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Reflections on the new Twin Peaks: the story so far
Lee Ashworth
New Twin Peaks
When Twin Peaks originally aired almost three decades ago, it was groundbreaking TV drama subverting the conventional narrative genre with strangeness and off-beat humour. Legend has it that Lynch even resisted revealing the identity of Laura Palmer's killer. The trajectory of the typical narrative arc and resolution of key plot lines were of secondary consideration at best. Its appeal lay in the richness of its content: sexual exploitation, narcotics and the forces of international capitalism were all presented as gateways to other, deeper and more mysterious levels of reality beyond the human.
Winningly, alongside the diminutive backwards-talking men, giants and uncertain owls, there were heartbreaking love affairs, practical wisdom, resilience and camaraderie. Every abstract interlude or odd occurrence encouraged the viewer to posit the strands of narrative that must surely connect these disparate pieces together. From the outset the viewer was immersed in this alluring world of Douglas Firs and risky rendezvous.
Now, at the mid-season reverie, the subversion has become revolutionary. Any pretence at narrative is aborted from the moment bad Dale awakens black-eyed from his temporary murder. Instead we are presented with a concatenation of scenes, trippy, dream-like and epic in their scope. From the perspective of the viewer, much is reminiscent of lone pilot Dave's journey in 2001, through the universe and across dimensions of time where any sense of scale is impossible to gauge.
There is frustration for sure – now the spectacle is such that the viewer must interpret Lynch's latest offering with almost total subjectivity. We're not just playing detectives and following in Coop's gumshoe footsteps anymore. Any semblance of narrative structure seems to be brought by the viewer. It's as if there is no objective reality to grasp. In some quarters I suspect there is disappointment, even outrage. The coffee and donuts have been in short supply, the humour is far more bleak and the tone has shifted from virtuous to cynical. The folksiness of small town America has gone and very little familiarity is left.
But if it's character, pace, action and dialogue that you want, operating as an insightful, alternative take on life, then you can enjoy the ever burgeoning number of high quality dramas that have hit the small screen between Seasons 2 and 3 of Twin Peaks – Northern Exposure, Six Feet Under, Fargo… the list goes on. David Lynch is a maverick; he always brings something else to the table and he always confounds our expectations. Just like the first time round with Twin Peaks, Lynch has succeeded in innovating and expanding the limits of the medium. It's just that it's nothing like the first time.
In Amsterdam, I recently visited the Dali and Banksy double-header at The Moco Museum. Like Dali, David Lynch's work is suffused with the incongruous. Wandering around a labyrinthine network of small basement rooms amongst spindly-legged elephant sculptures, wilting clocks and predatory furniture is an intoxicating yet unsettling experience, perhaps akin to the state of mind of those condemned to wander the zig-zag floors of the Black Lodge.
That staging of objects against a 'floating world', destroys context, liberates the unconscious mind and brings questions of meaning to the fore. It's always been there in Twin Peaks. Yet during Part 8 of 'The Return', I started thinking of the pure surrealism of Bunuel and Dali's L'Age D'Or. Make no mistake, this is surrealism on the same explosive, groundbreaking scale given the relatively mainstream audience, airtime and expectations. Only this is even more subtle, more dream-like and even more mysterious.
Dali and Bunuel revealed their weapon, they revelled in presenting us with the blade, the symbol of how their movement, underpinned by the revelations of psychoanalysis, rent asunder our shallow understandings of our own conscious perceptions – Lynch, conversely, keeps his weapons concealed and we see only the effect. We witness the expression of an abstract yet increasingly visceral artistic vision. Yet still, we keep looking for the connections, the rationale, the structure. More than anything, great artists reveal great truths about ourselves – everything that is absent from Twin Peaks: The Return so far, reveals our predilection for just those things.
I wonder will Twin Peaks: The Return offer resolutions of any kind? I'm becoming increasingly doubtful. It's hard to imagine any conventional kind of resolution now anyhow, not if Lynch's artistic evolution in Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire are anything to go by. Narratives converge and diverge; identities are inherently dynamic and unstable.
Whilst being ahead of the game in terms of what one can expect from long-running TV drama, Lynch's recent work might be regarded as highly typical of the world we are now experiencing in the early 21st century: from quantum theory to politics, the micro to the macro, the personal to the national and beyond… narratives converge, diverge and become seemingly incoherent whereas the identity of individuals and truth become fluid.
To watch Twin Peaks is to step through the interiors and exteriors of Edward Hopper brought into vivid yet tawdry animation. When swinging traffic lights and blank faced plug sockets teeter on the possibility of possessing inherent evil, it asks us to admit the strange otherness of objects and ultimately ourselves just as Dali did.
But perhaps more than all these things I see the cold wind of alienation and anonymity typified by the writings of Kafka, also present in the current Twin Peaks. People devoured by systems and institutions, some of them real like the FBI, the police force, the Renault family, mortgages, insurance companies. Some of them more abstract – such as that thing in the woods. The characters themselves are atomised, insular, defeated: is anything more redolent of now?
At the height of their powers, great artists such as Picasso, Dylan and Bowie anticipated as well as typified the world in their own lifetimes. In Season Three of Twin Peaks, Lynch has encapsulated the now and earned himself a place at that table. It is happening again. We are going back, but David Lynch knows we are lost and the small town of Twin Peaks no longer exists.
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All states in the MENA region currently retain the death penalty in law – and some continue to carry out executions – but PRI's Death Penalty Project Manager sees reason for optimism at a two-day conference held by PRI's MENA office in Algiers.
Spanning 8,000km from east to west, MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) is a major world region, containing countries bound together by shared geography, history, culture and religion. There are also major differences between countries within MENA: this is a region that includes the richest country in the world (Qatar, with a GDP of over $100,000 per person) and some of poorest (such as Yemen, with $2,250), countries emerging from conflict (such as Iraq) and countries that have had the same form of regime for decades (such as Jordan).
The death penalty is a major issue in MENA. Depending slightly on which countries you include, all states in the region retain the death penalty in law or practice (Turkey and Djibouti, which are occasionally described as in MENA, are abolitionist). Alongside political and legal arguments found elsewhere, MENA countries also draw on religious arguments for retaining the death penalty, specifically the apparent requirement in Islam to impose capital punishment for certain offences (which do not exceed four offences in Islamic Sharia).
However, there are also many thriving and emerging civil society groups working for abolition in the region, and many of them came together on 15-16 December 2013 in Algeria. A two-day conference in Algiers, organised by PRI's MENA office together with Ensemble contre la peine de mort and the Algerian Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, discussed regional perspectives on the death penalty and the role of civil society. Over 100 participants heard about the current situation of the death penalty in the region and around the world, and the experience of activists in eight countries in the region. They also separated into smaller groups to draw up a workplan for 2014-15, focusing on public awareness-raising, parliamentary and legal advocacy, and regional/international lobbying. At the end of the conference they drew up the 'Declaration of Algiers', summarising what had happened and their hopes for the future.
'It takes courage for politicians to abolish the death penalty, but they don't lose elections over it'.
The role of civil society is to help them find that courage.
This addresses the legal framework, application and implications of the death penalty and its alternative sanctions in the Middle East and North Africa.


