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Anna Maria Ferrero, pseudonimul lui Anna Maria Guerra () a fost o actriță italiană.
A fost activă între anii 1950 și 1960 atât în film, cât și în televiziune. Pe micul ecran, în 1956, a jucat în drama de televiziune Cime tempestose alături de .
Printre cele mai cunoscute filme ale sale se numără Infidelele (1953), Surprizele dragostei (1959), Cocoșatul (1960), Aurul Romei (1961) și Cele patru zile ale orașului Neapole (1962).

Biografie
La scurt timp după absolvirea școlii, Ferrero a ajuns să joace în filme ca o descoperire a lui  în 1949 și a jucat mai ales roluri mai mari în drame, melodrame, filme istorice și filme de dragoste, dar mai rar în comedii.

După o școală de actorie cu  în 1953/54, a jucat și pe scenă cu trupa de actorie a lui Vittorio Gassman. A jucat în piese precum Hamlet și Kean și a avut succes în 1958/59 în rolul principal al musicalului Irma La Douce.

În 1962 s-a căsătorit cu actorul francez Jean Sorel, partenerul ei din filmul Aurul Romei (L'oro di Roma) (1961) și în curând a renunțat la propria ei carieră de actriță.

Filmografie selectivă

 1950 Il cielo è rosso, regia Claudio Gora
 1951 Domani è un altro giorno, regia Léonide Moguy
 1951 Il Cristo proibito, regia Curzio Malaparte
 1953 Fete de lux (Fanciulle di lusso), regia Bernard Vorhaus
 1953 Infidelele (Le infedeli), regia Steno și Monicelli
 1953 Siamo tutti inquilini, regia Mario Mattoli
 1953 Febbre di vivere, regia Claudio Gora
 1953 Înfrânții (I vinti), regia Michelangelo Antonioni
 1953 Napoletani a Milano, regia Eduardo De Filippo
 1953 Giuseppe Verdi, regia Raffaello Matarazzo
 1954 Cronica amanților săraci (Cronache di poveri amanti), regia Carlo Lizzani
 1954 Canzoni di mezzo secolo, regia Domenico Paolella
 1954 Vai celor învinși (Guai ai vinti), regia Raffaello Matarazzo
 1954 Una parigina a Roma, regia Erich Kobler
 1955 Totò e Carolina, regia Mario Monicelli
 1955 La vedova X, regia Lewis Milestone
 1955 Canzoni di tutta Italia, regia Domenico Paolella
 1955 La rivale, regia Anton Giulio Majano
 1956 Război și pace (Guerra e pace), regia King Vidor
 1956 Suprema confessione, regia Sergio Corbucci
 1959 La notte brava, regia Mauro Bolognini ()
 1959 Surprizele dragostei (Le sorprese dell'amore), regia Luigi Comencini
 1960 Impiegatul (L'impiegato), regia Gianni Puccini
 1960 Il mattatore, regia Dino Risi
 1960 Austerlitz (Austerlitz), regia Abel Gance
 1960 Culpables, regia Arturo Ruiz Castillo
 1960 I delfini, regia Citto Maselli
 1960 Cocoșatul (Il gobbo), regia di Carlo Lizzani
 1960 Gastone, regia Mario Bonnard
 1961 Căpitanul Fracasse (Capitan Fracassa), regia Pierre Gaspard-Huit
 1961 O zi ca leii (Un giorno da leoni), regia Nanni Loy
 1961 Aurul Romei (L'oro di Roma), regia Carlo Lizzani
 1962 Una domenica d'estate, regia Giulio Petroni
 1962 Cele patru zile ale orașului Neapole (Le quattro giornate di Napoli), regia Nanni Loy
 1963 Un marito in condominio, regia Angelo Dorigo
 1964 Cocaina di domenica, episodul Controsesso, regia Franco Rossi

Referințe

Vezi și
 Listă de filme străine până în 1989

Legături externe

Nașteri în 1935
Decese în 2018
Nașteri pe 18 februarie
Decese pe 21 mai
Actrițe italiene
Oameni din Roma

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Teachers in the UK feel they are on the "frontline" when it comes to tackling students who could be at risk of radicalisation, with many fearing they must now treat their pupils as "potential terrorists", according to headteachers and experts.
Up to 550 young Britons are thought to have made the journey to join so-called Islamic State (ISIS) since last June. It was reported yesterday that nine British medics are feared to have travelled to Syria to work in hospitals in areas controlled by IS. One of the nine was Lena Maumoon Abdul Qadir, a former pupil of Wisbech Grammar School in Cambridgeshire.
Under the home secretary Theresa May's Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, which became law in February, schools now have a legal duty to "prevent individuals from being drawn to terrorism", as do colleges, prisons, probation providers, police and councils. Nearly half of the 4,000 referrals to Channel, a government counter-radicalisation scheme, have been aged under 18, and some of these referrals have been made by teachers who have raised the alarm, concerned about the behaviour of some of their pupils.
In one case, a head teacher from north London reported four students to the scheme, among them, a 16-year-old girl who wanted to raise funds for Islamic State. One teacher at a school in northwest London who wished to remain anonymous told Newsweek that she frequently heard students expressing sympathy with Islamic State militants and homophobic views.
Schools are also expected to teach 'British values' under government anti-radicalisation guidance, to try to ensure children are prepared for modern life. This includes tolerance of other faiths and sexualities.
Keates believes that part of the problem is that many schools no longer teach subjects like Citizenship and Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) due to the subjects "disappearing" from many school curriculums. AQA, the only exam board to offer AS and A levels in citizenship, announced earlier this year that it intends to drop the subject from the qualifications it offers from 2017. Keates says more open discussions between teachers and pupils about current issues could have prevented the three girls from Bethnal Green from running away.
"If those pupils had been in a situation where there was an open discussion about Islamic State and jihadi brides, they would have been better placed to safeguard young people from these threats," she says.
The mother of one of the schoolgirls, 15-year-old Amira Abase, this week accused both the police and the school of not doing enough to help find her daughter. Fetia Hussen told The Times newspaper: "We were on our own in the UK with the police not helping and the school not helping. The people of Turkey have been very helpful to us and we take hope from that." Last November, Ofsted, the government body tasked with inspecting and monitoring UK schools, downgraded six private Muslim schools in London believed to be at risk of radicalisation.
Dr Matthew Wilkinson, director of the think-tank Curriculum for Cohesion and an expert on Islamic ideology, has called for a "roots and branch" review of the national curriculum. He has previously warned that a lot more young British Muslims could attempt to run away and join Islamic State in the coming months, putting teachers under pressure.
But Dr Wilkinson also says that the responsibility does not lie with schools alone. "I imagine head teachers at some schools are pretty nervous at the moment. But the elephant in the room is the relationship between the children and the parents, which is a common factor in a lot of cases of youngsters bunking off to Syria. There is a mutual lack of awareness about what the other is doing, which isn't just an issue in Muslim families, but a general social issue."


