessage())
        }
    }
}

Problem is, that it doesn't work. I'm not sure whethe rit's problem that my script logic is encapsulated inside class. Do I have to register this in some specific way? Or am I using script runner completely wrong and I'm pasting this script to wrong section? I checked code against JIRA API and it looks like it should work, my IDE doesnt show any warnings/errors.
Also, could anyone give me hints on where to find logging output from custom scripts like this? Whatever message I put into logger, I seem to be unable to find anywhere in JIRA logs (although I'm aware that script might not work for now).
Any response is much appreciated guys, Thanks.
Martin

A: Well, I figure it out.
Method I posted, which implements listener as groovy class is used in different way than I expected. These kind of script files were used to be located in to specific path in JIRA installation and ScriptRunner would register them into JIRA as listeners.
In in order to create 'simple' listener script which reacts to issue updated event, I had to strip it down to this code
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.project.version.Version

IssueManager issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(IssueManager.class)

Issue updatedIssue = event.getIssue()
Collection<Version> fixVersions = new ArrayList<Version>()
fixVersions = updatedIssue.getFixVersions()
Collection<Issue> subTasks = updatedIssue.getSubTaskObjects()
subTasks.each {
    if (it instanceof MutableIssue) {
        ((MutableIssue) it).setFixVersions(fixVersions)
        issueManager.updateIssue(event.getUser(), it, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, false)
    }
}

You past this to script runner interface and it works :-). Hope this helps anyone who's learning ScriptRunner. Cheers.
Matthew

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