Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel. Being surrounded by palm trees, the lapping water of the Seven Seas Lagoon and fireworks in the distance could only mean paradise or… Disney's Polynesian Village Resort.
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has the best fireworks showcase, Happy HalloWishes. With fantastically spooky music, villain hosts and purple, orange and red arial explosion that spread around Magic Kingdom Park, it truly is sorcery in the sky. Last year at 9:30 p.m. Happy HalloWishes Fireworks Showcase entertained us on two separate evening. One from the terrace view of the California Grill high top Disney's Contemporary Resort and the other in Magic Kingdom Park in front of Cinderella Castle. I would expect the show at the same time this year but I would ask the concierge at your resort on the day you plan to watch. If you want to catch the show outside from across the Seven Seas Lagoon there are still plenty of nice areas to see the show such as the dock, pool area and the beach. The view is not the best behind the bungalows.
Disney Dad Tip: My co-panelist Kate M. gave me a great tip. She said that if you watch Wishes or Happy HallowWishes from the dock you may hear the music piped in from Narcoossee's at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort. Music, magic and mahalo!
I hope this helps, Kimberly. Please let me know if you have any other questions.


The last day of the ride started early as we faced some serious climbing almost from the off, and mileage in excess of 90 miles. The briefing the evening before left some feeling a little anxious as we were advised that within 3 miles of the start we would commence the climb to the top of the Col du Corobin, with the first 3 miles of that climb at a gradient of 10%. It proved to be as challenging as we had imagined, but we were rewarded at the top (9 miles later) with spectacular views.
The day continued in the same vein with 4 cols in total to be scaled plus another climb apparently not deemed worthy to be called a col (seemed like a col to me, basically uphill for a long way!).
We stopped for a cold drink in the picturesque town Castellane and then continued on with the ride. The final drinks break was set up at the top of the final climb, and ahead of the 35 mile descent into Nice. By this time the weather had started to close in and we seemed to be above the cloud base. This proved a blessing for some as it was difficult to see exactly how high we were. We descended through the Gorge de Loup, with twisting roads and precipitous drops on our right with only a low wall between us and the abyss! This proved too much for one of the riders, who had to walk with his bike on the other side of the road. To Steve Hutton and myself, this just offered the opportunity for some rapid descending with great views to boot! We flew down the mountain, and I can assure everyone cycling downhill at speed is almost as hard as the uphill bits. At one point we were faced with the prospect of overtaking a slow moving car, as bikes can actually negotiate the twists and turns quicker than most cars.
Eventually the road started to level out, although still downhill, and we found ourselves riding through increasingly built up areas. We finally reached the beach, where Seb (one of the DA team) was waiting with two other riders who had beaten us down. Over the next 30 minutes all of the other riders appeared and there was much congratulations being exchanged. Mr King and I celebrated with a ice-cream. The last rider in was Malcolm McLean, and once he was with us we commenced the last 5 miles of the ride along a flat cycle path by the beach, into the heart of Nice. Once there, we were greeted with champagne and photos were taken of the whole team, and then of the Green Army. The only thing left to do was take a swim in the sea, with two hardy GA riders, Terry Macey and Peter Brown, taking up the challenge.
All that remained was to check in to the hotel and then prepare our bikes for the flight home, before changing ready for the celebratory dinner. Not surprisingly a few drinks were enjoyed, and we presented Andrew Morgan with a birthday cake, as he had celebrated his 50th birthday 3 days before. After dinner we hit the town, although Nice on a Tuesday night is not the liveliest. The evening was topped off at 2am with Big Mac and chips, the late night food of champions!
We enjoyed a relaxed morning and then a very enjoyable lunch in Nice before heading for the airport late afternoon, and fortunately flights were not too delayed by the air traffics controllers strike action.
All in all a superb trip, with excellent weather (aside from one afternoon, see earlier blog!) and good company. On top of that the team raised over £32,000 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Next week we start planning the 2015 ride (no I am not joking!).
Thanks to family, friends and sponsors for all their support.
As they say in French cycling circles, chapeau to the Green Army!!!!
Inspiring stuff as always guys. Who needs The Tour de France?!!!
What you're doing is incredible and I wish I could be there with you, instead I'll have to content myself by living the experience through your blogs. Keep up the good work!


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Q: django-storages dropbox.stone_validators.ValidationError I am trying to use dropbox as media sotrage. I am trying to implement through django-storages.
settings.py
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.dropbox.DropBoxStorage'
DROPBOX_OAUTH2_TOKEN = 'token'
DROPBOX_ROOT_PATH = '/media/'

models.py
logo = models.ImageField(upload_to=r'logo/%Y/%m/')
image = models.ImageField(upload_to=r'photos/%Y/%m/',
 help_text='Image size: Width=1080 pixel. Height=1920 pixel',)

error
Request Method: | POST
Request URL: | http://127.0.0.1:8000/add
Django Version: | 2.1.8
Exception Type: | ValidationError
Exception Value: | 'D:/media/10506738_10150004552801856_220367501106153455_o.jpg' did not match pattern '(/(.|[\r\n])|id:.)|(rev:[0-9a-f]{9,})|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?)'
console
dropbox.stone_validators.ValidationError: 'D:/media/10506738_10150004552801856_220367501106153455_o.jpg' did not match pattern '(/(.|[\r\n])|id:.)|(rev:[0-9a-f]{9,})|(ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?)'
I can't figure out why this error is happening?

A: The other answers aren't quite correct about why this error is happening.  The dropbox storage object back-end uses a django utility (django.utils._os.safe_join) to verify a filename for the target operating system. See the code here
Even though you pass the upload_to argument which gives a unix-style path (something like /save/path) the django utility makes sure the root of that save path matches the base path for the operating system :(.  The dropbox SDK does not like a drive prefixed to the desired save path (AKA C:/path/file.name is not a valid save directory for dropbox).
To make this work on Windows make sure you do a couple things
First, modify the storage back-end _full_path method like this (or create your own subclass).
def _full_path(self, name):
    if name == '/':
        name = ''
    print('Root path in dropbox.storage : ', self.root_path)

    # If the machine is windows do not append the drive letter to file path
    if os.name == 'nt':
        final_path = os.path.join(self.root_path, name).replace('\\', '/')

        # Separator on linux system
        sep = '//'
        base_path = self.root_path

        if (not os.path.normcase(final_path).startswith(os.path.normcase(base_path + sep)) and
                os.path.normcase(final_path) != os.path.normcase(base_path) and
                os.path.dirname(os.path.normcase(base_path)) != os.path.normcase(base_path)):
            raise SuspiciousFileOperation(
                'The joined path ({}) is located outside of the base path '
                'component ({})'.format(final_path, base_path))
        # TODO Testing
        print('Full file path in storage.dropbox._full_path : ', final_path)
        return final_path

    else:
        return safe_join(self.root_path, name).replace('\\', '/')

Second, make sure you are passing the content and name to the model FileField.  I had troubles when I did not explicitly pass the file contents and name (something about the uploaded file context retaining the file name?).  I re-implemented my models save method like this
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
    # Save file

    ## Save raw entry from user ##
    # Extract files contents
    try:
        uploaded_raw_entry = kwargs['upload_raw_entry']
    except KeyError:
        raise UploadError(('No file was passed from the admin interface. ' +
            'Make sure a ContentFile was passed when calling this models save method'))

    # Test raw_directory_path TODO Remove after testing
    print('Raw entry name from model.save : ', raw_directory_path(self, uploaded_raw_entry.name))

    with uploaded_raw_entry.open(mode='rb') as f:
        raw_entry_content = f.read()
    raw_entry_file = ContentFile(content=raw_entry_content.encode('utf-8'),
                                 name=raw_directory_path(self, uploaded_raw_entry.name))

    # Save the content file into a model field
    raw_entry_file.open(mode='rb')
    self.raw_entry.save(raw_entry_file.name, raw_entry_file, save=False)
    raw_entry_file.close()

This definitely is workable from Windows, but with extra steps :)

A: This error message is coming from the Dropbox API, indicating that the "path" supplied for the Dropbox API call doesn't have the expected format. E.g., if you're uploading a file, the "path" you supply would be the path in the Dropbox account where you want to put the uploaded data.
You're supplying the value:
D:/media/10506738_10150004552801856_220367501106153455_o.jpg
(That seems to be a local Windows filesystem path.)
The Dropbox path you supply should instead look something like:
/media/10506738_10150004552801856_220367501106153455_o.jpg
(That would be a path relative to the Dropbox root. It doesn't have a drive letter.)
You'll need to dig in to your code to see where/why that incorrect type of path is being supplied to Dropbox.

