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Starting out as a print and TV journalist, Ellis is a screenwriter born in London. His credits include Princesa, which screened at Sundance and won best foreign narrative at the LA Outfest; comedy feature, January 2nd and the acclaimed short, Coming Down.
As script consultant, he has worked on many shorts and features including Henrique Goldman's Jean Charles, Larissa Sansour's In the Future They Ate From Finest Porcelain, Laura Plancarte's Mexican docudrama, Tierra Caliente and Almost Heaven, Carol Salter's feature documentary, screened this year at the Berlinale.
Ellis began teaching at the London Film School where he developed The Writers Gym, a series of creative workshops for screenwriters, directors and producers. As well as offering writing tools and advice, the workshops became a laboratory to explore writing, the creative process and the nature of storytelling itself.
Since then, he was invited to the DFFB where he has been a regular Guest lecturer for the past six years.
He has also held workshops at the Binger Filmlab; the AFI conservatory in Los Angeles; The Scuola Holden in Turin; the Luxembourg Audio Visual Centre and the Berlinale Talents.
"Since I started to teach, I discovered a passion for helping writers and directors to realize their potential. The DFFB has always attracted talented students, prepared to think out of the box. It is an exciting prospect to play a part in developing the voices of the next generation.
IXCAN (1999)
cowriter with Henrique Goldman
A low-budget feature drama set in Guatemala following the conflicts between three generations of modern day Mayan women.
Winner of the First Prize at the Festival of Indigenous People in New York.
PRINCESA (2001)
Feature film for Parallax Pictures
Co-writer with director Henrique Goldman, Producer Rebecca O'Brien
The story of Fernanda, a Brazilian transvestite prostitute who dreams of living a normal life. European co-production financed by British Screen, ZDF and BIM (Italy)
Shown at festivals worldwide including Sundance, Edinburgh, Sao Paolo and Rio and released internationally.
Winner of Best Foreign Film, The LA Outfest 2001
JANUARY 2ND (2006)
Produced by January Films
Co-writer with director Matt Winn
Feature comedy about a disastrous New Year's Eve party.
Distributed in the US, UK, Russia and Europe. Screened at film festivals, including Kiev, Toronto, Oldenburg and Jackson Hole.


