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Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating
Source: The Guardian online news
Author: Associated Press in Stockholm
Date published: Wednesday 6 November 2013
"You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it.
To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man.
"The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network, Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, the director of Bio Rio, an art-house cinema in Stockholm's trendy Södermalm district.
Bio Rio is one of four Swedish cinemas that launched the new rating last month to draw attention to how few movies pass the Bechdel test. Most filmgoers have reacted positively to the initiative. "For some people it has been an eye-opener," said Tejle.
Beliefs about women's roles in society are influenced by the fact that movie watchers rarely see "a female superhero or a female professor or person who makes it through exciting challenges and masters them", Tejle said, noting that the rating doesn't say anything about the quality of the film. "The goal is to see more female stories and perspectives on cinema screens," he added".
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Q: mysql time type display 12:00 AM as default value $s=00:00:00 ( default value in time type filed in database)
if i do $sp=date('g:i A',strtotime($s));  then it return 12:00 AM
i want that if there is a default value in database then it doesn't display any time or make it blank for further use

A: $time = strtotime($s);
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Q: Cake cutting conjecture The following 'volume splitting property' occurred to me for convex euclidean manifolds $M \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ homeomorphic to the sphere:
$\forall p \in \partial M,$ there exists a
    hyperplane $H$ such that $p \in H$ and $M$ can be decomposed into path connected components $M_1,M \cap H, M_2$ so that
$$
\begin{cases}
M=M_1 \cup \{M \cap H\} \cup M_2\\
Vol(M_1)=Vol(M_2)=Vol(M)/2\\
\end{cases} \tag{*}
$$
The challenge is to show that $(*)$ holds for compact $M$ if and only if $M$ is convex. I managed to prove that $(*)$ holds for any convex $M$ but I'm having difficulties showing that $(*)$ doesn't hold if $M$ isn't convex.
Note 1: This problem occurred to me while thinking of how to fairly divide a cake among an even number of people without leaving any crumbs.
Note 2: Due to the path-connectedness constraint, this conjecture doesn't follow directly from the Ham sandwich theorem.

A: The result is true even if $M$ is not convex.
Fix $n\geq 2$ and suppose that $M$ is a bounded domain in $\newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}}$ $\bR^n$. We denote by $S^{n-1}$ the unit sphere in $\bR^{n}$ centered at the origin, i.e., the set of unit vectors in $\bR^n$.
For any $\newcommand{\bnu}{\boldsymbol{\nu}}$ $\newcommand{\bp}{\boldsymbol{p}}$ $(\bnu, \bp)\in  S^{n-1}\times \bR^n$  we denote by $H_{\bnu,p}$ the hyperplane $\newcommand{\bx}{\boldsymbol{x}}$
$$H_{\bnu,\bp}=\big\{\; \bx\in \bR^n;\;\;(\bx-\bp,\bnu)=0\,\big\}, $$
where $(-,-)$ denotes the usual inner product in $\bR^n$.
We set
$$H_{\bnu,\bp}^\pm:=\big\{\; \bx\in \bR^n;\;\;\pm (\bx-\bp,\bnu)\geq 0\,\big\}, $$
Fix $\newcommand{\pa}{\partial}$  $\bp\in \bR^n$ and define  $\DeclareMathOperator{\vol}{vol}$
$$ D^M_{\bp}: S^{n-1}\to \bR,\;\;D_{\bp}^M(\bnu)=\vol( M\cap H^+_{\bnu,\bp})- \vol( M\cap H^-_{\bnu,\bp}).\tag{*} $$
Note that the  function  $D_{\bp}^M$ is continuous.  More precisely, if $\DeclareMathOperator{\diam}{diam}$ $R> \diam(M)$  and $\omega_n$ denotes the volume of the unit balls then
$$
\big\vert\;\vol(M\cap H^\pm_{\bp,\bnu_0})-\vol(M\cap H^\pm_{\bp,\bnu_1})\;\big\vert\leq \frac{\arccos\, (\bnu_0,\bnu_1)}{\pi}\omega_nR^n.
$$
Moreover $D^M_{\bp}$ is odd, i.e.,  and $D^M_{\bp}(-\bnu)=D^M_{\bp}(\bnu)$, for any $\bnu\in S^{n-1}$.
Fix $\bnu_0\in S^{n-1}$. For any meridian that connects $\bnu_0$ to $\bnu$ there exists $\nu$ on that meridian  such that $D^M_{\bp}(\bnu)=0$. Thus, if $n\geq 3$, for any $\bp\in\pa M$  there exists infinitely many ways of cutting $M$ into two parts of equal volumes by a hyperplane through a given point $\bp$ of the boundary.
Note As pointed out by Aidan Rocke, the sides $M\cap H^\pm_{\bp,\nu}$ may not be connected.  Let me explain  how to  produce a nonconvex region in $\bR^3$ that can be cut into connected pieces by a hyperplane containing an arbitrary point in $\bR^3$.
Consider now a region $R$ in $\bR^3$  defined as the union of a cube $C_1$ and  of size $1$     sitting on top of a cube $C_2$ of size $2$,   so that the center of the bottom face of $C_1$ coincides with the center of the top face of $C_2$.   Denote by $\newcommand{\bc}{\boldsymbol{c}}$ $\bc_1$ the  center of $C_1$ and by $\bc_2$ the center  of $C_2$. By construction $\bc_1$ and $\bc_2$ lie on a vertical line (parallel to the $z$-axis).
Fix $\bp\in \bR^3$. Any hyperplane containing the points $\bp,\bc_1,\bc_2$ cuts both $C_1$  and $C_2$  into convex  parts of equal volumes.  Such a hyperplane contains the vertical line determined by $\bc_1,\bc_2$. The  bottom vertices of $C_1$ that lie on one side of the hyperplane are also points in $C_2$ showing that such a hyperplane cuts $R$ into connected parts of equal volumes.

A: If $M$ is rotationally symmetric around a line (for example, the union of the unit balls with centers at $(0,0,0)$ and $(0,0,1)$), then there is a ham sandwich cut through every point of $M$, and both parts are always connected. So the convexity is not a necessary condition.


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Philippe Gurdjian, né le  à Boulogne-Billancourt et mort le 30 août 2014 à Paris, est un publicitaire qui contribua à l'expansion du groupe GEMAP SA, par la suite reconverti dans le milieu des affaires et du sport automobile.

Biographie
Gentleman driver, il participe de 1976 à 1986 à sept éditions des 24 Heures du Mans sur Porsche et Ferrari. En 1985, il est nommé promoteur et organisateur du Grand Prix de France de Formule 1, notamment au Circuit Paul Ricard jusqu'en 1990, puis devient promoteur-organisateur du Grand Prix de France de Formule 1 disputé sur le Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours de 1991 à 1998.

Ayant été obligé de céder sa place sur pression politique, Bernie Ecclestone lui confie l'organisation du Grand Prix automobile d'Espagne, et la direction de la construction du Circuit International de Sepang en Malaisie, la restructuration du circuit Paul-Ricard HTTT au Castellet et, en 2008, la réalisation du Grand Prix d'Abou Dabi.

En 2000, il écrit le livre Femmes, Chefs-d'Œuvre sur la peinture à travers les siècles et en 2010, Magic Circuit sur la conception et la réalisation du circuit Yas Marina d'Abu Dhabi et de son premier Grand Prix de F1 le  novembre 2009.

il a été récompensé sept fois meilleur organisateur de Grands Prix par Bernie Ecclestone, a reçu le titre de « Circuit d'Excellence » par la FIA pour le Circuit Paul Ricard. Il a également remporté le « Grand Prix de l'Architecture » lors du  Festival International de l'Automobile pour le concept et la réalisation du Circuit Yas Marina d'Abou Dabi.

Philippe Gurdjian était président de PHG UK Ltd et de PHG Grand Prix. Le 2 mai 2006, il est nommé Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite par le Ministre des Sports Jean-François Lamour, dans les locaux de l'Automobile Club de France, à Paris.