A: I encountered this issue also on my Linux workstation - so the equivalent Linux answer for @greg's answer is to add a "/" to your backup name:
import sys, os
import dropbox
from dropbox.files import WriteMode
from dropbox.exceptions import ApiError, AuthError

# Add OAuth2 access token here.
TOKEN = '<your-token>'

data_path = './data_files'
filename   = 'my-file-backup.txt'
BACKUPPATH = "/"+filename  # <----- This should do the trick!

# Uploads contents of filename to Dropbox
def backup():
    current_file_path = os.path.join(data_path, filename)
    with open(current_file_path, 'rb') as f:
        print("Uploading " + filename + " to Dropbox as " + BACKUPPATH + "...")
        try:
            dbx.files_upload(f.read(), BACKUPPATH, mode=WriteMode('overwrite'))
        except ApiError as err:
            if (err.error.is_path() and
                    err.error.get_path().reason.is_insufficient_space()):
                sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot back up; insufficient space.")
            elif err.user_message_text:
                print(err.user_message_text)
                sys.exit()
            else:
                print(err)
                sys.exit()

So, the error message is quiet confusing - the file name and path in question is not your local but the Dropbox remote file name and path.

A: The issue is with the Windows operating system Path. I tried with the same settings in Ubuntu. It's working there flawlessly.