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Take your first steps with pastels and learn how to produce modern, lively and colourful artwork with this exciting medium.
Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendonça offers the beginner a complete course in using pastels. Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build essential skills and allow you to produce a range of pictures, including landscapes, still life, portraits and animals. Vital drawing skills are explained and demonstrated, along with an easy-to-follow guide to colour theory. A huge wealth of finished paintings provide ideas and inspiration for your own future pastel work.
Setting up your workspace 12
Starting to draw 16
Pastel techniques 28
Bauble step by step 36
Teasel step by step 46
Rolling Fields step by step 62
Rocky Tor step by step 74
Billowing Clouds step by step 92
The Birches step by step 104
Life in your paintings 110
Child with Fishing Net step by step 120
Toby step by step 130
Composition 140
About Rebecca de Mendonça
Based near Exeter in Devon, Rebecca de Mendonça paints, teaches and writes. Her dynamic pastels capture the movement and atmosphere of subjects ranging from equestrian and landscape to figures and architecture.
After graduating in Theatre Design, Rebecca's early career was in theatre and interior design in London. She undertook portrait commissions of West End actors and dancers in English National Ballet. She is an Associate Member of the Society of Equestrian Artists, currently focusing her paintings on people working with horses, and moorland ponies. Rebecca has exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London with the Pastel Society and also as a finalist in the Artists of the Year Exhibition, 2019. Rebecca co-founded The New Pastel School in 2013.
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This thorough guide to the rewarding medium of pastel will teach you much more than just the basics and may be the only pastel book you'll ever need!
Rebecca introduces new techniques in an eminently practical way, demonstrating detail and loose styles of working, giving you the chance to explore the medium as widely as possible.
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Leisure Painter contributor, Rebecca de Mendoca, introduces pastels to the complete beginner in her new book, Pastels for the Absolute Beginner. Rebecca is an experienced tutor and understands the problems many people face when starting a new medium. Using clear step-by-step exercises she will show you how to begin-from setting up your workspace, and basic pastel techniques-to using colour, composition and adding life to your paintings. The range of subjects covered includes still life, landscapes, portraits and animals, and the many examples of Rebecca's works are sure to inspire you.
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Although this is a superb introduction to the rewarding medium of pastels, its also a whole lot more. Rebecca is a versatile artist whose skills run to just about any subject. Her results are breath-taking and this is one of the most thorough guides Ive ever seen. Id even go so far as to say it might be the only book youll ever need.
After the obligatory introduction to materials and basic techniques, the book immediately starts to get practical and you might be forgiven for thinking youve moved on to the exercises and demonstrations. In fact, youre still practising techniques, shading and textures, just not through the sort of geometric shapes that many books subject you to.
Once youre confident and competent, youll move on to full-scale demonstrations that cover landscapes, waterscapes, trees, skies, buildings, animals and people (I told you it was comprehensive!). There are plenty of steps and concise but thorough instructions, as well as hints and tips galore.
I really cant praise this enough. Its so much more than the title suggests and a must for any pastellist.
This unassuming, but not insubstantial book is a bit of a wolf in sheeps clothing. Although billed as an introduction it is actually one of the best and most comprehensive books on pastel there has been in a long time possibly ever.
Books on pastel usually either cover landscapes, because thats the most popular subject and sales volumes matter, or are fairly simple technical introductions that can lack any real sense of creative endeavour. Rebecca de Mendonça, whose first book this is, is an artist of very considerable ability who is up to the task of tackling subjects that range from landscapes and beach scenes to figures, animals and still lifes. There is plenty of technical information, but also demonstrations and exercises a-plenty and so much to get your teeth into that youll never be stuck for inspiration or left feeling you want more.
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The idea of an Absolute Beginner series is a good one. Anyone taking up painting, or starting with a new medium needs a sound guide that is well-grounded in the basics and assumes no previous knowledge.
The book is certainly thorough. Subjects include landscapes, waterscapes, people and animals, with skies, trees and waves thrown in along the way. Rebecca is primarily a portrait and equestrian artist and this shows these are easily her strongest subjects. However, she is thoroughly at home with her medium and handles everything well. Her demonstrations and explanations are concise, but easy to follow. They will, I think, be of value to anyone at whatever level working with pastel.
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That week away is looming, but it's been some time since you got unclothed in public. We get that. Out of sight tends to mean out mind, though, and we're betting that your below-the-neck grooming game has slipped since last beach season.
When you actually pop open that shirt, it's too late. To make sure people don't think you've washed ashore, follow these preliminary steps to ensure you're not cropped out of everyone else's holiday snaps.
You're hairy. No issues here. But a back rug doesn't play well with wet sand. Unless you want to take the beach home, you need a tidy up.
Back stubble isn't trending, though, so swap the razor for Philips home hair shifter. Its IPL technology (like a laser, but that won't burn your corneas off) blasts away unwanted fur and keep the follicles closed until next year's getaway. But use sparingly. A baby smooth chest is for, well, babies. And Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Even if you keep your feet locked in lace-ups back home, Mediterranean sun makes those sandals much more tempting. But you need to snip, trim and buff before you consider freeing them.
Pigeon feet put other guests off the buffet. Trim the hair down with scissors – as soon as you don't look like a Hobbit, stop – then focus on your nails. Trim them square so the edges don't dig into your skin, then buff smooth with a file.
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The sun is all sorts of terrible for your skin. But it seems a waste to spend a week covered up in the shade. You can at least shun the pre-holiday sunbed, whose golden glow comes with a side of melanoma.
Instead, fake it till the real sun makes it. An overnight tangoing raises office eyebrows, so go slow and steady. St Tropez's gradual tan cream bestows its glow naturally over a few weeks, hydrates your about-to-be-baked skin, and won't stain your bedding.
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Date of Birth: June 1, 1981
Amy Beth Schumer was born in Manhattan, New York and grew up in Long Island, where she attended South Side High School. Amy was voted both "Class Clown" and "Teacher's Worst Nightmare" upon graduation in 1999.
In 2003 she graduated from Towson University with a degree in theatre. After graduating she moved to New York City and studied at the William Esper Studio while working as a bartender and a waitress.
She first began performing stand-up comedy in June 2004 at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York.
In 2007 she placed fourth on season five of NBC's Last Comic Standing and she placed second on Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back in 2008.
After a few years of doing stand up in New York clubs and playing small roles in TV comedy series such 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Amy landed the role of Trish in Jon Glaser's TV Comedy series Delocated.
Amy got her big break almost overnight when Comedy Central gave her an hour-long stand-up specialMostly Sex Stuff in 2012, followed by her own series, Inside Amy Schumer, which premiered in spring of 2013.
Trainwreck (2015) is Amy's first starring role in a film. The raunchy feature was written by Amy and directed and produced by Judd Apatow. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her comedic performance.
Since Trainwreck, she has lent her voice to The Simpsons (2016) and Family Guy (2016), and acted in the comedy Snatched (2017) with Goldie Hawn and the drama Thank You for Your Service (2017) with Miles Teller.
Her stand up comedy special, Amy Schumer: Growing (2019), is currently streaming on Netflix.
The comedian, actress and writer grew up as a fan of Gilda Radner, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball and Whoopi Goldberg. Her father is a cousin of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and her godmother is Judith Light, who starred on the TV series Who's the Boss.
In February 2018 Amy married Chris Fischer and their son, Gene Attell Fischer, was born May 5, 2019.
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Last Thursday, March 23, the new Alamo Drafthouse NYC in Brooklyn hosted a special screening of the well-received first film by Osgood Perkins, The Blackcoat's Daughter. The Blackcoat's Daughter is a psychological horror film set in a girls' boarding school starring Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Kat, a troubled student caught at the school during vacation, and co-starring Lucy Boynton and Emma Roberts, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto Film Fest but is finally getting a limited theatrical release. The film opens this Friday, March 31, at the Alamo NYC.
After the screening, Mr. Perkins, who has since released his follow-up picture, the subdued ghost story I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House, through Netflix, sat with Shudder's Sam Zimmerman, along with stars Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton, for the entertainingly candid Q&A presented below (edited for space and clarity).
Osgood Perkins: When I wrote it, it seems old-fashioned to say this, but the horror genre was sort of in trouble. Now that's such a stupid thing to say because the horror genre has never been more of the moment. Everybody and their mom has a great horror movie. But at the time it sort of felt like a beleaguered slum. What I wanted to do, honestly, was write something that felt kind of classy and elegant. So in assembling the other artists to do this with me, whether it was the cinematographer, the actors, all of it was designed to be … I hate to make it sound shallow but it was designed to be comely. Attractive and sort of stylish and beautiful and poised. No one was doing that at the time – now everyone is doing that.
Right around when I started writing, I watched two movies in the same week. I watched the original Let the Right One In – well, the only Let the Right One In, not the film by Matt Reeves – and I watched The Strangers by my friend Bryan Bertino, who also produced this movie. The Strangers especially – I was caught off guard by how sad it was. The movie starts with 15 minutes of straight up break-up drama.
Lucy Boynton: It was really exciting to read a script for a horror film that was not a horror film. It has everything you would want in a horror film, but it's just so devastating. It's more about the experience of these people – their experience of grief and loss. Which everyone on some level can relate to, whether it's a fear of grief and loss, or the experience, and the vulnerable place where that experience leaves you. So reading the script was kind of like the end of the film, where you are just left on the brink and there's nothing.
Kiernan Shipka: When I read the script, I immediately knew it was good (laughs).
OP: When we were scouting locations, there were two possible doors. Door number one was to find a school that was all brick and gargoyles and stained-glass – that kind of school. And I knew that was not the kind of school I wanted. Because the scariest American school is like Columbine – not picturesque at all – a featureless, square, cutout building. Those places have become the kind of places we see on the news. Those are the scary places. So the fact that we were able to find someplace that felt utilitarian, strangely, and also, the whole idea about boarding school – you're there alone, and it's not that your parents don't want you, but they don't want you that much (laughs), they want you to be at school in another state. It's just under the surface, but it is kind of true. I knew I did not want the kind of school where there was a cross on the top of every building. Instead we picked a place where everything is one-story and kind of sad.
OP: We put New York plates on the cars to say it was New York, but in reality it was just outside of Ottawa in a really small town. In what was the coldest recorded February in 40 years.
KS: We were feeling it. There was one day when it wasn't in the negatives and I was so happy. I think that may give you a picture of what the shoot was like. Honestly, I am an LA person so having a real winter, the more reality and the more true feelings you could get, especially when you are playing a character who is so far outside of your comfort zone, it was helpful. It helped me – made me want to cry more.
OP: This town, there was nothing, not even a bad Starbucks. I lived there for weeks and weeks just so upset. And then Shipka shows up from LA and I see her walking through town with a kombucha.
KS: I'll find kombucha wherever I go.
OP: Have you ever taken ayahuasca? It was such a horrifying time that I had, and that devil was my guy. And he was enormous. I had my costume designer brilliantly assemble this weird nettled guy in the suit – we called him Ned. Which we really shot a lot of, but in the end it was the Jaws thing – he didn't break, but he sucked on camera. He just did not look right, he did not look like my ayahuasca vision at all. But obscured and abstracted and in shadow, it became good in that way. I liked obscuring him and not showing him, which is more in keeping with the rest of the film. Originally, we have him sitting in the audience when Kat was playing piano – we shot reverses of him sitting in the seats and it looked ridiculous. It looked like Yo Gabba Gabba.
LB: That poor guy who was in the suit kept getting high off the fumes from the glue. He kept having to be sent to lie down because you would notice the Devil nodding slightly. And now he has been cut from the film.
KS: There goes Ned. Ned down! Ned down!