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It seems that MINI will be leveraging its traditional fun and urban feeling through its future electric form. BMW's focus on "sportiness" and "fun to drive" seems a bit defensive from the group. One of BMW's main strengths has been its sporty, "driver's car" and fun to drive image. For many people the BMW quality plus the sportiness of the brand and the cars is a major reason for loving the brand. How does this transition to an electric drive train however? Will BMW Group retain its fun to drive image with electric cars? With fleet mileage targets on every carmaker's mind many vehicles are getting smaller and many OEMs are considering hybrid or pure electric vehicles. The "go-kart" feeling of the Mini Electric could be supremely important for Mini in the years to come. With Bosch and Panasonic components present in many platforms a go-kart with an urban feel could bring the BMW heritage and Mini brand into the electric car age. If the company does not manage to convey these feelings then it may find itself with a bit of a hole in its marketing.
LED light assemblies and a yellow bar across the grille of the car identify the Mini Electric branding of the new line of Mini Electric cars. This particular concept doesn't seem too crazy or insane nor does it have a lot of terribly silly ideas in it. So this is probably very close to what we'll see in the Mini Electric once it launches in 2019.
One very interesting element is that the MINI team are talking about having used 3D printing in the concept car itself. Concept cars have been made with 3D printing for decades. Dashboards, interiors, plastic parts and even complete bumpers and large exterior components have been made with 3D printing. Companies such as Materialise have often hand finished and painted such prototype parts. Being one-offs, concept cars really benefit from being printed as it is the only real cost-effective way to do this.
In this Mini Electric concept the Mini team mention that the aerodynamic inlays of the wheels and the air intakes were made using 3D printing. They also say that the 3D printed parts are "illustrating the opportunities offered by 3D printing in terms of producing functional design elements for vehicle styling and customisation." Now that is interesting. Car companies have extensively used 3D printing in concept cars, prototypes, functional testing and throughout racing for many years. Whereas there are a lot of "3D printed car" projects going on worldwide the car majors have so far only touted their use of 3D printing in engineering, design or supply chain. The opportunity in 3D printing cars is too great for car companies to ignore. Automated production of engines in metal for example may lead to highly efficient new engines. 3D printed spare parts may change the business models of spare parts providers. With extensive experience in using 3D printers for ages these companies know about the possibilities.
Especially Daimler and BMW have a lot of 3D printing experience. Tight links with leading technology vendors such as EOS, Concept Laser and SLM Solutions as well as racing expertise using 3D printed parts have given these companies an edge over rivals. BMW has extensive 3D printing materials expertise in polymers and metals and could deploy it on the automobile. Traditionally however car companies have shied away from using 3D printing in passenger cars. I once suggested it to a business partner who worked at a major car OEM and I could have sworn he was about to faint. Testing, validation and manufacturing processes with 3D printing are in their infancy. Throughput of machines as well as production optimization are also very new. Long used as a prototyping technology, the production and manufacturing game is very different. Tolerances as well as cost structures are radically different as well. It would require quite some heavy lifting by OEMs or their suppliers to enable production for 3D printing in cars.
That's not what made that car guy nearly faint however. For things such as crash testing it was always not really understood what 3D printing custom parts in the interior would mean. It used to be that many people (me included) believed that people would love to customize their car interiors. Custom steering wheels made for your hand, unique interiors for your life or aesthetic, would seem amazing. This along with the car company's experience in 3D printing made it seem like a likely thing that may happen. Customizing car interiors was always a non starter however. With crash testing, every component in the cabin could affect the results of the crash test. No vendor would risk a significantly lower EURO NCAP rating because they couldn't control some 3D printed custom rearview mirror feature. At the same time from a liability and testing viewpoint it was unclear what they would have to do. Would all the different 3D printed permutations have to be tested? Or only some? Would technically the company have to test some components hundreds of times? This meant that companies would always walk away from the customization idea.
What about on the outside of the car? These parts could also affect crash testing and the actual safety of the vehicle as well. And it was unclear how the companies would implement something like this. The business case is still compelling however. The aftermarket car customization industry is worth billions. People love adding personal touches to their vehicle. Car models in many niches are proliferating with one platform being used for many models. 3D printing has already been used to customize one-off automobiles for owners. What if 3D printing could be used to further differentiate more models and make them even more fitting for a niche? What if people could love a brand even more through customizing a car to make it perfect for them?
At one point a car company will do this. One of the majors will bite the bullet and at scale offer 3D printed car customization for the masses. It is cost effective and compelling as a business case and is technologically possible at this moment as well. Who will it be? Many car companies have been making PR moves in this area but who will do it? Is the above sentence enough to conclude that BMW will perhaps through Mini offer customized exterior car parts for the masses? Will you in a few years be able to design your own grille elements or other parts on BMW's website? Will you be able to add your name to the grille or customize a door handle just for you? I think that BMW may be hinting at this in their announcement. What do you think?


In part two of Raiders TV the panel preview the Raiders v Storm at GIO Stadium.
Tilse speaks about the team for Sunday and the importance of getting the teams first home win of the season. He also takes a moment to thank everyone ahead of his 200th Raiders match.
Bonasera takes time to explain some of the new positions on the coaching staff and about the travel management of the team.


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Rights in Old Films
Note from the editor: the legal information in this articles is out-of-date and should be used for general purposes only.
Many artists and particularly filmmakers wish to use footage or sounds from old movies in their own work. This raises complex copyright issues and, in many cases, will require you obtaining permission.
When thinking of copyright in films many people believe that if a film was made more that fifty years ago, then no copyright exists in it anymore. Unfortunately, the law being what it is, the situation is not that simple.
Prior to 1968, Australian copyright laws did not deal specifically with moving pictures. It wasn't until the Copyright Act of 1968 (the Act) was introduced that cinematograph films were even mentioned. The Act commenced on 1 May 1969 and specifically provided for copyright protection for films (defined as the aggregate of sound and visual images that make up a film). A film will include feature films, short films documentaries, animations, home video and television commercials. For films made after 1 May 1969, the law is relatively simple. The Act provides that copyright will last for 50 years after the film's first publication (ie made public). But what about films made before this date?
As the copyright law prior to 1968 didn't deal with films, strictly speaking, there cannot be any copyright in a pre 1 May 1969 film. But does that mean you can start editing sections of an old film into your new film? Not necessarily. Before you deal in anyway with a pre 1969 film, there are two issues (or groups of issues) which need to be properly considered:
Whether the film would in fact be treated as a 'dramatic work' for copyright purposes; and
Whether there are other items incorporated in the film which will be protected by copyright.
Will the old film be treated as a 'dramatic' work?
Subject to certain conditions (discussed below), a film made prior to 1 May 1969 may be treated as a dramatic work, which means it would be protected by copyright under the Act as a 'dramatic work' even though it is a film.
Section 222 of the Act states that where a film made prior to 1 May 1969 falls within the definition of an 'original dramatic work' as defined by section 204 of the Act, then it will be treated as a dramatic work for the purposes of the Act.
Section 204 includes a 'cinematograph production where the arrangement, the acting form or the combination of incidents represented gives the work an original character'. This broad definition will include most old narrative or fiction films but will not include things like news reel footage.
What does it mean to be treated as a 'dramatic work' under the Act? It means that the 'author' will attract the same rights as a dramatic work including the rights to reproduce the work, the right to publish the work and the right to communicate the work to the public. The film will also then be protected by copyright for the same length of time. Copyright in a dramatic work lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years. The author (s) for this purpose will be the screenwriter and director.
Are there other items in the film which will be protected by copyright?
Even if the old film is not treated as a 'dramatic work', it is important to note that copyright treats things which may be incorporated into the film (such as the underlying screenplay, music, lyrics or recordings of songs) as separate from the film itself. So, although there may not be any copyright in a pre 1 May 1969 film, there may be copyright in some underlying element including the screenplay, recordings of music and the individual photographic images in each frame of the film.
When thinking of using an old film for some purpose, each of these need to be considered carefully before you use it. If copyright still subsists in one or more of these items you will need permission to deal with it.
Screenplays and scripts are protected as either literary or dramatic works under the Copyright Act. Copyright in a screenplay will last for the life of it's author plus 50 years. It is irrelevant whether or not the screenplay was written prior to 1 May 1969. So let's say you wanted to use part of a film which was made in 1935 based on an script written by a writer who died in 1970. Although there is no copyright in the film itself, copyright would still exist in the underlying screenplay.
Copyright in a sound recording made prior to 1 May 1969 will last for 50 years after its making. Many films include sound recordings in the form of songs the copyright in which will last 50 years after they were made.
Music and Lyrics
Copyright in both music and lyrics will expire 50 years after they were first published.
Individual Frames as Photographs
Each frame from a film will be protected by copyright as a photograph. If the individual frames were shot prior to 1 May 1969 they will be protected by copyright for 50 years after their first publication. Copyright in photographs taken after 1 May 1969 will last for 50 years after they were taken.
Interestingly, where copyright has expired in a film but copyright still exists in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic items in the film, it will not be an infringement of copyright in these items to show the film publicly[i].
Most old narrative films will be regarded as 'dramatic works' under the Act. As such, they will attract the same rights as any other dramatic work and copyright will last for the life of the author plus fifty years.
Further, it is important to note that copyright treats things which may be incorporated into the film (such as the underlying screenplay or a recordings of songs) as separate from the film itself and copyright may well subsist in these.
If you are at all unsure about whether or not copyright still subsists in an old film or some item included in the film, seek legal advice.
[i] Copyright Act 1968, Section 110(2)