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TotalEnergies commits $1.5m to flood victims in Rivers – official
Yunus Yusuf
TotalEnergies Ltd. says it has committed about 1.5 million dollars to interventionist programmes to rescue flood victims in Rivers.
TotalEnergies Deputy Managing Director JV Asset, Mr Guillaume Dulout, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.
Dulout said as part of the interventionist measures, TotalEnergies provided various relief materials and logistic assistance to assuage the sufferings of the people.
He said the company also provided medical assistance and daily feeding for victims in the four Internal Displaced Peoples (IDP) camps set up by the Egi Peoples Assembly.
He conveyed the company's solidarity with the people of Egi and Ekpeye over the devastating floods that swept across the kingdoms, rendering families homeless, destroying farmlands and other sources of livelihood.
He said the company established a crisis management response team to alleviate the impact of the scourge on affected communities.
"Nine communities were impacted in Egiland and 90 villages in the Ekpeye kingdom.
"The impacted Egi communities were Akabuka, Oboburu, Idu, Obagi, Ogbogu, Ohali-Elu, Obite, Obigbor and Ede.
"We are here to stand with our people in Egi and Ekpeye.
"TotalEnergies is not just a responsible company but a responsive corporate citizen and committed member of the two kingdoms. That is why anything that affects our hosts, affects us too," he said.
Dulout said TotalEnergies assistance to the communities did not stop at intervention, but that the company had developed five key areas of action as part of the post flood intervention programme.
"These areas include treatment and rehabilitation of water facilities to curb the issues of cholera and other diseases.
"Another area is the restoration of electricity occasioned by the destruction of electric poles and other facilities by the floods.
"The floods came with various diseases and to ameliorate this, the company is planning to organise a mass free health campaign where patients can be examined and provided with medications," he said.
He explained that as part of the post flood remediation programme, TotalEnergies planned to repair some roads to ensure the free movement of people, goods, and vehicles.
"The devastation of farmlands will invariably have a negative impact on harvesting of farm produce for the people who are largely farmers.
"Experts fear this would lead to food shortage and hunger. Against this backdrop, TotalEnergies is providing enhanced cassava and yam seedlings to farmers for cultivation to help forestall widespread hunger in the affected communities.
"It is our hope that this gesture will ameliorate the current hardships faced by the victims of flooding in our communities.
"We wish to re-assure you of our commitment to partnering with our key stakeholders in bringing the desired development to our host communities," Dolout stated, during his visit to the affected areas.
The statement quoted the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs as saying that more than 600 lives had been lost, with thousands injured and about 1.3 million displaced while hundreds of thousands of houses as well as vast tracts of farmland had also been destroyed.
The ministry said Egi and Ekpeye communities, host to TotalEnergies facilities in its OML 58 concession were not immune to the devastating floods.
The ministry said measures had been put in place to cushion the effect of flooding such as evacuation of over 5,000 people from flooded areas, daily feeding of 2,700 IDPs in four camps established at Akabuka GSS – Ogbogu CPS, Erema C school, Obite civic Centre.
Others are: provision of 165 life Jackets for rescuers and victims, hiring of 25 canoes to help in ferrying trapped victims, hiring of two outboard boats to also ferry trapped flood victims and four trucks to move victims to IDP camps, among others.
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Sammo Hung is a martial artist, director, fight choreographer and the best fat actor. Casanova Wong's jumping kick over the table in Warriors Two was Hung's way of topping Bruce Lee's similar stunt in Fist of Fury. On the HKL audio commentary for Bruce's Game of Death, Bey Logan claimed that Sammo is the true successor to Bruce in terms of fight choreography. That is apt because Bruce proved that he could choreograph a captivating fight between two ordinary people as seen in A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970). Similarly, Sammo oversaw a fight between Gwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate in View from the Top. In issue 82 (September 2005) of DVD Review, Bey had claimed:
"No-one ever made traditional Kung Fu look more effective on-screen and no action star, including Chan, ever looks better than they do when directed by Sammo."
Back to Lee, a Bruceploitation film titled King Boxer 2 (a.k.a. Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen starring a lookalike) inspired Sammo for two of the comedies which he made with Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. If you watch this flick followed by Winners and Sinners then Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars, you'll see how Sammo incorporated certain gags from it i.e. a gun-toting dwarf and four blade-wielding women at a resort. Sammo put a transvestite spin on the latter, but even that came from a throwaway scene where Le (whose name would only make sense if he was a French version of Bruce Lee) bumps into a transvestite.
As you can see from the above image for Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars, Steve Martin wasn't all that original when he used a tennis racket to fight those bullies in Roxanne (1987). Sammo has the most diverse dexterity among choreographers of any country. If he was requested, he could easily choreograph a fight scene for Arrow, Banshee or even Game of Thrones for that matter. It's not completely out of the possibility realms, because George Lucas wanted Sammo to choreograph the lightsaber duels in the Star Wars prequels. Not only is it a downright shame that it didn't happen, but it's a pity that no-one thought about hiring him for the sequels.
Sammo is as much of an underdog as he is a titan. The original version of Spooky, Spooky was different. He put the film on hold to do Dragons Forever, but other people viewed the footage and stole the scenes to reshoot for their movies. Sometimes, he is an uncredited choreographer. With the exception of the bicycle chase, he choreographed and directed all of the fight scenes in Project A. He also directed the final fight scene in Righting Wrongs. He even had a hand in directing the final fight between Joyce and Agnes in License to Steal. Elsewhere, he directed the knife fight between Jackie and Andy Lau in Island of Fire, while Jackie choreographed his other fight scenes.
I used to feel so sorry for Sammo because of how he didn't get to enjoy the fame that Jackie does. However, Keith Vitali said something about the making of Wheels on Meals that has made me think twice:
"Sammo and Jackie Chan were good friends, but they had a natural rivalry. There was a scene where I had to kick Jackie in the chest with my side kick. Now, my side kick is my trademark, my most powerful kick, and as we were going through the scene, I was hitting him pretty hard, but Sammo kept asking for more power! So, I hit him harder, and Jackie kept dropping to the ground, cringing and crying, then Sammo would call for us to do it again. I hit Jackie so hard that I thought I was going to kill him! Sammo thought it was great fun!"
In 1992, Chan wanted to make a three brothers film (i.e. alongside Hung and Biao) with Jet Li but ended up in City Hunter as a result of his ardent fan base's demand and a request on the behalf of loyal Japanese financiers of whom G.H. could not resist. Jackie was losing out in that territory and he still needed to recoup the budget of Operation Condor (1991). One premise for such a unique reunion was to do an ancient Chinese swordplay take on The Three Musketeers, where Jet was to play the role of the D'artagnan prototype to Hung's Porthos. Jackie would be Athos as a reference to Drunken Master, whereas Biao was perfect as Aramis because he played the head-in-the-clouds type as seen in Dragons Forever.
Willie Chan (i.e. Jackie's unrelated manager) said…
"The film with Jet Li and Sammo Hung is at best an idea in Jackie's head. As you probably know, the movie market in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia has been a downward trend – with the exception of Jackie's films. Jackie feels that if he can work together with other stars like Jet, Stephen Chow or Chow Yun-Fat, it may create new chemistry and thus help boost sales for the entire industry."
Sammo wanted Jackie to play Chen Sing's sidekick in The Iron-Fisted Monk, but Lo Wei refused to lend Jackie to Golden Harvest because of his grudge. There was concern that the scene where the monk reluctantly enters the brothel to go undercover wouldn't go down too well with the Buddhist Union of Singapore and Malaysia. They got the joke. The movie played without any objection because nobody thought the script was far-fetched i.e. Manchu warlords did rape and commit necrophilia. On the U.S. DVD of The Victim, it is stated on the Bobby Samuels and Ric Meyers audio commentary that The Victim was actually Hung's directorial debut. This has an air of credence to it for a variety of reasons. Bob lived and worked with Sammo (as you may have seen in Gambling Ghost and Don't Give a Damn).
Of particular note is that in the first act, Sammo looks quite similar to the way that he did in Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (in his hair style, hair colour, girth and clothing). Leung Kar-Yan's hair is initially above the shoulders. Hence this film began filming in 1977. This explains why the quality of the fights gets substantially better as the running time goes on, so therefore there is a lot of credibility given towards what may seem like a factoid. When Sammo filmed his fight scene with Bruce in Enter the Dragon, he learned valuable lessons such as opening a film with a bang in the form of a fight. Sammo put The Victim on hold in the same way that Bruce put Game on Death on hold for Enter the Dragon. This allowed them to the raise the funding for their "cold storage" movies.
Given the complexity of the project, it was unlikely for The Victim to be entirely made in 1979 when he was working on productions made either by G.H. or Gar Bo. The tune that accompanies the lead-up to Sammo's first fight with Leung came from a movie titled It's Alive 2: It's Live Again. Contrastingly, the latter features a scene in which the female lead is watching Enter the Dragon in a public theater. The Victim is the H.K. equivalent to The Evil Dead. Both are ground-breaking genre efforts that took three years to complete and have unexpected endings. More specifically, both suspenseful movies could be simultaneously categorized as classics of the late seventies and early eighties.
Although Heart of Dragon gets compared to Rain Man (mostly because of Jackie's memoir), the former was more of an inspiration for Dominick and Eugene. Minus the action, the latter has more in common with Hung's non-flop than Barry Levinson's blockbuster. With that said, the true H.K. equivalent to Rain Man was Wong Jing's God of Gamblers. On the subject of reinvention, there is a scene in Pantyhose Hero that is starkly reminiscent of Biao's response to his love interest's mother's acceptance of his father's marriage proposal in Wheels on Meals (a Hung hit). The scene in Pantyhose Hero centers around Hung's lowly reaction to Alan Tam (whose character was intended to be played by Sam Hui) leaving with Joan Chen.
Fruit Chan was sadly an uncredited director for Heart of Dragon. Sammo knew that he had a lot to deal with as a thespian, so he needed back-up. Because his mother was an art director, Sammo had a certain advantage when it came to getting film work in the late `60s. His main mentor was a director named Huang Feng, who became the Orson Welles to Sammo's Peter Bogdanovich. Like Sammo, Peter acts as well as directs. During the making of a Feng film, Sammo achieved his personal record for spoiled takes – 125 takes for a shot which involved 14 moves.
Huang was the one who approached Golden Harvest's Raymond Chow so that he could be convinced to let Hung direct. When Ray had dinner with Sammo in Australia during the making of The Man from Hong Kong (co-starring George Lazenby), Ray agreed to let him film The Iron-Fisted Monk (written by Feng). Sammo also considers King Hu to be a major influence: "I always called him uncle. He was a very good master too. He could talk about anything that you would want to know about opera and movies. We would go to dinner and he would talk till 5 a.m. He would never say you were wrong. He would just tell you what happens."
Pantyhose Hero is an uncredited Wong Jing movie, as first reported here in 2005. It was the start of a recurring theme in a Jing-oriented movie where Sammo gets stabbed in the stomach but lives (the following fight films featuring this motif being Kung Fu Cult Master and The Avenging Fist). This is because Hung's character went through this in The Victim. This was Jing's playful way of saying that Sammo is so big that getting stabbed would be like being pierced by a sowing needle. In a privately conducted interview with Sammo, it was mentioned that Wong and Sammo debated (if not argued) over the tone of Kung Fu Cult Master. Hung wanted something more serious, whereas Wong wished to undertake a satire of the resurgent wuxia sub-genre as well as a send-up of Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (which Sammo had appeared in).
It is worth pinpointing the similarities between The Moon Warriors and King Hu's The Valiant Ones, in which Sammo choreographed and played the lead bad guy. Both share a premise that involves escorting government officials and treachery. The forest fights are almost identical in both films, with lots of sideways tracking shots. Both endings involve the surviving characters standing over the graves of the fallen while a voiceover wraps up the story. The frugal fracas between Sammo and Mark Houghton in Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon was a lot longer. Sammo hits a few more opponents with his nunchakus before he faces off against Mark, even swinging his nunchakus at him.
Mark shrugs his shoulders, Sammo drops the chained sticks and the fight begins. Mark gives Sammo a few nice kicks and punches before knocking him down to the floor a few times (you can see the bruises on his face later). Sammo gets up, changes his style, kicks Mark and comes in with a flurry of punches, which is where the fight starts on the regular version. Sammo thinks that his best work as choreographer is the fight between Jackie and Benny Urquidez in Wheels on Meals. The trio above the quartet (Ridley Tsui, Lau Kar-Wing and Hung Yan-Yan) would probably agree that it's better than any of the fights in the previously mentioned movie that they worked on.
Robert Samuels was persistent in his refusal for Sammo to go ahead with the minstrel gags in Don't Give a Damn, but Sammo claimed that he was forced to do these scenes due to Taiwanese investors. Although, you have to wonder how far they would've gone with the literally black humour if Jackie was in the film (since having a huge star like him would ensure that they wouldn't need to resort to cheap commercialism). The American black demographic facilitated the popularity of Kung Fu movies during the years when it wasn't a trend. Given the commercial intentions, having Jackie in the film would've meant that it would be a case of less pander (no racist jokes to cater to Taiwan) and less slander (no criticism aimed at Sammo from the politically correct).
Don't Give a Damn was meant to have Chan playing the role that Biao ended up playing, whereas Biao would've played the role that went to Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unfortunately, Chan was too busy working on Rumble in the Bronx. With Kenny Bee playing the role that Chan was meant to play in The Millionaire's Express, the consensus of the loyal industry insiders was that Chan was missing out on being in Hung's movie – which was predicted as being a bigger hit than Police Story. It was. Much to the surprise of cranky critics who justifiably criticized the opening reel's continuity error but balked at the lack of fighting for a massive section of the film, Armour of God made more money in `87 than Hung's film did in `86.
Hung and Biao would return the favour by rejecting the opportunity to co-star in Project A 2 so that they could work on Eastern Condors (a movie that I can no longer watch due to the editing compromising the characterization). During the pre-production phase of The Millionaire's Express, Sammo wanted the three brothers to have one-on-one fights with Yasuaki Kurata, Yukari Oshima and Hwang Jang-Lee. Had Bruce lived, he may have convinced Sammo to mockingly cast Ji Han-Jae (a.k.a. Chi Hon-Joi) as a John Wayne caricature. This is plausible given how The Millionaire's Express is the Eastern equivalent to a Western.
Righting Wrongs was envisioned by Sammo as his answer to Police Story. The motivation being that Sammo was offended that Jackie would pass up the chance to appear in an epic film just to do a cop movie. The car park fight in Righting Wrongs was conceived by Sammo as a way to one-up Jackie's similar sequence in his film (even though Sammo didn't direct Biao's scene). Righting Wrongs is almost the better movie if it wasn't for some unforgivable stunt doubling. The stunt where Biao hangs onto the plane via rope was Hung's way of taking a swipe at the bus stunt. Intriguingly, both Chan and Hung were making a slam towards Hollywood with these scenes because A View to a Kill had a finale involving someone hanging from a vehicle but that movie was restricted in realism due to safety regulations.
Jackie was meant to play Wei Pei's role in The Magnificent Butcher (a 1979 Sammo vehicle) but was busy working on The Young Master (which Wei was also in). Jackie and Sammo would both regret casting Wei because he has Tourette syndrome. An alternate version of Wheels on Meals has an Anthrax song, Horror of it All, play in the background of the disco scene. Wesley Snipes has referred to Wheels on Meals as his favourite Hong Kong movie. He is a big fan of Sammo and wanted to make movies in H.K. because he felt that Hollywood didn't display enough of his talent (a black belt in Tae Kwon Do). He envied Rob Samuels. Knockabout was meant to be the first "three brothers" movie with Jackie playing Leung's role, but Jackie was contractually obliged to Lo Wei and was tied to the production of his directorial debut (Fearless Hyena).
Carry on Pickpocket (1982) is the true film that marks Anita Mui's first appearance on screen though it's more of a cameo/walk-on role (à la Jenny Bede in The World's End) than anything her later roles/talent would suggest. It's in the scene where Deannie Yip tells off Hung in his nightgown in front of a group of people coming out of a restaurant. Anita is the one in the white T-shirt. The scene where Sammo uses the two fork-stabbed buns to move like a dancer is a homage to a Charlie Chaplin film called The Gold Rush (1925). As it was his second contemporary movie (the first being Enter the Fat Dragon), the action lacks the modern feel of Winners and Sinners (a 1983 comedy with some archaic fight scenes). Still, he won the best actor award at the second H.K. film awards ceremony. He tied with Karl Maka (who won for Aces Go Places).
The fight between Sammo and Liu Chia-Liang in Pedicab Driver only took 6 days to shoot. Allegedly, there was an alternate version which contained extra fights (for the Taiwanese market). The first was a rematch where Sammo wins but gains the respect of Liu. The second was where Sammo is in trouble but Liu and his men save him. A conversation emerges from the aftermath where Liu speaks to Sammo as an uncle by extolling advice that he must allow Liu to help him if he wants to survive. The finale was different in that Liu and his men help to take on a legion of thugs in and outside the villain's mansion. Even though I've not seen this version, I do not doubt it one bit considering how many films of the golden era have Taiwanese and Korean variants.
The Japanese trailer for Encounter of the Spooky Kind was strange when they show the scene with Sammo being nude and painted all over with protective writing. The caption reads: "Sammo Hung – so sexy!" The film was originally titled with Close at the front but Golden Harvest were concerned that they would face a lawsuit from somebody affiliated with Steven Spielberg. Sammo made the movie because so many people in Asia believe in ghosts. Many friends advised him not to make it because nobody would pay to see it. It didn't matter because he was already shooting it. Prior to making it, he felt that the film would have a lot of resonance because he heard many stories about ghostly goings-on happening in both Malaysia and Singapore. Spooky Encounters (as it was otherwise known) was very profitable.
It was the first time that someone yelled at the screen while watching a Chinese ghost movie (the person was imitating the monkey possession). Michael Jackson's anti-gravity lean in the Smooth Criminal video was inspired by the hopping vampire in the nocturnal temple scene. The Dead and The Deadly is an unofficial sequel as the Chinese title was something Sammo said in the other movie. In regards to Ashes of Time, the hyper slow motion style wasn't Christopher Doyle's in concept – it was Hung's (who did it in Kung Fu Cult Master as well as Thunderbolt). Little is known about the fact that Sammo choreographed the first fight in Thunderbolt (the one which ends with the men trapped in the painting facility).
Unlike what the Western press and social media websites have superficially made of his involvement in Kung Fu Hustle, Sammo choreographed the Burly Brawl parody (from The Matrix Reloaded) as well as the fight in the night where the three masters face the two musicians. In interviews, Sammo has said that it was his idea. He even described how he did it. Sammo received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 22th Asian American International Film Festival in 1999. This should take off the sting of having his international attempts as a martial arts choreographer being heavily jeopardised by American editors (namely on Mr. Nice Guy, Knock Off and Highbinders).
Even his credential on Kung Fu Hustle (a movie which Bey and Jing are not so keen on) was stymied by the fact that Stephen Chow was desperate to have mainstream transatlantic success. Sammo's dream project (which probably won't happen now) was to make a period movie about Tai Chi (which would've been conspicuously more accurate than Yuen Woo-Ping's The Tai Chi Master). Another dream that was to be dashed like a pipe dream was a ghost movie for both Western and Eastern markets, hence why Highbinders (which became The Medallion) was a sticky sore point for the rotund legend. I think that it would've been cool if he reunited with Mickey Rourke (after Double Team) by working on The Wrestler.
Things could've been different if Sammo hadn't rejected a role in Stanley Tong's China Strike Force (which had Coolio in it). Had Bruce lived, we may very well have seen him play the role that Sammo played in Pantyhose Hero (a 1990 movie which Jing co-wrote as well as co-directed). He respected Sammo enough to be majorly disappointed when he indefinitely rejected the chance to be in Game of Death, and he clearly forgave him enough to give him a standout role in Enter the Dragon. More importantly, he clearly respected himself to not play the role that Alan ended up playing (which means that Sammo would play the weaker of the faux gay couple). It wouldn't have been an about turn given the particular (or should that be peculiar?) photo above.
Project A could almost be classified as Sammo's film. Besides supervising all the fights, he directed all the scenes featuring himself. He claimed that he directed everything that happens after the bicycle chase because Jackie wanted his help after the financial fiasco of Dragon Lord. What makes Sammo's involvement all the more surprising is that Jackie's initial intention was to be directed by a director from Taiwan (Chu Yen-Ping?). Sammo regards his best films to be Eastern Condors, The Prodigal Son and Pedicab Driver. They were made in the `80s. His favourite `90s movie is Pantyhose Hero. In a 1999 interview for a magazine called Kung Fu Qigong, he confirmed that it is indeed himself who gets hit by the car. He later relayed that no-one wanted him to jump over a speeding car in Carry On Pickpocket.
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Kingsmen Drop Home Opener
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran men's basketball team officially began their season in Gilbert Arena on Saturday night and after a tight contest all the way through, the Kingsmen came up on the losing end 57-54 to Bristol University.
Dan Wade led all scorers with 19 points and converted the only three, three-point field goals in the game for the Kingsmen while Arik Smith flirted with a triple-double finishing with 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
Wade got the Kingsmen off to a hot start early by hitting four of his first five shots, including three from downtown as CLU took a 15-9 lead. Wade scored 11 of the team's first 13 points after coming out aggressive on the offensive end.
Bristol would use a 9-0 run to take the lead from the Violet and Gold and they would head in to the half with a 25-23 lead. Wade went 6-of-9 from the field in the first half, meanwhile the rest of the Kingsmen were just 4-of-23 and the team as a whole shot jut 31.3% from the field.
In the second half, both teams would take turns with the lead before the Bears jumped out to an eight-point advantage with 12:25 to play. Back-to-back layups by Smithand Coltrane Powdrill cut the lead to four with seven minutes left.
After playing a facilitator role in the first half with six assists, Smith provided another scoring threat for the Kingsmen in the second half. After just one field goal in the first twenty minutes of play, coming off an emphatic dunk after driving the lane, Smith converted six field goals in the second-half and had 14 second-half points.
CLU trailed 55-48 with just 1:40 to go, but two free throws and a 15-foot jumper from Smith made the score 55-52 with 29 seconds remaining. Looking to extend the game the Kingsmen fouled the Bears, however, they sank both of their free throws to put the game out of reach.
Powdrill finished with eight points and six boards, and Connor McGuire had a game-high 11 rebounds. In all, seven different players scored for CLU.
Cal Lutheran (0-1) will now travel to Hawaii where they will face their next two opponents, Pacific (Ore.) on Nov. 28 and Puget Sound (Wash.) on Nov. 29.
Box Score: BU 57, CLU 54
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As already informed Gothia Cup will expand to Abu Dhabi. It will be a fantastic spot for a fantastic youth tournament.
– We will experience impressive logistics, in arriving to Abu Dhabi as well as getting around in Abu Dhabi. The accommodation will be high standard but at reasonable prices. Beaches, shopping, amusement parks and soccer facilities will be found around the hotels. Everything of world-class quality, says General Manager Dennis Andersson.
The intention was to arrange the tournaments premiere in Januari 2019. After reviewing all plans the decision has been made that the tournament will be postponed.
– This is a great commitment, both to ourselves and to our co-partners, and we want make sure everything is executed as well as possible before we launch. That's why we want to wait for all prerequisites to be in place and everything prepared completely before the premiere tournament.
– Therefore we decided that the first Gothia Cup Abu Dhabi will take place during the first week of January 2020, says Dennis Andersson.
The exact dates, prices, age-classes and other important information will be presented after this summer.