OP: A lot of what is written on the page, frankly, is sound. It's such an important element, especially for a horror movie. I was really quite down on this movie when we were cutting it, until we laid in the soundtrack the music and the atmosphere. It's such a big component – it was like walking around with two fingers instead of 10. So when I put the music and sound in, all of a sudden the lacquer came onto the whole picture and it felt right. My brother wrote the score, and he has never written a score before. He just nailed it. But there are times, of course, when the best choice is silence. And there were a lot of times when we just used the sounds of the school, for instance, the sound of the doors.
KS: When I was filming it, I was so concerned with Kat, I made the character my first priority. To now look at the film as a whole just makes me so happy. It was such an intimate experience filming something like this.
OP: I made a whole other movie in between this movie being made and coming out – a movie on Netflix called I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House. This movie was such torture to pull together, and to get financed, and to make. It was my first film. I never made any music videos or anything. And making the second movie from Netflix, you know, it is what everyone says it is. It's like the old studio system where all of a sudden you have all of the money in the world, and all of the time in the world, and they don't bother you. Like I'm Billy Wilder or something (laughs).
OP: I don't want to say that the twist was well handled. I'm never convinced that I got it 100% right in terms of the telling. In the script it was a bit different, in the script you see a continuous stretch of time from Kat being shot in the furnace room, and it then tracks her almost first-person experience of being taken in a helicopter, and being taken in an ambulance, and going through rehab, and eventually she wakes up and it's her in the room with the priest and we connected directly. I shot all of that stuff and it was just bad. We just did it badly – couldn't use it. But I wanted to use different people because it was more stylistic, more theatrical I guess, to use different actors.
KS: Emma shot all of her stuff before me so that was lucky. Because Oz had already seen all of her footage and we could work out little nuances, trace similarities and things like that. But separated enough that people do not automatically figure it out. So it was good that we shot at different times, so I could mimic certain little things that she did. But more important to me was how to meld the little similarities and differences so as to make it a shocking reveal.
Thanks to Alamo Drafthouse NYC and all the participants for the Q&A.
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11 April, 2020 ▪ Roman Malko
The language bogeyman
Someone is trying to turn language into an issue yet again. What are they doing and why?
Because it's a powerful weapon, language will remain a fine-tuned instrument in political and geopolitical games for a long time to come. What's more, not to use such a powerful weapon in a hybrid war would not be smart. Certainly, those who want to destabilize Ukraine will do everything they possibly can to exploit it. While the Zelenskiy administration seems reluctant to be proactive on the issue of language, it could easily find itself forced to be so. Ukraine's pro-Kremlin forces, who can always find some allies in the presidential faction, are determined to do precisely that with their continuing efforts to play up the language issue.
From their first days in the Verkhovna Rada, MPs in Viktor Medvedchuk's Opposition Platform–Za Zhyttia (OPZZ) registered two bills to change the country's language policy. The bill to amend the Law "On Education" is intended to prevent switching public schools that still have Russian as the language of instruction to the state language. The bill "On the Use of Languages in Ukraine" would effectively replace the recently passed law on the use of Ukrainian as the state language. Both bills were quietly removed from the legislative agenda once the profile committees reviewed them, only to be replaced by new bills.
The Venice Commission's judgment about the language law passed by the previous Rada came at the end of 2019 and were quite controversial. Written without understanding the Ukrainian context and in the spirit of obsessive European "concern" and tolerance, the Commission's conclusions seem made to order to serve Medvedchuk's interests. According to the EU experts, the law had some problematic elements that needed to be revised. Since it did not specify the rights of minorities, the Commission called for its force to be suspended until a separate law on minorities was passed. On top of that, the Venice experts recommended abolishing or suspending the sanction mechanism.
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Oddly enough, the Commission also proposed abolishing the provisions "providing for differentiated treatment for the languages of indigenous peoples, the languages of national minorities that are official EU languages, and the languages of national minorities that are not official EU languages." This seems to be the key point. Ironically, the authors of the language law proposed this instrument to try and fix the imbalance that has allowed the Russian language dominate over the languages of other minorities and stifle their normal development.
Needless to say, the advance team of Russki Mir did not miss this golden opportunity: MP Maksym Buzhanskiy (SN) boasted on social media the following day that he would sponsor a bill to abolish the language law based on the decision of the Venice Commission. This was later withdrawn, apparently thanks to the efforts of fellow SN MP Oleksandr Tkachenko.
But then another bill emerged in its place. In early February, OPZZ MPs Natalia Korolevska and Mykhailo Papiyev registered a resolution to abolish the language law in order to bring Russian back to schools. Korolevska then referred to the Ukrainian language as "a mere formality from the Verkhovna Rada tribune" because, as she put it, everyone spoke Russian in Ukraine anyway. That did not work and the resolution failed.
But that, too, was not the end of the story. On February 18, SN's Buzhanskiy and OPZZ's Oleh Voloshyn registered two bills, to amend the law on education and change the Verkhovna Rada Procedure on the Working Language. The goal was the same as in the two previous initiatives: to promote bilingualism under the guise of equal rights. The Rada is currently working on the two bills and will probably dismiss or withdraw them, yet again.
For Kremlin loyalists, however, any outcome will do. They aren't working towards a result because they know quite well that they won't get any. They're working for the sake of the process. What matters to them is making sure that the language issue remains in the spotlight. It's a tool that can help them speculate, gain voter support or even fuel instability, if need be. And they will feel especially happy if they succeed in shifting language discourse from the national security aspect, where it now is, to the field of human rights and liberal values. That is where they will finally have the chance to really exploit the issue.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his team are reluctant to get involved this issue. They have plenty of more serious problems and no idea on how to deal with those. Yet language issues used in various Kremlin's narratives to attack Petro Poroshenko during the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections. Nor did these attacks stop after the election – they just changed course.
Today, critics make fewer disparaging statements, focusing more on "constructive" action. Buzhanskiy attacks the laws on language and education, Andriy Bohdan proposed allowing Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts to speak Russian in exchange for peace when he was Chief-of-Staff, and 25-year-old SN MP Oleksiy Ustenko claims that Russia attacked Ukraine precisely because the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko language law was canceled on February 23, 2014. This creates an impression that Zelenskiy's Sluha Narodu Party is actually trying to destabilize the situation and has chosen language as one of the biggest triggers for Ukrainian society.
SN monitors and probes the public mood in Ukraine regularly, sending out different messages, as needed. If there is interest in the language issue, they will play the language card. They just don't want to provoke conflicts when they don't need them. The VR Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy hinted at that on March 2, when it advised the Rada against amending the Law on the functioning of Ukrainian as the state language to comply with the Venice Commission's recommendations until the Constitutional Court decides on their appropriateness. Just a week earlier, Commission's Chair Tkachenko lamented in an interview with Glavcom that the language law posed many risks for Ukrainian society and for MPs. In order to fix that, he said his committee had begun preparing for a national roundtable on the language issue.
How necessary is such a debate? Is the situation so fragile that it requires the Rada to re-open a public discussion that could grow into a conflict with the proper orchestration? Not really. Individual conflicts over the language that pop up here and there are not systemic. More than anything, they are the product of an inferiority complex that many Ukrainians have yet to overcome. Conflicts will keep popping up and Ukrainians will find ways to deal with them. They just need time. Roundtables won't make a difference.
RELATED ARTICLE: The Ukrainian language as a protest
Opinion polls have shown, time and again, that most Ukrainians see language as an important pillar of statehood and do not need a debate on that, whether they speak Ukrainian all the time or not. So any attempts to pick at this wound will not give the desired results. According to a January 2020 poll by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Razumkov Center, 81% of Ukrainian citizens see the Ukrainian language as an important element of independence, 80% want the country's leaders and civil servants to speak Ukrainian during working hours, 69% believe that Ukrainian should be the only state language, and 79% believe that the ratio of Ukrainian to other languages in domestic media should be at least 50-50. This is despite the fact that Ukrainians admit that they often use both Russian and Ukrainian in private communication: only 32.4% speak Ukrainian all the time. These are very important numbers. They show that both national self-awareness and a clear understanding that Ukrainian is a critical unifying factor for the country, as well as a weapon in its war for independence are on the rise.
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Andhra Pradesh's New Solar Policy Targets 5 GW of Projects in Five Years
Solar pumps, rooftop installations, establishment of solar parks are some of policy's focus areas
Andhra Pradesh has come up with a new solar policy with the aim to promote widespread usage of solar power and targets a minimum total solar power capacity addition of 5,000 MW in the next five years in the state.
This policy will remain applicable for a period of five years or until a new policy is issued. Solar power projects (SPP) that are commissioned during the operative period will be eligible for the incentives declared under this policy for a period of 10 years from the date of commissioning.
Distribution companies (DISCOMs) will procure around 2,000 MW of solar power capacity in a phased manner within the next five years depending on the requirement in the state.
The DISCOMs will enter long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) of 25 years with developers who are selected based on a competitive procurement process as per the tariff based competitive bidding guidelines notified by the Ministry of Power.
Procurement of power from solar projects having capacity less than 5 MW will be paid at a feed in tariff (FiT) rate determined by Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC).
Government will encourage solar power producers to set up projects for captive use within the state or for third-party sale within and outside Andhra Pradesh. These projects will also qualify for Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) mechanism.
Government expect to initially develop 4,000 MW capacity of solar parks.
Government will promote solar rooftop systems on public buildings, domestic, commercial and industrial establishments on gross and or net meter basis. The consumers are free to choose either net or gross meter option for the sale of power to DISCOMs. The applicable tariff for either of the cases will be equal to the average pooled power purchase cost (APPC) determined by the APERC.
For rooftop solar systems, projects of capacity up to 1,000 kW at a single location will be permitted.
50,000 solar powered pump sets are targeted to be operational in the state in the next five years without any additional financial burden on the farmers.
Transmission and distribution charges will be exempted only for connectivity to the nearest Central Transmission Utility (CTU) via State Transmission Utility (STU) network for inter-state wheeling of power subject to the consent of APERC.
Banking of 100 percent of energy will be permitted during all 12 months of the year, based on the feasibility and prior approval of the DISCOMs. Banking charges will be adjusted at the rate of 5 percent of the energy delivered at the point of transmission. The banking year will be from April to March.
Withdrawal from banked energy will not be permitted during five-month period from April 1 to June 30 and February 1 to March 31 of each financial year.
Unutilized banked energy will be considered as deemed purchase by DISCOMs at 50 percent of the APPC. Payment for the deemed purchase of unutilized banked energy will be capped to 10 percent of the total banked energy during the applicable year.
Intra-state open access clearance for the whole tenure of the project or 25 years whichever is earlier will be granted as per the APERC regulations. In absence of any response from the nodal agency to the generator within 21 days, such application will be deemed open access.
Generation of electricity from solar projects will be treated as eligible industry under the programs administered by the industries department, and incentives available to industrial units under such programs will be available to the solar power producers.
Must-run status has been accorded to solar.
Andhra Pradesh has a large share of power consumption going to its agricultural sector, constituting around 24 percent of the total energy consumption of the state. In such a scenario, solar power can prove to be an excellent fit to shift the agriculture load and meet the power demand during the day time.
According to Mercom's India Solar Project Tracker, Andhra Pradesh has installed solar PV capacity of ~2.75 GW and a project pipeline of 1.9 GW.
Andhra PradeshAPERCDISCOMsRECRooftop SolarSolar ParksSolar Policy
IEX Reports 4.4% YoY Dip in Profit for Q3 FY23, Trades 23 BU of Power
Daily News Wrap-Up: REC India Commits ₹10 Billion for Renewable Projects in MP
Central Regulator Approves Peak Tariffs for Inter-State Renewable Projects
Gujarat DISCOMs Seek Approval for A Steep Green Tariff at ₹9.89/kWh
Renewable Energy Trading on IEX Increases by 6% MoM in December