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by Maynard Johnny Jr.
Coast Salish / Kwakwaka'wakw Nations
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Maynard Johnny Jr.
Coast Salish / Kwakwaka'wakw Nations
Maynard Johnny Jr. was born on the 4th April, 1973, in Campbell River, located on Vancouver Island off the Coast of British Columbia. He is a descendant of both the Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish Nations and thus has inherited a unique blend of culture and tradition. In addition, his living in Canada and the United States has broadened his scope and influence to that of many native traditions and cultures.
Artistically, although Maynard began drawing at the age of six, it was in his mid-teens that he began to work seriously at developing his natural artistic talent. Due to his various life-experiences his artwork takes influence from many nations, however he blends Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw art forms to result in a unique and contemporary vision of traditional legends and their depictions. During his career, Maynard has won various logo and art competitions. His work can be found in many local and international collections – both private and commercial.
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"As a contemporary Northwest Coast artist, the de-contextualization of Northwest Coast art is of great interest to me. By some scholars and Northwest Coast traditionalists, Northwest Coast ceremonial art has generally been perceived as de-contextualized when taken away from its ceremonial context. When the words and songs and dances are taken away from Northwest Coast art, it is perceived by some as being robbed of its meaning; hence the title "Con Text." As a contemporary Coast Salish artist, one of the undertakings of my work is to create a new context for Coast Salish art through the utilization of text."
Seagles
in this design
you see eagles
you see seagulls.
in this design, I am attempting to mediate between literacy and Coast Salish visual art. Hence the punning of the title "sEAGLES," which is a way of making a visual pun, and making literacy visual. At the top and bottom of this design, there is the suggestion of the letter "s," which simultanously forms the eagle wings while defining the seagull heads. So visual punning is created through both the painted design and the title of this piece.
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In response, Gnostics propose a new and radical sense of Virtue, a Truer Virtue based on the freedom to explore the Indwelling Divine and what it tells us about what is right or wrong. Let us remember that the Serpent of Eden is viewed as a good figure in Gnosticism and is identified with Christ himself. Let us remember also that it is the power of reasoning which the Serpent represents which made of humanity real grown up Children of God and gave them the ability to discern for themselves the right and wrong of their actions.
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ED Summons Former Aviation Minister Praful Patel In UPA-Era Aviation Scam
This is the first major action against a political leader in the alleged multi-crore aviation scam that is stated to have taken place during the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh.
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The ED has summoned senior NCP leader and former aviation minister, Praful Patel next week as part of its money laundering probe related to alleged losses suffered by national carrier Air India in a multi-crore aviation scam during the UPA-era, officials said Saturday.
They said Patel, a Member of Rajya Sabha, has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case on June 6 in the capital.
Officials sources said Patel needs to be put through certain revelations made by arrested aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar, and certain evidence unearthed by the agency in pursuit of this case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The agency had recently filed a charge sheet in the case naming Deepak Talwar. It has said that he was in regular touch with Patel.
Meanwhile, the NCP leader said in Mumbai, that he will be happy to cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED), so that the agency understands the "complexities" of the aviation industry.
"I will be happy to cooperate with ED for their understanding of the complexities of the aviation industry," he told PTI over the phone.
The ED claimed in the charge sheet that Talwar, who has been arrested, allegedly finalised various communications addressed to Patel on behalf of Emirates and Air Arabia.
"There is evidence including e-mail conversations between Deepak and Patel," the probe agency told the court.
According to the charge sheet, the investigation revealed that Talwar obtained undue favours for the private airlines using his contacts.
ED had told the court earlier, that it was trying to find out the names of officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), and Air India, who favoured foreign airlines, including Qatar Airways, Emirates, and Air Arabia, by making the national carrier gave up profit-making routes and timings.
"It has been alleged that officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation, NACIL and Air India, by abusing their official position as public servants and receiving illegal gratification, in conspiracy with other public servants, private domestic and foreign airlines, made the national carrier gave up profit-making routes and profit-making timings of Air India in favour of national and international domestic and foreign private airlines," ED's advocate A R Aditya had told the court.
"This resulted in a huge loss of market share to the national carrier and also led to pecuniary benefits to private domestic and foreign airlines," he had said.
India held bilateral meetings with Dubai, Sharjah and Qatar, after which there has been an increase in the seat entitlements for both the contracting countries, and increase in points of call for foreign carriers, it said.
Deepak Talwar has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery, and under various other sections of the FCRA for allegedly diverting Rs 90.72 crore worth of foreign funds meant for ambulances and other articles received by his NGO from Europe's leading missile manufacturing company.
His role in some aviation deals during the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) regime at the Centre is under scanner as well.
Talwar was booked by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in criminal cases of corruption, while the Income Tax Department charged him with tax evasion.
He was arrested by the ED early this year after he was deported from Dubai.
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Bahamas Film Festival Wrap Up and Awards
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped up its third annual celebration of films, events and panels presented amidst idyllic Bahamian settings on December 10th, 2006, with its Awards presentation and Closing Night bash surrounded by the pools of sharks, colorful fish and stingrays nestled among the tropical beauty of the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, one of the festival's Founding Sponsors along with the Islands of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. The Bahamas International Film Festival surely is "Cinema In Paradise."
BIFF showcased a slate of fifty narrative, documentary and short films over the festival's four days. "The high caliber of representation of films presented this year's was incredible," says Leslie Vanderpool, the Festival's Founder & Executive Director. "There were significant messages from many countries with a special concentration in the Caribbean."
The Festival presents three juried competition categories; the "Spirit of Freedom" (both Narrative and Documentary sections) presented by Chopard, and the "New Visions" award going to the filmmaker in the Narrative section presented by Hard Rock Café. Audience Awards, in which all festival films are eligible, are also presented in the categories of Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary.
The Festival's Executive Director, Leslie Vanderpool, welcomed the participants and thanked the filmmakers, guests, honrees, sponsors and Board. She then brought on BIFF's Chairman of the Board, Mr. Andrew Law, who introduced the competitions, jurors and presenters.
The 'Spirit of Freedom' is the theme of the Grand Jury Competition, as each cinema artist explores the potential of the human spirit and how freedom pervades our lives. With a combination of narrative and documentary features, this showcase provides insight into the mosaic of cultures that make up our world.
The 2006 BIFF 'Spirit of Freedom' Narrative Feature Film Award was presented by Chopard's Rodney Chee-A-Tow, with the following jury statement: "For powerfully and empathically portraying a cautionary time in our shared human history, the 'Spirit of Freedom' Narrative Award is presented to the fully realized…"
CHRONICLES OF AN ESCAPE [Crónica de una fuga] (2006, Argentina), Directed by Israel Adrián Caetano, and starring Rodrigo De la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero.
Jurors for the Spirit of Freedom: Narrative Competition include: Film Publicist Mickey Cottrell, Agent/Manager Breanna Benjamin, Producer Molly Mayeaux.