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Roos great fears further off-field controversy as AFL reaches 'Mad Monday'
Players for the GWS Giants celebrating Mad Monday.Source: News Corp Australia
Matt Balmer from Fox Sports@mattbalmer7
September 21st, 2020 6:45 am
The AFL season is officially over for 10 teams after the top eight was confirmed on Sunday night.
And that means it's time for Mad Monday.
Earlier this month,foxfooty.com.au reported the AFL have told clubs there was to be no celebrations in Queensland this year as the league aims to avoid any further off-field controversy.
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The memo to all club CEOs came just before Richmond pair Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones were involved in a blatant breach of league protocols.
The AFL will still allow players to consume alcohol, but are wary of the theatrics around Mad Monday outfits and the infamous moments of the past.
However, there are fears this could be broken, with Melbourne gun Harley Bennell in the spotlight again after a fresh incident over the weekend.
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The Demons were fined $50,000 after Bennell left the club's high performance village and visited an unapproved premises.
"I'm worried about the traditional 'Mad Monday'," David King said on Fox Footy's First Crack.
"I know it's been banned and the AFL have said 'don't get involved'. But a lot of these players, really, their attachment to the club is broken now. A lot of these players have been delisted.
"I'm just nervous about tomorrow (Monday), I really am, the next couple of days.
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Blast from the past: Brisbane Lions' Mad Monday celebrations at the Boundary at West End. Photo: Liam Kidston.Source: News Corp Australia
"If we're seeing what's happening with Harley already – a player that's sitting there drinking watching his team play that's still a chance to play finals, staggering really – I'm concerned about the next 48 hours."
Essendon was one of the first clubs to hold their best and fairest and officially end their season under John Worsfold, with young gun Jordan Ridley taking out the award on Sunday night.