We are in the middle of a heat wave in Rochester. This is when the pugs and cats start to dangle.
They get floppy and loose and just sort of hang there.
And then when temperatures rise over 90 degrees the critters just go melty. Pug puddles.
Cats fall over where they stand and melt too.


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After giving up grains (even sprouted), I feel so much better! No more CONSTANT hunger and headaches that came from eating high carb foods! I finally feel like I am in control of my health and weight, and it is no longer left to chance!
Many people are afraid of coconut flour recipes. I used to be until I started experimenting myself, and now, I love using coconut flour. Did you know recipes that use coconut flour alone are cheaper to prepare than those that call for almond flour?? When using coconut flour, you get a great yield than compared to the same amount (by volume) of almond flour.
I had already created a grain-free and low-carb Cinnamon Raisin Bread for my first cookbook, Satisfying Eats. The version in the cookbook is easy and delicious, made with a combo of flax seed meal, almond flour and coconut flour. However, I wanted to create a nut-free and seed-free version. It is SO easy for those of us who have given up grains to over-consume other foods and nuts tends over-eaten by many.
Looking for more Nut-Free recipes??
Also be sure to check out my new cookbook, Comforting Eats, for other nut free recipes like Hummingbird Cupcakes, Spice Cookies and Coconut Macaroons.
Did you know?? Most recipe that call for almond flour can also be converted to nut-free by using ground up sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.
This recipe is SUPER easy! Mix the dry, add the wet, blend. Let set 3-4 minutes and blend again, EASY!! I do recommend lining your loaf pan with parchment paper to make sure there is no sticking. I used an 8 X 4 inch loaf pan to get a little more height to the bread but you could use a regular loaf pan as well. Also, make these into muffins, yum!
Be sure to use quality ingredients. I use Tropical Traditions or Bob's Red Mill coconut flour due the brand's finer texture. Use quality eggs and if you do want to make this bread dairy-free, be sure to use a quality coconut milk like this one or make your own.
Pumpkin Spice Bread: Add 1 tsp. (or more) of pumpkin pie spice to batter.
Cinnamon Raisin: Add 2 tbsp. (or more) of raisins to batter.
Also consider making these into muffin top or scones using a muffin top pan.
I have SO many recipes coming up like this yummy Kumquat Marmalade which paired PERFECTLY with the Cinnamon Bread!
What other recipes would you like to see on the blog?? Please tell me in the comments below! Also, be sure to Follow Satisfying Eats so that you don't miss any recipes that I post! My Facebook page is quickly approaching 10,000 followers so get ready for a BIG giveaway! Again, thanks so much for all of your support!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oil loaf and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Blend dry ingredients with whisk until well blended. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Taste for sweetness and adjust if needed. Let stand 3 minutes and then blend again.
Spread batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Store in refrigerator.
*If using a natural sweetener, add 2 tbsp. of raw honey or coconut sugar to batter. Taste for sweetness and adjust if needed.
90 Calories, 7 grams of Fat, 2 Net Carbs, 3 grams Protein per slice.
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celiac disease I would love a recipe for wheat free "pop tarts". I so enjoy reading your blog.
It has helped me tremendously. Thank you!!!
Veronica, I hope they enjoy the recipe!
Glad you enjoyed the bread Nina!
Kudos for the low calorie recipe too!! Looking forward to trying this. Typically, coconut flour recipes are lower in calories for those of us who unfortunately have to moderately track them.
My doctor told me on Monday that I need to eliminate gluten, dairy, corn and chocolate. A friend sent me a link to your site, and I looked at some of your recipes. Are there any you can think of that fit these parameters? I liked a couple, but they had sour cream, cream cheese, etc.
Tami, for most recipes, coconut milk can be substituted for the dairy products. But for cream cheese (like in the cheesecake), this would not work.
Duh. . . I just saw the notes about dairy free!
I had time to make this morning before I went to work. When I got home… not a crumb left!! Need I say more! Thank you Melissa!!
Made this today – my first time making a grain free bread. Super easy to make. It came out light and airy. Good to eat alone but delicious with some grass fed butter. I doubled the cinnamon because I love cinnamon – might even triple it next time. The house smells heavenly.
Probably a dumb question, but do you melt the butter?
Candy no, for this recipe, you want it cold (I even emphasis it in the instructions). If it is melted, the dough will be sticky and not want to roll up. Reread instructions because this recipe is very specific about keeping everything cold. Hope this helps!
Hrm, I don't see anything in the instructions about keeping butter cold. I actually melted mine and it turned out great. Did you mean for the cinnamon rolls?
Sorry, yes, I thought I was answering a question about the cinnamon rolls! 😉 Yes, melted butter for the Cinnamon Bread.
Melissa, I love all your recipes I've already tried! Thank you!!! It would be helpful to include the size of the pan to bake this bread in.
This looks delicious! Unfortunately, on top of wheat and dairy, I also can't eat eggs – do you think this recipe would work with applesauce, flax-eggs, or some other egg replacer? Thank you!
Roni, I am not skilled yet in substituting out for the eggs. It's on my to-do list!
Vivian, you can use any dairy or milk in the same quantity as the recipe calls for. The same thing goes for using coconut oil instead of butter. I hope you enjoy!
Can't wait to try this, I eat low-carb and am trying to convince my hubby to join me. He misses bread so bad, hopefully this will help him in the mornings.
Can you tell us what the consistency of the dough should be like while mixing and after baking? I have the hardest time making bread like products from coconut flour. After it is baked, the dough is always very soft (uncooked like) and never comes out great. Any thoughts?
Lisa, I think the key to baking with coconut is to make sure it is fully hydrated. This is why I wait a few minutes and give it the extra mix at the end. Have you tried this recipe?? Did you do that?? I hope this helps!
I know this is late, but wanted to tell you what I did. I made it using your recipe, but cooked it in mini muffin tins for 12 minutes, then cooled the muffins. Added cream cheese sweetened with cinnamon stevia for frosting. Yum!! A big hit with my teenager, who can really eat. Thanks so much for a great recipe.
I made this today. I used the muffin top pan. It made 10 muffin tops. Because I had let myself run out of butter. I used unsweetened applesauce. They turned out great. Thank you so much for all your recipes.
I posted a link to your site on Calorie Count.
Tamara, What did you use the applesauce I place of for this recipe? Can't wait to try this recipe!!
Where on your blog can I find info on your spiral bound cookbooks, I.e. cost & ordering. Love your recipes!
Patti, here is the link: https://satisfyingeats.com/order-cookbooks/ glad you are enjoying my recipes!
Hi Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am looking forward to trying it out. I am also wondering what nutrition calculator you use. I am trying to find a good one and have had no luck so far!
Oh..my..word…I added 1/2 tbs maple extract and a tbs of nutmeg along with the cinnamon and made this into 12 mini muffins (baked for about 18 min), put on some Kerrygold butter while still warm. So so so good. A lot of recipes mix almond flour w/the coconut, but it always turns meal-y to me, just using the coconut flour is amazing..light, fluffy and delish.
Made this on Sunday, my first time making a low-carb bread. LOVE the texture! I used a few slices to make french toast this morning, and that worked out great!
Made this yesterday just for fun, it turned out great. Pair it with some Kerrygold butter and you have a delicious snack with your morning cup of coffee!
Please offer cheesecake recipes that do not use a special pot appliance. Thank you.