The 2006 BIFF 'Spirit of Freedom' Documentary Competition Award was presented by Chopard's Rodney Chee-A-Tow to:
ENCOUNTER POINT (2006, Israel/Palestine), Directed by Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha, and starring Ali Abu Awwad, Sami Al Jundi, Robii Damelin, Shlomo Zagman. Co-Director Ronit Avni was on hand to accept the award.
Jurors for the Spirit of Freedom: Documentary Competition include: Human Rights Activist Clint Kemp, Hamptons Film Festival Artistic Director/Berlinale Selection member Rajendra Roy, Co-President of Zeitgeist Films Emily Russo.
The 2006 BIFF New Visions Competition Award was presented to:
HALF NELSON (2006, US), Directed and co-written by Ryan Fleck, Starring Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Bast. Director/Writer Ryan Fleck and Writer/Producer/Editor Anna Boden were on hand to accept their award.
The Jury Has also selected a Special Jury Prize film for Honorary Mention:
PREMIUM (2006, US), Directed by Pete Chatmon and starring Zoe Saldana, Dorian Missick, Hill Harper. Director Pete Chatmon was on hand to accept his award.
Jurors for the New Visions Competition include: Filmmaker/Actress Sara Driver, Moving Pictures Editor Elliot Kotek, and President of Shoreline Entertainment Morris Ruskin.
The Audience Awards were presented by Mr. Kelly Mondesir from sponsor FedEx Express.
The 2006 BIFF Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to: JOHNNY SLADE'S GREATEST HITS (2006, USA), Directed by Larry Blamire, and starring John Fiore, Vincent Curatola, Robert Giardina. Star John Fiore was on hand to accept the Award.
The 2006 BIFF Audience Award for Best Documentary went to: ELEUTHERAN ADVENTURE (2006, Bahamas), Directed by Kareem Mortimer Director Kareem Mortimer was on hand to accept the Award.
Following the Awards presentation and screening of HOLLYWOODLAND, introduced by co-star Molly Parker, Leslie Vanderpool invited all the guests to follow one of the Bahamas legendary Junkanoo bands as they paraded to the festive Closing Night bash.
From Thursday, December 7th, when the Festival kicked-off with a fabulous party sponsored by Chopard and Versace outdoors at the Cloisters overlooking the Bay, to the Opening Night Gala Film, AFTER THE WEDDING, through our exciting Career Achievement Award event honoring Nicolas Cage, with Sir Sean Connery on hand to make the presentation, and on to our Closing Night Film, HOLLYWOODLAND, the Bahamas International Film Festival was a very special and exciting place to be.
On Friday night, December 8, Oscar® Winner and Bahamian resident, actor Nicolas Cage was honored with the Festival's Career Achievement Tribute sponsored by Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (LODH). The BIFF Tribute Chopard Award was given at a gala event at the Atlantis Theatre to Mr. Cage by Sir Sean Connery, his co-star in "The Rock." Over the four day festival, BIFF screened a selection of Nicolas Cage's films including: Face/Off, Adaptation and Wild at Heart. Both Mr. Cage and Mr. Connery called for government and business support of the festival which he said was "vital to the community of the Bahamas." In his speech, Mr. Connery described Cage as "a real pro. He brings to the table what makes film-making a real joy." Cage replied of Sir Sean that he was "a great teacher and inspiration." In speaking of his desire to embrace the Festival and have a long-term relationship with it, as well as with the islands, Mr. Cage said: "I like the Bahamian spirit, and want to bring in {to the Festival} people I know in the industry to hopefully stimulate conversations between the older, seasoned talent with the young, hungry talent that's displayed here."
BIFF Panels specialized in Film Animation; The Art of Collaboration: Directors, Actors and the Creative Process; Film Financing and Producing; Marketing, Distributing and Festivals; Filmmaking in the Bahamas; Music & Film and a panel on the scourge of AIDS.
Sponsors for the Third Annual Bahamas International Film Festival included:
Atlantis, The Ministry of Tourism, Albany House, Ansbacher, Bacardi, Bahama Hand Prints, Bahamas @ Sunrise, Bahamas Ferries, Bahamas Tourism Channel, Batelco, Best Buy Furniture, Bristol Wine and Spirits, Budget Rental Car, Chopard, Club Waterloo, Coca Cola Caribbean Bottling Company, Compass Pont, FedEx Express, Fireworks Unlimited, Floral Arts, Galleria Cinemas, Hard Rock Café, Island FM, Island Rose, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, Majestic Tours, Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board, Nautilus Water, Royal Bank of Canada, The Director's Cut, Tourist News, Tribune, Versace, Wendy's, Writer's Boot Camp, Zamar Group and thank you to our donors and patrons of the film festival.
Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the local community and International visitors with a diverse presentation of films from around the world. In addition to offering films that might not otherwise be released theatrically in the Bahamas, BIFF will provide a unique cultural experience, educational programs, and forums for exploring the future of cinema.
For more information on the 2006 Bahamas International Film Festival, visit our website at www.bintlfilmfest.com
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Centre's draft rules: Airlines can ban unruly passengers for up to 2 yrs
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The Government of India has recently proposed a guidelines empowering domestic airlines to impose a ban on unruly passengers in the range of three months to two years.
Airlines can impose upon you three levels of ban on if you are the unruly passengers — three months for disruptive behaviour such as physical gestures, six months for physically abusive behaviour such as pushing, kicking and sexual harassment and two years for life threatening behaviour, including damage to aircraft systems, according to draft Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) on "Handling of unruly or disruptive passengers."
For every subsequent offence, the unruly passenger may be banned for twice the period of the previous ban. The draft rules will be open for public comments for a month after which a final regulation will be released incorporating stakeholders' comments.
Additionally, the Ministry of Home Affairs can also put individuals who are identified as "national security threat" on the proposed National No-Fly List. Minister of State Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a press conference on Friday that India will become the first country to frame a National No-Fly List related to aviation security as other countries have No-Fly List for "safety-related issues" at present.
"The airlines will maintain a database of such passengers which will form a National No-Fly List of unruly or disruptive passengers. Individuals defined by Ministry of Home Affairs as national security threats will also form part of the National No-Fly List," said a press statement issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
"Such names will be forwarded to the individuals by the airlines indicating the reasons for inclusion of their names in the National No-Fly List," the official statement said.
The civil aviation ministry has also proposed a two-tier complaint handling mechanism. The initial inquiry, at the level of the airline which has imposed the ban, will be conducted by an internal committee headed by a retired District and Sessions Judge. The committee's order can be further appealed by the passenger at the government level which will take a final call through a committee headed by a retired Judge of a High Court.
The passenger will not face a blanket ban. However, the Centre has proposed empowering other airlines to also impose a similar ban on the passenger. "The airlines can ban a passenger immediately for unruly behaviour. However, the process of appeal has to be completed within 10 days of the ban," civil aviation secretary RN Choubey said, adding that other airlines can also use the No-Fly List to ban the passenger by one airline.
"Passengers who become a part of the National No-Fly List after being identified as a threat by security agencies will not be able to appeal the decision under this civil aviation regulation," Mr. Choubey said.
The need for a National No-Fly List emerged after government identified certain loopholes in current regulations through which Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad was recently banned by all domestic airlines for his alleged manhandling of an Air India staffer in March. The airlines had withdrawn the two weeks ban, following a directive from the government.
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Q: About a short proof of Pizza Theorem I met the Pizza theorem today after this link activated several years later: Proof of the Pizza Theorem
Then I searched it with Google and found a very short proof made by calculus:
https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~mikeh/webpapers/paper57.pdf
I understood the proof except the area formula. I have some scepticism. Why is the area formula $$\int_{\theta_0}^{\theta_1}\frac{1}{2}r(\theta)^2d\theta$$ is still valid although the point $P$ is not the center? Can somebody explain this? I couldn't.
Thanks before for your explanation.