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Do Tennis Matches Go On For Too Long? Butorac Thinks So.
When it comes to Tennis, less is more for American tennis player and former president of the ATP Player Council, Eric Butorac. He is of the opinion that tennis must have shorter matches if it wants to engage a younger audience.
This, apparently, is what Butorac told his successor in the ATP Player Council, Novak Djokovic, and the member of the board, Andy Murray. "It's too slow," Butorac told Murray, "I'm too busy. I've got two kids, I've got stuff to do. I love watching you guys play but I don't need four hours of it."
On one hand, Butorac's suggestion makes perfect sense. Men's matches do have a tendency to go on for far too long, a fact that can be quite frustrating in today's fast-paced lifestyle. The length of an average men's singles match in the US Open in 2014 was around 2 hours and 44 minutes. And there was the legendary face-off between Djokovic and Nadal at the Australian Open final in 2012 which went on for 5 hours and 53 minutes.
The solution to the problem, however, is not as simple as it seems.
Firstly, it could face serious opposition from the tennis players, and there are a lot of them, who think longer is better. Even if, by some miracle, the proposal is accepted by the wider tennis community, it would raise more problems than it solves.
Would the matches consist of fewer sets in a match or fewer games in a set? Will the tennis community ever come to an agreement on this?
For now, that prospect seems highly unlikely.
Author adminPosted on September 7, 2016 September 7, 2016 Categories Shorter tennis matchesTags ATP, Butorac, Djokovic, Tennis1 Comment on Do Tennis Matches Go On For Too Long? Butorac Thinks So.
Is The Future Of Tennis In The Olympics In Danger?
The upcoming Rio Olympics have been mired in controversy ever since the games were announced in 2009.
Commentators and observers have raised concerns about the corruption and instability of Brazil's government, Rio's alarming crime rate, the lack of or weaknesses in the existing infrastructure, pollution problems, and the significant health and safety concerns which include the potential threat of the Zika virus.
But the controversies don't end here. Many are raising questions about the future of tennis in the Olympics after various high profile players have pulled out of the contests. Although everyone has their own reasons for not taking part in the Olympics, the overwhelming takeaway seems to be that many players are angry over the absence of prize money and ranking points.
Among those players is Latvian Ernests Gulbis who announced he would not be attending the Olympics while calling it "tennis tourism." Another notable absence is that of the tennis legend Roger Federer. The 17-time Grand Slam champion is not attending the event due to fears of injury and the Zika virus.
Some of the other notable players not attending the event include Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet, Feliciano Lopez, Nick Kyrgios, and John Isner. Among the women, Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, and Belinda Bencic will not grace the Olympics with their presence.
With concerns over the Olympics not being as important as Grand Slam events for many of the prominent players, it would be exciting to see what the future holds for tennis in the Olympics
Author adminPosted on August 4, 2016 August 4, 2016 Categories Olympic TennisTags olympics, Prize Money, Rankings, TennisLeave a comment on Is The Future Of Tennis In The Olympics In Danger?
Maria Sharapova: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Maria Sharapova has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years.
Sharapova, one of the world's highest-paid female athletes and a five-time grand slam champion, was banned by the ITF because she committed a doping violation through the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs.
The news has come as a shock to many of her fans and supporters. On one hand, many people are protesting the decision. Sharapova herself recently posted on her Facebook account to state, "I cannot accept an unfairly harsh two-year suspension." On the other hand, people are blaming her for the sentence. Regardless of where people stand on the matter, one question continues to haunt them.
Did she know it was illegal?
Sharapova has an excuse. She says she simply didn't open the emails from ITF that explicitly stated that the drug was banned. ITF themselves cannot prove that Sharapova knew about the ban. Perhaps that's the reason she got a two-year penalty, rather than a four-year ban.
While Sharapova's excuse may well have convinced many of her fans to stand behind her, not everyone is in a particular hurry to rush over to her defence.
Author adminPosted on June 12, 2016 September 7, 2016 Categories Drugs in tennisTags Drugs, Sharapova, TennisLeave a comment on Maria Sharapova: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Is Gender Equality in Tennis A Myth?
Blatant sexism and gender equality issues in tennis are as real as the game itself. But not everyone thinks so. It's 2016, the critics suggest. A lot has been achieved to maintain equality. No one can be sexist and get away with it now.
But every now and then, they are proven wrong. Every so often, there is a statement from the tennis elite which is shocking and exposes the parochial mindsets of some of the industry's leading figures.
Two months ago, it was Raymond Moore, the CEO of BNP Paribas Open, who brazenly declared that women, in tennis, "ride on the coattails" of the success of their male counterparts.
This time, it's the Madrid Open owner and 2013 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, Ion Tiriac. The Romanian billionaire, who incidentally owns one of the few tournaments that offers equal pay to female players, suggested he was not too happy with the way things were. Women, according to Tiriac, don't deserve equal pay.
But that's not half as shocking as what he said next.
As if to justify his outright sexism, he went on to describe, in his own twisted way, how much he likes women. "I like, very much more, women than men," Tiriac said in a New York Times interview. "All my life, I've done that. The longer the legs theirs are, the more beautiful I think they are… But I don't see the equal prize money being the status."
Coming from Tiriac, that is high praise indeed. Female tennis players must be ecstatic with joy and will probably rush to thank him after they, in Moore's words, "go down every night on [their] knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born." Or not?
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A wonderful fantasy adventure, Tailchaser's Song is the debut of Tad Williams, first published in 1985. Fritti Tailchaser is a young cat who embarks on an epic quest in search of a friend who has disappeared, as his adventure continues, despair and destruction start to stalk the pages. If we could hear cats talk, we would hear them tell this heroic adventure, it would be one of their great sagas, spoken of and passed down the years. Tad Williams ensures that we see, feel and become part of this fantasy world by setting customs, folklore and society in the story. There are some thoughts by the author himself, written in 2000, set at the beginning of the novel, however if this is your first foray into his work, you may want to read these at the end. Williams has a little gentle fun along the way with a couple of references that Lord of the Rings fans will undoubtedly pick up. Yes this could be described as a mix between Watership Down and The Hobbit, however it's also a classic fantasy tale in its own right and a perfectly captivating read for older teens and adults alike. ~ Liz Robinson
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The extraordinary debut novel that launched Tad Williams' career, TAILCHASER'S SONG is an epic of high fantasy and grand adventure, where gods walk amongst their people and where even very small creatures can change the world. Weaving through the tall grasses of this world is Tailchaser, a young ginger tomcat with a good heart and a restless spirit. When his friend Hushpad vanishes, Tailchaser sets out to find her. His journey will take him further than he ever thought possible - from the court of the Firstwalkers, through the cities of M'an, and into the hellish depths of the earth itself, where an unimaginable horror awaits.
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Praise for THE DIRTY STREETS OF HEAVEN: 'When I heard that Tad Williams was writing an urban fantasy novel, I got all tingly. Now I've read it, and it's even better than I'd dared to hope. It's snarky, fast-paced, and above all, original. You should be tingly, too.
'Tad Williams' ... famous four-book trilogy was one of the things that inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. [ I ] said, My god, they can do something with this form, and it's Tad doing it.'
George R
.R. Martin 'This is urban fantasy at its best.
EpicBookReviews
'A very promising start to an exciting new series from one of our greatest modern F/SF authors.'
Geek Syndicate
'Readers who enjoy Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files will most likely be as entertained as I was... Highly recommended.'
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Publisher: Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Publication date: 20th August 2015
Author: Tad Williams
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About Tad Williams
World-famous fantasy novelist Tad Williams is the author of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, Otherland and Shadowmarch series. His work is revered by fantasy masters George R. R. Martin and Christopher Paolini. He lives in California with his wife Deborah Beale, co-author of the Ordinary Farm Adventures series, and their family. Author photo © Deborah Beale
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Hey, your situation doesn't sound too bad? How many girls can say they are rejecting invitations to dinner from a model and are going out with a hot Frenchman. Some have probably never been taken out to a museum!:) But one thing that unites all women (and men) is that we all crave the unattainable! I mean, we can have a thousand other guys but it will always be the one that screws with our heads and hearts. I say we need to stop that.. Your 'Ben' sounds like a big douchebag if you want my opinion.. but I understand exactly how you feel.
My advice is simple: ignore him. Do not make excuses for him. Go out with other guys and he will come crawling back to you because you will appear just not that into HIM!