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Wales fell one round short of emulating their 2011 semi-final achievement, losing to South Africa in last year's quarter-finals.
Jones, 30, starts for Wales in their Six Nations opener against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Sunday.
"We know where we fell short [in the World Cup]," Jones said.
"And I hope we can play a bit of positive rugby to put that right and score the tries that we essentially did not do enough."
Ospreys' Jones, who will win his 95th Wales cap at the Aviva Stadium, believes Wales will benefit from their World Cup experience and says he is relishing the campaign.
"It is an exciting place for Wales," Jones said. "There is a bit of change in certain areas, and that might not be a bad thing.
"The guys who came in during the World Cup took an opportunity and did well. The change was forced, and it is not normal to blood players during a World Cup. We now have greater strength in depth, and that can only be good."
Ireland will be without the now retired second-row Paul O'Connell, plus injured stars such as Tommy Bowe, Rob Kearney, Cian Healy, Sean O'Brien and Peter O'Mahony.
"Ultimately, it is a difficult place to play, no matter who they have. We have experienced it a few times," Jones added.
"I will miss locking horns with Paul O'Connell and both of us trying to win. You cannot shy away from the effective guy he was in his position.
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Johannes Bobeth (* 4. März 1886 in Leipzig; † nach 1945) war ein deutscher Pädagoge, der als Studienrat in Löbau in Sachsen tätig war. Im Mai 1945 wurde er für kurze Zeit als Bürgermeister von Löbau eingesetzt.

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Er war der Sohn des aus Königsberg in Ostpreußen stammenden Adalbert Bobeth und dessen Ehefrau Martha Sonntag und wurde 1886 in der Messestadt Leipzig geboren. Nach dem Schulbesuch studierte Johannes Bobeth Pädagogik an der Universität Leipzig. Dort promovierte er im Jahre 1913 zum Dr. phil. Das Thema seiner Dissertation lautete Die philosophische Umgestaltung der Pestalozzischen Theorie durch Niederer. Danach war er als Lehrer und später als Studienrat an der Oberschule in Löbau tätig.

Nach der Besetzung Löbaus durch sowjetische Truppen wurde Johannes Bobeth vom 11. Mai bis 23. Mai 1945 vom sowjetischen Militärkommandanten als Bürgermeister der Stadt Löbau eingesetzt. Am 14. Mai 1945 wandte er sich mit einem Presseaufruf An die Bevölkerung Löbaus.

Er lebte in Löbau, Hartmannstraße 9.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Die Zeitschriften der Romantik. Preisschrift der Kunst-Stiftung in Leipzig. Haessel, Leipzig 1911.
 Die philosophische Umgestaltung der Pestalozzischen Theorie durch Niederer (= Friedrich Mann's Pädagogisches Magazin, Heft 534), Beyer, Langensalza 1913.
 Die literarischen Strömungen des 19. Jahrhunderts in ihrem Verhältnis zur zeitgenössischen Politik. In: Zeitschrift für den deutschen Unterricht, 1915, S. 88–97.
 Die Stellung der Reformation in der geschichtlichen Entwicklung des 16. Jahrhunderts. Eine entwicklungsgeschichtliche Untersuchung. In: Pädagogische Studien, Band 38, 1917, S. 288ff.
 Die Zeitschriften der Romantik. Preisschrift der Knust-Stiftung in Leipzig. Reprografischer Nachdruch der Ausgabe Leipzig, Haessel, 1911. G. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1970.

Familie
Johannes Boneth heiratete am 12. April 1916 Charlotte geborene Türk. Aus der Ehe hervor gingen der Sohn Wolfgang Bobeth (1918–1996), der später Textiltechniker wurde und den Nationalpreis der DDR erhielt, sowie die Tochter Jutta (* 1919).

Literatur
 Kürschners deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender, 1925, S. 79.
 Herrmann A. L. Degener: Degeners Wer ist's?. X. Ausgabe, Berlin 1935, S. 143.

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He joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in 1978 where he designed magnetic bubble propagation and detection circuits and surface acoustic wave (SAW) low-loss filters. In 1981, he became a project leader and in 1983 he was the project manager of the Sources and Signal Processing Group. He was responsible for transferring SAW and nonlinear gallium arsenide technologies to HP's Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscope divisions, resulting in many HP products such HP 8562 Microwave Spectrum Analyzer, HP 54121, HP54123 & HP54124 High-Speed Digitizing Scopes.
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Paris-Nice 1964 est la 22 édition de la course cycliste Paris-Nice. La course a lieu entre le 9 et le . La victoire revient au coureur néerlandais Jan Janssen, de l'équipe Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune, devant Jean-Claude Annaert (Mercier-BP) et Jean Forestier (Peugeot-BP).

Lors de l'étape contre la montre par équipes, une voiture de l'organisation provoque la chute de deux coureurs de l'équipe Flandria-Romeo. La presse de l'époque, après la chute de Poulidor (provoquée par une voiture de la caravance publicitaire) et celle des coureurs de Flandria-Romeo, ironise et fait état de « Course aux soleils ».

Participants
Dans cette édition de Paris-Nice, 72 coureurs participent divisés en 8 équipes commercialas : Saint Raphael, Mercier-BP, Solo, Peugeot-BP, Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune, Margnat-Paloma, Gancia-Urago, Flandria-Romeo - et une équipe italienne. L'épreuve est terminée par 28 coureurs.

Étapes

Résultats des étapes

étape
9-03-1964. Fontainebleau-Auxerre, 153 km.

10-03-1964. Auxerre-Montceau-les-Mines 200 km.

3 étape
11-03-1964. Circuit de l'étang du Plessis 19,2 km (clm).

12-03-1964. Montceau-les-Mines-Saint-Étienne, 228 km.

5 étape
13-03-1964. Saint-Étienne-Bollène, 192 km.

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14-03-1964. Bollène-Vergèze, 82 km.

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14-03-1964. Vergèze-Aix-en-Provence, 144 km.

15-03-1964. Ajaccio-Porto-Vecchio, 180 km.

8 étape,  secteur
16-03-1964. Porto-Vecchio-Bastia, 143 km.

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16-03-1964. Olmeta-di-Tuda-Bastia, 34 km (clm).
Durant ce contre-la-montre, Poulidor est leader virtuel de la course avec deux minutes d'avance sur Janssen et Anquetil, lorsqu'il est victime d'une chute provoquée par une voiture de la caravane publicitaire. Son vélo est inutilisable, mais il ne peut pas être échangé car il est suivi par une voiture de dimension trop petite pour accueillir un vélo. Il doit abandonner la course.

9 étape
17-03-1964. Nice-Nice, 150 km.