A: $r(\theta)$ is the radius from $P$ to the outside part of the pizza. The area of a small segment of the pizza subtending an angle $\delta\theta$ is the area of a triangle, the height times the base times a half. The height is $r(\theta)$ and the base is $r(\theta)\times\delta\theta$ since the base's length is proportional to the angle times the radius. So you get $$\frac12 r(\theta)^2\delta\theta.$$
The rest is just taking the limit as $\delta\theta$ becomes infinitessimal.

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Irish Granny On The Run
A blog about the fun adventures of an Irish Granny embarking on her first two-year round the world journey.
LISBON V BARCELONA
SHOCKS IN SYDNEY
PADDIES IN MELBOURNE 🍀
THE GREAT ESCAPE – PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
EYES WIDE OPEN! Sihanoukville, Cambodia 🇰🇭
CAMBODIA – POVERTY AND POTHOLES 😞
COME ON IRENE! 💃
VISTAS OF VIENTIANE, LAOS 🇱🇦
Written by Irish Granny On The Run
Our first day out with Kevin and Geraldine in Perth, Australia (post-showers) 😂
Leaving Cambodia for Perth in Australia came as a huge relief, and I was so excited at the prospect of staying with our dear friends Kevin and Geraldine from home, who emigrated to Melbourne in Australia back in the 1970's and subsequently ended up moving to Perth where they now live with their two beautiful grown up daughters. Kevin is my daughter's uncle (the brother of my daughter Alison's father), and while Alison's father and I went our separate ways many many years ago, Kevin, his family and extended family have nurtured and nourished and doted on Alison throughout her life. They have also been a rock of support to me as her mother since Alison was born over 32 years ago and are still a huge part of my life and my family's life to this day. I see them as my extended family, and I adore each and every one of them like they were my own flesh and blood. Kevin and Geraldine have always been a total rock in both my daughter's and my life since she was born. They had kindly invited me and Colm to stay at their place for as long as we needed to on our trip around the world. They offered to take us around Perth to show us the sights of their adopted hometown. Getting there couldn't come quick enough for us.
And so we readied ourselves to board our flight to Perth at the airport in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. As always, the first step was to rid ourselves of our luggage at the check-in desk on arrival to the airport. Now, let me add at this point that checking in baggage at airports and trying to figure out the allowance and costs associated with dragging around two years of belongings has not been something I have grown accustomed to on this trip. In fact, I've become quite irate at the sheer inconsistency and scamming that goes on. In a nutshell, it's at the behest of the individual airlines as to what they want to charge passengers and while the majority of information around this is set out clearly on their websites, not all of them are upfront about it until passengers arrive at the check in desk with luggage in tow. Luggage costs is something that everyone should be aware of before undertaking any journey, and while it might appear to be rather insignificant when doing all the booking and planning that comes with travelling, the costs can be very significant if it goes wrong. Cheap flights doesn't necessarily mean it's the cheaper option. By the time you factor in the baggage costs it can cost a hell of a lot more than the most expensive flight on your search engine. A couple of incidences in particular almost resulted in me pole-vaulting over the check-in desks. At one point I was contemplating skipping my flight from Nha Trang to Hanoi in Vietnam and doing some serious protesting with banners in front of the airline check-in desk. On that occasion we had booked our flights with Vietjet Air. As always, we checked on their website before arriving at the airport to ensure that our luggage was within the allowance limit listed. It had stated that we could carry up to 32kgs on the flight (included in the flight cost). When we arrived at the check-in desk, we were advised that the 32kg allowance only referred to "international" flights, and not internal ones. This was certainly not stated clearly on the website before we arrived to the airport and I told them so! Having queued at the check-in desk for almost an hour we were re-directed to the airlines information desk where we were told we had to pay a hefty additional cost for our luggage to be accepted on the flight. Thankfully the people queuing were mainly Vietnamese and didn't quite get the true extent of my rage as I ranted and cussed at the desk about the fact that this was nothing short of an attack on my rights as a consumer etc. and that I would walk around Hanoi naked before paying the costs of the luggage transfer. Clearly the threat of me walking around naked didn't work, and so we eventually had no choice but to cough up the exorbitant cost of bringing two 20kg suitcases on board with us! I did remove my jacket and scarf dramatically though…just for the effect lol!
Now, here we were at Sihanoukville airport in Cambodia getting ready to board our flight to Perth. Yet again, the airline Air Asia advises when booking that baggage allowances and costs can be found on their website. Our tickets didn't include baggage costs and so a few days before leaving we checked their website and found that their site was down. Inaccessible, no-can-do on checking luggage etc. We repeatedly checked before arriving at the airport only to find that it was still unavailable and thought no more about it, resigning ourselves to the fact that we would sort it when we arrived at the airport. Again, queuing for quite some time, we arrived at the desk, handed over our passports and dropped our 20kg cases onto the weighing belt. When the desk assistant muttered "that will be €560 please", I thought she was talking to somebody else as I scanned the area for the person she was talking to. Nope, she was looking directly at me. It was us! She explained that if we didn't check in online on their website, that it was more costly to do so at the check-in desk. We were to pay €80 each for the first 15kgs of our luggage and €40 per kg after that. Basically we were 10kgs over, which was €400, and €160 for the first 15kgs. A whopping €560 bill or we wouldn't be able to take our bags with us! Understandably, I flipped! I'd had enough! Rats, flea-ridden dogs, garbage, a nightmare of a journey through Cambodia….it was the straw that broke the camel's back! I turned into a raving lunatic! Through gritted teeth I reminded her that because their website was down, despite numerous attempts to access the baggage cost section (and to this day is still not working), was she now saying that we were being caught for all of these additional costs? Red-faced with temper, and much to the amusement of nearby spectators, I started emptying all of the contents of my case out on the floor, dirty laundry included (reckoning that it would cost me less to buy brand new clothes and shoes etc. than to transport the ones in the case). I was ready for war! I point blank refused to pay the costs being applied because of checking in luggage at the desk instead of the website and threatened that I was gonna go public with this (I think Joe Duffy got a mention at one point – in Cambodia! That's how mad I was). Naturally the Manageress was called to deal with this raving mad Irish woman and after much to-ing and fro-ing with her she eventually backed down and charged us what we would have been charged if we had booked in online. The bill of €560 was quickly reduced to €80 in total – and with the savings associated with the costs of a potential hospital bill for cardiac assistance for me and god knows what for her, I exhaled deeply, dusted myself down and made my way to the plane in as dignified a manner as I could muster, and with our luggage carefully labeled and transported to the hold of the plane. My point…it didn't have to be like this if airlines made sure that their websites were working properly and more importantly, updated regularly!