It may surprise you that the United Nations was founded by the occult and has a flat earth map on their official logo. What might surprise you even more is that there is a Satanic library inside the United Nations building called Lucis Trust, formerly known as Lucifer Trust. It was founded by Alice Bailey who was a new age occultist.
Satan is the god of this world! In 2 Corinthians 4:4 it says, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." Satan controls and deceives the world through demon possessed Luciferian worshippers such as Madame Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, Albert Pike and Aleister Crowley. Satan uses organizations with a false humanitarian cover, which include the United Nations, Lucis Trust, and World Goodwill to propagates the work of Ascended Masters (fallen angels) who were working "through" Alice Bailey and Madame Blavatsky. They have certainly succeeded in blinding millions to the truth and hiding "the light of the glorious gospel of Christ" from the masses.
The globe earth lie is the foundation for the Babylonion New World Order, The New Age Movement, the Big Bang theory, occultism, the Jewish Kabbalah, evolution, and atheism. They mockingly hide the truth in plain site with symbolism and their flat earth map logo.
We are living in the Last Days, in a time of willful apostasy and rebellion against the God of the Bible. Satan is doing all he can to deceive all people into worshipping him. And one way he has done this is to create a false reality in which God does not exist. Satan has used the United Nations and Lucis Trust to push his Satanic theosophy and New Age agenda, while working through Science and Space agencies to convince the world we live on a spinning ball in a vast Godless Big Bang Universe. We are truly living in a Satanic run modern Babylon.
The Bible describes and supports a flat earth and so does real observable science. Honest observation of the world we live in will lead you to truth, the truth that we are indeed on a flat stationary plane with a close, small sun as described in the Bible. True science validates the Bible and points to God alone as creator! So why are they lying? Because they hate God, they hate the Creation of God, and they want to hide God from the world.


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Q: Unable to get Xdebug 3 working with Docker So, after spending several days of browsing unsuccessfully trying to figure out why upgrading to Xdebug 3 seems to only partially work with my Dockerized Laravel project, here I am. I've closely followed the upgrade guide and official documentation, other recent posts here, and am still completely befuddled as to why the debugger won't stop at breakpoints unless I manually pass in config options to run an Artisan command (more on this a bit below). Everything worked without issue with Xdebug 2.
Below are (what I think are) the relevant portions of config files/outputs. Yes, I realize the same configs are set multiple times, which is a result of trying many different locations to set these options.
docker-compose.yml
php:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: php.dockerfile
    container_name: php
    environment:
      XDEBUG_CONFIG: client_host=host.docker.internal client_port=9001 mode=debug start_with_request=yes
      XDEBUG_MODE: debug
    volumes:
      - ./src:/var/www/html:delegated
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    networks:
      - v2

php.dockerfile
FROM php:8.0-fpm

WORKDIR /var/www/html

RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql bcmath \
  && pecl install -f xdebug-3.0.1 \
  && echo "zend_extension=$(find /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/ -name xdebug.so)" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini;

My host (Windows) php.ini if relevant
zend_extension=C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug-3.0.1-8.0-vs16-x86_64.dll
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.client_port=9001
xdebug.idekey=VSCODE

launch.json
{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Listen for XDebug",
            "type": "php",
            "request": "launch",
            "port": 9001,
            "pathMappings": {
                "/var/www/html": "${workspaceFolder}/src"
            },
            "xdebugSettings": {
                "max_data": 65535,
                "show_hidden": 1,
                "max_children": 100,
                "max_depth": 5
            },
        }
    ]
}

The Xdebug section of php -i output (removed deprecated options)
Feature => Enabled/Disabled
Development Aids => ✘ disabled
Coverage => ✘ disabled
GC Stats => ✘ disabled
Profiler => ✘ disabled
Step Debugger => ✔ enabled
Tracing => ✘ disabled

Debugger => enabled
IDE Key =>

Directive => Local Value => Master Value
xdebug.cli_color => 0 => 0
xdebug.client_discovery_header => no value => no value
xdebug.client_host => host.docker.internal => localhost
xdebug.client_port => 9001 => 9003
xdebug.cloud_id => no value => no value
xdebug.collect_assignments => Off => Off
xdebug.collect_return => Off => Off
xdebug.connect_timeout_ms => 200 => 200
xdebug.discover_client_host => Off => Off
xdebug.dump.COOKIE => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.ENV => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.FILES => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.GET => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.POST => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.REQUEST => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.SERVER => no value => no value
xdebug.dump.SESSION => no value => no value
xdebug.dump_globals => On => On
xdebug.dump_once => On => On
xdebug.dump_undefined => Off => Off
xdebug.file_link_format => no value => no value
xdebug.filename_format => no value => no value
xdebug.force_display_errors => Off => Off
xdebug.force_error_reporting => 0 => 0
xdebug.gc_stats_output_name => gcstats.%p => gcstats.%p
xdebug.halt_level => 0 => 0
xdebug.idekey => no value => no value
xdebug.log => no value => no value
xdebug.log_level => 7 => 7
xdebug.max_nesting_level => 256 => 256
xdebug.max_stack_frames => -1 => -1
xdebug.mode => develop => develop
xdebug.output_dir => /tmp => /tmp
xdebug.profiler_append => Off => Off
xdebug.profiler_output_name => cachegrind.out.%p => cachegrind.out.%p
xdebug.scream => Off => Off
xdebug.show_error_trace => Off => Off
xdebug.show_exception_trace => Off => Off
xdebug.show_local_vars => Off => Off
xdebug.start_upon_error => default => default
xdebug.start_with_request => default => default
xdebug.trace_format => 0 => 0
xdebug.trace_options => 0 => 0
xdebug.trigger_value => no value => no value
xdebug.var_display_max_children => 128 => 128
xdebug.var_display_max_data => 512 => 512
xdebug.var_display_max_depth => 3 => 3

Plus under Additional modules
XDEBUG_MODE => debug
XDEBUG_CONFIG => client_host=host.docker.internal client_port=9001 mode=debug start_with_request=yes
...
$_SERVER['XDEBUG_MODE'] => debug
$_SERVER['XDEBUG_CONFIG'] => client_host=host.docker.internal client_port=9001 mode=debug start_with_request=yes
...
$_ENV['XDEBUG_MODE'] => debug
$_ENV['XDEBUG_CONFIG'] => client_host=host.docker.internal client_port=9001 mode=debug start_with_request=yes

As I mentioned, running the options as flags on the CLI directly does respect the breakpoints I set -- that is, bashing into the php container and then running php -dxdebug.mode=debug -dxdebug.start_with_request=yes -dxdebug.client_port=9001 -dxdebug.client_host=127.0.0.1 artisan some:command works with the debugger just fine.
Apologies for the length and for the file dump, but I'm truly lost at this point so any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Looks like whatever issue I had was fixed in Xdebug 3.0.2. Thanks to LazyOne for the help!

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package org.chocosolver.solver.propagation;

import org.chocosolver.solver.Solver;
import org.chocosolver.solver.constraints.Constraint;
import org.chocosolver.solver.constraints.ICF;
import org.chocosolver.solver.constraints.IntConstraintFactory;
import org.chocosolver.solver.variables.IntVar;
import org.chocosolver.solver.variables.VF;
import org.chocosolver.solver.variables.VariableFactory;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

/**
 * <br/>
 *
 * @author Charles Prud'homme
 * @since 01/06/12
 */
public class PropEngineTest {

    @Test(groups = "1s")
    public void test1() {
        Solver solver = new Solver("t1");
        IntVar x = VariableFactory.bounded("X", 1, 3, solver);
        IntVar y = VariableFactory.bounded("Y", 1, 3, solver);
        solver.post(IntConstraintFactory.arithm(x, ">=", y));
        solver.post(IntConstraintFactory.arithm(x, "<=", 2));

        solver.findSolution();
    }

    @Test(groups = "1s")
    public void test2() {
        Solver solver = new Solver();
        IntVar[] VARS = VF.enumeratedArray("X", 2, 0, 2, solver);
        Constraint CSTR = ICF.arithm(VARS[0], "+", VARS[1], "=", 2);
        solver.post(CSTR, CSTR);
        solver.findAllSolutions();
        Assert.assertEquals(solver.getMeasures().getSolutionCount(), 3);
        solver.getSearchLoop().reset();
        solver.unpost(CSTR);
        solver.findAllSolutions();
        Assert.assertEquals(solver.getMeasures().getSolutionCount(), 3);
    }
}

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I'm a Christ follower and learning more every day about how flawed I am but how perfect my Savior is – thankful His mercy is new every morning. I'm a Senior studying English and Spanish Secondary Education. I will be student teaching in the fall, but I'm praying about how God wants to use my skills after graduation as I consider teaching and ministry options.
As the monkey in the middle of our trio of sisters, my outlook on life differs from theirs. I've had the privilege to witness or experience both sides of the spectrum and have learned to respect them both. When coming up with ideas for projects and trying to involve others, it is easier for me to see where people's talents will fit in to the end product. I am excited to see how each of us women finds where our piece fits into the puzzle that is Grace Elizabeth's.
When I'm not in class, at either of my two jobs, at a sorority event, or a Bible study, then I am most definitely at Barista's, our local coffee shop. If I'm not sipping chai at my favorite booth, then I have probably dropped off the face of the earth – or I'm at home reading, knitting, crocheting, sewing and overall crafting in my "free" time. My most recently read favorite book would probably beWonderstruck, which I read for a Children's Lit class last semester. It's a hybrid text which means it is a story told in pictures and in words, which worked splendidly for this book! Check it out sometime!