Classements finals

Classement général

Liens externes
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Cyclisme sur route en 1964
Cyclisme en France en 1964
Sport en mars 1964
Paris-Nice en Seine-et-Marne
Paris-Nice dans l'Yonne
Paris-Nice en Saône-et-Loire
Paris-Nice dans la Loire
Paris-Nice en Vaucluse
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The Tunisian media environment remained in transition in 2012 following the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in early 2011. The National Constituent Assembly (ANC), elected in 2011 as the interim legislature and tasked with drafting a new constitution, is led by Ennahda, a moderate Islamist party that was banned during the Ben Ali era. The space for media freedom opened considerably under the transitional government, which released jailed journalists, bloggers, and activists and passed a number of measures to promote press freedom during its first year in office. In 2012, however, both government and opposition forces exerted increased pressure on news content, and journalists faced an uptick in violence.
The ANC continued working on a new constitution in 2012. However, proposed clauses that make exceptions to freedom of expression on the grounds of morality and decency could be used to censor free speech or media content. The assembly is considering whether a higher religious council will be involved in interpreting laws, a mechanism that could also be used to curb press freedom. There is a genuine concern that the constitution will articulate media rules in rigid and excessive detail rather than guaranteeing broad rights to freedom of opinion, expression, and the press. On a positive note, in October 2012 the government dropped a controversial clause outlawing blasphemy from the draft constitution, and the ANC announced that defamation would not be criminalized. Nevertheless, defamation cases continued to be filed against members of the press during the year. In February, journalist Ghazi Mabrouk was charged with "defamation and publishing false news" for an article that revealed poor working conditions in a clothing factory. He faced up to two years in prison if convicted. Also that month, the director of two daily newspapers, Abdel Aziz al-Jaridi, was sentenced to four months in jail following his June 2011 conviction for defaming a news anchor with Qatar's Al-Jazeera television network.
In November 2011, the transitional government passed Decrees 115 and 116, which were intended to replace the restrictive 1975 press code and create an independent audiovisual regulatory authority. The new press code enabled journalists to freely access information and removed a requirement for prior authorization from the Interior Ministry for the publication of certain stories. The code also included a reduction in the protections and privileges enjoyed by public authorities, including those related to defamation and information pertaining to state security. After a significant delay, the government announced that it would begin implementation of the new regulatory framework in October 2012, though the independent audiovisual regulatory authority had not been launched by year's end. While the 2011 decrees are widely regarded as a step toward increased press freedom, the ambiguity of the language still poses potential risks to the work of journalists and media outlets. The National Authority to Reform Information and Communication (INRIC), a body created to overhaul the media sector following the revolution, ended its work in July 2012, citing the government's engagement in censorship and its disregard for the authority's recommendations. Another reason for the INRIC's closure was the government's slowness to implement Decrees 115 and 116. Separately, newly established media outlets are able to begin work quickly, as the registration process has been expedited considerably. Press freedom groups and journalists alike are able to operate more openly in the new environment.
The judiciary functions with legal uncertainty regarding press freedom, enforcing both the new press code established under Decree 115 and the repressive Ben Ali–era penal code. Some observers have expressed concern that the judiciary will be used to harass and intimidate journalists, who continue to face legal action for allegedly offending Islamic morals and committing acts of indecency. In February 2012, the publisher of the Arabic-language daily Attounissia, Nasreddine Ben Saida, became the first media executive to be jailed in the post–Ben Ali era following the paper's publication of a photograph of a scantily clad model. He was released after seven days and fined approximately $650. In May, Nabil Karoui, director of the private station Nessma TV, was fined $1,500 after the channel broadcast the Franco-Iranian animated film Persepolis, which includes a depiction of God. Despite these rulings, the judiciary has at times demonstrated independence and upheld freedom of expression. In February, Tunisia's highest court overturned a lower court's ban on pornographic websites, which many feared would be applied broadly and lead to tighter internet restrictions. However, the court referred the case back for reconsideration, leaving open the possibility of internet censorship. In March, whistleblower and former Interior Ministry official Samir Feriani was acquitted of "spreading false information" for his criticism of personnel and practices within the ministry.
Access to information and sources has improved, but remains difficult. In 2011, the transitional government adopted Decree 41, which provided greater access to administrative documents. In May 2012, the government issued a directive detailing the information that government offices must make public and the procedures for doing so. While the adoption of the decree was welcomed by press freedom groups, it was criticized for its broad exceptions and the absence of a public-interest override clause, as well as the fact that no independent body has been created to oversee implementation. Activists continued working in 2012 to include a formal right to freedom of information in the new constitution.
Increased polarization of the media landscape has left news organizations divided by ideology, political affiliation, and economic interests. Media outlets tend to favor either progovernment or opposition voices, and adopt Islamist or secularist outlooks. However, state media have displayed growing independence and covered the government in a considerably nonpartisan manner, creating tension with the ruling party. In April 2012, discussion of the privatization of state broadcasting caused an uproar that led to clashes outside the state media headquarters.
There is no longer official censorship, and self-censorship has decreased since the fall of Ben Ali. However, the ruling coalition has increased pressure on the state media, which it views as a platform for the opposition. On several occasions in 2012, officials and reporters with the state-owned broadcasters were dismissed in what appeared to be politically motivated firings. In June, the director of the national news channel Wataniya 1 was dismissed for inviting a Ben Ali–era politician to participate in a panel discussion. The government nominated new officials to managerial positions within the state media outlets, a process reserved in theory for the planned broadcast regulatory body. Private media that were critical of the government also endured repressive treatment. In August, authorities detained television producer Sami Fehri of Attounissia TV for alleged misappropriation of public funds and refused to comply with a November court order calling for his release. He remained in detention at year's end.
While the environment for online free expression improved significantly after the fall of Ben Ali, there have been instances of internet censorship under the transitional government. In March 2012, two bloggers—Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji and Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri—received seven-year prison sentences for publishing items deemed offensive to Islam. The former fled to Europe and was convicted in absentia. Although the government in September announced its intention to lift all internet censorship, activists remained concerned by the continued existence of the censorship infrastructure. Tunisia subsequently joined the Freedom Online Coalition, a partnership of 19 countries that have declared a commitment to work in support of internet freedoms.
Physical assaults on journalists, while not systematic, have become a standard practice among police during demonstrations. In February 2012, at least seven journalists were harassed and attacked by police while reporting on security forces' use of violence to disperse a union protest. In April, some 14 journalists were similarly beaten by police while covering a demonstration in defiance of a ban on protests on Tunis's central thoroughfare. Journalists were also targeted by party supporters based on the political affiliation of their outlets, and by hard-line Salafi Muslim groups. In March, Lotfi Hajji, director of Al-Jazeera's Tunisia office, accepted an invitation to cover a political meeting only to be assaulted by participants. In May, assailants ransacked the privately owned television station El-Hiwar Ettounsi, causing over $130,000 in damage. Impunity for violence against the media remains an issue, as most cases have resulted in inconclusive investigations.
There was a spike in the number of independent media outlets immediately following the revolution. However, many of these outlets dissolved shortly thereafter, leading to major fluctuations in the number of operational independent media outlets since 2011. The print sector now contains a mix of state-owned and private dailies. There are two public television stations and nine radio stations, four of which are national in reach. Two radio stations formerly owned by Ben Ali's children are now counted among these public stations. While the cost of establishing media outlets has decreased in general, independent radio stations formed after the fall of Ben Ali's government are now threatened with closure as a result of the exorbitant license-renewal fees requested by the National Broadcasting Office (ONT). Community radio stations do not receive special status under current laws, and they cannot secure necessary equipment without facing severe penalties. Critics of the government's slow progress on this issue accuse it of intentionally hindering community radio in order to centralize broadcasting in the commercial sector. There is no longer a state intermediary between advertisers and the media, and the debilitating limits on advertising that existed under Ben Ali are no longer a factor for privately owned outlets. However, the country's weak economy has made it difficult for media companies to sustain themselves financially without backing from wealthy, politically connected investors. Even state media are not immune from these economic problems.
Approximately 41 percent of the population had internet access in 2012. More people than ever used social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter during the year, and a growing number of online services and websites are contributing to the news and information environment. However, access continues to be inhibited by high prices and underdeveloped infrastructure. Despite the popularity of mobile telephones, with over 12.8 million subscriptions countrywide, mobile internet service is beyond the financial reach of most Tunisians.


It could be the most frustrating knot ever created.
Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever made, out of loop of 192 atoms.
The team from the University of Manchester say it could pave the way for creating ultra-lightweight material which is so impenetrable it could stop a speeding bullet.
The knot is made out of 192 iron, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen atoms and is about 20 nanometres long, or 20 millionths of a millimeter.
Professor David Leigh, of Manchester's School of Chemistry, said: "Tying knots is a similar process to weaving so the techniques being developed to tie knots in molecules should also be applicable to the weaving of molecular strands.
"For example, bullet-proof vests and body armour are made of kevlar, a plastic that consists of rigid molecular rods aligned in a parallel structure - however, interweaving polymer strands have the potential to create much tougher, lighter and more flexible materials in the same way that weaving threads does in our everyday world.
"Some polymers, such as spider silk, can be twice as strong as steel so braiding polymer strands may lead to new generations of light, super-strong and flexible materials for fabrication and construction."
Now the knot has been made, the team can start testing the strength and elasticity and working out how to weave the strands together to generate new types of material.
Describing how the know was made, Prof Leigh added: "We 'tied' the molecular knot using a technique called 'self-assembly', in which molecular strands are woven around metal ions, forming crossing points in the right places just like in knitting - and the ends of the strands were then fused together by a chemical catalyst to close the loop and form the complete knot.
"The eight-crossings molecular knot is the most complex regular woven molecule yet made by scientists."
Step aside, Eagle Scouts. Chemists have tied the tightest knot yet, a nano-sized structure with eight crossings and just 192 atoms. The advance could help researchers learn how to manipulate materials at the atom level to develop stronger, more flexible, and lighter-weight cloth or construction materials.
The knot, described in today's issue of the journal Science, measures 20 nanometers in length, about 100,000 times smaller than the head of a pin.
Why make a knot that's so small? I'll give you a two-part answer. Part one is that knots come in pretty handy in our world. In nature, DNA can tangle itself up to pack into a cell's nucleus. Sailors have for centuries relied on a slew of knots, some to hold things in place and others that can tighten and loosen at a moment's notice.
For part two of the answer, put yourself in a chemist's frame of mind. You are someone who knows that the properties of a substance can be utterly transformed by tweaking atom-by-atom structure. You remember what a big deal the process of vulcanization was to the rubber industry. The technique transformed natural, sticky rubber into the durable stuff of tires and shoe soles. Vulcanization, from a chemical standpoint, was just adding small "bridges" of sulfur atoms to rubber. Now, you look at knots, and how much more intricate they are than a simple sulfur bridge, and you get positively giddy at their potential.
Chemists first managed to mechanically interlock a molecule together like a knot back in 1989. The leader of that group was Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and he took home 1/3 of last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Since then, many teams have gotten into this field. In addition to the potential for new materials, molecular knots might also reveal new things about the unseen world of chemical bonds. Can knots make bonds stronger, or weaker, or more reactive? We won't know until we test them.
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Tabebuia elongata is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.