Our flight was a two-stop flight. One stop-over for a couple of hours in Kuala Lumpur and onwards to Bali. The Bali stop-over was a long one of about 7 hours and so we decided when we landed in Denpasar that we would take a cab to nearby Kuta for a bite to eat and some relaxation time before our onward flight to Perth. On arriving in Kuta we did contemplate visiting a tattoo parlor but that kind of crazy thinking happens after long-haul flights coupled with a few gin and tonics  Luckily, time was against us and instead we made our way to a nearby restaurant/bar. Once inside, a huge thunderstorm struck and the road outside became a river. But we were snug and safe inside and with not a care in the world began tucking into our meal. Suddenly I felt a shudder under my feet and a huge rumbling noise filled the air around us! Nervously I asked Colm if this was the country that experienced regular earthquakes? I was sure I was feeling vibrations and rumbling (I assured him that it wasn't that I hadn't felt earth move before but this had a different feel to it 😂😂😱). He confidently explained that it was only the vibration from the claps of thunder outside, and so I happily continued eating, we paid the bill, and headed back to the airport. Arriving into the airport, the huge TV screens had reports flashing all over them that only a few miles away from us in Kuta, an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale had hit Bali. I knew it! It was an earthquake that I had felt earlier! People at the airport were sharing stories about how they had felt serious tremors from the higher floors of their hotels and how they thought they would have to be evacuated. A quick google of "the effects of an earthquake on a plane taking off" confirmed that we would most likely be able to fly regardless! Our baggage problems were a distant memory at that stage and pretty insignificant…and when the engines roared as we climbed high into the Bali sky and headed for Perth, I didn't look back!
Perth city in Australia is the most remote city in the world, with a population of just over 2 million people. It is a relatively young city by comparison to other cities around the world and was founded as recently as 1829. It is 2,104 kms away from its nearest neighbour city of Adelaide and is the largest on the entire west coast of Australia. Its population is diverse, with immigrants having moved there from all over the world during the Western Australia gold rushes in the late 19th century. Flying over north western Australia en-route to Perth from Asia gives a real insight into the remoteness of this city. Thousands of miles of red-soiled desert lands with no sign of life gives an almost outer space like look to the land, until out of nowhere, as the aircraft nears Perth, buildings and skyscrapers appear and look a little out of place as we come in to land.
Now you might remember me mentioning in my earlier blog that water was scarce on the islands we had stayed on in Cambodia. Hot water was non-existent, and showers trickled with cold water. All of this you see, led to us resembling hobos. Colm had grown quite a thick beard (I wasn't too far behind him on that score in the hair growth department 😱😂) and would not have been out of place on the movie Castaway! We didn't look great in fairness by the time we landed in Perth and probably smelled even worse! We had gotten rid of a lot of our dirty laundry on the floor at the airport in Cambodia and that helped I guess with the odours permeating from our suitcases as we wheeled them through the Arrivals gate at Perth Airport. As we came through, I caught a glimpse of Kevin and Geraldine in the waiting area. The sense of relief and excitement at seeing their familiar faces after our whole journey was so comforting. But I'm almost sure I caught a glimpse of fear in Kevin's eyes when he saw the state of us first as we reached out to give him a hug. 😂😂😂. It was back to theirs, into the shower and lots of chats and catch up before we headed out again for our first sight-seeing drive around the city. It was breathtaking! Geraldine and Kevin live just a stone's throw from the ocean and in total contrast to the homes that we had seen in Cambodia, these homes were multi-million dollar ones with ocean views and immaculately kept grounds. My first question was "what do these people work at to be able to afford such splendid houses?".
Kevin and Geraldine were dream hosts, taking us sightseeing around all of the white sandy beaches nearby, cooking traditional Australian BBQs in their garden where we sat and caught up for hours over glasses of good quality conversation and of course, Australian wine. They couldn't do enough for us. They took us out to meet their close friends for dinners and of course a much needed girly shopping trip with Geraldine .
A much needed girls day out with funny faces and new hair 🍹💃💃💃
They organized an open-top bus tour with a bus company (Perth Explorer) owned by a friend of theirs, where the company was launching its first multi-lingual audio bus tour which included every language you can think of, including a children's channel. It is the only bus tour currently that offers this service in Perth. The tour was being filmed as part of a promotional event and to our amazement, we featured on the Australian news channel that evening. Fame at last!  If you ever visit Perth I would highly recommend this tour as you get to see the whole place, including the beautiful Kings Park from a birds-eye view in the space of a few hours. Next on the list was a boat trip out into the Indian Ocean to do some Whale watching! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect I would get to do this and it has to be up there as one of the highlights of our trip down under. We boarded the large boat at Perth Harbour and headed miles out into the Ocean to where the huge hump backed whales were happily swimming and breaching the waves. Scanning the horizon excitedly, we soon spotted a mother and her baby calves, with their backs arching above the ocean, and tails spanned wide as they dived deep below us. It was jaw dropping! A large male whale soon joined them and apparently, although not related to the female and her calves, was guiding them back to the colder waters south around the Antarctic where they usually live and away from the warming waters of the Indian Ocean. It was spectacular! Watching their huge tails gracefully lift up as they glided down into the ocean below was like nothing I had every seen before. Yet another once in a life-time experience on this journey that I will never forget!