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People & Entertainment: Underwoodvoted ACM Entertainer of the Year
LAS VEGAS — Carrie Underwood made history at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice. Underwood won the show's top honor last year. This year, she beat out Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, the Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, George Strait […]
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LAS VEGAS — Carrie Underwood made history at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice.
Underwood won the show's top honor last year. This year, she beat out Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, the Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, George Strait and Keith Urban.
The Associated Press Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Charlie Daniels perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday. The Associated Press
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"I think I just got makeup all over Brad Paisley," an excited Underwood said as she went onstage to accept her trophy. "Thank you, God, praise the Lord."
Underwood also was recognized earlier in the evening with special trophy for "triple crown" of ACM wins – entertainer of the year, top female vocalist and top newcomer – in the course of her career.
But top-selling trio Lady Antebellum was the dominant winner, grabbing five trophies.
Lady A, which includes Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, was the lead nominee, entering the show with seven.
It snapped Rascal Flatts' seven-year run as best vocal group and won song and single record of the year for the crossover hit "Need You Now." (Lady A got two trophies for its single record of the year win because it also produced the record, and got two trophies for its song of the year win because the group composed it.)
"It's just wild, man," Kelley said. "You never know where a song can take you, and tonight is probably the pinnacle of our career."
Adding to the emotion of the night for the group was wins by good friends Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan. The trio broke into cheers backstage when Lambert won top female vocalist. A stunned Lambert made her way to the stage, then read off the names of the other nominees – Underwood, Swift, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack.
"You've got to be kidding me," she said.
She also won album of the year for "Revolution" and video of the year for "White Liar."�
'Glee' has reason to be GLAAD
LOS ANGELES – "Glee" has another reason to be happy.
The Fox musical comedy was among the winners at the 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards. The show's cast and creator Ryan Murphy received the trophy for outstanding comedy series at Saturday's glitzy ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
Murphy, in particular, praised lesbian actress Jane Lynch and gay actor Chris Colfer for their contributions.
"We have a great responsibility with the show," Murphy beamed.
Murphy told the crowd that Colfer's character, outspoken gay soprano Kurt Hummel, would have a boyfriend next season, and the pair would become prom kings.
"Iron Chef" Cat Cora presented actress-director Drew Barrymore with the Vanguard Award, which honors efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay community.
Photo finish at the box office
LOS ANGELES – It's another photo finish at the weekend box office, with the No. 1 spot too close to call between the animated adventure "How to Train Your Dragon" and the superhero comedy "Kick-Ass."
Distributor Paramount reported Sunday that DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" took in $20 million, while "Kick-Ass" distributor Lionsgate reported its movie debuting at $19.75 million.
With just $250,000 separating them, either movie could end up at No. 1 when studios release final weekend numbers today.
The previous weekend, 20th Century Fox's comedy "Date Night" led the Warner Bros. action tale "Clash of the Titans" by about the same amount based on Sunday estimates.
But "Clash of the Titans" came out on top by $1.4 million when final numbers were reported April 12, with "Date Night" pulling in nearly $2 million less than 20th Century Fox had estimated a day earlier.


Foxy brown has stepped into the Nicki Minaj, Remy Ma ring and offered a diss track of her own.
Ocean Style Magazine hosted the party for the lovely Leo, who rocked faux locs and a bronzy makeup look.
As far as beef goes, Fabolous has done a great job at keeping the drama at bay.
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Ansel Elgort Says "I'm Really Easy To Hate"
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Ansel Elgort has his fair share of haters, but according to the 23-year-old, he's perfectly ok with that. During an interview with Billboard magazine, the actor opened up regarding the struggle of dealing with criticism and how to blend into a crowd.
The Fault in Our Stars actor, 23, said it's cool that he's sometimes the butt of a joke on podcasts which discuss lesser-known actors and actresses.
The actor explained, "I don't walk around calling attention to myself. It's important to be able to blend in; otherwise, you turn into a Hollywood douchebag."
To give the young man credit, it's rare that performers in the entertainment industry are self-aware of their, sometimes, pretentious behavior.
So, we have to applaud him for that.
The 23-year-old continued, "I'm sure plenty of people think I am one, (a Hollywood douchebag), too. I'm super easy to hate, but it's fine. It's hard to be liked and successful."
Ansel is actually a friend of the band, The Chainsmokers, who face a similar conundrum.
He said, "it's a prime example of how success makes everyone hate you if you're not underground."
The actor went on to say that sometimes it becomes a "meme" to hate someone.
The famous duo of DJ's are criticised for being overly "male" or as their critics like to say, "bro-like."
In The Chainsmokers defense, he said the DJ's never claimed they weren't "bro-y."
He said, "It's just so easy to be a hater."
However, Elgort tries his best not to be a Debbie-downer and hopes to have a wide-ranging career filled with acting, singing, and everything in between. He said, "eventually, I hope I can have a career that's uncategorizable. And that's hard. I think that would be very difficult to do. But I'm hopefully going to pull it all off."
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Wei Chen. That was her name. I had almost forgotten her, and how she was the reason my youthful conservative theology began to crack open in uncomfortable and unseemly ways. It started with Wei Chen, my college friend from Hong Kong. This was back in the Seventies at a time before social media and cell phones, when friends-in-person were everything—like rare and delicate flowers. To lose one tore at the heart in fragile and significant ways. But that is what happened between me and Wei Chen: a tearing, a loss, a betrayal.
Living in the dorm, far from home, Wei Chen and I met at our first dorm meeting, two green freshmen in need of mutual support. My fascination with international students and her need for an American cohort seemed enough to get our friendship going. Wei's sweet, shy radiance and profound intelligence attracted me. And her sheer bravery. I mean, really brave—coming all the way from Hong Kong, and all alone! She was tiny in stature, with a shiny mop of chin-length black hair, wire-framed glasses and a heavy leg brace. Her severe limp was something that we never spoke of, but it was obvious that she had out-maneuvered the demon of self-consciousness, yet another thing I admired about Wei Chen.
So we chummed around on campus, sharing all the trials and woes that wide-eyed terrified freshman experience on a strange campus—and in Wei's case, a strange country. She had her mother send me beautiful gifts that featured reds—a delicately painted fan and a bamboo plate with a mountain landscape in colors of bright red and quiet browns. All was going swimmingly until that day the devil rode on my shoulder. . . .
Thank you Robert. I know you understand! How lucky we were to find another way. Your amazing composing talent is way to break down all barriers, too. It bring joy to people of all faiths and cultures. So happy for the beauty you give to the world with your music. Blessings and peace.


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JAL's first Airbus A350 is almost ready
Japanese airline is expected to receive first wide body in June, from a total order of 31 airplanes
The first A350 of an order of 31 units from Japan Air Lines (JAL) has rolled out of the paint shop at Airbus in Toulouse this week. The wide-body of the -900 variant will now undergo ground and flight tests before being delivered to the Japanese airline by the end of June.
According to Airbus, "the A350-900 will initially be operated on major domestic routes, with a three class configuration seating 369 passengers".
In total, JAL ordered 18 A350-900 and 13 A350-1000 in 2013 to replace the Boeing 777-200 and -300 in its fleet, in a heavy blow to the American manufacturer that had the preference of the Japanese until then.
JAL was one of the largest operators of the 747, of which it had 108 aircraft. But the financial crisis that happened in 2010 and that led to filed for bankruptcy protection made the company retire the model and leave several routes uncompetitive.
The first A350-900 from JAL has rolled out of the paint shop (Airbus)
Airbus from JAS
The purchase of the A350 was the first direct order made by JAL to Airbus. But it will not be the first jets of the European manufacturer that will fly with it. In the 2000s, JAL inherited the Airbus A300 fleet from Japan Air System (JAS) which merged with it.
JAS was Japan's third largest airline at the time and even used a painting copied from the prototype of Airbus, among others. The A300, however, flew until 2013 at JAL which has since operated its international flights with the 777 and 787.
JAL flew with the Airbus A300 that belonged to the JAS airline until 2013 (Kentaro Iemoto)
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More women than men were awarded PhDs in 2009. Women's entrepreneurship is credited for helping dramatically reduce poverty, promote gender equality and give them the means to improve the health of their families and finance the education of their children.
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Q: Load Excel data set in processing and use it to draw sphere I'm a beginner and would like to know how I can generate a sphere in processing using a small data set. Sort of like a pie chart but in a sphere. I was able to load the dataset. Either create the sphere using product so you'll have 10 distributions or using category where you sum up the categories and create 3 distro. Thanks in advance.
Data:
Product Sales   Category
1   7353784 1
2   745551  1
3   145702  1
4   547905  2
5   201991  3
6   88669   2
7   48909   2
8   36361   2
9   141726  2
10  1877020 3
11  374020  3
Table table;
void setup(){
table = loadTable("HW 1 Data.csv", "header");

println(table.getRowCount() + " total rows in table");

for (TableRow row : table.rows()) {
    int product = row.getInt("Product");
    int sales = row.getInt("Sales");
    int category = row.getInt("Category");

    println(product + " (category " + category + ") has total sales of " + sales);