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1. Awesome party dress. You can either buy it or make it yourself :)
2. Conductive Thread. Either a lot or a little depending on how many lights you want
3. Lithium polymer rechargable battery. I used this one from adafruit.com, it lasted me through a full 6 hour party and it is still quite small.
4. Lithium polymer recharging USB plug. What's better than having a dress that can plug into your computer?! Here's one I recommend.
5. LEDs in whatever color you want! I used about 30 LEDs but you can add more or less depending on what you want. I bought standard through hole LEDs and twisted the ends to save money but there are also sites that provide you with LEDs ready to be sewn on!
6. Clear nail polish. To secure knots in the thread
Putting it all together is simple!
Figure out where you want the LEDs to go and then figure out how to make a circuit that puts the LEDs where you want them. Take a look at this wikipedia page to learn a little bit about LED circuits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_circuit.
Note: conductive thread is not like wire and has a fairly high inherent resistance (about 10 ohms per foot depending on the type of thread) so I did not end up needing a current limiting resistor in my dress.
The best way to figure it out is to try it! It's fun and easy!
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To Reach Preteen Girls, Kickstarter Project Puts Style into STEM
Around middle school, girls start to lose confidence in science and math - partly because it's uncool. Amanda Dowd and Beth Zotter, the creators of the Kickstarter project, "See it Be it: Profiles of Women who Love Math and Science," are setting out to change that. By introducing tech- and science-savvy women in a modern, stylish format, the partners are betting that girls who like math and science might see themselves as future scientists or engineers.
The project, which ends October 7, joins a new slate of products such as GoldieBlox and the book Rosie Revere, Engineer that approach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects from a girl's perspective.
"When girls are too old to play with their GoldieBlox and start reaching for Seventeen magazine, we want to grab their attention with these portraits" said Zotter, herself a technologist.
"What's really interesting about this product is that it connects with girls at the moment when their interest in math and science is most vulnerable – adolescence," says Dowd, "We plan to capture the diversity and true beauty of young women in STEM careers today. We want girls everywhere to relate to these strong and wicked-smart females."
Dowd and Zotter plan to create portraits of real women, in their 20s and early 30s, doing "cool work in science and tech" using a format familiar to preteens - fashion photography. Unlike most magazines, however, these profiles will let girls read about each model's field of expertise and her answers to questions like "what is the bravest thing you've ever done?"
About Amanda Dowd and Beth Zotter
Amanda Dowd is a creative director and design strategist, with over a decade leading design and strategy for websites, digital campaigns, and videos.
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New Year's resolutions are a perfect example of attempts to better ourselves, as are the liturgical seasons of Lent and Advent, for those of us who are part of the Christian community. These are periods where we try start fresh, begin anew, and sometimes, attempt erase the mistakes of the past. Starting during my year of service in San Francisco and continuing through my time with CVN, I have learned to truly listen to myself. I try to ask myself questions like "What do I really want? Who do I want to spend time with? What do I stand for?" regardless of the season.
The singular most important thing I have learned this past year is this: be kind to yourself. Spending countless hours Facebook stalking some high-school classmate you don't even speak to anymore won't bring you joy. And it's likely that third piece of pie won't either. Not having a specified "next step" to go to after recruitment can sometimes make me feel stuck, like my earth is shattering. Fortunately, my mom recently told me about a book her boss's daughter was reading called Magic. The book inspired her to wake up every morning and take time to list all the things in life that she was grateful for even before she swung her legs over the side of the bed. My parents and I adopted a similar practice, quite enjoying listing things in the mornings when I was home for Thanksgiving: being together for the holiday, the ability to finance my first car, or visiting with my grandma. We too often fall into negative habits, thoughts, or situations. And even worse, we fantasize about the worst-possible outcomes to our problems instead of imagining the positive solutions. It amazes me that people who have very little—sometimes nothing—can still survive through each passing day with a hope, found solely in Jesus Christ, that life will get better.
This weekend I had the privilege of witnessing this first-hand with students from Texas Tech University in a day of service with Catholic Charities. We visited the home of an elderly woman who had raised eight children as a single mom and was now living on her own. When we arrived at her home, she didn't even wait for us to approach the door before yelling to us in the street that God had truly answered her prayers. "I don't deserve this, there are plenty of other people who need the help more than I do," she said as she prepared us food. She probably thanked us for coming to help clean her house upwards of fifty times.
This week begins the liturgical season of Advent, a season where we prepare ourselves—physically, emotionally, socially, and most importantly, spiritually—for the birth of our Lord, who humbled Himself to walk among us as a man. What can we do to strive to be more Christ-like towards others? Because of my experiences, I have learned to be kinder to myself, to begin my day in gratitude and not categorize my life in time frames.The opportunities to be more Christ-like are endless, especially at this time of year so focused on giving. But at the end of the day, don't leave people guessing. Tell them straight out, and ask them in return: what do you stand for?


Did you know that Get to Know Your Customers Day comes around once every quarter? As a business owner, manager or staff member, it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day needs of serving customers and keeping your business running smoothly.
Use this third Thursday in January, April, July and October as a reminder to spark up a conversation with your clients. It's not just a nice gesture — it's the tried and true method for learning your customers' pain points, improving your products and increasing your customer lifespan.
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It's easier than ever to get to know what your customers are thinking, and the benefits are instant! Whatever you do, remember that a personal touch and great service keeps customers coming back longer than any expensive or time-consuming marketing campaign.
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Most people have never heard of degus. I'd never heard of them until I went into Pets at Home in Hull on my way over to France way back in 2010. I was with Dad and we were killing time waiting to be able to go to the ferry terminal and ended up wandering in here. In the centre of the store was a huge cage with what seemed to be half a tree upright in it and a ton of shelves with all these lovely little rodents running around and climbing about. The sign next to them proclaimed they were degus. I immediately wrote this in my phone notes as I knew I'd never remember that name.
Fast forward to December 2015. Until now there is no way I could afford a pet. I've always had pets growing up (dogs, cats and budgies) plus am a general animal lover anyway and not having pets since I moved out from my parents has driven me crazy. The odd fix of looking after my friends cat and visiting my parents and their cats just doesn't cut it. So I informed my boyfriend we were getting mice. I had been chatting with a friend at work and we'd got it all planned out. Then I remembered the phone note and went to do some research on degus.
I was instantly sold. The main thing that had always put me off mice had been their limited lifespan. A couple of years is long enough to get attached to them then bam, they're gone. No one needs that. Degus however can live between 6 – 8 years and have been known to reach double figures. Further research yielded that they're sociable creatures so you should always have at least 2, they are diurnal unlike most rodents who are nocturnal and are very intelligent. They have actually been observed using a tiny rake to get food out of a space they couldn't fit in!
They do have more specific dietary requirements than most small pets as they are highly susceptible to diabetes. It's due to this fact that they actually entered the pet market at all; they were first snapped up by scientists to do research into diabetes and eventually someone realised they're loving, funny little creatures. Next thing you know they're on the exotics list though still relatively unheard of. This means you have to buy very specific foods for them (more on that in another post) and have to watch their sugar intake. Like most rodents they require hay available constantly to keep their teeth worn down and they love to chew everything. I mean everything. So you need to get wooden toys for the cage to keep them occupied and be prepared to replace them regularly. Anything more permanent such as wheels and the cage itself should be metal.
I spent a good couple of weeks researching all their requirements. My boyfriend had no say in the matter, I just came home one day and said "I'm fed up without pets, we're getting degus. It's my Christmas present to me." Before he knew it I'd ordered a cage, had my friends take me to Pets at Home to get the toys, accessories and food (and also to check they had some degus in stock) and was pretty much all set aside from the cage arriving.
So there we had it. A week before Christmas and I was just waiting on the cage to be delivered then I could go pick up my new babies. I couldn't wait! Unfortunately it wasn't to go as smoothly as planned. But that's a post for another day.