Capturing a hump backed whale breaching the waves isn't as easy as it looks 🙂
One of our final trips was to the Fremantle Prison, a few miles south of Perth and a must see if you happen to find yourself in this part of the world. We learned on the day of the tour of the cell blocks and courtyards of the prison that in the 19th century, in addition to Australian convicts held, that Irish political prisoners had also been jailed at the prison. One of the most prominent escapees in the 19th century was a group of Irish men. The story goes that six Irish Fenian prisoners from what was then known as the British penal colony of Western Australia, and who were supporters of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, organized a fantastic escape from the prison. The plan was that an American ship, the "Catalpa" would sail close to Fremantle but remain outside the international limit. The ship was provided by an Irish sympathizer and former prisoner of Fremantle who had received a pardon for his part in Irish nationalism, but who had been banished from returning to Ireland. He instead moved to Boston. The six carefully planned their escape from the prison on a day when police and security were distracted with another event happening outside of the town of Fremantle. All six Irish men were on gardening duties outside of the prison walls on the day when they stealthily made their way to a dinghy in the harbour which took them out to the ship waiting for them a few miles out at sea. By the time they had reached the ship, the prison guards became aware of their absence and immediately fled to the harbour to search for them. A police boat was deployed and sailed out to the ship, firing warning shots across the bow of the "Catalpa". On seeing the police the Captain of the "Catalpa" raised the American flag on the ship's top mast and declared that if they continued to fire shots at the ship that it would be deemed as an act of war against the United States, as the ship was sailing in international waters. The ship sailed away without any further obstacles and the six Irish men were brought back to New York to a hero's welcome. A pretty impressive story by all accounts and we left the prison tour with our heads held a bit higher than when we went in 😂… Go ye Irish Fenian men! 
Fremantle Prison, Fremantle, Australia
Perth City is immaculately laid out and it is clear walking around that the locals take great pride in their city. The public services are like nothing I've ever seen before. In the very centre of Perth there is a huge swimming pool with sun loungers where families can gather and spend time together. Nearby is a huge park with public BBQ facilities! And I kid you not, once one family/group of people use those BBQs they leave them sparkling clean for the next group of people. There isn't a piece of litter to be seen anywhere, nowhere! Not even on the beaches! Their public toilets along all of the beachfronts are the standard of any toilets you would find in a 5-star hotel. A skateboard park and playground flank the outskirts of the city centre and kids can be seen playing from sun up to sun down, leaving the parks as immaculate as they found them. Not a bit of graffiti anywhere to be seen on the walls of the buildings. "What's their secret?" I find myself asking. There is no other city anywhere we had been on our travels that was so pristine clean and organized with the whole population taking such pride in their surroundings. Whatever they have, they need to bottle it, or at the very least share it!
Now I had heard before arriving in Perth that shark attacks have happened at certain stretches of the beaches in Perth. As we walked along the beaches, we could clearly see cordoned off areas for swimmers with large safety nets and buoys, set up for the swimmers safety. Some of the restaurants in Perth have the remnants of surf boards with huge shark bites taken out of them hanging from the ceiling. So as you can guess, I didn't sum up the courage to swim in the beautiful ocean. However, I did pop in for a paddle one day and really wanted a photo of myself actually in the Indian Ocean. Kevin kindly offered to take the photo. He shouted, turn around and face the camera and hold on until I get you in view. What I didn't know was that there was a huge surf wave gaining momentum behind me. I should have copped him trying to muffle a loud laugh, but no, I was standing there, all smiles waiting for the photographer to capture the photo, when suddenly …bang, over my head came the most gigantic wave, drenching me and causing me to scream at the highest pitch I could manage! It still didn't drown out their laughter on the beach! And that was my photograph of me in the Indian Ocean. Nice one Kevin 😂.
When the photo of me in the Indian Ocean wasn't what I expected 😂
As our week drew to an end there was one more thing that we had to do before we left. Julie, a friend of Kevin and Geraldine's, had told us about wild Kangaroos who lived in the local cemetery. Yes, I know…I couldn't for the life of me figure out why either 😂. And it was simple…a huge expanse of green grassy land with flowers on graves. Perfect for their hungry bellies and for feeding their joeys! And so, Julie collected us on our last evening in Perth and drove us out to the graveyard to see for ourselves the antics of these creatures. As we drove into the grounds of the cemetery I was astounded to see kangaroos everywhere! Hundreds of them all over the grounds. Mothers with their joeys and the larger ones never to far from them. I hopped out of the car and approached a group of them and to my excitement, they didn't move! They stayed right there and let me video them, although the males were always nearby watching and waiting for any sign of danger or sudden move from me. And what better way to end our trip to Perth than watching a joey climb into his mothers pouch as she hopped off to eat yet some more grass and plants with him safely inside.
Mammy Kangaroo with her Joey at the cemetery in Perth, Western Australia
Isn't nature just a wonderful thing?!
Our plan was to spend three full weeks travelling Australia. One week in Perth, one in Melbourne where we planned to meet up with another old friend, Aine (Geraldine's sister) also from my hometown who had emigrated many years ago to Melbourne. For the last week of our Australian trip we decided we would head to Sydney to meet my late father's only brother, my uncle Paul and his family, who had also emigrated from Ireland to Sydney back in the 1970s. I haven't seen him or his family for almost 30 years and at this point of the journey, I am beside myself with excitement at the prospect of spending some good quality family time with them.
But for now, it was onwards to Melbourne…
More to follow….soon 
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Now it's my turn to be famous. Great read and you really have captured Perth in a nutshell!! Love the Joey clip at the end! Safe onward travels xx
Irish Granny On The Run says:
Thanks Julie. We loved every minute of being there. Thanks so much for everything while we were there. Hope all is good with ye guys x