}
}

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Live from Berlin, The Monuments Men: In Defense of Art
Signed mugshots featuring Matt Damon, George Clooney, and John Goodman at the world premiere of The Monuments Men at the Palast Theater in Berlin.
In this city, so close to the story of George Clooney's new movie, The Monuments Men, the audience has come out in droves. The world premiere opened to a packed, tripled-tiered Palast Theater at the Berlinale film festival- not an empty seat in the house.
And why stop at honoring the stars? In a gesture reflecting Mr. Clooney's big-heartedness, the red carpet treatment extended to the last living member of the Monuments Men, born in 1926- Harry Ettlinger stood wide-eyed as a deer in the flash of the camera lights.
The story of The Monuments Men is encapsulated in the opening sequence, a slow montage of paintings, each a gemstone of European art. The immaculate images are accompanied by a jarring soundtrack- resolute, systematic wallops suggest the finality of nails driven into a coffin lid. Like much that was jeopardized, the artworks impounded by the Nazis may or may not survive the war.
The Monuments Men, based on a book of the same title by Robert Edsel and Bret Witter, is written, directed, and stared in by George Clooney. In making this choice, Mr. Clooney focuses on a particular aspect of WWII. The film addresses not the devastating loss and ruination of human lives, but the missing art. Where have tens of thousands of artworks gone?
George Clooney plays Frank Stokes, based on George Stout of The Fogg Museum at Harvard. Backed by President Roosevelt, Stout and a group of men were charged with recouping and protecting the mass of priceless art.
Hitler, in his madness, planned to open a museum in his hometown of Linz, Austria, where he would house a grand collection of the finest jewels in the European art crown. With a lunatic's zeal, he collected everything in sight. And since these artworks were already owned, his requisitioning required special means- taxing, looting, and outright theft.
A band of men were tasked with finding the missing paintings, drawing and sculpture. A hand-picked group of museum curators, architects, designers and artists are played by Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, and Bob Balaban. Together, they comprise a group of unlikely soldier-detectives that nonetheless locate a lot of the missing art, much of it squirreled away in Austrian salt mines. The caves are the perfect spot for art storage- cavernous labyrinths that were hidden and dry (salt absorbs moisture.)
The cave's holdings are vast, and make for some of the most interesting shots in the movie, like the dust-covered but serene Michelangelo sculpture, the Madonna of Bruges, and the superb Ghent altarpiece. At the end of the war, the Nazis return to one of the caves before the Allies arrive, and in a monumental act of cultural suicide, torch the contents, sending countless artworks up in flames.
The material of the source book is almost as big and unwieldy as some of the art, and the script suffers from trying to include too much. It unfolds as a rather bumpy collection of scenes lacking a smooth story arc. Perhaps Mr. Clooney writes too much from the perspective of a screen actor, who performs single scenes, often out of sequence.
The strongest scene in the film is one between the Clooney character, Stokes, and a commanding Nazi officer at the end of the war who has just told Stokes he should be grateful that so many Jews have been killed. Stokes responds that he looks forward to going home and eating a toasted onion bagel at Sid's delicatessen in New York while he reads in the newspaper about the Nazi being sentenced to death for war crimes.
The loss of artworks in war is worth lamenting. While they may not involve personal suffering, they constitute an enormous collective loss. Because when its people are dead and buried, isn't a society assessed by its art? Surviving artifacts are the legacy of a civilization- King Tut's tomb, the Greek Parthenon, the Roman Forum. Art, architecture, music, plays and philosophy (and movies) tell us not just who those people were then, but in western culture, where we're coming from now.
In China, where Chairman Mao decreed a 'cleansing' during his Cultural Revolution and ordered the destruction of existing art and architecture, today's Chinese flock by the tens of thousands to the few buildings saved by Chiang Kai-shek like the Imperial Palace in Beijing, designated as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Their thirst for their cultural past is enormous.
Cate Blanchett plays Claire Simone, based on the real Rose Valland, a curator at the Jeu de Paume modern art collection in Paris who documented the whereabouts of looted art, providing invaluable information for locating art after the war. In her wire-rimmed glasses and straight skirt, she is prim and proper, despite her flirtation with the Matt Damon character, providing the requisite love interest.
While some may say that The Monuments Men aims too low, that its Hogan's-Heroes-meets-M.A.S.H tenor is too populist, perhaps that's exactly what's needed. In our era of glorifying sports players, when most Americans can name an NFL quarterback before they can name a Renaissance painter, when the persistent cloud of endless war hangs over us, maybe it's a good thing that The Monuments Men can reach a mainstream audience about the importance of art, how easily it is lost, and what we should do to protect it.
Harry Ettlinger (second from right), the last living monuments man, introduced by George Clooney at the world premiere of The Monuments Men in Berlin.
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Rapper A$AP Rocky performs during Rihanna "Diamonds" World Tour at Barclays Center on May 5, 2013 in the Brooklyn burough of New York City.
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Swedish Officials Investigating A$AP Rocky's Alleged Attackers For Molestation And Assault
July 12, 2019 - 12:49 pm by Desire Thompson TWITTER
The two men who were accused of harassing A$AP Rocky in Sweden are currently under investigation for molestation and assault, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a press release Friday (July 12).
Without naming Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, the Swedish Prosecution Authority confirmed the rapper's case is still ongoing. A preliminary investigation has also been launched after the alleged attackers were accused of molestation and assault. The two men who were involved in the alleged assault haven't been identified by the public.
"Several investigation measures have already been conducted and the analysis of material continues," the press release states. "There is also a preliminary investigation in the case concerning the aggrieved party who is suspected of molestation and assault. On the 19 July, at the latest, the prosecutor must decide whether to file a prosecution or ask the court for a longer detention period in order to finalize the investigation."
No other information about the case is available at the moment.
Supporters of the rapper like A$Ap Ferg, Tyler, The Creator, Miguel and Rihanna have rallied online for fair treatment after video evidence seemed to show the two men following Rocky and his crew in Stockholm over the July 4th weekend. A bystander was also heard telling Rocky the men were following her prior to crossing paths with the rapper and his crew.
A petition was launched this week with over 130,000 taking part. His alleged inhumane detainment has caught the eyes of Congressman Adriano Espaillat, U.S. Representative for New York's Thirteenth Congressional District, as reported by Complex.
Congressman Espaillat formally announced his pledge for Rocky's return on Wednesday (July 10) he addressed several letters that were sent to the U.S. Department, U.S. Embassy in Sweden, and the Swedish Ambassador in Washington. They each pleaded for justice and innocence for the "Praise The Lord" artist.
"He's part of a growing, young movement of artists that, first of all, I commend because they identify with the neighborhood where they live, which in this case is Harlem," Espaillat said. "Harlem is a neighborhood that is very special because Harlem is not just about Apollo or 125th Street. It's really about an attitude and a young personality and history and a legacy. And so, for him to be a young person and continue to identify with Harlem, and be a strong presence of the artist community in Harlem, is great. That's why I'm going to bat for him."
Additional reporting by Alexis Reese.
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'Insecure's Jay Ellis Is Engaged And His Fiancé Is Expecting A Child
According to reports, Jay Ellis– widely recognized for his role as Lawrence on the hit HBO show Insecure– is engaged and expecting his first child with his longtime lady love, actress Nina Senicar.
Per reports, Senicar is reportedly due this autumn, and the couple is set to have their wedding in Italy. The news was broken during her interview with the Serbian publication, Story.
"Perhaps she is not quite aware even now, because it's hard to believe that dreams are being fulfilled in just a few months when they have been under the umbrella of the fantasy for years," the publication writes (it has been translated from Serbian).
"Namely, this year's beauty will stand in front of the altar with its chosen one, Jay Ellis (37), and in the autumn couple will get a child," the publication continues. "Life was fairly fabulous all this time while achieving some other set goals, reviving dreams on a relationship between the California hot and Italian fantasy, but now it's time for the actress to find a new, deeper meaning."
Ellis' co-star, Insecure creator and star Issa Rae, is also reportedly set to tie the knot. She is engaged to her longtime love, Louis Diame.
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A Kirk Franklin Biopic Is Underway
Kirk Franklin is the latest musician to receive the biopic treatment. According to Deadline, the Grammy Award-winning gospel artist will be the subject of his life-told-on-film that'll depict his experiences before the music industry and his journey throughout the business.
The news site also states the film will be produced by DeVon Franklin, an acclaimed author of faith-based best-selling books. The preacher's Franklin Entertainment production company will take the reins on the film's process alongside Kirk Franklin who'll remain onboard as an executive producer.
The Texas native began his ascent to gospel music stardom when he released his debut studio effort, Kirk Franklin & The Family (1993). His discography boasts a bevy of albums, including his most recent Long Live Love, which entered at No. 1 on Billboard's US Top Gospel Albums chart. Concerning the charts, Franklin is also celebrated as the first artist to sit atop all five of Billboard's gospel charts at the same time.
In a VIBE interview, Franklin discussed the inspiration behind one of Long Live Love's standout tracks, "Strong God," and delving into a new realm of social commentary within the gospel genre.
"I think that one of the greatest misconceptions about gospel music from those that listen to it – and even at times those that do it – is that its agenda always has to be vertical, that there can never be a horizontal social commentary connected with the gospel, when at the same time one of the biggest modus operandi of Jesus Christ was the poor and the less fortunate and the widows," he said. "And his level of frustration was the oppression that the government and the religious leaders put on those people. So, to have social commentary in a gospel song for me is very important. Even, you know it's been part of my career, I was doing it back with "Lean on Me."