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Reconditioned 1980 Puch Magnum II with some minor modifications. This particular moped originally came with chrome spoked wheels, but we swapped them out for a set of snowflake style mags with new Michelin tires and installed a set of mid-rise handlebars. The rebuilt 2 speed automatic engine is tuned perfectly, and will perform better than new in areas with larger hills. The Magnum II is a great bike, and is lighter than the Magnum MKII because it utilizes front and rear spring suspension and doesn't include the 2 stroke oil injection system.


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Indi film
Precy and her film's lullaby
Photo by Precy Regalado
Precy M. Regalado is a woman who can do two things at the same time. When I first met her in the summer of 2013 (The 1st GenSan Summer Film Camp) I admired her for being sincere and passionate not only for being a teacher but also for being a filmmaker.
Maam Precy (as commonly called by her students) is a University Professor in Mindanao State University- General Santos City. She is in the College of Education and teaches the subjects - Methods of Research; Education Technology; Curriculum Development; Music and Arts for Teachers; MAPEH; Ed.102; Principles and Methods of Teaching; Teaching Profession and Ed 197- Practice Teaching. These subjects are taught in her 2nd and 3rd year class. Currently, she's taking her Ph.D in Education at Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) of GenSan. With these heavy loads I could say that she is a superhuman.
Despite the busy schedule, Precy still manage to shoot her first film entitled HELE NI LORNA (LORNA'S LULLABY). In an interview via Facebook, Precy shares her experience in shooting her first film and impart the lessons she have learned in filming it.
Yadu Karu: Precy, please tell something about yourself?
Precy: I'm a College professor of Mindanao State University of General Santos City, I'm a Seventh Day Adventist and a proud mother of two children.
Yadu Karu: Is it hard to combine your profession as University Professor & filmmaking?
Precy: No, It's not hard for me combining my profession and filmmaking because in the first place filmmaking is my passion. Filmmaking is part of my profession because I'm teaching Educational Technology to education students where filmmaking is one of the course highlights.
Yadu Karu: What motivates you to make or shoot a film?
Precy: [The media] and my students - because they are the first one making films under my instruction. I was challenged by their works, for I didn't have my own to be proud of before. Then, until such time, I tried to make my own.
Yadu Karu: Is it harder to get started or to keep going? What was the particular thing that you had to conquer to do either?
Precy: Yeah! It's really hard because I don't have a formal schooling on this field. I have a limited background when it comes to filmmaking. But my desire to know better helps my development in this field. And I have to balance my time with my profession, my family and filmmaking.
Yadu Karu: What is the title of your film, what's your role and what is it about?
Precy: It's HELE NI LORNA (Lorna's Lullaby). I am the director of this film. It's about postpartum blues of a mother.
Yadu Karu: What's the inspiration behind the film HELE NI LORNA?
Precy: It is based on true story. HELE NI LORNA inspires many mothers who undergone the same predicament with Lorna in the film. This tells people that there is hope in every bad situation that happens to every individual in this world, especially if it measures the love of a mother to her child.
Yadu Karu: What's your feeling after making your short film HELE NI LORNA?
Precy: A feeling of fulfillment.
Yadu Karu: Describe your state of mind when you saw your film in the cinema.
Precy: I'm so excited with a mixture of fear and doubts, asking myself if I can really make it! But along the way, I felt the acceptance of the audience, hearing them shouting, sometimes, silence and laughing in many scenes they have seen. That was also the first time when our Chancellor told me that my film can be compared to a professional one. I was so happy because I felt that he's proud of my work.
Yadu Karu: Can you tell me the challenges that you and your crew encountered during the shooting of the film.
Precy: There were many challenges such as the preparation of all the things needed in the story and of course, the budget. But Thank God, we have a kind director in the person of Direk Teng Mangansakan with Moises "Musoy" Charles Hollite who always there to support us.
Yadu Karu: Describe the HELE NI LORNA in one word.
Precy: Amazing
Yadu Karu: Most of your actors in HELE NI LORNA are your students and friends. How's working with them?
Precy: They are all kind, creative and supportive, that's why I did not find any idle moment working with them.
Yadu Karu: During the Q & A portion of the SalaMindanaw International Film Festival last November 2013, you said that your film talks about post-partum depression and partly based in your story. Is it hard to express it visually? Since it's a personal story?
Precy: For me, I didn't find any difficulty to express it visually because as what I have said before, it comes from a true story of my best friend and partly from my own story. It's not hard to visualize on the things familiar to you.
Yadu Karu: What's the usual advice that you have given to your students? Is that advice change when you made your first film?
Precy: I have been telling them that in making a film, they need to be creative, imaginative and most of all they must have patience and positive outlook that they can really make it. No, it didn't change because based from my experienced I have proven that all instructions I've shared to them are true!
Yadu Karu: Any interesting comments from the audience members during the film screening?
Precy: I've heard them saying, it's a beautiful film, amazing, the actors are good especially the lead actress Lorna my student and etc…
Yadu Karu: What was the most important lesson you had to learn that has had a positive effect on your film? How did that lesson happen?
Precy: I've learned that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE if you commit everything to the Lord. He is always with me since I started dreaming this art. During the making of film, he provided me everything I need, family, mentor, actors, friends even the budget because it's not easy to make a film especially if you don't have budget. But Thanks to my God, many of our friends extended their help to make my film Hele ni Lorna a success!
Yadu Karu: What's your dream film project?
Precy: My dream film project is to make a full length film of my life story about Gold mining. I know, you know that already Yads, because I already shared that during our film camp seminar.
Yadu Karu: What advice would you give to someone who wanted to have a life creating film?
Precy: My advice to those who wanted to make a life creating film is: Keep up! Keep going, whatever happens, reach your dream! Start making film from a familiar one and please, Don't Give Up! Trust your God and hold on to His promise that whatever happens, He will never leave you!
Yadu Karu: After HELE NI LORNA, what's next?
Precy: With God's will, this coming summer, I'll start making my next project. Hopefully, I can also finish my schooling before this term ends so that I can concentrate making my dream film.
HELE NI LORNA (LORNA'S LULLABY)
Director – Precy Regalado
Writer – Precy Regalado
Producer – Precy Regalado
Cinematographer – Sharla Raye Billena
Editor – Kitty Bermudez
Sound – Sem Catayoc
Music – Sem Catayoc
Assistant Director – Cyprus Cyrmith Mayormente
Production Manager – Moises Charles Hollite
Production Designer – Roderick Planos, Dannilyn Manayan, Mary Jane Espanola
Cast – Sheelou Leyva, Mercy Guilas
Production Company – Montregal Productions
Durations – 20 minutes
There's no greater love on earth than that of a mother to her child. But sometimes in life, there are things that test the stability of a mother's love. One morning, Lorna wakes up with a changed behavior, a seeming phantom engulfing her whole being, threatening to cut he bond between her and her child.
Precy is one of the delegates in the 6th Cinema Rehiyon this coming February 19-22, 2014 in Cagayan de Oro City.
Leave a comment below and let me know what you think.
Labels: Cinema Rehiyon film Indi film Mindanao short film