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The day Anthony Mundine blew the most-watched moment of his career
By Tim Elbra
A world-record crowd of 107,999 people watched as Anthony Mundine slid a grubber through the Melbourne Storm defence.
'The Man' was on the 10-metre line with 30 minutes to play at Stadium Australia in the NRL Grand Final, 1999. His kick rolled to within three metres of the tryline, where Storm halfback Brett Kimmorley slid in to retrieve it and collided with the legs of Dragons centre Shaun Timmins.
The ball fell loose. Straight into Mundine's hands.
With second-rower Darren Treacy on his shoulder and winger Jamie Ainscough also within range, Mundine had two men on the left who could have scored completely untouched.
He looked at Treacy … and went himself.
It almost looked like a dummy. If it was, fast-approaching winger Craig Smith was not fooled.
He clattered into Mundine, striking the side of his head with his left knee, and the Dragons five-eighth dropped the ball over the tryline.
Mundine could not believe it. He glanced right, as the ball bobbled past his face. Left. Right. Left. Right. What just happened?!
Whatever he knew in that moment, he at least knew that he'd blown it.
Anthony Mundine's brilliant Dragons career never reaped a grand final win. (Getty)
It looked such a certain try, Ray Warren called it: "Mundine's over! Mundine will score! Mundine's over! Anthony Mundine! With a little bit of help from Shaun Timmins!"
Paul Vautin had seen it. "Or has he dropped it? This could be no try."
Referee Bill Harrigan sent it to the video referee. Mundine walked away. There was no false celebrations with his teammates; only sorry explanation.
Kimmorley had just rolled over to see what was going on as Mundine crossed the line. He could hardly believe his eyes.
When it should have been 18-2, with a kick to come and the game in St George Illawarra's keeping, Melbourne suddenly found new hope. They mounted an extraordinary comeback and won the game via a penalty try to Smith, who was knocked out by an Ainscough high tackle as he went to score off a Kimmorley kick in the 76th minute.
After Matt Geyer slotted the conversion from straight in front, it was game over. Melbourne 20-18.
A world record rugby league crowd in attendance as Mundine left the ground a shattered man. Teammate Nathan Blacklock, who scored a spectacular first-half try, said that he'd never seen 'The Man' so upset. But he had every reason to be.
"The defining moment was certainly Mundine not scoring that try or not passing to his support runners," Kimmorley told Wide World Of Sports recently. "That probably puts the game out of reach."
Anthony Mundine had a defining moment in the 1999 NRL grand final. (Getty)
It was a nightmare moment that Mundine didn't forget. Even when he was at the peak of his boxing career, fighting for world titles, he was considering a return to rugby league to right the wrongs.
"In '99 we led 14-0 and 18-6 but it wasn't meant to be," Mundine said.
"It still haunts me what happened but it wasn't our destiny, we weren't meant to win. But while I still can, while I'm still young enough to play, I want to make amends.
"The grand final loss in 1996 is something that still hurts as well.
"Going back to rugby league is something I've been thinking about for a while. It's been on my mind for over six months. And I have to go with my heart. I want to do it.
"I believe I can be competitive as a player again, that I can be one of the best players in the game. And I want to win a premiership to help erase those memories."
Anthony Mundine played one State of Origin series, in 1999. (Getty)
He never did. He stayed with boxing for 18 years and 56 fights. His 57th and final bout comes on Friday night against Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium.
In the same season of his grand final nightmare, Mundine finally got what he felt was his due when he made his State of Origin debut at the old Lang Park. He played off the bench for the entire 1999 series, stuck in a reserves jersey as the rival five-eighths he had mocked – Laurie Daley and Brad Fittler – filled the NSW No.6 jersey.
Mundine scored a try on debut, only for the Blues to lose 9-8 to Queensland. They won game two, after which Daley – who scored a try from an Andrew Johns pass – completed a lap of honour to mark his final Origin game in Sydney.
Then, the most disappointing of series finales. Back at Lang Park, a 10-10 draw in the decider left the series tied at 1-1 and handed the shield back to the Maroons, as the 1998 winners.
It was Mundine's last Origin appearance, with season 2000 his last in rugby league before switching to boxing.
Just a year later, he fought for a world title, losing by knockout to Sven Ottke in Germany. He became a boxing world champion just three years after leaving the NRL, beating American Antwun 'Kid Dynamite' Echols to the vacant WBA super-middleweight title via unanimous decision at the old Sydney Entertainment Centre.
The victory proved beyond doubt that 'The Man', as he'd always told everyone, was a phenomenal athlete.
Anthony Mundine in his 2003 world title fight against Antwun Echols. (AAP)
Anthony Mundine: NRL star to boxing world champion in three years. (AAP)
Even in Origin and at the top of boxing, Mundine never played in front of a bigger crowd than he did on that ill-fated grand final day.
It was the first year that the NRL grand final was played at the new Olympic stadium, the year before the Sydney 2000 Games when it still had the enormous end stands. Mundine vs Danny Green I drew about one-third of that grand final's attendance number when the bitter foes fought at the SFS.
With millions also watching on TV, the '99 GF was the most-watched moment of Mundine's career, in either sport … and it went horribly wrong for 'The Man'.
There was a comical postscript, too.
In Round 5 of the next season, as the Dragons approached a grand final rematch with the Storm at the MCG, Mundine declared that Melbourne were not "worthy premiers".
The Storm responded by dishing out a 12-try, 70-10 annihilation of Mundine's Saints. It remains the most points that the Storm have ever scored in a game.
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Q: Deserializing abstract Queue in Json I have a Queue of an abstract class KVP. I queue 2 different objects which inherit from KVP. Everything works fine when I serialize the queue, but since KVP cannot be constructed it fails on deserialization.
If it was a single non generic object I could deserialize as dynamic, but I'm not sure how to deserialize a queue that could hold both events and IDs.
Sample code:
public virtual async Task<bool> LoadFromFile(string FileName, bool addToExistingQueue,bool DeleteFileAfterLoad = true)
        {
            try
            {
                IFile File = await PCLStorage.FileSystem.Current.LocalStorage.GetFileAsync(FileName);
                var serializedText = await File.ReadAllTextAsync();
                var mQueue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Queue<T>>(serializedText,jss);
                if (!addToExistingQueue)
                {
                    _queue = new ConcurrentQueue<T>();
                }
                while (mQueue.Count > 0)
                {
                    _queue.Enqueue(mQueue.Dequeue());
                }