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Fluoride levels cause concern
Ms Joyce Mitei shows browning of her teeth due to drinking water with high fluoride contents.
By MORAA OBIRIA
Millions of Kenyans are at risk of serious bone defects and dental discolouration as a result of high levels of fluoride in their drinking water, researchers have warned.
Scientists say that most of Kenya's underground water contains fluoride levels that are higher than the 1.5 milligrams per litre recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Fluoride is a chemical compound that occurs naturally on the earth's crust. It is formed during rock formation and is a chemical ion of chlorine.
The risk is made worse by the fact that, as the rest of the world moves to treated and piped water systems, more than half of Kenyans (56 per cent) still rely on underground water, which the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) defines as, among others, water fetched from wells and boreholes.
As a result, KNBS Principal Quality Assurance Officer, Mr Barrison Akolo, during a recent consultative forum in Nakuru, urged caution among consumers, saying that water derived from underground sources "tends to have higher levels of fluoride than that obtained from surface sources".
Quantity differs
"All rocks have fluoride," says Mr James Gichana, a water engineer, "but the quantity differs, depending on where the rock is located.
During water formation within the rocks, fluoride naturally becomes one of its components.
However, the quantity of fluoride in the water depends on the saturation of the chemical compound in the rock or layer.
So some have very high concentration while others have only small amounts."
Two decades ago, the University of Nairobi's Department of Dental Surgery and Faculty of Engineering conducted a study on the levels of fluoride in Kenyan waters.
The findings were startling, with exposure levels ranging between 5mg/l to 10mg/l.
The Kenya Society for Fluoride Research (KSFR), which corroborates the findings, further shows that 19 million Kenyans suffer from fluorosis, a condition that can affect the teeth or skeleton, depending on the length of time one has been exposed to water with a high concentration of fluoride, and their geographical location.
"As fluoride sediments in the body," explains Mr Julius Kubai, a water engineer, "it begins to destroy parts of the body, especially the bony skeleton and teeth."
Depending on the quantity of the fluoride, he adds, the effects may begin to show two years after one starts consuming water with high levels of fluoride.
Unfortunately, says Mr Kubai, the effects are only preventable, and cannot be reversed.
Dental fluorosis mainly affects children with developing teeth, although it affects adults as well.
Effects worse in children
"There is no cure for dental fluorosis, the condition of the damaged teeth cannot be restored," he explains.
In adults, the teeth lose their white colour and develop yellowish spots within two years.
Mr Kubai says the effects are even worse in children, who can lose their teeth due to the weakening of the jaw.
In areas where the water has more than 10 milligrams of fluoride per litre, the adults' whole teeth turn black and become fragile.
In severe cases, they sometimes chip.
Skeletal fluorosis, which in its acute stage causes total immobility, develops slowly and can take up to 30 years.
The skeletal bones develop outgrowths and become deformed.
This is common in areas where the fluoride content in the water exceeds 4 mg/l, like Nakuru, Naivasha and Baringo.
The effects of fluoride have social implications for those affected, notes Nakuru County Executive Member for the Environment, Water, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr Richard Rop.
"You often find people with the discoloured or black teeth covering their mouth while laughing in public.
It makes them self-conscious and uncomfortable, thus denying them a chance to socialise freely. It is not a nice feeling."
Locked out of jobs
In fact, the effects go beyond socialising and affect one's career.
There are people who get locked out of jobs whose main requirements are good physical condition and teeth, such as the army, police force, and reporting or anchoring on TV.
The KSFR notes that more than 80 per cent of the potential recruits who turn up for recruitment into the armed forces in central Kenya fail due to the bad condition of their teeth, which is attributable to fluoride.
Notably, the government and non-governmental organisations are the largest suppliers of underground water in both urban and rural areas.


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GE signs wind turbine blade recycling contract with Veolia
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By NS Energy Staff Writer 09 Dec 2020
The contract will see recycling of the blades that are removed from GE's US-based onshore wind turbines during upgrades and repowering efforts
A wind turbine blade being prepared for removal after it has reached the end of its life cycle. (Credit: Business Wire.)
GE Renewable Energy, a division of General Electric (GE), has signed a blade recycling contract with Veolia North America (VNA), a unit of French Veolia Environnement.
Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, GE plans to recycle blades that are removed from its US-based onshore turbines during upgrades and repowering efforts.
The company is planning to recycle majority of the blades which are replaced during repowering efforts with VNA.
As part of the contract, Veolia will process the blades for use as a raw material for cement, using a cement kiln co-processing technology.
According to GE, blades that have been removed from the wind turbines will be shredded at VNA's processing facility in Missouri.
Later, it will be used as a replacement for coal, sand and clay at cement manufacturing facilities across the US.
GE Renewable Energy Digital Services business CEO Anne McEntee said: "Sustainable disposal of composites such as wind turbine blades has been a challenge, not only for the wind turbine industry, but also for aerospace, maritime, automotive and construction industries.
"VNA's unique offering provides the opportunity to scale up and deploy quickly in North America, with minimum disruption to customers and significant benefit to the environment.
"We look forward to working with them on this effort to create a circular economy for composite materials."
At the Missouri processing facility, VNA employs 20 people from the area.
GE Renewable Energy said that it is committed to reducing environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of its products.
The company has also announced an ambitious pledge in 2019 to decarbonise its operations and achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2020.
Recently, GE Renewable Energy has been awarded a wind turbine supply order from Azora for its 100MW Cuevas de Velasco wind farm in Spain.
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This vintage bolo tie holder is really neat! It has some gold cowboy boots on the front. It is a silver colored base, sort of triangular, and measures 2" x 1 3/4". It's in excellent condition. Made in the 1980s.
This would be perfect for a cowboy!
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Vessel traffic through the Hood Canal Bridge requiring bridge closure is quite onerous now with the current population and level of industrial development on the Jefferson County side of Hood Canal. Much of an increase in ship traffic beyond current use would render use of a floating bridge design impractical. Are we prepared to fund and build a high-rise static bridge across Hood Canal? If this conservation easement would eliminate the need for a new bridge, I am in favor of it.
We feel that development should be considered by a case by case basis similar to the conveyor to barge gravel pit development. Sure, there will be more bridge openings for marine traffic. The Navy wouldn't want any constructive development to be liable for if there are any more Port Royal or induced damage incidents from their carelessness – we're still recovering from the washed up oysters and beach erosion from that event. Oh – what International shipping company imported the invasive mahogany clams that are infesting Hood Canal? Is the Navy under the same constraints as private boaters for biolife contamination?
Anyway, we feel it is best to leave this ownership of the 18-70 foot sea bed out of the hands of the Navy as the State will most likely loose the control of management and not be ready when the Navy releases interest. We do not consider giving the Navy any additional control over state resources to be an effective environmental benefit.


Fracking is absolutely safe and everyone should be doing it in their own back gardens according to a new report by Lancashire County Council which looks set to be used as a blue print for the country as a whole.
The report entitled 'random drilling and shooting jets of water at great velocity into the earth's crust is fine' concludes that the more people who have a go at it, the more likely someone is to find some oil or gas sooner or later.
One Preston resident we spoke to told us that the practise of fracking was becoming even more popular than keeping pigeons in his neighbourhood.
"I suspect that the green brigade would rather I grew some flowers or potatoes in my back garden rather than the 30 foot drill I keep running 24 hours a day. But I might strike oil or gas and be rich like in the Beverly Hill Billies. And I haven't had any complaints from the neighbours. Probably because they're all at it as well.
"After all who hasn't fracked in their back garden? It's not been something you admit to down the pub but everyone's been doing it." He told us.
Indeed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Elizabeth Truss said she hoped the trend would take on throughout Britain.
A spokesman for the Friends of the Earth has applauded small scale micro-fracking as a step in the right direction.
"We've always said we're happy with fracking as long as it's organic" He explained.