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INTERVIEW: Hardcore/Pop Punk Band Earthstate
RJ Frometa March 26, 2019	Artist Interviews Leave a comment
Hi guys, welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
Hi Vents! Thanks for having us! It couldn't be better! We just dropped our debut album and we are so excited to share it with the world.
Can you talk to us more about your latest single "Castle in The Air"?
"Castle in The Air" is the second single of the album. We released it a few days before the release of the album. It talks about this particular moment when you went through hard times or events, and you realize that these difficulties are behind you and things could get better. There is a positive message behind this song.
Did any event in particular inspire you to write this song?
Not a particular event, but life in general. Some of us went through some difficulties during the writing process, and they fought it until things got better. But these are not isolated cases, everyone has their own demons to fight whatever if these are huge difficulties or insignificant ones. We tried to write so that everyone could identify themselves.
Any plans to release a music video for the single?
We are not planning on releasing a music video for this song, but we released a lyric video a few days ago. It shows us in front of a panoramic view of our hometown, and a beautiful sunrise, symbol of the message of the song. The video is available on YouTube.
The single comes off your new self-titled album – why naming the record after the band?
Earthstate is like an ideal for us, a project we built from nothing, and now we can share something we are very proud of. It's exactly what the album talks about, taking the decision to build something new. Each song talks about a different step of this kind of journey, until the reaching of the objective in the last song. Earthstate is like a whole new world reached by a fictional character that you can follow during the ten songs. That's why it was logical to name the album and the last song like the band.
Would you call this a conceptual record?
We can call this conceptual because there is a thread between the songs: like we said, each one represents a different step from deciding to change something in your life to the final objective. Otherwise, we did not invent anything and didn't want to. We're just talking about emotions that we are feeling sometimes, like everybody else, and mixing our various influences, and we are very proud of the result.
How was the recording and writing process?
It took a lot of time, because we didn't know each other before and we wanted to take the time to build a strong friendship before anything else. We wrote the songs all together in the same room, even if we know from our previous experiences that it takes more time than working separately. With this process, we were sure that everyone could give his ideas and opinion. It was quite an experience to work like that, and we have no regrets about it.
After writing all the songs and recording demos, we recorded and mixed the album with our friend Romain from Acrom Records in our hometown, in Lyon. It was a very good time because we had no pressure, we worked in a very good atmosphere.
What role does Lyon play in your music?
Lyon is the Symbol of Earthstate's journey, because we came from different cities in France and this is where we decided to stay and build the project. Some of us had to quit their job, their apartment etc, to start a new life in Lyon. It's exactly the kind of situation the album is referring to.
What were some of the emotions did you get to explore on this record?
The album talks about all the emotions you can feel when you take the decision to leave your life behind, to live something completely new, with the risks you could take by doing it. It could be doubt, fear, illegitimacy… but it could also be positive vibes like joy, euphoria, excitation about a new start and reaching a goal after many efforts and sacrifices.
Where else did you find the inspiration for the songs and lyrics?
We all have different musical influences, so we took our inspiration everywhere. That's why this album is a mix between alternative rock, pop-punk, metalcore, ambient parts, sometimes even rap… We didn't fix limit, we just tried to stay coherent between the songs and share our emotions on the other hand.
Any plans to hit the road?
Of course! We are working a lot in rehearsals and we can't wait to play shows everywhere! Unfortunately, our drummer Thibs broke his hand a few days ago, and we had to postpone our Release Party. But we are already working on new dates, so stay tuned!
What else is happening next in Earthstate's world?
Shows for sure, new content about our first album… And we hope this one is the first of a lot of other ones!
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An Update on MDMX and Dual MDM2/X Inhibitors
Margarida Espadinha, Valentina Barcherini, Elizabeth A. Lopes and Maria M.M. Santos* Pages 647 - 660 ( 14 )
The tumor suppressor protein p53 is inactivated in all types of human cancers, either by negative regulation, by mutation or deletion of its gene. Specifically, in tumors that retain wild-type (wt) p53 status, p53 is inactivated by interaction with negative regulators, such as MDM2 and MDMX. These two proteins are found to be overexpressed in several different types of cancers, and the restoration of p53 activity by inhibition of these proteins is now considered an important approach for cancer treatment. The first studies using this strategy to reactivate wt p53 were focused on the development of small molecules that could inhibit MDM2. In this way, p53 could be liberated and act again as a tumor suppressor. From these studies, nine small molecules have reached clinical trials. More recently, MDMX was also identified as an important therapeutic target to efficiently reactivate wt p53, and it is now considered that, for full p53 reactivation, dual inhibition of MDM2 and MDMX is required. In this review we will focus on the most recent advances in the discovery of novel small molecules and stapled peptides that act as selective MDMX inhibitors or as dual MDM2/X inhibitors.
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Edited by Claude Royet-Journoud, Zuk was published monthly by Emmanuel Ponsart's Editions Spectres Familiers out of Le Revest-les-Eaux, France. The precision of Zuk is unparalleled in poetry magazines of the era: each of the twenty-four issues published between October 1987 and September 1989 featured a tightly constructed interplay of short works of poetry. In these pages, the reader may find an intimate conversation among poets in the tradition of Louis Zukofsky on both sides of the Atlantic. With just four slender pages to each issue, the magazine published works in French alongside translations of new works by poets loosely associated with Language poetry in the United States.
Each issue consists of a single sheet of paper, folded to measure 6.3 x 4.3 inches. Five hundred copies were printed per issue. The text was set in size eight font. This Reissues collection of Zuk also features selected ephemera mailed out with the magazine, including three special inserts devoted to single-author publications.
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Ражени хлеб је врста хлеба направљена од брашна ражи. Хлеб може бити светле или тамне боје, у зависности од типа брашна које се користи и додатака, те је обично тврђи (збијеније структуре) од хлеба прављеног од пшеничног брашна. Има више влакана од белог хлеба и често је тамније боје и јачег укуса. Ражени хлеб има значајне здравствене предности у поређењу са белим хлебом.

Тамни ражени хлеб се највише користио до средњег века. Многе различите врсте раженог жита потичу из различитих делова Европе попут Финске, Данске, балтичких држава и Немачке. У Аустрији, Финској, Естонији, Данској, Летонији, Литванији, Пољској, Белорусији и Русији ражени хлеб је најпопуларнији од свих врста хлебова.

Ражени хлеб је већином направљен са најмање 90% брашна. Чисти ражени хлеб не садржи пшенично брашно. У Немачкој ражени хлеб са нижим уделом ражи од 90% назван је црни хлеб. Хлеб је направљен од брашна или прекрупе, воде, квасаца, соли, киселог теста за хлеб и зачина као што су ким, анис, коморач, сусам или коријандер.

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Those "mountains" of the pine barrens need to be protected from destruction. How unique they are. Last I heard the Pine Barrens Preserve, home to many indigenous plant species, is not intended to be an ATV track course. If ATVs are eroding the "mountains" they are also destroying vegetation and should not be allowed in the preserve or should be limited to select areas where their impact is less devastating.
More public education/involvement, stronger regulations, more physical barriers and more enforcement efforts are all needed to save these valuable resources. The people who have taken initiative to make practical measures deserve our applause, but we also need support from the public sector before precious areas are destroyed.