                if (DeleteFileAfterLoad)
                {
                    await File.DeleteAsync();
                }
                return true;

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Could not load File. Exception Message: " + ex.Message);
                return false;
            }

        }
        public virtual async Task<bool> WriteToFile(string FileName)
        {
            try
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Writing File: " + FileName);
                var File = await FileSystem.Current.LocalStorage.CreateFileAsync(FileName, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
                var serializedText = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(_queue.ToList(),jss);
                await File.WriteAllTextAsync(serializedText);
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Could not write File with exception message: " + ex.Message);
                return false;
            }

        }

A: You could

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*Enable TypeNameHandling (in both serialization and deserialization):
    var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto };
    var serializedText= JsonConvert.SerializeObject(mQueue, settings);

And then later
    var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto };
    var mQueue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Queue<T>>(serializedText, settings);

This adds an extra "$type" property to your polymorphic classes, as is described here.
Before choosing this solution, for a discussion of possible security concerns using TypeNameHandling, see TypeNameHandling caution in Newtonsoft Json and How to configure Json.NET to create a vulnerable web API.

*Write a custom converter that looks at the actual properties and chooses which derived class to use, as is discussed here: Deserializing polymorphic json classes without type information using json.net.  This avoids the need for the extra "$type" property.

A: This should work if you use the following setting in the JSON.NET serialiser settings:
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings {TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto};

This will encode the object type into the JSON stream, which will help the deserializer determined the specific object type to construct during de-serialization.


This match between Créteil and Châteauroux is scheduled for August 08, 2014 at Stade Dominique Duvauchelle. In this match Créteil with 18th position will play against Châteauroux with 16th position in this league. Majority of football betting odds given by various online betting sites are in favor of Créteil to win this match. The football betting odds for this match, based on the data pertaining to both teams, are also suggesting win of Créteil in this match due to their home ground advantage and superior form.
The comprehensive study of head to head statistics comprising of 18 matches played between these two teams in the past is suggesting win of Créteil at 38.9 percent, win of Châteauroux at 38.9 percent and probability of draw at 22.2 percent in this match.
For evaluating the betting odds in this article we have also considered the performance chart analysis of both teams. This analysis shows that the form of Châteauroux (-1) is inferior to that of Créteil (0). Créteil won 2, had draw in 1 and lost 2 out of the last 5 matches played by them. They lost their last match against Tours on August 1, 2014 with score of 4-2. Châteauroux lost all of the last 5 matches played by them. They lost their last match against Troyes on August 1, 2014 with score of 1-0.
As on August 7, 2014 Pinnacle is providing best betting odds for this match as 1.806 for the win of Créteil and odds of 5.42 for win of Châteauroux in this match. bet365 is providing odds of 3.60 for draw in this match.


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JP's Music Blog: Heavy Metal Band, Loudness Return With Their "Rise To Glory"
Heavy Metal Band, Loudness Return With Their "Rise To Glory"
From Japan comes the new album titled "Rise To Glory" from heavy metal pioneers Loudness. They have become a pillar in the heavy metal genre since their conception in 1981. Their new release will be their first album in four years and also their first since 1991 to be released in North America. It will hit shelves on January 26th through the earMUSIC label.
Their new 13-song release begins with a short instrumental to get you re-acquainted with the band, before the electrifying energy of "Soul On Fire." Even after 35 years in the music industry, Loudness still have a chip on their shoulder as displayed in the thrash-like speed of "I'm Still Alive" and "Massive Tornado" to prove they are still one of the premier heavy metal band in the world. The instrumental "Kama Sutra" leads the way to the album's amazing closing numbers, the intense attack of "Rise To Glory" and the AC/DC-like power of "Let's All Rock."
Look for Loudness to hit the road following the release of their new album. For more information about the band and their new album "Rise To Glory," please visit loudnessjp.com.


An area that has been named for a jailed former superintendent, a bottled water company and a chain of car dealerships has a new naming sponsor: RWJ Barnabas Health System, which owns Community Medical Center and dozens of other medical facilities across the state.
The arena, located on the Toms River High School North campus, had its signage changed last week. It was last known as the Pine Belt Arena. Previous it was known as the Poland Spring Arena and the Ritacco Center.
Under the partnership, RWJ Barnabas Health will pay the district a total of $637,500 over five years. The agreement began Jan. 1, 2018, but it took several months to determine the final name, logo and have signage manufactured.
While the arena naming rights will be the most visible sign of the pact, a major component will be educational services in the schools sponsored by the healthcare provider.
RWJ Barnabas Health will serve as a consultant on planned updates to health-based curriculum, particularly for the STEAM Academy School of Biomedicine, and will work with teachers and staff on training in an effort to support and prepare students for future healthcare positions, the district said in a statement.