Hazel Gerealdine Fletcher Phillips was born on September 4, 1929, in Casey County. She was married to Calvin Phillips on December 21, 1946. From this marriage, she had five children. She is survived by three children; Patricia (Jackie) Brown, Jill (David) Thompson, and Steve (Melissa) Phillips. A son-in-law; Steve Keckeis. She is also survived by two siblings; Charlie (Jean) Fletcher and Gayle Wilson.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Phillips; her parents, Corbit and Eula Fletcher; two daughters, Joy Vaughn and Kathy Keckeis; one grandson, CJ Phillips; one brother; Earl Fletcher; and one sister; Elizabeth Hamm.
Hazel was a grandmother to 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Hazel was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. She was a loving person who spent many hours caring for her mother, husband, and her daughter while they were sick. She was a licensed beautician who occasionally provided these services out of her home. Hazel was a homemaker, who loved cooking and gardening. Hazel also enjoyed singing and listening to gospel music.
The Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home with Bro. J.R. Grant officiating. Burial will follow in Whited Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 26, 2019, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home.


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Get Your Tickets Now: 'The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker' Warms Up L.A.
By Zon D'Amour, Contributing Writer
Debbie Allen (courtesy photo)
For over thirty years, Debbie Allen has danced her way into our hearts. From the onset of her career, Allen has been a multi-hyphenate auteur who seamlessly works in front of and behind the camera as an actress, choreographer, director and producer. From "Fame" to "A Different World" "Girlfriends" and "Grey's Anatomy", the Howard University alumna and Houston, Texas native is as active and vivacious as ever. Regardless of her professional success and legendary stature, Allen is passionate about training and empowering the next generation of actors and choreographers through her Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA). With creative outlets like band, art classes and dance classes continuously becoming a lesser part of a school's curriculum, Allen's lavish passion project, "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker" is not only an empowering musical family event, it's also a way in which students receive an eye opening opportunity to be exposed to the arts. In an exclusive interview with the L.A. Sentinel, Allen shares the inspiration behind "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker", as well as the all-star cast and celebrity donors that have helped to bring the production to fruition.
LAS: What differentiates "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker" from other holiday productions?
Debbie Allen: We bring a fresh take on such a classic traditional holiday celebration. We've made it culturally vibrant and relevant to another generation of young people because it's not just ballet, it's hip-hop, there's contemporary [dance], there's skating, there's Cirque du Soleil technique, it's got all of those elements that get people excited.
(Photo by Oliver Bokelberg)
LAS: How involved are you in deciding what actors would bring this production to life?
DA: I cast everyone; I wrote and choreographed the production. I decided on the characters and I just called my friends and people that I loved to use their music and have them write something for us and that wasn't a very difficult task. Arturo Sandoval and Chau-Giang are amongst the artists that scored the production. My son Norman Nixon Jr. also wrote quite a bit of the music. It's a labor of love, Ricky Minor has been working on everything DADA. This year is going to be very special, we have Tichina Arnold returning as the mother and Matthew Johnson as the father. And the rats…I'm back again! I said last year was going to be the last year but I'm not getting out of it so easily.
LAS: So do you direct yourself in "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker"?
DA: Of Course.
LAS: As an actress on "Grey's Anatomy", with your brevity of experience how do you also take direction?
DA: I wear a couple of different hats on "Grey's Anatomy", I'm the executive producing director which is a position that requires me to hire the directors and indoctrinate them into the ideal of what we're looking for on our show; to spark them and inspire them to bring the creative new ideas of things we haven't done yet. As an actress, I take direction. One of my favorite French directors recently said, 'Debbie, what are you doing? I don't believe it!' and I said, "Okay, I'll do it again." I like acting; it's a whole other ball game.
LAS: You've previously shared that early on in your career there were times where you were overlooked for directing opportunities because you were a woman of color. How does someone not only walk in their purpose when they're constantly being denied work opportunities?
DA: You have to continue to believe in yourself, know your value and continue to work on honing your skills. I was rejected by everyone but here I sit. So you have to stay in the game, you can't just fall apart. Hopefully those challenges will make you stronger, it did for me. I grew up with the racial divide in Texas where we couldn't go to the movie theatre because we were black, we couldn't go to restaurants, a lot of people have gone through a lot of pain and even died so that we could vote, these things weren't given we had to go and take it. Change was created by diverse group of people who were of every religious background and ethnicity.
LAS: As a producer, you spent 18 years in the pursuit of bringing the film "Amistad," directed by Steven Spielberg, to fruition. Are there any projects that you're equally as passionate about?
DA: I'm working on "Freeze Frame Stop The Madness" which is a piece that gives a face and a voice to our young people in the inner city and their struggles with gangs, the police, bullying, self-worth and how the arts can uplift their lives. We just played to a standing room only crowd at The Kennedy Center. Now we're trying to raise money to take this production to at least a 10-cities tour to get started. Because it's a work that will bring people together, help people talk to one another and help find solutions to problems that we're facing everyday.
LAS: What's something profound that someone shared with you that helped to empower you throughout your career?
DA: My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My mother made me feel that I was important as a thinker at four-years-old. And I instill that within my students everyday. I ask them, 'What are you dancing about? What in the world makes you laugh and makes you cry? What do you care about? What's happening in the world right now that's going to affect you that you can make a ballet about or that inspires you to write a song or a play or get politically active?' Because anyone with a cell phone is an activist.
LAS: What was the inspiration behind "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker" and what makes this production such necessary viewing for people of color, especially a younger generation?
DA: We have to show that what we do is relevant to the world. I'm hoping all of our community will come out because what's most exciting is for the young people to see themselves through the eyes of their peers on stage.
I chose this story because the Nutcracker is a holiday tradition. While it was a Russian artist that originally created the music, Tchaikovsky scored it, but it was here in America that the Nutcracker became this world wide family phenomenon many years ago through George Balanchine. He realized that a Christmas show would help his company stay alive.
I reinvented [The Nutcracker] based on my son. When he was little, I took him to see The Nutcracker downtown and he was 6-years-old and he was bored to death. He screamed out loud in the middle of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 'Mom, when is the rat coming out?' The boys want to see the rats so I'm giving them "The Real Rat Pack" who are a group of mice that take over the story and change it.
LAS: How did you decide to have only two show dates, on December 16th and 17th at the Dorothy Chandler theatre?
DA: The venue sits 3,000 people! That's a big audience. We have a school show and three public performances so hopefully a total of twelve thousand people will see it. The school show is sold out. We were subsidized by Ms. Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation and the Berry Gordy & The Gordy Foundation. Shonda Rhimes has also been a very generous supporter. Denzel & Pauletta Washington, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith as well as the AIDS Health Foundation underwrote the school shows which is a big deal because it's about the kids; It's about them getting to see themselves on stage. We just hope that the community will be in attendance for the other shows and fill up those seats!
For tickets to one of the three showings of "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker" on Dec.16 at 7:30 P.M. or Dec. 17 at 1:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M. visit: thehotchocolatenutcracker.com
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To do basic arithmetic in Word, you normally have to open the Windows calculator to get your answers, then manually insert them into Word. However, there is a third-party add-in for Word that provides a popup calculator that will calculate numbers in your document, and automatically insert the answer.
For example, if you're a teacher creating a worksheet with some basic math problems for your students, you can easily create an answer key for yourself using this popup calculator. We'll show you how to install and use the Popup Calculator add-in.
Installing the popup calculator in Word is a bit different than installing other programs, so we'll go through the installation process. To begin, download Popup Calculator for Word from its homepage and extract the .zip file. Then, double-click on the Instl_WordCalculator.exe file.
On the Popup Calculator for Word dialog box that displays, click "Continue".
A read-only Word document displays with buttons for installing, uninstalling, and exiting the document. Click "Install".
NOTE: If you decide you want to uninstall the popup calculator in the future, simply run the installer again and click "Uninstall" in this document.
To install the popup calculator in Word, you must start Word with administrative privileges; however, the installer will do that for you. Simply click "OK" on the Install dialog that displays, as shown below.
On the Installation as COM Add-in dialog box, accept the default selection of "EXCLUSIVE". If you want to install this popup calculator for all users, select the "For all users of this Windows, inclusive the ones without level of administrator" check box. Click "Continue".
On the Use License Agreement dialog box, read through the license and then click "OK" to continue.
The installation finishes and a reminder dialog box displays telling you that the popup calculator will be available on the right-click menu once you restart Word. Click "OK".
Restart Word and open the file containing the numbers you want to calculate. Select the numbers to be calculated, right-click on the selection, and select "Calculator" from the popup menu.
The Multiple Capture dialog box displays the total captured and the numbers captured to obtain that total. To access the popup calculator, click "OK". If you don't want to access the popup calculator, click "Cancel".
The popup calculator displays with the answer.
NOTE: The popup calculator may not pop up near the cursor. To move the calculator, click and hold on the title bar and drag the calculator to where you want it.
To insert the result from the popup calculator, first move the cursor to where you want the result to appear. While the popup calculator is open, you can click in the Word document to activate it and then click where you want to put the cursor.
To insert the result from the calculator at the cursor, you can click the "OK" button, or press the down arrow or the "Tab" key on the keyboard.
The result is inserted at the cursor and the popup calculator closes automatically.
Alternatively, you can copy the result to the Windows clipboard instead by pressing the "Shift" key while clicking "OK" or pressing the down arrow or the "Tab" key on the keyboard.
If you have a number pad on your keyboard and want to use that to perform the calculation, don't select any numbers. Simply right-click at the cursor and select "Calculator" from the popup menu.
When you don't select anything before accessing the popup calculator, the character or word (not any spaces) to the left of the cursor is automatically selected. Again, click on the Word window to activate it and place the cursor where you want the result inserted.
Use the number pad to calculate the numbers and press the down arrow or "Tab" to insert the result at the cursor.
The popup calculator also comes with a paper ribbon like some manual calculators have, where you can view the history of your calculations. To access the paper ribbon, click "Paper" on the title bar of the calculator.
The paper ribbon pops up at the top of the calculator. You can reuse any of the previous numbers or results by clicking on them.
NOTE: If the popup calculator is too small, you can resize it by moving the cursor over a corner of the calculator until it becomes a two-way arrow and click and drag the corner out to make the calculator larger. However, the next time you open the calculator it will return to its original size.
I don't recommend you use the Exit command on the menu to close the calculator. For me, it locked up the calculator. If you do encounter a locked calculator, close Word completely (close all files). This should close all open calculators as well.