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New Jersey State AFL-CIO Proudly Renews Support for United Way in 2013
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud to renew its support for the United Way in 2013 and looks forward to continuing to promote services which strengthen families and the community in New Jersey.
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is committed to goals such as promoting quality education for our children, securing access to affordable and quality health care, and achieving fair wages for workers. As a labor movement we are working towards these goals by supporting an increase in the state minimum wage and approval of vital school repair and modernization projects.
By reaffirming our partnership with the United Way, we are eager to work together towards these shared goals. We realize that community partnerships, similar to union solidarity, serve as the most effective tool for advancing the goals of working families.
Through years of partnership, the labor movement and the United Way have made great progress with respect to improving education, opportunity, and instilling a sense of hope for all families to achieve a middle class life. We look forward to once again joining together with the United Way and various other community partners to continue on the road of progress.
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Ликија (антгрч. -{Λυκία [Lykía]}-, ) била је област која обухвата савремене провинције Турске Анталију и Муглу на јужној обали Турске. Представљала је федерацију древних градова а касније и провинцију Римског царства. Ликијска лига се често назива првом федерацијом у историји света, а њено устројство је касније утицало на одредбе америчког Устава.

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Music Video: Mumford & Sons – Blind Leading the Blind
melaniebolen December 10, 2019 Music Videos
2019 has been a big year for Mumford & Sons. They released their latest album, Delta, received the John Steinbeck Award, and embarked on one of their biggest world tours yet, delivering their biggest stage show to date to millions of fans. You would think that the band would want to take a break after the year they've had, but there's already talk of a new EP being released in the spring of 2020 — and the month of December brought fans a brand new single, "Blind Leading the Blind," for which the music video just debuted online.
The band, consisting of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, guitars, drums), Winston Marshall (lead guitar, banjo, vocals), Ben Lovett (piano, keyboard, accordion, vocals), and Ted Dwane (bass guitar, upright bass, vocals), started trickling this song out to audiences back in 2017. The song was off the radar for a bit before starting to show up again during the latter half of their Delta tour this year, leading up to its studio recording and release.
The meaning behind the song, to me, is more powerful in 2019 than it may have been if released back in 2017. As Mumford sings, "My generation's stuck in the mirror." In a time when most of us spend our lives behind screens, always worrying about "me," this song dives into actually reaching out, being unafraid, and truly getting to know and help one another.
"So, put your hands in mine tonight
And I will be here
When you're crying out tonight
I will be here"
The song has been delivered in a variety of ways, from a beautiful acoustic version live at the reception for the John Steinbeck award, to the powerhouse version that was recorded and turned into this music video.
The video features Marcus Mumford pouring himself into his drum set. Most people who aren't avid fans of Mumford & Sons may not even realize that Marcus is a stellar drummer (he usually takes the set for 1-2 songs during live performances), so this video gives him a chance to truly let that side of his musicianship shine. Viewers get to see the passion that he has when he performs, as he wears it strongly on his face, and the video isn't an exaggeration (as those who've seen the band live will tell you). You can tell that he embodies the words and meaning of the song with his entire being as he performs.
It's interesting that the video features only Marcus, but I like the overall imagery it provides. To me, it appears to be someone who has a message to share that they are very passionate about, and they are screaming it out, beating it out, dying to be heard… but stuck behind the mirror, and it's ultimately lonely there. It's often how I feel in my own head with life in the present day, considering the rat race of social media and trying to be seen and heard — "I am not known if I'm not seen or heard" — but losing the face to face connection of really getting to know people.
Check out the music video above and, if you crave more, you can find a live video of the song from the Austin City Limits festival on YouTube. Listen to their newest album, Delta, below:
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The NFL's future Flash?
Lance Lysowski
Called a long-shot by many, Jameson Konz earns the opportunity to be selected in the NFL Draft.
Jameson Konz projected to go late, undrafted
For the past three years, a Kent State football player earned the opportunity to be selected in the NFL Draft.
Cornerbacks Usama Young and Jack Williams were selected in 2007 and 2008, respectively, followed by quarterback Julian Edelman last year. All three players saw their draft stocks rise following impressive showings at their pro days in front of NFL scouts.
Following in their footsteps in 2010 is tight end/wide receiver Jameson Konz. Konz, who many saw as a long shot to hear his name called at the 2010 NFL Draft, impressed his critics with his display of athletic ability on March 11 at Kent State's pro day.
Measuring 6-foot-4 and 234 pounds, Konz ran the 40-yard dash twice, clocking in at 4.46 and 4.38 seconds.
Konz also posted a 46-inch vertical jump and a broad jump of 10 feet, 8 1/4 inches, which gave him the best numbers of any tight end expected to be
picked in this week's draft. In fact, his vertical jump was higher than anyone at the NFL Combine.
The Uniontown, Ohio native said his training over the past months in Cleveland, at Tim Robertson's Speed Strength, got him ready for his workout that caught the attention of NFL scouts across the country.
"It was just six workouts every single day, six days a week," Konz said. "It was really good, and it really prepared me for everything I had to do at the pro day. Hopefully once I get on a team, then I just have to prove to the coaches that I can use all of these attributes and have them translate over to the football field."
During his time at Kent State under coach Doug Martin, Konz was the definition of versatile. He spent three years at outside linebacker where he recorded 90 tackles and two sacks. An ankle injury ended his 2008 season, but Konz returned in 2009 at wide receiver/tight end and recorded 21 catches for 298 yards and two touchdowns.
"We started him off on defense because we needed him," Martin said. "As years went on, we got more depth on defense. We always thought he would be an exceptional tight end, and we just never had the depth to put him there until the end of his career. The thing Jameson has to make an improvement in is catching the ball consistently. If he does that, he'll have a great chance to make it."
Although the Cleveland Browns were the only team present at his pro day, word spread around the league of the next athlete coming out of Kent State. Projected as a late-round selection or undrafted free agent, Konz has drawn interest from teams such as the Oakland Raiders and Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.
No matter where or when the Kent State product is selected, the past few months have been surreal for Konz. He said he has waited his entire life for this weekend's draft and can only wait to find out what the following months and years will bring.
"It's always something growing up as a little kid; it's something you look forward to," Konz said. "Saying that, 'Hey, I want to play in the NFL one day.' It's a dream come true to actually be in that position, and it's really exciting."
While getting drafted will only be the beginning for Konz, he said hearing his name in the same breath as Kent State alumni such as Edelman, tight end Antonio Gates and wide receiver Josh Cribbs is an indescribable feeling.
"It's almost more than I can imagine because there are so many good players to come out of Kent and they've done so well for themselves," Konz said. "To even be mentioned in the same lines as them is extremely great. I'm really happy, and I'm humbled."
Another Flash who is attempting a future in the NFL is wide receiver Phil Garner. Regarded as a potential free agent pickup, Garner measures 5-11 and recorded 22 receptions for 204 yards as a senior.
The NFL Draft will be broadcast on ESPN all weekend. Round 1 will start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Rounds 2 and 3 will start at 6 p.m. Friday and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday start at 10 a.m.
Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at [email protected].


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2016 will go down as a rollercoaster, shit-show of a year, whether in regards to the never-ending horrific headlines of violence both at home and abroad, to the astonishing year in politics, to the punch-in-the-gut unexpected deaths of beloved celebrities. 2016 was simply a bully. But that is why we go to the movies, right? To escape, yet see ourselves reflected on screen. To learn about others who are different than us, but hopefully emerge out of the dark theater…
Wow, 2017 was exhausting, wasn't it? With a news cycle on hyperspeed and worldwide tensions amped up to nerve-wracking levels, it is unsurprising that we wanted to excape to the movies. Movies looking back in history were disturbingly timely, and the really good comedies seemed sharper than ever with their social commentary. Then came (FINALLY) a super hero that we were all waiting for, and, to no surprise to anyone except the male bigwigs in Hollywood, she made the most…
As we come to the end of a year that was particularly vicious in the world and in the media, it makes sense that we've been rushing to the movies for escapism. Apparently speaking to a need, superheroes seem to get more popular in cinemas every year, and the big studios feed our want for comfort food, continuing to mine their archives for remakes and reboots rather than come up with new material. But if you crave something more, you…
Hollywood continues to be stuck in a rut of throwing money at the tried and true. More sequels! More reboots! We are getting painstaking "live action" remakes that are technically dazzling, but lacking the magic that made the originals beloved (I'm talking to you, Disney, with your Lion King, Dumbo, and Aladdin). We are getting flogged with dead-dog movies (A Dog's Journey, A Dog's Way Home, Art of Racing in the Rain), as if the state of the world isn't…
In a world of superheros and sequels, sometimes it is hard to find greatness at the movies (especially when television is so good these days). Also, it was hard to match the stellar quality of films in 2014, in my opinion, but there were still a lot of good films to see in 2015. Here are my favorite films of the year: Far From the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd - That Nice Carey Mulligan recieved more press…
Despite the end-of-the-year critics' awards being all over the place, with some saying 2014 was a weak year in the movies, I think it was one of the strongest in years. Here are 10 movies (and one series) that I thought were great in 2014. They are not really in order... except maybe they are a little bit: 1,000 Times Good Night - Juliette Binoche plays a war photographer addicted to her dangerous work. In a switch, her husband (Nikolaj…