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TRG Expands into Lamborghini ST; Davison Returns for Monterey
TRG launches Lamborghini effort for Super Trofeo…
The Racer's Group has announced an expansion into the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America Series for 2016, which will see the multi-time championship-winning squad field a Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo this season.
James Davison returns to the Kevin Buckler-owned team for this weekend's season-opener at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, alongside team regular Derek DeBoer in the Lamborghini effort.
Davison, meanwhile, will also take part in Sunday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race in TRG-AMR's Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 with Brandon Davis.
It marks TRG's foray into the increasingly popular single-make series, which features a six-round calendar this season, mostly on WeatherTech Championship weekends.
"This is definitely an exciting new chapter in the history of TRG as we are debuting a new program with Lamborghini at one of our favorite events here at Laguna Seca," Buckler said.
"Derek DeBoer and co-driver James Davison are going to make one heck of a team in the Lamborghini, and although Brandon and James have driven together before, it was part of a bigger squad.
"This is the first time that they will be doing a sprint race. The team did an excellent job with preparation and we're ready."
The California-based team has already completed an initial test with its new Super Trofeo car ahead of this weekend's season-opener in Monterey.
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The replacement of native vegetation for agriculture leads to significant changes in land surfacecharacteristics, such as albedo, surface roughness and canopy resistance. These land surface changes inducechanges in the atmospheric boundary layer. It is shown that in Western Australia, this change in surfacecharacteristics and in particular, the albedo, has reduced the occurrence of convective cloud formation throughlimiting the vertical development of the boundary layer.


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War of the Rebellion: Serial 016 Page 0703 Chapter XXIV. CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
against several attacks from the enemy in strong force during the day. In the afternoon an overwhelming force attacked us (now almost without ammunition) in front and on the left flank and forced us back a short distance, when General Pender's brigade advanced promptly and in fine order to the assistance of the Third, most of which joined General Pender's, and together they drove back the enemy some distance beyond our previous position, which was held until night, the brigade bivouacking on the field.
On Saturday, August 30, we were ordered to take position near the left of the line, which position was held during the day against repeated attacks from the enemy in strong force. Late in the afternoon the Third brigade, with General Pender's and General Archer's, was ordered to move forward en echelon. The enemy were driven back a distance of 1 1/2 miles, and the brigade bivouacked that night some distance to the rear of the enemy's position during the day.
On Monday, September 1, near Germantown, the Third Brigade was ordered to the support of General Gregg. After a sharp conflict with a body of the enemy they were driven back, and the field was held by our troops that night.
On September 14 and 15 this brigade was ordered to support General Pender's, then advancing upon Harper's Ferry. We were exposed to a heavy artillery fire, which caused some loss, but took no active part, and had moved to within a short distance of the enemy's works when they surrendered.
At Shepherdstown, on September 20, we were placed in position on the extreme right of the line, and were ordered to advance toward the Potomac River. Moving forward we took position commanding the ford; remained under a heavy artillery fire until night, and were then ordered back to camp.
Colonel R. W. Folsom, Fourteenth Georgia Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel S. M. Manning, Forty-ninth Georgia, and Major W. L. Grice, Forty-fifth Georgia, led their commands with a skill and gallantry highly honorable to them.
Major Lewis Ginter, Lieutenant William Norwood, and Lieutenant John Tyler, of the staff, performed their duties with gallantry on the field, and I take this occasion to acknowledge their valuable services to me.
With few exceptions the officers and men of this command conducted themselves on the field in a manner highly honorable to them. Their courage, their cheerful obedience to orders, and their patient endurance of hardships cannot be commended too highly.
Major R. C. MORGAN, Asst. Adjt. General, Light Division.
Numbers 190. Report of Brigadier General Jubal A. Early, C. S. Army, commanding Third, or Ewell's Division, of operations August 16 - September 1.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is considering legislation (SB 1260) that would extend to privately funded laboratories regulations prohibiting scientists seeking Proposition 71 grants from compensating women who donate eggs beyond their expenses, the Los Angeles Times reports. Voters approved Proposition 71 in 2004 to provide $3 billion over 10 years to fund stem cell research (Romney, Los Angeles Times , 9/13).
California, Massachusetts, South Korea and the European Union all have passed laws banning payments for eggs used in scientific research. According to the Times , the payment restrictions in California "have become the de facto standard throughout the world," mainly because researchers from other parts of the world must comply with the regulations to collaborate with scientists using Proposition 71 funds.
Proposition 71 cannot be changed until three years after it was approved (Kaplan, Los Angeles Times , 9/13).
Officials at the Center for Genetics and Society support the bill, saying if compensation is allowed, low-income and minority women could be exploited and might ignore the medical risks involved with harvesting human eggs.
Meanwhile, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine opposes the bill and advocates paying women $5,000 for eggs whether they will be used by publicly funded researchers or fertility clinics (Romney, Los Angeles Times , 9/13).


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As many of you know, our family is preparing to return to the states for a year of home assignment. We will leave Berlin on July 9th. Please pray for us as we deal with the many details of an overseas move as well as transition out of our ministry assignments here. Pray that as others step into fill the roles that we have had that they would be empowered by the Holy Spirit and encouraged in their giftings. And please especially pray for the members of the Evangelische Kulturwerstatt (our church) as they are affected by this change.
One big prayer request at the moment is that Don would find someone to take over the youth group he has been leading. Those that he has already approached about it are not able to take it on at this time. We're praying that God provides the right person for the job!
Please also pray for us as we say many goodbyes… that is the hardest part, for us adults as well as for the kids.
Many in our Alliance family will celebrate Great Commission Day this May and June. It is a time of year we come together to make a special effort for extra giving to the Great Commission Fund. May we ask you to consider a special above-and-beyond gift? You can give during your church's celebration, or online at www.cmalliance.org/resources/church/2016/gcd/. Be sure to watch the inspiring video about C&MA ministries that is also on that page!
Thank you for your prayers, Jen! We look forward to seeing you all as well!
May God meet you needs as you transition home.
Thank you, Doug & Doris!


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Q: how to list and choose an old version of R How can I change my version from R 4.1.2 to version 4.0.0 or older?
I'm having trouble installing some packages, as they are unavailable in the current version.
I know there is a command that shows multiple versions of r in the terminal and that you can choose from, but I'm not remembering it
OS: ubuntu 22.04

A: Inside the OS this is very difficult as it cuts against the grain of the OS which always wants to serve you
max          package_version
subject to   distribution_release

so you just cannot get the, say, Ubuntu 18.04 packages inside of Ubuntu 22.04.
But do not despair: Docker is the solution for this.  Here is an example (markdown snippet) I show to my students:
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base:latest R --version | head -1
R version 4.1.2 (2021-11-01) -- "Bird Hippie"
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base:4.0.3 R --version | head -1
R version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10) -- "Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out"
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base:3.6.3 R --version | head -1
R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) -- "Holding the Windsock"
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base:3.5.3 R --version | head -1
R version 3.5.3 (2019-03-11) -- "Great Truth"
$ docker run --rm -ti r-base:3.4.2 R --version | head -1
R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28) -- "Short Summer"
$

(That was from last fall so no R 4.2.0 yet, and done on Ubuntu 21.04 at the time.)
And this works -- the example is not made up. Install docker (which I am running on Ubuntu via the apt repo by the Docker folks) and pull in the containers you want.