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Q: C# Windows fourms VS2012 - If statement not executing I'm trying to make a simple program to either copy, move or sync (update and replace) files. I have a combobox where you select Copy, Move or Sync and so far I've only written a statement for when "Copy" is selected, and it calls a function that contains the process and sends in 2 args which is the source and destination for the files.
During debug it wasn't doing anything when I clicked the start button, so I ran through the code step by step selected "Copy" from the combobox entered the source and destination and pressed start and as it was highlighting each line, the IF statement for copy got highlighted but then carried on to the next ELSE IF and completely ignored the instructions under the "Copy" IF statement. Could you help me debug this problem please? I've checked for spelling errors and typos but I can't seem to find any, I don't understand why it's not executing it.
Thanks, my code is below.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

namespace File_Operator
{
public partial class FileOperatorV1 : Form
{
    public FileOperatorV1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    //Browse for source directory
    private void sBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        // Create a new instance of FolderBrowserDialog.
        FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
        // A new folder button will display in FolderBrowserDialog.
        folderBrowserDlg.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
        //Show FolderBrowserDialog
        DialogResult dlgResult = folderBrowserDlg.ShowDialog();

        if (dlgResult.Equals(DialogResult.OK))
        {
            //Show selected folder path in textbox1.
            textBox1.Text = folderBrowserDlg.SelectedPath;
            //Browsing start from root folder.
            Environment.SpecialFolder rootFolder = folderBrowserDlg.RootFolder;
        }
    }
    //Browse for destination directory
    private void dBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Create a new instance of FolderBrowserDialog.
        FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
        // A new folder button will display in FolderBrowserDialog.
        folderBrowserDlg.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
        //Show FolderBrowserDialog
        DialogResult dlgResult = folderBrowserDlg.ShowDialog();

        if (dlgResult.Equals(DialogResult.OK))
        {
            //Show selected folder path in textbox2.
            textBox2.Text = folderBrowserDlg.SelectedPath;
            //Browsing start from root folder.
            Environment.SpecialFolder rootFolder = folderBrowserDlg.RootFolder;
        }
    }
    //Start button
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //If comboBox1 is equal to "Copy" do this
        if (comboBox1.SelectedText == "Copy")
        {
            //Set var "s" to the contents of textBox1
            string s = textBox1.Text;
            //Set var "d" to the contents of textBox2
            string d = textBox2.Text;
            //Run function copyDirectory with var "d" and "s" as the args
            copyDirectory(s,d);
        }
        //If comboBox1 is equal to "Move" do this
        else if (comboBox1.SelectedText == "Move")
        {

        }
        //If comboBox1 is equal to "Sync" do this
        else if (comboBox1.SelectedText == "Sync")
        {

        }

    }

    //copyDirectory function
    public static void copyDirectory(string Src, string Dst)
    {
        String[] Files;

        if (Dst[Dst.Length - 1] != Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
            Dst += Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
        if (!Directory.Exists(Dst)) Directory.CreateDirectory(Dst);
        Files = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(Src);
        foreach (string Element in Files)
        {
            // Sub directories
            if (Directory.Exists(Element))
                copyDirectory(Element, Dst + Path.GetFileName(Element));
            // Files in directory
            else
                File.Copy(Element, Dst + Path.GetFileName(Element), true);
        }
    }
}
}

It reads this line
if (comboBox1.SelectedText == "Copy")

Ignores this
//Set var "s" to the contents of textBox1
string s = textBox1.Text;
//Set var "d" to the contents of textBox2
string d = textBox2.Text;
//Run function copyDirectory with var "d" and "s" as the args
copyDirectory(s,d);

And then carries on to here
else if (comboBox1.SelectedText == "Move")

I really don't understand why it's being ignored, and I'm very sure I've been selecting "Copy" in the combobox before any asks. Any help is appreciated. Many thanks.

A: I think instead of using SelectedText you should use Text. It gets or sets the text associated with this control.
if (comboBox1.Text == "Copy")

Here, problem with comboxBox1.SelectedText is that it gets the text that is selected in the editable portion of a ComboBox.
Check MSDN Reference.


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Digital Signal Processor (DSP), er en mikroprocessor, som er specielt udviklet til signalbehandling, typisk indenfor signalsystemer, mobiltelefoner, netværkskort, HD-afspillere etc.

En digital signalprocessor adskiller sig fra konventionelle mikroprocessorer ved følgende træk:
 Hurtig multiply-add- eller multiply-accumulate-operationer; standard-eksekveringstiden for disse operationer er én instruktionscykel.
 Hukommelsesarkitektur, der er designet for højt gennemløb af data, ofte med brug af DMA, hvor koden forventes at tage højde for caches, pipeline-effekter og brugen af adskilte hukommelsesområder, der typisk gør det muligt at gennemføre adskillige hukommelses-tilgange pr. instruktionscykel. Størstedelen af de digitale signalprocessorer på markedet har ingen data-cache, idet digital signalbehandling sjældent genbruger data.
 Specialiserede addressingsmekanismer, såsom bit-reverseret addressering til brug i radix-2 FFT-algoritmen.
 Specialiseret løkke-kontrol i hardware, såsom modulo-addressering, der gør det muligt at implementere cirkulære hukommelsesområder (buffere) uden at skulle teste for overløb, eller mulighed for at implementere løkker uden at skulle bruge eksekveringstid på løkke-kontrollen.
 Ofte en række perifere enheder på DSP-chippen såsom ADC-konvertere, timere og I/O-interfaces.
 Fravær af hukommelses management-enhed, idet digital signalbehandling oftest kræver, at eksekveringstiden er fuldstændig forudsigelig.
 Adskilt program- og datahukommelse (en såkaldt Harvard-arkitektur), ofte med brug af multiple datahukommelser.
 Specialiserede instruktioner til databehandling, f.eks. til FFT, FIR-filtrering, Viterby-dekodning, multiply-add, multiply-accumulate eller barrel-shifting.
 Et instruktionssæt, som ofteste er mindre ortogonalt end instruktionssættet på en konventionel mikroprocessor, og som enkoder større grad af parallelitet i de enkelte instruktioner (f.eks. en multiply-add-operation kombineret med to hukommelsestilgange og efterfølgende opdatering af to adresseregistre).

Anvendelsesområder
DSP er anvendelig til blandt andet:
 Fast Fourier Transforming – FFT
 Elektronisk filtrering
 Avanceret bitmanipulation
 CRC-beregninger

Ekstern henvisning
  DSP Processor – Core-Based Wireless System Design, Tampere University of Technology

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