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@ Johnbu Thanks a lot. But should the pin in the interruptor move not as easy as the pin does in the hammer-strut? Because the diameter of the bore in the interruptor (OEM-part for 1-piece-sear from EGD) is slightly smaller, than the bore in the hammer-strut. I can put in the new pin into the hammer-strut just by hand with no effort at all, but into the interruptor i have to hit the pin in with the use of a hammer. I think (also the use of a new pin) the interruptor should move almost as free/easy on the hammer, as the hammer-strut does... am i right or wrong? Thanks for your help in advance!!!
It needs some proper fitting (angle touching the hammer-hooks) and also the safety-leg touching the safety. The trigger-pull should be a bit smoother, the SA and the reset a bit better, than the regular sear, but you have to know exactely, what and how to do, to make it fit... and it seems to be hardened throughout... Eric Grauffel prefers it over the sear-regular.
Can somebody tell me, whether the diameter of the hammer-strut-pin and the hammer-interruptor-pin is identical or not? I don´t want to take the gun apart to measure it.
@MemphisMechanic Fitting the safety-leg of the sear has to be done... no question about that.
Hello everybody, thanks a lot for your answers. I have some news for you. As you can see on the picture, it´s a brand new titan-hammer and also a brand new OEM-sear-lever-LONG. It´s clearly visible, that the angle of the sear can fit in no way to the hooks of the hammer, without some fitting. That is why i asked, if somebody knows, if the sear-LONG is hardened throughout, because that would make sense to me. I also asked Eric Grauffel and he told me today, that the sear-LONG(EG prefers it!) needs some proper adjustment, to make it fit to the Titan- or the Xtreme-Delta-hammer... so i gues, this means, that the sear-LONG is hardened throughout. So i stoned it to the angle that i think should be right for my old Delta-hammer and now it seems to work good enough (if i cycle the slide by hand each test works). Before i built in the new 1-piece-sear, there was the original 2-piece-sear for 16.000 round in action with some snappy factory loads with 9x19 Geco 124 grain FMJ (has 135 - 145-factor... a little bit too much for IPSC-production) and i never had even one single issue with this stock2 small-frame. It also has the Xtreme-firing-pin - medium springs for the firing-pin and the hammer, also did some polishing for the right parts... i really love this gun!!!
@Nealio: Maybe i exaggerated in the point with the wear on the lugs of the barrel/slide... in fact the angles are nearly sharp 90°... after checking it one more time exactly. According to the opinion of Eric Grauffel, the angles and how all the other details look, it seems to be pretty normal and there is no unnormal wear. The slide is also quite stable, when in battery... and nothing wobbles out of proportion... just the barrel hits/touches the guide-rod, when fired or. cycled by hand. I think now, that Eric is right... there is nothing to do... it seems to be just a fact, that can´t be changed... so i´ll have to live with this blemish.
Hello Nealio, that´s also a possibility, that i will check the next free hours... thanks really a lot. Funny is just the fact, that this issue started just about - let´s say - the last 400 - 500 rounds. Before that nothing happened for about 9500 rounds. Could be also the reason, that maybe my OEM-10 lbs recoil-spring got a little bit worn out/weak since the last 9000 shots with 124 grain FMJ from Geco (IPSC-approved ammo in europe for production)? But i will check it anyway.
I have a stock2 and a stock3 with all the same xtreme tuning parts from E.G. So it´s easy for me to make a comparison between a lot of details and i can tell, that you should be happy, that your gun runs like you mentioned with all the light parts, as it does... so, i´d say... never touch a running system. Ok, i have to confess, that i just shoot factory ammo and it costs more effort, to make the guns run with the light stuff all the time... maybe, because i don´t use the titan-hammer. Just the OEM-hammer on the stock3 and the xtreme-delta-hammer on the stock2. I shoot the stock2 about 95% of the time, so i have to buy new springs in the stock2 all 5.000 shots or almost 1x every year. The springs in the stock3 will last - i guess - 5 - 6 years. I would just buy new springs, if you have light-strikes... especially in double-action. There is no big miracle about springs... i think.
Hello BeerBaron, thank you very much for your advice... now i am sure, that you are absolutely right, as well. Simultaneous i also asked Eric Grauffel, and he told me exactely the same. He wanted to send me maybe some pics of the barrel of his tanfo(tanfos), if he gets round to take some pictures.
Hi, my experience is, that after 4.000 - 5.000 rounds the xtreme(or almost every kind of) hammer spings tend to get even lighter(weaker), so i change them every time, when i start to get light strikes. Or try the medium one... they also become light enough aber 1.000 - 2.000 rounds. But in this case i recommend to use also the medium striker spring from Grauffel. But maybe, you have to check the length of your firing pin block - maybe it is a little big to long and scratches a little bit against your firing pin ans slows it down just a little bit. And if your spings get a little bit weaker, this won´t help... neither.


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Q: Java OutputStream file upload performances using httpclient I have a java jar application running in the background of my linux servers (debian 7). The servers receives files through apache generally, then the jar pull the database regularly to upload the files to their final destination using a pool of http connections from an httpclient (v2.5).
The servers are 16gb of ram, 8 cores cpu, 1To disk and 2Gb/s internet bandwidth. My problem is that the bandwidth is only used at 10% or 20% for the uploads made by the jar. After many investigations I think it is because of the capacity of the distant server which might be the bottleneck.
So I wanted to launch more threads on my servers to proceed more files at the same time and use all the bandwidth I have, unfortunately file upload with httpclient is eating a lot of cpu it seems !
Actually the jars are working with 20 simultaneous upload runnable threads and the cpu is constantly at 100%, if I try to start more threads the load average increase and break records, getting the system so slow and unusable.
Strange thing is the iowaits seems to be null, so I really don't know what is causing the load average.
I have run an hprof using only one thread, here is the result :
CPU SAMPLES BEGIN (total = 4617) Thu Jul 28 17:42:35 2016
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       1 52.76% 52.76%    2436 301157 java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0
       2 33.53% 86.29%    1548 300806 java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0
       3  1.62% 87.91%      75 301138 org.sqlite.core.NativeDB.step
       4  1.47% 89.39%      68 301158 java.io.FileInputStream.readBytes
       5  1.06% 90.45%      49 300078 java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1
       6  0.26% 90.71%      12 300781 com.mysql.jdbc.SingleByteCharsetConverter.<clinit>
       7  0.19% 90.90%       9 300386 java.lang.Throwable.fillInStackTrace
       8  0.19% 91.10%       9 300653 java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass
       9  0.19% 91.29%       9 300780 com.mysql.jdbc.SingleByteCharsetConverter.<clinit>
      10  0.17% 91.47%       8 300387 java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass
      11  0.17% 91.64%       8 300389 java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateBytes
      12  0.15% 91.79%       7 300090 java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass
      13  0.15% 91.94%       7 300390 java.util.zip.ZipFile.getEntry
      14  0.13% 92.07%       6 300805 java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect

the files are sent with a common httpclient POST execute request with an overrided writeTo() method from the filebody class that uses a bufferedInputStream of 8kb.
Do you think it is possible to reduce the performance impact of the file uploads, and solve my problem of unused bandwidth ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

A: You should try https://hc.apache.org/
You could change your httpclient library to an library based on java.nio:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/package-summary.html
HttpCore is a set of low level HTTP transport components that can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services with a minimal footprint. HttpCore supports two I/O models: blocking I/O model based on the classic Java I/O and non-blocking, event driven I/O model based on Java NIO.
Please take a look at https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-asyncclient-dev/index.html
Hope this is the right idea.

A: In fact it appears that the problem was not coming from the java process but from apache consuming all the IO of the hard drive, screwing up the performances.
Thanks for your help anyway.