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Britney Spears is finally free. The conservatorship she called a "cruel" and "abusive" living nightmare was finally terminated on Friday in the same brutalist building in downtown Los Angeles where it started nearly 14 years ago.
"The court finds and determines that the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required," Los Angeles County Judge Brenda Penny said. "Effective today, with the caveats I mentioned, the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is hereby terminated."
"Good God I love my fans so much it's crazy
!!!" Spears posted to Instagram shortly after the Friday afternoon ruling, captioning video of an elated crowd outside the courthouse. "I think I'm gonna cry the rest of the day !!!! Best day ever … praise the Lord … can I get an Amen"
The caveats in question provide for John Zabel, the accountant placed in charge of Spears' finances after her father was suspended from the conservatorship in September, to be granted limited ministerial power to transfer the pop star's assets to a trust. Meanwhile, Lauriann Wright, an attorney for Jodi Montogomery, who has been the conservator of Britney's person since September, said during the hearing that her client will continue working with Spears in whatever capacity the singer may desire. "Ms. Montgomery is going to stay in her life," Wright said. "Anything Ms. Spears needs, Ms. Montgomery is going to be there for her."
The decision followed roughly five months after Spears, 39, publicly blasted the adult guardianship in a scorched-earth statement in open court — and four months after she won the right to hire her own lawyer, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart.
Rosengart, backed by an army of fans rallied around the #FreeBritney movement, had vowed to emancipate his client from the court-ordered complex that micromanaged nearly every aspect of the "Toxic" singer's existence for two-thirds of her adult life. On Friday, he was victorious.
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"This is a monumental day for Britney Spears," Rosengart told reporters after the hearing. "I'm so proud of her. I thank her. I thank her for her courage and poise and power. I thank her for our relationship. Not only is this momentous for Britney, but she helped shine a light on not only this conservatorship, which was corrupted by her father, James P. Spears, but she helped shine a light on conservatorships and guardianships from coast to coast, from California to New York, and that took a tremendous amount of insight, courage, and grace."
During the hearing, Rosengart stated that "[Britney] fully maintains the position that the time has come, after more than a decade, for the conservatorship to be terminated in its entirety." He said a "safety net" had been put into place "both on the financial side and on the personal side," with Montgomery submitting a "termination care plan" to the court and Zabel filing a petition seeking court permission to create the new financial trust and execute a healthcare directive and durable power of attorney.
Spears was placed in the two-part conservatorship — one side governing her personal life, one side her finances — on Feb. 1, 2008, following two back-to-back involuntary hospitalizations and a signed petition from her dad James "Jamie" Spears claiming she had "dementia."
A 27-year-old pop icon at the time, she was at the center of a media feeding frenzy, with paparazzi and the public at large relentlessly scrutinizing her every move. Even TV's "Dr. Phil" McGraw wanted a slice of the spotlight focused on her personal woes. He claimed she was in "dire need of both medical and psychological intervention" when he visited her at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai hospital in early January 2008, after she was placed on her first 5150 hold for allegedly locking herself in a bathroom with her toddler son.
Though much was made of Spears' "erratic" behavior back then, the court-appointed monitor who chaperoned her custodial visits with her sons leading up to the conservatorship recently gave a different perspective. "None of this was her fault," monitor Robin Johnson told The New Yorker in July. "There were so many people involved in her life that caused all of this craziness with her. I don't have anything derogatory to say about her. . . . It was probably one of the saddest cases that I've ever done in my entire life."
Though mom Lynne Spears is now on the front lines with those pointing fingers, she claimed in a court declaration filed Feb. 1, 2008, that her daughter exhibited "the level of understanding of a very young girl" and was being fed the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Seroquel by a self-described manager named Sam Lutfi shortly before she was strapped to a gurney and taken for her second 5150 hold in a month on Jan. 30, 2008.
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Britney was still in the hospital when a now-retired judge signed the paperwork creating the conservatorship on a temporary, emergency basis. At first, Judge Reva Goetz only gave Jamie the power to limit Britney's visitors and access her medical records. The court would go on to grant him full control of the star's round-the-clock care, and shared stewardship of her finances.
Touted early on as a necessity to keep an incapacitated celebrity safe, the conservatorship soon morphed into a management structure that kicked Spears' career back into high gear. In a little over a year, she was back to working a packed schedule and pulling in millions. Her Circus tour that opened at the New Orleans Arena in March 2009 would go on to gross a reported $130 million. Her Femme Fatale album was released in March 2011. She became a judge on The X Factor in 2012 and launched her Vegas residency Britney: Piece of Me in 2013.
Many credited the conservatorship with pulling Spears back from the brink, but in her June 23 statement to the court, she said it actually left her feeling overworked, exploited and powerless. She questioned how someone who could "make a living for so many people and pay so many people" could be deemed "not good enough" to have any personal autonomy.
"It makes no sense at all," she told Judge Penny. "All I want is to own my own money, for this to end and [for] my boyfriend to drive me in his fucking car. And I would honestly like to sue my family, to be totally honest with you."
She was done being polite. When a conservatorship lawyer asked Judge Penny to clear the courtroom on June 23 and seal the transcript so Spears' statement would remain private, the singer jumped in, cut the lawyer off, and demanded an "open-court" opportunity to deliver her remarks.
She said her handlers had "done a good job at exploiting my life" in the past, and she was ready to push back. She spoke nearly uninterrupted for 25 minutes, accusing her "ignorant father," former managers, and "anyone involved in this conservatorship" of emotional abuse, forced medication, coerced labor, and cold-hearted isolation tactics that left her feeling "bullied," helpless, and utterly "alone."
"I've lied and told the whole world I'm OK, and I'm happy. It's a lie. I thought, just maybe, if I said that enough, maybe I might become happy, because I've been in denial. I've been in shock. I am traumatized. You know, 'Fake it till you make it.' But now I'm telling you the truth, OK? I'm not happy. I can't sleep. I'm so angry, it's insane. And I'm depressed. I cry every day," she said.
In vivid language that confirmed the fears of her most ardent fans, Spears claimed she was "forced" to agree to her 2018 Piece of Me tour under threat of "scary" legal action and treated like a "slave" as she was preparing for her second Vegas residency, Domination. After she resisted some choreography and said she needed a break, her doctor put her on the powerful drug lithium "out of nowhere," she said.
"I felt drunk. I really couldn't take up for myself," she told the court. Spears said she was then sent to a private rehab program in Beverly Hills that cost $60,000 a month. She had no phone, no privacy door on her room, and had to sit in a chair for 10 hours a day, seven days a week, submitting to the program she desperately wished to escape, she said.
"I cried on the phone [to my dad] for an hour, and he loved every minute of it," she said. "The control he had over someone as powerful as me. He loved the control to hurt his own daughter, 100,000 percent. He loved it," she said, her voice dripping with scorn.
She said the conservatorship barred her from removing an IUD, marrying her boyfriend, trying for another baby, and contacting old friends.
"I deserve to have a life," she said. "I feel ganged-up-on, and I feel bullied, and I feel left out and alone. And I'm tired of feeling alone. I deserve to have the same rights as anybody does by having a child, a family, any of those things."
Spears' June 23 statement was the depth charge that started the irreversible sinking of the conservatorship. On July 14, Judge Penny allowed the singer to hire Rosengart. Two weeks later, Rosengart filed a petition to suspend and remove Jamie, accusing the dad of mismanaging his daughter's finances while lining his own pockets.
In his blockbuster filing July 26, Rosengart bashed Jamie for paying himself $16,000 a month from Britney's estate while allotting Britney herself only $14,000 per month. Rosengart further alleged Jamie took a $2.1 million cut of his daughter's Vegas residency and a 2.95-percent commission on the gross revenues on her 2011 Femme Fatale tour, which yielded him an estimated $500,000.
Rosengart said while it's "common for managers, agents, and other industry professionals to receive a percentage of an artists' earnings, Mr. Spears is none of those. He is a conservator and, as a conservator, his role is to be burdened by, rather than benefit from, the conservatorship."
Judge Penny suspended Jamie as conservator of his daughter's estate at a Sept. 29 hearing after his lawyers pushed for full termination of the conservatorship on the spot.
Rosengart said full termination wasn't the way to go on Sept. 29 because he wanted to use the 44 days leading up to Friday's hearing to probe Jamie's alleged "corruption." He persuaded the court to suspend Jamie and replace him with accountant John Zabel in a move meant to compel Jamie to hand over documents related to the conservatorship. Rosengart said the conduct he planned to investigate included claims by a "whistleblower" that Jamie was involved in inappropriate surveillance that allegedly recorded his daughter's conversations with her prior lawyer.