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Dry taste coffee with strong caffeine, made with a selection of deep roasted beans.
City roasted coffee, milk and low sugar. Refreshing taste Iced Cafe Latte.
This coffee,"Half and Half" is made of bitter tasting coffee and fine milk.
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What Is Rule 11
(a) signature. Each brief, written application and other document must be signed by at least one lawyer registered in the lawyer`s name – or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. The document must provide the address, email address and telephone number of the signatory. Unless a rule or statute expressly provides otherwise, it is not necessary to review a proceeding or be accompanied by an affidavit. The court must delete an unsigned document unless the omission is corrected immediately after the lawyer or party has been informed. The rule only applies to claims contained in documents filed or filed with the court. It does not apply to cases that are being tried for the first time in oral presentations, where defence counsel may make statements that would not have been made if there had been more time for study and reflection. However, a litigant`s obligations with respect to the content of these documents are not measured only at the time they are filed with the court or filed with the court, but include the affirmation of the court and the approval of the positions contained in these pleadings and motions after learning that they no longer have any value. For example, a lawyer who insists on a claim or defence at a pre-trial conference should be considered "submitted to court" and would be subject to the obligations of subsection (b) measured at that time.
If, after a notice of expulsion has been filed, a party brings before a federal court the allegations of a brief filed with the State Court (whether as a claim, defence or in disputes over removal or pre-trial detention), it is considered a "presentation" – and thus a confirmation by the District Court under Rule 11 – of those allegations. The power of the court to act on its own initiative is maintained, but only if this is done by means of an order for the taking of evidence. This procedure provides the person with notification and the ability to respond. The appeal in cassation provides that a pecuniary penalty imposed as a result of an order of the ground of proof initiated by a court is limited to a penalty payable to the court and that it is imposed only if the order relating to the cause of the evidence is made before a voluntary dismissal or an agreement between the parties to settle the claims invoked by or against the party to the proceedings. Parties settling a case should not subsequently be faced with an unexpected court order that results in monetary penalties that may have affected their willingness to settle or voluntarily close a case. Since evidentiary warrants are generally only issued in situations that resemble contempt of court, the rule does not provide a "safe haven" for a litigant to withdraw a claim, defend themselves, etc., after an order on the cause of the evidence has been made on their own initiative. However, these remedies should be taken into account in deciding what sanction, if any, to impose if the court concludes, after considering the applicant`s response, that there has been a breach. The courts currently seem to believe that they can impose ex officio sanctions. See North American Trading Corp.c.
Zale Corp., 73 F.R.D. 293 (S.D.N.Y. 1979). The power to do so has been expressed in order to overcome the traditional reluctance of the courts to intervene unless one of the parties so requests. The detection and punishment of a breach of the obligation to sign promoted by the amended rule is part of the court`s responsibility to ensure the proper functioning of the system. The rule is not intended to deter a lawyer`s enthusiasm or creativity in pursuing factual or legal theories. It is expected that the court will avoid using the wisdom of retrospection and should test the signatory`s behaviour by inquiring what was reasonably believed at the time of filing the pleadings, motion or other document. Thus, what constitutes a reasonable investigation may depend on factors, such as .B. how much time the signatory had for the investigation; whether he had to rely on a client to obtain information about the facts underlying the pleading, application or other document; whether the pleading, application or other document was based on a plausible view of the law; or if it depended on a freight forwarder or other member of the bar. Subdivisions (b) and (c). These subdivisions repeat provisions that require lawyers and litigants to conduct an appropriate review of the law and facts before signing pleadings, written applications and other documents and imposing sanctions for violations of these obligations. The review partially expands the responsibilities of litigants in court, while providing more restrictions and flexibility in dealing with violations of the rule.
The rule also requires litigants to "pause and reflect" before making legal or factual claims. However, it also highlights the duty of transparency by subjecting litigants to potential sanctions if they insist on a position after it is no longer defensible and generally providing protection against sanctions if they withdraw or correct disputes after being informed of a potential violation. But in the years that followed, some began to believe that plaintiffs were abusing patent systems by filing lawsuits based on dubious patents and allegations of infringement. To curb these practices, many have lobbied for legislative or judicial reform. But such proposals, which would have marked a break with the traditional "American rule" that each party pays its own legal fees, have met with considerable resistance. The rule does not require a party or counsel to disclose privileged communications or work results to prove that the signing of the pleading, application or other document is substantially justified. The provisions of Rule 26(c), including appropriate orders following a court-guided camera inspection, remain available to protect a party claiming privileges or protection of labour products. One of the proposed bills, the Innovation Act (H.R. 9) – originally introduced by MP Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in October 2013 and promoted as "the solution to the problem of abusive patent litigation"7 – the House was passed quickly in December 2013. But his Senate counterpart, the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act (p.
1720), introduced in November 2013 by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), stagnated and died. According to proponents of the Innovation and PATENT ACT, the traditional "U.S. rule" is supposed to give an advantage to patent owners, as accused infringers often have an advantage with higher litigation fees and costs.8 Therefore, the rule is likely to force wrongly accused parties to reach a settlement, since the total legal fees and defence costs of the case often exceed the cost of settlement. The rule maintains the principle that lawyers and litigants are required vis-à-vis the court to refrain from any conduct contrary to the objectives of Rule 1. The review broadens the scope of this obligation, but further restricts the imposition of sanctions and is expected to reduce the number of sanction applications submitted to the court. (d) shall remove from the scope of this Rule all requests for information, replies, objections and requests subject to the provisions of Articles 26 to 37. The penalties provided for in Rule 11 are applicable only in respect of documents submitted to the court, and not in respect of misconduct by lawyers. Fed. R. Civ., p. 11; see also United Energy Owners Comm., Inc.c. United States Energy Management Systems, Inc., 837 F.2d 356, 364-65 (9th Cir.
1988). (According to the rule prior to `93) An agreement under Rule 11 is considered an enforceable contract with respect to your claim. If a party to an agreement valid under Rule 11 violates the agreement, it may be sued. A lawyer can help you file the lawsuit and tell you what remedies are available. (d) Inapplicability to discovery. This rule does not apply to requests for disclosure and disclosure, responses, objections and requests under Rules 26 to 37. The purpose of this revision is to resolve the problems encountered in the interpretation and application of the revision of the 1983 rule. For the empirical review of experience under the 1983 rule, see e.B. New York State Bar Committee on Federal Courts, Sanctions and Attorneys` Fees (1987); T. Willging, The Rule 11 Sanctioning Process (1989); American Judicature Society, Report of the Third Circuit Task Force on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (S. Burbank ed., 1989); E.
Wiggins, T. Willging and D. Stienstra, Report on Rule 11 (Federal Judicial Centre, 1991). For an analysis of case law, see G. Joseph, Sanctions: The Federal Law of Litigation Abuse (1989); J. Solovy, Federal Sanctions Act (1991); G. Vairo, Rule 11 Sanctions: Perspectives of Case Law and Preventive Measures (1991). It is expressly provided that the parties to the proceedings will be informed of the alleged infringement and will have the opportunity to react before imposing sanctions.
Whether the case should be decided solely on the basis of written submissions or provided for oral proceedings (or even for the presentation of evidence) depends on the circumstances. If the court imposes a sanction, it must, unless otherwise noted, state the reasons for the penalty in a written order or in the record; Normally, the Court should not have to declare its rejection of a request for a sanction. Whether an offence has been committed and, if so, what sanctions should be imposed in the event of an offence is left to the discretion of the Court of First Instance; Therefore, as under applicable law, the standard for reviewing the appeal of these decisions will be abuse of discretion .. . .
What Is Legal Regulations Compliance and Investigation
What Is the Definition of an Error and Omission


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Wilfred Noy est un acteur, scénariste, réalisateur et producteur britannique, né le  à South Kensington (Royaume-Uni) et mort le  à Worthing (Royaume-Uni).