The whistleblower he was referring to is former Spears security staffer Alex Vlasov, who claimed in the New York Times documentary Controlling Britney Spears that Jamie Spears conspired with Vlasov's boss Edan Yemini, head of Black Box security, and Robin Greenhill, an executive at Britney's former management firm Tri Star, to monitor his daughters' communications.
"Edan would bring me text messages Britney would have, and he would ask me to encrypt those messages and give it to him so he could pass it on to Robin and Jamie," Vlasov said in the FX and Hulu documentary. "They would also monitor conversations with her friends, with her mom, with her lawyer Sam Ingham."
Vlasov said at one point, Yemeni placed a listening device in Britney's bedroom — an allegation Yemeni denies. "Mr. Yemeni and Black Box have always conducted themselves within professional, ethical and legal bounds, and they are particularly proud of their work in keeping Ms. Spears safe for many years," Yemini's civil lawyer Shawn Holley said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
On Oct. 1, Rosengart sent Jamie a deposition notice that requested "all documents and communications" related to "any recording or listening device" placed in Britney's phone and any "electronic surveillance monitoring, cloning or recording" of the activity of his clients' phone. He sent similar subpoenas to Greenhill.
"No one at Tri Star has ever suggested monitoring Ms. Spears' electronic communications," Greenhill says in the statement obtained by Rolling Stone. "No one at Tri Star is aware of any hidden electronic surveillance device placed in Ms. Spears' bedroom."
Looking ahead to Spears' life beyond the guardrails of the conservatorship, she's expected to marry her longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari after announcing the couple's engagement in a gleeful Instagram post Sept. 12. "I can't f—ing believe it 💍💍💍💍💍💍❣!!!!!!" she captioned video clips showing off her diamond sparkler.
But having spent the last 13 years with someone else calling all the shots, she might need some time to feel comfortable navigating her newfound independence. The pop star said as much in a follow-up Instagram post Oct. 15.
"I'll just be honest and say I've waited so long to be free from the situation I'm in … and now that it's here I'm scared to do anything because I'm afraid I'll make a mistake!!!," she wrote. "For so many years I was always told if I succeeded at things, it could end … and it never did !!! I worked so hard but now that it's here and getting closer and closer to ending I'm very happy but there's a lot of things that scare me!!!"
She said she plans to steer "clear of the business," at least for a little while. "This is so very confusing for me !!! Anyway … God bless you all 🌹!!!
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Part II Chapters 1-7
Chapters 27-Epilogue
What is a Romance?
Historicity
Alexandre Dumas and The Three Musketeers Background
The Cardinal tells the King of the Duke of Buckingham's visit to the Queen. The King is incensed, and the Cardinal skillfully pretends to be defending the Queen's honor, rather than trying to destroy it. He does not mention the Queen's gift to Buckingham of the diamond brooch. Instead, he emphasizes the fact that the Queen seems to be involved in a political conspiracy with Buckingham that also includes Spain and Austria. The King is furious, and suspects the Queen personally as well as politically.
He demands that the Queen be searched. Humiliatingly, the Queen's quarters and person are searched for incriminating letters, which are found, and indeed reveal her involvement in a political conspiracy against the Cardinal, but say nothing of her personal affairs. The King is mollified--a plot against the Cardinal is nothing unusual or that objectionable--and at the Cardinal's suggestion decides that he will have a great ball to try to make up for his insult to the Queen. The Cardinal also suggests that the King ask the Queen to wear the diamond brooch she gave Buckingham to the ball (the king, of course, has no idea that the Queen has given the brooch away). Meanwhile, the Cardinal has commissioned Milady, an agent of his, to steal a piece of the brooch from Buckingham at a ball in Britain, and she has successfully done so.
The King attempts to confront the Queen subtly about the diamond brooch, suspecting something, but ends up simply revealing to her that the Cardinal knows she gave it to Buckingham. The Queen despairs, thinking that there is no way she can get the brooch back before the ball. Then Madame Bonacieux arrives in her quarters and, overhearing the Queen's woes, offers to arrange for the pickup of the brooch from Buckingham in England. The Queen writes a letter to the Duke of Buckingham, explaining her need for the brooch back. Madame Bonacieux goes home to her husband, who is back from his interrogation by the Cardinal, and tries to convince him to go to England to give the letter to the Duke. However, with his new Cardinalist loyalties, Monsieur Bonacieux refuses, and the two have a fight. Monsieur Bonacieux leaves to tell the Cardinal of his wife's actions; just then d'Artagnan knocks on Madame Bonacieux's door.
Having overheard, he implores Madame Bonacieux to take him into her confidence and allow him to go to England for her, professing his love as a guarantee of his reliability. After much goading, she yields and explains the mission to him. D'Artagnan is joyous at the opportunity to serve both the Queen and his beloved Madame Bonacieux, and she herself is clearly starting to fall in love with the young Gascon.
D'Artagnan rushes off to M. de Treville and, without revealing any secrets, explains the situation to the great man. Treville agrees to get d'Artagnan his leave from the guards, and gives Porthos, Aramis, and Athos a leave from the Musketeers on the pretext of allowing Athos a vacation to rest his wounds. D'Artagnan then goes and gathers his friends, and they leave Paris together.
The journey to Britain is difficult, but d'Artagnan eventually arrives. Porthos is waylaid at a duel in a pub, Aramis is shot in the arm in an ambush and has to rest and recuperate, and Athos is caught in another ambush further along the way. Forced to leave his three friends, D'Artagnan travels on to Britain, is forced to duel and nearly kill a Cardinalist agent, the Comte de Wardes, to leave France, and is able to get the letter from the Queen to Buckingham just in time.
As we've mentioned, Dumas has chosen a story with historical reference, but not one that relies on famous or important historical events. He spares himself from having to force historical situations awkwardly into fiction, and is free to create his own situations. Still, he has taken one of his liberties with the fundamental cause of our heroes' journey to England: the idea that there was an affair between Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, is probably false. There is a distinct possibility that, in a court visit in 1625, Buckingham did sleep with the Queen. But the affair almost certainly did not continue--there are no letters, nor accounts of attempted communication between the two of them after that. George Villiers seems to have been very willing to use sex to his advantage, at any rate, which casts a suspicious light on his "romance" with the Queen.
Forgetting about the validity of Dumas's history, it is still interesting to question the motivations of his plot. What, exactly, are d'Artagnan, Porthos, and Aramis fighting, killing, and willing to die for? Why protect the honor of a queen who acts dishonorably, betraying her marriage vow? The musketeers are not fighting for secret battle plans, they are fighting to get back a brooch from a British nobleman with whom the Queen is in love, so that the King doesn't discover the situation. Furthermore, why isn't it better for the King, whom the Musketeers purportedly represent, to know that his wife is having an affair?
Of course, the answer to these dilemmas lies in the Romantic values that propel the narrative of The Three Musketeers. The musketeers and d'Artagnan are heroes of ideals, and the ideal that they are pursuing at the moment is female virtue. They are in service to the King, and therefore the Queen, and are therefore present to defend their honorable Queen from any slander to her name. The fact that it's a Cardinalist conspiracy out to slander her makes their struggle all the better. We can add additional ideals to this: d'Artagnan is fighting for love--anything he is bidden to do by Madame Bonacieux, he will do. And his three friends are fighting in the name of chivalric friendship. They swore "all for one and one for all," and that means something: it means they will happily die for d'Artagnan.
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Q: php set encoding type for soap server response I have created a soap server in php using the native soap server class in php. The encoding I need is ISO-8859-1.
I have tried to do it while creating the soap server like this:
$server = new SoapServer('./AdviseAndPay.wsdl',array('encoding'=>'ISO-8859-1'));
However the encoding for the http header  and the soap response is still utf-8.
I am returning a native php SoapVar object for the soap response. I have tried setting the header Content type to ISO-8859-1 with this code:
header('Content-Type: text/xml;charset=iso-8859-1')
 just before returning the SoapVar.
However I still get the encoding as utf-8 in both the http header and the soap response.
I have tried answers in stackoverflow and in the answer the encdoding type has been set while defining the soap server but this has not worked for me.
Could you please help me.
Thanks in advance.
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This is the raw http response for the soap server response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:47:16 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.4
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private, max-age=0
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 225
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body><ns2:responseType xmlns:ns2="http://tempuri.org/response">
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<message>incorrect username/password</message>
<responseBody>
<responseStr>5</responseStr>
</responseBody>
</ns2:responseType>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