Filmographie

comme réalisateur

comme acteur
 1924 : Janice Meredith : Dr. Joseph Warren
 1928 : Interférences (Interference) de Lothar Mendes : Dr. Gray
 1929 : The Doctor's Secret : Mr. Redding
 1929 : The Careless Age : Lord Durhugh
 1930 : Lilies of the Field d'Alexander Korda: majordome
 1930 : Strictly Unconventional : Perkins, le majordome
 1930 : The Flirting Widow : Mr. Martin, le majordome
 1930 : Soyons gai (Let Us Be Gay) de Robert Z. Leonard : Whitman, le majordome
 1931 : Against the Rules
 1931 : Transgression : Taylor, le majordome
 1931 : Fascination (Possessed) de Clarence Brown : Bertram (le majordome de Mark)
 1932 : The Barton Mystery de Henry Edwards : Griffiths
 1932 : Emma de Clarence Brown : Drake, le premier maître d'hôtel
 1932 : Amour d¨¦fendu (Forbidden)
 1933 : Going Gay : chef d'orchestre
 1934 : Menace : Dean
 1937 : Talking Feet
 1939 : The Body Vanished : Snelling

comme scénariste
 1918 : Spinner o' Dreams
 1921 : The Marriage Lines
 1923 :
 1925 : The Lost Chord
 1925 : The Midnight Girl
 1929 : Linda
 1929 : Circumstantial Evidence
 1936 : Well Done, Henry

comme Producteur
 1934 : The Broken Rosary
 1935 : Father O'Flynn
 1935 : City of Beautiful Nonsense
 1936 : Annie Laurie
 1937 : Song of the Forge

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Producteur britannique de cinéma
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Réalisateur du muet
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Naissance à Kensington et Chelsea (borough)
Décès en mars 1948
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Apple to Refund $8.6 million to Arizonans for E-book Price Fixing Scheme
PHOENIX - Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich today announced the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apple Inc.'s request for the Court to review a lower court decision, clearing the way for the distribution of $8.6 million to Arizonans who paid artificially-inflated prices for e-books. In total, $400 million will be refunded to U.S. consumers nationwide. The lower court held Apple liable for conspiring with five major publishers to raise the prices of electronic books. Arizona consumers purchased 2.14% of all e-books sold from April 1, 2010 to May 21, 2012.
"Arizonans who overpaid for their e-books have waited long enough for a refund," said Attorney General Mark Brnovich. "I am pleased that the Supreme Court declined Apple's appeal and we can now put an end to this price-fixing scheme."
Arizona is part of a 33-state coalition who investigated and prosecuted the antitrust case against Apple and its co-conspirators. In July 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Apple conspired to raise prices with: Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (now Penguin Random House); Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC d/b/a Macmillan; Hachette Book Group Inc.; HarperCollins Publishers LLC; and Simon & Schuster Inc.
The case was tried jointly, between the 33-state coalition and the U.S. Department of Justice. The district court's ruling was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in June 2015. With the Supreme Court declining to review that decision, Apple has no further opportunity to contest its liability.
All five of the publishers settled prior to trial, and paid a total of approximately $166 million in nationwide consumer compensation. Arizonans received $3,478,237 of that settlement. The states' settlement with Apple was contingent on the outcome of Apple's appeal of the ruling, meaning Apple must now pay the maximum contemplated amounts. In addition to the $400 million to be distributed to consumers – including those represented by private counsel in a related class action – Apple will pay $20 million to the states in reimbursement for fees and costs and to resolve claims for civil penalties.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office provided consumers with notice of the Apple settlement in September 2014. In 2014, consumers who overpaid were given notice and had the option to exclude themselves from the settlement or to request a check instead of an account credit. Account credits for e-book readers should be distributed within the next few months.
If you believe you have been the victim of consumer fraud, please contact the Attorney General's Office in Phoenix at (602) 542-5763, in Tucson at (520) 628-6504, or outside the metro areas at (800) 352-8431. Bilingual consumer protection staff is available to assist. Consumers can also file complaints online by visiting the Attorney General's website.
For additional information, members of the media may contact Mia Garcia, Director of Media Relations at (602) 339-5895 or Mia.Garcia@azag.gov.
FAQ'S to Apple E-Books Settlement


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1. Cones – Odd or Evens? A new competition from Steve Lucas.
Round 2. A coin is tossed, the result is either Odds or Evens: odds – drive the course again but only the ODD cones (1,3,5 etc); evens – drive the course again but only the EVEN cones (2,4,6 etc).


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Samsung's Android-Juiced Galaxy Camera Can Post Photos to Instagram From Anywhere With a Data Plan
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The Samsung Galaxy Camera is the company's latest answer to the great connected camera problem brought on by smartphones. How do you make the perfect Wi-Fi camera? Give it a data plan.
What we have here, is the literally the Samsung Galaxy S III stuck to the back of a generic point-and-shoot camera. Seriously. This is a Galaxy S III: 4.8-inch LCD touchscreen, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, and Android Jelly Bean OS. As for the camera, it sports a 1/2.3-inch, backside-illuminated image sensor and shoots 1080p video—in other words it's basically every inexpensive pocket camera out there. The 21x optical zoom more reveals that in all likelihood the camera's optics are identical to those in the Samsung WB850f Wi-Fi camera released earlier this year.
Oh, and it comes in both 3G/Wi-Fi and 4G/Wi-Fi versions—that's what really makes the difference between this camera and other Wi-Fi cameras. No more clumsy connectivity because the Galaxy Camera is basically a phone. Combine a reliable connection with Android OS and suddenly you're posting to Instagram and Facebook with a real camera. The Galaxy Camera also comes equipped with an auto backup feature that sends your photos to the cloud using your data connection. And of course, like the Galaxy S III, the camera is has GPS a Bluetooth radios, too.
The Best Inexpensive Point-and-Shoot Camera with Wi-Fi
Smartphone cameras have gotten so good—and sharing photos from them has gotten so easy—that in most
Indeed, the Galaxy Camera seems so obvious that it's hard to believe no one ever thought to just sew together a smartphone and a point-and-shoot camera. We're well acquainted with the failings of Samsung's other Wi-Fi cameras that don't use Android. And since the Galaxy Camera already runs Jelly Bean, Nikon's newly announced Android 2.3 camera might be dead in the water.
Is Nikon Making an Android-Powered Point and Shoot?
Nikon Rumors has stumbled on a few leaked photos suggesting that not only is a new premium compact…
But remember, this will not be as light or thin as a smartphone. It weighs nearly 11 ounces and it's 19.1 mm thick—more than twice the Galaxy S III's proportions.
No word on pricing or availability, but that'll make a big difference to whether or not people adopt the Galaxy Camera. Especially if you're paying for an additional data plan to keep it connected.


This is one of the most frequent mistakes made not only by beginners but also by many advanced German learners. They say Wie bist du? or Wie gehst du? when they want to ask "How are you (doing)?".
In this post I'm going to explain why we say Wie geht es dir? in German and I give you different forms to answer this question.
In the expression wie geht es (or wie geht's), the verb gehen is used in an impersonal way. This means is does not agree with the alleged "subject" (ich, du). Indeed, there is no subject at all, there is just an empty es occupying the position of the subject.
Weather: es regnet, es schneit, es hagelt, es weht, es stürmt (the same as in English "it rains/snows/etc.").
Temperature/feelings: es ist heiß/warm/kalt/kühl/frisch. If we want to say "I am cold", the person is in dative case: mir ist heiß/warm/kalt (in this case, es disappears in this expression).
Feelings/state: mir geht es gut/schlecht, mir ist nicht gut/schlecht/übel/schwindelig (meaning: ich fühle mich gut/schlecht; I feel sick; I'm dizzy).
As you can see in the last example of point 1, with impersonal expressions (verb always in the 3rd person singular!), when a person is affected, i.e. they feel what the verb or adjective expresses, the person is in dative case.
However, these expressions are not to be confused with sentences like mir gefällt/schmeckt or mir gehört. These are normal verbs you can conjugate in all the other persons, the 3rd person (singular or plural!) is simply the most used form.
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Home Latest News Monty Panesar Clarifies That He Wasn't Blackmailed By BCCI
Monty Panesar Clarifies That He Wasn't Blackmailed By BCCI
Manohar Peruri
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Monty Panesar About BCCI
Former England spinner Monty Panesar has given clarification that he wasn't blackmailed by anyone. Earlier this week, Monty Panesar has told that Political agendas have been on a different level and he has given the reason to English Cricket Board (ECB) and Professional Cricket Association (PCA) that participating in KPL will impact his visa or denial to travel to India for any cricket related work. Here is Monty Panesar About BCCI.
Panesar has confirmed now that it was solely his own decision to opt-out of the Kashmir Premier League, "I haven't been blackmailed by anyone. I have been given the advice I understand the consequences and it's my decision. So pipe down," tweeted Panesar.
I havent been blackmailed by anyone. I been given the advise I understand the consequences and it's my decision. So pipe down. https://t.co/spFxTdwpcL
— Monty Panesar (@MontyPanesar) August 2, 2021
Panesar clarified few hours after he mentioned that he would not be participating in the Kashmir Premier League.
"I have decided not to participate in the KPL because of the political tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir issues. I don't want to be in the middle of this, it would make me feel uncomfortable. #KPL2021," tweeted Panesar.
I have decided not to participate in the KPL because of the political tensions between India and Pakistan over kashmir issues. I don't want to be in the middle of this , it would make me feel uncomfortable. #KPL2021 #Kashmir #india #Cricket #Pakistan #ENGvIND #TheHundred
Panesar needs to clarify this because Pakistan fans have accused Panesar on Twitter stating that BCCI has blackmailed you successfully.
One of the fans has written stating – "By not participating you actually accepting the BCCI narrative of politicizing the game only because it is a rich cricket board and they thought they will do whatever they want to do,"
Replying to one of the Pakistan cricket fans, Panesar wrote: "I'm sorry I can only follow the advice given by @ECB_cricket @PCA. So I am staying home buddy."
I'm sorry I can only follow the advise given by @ECB_cricket @PCA. So I am staying home buddy. https://t.co/mS4W2zCcY8
KPL will consist of 6 teams competing against each other which will be a round-robin and later playoffs will be played. The Top Four Teams in the Points Table of KPL will qualify for the Playoffs and the tournament will be started on the 6th of August and the Final will be placed on 14th August 2021.
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Q: Use cUrl with Chrome remote debugging I'm trying to connect to Chrome remote debuging with cUrl, however, responses from Chrome return "200 OK" but no data.
I set up chrome using:
chrome.exe --headless --remote-debugging-port=12345

I can successfully get a list of pages with:
>curl -i "http://localhost:12345/json"

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length:612
Content-Type:application/json; charset=UTF-8
[ {
   "description": "",
   "devtoolsFrontendUrl": "/devtools/inspector.html?ws=localhost:12345/devtools/page/19d24d3a-25b7-4ee8-a5cf-4f3d17778575",
  ...
   "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://localhost:12345/devtools/page/19d24d3a-25b7-4ee8-a5cf-4f3d17778575"
} ]

However, I can only get empty successful response from debugger URLs:
>echo {"id":0,"method":"Page.navigate","params":{"url":"https://stackoverflow.com/"}}|curl -i "http://localhost:12345/devtools/page/19d24d3a-25b7-4ee8-a5cf-4f3d17778575" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d -

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length:0
Content-Type:text/plain

Commands like Page.navigate and also misformed requests return 200 OK but nothing is performed.
What I'm I missing???

A: You need to use websockets to manage chrome like that. Quoting chromedevtools.github.io:

Your application can discover available pages by requesting:
  http://localhost:9222/json and getting a JSON object with information
  about inspectable pages along with the WebSocket addresses that you
  could use in order to start instrumenting them

This is how it would work (at least on my Mac):
Run Chrome
docker pull deepsweet/chromium-headless-remote:69
docker run -it --rm -p 9222:9222 deepsweet/chromium-headless-remote:69

Fetching WebSocket addresses
curl -i "http://localhost:9222/json"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length:361
Content-Type:application/json; charset=UTF-8

[ {
   "description": "",
   "devtoolsFrontendUrl": "/devtools/inspector.html?ws=localhost:9222/devtools/page/DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF",
   "id": "DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF",
   "title": "about:blank",
   "type": "page",
   "url": "about:blank",
   "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://localhost:9222/devtools/page/DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF"
} ]

Sending your command
echo '{ "id":2, "method":"Page.navigate", "params":{"url": "http://www.stackoverflow.com"} }' | websocat -t - ws://localhost:9222/devtools/page/DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF

websocat is used in the example. You can also write a simple script to do it like here
Make sure the page is opened
curl -i "http://localhost:9222/json"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length:432
Content-Type:application/json; charset=UTF-8

[ {
   "description": "",
   "devtoolsFrontendUrl": "/devtools/inspector.html?ws=localhost:9222/devtools/page/DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF",
   "id": "DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF",
   "title": "Stack Overflow - Where Developers Learn, Share, & Build Careers",
   "type": "page",
   "url": "https://stackoverflow.com/",
   "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://localhost:9222/devtools/page/DC33B65CA373BE2770F2A1031C3B4CBF"
} ]


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China celebrates construction milestones
Construction has started on the sixth unit at the Yangjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province - the largest nuclear construction site in the world. The first two reactors there, together with several other units elsewhere in the country, are nearing start-up.
Construction gets under way of Yangjiang 6 (Image: CNECC)
Engineers began pouring concrete for Yangjiang 6 on 23 December, plant builder China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNECC) reported. The operation to pour some 1426 cubic meters of concrete for the unit's basemat was expected to take about 19 hours to complete. The official start of construction of the unit means that there are now six reactors at various stages of being built at the site.
Work on the first reactor at Yangjiang began in December 2008 with subsequent reactor construction following in 2009 and 2010. China's post-Fukushima hiatus in new reactor approvals meant the start of construction at unit 4 was delayed until the end of 2012, while first concrete for unit 5 was poured in September 2013.
On the same day that concrete was poured for unit 6, the first unit at Yangjiang moved closer to commissioning by achieving first criticality. The unit was then connected to the grid on 31 December and is expected to enter commercial operation around May. Meanwhile, cold testing of the nuclear island of Yangjiang 2 began on 30 December.
The first four Yangjiang units are CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors, with units 5 and 6 being the more advanced ACPR-1000. All the reactors should be in operation by 2018, producing a grand total of around 6100 MWe.
Start-ups approaching
Important milestones have also been achieved recently at other reactors nearing completion in China.
First criticality was achieved by unit 2 of the Ningde plant in Fujian province on 20 December. The CPR-1000 - one of four being built on the site - is scheduled to start commercial operation in the second half of 2014. All four units will be in operation by 2015.
Meanwhile, the initial hot testing of the nuclear island of the first unit at the Fuqing plant, also in Fujian province, was successfully completed on 24 December. There are plans for a second phase of hot tests, which aim to simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor's systems will be subjected to during normal operation. This important phase ensures coolant circuits and nuclear safety systems are functioning properly before fuel can be loaded.
Construction of Fuqing 1 started in November 2008 and it is scheduled to begin operating early next year. Unit 2, construction of which began in June 2009, is expected to start up in September.
Cold testing also began at unit 3 of the Hongyanhe plant in northern Liaoning province on 27 December. The reactor is scheduled to begin operating next year.
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We have forgotten that these were the original purposes of the factory-like institutions that most of us grew up in; we speak of our familiar school experience almost as though it were an integral part of nature itself, a natural and essential part of human childhood, rather than the vast and extremely recent experiment in social engineering that it actually is. But the past, as Faulkner famously remarked, is never dead; it's not even past. These original purposes were so effectively built into the structure of modern schooling –– with its underlying systems of confinement, control, standardization, measurement, and enforcement –– that today they are accomplished even without our conscious knowledge or assent.