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I found that there was a php bug report regarding the encoding type of the soap server response. The latest comment on that saying there was a bug was in 2008.
Here is the link: php bug
Could anyone verify if they have a similar problem with soap server encoding?

A: Make sure you don't cache those WSDL files thats mandatory while developing.
ini_set( 'soap.wsdl_cache_enabled', '0' );

The following configuration works for me.
// Run SOAP Server
ini_set( 'soap.wsdl_cache_enabled', '0' );
$soap_config = array( 'encoding' => 'ISO-8859-1' );
$soapserver = new SoapServer( 'soap.wsdl', $soap_config );
...

// Create SOAP client
$soap_client = new SoapClient( 'soap.wsdl', array( 'encoding' => 'ISO-8859-1', 'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE) );


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POLICE have closed their investigation into a reported sexual assault in East Albury. Detectives had been investigating the incident since Tuesday night, when a 17-year-old girl reported being approached by three men on the Dean Street footbridge about 6.20pm.  She told officers she had been dragged along a nearby bike path into bushes and sexually assaulted, with one of the men said to have threatened her with a knife. Police had scoured nearby businesses for security footage, and the girl was assessed at Albury hospital, but officers now believe the incident didn't happen. "Detectives from Albury Local Area Command have conducted extensive inquiries since the reported incident, including forensic testing, and have spoken to a number of people," police said in a statement last night.  "The investigation has now finalised. "Police are no longer seeking three men and no further action is anticipated." However, police were adamant they didn't want the outcome to dissuade people reporting similar incidents.  "We encourage anyone who has been the victim of a crime to come forward," police said. It appears unlikely the teenager who reported the incident will be charged. Officers had investigated the incident through a range of avenues and spoke to several people, including the girl who reported the matter. Members of the public had tried to assist police by reviewing security footage and sharing appeals for information thousands of times on social media. Computer generated images of the three men police had been seeking were shared on The Border Mail Facebook page almost 4000 times alone. Police concluded their investigation yesterday. The new details emerged after Albury mayor Kevin Mack apologised for his comments suggesting women who walked alone were "inviting an attack". Speaking yesterday before police revealed they had concluded the investigation, Cr Mack said he had not intended to upset or offend anyone. "Upon reflection, my focus and my choice of words was poor, and for that I am extremely remorseful," he said. "My intent was to infer that sadly we live in a world where walking alone is not safe at times. "I absolutely and categorically support women and their rights and believe violence against women is totally unacceptable in any form." Councillors yesterday said they were opposed to Cr Mack's initial comments but supported the apology. Cr Daryl Betteridge said the mayor had "made a blunder, copped some flack and made an appropriate apology". Cr David Thurley said: "I believe and accept his apology as a genuine expression of how bad he felt about it." Deputy mayor Ross Jackson said Cr Mack had his full support. Cr Mack could not be reached for comment.
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Kevin Mack fronts the media to apologise for comments he had made earlier this week. Picture: MATTHEW SMITHWICK
POLICE have closed their investigation into a reported sexual assault in East Albury.
Detectives had been investigating the incident since Tuesday night, when a 17-year-old girl reported being approached by three men on the Dean Street footbridge about 6.20pm.
She told officers she had been dragged along a nearby bike path into bushes and sexually assaulted, with one of the men said to have threatened her with a knife.
Police had scoured nearby businesses for security footage, and the girl was assessed at Albury hospital, but officers now believe the incident didn't happen.
"Detectives from Albury Local Area Command have conducted extensive inquiries since the reported incident, including forensic testing, and have spoken to a number of people," police said in a statement last night.
"The investigation has now finalised.
"Police are no longer seeking three men and no further action is anticipated."
However, police were adamant they didn't want the outcome to dissuade people reporting similar incidents.
"We encourage anyone who has been the victim of a crime to come forward," police said.
It appears unlikely the teenager who reported the incident will be charged.
Officers had investigated the incident through a range of avenues and spoke to several people, including the girl who reported the matter.
Members of the public had tried to assist police by reviewing security footage and sharing appeals for information thousands of times on social media.
Computer generated images of the three men police had been seeking were shared on The Border Mail Facebook page almost 4000 times alone.
Police concluded their investigation yesterday.
The new details emerged after Albury mayor Kevin Mack apologised for his comments suggesting women who walked alone were "inviting an attack".
Speaking yesterday before police revealed they had concluded the investigation, Cr Mack said he had not intended to upset or offend anyone.
"Upon reflection, my focus and my choice of words was poor, and for that I am extremely remorseful," he said.
"My intent was to infer that sadly we live in a world where walking alone is not safe at times.
"I absolutely and categorically support women and their rights and believe violence against women is totally unacceptable in any form."
Councillors yesterday said they were opposed to Cr Mack's initial comments but supported the apology.
Cr Daryl Betteridge said the mayor had "made a blunder, copped some flack and made an appropriate apology".
Cr David Thurley said: "I believe and accept his apology as a genuine expression of how bad he felt about it."
Deputy mayor Ross Jackson said Cr Mack had his full support.
Cr Mack could not be reached for comment.


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The Personal Insurance Company, operating as The Personal (), is a Canadian insurance company which specializes in group insurance, primarily home insurance and vehicle insurance. The Personal is a subsidiary of Desjardins General Insurance, the third largest P&C insurer in Canada.

History
The Personal was the first insurer in Canada to provide auto and home group insurance, the concept was originally common only for group life insurance. Auto and home were the only products offered initially. Later, The Personal broadened their range of services to include other products, such as recreational vehicles, travel and pets.

On May 2, 1986, The Personal (then called The Security), reached an agreement with the Centrale de l'enseignement du Québec (CEQ), who was looking for group insurance. This agreement signaled the official start of group P&C insurance in Quebec.

In 2004, Desjardins Group did a major restructuring of The Personal to unify its activities all around Canada. They wanted to use the same technology, same principles and same management throughout their subsidiaries to become a true pan-Canadian company.

In 2013, alongside Desjardins General Insurance, The Personal launched Ajusto, which was one of the first "widely available UBI offerings to be approved by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO)". Usage based insurance was already used in some countries (United States, United Kingdom and Europe) before telematics technology got to Canada with the help of iMetrik Solutions.

Group insurance
The sector of group insurance in Canada became more and more popular in the 1980s and 1990s, creating more competition that led to better coverage: with more choices, the prices got more stable and the service improved. However, it also led to what was called "synthetic groups", that were not considered as real groups sharing the same situation (risk profile, affinity, homogeneous characteristics). The rules to be considered as a group are not the same in every province of Canada, and in Quebec, the lack of regulation created a "free market model". In reaction, The Personal created their own specific guidelines for their partners.

Services
The Personal offers group insurance products to insure cars, homes, recreational vehicles and pets, and also includes identity theft assistance. They offer their services through agents, their company website, and recently through their mobile app (used as a control center for all the mobile programs). Their two principal mobile features are Ajusto and Alert.

Prices and distinctions
According to a J.D. Power study about customer satisfaction with home insurance, The Personal ranked first in Quebec in 2015. The same study in 2018 for the auto insurance sector also ranked the company as first in Canada.

Privacy rights criticism
In 2013, some concerns were raised about the new technology Intelauto and Ajusto that could be used to "spy" on customers. Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian tried to put a hold on these fears, since the program is on a voluntary basis and the contract clearly stipulates the terms, which means the users stay in control of  their information. However, not all concerns were waived : John Lawford, executive director and general counsel with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) in Ottawa, raised a point that even if these information are strictly for the user, they still could be disclosed to third parties in some situations like civil cases, where it could be dig out by law enforcement.

In 2017, The Personal faced accusation of citizen's privacy rights. They were accused by the federal Privacy Commissioner of accessing credit rating without proper reasons. The Personal defended themselves by saying that they accessed such information only to rule out fraudulent claims, but advocate Rhona DesRoches suggested that "companies want instead to gauge the claimant's financial status to help determine how little they can get away with paying out".

See also
Desjardins
Desjardins General Insurance
List of Canadian insurance companies

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Financial services companies established in 1974
Insurance companies of Canada
Companies based in Lévis, Quebec
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